mandy: mandy gaither, wyff news 4, in clemson. carol: check out this picture. headed home after the national championship game on j juary 1, 1982. very happy people. michael: great laughter in that piece. we want to see your team spirit photos and videos, recent or from back in the day. again, not so long ago. bama fans, we'd like to see yours too. just upload them to the u-local section of wyff4.com. you might see them on the air. >> now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. john: satellite and radar showing things nice and quiet. high pressure continues to dominate. it is based over virginini this high will build across the area by tomorrow morning. it will shift and head up to see as we go through tomorrow afternoon. the northeasterly breeze in the upstate keeping it cold. cold through the deep south thanks to the high. we started off at 23 degrees this morning at the greenville airport. we warmed up to 41 degrees. for this time of year. far from the record high or the record low on this date. at the asheville airport, 21 to start the day this morn

mandy: mandy gaither, wyff news 4 in pendleton. michael: maybe at 11:00, t tt was not the story we planned on airing. they will perform from the musical "wicked". carol: we will bring you the story of the clemson band at 11:00. rent -- restaurant week returns to greenville. coming up, a preview. john: tiger fans in the phoenix area around glendale, cool. 53 degrees. in the mountains, and around flagstaff, we are talking heavy snow. we could end up with two feet of it will be dry for kickoff for the national championship game monday night. i will be right back. all: milk! milk! milk! milk! milk! okay! fun's over. aw. aw. thirsty? they said it would make me cool. they don't sound cool to me. guess not. you got to stick up for yourself, like with the name your price tool. people tell us their budget, not the other way around. aren't you lactose intolerant? we stop arthritis pain, so you don't have to stop. because you believe in go. onward. today's the day. carpe diem. tylenol 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. the firs

wyff news 4's mandy gaither has the story. mandy: this is what's left of a home on forest drive, the homeowner so thankful her granddaughter woke up and got everyone out safely before the smoke detector had time to go off. >> this was the kitchen. mandy: the bricks and wood and most of what's inside, now chard, but what matters most survived. >> there was black smoke shooting through the floor, so i mandy: the smell of smoke woke taylor wilbanks. she helped her family to get to safehad the 16-year-old stayed asleep, >> it melted. mandy: the alarms may have saved their lives. >> you think you will have a lot of time, but you don't. >> the house was engulfed in flames in five minutes. mandy: in the past seven days in oconee county, five other fires have damaged or destroyed homes. the fire chief says none of those had a working ctor. week, we have been able to pinpoint or directly attribute to heating. both of those were portable heaters brought into the house that weren't normally used. mandy: the colder it gets, the more fires

mandy? mandy: if you take a look at the debris on the ground, that's how far the lake came inland, until the floodgates were opened. a lifetime experience, watching the flood gates open at hartwell dam. it's only happened four times in years, in 1964 and 1994, then 2013, and now, the past three days. >> we'll only spill in emergency situations, and that's what we had on friday evening. mandy: these are pictures of the swollen lake from portman marina, the water at 662 feet, two feet over what's considered full pool during the summer months. >> that left us with less than 3 feet of vertical storage for any more rainfall. mandy: with a forecast of even more wet stuff over the weekend, and a concern over whether crews could get in to open the floodgates, the decision was made to be safe, and go ahead and open them. >> all this was covered in water. mandy: portman marina manager adam roach says, since the release of water, the lake has gone down around 5 feet. this is what one dock looked and wh

mandy: thank you. players. they started coming out a couple supposed to board the bus is around 12:20 and they will be going to gsp and landon arizona around 4:10. mandy gaither wyff news 4 live in clemson. geoff: thank you. our sports team is ahead of the tigers. sports director brad fralick and marc dopher landed in the desert yesterday. good afternoon here and good morning there. brad: welcome to arizona. we have arrived in advance of the college championship between clemson and alabama. it looks warm out here. it is a little bit chilly, but get near. marc: glendale is not exactly right next to downtown phoenix. it will take a little while to get out to the game, especially if you are staying in phphnix. chilly. maybe bring next a jacket or blanket. brad: really looking forward to this weekend. we havav80 a day tomorrow morning and the team arrives this afternoon. they will practice tomorrow and media day and head coach press conferences and then gameday on monday. for the national championship, follow us on

mandy: mandy gaither, wyff news 4. michael: those memories always fit. the tiger band will do a pre-game show around 8:00 p.m. eastern monday night, and will perform from the musical "wicked" during the halftime show, carol: both performances will be aired live on espn classic and espn 360. all this our sports team has , arrived in arizona. they'll bring you full coverage of the lead-up to the national championship game. that is coming up on monday night, and we will have our hour-long special for you monday night before the game, right here on wyff 4, beginning at 7:00 p.m. we'll be live from university of phoenix stadium, with everything you need to know. kickoff of the college football playoff national championship, between the clemson tigers and the alabama crimson tide. >> now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. john: satellite and radar showing clouds continue to stream across the area. this is not much of a storm system. some breaks in some of the rain, some of the heaviest rain may drift south especially along i-20. this batch right h

mandy gaither, wyff news 4, live in clemson. carol: waiting for the team to arrive in the great southwest is a team of wyff news 4 reporters, including brad fralick and marc dopher, joining us at the phoenix airport waiting for the team to arrive. >> what to the desert, we are at -- welcome to the desert, we are at phoenix sky harbor airport. 6:26 is when the tigers will touchdown in phoenix. we are ready for a football game in just a few days. >> this is where this really starts to amp up. they will arrive to a very sunny valley. it has been raining for a couple days. finally the sun is out. the weather is about 60 degrees. weather and a lot of media as they land at the phoenix sky harbor. >> an entire row of media waiting for these planes to arrive. clemson arriving at 6:256, alabama arriving a half hour after that. for the rest of the day, not much they have to do besides getting settled in. tomorrow morning is media day, they practice tomorrow, sunday is a coaches press conference. finally we get to game day. the tigers sche

mike: mandy is live. mandy: the snow has stopped in clemson, but it came down for a good three hours. take a look at all of this white stuff. this is from one of our trucks out here, and this stuff is sticking. it a matter of minutes, tiger town went from orange to white, just before 7:00 tonight, the snow started pouring over clemson, covering the ground and the roadway. some drivers still out there. >> the roads are not too bad, but you can still feel the ice, you can feel it cracking under your tires. as long as you go slow, you'll be ok. mandy: staying on one leg. -- lane. and the snow was not stopping the students from having fun. as buckets came down, some ventured out for food and a little fun. some businesses stayed open, others shut down, the roads covered, the drivers taking it slow, and we are in our hotel parking lot, and as you take a look down here, you can see it is still very slippery out here, despite the fact that employees put down deicing agents to make sure the cars have some traction

the snow is really coming down right now, mandy. mandy: the snow here is falling in clemson. it is coming down all around us are at it started about 20 minutes ago, and all day, the temperature has held that he at about -- held steady at about 30 degrees. while this is beautiful, it is also dangerous. earlier, it was starting to melt some, but as you can see now, the roadways are now covered in this white stuff. cars between pickens and oconee county earlier today were going off the roadway. crews at two different accident scenes told me the drivers hit an icy patch and slid off the roadway. they are continuing to urge anyone who does not have to be out in this to stay home. many employers today canceled work. go to greenville to work today, but my boss just told me to stay in clemson and just have fun, have the day off. mandy: you could feel the slush around parts of pickens and oconee counties today. these temperatures and all of that coming down, creating concern for the roads mostly because when the temperatures re-freeze, creating concerns for tomorrow morning as well. i

mandy: not only allowing prospective students to see the campus but also people worldwide. jesse godfrey is part of the team that took the pictures. >> we tried to show as much of vantage point of the 12 you can really see almost every building on campus. mandy: tillman hall, bowman field, memorial stadium just some of what will be seen without stepping a foot inside. right now the project is still being tested. there's no timeline yet on when it'll be available to the public. mandy gaither, wyff news 4 in clemson. >> now your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. john: heading into the weekend, clear skies. high pressure continues to dominate. clouds earlier. they squeezed out some flurries this morning. the clouds dissipated, as excited, this afternoon. plenty of sunshine. a whole different animal in the upstate weather-we in the mountains. 33 this morning. exactly richard b this time of year. warmed up nicely seven degrees above average. the northwest win in the mountains gusting to 30 miles per hour. even though it was seasonably chilly, the wind made it even colder

mandy: you have a record a clemson. >> yes. i did the most push-ups in the first quarter against duke in 2012. mandy: in order for you to did -- do push-ups, the team has to score points. >> i think the record is safe for a while. i hope it is. i want to keep it as long as i can.mandy: we have another former tiger here, you are class of 1968. tell me, how did the tiger change from then until now? >> it's more open. i think the tiger gets to do a lot more than we got to do. fun. the tigers. i got to do something that was really fun when i was 62. go back into character, i was 62 years old, first time i had the uniform on since 1965. i went to the rodeo and played "danny boy." it was fun. mandy: you can buy this book at the anderson county museum. michael: still to come, presidential primaries almost here. you may wonder why south carolina has two of them on separate days. the answers, coming up. john: cloudy and asheville, off and on rain across buncombe we will talk about tha carol: the primaries are around the corner and south

mandy gaither, wyff news 4, live in clemson. nigel: this was shot by a ulocal user, and also in western carolina, we find myra ruiz. myra: this is just off brevard traffic appears to be moving slowly all along the interstate. however, things are different story. we saw quite a few rear tires spinning along with some slipping taking place and some sliding along the roadways. quite a few people opted to walk. the wobbler house was the closest place for many to get a meal. we did meet several people were on their way to several ski resorts, but the conditions kept them here in asheville, and the conditions had some wishing for around. chevy cavalier, two wheel drive. i got to the top and 360ed back down. >> if you are not used to it, i do not recommend that you do it. myra: and some people said they just wanted to try to enjoy the they had no intention of paying outside once the sun goes down, and the was a tricky situation at the exit ramp behind me, and we will show you that coming up. nigel: thank you. taking another live look o

mandy gaither, wyff news 4. nigel: thank you. greenwood, and greenville facilities say they need help. they need electric heaters, blankets. gabrielle: just a reminder, although they have sure, your pets are not immune to thisaofficials say dogs and cats can suffer from frostbite and hypothermia just like we can, and it is best to bring them inside on nights like th. plus, the cold can affect your pet'sood. animals who don't get enough exercise when it's cold may become irritable and inches. veterinarians suggest opening up the blinds and turning on indoor winter blues. news. schools and offices will be closed on friday, january 22 because of the winter weather coming. greenville county schools just announced they will be closed tomorrow. gabrielle: let's bring you to spartanburg and a look at how nigel: that is where mike mccormick is live and local. what can you tell us?mike: if you take a look behihi me, you can see a crew replenishing the city's supply of brine. that's the noise. we want to bring in an official with the city

mandy gaither has more in pickens county. mandy: some parents putting up a fight against a proposal to close the elementary school. at hagood elementary, round 300 students fill the hallways and classrooms, the district officials say the school is less than half full, operating at 48% capacity. newman says that small school feel is exactly why she likes it. >> i have a little boy used to cry going to school, and when we moved there, my children jump out of the car to go to school. mandy: there are other schools also under capacity. newman and other members of the pto are also concerned about john eby says that will not happen. he says it will stay the same. >> essentially, the students -- the teachers would follow the students. we are not looking at any reduction in the number of teachers. you are just looking at what physical building the kids would be educated in. mandy: eby says the decision will solely be up to the board of trustees. >> the school board just spent $2.5 million to renovate that school. we added more classr

like its sibling - it's named after its nest- mandy lu. >> wooden nests like mandy lu have been a big success story at tambopata. research here has shown that macaws can raise chicks in these as well as they do in natural nests. the veterinarian takes detailed body measurements - to determine how the chcik is doing at this stage of development. >> fifty five point three. >> then mandy lu two is taken out and photographed next to its older sibling. >> if you are a macaw chick - its best to be a first hatched. because a macaw mom typically neglects those that hatch later. >> so the first chick that hatches will receive all of her care. and then the second chick that hatches, if she has enough resources, she'll care for that chick. but chicks number 3 and 4 will usually die from starvation. >> even chick number two has at best a 50-50 chance of survival. >> today both mandy lu chicks had a good checkup. there's a new kind of nest being tested out at tambopata - it's made of cement soaked burlap. researchers want to see if its more durable than wooden nests - which only last a couple of y

mandy mitchell, wral sports charlotte. >> mandy will have more with joe goodbyes tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. >> -- joe gibbs. >> and don't forget we'll be >> pelley: trump gets his biggest enforcement less than two weeks before the votes. a demand for the resignation of mish dwan's governor over the water crisis in flint. >> we are all affectd and infected by this, and they need

mandy gaither, wyff oconee county. gabrielle: two former upstate police officers face charges, nine months after they were fired in connection with an excessive force complaint. the state law enforcement division charged former honea path police officers robert shaw and josh bell with misconduct in office. the sentence for a conviction on that charge is up to ten years in prison. sled's warrants say the men lied about the manner i iwhich they arrested brian hatcher in november of 2014, for failure to stop for a blue light. hatcher's family told wyff 4 that his nose was broken, and his jaw was shattered during the arrest. nigel: police say a man was found dead this morning in a cherokee county park. 82-year-old howard lee talley was found by police this morning at mccluney park. that's on granite drive. the coroner says talley appeared to have been there since late last night. officials believe he suffered a medical condition. they do not think the cold death, and they do not suspect foul play. gabrielle: seven people w

mandy gaither, wyff news 4. michael: a beautiful view courtesy of the woodruff roa of larry's in the mountains. carol: john joins us now with the forecast. john: things are chilly outside. 39 in boone, but dry across the area. stuck with clouds backed up against the mountains in theupsystem, but the bulk of the precipitation remains to td east. watch what happens this evening. 7:00 p.m. tonight, clouds further northwest. clouds start to finally exit at 11:00 this evening, to the midlands and the coast line is the storm system heads out to sea. we start to cool down, but a fast-moving cold front comes in late tonight and early tomorrow morning. it could squeeze out flurries and maybe a few brief snow showers especially when the northern mountains of north asheville maisie flurries late tonight and early tomorrow morning. the windk up. we will talk whether more later on. michael: the boys are working hard. the panthers, gearing up for the supecarol: brad fralick is live and local in charlotte witbrad: michael, car

gabrielle: mandy, thank you. power outages are being reported. nigel: there are outages in 12,000, spartanburg 250, pickens county 1800, anderson county, 490. that is the latest from duke energy. gabrielle: from blue ridge electric, 696 in greenville county, 3738 in pickens county, and these numbers appeared to have gone down since we previously reported those numbers earlier on these newscast, so that is good news, and don't forget, we have your forecasts, closings, and interactive radar on our website and our mobile app. for closings, just check the bottom of the screen, and you can also check the live wire, and you will find that at the top of the screen on wyff4.com and also on the mobile app. in washington. john: a record amount of snow at now to spartanburg... wyff news 4's patrick hussion is latest...patrick? gabby.. nigel.. here in nigel: continuing our live team coverage in spagabrielle: patrick is life. hat trick: nigel and gabrielle, here in downtown spartanburg, it has become pretty much a ghost town, and more than likely enjoying the

i'm mandy drury. with u.s. stocks picking up their losses, the nasdaq hitting correction territory officially today. tech and financials are leading the decline, and jpmorgan and boeing are the biggest dow losers. >>> a decent yield is pretty hard to come by these days, especially in a bruising market like today which is why when you hear about two asset classes with the promise of double digit returns, it naturally gets our full attention. dennis moon is with u.s. trust bank of america and he says the best way to boost your portfolio is invest directly with mother nature. welcome to "power lunch." i'm gledreedy, i want safety bu also want yield. >> a lot of it is going back to basics. a lot of original investments was on land, in dirt. in terms of true transparency in true yield, we feel going right to the heart of what built this country, dirt, dirt owning trees, growing trees, take advantage of the demographics and opportunities showing in timber land. owning good quality u.s. farmland. at the end of the day

>> you know, mandy, i noticed that too today. think what is sort of interesting, rates are so low they can't go much lower, and the dollar has already been up, and you're not getting that safe haven boom that you generally see on a capitulation bottom. i think the dollar -- the fact it isn't going up in these times says something about the fact that maybe it's done going up, at least against developed currencies. the euro is up today, the yen has been going up a fair amount. i think maybe we could be at the early part of a turn in the currency -- >> or it's just the market telling us it doesn't expect so many rate hikes anymore, if any at all. >> that's a possibility, that it's backing out some of the rate hike, but really even when the fed started to tighten a month ago, the dollar really didn't go to new highs against developed cu eed currencies so wasn't a lot of premium put in to take out. i think ultimately, you know, i think with a catalyst that takes us out of this, i think surprisingly we're going to get a bounce in growt

mandy: sutton is not much for conversation with this camera, but that is ok. she reserves her talks for the one who matters mostnigel: amen. thank you for joining us for the news at 5:00. gabrielle: news 4 at 6:00 with michael and carol starts right at 6:00, in high definition. michael: a chase, and a damaged patrol car. >> her story along with her childhood just touched me and inspired mcarol: getting to meet the wife of a candidate at school. michael: and the carolina panthers back in practice three days after that nfc championship win. they are pounding on towards playing for it all, and police officers -- carol: a federal appeals court has ruled that police can no longer use their tasers unless the suspect poses an immediate sathem is here. tim: michael and carol, this stems from the death of a person with mental health issues who refused to be arrested and died after police shocked him five times with a taser, and as a result, the fourth circuit court enforcement offices should be on

carol: mandy gaither has a look back. all new at 6 60. mandy: the year was 1981. $1.25 for a gallon of gas. 78,000 would buy a new house. for tiger fans, the biggest thing to come out of that year, this team. looking back seems like long ago. >> what about the play on the offensive and defensive lines? wax it seemed like you got momentum going. >> it is probably the most physical game i have ever been involved with. >> that new year's day was like yesterday. >> when i look at that, it looked like it was a few years ago. it was a few years that that took place. the excitement everybody had, it was the first time. >> the paper may look worn, but the memories are not. he was working for clemson's athletic department. >> now, he is dabo swinney's go-to guy. the 81 season sticks close to him. literally, he keeps this moment -- this memento on his desk. a ticket from the game. >> it is a reminder. >> what a difference 34 years makes. the cost of a ticket back then, $15. that is not the only thing that has changed. check out the press between th

mandy drury is at the new york stock exchange. melissa joins us from the nasdaq where we're down 2.5%. >> and the key point to know about today's session is the growth stocks, the real winners of 2015, those are the ones taking it on the chin in today's session, the first session of the new year. look at what's going on with the f.a.n.g. stocks. take a look at apple. this could be the turnaround of the day. intraday it hit a low of $102. it's now almost $3 off of that low. earlier in the session we had not seen levels we saw 25today since the flash crash of august and the stock is down 17% in the past six months. for today it's a standout in terms of the reversal we're witnessing right now. mandy? >> thank you for that, melissa. there's a lot of red down here at the nyse. at least though as ty was saying we're off the lows of the day and the dow is coming back above the 17,000 mark. the s&p is back above 2,000 sitting just at 2,001 but i think it's important to keep in mind, bob, that just because you have a bad first trading day

>> hi, mandy.hat news that sue just brought you here on the apparent isis apparent affiliated attack in philadelphia is the context for the urgency that the white house and national security officials feel in this meeting in silicon valley. the philadelphia police department just within the past few minutes say that the gunman there who shot and tried to execute that police officer in philadelphia late last night has pledged allegiance to isis. that's exactly the kind of thing that law enforcement has been worried about. first, san bernardino, now apparently philadelphia. the meeting in silicon valley today is all about how the administration can encourage technology companies to cooperate to counteract isis propaganda, particularly on the internet. now, speaking at the white house just now, josh earnest, the white house press secretary, laid out some of the goals and confirmed the existence of this meeting, which we didn't even officially have confirmed until just a few minutes ago. here is what h

michael: and mandy gaither is live tonight. get dark here, but you may be able to see around me that the ground is covered in ice. the roads are very slushy. it is a very dangerous situation for drivers. this is in oconee county. i want to show you what happened earlier today on carson road. dakota shirley told me the ice caused his ford explorer to slide off the road. >> i could not stop. it was bad. reporter: i can only imagine how scary that was. >> i am a little shaken up. mandy: lisa other accidents in the area, as well. folks were trying to drive up a hill on carson road and were stranded, their tires not able to get traction areas they are mike: mandy, thank you, and the south carolina department of transportation is working hard around the clock to try to keep the roads as safe as possible. carol: stephanie trotter is right at the line. stephanie: we are here at i-85, and just within the past hour, we have started to see some light cars having trouble. their tires are spinning and are having trouble moving forward. by a

it was only the fourth time in 54 years they've been carol: wyff news 4's mandy gaither shows us the problems all that water was causing. she has more from anderson county. mandy: before the flood gates opened, the water came up to here at portman marina, covering the docks and walkways. in fact, crews are still using rock to fill in the parts that were washed away. this is what one dock looked like before the hartwell flood and this is what it looks like now. the water here, dropping around 3 to five feet the past few days. it had been at 662 feet, two feet over what's considered full pool during the summer months, which left only three feet of storage for any more rainfall. with this past weekend's forecast, the u.s. army corps of engineers decided to go ahead and open the floodgates to be safe. >> we were pushing about 35,000 cubic feet per second downstream, just trying to get more storage up on hartwell itself. mandy: the floodgates have only been opened four times in the past 54 years, in 1964 and 1994, then in 2013, and then, on friday through this morning. the water passed do

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mandy gaither, wyff news 4, live in clemson. nigel: the clemson football team is in the air on their way to arizona. gabrielle: and arizona is where we find wyff news 4's brad fralick, who is live i i phoenix where the national championship will be taking place. nigel: look at that shot! gabrielle: hey there brad. brad: nigel, thanks so much. we are live in phoenix, waiting on the clemson tigers to arrive. still about 2 hours before they land in the desert head of the the crimson tide. you saw as the tigers rolled out of town, they are in the air as we speak. i love this. literally across the country. with little green lines behind them as clemson has trekked across the country. the tigers are scheduled to land -- at first it was going to be 6:10 eastern. now they are scheduled for 6:26 an exciting day for the clemson ahead of the national championship game. we caught up with an arizona cardinal not played for the clemson tigers. you will hear from him a little bit later on. live in phoenix, brad fralick, wyff news 4. gabrielle:

the response was made by representative mandy powers norrell of lancaster. during the response norrell criticized the republican party... for what she calls a "grossly under-funded" education system... and for failing to give the people, quote, "the south carolina we want and know is possible." governor nikki haley is making improvements to the state's infrastructure a high priority. lawmakers say october's historic flooding highlights the gaping holes in the state's infrastructure. during last night's address, governor haley made it clear... if the general assembly passes legislation that cuts taxes, reforms the department of transportation and invests in our roads... it has her signature. when it comes to fixing those roadways... the interim agency since last year has now cleared the first hurdle to run the department of transportation. the senate transportation committee unanimously approved christy hall for the job. the issue now moves to the full senate for consideration. also out of the state house... if you aren't sure where the confederate relic room

mandy gaither, wyff news 4 4n clemson. gabrielle: an nfl star returned hendersonville today. sam gaston won a super bowl with the baltimore ravens. today he returned to hendersonville high school to present the school with a golden football. this is happening all around the country as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the super bowl. >> i wanted to show that football is important to the community. it definitely helps people. the nfl has brought a light to the importance of it in the communitgabrielle: more than 2,000 high schools and roughly 3,000 players and coaches will be recognized this season. nigel: coming up, the obama administration confirms for the first time that major classified information was contained in emails on hillary clinton's private home server. nigel: live shot down clemson boulevard in anderson. light sunshine and winds and the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work ofofis life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to v

rutherford announced that state representative mandy powers norrell will deliver the democratic response to governor haley's state of the state address. representativ e norrell represents lancaster county... district 44 in the south carolina house of representatives. and it's a call for prayer out of the state house. this morning... the palmetto family council and legislators will gather to support the launch of the south carolina organizers say the caucus is a bipartisan and bicameral group of state legislators united to defend american's right to trust in god. attorney general alan wilson will speak on the history of religious freedom in america... and the role of the legislature in its defense... at today's event. that's this morning at ten... on the north steps of the state house. lawmakers are set to hear more on a a pair of proposals that would limit the amount of syrian refugees in south carolina. one bill would require a public database of refugees and hold their sponsors liable for damages if they committed an

tonight -- representative mandy powers norrell of lancaster county will give the democratic response. we'll have more on her response as well on wistv dot com. people in south carolina who want to take part in primaries to act fast to register to vote. today is the deadline to register if you want to vote in the republican primary. the deadline for the democratic primary is on january 27th. you can register by logging on to the south carolina election commission website at sc votes dot org. meanwhile, testing will begin this morning at 10 for the election database and counting equipment for the republican presidential primary. you're looking at video from last year's testing. the goal is to make sure machines are working properly and ensure that they're ready to count votes accurately. tests will be conducted at the richland county voter registration and elections office on hampton street in columbia. we're also following the tag team of republican sarah palin. palin is endorsing trump for president, but he's not the only republican going after nbc's tracie potts has more on

immediately following governor haley's address - representative mandy power norrells from lancaster county issued the democratic response - and she touched on another issue that south carolinians are passionate about. 3 3 3 speaking of safe roadways - why haven't we passed a bill to improve our roads and bridges? ... lately, you've heard governor haley call for unity. i agree. we need to start working together to get things done. done.we have more coverage on our website - at fox carolina dot com. 3 in a developing story 3 a major move on capitol hilla& the senate voted *down an effort to advance a controversial bill.it would significantly limit iraqi and syrian refugees from entering the united states. states.it's a vote that weighs heavy- both on national security and the 20-16 campaign-as the country grapples with how to handle the growing humanitarian crisis this bill would have required every single person from syria or iraq- and even those refugees who have visited those countries in the past

announcing that the state representative mandy powers, norrell whether deliver the response to governor haleles state of the state address. representative norrell represents district 44 in the south carolina house of representatives. lawmakers are also set to hear more on a pair of proposals that would limit the amount of syrians coming here to south carolina. >> that's right. one bill would require a public data base of refugees and hold their sponsors liable for damages if they committed an act of terrorism. a second resolution calls for a ban on state agencies taking in new refugees until the federal government can establish new procedures to allevevte security concerns. >> in some parts of the world, the mentality is the right thing to do is to kill christians and to kill americans. and some of these refugees are coming from some of those parts of the world. >> the bill heads to the senate full committee today where senators will have the chance to hear public testimony. meanwhile, prayers are going up this morning, the palmetto family council and legislators gathered to support the

jeff, mandy, jared will all be in santa clara bringing you unique stories of the panthers the big game and festivities starting monday. >>> a photograph of a potato was clearly in high demand selling for more than 1 $1 million. it was taken by kevin and it was sold for 1 million euros the equivalent of $1,008,000. if the sale price is verified it will be the 15th most expensive picture ever sold. >> i admire art but it-- >> it looks like the moon. an asteroid perhaps. but yup up close and personal. >> art is in the eye of the be >> i suppose if you have $1 million to burn. insi

jeff gravley and gerald owens, mandy mitchell, jared fialko and catherine brown will give you before our coverage tomorrow on wral news and you can watch super bowl 50 next sunday, february 7th, right here on wral. >> good time and you'll be in charlotte. >> i'll be in charlotte. >> coast to coast. >>> it it eve of the iowa caucuses. >> how the ae re welme.hot a oodate meeck endaall t, sst t! t tufirsday,ay,esay! you checkin' out my easel?ite. fhay rtinun at kon m d crupo. p o oheirtees pnght in north eastern nieg yeara. amshildren alive. 86 people were killed and others injured whggest city in the north east. female suicide bombers blew up among people who were trying to flee. 20,000 people have died during nigeria's six-year up rising. >>> families are pooling resources to help millions of refugees in europe. they clected 100 carriers to send to mothers who have to they're facing below freezing temperatures and are need of essential items for survival. they gathered to assemble refugee child back packs they include socks, hats and high protein snacks. >>> cleaning up for a good cau

michael: mandy gaither has more from pickens county. magic: it is offering -- operating at 48 percent capacity, and if the proposal goes through, the 300 students would go to other pickens area elementary schools which are also under capacity, but rebecca newman says her two children >> than being dispersed to area schools is only going to increase classroom sizes and make them larger, m.d. students are not going to get the help from the teachers that they are getting right now. >> we hire on a teacher to student ratio of 22.5 to one. mandy: they want to voice their concerns at the meeting. >> it will work out great. i just have to remember to take my time. michael: going home after a gunshot to the head put him in the hospital. john: precipitation moving quickly off to the east, with some light snow in raleigh, carol: a greenville county deputy is back at them after a gunshot to the head set tim to the hospital. michael: this is all new at 6:00. my were: -- myra: their brother in blue joked in the. >> the food was not all that bad, fol

representative mandy powers norrell will deliver the democratic response. partly to mostly cloudy today with a 20% chance of a late day showers or snow flurry. highs in the low to middle 40s. wednesday, mostly sunny, chilly, highs middle 40s. thursday, increasing clouds, showers by evening, highs lower 50s. rain chance 60%. a strong storm system develops to our west and will bring widespread rain friday, some rain may be heavy. highs in the middle 50s, rain chance 90%. system moves out by early saturday, colder air behind the storm could give us a few snow showers early on.then mostly sunny, highs near 50. sunday, mostly sunny, highs near 50flurry or two early saturday. the weather system that's moving across the country highs in the low to middle 40s. wednesday, mostly sunny, chilly, thursday, increasing clouds, showers by evening, highs lower 50s. rain chance 60%. a strong storm system develops to our west and will bring widespread rain friday, some system moves out by early saturday, colder air behind the storm could give us a few snow showers early on.t

mandy? back to you. >> thank you so much for that, sue. dom just highlighted the growing bearish calls on wall street. now with oil continuing to fall to new lows, what should your strategy be? we have a portfolio manager joining us. thank you very much for joining us today, margaret. i see year to date your fund is down just over 6%. of course, the market has had a pretty rough time so far this year. you've got a number of well known names in your top ten holdings. names like apple, microsoft, visa. you also brought along with you a few stock picks, things that maybe people should look at in the large cap arena that could withstand some of the volatility that we're experiencing at the moment. tell us what are the names? >> right. so i mean, look, we've been thinking a lot about the volatility that everybody is talking about. the reasons for the volatility. and we don't think it's at all uncommon or unusual for that to continue for a couple more quarters. so we run a growth strategy. we're looking for companies that are on the offensive bu

mandy: if the storm brings ice, there is a to fall problem. ice can bring down trees that can block roadways, and no matter what, crews have to keep the interstate, primary, and secondary routes open. they could be sanding, deicing, and cutting trees all at the same time. crews say this particular storm has been hard to track, so they are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. newsr. that an ice storm can cause power to go out at any moment. tree limbs can tangle with power lines. carol: utility companies are at the lady -- are at the ready. patrick hussion's live with more on this. patrick: five been told that year long for storms like this in preparation, and as you mentioned, it only takes one frozen branch to put thousands in the dark. >> we are going to be on this until we are in the clear. patrick: duke energy has been working with a team of meteorologists in preparation for the oncoming storm, and throughout the carolinas, more than 3000 technicians are at the ready. >> we have also been in contact with other utilities in the

here is senator mandy nurel. >> hello, i am mandy powers noel. of lancaster county. like governor haley, i was also born and raised in rural south carolina and educated in our public schools. we have similar backgrounds, we see things from different perspectives. governor haley describes a south carolina from the perspective of those from the top. i see it from the ground level. and from the perspective of a mother of teenagers in public school and a small business owner, i see hard working people struggling to make ends meet. senior citizens having to choose between making their mortgage payment and buying their medicines. teachers trying to make due with moderate to little funding. 25 years ago, governor haley and i were both finishing high school. she was in banberg and i was in lancaster. our roads and bridges were some our neighbors had jobs with reliable health insurance and stable retirement plans. the future looked bright. what's changed in the past 25 years? i'll tell you one thing that's changed. here in that time, republicans have been in almost total cont

the onesie and mandy giving you this or >> she intrigued me. she was not only up front about, you know, her feelings and she was also a little aggressive in how she approached the night. she wasn't nervous. i thought those were all things i was intrigued by. >> 7.5 million watched the premiere with pretty much everybody agreeing this bachelor is sweet, sincere, and the perfect ben. interested in what makes up the women, not just making out but have we caught him being a hypocrite? >> you made a comment about now i'm going to get to know you ladies before i lip lock. then we see this shot up on the pr thing of you lip locking with mandy. you have some explaining to do. >> i do. this looks a lot different than it actually was. >> this is crazy. she hit me in the face. >> whoa. >> i'm so embarrassed. >> i can't do this right now. >>> 50 shades ofcrazy. >> the host calls this the most history. fantasy bachelor leagues -- yeah, those exist -- are already heating up with people getting points for things like who gets visibly drunk, who has a body par

then we see this shot up on the pr thing of you lip locking with mandy. you have some explaining to do. >> i do. this looks a lot different than it actually was. as you can tell, i still have the bib on. my moutclosed. i was laying back. like this looks a lot more aggressive and intimate than it really was. >> this is crazy. she hit me in the face. >> i'm so embarrassed. >> i can't do this right now. >> 50 shad of crazy. >> host chris harrison ca this the most dramatic season in bachelor history. and fanta bachelor leagues, yeah, those do exist, are already heating up with points for things like who gets visibly blurred out and who wins. >> but kaleoe kaley cuoco, they actually wrote, those damn twins took our spot. >> so nervous. >> blinds are closed. [ bleep ]. >> she's newly single. if you're not taken, what you think about kaley? >> she's a beautiful, beautiful person. >> so you wouldn't mind going out with her? >> let's not jump to conclusions. well, we all want to see jennifer garner happy and in love again. and exclusive new photos have people wond