right free lick and marc dopher have their special coming up at 7:00 -- brad fralick and marc dopher have their special coming up at 7:00 on monday. you don't get very many chances to do this. last chance for clemson was 1981. fans are in clemson right now and getting ready to say goodbye to the tigers. we'll be on the field for the national championship game for those who are going. dale: thank you for being there to represent the team. and don't forget the basketball plays sunday at noon against louisville for those staying in town. -- come on out to watch the big game. geoff: you guessed it, head of 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 first is fast. the second lasts all day. we give you your day back. tylenol . geoff: we're back with their pet of theheeek. joining us today is cameron. great to see you. good news because you had planned to bring in another dog but she was adopted. cameron: this is thalon, a one-year-old shouldiitzu next. he is

former clemson player that kicks for the arizona hurdles, with -- arizona cardinals caught up with marc dopher. marc: already a number of tigers in the desert playing for the arizona cardinals. one of them is chandler catanzaro, a former clemson kicker. this has to be an exciting time for you. your alma mater headed to the championship game. >> yeah, it's really fun. i'm excited for the guys to get out here. hopefully they are safe getting here. i'm excited to see them and even practice tomorrow. i'm going to go to their hotel and say hi. it's tough to go through a whole season like they have with a target on their back. i'm very proud to see them play marc: obviously we have to ask -- alabama or clemson monday night? >> i'm going clemson, and going with a late field goal to go up 2 scores late in the fourth quarter. that is my prediction. 31-21. that's my production for the game. marc: the special teams guy goes with the special teams guy. he goes with the tigers to beat the alabama crimson tide. ricardo: don't forget to tune into our one hour special on monday night, "road to the title" righ

we'll have live coverage from arizona all weekend from brad fralick and marc dopher. and starting tomorrow morning, geoff hart will be covering the tigers live in the morningng hours. of course you can find all the information about the tigers at wyff 4.com, and on the mobile app. and don't forget, our sports team will have an hour-long special for you monday night before the game. wyff 4 beginning at 7:00 p.m. coming up, several republican presidential candidates gathered in columbia today to talk about the country's poverty level. chris? chris: we have rainfall at home, but can you believe we are watching the tropics? a disturbance in the middle part of the atlantic now has the national hurricane center a 30% chance of turning tropical. it is moving away from the u.s., but still something cool to talk about in january. i will show you our cool >> you are watching live, local, breaking news with patrick huss ion, weather with meteorologist chris justus, and sports with marc dopher. this is wyff news 4 at 6:00 in high-definition. patrick: turning to the national title

in the orange bowl, marc dopher, wyff news 4. brad: thanks, marc. remember to the acc championship game, andy teasdall read a fake punt when it wasn't called. everybody saw debt -- dabo swinney get after him. but tonight, he executes, finds christian wilkins down the sideline. clemson runs away with it in the second half. the tigers advanced play for the national championship. ricardo is in the studioh anupdate on the alabama-michigan state game. ricardo: thanks, brad. let's check in on the cotton bowl. right now, alabama rolling, up 31-zero in the third quarter. we will have an update on this game more coming up in michael: there is much to celebrate in the upstate tonight. a big tigers win, and the new year as well, by the way. wyff news 4's liz lohuis is and local in greenville, with the latest on the big party. liz: michael, i am outside bar louie in greenville. of course, the big moment will be when the clock strikes midnight, but the other big moment of the night, of course, was when the clemson tigers became orange bowl champions. >> fight, t

here's brad fralick and marc dopher with more. brad: it is finally gameday here in glendale arizona. the clemson tigers will play for a national championship tonight for the first time in 34 years. marc: it's an exciting day certainly for tiger fans you can feel the energy here in arizona. as we walk around, see about 65% orange, about 35% crimson. it looks like it's going to be a tiger-studded crowd tonight here in glendale. brad should be a fantastic : atmosphere. the news to pass along dabo sweeney was asked if shaq lawson, the all-american play against alabama. remember, he hurt his knee in the orange bowl game and sweeney said that lawson is expected to play in the football game. marc: i do want to put a bit of caution out there, lawson told us at media day that he only felt like he was about 60%. but still, i think they're going to have him go. if he can't complete the game, look to see austin bryant in there, he got a lot of playing time against oklahoma so you look at him you say this guy's a freshman, he's not really a fre

is happening right now for the clemson tigers heading into this game, here is brad fralick and marc dopher. brad: good morning. it is finally game day here in glendale, arizona. the clemson tigers will play for a national championship tonight for the first time in 34 years. marc: it's an exciting day certainly for tiger fans you can . you can feel the energy here in arizona. as we walk around, see about 65% orange, about 35% crimson. it looks like it's going to be a tiger-studded crowd tonight here in glendale. brad: should be a fantastic atmosphere. some news to pass along. dabo sweeney was asked if shaq defensive end, will be able to play against alabama. remember, he hurt his knee in the orange bowl game and sweeney said that lawson is expected to play in the football game. marc: i do want to put a bit of caution out there. lawson told us at media day that he only felt like he was about 60%. still, i think they're going to haha him go. if he can't complete the game, look to see austin bryant in there. he got a lot of playing time against oklahoma so you look at him you say this guy's a

sports director brad fralick and marc dopher will host the special live from california. the future of the nfl showcased today in mobile, alabama for the senior bowl. clemson and dorman high product charone peake getting high praises for his route running during practice this week. first quarter, peake with a good pickup. 2 catches. 13 yards in the senior bowl. drive ends in a touchdown. adams also impressing scouts during the week. third quarter, adams takes the screen for 17 yard. the drive would end in a south field goal. adams 3 catches for 49 yards in the game. fourth quarter, the alabama faithful getting to see a crimson tide player score. kenyan drake gets the corner for the 1 yard score. south beats the north 27-16. mississippi state quarterback dak prescott named the senior bowl mvp. clemson entered today alone in fourth place in the atlantic coast conference at 6 and 2. the tigers now beginning a three game road swing, visiting tallahassee this afternoon. clemson facing florida state. the tigers beat the seminoles at the well back on january 2. first half, fsu w

i'm marc dopher. that's wyff news 4 spor geoff: thank you. taking a live look outside of the anderson skycam on clemson allyson: happening today, the republican presidential candidates they sought for more time before the iowa caucuses on monday. geoff: they have been invited to participate tonight on fox news, put you on not say donald trump because he says he will not be there, citing issues with one of the moderators, megyn kelly. trump explained on fox news last night. >> i was not treated well by fox. they cannot with this ridiculous pr statement and it was a talent. i said, how much of this do you take? midlands for a rally and he was endorsed by henry mcmaster there. trump promised he will campaign in south carolina so much before the primary that, quote, "you will be sick of me." fox news will also ha so-called undercard debate tonight. it's at 7:00, and the participants are former hp ceo carly fiorina, former arkansas gov. mike huckabee, former pennsylvania sen. rick santorum, and former virginia gov. jim gilmore. well, the south car

live in glendale, marc dopher, brad fralick. now back to you. ricardo: be sure to join us monday night for our hour-long special, "road to the title." that will be at 7:00. the carolina panthers, kicking back and watching playoff games this weekend. the team will return to the practice field on monday, to prepare for next sunday's divisional round matchup. ron rivera said it will be the only time they will be in full pads before the playoff game. they will host the seahawks next sunday. seattle surviving minnesota, as blair walsh in the final seconds missed a chip shot. seattle moving on to the divisional round, winning in the cold clemson is coming off an , 10-9. overtime victory at syracuse earlier in the week. now, the tigers look to keep things going today, welcoming in 16th-ranked louisiville. we head over to the well in greenville. the tigers offense clicking in the first half. gabe devoe and jaron blossomgame, connecting on the alley oop. second half, the tigers offense continues to score. donte grantham lines one up, and hits the 3. exte

wyff news 4's brad fralick and marc dopher are live in arizona tonight. gentlemen, it's a full weekend ahead. marc:. question about it -- no question about it. a busy weekend ahead. clemson got the first touchdown, some people said, as they landed in phoenix. they come off the planes, literally went right to the buses. we will talk to consider bright and early tomorrow morning. we visited university of phoenix stadium. marc: i thought this place was out in the country. i thought it was a bit closer to downtown phoenix. it's really not. it's in the farmland of this area. there is some stuff that has popped up. but as people get to phoenix to go to the game, they will be a little bit surprised that the great thing is that people planning to tailgate, plenty of room. there's a lot of restaurants, bars, and places to visit. it's a very inviting place. but a little further off the beaten path then i thought it would be. brad: the stadium completely dressed up and ready for the game. we saw the pictures on the side of the stadium. nondescript players, but one wa

for marc dopher, i'm brad fralick back to you. allyson: we showed you all of the excitement in phoenix. the excitement growing back your at home, as well. patrick: aly myles joins us live from cold clemson. aly: it is still quiet out here. a little more sleep before a lot of excitement today. finally, gameday. we have been getting pictures from excited clemson fans for i don't even know how long at this point. take a look at some of these. this one is from cassandra alexandra. she says she found this cleaning up. a bottle of coke representing clemson's 1981 championship season. and you can see the excitement in this picture. this is one of our director's matt cook. he's also one of the biggest clemson fans i know. and here's some clemson pride for you. the title here my permanent clemson accessory. caption says all day, everyday until the end of days. all in. fans already crowding arizona, this is a shot of the westgate fan zone, where espn was doing a show. sports director brad fralick said there's a sea of orange in arizona wait

starting monday, brad fralick and marc dopher will be covering the team live from santa clara with geoff hart joining them on thursday. then on friday we'll preview the big game. our sports team will bring you "chasing a championship" live from california. the view why ff 4 at 8:00 pm next friday, february 5. pamela: we're looking at mid 60's across t upstate. stay warm, but it will turn wet. . pepper discovers a wholesome breakfast with jimmy dean delights, made with real egg whites, lean cut meats, and whole grains. an excellent source of protein, it's a delicious way to fuel up on energy to help power through her morning run. which motivates these bikers to pedal faster, and inspires ted to land that front-side ollie. which delights everyone, including pepper's twins with jimmy dean delights, good mornings look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, mmmm, yoplait. hey, guys, it's annie. now, if you're anything like me, you're always looking for ways to save money, especially when it comes to your weekly grocery trip. well, with walmart every day low

and wyff news 4 is following the panthers to super bowl 50, starting monday, brad fralick and marc dopher will be covering the team live from santa clara, with geoff hart joining them on thursday, then on friday, we'll preview the big game. our sports team will bring you "chasing championship" live from california. you can catch it rightwyff four next friday. things are turning wet by the state of california ca myra: we are covering the nation now. the state of california can breathe a sigh of relief now. escaped fr are back behind bars. jonathan tieu and hossein nayeri were captured this morning about 400 miles north of san francisco. a woman tipped off police after the allegedly stolen van -- after spotting the allegedly stolen van they took. one person is dead and several others are injured after a violent incident at a motorcycle show in colorado. police say a fistfight between members of two motorcycle clubs escalated, and left four people shot, another stabbed and three others hurt. it happened at the first day of the motorcycle show. the second day which was supposed to co been can

panther championship, after a victory earlier we begin our team coverage now with wyff news 4's marc dopher. marc? marc: playoff football in charlotte finds the panthers squaring off against a familiar opponent. carolina and seattle, meeting for the 6th time in the last 4 years. for the second consecutive season, the seahawks and panthers playing in the postseason. a raucous crowd at bank of america stadium. that crowd had plenty to cheer for early. jonathan stewart rips off a 59-yard run on the first play of the game. carolina quickly turns it into points. stewart scored the first of his two touchdowns just three plays later. first seattle possession, and disaster for the defending nfc champs. luke kuechly with the pick. it goes for 6. seattle is barely off the bus, and they are down 14-0. carolina built a 31-0 halftime lead. russell wilson would rally his troops in the second half. a pair of touchdowns to tyler lockett helps seattle climb back in this ballgame. carolina, clinging to a 7 point lead when the seahawks go for the onside kick. the veteran, on the ball to secure the panthers wi

we begin our team coverage now with wyff news 4's marc dopher. marc? marc: the panthers squaring off against a familiar foe. carolina and seattle playing for the second time this season, facing off in the playoffs for the second consecutive season. a raucous crowd at bank of america stadium. that crowd had plenty to cheer for early. jonathan stewart rips off a 59-yard run on the first play of the game. carolina quickly turns it into points. stewart scored the first of his two touchdowns just three plays later. first seattle possession, and disaster for the defending nfc champs. luke kuechly with the pick. it goes for 6. seattle is barely off the bus, and they are down 14-0. lead. wilson would rally his troops in the second half. a pair of touchdowns to tyler lockett helps seattle climb back in this game. carolina clinging to a 7-point lead when the seahawks go for the onside kick. the veteran thomas davis makes a great play on the ball to secure the panthers win. a few nervous moments in charlotte, but the panthers take care of the seahawks, 31-24. car

marc dopher and brad fralick here, it is a sea of orange in the parking lot. marc: these people have waited for this for three decades. add in picture-perfect weather, in the sky as the tiger fans get ready to face off with alabama in the national championship. brad: it will be a battle of heisman candidates. mckenzie alexander from clemson has a hamstring injury. he is a gametime decision. shaq lawson, the defensive end out of central, is expected to play. i've seen reports that say he is close to 90%. we will see. the game may come down to the heisman finalist, deshaun watson and derrick henry. >> the shawn watson, quarterback of clemson. -- deshaun watson, clemson cornerback. >> i have respect for him as a pepeon and a player. he works hard. >> the winner of this year past heisman trophy is derrick henry. >> we are friends. eluded. -- a little bit. the friendship will last for a long time. we are cool guys. and good friends. brad: they are great players in their own right for their teams. they their teams. i was shocked at media day at how similar they are.

nigel: we will bring a special program, chasing the and brad fralick and marc dopher will be there on monday, and then geoff hart will join them live, and this is all leading up to our s "chasing a championship" that will be on february 5 at 8:00 p.m.. and ahead tonight, a war veteran uses his wheelchair to help shovel snow in his community. gabrielle: and now, an upstate toddler's prayer goes viral now with more than one million views. here is the little girl, and the mother who recorded that special moment. primetime lineup.after a big snowfall... few people enjoy shovelin nigel: after a big snowfall, very few people enjoy shovelingevery l: but when the snow fell recently in nebraska, and iraq war veteran found a resource way to help his community. here is brian. brian: about two hours. >> to slip or have to go tracing through the snow, hurt themselves. a completely different attitude when it snows. >> i had half a dozen people stop to take a picture because they had not seen a chair like this bbrian: last year, he took this off-road wheelchair -- >> i came up with the idea of putti

marc dopher has more from charlotte. marc: a year ago, the seattle seahawks ended the carolina panthers' season. on sunday, the panthers turned the table on the two-time seahawks. they got a great show early. jonathan stewart rips off a 59-yard run. that was on the first play from scrimmage. three plays later he would score the all-pro linebacker with a pick six. that is the first pick six in franchise postseason history. all of a sudden we are in the fourth quarter and we have a ballgame in ch 31-24. time for the onside kick. thomas davis the veteran linebacker secures the win for the panthers. they beat the seahawks 31-24. brad: this game looked like a blowout at halftime. 31-0 for the panthers. jonathan stewart with a huge first half. the office got conservative in the second half by cam newton thankful they were able to hang on and the panthers team, the vibe you get, we are putting ourselves in a position to do something that has not been done here before. it is this family culture we have from the coaches all the wa

allyson: marc dopher has the highlights this morning from the final day of the nfl's regular season. marc: final week of the nfl's regular season and simple postseason scenario for the panthers on sunday. beat the buccaneers, carolina gets the top seed in the nfc playoffs and the home field advantage that goes with it. let's go to bank of america stadium. second quarter we go. 7-3 panthers. still in the second quarter when carolina starts to pour it on. cameron artis payne scores the first touchdown of his nfl career. newton goes to the sky. jerrico cotchery hauls in the touchdown. their foot off the gas. go ahead and engrave that mvp trophy for cam newton. 38-10. advantage throughout the playoffs, finishing the regular >> i am proud of who this foototll team is becoming. they have done a great job. a lot of guys deserve credit coaches room. i think our coaches and then an excellent job for us this year. dave has done to help us find players and then what those developing them and then the players accepting coaching. marc: here is how the playoffs look on the nfc side. carolina grabs

the guys, brad fralick and marc dopher, are heading to the desert right as we speak. they'll be covering the tigers leading up to monday night's game. be sure to join us right here on wyff4 on game night, 90 minutes before kickoff, for "road to the title," our hourlong special, live from university of phoenix stadium.m. georgia linebacker leonard floyd is leaving for the nfl. the fourth-year junior, declaring for the draft today. round pick. the butkus award finalist led the bulldogs with 4 1/2 sacks this season, and ranked second on the team in tackles. gamecock linebacker skai moore is, however, staying put in columbia. moore will return for his senior season with south carolina, announcing his intentions on instagram today, saying it didn't feel right not finishing what he had began at usc. moore will get to play under new head coach will muschamp, who said today, he thought moore made a mature decision about returning. moore led the gameoccks in tackles the past three seasons. the clemson men's basketball team landed 6'9" transfer elijiah thomas. the former texas

our own geoff hart, marc dopher and brad fralick are all out there and will be bringing you stories throughout the day. they will be live at noon, 5, 6 and 11. coverage for the game begins tonight at 7 with our road to the title show. and in support of the game..many upstate chick fil a's are serving tiger paw biscuits today. aly myles is at the chick fil a in clemson and she sent us these pictures. she said on person ordered 300 this morning at the restaurant in clemson. they will be served until 10:30. also...academy in easley will open tonight if clemson wins and stay open as long as people are shopping! funeral services will be held today for a long time state senator. william "billy o'dell died thursday morning. he became a state senator in 19-89... and served district four.. his funeral will be held at 2-30 this afternoon at the first presbyterian chruch in greenville, spartanburg, anderson will be clear and cold today, high of 45. southwest winds of 5-7. the mountains will be clear, cold and breezy, a high of 37. northwest winds 7-10+. partly cloudy and cold overnight, lows of 24 to 30.

brad fralick and marc dopher spent the day with the tigers and have much more from the site of monday night's jb djitte game. -- monday night's championship game. brad: the day started awfully a bit of a circus with deshaun watson the center of attention for the clemson tigers. marc: they had about 200 media members, about 50 cameras around deshaun watson. they wanted to know everything about the clemson cornerback. how he felt about not winning the heisman, and of course asked about the vaunted alabama d. >> they have a different swag, but is nothing that we don't see every day at practice. we have a great defense. it's not going to be a shock when you get on the field monday night. marc: it was not all media meetings on saturday. there was also a practice with the tigers and crimson tide. their only practice here in arizona. they have a light walk-through on sunday. as far as the final practice of the season, it happened on saturday. brad: the tigers are ready to play. a walk-through on sunday. this is not a bowl trip, so not a lot of practices leading up to it. they did most of the

local, breaking news with patrick hussion, weather with meteorologist chris justus and sports with marc dopher. patrick: the clemson publix grocery store welcomed students back to school for the semester with some free food today. the store offered samples, demonstrations, and discounts . employees tell us they had a number of recipes they showcased throughout the store. they say it's just their way of saying welcome back for another semester in tigertown. a record number of runners took to the streets to give back to their community this morning. more than 1515 people crossed the finish line for the 37th annual greenville news run downtown. people off all ages came out for the early start. proceeds from the event will go to the holiday sunshine fund. wyff 4 is a partner in raising money for that fund.

brad fralick and marc dopher will start our live team coverage monday in california. geoff hart join them thursday, and then we'll have our special called "chasing a championship" at 8:00 next friday, february 5, right here on wyff 4. turning to the weather now, and a live look out over woodruff road with our skycam. what a difference a week makes. snow and ice plastic and this chris: my grandmother always told me that if the snow was on the ground for longer than three days, it is waiting on another and there is a good chance sis watching right now. snow on the ground in hendersonville. it takes a while to 15 inches, but it is slowly happening and i don't see snow44 degrees currently in henderson and nothing but sunshine in spartanburg. it is a lot warmer as you go down the mountain, 52 with west winds and anderson looking out ovwe have temperatures in the middle 50's already and it will lou skies in asheville, 44 with the north breeze, 17 miles per hour and it makes the wind chill feel like lower 30's. sunshine and 54 degrees and laurens and loads of sunshine in gre

i'm marc dopher. that's wyff news 4 sports. geoff: all right. coffee prices dropping, but your morning cup of joe is not getting cheaper. chris: a cool started to the four-day plus with a w 4 hd forecast. chris: good thursday morning. here is the view from our skycam network, greenville i-85. looking smooth out there. dry conditions in the greenvnvle area with clouds. it is a cool start to the day with 38 degrees. in lawrences cash in lawrence -- in laurens, we have some rain down south, but dry downtown. we have rain showers the for the get to columbia. the core may, over toward saluda, -- mccormick and over toward saluda seen rain showers. fog for anders and franklin, so be careful. temperatures are cold just about anywhere you go. 31 in hendersonville, 26 in abbeville at 35. local breeze out of the north will keep close to her they should be. with forloudy skies. we will be at 46 for 11:00 and low 50's by the afternoon. spartanburg will be at the dubai 2:00, 49 by 5:00 carried in anderson, mostly cloudy skies. in asheville, better chance of s

with patrick hussion, weather with meteorologist chris justus and sports with marc dopher. patrick: north of philadelphia, crews searching for a young boy with autism have found his body in a canal. jayliel vega batista's disappearance on new year's eve set off an intense search in allentown, pennsylvania. the 5-year-old had run out of a without shoes or a coat. crews searched around the clock, combing woods, a railyard, industrial buildings, and homes near the lehigh river. that's where fire department crews discovered his body this evening after a resident spotted something shiny in the water. charlotte police say a drunk man stole an officer's patrol car and crashed in the woods. the officer left the keys in the car after exiting a local business. a 22-year-old man jumped in the cruiser and took off. a short time later, the vehicle was found crashed in the woods, completely totaled. the man was found a short time later and is now in jail, facing several charges, including driving while impaired. the u.s. department of justice is investigating how blue bell creameries han

news 4 at noon and our newscasts at 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00 with sports director brad fralick and marc dopher. that also includes our hour-long special "road to the title." our sports team will be live at 7:00 tonight right here on wyff 4. they'll bring you up to speed and give you a bit of what they're calling t.v. gold from a clemson player who likes to pretend he works for us. again, all that begins at 7:00 tonight. allyson: don't forget to check out our live wire. it's a collection of the latest tweets about the tigers and fun posts from our staff. plus, you can even watch some retro highlights from the 1982 orange bowl when clemson last claimed a national title. go to the wyff 4 app or now bar. patrick: in this morning's headlines, deputies say the discovery of a newborn's body led to a murder charge for the baby's mother. anderson county deputies arrested 23-year-old joanie holcombe. the baby's body was found saturday morning in a field near cherokee circle. according to warrants, holcombe is accused of giving birth to the child and placing her in a plastic bag. holcombe is set to appea

ahead of the big game february 7, wyff 4 will bring you a special show nex brad fralick and marc dopher will start our live team coverage monday in california. i'll join them thursday, and then we'll have our special called "chasing a championship" at 8:00 next friday, february 5, right here allyson: it is not black friday, but these shoppers are bravingar waiting to cash in on. clear skies and cold out t the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over two and a half million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they wa

we will be live with brad fralick and marc dopher starting our life team coverage in california starting on monday, d then geoff hart joins us on thursday. this is all leading up to our special "chasing the 8:00 p.m., coverage you do not want to miss. michael: putting stricter limits on when police officers can reach an appeal court judge says using tasers when there is no immediate safety risk constitutes excessive force. you may remember this about using tasers on a 34-year-old autistic man who tried to run aw>> we're going to see that number dropped. we are going to see the number of physical interactions increase, because the events do not go away. the resistance does not go away. people do not always want us in theithey do not always want us to intervene. they do not always want to go to jail. michael: chief miller says because of this ruling, he has revised the department use of force policy, putting taser use into a higher category. today pertaining to dylan route -- roof, who faces hate crime counts and prison violations and 33 federal charges. prosecutors will pursue the death p

starting monday, brad fralick and marc dopher will be covering the team live from santa clara, with geoff hart joining them on thursday. then on friday, we'll preview th our sports team will bring you "chasing a championship" live from california. you can catch it right here on wyff 4 at 8:00 p.m. next friday, presidential candidate covering all corners of iowa. the race for the white house just two days away from the iowa caucuses. more on that just ahead. chris: not a bad start to tomorrow morning. we start out in the 40's across the update with clear skies. in the mountains, look for upper 30's. a warmer day tomorrow. he was rated a+ by the nra. not for his promises, but for defending the second amendment... he's a man of deep faith, who fought time and again for the right to life. he laid out a plan to destroy isis months before paris. he'll strengthen our border and use conservative principles to put washington's broken fiscal house back in order. jeb bush. he's the conservative you can trust, to fight for our beliefs. turning back to our breaking patrick: turning back to our breakin

brad fralick and marc dopher will start our live team coverage monday in california, and geoff hart will join them all leading up to our special, thursd championship," at 8:00 on february 5th. gabrielle: an upstate school district is considering doanges local in andersomandy: one of the options is to move to mount lebanon elementary. that mount lebanon option would still require son the school. the other proposal, turn pendleton elementary into a middle school, and expand mount lebanon. there are two driving issues behind this one. all anderson school district 4 6th graders go to the area elementary schools. superintendent dr. joanne avery says that cuts down on instructional time for those students because of the elementary schedule, so the district would like to move the 6th graders to the middle school. avery says riverside middle has no room for those students. she says either of the two options on the table right now would downsize the district from 6 schools to five, a savings of up to $1.5 million a year. >> the whole conversation is to say to the taxpayer, we could consolidate to

local, breaking news with patrick hussi on, weather with meteorologist chris justus and sports with marc dopher. this is wyff news 4 at 6:00 in high-definition. patrick: five american citizens held by iran have been released from custody. the announcement coming on the same day that the u.s. officially lifted nuclear sanctions against iran. nbc's ali arouzi reports from tehran on the release of the americans, some of whom spent years behind bars there. ali: as iran and world powers prepared to implement a landmark nuclear deal in vienna, here in tehran, five dual-national prisoners have been released. the timing probably not coincidental. out a statement saying the 4 -- the tehran prosecutors office put out a statement saying the 4 inmates were freed within the framework of prisoner exchanges didn't mention the names of any of the prisoners released. but iranian media has been rife with speculation, and now the state department has confirmed that amongst the released prisoners is washington post correspondent jason rezaian, former marine amir hekmati, and pastor saeed abedini. >> it's spectacul

with mike mccormick, the weather with meteorologist chris justus, and sports with marc dopher. this is wyff news 4 at 6:00 in high definition. mike: in north carolina, a pastor says he confronted a man who walked into the church with a rifle and a magazine of ammunition during a service. this happened on new year's eve in fayetteville. pastor larry wright, who is also a member of the city council there, says he walked up to the man, and asked if he could help him. the man asked the pastor to pray the pastor says he took the gun and hugged the man, who then committed his life to jesus, and apologized to the small congregation. the pastor says the man told him that he wanted to hurt someone that day, but felt compelled to ask the church for help. police took the man into custody, and he voluntarily went to a mental health facility. the site o othe san bernardino shooting rampage that killed 14 people and hurt 21 others, is set to reopen tomorrow. there will be tighter security as the inland regional center's 600 employees go back to work. the center has been closed since the dece

brad fralick and marc dopher will start our live team coverage monday ni i'll join them thursday. and then we'll have our special called "chasing a championship" right here on wyff 4. 4 you will need a jacket today, but maybe not this weekend. a big warm up headed our way32 in spartanburg, 36 in anderson, and look for temperatures to warm in the upstate. sunshine, mid 50's. that's a woman the mountains. that cold wind up against the mountains and as it sinks down, it warms up, so the upstate will be abo degrees warmer. as we headadnto tomorrow, 55 today, 60 one tomorrow. 65 the high on sunday. rain moves in on tuesday and we may have a rumble or two of thunder. looks like the most severe of the weather will be back toward dale's school salute comes from kerry wood elementary in greenwood. mrs. spikes' second grade class sent us this photo on ulocal and -- today's school salute goes to merrywood elementary school in greenwood. mrs. spikes' second grade clas sent us this photo on ulocal and they wanted to wish the team good luck and pounding. don't forget to send in your school phot

ahead of the big game next week wyff 4 will bring you , a special show next week, brad fralick and marc dopher will start our live team coverage monday in california. geoff hart join them thursday. then we'll have our special called "chasing a championship" at 8:00 next friday, february 5 right here on wyff 4. taking a look at other headlines. today is the seventh anniversary ledbetter fair pay act, an effort to ensure that unequal pay in t workplace can be effectively challengedit allows unfair pay complaints to be filed within 180 days of a discriminatory paycheck. lily ledbetter discovered that her employer was paying her less m m for doing the same job. she was at the white house today and talk about how unfair pay hurts everyone. president obama talked about it prt data in an effort to help businesses insurance they are treating employees equally. >> unequal pay is not personal to women.it hurts us , it hurts our families, and it hurts our economy. pres. obama: oftentimes folks are doing the same jobs and differently. it means that women are not getting the fair shot that we believe every

brad fralick and marc dopher will start our live team coverage monday in california. then geoff hart join them on thursday. and then we'll have our special called "chasing a championship" at 8:00 next friday, february 5 right here on wyff 4. pounding with the panthersiv wire. it's a collection of the latest tweets about the panthers and to view the livewire, go to our wyff 4 app, or go to wyff 4.com and look in the "right now" bar. gabrielle: now let's take a live look outside at what is happening right no beautiful picture of downtown greenville from our center sky cam. -- peace center sky cam. it's a nice, sunny day. nigel: you could say it is great football weather. wyff news 4's chief meteorologist john cessarich is joining us now with more. john: good football weather. we are live in charlotte. it warms up nicely with light winds into the upper 50's and low 60's. a different story in the mountainous areas, as expected. very windy conditions. it was a cold wind. highs only in the mid to upper 30's in the mountains. boone only at 35 degrees. only 34 in nashville. 3

brad fralick and marc dopher will start our live team coverage monday in california, and geoff hart will join them on thursday. it is all leading up to our special, "chasing a championship," at 8:00 on to the weather now. let's go ahead and take a live look outside at greenville through our hilton greenville skycam. traffic appears to be moving steadily right there. in that area. nigel: john cessarich is in the studio, tracking at all. warmer temperatures, are they still coming? john: absolutely. but right now, they are not here. you can seal chilly it is. we should be in the mid 50's for highs in the upstate. instead, we are talking mid-to-upper 40's. normally, we would see upperr highs in the mountains. that is where we are right now. seasonably chilly in the moun40 in boone, 47 in asheville and hendersonville, 47 in newberry. 51 in toccoa. clouds hanging tough. outside the mountains, in the upstate. clearing skies take place through later on this evening, a fast-moving cold front, which is in the great lakes right now, will race down and approach the north carolina-tennessee line by l

brad fralick and marc dopher will start our live team and geoff hart will join them on thursday. it is all leading up to our special, "chasing a championship," at 8:00 on friday, february 5th. in spartanburg school district 5, a history-making electric violinist made for a lesson that really rocked. michael: mark wood, one of the original members of the trans-siberian orchestra, taught students at the district 5 fine arts center today. wood says he invented the first electric violin in history. he worked with the students on making music, and adding personality and passion to their work. >> i think it's important that not only musicians, but mathematicians, artists, physicists, athletes, come to school and empower the kids, so when they go out to the real life, they are given some amount of tools so they can survive. michael: talk about passion. wood and the students will p on a rock concert tomorrow night at the district 5 fine arts united way of greenville county held a big celebration today at the td convention center, and they celebrated a big number. last year's campaign rai

that is where we find brad fralick -- brad fralick and marc dopher, joining us live from glendale outside the stadium where we will settle the national championship. brad: ricardo, this is what we have been waiting for. it has been talk and talk and talk, and finally, we are almost two game day. in the east, 30 minutes away from game day. we are so looking forward to it. clemson and alabama, clemson in the title game for the first time in 34 years and an opportunity to do something they haven't done in forever. dabo swinney says it seven years ago, when he got this job, this was his goal. he and nick saban met the media for the final time. marc: you could see that there wouldn't be any barbs thrown. everybody played nice. these guys have a mutual respect for each other, and a mutual respect for each other's programs. >> this has been great for our program, great for our team. this was our goal, to have the opportunity to play at the highest level. not only are we getting a chance chance to play alabama. >> our players are excited about the opportunity they have created for themselves to h

monday,brad fralick and marc dopher will be covering the team geoff hart joining them on we'll preview the big game. thursday. on we'll preview the bfriday, chasing a champion live from california. we want to see how you're showing off your panthers pride! you can share your photos with us by uploading them to our ulocal section on the wyff 4 app -- you might just see your photos on the air. pamela: good sunday morning. it does not get much prettier than this. we are a little hazy. a little fog. quickly warming up today. temperatures in the mid-60's for this last day of january. the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, myra: good morning. nikol for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over two and a half million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are si

marc dopher wyff news 4. geoff: i would imagine they will be ranked at least in the top five coming into next season. geoff hart live in arizona. patrick: thank you. look, i know you'rea cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. republican presidential candidate donald trump stopped allyson: republican preredential candidate donald trump stop by for a mock job interview. critics and i call you donald? critics -- >> uh, can i call you donald? >> you certainly can. >> what are your weaknesses? >> that i never forget. i've said it. i'm too nice, too long. and when somebody takes advantage, i become too bad, too long. memory. >> are you willing to relocate? >> i love the white house. [laughter] allyson: some weakness. marco rubio. he ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty... then he flipped, and worked with liberal chuck schumer to co-author the path to citizenship bill. he threatened to vote against it. and then voted for it. he supported h

brad fralick and marc dopher coverage monday in i'll join them thursday, and then we'll have our special called "chasing a championship" at 8:00 next friday, february 5, right here on wyff 4. allyson: happening today and tomorrow through the weekend, grave digger, predator and scooby-doo will ageoff: your plugs, please. aly myles joining us live again. allyson: look at her. aly: good morning. i promised you a a the beginning of the show that i would get in one of these. currently in scooby-doo.just one of the text to monster jam this weekendyou can go tonight, tomorrow, and these things are massione of those tires is the exact size as me.e driverf this truck is one of the only women in this field. we will be talking to her later tonight to check on her interview. tickets still available to mgo to our website for more details. aly myles wyff news 4 live at the bon secours on this arena. geof client there but not later. allyson: aly myles is in scooby-doo. geoff: let's get with chris on the weather. chris: a cool start to the day. light over the spartanburg skyline and chilly out there. 32

now, let's turn it over to brad fralic and marc dopher with the latest on clemsons trip to arizona. >> the tigers touchdown friday afternoon, and it was quite the reception. >> a few dozen came, and a couple hundred members of the media. all of that got exponentially larger when you consider that two massive jets bringing these teams to the desert to start their national championship experience. the big news is we are getting closer to the national championship. >> here is what is coming up today. media day is first thing this morning. we will have an hour with both teams. we will get our fill with both teams, and hopefully have a little fun on the way. also, clemson will have a practice today, the first real practice this afternoon. also, we made a trip to the stadium. the stadium is dressed and ready to go. >> it is. there is the 2016 national championship logo on their. a player from alabama, a player from clemson. it is supposed to be nondescript, but you are talking they're up on the stadium, large and in charge. they probably will be on monday night. >> we will certainly hear fr

marc dopher with me. this is the game that clemson wanted to play, a 17-16 football game at the half, but the second half was different. watson, both over 100 yards rushing, the second time in the history of the orange bowl that two players on the same team went over 100 yards. it was a dominating performance, close to 360 rushing yards for clemson and watson do a couple of bullets were good measure. brad: it was really incredible to see. running up to this game, everybody thought that watson would have to be the, with his arm because they were tickling running the football. clemson probably took that to heart. he ran for 300 plus yards. last year when they played oklahoma, it was less than 100 yards, so a complete swing from last year's game. the clemson tigers go play for the national championship. marc: it was lead to be in the locker room because that is the moment when the guys realize, we are at the top of the mountain. i talked to a lot of clemson fans this week and so many, the older ones, said ba

our own geoff hart, marc dopher and brad fralick are all out there and will be bringing you stories throughout the day. they will be live at noon, 5, 6 and 11. coverage for the game begins tonight at 7 with our road to the title show. accident in simpsonville scuffletown road at adams mill road is blocking the road. greenville, spartanburg, anderson will be clear and cold today, high of 45. southwest winds of 5-7. the mountains will be clear, cold and breezy, a high of 37. northwest winds 7-10+. partly cloudy and cold overnight, lows of 24 to 30. mostly sunny tuesday, highs of 44 to 49. asheville, hendersonville will drop to 19 on tuesday night, the upstate will be 26 early wednesday morning. sunny on wednesday but just 35 to 43 for highs in the region. greenville, spartanburg, anderson will be clear and cold today, high of 45. southwest winds we stop arthritis pain, because you believe in go. onward. today's the day. carpe diem. tylenol 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. the first is fast. the second lasts all day. we give you your day back. what you do with it is up to you. >>

now, let's turn it over to wyff news 4 brad fralic and marc dopher with the latest on clemsons trip to arizona. >> good morning from scottsdale, arizona. the clemson tigers are here and ready to play alabama monday evening. the tigers touchdown friday afternoon. it was quite the reception. >> a few dozen fans, and a couple hundred members of the media. larger when alabama was about 30 minutes behind. two massive jets bringing these teams to the desert to start the championship experience. the tigers are here. we are getting closer to the championship. >> here is what is coming up today. media day is first thing this morning. we will have one hour with both teams. we will hopefully have a little fun along the way. today, clemson will practice for the first time, the only full practice here in arizona will be later today. they will have a walk-through on sunday before the game on monday. also, we have made a trip to the stadium. the stadium is dressed and ready to go for this national championship game. >> it is. it is not just the phoenix cardinals stadium. there is a national champipis

brad: welcome in marc dopher. when we looked ahead to the season in august, there is no would go 15-1 in the regular camp. previous season. they ended on a pretty prop -- pretty positive note. they had been in the playoffs for about two months. before that, they played terrible football. you were wondering, what is this team going to be? they opened training camp, looking pretty good, and we were th benjamin tore his acl. it is one of those moments you look at and go, where does the team go from here?you knew immediately it was not good. brad: kelvin benjamin was arguably the best wide receiver, best rookie wide receiver, in rookie lasincredible training camp. cam newton talked about someone else this week that i think ishe said stephen hill. remember in training camp, stephen hill went down with a knee injcam newton said stephen hill was having the training camp of life. they expected big things out of stephen hill. former georgia tech widehe'll goes down. benjamin goes down. it's difficult to see how they go 15-

marc dopher caught up with jorgen leggett -- jordan leggett. marc: the tories in the orange bowl. jordan, you are headed to the championship. how does that sound? >> such a great feeling.

breaking news with patrick huss ion, weather with meteorologist chris justus, and sports with marc dopher. this is wyff news 4 at 6:00 in high-definition. patrick: turning to the national title game -- you may have heard there is a game between alabama and clemson coming up. the team headed to practice. wyff news 4's sports director brad fralick joins us live from near phoenix. and brad, media day is kind of known as the last big distraction before the game.

i'm marc dopher. that's wyff news 4 sports. geoff: all right.