last week, attorneys for michael slager filed a motion asking for swabs from the former north charleston officer's taser to be sent back to an investigator they hired after sled was allowed to take a look at new evidence found. yesterday a judge said he is giving a forensics investigator extra time to analyze that evidence.slager during a traffic stop in april. he is now out on bond. 3 3 3 coming up...mizziou handed the tough loss...reggie anderson will tell us how things are looking for the gamecock men hmm hmm hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm-hmm let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together [ cheering ] counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike they've all come to look for america [ cheers and applause ] all come to look for america all come to look for america all come to look for america she spent a lifetime making a difference for people. winning healthcare for 8 million children. benefits for families of reservists and the national guard. standing strong around the world for human rights and women's rights. hillary clinton. take on the drug companies to lower the cost

attorneys asked for swabs from michael slager's taser after sled looked at new evidence found. investigators more time analyze the evidence. slayingser out on bond -- slager is out on band. >>> man is accused of impersonating an officer. authorities say he was arrested after a deputy saw him in an usc with blue flashing light at a -- suv with blue flashing lights at a gas station. he identified himself as a sled officer. the deputy followed. he said he was a sled officer and then said he was a private security officer. he has been charged with impersonating an officer. >>> more low income moms will get help to make sure their possible. the state is expanding a program that helps women who are pregnant and new moms. here is robert k, kittle. >> reporter: -- robert kittle. she didn't know about her baby and so she got help from healthy start. >> they come to your house and everything. and they just give you information, resources. you know, so that way you can be a wonderful parent. >> we ever resource mothers who do educational parts of -- you know, what to expect whenever you a

last week, attorneys for michael slager filed a motion asking for swabs from the former north charleston officer's taser to be sent back to an investigator they hired after sled was allowed to take a look at new evidence found. yesterday a judge said he is giving a forensics investigator extra time to is charged with killing scott during a traffic stop in april. he is now out on bond. 3 new numbers show there are more than 5-thousand homeless people in south carolina. this morning, a new program is helping them find jobs.the department of employment and workforce is partnering up with "transitions" for the back to work program.it's a 5 week boot -camp meant to help people not only find jobs... but keep them.out of 19 people who graduated last year, 14 got jobs in december. now 22 more people will start the journey back to work 3 the mentoring is the best part you have a one on one job coach they help you do the resume they teach you the basic skills of how to dress for an interview, how to conduct an interview all that stuff is just wonderful 3 the department plans to continue the progra

asking for swabs from michael slager's taser after sled looked at new evidence found. today a judge said he is giving a investigator extra time to analyze the evidence. slager is accused of killing scott in april. he is out on bond. >>> now, the midlands most meteorologist jim gandy. >> watching an area of rain that is moving through the tennessee river valley. moved in to western north carolina. it is moving into drier air. so there is only a slight chance we will see rain. right now temperatures across the area look like this. skies. temperatures 60 degrees. winds from the southwest at 6 miles per hour. tonight we are expecting a low temperature of 41 with an increase in clouds and a slight that will be tonight. tomorrow it will be partly cloudy with a high temperature of 62. it should be dry for the work week. we will look at the forecast in a moment. >>> governor nikki haley announced a new partnership that aims to reduce preterm births and child hospitalizations. 1200 families receive intervention. it involves pairing nurses with moms on medicaid. the nurses make

charleston, south carolina when following a daytime traffic spot, walter scott is shot and killed by michael slager, a white challenge police officer. so has the incident in ferguson led to an uptick in crime due to a pullback of police? usc criminology professor out. he calls it the ferguson effect and his findings are mixed. the big takeaway. >> there's n systemic country-wide, u.s.-wide ferguson effect on crime rates. meaning that the direction of crime trends before ferguson was no different than eaver. >> reporter: he studied 81 large u.s. cities with populations of at least 200,000 people. now, the study did show some increases. >> when you look at robbery rates, there appears to be some between the ferguson effect and increases in robbery rates across the country. >> reporter: and there's more. >> within a handful of cities a select group of cities there appears to be a significant increase in homicide rates. >> reporter: now, in columbia, dr. wolfe credits the richland county sheriff's department transpampcy transparency. the study is the most comprehensive of its kind to date. the results

attorneys for michael slager say they want access to d.n.a. swabs collected by state police on the taser slager used during his deadly interaction with walter scott. >> that's right. the defense team did get access to that taser back in january under consent order. but now seeks access to the swabs that were used to collect the position seeks to have an independent analysis of the evidence collected. they say both scott's and slager's d.n.a. is present on that taser. new tests may show that scott good control of the taser before the shooting. testing, though, must be completed by friday. attorney general loretta lynch plans to visit six cities in the ming months to highlight police departments she sees as role models for law enforcement. the initiative is a part of a national discussion on police use of force and effective law enforcement tactics. the topic has taken a new urgency amid a series of high profile police shootings of unarmed men in such places as we heard about in ferguson, missouri and even right here in south carolina in north c

where attorneys for michael slager say... they want access to d-n-a swabs collected by state police... on the taser slager used during his fatal interaction with walter scott. the defense team got access to the taser in january under a consent order, but now seeks access to the swabs that were used to collect evidence from it. the motion seeks to have an independent analysis of the evidence collected by sled. sled officials say both scott and slagers d-n-a are present on the taster. but the defense contends new tests may show scott got control of the taser before the shooting. the testing must be complete by friday. back here at home... police say they're looking for a burglary suspect... who broke into a mattress store. this is surveillance footage taken from 'mattress man' on sunset on february third... police say the man you see broke into the store and stole a laptop. if you can help investigators... call crimestoppers... one-triple- eight-crime-sc. richland county sheriff's department says... they're looking for a man ac

information in the michael slager case. a judge is giving an investigator extra time look at evidence. they filed a motion asking for sobs from his taser be sent back to an inveigator after sled looked at the new evidence found. the investigation remained on hold till sled was done with that evidence. they asked for 40 more days to investigate. >>> in washington now, justice scalia's courtroom chair has been draped in black as part of the supreme court tradition that dates back to the nineteenth century. at the same time the debate over whether or not it should be president obama or his successor who appoints the next supreme court justice is heating up. the selection will face a tough nomination process with republicans vowing to block thupointment till the next the next president comes into office. . >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> this morning we saw showers and thunderstorms moving through the area but they moved out quickly. we saw the sun come out. here is the second