chris: taking a live look over denton greenville over the peace center. shape. it is very cold all across the area. 28 degrees with east-northeast win at five miles per hour. live super doppler for hd is dry. it is so dry at the surface that the atmosphere will have to moist and before we get any precipitation. 20 degrees in asheville. a report from mount mitchell -- zero with a wind chill of negative 25. that is how cold the areas. 28 in spartanburg. 31 in laurens. into the overnight hours, bone chilling cold. 19 the low in asheville. 20 in greenville. 26 in anderson. tomorrow we will see some sunshine, then clouds begin to increase. snow moves into the mountains late in the day. a high of 18 in boone. 23 the high in asheville. only 36 in downtown greenville. it will be a low impact event along i-85 southbound. i still think it's going to be a major event for areas north of i-85. you could have a moderate impact with roadways being slick, especially the first part of monday. rain begins to move in late in the day. high impacts for the north carolina mountains,

carol: a live look from sky 4 over the peace center in downtown greenville. on a night when republicans for president will debate, there's major news out of texas and washington. the death of a supreme court justice antonin scalia. michael: we will begin with breaking news supreme court justice antonin scalia has been found dead. officials say he died of apparently natural causes today at a luxury resort. carol: officials say his body was found in his room after he didn't appear for breakfast. scalia had served on the supreme court since he was appointed in 1986 by then president ronald reagan. scalia was one of the most conservative members of the high court. he was 79-years-old. michael: this news certainly will emerge into the debate tonight in downtown greenville. before we get you there, that's a live look outside from our woodruff road skycam. a very cold night in store. carol: with more winter weather on the way, meteorologist chris chris, what happens tonight? chris: tonight is going to get cold. that sets the stage for the storms on monday. we are ge

more people come, but the peace center is the venue cbs chose. corey: right now groover says some tickets might free up if people cancel but there is no guarantee. these debates are extremely popular. someone with the south carolina office of gop -- gop office till be more than 24,000 people applied to get tickets for the they say they were getting calls from people all over the world, trying to get into the event. corey davis, wyff news 4, live in greenville. michael: we are teaming up with the riley institute at furman university for commitment 2016 voter focus group. it will happen with peter hart. it is an exclusive live streaming event that will take place in our studios. it will include voters who will weigh in on the debate and the primary. your heart is a nationally known pollster who works with nbc news and the wall street journal. you can watch the event live at 7:00 tonight right on your mobile app. >> i want people to find their way. carol: a voice for the voiceless. monica's story and how her words help greenville. john: a live shot

allyson: a celeb more following that debate at the peace center. geoff: we caught up with a few of the many supporters. >> i think we one, at a think we did a good job. i think we won big league. >> i just said lord if you all say its impossible you have to open the doors. and if you open the doors i'll walk through them. and if you close the doors ill sit down. so far he's got the door open if he doesn't close them ill keep walking to the white house. >> i've never been more proud of jeb bush than i am right now this is the guy i got behind when i was at 3%. he is clearly under donald trumps skin he is a good decent man he stood up for his family he stood up for women he stood up for the disabled he showed sympthay to the illegal immigrants who are not rapist and drug dealers and he wants to fix illegal immigration. >> when marco is just marco. the world is a better place. and tonight marco was marco and that is why when i talk about being presidential on the stage there was none better than marco rubio tonight. he led the charge from the importan

clinton, and i approve this message. 3 in you decide 20-16. 3 this is a live look out outside the peace center. candidates are front and center on the stage tonight. this is the last debate before the south carolina republican primaries. 3 these six republican battling it out- before the big day next saturday. saturday.we want to send it out to fox carolina's derek dellinger. derek- netflix's house of cards is also setup right across from the peace center..and that's also been a popular spot over the past few days? 3 yes it is--basically it's a walk right across the street from where we are.and while a lot of poeple were trying to keep an eye on the debate--the big draw today was the 'frank underwood campaign headquarters'. 3 people had a chance to go in and get their picture taken at the character's desk.and with the g-o-p debate happening this as a perfect opportunity to raise awareness for the show--which has its fourth season coming up next month.if you've not seen the show--it has a big local connection-- the main character, frank underwood, is from gaffney on the show.the 'headquarters'

as they marched at the gop debate at the peace center. a similar protest happened at the democratic debate earlier this week in milwaukee. geoff: a group of protestors gathered in falls park, and outside the peace center. they asked the gop presidential candidates to fall for a reduction. or elimination of nuclaear weapons world wide. the group called global zero throughout the debate. if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all frustrated with your overactive bladder medicine not working? can't handle the side effects? botox treats symptoms of leaking, going too often, and the strong sudden need to go

debate.it's happening at the peace center and preps are well underway. underway.fox carolina's ashley minelli is live there this morning... and ashley -- do we know yet if all *7* republican candidates will be on stage? 3 based on requirements: - top 3 in iowa- top 5 in new hampshire - top 5 in polls... 3 based on criteria for automatically included in that tuesday polls indicate: bush, kasich included- 90 minute debate- starting at 9 tomorrow night 3 - preps already underway - tv crews already getting in place - expect security to be tight... secret service will be here 3 - road closures: - saturday 8am - 2am- most of the area surrounding the peace center 3 - again: starts at 9pm - just only 3 senator marco 3 rubio will be in the upstate for a third day in a row. row.after he attends the forum at b-j-u--a rally is planned at the downtown greenville airport at 5 oclock.this is a look at his town hall event at southside christian school in simpsonville thursday.the senator addressed a wide range of topics from foreign policy....to terrorism. 3 3 3 you are

off: another group of protestors has gathered in falls park, and outside the peace center. they were asking the gop presidential candidates to fall for a reduction. or elimination of nuclaear weapons s rld wide. the group called global zero. started their protest before last night's debate. allyson: turning to our continuing coverage of the school consolidation proposal in pickens county. dozens of parents held a protest in liberty square near the court house saturday the school district has approved the proposal to close 3 under enrolled schools ambler, a.r. , lewis and holly springs elementary schools. the district says it will save the district almost $12 million but some parents don't think it's best for their children. >> we had 3 meetings, each had 2 to 300 people in them at the individual schools they were trying to close and it was a resounding no. realize that the school district is actually owned by the people and you need to listen to what they have to say. allyson: the proposal now heads to the full school board. they are scheduled to vote on the 22nd. geoff: a

gop leaders say the peace center isn't big enough but that's the venue cbs chose. we're told some tickets might free up if people cancel, but there's no guarantee. allyson: with the south carolina gop primary about a week away, a group of ten republicans gathered at our wyff 4 studios to talk about the candidates. the group included supporters for every major candidate and at least two people who haven't yet decided. only three said they will vote for donald trump. but all believed trump would likely win. national pollster peter hart conducted the focus group. he says south carolina will help set the political tone for other southern states. >> it's been a marvelous week because i've learned so much from furman and the riley institute, but more importantly, i've been to tommy's ham house and the chance to talk to people one on one and you get the sense of involvement and how much you also get a real sense of the values and the importance of religion in american politics. allyson: if you missed our exclusive stream of the focus group, we have it for you to watch on

. >> it's being held at the peace center in greenville. you can bet downtown will be crowded with valentine's weekend too. >> reporter: gordan, there's the debate, there's valentine's day, there's also a third reason people are coming in. take a look behind me. this is frank underwood's campaign for president. now, of course he is a fictional candidate but the producers said up shop here hoping to capitalize on the interest behind tomorrow's debate. politics is local and apparently it's >> it's been said all politics is local and apparently it's marketable. early friday to get a glimpse inside the headquarters of a fictional candidates from gaffney. >> it's wonderful. the it's a great time to be -- it's a great time to be in greenville. >> it's great with this event and the debate tomorrow. >> the gop debate is what has the nation's attention. millions are expected to tune in to watch the candidates face off. all of this playing out in greenville. >> i think it's good for greenville and good for south carolina. it's going to be an interest

allyson: that debate geoff mentioned is saturday night at the peace center. thousands of people were hoping to get selected for a ticket through the lottery system, but gop leaders say the peace center isn't big enough. the republican national committee has distributed tickets across the state for gop supporters. the greenville county party chairman was given a couple dozen tickets for the party faithfuls. >> if we had not had it at the peace center, we probably would have had more people come, but the peace center is the venue that cbs chose. allyson: we learned some take cancel, but there is no guarantee. turning to last night's debate. the two democratic presidential hopefuls squared off in wisconsin. geoff: bernie sanders and hillary clinton faced off on a wide range of topics including size of government, race relations and health care. immigration was a hot button topic. >> we have got to move toward a path toward citizenship. i agree with president obama, who used executive orders to protect families. hillary clinton: we should be deporting criminals,

right now, crews are busy setting up for the gop presidential debate at the peace center. people selected to get tickets will fill 1900 seats made available for the event. >> i did not have hundreds of tickets. i had a couple dozens of tickets. corey: chad groover said he gave tickets to people including elected officials who work hard for the party. mr. groover: he will have a good mix of donors, workers, and people who are donors and workers. corey: they more than passed on to the state party to distribute among party chairs third a lottery system was originally >> if we had not had it at the peace center, we probably would have had more people come, but the peace center is the venue that cbs chose. corey: right now, groover is encouraging everyone to come out and work for the party they support. >> i think, not for the motive of getting debate tickets, but for the motive of producing a better society, i think getting involved in the political process makes sense. corey: it would take a venue that is 11 times the size of the peace center just to hold everyone who wants t

and news 10's will whitson is also at the peace center in greenville with and news 10's will whitson is also at the peace center in greenville with a look at why tonight is make or break for some of the candidates. will. take a look over here- google runs their minute by minute searches of candidates in the battleground states- and as you can see, some of these lines are moving all over the place. each candidate wants to be at the top of this list. for donald trump- that means maintaining dominance in the debate. he's ind the mid 30s in recent south carolina polls- and if he hangs on to that, he can win the palmetto state. for other candidates- it's gonna be about screen time- and lots of it. place in the horse race- or give can change the race. it happened in 2012, it happened prior to then. i think what people want to hear in south carolina is very clearly and specifically from all these candidates is what they're going to do to address america's biggest challenges." matt mentioned how a debate can make or break a candidate- we saw that before new hampshire with marco rubio- he was

cut.tomorrow's debate takes place at the peace center. police are warning downtown will be busier than usual.. with secret service and the hand.most of the roads around the peace center will be closed, starting at 8:00 tomorrow morning.you can find more information on road closures and parking on fox carolina dot com. 3 the democratic candidates squared off in their last debate before the south carolina primary. primary.the debate between hillary clinton and bernie sanders was hosted by pbs in milwaukee.clinton and sanders showed they have similar goals for the presidency.. but once again clashed on issues like the iraq war and campaign financing.sanders has gone after clinton for taking money from "super pacs".. but clinton pointed out that president obama took even more donations during his campaign in 2008. 3 3 3 let's not in any way imply here that either president obama or myself would in any way not take on any vested interest, whether it's wall street or drug companies or insurance companies or frankly the gun lobby, to stand up to

geoff: exciting times of the debate at the peace center on saturday night. the carolinas. helping >>> good morning. landslide. donald trump and bernie sanders win big in new hampshire. >> we are going to make america so great again. maybe greater than ever before. >> thank you, new hampshire! >> for hillary clinton, a crushing defeat.

today's peace center debate is the first before the primary one week from today. we will have a live extensive team coverage including voter reaction and expert analysis. don't forget to make the switch to wyff news 4 after the debate. a new campaign headquarters on mainstreet street near the peace center and republican debate site. the frank underwood 2016 headquarters opened up yesterday. underwood is the fictional carolina in the netflix political drama "house of cards." fans of the show and curious people who wanted to stop why actually sat in his chair. many say they would like to see underwood in a debate with gop hopefuls. >> frank needs to be frank. greg is number he can do no one. wrong. he needs to be representative of gaffney of the street. he will do a great job. myra: campaign headquarters will open at 8:00 this morning offering food, massages, and beverage tastings until midnight. chris: taking a look at the impact reader on monday. snow and sleet between 4:00 and 7:00 a.m. and eventually rain reporter: there is not always enough time to implement ne

again, that debate is saturday night at the peace center. the democrats running for president will debate tonight. that debate will be in milwaukee. it will be the sixth time bernie sanders and hillary clinton will meet in debate. tonight's debate, which will be produced by pbs news hour, comes just days after sanders's victory in the new hampshire primary. the candidates now shift their focus to nevada and south carolina. geoff: after the new hampshire primary and before south carolina's first in the south primary, pollsters are trying to get a read on the american voter. national pollster and public policy expert peter hart is in the upstate all week as a fellow in residence at furman university. he's teaching students and listening too for the issues and the millennial generation. we asked him about the challenges he and other pollsters face this election cycle. >> the hardest thing is, how to you get an accurate cross-section? at this stage of the game it is much harder to reach people. we tend to have to reach through cell phones, that

3 here's a look in downtown greenville.that's where preparations for saturday's debate at the peace center are already underway.the g-o-p candidates will take the stage 3 stay with us online and on air for continuing coverage.and later in this newscast...you'll hear from clinton and several of the other gop candidates following the results in new hampshire. 3 now to a developing story- 3 two families are in mourning after a car accident in york county took the lives of two friends who attended gaffney high school.this is a look at seniors shemar byers and dominick galosi.they lost their lives... lives...tonight shemar byers mom is speaking out only to fox carolina - about the kind of person her son was - and the help she needs for his funeral arrangements. arrangements.fox carolinas shale remien joins us now with more - shale? 3 when i spoke to shermars family tonight, they are in complete shock tonight. some saying it doesnt feel real. shermars mother says he had a larger than life personality and was friends with everyone. galosi were killed friday afternoon in a car accident. two others

the debate, which will be televised nationally.about 2-thousand people are expected to be at the peace center for the debate--which will feature on the ballot for the primary, which is set for *next saturday.we caught up with some people taking in the sights and sounds of the preparations downtown--and they say they plan to go to the debate--because they are still undecided. but they also say that there are other reasons, too, to go. 3 3 3 alot of the fun of the debate is people watching,we get to see the people in the inside and outside 3 there will also be road closures tomorrow starting at 8 a-m.broad, from river to main--main, from court to murphy--south laruens from broad to court--and court, from main to river. 3 and the presidential candidates are already descending on the upstate-- ahead of tomorrow's debate. debate.just this afternoon bob jones university hosted gop presidential candidates marco rubio...ben carson...jeb bush and ted cruz for a discussion on faith issues in south carolina.each candidate took the stage individually to address various issues... military...and how to sup

mainly the streets around the peace center. they will be closed from 8:00 a.m. saturday to 2:00 a.m. on sunday. the son of the reverend billy graham wants to encourage people to pray, then vote. geoff: his stop in south carolina is a part of his 50-state tour. the theme, pray, vote, engage. graham has not endorsed a candidate. in fact, he resigned from the gop in december, saying he was disgusted by some of the party's car this morning and driving to work. allyson: i am not a fan of the cold so i am struggling. geoff: i don't know a lot of people who say they are. especially in these parts. dale: cold and wind together is the combination. right now it might not be too breezy. we are seeing about six mile per hour breeze and some gust up to 15 and 20 at times in the upstate and it makes the 20's feel like teens. teens in the mountains feeling like below zero at times. flurries of snow overnight and if you continue until 8:00 along the tennessee-north carolina border. wind chill advisories are the big story today for those having to work outdoors and play outdoors

this is a look outside from our peace center skycam. we have colder than normal temperatures and your winter weather coverage is straight ahead. >> we can't live our lives like that. it is time for you to change. allyson: anger at one of the three schools in danger of closing in pickens county. what parents are doing. geoff: gop candidates are continuing their trips through the palmetto state. allyson: it is cold outside and going to get colder. dale: we will see colder temperatures this weekend as well. there were a few flurries along the tennessee and north carolina border. that is coming to an end. we have seen cold air blowing across the mountains.

allyson: the debate geoff just mentioned is saturday night at the peace center in greenville. thousands of people were hoping to get selected for a ticket through the lottery system but isn't big enough. the republican national committee has distributed tickets across the state for gop supporters. the greenville county party chairman was given a couple dozen tickets for the party faithfuls. >> if we had not had it at the peace center, we probably would have had more people come but the peace center is the venue that cbs chose. allyson: we've learned some tickets might free up if people cancel but there is no guarantee. turning to last night's debate, the two democratic presidential hopefuls squared off in wisconsin. geoff: bernie sanders and hillary clinton faced off on a wide range of topics including size of government, race relations and even health care. immigration was a hot button topic. >> we have to move toward a path toward citizenship. i agree with president obama who used executive orders to protect families. >> we should be deporting criminals, not hardworking, geo

nigel: now, let's take a live look outside in greenville through our peace center sky cam. you can see, it's very wet out there right now as we speak. temperatures are falling. gabrielle: in western north carolina, here is a live picture from our asheville skycam. it is gray and cold. john cessarich and chris justus are in our studio, tracking the latest. john: very heavy, freezing drizzle across the area. either hold steady or fall just a little bit, especially along i-85 and north. watch out for that. some of the side roads will freeze, and the main roads will get icy. reports of accidents already. if you don't have to get outside, don't. a heavy batch of rain through tennessee and alabama will move through georgia, i-85 and when that gets here, with cold temperatures around the freezing mark, we could see moderate to heavy freezing rain across the area later this evening. in the pink shaded area, drizzle showing up. here comes the batch of heavy rain, which will arrive later. a closer look at the live super doppler, travelers rest, a patch of light using rain, also in in

primaries.fox carolina's andrew reeser joins us live outside the peace center where crews are busy setting up for the big debate tomorrow night . 3 in fact, they are so busy setting up, they couldn't allow my camera into the peace center to get any pictures... but the stage is being prepped for tomorrow's broadcast...and you really excitement in the 3 the peace center, which as we all know hosts some great shows here in greenville...is welcoming possibly the biggest show they've ever had...it will be broadcast to millions of homes around the nation... as g-o-p hopefuls duke it out ahead of the 'first in the south' primary next weekend. representatives om twitter are also here...they're getting ready for people to chime in about what goes down on this stage tomorrow.i spoke with several people downtown today...they are just so excited that greenville is getting this kind of attention...before the 2016 election. 3 3 3 "in my entire life here, i've never seen the energy so high and everybody so excited about this gop thing going on...we can't even wait...so you just see everybody walking arou

republican candidates will take part in another debate...this time at the peace center in greenville. cbs has not released many details about the event....other than it's going to be 90 minutes long.we also don't know if all remaining candidates are being invited to the main stage.....or if there will be an undercard debate. more details are expected to released soon.you can watch that debate saturday night begining at 9:00 right here on news19. 3 oscar nomineneangela bassett will be in the midlands today. she is taking part in a "get out the vote" tour.she will be speaking to students at sc state university from 2 until 3...then she will head oveveto claflin university and speak to students there at 4pm. admission is free and the public is invited to both events. 3 3 evangelist franklin graham will be in columbia today.it's all part of the decision

the day of the latest gop debate taking place at the peace , center in downtown greenville. you don't see a live look right now but we do have a live look the debate starts at 9:00 p.m. this will be the final showdown before the republican south carolina primary election on february 20. patrick: local politics, this video shows raleigh yesterday worth they filed an emergency petition to a federal court for an emergency stay. the federal court struck down two majority black congressional districts in the state friday. they said race was the predominant factor in drawing the lines but state legislators lacked the justification. the judges ordered the general boundaries within two weeks. but the attorneys are asking for a delay because the state's primaries are just five weeks away. state lawyers say hundreds of march 15. absentee ballots have already been returned. allyson: officials say two high school students from cherokee county died in the crash last weekend. they show the scene friday on south carolina where 17-year-old dominick galosi and 18-year-old shemar byers died.

11 11 3 preps are well underway for tomorrow's republican debate in downtown greenville at the peace center. center.tv crews are already getting in place and you can expect security to be tight around that area.we're still waiting to find out who exactly will be on stage tomorrow night. debate... out of the seven republican candidates donald trump, ted cruz, and marco rubio will automatically be on the stage.polls indicate: jeb bush and john kasich could also be included.the debate is set to start at nine oclock. oclock.and if you are headed to downtown greenville this weekend there are some road closures you need to know about.they are all right there on your screen.the closures are supposed to last from about 8 am saturday until 2 am sunday. 3 the democratic candidates are cusing on both nevada and south carolina--but last night they met in wisconsin for a debate.hillary clinton says the kind of criticism she's getting from bernie sanders, is something she would expect from republicans. clinton blasted sanders after he suggested in an interview that president barack obama didnt succeed in

news 13's darren botelho is live in greenville outside the peace center. darren, there's a protest ppening outside of this debate. >> darren: that's right, frank. as you can see behind me, protestors have lined up outside the peace center. we have marco rubio over here. ted cruz over there. donald trump on the other side of the street. all the candidates represented. the six candidates get on the stage and tell the voters out now we have a marco rubio supporter right here. sir, why did you come out today? >> i'm here with the republican club. we're just here to show greenville and the great state of south carolina that marco rubio has the support. we're just here to show everyone that marco can take this country back and take us to a new greater american century. he lost a little bit of momentum but i think you're going to see tomorrow and throughout the primary that marco rubio can really claim his ground and south carolina is going to stand strong with him. >> darren: thank you, i appreciate it. 'll be out here all night with the protestors going in to t

myra: those republican candidates will face off in a debate tonight at the peace center. bush's campaign moved the meet and greet to the civic center in anderson to accommodate more people and he spoke about the need for a president who focuses on the people. after that he talked about south carolina. >> this is a good place for me because this is a state that believes in a strong national commander-in-chief. someone who can make tough decisions and support the military because we have had seven years of sequester and gutting the military and a president that does not believe america possibly leadership in the world is a good thing. i do. myra: bush told voters his first priority as resident would be to stop isis. governor john kasich says he has momentum in south carolina and that his campaign has had to scramble to find bigger venues in south carolina. he says he hopes the message is resonating with voters. the gop field is getting smaller . jim gilmore suspended his presidential campaign yesterday afternoon. heads up as you travel to downtown greenville. because of tha

. >> the big event is the presidential debate at the peace center tomorrow night. several streets will be shut down around the peace center for sections of main street, south lauren street, broad street and court street will be closed starting tomorrow morning at 8:00, lasting until 2:00 a.m. sunday. >> democratic front runner hillary clinton is also campaigning in the palmetto state today. clinton will host a town hall at an elementary school in denmark outside columbia. she is expected to outline her plans to build on president obama's agenda from education to healthcare and jobs. the democratic primary is february 27. >> a fair under way in asheville. friday staffing is hosting the event on hendersonville road. there are 60 positions that need to be filled from manufacturing to industrial, even medical positions. applicants may have the chance to be interviewed. the fair runs through 3:00 this afternoon. >> also this hour, search teams are back out in ocoee county looking for a missing man from haywood county. they are searching for scott turner. and rescue dogs

republican candidates who will take part in a debate at the peace center in greenville this saturday-- then the primary follows a week later on february 20. 3 and just one week after that... the democratic candidates will face off in their own south carolina primary election on february 27.remember for information on all the candidates--head to fox carolina dot com. 3 3 covering our counties:haywood county deputies say they need your help finding a missing person. 3 the sheriff's office says "jeffery scott turner" was last seen at work around 10 monday morning and hasn't been seen or heard from since. deputies say they believe turner is driving a black 19- 87 toyota pickup truck -- here --with north carolina tag number zsl-1573.if you know where he may be -- you're asked to call the haywood county sheriff's office. 3 in greenville county-- city leaders are warning people of a scam targeting water customers. customers.greenville water say the scammers say they are with the water company. 3 the scammers call and tell customers they're late on payments... and must pay over the phone or r

in south carolina aren't all that's happening this week...the g-o-p contenders will be at the peace center saturday i'll be there and will have the latest on that saturday on the ten o clock news. ben lauren? 3 here's a look at the republican candidates who will take part in a debate at the peace center in greenville this saturday-- then the primary follows a week later on february 20. 3 and just one week after that... the democratic candidates will face off in their own south carolina primary election on february 27.remember for candidates--head to fox carolina dot com. 3 3 covering our counties:haywood county deputies say they need your help finding a missing person. 3 the sheriff's office says "jeffery scott turner" was last seen at work around 10 monday morning and hasn't been seen or heard from since. deputies say they believe turner is driving a black 19- 87 toyota pickup truck -- similar to the one you see here --with north carolina tag number zsl-1573.if you know where he may be -- you're asked to call the haywood county sheriff's office. 3 in greenville county-- city leaders are w

a university spokesperson says that the new facility will be do the peace center. its current facility will stay on south pleasantburg drive in suburban greenville. the university announced it will outline plans for the new downtown greenville location nek. stone academy's second, third, and fourth chance to learn from performers from one of the performers wrote a book abog kids the skills. >> people think that some writing his magic and gets done by wizards, but really, anybody can be a songwriter anr ideas in a very specific way. everyone has those ideas. allyson: "matilda" began yesterday at the peace center and runs through february 7. patrick: at chandler creek elementary schoostudents got to hear real men read. that was the name of the event where men from all kinds of career paths came and read to . some of those careers were local athletes, politicians, soldiers and teachers just to name a few. the goal-to teach kids that everybody reads. >> i think it is important to that reading is the foundation of everything. patrick: the readers went to multiple classr

it is clear as we look at from our peace center skycam. here is a little history overnight. some of the flurries that continued along the tennessee and north carolina border continue in the mountains. the windchill advisory is the big deal for this morning. watch out for slick roads spots in some of the mountain fallen overnight. it will be cold, but then you factor in the 15-20 mile-per-hour wind and it makes it feel colder. there will be a few flurries in the mountains until 8:00 this morning. it is 15 degrees in boone. 25 in anderson to greenwood. you factor in a that wind -- you factor in that wind and it feels like 14-15 degrees in anderson. temperatures will reach in the upper 30's in the upstate. the mountains in north carolina will have gradual clearing and will just have temperatures in the upper 20's today. we will say mid 30's to mid 40's. on friday we will see about the same, with perhaps an isolated highs remain in the 30's over the weekend. and then sunday night and early monday, and again monday night until early tuesday, we have a chance for a rain-snow mix.

captioning performed by the national c caption contenallyson: look outside this morning and there peace center skycam. a rainy mopatrick: also come at the biggest day of the year for many high school athletes. allyson: plus, after a big win in iowa, ted cruz makes a stop tawhat he has a say and what voters have to say aftyou can see behind this on our anderson skycam,what can we expect dale: what led there and the potential for stormy weather. just watching what is going on in tennessee and back to georgia, frequent lightning starting t up in the mountains of western north carolina and northern georgia. it will be impacting us as the morning you get with meteorologist chris justus and see what kind of severe weather potential we could experience today from this fast-moving front. keep the rain gear handy. looks like a wet day for the mountains in the upsta areas getting more than they can handle. s get to chris to get the latest. chris: we are watching the temperatures to determine how much instability is in the air. that is a measure of how mucyou can deal with as far as storms. since midnigh

i top of the peace center, our camera looking down on downtown greenville, -- on top of the peace center. 34 in asheville. 34 in toccoa. as far as temperatures in the upstate, it is pretty chilly out, to say the least. it is 40 degrees right now in gaffney. 43 degrees in newberry. the temperatures will drop off, and the wind is still howling. 13 miles per hour in hendersonville. this is giving us a windchill of 22, and it feels like 24 degrees in asheville. even a wind chill of 33 in spartanburg. 23 in boone. it always increases a bit as we squeeze down the atmosphere at night, and this system out here in the rockies and out west, a lot of rain in the lower valleys in california, washington, oregon, even in parts of utah and nevada, and in the cascades, pretty heavy snow, and in the sierra nevada range. this will come down here and look like this. i was hoping we would finally get out of this winter tight pattern, but unfortunately, we there is a dip in the jets. -- jet. 56 degrees in oklahoma city. so as we go through the night, this was a storm system that brought us our snow in the mo

mississippalabama border, the same system sendinisallyson: here is how you look from our hiltoour peace center skycam with a look in asheville and the scdot camera. you are lo that is a lot to take in. we have meteorologist chris justus and the weather center helping dale gilbefirst, let's talk about what we at. dale: we have a line of thunderstorms marching acrosshere is a graphic that is affecting everything from east of the great lakes and down to louisiana. it has done some damage in its journey soas it reaches into northeast georgia, western north carolina, the upstate, we have the potential of flash flooding, thunderstorms, heavy downpours of rain. chris juerdown and what to expect in your chris: when we analyze these storms, we look for the temperature and that is the mains thunderstorms. since midnight, we have gone fr lower 50's to lower 60's and at the 70's back toward elbertonps give fuel to the thunderstorms. back toward the west, the lines set upe have severe threat index at a four out of the 10 with flooding being our mainwe are also watching for spidey wind damage. the timeframe

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this is the peace center, looking toward greenville. it is 24 degrees with a west breeze at eight miles per hour. here is a history of the past six hours. flurries occurred in a the north carolina mountains near the tennessee border, as well as a couple spots in northern greenville county. we will see a few lingering flurries until 8:00 this morning. we have a wind chill advisory until noon tomorrow. the upstate will feel colder with the breezes blowing. greenville is currently 24 degrees. caesar's head, 23 degrees. we have cold temperatures in the upstate and teens in the mountains, feeling much colder with those 15-18 mile per hour winds. we can see 15-18 mile-per-hour winds from clemson through asheville. boone feels like negative one degrees. everyone is dealing with the cold early on. 40 degrees might be the best we see today, a good 15 degrees below the norm. asheville normally sees 50 degrees, but not today. we can see a flurry work -- we can see a flurry or two of snow, but it is about to come to an end. by wednesday of next wee

it is 12:17 as we look from our peace center skycam pointed to downtown. you can see the liberty bridge in the bac55 degrees. fog and clouds of the morning have kept teat much, but we expect upper 50's before the dayout. we have not seen a lot of rain. and it just looks like it isthis system is marching in our these are wind advisories for and all of tennessee. the dense fog advisories of the morninn canceled. we can see on live super doppler 4 hd rain along the border. this is just a little precipitation happening in advance ofd front, with starts to get here laterlet's expand our view. this is angered over northern missouri with a trailing cool front. it will bring a good bit of moisture, thunderstorms as temperatures will warm up tomorrow.northeasterly breeze is today. they will become more southwesterly ah temperatures will climb into the mid to0' from wednesday. -- for wednesday. 55 in greenville. asheville and 52. -- at 52 marshall at. 56 these are above normal temperatures for thiwe got spoiled with the warmer than norl days recently. tomorrow, we w

dale: 5:28 as we look up for my downtown skycam from the peace center. you can see the fog in clouds. 34 degrees. above raising. spartanburg is right up freezing and they will be icy spots. you will see the information at the bottom of the screen on what counties are on the delay are closed. greenville county is on a two-hour delay. 57 for the afternoon. low 30's will climb into the upper 40's and asheville and hendersonville. mountains in the upstate. the counties impacted the most from the ice storm r polk county, rutherford county, cleveland county and along the i-40 core door -- corridor were ice storms continue for the morning. the very careful, especially in the foothills of north carolina. the bulk of the rain is out of here and we will have sunshine by the act or new. geoff: we did a little scraping this morning. in this morning's buzz, then unusual talent. allyson: jesper is eight skiing cat -- a skiing cat. geoff: he is getting thousands of followers on facebook, whether he is leading on the ski slopes or riding along. allyson: seen a cat on a

again, the debate is saturday night at the peace center. the democrats running for president will debate tonight. that debate will be in milwaukee. it'll be the sixth time bernie sanders and hillary clinton will meet in debate. tonight's debate, which will be produced by pbs newshour, it comes just days after sanders's victory in the new hampshire primary. the candidates now shift their focus to nevada and south carolina. primary and before south carolina's first in the south primary pollsters are trying to , get a read on the american voter. national pollster and public policy expert peter hart is in the upstate all week as a fellow in residence at furman university. he's teaching students and listening, too, for the issues and concerns close to the heart of the millennial generation. we asked him about the challenges he and other pollsters face this election cycle. >> hardest thing is how do you get an accurate cross section? at this stage of the game, it is much harder to reach people. we have to reach through cell phones. that's a harde

greenville at the peace center downtown, the gop debate starts at 9:00 p.m. this will be the final debate before the gop south carolina primary february 20. the 27th is when the democrats will vote. as for the democrats, right now they only have events with surrogates across the state. however, that will change. stay connected to what is happening on the campaign trail inside our wyff 4 mobile app. allyson, back to you. allyson: this thursday, wyff 4 is teaming with the riley institute at furman university for a commitment 2016 voter focus group with peter hart. this is an exclusive live streaming event that will take place in our wyff4 studios. it will include upstate voters who will weigh in on the upcoming first in the south presidential primaries. nationally known pollster peter hart works with national news organizations, including chuck todd at nbc news. you can watch this exclusive event on thursday starting at wyff4 app. now that the carolina panthers are back in charlotte today, the players will clean out their lockers as they head into the offseason

here is our peace center skycam as we lo the liberty bridge in the background. it is lit and mostly cloudud and 54. not seeing what roads this morning, but we will see an isolated sprinkle and a couplea better chance in the mountains of northi believe morning into the afternoon. fog is going to linger in the better chance of afternoon tomorrow, the upstate gets in on the action and wednesday maybe our wettest here is our future plus forecast as we rua few isolated showers here and there. the mountains will see a little more act continuing tomorrow into wednesday. mild temperatures for the next couple of compared to what we normally see this tim54 in greenville, 42 in asheville. low sicko a at 54. by the afternoon, we will see temperaturese upper 60's in the upstate. above normal. average this time of year is what we are seeing right now, 54. 65 is what we get up to a good 10, 11 degrees above what we to thasheville normally sees upper 40's. this time early february emma today, more like 64 a high nowhere near the record is 74. temperatures above normal the first

it's taking place at the peace center in downtown greenville. that debate starts at 9:00 p.m. this will be the final showdown before the republican south carolina primary election on february 20. again. of north carolina. elevations that will get the most out of this event. 34 degrees currently in laurens, but everyone is going to get cold air. that cold air blown down from the great lakes of canada, reaching deep into the south. chilling everybody down. it is not in a hurry to get out of here. it will be cold all the way through the weekend. over the past several hours, we have seen flurries of snow continue. patches of snow working their way across tennessee and a corrupting as they hit the north carolina border. the areas in pink, that is the winter storm warning that continues through today and into tomorrow. there will even be a few more flurries of snow tomorrow. let's take our computer model of the future plus and run it this morning. you can see snow right along the border, a couple of spots and georgia may affect parts of i-85 court order with a brief bit of snow. tha

it's taking place at the peace center in downtownwnreenville. the debate starts at 9:00 and this will be the final showdown before the republican south carolina primary on february 20. dale joins us again. what are we looking like so far? dale: it will stay primarily in the higherlevations of north carolina. dusting here and there lower. being impacted by the winter storm warning which we will continue today and even into parts of tomorrow, there will still be flurries of snow. greenville, spartanburg, anderson, cold and windy. 34 degrees, west breeze at 13. that will be the story for the entire region. a windy, cold day today. here is the past six hours. flurries of snow developing as they reach the elevations of the mountains of north carolina and some areas will see three, 4, 5 inches of snow before it is all said and done. that can make for slippery driving conditions. the school closings are occurring, secondary roads are hard to get around. more snow falling in madison, northern swing and haywood county. as we take a look right now. temper

the peace center debate is the last one before the primary in a week. make sure you switch to wyff news 4 at 11:00. we will have voter reaction and expert analysis. at 11:00 after the debate. you may have noticed a new campaign headquarters near the peace center and republican debate site. the frank underwood 2015 headquarters opened yesterday. he is the fictional senator from south carolina and the netflix political drama "house of cards." fans of the show and people who are curious stopped in to sit in the senator's chair. many said they would like to see underwood in the debate. >> frank is number one, he can do no wrong, he needs to be the he always does a great. >> in terms of language and action, donald trump cannot compare with frank. myra: campaign headquarters will open at 8:00 this morning chris: it is cold in the north carolina mountains. the feels-like temperature is five by name t battle against the zika virus. world health officials say possible vaccines are at least 18-months away from trials. 15 companies are working on the search for a

here is a live look from our peace center skycam. a pretty string of days. dale: we are. fog is not a problem. 32 degrees currently in spartanburg from gives field and wofford -- gibbs field it wofford. clear and chilly conditions. high pressure keeping us try for next several days. all the way through sunday for the upstate. i sunday afternoon by 4:00, a few scattered showers in the mountains. on monday, happy umbrella ready. looks like we will have rain. the temperatures that are chilly now will climb quickly into the low to mid 50's for the afternoon. we will talk about the weekend geoff: thank you. the commitment 2016, the gop race heating up with the south carolina primary two days away. allyson: a new poll has a shakeup in the race. nikole killion joins us live with more. nikole: good morning. today, the candidates are going to square off in another town hall after two competing ones were held last night. the townhome -- a townhall with donald trump on msnbc and ted cruz, arco a ben carson on cnn. the new wall street journal poll shows donald trump slipping behind t

allyson: a look outside at our peace center skycam with icy be careful. playoffs were pushed off because of the weather. south carolina women did play monday night at the road in tennessee with an opportunity to lock up the share of the acc title. the technical foul in the third quarter, but about the same time, the gamecocks found a spark. usc down by three. aja wilson spins baseline. wilson again working down low. later in the third, game tied at 35. later in the third, tiffany mitchell running the break gives the gamecocks the lead, and then in the fourth, wilson puts it away. wilson with a game high 25 points. usc wins 62 to 56 to clinch at least a share of the sec regular season title. geoff: great win right there. from the tennessee women to the men, from the south carolina women to the south carolina men they play at 7:00 tonight at , missouri. >> we have rebounded from poor does that mean that will continue? i guess we will find out. as far as the scoreboard goes, but as far as the leadership of our team, that remains strong. geoff: some ncaa tour

michael: you may have noticed the frank underwood 2016 campaign headquarters pop up on peace center. carol: the fictional netflix political drama house of cards is trying to make a splash at the republican debate. wyff news 4's john lyon has an inside look at the campaign john: fans got a chance to sit in frank underwood's chair. >> it is great to have something like this in greenville. >> it is no coincidence the fictional democratic senator from gaffney opened his faux campaign office today close to the republican debate site. many here think underwood could hold his own against what the gop has to offer. >> frank needs to be frank. frank is number 1 he can do no wrong. he needs to be representative of gaffney up the street. >> do you think he could stand up to trump rubio and bush? >> i definitely think so, i think he's a strong candidate >> the underwood campaign is keeping things pretty close to the vest, but rumor has it that the candidate may be in the upstate. >> i would pass out and die if frank underwood legitimately walked in the door. >> seriously? >> yes. i would die. it