here's marco rubio and chris christie: ( chris christie/republican presidential candidate) "it's a fine job, i'm glad you ran for it president of the united states" ( marco rubio/republican pridential candidate) "chris your state got hit by a massive snowstorm to weeks ago and you didn't even go back they had to shame you into going back. (boos) donald trump got booed as well, during an exchange with jeb bush. (jeb bush/republican presidential candidate) "how tough is it to take property from an elderly woman?" (donald trump/republican presidential candidate) "let me talk, be quiet (boos) that's all of his donors and special interests" (more boos) in just a few days, we'll find out which candidate made the most compelling case to new hampshire voters i'm kim hutcherson reporting. lukas one person is dead and another is in the hospital in lincoln county, dead and another is in the hospital in lincoln county, south dakota after a two- vehicle crash sunday morning. two cars collided the northbound car lost ntrol and crashed into the southbound vehicle. the 16-year-old victim ...wasn't wear

a significantly-reduced republican presidential field.. took the stage at in new hampshire last night.it was quite an evening. attacks..a boos.., and maybe even some fibbing.it was an interesting night to say the leastkim hutcherson reports:. the gloves were off in new hampshire saturday.donald trump doubled down on his controversial positions. (donald trump/republican presidential candidate)"i hit immigration, i hit it very hard//i talked about muslims we have a problem. nobody else wanted to mention the problem." ted cruz took aim the president:(ted cruz/republican presidential candidate)"this is a president who, in the wake of paris and san bernadino, will not even use the words 'radical islamic terrorism' much less focus on slammed the affordable care act:(ben carson/republican presidential candidate)"you have to replace it with something that makes sense. it doesn't make sense.they talked about north korea's missile- launch claims:(jeb bush/republican presidential candidate)"the next president of the united states is going to have to

republican presidential candidate donald trump will hold a campaign rally in the upstate. it is at the t-d convention center in greenville. doors open at five the event begins at seven. it is open to the public. news 13 is sending a crew to bring you live updates from the rally. 3 ben carson will be at a worship event in spartanburg called "revive 714." it is from 7 to 8:45 tonight at the spartanburg marriott hotel on north church street. 3 senator ted cruz is hosting a rally in aiken with glenn beck. it begins at 11 this morning at the university of south carolina aiken 3 and senator marco rubio will hold a town hall at the baxter hood center in rock hill. the event starts at 8 this morning. 3 3 the sudden death of supreme court justice antonin scalia has kicked off a political battle in washington that is spilling over to the campaign trail. kim hutcherson reports... senate majority leader mitch mcconnell threatened to block *any* nomination from president obama. 3 3 while the body of late supreme court justice antonin scalia is transported to washington monday ... debat

(john kasich/republican presidential candidate) "that's what i worry about the most - non-state actors, people who don't have a uniform, people who don't have a country." there were heated here's marco rubio and chris christie: christie/repububcan presidential candidate) "it's a fine job, i'm glad you ran for it but it does not prepare you for president of the united states" (marco rubio/republican presidential candidate) "chris your state got hit by a massive snowstorm to weeks ago and you didn't even go back they had to shame you into going back. (boos) donald trump got booed as well, during an exchange with jeb bush. (jeb bush/republican presidential candidate) "how tough is it to take property from an elderly woman?" (donald trump/republican presidential candidate) et me talk, be quiet (boos) that's all of his donors and special interests" (more boos) in just a few days, we'll find out which candidate made the most compelling case to new hampmpire voters i'm kim hutcherson reporting. " jess new hampshire's primary will be held tuesday. jess hillary clinton and bernie sanders will d

(marco rubio/republican presidential candidate)"so let's let the voters weigh in in november and then we'll have -- the court can function with eight justices, it does it all the time.but candidates on the other side of the aisle accused mcconnell and republicans of ignoring the constitution(bernie sanders/democratic presidential candidate/abc's "this week")"i don't think that mitch mcconnell has it right on this issue. the constitution is pretty clear and that is, it is the job of the president of the united states to appoint, nominate members to thesupreme court and the senate confirms." (hillary clinton/democratic presidential candidate) "president obama said he would nominate someone to the bench and that is exactly what he should be doing and leader mcconnell should follow the constitutional process."i'm kim hutcherson reporting 3 3 3 topping headlines this morning... dozens of people were rescued after two tram cars got stuck above a ski area in new hampshire. it in franconia. officals say 48 people were trapped for around two-hours, in sub-zero temperatures. crews used a sling-

donald trump controversial ( donald trump/republican presidential candidate) "i hit immigration, i hit it very hard ted cruz took aim the president: ( presidential candidate) "this is a president who, in the wake of paris and san bernadino, will not even use the words 'radical islamic terrorism' much less focus on defeating the enemy. candidates slammed the affordable care act: ( ben carson/republican pridential candidate) "you have to replace it with something that makes sense. it doesn't make sense. they talked about north korea's missile-launch claims: ( jeb bush/republican presidential candidate) "the next president of the united states is going to have to get the united states back in the game and if a pre-emptive strike is necessary to kp us safe then we should do it." ( john kasich/republican presidential candidate) "that's what i worry about the most - non-state actors, people who don't have a country." there were heated exchanges. here's marco rubio and chris christie: ( chris christie/republican presidential candidate) "it's a fine job, i'm glad you ran for it but it does not

the republican presidential primary is this saturday. the democratic presidential primary is next saturday... february 27th. stay tuned with a-b-c columbia on-air and online... for the latest on vote 20-16. still to 33 come... our coverage of vote 20-16 will continue. we're also taking a look at some of the other stories making headlines across the country. light rain continues to fall drier and warmer afternoon. 33 here's a quick look at stories that are making headlines across the country. it looks like we've dodged a bullet... as a dangerous mix of snow, ice and heavy rain continues to hit the east has the latest. 33 it's another milestone for the lady gamecocks. eric, what can you tell us? for just the second time ever, the u-s-c women's basketball team comes back from knoxville with a win over the lady vols...and this time it comes along with a championship. tim hill sports minute to win it. 33 still to come... honoring the memory of one of the charleston nine. it's a generous donation... to help a capital city university grow. from

here's marco rubio and chris christie: (chris christie/republican presidential candidate) "it's a fine job, i'm glad you ran for it but it does not prepare you for president of the united states" (marco rubio/republican candidate) "chris your state got hit by a massive snowstorm to weeks ago and you didn't even go back they had to shame you into going back. (boos) donald trump got booed as well, with jeb bush. (jeb bush/republican candidate) "how tough is it to an elderly woman?" trump/republican presidential "let me talk, be quiet (boos) that's and special interests" (more in just a few days, we'll find out which candidate made the most compelling case to new i'm kim hutcherson nevada caucuses weeks away! the democratic caucus is up first on saturday february 20-th. the republican caucus follows a few days later on 23-rd. we will have coverage of both right here on fox five. it's been a much warmer day! temperatures may reach into the seventies by next week. les is here with his first look at weather. much warmer temperatures than what we've been experiencing the past week are moving

tomorrow is the republican presidential primary. the democratic presidential primary will take place next saturday... february 27th. stay with a-b-c columbia news for the latest on vote 20-16. we'll have live updates online and on air tomorrow. still to come... our 33 coverage of vote 20-16 will continue. we're also taking a look at some of the other stories making headlines in the midlands.a clear and cold start to your friday. expect a sunny and warm 33 here's a quick look at stories that are making headlines across the midlands. richland county deputies say when no one came to pick a six-year- old up from school... what they discovered at the child's home... was far worse. a school resource officer went to that child's home on amsterdam drive... to conduct a welfare check.... and found the child's parents dead. richland county coroner gary watts says stephanie wallace died from a gunshot wound to the head. her estranged husband.. keith wallace... died from a self- inflicted gunshot wound. columbia police are trying to keep a case

making the case that he should never be the republican party's presidential nominee. part because he's not really a republican or at least he shouldn't be seen as a republican in good standing. how is that direct effort working out? joining us now is somebody who is effectively part of that effort, conservative talk show host, contributor to the "national review's" "against trump" special issue, michael medved. it's really nice to have you here. thank you so much for being on the show tonight. >> thank you. great to talk to you again, rachel. let me just say, i was anti-trump before it was cool. i mean, very early after his announcement speech. i don't believe that our party, which after all, is the party of lincoln and reagan should be welcoming someone who spews the kind of hatred that donald trump does. i am concerned about the message for the future because one of the things i've been talking about for 20 years in republican circles is we have no future as an all-white party. it cannot continue that way. mitt romney won 60% of the white vote in 2012 and lost the e

right in the middle of the heat of the republican presidential race. er three, the republiccn presidential front-runner is donald trump. number four, in the audience of that event at pat robertson u is the former governor of virginia convicted of multiple felony charges for having an unappropriately cozy relationship with a rich businessman who cultivated the governor's friendship basically in order to bribe him into helping out the businessman's company. so at that event in the heat of the presidential race, donald trump sort of departs from his prepared remarks or what he was going to talk about more broadly in order to point out the convicted governor in the audience so he can say that as a rich businessman, he, too, had a close and great relationship with governor mcdonnell because rich businessmen like to do that sort of thing with all kinds of politicians. if there's one thing that governor bob mcdonnell does not need right now, it's a big high-profile public reminder of how cozy he got with a rich businessman who wanted things from him when he wa

the republican presidential candidates have another debate tonight.we'll tell you what to watch for.. coming up. 3 good morning.... it's thursday, february 25.i'm lauren elise.... 3 and i'm ben hill.. here with nicole papay and chris scott. thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 power outages are still affecting our area this morning.at last check more than 34-hundred duke energy customers were still without power in spartanburg county. greenville county is reporting about 31-hundred.and in anderson county about 11- hundred homes and businesses are in the dark.and in rutherford county a little over a thousand people are 3 expect sunny, breezy conditions for most on thursday with highs in the mid-40s to low 50s. light tennessee border snow lingers. tonight stays clear and cold with lows at freezing or below. friday brings back sunshine and cool temperatures in the low 50s. 3 ((wrap up)) 3 let's send it over to chris with traffic. 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 3 3 at least four more people have died in a powerful storm system that's affected areas from the gulf

republican presidential primary. the democratic presidential primary will take place next saturday... february 27th. stay with a-b-c columbia news for the latest on vote 20-16. we'll have live updates online and on air saturday. still to come... we all dream in gold. but only one can take home that highly coveted oscar. we're taking a closer look one of the movies up for best picture.clear and cold this morning with more sunshine coming our way today. i'll let you know what to expect next. >>> good morning. topping "america's money" -- the outlook on interest rate and good news for anyone with a credit card or auto loan. the federal reserve appears unlikely to raise rates at its meetings next week. >>it's concerned about the wild swings in the stock markets. >>> take a look at this. a diagram of airbus' new idea of underseat storage. >> it could severely cut down on the leg room on the passenger behind you. >>> and paying for baby-sitter is going up. >> watching one child is now $15.71 an hour. up 5% from last year.

>>r he heuga id remb >>> republican presidential candidate picked up a key endorsement from south carolina governor haley this week. a feud between the contenders escalated yesterday. >>> retired supreme court justice sandra day o connor is disagrees with the republicans and urging president obama to go ahead and name a nominee for a new person to fill the seat as soon as possible. the late ask scalia that was found dead this weekend at age of 79. >>> this is 11-year-old tristan hanging on a ski lift. he slipped. his uncle and aunt held on to him but they could not pull him back up into the chair. he was dangling about 20 feet above the slope for six or seven minutes while the lift operators maneuvered to catch him and he had to let go and to trust them and they safely secured him in the tarp. >> it was kind of scary but fun. >> he is from seattle rated this family vacation nine out of ten. >> it made for a memorable ski vacation. to a roadway in cary. and the move that could ease congestion and how you could weigh in on this today. >>> a college student in charlotte gets an a in being a g

republican presidential candidates are back on campaign trial today... following one heated debate last night in texas. marco rubio and ted cruz took turns attacking frontrunner, donald trump, on the issues... while ben carson and john kasich failed to stand out. omar villafranca has the latest from houston, texas. -nats- republican presidential frontrunner, donald trump, was the target of most of the punches in last night's debate...many coming from marco rubio. this fiery exchange on tweeted moments of the night: the biggest thing we got and the reason we have no competition is because we have lines around the state. so that's the plan? just the lines? the fact that we have interstate competition? the nice part of the plan is that you'll have many different plans he's just repeating himself the attacks between trump and ted cruz got personal. i'm having a lot of fun up here tonight donald relax i'm relaxed. you're the basket case trump also took hits from people off stage. the billionaire candidate said he hasn't released his tax returns because he's b

killed wednesday.one death was reported in darlington county south carolina. 3 tonight, the republican presidential candidates will debate again.. five days ahead of "super tuesday."cnn and telemundo are hosting the debate in houston.next tuesday... republican voters in 11 states-- including georgia and tennessee-- will head to the polls. 3 south carolina's budget writing committee will finish work on a plan to spend millions on roads, and give teachers a pay raise today.the seven-point-five billion dollar plan was tentatively approved on wednesday.the budget provides 250 million dollars for road work. 3 expect sunny, breezy conditions for most on thursday with highs in the mid-40s to low 50s. light tonight stays clear and cold with lows at freezing or below. friday brings back sunshine and cool temperatures in the low 50s. 3 ((adlibs)) 3 let's get one last look at traffic. 3 we're watching:marietta wreck hwy 11 @ n. tigerville rd landrum crash w. rutherford rd @ mtn view rd 3 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 3 a unique little kitten in california is permanantly stylish thanks to h

. < ((kirsten joyce)) > the republican presidential candidates were in south carolina on saturday... for their debate ahead of the next primary. ((brian loftus)) donald trump and jeb bush heated things up... as they fought back and forth consistently on various topics. craig boswell has the latest from the campaign trail. the stage and the first questions turned to the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia. president obama announced he will nominate a replacement for the conservative justice.. but the candidates argued it should be up to the next president. (gov. kasich/(r-oh) presidential canddiate) "i would like the president for once to put the country first." but that consensus quickly turned to disagreements. (trump) "let me just tell you this - jeb is so wrong" things got heated between donald trump and former governor jeb bush over the war in iraq. (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "obviously the war in iraq was a big fat mistake." "george bush made a mistake, we make mistakes, but this was a beauty." (jeb bush/(r) presidential candidate) "while donald trump wa

nearly half the amount needed to win the republican presidential nomination.kes, needless to say, are quite high for all the candidates this evening. perhaps, especially, for marco rubio and ted cruz as they try to close in on the undisputed front runner, donald trump. now a republican congressman is calling for rubio and cruz to join forces, and unite against trump. congressman trent franks says, one candidate should continue in the race, and in the other, asris hunting mate. take a listen. >> we really have a mathematical issue here, rather than a political one. i pray both these candidates will consider the alternative and the fact that the window is closing. i don't want to suggest how they should do it. it's not a matter of running from the fact. but yes, if it comes down to flipping a coin, flip a coin for the sake of the future. >> let's talk about this with former georgia congressman, bob bar, a supporter of ted cruz. he joins us from atlanta. what do you make of congressman frank's idea? >> it's not going anywhere. this question comes up pretty much e

website.and again these are the six candidates remaining in the running for the republican presidential nomination.tune in tonight at 10:30 for "you decide 2016: south carolina republican primary."we talk to the candidates on four major issues. hear from them with 3 the polls open bright and early tomorrow...at 7 a-m.for those who won't be able to cast ballots then, they're voting absentee. absentee.fox carolina's jennifer phillips is live in greenville with more on that and what you need to know before heading to the polls. 3 election administrators say makesure you have a government issuedpicture i-d to vote.. or you may not beable to. that means.. a driver's license..a military i-d or a passport. 3 3 3 presidential candidatesare becoming well-known names namesand for those in this line..they believe it's important to vote vote 3 "you're a part of the big picture."michelle callahan doesn'tlike where the country is right now. now. 3 3 things are, we're not going ot change anything if we're not part of voting."this is the absentee voting lineat greenville county square.. for the republi

you have every republican presidential candidate saying you know, should be a republican who decides,e the next president, i will pick a darn conservative nominee. who has the advantage there in terms of republican voters? who do they trust to pig a conservative-enough just nis their view? >> i think marco rubio is trusted the most. he's outlined a clear and conservative message that's resonated with people and shown that he is the kind of guy that we need to take on bernie sanders and the general election. >> it's ted cruz has his hard-core conservative followers as well. he's argued case there is before. can he not make a case? >> i think marco rubio is light years ahead of the pack when it comes to that. when you look at people like donald trump, there's a big fear that donald trump might actually nominate one of the people he supported of the many democrats that he supported. >> it's we have david gergen on earlier, who as you know advised at least four presidents by our count and he made the point, which is really remarkable when you think about it. this year you have the senate

the republican presidential primary is set for next saturday, february 20th. the democratic presidential primary is the following saturday, february 27th. if you can't make it out to the polls those days, don't worry. the richland county voter registration and elections office will be open tomorrow from nine in the morning... until noon... for absentee voting. we have an update on the charleston church shooting this morning. a federal judge has granted a delay in the trial for accused emanuel a-m-e church shooter dylann roof. u-s district judge richard gergel met with attorneys yesterday in charleston. the delay centers around whether or not the federal government will seek the death penalty. attorneys for roof say he is prepared to plead guilty if capital punishment is off the table. criminal charges against a former university of south carolina running back and hall of famer have been dropped. according to attorney's for harold green... a judge threw out inappropriately touched five of greene worked as a volunteer coach for spring valley high school. greene..

republican presidential candidates are getting ready to face off in a debate in new hampshire this weekend. and democrats are spinning their responses from a debate last night. florida is now calling a health emergency for the zika virus. and world health officials are concerned that the global spread will continue. a cedar rapids woman is one of thousands nationwide who have had problems with the birth control essure. they're going as far as major surgery to remove the device. and students at the university of iowa are getting ready to dance for 24 hours straight to raise money for kids with cancer at the annual dance marathon. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... we are planning on a decent friday all across the area with a typical february chill and a steady increase in clouds. a weak area of low pressure is still set to drift across the area this evening and it'll likely squeeze some snow showers out. most areas will likely only see a trace to half inch . we'll start the weekend off right on saturda

we'll have more on his legacy in a moment. 3 meanwhile - these six republican presidential candidates are battling it out tonight - trying to make their final pitch to voters here.and many of those candidates are talking about the news of justice scalia's death. death.we'll take it live out to fox carolina's derek dellinger -who is at the debate.derek - what are the candidates saying about the news? debate 3 3 we have video of people gathering to get in to the debate tonight.nearly 2- thousand people are in attendance for the debate- which got a shocking last minute change tonight with the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia.that is bringing up more questions-- and according to republican lawmakers we spoke with--they say it's now more important than ever that a republican gets in the white house. senator lindsey graham said as much tonight. 3 3 175524-it makes us all concentrate on what it means to pick judges, how important it is to get someone to replace scalia of like mind, think of electability.--175535 electability.--175535while that was a big issue tonight-- lawmakers

with republican presidential contenders... senators ted cruz and marco rubio. (sen. ted cruz, (r) presidential candidate): "i think it's a real mistake. i think the president ought to instead be pushing for a free cuba." (sen. marco rubio, (r) presidential candidate): "the cuban government remains as repressive as ever. but now, they have access to millions to not billions of dollars in resources that they didn't have access to before this opening." that flow of cash has been triggering bidding wars.... between u-s airlines.... to fly commercial routes.... between the two nations. travel to cuba is easier... but... tourism is still banned... it will be up to congress.... to allow it. also tonight... president obama has signed into effect.... new sanctions.... against north korea... for refusing to stop its nuclear weapons program.... as well as.... suspected cyber attacks. the sanctions will deny north korea the money it needs..... to make mini..... republican presidential candidate donald trump has been socrching the campaign trail with a number of new controversial

amy: florida senator marco rubio goes on the offensive against republican presidential frontrunner donald trump in the final debate before super tuesday hosted by cnn, telemundo, and the salem media group. we will talk with jose antonio vargas, pulitzer prize-winning journalist with a new project, #emergingus. >> the minority is becoming the majority. and together, we are remaking the mainstream. america's story. amy: then we turn to the 's lee fang. and they south carolina democratic primary is saturday. we will stick with black lives matter activist who interrupted democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton during a private fundraiser in charleston. during the event, ashley williams held a banner reading "we have to bring them to heel ." a reference to clinton's statements in 1996 among young people whom she called "super predators." >> i am not a super predator, hillary clinton. writertive american gyasi ross, his recent article for indian country today, "a few notes for native people about the presidential elections. neither democrat deserves our vote yet." all of that and more

the republican presidential debate dwindles to six candidates. this is one week before south carolina voters head to the polls. we have that report. reporter: saturday night, the remaining republican presidential candidates took the debate stage in greenville, south carolina. military ag moment of silence for the late justice scalia, the candidates were asked about how they would go about picking their replacement. >> i believe that the president should not move forward and let the next president of the united run the supreme court with a vote by the united states. >> we need to put people on the bench. >> i think it is up to mitch mcconnell and everybody else to stop it. delay. reporter: the debate turned to foreign policy and the bush administration's handling of the war in iraq. iraq. east. >> well, donald trump was building a reality tv show, my brother was building a security apparatus to keep us safe. i'm proud that he did. >> how did he keep us safe? the world -- i lost hundreds of friends, the world trade center came down during the reign

friday to cast in as an tea vote in the republican presidential primary. you are required to have a reason to vote early. there are different scenarios, like being out of town, on primary day, and those 65 years or older are also able to vote absentee, and democrats and others say this is an opportunity they will not miss. >> it is very important. everyone needs to vote. >> it is a privilege, and i think people forget that, and i want to make sure i had a voice, that i cannot say, oh, i wish this did not happen, but i did not participate. corey: election officials say the closer we get to the elections, the longer the lines will get. and once again, the last day you the republican presidential primary will be friday at 5:00 p.m. it is too late to cast that vote by mail, but the polls will be open until 7:00 p.m. extended hours tomorrow. for those of you voting absentee for the democratic party, you still have one week to get your vote in. gabrielle: thank you, and looking ahead on saturday night, as soon as the primary polls close at 7:00, we will have ful

senator cruz gets his own chance to fire back during tonight's cnn republican presidential town hall. >>> haley's comet. we're standing by for what could be a major turning point in the 2016 campaign. senator marco rubio about to pick up the endorsement of south carolina's very popular republican governor, nikki haley. will that be rubio's ticket to the republican establishment's inside lane? >>> nevada's dead heat. our brand new cnn poll shows hillary clinton's once big lead has evaporated. is senator bernie sanders about to punch a hole in clinton's firewall with minority voters. >>> and apple cipher. a judge orders apple to break into an encrypted iphone used by one of the san bernardino terrorists. apple says no. a bigger is now at stake. should the government have access to the private information on anyone's phone, including yours. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following multiple breaking stories in the presidential race. any moment now we expect donald trump to respond to today's extraordinary attack from senator ted cruz. they're fighting over cru

mock convention has come to an end.. and students have chosen who they believe will be the republican presidential reports. 3pattie plasma the rebuplican presidential candidates just battlled it south carolina.. but if you ask a few hundred college students in lexington.. the results are already in! the 26th annual washington and lee mock convention has come to an end.. and students have chosen who they believe will be the republican presidential nominee. courtney wheaton reports. 3 just in case you missed it. "business man donald j trump had received 1,320 votes." beating out senator ted cruz and marco rubio by a long shot.. to take the title of washington and lee's 2016 republican presidential nominee.joe kimbell, national political analysts" if you would've told me selecting donald trump in the summer that would've been a big surprise, we just went where the data led us. " so far that plan has worked in their favor. through their mock conventions, the school 25 nominees since 1908. 3 the research is conducted by 2 national analysts, 5 regional chairs, and 56 state and territory chairs that made

republican presidential hopefuls are expected to attend. 3 here's a look at all the republican presidential hopefuls-- hopefuls--3 and just a reminder-the south carolina republican primaries kicks off this saturday. saturday.here is a look at those vying for your vote on the democratic side.remember-- for the latest election headlines--you can always head to our website fox carolina 3 fox carolina is covering our counties-- 3 an oconee county man is in jail--after a seven hour swat standoff. standoff.here's a look at david brown.deputies say they were called to south stonegate drive around three o'clock this morning - after reports of shots fired. fired.the sheriff's office say brown assaulted his wife-and then locked himself inside the home with three children. deputies tell us *no threats were made to the kids - and brown surrendered just after 10 a-m.he was arrested and charged with domestic violence. 3 a spartanburg county woman is accused of reporting a *fake armed robbery.deputies say they were called to the "fast shop" on asheville highway yesterday - after kenasha stewart claimed sh

bradford university prepares for republican presidential front runner donald trump this morning. and former senator marco rubio making his pitch to the voters before super tuesday and the primary. >> donald won't make america great. he'll make america orange! >> and lifting another spirit. the people hit hard by last week's massive tornado give thanks for being alive. thank you for choosing good day virginia. it's monday february 29.... leap wfxr news is your local headquarters. and most of the nation's political pundits will have their eyes on radford today. republican presidential front runner donald trump will be making a campaign stop at the university this afternoon! wfxr's paris holmes is outside the dedmon center as students and officials get ready for today's event. good morning guys,doors open here at the dedmon center at 10am, with the event expected to start at noon. as you may expect security is tight. federal and local law enforcement agencies are here making sure the area is secure.parking will be tight here with university officials encouraging attendees to take pu

maybe we might be able to unite our party again. >> do you think if donald trump gets the republican presidential nomination, all these other republicans with whom he's had some bitter, bitter words, like jeb bush and especially cruz right now, that he could bring them around to work on his campaign and support him? >> wolf, we don't have a choice. as conservatives, as gopers, we don't have a choice. this is the end of the conservative movement if we lose this election again to the democrats. >> how important is south carolina to trump? >> what south carolina is is a combination of what we saw in iowa and new hampshire brought in together. you have the evangelicals, you have the independents, you have a broad range of people, the pro-military. south carolina is a great reflection of what the rest of the south is going to be and what the rest of the country is like. >> scottie, thanks so much for coming in. scotty hugh scottie hughes, we'll have her back. we're waiting to hear directly from donald trump addressing a rally. there's a lot more coming up as well. stay with us. my constipation and bel

republican presidential candidate "i think it is up to mitch mcconnell and everybody else to stop it. it's called delay, delay delay." one by one the g- o-p candidates-- payed homage to the conservative lion-- and predicted that any obama nominee to replace him would be unsuccessful. jeb bush, u.s. republican presidential candidate "there is no doubt in my mind that barack obama will not have a consensus pick when he submits that person to the senate." but president obama is pushing forward... promising to nominate someone quickly and warning senate republicans to not play politics with the court. president obama "there will be plenty of time for mine for me to do so and plenty of time for the senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and timely vote. these are responsibilities that i take seriously as should everyone." senate majority leader mitch mcconnell called on the president to wait... and leave the decision in the voters" and the winner of the race for the white house. rank and file republicans like linsdey graham said any obama nominee will have

eastern on two.n texas senator and republican presidential candidate ted cruz holds a rally in san antonio. also speaking there, governor greg abbott and former governor and presidential candidate rick perry. that is at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton has a rally at george mason university in your facts my virginia -- fairfax, virginia. that is that 4:15 p.m. eastern on c-span3. at 6:00, presidential candidate donald trump at a rally in georgia. we had that on c-span3. >> it is a whole different campaign now. we had basically moved beyond the early primary and caucus states, and now we are on super tuesday. 12 states, voters in each of these 12 states will have a defining impact on who the democrat and republican nominee. -- nominees are. we have moved from that retail campaigning, that we saw in iowa and new hampshire, and now we are in 12 states where the candidates are literally going from airport to airport, trying to appeal to as many voters as possible, and make last-minute pitches. advertisement is key, organization is key, but it

call anderson police. 3 3 we are three days away from the republican presidential primary .. and the candidates are getting a lot of face time with south carolina voters. voters.there are two big events in the upstate tonight. tonight.a faith and freedom coalition forum is happening at first baptist church in north spartanburg.we're told all of the candidates were invited.ted cruz and ben carson are the only ones confirmed to be there.the event starts at six, and is free ..but you must register. and marco rubio will be in greenville for a town hall.it happening at the old cigar warehouse.we're told this is a closed event.. but you can watch it on cnn.the other candidates-- donald trump, jeb bush and john kasich will have their town hall in columbia tomorrow. 3 donald trump may be leading in south carolina's polls.. but he's not winning over the state's top republican. governor nikki haley said trump will not get her endorsement. endorsement. 3 "you know when you have candidates that come in that go against governors, it's everything a governor doesn't want in a president. bec

two republican presidential candidates called it quits after today. see who ended their race to the white house and what the other a spokeswoman for new jersey governor chris christie's campaign for president says he is dropping out of the race for the republican nomination. (sheila) christie's decision to exit the race comes a day after his hampshire. a campaign spokeswoman says christie broke the news to his staff at his campaign headquarters, in new jersey, late this afternoon. carly fiorina is also dropping out of the 2016 republican presidential race. the former hewlett packard executive made the announcement on twitter. fiorina struggled with criticism of her time at h-p, where she was ousted from the top job in 2005, after leading a major merger and laying off 30,000 people. some republican presidential candidates have responded to the two contenders dropping out. donald trump and marco rubio both spoke about the fiorina and christie suspending their campaigns. while trump says that the gop party is getting gown to good numbers, rubio shared hi

we're covering all that and much more with our guests, including republican presidential candidate, the, john kasich. and our correspondents and expert analysts are also standing by live. let's begin with the surprise developments in the republican race for the white house. cnn's sunlen serfaty is in las vegas for us. some political drama, this on the eve of the caucuses there. what's the latest? >> that's right, wolf. this is a huge shake-up within the cruz campaign. senator cruz just fired his communications director. someone who is one of his top allies in his inner circle of his campaign. fired over spreading false video about marco rubio over twitter. the cruz campaign tonight very much in the middle of a storm. >> this was a grave error of judgment. >> reporter: ted cruz is in cleanup mode, demanding the resignation of his communications director rick tyler after he distributed a video that falsely depicted marco rubio dismissing the bible. >> it turned out the news story was false but even if it was true, we are not a campaign that is going to question the faith of another candid

you're asked to call 911. 3 republican presidential hopefuls doctor ben carson and marco rubio will be in town today.carson will meet with voters at the gaffney visitor center at 3:00.at 4:00 rubio will be at southside christian in greenville. 3 the democratic presidential candidates will debate tonight in milwaukee.this will be the last debate between hillary 3 the final four armed protesters at an oregon wildlife refuge are expected to surrender today.the standoff has been going on since january second.the group's leader, ammon bundy, is behind bars. 3 teens and 20s start the day, but sunny skies bring highs to 47 in the upstate and 35 in the mountains. gusty conditions are expected through noon for high elevations. tonight, lows drop into the 20s with a light 3 breeze. 3 let's get one last look at traffic. 3 we're watching: watching: 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 3 after months of anticipation, we're getting our first look "fuller house". house". 3 "i've waited my whole life to home!"the trailer for the 90's show revival was released this week.most of the stars f

today the 2016 republican presidential candidates are once again criss-c-cssing the today the 2016 republican presidential candidates are once again criss-crossing the palmetto state ahead of next week's "first in the south" one of the candidates in south carolina today is marco rubio. he was speaking at a town hall event in hilton rubio hit on a variety of topics including foreign policy. he also talked about donald trump's recent use of profanity. "i teach my kids to be respectful. there are certain words you don't say, no matter what setting you're in act with dignity, you know, hold yourself up. and then you turn on the tv, you while rubio and others will be all over south carolina. the only candidate scheduled to be here in the midlands today is republican jeb bush. first up, he'll be in sumter to hold a meet and greet at baker's sweets this afternoon. doors open at 5:30 for the 6:30 event. coming off his second place finish in new hampshire, ohio governor john kasich is making a big push in the palmetto state. john kasich spoke to supporters in pawleys island this morning. it was just o

the five remaining republican presidential candidates will be taking the stage tonight in houston.... for the final presidential primary debate before the march first vote. you can catch all the action tonight on c-n-n... starting at 8:30. thirteen states will vote on super tuesday....march first.key states for the republicans that day include texas, the democrats, key states include texas, georgia and colorado. but the democratic presidential hopefuls must first focus on votes here in south carolina... leading up to saturday's primary. hillary clinton will continue to criss-cross the state today. she has campaign stops planned in kingstree, florence, myrtle beach and north charleston. and bernie sanders will be back campaigning in the midlands tomorrow with stops in orangeburg and right here in columbia. sanders is lagging behind clinton according to most south carolina polls but says he is not giving up the fight . our jennifer ready takes a senator and his campaign 33 thank you jennifer. and just a reminder... that this saturday is the democratic primary. polls open at seven in the

now dwindled down to six republican presidential candidates... comes exactly one week before south carolina voters head to the polls in the first southern primary of the 2016 election season. melisa raney reports. tonight's g-o-p presidential debate.... jolted by the sudden death of supreme court justice antonin scalia. on top of that news... the debate... now dwindled down to six republican presidential candidates... comes exactly one week before south carolina voters head to the polls in the first southern primary of the 2016 election season. melisa raney reports. --reporter pkg-as follows-- a change in tone saturday night as the remaining republican presidential candidates took the debate stage in greenville, south carolina. following a moment of silence for the late justice scalia... the candidates were asked about selecting his replacement. presidential candidate so i believe the president should not move forward and i think we ought to let the next president of the united state decide who is going to run that supreme court with a vote by th

republican presidential candidate donald trump kicked things off today in radford. the rally started at noon but supporters and protestors started lining up in the early morning hours. trump touched on illegal immigration saying if elected by the end ... dozens of protestors were forced out of the rally by trump's campaign and replaced with people waiting outside to get in. trump heads to georgia next. meanwhile ... across the state ... republican presidential candidate doctor ben carson visited virginia beach he's the last g- o-p candidate to speak at regent university's presidential candidate forum following donald trump and ted cruz. in a live interview with pat robertson.. carson talked about immigration ... and health care reform. ben carson, republican presidential candidate - 14:42:41;01 we spend almost twice as much per capita on healthcare as many other nations that have much better access and we do. we have plenty of money to take care of it we just don't use it the right way. 14:42:54:24 democratic presidential hopeful hillary clinton will be in the hampt

all six of the republican presidential candidates have been invited. the convention has said that ben carson and ted cruz has said they will be there. the convention is open to the public. general admission tickets are $14. the latest now on the numbers from a national poll. geoff: that is according to the latest nbc news and wall street journal poll. in this poll, cruz has 28% of voters. trump following with 26%. marco rubio then trails at 17%, john kasich at 11%, ben carson at 10% and jeb bush at 4%. just last month, trump had a 13 point lead over ted cruz. allyson: looking at the democratic side now, a new poll out shows nevada will also be a tough battleground for hillary clinton and bernie sanders. a new cnn and orc poll has democratic caucusgoers split almost evenly between the two presidential candidates. 48% say they support clinton. 47% say they support sanders. the democratic caucus is saturday. geoff: on saturday night, as soon as the primary polls close at 7:00, we'll have full coverage of the election results all the way through news 4 at

the number of republican presidential hopefuls is slowly whittling down. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum has ended his white house bid. santorum says he's now throwing his support behind florida senator macro rubio's campaign. kentucky senator rand paul... still to 33 come... our coverage of vote 20-16 continues. we're taking a closer look at last night's heated democratic town hall.scattered showers and mild temps as you start your thursday.expect a rainy and cool afternoon.details next. here's a 33 quick look at stories that are making headlines across the country. it's round two for the democratic presidential hopefuls. they're heading into a debate tonight... just a day after a heated new hampshire town hall. latest. 33 super bowl fever... taking the sidelines for national signing day. eric tells us what's in store for the gamecocks this upcoming season. like most of the college football world, gamecock fans wake up this morning with even more hope about the future after national signing day. tim hill has more in this it. 33 still to come...

. >>> during last night's debate, republican presidential candidates paused for a moment of silence to honor justice scalia. his death came hours before the debate and a talking point of the evening. the republicans squared off on who should replace scalia and when. >> we need to put people on the bench that understand the constitution is not a living, breathing document but interpreted as orlgally meant. >> the next president needs to appoint a lover of liberty and fight and fight for that nomination to make sure it passes. >> we ought to let the next president of the decide who will run the supreme court with a vote by the people of the united states of america. >> we are one justice away from the supreme court that would undermine the religious liberty of millions of americans. and the stakes of this election for this year, for the senate, the senate needs to stand strong and say we're not going to give up the u.s. supreme court for a generation by allowing barack obama to make one more liberal appointee. >>> this is a tremendous blow to conservativism, it is a tremendous blow to ou

another republican presidential candidates is making headlines...getting backlash over a post on twitter. yea, take a look at the image that jeb bush tweeted out tuesday evening: a photo of a personalized gun with the caption "america." it's been retweeted more than 18-thousand times. but he's also getting a lot of negative feedback, including a response from edward snowden that says "delete your account." a new initiative in the city of tampa kicks off today. fire officials will be giving out weather radios to all mobile home parks to help keep neighbors safe in severe weather. 10news reporter emerald morrow is live at the winward lakes mobile home park in tampa. emerald, why the focus on these fire officials say it's critical that all homes have these in their emergency kits...but it's especially important for mobile homes because it seems these communities get hit pretty hard whenever there is a tornado. - and we saw just how vulnerable florida is with the deadly storms we had in duette and sarasota.and even the ones down in miami this week. - but our cbs partners in chicago point to