no south carolina players were named to the second team or the all-freshman team. wilson is among five players on the all- defensive team. the awards are chosen by the league's 14 coaches. for the first time this season -- the south carolina baseball team is on the road. this season, grabbing their 8th win sunday in a series sweep of penn state. today -- usc will head to charleston to take on the citadel. first pitch is at 7 o'clock. let's get an update on your weather with ben. >> over the past 15 years, this stage has seen a lot of great moments, and nothing would make me happier than to add to that legacy today, right here, right now, on "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] hello, everybody. i'm chris harrison. welcome to the show. are you guys ready to go? [cheers and applause] all right, as a librarian, our returning contestant is used to keeping quiet, so we're gonna give him something to shout about today. from baltimore, maryland, please welcome back maurice coleman. [cheers and applause] how you doing, man? >> hello, sir.

so it's so important for south carolina residents to support the south carolina chapter of >> the play was unveiled today because march is red cross month. >> special olympics world game athlete in south carolina will be competing in the heritage pro-am this april. this is the first time a special olympics athlete will compete in the event. scott said two special olympic rower records. he finished 12-under par for the week long competition. scott and his family are from clover near rock hill. the pro-am will be april 11. >> starting today, you can own something out of oprah winfrey's closet. e bay has teamed up for an online charity auction of more than 250 items including shoes, clothing and accessories, straight from the show closet. the money raised from the charity auction will go to the leadership academy. i checked out e bay. of bids for each item. >> fast food giant macdonald is reeling out a new promotion in sweden. they can transform it into a vr headset. users can use the happy goggles for, with a smartphone and play mcdonald's new skiing game. the headset will be available o

hundreds of jobs in greenville and we like south carolina. we have no trees here in texas so we come here to see the trees. >> so you guys again against these others and when will we know if this is the plane that wins that competition for the air force and we'll see those jobs and see the planes here in still more than a year out. >> but still kind of pretty exciting. what have you seen about south carolina and our support for the military? >> it has been wonderful. we had senator graham in the cockpit, this very one, two days ago. he didn't do as well. >> and senator graham was actually in the air force. >> he was. >> i took him, didn't i? >> you did. >> i'm going to land this right now. we'll have more on this tonight, all the details. but for now, back to you. >> savannah levins auditioning for top gun 2 there. >> she is more taal edmonton than i would be. i am terrible at simulators, driving or flying. you don't want me in the pilot seat, that is for sure. >>> coming up next, lexington county is trying to track down three guys accused of

he was leaving. >> it was wade hampton. >> who was that, a wealthy south carolina planner. ne of the largest owners in the south. reputed to be -- there were these cotton bails in the middle of the streets of the middle of the city. and wind came up and started the fire going again. as the soldiers are coming into columbia, somebody has the bright idea that there is whiskey here, and people from charleston have sent to columbia, because it's going to be safe. they are dolling out liquor in these big ladles. you can imagine what is happening there. but anyway, the point that lucas make makes that columbia burned to the ground. >> atlanta was about 30%. >> it's pretty rough. >> a lot of it was the military aspects. it's not like going with the wind. where -- >> i want to go through some of these slides so we can get sherman out of the carolinas we do have the use of african-american troops in the carolinas, they're there, they're in charleston. they're maybe not sherman's men, but they are symbolically an important part of the union conquest of the carolinas. and, of course, s

by the 90's, it was the worst kept secret in south carolina. some newspaper reporters tracked her down living in los angeles. in 1957, when thurmond gave his filibuster, there was an item published in the african-american newspaper, the chicago defender, and the book was puzzling over how it was the thurmond was able to speak for 24 hours and 18 minutes if only one bathroom -- with only one bathroom break. the story thurmond told the press was that he had gone down to the senate steam room and had intentionally dehydrated himself so that when he drank water, his body would absorb it like a sponge. i asked a urologist. he was pretty dubious. [laughter] prof. crespino: what was interesting about that piece in the african-american newspaper, the chicago defender, is they said the rumor about capitol hill was that thurmond had been outfitted with a device designed for long motor trips, a catheter. there was a memoir published by an african-american man from south carolina, a longtime worker on capitol hill, who says he was there when thurmond was o

former south carolina ports authority chairman bill stern... and former lieutenant governor andre bauer. it's a call to step away from the richland county council. richland county councilman... kelvin washington is facing d-u-i charges after state troopers say he was involved in a crash that inured two men. the south carolina highway patrol says washington was driving saturday night through hopkins.... when he hit the back of another car that had slowed down. a witness... and family member to the victims in that crash says... the 22-year old driver remains in the hospital this morning... in critical condition. this is washington's second run- in with the law this year... leading his fellow councilman to say... it's time for him to council. we reached 33 out to all members of the richland county council and no other member wanted to comment at this time. the district 10 councilman was arrested last month for not paying his taxes, for which he was sentenced to probation and fined. the spartanburg county coroner has released toxicology test result

citadel and south carolina, but clem -- clemson, a lot of great programs. we're thrill to showcase it tonight and a great setting in this park. it's going to be a great atmosphere and i'm sure a competitive game. >> clemson in action looking to win its sixth straight game this afternoon hosting undefeated wofford. tigers on base. up one nothing in the fourth. wilson makes it 2-nothing. the tigers not done. chris williams keeps it going in not a great day to play third base if you're a terrier. at last check, this ball game in the sixth inning with clemson up 6ee nothing. we'll have -- 6-nothing. final coming up tonight. >>> clemson basketball closing out the home portion of its schedule tonight, and doing it against the two time defending acc champion virginia cavaliers. the tigers played close in the first match-up between these two teams up in charlottesville but lost in a close one. jordan roper closing outside his home career, an up and down clemson career for roper. he's looking up to finish his senior season strong after a couple recent des disappoint

the team in south carolina wins it 88-66. they advanced to the next round. playing in the ncaa tournament, here's what you need to know. florida gold coast be 96 - 65. 65. that means they will face north carolina on thursday, the next round of the ncaa tournament. to the nfl, the carolina panthers announcing the signing of free-agent defensive tackle, paul soley i, he signed a two-year deal and spent the last

south carolina opens play in the sec tournament friday in jacksonville. the southern conference basketball tournament begins this weekend in asheville and coaches in the league say this year there are probably eight different teams that could snag the dance. croone has been named as player of the year a big reason why they have had the success they have had this season. fuhrman has a buye in the first round of the conference tournament. the head coach says now they want to go win it all. >> we're one of those teams that has a chance to beat anyone as well. we have beat everybody at some points in season. whoever is playing their best here this weekend. has got a chance to win it all. >> fuhrman opens the tournament against greensboro on saturday at 8:30 p.m. they have got a late game saturday night that conference there is no clear-cut favorite. >> the rain is coming. some of -- take a look at live super doppler. you can see the showers spreading across north georgia. no watches, no warnings, so a slight chance we could even hear a couple of claps of thun

the team in south carolina wins it 88-66. they advanced to the next round. playing in the ncaa tournament, here's what you need to know. florida gold coast be 96 - 65. 65. that means they will face north carolina on thursday, the next round of the ncaa tournament. to the nfl, the carolina panthers announcing the signing of free-agent defensive tackle, paul soley i, he signed a two-year deal and spent the last

michael: now to the south carolina statehouse where , business leaders came with saying south carolina lawmakers are putting politics ahead of fixing the state's roads. today, the state chamber of commerce was joined by industry leaders at the capitol, all demanding state senators pass a roads bill. they say the senate has had the bill for 321 days now without taking a single vote. >> in this business community, you don't get paid if you don't do your job. so today, what i'm calling for is, i want every south carolina senator to start returning their paycheck back to the taxpayer on a daily basis, for every day they fail to start voting on the amendments on the desk. michael: the roads bill in the senate is being blocked by a filibuster. it is ongoing. it's undertaken by senators who oppose raising the gas tax. but business leaders say the bad roads will hurt economic development. carol: to pickens county now. deputies are investigating a shooting that sent a married couple to the hospital. it happened on pope field road, around 5:45 this evening. deputies say a man was shot in the che

in south carolina, it's about $1.75. you can find the cheapest prices in your neighborhood by using the wsoc tv gas tracker. it's on our web site, tab. >>> a lot of folks heading out on the roads now. here's mark taylor. >> stephanie, right now we're looking live outside at 77, heading down from davison, both directions moving smoothly. no big issues. construction was scheduled until 5:00 from mooresville south to catawba avenue. they wrapped up early. all travel lanes are open to you. no problems heading to uptown charlotte. christine? >>> wet roads out there, as well. late last night. this morning, now, we have clouds out there and that continues the next couple of hours. it's a chilly start to the day, though. temperatures in the upper 30s as you head out the door. by lunchtime, upper 40s. plenty of sunshine throughout the midday and afternoon hours, though. 56 is all we will do today here for the second day of spring, about 10 degrees below average, but that sun is going to make a big difference, especially compared

on saturday when the south carolina highway patrol arrived on scene. troopers say richland county councilman kelvin washington rear ended another vehicle, severely injuring the 22-year-old driver and causing minor injuries to the passenger. >> the whole back end of the car was smashed in and the front was smashed in. it looked so bad i didn't get close enough to go in there but i actually just was in panic mode because, you know, they are my little cousins. >> reporter: the 22-year-old remains in the hospital in critical condition. as for washington, he bonded out of the detention center sunday sunday afternoon but. but randolph is holding him accountable. >> if you have a status like this, there's certain things you shouldn't do. with him being who he is, there have someone drive for you. >> reporter: this ishe. >> reporter: he was arrested last month for not paying tis taxes. seth rose says it's time for washington t t take some time away from council. >> it's become abundantly clear that mr. washington has issues at home that he needs to deal with.

in south carolina deadly crash. the coroner's office tells us johnny anthony of clover died in a crash. toxicology tests are being conducted tomorrow. information tonight from rock hill after violent 24 hours in the city. one teenagers dead in four people injured after four shootings plague the area in a matter of hours. 18-year-old jarrius harding was shot and killed and someone shot into his car friday afternoon. the shooting took place after another when it happened thursday night where three people were shot and wounded in a home. none of the injuries are life-threatening. it's a big night in the presidential race. residents in five states casting among republicans ted cruz going victories in kansas in maine and donald trump capturing leading up to the democratic side bernie sanders winning in nebraska hillary winning louisiana. doug mcgowan takes us on the road to the white house. republicans going to the polls in maine kansas kentucky and louisiana. texas senator ted cruz winning in kansas. >> we have to come

will be holding drills at 9:00 in south carolina, 9:30 here in north carolina. last year the national weather service issued 25 tornado warnings for north carolina and recorded nine tornadoes. >> christine: a quick check of the commute right now, 5:36, and this is how traffic is looking on i-77, down by the state line where we usually see congestion but you're good to go on this stretch whether you're going north or southbound on 77. remember, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. so let's get to meteorologist al conklin. >> al: thanks, christine. out there this morning, big ridge of high pressure still dominating our weather and it will continue to do so for at least a couple more days before a frontal system impacts us some what over the weekend. not saying we'll cool-down but rain chances will go up and very cool air won't be very far away from us. that is down the road. numale fishing forecast, mostly sunny skies, mid 50s getting 78 degrees, a very very warm day today. long time wbtv viewer betty miller

in south carolina deadly crash. the coroner's office tells us johnny anthony of clover died in a crash. toxicology tests are being conducted tomorrow. information tonight from rock hill after violent 24 hours in the city. one teenagers dead in four people injured after four shootings plague the area in a matter of hours. 18-year-old jarrius harding was shot and killed and someone shot into his car friday afternoon. the shooting took place after another when it happened thursday night where three people were shot and wounded in a home. none of the injuries are life-threatening. it's a big night in the presidential race. residents in five states casting their votes for president. among republicans ted cruz going victories in kansas in maine and up to the democratic side bernie sanders winning in nebraska hillary winning louisiana. doug mcgowan takes us on the road to the white house. republicans going to the polls in maine kansas kentucky and louisiana. texas senator ted cruz winning in kansas. >> we have to come toge

in south carolina, the highway patrol is investigating a deadly crash in york county f. the coroner's office tells us johnny anthony of clover died on south highway 161 york this morning. toxicology tests are being conducted tomorrow. >> some new information, tonight, from rock hill after a violent 24 hour in the city. one teenager is dead. four people injured after four shootings plagued that area in a matter of hours. 18-year-old jerryeas harding was shot and killed when someone shot into the car pray day afternoon. the shooting took place after another one that happened thursday night where three people were shot and wounded in a home. none of those injuries were life-threatening. and blue, filled the front of the gaston county courthouse today, but it was the confederate flag that folks brought with tem. more than 100 rallied for their right to fly the inning saying it is not racist but a part of american history southern heritage. the group sons of confederate veterans organized this event. >> it is part of our duty, as southerners, as family members of men who kerre

. >> it has not happened in columbia, south carolina. and it has not happened in charleston, south carolina and in myrtle beach. and i have talked to the panthers organization. and panthers stadium and the charlotte motor speedway has similar protections. >> opponents want a special legislative session before the law takes effect on april first. dan bishop backs the idea. >> we have an extra week available and a couple days in order to get it done before april 1 the date of the ordinance they passed. >> now, you talk about timing. here is another aspect. april first is the big date. but the state legislature they have a special session which begins on april 25. the question in all of this is what goes on for the 24 days? live in west charlotte, steve crump wbtv on your side. go to wbtv.com for more of our coverage on the nondiscrimination ordinance. >> nice night here in the queen city right now. you are looking live through the hd towercam. but don't get used to the weather. changes are on the way. our chief meterologist, eric thomas is

this is reported fatal by the south carolina department of public safety. we are told the highway patrol is investigating this wreck. it looks like a couple people walking alongside the fire truck. as soon as we get new information from the highway patrol who passed away we will bring it to you. >> active scene thank you. >>> first at 4:00 a south carolina native returned to his home state for a special performance with ballerina misty copeland. brooklyn mack is a principle dancer with the washington ballet company and convinced his he started training with the classical ballet and the rest is history. >> i remember when we walked in, she came up and he said may i help you. and my mom said yes, i would like you to evaluate my son for a scholarship. and he said we don't give dislarships. and she said well, you have not seen my son. >> mack has traveled the world as an accomplished award-winning ballet dancer. he with missy copeland the first african-american tbe named a principle dancer for the american ballet theater are in columbia for a fundraiser for flo

south carolina absolutely no system. we would come in and we wanted to portray ourselves as a lockup of society. it didn't have rhyme or reason submitted legislation that would come in and they would get it passed and say that mandatory minimum was three years, and so once we started looking at it, here's the numbers. i have mine written so i can make sure we get it right. into 25 years prior to 2010 when we started, our prison population was about 9000. it increased to 25,000. what we know is that in the early '80s, what did we have? the war on drugs. what we now know is that the war on drugs did not work. and then we had enhancements and those kind of matters as they relate to guns and other things. so we had a relatively poor state. we have 4.6 million people in the state, and you can look at the numbers in proportion as to the rate of incarceration. i don't quote georgians very often but speaker newt gingrich said that you are supposed to lockup bad people. south carolina was just locking up people they were mad at.

we have several calls in on a crash in chester county, south carolina. sky3 was over the scene. this is on augusta road near catawba river road. troopers are trying to figure out what happened. we have calls into investigators. >> right now north carolina state troopers telling us one person dead after a motorcycle crash. highway patrol says the crash oakboro in stanly county. not a lot more information. troopers have not released names. we will post updates on wbtv.com. >> new information on breaking news we brought you yesterday. about a shooting behind birkdale village. cornelius police told us they were on scene of a shooting where someone was hurt. the department posted an update and said the person shot themselves. >> next, a south carolina deputy attacked while trying to make an arrest more of the video coming up. >> and also just ahead... >> jury selection starts in the trial of a man accused of killing his own baby. he is representing himself. and already we are seeing for the trial of a man accused of beating his six-month-old baby to death. this is a difficult case bas

a man is accused of rubbing and pinching the seat of a university of south carolina student. according to our partners at the "charlotte observer" police say it happened at a library on campus. and this man has been accused of >> time for a check on traffic. it's been busy on the roads. and i have feeling it has not changed. >> you are right. things are bad in gaston county. as we check in an accident i-85 north morse chapel two lanes blocked and accident i-85 north at sam wilson road congestion as well. wilkinson boulevard is a great alternate route. and the backup from mecklenberg county to gaston county exits 20-29. that is a lot of slow-moving traffic. wilkinson boulevard is an option but if you know anyone that uses this as their route highway 7 may be an alternate route as well. your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. back to you guys. >> thank you. flames shoot through a home after a space heater catches fire. >> a toddler the first to see there is an emergency. little girl's mother who says [laughing] honey, you gotta see this! time warner cable now ma

justice bureau, justice assistance and senator gerald malloy of the south carolina state senate, and judy owens, the southern poverty law center. they will talk about how states can protect public safety while reducing levels of imprisonment. leaders of reform efforts in georgia, mississippi and south carolina will discuss how their states moved from problem solving statements to policy reform the results. the stories from these three states we place in a national context reform as part of this summit meeting. and i would like to bring the first panel of the now. [applause] >> good morning. the introductory remarks this morning talked about levels of

impacting the lives of drivers but affecting south carolina economically. >> we cannot grow our economy without this infrastructure being available.>> it is all about priorities. >> reporter: on the senate floor emma senator. gerald malloy expressed that >> we do not want to talk about roads. we do not want to raise the taxes. we do not want to have a discussion. >> reporter: cause of that, these frustrated taxpayers are calling for their money back. >> i want every south carolina senator. returning their paycheck back to the citizens were every day they fail to pass the amendments on the desk.>> reporter: they once again adjourned on wednesday without addressing the roads plan. because of the crumbling roads, the state department of transportation has received many claims and have paid

fix south carolina's roads...with still no vote... and upstate business leaders growing frustrated... 3 but opponents of the gas tax increase say the money is already there to fix roads... isn't being spent wisely. 3 fox carolina's andrew reeser joins us live from outside our station along i-85...andrew? 3 it's been more than a year since governor haley rolled out her plan to reform the and raise the gas tax to fix roads...and while the house has a plan in place...the senate hasn't even voted on one... 3 3 3 are paying more for our roads the road to better roads in south carolina...is paved with political gridlock. 3 3 while potholes and weather damage plague the state's thoroughfares... 3 3 debate over whether to raise the gas tax in the palmetto state to pay for roads has the senate at a dead end. 3 3 3 01:03:00"the people of south carolina need to realize that the table is being set here by the very people who are going to sit and eat the dinner." filibustering a vote on the bill, lowcountry senator tom davis, and upstate senator l

and happening right now, the south carolina chamber of commerce is talking about the senate. there are live pictures. the chamber is arguing that the condition's of the state roads will start to hurt the state's tourism industry. let's listen to part of the news conference. >> what i would say to you today is this -- it is time for our general assembly to move on, particularly the senate, to fix our roads. the rhetorical question has to be answered and i think temple lake summed it up. how many people must live before we fix our roads? how much business do we lose trying to get our goods and services to our businesses across the state?

also tracking some ankling through up state south carolina. this will tap into york county and cleveland county. we will keep the threat for rain today. this is all part of the large system coming in from the south. long the rain sticks around. >> you can track the changes in today's weather by using our wsoc tv weather app. it's free to download and showed you the hour by hour forecast in your neighborhood and alert you to any severe weather. >>> authorities have charged four people in violence protests. we frau this side owe as broking gnaws. you can -- four people are facing charges ranging from aggravated battery to resisting arrest. trump called the protest a planned attack. at least two police officers were injured. during a campaign event in kansas city, missouri trump called for protesters to be arrested. >> get them out. >> police say they used pepper spray twice outside the rally and they arrested two people the law. >> they are disrupters. they are disrupters. and the reason they are are doing it, is because there has never been anyt

south carolina went away was supposed to go to texas and play. that did not work out. could shaq rolland returned back to the gamecocks? i know that the coach would welcome him back at usc. it was disappointing when he left usc, but maybe he will in the upstate, clemson taking on virginia. tonight would not be any different but virginia started to begin with a three-popoter. he was hot early on in the basketball game. he led virginia and scoring on the night. the columbia native did a nice reverse move, layup, the basket is good. he has nothing but game. he tried to take over and bring the clemson tigers back into the basketball game. they lose the game 64-47. that basket is good. virginia will go on a late run, as i said earlier. the tigers lose 64-57. the tigers, 16-13 on the year. they will take on bc on saturday. we would be back in a moment. these creamery shakes are so rich and creamy. i know. finally a shake for an aficionado like myself. wait. you're a shake aficionado? not a shake aficionado. the shake aficionado. -whoa. -(chuckles) yeah. well, perhaps you cou

south carolina is one of the only states that does not have it passed. york and north carolina has it down to 15%. we need to end up changing that. at the end of the day, treat children like children. with the miller, graham, and roper decisions, i think people are really starting to pay attention to where kids are and treat kids like kids. we have seen a decrease across the country. ms. james: and pushing a little further on that, not just kids, but young people. 24, 25. we are taking a lesson from that brain science that roper was based on to say what else can we do, and can we learn from this and let kids and young people leave that behind? really looking at that as an option. mr. owens: the people matter. the leadership -- we don't have a lawn said -- we don't have a lawn south carolina that his age, but we have 17-year-olds incarcerated with adults. he has one institution where they eat together and do that stuff. that is something that he can do within his position. he is not required to do it by law, but he does. we can do the things we can do to m

bill: this is less nice severe weather that you purchase south carolina and hit hard. take a look at a video from taylor that this is an area northeast of greenville south carolina and what looks like snow on the ground, while it's the town was hit with winds as well as high as 70 miles an hour. those are big hailstorm -- hailstones. as the storm came through one into look at this. this is 1.68 inches. a lot of the hail was the size, up to 2 inches very very dangerous. that is not an issue for us. it was warm with sunny skies, warm and sunny for portions of i'm going to show you an issue that may pop up about 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. that's coming up in a minute that we have a gradual cooldown coming up over the next several days and as we get into the weekend it looks like we have a good chance to get more rain. we will talk more later on.

but today, exasperated south carolina business leaders rallied at the statehouse... begging the senate to vote on the bill...and get the ball rolling on road repairs. greenville chamber of commerce officials say poor road conditions are hurting the upstate's economy. 3 3 19:55"capacity problems, road maintenance ce issues, congestion is all contributing to the lack of business at least to move goods and then certainly to move their work

a south carolina pastor has been arrested for sexually assaulting minors. >> 62-year-old author layer has been accused of touching children. the incidents date back to 1989. >> a coastal carolina university football player now facing hacking charges. kyle wilson has been restricted from campus. authorities say a university employee that someone hacked into her icloud account and wilson admitted to the crime while being questioned. apple and the f.b.i. testifying in front of congress about encryption and privacy. the f.b.i. wants apple to break into the phone of one of the san bernadino shooters. apple refused. a federal judge in new york says the government does not have the authority to force apple to give the f.b.i. access to the locked the ruling could influence the terrorist attack case. >> president obama today sat down with key senate republican leaders to discuss the high stakes vacancy on the supreme court bench. republicans vowed to block any nominee. wbtv anchor maureen o'boyle has the latest first at 4:00. >> president obama met for the first time with senate republican lea

in charleston, south carolina, hasn't happened in myrtle beach. itch eve also talked to thepanthers stadium and charlotte motor speedwade have similar protections. >> the senate has not set a date for special session. during a regularration regular session because a special session costs too much. >>> 19 neighborhoods will get guidance and planning goals. also $1500 neighborhood matching grant incentive. runs from 8:upon to 1:30 at johnson c. smith university. >>> big crowd at westin for unc masquerade ball. molly grantham served as emcee. helped 65,000 students attained students attend 900olleges and universities. festival and st. patrick's day parade is today. a lot of people want to the know if they will stay dry if they turn out. >> lyndsay: mm, i can't guarantee it. it does look like a wave earlier, maybe mid-morning break before more in the afternoon. be prepared for it. but you may get lucky. it is a luck of the irish. do you see what i did there? that was a bad joke. >> kristen: that was great. >> lyndsay: 10:00 ises when everything kicks

south carolina roads. totoy they spent 5 hours in session and never even got to the bill to repair our roads. senators had the bill for 321 days now. joyce koh? >> reporter: a hold up by a democratic senator. he told me he was against the law and didn't want it to pass. want to pass the gas tax. other lawmakers want a gas tax increase. the senator did motion a couple times to vote on the roads bill and that was blocked by the interand others. -- by senators and others. >> i know there is a lot of frustration outside the state house, within the public and the state. there is frustration inside as wellllbecause we just seem to be stuck. and -- i mean, look, we are stuck because there -- there are a lot of very firmly held positions on opposite ends of this thing but -- we really -- anywhere. >> reporter: as you heard the optimism is dwindling as the filibuster continued to go on and despite calls from the business community earlier today to vote on a roads plan, things this way for a while. joyce koh, news 1

>> michael carrera tried to lead south carolina to a win on senior night. georgia up three, j.j. frazier hits the pullup from way beyond the arc. georgia wins it, 74-72. >>> the charlotte hornets making a move in the eastern conference after big win in philadelphia. they won eight of the last ten games. in sixth place in the playoff race. they can improve seed by taking care of business at home. their next seven games are all >> coming up, coach, can i talk about we have a lot of games against opponents under .500. we definitely have to take advantage of that. we had a tough schedule up until this point. like you said, wing the games you need to win or are supposed to win, that's a huge, huge part of -- it's going to be every last game coming down to the seeding. anthony: the hornets back on the court tomorrow night at home against the indiana pacers. >> stopped smiling about it, we've worked hard in the off-season trying to keep momentum going from last year to this year, especially with the chase format. it was a very special win for our guys. anthony: 18-year-old john hunter n

you mentioned that he's winning, he won in south carolina, he won in new hampshire, he's going to win in the daep soueep south. we haven't seen that strong candidate in many years. think about john mccain he did well in big states, he didn't win in the south, same with mitt romney but looks like donald trump is able to do that. >> bill press, you're a supporter of bernie sanders. how worried should democrats be about donald trump? >> i think they ought to be damned worried about donald trump. i see a lot of articles today democrats are saying, oh, we can't wait to run against donald trump. we're going to take everything, sweep the board, it's going to be an easy thing. they are dead wrong. i think donald trump could very well appeal to blue collar democrats, his message of anti-establishment, anti-media, anti-washington, resonates and so i think they better be very, very concerned. >> yes. lighthearted comments in "the new york times" story, you're referring to, robby mook saying i've got to get me some trump. a joke to some people. let me ask you about ted cruz, he hopes that he wins

we are talking in the peaked moppet to the upstate of south carolina. you don't see a change until you head up the hill and we drop to around freezing. we will drop off our perch around 49, 50 degrees and work our way to 40 around 11:00 midnight. if you are enjoying your friday night even through 1:00 in the morning. here is a map. what caw expect? partly cloudy skies and no disruptive weather all the way through the overnight hours and that's it. it is out the door tomorrow morning at 8:00. one or two clouds hanging around and we'll call it fair skies. into the high country we go and a nice start up. no surprise about 29 degrees. continuing then with our map through saturday. an upper level disturbance is working into the western sections of the viewing section. even a few wet snowflakes again developing as we take you through the late night hours. certainly on saturday night and then into sunday morning. but late in the afternoon we will be getting into the high country. timing that will beacon vein -- be convenient. 57 through 4:00. you can see it is

no south carolina players were named to the second team or the all-freshman team. wilson is among five players on the all- defensive team. the awards are chosen by the league's 14 coaches. the gamecocks are also sitting pretty for the ncaa tournament as ncaa revealed its final women's basketball top 10 list two weeks before selection monday. uconn, south carolina, notre dame and baylor are still the four no. 1 seeds according to the committee. the top 16 teams host the opening two rounds of the the ncaa announces the entire 64 team field on march 14, after conference tournaments are complete. for the first time this season -- the south carolina baseball team hits the road. the gamecocks are undefeated this season, grabbing their 8th win sunday in a series sweep of penn state. today -- usc will head to charleston to take first pitch is at 7 o'clock. the warm weather is perfect as football teams kick off spring practices. less than two months after playing in the national championship, the clemson tigers are already back to work. monday, the team held it's first of 1

insurance and fema is also helping. 3 the flood also forced students at the autism academy of south carolina out of their classrooms for several months for students with autism....instability and change is much tougher to deal with. news 19 janae frazier shows us their challenges and tells us about a group working to help the school rebuild. 3 ann marie 48: we lost most of our ceiling tiles, light fixtures, the walls, mold and mildew the autism severe damage including a bill couldn that the academy's students were basement.. development court says for ity and change board certified director of 02:18 it was first, um the able to all sometimes time wanting to and we would be able getting some class member of 2016: "we project by together using and our restore this know program... and the group is tiles.and other much- free.tremendous affected by to be a part of helping some vulnerable flood victims get back to *nats*** ann marie fact that this wonderful volunteers, um helping us, had 3 3 the students were able to return to makeshift classrooms in their school building two weeks ago.. while lea

boyer is the prime suspect in the south carolina murder of michelle haggadone. her body was found behind a rest stop along interstate 20. the solicitor re-opened the case following a wis investigation. columbia police may have cracked a more than 2- year-old murder case. today, police say they've charged charles byrd junior for murder in the shooting death of a man on bailey street in november of 2013. investigators say byrd shot and killed willie gilmore after an argument at a home there. byrd is currently locked up at alvin s. glenn detention center on murder charges for a separate shooting in 2014. the longtime chief of cayce's department of public safety is announcing his retirement. today, chief charles mcnair said he will step down after nearly 16 years with the department. mcnair is a cayce native, who served with various law enforcement agencies throughout his career, including south carolina highway patrol, and sled. he will officially retire on may 1st. afternoon with scattered showers and a thunderstorm or two late night into wednesday morning. rain c

[boos] and my home state of south carolina.th carolina, where he is looking, there is a medium security prison that would take a couple million -- hundred million dollars to upgrade. just a few miles from more than a dozen schools, half a dozen churches. it is a bedroom community outside of charleston. and our president thinks that this is a good location. why wouldn't we just leave them at guantanamo bay? leave them in guantanamo bay. [applause] perfect location, if there ever was one. we have designed the best location on earth, 500 miles from us. it is an isolated location, surrounded by deserts, anntains, and in ocean -- ocean. we have the greatest military force in the history of mankind, the marines, making so that enemy combatants never leave that isolated location. our marines are doing a fantastic job. [applause] our marines have endured 250 actults, and not a single of italian nation -- retaliation. not a single act. that's why, when i visited in october, i was amazed at how well those enemy combatants are being treat

nobody was handing out lincoln tickets in south carolina and a douglas remind the congressmen, south carolina and mississippi have a black majority. so, lincoln wins in 1860 because he is running against a former wake. -- wig. he says things will be different. in 1868, grant loses new york. carried north carolina, south carolina, florida and alabama. let's make quick work of the amendment and get because grant is quite aware he is president thanks to southern black folks and he wants them to be able to vote in new york and consulting -- and pennsylvania. five years after the fighting is over, that black barbara in rochester can go to the polls and vote. is pavedimes," the their efforts with their life. schoolteacher you who taught an all-black school for boys in philadelphia. he taught greek, he taught latin, he taught mathematics, he is teaching the same curriculum that elite white boys would be taking. he is walking home one day and this is the city of the love and streetcars are segregated and likewise the parks. he has had a long day, he is tired, he gets on a streetcar. thes late

south carolina. only because that was the first place a girl ever held my hand. in this port town is now hooked with me. i wasn't born there or raise there, but it's got to be such a part of my life, a guidebook came out several years ago were i'm now listed as a native of the town people townspeople will now remember me riding my tricycle. clapmac i feel my sense of place is completely made up, completely phony and there's nothing i can do about it. >> let me ask you about another place. your new novel that you're working on right now is a novel about charleston. how has that changed your imagination or how is going back to that city shaped your life? >> it has changed totally in my imagination because it's changed from the way it was as a kid. i was weeding eating in buford and i could hear them talking about their books. there were about ten of them in their screaming. five of the women were black and five of the women were white. it tickled me just to see it. there is a friend of mine from new yo

>> michael carrera tried to lead south carolina to a win on senior night. georgia up three, j.j. frazier beyond the arc. georgia wins it, 74-72. >>> the charlotte hornets making a move in the eastern conference after big win in philadelphia. they won eight of the last ten games. in sixth place in the playoff race. they can improve seed by home. at time warner cable arena. >> coming up, coach, can i talk about we have a lot of games against opponents under .500. we definitely have to take advantage of that. we had a tough schedule up until this point. like you said, wing the games you need to win or are supposed to win, that's a huge, huge part of -- it's going to be every last game coming down to the seeding. anthony: the hornets back on the court tomorrow night at home against the indiana pacers. >> stopped smiling about it, we've worked hard in the off-season trying to keep momentum going from last year to this year, especially with the chase format. it was a very special win for our guys. anthony: 18-year-old john hunter nemechek has two wins on the nascar camping world truck

and south carolina national guard major general... robert livingston the festival.33 still to come... the latest on richland county councilman, kelvin washington's arrest... and the shadow it casts at a regular session meeting . stay with us. we're live blood shot the report goes on to say that although he refused to provide a blood sample, they were able to secure blood and urine samples through the execution of a search warrant. washington is now out on bond... but has been on the wrong side of the law for most of 20-16. he pleaded guilty to multiple counts of not paying his taxes earlier this year. on these counts he was fined and sentenced to probation. and regardless of the new charges against washington... it's business as usual at the richland county council's regular session. washington did not attend night... but councilman... torrey rush... took the time to echo his previous statement regarding the arrest. 33 also at yesterdays meeting... the council passed the first reading of doubling the elections budget.still to come...

tim: industry leaders claiming south carolina senators are putting politics ahead of the needs of the state. they say the senate, which has a roads bill in front of them, for 321 day, without ever taking a single vote. listen to this. in the business community, you don't get paid if you don't do your job so i'm calling for every south carolina senator to start returning their paycheck back to the taxpayer on a daily basis for every day they fail to start voing on the amendments. nevertheless, it appears lawmakers paid little attention to what was said at on a daily that news conference. a fill buster against the road funding bill continued on the floor. at 6:00 what business leaders are saying about the fact these terrible roads are having on economic development. the delay in columbia is get morgue and more expensive for companies who rely on the roads to do business. live and local in spartenburg with mike. >> time is money. >> the condition of the roads is a big deal. to the big trucks that carry moving and storage in spartanburg county. >> it was started by my grandfather back in

and traveled through the upper south, virginia, north carolina, they really didn't run into much resistance. there were a few glares, but nothing serious. as the group entered into the deeper south, into south carolina, rock hill's specifically, that is when they first encountered violence and were attacked. part of the plan for the freedom ride was they would test the ruling by going in and using facilities that were segregated. so black passengers would use the white facilities and white passengers would use the black facilities. as they got off the bus in raquel, south carolina, and proceeded into the station to test the ruling, there were white segregationists that were there and they attacked the freedom riders several were injured. they were able to continue the ride. as a traveled into south carolina and georgia, there were other skirmishes. in atlanta, the group was able to meet with dr. martin luther king jr., who was at that time president of the southern christian leadership conference. and dr. king voiced some concerns about the group continuing the ride into alabama. there were

the people of south carolina are embarrassed by nikki haley!he seemed to be referring to her trump to release his tax returns. returns.governor haley responded less than a half hour later...simply using the southern phrase... bless your heart. 3 according to a new poll out-- donald trump may face a tough and losing battle with the democrats if he wins the general election.a c-n-n-o-r-c poll found that in a hypothetical match up with trump... 3 senator bernie sanders and hillary clinton would beat out the republican frontrunner. clinton tops trump... 52- percent to his 44-percent. percent.and the vermont senator scored 55-percent support in a pretend head-to- head match against trump's 43-percent 3 now to a fox carolina follow up 3 we're learning more tonight - as deputies investigate the shooting of a 5 year old boy in spartanburg county. home on rowe street in the arcadia community - we brought it to you as breaking news last night at ten!the sheriff's office confirming tonight the boy was shot in the head - and they believe the incident was a