marco rubio is now moving onto the south carolina coast. and he won't be alone. following his second place finish in new hampshire... john kasich will also be campaigning along the coast. meanwhile ben be busy reaching out voters in the upstate. and jeb bush will be right here in columbia. he'll be holding a rally at senate's end tonight at 6:30. a reminder about the primary dates. the g-o-p primary will take place next saturday, february 20th. the democratic primary will take place the following week... on saturday february 27th. and stay with abc columbia news for complete coverage online and on air.... of vote 20-16. the richland penny project is looking to spruce up the gills creek area. that's right. boardwalks, picnic areas and wilderness trials are just a few of the proposed features for the greenway along gills creek. and now you have a chance to voice your opinion about the project. the richland penny program will be holding an open house today. residents can stop by brennen elementary school tonight... from 6:30-until eight... to learn more about the gr

as we get into the afternoon we will watch rain race towards the south carolina coast line. i will talk to you about that coming up. here is the day in asheville. sun and clouds in mid 40's. not as windy in the mountains. low 50's today but it takes all afternoon to get there. it will be brief. touching the low 50's in spartanburg. for the next several days, pretty super tomorrow and a much colder we could tell you about and likely some snow trouble in western north carolina. we will talk about that coming up in a few minutes. myra: carolina panthers fans are getting ready for the big game and the clock is ticking away. underway in santa clara at levi's stadium, making sure everything is perfect when it's time with the lights shine over the panthers and the denver broncos. safety obviously a huge concern going in to this weekend. a massive security presence is in place. trained swat teams are on the ground, the coast guard in the bay, and 8 aircraft will be watching the skies above . one things security teams are watching extra close for are drones. they are not allowed anyw

the storm caused rough seas as it moved up the coast off the south carolina coast. a cruise ship was forced to change course but it was still tossed around. meanwhile, another storm system is already producing blizzard-like conditions in parts of minnesota and the lower northern plains. >>> overseas now. the somali government his last tuesday's explosion on board a passenger jet was an act of terrorism. airport security video shows two men handing what looks like a laptop computer to the suspected suicide bomber after he passed through the security checkpoint. at least one of the men was an at least 20 people have been arrested in connection with the explosion. >>> the u.s. olympic committee reportedly says american athletes should consider skipping the summer games if virus according to reuters. the games will be held this august in the country hardest hit by the outbreak, brazil. despite the fears, millions are still partying during carnivals in rio. >>> the u.n. security council is condemning north korea's launch of a long-range rocket. kim jong-un ordered yester

still bad rain along the south carolina coast. florida, especially north florida as we go through the day today. heaviest rains right now, south carolina from charlson to myrtle beach and during the day, the front is going to try to inch off the coast. there's the storm as we go throughout the afternoon. and melbourne area possibly going to get storms. and note this is front snakes. this is where it gets more interesting later on tonight as an area of low pressure tries to form and sneak up the coast. a winter watch has been issued for almost over to boston, the providence area included. it looks like just enough moisture that we're going to get plowable snow. forecast on cape cod 4 to 6 inches. but if it inches closer, we could push totals even further. as of now, it doesn't look like the storm should be effecting you. so, the forecast for today. nice weather oklahoma to dallas. very typical southeast to the 50s. and there will be a lot more talk about cold next week. that's your national weather, now a closer look at the day ahea

hillary clinton is leading bernie sanders in south carolina with 64% support among likely democratic voters. rubio will now move on to south carolina's coast. we're talking about marco rubio with the g.o.p. campaign. and he won't be alone. following his second place finish in new hampshire, john kasich will also be campaigning along the coast. meanwhile, ben carson and ted cruz will each be busy reaching out to voters in the upstate and jeb bush will be here in columbia. he'll be holding a rally tonight beginning at 6:30. >> reminder for you about the primary dates, the g.o.p. primary will take place next saturday, february 20th. the democratic primary will take place the following week. that's saturday, february 27th. we hope you'll stay with abc columbia news for complete coverage. on air as well as on line for all of your vote 2016. well, class is back in session. after an early morning evacuation yesterday, we told >> that's right, lexington district two officials said the fire started early yesterday morning in an air conditioning unit on the roof of the school's vocational wing. no injuries were reported. a camden man is in custody t

heading to north carolina or south carolina coast, 62 saturday in charleston. 68 sunday, and 64 in wilmington. the seven-day forecast, look at the warm-up as we head toward the weekend. we look forward to that. sunshine and 5 establish for still chilly overnight. 26 saturday morning, afternoon high of 55. and we will see overnight lows in the low 30 sunday morning, a good looking warm-up and dry. 66 and sunshine sunday. 68 monday. into the upper 60's and low 70 tuesday and wednesday. a small chance of showers wednesday. and we may be ramping that up toward the end of next week thursday and friday. we will keep an eye on that. good looking weekend forecast. >> anchor: delighted to have charlotte center city partners. how are you? >> i am doing well. weather turning nice in the weekend. we have good stuff going on. >> we do. packed weekend with activities underway for the ciaa tournament. we are thrilled to have them in charlotte again. this event pumps tells of millions into our economy, particularly center city, hospitality, hotels, restaurants tournament is here. >> a lot of good folks. >> g

was a rough ride for passengers on a royal caribbean, caught in the storm, off the north and south carolina coast. the weather service issued a warning for hurricane-forced winds. anthem of the seas was headed south from new york to the bahamas when it ran into some trouble with the storm. it changed course and approved at port ca investigator real florida. unlucky people there, back at home, how are things looking. >> we are just looking at cloudy skies for the majority of us, we could see flurries from time to time but those won't be that widespread and they're not going to come down fast enough to cause problems. here is what you need to know as you plan your day: temperature around around, 8:00 a.m., 44 hour afternoon high, not only are we tracking flurries later today but it is going be breezy. we are back to near 39 toward 6:00 this evening. but here a live picture outside from our wncn tower camera, looking out over the belt line. there's just one two cars out there. 36 degrees, i am showing you the radar because we are dry here around the triangle but look at areas to the south west, towa

the low organizes it is actually set to kick off a hurricane force wind warning just off the south carolina coast. this does not impact is but we will be windy here tomorrow. look at the cloud cover and rain. it will be 60 in orlando right now but so many locations including daytona and ocala have already dropped into the 50s. hour by our future track nine through 7:30 especially a long i for to the south and east. rain is breaking up over orlando and after 11 there will be much rain left. hour by hour in orlando, paramore, pine hill scott's a few showers in cocoa beach. a little longer in melbourne in palm bay a little bit of rain is likely and ocala just a few showers and then we are dry overnight. look at the temperatures drop. is is where you will wake up. mid-40s in orlando and low 40s and ocala and tomorrow we do not even hit 60. our high is 59 degrees. is likely that we will get a wind advisory because the winds are so strong tomorrow. keep in mind if we do get any advisories you will see them right on our weather app and windy and 59 tomorrow for the fair. >>> it is time for sports with c

it was a rough ride for passengers, caught in storm off of the north and south carolina coast. the weather service issued a warning for hurricane forced winds. anthem of the seas was headed from new york to the bahamas when it ran into big trouble there with the storm. the ship changed course and real florida. a little bit of a -- port ca investigator real. >>> we are looking at cloudy skies as we head loud the tuesday. also the chance for a few flurries or shower. keep the umbrella nearby. most of us are going to stay troy. what you need to know, planning your day today. 419 at noon and a high today of 44. it should be back into the upper 30s bier p.m. and throughout the day, we will see light snow showers or light rain showers move through. it is not coming down fast enough to 5:00 cumulate ton roadways or cause any problems. 36 right now, pretty quiet start at the raleigh durham international airport. showing you the radar. we are still dry around wake and durham county. the trihang 18 not seeing any of -- the triangle not seeing any of this moisture. there's a few isolated

that's set for 1:30 and then kasich will end his day along the south carolina coast at a sun city hilton head town hall. well, with the race heating up here in the palmetto state, it is important to remember that every vote does matter. >> yeah and it's important to remember the republican presidential primary is set for next saturday. that's february 20th. the democratic presidential primary is the following saturday, february 27th. now, if you can't make it out to the polls those days, don't worry. the richland county voter from 9:00 in the morning until noon for absentee voting. we do have an update on the charleston church shooting this afternoon. 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's prepared to plead guilty if capital punishment is off the table. criminal charges, meanwhile, against a former university of south carolina r

south carolina chamber of commerce this morning. from there, he'll be hosting an event at duke's bar-b-que in orangeburg. that's set for 1:30. kasich will end his day along the south carolina coast... at a sun city hilton head town hall. with the race heating up here in the palmetto state... that your vote counts. 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

i the area of low pressure is beginning to develop right down here off the north carolina, south carolina coast and is that going to ride up the front. you can see there's a lot more moisture down there and that's what will be brushing us a b little bit later tonight with the snow. it's cold enough for snow, but this is what it will find at the surface in the short term. still 43-degrees, pavement is warm.warm thinks a much different setup s than the clipper we hadad wednesday night when it was so cold, pretreatment wasn't around. this is a better setup for easing our travel troubles and our futurecast still wants to bring in rain/snow change over around 1 in the morning. you might even see that in montgomery county, but i don'tn, think it lasts very long because it's going to continue to push p more tot east. definitely we're right on the line there, the 95 being the line and then you can see that there's a little bit moreit m significant snow down to ourto o south and east. by 6 in the morning maybe we're not seeing much more around the beltway, but you are on the on western side of the bay a

on the radar, we can pick up showers on the florida, georgia and south carolina coast lines. an area of low pressure developing off the coast line. it will develop. quickly and we will see rain spilling back into charleston, into myrtle beach, moving up into north carolina. that is a big part of the developing system which will be a snowing one -- snowy one for the northeast. the overall pattern changing for the country and we will throw an arctic air in the cold coming days with moisture around. the two shall meet not far from home. could even see a few snowflakes start of the work week and into tuesday. it will be much more significant in north carolina as far as the snow goes for the start of the week. that is one thing we are keeping an ion. cold rain is what we are looking at here. cure of the showers. this is new today. this system will develop very quickly. you see it moving up the east coast while we will just stay in the sun and clouds for today and tomorrow. in fact, a son tomorrow and temperatures a little bit milder. they get into sunday night and the super bowl su

new jersey, through maryland and washington, d.c., down through virginia, north carolina, south carolina coast, watches in effect until 11:00 tonight eastern time. tomorrow, sunny skies, mild to warm conditions from top to bottom. same picture we've seen all week, although it's getting milder with each day. tomorrow, highs ranging from upper 60s at the coast to mid 70s around the bay and maybe one or two locations inland will approach upper 70s tomorrow. our rain chances look like this. 10% on friday. we may get some sprinkles friday. dry on saturday and 20% of light rain on sunday. that appears it will be confined mainly to the north bay. next week, although we expect another warmup, we also see just slight chances of rainfall, but we certainly need more substantial rainfall than that. >> thank you, spencer. >>> still ahead on "abc7 news" at 4:00, caught on video. the device that caused this to happen and why a man's pants suddenly burst into flames. plus -- >> it is a very rare occurrence. >> the rare discovery one woman found in her meal while dining out. >>> i'm michael finney. new accusat

it was a rough ride on a royal caribbean cruise ship caught in storm off of the south carolina coast. take a look. the weather service issued a warning for hurricane-forced winds, anthem of the seas was headed south from new york to the bahamas when it ran into some trouble with the storm the ship had to change course and arrived at port ca investigatorna -- canararel, florida. >> who can attend the annual scouting one of the cool perks of this place is you can eat as much cereal as you want. it's like i'm going to work to get some. alrighty. we just like cereal. we make it, eat it, love it, live it. with ingredients like roasted hazelnuts and cocoa, the delicious taste of nutella takes pancakes to a whole new level. >>> breaking news raleigh connection with a murder at an apartment complex. major edwards shot and killed jose dominguez off of hodges creek drive. edwards is expected in court later today. >>> testimony continues in a north raleigh murder trial. the jury will likely see more of the interrogation today. the prosecution could wrap up the case by thursday. >>> today a victo

let you know the models are kind of hinting that there could be a coastal low down on the south carolina coast. maybe seven parts of north carolina it should pull off to the east but there's a chance we could see whether later sunday or monday depending on how that low tracks. we will keep you updated right now forty zealand cities near the coast visibility is good winds picking up in the south southeast. highs today around seventy to use and mention the c fifty three friday tomorrow mid forties so below normal friday and some close nor for the weekend keep an eye on that coastal system for early next week but check the western freeway here's ashley. all right greg we head out to portsmouth and traffic on one sixty four i think traffic will stay calm and nice at least into the morning rush hour maybe about fifteen or twenty minutes into the rush hour should remain like this how it is the west norfolk bridge when the time to pick up all i can now right now westbound traffic you're headed to six sixty four and are eastbound maybe eventually headed to fifty eight in the midtown tunnel moving very

but the navy will test new lightweight exercise torpedoes off the south carolina coast during the coming days. the tests begin today and will continue through next tuesday a surface vessel in an airplane will patrol the exercise area former virginia tech hokkien washington redskins player josh morgan is facing reckless handling charges after accidentally shooting himself in northern virginia last month morgan told deputies he had his firearm while cleaning it it was then taken to hospital with non life threatening injuries in the schedule to appear in court next month i take a look at this picture this man flipped on its side right in front of the high school in lynchburg. this was after getting into an accident police say the driver of the minivan was turning left in to the high school we got hit by another car. fortunately no one was hurt but charges are pending right calls and e mails are coming in from all over the country after a black history video that was shown in a hymn rifle high school hired michael county high school causing controversy some parents complained about the four

all the moisture lies off the coast of south carolina, travel to the north east hogging the east coast strong really tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon. some places might see some snow showers in such north carolina for us. we actually will see a blend of simon house temperatures will be very warm tomorrow with a high near 50 and minutes this clipper system and associated cold front that we keep an eye out on for the start of the week it could usher rent some snow. a mix of rain as well for monday afternoon into tuesday morning and could hamper your commute for more wonderful force or there's nothing that can stand between them and skiing. they gathered at wintergreen resort as part of the wintergreen adaptive sports 12- th wounded warrior weekend. they taught beginners and those who've never skied before how to use adaptive techniques to ski. about 25 wounded veterans from the mid-atlantic showed up for the weekend with family. dave shreve, executive director, wintergreen adaptive sports it's so gratifying to introduced to this sport for the first time or they make those steps to indepen

we have the rain in south carolina. along the coast for the most part. we have seen a lot of rain in the past 36 hours. least amount of rain through the northwestern part of the midlands, piedmont. half inch to an inch of rain. in the columbia area we saw an inch and a half to two inches of rain but from orangeburg to kingstree, there it was frequently 3 to 4 inches of rain. now the rain is along the coast. the front moved off shore. we have clouds over the state but it is beginning to clear out in the northwestern corner of the state. and it is clear over the south east. we have cooler air coming in. we will be feeling that as we go into the weekend. currently temperatures look like this. 51 over in sumpter. 57 columbia. 55 greenwood. greenville 52 degrees. cloudy skies tonight. no rain this evening. during the morning hours we might see a brief shower come through before the clouds move out. tomorrow it will be sunny. it will be cooler. and as we go into tomorrow night, skies will be clear on saturday. high clouds moving through the upstate region. it

south carolina that the coast found malaria, yellow fever. in charleston helen summer. in order to get to a healthier place charles tony is low country plantation owners left the great country in great forwards. and some few minutes you know the way up to greenville which was a backward frontier. in the late 1820s it wasn't quite so pleasant for settlers to go north. abolitionists not quite as much enthusiasm as they had earlier. opera singers, lectures. there was no railroad yet. but even in the early years it was very charming, people would go to the reading their picnic dances and balls at the mansion house a very lovely place. unfortunately the university came to town. it brought a more somber cloud. not quite so much booze. there had been a lot of liquor. a few more sober and responsible people. one whole thing beginning before the civil war and then with the great masses surge starting in the 1890s was a textile center. it was a place where we called it the textile crescent, a series of mills, 14 of them surrounded greenville. one of the very earliest ones. they w

we'll have this little disturbance that will be spun off off the coast of south carolina. 2 a.m. could have a few rain showers in halifax county, maybe a light wintery mix over pennsylvania county, including danville and snowflakes flying and allegany highlands. if we do get a lot of accumulation, the best chance in the mountains. regardless, by 7 a.m., i think we'll see the clouds break. as we head by 9:00 mostly sunny. by 5:00 we are seeing a lot of sunshine. as we head into saturday 7 a.m., a ton of sunshine. by 2:00, 3:00, we'll see a little more cloud cover. we've had some gusts in excess of 20 miles per hour. the wind also strength. winds out of the northwest between 3 and 13 miles per hour. 49 in lynchburg. 51 danceburg. 31 in galax. are a looking at northern canada. this is where the polar vortex is. it will dip to the south. by tuesday we're looking at some very, very cold arctic air in play and that could combine with a clipper type system, a strong one that could bring us snow, light snow as we head week. for tonight mostly cloudy skies. overnight lows in the 20s and 3

. >> the last democratic primary before super tuesday will be in south carolina on saturday. is >> coast guard crews and local responders rescue two sir herbs first and another purple near grace, hoist ted two women and a men out of the water and into the helicopter. they were taken to a near by hospital all three are reportedly in good condition. >>> hollywood has good things going on with super hero movies. another box off topping weekend for dead pool. >> you may be wondering with the red suit. >> dead pool powered its way to 55 million dollars this weekend bringing its total to 235 million. also the fifth highest grossing r rated move vie. runner up kung fu panda three with more than 12 million dollars. third place risen with just under 12 million. lauren casey is tracking a wet forecast. i guess i'm going to need my umbrella. >>> for a few hours. good news, out of the way by the morning commute. we are going to have to deal with soggy weather to top off the weekend. much more rain in the forecaster. we are dealing with showers moving through the area that. will continue as we head i

coast of the carolinas. in fact, some winter weather not far away from us. we have ice across the border south carolina and north carolina right there. stationary frontal boundary remains to our north and we have warmer air to the south. between this area of low pressure off the coast of the carolina and nice high-pressure ridge enough the sunshine state. that is giving us a little bit of a pressure gradient, a little bit breezy at times at the coast. our wind flow will be out of the south and southwest. beautiful day to head to the state fair, 70 degrees, sunny skies, comfortable and dry. sunset right around 6:17. not a whole lot going on on our future cast model, winds out of the south and southwest. certainly no precipitation as we head into the afternoon. maybe a few clouds for our northern counties. very quiet, very calm weather thanks to that area of high pressure. is afternoon, temperatures in the 70s. by this evening, staying relatively mild or the time of year and no big deal overnight as well. a little touch of coolness, 58 degrees. winds at 5-10. surf temperature 57 degrees. the you

he attended church services in south carolina today the democrats have their next contest next saturday in south carolina. >>> video of a dramatic coast guard rescue, three people stranded in the water near grays harbor in washington state. at one point you could see a surfboard in a big wave coming over the top. they managed to get everybody out safely and back on dry land get checked out by great news if you need your cup of coffee in the morning. drinking coffee could cut your chance of developing a type of disease according to a medical journal that looked at my separate studies. day could cut your chance to develop the liver disease by 44 percent but experts say coffee will never balance out all of the negative effects of excess alcohol although we can try some doctors say more research is needed to try to confirm. >> anchor: you drink coffee? >> anchor: now, i could use a cup right now. this heat should take care of it. >> anchor: the pollen is starting to get out of control. we are going to be very warm to start things off then stormy weather sandwich in the middle and cooler weather to close out the week. if you are a fan of t

. >>> we are still seeing some rain moving through the thunder storms are along the coast of south carolina with moderate rain in georgia. we are not expecting any more severe weather tonight. it's a 66 degrees -- it is 66 degrees right now. we expect some showers tonight with a low of 53 degrees and there may be some morning showers tomorrow. we will have a high temperature 59 degrees. it is going to be a rather chilly and dry weekend. there will be a chance of showers on sunday and next week will be challenging. it will be colder and we will take a look at that forecast coming up. >>> on days like today it is a good thing to faller our weather team on twitter. you can stay up to date. >>> the columbia adult store is the end of the week because of zoning violations. taboo open back in 2011 and since then, they have been in a legal battle. the store received a letter from the city saying they needed to comply with the new zoning code and have until february 50 do so. the manager of the store said changing the way they operate could hurt business. >> they pretty much dissected the adult busi