if new hampshire wanted to see their candidate sit on its count, south carolinians want to know how they take a punch. donald trump's 757 is flying a little higher tonight, soaring into south carolina off trump's double-digit victory in new hampshire. >> we are going now to south carolina. we're going to win in south carolina. i love you all. thank you very much. >> reporter: trump trouncing the field, beating second place john kasich by more than 50,000 votes. >> they want to see us take the country back. they want to see great deals, not horrible deals. >> reporter: a decisive victory but its path forward isn't easy. south carolina is a lot different from new hampshire. in 2012 exit polling 65% of gop voters identified as evangelical or born again. a voting bloc that ted cruz is expected to excel with, just as he did in iowa. and while trump owned voters who called themselves independents in new hampshire, just 25% of south carolinians see themselves that way. >> a lot of people here are shooting for the silver medal and giving donald trump the gold medal. >> reporter: like new hampshi

now that role goes to south carolinian republicans. many republican campaigns i've talked to today concede trump and cruz will be one and two and now it's the race for third. this time on the democratic side in south carolina, instead of clinton being the underdog. she plays the favorite and it's sanders who is the underdog playing the game of expectations. so south carolina, oddly enough, a rerun of new hampshire. >> chuck todd, thank you very much. >>> we learned today that the justice department has filed a civil rights lawsuit against ferguson, miss missouri now that the city is balking at making changes in the wake of the michael brown shooting. the city agreed to provide better police training and change how its courts do business, but last night the city said some changes, including higher police salaries, would cost too much, so now the feds are going to court seeking an order that would force the city to make those changes. >>> in a community outside baltimore two sheriff's deputies killed. it all began with a disturbance call

speaking to voters on rebuilding the military and what he will do if elected president to benefit south carolinians. >> eric: our profile of the gop candidates continues. our jennifer ready has more on >> god bless the great state of south carolina. >> reporter: seeking the highest political office, texas senator ted cruz trails close behind front-runner donald trump. >> america is ready for a change. >> reporter: the first gop candidate to announce his run for presidency last year, cruz calls himself the courageous conservative, aiming his campaign at christian voters and highlighting the need to secure the border and restore the nation's constitution. >> the first thing i intend to do is rescind every single illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by president obama. >> reporter: in the wake of supreme court justice antonin scalia's passing, cruz supports the next president filling the vacancy. >> i will nominate a new consnsvative justice to replace antonin scalia to the supreme court. >> reporter: the texas senator swept first in iowa and finished third in new hampshire but is facin

this race will be decided friend to friend, neighbor to neighbor, pastor to pastor, south carolinian to south carolinian. >> in nevada clinton lost her big lead in the polls to sanders and those two candidates will caucus in nevada. the democrats will then have their primary in south carolina next saturday. >>> at 7:07, we have much more ahead. a major organization that funds youth sports in one bay area community is severing some of its ties and parents are now wondering if their kids will be affected. >>> plus free pot. we'll tell you about the giveaway with a serious message. >>> welcome back at 7:10 on this saturday morning. cloudy skies over san jose. we take this live look. anthony slaughter says we have a good mix of fog starting the day in the bay area and then we'll have sun and clouds as the day progresses. >>> the police athletic league, which funds youth sports in san jose, has ended its partnership with a local softball program and parents and athletes are afraid football teams will be cut next. >> he grew up an athlete and now an athletic director. a meeting this week w

. >> jennifer: thousands of south carolinians joined together in song and prayer to hear the mess age of evangelical leader franklin graham. >> we are here today because we see that our nation is in trouble. >> jennifer: the stop is part of a nationwide tour to encourage americans to vote by faith in the 2016 presidential election. >> i have no hope in the democratic party. i have no hope in the republican party. zero hope. the only hope is for god and his people to take a stand in this election and get out and the vote. >> jennifer: the message comes on the heels of the first in the south primary when south carolinians will cast their vote for each party nomination. he is inspiring people to pray and vote for a biblical leader. >> we need today men and women who will honor god in public office. america is being stripped of biblical heritage and our god-given biblically inspired foundation. >> jennifer: a message many ralliers support to truly make this one nation under god. >> i wish whoever becomes our next president would take a moment and say to the american people join me in pray

darren: and cruz says he plans to keep that going all the way to washington with the help of south carolinians. >> if every person in this room brings nine other people in the primary, we're going to win the south carolina primary. we're going to win the nomination. we're going to win the general election. we're going to beat hillary clinton. and we're going to turn this country around. >> darren: and it's worth mentioning that after cruz's win last night in iowa, south carolina senator tim scott put his endorsement behind marco goudy last month put his endorsement behind marco rubio. so it will be interesting to see how marco rubio fairs. right now he's third behind trump and cruz. darren botelho, news 13. >> darcel: a family is in shark and heart broken tonight after a hawk flew in to their backyard and attacked and killed their chihuahua. it happened outside of raleigh yesterday. the dog's owner walked outside to check on coco and saw the dog in the claws of a red tailed hawk. the hawk flew a few feet with the dog in its grasped. he yelled and the bird let go but it was too late. >> i calle

over bernie sanders with 42% of the democratic support but many south carolinians are still undecided, something we are discussing today. >> i bet this week, there will be a lot of table conversations across the area in the kitchens saying who will we vote for? we would like to know where things stand with you? when did you make up your mind? last year? the results from ohio? new hampshire? theenext choice after the candidate's most recent debate? or maybe you're still in the "i'm still deciding" territory. >> whoever is undecided, getting the phone calls and mail. >> we had half a dozen calls at my house. >> we had dozens at my house, too. >> don't get a home phone. you can get the latest here on wspa.com and on the air. >>> the clinton city council is discussing an issue that might show up on a future ballot, alcohol sales. leaders will hear from grocery and convenience store owners talking about a possible referendum during the council's regular meeting at 6:30 at the city hall. >>> the supreme court is trying to decide if lawmakers can strip away job cuts from teachers. they heard

the personal medical information of one million south carolinians is at risk. today the u- >> personal medical information of one million south carolinians is at risk. today, the u.s. department of health and human services says the state's 40-year-old computer system opens the records up to the possibility of cyber theft. the state's medicaid director says his agency has already taken action on report's findings. >> american writer harper lee novel "to kill a mockingbird" has died. the classic bestseller was the only book that she ever published until last year when its sequel "go set a watchman" was released. "to kill a mockingbird" won the 1961 pulitzer prize. harper lee was 89 years old. up next, chief meteorologist seven day forecast. >> welcome back. beautiful friday out there. terrific week end as well. here in columbia, we got to 63. that's right about average. as we go forward to the weekend, we're going to warm it up. let's show you what's going on in terms of the temperatures. highs today, there you see in the northern part of the midlands, we're in

of course he spoke on topics like jobs and education, raising the minimum wage and asking south carolinians to go out and vote. "we look around for other to people to make that.....that's why i'm running for president that's why i'm asking for your support" i spoke to a few supporters who made a long commute down to south carolina to spread their support with south carolinians... "aside from family and my job, my life is dedicated to getting bernie elected" "it would be great to spend the entire year campaigning for bernie" caroline patrickis, wis news 10. sanders is facing an uphill battle in the palmetto state with most polls showing hillary clinton with a big lead. clinton will make a couple of stops in the midlands over the next few days. tomorrow night, she's scheduled to be at central baptist church at 6:15. on wednesday, she'll attend a luncheon at brookland baptist church at 2:30. the 'first in the south' democratic primary is this saturday and if you can't get to yoyo polling place this weekend, there's still time to vote absentee. if you want to receive an absentee ballot by mail

an authentic south carolinian. it's great. i'm not on a jetblue flight. it's great to be away from home right now to get away from the robo calls which have been vicious and constant for the last three days. nothing extraordinary. >> hey, john, let me cut you off. as soon as i asked you, i have to cut you off. we have a projection. donald j. trump is the projected winner of the south carolina primary. again, a comparatively low percentage of the raw vote in. but nbc news is projecting when all of the votes are counted, donald trump will win the south carolina primary. the rest of the race we've been saying too close to call, though we've been characterizing it as a three-way race with rubio and cruz. cruz/rubio all evening. there you have it. the check mark next to trump. we have a new ball game. >> this is -- there's two interesting things here, right, so now we are looking at a tight race for second place. >> that's right. >> we don't exactly know what second place will mean in south carolina but that's what they're fighting for. obviously at the bottom

south carolinians should not expect to see their state refund until after march 1st. the longer processing time will alou the agency to -- allow the agency to verify documents. >>> many dream of traveling into space. judging from this video posted on twitter by mark kelly, we see someone in a gorilla suit bursting out of a bag on the -- >> oh, my goodness. station and ter trizzing terrorizing a crew member. no explanation is given. just a quizzical tweet from kelly stating, i thought you said you had things under control out there. what is going on up there? [laughter] >> all right. the vow to rebuild. tonight after wrangling through all of the red tape, a premiere columbia -- columbia ballet school is set to reopen. we'll have the details for you coming up. >>> after sentencing a toddler, that's right, a toddler to life in prison, the egyptian military now says that was a case of mistaken identity. it's all coming up next. >>> hey guys, the republican presidential hopefuls have hedged their bets in nevada. we're breaking down the gop caucus. our complete coverage con

the big question remains -- how are south carolinians feeling about the candidates? our michal higdon is live in the newsroom with more. i spoke with matt moore, the chairman of the south carolina republican party. he says one in four republican voters are still undecided when it comes down to which candidate they'll chose in the primary. so that's a big factor when it comes down to the candidate who can sway the most votes. what your seeing on your screen are how the candidates rank here in south american resesrch group. despite national polls -- here in south carolina, donald trump has the clear lead with 33 percent. followed by marco rubio and john kasich. then you have ted cruz, jeb bush and ben carson respectively. but, from what we've seen in the iowa and new hampshire primaries, polls don't always foresee the winner. those with the south carolina republican party expect record turnout at the primary tomorrow -- with upwards of 650- thousand voters going to the polls. matt moore, the chairman of the south carolina republican party says the palmetto state is abou

come out and help us i need your suppt. >> reporter:till south carolinians may avoid the establishment all together. >> thee looking for somebody thas going to say the things that th want to hear. the peoplen sout calina are angry right no and the nt aandidate that flects that. >> reporter: that ndidate willot be chris christie or carly fiorina. as you noted, both of th suspeing th camptoday. as for john kasich, campaign aisers te meis goal res to prent jeb bush from rning the uth carolina primarynt his comeback story. ster. >> per, thanyou . on the docratic si of all this bern sanders' campaign says rai $ pos closed last nit. now saeris looki to broadenis appeal with minority vote while hilrylint y ske up her campai after h resoding los we've t both campaigns covered starting with nbc's kae nt. sie? >>eporter: leste good evening. these millio that ma up the best fund-raising day er in small donations, averaging just $34 ae, but senator sands lling nbc news tonight he knowse still has a lot of to bernie sande looking ead. a day after heent hillarylinton t stunning defeat in new hampshe

the next two saturdays are critically important days for south carolinians. as the home of the "first in the south" presidential primaries, it is our chance to put a stamp on the candidates the home of the "first in the south" presidential primaries, it is our chance to put a stamp on the candidates and issues that will be at the forefront of the november general election. the past few weeks, we have seen a flurry of activity with all the candidates canvassing the state to answer your questions face to face. folks, all that attention isn't just for show. south carolina is playing a big role in the race to determine party candidates.and the politicians are taking notice at for an example, just look at recent gop turnouts. the number of south carolinians whwh cast votes in the last three republican presidential primaries has steadily grown from 13 point 8 percent in 2004 to 21 point 3 percent in 2012. gop chair matt moore is predicting close to 24 percent this year. south carolina's status is a privilege not to be taken lightly. think about it for a minute. our

before the gathering clinton south carolinians. hillary clinton's daughter, campaigning for her mother this weekend in the upstate. endorsements, marco rubio is shoring up support. he's set to secure the endorsement of south carolina senator tim scott. that announcement is expected to take place today. candidates from both parties have been invited to south carolina to take part in a discussion on faith. the 2016 faith and family presidential forum is planned for february 12th at bob jones university in greenville. attorney general alan wilson is moderating the event, along with oran smith, president of palmetto family. >>> eric: if you missed any of the results from iowa, you can log on to our website abccolumbia.com, twitter and on the abc columbia facebook page. >>> eric: still to come, a long night and a close race. we'll have more on the results of the iowa caucuses. >> jonathan: and partly cloudy and mild to start your tuesday. across the street from us on the state house on our cam. looking for a mix of sun and cloud and a wa

graham says he's asking south carolinians to "pray to vote" and engage in the community by living and sharing their faith... at home, in the community and at the ballot box. and a popular actresses will be in the midlands throughout the week urging students to get out and vote. angela bassett will headline a "get out the vote rally" at s-c state university today between two and three in the martin luther king junior auditorium. bassett is endorsing hillary clinton for president. she will also make stops at claflin university and the state house... later this week. fox will also be headlining "get out the vote rallies" at voorhees college and denmark technical college today. the south carolina state university board of trustees is set to meet today. that's set for nine this morning. and later tonight... the university will hold a dinner for administration members. they say they want to express their "appreciation for the university's efforts and dedication... in preparing for the recent hearing before the south carolina house ways and means higher education sub- committee." officials s

clinton will meet with state democrats to discuss the issues facing south carolinians. and saturday... chelsea clinton will be campaigning for her mom in the upstate. while clinton may have won iowa... she could have a harder road ahead of her in new hampshire. according to a c-n-n/w-m- u-r poll... sanders leads clinton in new hampshire... 57 to 34-percent. and sanders strong showing in iowa could prove to be the momentum he needs going into the first-in-the-nation primary. just a 33 reminder... the democratic primary is february 27-th. the republican primary is the week before... on february 20-th. fresh off his big win in iowa.... senator ted cruz is spending some time in the palmetto state. he held a rally with voters in greenville. the republican senator told supporters the first thing he is repeal obamacare. up next... cruz will be busy campaigning in new hampshire... leadininup to tuesday's vote. with the primary only weeks away... a prominent south carolina super- delegate says he may look outside the democratic party now that his candidate, martin o'malley, has

so, will have to see if the debate changes mind 70 south carolinians, and how the polls really turnout saturday. mary? >> thank you. >>> u.s. marshals say that supreme court justice antonin scalia seem to appear to die from natural causes today, omar villafranca has a look back on justice antonin scalia made his mark for three decades on the supreme court asking more questions and making more comments than any other justice, and was known for his outside personality and brilliant legal might. according to the u.s. marshals service, he was found dead this morning when he did not show up for breakfast at a resort in west texas. ronald reagan chose scalia for the high court in 1986, he was the longest-serving member of the current court. >> we honor his extraordinary service to the nation and remember one of the towering legal figures of our time. >> reporter: he was born to italian immigrants in trenton, new jersey. his family later moved to queens. college to come to georgetown university and harvard law school, one of the staunchest conservative members of the court, he was a strong ad

kasich held a town hall meeting in cayce last night. of south carolinians this weekend- kasich pledged to keep his campaign positive, while selling his ideas to the audience. s/john kasich presidential candidate :13 "we cannot wait or think that some president is hoping to come riding into south carolina on a white horse and solve our problems." kasich will be in bluffton this morning to host a rally. it's at 11:30 at the bluffton promenade. we are now three days away from the first in the south primary, and governor nikki haley says she isn't ready to endorse a candidate. governor haley said if she endorses a candidate, she would not be endorsing donald trump. governor haley says governors want a president who will work with and fight for them-- not bash them. that came after trump said haley isn't fighting the government hard enough on syrian refugees and guantanamo detainees. haley calld trump's comments "obama-like." some top watchers of the campaign say a haley endorsement could go a long way in south carolina. last night, the university of south carolina hosted a talk about the u

a survey of south carolinians who've voted in at least two of the past three state primaries. donald trump leads the field with 28%, followed by ted cruz 15%. in the poll, 13% were still undecided. last fall, the palmetto poll showed trump as the leader, with ben carson coming in at a strong second. gabrielle: as they made their last push to today, several of the republican candidates spent time in the upstate. yesterday senator marco rubio was joined by governor nikki haley d senator tim scott, they held a rally in clemson last night. 300, saying they should vote for him because he's the only candidate who wasn't pulling for alabama in the college football title game. he also stuck to serious campaign topics telling the , audience he'll revive the economy. jeb bush and his mother, barbara bush, held rallies yesterday in spartanburg, greenville and central. bush, who finished 4th in new start and a stronger finish , tonight. yesterday, he said he was disappointed when longtime friend, governor nikki haley, endorsed opponent, marco rubio. and some star power in greenville last

in new hamp votes in next week's primary, following his win in iowa, but he wanted to remind south carolinians that their turn is coming. thousands packed the t.d. conven he then spoke with wyff news 4's nigel robertson. >> when you look at the history of the r iowa, how did you do it? the grass roots. we had a great coming together. we had an incredib of pastors, republican women, young people, college students, of small business owners, of people just passionate to turn ou patrick: the primary there is tuesday, february 9. south caroli february 20, followed by the democrats primary on the 27. allyson: ted cruz has an endorsement from congressman duncan. he says he is throwing his support behind ted cruzmeanwhile, a different candidate getting support from sender tim scott who is endorsing marco rubio. if you're curious how many delegates can win during thewen on www.wyff4.com and the mobile app. we have a delegate tracker as taking it easy to know who was winning. patrick: turning now to the super bowl. while it was a carnival atmosphere, as it usually is, for media night, it is time to get

. >> south carolinians hand to -- head to the polls a week from today. >>> a teacher was driving through a tunnel in boston when a 200-pound manhole coming crashe into her windshield, crushing her. >> our hearts go out to her and her family to an incredible bizarre incident. >> it's unclear what happened with the manhole cover. the state police will investigate. >>> a statement was released saying an attack was meant to target -- it was inside a laptop that went offhortly after takeoff killing the suspected bomber. treated once the plane landed safely. >>> a warning that is going out. >>> and we have a beautiful dayacross south florida. we have a northwest wind now. that's going to change f/r tomorrow and it will also bring a change for the forecast. the break. jacks >>> we're told anthony skolia has died, supreme court, judge. we know this is very tragic. heas a senior supreme court justic >> there are reports that he did arve at a ranch where he took part at a party f 40 people breakfast, somebody went to his room and that is when they found his body. we are told that the governor of t

a survey of south carolinians who've voted in at least two of the past three state primaries. donald trump leads the field with 28% followed by ted cruz , with 19%, and marco rubio with 15%. 13% were still undecided. last fall, the palmetto poll showed trump as the leader, with ben carson coming in at a strong second. gabrielle: as they made their last push to today, several of the republican candidates spent time in the upstate. yesterday senator marco rubio was joined by governor nikki haley and senator tim scott. they held a rally in clemson last night. rubio joked with the crowd of 300, saying they should vote for him because he's the only candidate who wasn't pulling for alabama in the college football title game. he also stuck to serious the audience he'll revive the economy. meanwhile, jeb bush and his mother barbara bush held rallies yesterday. bush, is looking for a jumpstart in stronger finish tonight. he says he was disappointed when long-term friend nikki haley and tourist opponent marco rubio. myra: and there was some star power in greenville last night for senato

thousands of south carolinians plan to get a jump start on voting before primary days in the coming weeks. chris whitmire with the south carolina election commission says as of today, more than 19- thousand absentee ballot applications have already been requested statewide. primaries for both parties -- there were nearly 35- thousand ballots cast statewide. whitmire says he believes things are on track to stay with the historical trends of more peopleleoting absentee than voting at the polls. "we are issuing more than 1-thousand a day, close to 15-hundred and that could go up as more and more people realize they need to vote absentee and that number goes up closer to the election." you can vote absentee until friday, february 19th for the republican primary. for the democratic primary... the deadline is friday, february 26th. ahead of the primary, we're taking a closer look at key issues candidates are pushing along the campaign trail. we've pulled this information from the websites of the top 5 polling candidates on the gop side and the three polling candidates on the democratic side. up

i am a south carolinian and need to get out there and vote." in our election poll... 90-percent of you are saying... the endorsement will have no impact on your vote. in my full interview with both of them.. on w-s-p-a dot- com... learn more about issues like social security... national defense...and immigration. jeb bush took the stage in columbia today trying to win over south carolina voters before saturday's primary. after an introduction from u-s senator "lindsey graham" bush talked about key issues like education terrorism and relationships with allies. we didn't get the chance to ask "bush" ... about governor nikki haley's endorsement... of "florida senator marco rubio" yesterday but he did respond to "pope francis"...questioning donald trump's christianity: ----- gov. jeb bush: "i don't question anybody's christianity because i honestly believe that's a relationship that you have with your creator and it only enables bad behavior when trump." ----- bush will participate in another town hall this evening ... with ohio governor "john kasi

a south carolinian now has that and a lot of amazing memories after working behind the scenes at the white house. his story coming up. break 1 as we celebrate presidents day -- we often while some candidates suck up to trump...or run away from him in fear... jeb bush isn't afraid. jeb bush: "that is downright wrong..." he stands up to trump for his liberal democratic positions. calls out trump for insulting women, attacking the disabled... even trashing a decorated war hero. trump: "i like peoplethat weren't captured..." jeb bush: "john mccain is an american hero..." jeb bush. the better man. the real conservative. a commander in chief. right to rise usa tonight we're hearing from a midlands man who worked for them. billie jean shaw spoke with a clarendon county with h unique story on his life "this is president regan's jellybean jar." "this is a bottle of president regan's champagne." "this is a set of lyndon johnson's pens." and no he didn't buy these things off the internet, john canty got these original items while working at the white house. nat pop coming from humble beginnings

south carolinian to south carolinian.ow this race is going to be won. >> and marco rubio is trying to hit the reset button, too, on his campaign, as he heads south. >> so, you know, that play is over, right? we've got to know, the game is still going on. i can't keep thinking about the touchdown i gave up. i got to get back on the field, because the other team has the ball again and i've got to play defense. >> joining me now is trump supporter, sam clovis. sam, let me -- first of all, congratulations on new hampshire. i'm sure that mr. trump is giving you a hard time about what happened in iowa? >> well, not too bad a time. after all, i'm an old at least and we said, you know, square your shoulders to the line of scrimmage and make positive yards. that's why we went to new hampshire. >> let me ask you this, south carolina, a lot different than new hampshire. more evangelical, more conservative. that was a recipe for second place in iowa. a recipe for first place for cruz. how do you -- how do you overtake cruz in a state

3 3 3 3 according to the american heart association, one in four south carolinians suffers from cardiovascular diseasetoday cardiologist patrick mccann will discuss the causes and symptoms of heart failure and the latest solutions for survival. the event will be at six p.m. at palmetto health baptist parkridge in the birch room.and coming up at 6 on news19 this morning we're talking with a heart doctor on how "not" getting enough sleep puts you at a higher risk for a heart attack. again that's when you join us for news19 3 lexington district two schools will hold it's 4th history community event tonight. the theme is a night at the apollo theater.the students will take the stage tonight at 6pm at brookland cayce high school in cayce. 3 the south carolina legislative black caucus is starting its 2016 voter involvement campaign this evening in an effort to increase voter participation , the members of the south carolina legislative black caucus are having an after work social, called olitics & hip hopit starts at 5:00 pm at myxx mix nightlife. that's on berryhill road.the event is free and open

the number of south carolinians who cast votes in the last three republican presidential primaries has steadily grown from 13 point 8 percent in 2004 to 21 point 3 percent in 2012. gop chair matt moore is predicting close to 24 percent this year. south carolina's status is a privilege not to be taken lightly. think about it for a minute. our neighbors to their support for homeless families in columbia. the race for the place 5k will start at 8am behind st. joseph's catholic church with a kids fun run starting at 9am. if you'd like to participate, look for the link under this story at wistv.com. it will be a battle of the badges in lexington county this saturday night. each year sheriff's deputies go head-to-head with public safety officials on the hardwood for a good cause. this year all of the money raised at the event will go to samaritan's well, a local the showdown will happen tomorrow night at gilbert high school. opening day here at founders park. a good crowd is on hand to enjoy a nice sunny day and a little baseball. the gamecocks get the first two runners on in the first innin

south carolinians might not recognize one name on the democratic ballot. chicago businessman willie wilson is running for president. part is his campaign is focused on speaking out against corporate interests. wilson's a self-made millionaire his way up from poverty in louisiana to running an international medical supply company and his own gospel radio show. wilson told us politicians like bernie sanders and hillary clinton have caused some of the problems that america has today. " this country should have a public policy, public education, that should reflect equal opportunity under the law. this country should have equal work, equal pay for females. and also, last is a national faith-based initiative program." wilson says he has struggled with party leaders to get his name on the ballot. he says his faith is a big part of his campaign, but that he can work with and serve people of any denomination or none. tonight-- our decision 2016 coverage ahead of the democratic primary continues with a live special report right here on wis. we'll have live reports

it also encourages south carolinians to reflect on race relations on the one- year anniversary of the shooting in charleston that killed nine people. the resolution was approved by the hoe last month. governor nikki haley announced today that she plans to build on an already successful program that reaches poor south carolina mothers. through the state's pay for success project and the nurse family partnership program - which pairs nurses with first time moms on medicaid - governor haley says additional 3200 mothers and children. more than 1200 families in south carolina are currently involved with the program. "how do we lift up rural communities. every mom wants to be a good mom. i truly believe that. every mom wants to know all they need to know to raise a healthy baby." the $30 million public- private partnership aims to reduce pre-term births and child hospitalizations. we have a perfect weekend of weather shaping up. we'll have more in your full forecast coming up right after the break. something is just fundamentally broken when african americans are more likely to be arrested