the last seven years. while no one in south carolina won the record setting powerball jackpot, the south carolina education lottery says more than 360 thousand lesser-winning tickets were sold in our state. 16 people won prizes of $50 thousand dollars. more than one thousand people won $100 dollars. remaining ticket holders won prizes of 7 or 4 dollars. the three winning tickets for the one-point-five billion dollar powerball jackpot were sold in california, tennessee and florida. paul vercammen has more from chino hills, winning tickets was sold. :05-:08 :44-:50 :51-:55 1:02-1:10 the odds were one in 292 million. now, for your winning powerball number, good luck to you, it is the number 10 tonight. once...twice.three times.a lady. lady luck that is -- tickets purchased in three states in wednesday's one-point-five billion powerball: in chino hills, california; chino hills! chino hills! chino hill! munford, tennessee; and melbourne beach, florida. since powerball's last jackpot was claimed in november, there were 19 drawings without a winner and powerball players spent an estimated two-point-six billion do

happening in every single state , not just south carolina. january marks the 78th straight month of job growth in our country. so of course south carolina is sharing in this national trend. it's true that we have brought in several out-of-state and overseas corporations by offering generous incentives but what about the local family businesses who are being taxed at the full rate for their larger competitors and joint subsidies funded by every day south carolinians like you and me? that's not fair. what about workers who were displaced when their jobs moved overseas, who were too young to retire but all the available jobs pay only a fraction of what it used to make ? what if we didn't have to hand out hundreds of millions of dollars in tax incentives to convince companies to move to south carolina? world-class public schools, a healthy workforce and safe roadways would be far more persuasive incentives than the hundreds of millions that our citizens are paying to recruit tsonn. and speaking of safe roadways, why haven't we passed a bill to improve or roads and

the house has passed those repeatedly. south carolina thanks you for that. the senate has refused to even vote on either repeatedly. let's break this down a little bit. house members, we're not going to talk to you right now. [laughter]. >> senators, we see an opportunity. we see an opportunity because the state is watching. we see an opportunity for you to show where you stand. so i'm going to ask for every senator that is for income [ applause ] >> stay standing. stay standing. i'm going to ask for you to continue to stand if you support true independent investigations. please stand. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, we finally got to see what that vote might look like. i hope that this will be the last year we talk about ethics and i look forward to working with all of you so that we can celebrate. as you may have noticed, i love to celebrate. we build things in south carolina. we build planes for boeing. we have five international tire companies. we are the bmw capital of the world. we broke ground yesterday on a billion dollar investment by the large

people who didn't back down from the historic challenge, one i'm proud to call "team south >>[applause] with good reason, we talk a lot about the things south carolina does well, the reco . >> with good reason we talk a lot about things south carolina does well to go the records we are breaking, the rankings that show was rising to the top. number one in foreign investment, the number one exporter of tires. one of the fastest-growing economies on the east coast. the friendliest state in the country. the most patriotic. all of south carolina should take pride in those facts. there are others however we talk about this, and that we should never be proud of. there is no risk use for south carolina to rank as the state in america with the hight percentage of women killed by men. domestic violence is an issue tonight i say it will plague is to that extent no more. last year the general assembly passed a very real, miriam potent, bill to help rid south carolina of the poison of the mystic violence. thank you for all the work that went into sending the bill to my desk. but we also know that domestic violence epidemic is not going to be fixed by legislation

we are less than ten months away from election from the coveted south carolina republican primary. we are less than ten months away from election day, and just a few weeks away from the coveted south carolina republican primary. so now, more than ever, gloves are expected to come off on the debate stage. seven candidates have been invited to tonight's primetime debate. donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio, ben carson, jeb bush, chris christie and john kasich all taking the stage. organizers are expecting more than 4-thousand people at the north charleston coliseum. the chairman of the south carolina republican party says they had more than 25-thousand individual requests for just 200 public tickets. the remaining 4,000 tickets were republican party activists, leaders and elected officials. the debate starts at 9 tonight on fox business network. and of course, stay with us right here on wis throughout the day as we bring you the latest from the debate. will whitson and charles molineaux will be live in north charleston tonight. wis will have a special decision 2016 show at 7 saturday

district 44 in the south carolina house of representatives. and it's a call for prayer out of the state house. this morning... the palmetto family council and legislators will gather to support the launch of the south carolina organizers say the caucus is a bipartisan and bicameral group of state legislators united to defend american's right to trust in god. attorney general alan wilson will speak on the history of religious freedom in america... and the role of the legislature in its defense... at today's event. that's this morning at ten... on the north steps of the state house. lawmakers are set to hear more on a a pair of proposals that would limit the amount of syrian refugees in south carolina. one bill would require a public database of refugees and hold their sponsors liable for damages if they committed an act of terrorism. a second resolution calls for a ban on state agencies taking in new refugees until the federal government can establish new procedures to alleviate bill 33 heads to the senate full committee today where senators wil

governor nikki haley and members of the south carolina domestic violence task force are set to meet today. they'll be holding a press conference at the state house at 2:00. the governor plans to announce progress in addressing force. reports show south carolina ranks worst in the nation for deadly violence against women. our state has ranked in the top 10 in the nation for the past 18 years. >>> rochelle: lawmakers will return to the statehouse tuesday to start this year's session. ahead of the legislative session the south carolina chamber of commerce has unveiled its 2016 agenda. they're laying out three priorities they want to see the general assembly take action on this year: business licensing, workforce development, and infrastructure. they're asking the general assembly to tackle the long-debated issue of the state's roads and bridges. >> if we don't get these main thoroughfares, which are our interstates which drive our commerce, we're gonna have big answers to come up with when these large manufacturers are setting up shop and trucks can't move up and down i-26. that goes along w

it tore deeply through the soul of south carolina. senator clementa pinckney served the people of south carolina and this very building for 18 years. he should be sitting with us tonight. sadly, he is not. this is an infinitely dimmer it lives on in his work, in his church, and his friends. it will soon live on in the portrait his colleagues will raise in the senate chamber across the hall. but most of all, it lives on in his family, and his wife, jennifer, and are too beautiful dollars -- two beautiful daughters. they are here tonight. these join me and all of south carolina and paying our deep thank you for taking the time to be with us. this is an infinitely brighter room because you are here. in the days following the tragedy of mother emanuel, and the many months since, i have thought a great deal about the senator. i did not know him well, but i knew in every interaction we had, he was always kind and respectful. i knew him to be a goodhearted public official. i knew him to be a senator who spoke infrequently, but when he did, it

a hole that tore through the souls of south carolina. senator pinkny served the people of south carolina in this building for 18 years. he should be sitting with us tonight. sadly he is not. this is a dimmer room because of it. it lives on in his work, in his church, in his friends. it will soon live on in the portunate that his colleagues will raise across the hall but most of all it livers on in his family, in his wife and their two beautiful daughters. they are here tonight. please join me and all of south respect to the family. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you for taking the time to be with us. this is a brighter room because you are here. in the days following the tragedy at mother emmanuel in the many months sense i thought a great deal about him. i did not know him well but what i knew was that in every further action we had he was kind and respectful. a good hearted official, a senator who spoke when he did it was with great intensity and greater authority. i knew him to be a man who never spoke against anyone or anything. but

a hole that tore deeply through the very soul of south carolina. senator clemente pinckney served the people in south carolina in this very building. he should be sitting with us tonight. sadly, he is not. room because of it. but his legacy lives on. it lives on in his work. it lives on in his church. it lives on in his friends. it will soon live on in the portrait that his friends will raise in the chamber across the hall. but most of all it lives on in his family. in his wife jennifer and their two beautiful daughters. they are here tonight. please join me and all of south carolina in paying our deep [ applause ] >> thank you for taking the time to be with us. this is an infinitely brighter room because you are here. in the days following the tragedy at mother emanuel, and the many months since, i have thought a great deal about senator pinckney. i did not know him well. but what i knew was that in every interaction we had, he was always kind and respectful. i knew him to be a good hearted public official. i knew him to be a senator who spoke infr

representative norrell represents district 44 in the south carolina house of representatives. lawmakers are also set to hear more on a pair of proposals that would limit the amount of syrians coming here to south carolina. >> that's right. one bill would require a public data base of refugees and hold their sponsors liable for damages if they committed an act of terrorism. a second resolution calls for a ban on state agencies taking in new refugees until the federal government can establish new procedures to allevevte security concerns. >> in some parts of the world, the mentality is the right thing to do is to kill christians and to kill americans. and some of these refugees are coming from some of those parts of the world. >> the bill heads to the senate full committee today where senators will have the chance to hear public testimony. meanwhile, prayers are going up this morning, the palmetto family council and legislators gathered to support the launch of the south carolina legislative prayer caucus.

the east and northeast. all snow for north carolina at the moment shifting to a the border of north carolina and south carolina. as for us in the surrounding counties, mainly a rain situation, a cold rain but not freezing rain. so if you are heading outright now, don't expect to see anything frozen on the roadways but it will be slick. we're seeing hefty rain, steady rain and we could see things change into a wintry situation, but as of right now just a cold rain. >>> eric: we want to give you a quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. >> rochelle: here are some trouble spots th you might encounter. the south carolina highway patrol is assisting a motorist on i-77. >> eric: that's on the southbound lanes. we'll keep our eyes on the roads and keep you updated. >>> rochelle: as always, abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. >> eric: we have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. we're starting with our team coverage of this winter weather. we're tracking the winter storm winter storm jonas. residents along the east coast are bracing for some nasty winter weather heading o

the gamecocks finally showed they are human this week. south carolina loss for the first time this weekend. what a start. they have a chance to get back in the win column today when missouri comes to town. south carolina is ranked as high as 15. the ball goes in the air this afternoon at 1:00. that looks like an ncaa tournament team to me. just a few more wins gets them closer to lock in that -- >> you are watching live, local, breaking news with myra ruiz and weat this is wyff news 4 today in high definition. myra: south carolina native, lindsey graham, now back in jeb bush. we would tell you what this endorsement means for the presidential hopeful. good running. chris: good to be here. we have a couple of concerns in the mountains. it rained so much yesterday, there is some run off. temperatures have been below freezing. there is some black eyes. "if you are traveling in that area. temperatures otherwise will be warming up into the 50's today. check out the skycam network from the piece center -- peace center. a lot of runners about to take off. it is

the small business administration has approved more than 140 million dollars in disaster loans for businesses, homeowners and renters in south carolina. if you have any unmet needs, you should call 2- 1-1 to discuss your case with the south carolina emergency calling all dog lovers with an open heart and an open home! paals, or palmetto animals assisted life services, is looking for weekend foster parents for future service pups. the group raises and trains dogs to provide therapy and intervention for disabled people. the number of dogs they can train depends on the number of families willing to foster puppies on weekends. "you get to see the dog, you get to see the progress. you see them at paals events, you see them at the annual fundraiser every year. so, you never really are that client down the road. if you're interested, go to the first orientation this next tuesday at the north grampian hills road facility. to become a foster "parent," you also have to fill out an application and go through a training weekend. for full details go to wistv.com and click on this story. the carolina panthers are looking forward to facing peyton m

she called the state bank but not broken after a difficult 2015 in here in south carolina. >> talking about october slug, the tragedy, and the shooting death of walter scott. instead of focusing on the negative, she highlighted the ability to rise above the significant challenges faced in south carolina. >> the governor's speech faced even more squinty than usual tonight. >> reporter: that's right. a lot more eyes have been on governor nikki haley said she delivered the gop response to president obama state of the union address last week. here at home governor haley tonight looking back on successes and tragedies of 2015. like every year. she began be addressed by remembering lives lost in the line of duty. she recognized law-enforcement officers as well as the late senator odell passed away just two weeks ago. and remembering the tragedy no one in south carolina will forget when nine people were shot and killed at a charleston church last june, including reverend and senator clemente pinckney. perhaps one of the most memorable moments of the governor's address and a toward the end wh

the gamecocks finally showed they were human this week. south carolina lost. what a start. they have a chance to get back in the win column today when missouri comes to town. south carolina is ranked as high as 15. the ball goes in the air this afternoon at 1:00. tournament team to me. just a few more wins gets them closer to locking it down. marco rubio. he ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty... then he flipped, to co-author the path to citizenship bill. he threatened to vote against it. and then voted for it. he supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. marco rubio. just another washington politician you can't trust. jeb bush. he's a leader, so you always know where he stands. right to rise usa >> live, local, breaking news. this is wyff news 4 today in high definition. myra: new information this morning. we are more information after pers killed crossing two lanes of oncoming traffic. good morning to you. a nice fresh face in for pamela this morning. chris: good to be here. we are watching it interesting set up. a few flurries possible across the upstate.

i love the people of south carolina. allyson: trump promised he will campaign in south carolina so much before the primary that, quote, "you will be sick of me." geoff: fox news will also host a so-called undercard debate again tonight. it's at 7:00, and the participants are former hp ceo carly fiorina, former arkansas gov. mike huckabee, former pennsylvania sen. rick santorum, and former virginia gov. jim gilmore. allyson: well, the south carolina presidential primaries are just a month away. here is what february in the state. greenville will host a republican debate at the peace center on february 13. then on the 16th, the aiken gop to a forum at usc-aiken. two days later, the conservative convention is set to take place at the bon secours wellness arena. then on february 20, the first in the south primary kicks off for republicans. a week later, it's the democrats turn on february 27. happening today, a husband arrested for attempted murder in spartanburg county will have a bond hearing after a big break in the case.

all the candidates will also take part in the south carolina democratic party's first in the south dinner the night before the debate. on martin luther king day- hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley will also take part in the king day at the dome interviews with several gop candidates and an overall look at the race for president leading up to the south carolina primary. it's all happening saturday. civil rights leader jesse jackson announced today he's spearheading a lawsuit to sue south carolina for not expanding medicaid. event at first nazareth baptist church in columbia. jackson who is the founder of the rainbow push coalition says the organization will file the lawsuit on behalf of south carolinians suffering from illnesses who do not get treatment because a facility does not accept medicaid. "we accept federal monies for the highways and the state highways, the military bases and prisons but not for the poor. it's our mission to defend the poor and deliver the needy and that is our mission and we shall file this lawsuit in the next couple of days." in 2013, governor

. >> reporter: derek becker with the south carolina emergency management division, says the department of transportation has been out in full force making sure roads are safe. >> they've predeployed resources. they've been treating roads continuously. we're working with them to make sure they have the resources for d.o.t. to do their job. >> reporter: the d.o.t. will have scouts out monitoring and treating roads until conditions improve -- the d.o.t. will have crews out monitoring and treating roads until the conditions improve. sc my. d has received reports of at least 18,000 power outages. >> when you have ice accumulation on power lines, you have ice accumulation on trees, that could cause even more power outages. it's never too early to prepare but it can be too late. we're approaching that too late time. outages are possible, scemd is recommending everybody have a plan in place and have a survival kit that has enough food and water to last up to 72 hours. they're also suggesting that you keep up to date with the change in forecast. you can find that on our website, abccolumbia.com

and the south carolina legislator whose journalism registry proposal touched off a media firestorm says... he never actually wanted to require reporter to register with the state.... but that the instant backlash... made his point. representative mike pitts says he mirrored the state's concealed weapon permit law in proposing a "responsible journalism registry." in doing so, representative pitts says, he wanted to spark discussion on first amendment and second amendment rights. inside the state house... we're learning more about a bill to get more money to fix south roads. senators ray cleary and joel lourie warn the process is going to take a few weeks if not longer but they think they can pull together a bill. leery about raising the gas tax without a significant cut in other taxes and want changes in who runs the department of transportation. democrats want to make sure any tax cuts get to the largest number of people and don't threaten services. a deputy checking on a domestic disturbance was shot at several times when someone fired on his car. richland county sheriff leon lott says

the south carolina senate today gave a thumbs-up to christy hall being the head of the south carolina department of transportation. senators unanimously approved governor nikki haley's appointment of hall. hall has been interim director since last lawmakers for her handling of the october flood. she has spent more than two decades with the agency, most recently as chief engineer. coming up on wis-- candidates in the gop debate are looking to step up their game without the biggest contender...donald trump. what you can expect from tonight's debate. break in the race for the white house, on live tv, a gop debate minus frontrunner donald trump. and sure to be heavily covered on tv - a separate trump event. steve handelsman reports from iowa. 12-24 27-34 1:06-09 l/des moines, ia :00 - :03 on debate day in iowa, a big question: will donald trump dropping out hurt or help him? at java joe's coffee shop in des moines donnie whitman said he's more eager now to back trump "he's his own person. i like that because he hasnt even spent any money on his campaign! so you're gonna caucus for him mon

if you're interested, stop by 7 oaks park on leisure lane or the south carolina state farmers market on charleston highway in west columbia. >>> just in time for the weekend, south carolina's cuisine is taking center stage. today. for nearly two weeks, food lovers have a chance to sample new restaurants or visit old favorites in a very good value. restaurant week runs until the 17th of this month, and we have a full list of all the participating restaurants on our website at abc abccolumbia.com. >>> dressing to the 9's. prom night may be glamorous but also costly for many girls in high school, and the biggest expense is typically the dress. the young lawyers division of the south carolina bar is sponsoring its annual cinderella project. they say it's a chance to ease the financial burden on families all the while young women can receive a free prom dress. >> this project is very important, because not only does to obtain a free prom dress that everyone can feel like cinderella on their prom night. >> they're also accepting donations of shoes and accessories, earrings, necklaces, brace

attending the south carolina tea party coalition convention. ben carson, mike huckabee, carly fiorina and rick santorum also took part in the event. the convention puts the candidates face to face with conservative grassroots leaders and voters. and presidential candidate mike huckabee left the campaign trail yesterday, instead taking up post behind the pulpit at trinity baptist church in cayce. 33 the republican is a former southern baptist pastor. he's also an accomplished bass player... huckabee played with the t-b-c cayce choir and praise band. the former governor of arkansas says while church should not be of faith should not be afraid to get involved in government. and doctor ben carson will be in west columbia today reaching out to voters. he'll be sitting down with attorney general alan wilson... as a part of his presidential forum series. that's going to be at the brookland banquet and conference center... today at 5:30. stiti to 33 come... a path of destruction. we'll have the latest on damage left behind from a deadly weekend tornado.

tracking the homelessness in south carolina, that's the goal of volunteers who spread out across the state to talley up here in our community. >> annual survey conducted by the south carolina homeless

the police or military. >> gun control in south carolina. lawmakers say it needs to be addressed at the state house and soon and they are taking steps to do it. the news at 10:00 starts right now. >>> powerball ticket sales have been booming all across the last few days. a shot at a cool $1.5 billion. in less than an hour you could be the winner of all that. >> if you didn't -- you don't have a ticket yet your chance of doing that just to drop to zero. ticket sales close to just a few minutes ago. we're live in columbia where -- at a convenience store sales of and study all day long. >> reporter: we actually just saw a sauce of people come in and get the very last ticket. the last ticket was sold here in the more money that people used to buy the tickets the more is going into the lottery. if this rolls over again there could be a two million dollars jackpot. the south carolina education lottery says this is the largest jackpot in the history of the world . we are sitting on a very historical event. it is $930 million if you win and take the

the tax breaks that south carolina amazon shoppers have enjoyed for years are no more. the sales tax break the state legislature gave to amazon in 2011 expired on new year's day. south carolina was among ten states that gave amazon a temporary tax reprieve in exchange for jobs and investment. the seattle-based company has fought for years to remain exempt from collecting sales taxes from its customers. still ahead in wis news at 4: time is up "today" for flood victims looking for help from fema. they need, but there are other places to turn. and midlands police are getting ready to fight crime... by showing off their softer side. your first alert traffic update tonight at 11:59pm is the last minute flood victims in south carolina can register for fema assistance. michal higdon reports that there are some alternatives for those of you not eligible for the federal aid. :01 :12 :51 1:15 according to fema representatives most 100-thousand people have applied for assistance since october's flood. but, they say only about 30 percent of applicants were approved. officials with

the regular season finale against south carolina is november 26th in death valley. this past season....clemson's final game was against sec kingpin alabama in the national championship game. here's a look at some key dates for the tigers. the season opener is september third at auburn,. they'll host south carolina state september 17th. the acc opener is september 22nd at georgia tech. the conference rival showdown with florida state is october 29th in talahassee. and the tigers will host the bragging rights battle with the gamecocks on november 26th. one final check of the forecast expect mostly cloudy skies tonight with lows near 50 degrees. scattered showers are in the forecast front slowly moves into the state and highs in the mid 50s. showers will diminish thursday with partly to mostly cloudy skies...highs near 50 degrees. friday through sunday will be gorgeous behind the front with highs in the 60s and lower 70s. that's all for tonight's 7 o'clock report. another look at your local headlines tonight at 11, and anytime on wistv.com.

the great irony would be if south carolina and the south become the firewall for hillary clinton. ht that. >> who would have thought it. andrea, thank you very much. let me bring back the panel. how about that, that south carolina, which ended her nomination the last time, even though it ended up extending it, but when you go back that was the turning point. it could be the state that bails her out of this. >> and i think andrea was referencing the poll. >> yeah, there's some numbers that are coming out and she's alluding to some numbers we haven't shed. >> it could be day -- deja vu on the democratic side. >> is she too big to fail? >> i've thought of her like a giant ship, not like the titanic, but a giant ship that's slow to undturn. it takes 20 minutes to turn it. sanders can turn more quickly. it takes more time to turn and once breached, it can go down relatively quickly. i think that's the danger, chuck. a big campaign is great but we've seen this with jeb bush. the weight of it can totally trap you underneath it as well. >> but you can get out of this. sara, 2000, bush. the

seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> if you love board games and role playing games the south carolina role player and board game players is underway. it's a four day event. you can buy games at the convention, that's where we find chuck. >> that's right. we're here the south carolina area role players and board game convention, we're going introduce you to a game we've got going on. run pathfinder. james, you came from north carolina. >> yes. >> we love telling stories, you explain about what we have. >> the way the game works, it's a role playing game from back in the day, like dung ends and -- done jens and dragons, i'm the storyteller. and these gentlemen are the main characters. they are the heroes. right now they are exploring a haunted house and make it a nice place to live. >> i heard that a lot of the stories themselves. there's someone that's doing that, and tell me how that adds to the experience. >> so we have a large community around the world, many of the people who play the game are providing the stories published by the company. everyone can play them. a lot of people w

the alabama crimson tide continues to torment the palmetto state, this time, handing the south carolina men its first loss of the year last night. the gamecocks went on a 14-minute drought without a field goal spanning over both halves, to fall on the road, 73-50. south carolina will try to missouri. the gamecocks women carry the undefeated banner. usc in action tonight in lexington, taking on the wildcat set for the top of the hour. wofford and said adel just getting underway, furman and mercer, usc upstate at stetson and presbyterian will visit coastal carolina. we whole have -- we will have highlights at 11:00. gabrielle: we started the we talking about football, no basketball. ricardo: before you know, football season will be gearing up. gabrielle: thanks for being with us. we will see you back here at 11:00. michael: we will see if john got away with the truck at the auto show. is john their? i think he's gone. we are always on wyff4.com and our mobile app. good night, everybody. national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. with at&t the

symbolism is gone, but the realism in south carolina still exist. the disparage and attack on public education going on in south carolina right now. we will continue to fight. the best thing to do is to do president abraham lincoln, "do what's right.">> everybody that wants to participate is doctor, good to >>> does this sound like you? it's dinnertime, trying to find something to me, something they will love and you are in a hurry. how about a twisison the sloppy jo's, cooks up in minutes and only requires a few ingredients. chop up some ground beef, turkey or chicken. we let it cook until it is heated through, and stir in a generous amount of shredded cheddar cheese to make it melting and doing. -- gooey. and toasting the roles keeps them from getting soggy. and make sure you eat this over a plate, because it is a messy sandwich, but in a good way. to make dinner easy any night, go online and get our recipe >>> that will do it for news 19 at noon, but we look forward to

south carolina. i'm very pleased at the level of support that i have already here in south carolina. we are excited by the numbers of people that are signing up to endorse me, to work for me. i am delighted that the mayor here in columbia is supporting me and a lot of other elected officials. so, we are just going to work as hard as we can to make new people. so that is what i'm looking forward to once we get through the first two contests." "secretary clinton i appreciate it. thank you for joining us." "thank you, good to talk with you." 00:43:20 and the south carolina primary could be an important pivotal point for clinton's campaign. sanders is a strong favorite to win the new hampshire primary. clinton and sanders are statistically neck and neck as we head towards the iowa democratic caucuses two weeks from this past monday on february 1. "ted cruz will protect fort jackson jobs as president to help keep america safe." coming up on wis--presidential candidate ted cruz is focusing on a very specific community-the army base in fort jackson. how his plans as presisint can affect us r

the south carolina press association says the bill is unconstitutional, and plans to fight it. state lawmakers are also considering proposals to limit refugees coming to south carolina. senators are debating the bills, which include requiring a public database of refugees and holding their sponsors liable for damages if they commit acts of terror. agencies from taking on new refugees until the federal government can establish new security procedures. the department of social services says two refugees have been placed in the state so far, and a second family is waiting to finalize plans. tax season is now officially in full swing -- and department of revenue officials want to make sure you get the return you're due. they're warning you to watch out for scams and to be sure to submit your correct information. officials say the quickest way to file your taxes is online, and you'll avoid errors you may make on paper. but, if you do choose to file online -- you want to make sure it is secure. "you need to use different passwords and pass phrases for every program that you use, and m

the north carolina mountains. 41, asheville. about 53 degrees warmer across the upstate. nearly 60 degrees, the farther south you had. looking at some snowfall, we do have the potential for some very light snow across the north carolina mountains. there is even a chance that the upstate could see a few flakes flying. it will not be a lot. look at the snowfall he relations in the mountain. maybe one inch for asheville. areas back towards haywood county. ski lovers loving this. as we look at the models, all of them showing no measurable relation across the upstate. there is an 80% chance of flurries. about a 5% chance of getting half an inch. for the mountains, it is different. of half an inch. you have your chances of the different. a 20% chance of half an inch. the big story will be the cold air. with the clipper system, it will be downright frigid. check this out. -15, minneapolis, minnesota, some colder air arrives by monday morning. 30's by the end of the day. and 20's. 20's. the air stays chilly until thursday when temperatures start to moderate into next weekend. as we get into the latter half a bit. if we see a

the palmetto state trait. one of her goals is to bring more jobs to south carolina and the innocent south carolina will be home to their first auto factory in north america. the $500 million facility is about 30 miles northwest of charleston. the new plant should be operating in three years and could eventually employ as many as 4000 people. the plant will build the company's new as 60 sedan.>>> in sports both the usc gamecocks and clemson tigers made national headlines. in october football coach steve spurrier announced his resignation. slipped and it was his fault. he cited it as a factor in recruiting and police walking away will help the situation. he was the school's all-time winningest coach with 86 victories from 2005 to 2015. >> this is the best thing for south carolina football and for our university to start another building process and we have an accident coach and it is -- excellent coach and it is their turn to have a go at it.>> the man selected was will muschamp the former florida coach. he was introduced in early december and spent four seasons at florida before he was fired after last season.

the head ankh corr in covering politics. >> and this is a very exciting south carolina being that we of course are the first in the south primary for gop and for the democratic party. so we are getting a lot of political movement from outside of the state coming in, but we also have a lot of action happening ton statewide level too. >> the bulk to have action has been the campaigns, a lot of the gop and democratic candidate that is come through the state because we have a critical vote coming. >> we do, but our legislative session is back, in order now, it is back, it is back in business, and we had our governor just the other night, laying out a vision for the state of south carolina, that some people in some areas thought was bold, and some of it we have heard before because some action has not been taken particularly on the roads the issue, again, made the same >> sure. well we have the chairman of the gop with us today to start our show off as we recap and go to state of the state address, matt moore, chairman of the south carolina republican >> thank you. glad to be here. >> for being here. >> you have had an exciting coup

newman's law license was suspended by the south carolina supreme court on january 8th. inside the state house- state representative mike pitts is doubling down on his proposed bill which would require all south carolina journalists to register but he also told our will whitson,he's not sure his idea will go anywhere. will joins us live in the newsroom. nine press outlets at his news conference he does not believe journalists in the state should have to register- like what is proposed in his bill- but he does hope the bill is debated- pitts both praised journalism as a watchdog of democracy- before telling each of the nine outlets he didn't believe press in the state lived up to the standard. "i saw a bias. i saw editorializing instead of reporting." alone at the podium in the south carolina state house lobby- upstate representative mike pitts delved into his reasons for the "responsible journalism" bill, which garnered notoriety for it's requirement that all journalists should register with the state. more than once he came back to a particular story from charleston's po

in violation of federal law to ignore its commitment to the people of south carolina." when it comes to the people of south carolina, there's opportunity in the wake of disaster. during last night's state of the city address, columbia mayor steve benjamin said there's a chance to make the capital city better than it was before october's historic flooding. the mayor says his agenda includes making roads more walker and biker friendly. and launching a small business disaster relief fund to help businesses still wading in the floodwaters, efforts he hopes will launch columbia into the 21st century. >> tomorrow is a world of wonder waiting for us. it is a promise to anyone. that's why i'm committed to acting today. >> and there were many other issues the mayor touched on address including a citywide literacy push and a new ecotourism expedition. mayor benjamin isn't the only one speaking out on improving our state's infrastructure. >> not at all. out of the statehouse, senate finance committee continues to work to get more money from south carolina for the roads and to cut t

the south carolina republican presidential saturday, february 20th. the democratic primary is the following week... on feburary 27th. and voters must register by january 27th in order to cast a ballot. happening today, the fifth south carolina tea party convention will be taking place in myrtle beach. plenty of familiar republican presidential candidates will be attending the event. it will feature mike huckabee, ted cruz, donald tump, rick santorum, jim gilmore and dr. ben carson. event organizers say they are expecting around 15- hundred people this morning. america's largest retailer is closing hundreds of stores, including one in our area. wal-mart announced its first ever mass closing today... with 269 stores worldwide closing their doors. 154-of those stores are in the united states including one store on u.s. highway 321 in winnsboro. approximately 10- thousand employees in the u.s. will be impacted by the closing. a lot of customers crying." kim murphy, upset about walmart closing "i'm devastated." jessica mitchell, upset about walmart closing

you can count on abc columbia to bring a full report on your news tonight at 11:00. >> the south carolina state chamber is making sure that business is booming. they'll be bringing business leaders together with the general assembly leaders to discuss issues more pressing to the business committee. topics include infrastructure, work force and education. that meeting is set to take place today at 4:00 at the columbia marriott and the law enforcement torch run for the special olympics south carolina kicked off its 30 years of this morning. officers from the law the state gathered right at the statehouse right here behind us at main and gervais for today's announcement. >> there's one thing that i found equal to saving lives and that's changing lives and that's what we do for special olympics, you know, and we might volunteer to do it but once we meet athletes like josh and see his personality and realize what we get back from it, that's why it grows every year. it really does. >> keeps growing and growing. we're hoping to learn more about what their goal is for 2016 and how much they want

south carolina. he will be in pendleton. the first primary voting starts in 24 days. geoff: when it comes to voting in south carolina, we can learn a lot from elections of the in the last two primaries, the largest segment of voters were people 45 to 64-years-old. that block of people, cast 44% of all votes in the state. compare that to the youngest segment of voters, ages 18-24. they cast fewer than 5% of votes. white voters outnumbered non-white voters more than two to one in the last two primaries. even so, there is far less interest in primary elections. only 20% of voters, both showing up at the polls. experts say knowing the age and backgrounds of likely voters, helps candidates shape their political messages. >> you will notice that a lot of the issues that the candidates talk about are primarily aimed at middle-aged and older people. and so, the candidates talk to issues of the people they think are going to go vote. geoff: she says candidates who fall behind in the polls often target people with a poor track record of voting, hoping to mobilize those voters on

cruz was asked about the issue during thursday's presidential debate in south carolina. the new york times first reported wednesday that cruz failed to properly disclose the loan from citibank and goldman sachs, where his wife works. cruz did not disclose the loans on one filing, but did disclose them in later financial reports. cruz says, "i made a paperwork error disclosing it on one piece of paper but not another." cruz says he had to take out the loan because "i don't have masses of money in the bank, hundreds of millions of about the loan as part of a "hit piece." to his 2012 senate campaign as a "paperwork error." cruz was asked about the issue during thursday's presidential debate in south carolina. the new york times first reported wednesday that cruz failed to properly disclose the loan from citibank andnd goldman sachs, where his wife works. cruz did not disclose the loans on one filing, but did disclose them in later financial reports. cruz says, "i made a paperwork error disclosing it on one piece of paper but not another." cruz says he had to take out the loa

the burn. we were at south carolina state university last night. they were feeling the burn. we're excited about what we have going on in south carolina. >> it is amazing. tonight is when the democratic debate is. and of course, we all watched the gop debate. and so fireworks are sure to be going. >> of -- if there is a debate, of course there will be fireworks. >> a smaller field and more substance. what i love about our campaign -- frankly, the entire democratic field is that we are currently having the debate on the issues. we will talk about healthcare. and expanding medicaid. medicare for all. a single care system. we will talk about education. we have talked about criminal justice before. we will definitely be talking about wall street. and moving up the middle class. topics. people want to hear about that. >> they do. people get excited about that. >> people get fired up. >> we have had some good crowd that we have covered. some of the issues that we reverend jackson. that are important to south carolinians. we will probably have to address the medicaid issue. >> some s

the south carolina press association says it will fight the bill--which it says is unconstitutional. state lawmakers are also considering proposals to limit refugees coming to south carolina. senators are debating the bills, which include requiring a public database of refugees and holding their sponsors liable for damages if they commit acts of terror. a second bill would ban state agencies from taking on new refugees until the establish new security procedures. the department of social services says two refugees have been placed in the state so far, and a second family is waiting to finalize plans. department of revenue officicis want to make sure you get the return you're due. they're warning you to watch out for scams and to be sure to submit your correct information. officials say the quickest way to file your taxes is online, and you'll avoid errors you may make on paper. but, if you do choose to file online--you want to make sure it is secure. "you need to use different passwords and pass phrases for every program that you use, and make sure that you're using a reputable progra

panthers practice squad, attended the university of south carolina. and finally darian stewart a safety for the broncos. he also attended the university of south carolina serena williams is one win away from another grand slam milestone. the american tennis star beat agnieszka radwanska in straight sets in her semifinal match at the australian open. they're ranked number 1 and 3 in the world respectively. if williams wins saturday's final against no. 7-seeded angelique kerber, she'll equal steffi titles -- a record in the open era, and the second-most in history behind peter alexander good morning to you i'm peter alexander in de moines, iowa. it's debate night with or without donald trump. the billionaire frontrunner remains defiant insisting he's not going to participate in tonight's fox news debate. and as for that mono a mono 90 minute debate duel challenge from ted cruz, trumpp says to senator cruz "can we do it canada?" cruz hitting back already putting hats together that say "make trump debate again." we'll have the latest on that debate and w

reporting in the newsroom, michal higdon, the tax breaks that south carolina amazon shoppers have enjoyed for years are no more. the sales tax break the state legislature gave to amazon back in 2011 expired on new year's day. south carolina was among 10 states that gave amazon a temporary tax reprieve in exchange for jobs and investment. the seattle-based company has fought for years to remain exempt from collecting saleses taxes from its customers. south carolina troopers are investigating after a teenager was hit and killed by an s-u-v in aiken county. the aiken county coroner says 15-year old david crutchfield was walking along north street near new ellenton last night when he was hit. he says 20-year old raymond burns was behind the wheel of the s-u-v and says burns originally left the scene of the crash. but he later turned himself in to highway patrol. the investigation is ongoing. two men will be in court this afternoon for a bond hearing on attempted murder charges. richland county deputies say just before 5:30 saturday evening -- andrew and marlon gathers attacked and stabbed a m

the new year brings new tax breaks in south carolina. under laws passed in the 2015 legislative session and in effect as of today, aircraft parts and supplies are now sales tax exempt. so are some construction supplies and children's clothing. bubuthose supplies and clothing are only tax exempt if they're being purchased by families considered "in need." also officially going on the books today is a law requiring the use of electronic death certificates for south carolina doctoto and funeral homomdirectors. lawmakers passed this bill during the 2015 legislative session too. it requires doctors to file an electronic death ceritficiate within five days of declaring someone dead. the law imposes penalties for don't make that deadline- and also penalizes funeral home directors who go through with cremation before the paperwork is submitted. republican presidential candidate marco rubio is kicking off the new year with campaign stops in south carolina. tomorrow rubio will be at a meet and greet at hudson's smokehouse in lexington. that will be

if it is approved, the raises would become effective july 1st. south carolina residents may not have won the giant $1.6 billion powerball jackpot, but at least one of them is walking away with a cool $100,000. sioban smith of columbia checked her ticket around 3 a.m. today and discovered she matched four of the numbers drawn. smith bought the ticket at the pitt stop on dutch fork road in ballentine. 11 other players pocketed $50,000 and more than 200,000 tickets won $4. in other decision 2016 news, more than 5,000 people attended the annual palmetto senior show today. one hundred vendors sold their goods and services at the state fairgrounds in columbia. presidential candidate governor mike huckabee and lt. governor henry mcmaster were there as guests. wis will have a special decision 2016 show at 7 saturday night. we will have one-on-one candidates and an overall look at the race for president leading up the south carolina primaries. and on sunday, democratic candidates will be in the lowcountry for a debate in downtown charleston. lexington leaders hope fema