davidson finishes their season with a record 20-13. top-seeded south carolina hosting the high point at the nit, for staff in this a bit by 10. michael carrera making sure his team gets through to the twelve points and 11 boards in the game. anthony lindauer connects and high point closed the half on a 23-12 run. south carolina says enough of that, even when they miss and the pushback, they had 30 points to believe the team in south carolina wins it 88-66. they advanced to the next round. playing in the ncaa tournament, here's what you need to know. florida gold coast be 96 - 65. 65. that means they will face north carolina on thursday, the next round of the ncaa tournament. to the nfl, the carolina panthers announcing the signing of free-agent defensive tackle, paul soley i, he signed a two-year deal and spent the last

after this was published to social media." -trump then tweeted " the people of south carolina are embarassed by nikki hailey" -mispelled name, since corrected that tweet. -haley then tweeted back - @realdonaldtrump. bless your heart." heavy traffic on this tweet - more than 2,000 retweets and almost 3,000 likes haley continues to campaign with marco rubio - who is holding his watch party tonight in florida. it's a clear skies and a warm start to this tuesday. as we look over downtown columbia through the wis skycam ... we want to check in with meteorologist ben tanner is in the first alert weather center tracking a system that's expected to move into south carolina tonight. lower to middle 70s. a cold front is just off to our west and wililbe here by tonight. look for increasing clouds by late afternoon with scattered showers and a thunderstorm or two late night into wednesday morning. rain chance 50% tonight into wednesday morning. a few showers wednesday morning otherwise partly cloudy, breezy and cooler, highs in the lower 60s. dry thursday before another shot of rain moves in

through south carolina if the march through georgia was not as destructive of civilian property, probably in south carolina it was. >> right. >> it measured up to the myth, because not so much sherman personally, but all of his men, his officers, his soldiers, they had it in for south carolina. they regarded south carolina as responsible for beginning this war. they remember a speech by james henry hammonbeck in 1858. a lot of northern soldiers would have called it the mud sill speech. he justified the social order of the south, slavery, it created a wealthy aristocratic class of the slaves. he taunted the north saying, we have a mud sill of slaves 37 you have a mud sill too. they called themselves free. well, these northern soldiers remembered the fact that south carolinans looked at them as mud sills when they went through south carolina and they did have it in. >> it's interesting too that when sherman was marching through georgia, there were several letters and diary entries of soldiers who reported that georgian women basically said, we don't like what you're doing to us, b

davidson finishes their season with a record 20-13. top-seeded south carolina hosting the high point at the nit, for staff in this a bit by 10. michael carrera making sure his team gets through to the twelve points and 11 boards in the game. anthony lindauer connects and high point closed the half on a 23-12 run. south carolina says enough of that, even when they miss and the pushback, they had 30 points to believe the team in south carolina wins it 88-66. they advanced to the next round. playing in the ncaa tournament, here's what you need to know. florida gold coast be 96 - 65. 65. that means they will face north carolina on thursday, the next round of the ncaa tournament. to the nfl, the carolina panthers announcing the signing of free-agent defensive tackle, paul soley i, he signed a two-year deal and spent the last

for the american red cross on your car. a new specialty south carolina license plate was unveiled today. it features the red cross logo and says proud supporter. it cost an extra $25 every two years and could be ordered through the department of motor vehicles a portion of the proceeds will benefit the red cross. >> $25, that money goes to the american red cross to do the work that they do all over the state. as we have really severe flooding in columbia, earlier last year. they were there on the scene right after. so it's so important for south carolina residents to support the south carolina chapter of >> the play was unveiled today because march is red cross month. >> special olympics world game athlete in south carolina will be competing in the heritage pro-am this april. this is the first time a special olympics athlete will compete in the event. scott said two special olympic rower records. he finished 12-under par for the week long competition. scott and his family are from clover near rock hill. the pro-am will be april 11. >> starting today, you can own something out of o

the autism academy of south carolina. for students with autism, instability and changes are a lot tougher to deal with. the columbia chamber's program, the school is getting much needed and expensive repairs for free. >> we plan to be done with this project by april. we've been working together using our talents and our resources and hard work to restore this facility, make it a place befitting of the quality therapy that occurs here. >> the group is painting walls, fixing floors and replacing tiles. the students are now back to school but in makeshift classrooms. >>> there is a new fighter plane in the work and the company that makes the aircraft wants to do it right here in south carolina. >> today, to get everyone excited, they are in columbia showing off state of the art flight simulator. savannah left -- levins is there with some details. >> reporter: god morning. i'm in a plane right over this is a flight simulator of a fighter plane. it is called the t-other a made by lockheed martin. you might soon see it in the skies of south carolina. i'll bring in rob fuller now. you ar

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

said something silly about south carolina girls. i got him to his flight, and i shook his hand again. that was it. the story really is a metaphor for the difficulty i have been writing about -- the challenge i face in writing about this figure. there is no easy way to write about a figure as controversial as strom thurmond. i wonder if some of the stuff in the book is an effort on my part to carry on his baggage. goodness knows, he has got baggage in other challenge i have is the kind of fight the urge to not simply walk away, to not meet the men face-to-face and present him as a three-dimensional character, living, breathing. what i wanted to do was to write a book, a history of his america. in a way that would shed light on some of the issues that have shaped america today. i would hope to add a sense, i hope you can add a measure of recent and passion to these issues that embroil politics today. that is the mission, as it were. what are the big issues. -- issues? what are the issues facing strom thurmond's america? he was a 1948 dixiecrats presidential candidate did -- candidate.

then ejected from the car. troopers are not releasing his name at this point. in south carolina deadly crash. the coroner's office tells us johnny anthony of clover died in a crash. toxicology tests are being conducted tomorrow. information tonight from rock hill after violent 24 hours in the city. one teenagers dead in four people injured after four shootings plague the area in a matter of hours. 18-year-old jarrius harding was shot and killed and someone shot into his car friday afternoon. the shooting took place after another when it happened thursday night where three people were shot and wounded in a home. none of the injuries are life-threatening. it's a big night in the presidential race. residents in five states casting their votes for president. among republicans ted cruz going victories in kansas in maine and up to the democratic side bernie sanders winning in nebraska hillary winning louisiana. doug mcgowan takes us on the road to the white house. republicans going to the polls in maine kansas kentucky and louisiana. texas senator ted cruz winning in kansas. >> we have to co

tires. >> the family owned company which started in south carolina in 1907 says the roads aren't safe. >> i don't think people focus on that part of it as much as they should beware of that. >> he says on top of that they are expensive. truck repairs caused delays for customers and downtime means drivers can't work. owner brian -- says the state's law makers are the roadblock and the road to repairs. >> i wish there was a way to get the people that we elect, we elect them to vote, not to fill buster. so if they would do their duties >> the owner there says truck drivers from other states talk about south carolina's road conditions, all the traffic congestion, and the accidents. mike mccormick, wyff4, life tonight in spartenburg. >> this is super tuesday. a new nbc news poll shows trump and clinton are holding big leads right now. according to the latest online poll. this is registered republicans. donald trump leads with 40% of the vote followed by senator marco rubio at 21%, then senator ted cruz in third with 18. the race is closer on the other side. among democrats, 51% of democrat

right now. thank you, kristen. >>> the south carolina house is set to vote on a bill banning abortions past 19 weeks. the senate passed the bill yesterday allows exceptions if the mother's life is in jeopardy or if the baby can't survive outside the womb. there are no exceptions for rape or incest. superintendent of education is calling for better training for dealing with misconduct in the classroom. a task force has been asked to come up with recommendations after an incident at spring valley high school involving an officer who threw a student to the floor after she refused to cooperate. the roles of resource officers need to be better define and using them to handle misconduct should be a last resort. >> christine: officials in charlotte-mecklenburg schools want to make it easier for parents to stay informed on the search for a new school superintendent. the district launching this new website yesterday, dedicated to to the search. a message by mary mccray says the board wants to keep the search as transparent as possible and will post updates on the page. the contract for current

the ordinance. >>> south carolina paid about 40 $40 million to settle road claims and lawsuits against the state d.o.t.. coming up at 4:55, the common road problem the majority of those claims were for. >>> and state troopers are searching for answers after a shelby high school student was hit and killed this weekend. the reason authorities believe she was standing in the road >>> but first, some local neighbors will come together today to try to stop a retail development near their homes. tenden. >>> 20 minutes until 5:00. today, residents can voice concerns about a controversial the proposed project on bawly school road would include an academy sports store,a costco and six other businesses. some neighbors signed a petition against it, saying their home values will suffer. town officials are set to vote on the project today. >>> we told you last week a mooresville pastor is opposed to the shopping center for multiple reasons. he says there will be a full- scale gun shop, putting them less than 100 yards from a church. they say that would violate the plan against big bucks stores. >>>

clinton continues to win states in the south. michael: 2 weeks ago, clinton easily won south carolina. and tonight, she took home alabama, tennessee, virginia, and georgia. the vote in georgia. a big night. bernie sanders taking fewer than 30%. carol: tonight, clinton addressed her supporters at a rally in miami, florida. voters there will go the polls on march 15th. clinton used her victory speech to take aim at her republican opponents. >> it's clearer tonight, the stakes in this election have never been higher, and the rhetoric we are hearing from the other side has never been lower. trying to divide america between us and them is wrong, and we are not going to let it work. carol: as for the voting itself in georgia, no major problems reported at the polls in elbert, franklin, or stephens counties. michael: in elbert and franklin counties, officials say the turnout was very high, more people turning out there than expected. in stephens county, officials say at least a third of registered voters came out for this primary. process, and their role in it. >> it was a little busy, but it mov

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

got is an american heritage is being >> like how it was taken down in south carolina capital grounds last june following a mass shooting that killed nine black parishioners in charleston. >> they began to spin this out of control and inspired act because my heritage. had the group is keeping to keep the better flag flying high. >> this is america we still live in. it's part of our duty as southerners and his family members to take a stand and let our voice be heard. >> in gastonia kevin machek fox 46 wjzy. jenna: on tuesday the same group plans to go to rally for the first confederate lobby day talking to legislators about their right to fight if -- fly a tow truck drivers and facing serious charges after police say he shot the owner of the truck overnight. happened on central pacific avenue in south charlotte this morning. police have arrested jarvis sent them simpson. the person who was shot took himself to cmc. cmpd is investigating after two men were found with gunshot went wounds in front of a department complex on central avenue new north sharon m&a. witness 4800 carriage drive

3 3 3 01:03:00"the people of south carolina need to realize that the table is being set here by the very people who are going to sit and eat the dinner." filibustering a vote on the bill, lowcountry senator tom davis, and upstate senator lee bright argued raising taxes would only benefit *companies* involved in road repairs. 3 3 groups like americans for prosperity agree with lawmakers that raising taxes isn't the way to fix crumbling roads...upstate representative of a-f-p seth powell wants reform of the department of transportation promised by governor haley last year. 3 3 10:47:56"i wanna fix our roads just as much as anybody, it's them more money under the current system is gonna do so." but today, exasperated south carolina business leaders rallied at the statehouse... begging the senate to vote on the bill...and get the ball rolling on road repairs. greenville chamber of commerce officials say poor road conditions are hurting the upstate's economy. 3 3 19:55"capacity problems, road maintenance ce issues, congestion is all contributing to the lack of business at least to move g

tom davis. bright says south carolina can find enough money to repair bridges and fix potholes without raising the gas tax. the debate has paralyzed the senate, which can't debate any other bills with opposition until it handles the roads issue. and happening right now, the south carolina chamber of commerce is talking about the senate. there are live pictures. the chamber is arguing that the condition's of the state roads will start to hurt the state's tourism industry. let's listen to part of the news conference. >> what i would say to you today is this -- it is time for our general assembly to move on, particularly the senate, to fix our roads. the rhetorical question has to be answered and i think temple lake summed it up. how many people must live before we fix our roads? how much business do we lose trying to get our goods and services to our businesses across the state?

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

on your side. >> thank you. more about what happened moments after a south carolina deputy was shot. 9-1-1 calls show how a good samaritan kept her cool and called police. after finding deputy kimber gist injured in berklee county. >> i have an officer here and she was shot officer 144. harbor lake drive. >> the officer behind me in an s.u.v. he has her laid on the ground. >> gist was shot while trying to detain a man. the suspect travis smith was found dead later that morning after taking his own life. gist is recovering from injuries in the hospital. >> he was hit by a car at a bus stop while pushing a classmate out of harm's way and that teen is home from the hospital. junior gonzales' injuries are improving. a driver hit him and never stopped. no arrests have been made in the case. >> now to the wbtv alert center and alex giles is following another accident involving a school bus. school bus. this one not as serious. sky3 over the accident in south charlotte on providence drive. and the school bus several police cars were there as well. medic says no injuries in this accident. t

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

us welcome to south carolina. if you're in a vehicle, the minute your tires hit the road, you know you're in south carolina. there's no question about that. >> the group of organizations is pushing for the senate to pass a long-term comprehensive roads bill. that includes a recurring source >> it's time we stop the arrangements and go ahead and fix these roads. >> several business leaders citing the economic impact poor roads have on south carolina. >> we're frustrated because we cannot get our goods and services to our businesses on time. it's cost us hundreds of millions of dollars in idle time, sitting on our interstates and on our secondary roads as we try to move goods and services. >> the bill is currently held up on the senate floor by several conservative lawmakers who are against the 12-cent gas tax. other senators are ready to answer calls for action and stop the delays. >> we committed to a roads bill. you couldn't dissuade us from voting for a roads bill if we had to. >> senate will be back in session wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, and we do expect a full day of roads

. several high-profile supporters right here in south carolina say they are still backing, despite last summer's debate over the confederate flag, they don't think the issue will matter to voters here in south carolina. grace joyal, abc coluia news. >> thank you, grace. >>> for the democrats, could hillary clinton deliver a knockout blow to bernie sanders? >> clinton is hoping for a big win tomorrow to solidify her lead in the democratic race but sanders continues to fight. here's more. >> tomorrow is super tuesday. massachusetts is right in the middle of it. and i need your help. >> reporter: hillary clinton is carolina landslide becomes an even bigger super tuesday victory lap. >> i will work as hard as i can every single day. i will get up and go to work for you. and fight for you. >> reporter: the delegate fight with bernie sanders will go on. but a strong finish could make her all but unstoppable. politically, it's a long race ahead. >> if i were grading some of those republicans -- remember the box that used to be on your kids' report cards? play well with others? i would hav

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

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

catawba river road. there has been a fatal accident according to the south carolina department of public safety. we know highway patrol are the ones responding to the accident. but we are not sure how many vehicles involved or who has passed away as a result of this crash. we are working to get information. we have contacted the south carolina highway patrol and our sky3 chopper is headed to the scene. as soon as we get live images or new information we will bring it to you. >> thank you. >>> a search is underway for this missing woman from lincolnton. a nationwide alert now out for 36-year-old stacy caidenhead. she may be driving a 1992 ford you can call the lincolnton police department at... you see the number on your screen. if you have information, a $1,000 reward is possible. >> anniversary to mark today. it's been one year since mecklenberg county launched its smoking ban. smoking not allowed on any government property you had cloog county parks and city-owned buildings like time warner cable arena, the nascar hall of fame and bojangles colosseum. >> weather now. today beaut

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

academy of south carolina suffered damage during the flood and including a bill for $94,000 for roof repairs. >> we couldn't operate in the building with that damage. >> reporter: the non-profit director says the students were moved across the street to a church basement. the director of development says for students with autism instability and change is much tougher for them to handle. >> the individuals who are able to kind of understand it all go back here and not understanding and we couldn't tell them when we would get back. >> reporter: luckily they are getting help. >> we plan to be done in april. we have been working together to restore this ability. make it a place, you know, befitting of the quality therapy that occurs here. >> reporter: the group is fixing flooring, painting, cleaning up tiles and helping with other much needed and expensive repairs and doing it all for free. >> this place makes a tremendous difference for families effected by autism and we are excited to be a part of it. >> reporter: helping the flood victims get back to stability. >> leadership columbia

department of justice bureau, justice assistance and senator gerald malloy of the south carolina state senate, and judy owens, the southern poverty law center. they will talk about how states can protect public safety while reducing levels of imprisonment. leaders of reform efforts in georgia, mississippi and south carolina will discuss how their states moved from problem solving statements to policy reform the results. the stories from these three states we place in a national context reform as part of this summit meeting. and i would like to bring the first panel of the now. [applause] >> good morning. the introductory remarks this morning talked about levels of incarceration that are historically national unprecedented in the united states. those figures were in the 100 of those behind bars, one in 31 and there some sort of correction control, adding probation or parole, hit a high water mark in 2007. in fact, since that period in 2007 levels of incarceration in this country has fallen 10%. meanwhile, both violent and property crime has fallen by more than 20%. so there's a bunch of

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

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

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

baby is set to >> a south carolina bill may prevent children from riding shotgun until they're teenagers. we'll explain later in the show. >> new information coming out regarding a triple homicide in gaston county. what we found in court documents that might provide a little context as to what was happening between the suspect and one of the victims before we'll be right back. . kayla: our weekend anchor first baby this summer, she has two fur babies at home. the journey starts as jenna and dog frank learn how it cope with having a baby in the house. . >> reporter: meet frank, my loving, adorable mastiff who has work to do before our first baby comes home from the hospital. time for doggie boot camp. >> how's it going? >> how are you? i'm jenna. nice to meet you. perfect. >> here's my card. >> reporter: i brought in our expert dog trainer jason toy from canine scholars from charlotte. >> you have been doing training up to this point? >> reporter: i'm going to be honest, he can sit, he can lay week haven't really tried anything more than that. i'm guessing we have our work cut o

south carolina officer, killed by a gang member. the officer was allen jacobs. he and another officer were trying to question a man they believed was trying to buy a gun. investigators say that man identified as 17-year-old dee house and shot him as >> mackey called his mother before shooting and killing himself. officer jacobs leaves behind two children and pregnant wife, also an iraqi war veteran. >>>able nude strangers a fourth grader met on the internet convinced her to make a nude video. >> reporter: we know elementary schools have phones and can download apps. a deputy said a local girl down loaded an app and sent naked pictures of herself around the country. it is impossible to get it off the internet. even with the nice day at the park, the phones aren't far. his kids, ages 3, 9, 12 have tablets, xboxs and other >> they meet friendses on line, they think it is real. >>. kids have never gotten in trouble because he keeps an eye on their phones. the cleveland county sheriff's office says it is essential. his agency is investigating a nude video of local fourth grader traveling a

that the entire country required reconstruction and not just simply virginia or south carolina or alabama. they can recall that slavery existed in all 13 original colonies and they understood that the entire country had to be fixed. that slavery had been a national problem and therefore it legacy, racism, would remain. for decades, even as they fought against slavery, the faced -- they faced discrimination in the north that made life difficult. voting was a prerogative. before the civil war, the only state that allowed black men to vote on an equal basis, was in new england, state that had very few black men. these activists understood that jefferson davis might be the ultimate enemy. but that they were facing problems at home in places like syracuse. new york ended slavery in 1827. they had a new constitution that eliminated the qualifications -- but imposed them on black men, but this did not make sense, because there was still slavery at the time. so frederick douglass, who owned a house and newspaper in rochester, he could vote, but it black barber in syracuse could not vote.

there are some south carolina names out there. let me hear you scream. oh yeah. we have a lot that we love in south carolina. we love our shrimp and grits. can i get an amen? we also have an amazing delegation, from congressman jeff duncan all the way to my great friend the amazing trey gowdy. [applause] now, we would all agree that sometimes trey needs a little fashion advice. he has that crazy hair. when you are bald, you have to talk about somebody else's hair. he has that crazy hair, and sometimes he wears white sox cks with dark suits. i don't understand everything about trey gowdy. but one thing i do understand about trey gowdy, he has served this nation incredibly well as the chairman of the benghazi committee. he has done a fabulous job with the benghazi committee. and i believe that his service on the benghazi committee, what we have seen come to light because of that committee, further illustrates that the president's foreign policy has been an absolute failure, and his willingness to close guantanamo bay and send the world's worst enemy combatants to a location near some

see a plentiful peach crop in south carolina. growers and agricultural officials say during the winter there is just enough cool weather to insure a good crop. no late season cold snaps means that the fragile peach blossoms are still intact. last year south carolina produced about 70,000 tons of peaches. second only to california. great weather makes you want to sit outside and enjoy a nice peach. i love how this is shaping up. >> it feels like summer than it does spring. we skipped that season. but we do have changes on the way as we head through the rest of the weekend. a little bit of hazy sunshine. if you have stepped outside already, you will feel that warmth. we will see more clouds as we go throughout the afternoon. it's quiet right now on live early warning doper 9 but i'm here's a view from our boone camera. you can see low visibility. we will be dealing with that over the next couple of hours and eventually that will lift but it will still be cloudy foothills. that is keeping the temperatures 56 in boone. 67 in hickory. 74 in charlotte. and 75 in monroe. you can see th

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

. reporting live in south end, elsa gillis. >> channel 9 learned that thousands of people in north carolina switched their party affiliation right before casting their ballots in the primary. election records show between january 1 and february 19, more than 20,000 people changed their party affiliation. north carolina is one of five states that had primaries tonight. >> and florida and ohio were two of them. impact on the overall race. eyewitness news anchor, allison latos has been monitoring those results. >> voters in florida, ohio, missouri, and illinois also took to the polls for their state primaries today. donald trump took some big wins here in north carolina. and in illinois, and perhaps the big prize of the night, florida, after trump's commanding victory, florida senator, marco rubio officially dropped out of the race. governor john kasich won his home state of ohio tonight. as of right now, republican candidate, ted cruz, has not won any states tonight, but cruz and trump are in a virtual tie right now in missouri. we are still waiting for official results from that primary. on

saturday in south carolina. she's largely avoided attacking her challenger, bernie sanders -- focusing 3 essentially all of the candidates - on both sides-- have vowed to stay in the race tonight.. are scenarios where we could see the field narrow? 3 meanwhile donald trump took to twitter to blast south carolina to blast south this afternoon donald trump meanwhile donald trump took to twitter this afternoon to blast south carolina governor nikki haley to his 6-point-5 million followers. followers.she's out stumping for marco rubio...even speaking on his behalf during some recent events because the senator was losing his voice. and after the major endorsement for rubio - it seems there might be some bad blood. blood.trump tweeted... the people of south carolina are embarrassed by nikki haley!he seemed to be referring to her trump to release his tax returns. returns.governor haley responded less than a half hour later...simply using the southern phrase... bless your heart. 3 according to a new poll out-- donald trump may face a tough and losing battle with the democrats if he wins the gene

hampshire to nevada, all the way to south carolina. not just winning them, sweeping them, winning every single delegate in south carolina. when you're winning northeast eastern states as southern staidth states that should be a big indicator this is someone to be taken seriously, and he's captured the feeling in the republican party. >> potentially winning in alabama and massachusetts today. nia-malika, the rules that the republican national committee set up were designed at the time we all thought to help a scott walker. >> right. >> or a jeb bush. >> or marco rubio. >> or marco rubio. >> they were designed to prevent what we saw in 2012, which was the long fight with mitt romney having to go to the right and santorum being able to hold on. they compressed the calendar, wanted to turbo charge the front-runner. they didn't expect it would be donald trump. they wanted to have an establishment figure break through. again, they didn't expect that the sort of establishment figure, i mean, even donald trump is saying he's going mainstream, and it looks like he is, you know, starting to be th

leaders like former nominee mitt romney, house speaker paul ryan and south carolina's own nikki haley and lindsey graham. while there have been a few critics converted to the trump cause--new jersey's chris christie for instance---there is already a sizeable chunk of the gop who would appear to have a tough time signing on with the trump team just because there will be an ''r" next to his name on the fall ballot. it seems that there are only two ways to go. hold your nose and go with a candidate that you don't particularly like or alternatively you back says we're giving up on 2016. usc journalism dean and former cnn correspondent charles bierbauer. again as this subject has been discussed in the news cycle surrounding the early voting states, there has been new speculation about someone mounting a third party candidacy to take on trump. bierbauer and others say that would be extremely difficult at this point maybe impossible for a candidate to beat the deadline to get on the november ballot. coming up at 6:30, stay tuned for an hour-long edition of nbc nightly news with lester holt,

deeply invested. for most of us we knew the south carolina low country through your book before we ever stepped foot on it. we could recognize it immediately because we read your book. as much as you are wanting to place your hope in someone who knew place listeners. you move several times as a child. you lived in atlanta, san francisco, rome and you have a very complex understanding. right there by asking you about place -- >> see why it's hard to understand? i never quite would say that place because i think my situation is a phony one. the reason i have a sense of place, how many and here were marine brats or military brats. usually, we all feel the same way. when my father was dying, he pulled out a book and said son, would you like to know every address you've moved to. i said yes. we had moved, from the time of my birth in atlanta, we had moved 23 times until we got to beaufort when i was 15 years old. we had changed schools almost every year. what is most common to me, why i am ridiculously friendly is that i knew no one growing up. i'd walk into a school and i would smile a

her dog frank right before her baby is set to >> a south carolina bill may prevent children from riding shotgun until they're teenagers. we'll explain later in the show. >> new information coming out regarding a triple homicide in gaston county. what we found in court documents that might provide a little context as to what was happening between the suspect and one of the victims before we'll be right back. . kayla: our weekend anchor first baby this summer, she has two fur babies at home. the journey starts as jenna and dog frank learn how it cope with having a baby in the house. . >> reporter: meet frank, my loving, adorable mastiff who has work to do before our first baby comes home from the hospital. time for doggie boot camp. >> how's it going? >> how are you? i'm jenna. nice to meet you. perfect. >> here's my card. >> reporter: i brought in our expert dog trainer jason toy from canine scholars from charlotte. >> you have been doing training up to this point? >> reporter: i'm going to be honest, he can sit, he can lay week haven't really tried anything more than that. i'm gu

taking 26%. voter turnout was down compared to the gop primary here in south carolina. >>> while voters were heading to the bowl -- polls, donald trump and nikki haley were having a social media for. the governor wasted little time by responding with a pleasure heart. it is tied to comments that the governor made in 2012 relating to met ron me -- met romney releasing his income tax returns. >> i will tell you, i think those are distractions. i saw in my race. they say, show me your tax return. ploy.>> trump's campaign manager bringing up that video after what met romney said on trail. there is no law stopping him to releases tax return despite he is being audited right now so he should step up and do it.>> there will be something else to talk about tomorrow. >> twitter will be on fire again.>> there is a lot of tension for the race for the white house. but the fate of congress is hanging in the balance based on the polls in november. >> will there be a shift in power on capitol hill? >> reporter: donald j trump. he is the super tuesday candidate to watch. the one political expert says i

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

home state. it's important to point out even after we we saw in south carolina donald trump will not have enough delegates even if he comes in first in all races to secure the nomination. this contest is going to keep going forward. that's something you will keep in mind as we watch our coverage throughout the night. something the other candidates will think about ohio governor john kasich. >> i intend to remain the adult in the campaign for president of the united states. tell you some will say this over.... i will be donald trump in i also want to tell you that even though some in the press may think this is over, i and it will be a whole new day. >> there is a large voter turn out today across the country. we are going to do well. if not we're probably going to be struggling. just heard from, is really hoping to carry at least one state tonight - but its not lookg kitas jua w nt o llytl s - wi doc- bli e pe n va a thinm he e mont tig y r o >> rt: dere nds who you just heard from right there making it clear he has no scombengs of quit -- no intention of quitting. after what we

decision 2016 tab. the south carolina women's basketball team racked up the southeastern season awards. the gamecocks took home half of conference's individual awards with coach dawn staley named coach of the year and a'ja wilson winning both player of the year of the year. coming up we'll break down the awards along with gamecocks named to the all-conference teams. inside the state house -- a filibuster over a roads bill that started last week is back underway today. senator lee bright says he and other senators will carry out that filibuster as long as it takes to get the bill done right. lawmakers have been discussing increasing the gas tax -- something governor nikki haley said she would only approve on two conditions -- reform for the dot and an income tax break to balance out the tax hike. senator bright says there is enough surplus this year for roads that the gas tax increase is unnecessary, and wants to focus solely on reforming the dot. a sumter man has plead guilty in federal court to attempting to defraud the irs for at least three years. u.s. hercules baker filed federal i

strongly that people's safety would not be vibe lated. >> it hasn't happened in columbia, south carolina. hasn't happened in charleston, south carolina, hasn't happened in myrtle beach. i've also talked to the panthers organization and panthers stadium and charlotte molt or motor speedway have similar precautions. >>> state representative dan bishop backing thes the idea. >> we have to get it down before april 1st. >> steve crump reporting. here is another part of the timing april 1st the ordinance goes in effect but the state session until april 25th. the question on many minds is what happens during those 24 days. go to wbtv.com for more of our coverage of the non-discrimination ordinance, you will hear from both sides of the argument. >>> the annual st. patrick's day parade in charlotte goes green festival ises today. this is video from years past. little sunnier than today. fun gets started at 10:00, runs until 6:00 tonight, paradee itself if you want to go uptown for that, steps off at 11:00 this morning, starts on north tryon street. always fun to be uptown during the parade. doesn't matte