Officials opened up another flood gate along lake murray. This is the second time this water. Emergency workers will monitor the situation at the spill gate for the next 24 hours and are to remain alert. Residents in that area can get updates on the website and social media platforms. 43 roads are closed in 21 counties. Those new counties added are edge field, carry shaw, mccormick and york county. The department of transportation will be able to inspect roads and repairs will begin as soon as conditions allow. Us the only way for some to get around is by boat. And we are having some technical problems. Sorry about that. But we will just continue to move on. Now, we also want to remind you about the deadline for to apply for fema and government disaster assistance. That deadline is monday, january 4th. Call the number on the screen. Its 800621fema. Its the first day of the new year and we are its starting to feel a lot like winter, what can we expect for the first week of 2016 . Henry is in the Weather Center. Tell us whats going to happen. More like winter. Courtesy of the cold front that moved through last night. Were going to be talking about outside at this 10 00 hour. From all the rain weve been experiencing. Seasonal temperatures for most locations. 54 columbia metro. 55 lexington. It will be cooler tonight compared to nights past. 30s for many of you with that sky gradually clearing. In the city we should see a low of 39 Degrees Turning partly cloudy throughout the night. And seasonal for your saturday. Plenty of sunshine. Youll want that coat as you head out with highs only in the 50s. Were looking at temperatures of 3 degrees below our normal of 56, only making it to 53 degrees. Next week, temperature others remaining where they should, in the 50s. What about rain chances . Well look at that later on. New information tonight on the tucker hipps case. Clemson university denies any filed by hipps parents last year. The school filed the documents in the past week answering allegations including he was forced to walk along a narrow railing of a bridge over the lake. The school says it had no knowledge that Sigma Phi Epsilon had a long tradition of requiring pledges to jump off the bridge and swim to shore. He died in 2014. His body was found in the water below the bridge. His family filed two lawsuits, each seeking damages of at least 25 million. Three abandoned dogs were turned over to a Welfare Center after their owner couldnt be found. A woman called police when she had a dog captured that had been running around the neighborhood. The first dog was described by officers as skinny and most of his bones were visible. The other was chained under chained so tightly to a post that he couldnt move. Making headlines tonight, devastating floods and video tape officers. Those are among the headlines that South Carolina legislatures are responding to. Legislators distribute it is state surplus to victims and loans money to help repair dams. Another one of those bills, banning students from using cell phones during class following the viral video of a columbia teenager being yanked from her desk and thrown to the floor after refusing to put hers away. Subjects range from a monument honoring the 9 victims to new rules for rallying on state house grounds. South Carolina Department of public safety, hory county had the most traffic fatalities of any county in the state in 2015. As of december 28th, 77 people died in trafficrelated incidents in hory county. But fatalities increased 25 from the year before. Authorities attributed it to several factors. 2015 saw some of the lowest gas prices of the year. But will it last in 2016 . Melanie has more. Reporter prices at the pump are down for the First Time Since the recession in 2009 at under 2 a gallon. But will they stay that way for 2016 . Im hopeful theyll stay where theyre at. The average price of gas in 2016 will be between 2. 25 and 2. 45. Analysts expect the low prices will remain because of the decreasing price of oil, something they believe wont be changing anytime soon. I find myself filling up at least once a week. So it being low is really beneficial. Reporter the low prices are also beneficial to those that traveled this year for the holidays. These are the lowest gas prices since 2008. If youre traveling this new years day, youll like the prices you see at the pump. The average driver saved 550 because of the low prices. So helpful that drivers are hoping things dont change in the new year. Wach fox news. New years day wouldnt be complete without the first new babies to arrive. In 2016 is baby weston, born to shelly and brian. Weston was born at roper Saint Francis hospital at 1 30 this morning. He was born about a week early and his parents couldnt be happier. This morning they brought us a beautiful gift basket and said were pretty sure you guys are the first. Were ready. Were ready for the challenge. And the second baby in the low country, a little girl, born just 12 minutes later at m usc. Also on fox tonight, the new year is upon us. Wach fox wanted to know some of your new years resolutions. Heres what a couple of you are saying. 2016 i think is going to be a fun eventful year. Im happy to see and excited to see what my friendships bring and many more memories to make. Im just looking forward to meeting new people and just going to do in the future after high school. Ive always been sort of interested in modeling, so maybe ill try that out a little bit. Many of you also telling us your new years resolutions on facebook. Terrence says for the new year, he would like to read more, play more guitar and spend time with the people he loves. Erica would like the chance to visit another country and get two certifications. An a tazia says she would like to reconnect with others. Experts say a lot of people make the same resolutions every year and weight loss and exercise usually top the list. We have tips that might make all the difference this time around. My new years resolution is to become more successful. I need a new car. I would love to get a new car. Just make it a better year than last year. Reporter are you making new years resolutions . Better grades and more opinions. Reporter better fitness does top the list. At the ice rink, a work out is not for those who give up easily. I love ice skating. Reporter its kind of helpful if you can find something you enjoy doing if you really want to stick to a new years resolution, but sometimes its also good to take on a new challenge or take on a seasonal sport as well. You find that you tend to do fitness more that you enjoy . Definitely. Who works out if they dont like to . Reporter do you find if you get something you like youll do it more . Definitely. Reporter if skating isnt your thing, you might want to take up skiing or snow boarding. These can burn up to 600 calories an hour. Speaking of the gym, if you join in the new year, if you coach, that is a good way to stay accountable. Rachel brown says its important to remember theres not one exercise plan thats set for, you know, the entire population to follow. Reporter getting a program to target your specific fitness needs can help you stick to a resolution too. Even if your goal is to be able to eat what i want so i work out as much as i can. Reporter finally, dont target a trouble zone as part of the shape up plan. If you want success getting in shape this year spot reduction is a common question. However spot reduction is a myth. You cant just lose fat in one area of your body. Reporter instead, target a fitness zone. Time zone, that is. In other words, fit in fitness every day. Those who are consistent have the most success not just losing weight, but keeping it off. Still to come tonight, eve, we have tips that you can use to cure a hangover. Plus how gestational diabetes can be more dangerous after pregnancy. Returns. New years eve is famous for its celebrations, but sometimes a little too much partying can leave your body feeling not so celebratory in the morning. While there isnt an actual cure for a hangover, there are day with make you feel better sooning. Drinking vitamin enhanced water before bed can help you wake up feeling better in the morning. Getting enough rest is also important for your bodys recovery. According to new research, high doses of vitamin d could lessen the immune response linked to multiple sclerosis. 40 patients received a very high or very low dose of vitamin d supplements for 6 months. As for the low dosage patients, no significant change was recorded. Scientists say this New Discovery could mean a move convenient treatment for people with multiple sclerosis. Gestational diabetes in most ways, its just like regular diabetes. Diabetes is a condition where your body does not respond to the sugar that youre absorbing, whether that comes from carbohydrates or sugars directly. Reporter experts dont know exactly what causes the disease, but there are known risk factors. We know that it has a lot to do with demographics, which essentially means the patients race and background. Reporter some of those factors cant be avoided, like race. But others, like a mothers weight going into pregnancy, can be controlled. I hear often patients saying im eating for two or i have to gain a certain amount of weight for the baby. Thats a common misconception. The average caloric intake we recommend is only 300 calories patients should gain 35 to 45 pounds in their pregnancy if theyre normal weight. The biggest factor occurs after delivery. The baby who is used to being exposed to lots and lots of sugar now isnt getting any sugar, but its still releasing the sugar hormone. So the babys sugar drops. Reporter your diabetes will likely go away once the baby is born, but could return later in life. Stay with us. Theres much more ahead tonight, including saying good by to a legendary icon of the music world. And ben carson gets hit big in his 2016 president ial campaign. That and more coming up later. Plus we finally said goodbye to the rain, but the clouds lingering. Those in the overnight hours. Two people can eat all this food for 9. 99. And its all my favorites. Yeah. Two coneys or two burgers, and two tots and two drinks. Yeah. Its like im seeing double. Totally. Speaking of double. Look. Maybe they wanna hang out. Yeah, ill talk to em. Just be cool. Ill be cool. No, youre not gonna be cool. yells you guys wanna hang out sometime . Oh, man. I think i nailed it. See and eat double. Two can eat for 9. 99 all month long. And stop by for buy one get one free wings on monday nights. The weather didnt stop to fally beach today. They headed to the third animal freeze your bill off. Judges picked their favorite costumes handing out more than 1,600 in prizes. The best overall prize went to the caddy shack. You know what, less than 50 a whole lot of fun. And this is the best way i could have ever picked up a new years. This is amazing. Hundreds took the plunge. The water temperature, 66 degrees, obviously a lot warmer from last years plunge. Though his warmer there, can we expect the same here . Henry in the Weather Center with the latest. That to me is cheating. That water was too warm for that. You need, you know, where you gotta chisel a hole in the ice weve got the rainfall that is the clouds lingering. Still that damp feel outside. Where are the showers and theyre off the coast right now and that is where theyll remain. This front has cleared the area as promised. We didnt see temperatures average numbers. That High Temperatures for most of us occurring in the morning hours. Here it is north of the i40 corridor. This drier air with High Pressure is going to continue to sink south. As that happens, it pushes these clouds out of the region. Thats going to make for a relatively nice weekend across the area. A great way to start 2016. Seasonal conditions after very, very soggy and mild conditions across the area. We pause future watch at 9 00 a. M. Beautiful start to your keep that in mind if you have outdoor plans. It will be relatively cool. 3 00, we still have sunshine and im going to pause it again at 6 00. Between 3 00 and 6 00, many of you may be heading downtown because of the gamecocks taking on a great night to not only head to the arena, but after the arena head out and about and enjoy one of the nice establishments in downtown columbia. It will be quiet, but it will be cool out there going saturday into sunday. We pause this as you get up, we have clouds lingering. We will see a partly to mostly cloudy sky on sunday. But no moisture falling from the sky to the ground taking you throughout the day on sunday. Winds have shifted to a northerly flow. Well see a light breeze its 49 in pine wood at the Fire Department and the old town Fire Department in [ indiscernible ] , 48 degrees. Tonight in columbia, 39 degrees. We will see that partly to mostly cloudy sky out there. Look for the 53 in the High Temperature in the city tomorrow. Lexington, down to 41 tonight, up to 53 as well tomorrow. We take you to new bury where we dropped to 37 tonight. Well see partly to mostly cloudy sky tonight and tomorrow mostly sunny. Were running about three degrees below the average temperature during the day now with this cooler air mass. Sumter up to 57 tomorrow afternoon. And 46 57 by the afternoon hours. 7 day planner, 53 to 55 come we get a weak disturbance to drop through. That 50 may fall to 49 on monday. Lows in the 20s those nights before we rebound into the 50s. Starting to feel a lot more like it should this time of year after we were spoiled for much of the week with the mild temperatures before the rain got here. I mean, i really like that warm weather, henry. Its kind of upsetting to hear we wont be experiencing that the rest of the week. Everybody saying it needs to feel like winter. Now it feels like winter. Everybodys upset the mild air is gone. Im one of those people. Yes. Never thanked in this job. All right. Well, stay with us. Theres more wach fox news at 10 00 coming up. Off to arizona, the Clemson Tigers are headed back to the National Championship for the first time in 34 years. Oklahoma carried all the momentum into halftime with a onepoint lead and intercepting shawn watson. But the second half was all tigers outscoring the sooners 270 and once again proving the critics wrong. The common things in an uncommon way, you command the attention of the world. This team is uncommon in everything they do. Its a blessing to be part of it. Its our 4th bowl win in a row and more importantly, were 14 and 0. I knew from the getgo. Thats the reason i came here. Committed to the Clemson Tigers as a sophomore. I knew if we put the work in, well be at this point. Now were here. And having fun with it at the same time. Brent venables was getting a lot of questions about the defense and the problems they were having. Critics all year long has said this unit doesnt compare to last years. Theyre doing things this season that left years group only dreamed about. The tigers shutting out mayfield to propel them to the title game. The second half of the season, we havent had that bitedown mentality and havent tasted blood and stepped on anybodys throat like we would like them to. And today we did. And when we had to have it the most, our guys showed up and responded. The leadership on our team, the will to win of our guys, our defense, were not going to indiscernible ] we know we want to be the top team in the country. When you have the mentality and a special night in miami, even more so for a couple of tigers. Much more on record setting nights coming up later in sports. Stay tuned for that and more on the National Championshipbound tigers in 20 minutes. The panthers will once again be without jonathan stewart. Carolina will also be without ted gin junior. They try to wrap up Home Field Advantage throughout the playoffs. The first year white out from michigan has come out late in the year after struggling to earlier this season. But now riverra says no. I think he can be an x factor type player for you. Hes come in in key situations. Hes got some big touchdown passes for us and tough catches. Hes still learning. I mean, the unfortunate thing is he was slow in terms of his progress and development during the preseason because he was hurt. And hes kind of had to catch up. He really didnt catch up until getting more opportunities. And then you see the growth. Were back after this. Wowow,w, y youou c chahangngeded m my y olold d bebedrdroooom. M. Wiwithth a a l litittltle e hehelplp f frorom m a a hahavevertrtysys d desesigignener. R. Hehe h helelpeped d usus, uhuh. R. Reieinvnvenent t ththe e whwholole e spspacace. E. Anand d itit i is s peperfrfecect. T. Iim m susurere i it t wawas s peperfrfecect t ththenen totoo,o, bebecacaususe e yoyouurere p pererfefectct. Yeyeahah, i i wawas s peperfrfecect. T. Nono m momom, yoyouurere g grorounundeded d ititss u uh. H. Ititss b betetteter r nonow. W. Wewellll, mymy d desesigign n sesensnse e isis eveverereevovolvlvining,g, s so. O. Ititss a allll o on n sasalele f foror ththe e hoholilidadaysys. Shshopop o ourur w wininteter r evevenent t atat h havaverertytys s anand d enenjojoy y ththirirtytyssixix m mononthth, nono i intntereresest t fifinanancnciningg youre watching wach fox news at 10 00 with brian, janet, sky watch weather with chief meteorologist henry and sports with corrie miller. A major shake up in the ben Carson Campaign. Three top aids for the republican candidate have now resigned. First, Carson Campaign manager then communications manager. Later deputy Campaign Manager has also resigned. Carson, a retired neurosurgeon has struggled in the polls. Hes now in third place in the behind front runner donald trump and runner up ted cruz. President obama is about to start his final full year in office and hes spelling out his agenda for the remaining time in the white house. Hell start with gun control. Reporter for president obama, the final round is about to begin. In 2016, im going to leave it out all on the field. Reporter up first in the president s 8th and last year in office, mr. Obamas long promised response to Mass Shootings in the u. S. Sources familiar with the plan say it will be a package of executive actions on gun control. Aimed at the gun show loophole which allows firearm sellers to avoid background checks on their customers. The white house argues the president s actions will be and in line with polls with broad support of tightening background checks. The president asked his team to look at what we can do administratively. Reporter the nra says the president is doing what he always does when he doesnt get his way. Using executive action. Another controversial proposal, the president will ask congress to shut down the terror Detention Center at guantanamo. A facility mr. Obama may close on his own. It will be an uphill battle. Reporter the president also hopes to travel to cuba and other countries in what shapes up to be a global fare well tour. A Foreign Policy crisis that could complicate white house plans a prospect that play clinton on the trail together again. I think we will have a strong democratic nominee. I think that democratic nominee will win. The gun control proposals are expected to be revealed next week before president obamas final state of the Union Address on january 12th. Still to come, bill cosbys wife expecting to make an appearance in cosbys trial. And Community Reacts after an alleged plot for a terrorist attack on new years eve. Fox news at 10 00 returns. Way up in the north pole, a penguin loaded a toy car onto a racetrack. Zoom it took off. Going faster and faster, and twisting and turning, until finally, it stopped. Right in our driveway. But dad, penguins live in the south pole. The lexus december to remember sales event is going on now, with some of the most magical deals of the year. Making national headlines, iconic r and b star natalie cole has died at the agent of 65. The grammy winner and daughter of the legendary Nat King Cole reportedly died in a Los Angeles Area hospital late thursday night. She underwent a kidney transplant in 2009. Cole attributed the illness to she had been sober for some time following stints in a rehabilitation clinic. The wife the Comedian Bill Cosby has been ordered to give a deposition in a defamation suit against her husband. A masipa court rejected a motion by camille cosby. The Defamation Case involves 7 women who have accused bill cosby of drugging and Sexual Assaulting them. They say the 78 year old comic betrayed them. He is also facing felony Sexual Assault charges in pennsylvania over an incident that happened in 2004. He had denied any wrong doing. Rochester new york canceled its new years eve fire works after federal officials poiled Emanuel Lutchman was arrested thursday. Jordan has more on the suspects background. Reporter Emanuel Lutchman was arrested by federal agents thursday after they say he plotted a terrorist attack for new years eve. This is not his first run in with the law. In 2006, he was convicted of a 2nd degree robbery charge. He served 5 years in state prison. Governor cuomo said he was likely converted his neighbored were surprised. He was nice to me and all and nice to all the people in the neighborhood. But he never said much. He never did no wrong around here or nothing. I dont know. He kept to himself. Reporter neighbor allan admitted he was wrong about his impressions. Everybodys gotta wake up whats going on. You see anything funny, dont be afraid to call. It could be american born. Happen anywhere. Its not more a muslim thing. Youre a person somebody thats going through some stuff. Reporter the last time rob saw his neighbor was early in november. Another man arrested and charged in relation to supporting isis is the real deal compared to lutchman. Hes not a hardcore terrorist. He just jumped on the band wagon. That carries a possible sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a 250,000 fine. Hes due back in court on january 8th. Henry tracking the latest. Henry, what kind of temperature were going to be much cooler this weekend once we get the clouds out of here. Night time lows could be details on that when we return. Jess hey look, its those guys. [music] jess are you good to drive . Shawn im fine. Jess how many did you have . Shawn i should be fine. Jess you should be . Officer go on and step out of the vehicle for me. Bud see ya, buddy. Good luck so, it turns out buzzed driving and drunk driving, theyre the same thing and it costs around 10,000. Welcome back, friends. We have the clouds lingering but at least the rainfall is gone. The damp feel outside because the ground is still moist from all the rainfall. Its going to take time before that feeling goes away, the ground really begins to dry out. Showers are off the coast. So that is good news as it continues to work its way out of the palmetto state. And here, this is that clearing line. The drier air is going to move out and go south and push the clouds out of here and give us sunshine as we head throughout the week. Future watch confirming that. Pausing this at 9 00 a. M. Many of you getting cabin fever. It will be cool out there with temperatures in the low 40s by 9 00 a. M. But at least we will have plenty of sunshine and thats the story throughout the day for saturday even into the afternoon hours. But as we jump into sunday, we start to see more clouds pushing in. We dont have anymore rainfall with these, but it will make for partly to mostly cloudy skies. Keep in mind when you wake up sunday morning, you will see some clouds outside and theyll still be with us as youre getting out heading to lunch. Come sunday and going into sunday evening as well. Throughout the weekend, which is welcome news. 53 at heath wood. 49 in fine wood. And 48 in saluta. We should drop to 39 degrees tonight in column chum and only rebound to 53. 56 would be average for this time of year. Lexington, 41 degrees. We will have a mostly cloudy sky that turns mostly sunny as we make it to 53 as well tomorrow. New bury, chilly. 37 degrees, mostly cloudy. Tomorrows High Temperature running below average at 52 despite that mostly sunny sky. Sumter, were at 37. We will be mostly cloudy and the skies will be partly cloudy. 57 will be our temperature and our final stop on the midlands orangeburg and tomorrows High Temperature, 57 degrees as well. Sumter, orangeburg are the winners for the warmest location. We arent seeing anything extreme. 53 on saturday, 55 on sunday. Monday we start to get cooler air to sink in. Very cold air well to our north. Thats going to factor into the 50 degrees we have. 49 on tuesday. Could drop a degree or two as well. These lows awfully chilly in the 20s with clear skies at night. Were in the 50s wednesday, thursday, friday. Our lows will rebound a touch back into the 40s those days as well. A dry pleasant weekend in the forecast for the midlands. Stay with us, Derek Phillips is as the tigers begin to look ahead to arizona in just 10 days, the question everyone will have in mind is will shack lawson be on the field . The nations leader for tackles in loss suffered a knee injury and did not return to the ball game. The tigers were able to pick up the slack in his absence, but clemson certainly would like to have no. 90 back on the field when they take on alabama. When asked about it, lawson was quick to respond. Ill be back. Ill be ready to. G man, its crazy. Its an unbelievable feeling. A lot of people been down on us this year. Its crazy, man. Just being doubted all year. We did what we had to do. A big night not only for the tigers as a team, but for two running back wane [ indiscernible ] game the season single rushing later. Surpassing raven priesters record in 1996. Also freshman walkon, greg hugle broke a record with 128 points which also ties cj spillers scoring record for the school. If the panthers want to wrap up Home Field Advantage sunday, they need a much better defensive effort than theyve gotten the past two weeks. Carolina nearly blew a 4 touchdown lead two weeks ago in new york and gave up big plays to the falcons a week ago in atlanta that led to their first loss of the year. Harper discussed what needs to be fixed heading into the match up sunday. I think im more concerned how we are taking our approach week to week. As a defense, as a team. And just continue not to make mistakes and doing the same things weve been doing. Misfits on the run, we did that in new york as well. Just understanding what were doing, whats causing ourselves to beat ourselves a little bit. We give those teams new york played a great game as well. Im just saying we gotta be better and we have to be better because of it. Biggest test of the season thus far comes saturday for frank martin and the gamecocks. The gamecocks have faced tough battles, but memphis will be a different challenge saturday as the tigers are always playing well into march. And martin knew what kind of opponent the tigers were and its just what the doctor ordered. Theyre pretty much a and its that kind of game for us. And you know when when josh and i spoke about starting the series, the date came up and i thought that this was the perfect date because you play your nonconference games and, you know, you have no idea what your records going to be. As you get close to conference play, you want to make sure you expose your team to the kind of basketball talent and team theyre going to play against for 18 straight games. Usc and memphis is a 6 15 tip off. Jess hey look, its those guys. [music]