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 didnt you dont have a ticket yet your chance of doing that just to drop to zero. Ticket sales close to just a few minutes ago. Were 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 cash option. Stop if yotake the annuity is a payout of 29 years. If someone were to win in south would be significant on the state. 7 would go to the department of revenue for the state. Thats a large sum of money. 50,000 bonus to our retailers and they already make 7 on all the product they sell for us. The player w wld have to pay taxes that makes a difference in South Carolina. Right back into the states economy creating a win win for carolina. Coming live from the bp on elmwood avenue. We dont want to rain on the state are not allowed to play powerball or any other state kletterletter k. According to 2002 opinion this applies to thousands of public hold an that applies to state and local law enfofoement officers judges zoning officials and elected offices. Playing can disqualify them from office. That is the law and we just want to let you know. Speaking of winnings what would you do that money. I have no idea. It is hard to spend more than 600 million over the course of several lifetimes but if you end up holding the Winning Ticket tonight there are some things you can grab right here in the midlands since you will have all that cash on hand. Its more money than i know to do with. Its the sound of a ticket to ride and its also the sound of hope. Hoping to win that 1. 5 billion. If someone in South Carolina more than 630 million after taxes and two some in the middle and say there are some powerball must have. I would buy a beach house in Charleston Myrtle beach somewhere like that. For example Beautiful Lake some home. Could move to the seven bedroom five Bathroom Home with the boat ramp dock pool and jacuzzi the mansion would put a 2. 4. 4 million dent in your bank account. Or you could stretch her legs outside of the midlands and get this 24 milliondollar mansion on a key on island. Its eight bedrooms 12 baths a pool and an elevator. Or you can come to williams a gamecocks. You can purchase one of the infamous passenger booths for almost 300,000 dollars. Technically you could afford to buy 5,000 caboose is. But you could also buy the carolina or how about the Governors Mansion for about 2 million. Retire moved to the bahamas. I would try to share with people. And make good with your bank account if youre holding the Winning Ticket. A reminder tonight from lottery officials that it is only it only takes one ticket. In 2009 solomon jackson not a single ticket and bought 200 259 million. Official say if you have an extra two bucks its always a safe okay to go ahead and played but nevererpend your entire paycheck. Left talk about something else. The temperatures outside. Stop the numbers are in the thirtyfive in columbia metro. Stop we have 30 in camden 40 in salute up. Through the overnight hours temperatures drop into the lower 30s. Thirtyone in the city with clear skies shy of what is typical this time of year. As we head towards the weekend it turns windy rain chances on the rise and hurricane cheese and does not again until june 1st. We are just about halfway through the first month of the 2016 and we already have a named storm out in the tropics. Details on all of that and more coming up later on. Good evening i am nikki haley governor of the great state of South Carolina. I thought she did a phenomenal job last night and i texted that to her right after i was done watching. I was very proud last night to see the governor of this great state to give the state of the union response. The reviews are in governor nikki haley has been the talk of the town and the nation after address last night and is only fueling us speculation that she is at the front of the line as a possible Vice President ial running mate. Some observers are saying she is often a message of hope to the Republican Party after she zeroed in on donald trump. Today she is talking a aut it but isnt about to throw her name into the hat. In nikki haleys response was highly anticipated. Some thought she rose to the ocoasion but others including those in the Republican Party say the governor fell short. I wasnt looking to gain any sort of friends through this or anything else. It really was my humble opinion on what i thought the state of the country was. Governor haley may have gained some friends after gop response to o e state of the Union Tuesday night but not everyone was pleased with her words. During anxious at times it can be tempted to follow the siren call of angriest voices. We must resist the temptation. Referring to donald trump with that comment. And those who think deporting muslims are the answer to a growing immigration problem. She received back lash from her own party. Stop on wednesday she says she considers trump a friend of it is sticking to her beliefs. Just because you is a great with someone doesnt mean youre not a friend. Her response only fueled speculation that she is a possible Vice President ial running mate. But she continues to brush that question aside. The truth is we come off of a tough 2015 for South Carolina and i have the education roll out the budget roll out on friday i have state of the next week. Its not something i think about. So far she has not endorsed any republican candidates for president. Wednesday afternoon she told reporters she had not ruled coming up tomorrow night seven gop candidates will square off in charleston for a prime time gop debate. You can watch that on her our website we will stream that alive at the w a ch. Com. It starts at 9 00 p. M. State and National Democrats are getting ready for a bit of their own in a few days. Democrats are pointing to what they believe is a positive track rate for president obama. Members of the Democratic Party Holding Signs urging voters not to vote for republican candidates candidate for president. They say democratic policies are working. Under president obamas leadership we have had 70 months of job growth. 14 million new jobs. And we pulled our self out of since the great dedeession. Democratic hopefuls will be in columbia on monday. They are slated to appear at this years keying day at the dome rally. A closer look into the state department of transportation shows there may be more problems for the agency than just fixing South Carolinas public roads. To county contractors telling a house panel today that they havent been paid for the work they did for the ancy. Ronnie and Donnie Hoffman say they arent the only ones and they want to see some real reform at the agency. What makes them even angrier is that some contractors have no problem been paid on time. If the government of South Carolina is going to have any voters someone has to go to jail. Its beyond lets revamp taxes. Its beyond that. There is no integrity within the leadership of the federal government or the state government. The leader of the senate is asking a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers to come up with a plan for raising money for South Carolinas roads. They are expect to talk but some of those issues and thursday. However those talks will not address the problems running and Donnie Hoffman brought up today. A sesete panel giving a green light to a measure offering terminally ill patients the chance to use experimental drugs that have not received final approval from the federal government. It must be recommended from the initial stage of the approval process. The patient must bear the entire cost. Governor haley is pushing for more loans and scholarships for teachers in rural school districts. Superintendent and haley presented their plans for education upgrades this afternoon at a school in gaston. The governors Budget Proposal includes 15 million. It also includes 7,500 in yearly scholarships for students who commit to teaching and poor districts. The plan offers students a chance to graduate college debt free. Every child inouth carolina when they walk across the stage like this at their high school when they get there South Carolina High School Diploma didnt really mean something that youre prepared for whatever your passion is. So thank you i look forward to working with you and i know we are on the right track. The proposal expands on the governors 2014 technology commitment providing another 30 million plus or than 10 million for wireless in the columbia residents who did not have a bank account now have another option. Now a bank on columbia initiative. It gives people access to low to no cost checking and savings accounts. It has done tremendous things to include people into the Financial Fabric of the city. It gives people who do not have any tanking relationships or may do payday lending at that kind of stuff. Stop it really introduces them to a mainstream bank. The program is one of three new measures to promote financial stability. A lexington woman has a new car tonight thanks to the cooperative ministries. She was living in a homeless shelter with her sixmonthold daughter and relied on others for rides to work taking care of a baby and taking her baby to doctors appointments was also difficult with no transportation. After long application process of obtaining a job and taking classes to prove she couldld financially take care of a new car. Too upset about waiting but i felt like god was going to give me this. Im pretty happy about it. The cooperative ministries says they are at least 30 other people out there waiting for a new car to be donated. A great program. Absolutely. Getting people back on their feet. You can tell it changed her life. Still to come tonight passing yourself off as a military hero. One judge in this country is taking on the issue that says legally people can do whatever they want to. We will explain coming up. P. Isis and terrorism mentioned in the present state of the Union Address but many wonder if he is downplaying the issue. Ahead. Inin t thihis s s linene o of f woworkrk ononlyly t thehe f frereshshesest t iningrgrededieientntss mamakeke t thehe c cutut ititss i impmporortatantnt t to o meme t to o knknowow eveverery y didishsh i i s sererveve isis t thehe b besest t itit c canan b be. E. Esespepecicialallyly f foror t thihis s fofoodod c crirititic. C. Pupublblixix b bakakerery y scscraratctchh mamadede b brereadad wewe b bakake e itit i in n ststorore e evevereryy daday y wiwithth p priridede soso y youou c canan s sererveve i itt wiwithth s somomee a federal appeal court has said wearing military medals you havent earned as part of free peach speech. Swisher served in the marines and was convicted in 2007 after a purple heart he had not earned while testifying during a criminal court case. Monday a panel of judges found that wearing a military metal conveys a message protected by the first amendment. The retired Sergeant Major in the midland respected the decision but doesnt agree with it. Opinion is all about truth. And regardless of what some court says if that person was standing in front of me especially if they wore a uniform or still wear uniform i would ask this person is this the truth. President barack obama spent a great deal of time addressing isis and potential military response at times downplaying state. Jeff barnes has reactions from the leaders on both sides of the aisle. They pose an enormous danger thth have to be stopped. President barack obama talks about the war on isis in his but one political expert says his speech was less about policy and more about rhetoric. It just seems like president doesnt take it as seriously as the rest of us proceeded to be. Some republicans feel america is now in Holding Pattern in the war on isis until there is a change of the top come november. Its going to be now even worse for the next 12 months or 11 months as long as he is still president. The president last night talked about isis as though it was a lot marginal event. I believe its at the core of what we need to do as a nation to keep us safe. Stop safe. We need to destroy isis we cant contaiaiit. But some say the hawk flies with congress. Congress should go on the record and vote yes or no to declare war on isis. We need to send a message to the American People that we stand with the president. Still other democrats thought mr. Obamas message on isis missed the market. I would have preferred to hear much more detailed set of plans as two how we organize an International Effort to stop isis. Tuesday the president tried allaying the fears that praise combating the islamic state. They do not threaten their national existence. In washington im A Jeff Barnes reporting. That leads us into our question of the day. Do terrorist threat in our national existence. You can join the conversation on the watch watch fox facebook page. The latest on the accused charleston shooter. The police say the man behind a Movie Theater shooting in louisiana had high praise for him. A gun control front and center on day two of the legislative session. Stop what lawmakers plan to do about better coming up. As you can see behind me all clear is on Doppler Radar but the workweek. Marco rubio. He ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty. Then he flipped, and worked with liberal Chuck Schumer to coauthor 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 cant trust. Jeb bush. Hes a leader, so you always know where he stands. Right to rise usa this is something you can see on lake erie in buffalo. This is not a sculpture or its a mitsubishi. Its covered in ice why you ask because someone decided to park along the seawall and got some see spray at in this case its lake spray and cover the car. That happened a couple of days ago. The car was still encrusted in ice this morning. A towing company up there was able to break some of the ice out and how it away. Thats a real car. Nothing like that here. Just of those cold temperatures that we have here at home. Mid 30s out there we do have 43 still in salida. That cold air still locked in 24 in the big apple. We bring that up because its about six hours to the west of buffalo. Notice where we had the temperatures below zero last its a bit warmer now a touch of a warming trend now. Temperatures next week with more temperatures coming in from canada with arctic air we will see those temperatures come crashing down which will stay in the sevenday. Not a lot happening on sky watch radar here. You will see a disturbance in the gulf of mexico firing up. And that will bring some rain chances heading into friday but then the rest of the weekend should start to dry out and as far as what we can expect is just windy conditions behind that. Yes youre looking at a graphic that believe it or not is relevant in january. This is alex a sub Tropical Storm alex. It doesnt have full tropical characteristics yet. We have not seen a situation like this since 1978. In january of 1978 to be exact. Stop this storm does not pose a threat for the United States anywhere along the eastern rare situation to have a rare storm in the atlantic. Here at home we are looking at a star filled night overnight which will continue through tomorrow and will continue with the sun filled sky out there. Not a lot happening weatherwise here at home and again we are hours away from seeing a transition in weather patterns. Still be clear to start the night and have a few passing clouds building overnight. Thirtyone tonight. Then tomorrow look for the temperatures around 58 so a sun filled sky to go along with that. Stop dont get too comfortable though folks because that rain comes colder air and windy conditions conditions. Not so much saturday as we started dry out and stay in the 50s for friday and saturday. Rain chances now on friday that will be held early saturday morning. Sunday still windy and a downward trend moves in. Fortys to around 50 degrees with lows in the 20s. If i can give you a positive spin to all this it is still during the day to warm to support freezing ice off of lake murray. At night it will be chilly but still you shouldnt have a situation. That was a real car. That was real. There was a car under their. And it had new york place. Thats relevant to me because you live in new york and you understand the concept and you still park there on a windy night. Keep that in mind when it is cold enough here. Not a good situation. Insurance. How will they file that. Comprehensive but the owner of the tow company said they are still not certain. Do some more research. Speaking of cold derek philip standing in the sportscenter. The gamecocks win Basketball Team couldnt road in the ocean tonight. No they couldnt. And you had to wonder when a bad game was going to happen for the team. And it appears it may be tonight in tuscaloosa. We will have a score update on that game plus the Clemson Tigers also in action and the getting some good news out of a couple of their players. We will let you know about that and who was leaving is leaving break. If tiger nation is still reeling from monday night loss lost they received news wednesday that will certainly help brighten their spirits as wayne twitter page he will return to twitter clemson next season. Number nine caps off a record setting season in the National Title game with some incredible efforts and will cause major headaches once again for acc defenses in 2016. News. The nfl draft. He had a monster playoff performance and he and lawson finished one and two in the nation tackles combining for 49 total. Both now head to the next level. Others tigers announcing they will head to the nfl and forgo their senior year shackle lawson linebackers travis lakes and alexander and a run purse and tj green also headed to the nfl. Gamecock men hoops tonight we mentioned this before going to break not to their night. Last check of the score alabama all over the gamecocks in this 14822. A cold shooting night we had to wonder when that run would come to the end. Nonetheless the gamecocks going to fall short tonight. The tigers are hot clemson to looking to take down its second ranked up proponent. Early on the blue devils a dilute up Grayson Allen hits one minute the freshman Brandon Ingram knocking it down than ingram had 15 at the break blue devils hit six consecutive breeze at point. Second half here comes the tigers its now one point game its very. Then gerard loss among will not go down from the corner that puts the tigers up three now under 22nd the play the tigers up one jordan roper wide open. Throws it down with the right hand and how about clemson knocking off six ranks at duke. Its the first time the tigers have knocked off back to back teams since i was born 1989. The panthers continue their preparation for their nfc divisional round matchup for seattle sunday at bank of america stadium. Good news for carolina is that the guys have gotten healthy. Kurt coleman full participant in practice wednesday morning and carolyn hopes that sunday they can prove their win over seattle in october wasnt a fluke and nfc title game. Sttle has been a team that we have been accustomed to playing these past couple of years. They have great talent on their team and so are we. It will tell a lot about our team moving forward. We play them earlier in the year. I believe on both sides of the ball we are different teams and so are they. There different teams as well. Will be back after this. Im a bogo findin, weekly ad flippin, couponing mastermind. Whos saving big time . This girl can i help you . Indeed. This queen of savings deserves a reward. A cannoli, please. The weekly ad, bogos and coupons. Three easy ways to save at the same place you love to shop. In less than 30 minutes you could be the winner of the biggest lottery jackpot. If you didnt grab one you are out of luck this go around. Live in columbia with more on lottery mania. Reporter if that this rolls over again its a possibility that 2 billion made be up for grabs. The more money people spend on buying tickets at the more money is going back into the education lottery. The South Carolina education lottery says this is the largest jackpot in the historic event. Its 930 million if you win. You can take if you take the cash option. If you take the annuity its a pair of 29 years. If someone to win in South Carolina the economical impact would be significant on the state. That money would funnel right back into the states economy creating a winwin for that lucky player and the South Carolina. All wasnt lost in a South Carolina last week there were seven players in our state who came close but just a number or so short of winning. They did have big winning sell three of the players took home 50,000 saturday. The other four 1,150,000 with powerplay. One couple is celebrating nine years of marriage along with gun reform in South Carolina to tighten up laws. Opposition. Two senators say the Charleston Church shootings have been trying to push this issue to the head of the line. What would those measures mean. Senator clemson filed a he says are reasonable and arm. The proposals were presented on the senate floor today. The common sense gun loophole issue. South carolina lawmakers proposing new Gun Legislation in the senate wednesday. South carolina has a very dangerous escalating rate of gun violence. After nine people were church last summer low country democrat marlon kemps and promised he would file legislation to create stricter gun laws in South Carolina. We are not trying to take peoples guns away. We are trying to track and trace and to make sure that people who are on the fifth are not Walking Around with guns. Right now South Carolina law allows a commercial dealer to sell a gun after three days whether a background check is complete or not. Clemson and malloys bill would extend that threeday bill to 28 days. Summer against the reform. I frankly have no difficulty dealing with lawbreakers but i do have problems with making a bird him some for lawabiding citizens. Republican senator larry martin says the problem is in the background check. He says Law Enforcement needs to take more precautions when adding charges to the federal database. He had been charged with a him from purchasing a weapon at least temporarily. That information did not entered into the database and i submit even had the three day. Been 28 days that error would have still occurred. I know theres argument that says its not going to end up stopping the bad guy with the gun but maybe so we have to give it a chance. Senator malloy who just heard from says because its an Election Year the Senate Calendar is called putting very few special slots in for his plan which would need strong support to move forward and that could prove to be difficult. Straightahead tonight the journal of a Lafayette Theater shooter released. Disturbing entries that mention a violent tragedy rightparenthesisright sarah were prison of war treated in iran. Questionable. Making National Headlines disturbing details on last summers shooting at a louisiana theater. He left behind knows where he wrote about his admiration for shooter dylan and ruth. Investigators found his journal at a motel room where he was in it they say how he was writing thank you for the wake up call. Ten american sailors are free from iranian custody the question still remained about both of their capture and they release. The are running nuclear deal will go into effect days from now. The ten american sailors who were detained by the Iranian Revolutionary guard on tuesday were handed over to the American Naval fleet early wednesday morning. Secretary of state john kerry said that the sailors were well taken care of and i think the iranian authorities for the quick response. This kind of issue but was able to be peacefully resolved and efficiently resolved and that is a testament to the Critical Role that diplomacy plays in keeping our country safe. Critics question the timing days before a nuclear deal with i run i run. Its a move that makes him International Leaders nervous. Its a concern to a lot of in the region. There are links between the nuclclr deere and how i run performs. Lawmakers in the u. S. Also say the incident should raise serious questions about irans behavior. This is the reason why i propose the Iranian Nuclear agreement as well because i think its a great failure to attetet to sit down with folks that will take actions like what we see in this video. Also stoking criticism Iranian State tv aired a video of one of the u. S. Sailors apologizing for entering iranian waters. It was a mistake that was our fault and we apologize for our mistake. It is unclear from the video whether the sailor was speaking voluntary a. The u. S. Has not said what other in washington im Stephen Manis reporting. More details im sure will emerge in the days to come. Tonight on watch fox news. Inin t thihis s lilinene o of f woworkrk ononlyly t thehe f frereshshesest t iningrgrededieientntss mamakeke t thehe c cutut ititss i impmporortatantnt t to o meme t to o knknowow eveverery y didishsh i i s sererveve isis t thehe b besest t itit c canan b be. E. Esespepecicialallyly f foror t thihis s fofoodod c crirititic. C. Pupublblixix b bakakerery y scscraratctchh mamadede b brereadad wewe b bakake e itit i in n ststorore e evevereryy daday y wiwithth p priridede soso y youou c canan s sererveve i itt wiwithth s somomee this is what we call sub Tropical Storm alex. Not full tropical characteristics yet but regardless a of where event to have in january. As far as the past goes it stays way out in the atlantic. Not a storm that will end up in the u. S. We are talking temperatures in right now. Change as we go through the next unfortunately less than 48 hours. Tomorrow we will stay quiet and clear but late in the day tomorrow and into the bar night clouds will start to slowly push in. Those clouds will really increase into friday and then come the rain chances. For 30 31 tonight clear sky 58 tomorrow. Sunshine not a bad day for january. And over the next three days will temperature stay in the 50s unfortunately rain chances climbing from friday. If we get anything on saturday in the form of precipitation its early in the morning and the day itself will be dry. Fiftyfive and windy your lows in the 40s. We go to sunday 49 degrees and windy not a good combination. We will have some wind chill out there likely about five to ten sunshine and 46. Feeling very much like winter. If we are still in the 40s on tuesdays we rebound the 50 by next week. Look at your lows 20s and teens in the outlying areas. Still more to come here at fox watch news at 10 00. 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. Two can eat for 9. 99 all month long. And stop by for buy one get one free wings on monday nights. Another check on mens basketball. Gamecocks down 19 points on the road so it looks like usc will brought dropped their first ballgame of the season. Not able to put anything in the basket tonight and a toughgh night for greg martin and company. Certainly we will see if they can bounce back on saturday when they host missouri. Test for john staley and three opponents on thursday night when they travel to take on night rate kentucky no love lost between these two as this game has developed into a bit of a rivalry over the years of the gamecocks run at a perfect 16 and is zero conference was ruined and in the final regularseason game of the year the season ago in lexington and you can bet revenge is certainly weighing on their mind. A definitely motivational. Last year we went there undefeated and we wanted to seal the championship and we didnt go in and do what we were supposed to do. It upset the coach it upset us. We look back at that game and are taking it personally and going in and trying to get a win. Its the environment they create. Its arrival game so its always highenergy. Meanwhile on the grid iron the accolades continue to roll in for sean watson. The sophomore has won the rg griffin award for the 2015 the season given to the most valuable player in college football. His total yards of offense against alabama set a record in the National Championship game. Hes the only player in history to throw for at least 4,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in the samamseason. Meanwhile here in columbia one assistant on the staff is Bobby Bentley he worked at auburn as offense of analyst when it must chamfers with the tigers and during bentleys time was the rebels mentally championships and rivalries were created. He says that he doesnt believe those moments will hurt him in any way but exactly the opposite. Im not wearing a burns cert shirt. I think some people think its gonna be tough to go in somewhere but they will be easier because theyre going to know me. You have 12 a 12 former coaches that work with me that her head coach is now. And i think theres about 40 in the state around the state that work in the program so we havent got a lot of networking. Thats a look at sports stay
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