Way to work. Thats from 5 00 to 9 00 on thee morning news. 3 back to you. 3 flooding caused a lot of problems overnight in the mountains. The Swannanoa River flooded leaving parts of buncombe county under water. Water. Asheville firefighters performed several water rescues. They tell us one person trapped in their mobile home was brought out by boat and two people were rescued from their van after it was swept away by rushing water. 3 the damage also spanned as far south as anderson county. Here you can see a downed tree at club drive near blair street. And in Spartanburg County caroland farms was flooded in landrum 3 happening now 3 some reports coming to light that clemson Football Players may have been sent home from 3 lets get right to sports director Aaron Cheslock live in florida. Aaron what can you tell us. 3 clemson has not commented on reports that three players were sent home for conduct detrimental to the team. Clemson will address reports on wednesday morning during the 8 30 a. M. News conference. Yeah, we know defensive end shaq lawson will turn pro. The daniel high alum announced that a couple weeks ago. But several other players are also scouts. 3 3 well focus on two. Both is the secondary. Starting with shutdown cornerback mackensie alexander. Whos projected by most draft experts to go in the first round if he decides to leave. Alexanders locked down essentially every receiver hes played this year. Most notably, notre dame star will fuller. Then theres jayron kearse. Whos arguably the hardest hitter on the team. Coming from the safety position to make jaw dropping tackles virtually on a weekly basis. Hes also projected to go in the first few rounds by many outlets. The two are arguably the biggest reason clemso leads the nation in completion percentage defense. But when we asked if theyre ready to ship out of tigertown. They both said their prioritys a National Title. 3 3 3 3 im not even focused on that, me and coach swinney talked. And were just going to focus decision that has been made yet, i havent made a decision yet. My familys behind me through everything, im not even focusing on that. Thats not one of the things im focused worried about honestly. Im at clemson, im enjoying it, im here with my teammates and thats all that matters, so theres no decision that has been made. Made. 3 3 i sat down and talked to my family about it and you know just talked with my surrounding support. Ive made my mind up but right now im focused on taking care of business on this field, and winning the national championship. And after the season ill discuss that further with people in my corner then come out with a decision. Decision. Youd have to figure both guys are leaning towards leaving. But remember this, regardless of what happens this year, clemsons likely to be a favorite to win the National Title next year 3 coming up well 3 catch up with an upstate player and check in with head coach dabo swinney in sports. Till then, tag out 3 dont forget to tune in this wednesday for the orange bowl preview. Aaron cheslock will have indepth analysis and oneonone interviews with the tigers in miami. It all kicks off wednesday night at 7 30 right here on fox carolina. 3 now to a developing story 3 a Spartanburg County family says they want answers after their loved one was killed in a hitandrun. Sunday morning after police say a driver ran him down behind the hardees in cowpens 3 last night, we spoke with tessnears wife angelita who says she this her husband was intenionally hit. Police tell us the incident is under investigation. Tonight, we caught up with tessnears father who told us his son had a Bright Future ahead of him. 3 3 3 just full of joy, laughter. Everybody loved him. Didnt meet no strangers. Had some haters because he was so handsome and so bold and beautiful in a lot of ways. Ways. Brent tessnear leaves behind six children. So far no suspects have been named. But a cash reward is being offered. For tips that lead 3 continuing to cover our counties 3 a hoverboard explodes in the plantation greene e subdivision in mauldin, burning furniture and carpet and sending smoke throughout the house. Upstate firefighters say its the first case in South Carolina. But many in other states. States. This is one of the two hoverboards the family bought their sons for christmas. The battery in the other one exploded. And now it looks similar to this another burned out hoverboard from a different state. 3 3 the batteries went in one area 15 feet they blew to 25 feet. They blew apart they desenegrated and it went across the house. And they were lucky fire didnt start anywhere else 25 feet away pieces of battery on the floor melted. Melted. We talked to local State Farm Insurance agent greg rogers about the hoverboard fires. He said possibly liability not corrected could jeopardize your policy. 3 a greenwood man is charged with counterfeiting. Accused of selling thousands of dollars of knockoff items. Heres a look at demetrius andrews. Police say they seized hundreds of fake north face jackets, nike shoes, michael kors purses, and timberland boots from his home on cole street, just before christmas warrants state the items totaled more than 80 thousand bucks. 3 and heres an image thats getting a lot of clicks on our web site right now. An upstate mom turned to facebook after she said she got undercooked chicken from the arbys in boiling springs. And gave it to her 16monthold daughter before she realized it. The resaurant says they are aware of the incident and take these matters very seriously. They take food safety seriously and theyre working with the guest to resolve this matter. The to us on camera when her daugher was feeling better. 3 officers in the upstate will be cracking down on drunk drivers this new years eve. And theyre urging you to pick out your designated driver soon if you havent already. Fox carolinas Andrew Reeser has more. 3 lawenforcement in greenville are gearing up for new years eve and they want to make sure everyone stays safe. And theyre telling us what their plans are for the big night. Greenville police say all their units will be out in full force checking for drunk drivers. Check points will be in action across the upstate with state troopers and local lawenforcement ramping up there patrol. Cabdrivers in the upstate are also gearing up for a bigger than usual business as well. The Yellow Cab Company in greenville says a new app is been developed where you can with the click of a button call a cab. The technology has already existed for Companies Like uber and others, but now the classic yellow taxi has an app of police urging everyone 3 to figure out who their designated driver will be sooner rather than later, so that there is no risk of getting into an accident involving dui. Tagpolice say more than half of the fatal collisions in South Carolina this year have involved dui. In Downtown GreenvilleAndrew Reeser the 10 o clock news 3 dramatic 911 calls. Of a bear attack tonight, were hearing them for the first time. As a group of boy scouts try to save their leaders life. 3 plus. A womans purse stolen. As she is praying the thief caught red h hded on surveillance video. Why authorities are now hoping it will track him down 3 and the tigers having a little bit of fun in miami were catching up with the offensive line. As they give their shot at a few coaching impressions 3 3 new jersey officials have released the 911 calls that caputured a group of boy scouts saving their leader from a bear attack. Take a listen. Listen. 3 scout i think the bears on top of him. Dispatch the bears on top of him . Scout yeah, i think so. So. 3 scout okay, the scouts are making a signal fire right now. Okay, well keep it contained and make it a lot of smoke. Dispatch okay. Okay. 3 scout guys, if we dont make it out of this alive, i love you guys. Guys. Three young scouts watched in horror as a bear grabbed their leaders leg and pulled him into a cave last week. But as you could hear they also stayed calm. They first left sandwiches near the cave entrance to draw the bear out and then lit a fire to signal scuers. Meanwhile their scout leader managed to escape the bear by hitting it on the nose with a rock hammer. He is recovering tonight. 3 caught on camera 3 a brazen thief caught red handed stealing an elderly praying. It happened at a church in florida last week. The man walks in and checks things out, before leaving. But he quickly returns and grabs the bag. The 84yearold victim followed him out but he got away. Hehepurse was later recovered but without her wallet. Authorities are now offering a reward for information leading to an arrest. 3 turning now to weather3 3 chief meteorologist kendra kent joins us now with a look at your forecast buncombe, transylvania and henderson counties are the french broad river, along with the pigeon and Swannanoa Rivers are high, rising or above flood stage. A flood watch continues for most of our area until 7am on new years eve. Were experiencing a nice break in the rain now, but more is comimi. This evening and most of tonight will be dry, but showers will push back in for wednesday. The rain shouldnt be as heavy as monday nights downpours, but it could be enough to aggravate the already flooded rivers and saturated ground. Expect off and on rain through 60s. Isolated tstorms will be possible wednesday afternoon. Rain should clear out by wednesday night, leaving dry conditions for thursday and new years day. Much colder air will filter in for friday and the weekend, bringing highs back down to the 40s and 50s areawide, while overnight lows will get to near freezing 3 time to talk some sports 3 sports anchor Shannon Sommerville joins us. And aaron had some fun today down in miami, right . Right . Yeah. We wanted to give some time to guys who dont usually get enough attention. Clemsons offensive line. Whove played remarkably well all ryan norton decided to take the interview over from ac. 3 3 3 3 3 3 alright guys were going to give some offensive linemen some love, were going to talk to Jay Guillermo here and. And. 3 3 hold up, this is ryan norton and im going to show cheslock how to do interviews. Hey james, how does dedeaun watson help you with your first step . Step . 3 3 Deshaun Watson helps me with my first step because he is awesome at everything. So even though he doesnt know much about the offensive line, he can still coach me. If you had to pick your favorite candy. You have three seconds to answer it, ready . 1,2. Jolly ranchers five seconds to answer this. Im going to start counting now. In my head. laughter i love ryan backwards . Z, y, x, w. No. 3 3 3 is. Six 2 2 is. Four we have a genius here people. The orange bowl. Have you eaten an orange . And is orange your favorite fruit . No, i hate oranges, and no i have not eaten an orange. Your favorite coach impression besides caldwell, swinney, elliott and scott. Well uh, i do a really good coach venables cause he gets out there on the field and hes like what are you doing . Reload the play what are you doing . You dont know what youre doing ben, what was that . What was that ben . That was my best coaching impression. Other than all the other ones. That was amazing. I love you. I love you. You. 3 3 3 3 3 weve got more orange bowl 3 coverage coming your way in sports. And checking in on the other College Football playoff f matchup. The cotton bowl. Hear how both teams are dealing with the high stakes. Stakes. And the regular nfl but a head coach fired. That and more coming up in sports stick around. 3 a Spartanburg County woman has been charged in the hitandrun death of her husband. Were live outside the jail. 3 3 3 Fox Carolinas got your orange bowl coverage leading up the big game thursday. We are following breaking news. Espn and multiple sources reporting that three clemson players sent home for violating team rules. Clemson has not confirmed this report but Aaron Cheslock is down in miami and we will keep you posted on fox carolina dot com. Earlier today to a much more jovial atmosphere. One of the big traditions before the bowl game . Media day. Day. All players made available to the media at sunlife stadium. Taking questions at the podium. Even sometimes from other players. Tons of Media Outlets on hand. So even though head coach dabo swinney is trying to treat this like a normal week of preparation. Its hard to ignore the National Spotlight shining so brightly on the tigers. 3 3 this isnt our normal game week. Normally on a thursday we might have about 3 media guys roaming around but so its a little different but at the end of the day its still just focused on trying to get ready to go play four quarters. And try to play well. Weve got a tough challenge. So do they. These are 4 great teams and its going to come down to a few plays and were just the team thats trying to make those plays. 3 while clemson and oklahoma get set to square off in the first round of the College Football playoffs. So are alabama and michigan state. They play right after the orange bowl in the cotton bowl in arlington, texas. They had their media day as well. Alabama head Coach Nick Saban explained what it will take to advance to that championship game. 3 3 you clearly define what the goal is. You clearly define here are the things you can do to accomplish that goal. Now the most difficult thing is can we have the discipline to execute it every day. 3 that game right after the orange bowl on thursday. 3 meanwhile in orlando marquise carolina taking on 17th ranked baylor in the Russell Athletic bowljohnny jefferson takes off for an 80 yard touchdown the bears would set an alltime bowl game record with 645 rushing yards, yards,baylor goes on to win the Russell Athletic bowl 4938 3 jared goff one of the top nfl draft prospects this year and youll see why. Hed throw for 467 yards and six touchdowns. Touchdowns. He had three of his scoring passes in a span of five plays in the second quarter. As Cal Beats Air force 5536 in the armed forces bowl. 3 a bombshell in the nfl. Chip kelly fired as head coach of the eagles. Five days before the final game the regular season. The eagles eliminated from playoff contention after losing to the redskins on saturday. Eagles offensive coordinato pat shurmur will serve as the interim head coach for sundays game against the giants. 3 meanwhile panthers head coach ron rivera trying to lead the panthers to a number one seed in the nfc. Thereby gaining lina at 14 and 1 after sundays loss to the falcons. Still being challenged by the Arizona Cardinals but the panthers control their own destiny. Simply. If they win they get the 1 seed. And jared allens says thats on every players mind heading into sundays game against the bucs. 3 3 its big for us i think more importantly to bounce back off of a disappointing loss. I thought we had opportunities to win that game down in atlanta and obviously we didnt capitalize and finish i think guys we refocus this week and get ready to go especially get that home win before we go on a bye and really lock up homefield advantage thats probably number one on our list right now. Now. 3 the time of the game moved from 1 to 4 25 right here on fox carolina. The same time as the cardinals host the seahawks. So get your score checking apps all set on your phone for that one. 3 and quick check on some local college hoops. Paladins at uncasheville. This one would go down to the wire wirebut dylan smith knocking down a step back jumper with 1 second on the clock. Paladins 3 now to breaking news 3 the wife of the man killed in a hit and run in cowpens has been charged in the crime just 24 hours after going on camera with fox carolina carolina Brent Tessnear died nday morning after police say a driver ran him down behind the hardees in cowpens 3 last night. Only on fox carolinaangelita told us she intenionally hittalking about their six children he left behindsaying she had no clue who would have done this and asking the driver to come forward 3 3 he has six kids that need closure. Its not about them or anybody else. He deserves it. 3 as you can imagine a difficult time for this familyas now, the victims own wife, accused of running him down at this hour Cowpens Police along with Spartanburg County deputies are still working this case and before the news of angelita tessnears arrestwe spoke to her husbands father about the loss of his son 3 3 3 to lose someone so healthy and so full of life. So much life ahead of him. I was speechless. Speechless. Tessnear has been charged with hit and run resulting in a death. Shes expected to be transported to jail any minute now. 3 thanks for joining us, good night. Night