3 bitter cold for the 3 morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 wrap up 3 lets send it over to chris with traffic. 3 send it over 3 lets send it over to chris with traffic. 3 were watching watching 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 3 leaders around the world are working to confirm north koreas claim that they successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. Bomb. If the report is true. It would be a violation of the Un Security Councils resolution. Resolution. State media made the announcement after seismic activity was reported in the area. North korea says they tested a miniaturized bomb. The Un Security Council will today to work on verifying the claim. 3 3 covering our countiesa disturbing story out of Spartanburg County. A mother is accused of trying to kill her adult daughter, who has special needs. Needs. This happened at the Heritage Court apartments last month. When deputies arrived. They found the victim holding a drink with a powdery substance in it. It. The womans mother Pamela Contreras told deputies she put crushed pills in the drink. And was planning to kill her daughter. Contreras says her daughter has down syndrome. And she was concerned that the young woman would be left with no one to take care of her. Contreras is in the Spartanburg County jail this morning. There is no word on the daughters condition. 3 in Anderson County investigators say theyre still looking for a second suspect who led police on a chase. Chase. Police say it started monday morning on george alber lake road. Officers say they tried to pull over a suspicious vehicle. But it didnt stop. Police chased the car until it crashed at the meadow run apartments. Were told shaqwon greer was arrested. But a second person ran away. Police have not 3 3 this morning. A group of activists in North Charleston are protesting the release of former officer michael slager. Slager. 3 we want him back in jail. We demand him being back in jail. Jail. About two dozen people gathered outside the Charleston County jail on tuesday. One day after slager was let out on bond. The protesters claim slager is a danger to the community. And could be a flight risk. They are also demanding that slager be tried in federal court. 3 monday night, a judge set slagers bond at 500thousand dollars. And ordered him to be on house arrest. Now. Weve learned slager will be allowed to leave his home to attend church, go to the doctor, or meet his attorneys. Slager is staying at an undisclosed location in the state. Until his trial october 31st. 31st. Slager is charged with murder in the death of walter scott. He was shot during a traffic stop last april. 3 leaders in the Republican Party have chosen governor nikki haley to represent them in the National Spotlight spotlighttuesday, House Speaker paul ryan and senator haley will give the republican response to the president s state of the union. The governor says shes honored to be chosen. President obama will deliver his final state of the union next tuesday. 3 3 how would you like to be 450 Million Dollars richer . Richer . And if you play the powerball today your chances are better than none. 3 Fox CarolinasAshley Minelli is live for us in greenville to talk about the big drawing tonight. Ashley . 3 clock is ticking to get your ticketsmust be bought by 9 59 3 drawing is only on fox tonight right before the late news at 10 59 4th largest jackpot in powerball history. 6th largest in lotto history rolled 17 times without a winner 2 per ticket 3 what what would i do if i won . I would probably not work got a big job in atlanta at the new Falcon Stadium so ill have to keep on working a little bit but i would probably retire, do a lot of fishing, a lot of hunting and spend a lot of time with my kids. Kids. 3 odds 1 in 293 million of winning 1 in 24. 9 million of winning Powerball Prize prize 3 3 bitter cold for the 3 morning with early temperatures in the teens and reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 3 now lets send it over to the Traffic Center. 3 were watching watching 3 heres a live look at the 3 3 its. A lot of people are working to make the trip from the upstate to phoenix to see the tigers play. Well tell you how gsp airport is helping to get them there smoothly. 3 heres a live look over ab tech in asheville youre watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 youre watching the morning 3 youre watching 3 the morning news with lauren elise, ben hill, meteorologist nicole papay, chris scott with pit crew traffic. 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina. Were back with a live look along 3 clemson boulevard in anderson. 3 3 this morning, the 3 pentagon is not saying exactly how a us servicemember was killed in afghanistan. Afghanistan. A Spokesman Says one american was killed and two others were hurt during a special Operations Mission in the southern part of the country. Thats where the military has been working to make sure the taliban doesnt regain control. The identities of those servicemembers have not been released. 3 a federal judge has granted a request to postpone a deposition from the wife of bill cosby. Cosby. Camille cosby was supposed to testify today in a lawsuit against her husband. Women who claim cosby sexually assaulted them. Mrs. Cosby is now fighting a court order to testify in the case. On tuesday, a judge decided to delay that deposition until her appeal can be heard. 3 3 a prosecutor in georgia says a man suspected of holding 12 people hostage was supposed to be in prison. Prison. Investigators in Dekalb County have charged korrie thomas with false imprisonment and other charges. Charges. Early tuesday morning. Police say he held a woman and 11 children hostage in a motel. After a five hour standoff. Investigators entered the room. The hostages were safe, but thomas had critically injured himself with a knife. Law enforcement now says thomas was supposed to report to prison back in november. To serve a nine year sentence for Armed Robbery and assault. 3 the federal government says people in South Carolina have gotten 219 Million Dollars in flood relief money. Money. Tuesday, fema announced it had given 79 million in grants for homeowners who had property damage. They also gave more than 17 million to state and local governments. And the Administration Says it has approved more than 122 million in low interest loans for business owners. 3 3 prices are going up for several us airlines. Economists say Roundtrip Fares on domestic flights are up by six dollars. Dollars. Delta airlines made the price increase on monday. And that was followed by several others, includiing southwest, united, and jet blue. This is the first large scale price hike since june. Experts say the increase could be rolled back, but its not likely. 3 gsp is getting 3 ready for some extra travelers this week as many clemson fans head to the National Championship game in arizona arizonaand the airport wants to make sure you have a hasslefree sendoff. Off. Gsp is increasing the number of chartered flights departing from january 9th to the 11th. They are also reminding travelers to use the 321 flying rule. Which means arrive to the airport three hours earlybe inline at security 2hours prior to departure. And arrive at your gate 1hour prior to boarding. Flyers check in and pay for their luggage online. And keep parking in mind you can reserve a parking space on their website. 3 time for weather and traffic. Traffic. 3 bitter cold for the 3 morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies in the 20s and 30s. Thursday will be partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid50s, with rain arriving at night. Light showers linger on friday with highs in the mid50s, with some sunshine returning on saturday. Saturday night into early sunday heavier rain comes and then clears for sunday afternoon. Another bitter chill arrives next week. Bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Thursday will be partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid50s, with rain arriving at night. Light showers linger on friday with highs in the mid50s, with some sunshine returning on saturday. Saturday night into early sunday heavier rain comes and then clears for bitter chill arrives next week. 3 3 weather hit 3 lets send it over to chris. 3 3 3 were watching watching 3 3 heres a live look at the traffic sponsored by 3 Kevin Whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 3 now for a look at news you need to know. President obama is unveiling his plan to strengthen gun control. The plan requires background checks for people who buy guns from private sellers. It also calls for more research on technology to stop gun accidents. And more money for Mental Health care. 3 fbi agents are asking for help in their investigation into the San Bernardino shooting. Investigators say they dont know where the two shooters were for about 18 minutes between the massacre and their deaths in a police shootout. 3 Greenville County deputies are looking for corey tucker this morning. Hes wanted in a series of home burglaries around the county. Hes believed to be driving a black pickup. Call 23crime if you see him. 3 a company that created an app that claims to improve your brain function is being fined two Million Dollars by the feds. Feds. The luminosity app was promoted as a tool to help academic performance and fight dementia. But the fcc says of that up. Federal Officials Say lumos labs has agreed to a settlement. The company will also have to give customers an easy way to get rid of their subscriptions. 3 3 its. Just another sign we spend too much time with our phonescoming up doctors say they may even cause hallucinations. Well explain. 3 heres a live look over i85 in greenvillethee morning news on fox carolina is back in minutes. 3 youre watching the morning 3 welcome back to 3 the morning news on fox carolina. This is a live look over usc upstate. 3 if youve thought you felt your if youve thought if youve thought you felt your phone vibrate but when you check no one called or texted. Well theres actually a name for it. It. Its called phantom vibration syndrome and it happens when you think your phone vibrates, but it doesnt. Doctors say theres an increase in the syndrome the more people spend time with their phones. One professor at georgia tech says its actually a hallucination. 3 3 4 21 its something thats happening to lots and lots of people but its not bothering people and it becomes this questioncan we study it can we theorize about it and figure what is going on on doctor rosenberger says the anxiety related to our phones. He believes its actually a sign that youre forming a bad habit. 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes. 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 weather hit 3 lets send it over to the pit crew Traffic Center. 3 were watching watching 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 3 3 3 cam onat the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 its. The years long battle over the president S Health Care law turns a corner today. Well tell you what congress is expected to do. Next. 3 we leave you with a live look in Greenville County. The Powerball Jackpot is up to 450 Million Dollarswell check back with Ashley Minelli coming upthee morning news on fox carolina is back in minutes. 3 3 good morning, im cody alcorn. Tonight at ten, welcome to arizona, yall. Former Clemson TigerLevon Kirkland is now working for the arizona cardinals. And well catch up with him about what its like to welcome all those fans to his new town. And what this shot at the National Title means to him. And first at four. Weve got weather and traffic every ten minutes. Well see you later today. 3 youre watching the morning news on fox carolina. At longhorn steak like this doesnt need anything else. Which is why we dont just add, anything else. Longhorn steaks that sizzle for 12. 99. The new smoky bacon sirloin. The new spicy grilled jalapeno sirloin. And the parmesan crusted sirloin. All with hand chopped salad unlimited bread for 12. 99. Tonight only at longhorn steakhouse. You cant fake steak. And for lunch try our new steak and bacon cheddar melt. 3 the morning news starts now. Now. 3 excitement is building for tonights 450 Million Dollar powerball drawing. Which is just hours away. Were live in greenville with more on your odds of winning. Winning. 3 bitterly cold to start the day. The sun will warm things up later on. But rain is on the way. 3 well take you live outside 3 good morning. Its wednesday, january 6. Im ben hill. Hill. And im lauren elise. Here with nicole papay and chris scott. Thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 lets send it over 3 to chris. 3 were watching waterline repairs thru todayone lane closedon s. Pine st palmetto stbrushy creek rd s suber rd black icebroadway dr saluda dam rd rd 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 3 first on fox this morning excitement is building around tonights powerball drawing. After the jackpot climbed to 450 Million Dollars. Buy a ticket. Ticket. Ashley minelli is live for us in Greenville County with more on tonights big drawing. 3 clock is ticking to get your ticketsmust be bought by 9 59 3 drawing is only on fox tonight right before the late news at 10 59 4th largest jackpot in powerball history. 6th largest in lotto history rolled 17 times without a winner 2 per ticket 3 3 3 3 going into. Tonights drawing do you feel really lucky . No but im going to try know if you dont buy it you would never know she might as well try to buy one. One. 3 odds 1 in 293 million of winning 1 in 24. 9 million of winning Powerball Prize prize 3 3 3 3 3 3 later today. Lawmakers in washington are expected to pass a bill that repeals the president S Health Care law. Law. The bill, which alrea passed in the senate, also parenthood. Lawmakers have previously worked on legislation to chip away at the Affordable Care act. But this marks the first time that a full repeal of the law has made it to the president s desk. He has vowed to veto it. 3 republicans are pushing back against president obamas plan to fight gun violence. Violence. Tuesday. The president rolled out a 10 point plan, which he says will keep guns away from those who shouldnt have them. Part of the plan closes legal loopholes that allow guns to be sold online or at gun shows. Without a background check. In his emotional speech. President obama cited the 2012 sandy hook shooting as a motivator for changing the law. 3 3 3 every tiue i think about those kids, it gets me mad. And by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. 3 the president also addressed members of the Republican Party. Saying he believes in the Second Amendment and is not working to take away peoples guns. A spokesperson plan ripe for abuse, and says it wont stop mass shootings. 3 3 in this mornings s most wanted, Greenville County deputies are working to track down this man corey tucker. Hes a suspect in several home burglaries. Burglaries. These are surveillance photos from one of the homes hes accused of targeting. Reports say tucker is suspected of burglarizing four homes in Greenville County. Deputies say he has taken electronics and hundreds of dollars worth of jewelry. Jewelry. Tucker is believed to be driving a black pickup truck with the tag number on your screen. If you see him. Call 23crime. 3 3 covering our counties this morningGreenville County deputies say theyve tracked down a killer. Killer. Marqual griffin is now behind bars on a murder charge. Hes accused in the shooting death of nathan crouch. Crouch. Crouch was shot and killed at his home on perry road december 27th. Deppies say the two men were fighting. Griffin is being held on no bond. 3 in buncombe countyschool leaders at Ab Tech Community College say an asheville man is in trouble with the law after exposing himself on campus. Murphy was arrested on the ab tech campus tuesday morning. They say he was found without his pants on. According to reports this is not the first time murphy has faced these kind of charges. School officials sent us articles that say murphy did the same thing in 2013 at the childrens Activity Center monkey joes in raleigh. 3 a Greenville County thief is on the run this morning after he was caught on camera smashing into a gas station. Station. This is video released by Simpsonville Police of the spinx station on west georgia road late last month. Reports show the thief stole more than threehundreddollars worth of cigarettes. Police say his white basketball shoes are very distinctive. If you recognize the suspectcall the Simpsonville Police department immediately. 3 3 the road to the National Championship continues for the Clemson Tigers. They are now five days away from playing alabama for the National Title. Title. Clemson is just one win away from being the only team in fbs College Football history to ever finish a season 15 and oh. On monday favored crimson tide. Our crews are headed out to arizona and we will have continuing coverage of the tigers road to the title game. Right here on fox carolina. 3 youll want to tune in monday night for our special report undefeated clemsons return to the championship. Well be going in depth on the tigers first shot at the National Title since 1981. Thats monday at 7 00 here on fox carolina. 3 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes. Minutes. 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 weather hit 3 chris is standing by in the Traffic Center 3 were watating watching 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 cam onat the s. C. D. O. T. Heres a live look 3 were watching watching 3 center by in the traffic chris is standing 3 chris is standing by in the Traffic Center 3 were watching watching 3 heres a live look at the 3 some road work in Spartanburg County is expected to pick up again this morning. Crews are installing new water lines on south pine at palmetto street. Traffic was down to one lane for most of tuesday. That work is expected to resume at nine this morning and go until four this afternoon. Spartanburg water says service will not be interrupted. 3 3 its. Five days strong. A protest at a federal wildlife building continues this morningwhat both demonstrators and authorities 3 heres a live look in anderson youre watching the 3 youre watching the morning news with lauren elise, ben hill, meteorologist nicole papay, chris scott with pit crew traffic. 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina. Youre looking live over Greenville County. 3 the fbi says theyre working with a group of armed protesters in oregon to try and bring their demonstrations to a peaceful end. End. The armed group took over a federal wildlife building this past weekend. Since then demonstrators maintain theyre willing to fight government workers over control of public land. One of the protesters believes he and four others have warrants out for their arrests. Group leaders maintain theyre not putting anyone in danger and just want the right thing done. 3 federal agents in San Bernardino, california are asking for the publics help this morning. Morning. Theyre working to put together a timeline of the two gunmens movements who shot and killed 14 people last month. An fbi agent says theres about a 20 minute gap they need to fill on the afternoon of december second. They say its the time between the deadly attacks and the shootout that killed syed farook and tashfeen malik. 3 a friend of San Bernardino shooter sayed farook is expected in a california courtroom this morning. Of conspiring with farook to support terrorists. He also faces charges of making false statements and fraud. Investigators believe he bought rifles for farook and his wife to use during the december 2nd shootings. 3 3 democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders says he has a plan for banks if hes elected president. President. Sanders is pledging to break up americas largest banks within his first year of office. He spoke in new york city tuesday saying wall street is run on greed, fraud, and dishonesty. Sanders also wants to restructure Credit Rating agencies and the federal reserve. 3 sanders is just one of four Democratic Candidates running for the president ial nomination who will appear on the South Carolina ballot. Ballot. Donald trump is leading a gop field of 12 candidates running for the president ial nomination. 3 the Trump Campaign has now opened an office in downtown greenville. Its on main street in the former marble slab location. Trump has shown a commanding lead in south months. Trump is scheduled to return to the state on friday. For a rally at winthrop university. 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes. Minutes. 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Thursday will be partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid50s, with rain arriving at night. Light showers linger on friday with highs in the mid50s, with some sunshine returning on saturday. Saturday night into early then clears for sunday afternoon. Another bitter chill arrives next week. Bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Thursday will be partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid50s, with rain arriving at night. Light showers linger on friday with highs in the mid50s, with some sunshine returning on saturday. Saturday night into early sunday heavier rain comes and then clears for sunday chill arrives next week. 3 now time for traffic 3 3 3 were watching w. Broad st s. Main storchard park dr patewood drtraffic lights on flashbrushy creek rd s suber rdblack ice ice 3 heres a live look at the traffic 3 sponsored by Kevin Whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 3 news you need to know. Leaders around the world are working to confirm north koreas claim that they successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. If the report is true. It would be a violation of the Un Security Councils resolution. State media made the announcement. 3 Pamela Contreras is accused of trying to kill her adult daughter, who has special needs. This happened at the Heritage Court apartments last month in Spartanburg County. Reports show she confessed to the crime. There is no word on the daughters condition. 3 South Carolina governor nikki haley will give the republican response to the president s state of the union. On tuesday, House Speaker paul ryan and senator Mitch Mcconnell made the announcement. President obama will deliver his final state of the union next tuesday. 3 well be right back, but first a look at yesterdays winning lottery numbers. Numbers. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 youre watching the morning 3 were back with a 3 were back with a live look in Greenville County. We are just hours away from tonights powerball drawing. The jackpot 3 all good things must come to an end the farewell season of American Idol kicks off tonight with a two night special. 3 judges Harry Connick jr. , Jennifer Lopez and keith urban, along with host Ryan Seacrest will start looking for the 15th and final American Idol. This years season will also be shorter ending in april. There will also be a mix of idols past and present, advising singers at early auditions. The original three judges paula abdul, simon cowell and Randy Jackson are also expected to make an appearance. It all starts tonight right here on 3 now time for weather and traffic 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 chris is in the Traffic Center 3 were watching feaster rd woodruff rdw. Broad st s. Main storchard park dr patewood drtraffic lights on flashbrushy creek rd s suber rdblack ice ice 3 3 3 its. The odds are not in your favor. But a lot of people are getting excited for tonights huge powerball drawing. Ashley minelli brings us all the details at 8 00. 3 be sure to stay with fox carolina all morning long. Were bringing you the days top stories until nine oclock. Throughout our four hours of news you can catch live reports from the field, plus in my business i can count on my i. T. Guy bailing me out all the time. Im not the i. T. Guy. Im the desktop support tech supervisor. And my customers knowing right when their packages arrive. Introducing realtime delivery notifications