Pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching us221 i26 blalock rd sc hwy 9hwy 290 i85 i85 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 3 this morning a five Year Old Girl is fighting for her life after a house fire in honea path. Path. The fire happened late last night and this morning her family is asking everyone for prayers. Prayers. Fox carolinas Ashley Minelli is live on green streetashley what have you learned . 3 guys, the little girls aunt has told us her name is sophia and she is currently in critical conditionfighting for her life. Life. The family is asking everyone to ift her up prayer this morning. Her aunt says she fire chief pulled out of home in cardiac arrest stabilized at hospital, flown to the Augusta Burn Center happened around 10 30 last night 3 dont have details surrounding what sparked firetalk about the damage behind me 3 but again that family is asking for prayers. 3 covering our countiesthe man accused of killing three people and leading authorities on a chase is due back in court this morning. Morning. Pierre griffin faces three counts of murder, along with other charges. Charges. Back in october. Asheville police say griffin killed Alexandra King and tatianna diz. Then dumped broad river. River. The same night. Police say he went to the pisgah view apartments, where he shot and johnson. Investigators say he took off in johnsons car. Leading them on a chase into polk county. Griffin was injured in a shootout on i26. Griffin is due in court at there and let you know what happens. 3 Greenville County deputies are still looking for a double murder suspect who escaped custody. Custody. Bradford williams has been missing since thursday morning. Thats when deputies say he cut off his ankle monitor. Monitor. Williams was let out on house arrest last month. While he waits for his murder trial. Hes accused of killing two men outside the bugatti grand nightclub back in november of 2014. 2014. Investigators say williams has connections to people in greenville, anderson and oconee counties. He could be driving a 2005 Cadillac Deville with the tag number you see here. If you see bradford williams. Call 911. 3 in Greenville County a boy scout is home safe this morning after spending the night alone in the woods. Woods. Deputies say the 12 year old was on a trip to jones gap with his Boy Scout Troop on saturday afternoon. When he got separated. Crews searched for him through the night. But he wasnt discovered until sunday afternoon. Scout leaders tell us. Its unusual for the boys to get lost. But they do know survival skills in case this happens. 3 he learned how to make it through a night of cold without any protection. So hes learned a lot from the boy scouts and it paid off in this situation. Situation. We teach each other, if you happen to get separated. Stay where you are, especially when the sun goes down. Down. 3 were told the boy was checked out by a medical team and is okay. 3 now for weather and traffic every 10 minutes. Minutes. 3 mostly sunny monday, with highs reaching almost 70 in the upstate, and low 60s in the mountains. A strong breeze is expected. Tonight, lows drop into the 30s and 40s. A cold front arrives late tuesday into wednesday, bringing the return of wet weather. 3 lets send it over to chris. 3 were watching reidville rd wilder drsc357 gap creek rd us221 i26 i26 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 hollywood awards season has wrapped up with its biggest awards show. Show. And this morning, one star is celebrating a win that was a long time coming. Coming. Leonardo dicaprio took home the best actor oscar for the revenant. This was his first oscar win. Hes been nominated five times over the last 22 years. The revenant also won for best director and best cinematography. But was beaten out in the best picture category. 3 the top prize went to spotlight. The real life story about how journalists at the boston globe uncovered the abuse scandal in the catholic church. The movie also won best original screenplay. 3 best actress goes to first time nominee brie larson for room. She beat out two blanchett and jennifer lawrence. Well have more on the oscars throughout the morning. Including how host chris rock addressed the lack of diversity with the nominees. Coming up. 3 good morning, joe joe 3 lockheed is debuting a new Flight Simulator in greenville today. Were live with a preview, next. 3 heres a live look over usc upstate youre watching the your buddy ron once said he could install your ceiling fan. He couldnt. And that one time ron said another chili dog was a good idea. Yeah, it wasnt. So when ron said youd never afford a john deere tractor, you knew better. Now ron does too. The e series. Legendary john deere quality. Unexpected low price. E series compact tractors come with 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 taking a live look over greenville. 3 3 South Carolinas primaries are over. And now the focus turns to super tuesday. Tuesday. Tomorrow is the biggest day in the president ial race. With 13 States Holding primaries or caucuses. For the republicans 595 delegates are at stake. Donald trump remains his partys front runner. Even after another controversy erupted this weekend. Trump is being criticized for being slow to reject an endorsement duke. Trumps closest competitors marco rubio and ted cruz both used that controversy to attack him during their Weekend Campaign stops. 3 on the democrats side. Hillary clinton is bringing a lot of momentum into super tuesday. After her huge win in South Carolina. She took more than 73 percent of the votes. Giving her 39 delegates Bernie Sanders won 14 delegates. 3 3 a new Flight Simulator is launching today at Lockheed Martins greenville facility. Facility. The t50a is as close as it gets to flying an actual fighter jet. And this morning some special guests are headed to the upstate to try it out first hand. Hand. Fox carolinas joe gagnon is live from Lockheed Martin with more. 3 3 3 Lockheed Martin will host a t50a cockpit demonstrator event at 9 30 a. M. On monday, feb. 29, at its greenville operations. Greenville is the companys preferred final assembly and checkout faco site for the aircraft in the u. S. Air forces advanced Pilot Training apt competition. U. S. Sen. Lindsey graham rsc and u. S. Rep. Trey gowdy sc4 will be our special guests as Lockheed Martin officials highlight the t50as fighterlike performance capabilities, which were developed jointly industries kai to replace the t38 and train pilots to fly the f16. F22 and f35 fighter aircraft. 3 3 time for weather and traffic. Traffic. Highs reaching almost 70 in the upstate, and low 60s in the mountains. A strong breeze is expected. Tonight, lows drop into the 30s and 40s. A quick shower is possible tuesday, but a cold front arrives tuesday night into wednesday, bringing widespread wet weather. Highs cool to near 60 by midweek. Thursday briefly brings back dry conditions in the mid50s, with another chance for showers on friday. The weekend should be back to the low 60s with sunshine. Mostly sunny monday, with highs reaching almost 70 in the upstate, and low 60s in the mountains. A strong breeze is expected. Tonight, lows drop into the 30s and 40s. A quick shower is possible tuesday, but a cold front arrives tuesday night into wednesday, bringing widespread wet weather. Highs cool to near 60 by midweek. Thursday briefly brings back dry conditions in the mid50s, with another chance for showers on friday. The weekend should be back to the low 60s with sunshine. Now 3 3 3 were watching watching 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam onpit crew traffic 3 sponsored by Kevin Whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 3 news you need to know. Greenville county deputies say theyre looking for a man and woman who broke into a home on nash mill road sunday night. Were told the suspects robbed the homeowners at gun point around 1030. No arrests have been made. 3 billy taylor is due in a Greenville County court today. Hes charged in a deadly shooting on pelham road in 2014. Investigators say rodney and died at the scene. The second victim ashley hiott was badly hurt, but survived. 3 later today Navy Seal Edward Byers will be awarded the medal of honor by president obama. Defense leaders say he rescued doctor dilip joseph and two others who were held hostage in 2012. Documents state he protected them from an armed guard in afghanistan. 3 and heres a live look at clemsonyoure watching the vo new tidy cats lightweight 4in1 fights mess right. Attacks three strong litter box odors, plus locks clumps tight. And now its light. Every home, every cat. 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina. Were looking live over greenville. 3 steph currys superstar status continues to grow on the court. Court. Curry and the rest of the Golden State Warriors showed off why theyre the midway through their game against the Oklahoma City thunder, curry rolled his ankle. He came back to lead golden state to a 3 point win. Curry hit a 35 foot jumper to put the game into overtime then hit the game winner with point6 seconds left on the clock. He tied a record with 12 three pointers in the game giving him 288 for the season. Thats already an nba record and the warriors have 24 more games to play. 3 time for weather with nicole. 3 mostly sunny monday, with highs reaching almost 70 in the upstate, and low 60s in the mountains. A strong breeze is expected. Tonight, lows drop into the 30s and 40s. A cold front arrives late tuesday into wednesday, bringing the return of wet weather. 3 time for traffic. 3 3 were watching watching 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 its. The Academy Awards have been under fire for the nominees lack of diversity. And many were wondering how host chris rock would respond. Youll find out, after the break. 3 heres a live look at usc upstate in spartanburgyoure watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 3 good morning, im cody alcorn. And im diana watson. Tonight ten. A fox carolina investigation. An upstate sheriff has declared war on meth. And is giving fox carolina an exclusive inside look at the fight in oconee county. See how theyre trying to clean the streets, cut down on crime and reach out to kids about the dangers of drugs well see you tonight at ten and first at four with weather and traffic every ten minutes. 3 the morning 3 news starts now. Now. 3 a child is in the hospital this morning after being were live in honea path with what we know. Coming up. Up. 3 South Carolina is behind them. And now the president ial candidates are getting ready for the biggest day of the 2016 race. More on super tuesday. Coming up. Up. 3 sunny, warm conditions expected today. Along with a strong breeze. Ill tell you when rain comes back into the forecast. 3 good morning. Its monday, february 29 leap day. Im ben hill. Hill. And im lauren elise. Here with nicole papay and chris scott. Thanks for joining us on the morning news. Highs reaching almost 70 in the upstate, and low 60s in the mountains. A strong breeze is expected. Tonight, lows drop into the 30s and 40s. A cold front arrives late tuesday into wednesday, bringing the return of wet weather. 3 wrap up 3 were watching w. Georgia rd stenhouse rdBoiling Springs rd devenger rdpoinsett hwy perry rdanderson county accidents us76 sc187n. Main st concord rd rd 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 3 this morning the family of a little girl is asking for prayers after she was pulled from a house fire and is fighting for her life. the fire happened late last night in honea path. 3 Fox CarolinasAshley Minelli is live on green street ashley we understand you learned some new informaiton. 3 guys, the little girls aunt has told us her name is sophia and she is currently in for her life. Life. The family is asking everyone to ift her up prayer this morning. Her aunt says she was internal smoke inhalation. Fire chief pulled out of home in cardiac arrest stabilized at hospital, flown to the Augusta Burn Center happened around 10 30 last night3 3 3 3 it really affects everybody even the adults and when you have a child it cuts deeper deeper3 dont have details surrounding what sparked fire 3 dont have details surrounding the damage behind me 3 3 3 covering our countiesa Greenville CountyHome Invasion is under investigation this morning. Morning. Deputies say a man and woman broke into a home on nash mill road around 10 30 sunday night. They say the suspects robbed the homeowners at gun point then took off in their car. Thankfully no one was hurt but so far no arrests have been made. If you know anything about the robbery, call the sheriffs office. Three people and leading authorities on a chase is due back in court this morning. Morning. Pierre griffin faces three counts of murder, along with other charges. Charges. Back in october. Asheville police say griffin killed Alexandra King and tatianna diz. Then dumped their bodies in the french broad river. River. The same night. Police say he went to the pisgah view apartments, where he shot and killed uhon johnson. Johnson. Investigators say he took off in johnsons car. Leading them on a chase into polk county. Griffin was injured in a shootout on i26. He is due in court at 9 00 this morning. Well be there and let you know what happens. 3 a man accused in a double shooting in Greenville County is due in court today. Today. Billy taylor is charged with murder, attempted murder and other counts related to the 2014 shooting on pelham road. Investigators say taylor was in a fight outside the former crocs bar. When shots were fired. The bullets hit two people in a car on pelham road. Rodney nesbitt an iraq war veteran was killed. A second person ashley hiott survived but was badly hurt. Taylor was denied bond in the case. Well be in court today afternoon at 4 00. 3 3 the president ial Campaign Season shifts into high gear this week. Tomorrow, the polls will open in a dozen states for super tuesday. Tuesday. Its the biggest voting day of the primary season. For republicans. Nearly 600 delegates are at stake. And the candidates will be fighting to slow down Donald Trumps momentum. Momentum. Trump has the most delegates so far, and is still leading the polls in most states. 3 in the democratic race. Hillary clinton continues to top the national polls. Polls. Shes coming off a huge victory here in South Carolina. Where she took 73 percent of the votes, compared to 26 percent for Bernie Sanders. After four contests. Clinton has 91 delegates. And analysts say tomorrow could be her chance to increase her lead over sanders even further. 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes. Minutes. 3 mostly sunny monday, with highs reaching almost 70 in the mountains. A strong breeze drop into the 30s and 40s. A cold front arrives late bringing the return of wet weather. 3 now time for traffic with chris. 3 were watching w. Georgia rd stenhouse rdBoiling Springs rd devenger rdpoinsett hwy perry rdanderson county accidents us76 sc187n. Main st concord rd rd 3 3 heres a live look at the 3 3 talking about last nights Academy Awards. Singer sam smith has another trophy on his shelf this morning. He won the best original song oscar for his james bond theme writings on the wall. The 23 year old is one of the youngest people to ever win the award. 3 the big story going into last nights Academy Awards was the lack of diversity with the nominees. Nominees. Host chris rock addressed the issue right away. Away. chris rock 3 im here at the Academy Awards otherwise known as the white peoples choice awards. Awards. Weve got all this controversy. No black nominees. And people are like, chris you should boycott. Chris you should quit. You should quit. quit. i thought about real hard. But i realized, theyre gonna have the oscars anyway. Theyre not gonna cancel the oscars because i quit. And the last thing i need is to lose another job to kevin hart okay . Okay . 3 rock continued to joke about the controversy throughout the night, and is getting great reviews this morning. 3 good morning, joe joe 3 lockheed is debuting a new Flight Simulator in greenville preview, next. 3 heres a live look over clemson youre watching the conservative firebrand ted cruz has been shaking things up in washington since his arrival as a freshman senator. This country remains a country, i believe, grounded in principles, grounded in faith. And this republican president ial campaign is no different. That is my hope, that we will energize and mobilize cocorageous conservatives all over this country to pull this country back. Monday honey, would some captain ds make you feel better . Yeeeaah woo when you love seafood this much. Back again . I hope its just a clumsy phase. Its gotta be ds. 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Family members tell us she is in critical condition. 3 3 3 an american student is asking the north korean government to forgive him for stealing a sign. Sign. 21 year old Otto Warmbier was sat in front of media in north korea. He apologized for stealing a political slogan from a staff only section of a hotel he was staying at. State leaders are calling the theft an anti state crime. The university of virginia student says he was taking it for a trophy because he was offered payment for the slogan. 3 later today a navy seal who saved an american hostage will be recognized for his bravery. Bravery. Edward byers will be awarded the medal of honor by president obama. Byers is a senior navy chief who rescued the american hostage from 2012. Military leaders identified the hostage as doctor dilip joseph from was kidnapped with his driver and afghan interpreter. Documents state byers used his body as shield to protect the doctor while fighting off an armed guard. 3 3 before he took public office. Us senator Lindsey Graham was in the air force. And this morning he is trying his hand at a state of the art simulator here in greenville. Greenville. Its called the t 50a. And it is here at the Lockheed Martin greenville facility. Facility. Fox carolinas joe gagnon is live from greenville with more. 3 3 3 Lockheed Martin will host a t50a cockpit demonstrator event at 9 30 a. M. On monday, feb. 29, at its greenville operations. Greenville is the companys preferred final assembly and checkout faco site for the aircraft in the u. S. Air forces advanced Pilot Training apt competition. U. S. Sen. Lindsey graham rsc and u. S. Rep. Trey gowdy sc4 will be our special guests as Lockheed Martin officials highlight the t50as fighterlike performance capabilities, with Korea Aerospace industries kai to replace the t38 and train pilots to fly the f16. F22 and f35 fighter aircraft. 3 3 time for weather and traffic. 3 mostly sunny monday, with highs reaching almost 70 in the upstate, and low 60s in the mountains. A strong breeze is expected. Tonight, lows quick shower is possible tuesday, but a cold front arrives tuesday night into wednesday, bringing widespread wet weather. Highs cool to near 60 by midweek. Thursday briefly brings back dry conditions in the mid50s, with another chance for showers on friday. The weekend should be back to the low 60s with sunshine. Mostly sunny monday, with highs reaching almost 70 in the upstate, and low 60s in the mountains. A strong breeze is expected. Tonight, lows drop into the 30s and 40s. A quick shower is possible tuesday, but a cold into wednesday, bringing widespread wet weather. Highs cool to near 60 by midweek. Thursday briefly brings back dry conditions in the mid50s, with another chance for showers on friday. The weekend should be back to the low 60s with sunshine. 3 lets send it over to chris for traffic. 3 3 3 were watching traffic lights out patton ave florida ave anderson us76 sc187n. Main st concord rdgreenville w. Georgia rd stenhouse rd Boiling Springs rd devenger rd 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam onpit crew chevrolet cadillac 3 3 3 and time for birthday shout outs. Jim from taylors. Taylors. If youd like us to mention a birthday on the air, send the name, date, and hometown to birthdays at fox carolina dot com. And let us know if youd like to see it in either the 7 or 8 oclock hour. 3 well be right back. But first. A look at yesterdays winning lottery numbers. Numbers. 3 3 3 3 3 vo want to be happy with your next vehicle purchase . At enterprise, we guarantee it. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. There once were two sisters whowere alike in almost every way. 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If you see bradford williams. Call 911. 3 a man accused of killing three people in buncombe county is due back in court this morning. Pierre griffin is charged in the deaths of Alexandra King, tatiana diz and uhon johnson. Deputies say he was arrested in october after leading officers on a three county chase. 3 Leonardo Dicaprio is making headlines for taking home his first oscar for best actor in the revenant. Spotlight won for best picture. Mad max won 11 oscars while bri larson took home best actress honors for room. 3 president ial hopefuls are looking a huge boost tomorrow during super tuesday. More than a dozen states including georgia and tennessee are headed to the polls. Hillary clinton and donald trump are leading in many recent polls. 3 mostly sunny monday, with highs reaching almost 70 in the mountains. A strong breeze is expected. Tonight, lows drop into the 30s and 40s. A cold front arrives late tuesday into wednesday, bringing the return of wet weather. 3 lets get one last look at traffic. 3 were watching augusta rd i85w. Georgia rd stenhouse rdBoiling Springs rd devenger rd rd 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 a california photographer says he has rare footage of a Mountain Lion relaxing just outside his home. Home. The photographer says the big cat was hanging out just 200 feet from his home in malibu. He shot video of the cat stretching and laying out in the brush on super bowl sunday. It turns out the Mountain Lion is part of the National WildlifeServices Study of big cats in the wild. After spending a few hours chilling in the sun, the cat news on fox carolina. Dont forget to join diana, cody and 3 close show these creamery shakes are so rich and creamy. I know. Finally a shake for an aficionado like myself. Wait. Youre a shake aficionado . Not a shake aficionado. The shake aficionado. Whoa. chuckles yeah. 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Putting the justice on the Supreme Court and getting rid of obamas action and these are some of the things that ted cruz talked about as i met with him friday night. Cruz opened with a full capacity