Expect a fabulous tuesday with highs in the mid upper 70s. A slow moving cold front arrives wednesday into thursday with 1 2 rain totals possible through thursday morning. Friday through sunday will be sunny to partly cloudy with highs in the mid upper 60s. One man is dead after a shootout with Law Enforcement in the parking lot of the byron Road Apartments near the dorn va investigators a Fugitive Task force led by us marshals along with sled and the Columbia Police department were attempting to serve a warrant on a suspect wanted in texas for murder. As they approached the suv, they say the suspect opened fire and they returned fire. Obviously its not our place to determine who actually shot that suspect. Thats really something that the Richland CountySheriffs Department will have to determine. The suspect died from his wounds. Police say the officers were not hurt. Richland county now in charge of the investigation. Todays shooting makes four involving Law Enforcement in South Carolina this year. On january first, an estill policeman was shot and wounded in hampton county. One suspect was arrested. On january 16th, an Orangeburg County sheriffs deputy shot and wounded a suspect. And this saturday a suspect fired at a Richland County deputys vehicle when the officer was responding to a domestic disturbance. For more coverage on this story a week from today iowa will conduct the first contest of the 2016 president ial race. On saturday the Des Moines Register y endorsed Hillary Clinton for the democrats and marco rubio on the republican side. Meanwhile, donald trump raised eyebrows with this comment about the loyalty of his supporters. President ial candidate did you ever see that . Where i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters okay . Its like incredible. And the race could get even more crowded, and richer. Billionaire and former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg is considering running for president himself as an independent. With just a week left until the caucuses, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin Omalley will make their closing arguments tonight in a town hall. This event comes as clinton and sanders are neck and neck in the polls. The town hall starts at 9. Tonight is the night for clinton to convince Iowa Democrats that she should be in cnns poll of polls 46 of likely iowa caucusgoers say they want sanders to be there nominee. Clinton is just a few points behind omalley has quite a bit of ground to cover to the get iowa vote. These numbers are an average of the results of the four most recent iowa polls among likely democratic caucusgoers. Voters must register by wednesday to vote in the South Carolina democratic primary on februrary 27. The republican primary will be held saturday, february 20th. Coming up free help just in time for tax season. Plus the warning is going out for some familiar killers as some struggle to keep warm this winter. Break 1 tomorrow columbia mayor steve speak on the citys the progress and problems in the state of the city address. Mayor benjamin will present the address at city hall at 6pm. A local organization is offering up free tax help for some midlands families. Cooperative ministrys kicked off its Free Tax Prep Services at 13 sites across the midlands today including locations in columbia, camden, newberry and hopkins. Professionals will be on hand to help families making 54thousand dollars a year or less can stop by any of the sites for free help filing their taxes. The average person spends about 250 to have those services completed. And with this program thats funded through the united way and irs, were able to provide this service for free. Youll need to take your photo id, Social Security card and w2 form. For a list of tax preparation sites, head to not even a full month into the year and the state fire marshal says nine people have died in house fires. In more than half of them, people were trying to stay warm. Officials say most of those fires can be blamed on candles and space heaters sitting too close to other items. They say at least half of the homes firefighters enter either do not have smoke alarms or the detectors do not work properly. One fire fatality is one too many. But we are in the peak period. Our winter season in South Carolina we refer to as january to march. Fires peak as does the incident of injury or fatality. It peaks during that time. In addition to the the fire deaths the state fire marshal says says four people died by carbon he says portable generators should never be used indoors and that Carbon Monoxide detectors should be in homes. Stay with us your ben tanner has your full forecast after the break. Lows tonight will drop into the lower middle 30s. Expect a fabulous tuesday with highs in the mid upper 70s. A slow moving cold front arrives wednesday into thursday with 1 2 rain totals thursday morning. Friday through sunday will be sunny to partly cloudy with highs in the mid upper 60s. Still ahead mid upper 70s. A slow moving cold front arrives wednesday into thursday with 1 2 rain totals possible through thursday morning. Friday through sunday will be sunny to partly cloudy with highs in the mid upper 60s. My travels over the holidays took me to several states. It was such a relief to get out of South Carolina and into our neighboring states to see threelane, potholefree roads. Even though it was the number one priority last session, our elected officials failed to pass legislation to fix the infrastructure problem. Governor nikki haley made it clear during her state of the state address wednesday night that she is standing firm. Haley sot i will l t sign any that raises taxes not in year one, not in year five, not in year ten. I will not sign any piece of the days of horsetrading South Carolina roads have to end. And i will not buy into the idea that we somehow cannot afford to cut income taxes for our people. The governors plan includes raising the gas tax by a dime, but lowering the states tax rate significantly, using up to a billion dollars in new revenue already flowing into the state. In 2015, lawmakers argued the governors plan wouldnt raise enough money. Dueling plans in the General Assembly called for gas tax hikes ranging from 1012 cents. Those plans also included increasing fees for drivers licenses and sales taxes on vehicles. In the end, nothing passed. Haley sot pass legislation that cuts our taxes, reforms our flawed transportation system, and invests in our roads, and i will sign it. Pass legislation that does not do all three of those things, and i will veto it. The choice is clear, and its all yours. Lawmakers, youre all back in columbia and its time to take some quick action. The extraordinary floods of early october have hopefully taught you something about having a strong infrastructure. Do not fail thehetate again. Traffic is all clear now on the jarvis kl the Fire Department has a water rescue underway at the Jarvis Klapman bridge. A columbia fire spokesman said emergency vehicles on the bridge will be affecting traffic. Youre being asked to avoid driving in that area. Kershaw county deputies are Fire Department has a water rescue underway at the Jarvis Klapman bridge. A columbia fire spokesman said emergency vehicles on the bridge will be affecting traffic. Youre being asked to avoid driving in that area. Kershaw county deputies are trying to figure out whos several people were caught on camera breaking into the vehicles in the cook road and watts hill drive area. If you have any information that can help investigators call crimestoppers at 1 888crimesc. Kershaw county deputies are also looking for a man who pulled out a gun at a local gas station. In december a man carrying a gun tried to go into the youngs gas station on Jefferson Davis highway in camden. The employee standing outside was able to get in and lock the doors. Authorities say the man about 5foot8 was wearing all black with something covering his face. They described his as light skinned with brown eyes and brown hair. If you have any information call crimestoppers. The citadel is cracking down on the cadets behind controversial pictures posted online. Today the school revealed that 14 of them will be hit with discipline for the incident who will be expelled. Karina bolster reports an investigation reveals the incident was part of a series of christmas skits. These actions are not in accordance with what we do here in our core values of honor, duty and respect. Seven freshman and seven juniors are being punished for the incident in december. Of the 14 total, three were either dismissed or suspended. Meanwhile the others are dealing with the oncampus punishment of tours meaning they have to march the quad for 50 Minutes Holding a rifle. Yeah not fun. Will lindsay is an alum of the school. He feels the proper punishment was handed down on something he says probably happens a lot. They do so much silly stuff at the citadel. Its all just for fun. Im sure this doesnt seem like fun. They cant just go and do Something Like that without being punished. I think they did the right thing. The investigation also determined there were multiple nights where cadets were dressing up in costumes. These photos show them dressed up as elves, nutcrackers, toy soldier, and these punishments are on a spectrum based off their level of involvement. Not just with this incident, not just because it was in the press, but continued violations of the rules. We are satisfied with the disciplinary action the school has token. Members of the National Action network will be working with the president of the college to address race issues in the nation. Lt. General rosa is creating a task force to address the issue. Weve already made contact with some of our groups and were going to Work Together with our community to move ahead. Meet the moores were the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do more. We do more games, and more streaming. So we need more speed. Thats why we switched to Time Warner Cable. Now we can connect more devices, at the same time. Hi grandma and grandpa ha, look at that [laughs] Time Warner Cable even has an internet plan for us. Get the speed you need. Internet plans start as low as 14. 99 per month. Number 58 in the lineup when they play the Denver Broncos on february 7th. Linebacker thomas davis had surgery this morning on his broken right forearm. But right now he is expected to play in the big game. Davis broke his arm in the Second Quarter of sundays nfc championship game while attempting to make a tackle. Davis confident he would be ready to go for the super bowl. February 7th in santa clara, california against the Denver Broncos. Head coach ron rivera says the 11year veteran may need to wear a brace on his arm similar to the one new England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski wears. Thomas listen to me, if anybody listening to me right now knows me. Im not going to miss the super bowl. You Better Believe that. Ill be there. Ron doing well. Doctors feel you Better Believe that. Ill be there. Ron doing well. Doctors feel real comfortable about it. Once he gets back here tomorrow and trainers get a chance to take a look at it and well see how it goes wednesday, thursday and miss the super bowl. The super bowl for the 2nd time in franchise history. Whether youre going to the big game on or just throwing a Super Bowl Party at home. You need some new panthers gear. Nfc champion tshirts were the gear. They say they watched last nights game and theyre thankfull the second half was not stressful. Sunday was the first time fans were able to cheer their team to victory at home for an nfc championship game and some are hoping they can make it to california for the next big game. I had a feeling it was coming but i was never sure i guess until the Third Quarter yesterday and now we get to go again and get a new hat. I really feel bad for the bandwagon fans. The longtime panther fans already have gear. The johnny come latelys are out their scrambling. Trying to find anything. Teeshirts, caps, key rings. Good luck the usc Mens Basketball Team is glad to be back home. The gamecocks will host Mississippi State tomorrow night. Carolina suffered just their second loss of the season saturday. Falling at tennessee 78 to 69. The gamecocks had two rough road games last week. I think our guys are a little travel stand point. Nine road games. Four in our first six in league play. Im not making excuses. Its just what i think. It doesnt mean that we should accept not playing well. One final check of the forecast lows tonight will drop into the lower middle 30s. Expect a fabulous tuesday with highs in the mid upper 70s. A slow moving cold front arrives wednesday into thursday with 1 2 rain totals thursday morning. Friday through sunday will be sunny to partly cloudy with highs in the mid upper 60s. Thats all for tonights 7 oclock report. Headlines tonight at 11, oscars and the diversity divide. The entire country is racist country. The movie to the academy made will be helpful. E. T breaks the news that rock will host the academy awards. Lets not allow for ourselves what i found out about