Is. What you want to do when you grow up. And theyll give you the opportunities to learn about that while youre in schools. Spearman and haley also discussed pre kindergarten education. A 2014 law calls for eventually expanding fullday 4yearold kindergarten to all poor children statewide. At todays announcement, Governor Haley was again asked about delivering last nights republican response following president obamas state of the union speech. The governor says her remarks were her own and not supplied by the National Republican party. And, she was again asked about the possibility of running as a Vice President ial candidate. Haley indicated she does not support positions of some gop president ial candidates. She says marco rubioquotebelieves she says marco rubioquotebelieves in amnesty, which i dont. And she says jeb bush backs common core, which haley opposes. Lets go to meteorologist von gaskin with a look at your first forecast. Expect clear and cold temperatures tonight in the upper 20s and lower 30s. Thursday will be mostly sunny with highs near 60, clouds will be on the increase thursday night as lows drop into the upper 30s lower 40s. Friday, low pressure will track across the south and deliver an 80 chance of showers. 1 rain totals are likely with fridays system. Saturday is dry before the next system forms in the gulf and will bring us the possibility of few showers on sunday. Expect clear and cold temperatures tonight in the upper 20s and lower 30s. Thursday will be mostly sunny with highs near 60, clouds will be on the increase thursday night as lows drop into the showers. 1 rain totals are likely with fridays system. Saturday is dry before the next system forms in the gulf and will bring us the possibility of few showers on sunday. Will there be a winner tonight . The Powerball Jackpot has soared breaking heights 1. 5 billion dollars is up for grabs. If you grab the right ticket. Mike desumma is at the bp gas station on elmwood charles, dawndy what youre seeing here you could find at most gas stations here in the city today. Easily lines in some locations were stretching out the door around the 12 oclock hour. That was the case at the obama gas station off north main street among spots. There clerks told me theyve been doing a good deal of powerball business lately. During the last drawing on saturday the store easily sold more than 8,000 tickets. Today lines were long at times once again as despite the odds, a lot of lottery players were feeling confident. Oh im gonna win. Im gonna win. I dont have no doubt about it. Im gonna win. This is the Winning Ticket. I would love to see someone in South Carolina win a good jackpot. Once and for all ya know what i mean. At 1. 5 billion dollars tonights Powerball Jackpot is a new record for the South Carolina lottery. The prior record was swept away after the drawing last wednesday for which there was no winner. The drawing is tonight at 10 59 pm. Well of course have the winning numbers for you on the tops of our news at 11. Live in columbia, mike desumma, wis news 10. The jackpot may have gone up but experts say the odds you have of winning same. Those odds are one in more than thats the probability a person has to pick the five correct balls numbered 1 through 69 along with the powerball number. John grego who heads the Statistics Department at usc says to only slightly more us citizens than outcomes for the winning numbers. He says getting the Winning Ticket is like drawing a ball with your name on it from a pool of everyone in the country. One of each citizens of the United States with their name on it. Then youre asked to draw a single ball and it has your name on it after youve selected it so i think that gives a good sense of just how unlikely this would be. Grego says if you chose to pick your own numbers, you might want to shy away from using birthdays. He says they can narrow your field to pick from and that can reduce your odds of winning. One man is behind bars after he tried to run from the Richland County sheriff after he broke into an apartment and took electronics. Quavion brooker bing is charged with burglary and larceny after deputies say he burglarized a chartwell road apartment. Sheriff leon lott said he saw the suspect running away and started chasing him, apprehending him at investigators linked bing to another burglary from late last year. The Richland County sheriff is asking for the communitys help in locating two suspects wanted for kidnapping and armed robbery. The two suspects forced a man walking down broad river road into a vehicle at gunpoint. They then drove the victim to tyeu trail and bakersfiled road, where they left him after they beat him and robbed him. The victim was taken to a hospital with nonlife threatening injures. Anyone with information is asked to call crimestoppers at one triple eight crime sc. South carolinas department of transportation is under fire this afternoon, accused of not paying its contractors. For years. Today the state House Oversight legislative Committee Heard a long list of concerns laid out in a special public hearing. People testified over issues like the dots infrastructure banking. Transportation for the poor. And accusations of the dot not for their work. Donnie and Ronnie Hoffman says they were hired as contractors for dot 10 years ago and have yet to receive full payment. They say they are short nearly yes, the money is important because its the way we paid our bills, the way we buy things. But its about accountabilty. Following the hoffmans claims, rep. Ralph norman asked the men to provide evidence of the claims and the committee would be more than willing to look into the issue. Republicans critricized president obamas state of the Union Address last night but they also took issue with Governor Haleys response after the president s speech. Chris clackum has more on the 14 35 colorado 14 19 fact is, so Many Americans are working harder than before but incomes declined or when he touted success on most everything else, republicans called it failure. Texas 24 28 i just wish we would convert to action what the president said. Day after the state of the union. Of the republican who gave the gop response. South carolina 35 41 there is more than enough blame to go we as republicans need to own that truth. South carolina governor nikki especially upset many conservatives with this swipe. South carolina 48 52 it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. That she admitted on the today show wednesday. Was aimed at leading republican president ial candidate donald trump. South carolina 59 1 03 mr. Trump has definitely contributed to what i think is just irresponsible talk conservative commentator ann coulter tweeted trump should deport nikki haley. But coming to her defense was jeb bush who tweeted. proud of my friend nikkihaley for delivering a positive uplifting response chris clackum, nbc news. Republican candidates are making their way across South Carolina to speak to voters ahead of more than 500 people connected to the Gop Committee are also expected to be in the lowcountry starting today, as well as democrats. Republican president ial candidate john kasich will hold a meet and greet in charleston today at 5 15 pm. Its being hosted by state representative chip limehouse. And the democrats are planning to be in columbia en masse next week. Candidates hillary clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin Omalley will be in your capital city for king day at the dome 2016 on monday. The event is held annually at the state house and is hosted by the naacp. Coming up talk about a multimillion Dollar Lottery letdown well see what happened when that megabucks pool turned out to be. Dry plus a struggling midlands mother now has the precious mobility she needs to pull her life together. Some people fantasize about quitting their job the second they win the Powerball Jackpot. 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 meet the moores were the moore family, and were always looking for ways to enjoy more. So we called Time Warner Cable and got even more than we expected. Call now to get more. More speed. More tv shows and movies on demand. More places to make more unlimited calls. Call now. 30 meg internet, hundreds of hd channels, and unlimited calling to international destinations. We find more good things every day more ways to watch more shows. 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I feel. I feel great. Valet drivers, bus boys, cooks in the kitchen including pedro maza all thought that they were going to share in the winnings and begin a new life. Remember, saturdays jackpot was already a record 900million dollars. They would each get away with a cool 22 million bucks. Yes, of course, they already did the math after taxes. Be honest. We all do it. In fact, after learning he had hit every number, one of the cooks tossed his apron and quit on the spot. Powerball 17. There was only one problem. Okay, listen carefully. The workers read numbers from the previous wednesdays Powerball Jackpot, for sold. Fastforward a few days to when they bought their ticket for saturday nights drawing. They were on their phones, during the drawing, looking at an outofdate website that listed an old set of winning numbers. It was left to bartender Charles Poveromo and host Cladio Campos to break the bad news. And im staring on his phone. I didnt want to believe that, but i just like, okay, thats the truth. the guys are still jumping around over there. Im like, oh, my god. is this one of those guys who was jumping around . Yes. Yes. I realized that something that was desperately, seriously wrong. You guys had been steve harveyd. Yes, we had. The city of columbia is trying to demystify the mysteries of money for people bank on columbia kicked off early this morning. Officials say its a chance to provide citizens with knowledge about Financial Assistance and Affordable Banking. The Community DevelopmentDepartment Says theres not alot of Financial Education in school. And this program aims to promote Financial Stability by going out to communities and neighborhoods to inform citizens. So we thought it would be a good idea to have a Financial Education workshop series along with offering safe and Affordable Bank accounts for our residents, it will help them in the long run. They are encouraging anyone wanting to learn more, to contact the city at 8035453373 a homeless columbia mom received a blessing on wheels this morning. Jessica has been living in a shelter, caring for her daughter and holding down a job. This morning, the cooperative ministrys autos for Opportunities Program gave jessica a vehicle. Even though i am homeless, i have a daughter, i still held a job. Itll be a real big difference. Because of a decline in donations, there now are more than thirty people on the waiting list for a vehicle. To donate a car and receive a Tax Deduction call 8037993853 time now for an update on your weather. For that we turn to meteorologist ben tanner. Expect clear and cold temperatures tonight in the upper 20s and lower 30s. Thursday will be mostly sunny with highs near 60, clouds will be on the increase thursday night as lows drop into the upper friday, low pressure will track across the south and deliver an 80 chance of lithursday will be mostly sunny with highs near 60, clouds will be on the increase thursday night as 30s lower 40s. Friday, low pressure will track across the south and deliver an 80 chance of showers. 1 rain totals are likely with fridays system. Saturday is dry before the next system forms in the gulf and will bring us the possibility of few showers on sunday. Expect clear and cold temperatures tonight in the upper 20s and lower 30s. Thursday will be mostly sunny with highs near 60, clouds will be on the increase thursday night as lows drop into the upper 30s lower 40s. Friday, low pressure will track across the south and deliver an 80 chance of showers. 1 rain totals are likely with fridays system. Saturday is dry before the next system forms in the gulf and will bring us the possibility of few showers on sunday. Expect clear and cold temperatures tonight in the upper 20s and lower 30s. Thursday will be mostly sunny with highs near 60, clouds will be on the increase thursday night as lows drop into the upper 30s lower 40s. Friday, low pressure will track across the south and deliver an 80 chance of showers. 1 rain totals are likely with fridays system. Saturday is dry before the next system forms in the gulf and will bring us the possibility of few showers on sunday. Expect clear and cold the upper 20s and lower 30s. Thursday will be mostly sunny with highs near 60, clouds will be on the increase thursday night as lows drop into the upper 30s lower 40s. Friday, low pressure will track across the south and deliver an 80 chance of showers. 1 rain totals are likely with fridays system. Saturday is dry before the next system forms in the gulf and will bring us the possibility of few showers on sunday. Expect clear and cold temperatures tonight in the upper 20s and lower 30s. Thursday will be mostly sunny with highs near 60, clouds will be on the increase thursday night as lows drop into the upper 30s lower 40s. Friday, low pressure will track across the south and deliver an 80 chance of showers. 1 rain totals are likely with fridays system. Saturday is dry before the next system forms in the gulf and will bring us the possibility of few showers on sunday. That electric frying pan could serve up an electric shock with your pancakes walmart is recalling 330 griddles. Federal consumer advocates say the heating elements in the pans could crack, let water in, and create a shock hazard this applies to rival griddles with model number xj14207. They were sold at Walmart Stores and online last year from july through december. If you have one take it back to the store for a refund. We all try to smile for the camera, but do our Furry Friends . Coming up. This smiling hot dog comes with cheese a rescued dog says cheese on nats he has gone viral is ready for in the spotlight. Watch him cheese it up with a hilarious smileoncommand. The pup has plenty to smile about hes a rescued dog he is going up for adoption soon. Those pearly whites have already earned the video over 12 million views lets get an update on your weather with ben. Expect clear and cold temperatures tonight in the upper 20s and lower 30s. Thursday will be mostly sunny with highs near 60, clouds will be on the increase thursday night as lows drop into the upper