Was to influence the weather. Not the case. Crash and burn. And it is cold out there. A lot of communities are under freezing temperatures. 25 in saluda. And windchill kicking in 26. Newberry. In columbia, windchill is 24 degrees. Chloro skies right now. When the kids go out to the bus stop, going to need the jacket. 28 this morning. Not this afternoon. A lot of sunshine. Winds from the southwest with a high of 63. Going to be chilly. Increasing cloud coverage. And a high of only 55 degrees tomorrow. Traffic, check in on the road conditions, mile marker on 106, by st. Andrews road, traffic is light, but picking up. No issues in casey. To i26. Its pretty clear. If youre heading to the willy bee, you have a 17minute commute. Take a look at the sevenday forecast and when be the rain will finally be out of here. Thats coming up. Theres a new chickfila opening and the first hundred people get free chickfila for a year. With that deal, you Better Believe people were lining up as early as yesterday afternoon. Thats where we find our newest news 19 member. Braving the cold oututhere. Dion . Reporter savannah, im not cold right now. You can see everyone walking in at the chickfila here. Tshirts were just given. These are the people that camped out for a year of free chickfila. Walking in one sat with the tshirts and their numbers to get their certificates for that. These people were out here since five yesterday. Thats the big news. Happy to be inside and warm. This is more than just a chick fillopening. All about the business here, the economy here research know that theres an applebees and a Panda Express and a kroger so a lot of businesses are opening here. In addition to the free meals business is also collecting books for an Elementary School in the boxes over there so they can have some books to read. This is a festive morning. You can hear the Staff Members banging on things and ringing bells to are greet the people as they come in. These people are excited to be warm right now. The company is showing their thanks to all these people for really showing them their pride about being here. And you can see, the guy in the sherlock hoodie, our producer, he was here camping out with these people. Hundred people camping out to get free chickfila for a year. Our producer is in there. Thanks, dion. And how about getting cheered for when you go into a chickfila. I would love that. And thats not the only thing happening. The 2016 palmetto senior show at the fairgrounds. A hundred exhibiters and vendors exhibiting the goods and services. Going to open at nine and open until three. Theres a parking fee, but admission is free. A man connected to a fatal shooting, 23yearold Michael Reggie anderson. Antonio robinson. And Rodney Francis the second witnesses say the two were fighting before the shooting. Robinson is charged with murder. A project on hold for a second time for the residents and developer to discuss the project. They had the opportunity to do just that. Chuck ringwold has more. Located on state and columbia streets. People were there, including jennifer. They wanted questions answered. Scombrieshgs about traffic and ceiling heights. But they werent answered 200 units . Too much. 235 within the project. Residents say that this will traffic. Representative said thats what theyre fighting for. Going to have the residents win at 200 or the developer at 235. Looking at if the 200 is needed. Others are worried about how parking will affect the situation. If they build it, probably nowhere totoark. Right now, on the street. Looking at how to city can get us close parking spots within there. Seems like they have no idea what theyre going to do with the neighborhood as well. Going to last for an hour but asked for another 30 minutes when the developers were going to stop answering. January 20th. A compromise in the senate could be reached on the issue of roads in our state. A committee of democrats and republicans are discussing among the caucuses and brought to the floor for voting. We hope we can come up with something that we can sell to the members of the legislature. Plan on working an afternoon or into the evening. I dont know. I would be real happy if they brought us a solution when we come back. Ending the session early tomorrow so the group of senators can get right to talking about the compromise as soon as possible. Time for the mom of day. And nominated by her daughter. A strong woman, caring for them equally. May be hard on them, but all out of love and will always be there for them. Congratulation to you. If you would like to nominate a mom, head to wltx. Com and click on the banner to submit. Noun of the day, brogue. A heavy shoe that is quite popular in ireland that they wear. I dont know if your mom threatened to throw a shoe at you if you didnt shape up. Showing my age here. Eddie murphy has a stand up act with the mother throwing a shoe. People of a certain generation about. An opportunity for your artistic welcome. How you doin . Good how are you . So today youre gonna choose a mobile office. You can choose this Chevy Silverado which offers built in 4g lte wifi. Or you can choose this ford f150, which doesnt offer wifi. But to make up for it, we added a trailer, a satellite antenna, and dolores. Hey fellas Group Laughter what . So, which one do you want . I pick the chevy. Definitely. Or, get this dependable silverado all star edition with a total value of seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Welcome back. Your child has an opportunity to be creative at the fresh market. Fresh market. Jim, thank you for joining us today. Talk about the contest. Design a bag like this and get that you are design on a bag . Contestants age 15 and under are able to design a reusable bag for the fresh market. Two winners will be chosen from that. They will take the two winners that we receive and two winners from each of the other 183 stores and the Corporate Office will decide on the winners from there. And then they will get a 2 200 Gift Certificate and get baskets with art supplies and the goodies. So this is a winner on this side and another one. This is the national winners. This is a great project. Design something around fresh food and the healthy things we can eat and a good way to help other people as well. Correct. How w does this help other kids. No hungry kid campaign. One in five children in america do go hungry. One in four in South Carolina go hungry. Right. In 2013, they started partnering with the no kid hungry campaign. Raising over a hundred thousand dollars for this. And donating to the Harvest Food Bank and Campaign Like this, they make the dollars stretch. Thats going to feeding a lot of kids. It is. And one other thing, if thth child wins, getting their name stores. And 50 of the proceeds go to the no kid hungry campaign. Getting the bag and the art and a theres a deadline, is there a form they have to fill out . Pick that up at the frash market or fresh market or any one of them in the country. The deadline is february 2nd. Choosing them at that time. And i know churches and schools churches and schools, great for the teachers to have a project and kids can win. And that deadline is february february 2nd. Get some of your drewerings some will get that reference checking in with efren. Efren. The temperatures are where where they should be in the 020s and 30s. Cold at saluda. Windchill is a factor in some communities. Feeling like 26. Newberry. And 28 in sumter. In columbia, 28 degrees with a windchill of 24 degrees on what it feels like. Clear skies in the area. The High Pressure is allowing that cold dry air to filter in from the mountains to the palmetto state. Thats going to be a prelude to the sate. With that southwesterly flow, its going to be warm. 60s and 63 in orangeburg. Here, 36 degrees in columbia. Wind at ten miles per hour. Going to be chilly tonight but but not freezing cold. Ranging from the mid to upper 40s. As the High Pressure moves off the cost, a chance of rain in the next few days. Low pressure will start moving into the lower part of the gulf, a chance of rain. The plains will also come down with that system. Two chans of rain. Tomorrow, creasing cloud coverage. Tomorrow, moving in from the sournt portions of the midlands. This will cover most if not all of the midlands with the rainfall on the back end of it. Heres the good thing. Itll be out by saturday morning and skies will start clearing. Tomorrow, with a high of 58. And a chance hall of fame rainfall out of here on other systems scooching in with a chance of sprinkles and windy. Next week, could be looking at the coldest temperatures of the season. 23 on tuesday and highs in the mid to upper 40s and by wednesday, 54 degrees. Heading out the door, beat the traffic on the traffic conditions. On 44 and mile marker 66, good flow, no accidents. And slow go on augusta between main and south sunset boulevard. Base, an. Welcome back. Time is 6 23. Player of the week program resumes. Going to Airport High School where the eagle Basketball Team has been making some noise thanks in part to our player of the week. The airport eagles have been flying high with close wins and a loss to the number one ranked team hammond. One reason is, a player getting interest from newberry. Not real vocal. But leads by example. Stepped up from ninth to 12th grade. Aggressive and better rebounder. In the past, more of a shooter. Now his all around game is coming around. 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Dont try to find all 19 the grand prize winner will be announced on tuesday, january 26th. Coming up on the news, matt. From the station thats on your side, youre watching news 19 this morning. Good morning and thanks for waking up with us. Time is 6 29. About to turn 6 30. A chilly start to the morning, it is. People with temperatures in the 30s. 29 and clear skies, light wind out of the southwest and it feels more like 24. The southwest wind is going to be a key component. This morning, the kids are going to need their jacket. Temperatures at 23. Sunshine and wind and warming up quickly. By 11, 49. 53 at lunch and the sunshine and the wind with the southwesterly flow. 63 this afternoon. 60 by five and 55 by six. Get ready for a lots of sunshine. Checking in on the roads and beating the traffic for you on the thursday commute. I26 westbound. On mile marker 105. On piney grove and st. Andrews. Traffic is picking up but no issues. In from sumter. To garners ferry. Traffic is clear right now. Heading from i26 to downtown, a 14minute commute. And in blithe wood, a 23minute commute. Take a look at your sevenday forecast in just a few minutes. Mary and savannah . Thank you, efren. President obama is continuing to sell his ideas on his state of the union address. And yesterday, in omaha to spend the day with the family talking about Climate Change and today going to louisiana. A spokesperson said today, seven people and four attackers are dead following an attack on a starbucks in the indonesian no one so far has claimed responsibility, but suspicion is likely to fall on Islamic Militant groups. This morning, a Saluda County woman is facing charges for fraud. Sled said she embezzled more than 10,000 while serving as town clerk. And also steal stealing from the Ward Baptist Church as she was treasurer. Saying she used it for personal expenses. If convicted, she could face prison and a fine. 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A lot of us under the freezing mark. 29 in columbia. Saluda, po. And orangeburg is 30. A little bit warmer at sumter at 34. The windchill feels like 25 in saluda. Feels like 33 in 29 in the capitol. A southwesterly flow of the wind and this is going to be a big game changer when it coming to the weather. The rain chances are going to double. Tonight, increasing cloud cover. St. Matthews. 45 for a low in newberry. Increasing cloufrj or not and into tomorrow. Lightlight to moderate rain showers in the afternoon. All in the palmetto state and into the evening. Into friday night, its going to start clearing out. Were not going to expect a lot of rain. Nevertheless, we will have a lot of rain for that day. 55 for that day. 59 on saturday. A chance for spinls on sprinkles on sunday. The coldest temperatures of the season so far. 23 for a low on tuesday morning. Highs will generally be in the mid to upper 40s and 50s by wednesday. Now lets take a look at the road conditions. A slow start. Traveng is light in this area on 72. Next several minutes. And no delays on gaston. Both directions up to i56. Hills and downtown, 27 commute. Welcome back to news 19. You have one more place to eat more chicken this morning. Chickfila opening a new location. First hundred people in the door are getting free chickfil a for a year. People been there since braving the cold. Dion is there. About 45 minutes that the store has been open. The fanfare is over. The first hundred people have gotten the cards so they can get chickfila free for a year. And you can see, the business is open and ordering food and the team members back there. Ready, waiting to serve everyone that comes in. This is the third business in the killian crossing. And we know theres an applebee s and Panda Express. This is bringing 45 jobs to the area. Thats great. And theres a kroger coming here. And that shows the growth in the area. If you come to this chickfil a, you can bring a book, a collecting the books for an Elementary School. And like a library change. If you see a book in there you like, you can exchange it for a book you have. Swap those out. So thats whats going on. And its not just about the chickfila opening and giving people free food. Its about an economic boost and helping out with the book fair. The restaurant is open and people coming in and out. Swift traffic. You can see someone walking behind me, throwing something away. Typical things in a restaurant like this. And one keynote is that theres a healthier menu and a salad and a double drive through and a playground for the kids. And a moms valet, people in a rush, helping get the food a lot of amenities and the community is embracing it with open arms. So from the new chickfila, back to you. Thats our new reporter, dion and enjoy it. I know its your first week, but bring back chicken and biscuits or dont come back. Ill try. Love the mom valet. 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Some animals love them. My dog, only put the reindeer head band on her for christmas. And the one that i posted, im holding a treat, so shes not shaking like crazy getting the thing off. So coercing. Bribery works. Festive, festive. Send us your picture. And late night, james cardin, picking up adele and singing some classics, including the spice girls. wanna be . I love this. Could not be anymore fun. Efrens dancing over there. I think giving car karaoke a run for its money. You can catch the late, late show after the late show with and colbert. At ten, elementary and stick around for your news, whether and sport ws news 19 at 11. If you didnt win the lottery last night, dont worry. Were giving you a Second Chance to be a winner. Starting tuesday, placing 19 signed footballs at several different landmarks in different counties. And well post pictures and hints on social media, instagram and twitter. 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For the interstates, pretty much clear, traffic and areas rarnd columbia. At the areas around columbia. At the new chickfila, could see some congestion. The weather, chilly. Windchill at 25. Wind at five ferps. Chilly start to the day going to the bus stop. And kids, youre not going to need the jackets this afternoon. Its going to be gorgeous. 61 degrees when you get out of cool. A lot of sunshine and the southwesterly flow at ten miles per hour. It is going to be feeling absolutely beautiful. A low of 38 degrees tonight. By midday tomorrow, light to moderate showers moving in into the afternoon and early moderate to heavyvyainfall is experimented out of here by saturday morning and dealing with at least a high of 55 degrees. 59 on saturday and i put in there just a chance of sprinkles. Going to be windy and a high of 50. Potentially the coldest degrees of the coldest temperatures of the season. Warming is only going to last for a few days. Check the powerball tickets. 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