Taxes. The place is a soldout are going to get bonuses based on their state rules. We talked toabout the excitement today. Nobody has experienced anything like this. When we got past half 1 billion mark we were in Uncharted Waters and we never knewexpect but thats what is wonderful about the business. We are in. It is changing constantly. It is fastpaced make that to go to bed at night and you know you have done something good that day. Education is going to get more money. Last nights numbers produced 28 milliondollar winners and 73 1 million across the us. People across South Carolina picked all but one number right at one 50,000. Wltx. Keith smith in our Sales Department said he did not even check his ticket until he got to work this morning. Is a blessing and my story was, i decided to play last night at 9 15 pm. I figured it was too late. I picked my numbers and i was one number away from disappearing from you guys. Similar keith thoughts one ticket and he played responsibly and spend two dollars. Unbelievable. We are happy you are still with us, keith. Moving on at the statehouse house representatives voted to pass a comprehensive moped bill this morning but it would require mopeds to be registered and the driver to carry insurance and keep vehicles from any road that has a speed limit greater ththan 35 miles an hour and keep anybody that has a suspended drivers license laster the house sent more legislation to outlaw drinking and driving on a moped but it did not see any movement. They are violating the law. We can charge someone for drunk driving on a lawnmower but why cant we charge someone for driving a moped . But its just not happening. It has passed three times. Like i said, and sitting on a deadend street in the senate. Sen. John scott was one lawmaker who blocked the previous bill from passing. That said, if this is a comprehensive bill. He has been waiting for. He could potentially support it. Senators were optimistic are reaching a compromise by the end of the day. They will be continuing talks on tuesday. Yesterday the senate announced an Informal Group of eight republicans and democrats addressed at the issue of roads throughout the week and they have made significant progress. The president said they hope they will have a plan on the floor by tuesday but other senators said it could be another one to two weeks before they bring the bill to the floor. We can agree realm among eight people but when i get on the floor. You have different agendas. We cant guarantee that. However, i think the appetite for a road bill is so strong that those who are opposed to it. I think they would be overwhelmed with the support of those who said its time to get something done. Student the group meets behind closed doors. They ended their meeting around 3 pm they will continue on tuesday at 1 pm. In Columbia Police have arrested a man in connection with a Fatal Shooting over the 23yearold Michael Antonio robinson has been charged with murder. The shooting happened saturday morning in the 1000 block of lady street before 3 30 am. 23yearold Rodney Francis the second was a shot leaving leaving a club. He later died at the hospital. Robinson has been fighting with the victim before the shooting and he is currently held in jail. A sumter man charged with child pornography. William hughes, philip involved in exchanging child pornography in a filesharing program. He is charged with felony of exploitation of minors act could face 10 years for each count. A headstone placed at the gradei for grave of a baby who died after being carried into the water by her mother. By her mother back in november. Sarah lane, a tony was charged for homicide by child abuse. She was carrying her daughter across the creek when the child washed away. Community members paid for her to have a gravestone. Today we saw plenty of sunshine but this afternoon. We have been watching some clouds streaming across the area. Thats just the beginning. You can see cloudiness to the sw. Heading our way but today we warmed up nicely. 590 right now and augustine 57 in atlanta and charlotte, it is 56 in columbia, it is mostly sunny. Our temperature is 61 wins from the south and southwest at 8 mph. Tonight we will see an increase in clouds with a low of 38. The rain will be coming in tomorrow with a High Temperature of 53. But that ring should be over with. Evening. Tomorrow it will be mostly cloudy with the temperature of 41. Lets take a look at the traffic around our area this afternoon and we will start on the Northwest Side of town. Is not too bad right now, lexington highway a bit of a slow down between 26 and 20. We will start to see a slowdown through malfunction junction. On the Southeast Side of town. Its not too bad. We have one accident. This is off of garners ferry road. It is a bit slow to get to pineview but it picks up. On the northeast side of town. Things are in pretty good shape. The interstates are moving fine if you are going downtown. It should take you 20 minutes from downtown to the village at sandhill it will take you 29. More the forecast coming up. A former boy band star, nick carter under arrest. Arrested at a bar in key west florida. He got into a scuffle in the hogs breath saloon. Its not clear what led to the fight or if anyone else was arrested but we know that Police Arrested carter. Recently he appeared on dancing with the stars and there are rumors of the Backstreet Boys having a reunion tour with the spice girls. It sounds like a good time altogether. Olympic Gold Medalist skier picabo street has been charged with assault and Domestic Violence after she got into a fight with her dad. The 76 rolled told police his daughter pushed him down two flights of stairs and locked him in a basement. The caboose that her father pulled her hair but she was hoping she could keep this private and it could be resolved amicably. Actor alan rickman died after a battle with cancer. Millions know him from the harry potter films and other movies included diehard, robin hood prince of thieves and love actually. Of the 50 years. He was 69 years old. And Reni Angelino has died after a long battle with cancer. He died of throat cancer at his home in anderson. The death was due to natural causes, and no further investigation was expect it. He is survived by the three children and two Adult Children from a previous relationship. He was 73 years old. Two things. Money. As we get ready for the super bowl, we have something fun going on is called the news 19 golden football Treasure Hunt. On tuesday, 19 golden footballs will be placed at landmarks throughout the midland and all 11 counties. At noon, you have to go to the Instagram Account for if youre the first to find a football grab it and bring it back to the studio and you can win. You can also register for the grand prize. You only get a chance to win one time so dont think youre going to drive around all day looking for 19 footballs. The grand prize winner will be announced live on tuesday, january 26. I like that football and money and a Treasure Hunt and fun. We are talking about fun things today. Happy birthday. How does it feel to be 21 . Connect i am 25 and it feels really good. You guys got me a big cake and i got my first messages last btyt night at 10 pm. People are sweet and wonderful and kind and you got me the nicest card and thank you for what you posted. To this year . People want to know what i did for my birthday. I went to lazboy and shopped thats what to do. We had a good time picking out an ottoman and i have to wait a few weeks for it to come in but that was a big deal. You are grown up and can be doing stuff like that. I might organize a pantry. Do you need some water . There is no way to get good pictures from when you were little. I am the little one and my sister amanda is the big one that we are singing into wooden blocks. We used to use them as our microphone and that was our very 80s fireplace look at how pretty my mama is. She has not changed a bit. If you go back to the other picture i was more blonde than my sister so i am a natural blonde. They are not. She did not to dye my hair. Im coughing. Coughing through my birthday. Coming up next, appreciating your city means knowing the city working to bring history look, the wolf was huffing and puffing. Like you do sometimes, grandpa . Well, when you have copd, it can be hard to breathe. Which can make it hard to get air in. So i talked to my doctor. She said. Symbicort could help you breathe better, starting within 5 minutes. Symbicort doesnt replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. 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Five times the teams have out of five. The women are on the road. They are in kentucky taking on the wildcats tonight the tipoff is for 7 pm. They are 15 and zero and three and zero in the sec. Today, we look back at 2015 in columbia. First of all across the country. It turned out to be the second warmest year on record 49 states as a whole, but in columbia, it was the hardest. In fact, we had the hottest december on record by a wide margin and it also turned out to be the fifth wettest year on record. Not only was it hot, but it was combination of things that made it warm. It wasnt just the fact that we have Global Warming taking place that we have a strong el nio which has popped up. Temperatures worldwide. We look at those readings next week. But this morning and for a good part of this year, we started off on a cool, notably got down to 27 in columbia and 20 for in augustine and 29 and orangeburg and 32 and sumter and we warmed up nicely today into the 60s but right now we are at 61 columbia and 59 for augustine and 580 and raquel. The satellite picture you can see a few clouds over the midlands, but most of the cloudiness is in georgia and along the gulf coast and we are watching the weather system because this is going to be tracking towards us and bringing so much of the rain and cloudiness. The system will be moving towards east pretty rapidly through the Great Lakes Region and we had something that happened today that we havent seen since 1938. The first hurricane of the we showed you the subtropical storm yesterday and transformed into a hurricane. Here is portugal and spain in the african coast. Sustained winds of 85 miles an hour moving north to northeast at 23 and tomorrow they are bracing for Hurricane Force conditions. Maximum sustained winds are expected to be 85 miles an hour. The next for days. The system will move to the southern portion of greenland. We are watching an increase in clouds tonight with rain coming into the area around. Midmorning tomorrow. It will continue but it should be out of here by Late Afternoon and will remain mostly cloudy but will be clearing out on saturday. The forecast for tonight. Low temperatures in the mid30s to low 40s. High temperatures and cameron and 53 in columbia and sumter and 58 and orangeburg. Looking ahead, rain tomorrow and try out saturday and 63 for a High Temperature and when we get to sunday, its going to be cooling off a bit was cold air coming in. The sun comes out in the afternoon. Advocates cold 43 for a higher monday tuesday we are expecting a low of 20 for a high of 45 and temperatures will moderate with a temperature of 50 for thursday. Lets go over to darcy. Standing here is my buddy from the Historic Columbia foundation. Good to see you. We were just talking about james kids. He is a 19monthold and a two monthold. And sometimes we find them obsessed with electronics. So what do kids do in the 19th tv and xbox and those other things, if you are asking yourself that question, this is the guy that can answer it. Lets talk about this toy you have designed for kids ages 3 to 5. We do a program for kids 3 to 5, called early adventurers. It engages them on several century levels and show them how things are different. You have brought some of these things with you, manipulatives the teachers like to say. Talk to us about the kids for this is a small sampling of what they will be able to experience and see. I can guess what this one is. Spend most of the adults out there know at some point, whether from a museum or from their own childhood, a better chart. So this goes back to the 1800s, and a lot of families had cows actually make some butter. So we have something called a hard book which shows how children learn abcs. Most for fiveyearolds are starting to learn about the alphabet; was thinking how many times do you have this to a kid in the first thing they do is list like how do you make this work . This is unique. I could do the guess what this was. Its not a flyswatter. When kids reach about 4 years old, they help with chores. They will get a chance to use it. Rugby there practicing taking swings at some rugs to see what they can knock off so just practice baseball moves out basic necessities in life. This is a chamber pot. Before and or plumbing this is what kids would used to go to the bathroom on a cold winter night. So i am assuming the adult body was a lot bigger. Kids would have to empty the chamber pot each morning. When you think about it. We have it pretty easy. So next thursday on the 21st we had a program called early adventurers from 10 30 am to 11 30 am go to our website and sign up in advance and its a good way to get kids to learn about the past. This has been wildly successful. They are popular because they can schedule these anytime and stayathome moms. This is a Great Program to bring children to participate and they can bring older kids along. We will help engage them as well. James, thank you so much. Say hi to the baby. We will send things over to andrea with what we are working on next. We know how much you love a lot of yo your pet today. We asked you to share pictures on facebook. Picture of branson has bat manslaughter and tracy booker put a bow in an outfit all christian. Christian looks thrilled. Christian bradshawesque Christian Bradshaw says this is tracy. And scarlett is dressed every day. Okay . He can go to our Facebook Page and add a picture of your pet. I could look at dressed up. Thats all day. Some may hear something you dont see every day. Its a turkey. Its a live turkey. This bird had a nice first classified by pfc. Flight. It was brought as a therapy that her heres another picture of it in a wheelchair. The Company Complies with the air carrier access request that allows travelers to go with animals. There are no rules about what apparently if you can register your boa constrictor and say it brings you peace. You might be able to get on the plane. So the turkey was a service animal. It brought somebody peace. I dont t ow. I live turkey sandwiches. Cranberry salsa. I hope i welcome back. The president ial gop hopefuls are shifting their attention to the palmetto state. The states could play a bigger role. In North Charleston folks started arriving yesterday to talk to the voters of south here is the latest. President ial hopefuls have a lot at stake when they take the stage for debate in South Carolina. Slackware so close to iowa and New Hampshire and we become even more critical. Political expert on voters in the palmetto state. Candidates should focus on one group. In South Carolina republican primary 60 of the voters are evangelical christians. Ted tran31 and marco rubio associate with evangelical voters each candidate is assigned a different color. You would be right if you guest trumps color is red. Katrina is the National Spokeswoman for the tramp campaign. South carolina gov. Nicki haley was wrong to call out to drop when she said urge to listen to angry voices. If youre looking around and not angry, something is wrong. Things are astonishing. Many people, which is why you see trumps rallies grow. Tonights debate is the smallest yet with others trying to catch up to the front runners. North charleston, South Carolina. So with the latest news poll shows donald trump with a big lead in the palmetto state followed by ted cruz and marco rubio at 12 . As the sun is going down. We are starting to see some high clouds coming in from a southwest. 61. Winds from the southwest at 8 miles an hour. We will see an increase in so wont be as cold but we are expecting rain to come in tomorrow. A good part of the day with High Temperature of 53. Looking ahead for saturday it dries out and warms up to 63. But we will see some clouds coming in early sunday morning and for the most part they will be out of here. Its going to be turning colder 520 and want to get to monday. A High Temperature of 43 dropping to 20 for on Tuesday Morning and a high of 45. Lets take another look at the traffic around the area this afternoon. We will start only northeast side of town. Northbound lanes of interstate 77 from 277 to killian road and on the southwest side of town. We have an accident right here on 77 before you get to the river it is slowing things down a bit, but the rest of the interstate is fine and on the its a bit slow on lexington, highway 3 w. Columbia, all the way to interstate 20. Picks up a little bit and we also have a slowdown on the westbound lanes of interstate 20 is slow going, going through malfunction junction. If youre going downtown to harvest and boulevard, it will take you 22 minutes. Ladies back to you. To make for jackson has a new command sgt. Maj. A change in responsibility ceremony was held this afternoon, command sgt. Maj. Lamonte to christian takes over the post for the senior enlisted officer. He replaces the outgoing sgt. Maj. He previously served as the commandant, drill sgt. For jackson and we spoke to him about the message he wants to share with the soldiers at the fort. I would like to say get ready because were moving forward. We are going to take what we have done and capitalize on it and move it to our next centennial take this journey to prepared to deal with anything. Is christian looks for minor may remember his story back in 2014 and the drill sergeants cadence that he created it was used in a gatorade commercial. For 20 years, the Spring Valley rotary has been gifting children around the world with medical care, silently until now. This the first time they are commenting on this rotary it is called the gift of life initiative. Every time a third world child is brought here and the Company Helps with their procedures. This year it wasfrom el salvador. She was born with scoliosis. She said it would be best if she had it done here. She stay with the rotary family and those who matter will tell you she has been the gift in being part of this has done more for me than it did for the family to see sochi who came here is that 22 days of three months in the hospital. To see the resilience that she has. Her ability to push through anything. And always managed to have a smile is bitterly movie. Moving. Spirit to surgery and several smiles later she goes back home tomorrow morning. More on her story tonight at 7 pm. Vicksburg high school continues to expand their use of technology in the classroom. All of the students and it 10th through 12th grade received from books. They are part of a grant from the state department of education students will be the chrome book and they are allowed to take them home with them after school. Students and facultys are thrilled about their new devices. Some of the most exciting part is training students and they are just as excited. They are student leaders in the area of technology and they will continue to move this forward and the devices become used on a daily basis. I like it because i am not as stressed out about typing papers. I dont have to go to school to type them. Thats my favorite thing about it. Through the grant all students in grades six through 12th will receive a crumpet. Middle School Students will get devices next week. Sparked conversation on social equality and tonight usc experts will discuss education equality and head of the commemoration. Its being held at 6 pm at the law school on friday. It will include South Carolina chief justice and former columbia mayor. Some of the palmetto Senior Center was held at the fairgrounds it included 100 exhibitors and vendors showcasing products and services, there was life, music live music and miss carolina was there. And gop candidates Mike Santorum and Mike Huckabee made appearances. This is a great event for seniors. Is very good and a lot of time we will have people telesis is there a big event and it is a free show for seniors. So they are having a good time and we like that. Raven said 5000 people took part in todays event. So i prom season is a time young girls look forward to. But for some it is a financial burden they cannot bear for the Young Lawyers division and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority are hosting a central project. Thanks for donations. They will provide anything a girl my need for prom without a hefty price tag you can drop off items right here at our news 19 studio and there are a number of other dropoff locations and columbia and orangeburg. Would you believe that we love to talk about food here on friends at five and each year there are different trends. So long bacon and mccormicks out and here are the five flavor trends, you will be chewing on this year. Helpful herbal blend a mixes mixed together so bold flavors have health benefits. For example, chia seeds and tumor exceeds our high nutrient low calorie seeds a quick source of energy and turmeric is an antioxidant for their ideal for mixing and spices and adding to everything has been to meet for oatmeal or smoothies. Seeming spicy tangy dishes. Combine them with citrus and vinegar to balance out heat and deliver a kick. Mccormick experts say they expect to see the trends play out with ingredients like chilis, rice vinegar, sugar and garlic commonly found in indonesia and malaysia. Ancestral ingredients we are going back to the basics with a twist. American seek more Natural Foods we are looking at what our ancestors ate and that means herbs like rosemary, i love that you can put on everything in it tastes good. And in ancient grana can be found in crackers or popcorn. Those are making a comeback. Alternative proteins. Quinoa is out and cranberry beans and black beluga lentils are in. I like quinoa. Seven 2016 is the International Year of pulse. Its another word for the games such as dried beans, lentils, mps. A diet that includes these foods can help curb obesity and manage chronic illnesses like diabetes. Spirit tropical asian ingredients. Mccormick is betting that our palace with a craving dishes from malaysia and the philippines this year, such as curry and barbecue, a filipino grilled pork made with banana banana and ketchup . , youll be healthy and happy and probably have a stain on something. Banana and ketchup . Banana and ketchup. I eat all of these things. I am always hungry. If you feel that way they could be what you are eating because there is an interesting article on yahoo health it talks about foods that make you continuously hungry. Number one has got to be my favorite food, cheese. The more you eat cheese, the more you crave it. Think about that. Lowfat yogurt. The high carbohydrate, lowfat content make you looking for more eat but dietitians say greek yogurt is the e y to go. You think yoyoare dodog someththg healthy by getting fat free salad dressing, the salt and gar ininhem could leavavyou feeling unsatisfsfd and actually craving more food than you want to eat. Whites. Leaving out the yoke also lays out the part of the egg that makes you feel like you are full. You cant win for losing. We love to give you information on friends at five and how you choose to use it is your choice. Im going to eat egg whites because i dont miss the yoke. I miss the egg whites because without the yoke it takes cholesterol. Maybe you just have to put some spinach and your egg whites. Chia seeds. Bananas and ketchup. I know those packages of orange crackers you get from the vending machine, nothing natural it was. Assuming anything that opens with a critical is not good for you. Or anything that has an shouldnt either. A favorite for this weeks restaurant report card. So they wired goat cafi was 40 minutes away and chapin, you can get the drinks in the suites. This is kristin allen. Why did you decide to open a downtown columbia . A bigger space and its gorgeous floors are a result, floors and we wanted to expand and show everybody what we are about. Everybody thats not familiar, how is it the same or how is it different . We have a brunch menu. Were about to add a new lunch machine. It is one of five in a country. Very fancy. Roasting and baking. All of the coffee syrups are made here. How do you decide to make loves coffee. I got the canadian bacon latte. How do you decide to make those flavors . We want to be different so we keep coming out of their own things. We want to be different from the other columbia shop columbia coffee shops. Dont tell us too much but give us a tease of what you can get here. Donuts are incredible. Chocolate donuts. Cinnamon and sugar donuts. Blueberry and coconut. Muffins are spectacular. Chocolate chip blueberry good. They look so good. I cant wait to try that. At 6 pm but for now. Its one of the biggest days of the year in hollywood. Nominations are out. Were talking about oscars. Dreams coming true on february 28. Leonardo dicaprio is up for his fifth career nomination for the revenant. He is up against matt damon for martian. I still want to see that one. Steve jobs has been nominated. Nominated. The best picture competition includes martian, bridge of spies, brooklyn. I want to see brooklyn and the big short. Cate blanchett has a shot for best actress in carol. Up against brie larson for Roman Jennifer larson for Jennifer Lawrence for joy. This has to be a blockbuster weekend or whatever they call it because i have not seen any of this stuff. Im with you. If its not animated i havent seen it. To my coming up the big bang theory, like in pieces, minei for mom and angel from helen elementary a finisher night with news 19 at 11 pm. Adell was on the late late show with james gordon. He wawahome ininondon for the holidays and he picks up his friend for a driver in the city. Conversation about the spice girls. Five ordinary girls who did so well. And it was a really important time of my life. I used to pretend to be the spice girls. I was scary and then she left. Szilagyi was the first time i was truly heartbroken. I bet they are doing. Tell me what you want. Is that what they are doing . I enjoyed it. This man is facing charges of misusing 911. You wont believe how many times he called dispatchers. News 19 at 6 pm starts right now. Surmise there is an effort underway to give state employees a raise. Good evening and thanks for being with us. A Bipartisan Group of senators is advocating for its 5 costofliving increase. They say the takehome pay is due to increased Health Care Costs in contributions. Last fall they received a one time 100 bonus. Otherwise employees have