A couple 20s. This 46. Every once in a while you get the sense that somebody is didding this on the is doing this on saluda. Its not 46. Its a pretty chilly night for all of us. Well continue to dive down. Clear skies. Again, thats just the beat ginning of things this weekend. Look where we go tomorrow and then again on sunday. Tomorrow whats gonna happen. Well see temperatures only about the mid40s but it will feel colder than that. Remember tuesday, remember when the wind was blowing. You steppedout andped outside and it really gra grabbed you . Thats whats gonna happen valentine night. Bundle up. Kind of chilly. Sunday, look what happens. It only gets to 39. There will be a lot less wind but only 39. Now, next weekend, we have 60s in the forecast. It will feel like spring. Well tell you when that happens coming up. All right, thank you. You about mobile devices and the impact that the hot weather can have on them but the cold weather can do some damage to your smoke devices as well. Xp leaving to your devices as well. Exposure to the cold can cause the battery drain fast or cause the screen to brittle. Smartphones can withstand the colder better than some other mobile devices because they are more air tight. What comes every year and so many of us wait until the last minute. Now there is an incentive to do those taxes early. Heres erics we feld Eric Weisfeld with more. Reporter good evening, tax procrastinators, this story is for u the you. The calendar may say february but the tax deadline is around what if i told you do get your taxes for free . Its being done for free. United way is making it possible. Jennifer moore with the united way joins me with tell me more about this amazing program. We have a Wonderful Partnership at united way which runs 13 inperson tax sites where you can get your federal and state taxes done for free for households less than 54,000. Reporter and if you want to do it online, theres another program. Yes. We have a program called myfreetaxes. Com. You log on for incomes less than 62,000 its free. You go online do it yourself. If you have questions there is a toolfree number or a text chat box. Reporter and theres a website. If you visit our website, reporter we should point out the national tax deadline is april 18th but if you want to take advantage of these you have to fact faster. Act faster. April 15th. Reporter we have great ways to get your taxes done before the deadline arrives. Eric weisfeld, abc columbia news. Tonight, a Columbia Fire Department captain has been arrested after investigators say he inappropriately touched a male co workcoworker. Jeffrey rish is charged with seconddegree murder assault and battery. Hes been placed on suspension. South carolina has seen a drop in Violent Crime. The rate of Violent Crime die klineed more declined dropped 12 and property crime 6 between 2012 and 2013. But assaults on Law Enforcement officers increased more than 6 a former dutch fork track standout has died in a car crash weve learned. According to the Mississippi State highway patrol, 23yearold ty laporte collided with a freight liner thursday. A news release said she was in her senior see soon at ole season at ole miss. The Richland County Sheriffs Department has a new app to fight crime. Works. Reporter from news to food to games to fitness, in societys todd there is there is an app for just about everything and the Richland County Sheriffs Department is launching their own app to help better inform citizens and fight crimes in their neighborhood. We wanted to bible to be be to be able to be in the palm of our citizens hand at all times. Reporter they hope to getting important messages out to citizens. Much like a breaking news alert. Whether its a missing person or a or there was a robbery in the area, we can tell them instantaneously whats going on so they can be safer and be more informed. Reporter the app may help ther the Sheriffs Department combat crime. Citizens can submit a tip providing as many details as you wish, even a picture of potential evidence. It can be anonymous. You dont have to worry about putting an email address in there, a name. Reporter a way to help the police help you stay informed. That was jennifer recording reporting. The app is available to download on your smart phone. The Sheriffs Department want to remind you that while the app serve as a great resource of information, if there is an immediate emergency you should always dial 911 911 first. Cruz, not being a natural wrote, if ted cruz doesnt clean up his act, stop cheating and doing negative ads, i have standing to sue him for not being a natural born citizen. This is a tweet from donald trump, i should mention. Trup hastrump has said if he wins the nomination, hes ineligible for the presidency. The two are in a tight race in South Carolina heading into the states gop primary next week. Meanwhile, five alabama residents and Trump Supporters have filed a federal lawsuit against ted cruz. The suit urges the court to declare cruz ineligible to run for president because he was born in canada. Cruz says hes eligible because his mother was a u. S. Citizen at the time of his birth. Former Virginia Governor jim gilmore is ending his quest for the nomination. He announced earlier today he is suspending his campaign and plans to endorse whoever the the former chairman failed to qualify for many debates and in this weeks New Hampshire primary, he finished behind several candidates who already dropped out of the case. John kasich is staying positive here in South Carolina. The Ohio Governor and president ial candidate spoke before the Columbia Chamber of commerce today. Kasich says he will continue to stay out of the mudslinging that he sees happening between all of the other candidates. Probably going negative all of the time, with that, how do you get anything done longterm if you are operating in the on the dark side of the street as opposed to the sunny side of the street. Cass finishedkasich finished second in the New Hampshire primary. Faith was the focus for the candidates in the upstate. Bernie sanders, jeb bush, marco rubio and ted cruz attended the faith and family forum at bob donald trump sent a surrogate in his place. Now, the forum comes one day before all of the gop president ial hopefuls take the stage in greenville for a debate that will take place at the peace center in Downtown Greenville at 8 00 tomorrow night. Well, the republicans are not the only ones campaigning in South Carolina, of course. Hillary clinton attended a Campaign Event in denmark this afternoon right here in the midlands. Bill clinton will campaign on behalf of his wife tomorrow in florence, South Carolina. News of a kansas couples funny ultrasound is going viral. Have you heard about this . Expecting parents vanessa and dave watson shared a video of their on born baby hitting himself during a visit during the doctors office. Madeline anderson has the story. Reporter its the ultrasound being viewed around the world. Edward james watson ej, can be seen punching himself in the mom Vanessa Watson says she couldnt believe her eyes. I was watching this and while i was watching this, i was like really . Reporter she says the specialist told her and her husband this was the first time in her 20 years of reading ultrasounds that she had seen Something Like this glenn when i this. When i went back, i said is everything okay . Were worried about the relts . Reporter once assured that ej was perfectly healthy, dave says he posted the video of the 20week scan online to show family and friends. Within two days, we had articles in the ukraine, honduras, italy. Getting so big and so big and so big. Hes already more accomplished than i am. Reporter although the attention has been unexpected, the first time soon to be parents say its been fun to read the comments and speculate about what that punch may say we love ultimate fighting. We were just talking about that. Okay. Maybe hes gonna be some fighter for usc or some boxing guy. Well, hes definitely a boy. Thats amazing. Wow. Punching himself in the face. The next mike tyson. Coming up comedy with a touch of romance on the menu this weekend. Details on a unique valentines day sper experience. And a lifechanging couple closer than ever. Fireflies want you. Welcome back. The Columbia Fireflies want you. Tomorrow, the Columbia Team will hold a job fair from 9 00 a. M. Until 2 00 p. M. In the richland meeting room at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention center. Include ticket takers, video production, and they even need a mascot. Make sure you head out tomorrow and see if its fit for you. If you are looking for something to snuggle with this weekend, you might consider a fourlegged friend. The columbia and lexington Animal Rescue are holding a furever yours pet adoption special. Fees are 14 for valentines day. And that deal ended on monday. You need toends that deal ends monday, you need to move this weekend. He said, she said its the area this weekend. Tonights production of he said, she said, but what they meant included a threecourse meal perfect for a romantic evening out on the town. Its straight improv, so the audience actually helps direct what goes on on stage. It will be really fun, very interactive. Whether you are sangle, engaged, married, it will be a fun night. A different valentines day for everyone. [laughter] looks fun. There will be two shows tomorrow at 1 00 p. M. And 6 00 p. M. And then one show at 3 00 p. M. On sunday, valentines day. Tickets are 30 per person and you osh you or you can go as a couple and pay 55. A disease that create major challenges for any family instead is opening a new chapter of love for one midlands couple. Beth rousseau has their story. We had some good times in germany. Reporter when mary met her husband james it wasnt exactly love at first sight. Later on, we got together at an office party and danced the night away and weve been dancing ever since. Reporter the couple would spend the next four decades facing lifes ups and downs, side by side. Its been a wonderful life. Reporter mary says thats not changed since james was years ago. I remember the first night when we meant to bed, we kind of hugged each other and i said, please dont forget me. Reporter the diagnosis was later changed to frontotemporal or ftd, a form of the disease that causes gradual deterioration of language, behavior and movement. Every time there is another thing that is going away, its hard to have to admit it, you know, well, now weve lost this aspect. Weve lost that one. Reporter for four years, mary served as james primary caretaker of. You know, i had to take care of everything. According to the Alzheimers Association, this is the reality for most of South Carolinas 295,000 caregivers. When you are dedicating your life to taking care of someone else 24 7, there are times that you neglect you. Reason why the association offers respite care vouchers. These vouchers actually p p for you to have someone who is trained to come into your home and sit with your loved one while you are able to go out and do things to help you. Reporter with james happily settled at rice et states, mary is estates, mary is starting her own support with lifetime memories and a love thats unforgettable. I think if anything its increased my love for him. Reporter her support group meets on the third tuesday of every month. For more information on that and the Alzheimers Association head to abccolumbia. Com. Beth rousseau, abc columbia news. Happy valentines day to the sweet couple. Miss mary is very brave. John farley is up next with keep it right here. Okay. Were looking at a cold weekend. Lets get right to that and well talk about the warmup. Blustery tomorrow and thats when the cold air is gonna be pushing in, especially late tomorrow afternoon and evening. Cold on sunday. Not so much wind but cold and then monday were back at the with rain. The whole story is this a big pocket of very cold air coming actually. And theres plenty of cold air with this coming all the way down to the panhandle of florida, even toward the gulf. Well be on the southern fringe but well get our share of cold air. I will get to specific numbers in a second. The other thing i want to show you, this Little Pocket of energy, this is the temperature map. Starting at 8 00, watch the deep purples as they come through and northern new england. These guys are forecasting temperatures to be 15, 20 degrees below zero. Throw the wind on top of that, it will feel like 35 below zero in places. Really dangerous, actually. But it doesnt last too long. Even watch us. Now we get into monday afternoon, its warm. Monday afternoon, we get some warmer air coming in. It lasts for us two days early monday and then were done with this thing. And that will take care of business. Let me show you whats going on in terms of our temperatures monday. Early in the morning, theres been a lot of talk about a wintry mix. If we get anything, it will be light. It wont stick. If you are going to the upstate, thatat a different story. Well talk aboutut that. Notice whats happening. As we go through the day on monday, the warm air is working its way in. The only place you need to worry about anything, rock hill, greenville, clemson or charlotte north. A little bit. And then it turns to all rain by clear skies, 31 for tonight. Tomorrow, there are the temperatures. It wont feel like 35 in columbia. When you throw in the wind, low 30s and low 20s. It will be a biting cold with the wind tomorrow. Theres the overnight saturday into sunday. Were down to 20 or so. Sunday, its a cold day and then theres the rain for us. Primarily late day monday into the early part of tuesday and then looking at next week, were well into the 60s. Quite enjoyable. Ben, over to you. All right, john. Thanks. Coming up the biggest week of gamecock basketball his its pin new call pinnacle in 12 hours. Kentucky comes here. See what wildcats coach, john next. Now its the middle of february. You know what that means. The middle of february. Its on. This is it. This is why we all coach a a play. Game on. Game on. Im tim hill. Valentines day and columbia all about the countdown to baseball season. But this year, its all about usc basketball. Battling it out with big blue for first place in the sec. In about 12 and a half hours from now, noon, kentucky invades the Colonial Life arena. The gamecocks and wildcats come in tied along with lsu, the Team Carolina just took care of a few nights ago. John Colonial Life calipari considered one of the best College Basketball coaches showing respect for frank franks going doing a great job whats fun to see as a coach, when you are thrust into a situation and you are built in a program, hes doing it the way you do it. The problem with this modern era of twitter and facebook and social media, people think its supposed to within a half a hour change it. But it doesnt. What are they 213 . 223 . Think about that. And it makes me smilele smile. Hes a great guy. But hes also a terrific coach. Theyve taken on his personality. You know, he aint gonna bully me personally but they take on his personality, which is tough. They make faces like he does. But its hes done a great job. 112 in his career against carolina. Last year kentucky took both games against usc. The wild cast won the first game a lowscoring slug fest at the Colonial Life arena. Game two last year in lexington, boy, that turned into a valentines day massacre. 30 pluspoint game early on and stayed that way. The wildcats lost their only game of the season last year in the final four to wisconsin. Two years ago, carolina upsetting kentucky at the cal. The wildcats went onto the National Championship game that year. Over in the acc, clemson basketball looking to pla back on the ncaa tournament bubble. Tigers with the must win tomorrow at 2 00 with georgia tech. Clemson trying to avoid a Third Straight loss. Jaron blossomgame, missing out on a chance to win their first ever game against notre dame on monday. The irish bulled a mulled awaypull ad away with the win. Georgia tech just 38. Cam newton channeling quite the combination in his latest public message. Frank sinatra and mohammedli. Check out the Instagram Post in the tshirt that says, i win my way. He thanked his fans and said pursuing greatness is my commitment. I will continue to be true to myself and my family and i will win my way and hope to inspire all of you to win your way. Hope this sportscast was an inspiration for you. That will do it for sports. News at 11 00. Okay. Weve been talking about it for a couple days. Tomorrow and sunday will be cold. Sunday will be the plain cold one. Saturday night into sunday morning, early for church, bundle it up. That said, next week, yeah, theres some freezing rain in the upstate, freezing rain rock hill, places like that. For us, we may get something that comes out of the sky. It wont stick. Dont worry about it. That will be early on monday. Monday night into tuesday thats when we get eye rain get our rain storm. That sets up for 60s next week. I was talking to baseball folks. They said this doesnt feel very baseball like. Just wait. Nice work for the gamecocks. I was upping that cable news program, a little snow in the upstate. Yeah, a little something. Came down. Have a great weekend. Good night. Dicky from hollywood its Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight george clooney. Plus dave salmoni and animals. With cleto and the cletones. And now, most of all, heres jimmy kimmel [ cheers and applause ] jimmy im jimmy. Im the host. Thanks for watching. Thanks to all of you for coming. [ cheers and applause ] im so happy that you dressed. 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