Voice that everybody can understand. Polling shows up trump 28 in South Carolina with the gop primary tomorrow. Trump now trying to deescalate his feud with the pope putting blame on the media instead. The vatican clarifying the popes comment was not a personal attack. Trump is demanding a boycott until apple agrees to an fbi demand that it unlock a phone used by one of San Bernardinos terrorists, sayed farook. Were have much more on the department of justice trying to reach a compromise with apple coming up later on in the show. Today, a judge heard arguments from an illinois voter concerning ted cruz. That voter alleges that ted cruz is not a naturalborn citizen, given he was born in canada. It didnt stop cruz rallying support at a rally in myrtle beach. He was joined by duck dynasty he suggests robertson is the person that should represent the u. S. To the United Nations and the texas snared picked up the endorsement from mark sanford. He crossed the state in pauleys island, hilton head, charleston and columbia. Rubio tweeted out this video of him with nikki haley, trey gowdy and tim scott. Jeb bush under pressure to finish strong hit the campaign trail with his mother, barbara bush, holding rallies in spartanburg and greenville. And john kasich spent time in columbia and mount pleasant, where he held a rally at uss yorktown. On the democratic side, the political endorsements continue as the South Carolina heavy weight makes it clear who he supports. Jim clyburn is giving Hillary Clinton the nod. Heres eric weisfeld. By neutrality and get engaged. Reporter a big endorsement from a big South Carolina name with deep routes in the Democratic Party. Us representative jim clyburn says when it comes to casting his bal automatic, the choice ballot, the choice was easy. My head and heart are in the same place. Few speak speculated that my head was with one candidate and my heart the other. That was not the case at all. My heart has always been with Hillary Clinton. Reporter its an endorsement thats bound to carry weight as the highestranking africanamerican member of the house of representatives, clyburn iscy none miss iscy iscy none miss with South Carolina and it appears his choice goes with the students. I think it does a loot for the College Students getting their vote, thats essential. I think he pointed out a few for hillary rather than other president ial candidates. Its big. Im a Bernie Sanders sanders sand supporters but you can tell a lot of people feel differently in the room now. Reporter Todd Rutherford has also endorsed Hillary Clinton. Meanwhile, u. S. Senator and South Carolina Democratic Party chairman dick haprpulian has endorsed as well. Endorsed sanders. In the studio, eric weisfeld, abc columbia news. One of the most recognizable voices in film is the narrator of a newed a for clinton. Its called all the good. You know the voice, Morgan Freeman tone can be heard touting clintons work on juvenile Justice Reform in South Carolina. Of course, all week weve been bringing you profiles of each gop candidate before you head to tonight, jennifer ready wraps up our profile coverage with a look at ben carsons campaign. Reporter ben carson started out his run for president very strong trailing clesly behind donald trump. Now one day ahead of the first in the South Carolina primary, he ranks in the lower half of the polls. Hes not giving up. Complete le removed from politics most of his life, ben carson is keeping up his run at the white house. Im not gonna have these nice, crisp, you know, debate type answers. I think the issues that affect this are much greater. Reporter the key issue is part is to reform washington, strengthen the military. We have to change our tax code. We have to make it the kind of thing that encourages people rather than diskurngs leads, he finishrd fourth in the iowa caucus and 8th in new hampshire. Early on, he went head to head with frontrunner donald trump, sparring over carson child hood. Now in the wake of scalias passing, carson is suggesting a different stance, backing the president ans option to fill the court vacancy. I wobbly would take the opportunity to probably would take the opportunity to nominate. Reporter despite the ups and down, carson is still pushing forward, vying to make a change for america. This is a nation thats supposed to be of, for and by the people, not the government. Reporter he will remain in South Carolina for the primary and hold his Election Night party in greenville. Jennifer ready, abc columbia news. Thank you, jennifer. The polls open tomorrow morning from 7 00 until 7 00 p. M. Abc columbia is your home for the primary. Well have live reports from the uptotheminute coverage on air, also online at abccolumbia. Com and twit ter twitter and facebook. Well, were ready for 70degree temperatures tomorrow. Yes, we are. Definitely. Its a great way to kick off the weekend and kicking off the weather in chief meteorologist john farley. Lovely out there tonight. Its quiet. No clouds in sight. Here is a look town at the vista. Not much going on. Check out the temperatures here, a lot warmer than last night. 50s even still and the air is actually more humid tonight. We have a little wind out of the south and the temperatures wont go down that far. Getting up in the morning, low 40s, middle part of the day, mid60s. Tomorrow afternoon, low 70s. Now, that said, there will be a good batch of clouds in play tomorrow. Dont expect it to be bright and sunny. But it will be warm, and, of course, game number two of the gamecocks opening home stand here. There you go. Again, plenty of clouds in play. Winds out of the southwest in the range of about 10. Well look at the rest of the weekend and theres rain in the sevenday. All of those details in just a bit. Thank you, john. We need your help. The Forest Acres Police department is looking for 14yearold miysha ford. She was last seen in the 2000 block of beltline boulevard tuesday. Getting into a green sedan with an unknown man. If you know anything about miysha fords whereabouts tonight, please call 1888crimesc. Bond has been set for gregorio leon, the man accused of killing his wifes lover. This was not his only recent courtroom experience. Beth rousseau explains. Reporter an emotional day in court for the family and friends of gregorio leon. Hes charged with the valentines day murder of a still unidentified victim. This was based on a 911 call, Reporter Police say the 911 caller who identified himself as greg stated multiple times, i should my wife and her lover. Upon arrival, officers found a deceased male lying on the ground between two vehicles. Reporter leon turned himself into police and is also charged with the attempted murder of his wife rachel. She spoke out in favor of his release. Are you afraid if he gets out he will hurt you . No. No. Hes not capable of that. Reporter prosecutors worry that leon could and would flee. Mr. Leon has long sent money back to his home town in mexico and he maintains a residence there as well. Reporter but defense argues that leons family and the multiple mexican restaurants he owns in the midlands would prevent him from leaving. He just warrants to see his family. He wants to make sure these restaurants are stable. Reporter his attorneys also point out he has a history of being cooperative. The lexington county public corruption investigation involving sheriff james metts. He stood. He he faced his charges. Reporter leon pleaded guilty to knowingly hiring Illegal Immigrants and paying a public official to avoid those employees being processed. Hes not a flight risk. Reporter the judge set bond at 500,000 and established a strict set of conditions which include a set curfew, electronic monitoring, surrendering of a passport and having no contact with his wife. Now lee leon is being held and is scheduled to face a judge in federal Court Next Week for violating the terms of his probation. Reporting in lexington county, beth rousseau, abc columbia news. Police arrested a columbia man accused of breaking into a womans apartment and assaulting her. It happened early this morning street. Investigators say 20yearold Christian Robinson entered robinson then reportedly went inside the victims bedroom where she was sleeping and police say touched her in a lewd manner. A man convicted of setting a fire that killed his grandparents will serve two life sentences plus 30 years. The jury convicted joseph manners of arson and in the murder of the 2013 fire. Prosecutors said that manners used gasoline to set that fire that killed 79yearold joann topper and 68yearold James William topper. The judge called manners an unrepentant, coldhearted murderer. Tonight, there was a little bit of disney magic at Colonial Life arena. [ cheers ] tonight, donald duck, goofy and 25 other beloved disney characters, including mickey and minnie unlocked the doorway to worlds of unforgettable moments. If you missed the performance, disney presents frozen on april 13th through the 17th. Makes you want no have kids. It does when you see stuff like that. If looks weird if you go to disney on ice and you are an adult by yourself. I dont know. Are there a lot of adults that come . Yes. Okay. Coming up family and friends gathered this week to mourn the death of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, the information is digging into information about nominees. A zoo in boston has a new, you will see it next. The white house says president barack obama welcome back. The white house says president obama will start reading through packets of information about potential Supreme Court nominees this weekend. The information includes details of their professional careers, records and experience. Justice Antonin Scalia died last weekend. His Funeral Service is tomorrow at the basilica of the National Shrine of the immaculate conception. His son will deliver mass for his father. We told you about the Story Department of justice is trying to reach a compromise with apple tonight over a request to break into a terrorists phone. The fbi wants apple to unlock the phone that belonged to sayed farook. Hes one of the San Bernardino shooters. A federal judge ordered an toll help the bureau but that would require the company to design new software that could be dangerous in the wrong hands. Today the Justice Department told a judge its willing to let apple destroy the software after the project is completed. The author of one of americas classic envelopes has passed away. Mcto kill a mockingbird arthur harer lee died today in alabama. The novel sold 40 million copies worldwide addressed Racial Injustice in the 1930s deep south. Harper lee was 89. The first case of the zika virus has been confirmed in the patient recently traveled to outbreak. Zika symptoms include a rash, pain. Good. Nasa received a Record Number of applicants, more than 18,000, for the next astronaut class. Nasa hit social media hard. The odding getting picked are small. Get ready to say awe. A zoo in boston welcomed this super cute dude this weekend. The zoo said a baby nigerian dwarf named chewbacca was born. So cute. She weighed 4 pounds and was staning up standing up within hours of her birth. The zoo said shes bright, alert and active. Nigerian dwarf goats are known for their easygoing fay chur. They can be found all over the world in both warm and cold climates. Can you imagine being brought in the world and then you stand up . It must be nibs to be a boat named chew must be nice to be a get named chewy. Chewchewbacca. Coming up, john farley has a well be back. Boy, do we have a great friday. Temperatures for many of us warmed in the low 60s. Beautiful. And we had plenty of sunshine. Now, going into the weekend, whats going to happen is the temperatures will warm. By the time we get to tomorrow. But there will be plenty of clouds in the mix all weekend long. However, it looks as though the rain holds off until monday. So lets get you going here now in the forecast for overnight tonight. Clear skies, not very cold. Right now, many of us are in the range of 50. We dont dip that far. Overnight tonight, you know, mid40s, somewhere in that range. Maybe a couple of degrees cooler than that. Rehave wind out of thes out of the south. We have winds out of the south and they are warmer. Tomorrow, nice. A Beautiful Day with a mix of clouds in play. This weekend if you have plans that take you outside, both days will be fine. Maybe golf is what you are doing here. Tomorrow, 71. Sunday, 73. A few clouds and that will do it. Now, going forward, what you will see, too, is the temperatures overnight will come up, too to saturday night into sunday. Were at 50. Sunday night into monday, pretty warm for february. Mid50s. Then into monday, we get some showers although it still looks like the main part of the rain will be in here on tuesday with some showers lingering into wednesday and then it clears out. Next week, were back in the sunny, low 60s for your thursday and friday. But again, coming back to the weekend here, it will be warm. Low 70s for both days and it should be terrific. Now, again, in terms of the sun, there will be plenty of clouds around. But temperatures, yeah, feeling pretty springlike. All right, you two, got some plans . Well, its good news for those who are voting tomorrow. Polls open from 7 00 a. M. To 7 00 p. M. Weather looks great. Coming up a new era of clemson baseball gets off to a tough start for tigers. Waiting a long time for. Gamecock baseball trying to get back on top. Hi, im tim hill. Gamecock baseball trying to get back on top. Im tim hill. Year number three in the Chad Holbrook era, usc missed out on the tournament for the first time this century. Today, starting with a lot to prove, paved with perfect weather. Gamecocks hosting albany. More than 7400 fans on hand. Albany, by the way, hit six home runs all last season. Clark schmidt, first righthanded opening starter since 2010. He is six strikeouts, six innings. Tj hopkins, one of two assists on the game. The double play to end the top of the 3rd. Bottom 3rd, another new starter for the gamecocks, they thats john jones transfer. Gamecocks get 7 runs, combined in the 3rd and 4th, they cruise 101 in the opening day win. It was a great opening day for us, you know, i im pleased with the way we played. It was good to face another team and pitch and pull out a win, especially a win like that. Its big on the first opening day. When you come out here and see all of this, its heartwarming, you know, and gets your spirit up a little bit and makes you want to play the game the right way. Quite the carolina debut. Game two tomorrow. Montee lee last year knocked them off. Now lee an assistant. The new head coach at clemson, just the third baseball coach since 1958. Game number one today against maine. Jack leggetts alma mater. Reed rohlman rolls it down. Eli white comes around to score. Clemson takes the lead. Charlie barnes, clemson pitching staff combines 14 strikeouts, one wk. But black bears dont scare easily. Maine claws its way back. Pulls off the upset, 43 spoiling the tiger debut. In tight ball games, you know, its the Little Things that will get you beat. We made two errors tonight that cost us two runs. Tough tiger day ba from montee lee. Game two tomorrow starts also at 2 00. Quite the opening day down in charleston. Chris singleton known for speaking out the night after his mother, shoronda williams, was shoot in the emanuel 9 shooting. Thats him just missing out on a he drives in three runs, including the game winner. And csu wins west virginia, 43, the final score. West virginia coach randy mazey says its hard not to be happy for a guy like singleton. Board of trustees approving a new deal for the school to stick with underarmor, the deal worth 71. 5 million. That is second most in the nation. Board finealized salaries for the new coaching staff. Trevaris robinson and kurt roper lead the list. The defensive Defense Coordinator tops that list at 750,000. K rope is behind trevaris robinson at 700,000. Of course, big basketball game going hon at the Colonial Life arena on tomorrow at colonial both teams looking to make an impression to get into the ncaa tournament and get a good seed here in the upcoming weeks. Getting close. All right, thanks tim. John farley has one last look at that keep it here. Okay. Warm weekend. It will be terrific. Not as much sun as you might like but well take it. Temperatures in the low 70s sunday. Then next week we get some rain. It looks like most of the rain will be with us on tuesday with showers bookending that on monday and wednesday and we go back to sunshine next week. But again, the weekend should be just fine. Any plans . Im driving to clemson right now. Go, tigers im going to see my daughter. Im so glad i get to say that. Because i know tim is right here but i get emails and Text Messages and tweets from people saying i dont represent my school enough. Industry in South Carolina. All right. Thats all of the time we have for abc klum news columbia news at 11 00. Well see you after the nba. Dicky from hollywood, its Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight bill maher. From the danish girl, oscar nominee alicia vikander. Jake byrd at a donald trump rally. And music from nothing but thieves. With cleto and the cletones. And now, as luck would have it, heres jimmy kimmel [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thank you very much. Hi, everybody. Im jimmy. Im the host of the show. Thank you for watching. Thanks for coming
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