When i am the president of the united states, we will confront the challenges of our times. Rubio fighting hard for an upset second place finish or better. Get out of bed and caucus and donald trump, long man in the lead gave his wife melania the mike to close the deal in iowa. He will be unbelievable for republicans, well expect to see those results soon after 7 00 tonight. For the democrats, it can take a little longer. Oftentimes those caucuses unfold like a game of red rover with them trying to sway people over to their side. Lana zak, des moines. This is the moment right here that those president ial hopefuls have been waiting for. Months of hitting the campaign trail and fiery debates come down to this. Tonight marks a shift in vote 2016 with Iowa Caucuses, president ial hopefuls, Hillary Clinton and donald trump coming out on top in the latest iowa the democratic race is a close one with clinton taking 45 of the vote to Bernie Sanders 42 . Trump is leading in the Republican Party at five points ahead of his closest ted cruz. And the first in the nation timing a historic tradition. Make the Iowa Caucuses increasingly significant. Experts say results in iowa are usually a good show of what to expect when it comes to vote 2016. No candidate thats finished worse than third in iowa has ever gone on to win the presidency. According to wallet hub, iowa is a pretty good predictor for the democratic party. The finance website shows 70 of iowa caucus winners have won the democratic nomination. Thats compared to 43 for the republican nomination. Well,e havent even seen our results coming out of iowa just yet. And president ial hopefuls already starting to focus on new according to a new cnn wmur poll, donald trump and Bernie Sanders are way ahead of the pack in the granite state. Trump holds 30 support among likely voters. His closest competition, ted cruz, sits at 12 . As for democrats, sanders takes 54 of the vote compared to 34 for Hillary Clinton. Meanwhile, bill clinton will be busy campaigning for his wife here in columbia on wednesday. Clintons Campaign Reports her husband will address voters at allen university. That event begins at 6 00. Hillary clinton, on the other hand, taking time to reach out to south carolinians during the standup sunday this past weekend. 1300 Church Congregations from across the palmetto state took part in a joint effort to prevent gun violence. Clinton tweeted out to her supports saying to congregations across South Carolina remembering the victims of gun violence close to home and around the country today, were with you. Wake of the shooting at emanuel a. M. E. Church that left nine parishioners dead. Well, switching gears a little bit, the road to the white house not the only thing that is heating up this afternoon. So is the weather outside. Lets turn things over to meteorologist Jonathan Kennedy to see how much longer well be able to enjoy some of these unseasonable temperatures. How about it, jonathan . Good afternoon. Its been a Beautiful Day for us so far. A little cloudy. But certainly making up for it with the sunshine here this afternoon. Temperatures right now in the low 70s. 71 downtown. 71 at lexington. And even the cooler spots right now in the upper 60s. So well on our way to being about 15 degrees above normal today. We saw some clouds this morning. Thats given way and were seeing a lot of the energy move up to the north. Now, we are seeing a little bit of a shower activity out towards the upstate. I dont expect that to make its way here. Its going to struggle getting across the mountains but winds are out of the south and southwest today going to kind of but were likely to see a very warm afternoon. I think were easily in the low to mid 70s. Were already in the 70s right now. I think well be upwards of 74, 75 today. Mostly sunny skies. Tonight, a few clouds for us. That will keep just a little bit warmer. Look for overnight low around 52. Nice and warm there as well. So well stick with the temperatures above normal today and tonight. I let you know what to expect for the rest of the week coming up in a few minutes. Thanks, jonathan. In rock hill, the search continues this afternoon for 26yearold zachary lee reaves. Officials with the South Carolina department of corrections say reaves broke into a Rock Hill School and stole a gun and cash just hours after escaping from the catawba Prerelease Center just a week ago. Deputies say the front door of the Academy Christian school was found shattered tuesday. School officials did not comment on why a gun was actually inside that building. Reaves was serving an eight year sentence for Second Degree remains of a 13yearold Nicole Lovell were found over the weekend three dayss after she disappeared from her blackburg, virginia, home. Renovations are shutting down one area library for the month. Richland library cooper will undergo renovations and while there is no temporary site for the location, Richland Library cooper is taking a role out on their learn freely bus. You can join their team for this active learning experience on tuesdays and thursdays through february. Thats from 2 00 p. M. Until 6 00 p. M. Or you can check it out on saturday from 9 00 in the morning until 1 00 at the forest park shopping center. Well,ts officially february which means were celebrating black history month. And to get ready, Richland Library celebrated africanamerican culture over the weekend with music, story telling, food and more. The event was held at the richland Main Downtown Library and was free for the whole family. Out some books about africanamerican culture which are also on display at the main library. Columbia police are searching for answers this afternoon after a woman said she was sexually assaulteddear u. S. C. s campus. Now, according to officials, the reported assault happened around 3 30 saturday morning in the 800 block of barnwell street. Officials report the woman says an armed man forced her to go with him to a certain location where he sexually assaulted her. After the crime, she says she went to her apartment where her roommate then called 911. The victim was created at a local hospital. The woman says they think they first saw that suspect in the area of a hallway at an apartment complex and briefly spoke with him. If you know anything about this case, youre asked to call crimestoppers. That number 1888crimesc. We now know the identity of the woman found dead in a field the Richland County coroner says 19yearold Deanndra Roach was friday evening. The coroner says roach died from complications due to multiple body. The Richland CountySheriffs Department says her exboyfriend seen here, 22yearold andre heatly has been arrested in connection with that murder. Deputies say he was captured on three different surveillance cameras using roachs debit card shortly after that murder. Well, this is only a drill. Thats what Orangeburg CountySheriffs Office and sled officials want residents to know. Two agencies will be conducting bomb squad training today, detonation of explosives may be heard coming from the Training Facility which is located about eight miles east from 9 00 this morning until 4 00 this arch afternoon. Youll start to hear some blasts but do not be alarmed. This is part of training 4 00. Pouncing on some new turf, we have some the panthers journey to super bowl 50. Coming up next, on abc columbia gervais. Welcome back. Carolina women in an extremely important match on sunday night in college station, texas and the panthers begin their journey to super bowl 50. Mike gillespie has more in the Sports Minute to win it. We start with womens basketball. Carolina on the road at college station, texas. Taking on 10th ranked texas a m. Carolina down one. Dish down to asian wilson. 27 points, 10 boards for wilson. Great night for her and mitchell in the fourth gives caroline why a seven point lead and the gamecocks dont look back. They finish this game on a 209 run. The gamecocks now 210. 90 in the sec. Switching over to the nfl, they have officially arrived. The panths officially touching down in the bay area on sunday afternoon to begin the super bowl 50 festivities. Cam newton going with the zebra patterned pants channelling his inner cher. Well have coverage all week long. Doesnt this look lovely . To hawaii we go, 2016 pro bowl. Fourth quarter, team irving up 427. Jaemis winston finds hutchins team irving beats team rice. Im mike gillespie. Thanks, mike. Coming up next, the coast guard faces a rocky ride in the open sea and it is all based on true events. And gervais. Welcome back to abc columbia news at 12 30. Very bright monday afternoon for us here. We got plenty of sunshine across the board. Temperatures in the low 70s already for us. So already trending well above normal for this time of year. Normal high right around 58. So were already around 10 to 15 degrees above normal and continue to see temperatures climb through the afternoon. Clear skies for us at the moment. We are seeing a few rain showers back towards the west. Now, out of that, not making it to the surface. Weweave enough dry air in the low levels to keep most of that rain at bay. I dont think any chance for rain here today. Even though winds are pulling in that direction. Winds out of the west and southwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour. Nice little breeze. It will be warm. Well need a little breeze today to obviously be seeing the warm, warm temperatures. 52 tonight. Add in a few more clouds likely with that westerly and southwest flow. Were still seeing some rain showers obviously well to the north. Theres a low pressure system centered around huntsville, will kind of trace the state board there mainly go to the north of us. That will take most of the rain away from us as well and the rain down towards atlanta and towards the macon area right now, thats likely to erode out once it encounters more of the dry air over the coastal areas of georgia and were watching this system but i dont expect it to see a lot from this. Maybe a few showers as you get towards the savannah river. Other than that, anything east of that will be too dry to see that hit the surface. Rain to the north. All kinds of snow towards the rocky mountains. That system will come together and bring us a good chance of rain as we head to the mid week forecast. Watch this front develop here and it comes likely into our wednesday forecast. For today and tomorrow, well see a little bit of cloud cover. I think were staying nice and dry. Up around 74 today. Cool it down to 68 at dinnertime much once the sun goes down, were into the upper 50s by later on this evening. All and all, nice setup for us as we head through the day today. Few more clouds and the rain comes our way for wednesday and into thursday later in the week. All right. Sounds good, jonathan. We are looking forward to enjoying every bit of the sunshine. Coming up, will a new we will explain coming up next. Welcome back. To choose between the love of a woman and the love of the sea. And movie reviewer matt parrone will take a closer look at whether this new flick will stay afloat. Welcome to another monday. Im not afraid to admit ive caught the kung fu pannedda cartoon series on tv. Ive never seen any of the movies fortunately even though the third installment had a Huge Box Office weekend, i felt unqualified to see and review it. There were three other new releases this weekend beat out by holdovers. But i did manage to go and see the one that came in number four at the box office which is based on a true life story. So heres my take on the true life rescue tale the finest hours. Our story begins in the early 1950s. Bernie webber played by chris pine is a coast guard officer stationed near cape cod. Hes shy and reserved and the first part of the story deals with him meeting and courting marion. They decide to get married as northeast comes rolling in. Meanwhile, few miles out into the ocean, an oil tanker with a welded hull gets ripped in half. Taking on water through the fractured hull faster than the pumps can flush it out, the more than 30 surviving crew members know they will drown in the next few hours. Bernie gets three volunteers although everyone knows that attempting such a rescue is a suicide mission. The four set out in a tiny boat battling freezing temperatures and 70 foot waves. Upon losing their compass, the four are basically flying blind but bernie refuses to give up. On the tanker, the acting voice of reason ray sybert is doing everything he can to keep the crew in their right mind and trying everything to keep them afloat long enough to be rescued. As the four manage to find the tanker, a new problem arises in that a rescue of 30 plus people is made tougher in a boat designed to hold 12. Every time something goes right, more problems pop up to make the all the while, they know they are alone and no one back home actually expects them to succeed. You find yourself getting frustrated as each problem arises and anxious to see who, if anyone, will make it back alive. So this is one of those films that as i was watching the trailers for it in the theaters over the past few months, i was actually hoping this wouldnt be the one i was reviewing. But after seeing it, i find that all and all, its a pretty good film. It definitely drags in some points telling the story but those dragging moments are Character Development and i guess we have to know why were rooting for the people that we are. Its definitely interesting seeing chris pine in this role. Im used to seeing him as suave or boisterous persona. Seeing him play the silent uncertain type, its definitely a nice change. The whole cast is great. Especially casey afleck but hes always fantastic in everything hes in. Much better actor than his brother, in my opinion. The visuals in the movie are stunning and by the end of it, you find again. My only problem with the movie at all would be its predictability. I dont know if thats because ive seen too many movies, i dont know if the trailers give too much away or even if the writing on the movie poster is too revealing. But i pretty much could have written this review without seeing the film. Imagine a rescue mission done by disney and that is this movie. But all and all, it is a well done movie. This has been your monday movie musing. Back to you. All right. Not too bad of a review. Maybe check it out on another day because it looks like the weather is going to continue to be nice. Well have the final look at the from main and gervais. Lots of sunshine for your monday afternoon. Temperatures already in the low 70s. I think well warm up into the mid 70s before its all said and done today. Look for a high around 74. I think that will be a solid bet. Some areas might get to 75. Maybe even 76 to our south. Look for mid 70s tomorrow as well. Probably a few more clouds and probably stay in the 70s through wednesday. I think rain chances really pick up especially wednesday morning through around thursday morning. So that will keep us a little cooler. First, well see the rain and then the cooler air. Much more seasonable forecast and more february like as we head through friday, saturday and sunday. As of right now, it will be cooler and at least sunday for the weekend. People taking advantage of that sunshine. It as well. Announcer hungry for a show that packs a real crunch . Then youre in luck. Weve got an hour of crispy creations youll crave. Marios getting things started with a savory, cheesy bite, packed with pancetta and filled with flavor. Then carlas filling your house with the smell of cinnamon, as she fries up her take on a classic southern favorite. Plus, michaels making a crispy herself, the fabulous