Because we offered too much optimism in a time of anger, we had no chance. Already, were starting to see the field winno. Martin omalley and Mike Huckabee suspending their campaigns with potentially more to come. Lana zak, abc news, des moines. All right. Candidates are turning their attention to New Hampshire. Their primary is set for next tuesday. Donald trump, hillary clinton, Bernie Sanders and jeb bush will all hold big rallies today in New Hampshire. 30 of likely republican primary voters are Backing Trump there. Thats more than double the support of his nearest competitor, ted cruz who stands at 12 . And among the democratic president ial hopefuls, sanders is showing 57 to clintons 34 . Sanders and clinton will go head to head in New Hampshire tomorrow. Cnn will broadcast a town hall from 8 00 until 11 00 and as many of the candidates shift their attention to the Granite State for others, the road to as lana zak just said, democratic president ial hopeful Martin Omalley announced he has suspended his campaign after taking only 6 in last nights caucus. Republican president ial hopeful governrn Mike Huckabee also suspending his campaign. Huckabee took less than 2 in last nights vote. Here in South Carolina, preparations are under way for the first in the south primaries. G. O. P. Leaders in the midlands say last nights results could have big ballot implications here in the palmetto state. When looking at iowa, Party Officials say the caucuses are all about which candidate can maintain and gain traction with you voters. Well, the past two election cycles, the winner of the iowa caucus hasnt done particularly well after the iowa caucus. And even on the other side of the aisle, Democratic Party leaders kept a close eye on the Republican Caucus in iowa. Democratic Party Officials say history has shown that what happens in iowa can influence what happens in other states. Particularly when it comes to either political party. It will turn off independents and, you know, here in South Carolina, we have a significant independent voting population. All right. So mark your calendars, the republican primary is february 20th and the democratic primary is february 27th. After his victory, cruz has his sights set on South Carolina next. Rally with ted cruz gets under way tonight at 6 30 at t. D. Convention center in greenville. From there, hell be heading to New Hampshire. And in the world of endorsements, marco rubio is shoring up support. Hes set to secure the endorsement of South Carolina senator tim scott. That announcement is expected to take place today. Well keep you posted. Until then, though, the candidates will be busy vying for your vote. Tomorrow, former preside bill clinton will campaign for his wife hillary at allen university. The event held in the gymnatorium. Doors open at 4 00. Before the gathering, clinton will meet with state democrats south carolinians. Hillary clintons daughter chelsea will also be campaigning for her mother this weekend. That will happen in the upstate. And president ial candidates from both parties have been invited to South Carolina to take part in a discussion on faith. The 2016 faith and family president ial forum is planned for february 12th at bob jonon university in greenville. Attorney general alan wilson is moderating this event. And along with the palmetto family president oran smith. If you miss any of the results from iowa, you can log to our website at abccolumbia. Com. Go to twitter and go to our abc columbia Facebook Page as well. The sun made an appearance a couple of hours ago after a foggy morning. It is still here this afternoon. Sosohat can we expect for the rest of your day . Heres meteorologist Jonathan Kennedy and look at the forecast on groundhogs day. Jonathan . Good afternoon, eric. Its been a little bit of up and down here on groundhogs day. Temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s. Were starting to see some areas warm up in the 50s. As you notice, theres a big difference in many areas across the board here. 70 degrees in columbia. 55 in st. Matthews. Sumter at 54. Manning at 72. Orangeburg at 72. Were certainly seeing the temperature gradient from north to south be much different and were starting to see the cooler air from the north. Theres a cold front to our north. So areas not that far away are going to be much cooler today. Areas pretty much columbia in there south should be much warmer. Some of these areas here, this pocket of cooler air around sumter and st. Matthews,ic i think that will kind resolve itself out and theyll be in the 70s very shortly. We are seeing some variable cloud cover and wind out of the east and right now, temperatures kind of all over the map right now. Looking for clear skies for us for now. Cloud cover as well. Temperatures in the mid 70s again today but looks like some changes on the way. Ill tell you what to expect in a few minutes. Columbia police are continuing to investigate a Sexual Assault case. Happened in the 800 blockf barnwell street in columbia around 3 00 in morning on saturday. Police say the male subject in this photo is a person of interest. Someone theyd like to speak with regarding that assault. If you have information about this case, youre asked to call crimestoppers. 1888crimesc. Following the traumatic shootings at emanuel a. M. E. Church in june, theres no greater faith in the legacy of the members of the church. Thats the message that some of the survivors and family members of those killed are sending out today. Theyre joining together to tell their Inspiring Stories of unwaivering faith and love in the aftermath of the Charleston Church shootings. Bill cosby arrived at a pennsylvania courtroom this morning dressed in a tan suit flanked by men helping him walk. Hes charged with aggravated indecent assault against andrea constand. Constand says that cosby drugged pennsylvania home back in 2004. Cosbys attorney wants the judge to dismiss a criminal charge based on an agreement cosby says he made a decade ago with the former District Attorney that he would never be prosecuted on his deposition testimony. It is not known if the judge will announce a decision at the conclusion of that hearing. Superintendent of education, Molly Spearman is addressing state in regards of her understanding the one in five forum. This movement is to raise awareness about the 1 in 5 children in the u. S. Who have learning and attention disabilities like dyslexia and adhd. This free event is including a Panel Discussion with national and state experts to help parents understand and meet the needs of those children who have brain based issues. This is taking place at the state museum. It starts at 4 00 and runs until 5 00. South carolina residents concerned about the added lights and noise that columbia baseball brings is voicing their grievances. They met with People Living in the columbia commons baseball stadium. They spoke about those added issues and are now discussing the results of a recent study. We put a lot of faith in the professionals that design the sound system to make sure that, you know, the speakers that were selected and the way we operate our venue will be as, i guess, the least amount of intrusiveness to the surrounding communities. I dont agree with it. I mean, i dont think that the sound is going to be muffled by the trees and buildings. Until we actually have events there and the decibels can be tested, and the traffic impact not just on the neighborhoods but on five points on bull street, until all that is tested, i dont were not even close to having answers. Right now, weve just got good guesses or bad guesses. Opening day for the Columbia Fireflies is april 14th. 13th at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention center. You know, a lot of folks watch the super bowl for those commercials instead of the actual game. And we have a sneak peek at some of this years ads. Plus forget about Jonathan Kennedy. What does the groundhog say about the upcoming forecast . Youll want to stay with us for more abc columbia news at 12 30. Gervais. With super bowl 50 just days digging deep to come up with winning ads. And a few are already catching viewers eyes with hints into their 30 seconds of fame. This is the heinz Super Bowl Ad and taking an adorable twist to the hot dog. Now,w, in it, a group of wiener dogs are shown galloping across a field to reach a family of heinz condiments all while Harry Nilssons without you plays in the background and mountain dew is getting in the Super Bowl Ad action but what they plan to do could cause many viewers to scratch their heads. The soft drink giant tweeted brief videos of the commercial star. Look at it, a creature, look like the mix of a baby, monkey, horse and space alien. So whats this creature all about . Mountain dew is not saying just yet. Were told well learn that answer this sunday for the super bowl 50 when the ad airs and snickers also sparking some head scratches for their Super Bowl Ad teaser. Hints show what appears to be hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe serenading the super bowl on its things dont go as expected. Snickers says the ad will feature a funny surprise that satisfies those fans hungry for a laugh. Cbs is charging about 5 million for each of these commercials taking a 30second spot in this years super bowl. So a pretty expensive laugh. The worlds most famous weather predicting rodent made his annual appearance this morning in punxsutawney, pennsylvania and according to punxsutawney phil, we are in store for an early spring. Phil did not see his shadow this groundhog day. His predictions, you should know, arent always on the mark. Since 198ly 1988, in fact, phil has been right 15 times and wrong 18 times. Well have a look at the seven day forecast next on abc columbia news at 12 30. Main and gervais. Welcome back to abc columbia news at 12 30. Right now, lots of sunshine for us here in downtown cololbia as we overlook the roof cam. You can see the sunshine beaming off the rooftops here. 70 degrees. Mostly sunny. Winds out of the east and southeast at five to 10 miles per hour. Making for a nice warm afternoon other areas not as warm. Were seeing several locations stuck in the kind of upper 50s right now. Newberry at 55. 59 at camden. That makes sense. Some areas not making too much sense of why theyre so cool right now. Were seeing a weakened diffused cold front and notice how much warmer we are here. 72 degrees. 72 in orangeburg. 72 in manning. Some of these other areas should be warming up with us. But theyre not at the moment. At least the temperature gauge isnt so i think the gauge is probably waiting to catch up a little bit but i do expect those areas anywhere from columbia and south to be in the low to mid 70s. Elsewhere, you might be struggling to get into the mid 60s. It will be a different forecast depending on where you are today and not that much difference in distance there. Were looking for the county to the north, looking at maybe at least a 10 degree swing in temperatures and a very different sky cover forecast as well. But were starting to see some of that become a little weakened right now. More sunshine coming into the forecast for us this afternoon and that should provide plenty of warmth for us as well. High of 76 yesterday, be up there in the mid 70s today. Lots of sunshine at the moment and winds out of the east and eventually the southeast will usher in humid air and warmer air into the forecast area today. Did see a few spotty showers towards the upstate. Not much to write home aut there. Were looking back to the west for the rest of the rain event that were expecting to come our way. That will take some time to get here. Not any time this afternoon or tonight necessarily. Its going to be easily after midnight before even the leading edge precip starts to get here with some of this system that were looking at back towards the plains. The actual low pressure system around kansas city will trara up towards the great lakes. Obviously, look at how much cold air is on the backside of that system. Looking anywhere in the northern tier, kansas, nebraska, iowa, those areas seeing a nice round of snow. For us, just a rain event. Us here, highs likely to be in the 70s. To mid 70s today. 70s again tomorrow. Even with the rain coming our way. Heres the cold front moving through mainly tomorrow afternoon. Thats not an ideal time necessarily. Look for thunderstorms to pop up along that line and if we do see storms, they could be severe potentially. Were not looking at a whole lot of energy in this system but there is a pretty good difference between the warm air and the cold air so that usually gets the Severe Weather going. Look for gusty winds and also some heavy downpours of rain as that line moves through tomorrow. 73 tomorrow. The sunshine returning. We are loving it today. Thank you, jonathan. The super bowl hype is at a fever pitch. Before the players butt heads with each other, they had to take on the media. Plus it looks like trouble in the classroom could keep one perspective player from hitting the gridiron at williamsbrice. Gervais. Monday night football turns into monday night football media madness. The super bowl festivities kicked off for the caroline kwa panthers with s se unusual questions. Heres tim hill and your Sports Minute to win it. You want me to kiss your wife . I dont think i can do that. Reality tv at its primest. Super bowl 50 media day in primetime. Players. Showing off the dab, cam newton asked if he was born for big gameme he says he doesnt know about all that but he does admit that players who react better in the big games end up winning. Former alabama running back tyron jones might not be coming to carolina football after all. The u. S. C. Commit wont be signing because of an academic issue. Jones is expected to graduate from Junior College this spring and hopes to come to u. S. C. In the summer. The gamecock Basketball Team back on the floor tonight at georgia starting a tough sec stretch of 10 regular season games to finish out the season. Im tim hill. Thats the abc Sports Minute to win it. Hope it helps get your tuesday off to a good start. Tim, thank you. She barely knows how to walk but thats not holding her back from shredding the slopes. Shes only 14 months old but her parents are Getting Started early on the North Salt Lake backyard. Sloa hit the slopes in park city and the babys parents says she loves it. You may want to keep your eyes peeled for this little one in the future winter x games. One last look at the seven day forecast. Keep it here for more abc main and gervais. Were looking at a very warm afternoon. Temperatures in the low to mid 70s for us. If youre heading out for lunch, perfect day to do it. Well warm up this afternoon with some rain coming our way tomorrow. Enjoy the sunshine and while we have it, well look for cooler forecast later in the week as well. Once that front and the rain moves through, temperatures a little more february like as we head through friday and the weekend. All and all, not too bad. Should be nice and dry for saturday and sunday. Not bad at all. Youve been watching abc columbia news at 12 30. Thank you for making us your choice for news. Get out and enjoy this gorgeous weather. Were back at 6 00 for your news this evening. Always on line at abccolumbia. Com. Well see you back here at 6 00. Announcer pull out your red checkered tablecloth and get ready to mangia, because were serving up our favorite italian recipes oldschoolstyle. Michaels putting his spin on a classic cocktail that tastes like a Roman Holiday in a glass. Then, marios frying up a crispy cheesy bite. And hes doing it with superstar kermit the frog. Speaking of superstars, clinton kellys back at the table and rey to chow down. 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