Get out there and vote. To get out there and carolinian and need am a south was i am a voter. I am a south carolinian and need to get out there and vote. In our election poll. 90percent of you are saying. The endorsement will have no impact on your vote. In my full interview with both of them. On wspa dot com. Learn more about issues like social security. National defense. And immigration. Jeb bush took the stage in columbia today trying to win over South Carolina voters before saturdays primary. After an introduction from us senator Lindsey Graham bush talked about key issues like education terrorism and relationships with allies. We didnt get the chance to ask bush. About governor nikki haleys endorsement. Of florida senator marco rubio yesterday but he did respond to pope francis. Questioning Donald Trumps christianity gov. Jeb bush i dont question anybodys christianity because i honestly believe thats a relationship that you have with your creator and it only enables bad behavior when trump. Bush will participate in another town hall this evening. With Ohio Governor john kasich and donald trump moderated by anderson cooper. That begins at 8 pm. At the usc school of law building in columbia. Tomorrow. Bush will visit the upstate for two events. He and his mother. Former first lady barrra bush will appear in a series of meet and greets. One at 930 am at wades restaurant. In spartanburg. The other. Scheduled for noon. At the kroc center. In greenville. Ted cruz was campaigning in greenville at the Poinsett Club this afternoon. The texas senator told the Greenville County republican womens club. If elected president. Every justice he will put on the Supreme Court will be what he termed a principled constitutionalist. Cruz has focused more attention to Supreme Court appointments. In his South Carolina campaign. Since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last week. Some more endorsements. Today. For senator rubio. And governor john kasich. Campaign trail today. By big names. From South Carolina sports. Hoping to get their favorite. In the winners circle. 7 News Reporter Addie Hampton has the story of how sports meets politics. Who he is as a person means a lot to what he would do for his country. Clemson and nfl star tajh boyd never gave much thought to politics until he met john kasich. Now. Hes on the campaign trail. Stumping for the Ohio Governor. Hoping to sway the tiger family and the rest of the palmetto state. kasich is a very strong candidate. I think he is the candidate because of what his morals are and because of his integrity. The way he carries himself. Because of the maturation that he presents when hes out there on stage. In a competive political world that often plays out like a football game. Tajh is right at home. Moving the kasich ball down the field. Now it turns out. A friendly rival is also in the game. Its a priviledge to show my support family. Former usc quarterback. Connor shaw campaigned with senator rubio in greenville, thursday. Cheers for the winningest us c quartback. Just as loud as the president ial hopeful. i think we can all agree, whether were gamecocks or tigers, that marco rubio should be our next president. Tajh boyd. Cant help but notice theirony. Im going to push kasich as much as possible. I know hes going to do the same for rubio, but im very confident about kasich and his ability to lead. Addie hampton. 7 news. That was Addie Hampton reporting. Happening now. The conservative review is holding their convention inside the bon secours wellness arena in greenville. Gop candidates doctor ben carson. Is scheduled to be there. Along with ted cruz and marco rubio. Well have a close look at what happened tonight on 7 news. At 10 and 11. youve been telling us about your opinion in the upcoming primaries by participating in our exclusive 7 news online poll. Over sevenhundred of you have weighed inand at this hour Donald Trump Holds a commanding lead with about responding in our poll, saying they intend to vote for him in saturdays primary. Number two is marco rubio coming in at twentytwo percent. Ted cruz in third place with fifteen percent. While ben carson, john kasich and jeb bush all have only single digit percentages of support. Our poll reflects only the opinions of those who have taken the time to participate on wspa. Com or on the 7 news app. The 7 news poll will stay open for the next twenty four hours, so if you havent weighed in yet there is still time. We will have final results for you tomorrow nightright here on seven news, beginning live at five. Many of you would endorse the great weather weve been having. And some warmer weather is headed our way soon. Storm team 7 chief meteorologist Christy Henderson is here to tell us in greenville. City police are investigating a shooting. Air 7 was over the scene. Police say it happened around 1 this afternoon. On butler avenue and pinckney streets. They say a man in a white truck. Was injured. But not from a gunshot. But from broken glass. He taken to a nearby hospital. No word on his condition. Police say early indications are two vehicles were shooting at each other. And the driver of the truck was caught in the crossfire. If you know what happened on butler avenue. Greenville police want to hear from you. Or call greenville Crime Stoppers at 23. Crime. An easley man is dead. After his pickup was chased by authorities. It happened on early this morning on in powdersville. At the intersection of highway153 and highway81. 62yearold Stephen Burnett of easley. Was driving near this intersection. When Authorities Say a man on the run from Greenville County deputies. Slammed into his white pickup. Killing burnett at the scene. Deputies were in the process of trying to arrest 25 year old Dexter Reeves on four active warrants. That crash shut down this intersection for hours. Reeves is in the hospital recovering from his injuries. He will likely face additional charges in connection with this death. The Greenville County Sheriffs Office says its conducting interviews with the deputies involved in the chase. Four men are in jail tonight. After police say. They killed a 17 year old. And then drove off. Only to be caught hours later at a gas station nearby. Easley police say it happened here. At tri cities lanes in easley. On calhoun memorial highway. Around 9 last night. They say. Officers responded to shots fired. And when they arrived. They found 17 a gunshot wound to the chest. He died. At the scene. We were there last night. As police were investigating who shot brown. Officers were able to put out an alert. On the car. The suspects were traveling in. And they were caught. A short time later. Police say. They believe Albert Taylor pulled the trigger. But that dennis gibbs. Jamari fair. And a 15yearold were with him. While in court today. The suspects had a lot to say the fourth suspect was not in court today. Because he is a juvenile. Hell time. State lawmakers. Agree that fixing our roads. Is the top priority in South Carolina. But after being in session for six weeks. They still dont have a plan. 7 News Reporter Robert Kittle explains why one senator is Holding Things up. With a filibuster in a 7 news state house watch. You want protection from hes trying to protect your wallet too. Hes filibustering a senate plan to fix our roads. Because it includes raising the gas tax by 12 cents a gallon. We can take care of our roads and bridges with existing resources. He says the states 1point3 billion dollar surplus should go to roads. But Senate Leaders say that money is needed for other things. Like fixing crumbling schools. Senator ray cleary cowrote the roads plan. And says raising the gas tax makes the most sense. Because tourists and truckers would pay their share. The gasoline that your person uses while theyre driving to florida, driving to hilton head, going to myrtle beach, shouldnt they help pay for the roads . The plan also includes some tax cuts. Critics dont like the plan because the tax cuts are less than the tax increases. But senator cleary says when you factor in drivers from other states paying a big part of the increase. You would save money overall. The plan would also reform the dot commission. To make sure roads are fixed based on greatest need. Political power. Still not having a roads plan has been frustrating for members of the house. They passed their plan last april and sent it over to the senate. Senator davis ended last year filibustering the bill. And is doing it again. Senators can vote to stop it. But rarely do. If it gets tedious and superfluous, as we call it, then we may look at it, but right now i think hes giving us some information that we need. In columbia, Robert Kittle, 7 news. Senator peeler says it could take weeks to get to a final vote on the roads plan. Even after the filibuster ends. Whenever that is. There are more than 3hundred amendments to the bill to work through. Next on 7 news. A frightening moment for people on board a chopper near a hawaii landmark. The latest on a Helicopter Crash near pearl harbor. And. A local man whos thankful. For quick thinking coworkers. After he was a heartbeat away. From death. How they helped. Save authorities in hawaii critical condition. After a civilian helicopter. Made a hard landing in the water. Near pearl harbor. Heres video. From that scene. This is a video from youtube. As the chopper crashed. The coast guard says. 5people were on board the helicopter. And at least 3 were hurt. When it went down this morning. Near the arizona memorial in oahu. They say all 5 people were transferred to land. And taken to a hospital. People who saw the crash. Jumped into the water. And helped pull the victims to shore. Theres no word yet. On what caused the crash. The centers for Disease Control says. Someone in the us. Has a heart attack. Every 43 seconds. An upstate man. Knows that reality. Firsthand. As 7 News Reporter Rachelle Spence explains. He suffered a heart attack on the job. 2weeks ago. But thought it was something else. His co workers. Stepped in. And hes thanking them. For potentially saving his life for randy harriger. February 4th. Started like any other day. I get up at 5. Im at work at 6. He works for Greenville Health system. And that day. His lifting at a local office. Lifting some of the printers it hit me. But randy told his coworkers. He was okay. He said, yeah, im having heartburn. i said, im not so sure this is heartburn. i told randy, i said you stay right here im going to get help. Surprisingly. Just down the hall was a nurse. It was only her fourth day on the job. And she was in the building by chance. I had my stethoscope so i grabbed it randy was set on toughing it out. And taking the truck to his next stop. But his coworkers had other plans. I said, we really need to get you to the hospital. The ladies werent going to take no for an answer. Its a good thing they didnt. At the hospital. Doctors found one of his arteries. 99 blocked. Three other arteries were 70 . Its something he may not have known. Until too late. These are just some of the heavy items randy was here to pick up that day when he started experiencing symptoms. Two weeks later, theyre still here. Hes back to get them feeling so much better. Hes back on the everyone. Who potentially saved his life. What if he would have collapsed and we wouldnt have found him . Thanks to this circle. Its not a sad ending. Randys heart has never been more full. With love and appreciation. He cried, i cried. We probably both cried again. Its more than you can say. In greenville, Rachelle Spence, 7 news. Randy received a stent. And says. Hes well on his way. To living a healthier lifestyle. Next on 7 news. Walmart employees. Have something to look forward to. This weekend. Theyre getting a raise. Find out how much more. Theyll be making. And how much itll cost the company. In a 7 news consumer watch. At your primetime lineup the world a president has to grapple with. Sometimes you cant even imagine. Thats the job. And shes the one whos proven she can get it done. Securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons. Standing up against the abuse of women. Rotecting social security. Expanding benefits for the national guard. And Winning Health care for 8 million children. The presidency is the toughest job in the world and shes the one wholl make a real difference for you. A 7 news consumer watch now. Walmart workers. Will soon get. A Little Something extra. Effective saturday. More than 1 million of those workers. Get a raise. Walmart says. It will boost its minimum wage. To 10dollars an hour. Right now. Its 9dollars. The change applies. To virtually all of walmarts hourly workers. Including some supervisors. Those affected. Make up the majority. Of the companys 1point4 million workers. The changes. Do not come cheap. The payraises will cost walmart. An extra 1point5 billion dollars. This year. Next on 7 news. Why police in philadelphia are recruiting kayne west to join the force. Philadelphia police are trying to help kanye west out of debt. It appears theyre offering him a job. The Police Department posted this tweet on thursday. It says. We r hiring, kanyewest starting salary of dollars. U could be debtfree by the year 3122 kanye tweeted last week that he has 53 Million Dollars in personal debt and that Mark Zuckerberg should invest 1 billion in him as the greatest artist of all time. So far. West has not responded. Has not far. West time. So far. West has not responded. Thanks for joining us. ll see you at 10 on the carolinas cw. And well be back here at 11. Until then you can get the latest updates by logging on to wspa dot com. Stay with us for
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