And for the first time, it looked like winter at cataloochee ski area. This is a drastic change from last week. On friday the ski area was bare, nothing but grass. Then the chill came ski resorts started making snow. And yesterday so did mother , nature. The snow falling from the sky makes everything look pretty, lets you think its winter. But weve already skied 32 days this year and we wouldve had our stuff on the ground and been open for skiing no matter what, geoff the cold is expected to stick around for a little while. More conditions turned out throughout the morning. Allyson remember when snow hits, we have the latest weather updates including live radar on our wyff 4 app. The app is free to download and available in both apple and android app stores. President barack obama is taking aim at gun violence. The president is expected to announce that he will bypass congress and take executive action. The problem. Geoff he wants to end the socalled gunshow loophole. The president wants to require background checks be conducted on people who buy weapons at gun shows. And the fbi will hire 230 more examiners to process those extra background checks. Also under the president s plan , 500 million would go toward Mental Health care access. Michael slager is out of jail, and on house arrest. Slager is the former North CharlestonPolice Officer charged with killing an unarmed black man. Allyson yesterday a south , carolina judge set slagers bond at a half a million dollars. Cell phone video showed slager shooting walter scott after he ran from a traffic stop. The judge also set slagers trial to begin a on he will october 31. Remain under house arrest until then. Geoff Pickens County is refusing to have coal ash dumped at its landfills. A Company Called mmr pickens entered into an agreement with the county in 2007. It would allow construction debris to go into a landfill near liberty. But officials learned the ash. County Council Voted no to it last night. The county will seek legal help, to fight it. Allyson to commitment republican president ial 2016, candidate donald trump released his First Television campaign ad. Titled great again, the 32nd clip focuses on islamic terrorists and immigration. For now it will air in iowa and , new hampshire. Trump he has promised he will spend 2 million a week on the tv ads. Geoff graham will be in iowa this week to urge christians to vote. Allyson he wants christians to vote. He says he is not endorsing any candidates. Furman Political Science professor Danielle Vinson says graham may be responding to a widespread frustration with politics felt among conservative christians. I think mostly to remind evangelicals that their votes are important. This has been a tough year for them politically. Gay marriage and also the planned parenthood videos, with many of them wanting defunding for planned parenthood in this years budget from congress and it didnt happen. Allyson Franklin Graham is scheduled to make stops in columbia on february 9, and in atlanta on february 10. For the First Time Since an october shooting that killed a k9 we are hearing from his handler. Geoff hyco was killed october in the line of duty in anderson 21 county. Three people have been charged. His handler Deputy Brandon surratt had been with hyco for six years. Hyco was not only his partner but a member of his family. He not only protected the community. He protected my kids, my wife. He was their protector. Geoff surratt says he is in full support of a bill in the works called hycos and fargos law. Fargo was a k9 killed in Richland County in 2011. The law would increase prison time for those who harm Police Animals from one to five years years. As part of the bill violators could also be charged a 20,000 fine. It is a 20 tool that could save your life in a flood and an upstate foundation would like to give you one. The alex Holmes Foundation purchased 600 swiss tech automobile emergency tools and will be giving them out saturday. The 3 inch tools will break car windows, cut seat belts and give you light to escape a vehicle caught in rising water. The foundation was started after alex holmes died in octobers flood. She was always smiling, she was always happy. At thanksgiving, christmas shes the sister everybody looked forward to seeing because she just lit up the room. Geoff the giveaway will start saturday morning at 11 00 in the olive garden parking lot on laurens road in greenville. I was thinking recently about the river and the person of being able to get out. I have to get one of those. Allyson i have one of those, actually. They are very important. You dont realize it. Geoff you cant kick your window out. Allyson if this went weather continues, it will all be frozen. Dale isnt that something . We have temperatures in the teens and 20s across the region. It will climb into the 40s for the afternoon and upstate. Upper 30s in the mountains. Eight degrees below what we normally see this time of year. Here is our current temperature from paris mountain. We are looking back to the city of greenville, 25 degrees with a northeast breeze at seven. No precipitation showing or expected today. We are going to stay dry. Again, it is called. Temperatures are really situated with that northeasterly breeze at 10plus in the mountains. 23 national, 24 and hendersonville, 24 in greenwood. Pickens at 24, walhalla at 30. Williamston at 28. Cold beginning to our day. Bone and franklin are both at 17. Boone at 17. It feels like Single Digits in boone with the windchill in greenville feels like 17. Dress warmly as you head off to work and school. 39 in the upstate. A gradual climb as we get back to normal range by thursday. More clouds thursday, isolated showers possible. Rain likely on friday. A good day saturday. Another chance of showers on sunday into the weekend. Geoff a break in like n other. One family finds an unwanted guest in their basement allyson a pizza price war is cooking. Years resolution. Janet . Cough if you can hear me. Dont even think about it. I took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. Yeah. But what about mike . It works on his cough too. Cough it works on his cough too. Mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs for 12 hours. Lets end this. Allyson 4 41 happening today. , a special inspection is scheduled for the Oconee Nuclear station after degraded power cables were discovered there. The Nuclear Regulatory committee will examine startup plants three units today. Officials had determined that cables linked to one of the units were in a degraded condition. All of the cables have now been repaired and the transformers are available for use if needed. The onsite portion of the inspection will take several days. Geoff police in myrtle beach are seeking funding to install license plate readers at entrances to the city. The readers would reportedly be in addition to a 2 million project to install 800 Traffic Cameras around the city. The license plate readers would snap photos of the license plates of passing cars. The system could then alert officers about cars wanted in criminal cases. The city council has asked for more details on the plans. Allyson the department of Natural Resources has raised money for a new Observation Deck in the sassafras mootain. There you can find the tallest point in South Carolina at feet above sea level. 3583 Officials Say theyve raised about 600,000. They say the next step is to bid the construction process. Construction is slated to start in april or may. Geoff we are giving away look from each mountain ski resort where you can see they are making snow to hit the slopes later today. It is beginning to feel all alike winter. Theyll will give you his update throughout the morning on conditions. It is really cold out there this morning. Dale the next couple of cold nights will be good for snow making. We will talk about when we see a gradual warmup in a few minutes. After trying brookside chocolate, people talk about it online. Love at first taste. I would liquefy it and bathe in it. Curse you, brookside your nefarious plans have succeeded. Nefarious . Are we still talking about chocolate . Brookside. I drive a golf ball. I drive to the hoop. I drive a racecar. I have a driver. His name is carl. But thats not what we all have in common. We talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto. Xarelto is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. Xarelto is also proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. For people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. You know, taking warfarin, i had to deal with that blood testing routine. I couldnt have a healthy salad whenever i wanted. I found another way. Yeah, treatment with xarelto. Hey, safety first. Like all blood thinners, dont stop taking xarelto without talking to your doctor, as this may increase your risk of a blood clot or stroke. While taking, you may bruise more easily and it may take longer for bleeding to stop. Take certain medicines. Xarelto can cause serious and in rare cases, fatal bleeding. Get help right away for unexpected bleeding, unusual bruising, or tingling. If you have had spinal anesthesia while on xarelto , watch for back pain or any nerve or muscle related signs or symptoms. Do not take xarelto if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. Tell your doctor before all planned medical or dental procedures. Before starting xarelto , tell your doctor about any kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. Xarelto is the number one prescribed blood thinner in its class. Well that calls for a round of kevin nealons. Make mine an arnold palmer. Same here. With xarelto there is no regular blood monitoring and no known dietary restrictions. Treatment with xarelto was the right move for us. Dale good morning, the time is 4 46 as a lookout from our various skycams. We have clear, cold conditions as we begin a new day. Avery county schools are on a two hour delay because of slippery spots on mountain roads. We saw snow around the tennessee border mountains yesterday. It caused school closings. The delay we are hearing about this one for avery county. Clear skies, Cool Conditions from the mountains to the coast. Teens in franklin, andrew, and boone. 20s everywhere else. 26 in abbeville. Spartanburg county, union, cherokee county, lets check on you. Blacksburg at 26, gaffney number 29. 27 in inman. Lower 20s from late word to lake luer to rutherfordton. We climb into the 30s 40s in the upstate but just the 30s in the mountains. That breeze of 1013 feels colder, five and boone and 11 in asheville. Dress warmly as you head outdoors. Normally at this time of the year, we see a cold morning at 32 and a high of 52. Today, we are a good bit colder for the morning and afternoon. The normal range for the mountains is usually 2747. Today, we are lucky to get up to 49 at the asheville airport. 39. Called for a couple of days, then we see it warm up again as are back to normal temperature wise. As you can see, it is called for a good bit of the country early. The next 12 hours we will see temperatures struggle to get up to 44 for the upstate, 39 anticipated for the ashevillehendersonville area for a high today. As we look at tomorrow morning, very cold once again. Teens and low 20s early, highs tomorrow, a couple of degrees better. Back to normal on thursday. A slight chance of showers on thursday afternoon. A better chance of rain on friday with 50 actually 60, 70 percent chance good temperatures, 5154, fairly typical at this time of year. Saturday looks like a good day to get outdoors. Another 5050 chance on sunday. Geoff you are looking at a time lapse video of pinnacle in. Conditions are changing quickly. Allyson 2015 was a record year the fbi says more than 23 million checks were conducted last year. Theyre done on all gun sales that go through a federally licensed dealer. December was the biggest month ever with more than 3 million checks. It also happened to be the same month that two terrorists shot and killed 14 people in san bernardino. The hammonds have turn themselves in. Its time for you to leave our community. Allyson dwight and Steven Hammond own land adjacent to the refuge. They were sentenced to federal prison for setting public land on fire. The Hammond Family has said the group does not speak on their behalf. Yesterday the two men reported , to prison. Meanwhile the occupiers say they , are prepared to stay for months, even years. Geoff vandals defaced the graves of several confederate soldiers at a North Carolina cemetery. It happened at the Oakwood Cemetery in raleigh Officials Say at least nine they say they covered them up to hide the spraypainted messages. Officials say the vandals caused about 20,000 worth of damages to the site. Next story allyson, missing Country SingerCraig Strickland has been found dead. The 29yearold and a friend went missing while duck hunting at an oklahoma lake, during a fierce winter storm. Stricklands friend, chase morland, was found dead last monday at the lake. Strickland was the lead singer in a country rock band called. Backroad anthem. Before the two left for their hunting trip, moreland tweeted, in case we dont come back, craig and i are going through winter storm the life to kill ducks. Geoff take a look at this. Large chunks of snow wounded two people after falling off a mosque in northeastern turkey. The accident happened on one of the busy streets in a town near footage shows snow and ice raining on people below. Some were were briefly buried in the snow and had to be rescued. Allyson travel troubles in portland. After a weekend of snow. Snow and ice piled up over the weekend. Making roads slick and sometimes dangerous. Conditions were complicated by strong winds. More snow and sleet, along with possible freezing rain is in the forecast for the portland and vancouver metro area. Unusual dropin guest, at a familys home in idaho. Geoff the family was home when this elk showed up inside the basement last week. 600 pounds. It apparently fell through a window into the downstairs living room. The elk suffered a minor cut to the neck that was ok otherwise. Authorities arrived a short time later. Did he play a little cool fell . Did he late did he pill a a little geoff the numbers are now out, allyson adeles album close out the year with nearly 7. 5 million copies sold. Adeles album was just released on november 20, so it sold all those copies in only six weeks. The british singer starts her world tour in february. The north american tour begins in july. Geoff she is amazing, isnt she . This may wipe out your new years resolution real quick. It appears to be a pizza war. Pizza hut and papa johns are beginning the new year with new lowpriced offers. Pizza hut is offering customers the chance to buy a medium pizza with one topping for 5 as long as they buy at least one other item also for 5. As long as they buy at least one other item, also for five dollars. Papa johns is offering customers who buy a large pizza at regular price the chance to buy a second for only . 50. Ricardo clemson returns to the practice field today as it gets championship game against alabama next monday. The tide were on the practice field on monday, and their number one focus right now, is trying to find a way to stop heisman finalist deshaun deshaun watson. He is a very athletic quarterback. Definitely, again, were going to look at it and see how we handle situations, we will get a lot of pressure on him. Ricardo the head coach commented him saying he is the they have faced a long time. Meanwhile, clemson defensive end shaq lawson practiced monday, and head coach dabo swinney said hes optimistic. Next monday. The former daniel high standout loss. Will muschamps Coaching Staff is complete at South Carolina. The gamecocks officially announcing the hire of kurt coordinator and quarterbacks roper served as muschamps in 2014, before joining the season. Roper and former georiga interim head coach Bryan Mcclendon will share play calling duties. Allyson he is a familiar face in the Greenville County school district. Now,e is heading to the today show. Dale good morning to you, 4 57 is the time. Heres a look from gibbs field to the city of spartanburg. It is clear, cold, 27 degrees this morning. Cold will be the story for everybody heading off to work and school. Grab the warm jacket. Breeze may not be as stout as it was yesterday. Still a 1015 mile per hour breeze will make it feel colder. Greenville, spartanburg, anderson starting out in the 20s. Well get to 44 for the ride home. Still cooler than normal for this time of year. Mountains in the teens will reach upper 30s at best for the afternoons. Sunny, breezy, chillier than normal day today. We see a gradual warmup tomorrow and a slight chance of showers thursday. Friday may be a rainy day. We dont have to worry about snow. Avery county schools on a two of slippery roads. Geoff a possibility of ice. Period a Greenville County schools administrator might be at the Golden Globes sunday. Allyson but first, he has to win his spot on the today show. He will compete with two others to win a spot at the Golden Globes for his daughter and him. He will appear on the today show this friday between 7 00 and 9 00. Don alewine got the call friday while hiking with his daughter. So how did don make it to the final three . A great picture, and a witty entry. They told me i could wear whatever i wanted to. I said one does not go to the Golden Globes in whatever. So i got a nice tuxedo ready. Or you taking selfies with everyone . Yes. Because they say go to the bathroom where you meet the most people. Geoff was an opportunity. What an opportunity. Geoff he sounds like quite a character. We will be following that and tell you how it goes. Allyson wyff news 4 today continues right now. Live, local, breaking news. High definition. Geoff new this morning. All lanes are back open after a policeinvolved shooting on a busy california freeway. Artyom gasparyan led the Los Angeles Police on a wild chase monday. He is wanted for murder, carjacking, and robbery in two separate california areas. During the chase, gasparyan drove on the wrong side of the interstate and crashed into a car. The suspect was shot and wounded as he ran away from police. He is now in critical condition. Allyson for the first time its beginning to look and feel like winter. Several students are on delay this morning due to ice on the geoff for the First Time Since a shooting that killed his canine, we are hearing the tragedy from his handler. Allyson lets check in with dale. You set a couple of people on a two hour delay. Dale avery county school. We have had some excitement yesterday. Some snowfall in the mountains. It is clear and cool this warning for no precipitation to deal with. Watch out for slippery roads in avery county. Here is a look at live super doppler 4 hd for the nation. High pressure in control, cold nights, cool days will be the story the next couple of days. Teens in boone, franken, angers. Look at greenwood, currently 23 degrees. Lets check on other communities in the southern piedmont. Mourns at 27, abbeville at 26. Laurens at 27. Everyone needs a warm coat early. By the afternoon, we see these temperatures reach low 30s for upstate and upper 30s for the mountains