America hostage. We do not have to accept this carnage as the price of freedom. Patrick advocates for increased gun control stood in applause multiple times today at the white house. But gun lobbyists, and some republicans on the hill and on the campaign trail, say the president wants to make buying guns nearly impossible. Part of the plan, to expand background checks. If they wanna add some more questions to it, parameters that we have to go through, i cant see that would hinder anything, other than just slow down the process. Patrick president obama also wants to spend more than 500 million to expand treatment for the mentally ill, add more atf agents, and criminally prosecute unlicensed sellers. The South Carolina chapter of moms demand action for gun sense in america reacted to the speech. We respect the 2nd amendment. Were not antigun, were antigun violence. And we believe there are common sense gun laws that will respect patrick a big part of the president s plan is to close the which is getting support from both sides of the issue. You the gun, and we part company. Thats it. That, id like to see changed to where, if you can buy a gun at a gun show, you gotta go to a Central Station and have a background check run on you before youre able to purchase that gun from that individual. Patrick president obama became visibly emotional as he listed out some of the Deadly School shootings. Those rights were stripped from college kids in blacksburg and santa barbara, and from High Schoolers in columbine, and from firstgraders in newtown. Firstgraders. To show that emotion really to how we feel about the situation and the lack of progress on it. Patrick right now, if a background check is not completed within three days, a gun seller has the right, under law, to go ahead and sell that gun. However, South Carolina state senator Gerald Malloy is proposing a bill that would expand that to 28 days, to allow more time for a background check. Gabrielle thanks, patrick. We want to know what you think. Take our now poll, and let us know if you think the president s executive actions will reduce the number of Mass Shootings in the united states. The poll is on the wyff facebook, twitter, and website home page. Heres a look so far at your answers. 3 of you say yes, 90 of you say no. 70 7 say time will tell. Go ahead and vote, there is still time. Nigel just into the newsroom tonight, governor nikki haley has been tapped to give the republican response to president obamas the president will speak to the nation next haley says she is tuesday. Honored to deliver the response. She says she will talk about the great challenges and opportunities the country has right now. In a release, House Speaker paul ryan says haley is the right choice to lay out a positive vision, and alternative to the status quo. Gabrielle Officials Say one u. S. Soldier was killed, and two others were wounded, during a joint u. S. Afghan special Operations Mission in afghanistan. The defense Officials Say a medical helicopter was hit by a mortar while on the ground, but was able to take off. The fighting is part of the intensified efforts to push back against recent taliban gains. Nigel a Civil Rights Group is demanding former officer Michael Slager be sent back to jail. Slager was released from jail in charleston last night, after posting bond. He is charged in the shooting death of walter scott. Cell phone video of the incident shows slager shooting scott while he was running away, unarmed. The National Action network wants him back behind bars. Charleston. We want slager back in jail. We want him back in jail. We demand him being back in jail. Nigel slager was fired from his post, and arrested in april. His next trial date is set at october 31st. Gabrielle a 24yearold man has been arrested in connection with a Fatal Shooting in greenville. Deputies say Marqual Griffin shot Nathan Lee Crouch in the chest. This happened on december 27th, at a home on perry road in the san souci area. Griffin faces multiple charges, including murder. He is being held without bond in the Greenville County detention center. Now to georgia. A hostage situation lead to an almost fivehour standoff in the atlanta area this morning. 36yearold korrie thomas held 11 children and his girlfriend hostage at knifepoint during a domestic dispute the standoff was at a motel in dekalb county. The children and the girlfriend were rescued. Authorities say the suspect stabbed himself in the neck. He is now in critical condition. Imprisonment and obstruction. Nigel in georgia, the governor has rescinded his executive order that barred state agencies from assisting syrian refugees. Governor nathan deal announced the order monday, just days after attorney general sam olens said georgia cant legally stop the resettlement of syrian refugees. In november, following the paris terror attacks, deal joined other governors who halted any involvement in the acceptance of syrian refugees. Were taking a live look outside at asheville, through our asheville sky cam. It is called out there, blue skies. A few clouds. However, it is cold. Gabrielle nice to see the sunshine, but it is not doing a lot to warm things up. John cessarich joins us. Do you see these temperatures sticking around . John looks like it. Look how cold. Tv and your family room, looking at that live shott in a with clear skies, it looks so beautiful. But it is cold. 40s in the mountains. Low 40s in the upstate into northeastern georgia. The good news, we have much lighter winds. Yesterday, we had a strong wind making it feel colder than the actual temperatures with the wind chills overnight in the the mountains. Right now, 28 in boone, ready six in asheville and hendersonville, 39 in greenville, 37 and spartanburg, 42 in toccoa. In the upstate and upper 40s in the mountains. Temperatures below average for this time of year. A bit of a warmup, then we wait for the next storm system to come in. Now back to you. Nigel officials in macon county are already totaling the damage officials with North CarolinaEmergency Management say initial estimates are around 700,000. They say damages to homes are estimated to be around 263,000, and damage to private roads and bridges are around 440,000. Officials say more damage still needs to be looked over. Gabrielle were five days into the new year, and big things are already happening in spartanburg. Leaders there say the success is unmatched. Wyff news 4s Mike Mccormick is live and local downtown. He has more. Mike . Mike multiple Historic Buildings in this block alone are getting major upgrades, and city leaders say they cant wait to be able to talk about even more businesses that are coming here. Spartanburg is the biggest Economic Development story, not just in the upstate, but in the state of South Carolina, one of the biggest in the southeast. Thats not hype, thats fact. Mike spartanburg city leaders say theyve welcomed 57 new businesses, and 500 new jobs, since 2013. More are coming. Were trying to get the word mike the growler haus started opening for lunch this week. Inside it, youll find papis tacos, a project of greenvilles table 301 group. Both businesses felt like an extra lunch option should be on tap in the citys momentum. Ive been here for a year and a half, and ive seen the huge change just in that time, not only with us, but with other businesses downtown. Everythings growing so fast. Mike Miyako Sushi Group is expanding by moving into the building next door. They will offer a rooftop bar, and so will the new highrise ac by marriott hotel, which is under construction. The hub city coop Grocery Store is getting closer and closer to openeng. Workers put in all the windows, and big refrigeration equipment will be inside in the coming weeks. Thats a long way from where spartanburg was 10 or 15 years ago. Mike coming up tonight at 6 00, will talk about one of the live in spartanburg. Nigel clemson will play alabama championship on and today, dabo swinney met with the media. Gabrielle lots of stories to tell about the connections between clemsons head coach and the crimson tide. Sports director brad fralick is here. Brad coach swinney answered questions for over an hour today , and a lot of it had to do the connections are incredible. First of all, swinney played at championship there. He coached there, was born and raised in pelham, alabama. He told all kinds of stories today about growing up, dreaming of playing for the crimson tide. So when it was set that clemson and alabama would play for the title, he said he wouldnt have it any other way. This is the way it ought to be. If youre going to play for a championship, and you have the opportunity to play against the team that has been kind of the standard, you know, i think that were excited about that. We embrace that, and look them. Brad swinney said alabama is the best defense they have seen this season. At 6 00, more from swinney, and his thoughts on alabama. And in sports, we will hear from the orange bowl mvp himself, deshaun watson, as clemsons road to the title continues. Nigel . Nigel i cannot wait. What a game it will be. Before the National Championship dont forget to check out our , live wire. Its a collection of the latest tweets about the tigers, and fun posts from our staff. Plus, you can even watch some retro highlights from the 1982 orange bowl, when clemson last claimed a national title. Gabrielle i thought was 1981. Nigel it was 81. Go to the wyff 4 app, or wyff4. Com, and look in the right now bar. A new political ad hits the air in South Carolina. This one takes aim at marco rubio. But are the claims in this ad true . Were going to put gabrielle plus, more than a month since the paris terror attacks. Troops continue to patrol the streets. I would say the state of health care is constantly in flux. Nigel we take a closer look at health care, showing you surprising numbers. John a live picture from anderson, bright sunshine but it is cold outside. Current temperatures 40 degrees with a northeast breeze making i will be right back. Gabrielle there is a look at your from the South Carolina education lottery. Pick 3, 0, 8, 4. Days after the paris attacks, senators came together for a topsecret briefing on the terrorist threat. Marco rubio was missing fundraising in california instead. Two weeks later, terrorists struck again in san bernardino. And where was marco . Fundraising again in new orleans. Rubio has missed Important National security hearings and missed more total votes than any other senator. Politics first thats the rubio way. Right to rise usa this week marks one year since gabrielle this week marks one year since terrorists stormed Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket, killing 17 people. Today, the french president Francois Hollande unveiled a plaque, honoring the victims. The newspaper released a special issue this week with the headline the murderer is still , at large. Meanwhile, security is still tight in paris, particularly in Shopping Centers and supermarkets. This, following the terror attacks over a month ago. Authorities said some 2500 soldiers are still deployed on the streets. Officials said this operation is costing them over 1. 5 million a day. France still remains under a state of emergency. The november 13th attacks in the capital killed 130 people. Nigel a new political ad hit the air this week, attacking republican president ial candidate marco rubio. Bush Political Action committee, claims rubio has the worst voting record in the senate. But is that true . Gabrielle wyff news 4 investigates tim waller gets to the bottom of things, in tonights truth check. Tim it was just a matter of time before marco rubios political rivals questioned his voting record in a television ad. Rubios missed appearances in the u. S. Senate have been used as ammunition in the recent debates. Now, right to rise usa, the super pac for Republican White House hopeful jeb bush, hits that issue in a 30second ad. Days after the paris attacks, senators came together for a top secret briefing on the terrorist threat. Marco rubio was missing, fundraising in california instead. Two weeks later, terrorists struck again in san bernardino. Where was marco . Fundraising in new orleans. Tim on the surface, this claim is true. But there is also more to the story. On november 18th, 5 days after the terrorist attacks in paris, committee, of which rubio is a member, held a closeddoor meeting to discuss what role america should play. Rubio, as the ad says, was at a fundraising event in newport beach, california, and did not attend the classified hearing. However, rubio, who also serves on the Senate Intelligence committee, attended a classified briefing on the paris attacks the day before his fundraising trip to california. Rubios Campaign Says he received more highlevel information at that meeting than he would have received at the meeting he missed. Over the last 3 years, rubio has missed Important National security hearings, and missed more total votes, than any other senator. Tim the claim on missing votes in the senate is true, according to government records. In our analysis, we found rubio has missed more roll call votes than any other senator now running for president , missing 13. 3 of all votes during his senate career. Missing 12. 4 of senate votes. Former democratic senator Hillary Clinton missed 9. 5 of votes during her senate career. Rand paul of kentucky has missed 4 . Bernie sanders of vermont has the lowest number of missed votes among candidates, with 3. 6 . In late december, when congress was voting on the yearend budget and tax package, rubio was the only white house hopeful in the senate to stay on the campaign trail and miss the vote. Nigel as soon as a new ad hits the air, truth check will put it to the test. Gabrielle and be sure to check out our other truth check reports. Just head to our website, and click on politics under the news tab on wyff4. Com. Now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. John cold, highpressure locking in, right on top of richmond, virginia. It will slide down further south we have a northeast breeze outside the mountains, not extremely strong. Yesterday, we had strong wind out of the north making it youll colder. At least we dont have to deal with wind chills tonight. The high will move into the atlantic, and as it does, the wind will shift a little bit. Maybe out of the eastsoutheast as we go through the day tomorrow. A live shot from on top of paris mountain, there is Downtown Greenville in the background. You can see clear skies, high, thin cirrus clouds ruling into the mountains moving into the mountains. Look how cold it is. Normal high temperatures in the upstate should be in the low 50s this time of year and upper 40s in the mountains. Running a good ive10 degrees below average. In North Carolina, colder temperatures. 28 in boone, 28 in spruce pine, 34 in burnsville and waynesville. 30 six in brevard, hendersonville, and asheville. 44, a little bit milder in the southwestern mountains, little bit warmer although they have high, thin clouds moving in. The wind has shifted out of the southsoutheast. Either way you slice it, it is cold. 41 in toccoa. 10 Miles Per Hour winds in greenville and anderson, the wind will die down. Once the sun goes down, so will the wind. Humidity very low. Cold air, at the freezing mark in raleigh. They had freezing they had flurries yesterday. 37 in charlotte and florence. Along the beaches of the cold. 34 in wilmington, the grants grant the grand strand cold. 42 in atlanta. High pressure dominates, high, thin cirrus clouds to the west it will be chilly, not as cold as today but still, below average tomorrow. The storm system in the west will get better organized. It will bring us rain as we get into the end of the week. Most of the country is looking like winter. 32 in michigan, 32 in chicago, and cincinnati and in washington dc. The only warm spot in the east, all the way down in miami. 70 degrees. 63 in orlando. That is cool for those people, im sure they have their codon right now. Clear and cold tonight, light wind, low 22 in the upstate, mid teens in the mountains. Fairly light winds. Clouds in the afternoon. Highs in the 40s. Slow warming trend continues. Upper 40s to low 50s in thursday, mostly to partly cloudy. It looks like liquid precipitation on friday through the area. Another storm system may come in. Clouds and possibly rain over the weekend. Congratulations to ronnie lyle, our umbrella winner from anderson. Michael heres what we have coming up on news 4 at 6 00. He was one of the leaders of the 81 National Championship team. Tonight, we take jeff davis back in time. Yeah, this is it. There you are. Thats it. Thats it. We number one, baby. We just shocked the world. Michael how about a journey into the locker room the night clemson won it all . It wasnt that long ago. Wait until you see his reaction to the wyff news 4 file footage. In greenville. Today was carol in greenville, today was the first walk with a doc event at the bon secours wellness arena. Wyff news 4s aly myles chats with this months doctor, to explain what this event is. Aly hey, everyone. Were here at the bon secours wellness arena. Im joined here with dr. Steve keiser with the bon secoursst. Francis health system. And first of all, talk to us a little bit about your specialty. Well, my speciality is primary care sports medicine, which takes care of athletes and their primary care health problems, but also, active people and their primary care needs. Aly well, today we are obviously Walking Around the bon secours wellness arena. Talk to me about the walk with a doc event. So the walk with a doc event is an event we set up here at the wellness arena, to give people an opportunity to get some exercise, any weather condition, here at the well with a nice venue, to be able to while were getting some exercise at the same time. Aly i know you specialize in sports injuries and sports medicine. Whats your number one advice to people who do get their walk in whenever they can . Just get started. Go ahead and get the exercise in, and make a commitment to yourself to go ahead and keep doing it. Aly youre the specialist here, but you dont want to do too much at once, right . I always tell people, dont remember what you used to be able to do when you were 17. Go ahead and start from scratch and start with little steps, walking before you run. Aly thank you so much for joining us here today. And keep in mind, this happen once a month. In february, itll be a cardiologist, a different doctor every month. Something really fun to take part in, when youre getting your exercise in, as well. Aly myles, wyff news 4, at the bon secours wellness arena. Carol the walk with a doc event may be once a month, but the secours. Days after the paris attacks, senators came together for a topsecret briefing on the terrorist threat. Marco rubio was missing fundraising in california instead. Two weeks later, terrorists struck again in san bernardino. And where was marco . Fundraising again in new orleans. Over the last 3 years, rubio has missed Important National security hearings and missed more total votes than any other senator. Politics first thats the rubio way. Right to rise usa gabrielle we are continuing our 8 weeks, 8 issues series. Tonight, were looking at the issue of healthcare in the united states, and the state of the Affordable Care act, now in its third year. Nigel we will also break down the Health Care Issue on a local level, showing you how, in South Carolina, many families are just one procedure away from poverty. Look in western North Carolina,