Cigar warehouse in Downtown Greenville. It is across the street from fluor field. Cnn will also host a town hall tomorrow night in columbia, featuring jeb bush, john kasich and donald trump. Aly myles wyff news 4. Geoff thank you. The president ial candidates continue sprinting towards the primaries, making upstate visits to lobby for your vote. Senator ted cruz is set to be in seneca and spartanburg today, after he was at the Anderson Civic Center last night talking about the type of judge he would nominate for the Supreme Court. I am the only person on that stage who has spent his entire adult life fighting to defend the constitution and the bill of rights, and i give you my word every justice i put on the Supreme Court will be a constitutionalist who will defend our rights. Geoff cruz said he plans on remaining in the state saturday for primary day until the votes are counted. Donald trumps team also expects to be in South Carolina all week leading up to the primary. Trump stopped by wyff 4 hell look back on this part of his life as a president ial candidate. Honestly, its been an amazing period of time, but if i didnt win and be able to affectuate these changes that are gonna make life better for people and lower the taxes for the middle class and middle income people who are getting killed and also for business which is leaving the country, we , have the highest tax rate in the world and businesses are pfizer, Big Companies are leaving the country, then i would consider it pretty much a waste of time. Geoff trumps set to be interviewed live this morning on today. That starts at 7 00 a. M. Myra Ohio Governor john kasich touts himself as the only candidate with the experience to get things done in washington. In greenville yesterday, he acknowledged the importance of protecting religious freedom in america. Now, this is a praying state. They tell me that faith in god is an important part of the frankly, its an important part of the foundation of america, and it needs to be renewed without having to apologize that theres a creator who gave us life. Myra several hundred people showed up at the Boiling SpringsFire District off pelham road to hear him speak. Gegef doctor ben carsons scheduled to be in greenwood this afternoon, and then spartanburg for a forum with ted cruz tonight. He made stops yesterday in roebuck, Cherokee County and gaffney. Carson told us he will stay in the race even if he doesnt do well in saturdays primary. What determines what happens for me is the support that i have from we the people. We have extremely Strong SocialMedia Support across the country. We have Strong Fundraising across the country. As long as the people continue to want me to push forward and continue to support my efforts, me to drop out. Geoff carson told us that as president he would fix , divisiveness in the nation. We have all the candidates visits to our area on our wyff 4 mobile app. Myra governor nikki haley may not endorse anyone ahead of saturdays primary, but shes making it clear who she is not endorsing. She did not name donald trump, but did take a veiled swipe at him. I think it is unfortunate when the candidate comes in to South Carolina and is a note South Carolinas issues. All of you know exactly how hard we fought against Syrian Refugees, exactly how hard we fought against guantanamo bay, exactly howve done it directly with the president and the administration and try to tell them that we dont want these things. Myra hayleys comments come after trump said haley is not fighting the federal government hard enough on Syrian Refugees and guantanamo detainees. Geoff on the democratic side, former president bill clintons out campaigning for his wife hillary. He was at Spartanburg Community college yesterday. Greenville where he talked about , the emanuel ame in charleston. Look, this is crazy. The greatest gift South Carolina has given to this country was what those christians in that church did and rev pinckney did in showing forgiveness to that disturbed young man who killed all those people, and it melted the hardest hearts in the legislature and they took the Confederate Flag away. Geoff the democratic primary between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders is next saturday, february 27. Meanwhile, sanders has a new endorsement after his visit to columbia yesterday. The daughter of eric garner appeared with sanders and threw her support behind him. Garner died in a police chokehold. It happened in new york city two years ago. His death sparked nationwide protests. His daughter erica says sanders stands for the people, even when its not popular. The Sanders Campaign released an week. Myra on the roads this morning, a live look at our scdot cameras on 385 and 85. View incidents this morning. South carolina Highway Patrol with a few collisions with no injuries. One is a hit and run in white horse road on Greenville County and the other in Spartanburg County on interstate 26 near mile marker 41 eastbound. Also, a traffic note. Starting at 7 00 a. M. In Downtown Greenville, falls park drive to south main street will be closed until 5 00 a. M. On [no audio] dale more like 55 today. Areas of patchy fog. Not so much in Downtown Greenville. Bosa clear and mostly clear and calm wind. You may see wet spots on the lawn or car. Look at spartanburg, foggy from our wofford skycam. Across the region, no precipitation showing. A little flurry and rain activity in the mountains that has come to an end. Dry weather is settling in and will be with us through the weekend. We deserve a break, a chance to dry out and warm up. Slightly cooler todayhan yesterday with the northwesterly breeze. 30s in the mountains will reach some of the cooler spots are boone at 32, mars hill at 32, and by the end of the day, 44 to 45 and the upstate will go from 30s in the 40s to the mid 50s for the afternoon. A quick look ahead. The cow warm it warms up nicely. 50s and 60s for saturday and sunday. Couldnt ask for nicer winter weekend. Nikole in washington, the president draws more broad nomina announcer you are watching live, local, breaking news with geoff hart, allyson powell, and weather with meteorologist dale gilbert. This is wyff news 4 today in high definition. Geoff 12 minutes after 6 00 as we covered the nation this morning. President obama is standing his ground on the Supreme Court. Myra he says he intends to nominate someone to fill justice antonin scalias seat on the Supreme Court whether republicans like it or not. Nikole killion has more. Nikole president obama is calling on congress to rise above daytoday politics and vote on a nominee. Many think it should be up to the next president to find a replacement. The president dismissed that, saying he plans to give the Senate Plenty of time to give his nominee a fair hearing. This will be the opportunity percent endures to do their job. Your job does not stop until you are voted out all your term expires. Nikole some gop senators suggested he may be open to considering the president s eventual pick. Nikole killion wyff news 4 in washington. Myra thank you. The Supreme Court is honoring scalia this week. Geoff there will be a private ceremony and public dealing and his funeral will be on saturday. Dunkin donuts unbelievable selection of breakfast sandwiches freshly made all day and now you can enjoy two english muffin egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches for 4. The new caramel macchiato from dunkin donuts. Let handcrafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramelflavored swirl uplift your mood. Indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. America runs on dunkin. Now, your live super doppler 4 hd forecast. Dale good morning. It is not everywhere, but we do have areas of patchy fog. This is wofford, looking back to the spartanburg skyline. 36 degrees this morning. Snow mix in the mountains of north carolina. Things are clearing out and gradual clearing expected for the morning and sunny this afternoon. Sunny days ahead for thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. It will warm up each day and we have that to look over two. Temperatures this morning, lets check on the piedmont where greenwood is at 33. Laurens at 41, two west at 40 three, so a cool morning. Across the mountains, low to mid 30s will climb to mid 40s. A breeze it does make it feel more like the 20s in the mountains, so dress warmly early. By the afternoon, cooler than normal but better each day. Average this time is 57. We got up to 60 yesterday and more like 55 for an upstate high today. The mountains did reach 50 that jet stream Still Producing snow in the upper midwest and through the ohio valley area. Cold air dips down to the south. Over the next couple of days, cold air will receive and mild temperatures come back for the southeast, especially friday, saturday and sunday. Headed down to the beach this weekend . 68 on sunday, mostly cloudy the partly cloudy. Temperatures for the upstate today reaching mid 50s and mid 40s for the mountains. Tomorrow, it gets better. Upper 50s for the upstate on thursday and friday and mid 60s saturday and sunday. The mountains go from 44 today to 59 saturday and 60 on sunday. Next chance for rain looks to be monday next week. Myra we are taking a live look through our scdot cameras on i85 and i385. You incidents this morning. Few incidents this morning. A few collisions with no injuries. One in Greenville County on white horse road and the other in Spartanburg County on interstate 26 near mile marker 41 eastbound. A live look to our woodruff road skycam with traffic moving smoothly. That is your beat the traffic. Geoff four days from now, the biggest prize in nascar will be up for grabs as the daytona 500 comes sunday. Marc dopher has more in daytona beach, florida. Marc Dale Earnhardt junior has to be the favorite to end appear on victory lane after the daytona 500. He has won three and finished second and third in the others. I go in there with a lot of what i wanted to do. My team is waiting for me to take it to the front and make it happened, so have this obligation, motivation from the team and the fans to get the lead as soon as possible and give them something to be excited about. They pay that money to be there and they want to see cool classes, so there was a lot going on that motivates and drives you. Marc Dale Earnhardt junior says if he doesnt finish in the top five, he will be disappointed. He is gunning for his third ever daytona championship. Marc dopher wyff news 4. Donald, i know winning is very important to you, but sometimes, it is ok to lose, right, guys . [applause] geoff a full house, heart to what else they had to myra the tonight show, starring jimmy fallon featured an inside look at Donald Trumps visit to his childhood home. Geoff except it was a 1990s reunion. And with trump sad about possibly not winning the republican nomination, the cast broke out one of their signature life lessons. Dannys right, donald. Sure, i lost on star search, but that hasnt stopped me from doing impressions. Right, bullwinkle . Why certainly, joseph. Look, you made it farther than anyone thought and no matter what happens, you should be very proud. Hey, watch the hair. You guys are right. I have to stay in the race, otherwise, a clinton will be in the white house again. I mean who wants to see something from the 1990s come back in 2016 . [laughter] geoff the full skit has all the classic jokes youd remember from the show. You can watch that online this morning. I love those reunions. Full house without the twins. Dale mrs. Hope in vitamin to pickens elementary yesterday, got the fourth graders together. I got the hat, tshirt, a card. Everyone signed it and a nice boost from all the fourth graders. We took a picture, a Group Picture of everyone together in the library where we got together and talked about weather. Thank you so much of pickens elementary. Look at this cookie cake. Myra that would have been a tragedy on the set. Dale thank you, pickens elementary. We are terrible with the cakes. Todays weather will climb to the mid 50s for the afternoon the mid 40s for today. Dry weather for the next several days to look forward to. We have a from Duncan ChapelElementary Teachers for our school salute. It is miss holidays fifth grade class and they took a brain break to enjoy the snow last friday. Thank you for sending that in. Thank you for everyone at pickens elementary for the nice visit. Geoff a reminder, there are delays and closings and you will see them on the bottom of your screen. Its time now for your wyff news 4 timeline on this february 17. On this date in 2002, the new Transportation Security Administration took charge of Civil Aviation security from the faa and airlines. Myra federal agents were hired and trained to inspect all 429 commercial airports. Geoff following breaking news, Anderson County deputies searching for shooter after a Convenience Store clerk was shot in anderson after a robbery after 2 00 a. M. At the Hickory Point bp on highway 187. The clerk called 911 after the shooting and was taken to the hospital for surgery. Myra also come up by a cruise responded to calls of explosions in anderson. They put out a fire at Sunbelt Rentals after 1 30. They believe it may have been equipment behind the building that caught fire. Geoff in commitment 2016, the latest poll showing donald trump and Hillary Clinton with commanding leads in South Carolina. Myra Hillary Clinton leads with 56 to Bernie Sanders 38 . Donald trump leads with 38 to ted cruzs 28 and marco rubios 28 14 . First, we will take a live look at the woodruff road skycam. Morning. School closings and delays today you will see in the ticker below. Lets check in with dale. Mountains of north carolina. Across the upstate, a couple of sprinkles. 37 degrees and clearing as a look out from our laurens skycam. They will be areas of patchy fog along the clouds and by the afternoon, for the ride home from school, sunny in the upstate with mid 50s in the mountains cooler today and reaching mid 40s. We will talk about the rest of the week and the nice weekend in a few minutes. Myra thank you. Happening today, the gop president ial candidates hope to use cnn town halls to lobby for your vote saturday. Geoff one of the two town halls is happening right here in greenville. Wyff news 4s aly myles joins us live from greenville with more. Aly good morning. Were here at the old Cigar Warehouse on south main street downtown. Its quiet here now. That wont be the case at 8 00 tonight. Just the only other folks out here this morning. Cnn is hosting backback republican town hall events in the state this week. Anderson cooper is set to moderate both events. Tonights in greenville features ben carson, ted cru, and marco rubio. The town hall will air live on cnn. It will also stream online. Cnn will also host a town hall tomorrow night in columbia, featuring jeb bush, john kasich, and donald trump. Again it starts at 8 00 tonight, right here at the old Cigar Warehouse in Downtown Greenville. Aly myles wyff news 4. Geoff thank you. The president ial candidates continue sprinting towards the primaries, making upstate visits to lobby for your vote. Senator ted cruz is set to be in seneca and spartanburg today after he was at the anderson , Civic Center Last night talking about the type of judge he would nominate for the Supreme Court. I am the only person on that stage who has spent his entire adult life fighting to defend the constitution and the bill of , Supreme Court will be a principled constitutionalist who will defend our rights. Geoff cruz z id he plans on remaining in the state saturday for primary day until the votes are counted. Donald trumps team also expects to be in South Carolina all week leading up to the primary. Trump stopped by wyff 4 yesterday to talk about how hell look back on this part of his life as a president ial candidate. It is the most interesting period of my life. The top reporter said, how does it feel . When you have then is so incredible, but i said i have not done anything. If we dont win, i dont consider it, but he said i was wrong and away i have change politics should be considered. As the only men with experience to get things done in washington. Hed knowledge the importance of protecting religious freedom in america. Now, this is a praying state. They tell me that faith in god is an important part of the foundation of South Carolina. Frankly, its an important part of the foundation of america, and it needs to be renewed without having to apologize that theres a creator who gave us life. Myra several hundred people showed up at the Boiling SpringsFire District off pelham road to hear him speak. Geoff doctor ben carsons scheduled to be in greenwood this afternoon, and then spartanburg for a forum with ted cruz tonight. He made stops yesterday in roebuck, Cherokee County and gaffney. Carson told us he will stay in the race even if he doesnt do well in saturdays primary. What determines what happens for me is the support that i have from we the people. We have extremely Strong SocialMedia Support across the we have Strong Fundraising across the country. As long as the people continue to want me to push forward and continue to support my efforts, theres absolutely no reason for me to drop out. Geoff carson told us that as president he would fix , divisiveness in the nation. We have all the candidates visits to our area on our wyff 4 mobile app. Myra governor nikki haley may not endorse anyone ahead of saturdays primary, but shes making it clear who she is not endorsing. Haley did not name trump but did take a veiled swipe at him. I think it is unfortunate when a candidate comes into South Carolina and is in no South Carolinas issues. All of you know exactly how hard we fought against Syrian Refugees, exactly how hard we fought against guantanamo bay, exactly howve done it directly with the president and the administration and try to tell them that we dont want t tse things. Myra hayleys comments come after trump said haley is not hard enough on Syrian Refugees and guantanamo detainees. Geoff on the democratic side, former president bill clintons out campaigning for his wife hillary. He was at Spartanburg Community college yesterday. Then he made his way to greenville where he talked about , the emanuel ame in charleston. Look, this is crazy. The greatest gift South Carolina has given to this country was what those christians in that church did in showing forgiveness to that disturbed young man who killed all those people, and it melted the hardest hearts in the legislature and they took the Confederate Flag away. Geoff the democratic primary between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders is next saturday february 27. , meanwhile, sanders has a new endorsement after his visit to columbia yesterday. The daughter of eric garner appeared with sanders and threw her support behind him. Chokehold. It happened in new york city two years ago. His death sparked nationwide protests. His daughter erica says sanders stands for the people even when its not popular. The Sanders Campaign released an ad featuring erica garner, last week. Myra we will have more on the traffic, coming up. Dale it is looking good with now, your live super doppler 4 hd forecast. Dale good morning. Thank you for getting up with us. 39 degrees in greenville. 60 yesterday with a little shower activity overnight. Some areas are seeing fog. There are spots on the highway where you will see thick patches of fog. Precipitation coming to an end and clouds give way to sunshine. Upper 30s and the 40s in the upstate and piedmont will climb to the mid 50s for the afternoon. Asheville will climb about 10 degrees and richmond 40s for today and back to normal by tomorrow. The breeze out of the northwest cooler in the mountains. A nice afternoon, a couple degrees cooler than yesterday and tomorrow, temperatures rebound. By the weekend, we are looking at mid 60s saturday and sunday and mild in the mountains. Heres the fourday plus forecast with no rain until monday. That is our next chance of showers. The wonderful weekend. Myra taking a live look at our scdot cameras along i85, along with 385. Very few incidents this morning. South carolina Highway Patrol report in a few collisions with no injuries. A hit and run on white horse road in Greenville County and another happened in Spartanburg County on interstate 26 near mile marker 41 in the eastbound lane. The traffic note, starting at from boggs street to south main street will be closed until 5 00 on friday. A live look at clemson boulevard. That is your beat the traffic. Brad good morning. The gamecocks on the road trying to do something the program has never done. That is go to missouri and win. They were not able to get that done. The gamecocks reeling a bit after the blowout loss to kentucky over the weekend. Duane notice gets the pass along the sideline and he knocks down the three. Missouri up five. Off the miss, missouris Terrence Phillips gets the rebound, lays it in and draws the foul. That made it an eight point missouri lead. Missouri up six. South Carolinas Michael carrera knocks down the three to draw the gamecocks to within three. Missouri up one. Off the miss, notice gets the offensive rebound and puts it back in. Notice had 21 points on the night. Point lead. Across the baseline to phillips for the layup and the foul. Missouri knocks off the gamecocks 72 to 67, drop back to back games for first time. The Clemson Tigers are trying to play their way into the field of 68, with five games remaining in the regular season. The tigers need to win most if not all of them, beginning with Boston College tonight. Brad brownell says his guys know exactly what is at stake these last couple weeks. There are a handful of teams that know they are in. And there are probobly 50 of us that are in a situation where it is how we play in the last couple weeks of the season. You know, i hope our team just executes and plays well. Brad clemson hosts Boston College tonight in Downtown Greenville at 7 00 at the well. Candidates coming to down something is just fundamentally broken when African Americans are more likely to be arrested by police, and sentenced to longer prison terms, for doing the same thing that whites do. When too many encounters with Law Enforcement end tragically. We need investments in education, health care and jobs, to counter generations of neglect. We have to face up to the hard truth of injustice and systemic racism. Im Hillary Clinton, hmm hmm hmmhmmhmmhmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmhmm let us be lovers, well marry our fortunes together [ cheering ] ive got some real estate here in my bag counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike [ cheers and applause ] all come to look for america all come to look for america all come to look for america im Bernie Sandersrs and i approve this message. Geoff we continue to follow breaking news in Anderson County were deputies are searching for shooter after a Convenience Store clerk was shot in the chest during a robbery in anderson. Myra it happened after 2 00 on the Hickory Point bp. The man called the police and geoff also, fire crews put that a fire at Sunbelt Rentals after 1 30. Investigators believe it may have been equipment behind the building that caught fire. Taking a live look now from our Lake Hartwell skycam here behind us. Looks like a nice looking day. Myra does it make you want to go fishing . Dale every day makes me want to fish. Cloudy this morning but sunshine this afternoon. Watch out for areas of patchy fog. Doesnt seem to be a problem on 385. There goes the rain, the last event this week. Looks like sunny weather ahead to take us to saturday, sunday and a chance of showers on monday. Highs today go from 30s in the 40s and mid 50s for the upstate. We will show you the weekend in geoff a live look from our woodruff road skycam. Very few incidents to report on this wednesday morning. Two new incidents just happened, both with no injuries. One is an animal on centerville road in anderson and the other a hit and run in Greenville County on augusta road and white horse road which does that point towards roadblock. Which does have quite horse road block. Happening today, the gop president ial candidates hope to use cnn town halls to lobby for your vote saturday. Myra one of the two town halls is happening right here in greenville. Wyff news 4s aly myles joins us. Aly very quiet right now outside of the old Cigar Warehouse across from fluor field, but that wont be the case at 8 00 tonight. They are already getting set up for this town hall. Cnn is hosting backback republican town hall events in Anderson Cooper is set to moderate both events. Tonights in greenville features ben carson, ted cruz, and marco rubio. The town hall will air live on cnn. It will also stream online. The candidates will answer questions from palmetto state viewers at 8 00 tonight at the old Cigar Warehouse in Downtown Greenville. Cnn will also host a town hall tomorrow night in columbia, featuring jejebush, john kasich, and donald trump. Aly myles wyff news 4. Myra thank you. The president ial candidates continue sprinting towards the primaries making upstate visits to lobby for your vote. Geoff senator ted cruz is set to be in seneca and spartanburg today, after he made three stops across the state yesterday. He finished up last night at the Anderson Civic Center. Cruz said he plans on remaining in the state saturday for primary day until the votes are counted. Myra Donald Trumps team also expects to be in South Carolina all week leading up to the primary. Trump stopped by wyff 4 yesterday to talk about how hell look back on this part of his life as a president ial candidate. Covered with us, including the issue of Syrian Refugees and health care on our wyff 4 mobile app for you. Trumps set to be interviewed live this morning on today that starts at 7 00 a. M. On today, and that starts at 7 00 a. M. Geoff this morning, Ohio Governor john kasich touts himself as the only candidate with the experience to get things done in washington. He spoke in greenville yesterday about the economy. He also acknowledged the importance of protecting religious freedom in america. Several hundred people showed up at the Boiling SpringsFire District off pelham road to hear him speak. Myra doctor ben carsons scheduled to be in greenwood this afternoon, and then spartanburg for a forum with ted cruz tonight. He made stops yesterday in roebuck, Cherokee County and gaffney. Carson told us he will stay in the race even if he doesnt do well in saturdays primary. Carson told us that as president he would fix divisiveness in the , nation. We have all the candidates visits to our area on our wyff 4 mobile app. Geoff governor nikki haley may not endorse anyone ahead of making it clear who she is not endorsing. Haley did not name trump but did take a veiled swipe at him yesterday, saying its unfortunate when a candidate comes to South Carolina without knowing about the states issues. Hayleys comments come after trump said haley is not fighting the federal government hard enoughghn Syrian Refugees and guantanamo detainees. Myra on the democratic side, former president bill clintons out campaigning for his wife hillary. He was at Spartanburg Community college yesterday, then he made his way to greenville, where he talked about health care immigration, education and gun , control. He also said the greatest gift South Carolina has given to the u. S. Was its response to the Charleston Church shooting last june. Geoff meanwhile, bernie sandede has a new endorsement after his visit to columbia yesterday. This is video of eric garner who died at the hands of new York City Police two years ago. Garners daughter erica appeared with sanders at the university of South Carolina and threw her erica garner says sanders stands for the people even when its not popular. The Sanders Campaign released an ad featuring erica garner, last week. Dont forget, the democratic primary between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders is next saturday, february 27. Myra some national news, in california, apple must help the fbi rake into the iphone once used by accused San Bernardino shooting suspect syed farook. He died in a shootout after they reportedly killed his coworkers in San Bernardino. Since then, they have not been able to unlock his phone. Geoff in paris, a tribute concert in memory of those killed in last years paris attack. The rock band eagles of death terrorist attacked the bataclan concert hall. The band played at another venue across town and the lead singer is from greenville. The Great American race is just four days away and while Dale Earnhardt junior is the favorite to win, all eyes early in the week are on rookie and pole sitter chase elliott. Marc dopher has that story from daytona beach. Marc for the second straight year, the 254 will lead them to the line at the daytona 500, but its not jeff gordon, its chase elliott. We recognize it was a great day on sunday. Ever since, it is about the team and the kind of car they brought. There was nothing special i did on sunday to make that happen. It is about those guys in what they brought to the table. But that was one lap, not 500 miles, so we have to go out and do our jobs. Marc the new driver of the 254 is the youngest ever pole winner here at daytona. He is just 20yearsold. Dopher wyff news 4. Geoff thank you. Looks nice down there. A reminder, there is a boiled water advisory in pendleton. People on lebanon road and west main street should boil their water for a full minute before drinking or cooking. Myra a live look from anderson, where deputies are searching for a shooter after Convenience Store clerk was shot in the chest during what investigators say was a robbery. This happened just after 2 00 at the Hickory Point bp on highway 187. The clerk called 911 after the shooting and was taken to the hospital for surgery. A final look at traffic on the roads this morning. Just two new incidents. Both with no injuries. One involved in animal and the roadway in anderson on centerville road. The other is hit and runa in and white house road. That would does have white horse road blocked. Geoff normal temperatures for this time of year. Dale they will beginning back to normal by tomorrow. Yesterday, up to 60 in today more like midfifties. Foggy in spartanburg. Some areas has fog locked in, but it will give way to afternoon sunshine and the clouds and precipitation from last night will move out and we will have a nice day today with temperatures a couple degrees cooler than normal. The mountains will climb to mid 40s and the upstate will reach mid 50s. Tomorrow, temperatures go from 55 to 60 per afternoon highs. As a look ahead with the four day plus forecast, we will be in the mid60s saturday and sunday. Warmer than normal weather on friday through the weekend. Showers in the forecast. It gets cool next tuesday. Geoff thank you. This morning on today, the battle for South Carolina continues as gopopresident ial candidates duke it out here, including marco rubio telling reporters that ted cruz has a pattern of making stuff up over the past two weeks of his campaign. Peter alexander has more from columbia. Peter alexander good day to you. Im Peter Alexander here in columbia, South Carolina, outside the state house. Coming up this morning, more on Barack Obamas comments wading into the furious fight among republicans to replace him in the white house. President obama dismissing the partys frontrunner donald trump, saying hes not going to be president , saying the job is hard. Marketing, its not reality tv, he added. Coming up this morning on the today show, well have more on my exclusive oneonone conversation with jeb bush, desperate for a comeback in a state that has embraced both his father and his brother. All that ahead when we see you on today. With donald trump, just moments away. Myra be sure to pick up the greenville news, and you can read about how the health board will vote on restructuring plans. A lot of changes could take place. Geoff lets leave you with a shot from our breaking news at the Convenience Store where a Convenience Store clerk was shot during a robbery in anderson. We will bring you the latest. [captioning made possible by wyfftv] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, caption content and accuracy. Good morning. The government versus the tech giant. Apples ceo vows to fight a judges order forcing it to hack into the iphone of one of the San Bernardino killers. Is the company taking a stand for its customers or making it harder for Law Enforcement to keep us safe . Southern discomfort. The republican president ial candidates brawl in South Carolina ahead of saturdays primary. Even the president gets in on the action. I continue to believe mr. Trump will not be president. Its not hosting a talk show or a reality show. Respond. Youre lucky i didnt run last time when romney ran, because you would have been a oneterm president. Fresh polls from South Carolina and nevada with the voting three days away. Well hear from mr. Trump when he joins us live. No mas in a rare expression of anger, pope francis vividly frustrated, scolding on eager tofollowers tugging on his arm, causing him to topple over a man in a wheelchair. Its a dog beat dog world tonight. German shorthead is the best in show at the westminster dog show, beating out 2 rksz,700 other dogs, to have his day today, wednesday, february 17th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer