Trump says if he was african americanquotei wouldnt like him very much. The candidates are continuing to stamp down the trail here in South Carolina working for every vote they can get before the polls open. That includes texas senator ted cruz. Hes expected to land at Eagle Aviation in west columbia. Thats where we find our mike desumma who joins us now live with more. Sam , judi this hanger at Eagle Aviation has been used often over the years. Troops on their way in and out of the midlands on deployment have come through here. Today its expected to host about 600 ted cruz supporters for an afternoon rally. The texas senators plane is expected to hit the ground in minutes. Hell rally with voters here before he continues on. The low country and the grand strand. Rally with voters here before he continues on. Earlier today he made stops in the low country and the grand strand. Hes coming off a big week taking a lead over donald trump in a National Poll from nbc and the wall street journ
Mike desumma is on Mineral Springs road right now. Thanks dawndy and charles. Im here in West Columbia on Mineral Springs road. Here power crews are dealing with down trees impacted powerlines. More wind damage happened on patterson road in columbia where a tree mike desumma is on Mineral Springs road right now. Thanks dawndy and charles. Powerlines. More wind damage happened on patterson road in columbia where a tree crashed into a fence around a home. Thankfully, the house was okay. Work crews were able to get there to be sure the road was cleared. Childrens home on millwood and maple streets in columbia. A tree fell and smashed into a taxis windshield. The driver told our crew it had to have been the wind that caused the tree to split. He feels fortunate to be alive. Columbia forestry and beautification cleaned up the tree and the car was towed. Chesterfield county funnel cloud newberry wind damage strong wind flipped building over and into the driveway. Had to move it so we could g
Prepared to enforce the states tax laws. In the newsroom, sb wis news 10 a company that operates farms in lexington county has pleaded guilty in federal court to hiring illegal immigrants. Hw group, entered a plea agreement in u. S. District court in columbia. According to court documents, the group hired as many as 350 people in the country illegally. Agriculture Officials Say this highlights the importance of pushing Immigration Reform policies at the federal level not only be securing the borders, but by putting policies in place that make hiring affordable workers a reality for local farms. We need Immigration Reform that allows for guest workers to be brought i by our farmers and other industries that cannot find a sufficient for for us to grow the ag industry carolina, we need a qualified labor force that comes in and helps us harvest our crops. Hw group, llc was ordered to pay along with paying a fine, the group is on probation for four years. A warm and bright weekend forecast
Kasich the Ohio Governor made a stop off at a nashua poll today where he said hes already sent his team to the palmetto state, anticipating a victory after winning midnight votes in Dixville Notch new hampshire. You win Dixville Notch, theres nowhere to go but up from there. It was a great win i was really excited. I saw trump by the way and said i crushed you and he said yeah, you killed me. we feel very good about it, we sent the bus to South Carolina, someone in washington spotted the bus on the highway. And new Jersey Governor Chris Christie who is in the middle of the pack in the polls, is already planning his South Carolina trip. Hes got his Victory Party here in nashua, but he told reporters hes got a flight to the palmetto state first thing tomorrow morning. Live, ww wis news 10 looking at the nationwide numbers a newly released poll shows donald trump still has a commanding lead among the republicans. According to the new n bc weekly tracking poll. Trump leads the pack with su
Republicans. Will whitson is live tonight at Chris Christies Election Watch Party in nashua, New Hampshire with more on where we stand after tonight. So we want to see exactly what happens. So were going to go back home to new jersey to wait, by tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon we should know. We should know what the vote is. Thats going to allow us to make a hotel room in South Carolina to hear that. Its a big night for New Hampshire, but now, some of the attention shifts south to the palmetto state. Many candidates are heading volunteers are already hard at work. Our chad mills talked to a number of them tonight. You can tell were getting closer to the two primaries. The Campaign Offices are loud and theyre packed too. Many of those offices are open twelve hours a day and making thousands of phone calls a day too. In the chilling wind and even a bit of snow. South carolina supporters of donald trump waved signs for their candidate before going inside to work the phones. Were real