Resumed driving on assembly. He was tracked down after police looked at Surveillance Video and talked to witnesses. The victim was treated by ems at the scene. Columbia police say carpenter later gave a statement and has been fully cooperative. There are no indications he was under the influence of anything. Carpenter appeared in city court this morning and is free on a 5 carpenter at age 26 is the nations youngest medal of honor recipientsuffering severe injuries and undergoing multiple surgeries after saving a fellow marine in afghanistan from a taliban grenade attack. Hes been unavailable for comment. Jack kuenzie wis news ten. There are several strong storms moving towards sc from ga, therefore the flooding remains a concern today. Thursday the rain chance falls to 50 during the day and then down to 30 that night. High 70. The front will cross the area and settle along the coast by late thursday night. New years day will be mostly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a t
Real disaster, or two. They are struggling, working as hard as they can they may be working two jobs. The fact is there should be equity between people receiving government assistance and though striving to live an independent life. Work needs to be the single biggest requirement. No more waivers, as this a administration has done. There should be real work eligibility. That means we have to transform our education and Training Programs. Right now, we have a skills gap. If they do not have the skills to get a job, that is the first step. All of our workforce programs have to be revamped. Imagine a system where you were starting from scratch. Not the one we have today. If you have the same amount money, but could deliver these programs to help people get out of poverty a different way. You would reward marriage, not penalize it. Ou would reward work you would promote, in a genetically different fashion, education so that more and more of our young people were college or career ready. An
Say in the inner cities why are 50 of the kids dropping out of high school . Those kids are observant and they look around and say im not getting educated anyway. Wese are situations that have to avoid. We only have 330 million people. We have to compete with china, india. We have to develop all of our people and for everyone of those kids we can keep them going on that path of selfdestruction, thats one less person we have to be afraid of, one less person we have to pay for in the welfare system, one more productive number of society who may discover a new in Energy Source or a cure for cancer. We cannot afford to throw any of our people away. [applause] the single most instructive force for Public Education in this country is the Teachers Union. [applause] we got a lot of reforms done. We reformed teacher tenure in new jersey. We set up a Public School choice program. We increased our charters to the largest number we had bad in history we have had in history. People really enjoyed i
Would, for christmas, recycle the gift that she had given the year before. They had nothing. My father, the same way. His father died of cancer when my father was 15 years old and take it for a rapid. My father, the same way. And in those days they were not some of the support that are available today. Both my grandmothers left to go out and work just to keep a roof over their head. Both of my parents brought that sensitivity to our family. Very much the same way. And so he went by was working at the breyers ice cream plan. When gillett night on the g. I. Bill. That was his only option when he graduated from high school. When your parents bring the sensitivityssensitivities to you no matter how much success they ultimately had in my parents had some good success, father did. Raised as one we were teenagers. It helps you understand everything that you see as the governor you can see reflection of yourself. You want to make sure you can do everything you can to get the same people an opp
Candidates are criss crossing iowa as the state holds its firstinthenation caucuses. 30 delegates are up for grabs in the gop race. 44 delegates in the democratic race plus an additional 8 super delegates. With Severe Weather looming in iowa, it is time to see which candidates voters there want to see as their next president. Tracie potts has more from des moines. Marco rubio this morning. Visiting a diner outside des moines and downplaying expectations president ial candidate were the underdog but we feel good about it. He calls ted cruz iowas frontrunner, but donald trump is leading the polls. Trump tells the today show. Hes not claiming a win just yet president ial candidate everybodys a threat, matt. I think everybody in the race is its politics. At this point, its all about the ground game. Keeping volunteers energized natshillary at Campaign Office im feeling so energized because of you Hillary Clinton brought donuts and coffee this morning president ial candidate weve got thousa