Covering our commitment 2016 this morning. The South Carolina gop primary is over. And five candidates remain standing. With donald trump in the lead. Jeb bush. On the other race. Heres another look at those gop primary results. Donald trump walking away with the vote there. Ted cruz and marco rubio practically tied here in South Carolina. John kasich and ben carson finished lowest. But again. It was jeb bush who announced hes dropping out of the race. Lets talk with wyff news 4s myra ruiz now. Myra. Its no surprise that donald trump won. Thats right geoff. It was pretty much expected that donald trump would take South Carolina. During his speech last night. He said he expects to gather more votes as his gop opponets drop out of the race for president. A number of the pundts say well if a couple of the other candidates drop out if u add their scores together its going to equal trump. These genises they dont understabd as people drop out i am gooing to get a lot of thoses votes also. U
Every day is a great day in South Carolina. Ladies and gentlemen, if we elect marco rubio every day will be a great day in america. Allyson governor nikki haley is throwing her support behind marco rubio for president. The influential endorsement comes just days before the South Carolina primary. It was just hours before last nights cnn republican town hall. Senator marco rubio, senator ted cruz and doctor ben carson all participated in the cnn town town hall. Geoff the three republican president ial candidates discussed topics on the minds of voters. The town hall was held in the old Cigar Warehouse in the west end of greenville. National security, Foreign Policy, and readiness to be commander in chief all became questions for both carson and rubio. The key is not so much of the volume with which you speak, but its the content of what you say. Thats whats going to make the i have been involved in Foreign Policy and national security. I have proven time and again that i have the judgme
Upstate. Does ted cruz have that . Chuck he has it to a point. It gives him a high for. Ruybio has been making rubio has been makingg inroads. You have the ben carson factor. He has not gone away. He is not expanding his face anywhere, but hes not going away. His base anymore, but hes not going away. The cruz people learned of this hard in iowa, the longer carson stays in, that hurts cruzs abi lity to turn that support into a firstplace finish. Gabrielle chuck todd, we thank you very much. And just a reminder for you, wyff news 4 is your home for political coverage. Tomorrow night, as soon as the polls close at 7 00 p. M. , well bring you the Election Results right here on wyff 4 and on our mobile app. You can also watch Nbcs Lester Holt reporting from columbia nightly news tonight. Nigel paying respects to a longtime justice. Today, thousands visited the Supreme Court, where the body of Antonin Scalia lies in repose. Gabrielle aixa diaz has more from washington d. C. Aixa nigel, gabri
Temperatures in the 50s this morning. Very mild for this time of the year. 40s for the mountains. They wont climb a lot with persistent cloud cover today. Anywhere from 6264 for the update upstate. For the mountains of North Carolina, it will drop a little bit and rebound into the 50s were the afternoon. 5657. We will talk more about what the rest of the week and weekend looks like in a few minutes. Patrick turning to this mornings headlines. In Pickens County. An investigation is underway after a fisherman found the body of a woman whod been shot. Allyson officals say the fisherman called for help yesterday after seeing the body on a boat ramp off buckskin road near saluda lake. Investigators say 35yearold farah khan of townville had severe trauma to the head from what appeared to be a gunshot. If you have any information that would help investigators, call crime e oppers at 1888crimesc. Patrick the Army National guard are helping Anderson County deputies look for evidence in a the cr
Had to make life and death decisions. I have proven time and time and again that i have both the judgment and the experience to make the right decisions and the right call on these issues. Allyson senator ted cruz was the last candidate to take the stage. He has been engaged in a political battle with donald trump. But he said its less about trumps personality, than his policies. To see on a republican president ial stage a candidate suggesting that we should have impeached george w. Bush, i think that draws into question the judgment of that candidate to be commanderinchief. Allyson trump will be among the republican candidates who take their turn thursday night in columbia, along with jeb bush and john kasich. Geoff the gop candidates will continue t tcampaign throughout the state. Senator marco rubio will be in greenville. Hell hold a rally at swamp rabbit crossfit at 9 00 this morning. Rubio will then head to anderson for a meet and greet at the Hilton Garden Inn on destination all