Im brody oconnell. Lets start with donald trump focusing his attention on the nevada g. O. P. Caucus tuesday after winning the South Carolina primary this is the is second victory for the billionaire real estate mogle. Cruz and rubio are in the close race for second. Meanwhile another prominent candidate has suspended his campaign. Jeb bush made the announcement last night to supporters after finishing a distant fourth. Bush had a lot at stake but his fate was sealed this past week when the popular states republican governor endorsed marco rubio considered him to be the choice of mainstream republicans. Many republicans are saying bush is putting the future of dealing donald trump ahead of himself. Im proud of the campaign weve run to advocate conservative solutions that would give americans more opportunity to rise up but the people of iowa, and i really respect their decision so tonight im suspending my campaign. Five candidates remain in the list. Well we are on your side with more
All the issues ahead of saturdays primary. 3 and governor nikki haley announced who shes endorsing tonight. Tonight. We have live team coverage. Fox carolinas Derek Dellinger is in the midlands to tell us why haley is supporting marco rubio. Rubio. And Fox Carolinas sarah danik is in greenvilles west end. Sarah, what did the candidates have to say to voters in our area . . 3 3 were live outside the Cigar Warehouse where the town hall is wrapping upthis event is extremely important for the candidates. Because as were finding out from listening to those at the town hall there are a lot of undecided voters out there. And with just days to go before the primaries what the gop candidates have to say 3 tonight cnn hosted the town hall. Anderson cooper moderated. Ben carson, marco rubio, and ted cruz all took part. Tomorrow night in columbia, well hear from donald trump, jeb bush and john kasich. The town hall style allowed the candidates to relax a bit and to hammer home their points, since
Trees and powers lines are still an issue issue thats right. And counties to our north along the tennessee border could even see some snow later today and into tomorrow tomorrow we want to get right over to chief meteorologist kendra kents for a first check of the weather. 3 winds will be strong through this afternoon, but should weaken into this evening and tonight. Overnight lows will drop to 31 across the upstate and 25 in the mountains. Snow will continue near the tn border during the overnight, then gradually dissipate friday morning. Friday will bring plenty of sunshine, lighter winds and cool conditions. Highs will warm to 53 in the upstate and 43 in the mountains. 3 now lets send it over to the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching watching 3 3 just in to our newsrooma 48yearold man from starr is dead following a singlecar crash in abbeville county. The crash happened on sc71 just before 11 this morning. Troopers say the driver ran off the road, down an embankment, and hit a
Already pledged their support. While that count is close political experts say South Carolina has always been Hillary Clintons firewall. Among African Americans clinton is polling at close to 70 percent which gives her a solid base for a victory here in the palmetto state. We have Team Coverage of the primary this morning. Our Caroline Patrickis is at Brookdale Elementary School in Orangeburg County. And our Michal Higdon is at Dent Middle School in michal how are things shaping up there . Steady was the word we kept hearing last week about the amount of people who were casting their vote in the republican primary. And we saw record numbers. Now turnout today for the democratic primary is not supposed to set new records but officials do expect a decent turnout. If youre headed to the polls, make sure to check your polling location on certain precincts might have changed. Also, on the side of your screen you can see a list of things youll need to bring with you. The Democratic Candidate
Expect bring later on today. Hour by hour we have light rainfall as a predicate up to 62 degrees but 11 00. From lunch time and on we are looking at light to moderate rainfall and we are looking at a high of 67 degrees this afternoon and the heavy rain how potential will continue right into the afternoon and early evening with 61 degrees by 6 00. As far as the roadways we are getting ready to head out the door with the roads been dry for the most part. The lefthand side with the eastbound lanes as were headed toward i20 with no accidents reported throughout our roads. If you are traveling from harbison boulevard and i26 to downtown you are looking at an eight minute commute. From blythewood to i77 it is about a 14 minute commute. Lets look at the sevenday forecast and when the rain will minutes. Lets talk about the president ial campaign this morning Dublin Jerome and Hillary Clinton has momentum donald trump and Hillary Clinton has momentum. While republican president ial candidates a