Stretch of campaigning for the republican president ial candidates with just one day to go before the South Carolina primary. Will be scattered across the state today. The only candidates with scheduled stops in the midlands are john kasich and rubio is scheduled to stop by the Marriott Hotel in downtown columbia at 9 this morning. Kasich is expected to be at a town hall at senates end at 10. The other four candidates will have events focused on the upstate and the coast. Three of the candidates took part in the second cnn town hall last night, taking questions from South Carolina voters right here in the capital city. Karin caifa has more on the candidate who dominated the days headlines took the stage. Donald trump has sparred with nearly this president ial race. And just hours before taking the stage for the town the university of South Carolina, he was hit on his immigration policy by pope francis. Francis, on his way back to rome following a visit to mexico was asked about trumps
African American Voters by a substantial margin. In the newsroom jack kuenzie wis news ten. This endorsement comes as clinton is in a tough battle with Bernie Sanders just a day before the nevada caucuses. In the latest polls, likely democratic caucusgoers are split almost evenly between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Here in South Carolina, clinton has an 18point lead over sanders. New at noon. Bond has been set at 500thousand for midlands Restaurant Owner accused of killing a his wifes lover. Greg leon is charged with murder and attempted murder in connection to a shooting, sunday night in lexington county. The judge set the bond for leon with multiple conditions including surrender his passport, not be in possession of deadly weapon, and be under Lexington Police say they responded to a shots fired call around 8 30 p. M. Sunday night in a park andride lot on riverchase way off highway 378. The Coroners Office has not yet been able to positively identify the victim. Leon turned
Anyone predicted, and you know, for those of us who cover it and those who love politics, its pretty exciting, but i think a lot of experts are just scratching their heads at this point trying to figure what just happened here or whats what im seeing is is a surprising number of undecided voters at this late stage in the game, which i dont know, i suppose in some way either negatively or positively, it speaks to, you know, the quality of the candidates, but i get the impression your people are taking this, you know, obviously very seriously. Mean, this is one of the first states to vote, and its got a lot of influence. I think people understand the importance and the value, but i was struck how many people are still evaluating these candidates. You can catch nbc nighlty news live from columbia right after wis news at 6. Taking a look over downtown columbiaand a nice evening ahead as we head into the weekend. Ben tanner joins us now with a look at your as a slow moving cool front approa
Lines are not supposed to very long throughout the day but turnout in this primary is expected to set a new record. Once youve been checked in at your polling location, a polling manager will take you to the voting booth. Essentially youll have several choices, but youre not voting on anything other than the candidate you want to see as the republican nominee. So folks should be in and out of the booth fairly quickly. You can see a list on your screen of what you need to bring with you if you are coming to the polls today. I think the biggest confusion voters have is who is allowed to participate in either the republican primary or the democratic primary do you have to be a registered republican or a to that is South Carolina doesnt have we can choose to vote in either president ial primary, but you cant vote in both. The biggest thing to check today is where youre polling location is you can go to the website right on your screen, and weve also put that link under the big red 10. Also
3 3 the Restaurant Owner accused of murering his wifes lover on valentines day will have a bond Court Hearing today. 49yearold greg leon is charged with murder in the death of arturo bravo. It all happened sunday night at the park and ride on riverchase way in lexington county. According to the warrant for his arrest. Leon opened the door of a bravos vehicle then shot and killed the man. Investigators say he also attempted to murder his wife who was also in the car. But the bullets missed her. Hes currently at at the lexington county jail. 2 years ago leon was in involved in the public corruption investigation in lexington county. He got probation and a fine, but no jail time, because prosecutors said he was helpful in the jimmy metts. 3 a lexington county deputy is recovering in the hospital this morning after being in a car accident with two other deputies. It happened on Platt Springs road Late Wednesday night. News 19 Janae Frazier has the latest. 3 nats of cars cars zoom by debris