Terry is is in fort mill. What has the turnout been like there . Reporter yes, somewhere seen voters trickle in over the past hour or so but over all poll workers say its been a fairly low turn out this morning around 10 00 a. M. Workers told me they only had about 50 people cast their votes. This is the second primary matchup for Hillary Clinton and bernie sanders. Polls show clinton has a dominating lead in the state and could win by a large margin today. South carolinas democratic chairman was quote the this week saying he expects about 400,000 voters to turn out statewide today. Now that is more than 130,000 less than the turn out in 2008 primary. A young voter told me why she made it a priority to cast her ballot today. People in my mothers age group all vote but people in my complain about the system but you cant change anything unless you vote. Reporter the polls will be open until 7 00 p. M. Statewide. Of course we will have complete coverage for you of the Election Results on
Meteorologist vicki graf is in Severe Weather center 9. Vicki, another nice weekend ahead. Reporter that is right we will keep lots of sunshine around. Its a clear start to the day and a little bit on the cooler side. If you are heading out early that jacket. Most neighborhoods below freezing right now. By 7 00 this morning, sunrise 7 00. 20s. A lot of sunshine expected today. Still going to be a little cool for this time of year though. Highs getting into the mid 50s. That is all thanks to a west, south westerly wind. Im tracking a major warmup getting under way. That is coming up ahead. Starting in less than an hour South Carolina voters will head to the polls for the democratic primary. Right now Hillary Clinton has a commanding lead over candidate Bernie Sanders in the state. Elsa gillless explains the strategy the two were using to we are down to two very strong candidates. Reporter and all voters agree. It will be a quick one. Im tied between the two. Reporter professor of Politi
Trump will be in hickory on monday. Our partners report that he will be at lenoir university until monday morning. In the next 30 minutes were going to continue bring you the latest breaking details on that case after trump canceled a rally. Another big, big story this weekend the rain. We are going to see in our area. Vicki graf has been tracking this force. You have new data in. I was checking a the models that came in over night. New data shows whether stay mostly dry across the charlotte area today. It will also be much warmer. Close to 80 degrees. So the temperatures just updated within the past five 61 in charlotte. 61 in concord. 56 in boone. If you are heading out for a morning walk, we will keep cloudy skies close to 60 degrees. Highs getting to the upper 70s. Im still tracking a better chance for rain on sunday. Breaking over night cmpd responded to a pedestrian hit in north charlotte. Police say it happened around 1 45 this morning on north tryon between eastway drive and ea
Local Campaign Official says trump will be in hickory on monday. Our partners at the hickory record report he will be at lenoir monday morning. We checked over night we did not see it on his public schedule. Channel 9 will keep tabs on this story for you and bring new any new updates. In the next 30 minutes we will bring you the latest breaking details on that chaos. Including the reaction from other president ial candidates over night. Another big story this weekend is the rain. We are expecting in our area. Meteorologist vicki graf is joining us with details on the timeline of when it will appear. I just got data in over nigh and this is showing that it is going to be a warmer day today. Close to 80 degrees yet again. And the rain chances now look like they will be backing down for today. Really the best chance for seeing any rain today will be in the mountains. Its already a warmer start. As soon as you step outside were in the mid to upper 50s to low 60s. Waking up this morning by
Executive power. But we begin today with the government version of lost and found. Federal investigators have recovered as many as 30,000 emails of lois lerner, they had gone missing. He was the former irs official at the heart of the investigation into whether the agency unfairly targeted conservative groups seeking tax exempt status. This mattive email recovery comes after the irs commissioner testified in june that lerners emails had been lost for good. What in the world happened. Molly is live from washington with more to try to explain. As you were saying, they were lost and now they are found. Apparently 30,000 emails that the Senate Finance Committee Says may be important in the investigation into the irss targeting scandal, irs commissioner told congress in june that the tax agencys i. T. Experts could not recover the emails. But now, the treasury departments Inspector Generals Office says it has found the data on the irss backup equipment. Responding to that news, the irs put