Chief neurologist in candy. Reporter watching the stream of moistururcoming in across alabama, georgia in the upstate region in South Carolina. Everything north of by 20 has been wet, and were seen the rain coming in, closer on the radar, a few showers and storms moving through columbia and the eastside, on the side and showers from manning towards florence but the bulk continues to move with heavy rains around lake murray region. This is an estimate of the rainfall since last night, heavy rain through abbeville, greenwood into newberry, easily 3 to 4 inches of rainra;er ia had fallen. We havent seen that much in columbia but were getting good right now. Areal Flood Warning for the county. That is until 6 15 pm, replacing the flash Flood Warning in effect. We also have a flash Flood Warning in effect for northern Fairfield County until 5 45 pm. You can see the red areas, river Flood Warnings. We can assume all the rivers are in flood mode at this point , some more than others, signific
Medicine, even toys harm people so we make them safer. Research, science, those are good things, they work. [ applause ] but think about this. When it comes to an inherently deadly weapon, nobody argues that guns are potentially deadly, weapons that kill tens of thousands of americans every Year Congress actually voted to make it harder for Public Health experts to conduct research into gun violence. Made it harder to collect data and facts and develop strategies to reduce gun violence. Even after San Bernardino, they terror suspects who cant get on a plane to buy semiautomatic weapons. Thats not right. That cant be right. So the gun lobby may be Holding Congress hostage, but they cant hold america hostage. We do not have to accept this carnage as the price of freedom. [ applause ] i want to be clear. Congress still needs to act. But folks in this room will not rest until congress does. [ applause ] because once Congress Gets on board with common sense gun safety measures, we can reduc
The punter talked about how they practiced it. I was back there and he was the punter from last year and its called that and now we call it punter. We were working on it and i was excited when i heard the call. I couldnt wait for the opportunity to make this play for the team. Meanwhile other plays and the second half a dominate, performance for the tigers. They dominated and really took it to oklahoma. The high powered offense that we heard so much about. You can see clemson with that and lamar with a couple of big picks there. There and the clemson team is heading to the finals. They will play alabama. Lets hear from sweeney. Its a special time now and its been 34 years since clemson has a chance to win a National Championship. Seven year ago i knew that we would be here. Its just a matter of when and you know this was year seven roof off. Win another championship and when youre in our league you get the play for it all and here we are. And here they are. Its going to be a great game
Today is the last day to apply for fema flood assistance. You can register by calling them up till 10 00 p. M. Tonight or go online till midnight. We have their Contact Information on our website www. Wltx. Com. Flood recovery is far from over for many farmers and there might be money available to help. News 19s Sonia Gutierrez has information about the Community Development block grant that was passed. It include millions for home owners and farmers. At this point we are trying to get our financials in order. Only thing we received so far is crop insurance. Reporter he estimates losing 200,000 worth of crops to the october floods. Statewide the loss is closer to half a billion. I have a long ways to go. I have a lot of people i owe a lot of money to. That might be eligible for money passed as part of the federal spending bill. If the money is there, this is a disaster for all of us. There has been money allocated to help states that have been effected by natural disasters and South Ca
No jackpot winners of South Carolina, but 16 tickets of 50,000 and 100,000 prizes, and one of the 50,000 winners is an employee here at wltx, and we will talk and him with him about his win later on today. I am not the one that won the powerball, but i am happy to say it has warmed up. Taking a look at the temperatures, 55 and newberry, taken at 55, 50 fight and sumpter, and it is 60 degrees in the capital city, winds out of the west at 14 and lots of sunshine. We will not deal with the wind chill, and we will get warmer, on track for a high of 63 today, wins at 10 to 15, chilly tonight but not freezing, 38 degrees with increasing cloud a high of 55 tomorrow. Taking a look at your 7day forecast, coming up. The state lawmakers are meeting to talk about a Bipartisan Initiative to get the state workers better pay. The state senators held a press Conference Today calling for a 5 Salary Increase for state employees. This would cost the state 75 million, and the state workers have only recei