O. J. Simpson mini series and one star in particular. Today is thursday, february 18, 2016. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today. Im Savannah Guthrie. We have willie in for matt this week. A lot of people are talking about the new poll. And if it holds up it is a real shift in the race. A lot of eyebrows raised. 28 for ted cruz moving into first place over donald trump. This is a different story than what is told by many other National Polls where trump had a big lead. We have a new poll for South Carolina to talk about. Our top story, president obama plans to travel to cuba next month. Good morning to you. Reporter the white house is expected to announce the president s trip to cuba sometime later today. It has been just over a year since mr. Obama said he would begin normalizing relations. Many critics are saying it is much too soon to reward the castro regime. A Senior Administr
Boulevard for pothole repairs. That lane will be closed until 3 this afternoon. We are enjoying a warming trend across the state as we take a live look over columbia through the wis skycam. Tim miller is following some great days ahead before some changes next week. Great stretch of weather over the next few days. Mostly sunny with highs in the upper 50s today then warmer through the weekend friday sunday partly cloudy, highs in the upper 60s to middle 70s by sunday. Changes coming as it looks wet and cooler starting monday and much of the next week. Great stretch of weather over the next few days. Mostly sunny with highs in the upper 50s today then warmer through the weekend friday sunday partly cloudy, highs in the upper 60s to middle 70s by sunday. Changes coming as it looks wet and cooler starting monday and much of the next week. Great stretch of weather over mostly sunny with highs in the upper 50s today then warmer through the weekend friday sunday partly cloudy, highs in the up
Address on amsterdam drive looking for the childs parents. Investigators say deputies found the victim and the suspect lying on the floor in the home. Both had been shot. The coroner says Stephanie Wallace died from a gunshot to the head. He says wallaces estranged husband, Keith Wallace died from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Investigators are working to figure out exactly what happened. The murder case against midlands Restaurant Owner greg leon has run into a big complication investigators cant figure out who the victim is. Greg leon is charged with murder for the shooting death of a man found dead at a Lexington Park and ride over the weekend. Investigators say the man may have been involved with leons wife. Today the lexington county coroner reported the man had been shot repeatedly but who he is. Is still a mystery. Hes described as hispanic and the coroner says he had assumed several different identities and may have been in the country illegally. Leon had been imp
Led to the accident. 3 a late night fire left two elderly people homeless. It happened just before 7 30 near the intersection of Redwood Court and carlton drive. Thats just off of highway 277. The fire crew says when they got there, flames took over the house. The couple was rescued d d taken to the hospital as a precaution. Investigators are trying to figure out what caused this fire. Fire crews say the house is a total loss. 3 3 3 a hearing in winnsboro over the possibility of a granite mine will continue this morning at dhec headquarters in columbia. A heated 10 houring hearing beteen winnsboro residents and dhec took place yesterday. News 19 Janae Frazier shows us what happened 3 day two of an appeal hearing appealing dhecs mine permit allowing Winnsboro Crushed Stone to build a quarry in the middlesix area. The petitioners presented sworn staments from four different people along testimony from scholar and mining expert francis green. Nats o owitness he company should have done th
Energize his supporters. Grace joyal was in sumter. Reporter the line to get into the Sumter County civic center wrapped around the building into the back of the parking lot. The building fits up to 3200 people. But there were plenty of others who did not get inside. As Trump Supporters lieutenantgovernor Henry Mcmaster put it, buckle up. Were going for a ride and with the crowd tonight, it certainly felt like it. Reporter from baby boomers i would like to see us go back to the way we were. Reporter to practically babies. Donald trump for president. Reporter decked out in red, white, blue. Gets under peoples skin. He got the money to back it up, see. Reporter it felt more like arock concert than a rally in sumter wednesday night. Thousands listened to a tennis use on trade relations, Foreign Policy and immigration. We cant let people into our country that we have no idea who they are. [ cheers ] reporter intermixed with insults about his opponents. Cruz, he lies. I never saw a man lie