Trump is one of three republicans in columbia tonight for a president ial town hall. Our chad mills is live on the usc campus. The pope spoke out while traveling back to rome from mexico. He did not directly tell people not to vote for trump. But francis left little doubt where he stood on Immigration Reform saying, a person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not christian. This is not the gospel, the pope told journalists who asked his opinion on trumps proposals to halt illegal immigration. Trump immediately fired back, calling francis comments disgraceful. For a religious leader to question a persons faith is disgraceful. I am proud to be a christian and as president i will not allow christianity to be consistently attacked and weakened, unlike what is the back and forth could come up during tonights town hall on the usc campus. Trump will be joined by jeb bush and john kasich. Well be there and will have live reports throughout
Who said the motive is still unclear at this point. And they are helping with the investigation. Martin said said Gregorio Leon will not have a bond hearing today because of the severity of the charges. The judges being murder, attended murder, possession of a firearm. He will go to a Circuit Court judge. And lorenzen said he was unable to confirm when that might be. But until then, Gregorio Leon will be right here at the lexington county detention center. Reporting live, news19, wltx. Thank you so much. You may recognize Gregorio Leons name. In 2014, federal prosecutors say he paid bribes to a man connected to former lexington county sheriff to keep employees from his Mexican Restaurant from being deported when arrested on minor offenses. He pled guilty and was sentenced to 10 months in prison. Gregorio leon also pled guilty and was given probation and a fine. Also making headlines today, the cause of a fire this morning at a columbia business firefighters were called to a Manufacturi
Shred of a life he has in the community and step down. Beth longstreet says hell continue the fight until myers steps and down need be, hell find someone to run against him for the seat in the upcoming election. Weve reached out to myers but have not heard back. Ben a man killed in a valentines day murder in lexington county has been identified. Lexington county coroner says arturo bravo santos, 28, died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds. The coroner says he was identified with the assistance of the mexican conlast. Restaurant owner 49yearold Gregorio Leon is accused of shooting santos at the park anne ride. Filibustering to block the bill. Our jennifer ready joins us live at the statehouse with those details. Jen. Jennifer senator lee bright filibustered for several hours on the roads bill and thats what we saw from senator davis earlier this week who fill busted filibustered for several days. The main issue is the gas tax bill. They dont know w en its going to be fixed but repor
Island and then myrtle beach. Meanwhile, jeb bush is busy in the upstate hitting the road with his mother, former First Lady Barbara Bush in spartanburg, greenville and central. Ted cruz and ben carson will also be campaigning close to home. They will indeed. Ted cruz will be holding his own rally in West Columbia at the Eagle Aviation hangar. That will take place at 5 30 and ben carson will be making stops in North Charleston and florence as well as rock hill later today. And donald trump is softening his response to pope francis who claimed the g. O. P. Frontrunner is not christian if he favors using a wall to stem illegal border crossings. During last nights town hall here in columbia, trump said the pontiffs comments were a little nicer than first reported. Now, trumps competition jeb bush is taking time to speak out on the popes comments. I believe that we ought to border patrol. Using technology and using g. P. S. Technology. Across the board, we ought to have a strategy to prote
3 00, 4 00, 5 00, 6 00 in the morning. If you are an early commuter, plan on the roads being pretty wet. They will improve as the commute goes on. But starting out it will be pretty wet on the roads. Lets give you a lack in terms of the forecast for the next several days. Temperatures will continue to come up. And the heaviest rain, again, 3 00 to maybe 6 00 or 7 00 a. M. Thats when the heaviest rain will be there. As we go through the day tomorrow, we start off with a few showers, but then things will clear out. Were talking about sunshine. Certainly into the afternoon with temperatures, a lot warmer than today. How about low 60s and thats just the beginning. Theres some 70s in the sevenday. Details on that in about 15 minutes. Gop candidate jeb bush is calling on his big brother to help give him a bush. Former president george w. Bush hit the campaign trail today. The elder bush rallied voters to the white house at an event in north charleston. Jeb will listen to the voices of the di