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
And they change into the 60s, and here is the forecast for this evening. Windy, windy and windy, and a few clouds and dropping back to just clear, and temperatures falling during the time we get to early tomorrow morning, here is a look at your forecast, and tomorrow will be breezy, and when i say breezy, we are seeing gusts in the range of 24 miles per hour. Im not expecting any damaging winds tomorrow, just breezy, and more specifics on where the tornadoes are, and a look the a our sevenday forecast coming up in just a bit. To reemphasize that, we are not under a tornado watch in the midlands. It was definitely a wet wednesday for us, all across the midlands, and at some point you probably got rainfall, and nothing compared to the rain that caused historic floods. One flood victim was finally able to come home. Beth russo has more on our story. Time, jennifer nicer is back at home jennifer and her two sons were forced to leave four months ago as flood waters turned in. And when you h
Center with more. Well be down close to freezing. You see the wind. Ive zoomed in on the flags. These are flags on top of the state house. They are blowing out of the west. That will be in place tonight and tomorrow as well. Lets give you a peek at the temperatures. Were getting down in the 30s. It wont take long to get to the mid 30s and low 40s. Factor in the wind it will feel cooler. 30s. Plenty of sunshine but breezy. Thats gonna be the theme as we go through the day. I say breezy, i should be using the term windy especially the middle part of the day. Well see gusts even as high as 30 especially at lakes. It will grab your attention. When your temperatures are in the 40s, you throw a 30mileanhour wind on top of it, its cold. Thats where were going tomorrow and this wind is gonna be in play not only tomorrow but as we go through the week. So winter has not left us by any means. I will explain more about that up in a little bit. Hundreds at South Carolina State University honor and
Parents were left to wonder where is my child. Well, our grace joyal tracked down one of the parents. I understand this mom had to call police to find her son. Thats right. 4yearold nathons mother said shes devastated by the lack of communication here. Her son is autistic and does not speak. So he cannot express to her what he was feeling last night. Nathons ride home usually takeses an hour and a half. I was very worried. I was i cant really describe it. Reporter the 4yearold is autistic and does not speak. He was one of 17 children with special needs who got stuck on a broken bus monday night. He was soaking wet. He was tired, hungry. Didnt get home untnt 7 13. Five hours on the bus. Reporter his mother, shakerra wiley, called the school and the transportation department. No one answer. Ner virus and nervous and i called the police. And they had to find the bus. Reporter they said the Transportation Office could not let the parents know because the substitute driver didnt have a rost
6 00 and on line. Also developing this afternoon, a group of protesters gathering at the statehouse to demand stages to the minimum wage currently sitting at 7. 25 an hour. The South Carolina Progressive Network says if adjusted to meet inflation that wage would be 10. 56 an hour. A big difference they want lawmakers to take notice of. Some workers say theyre not making enough money to make ends meet. If we get the minimum raise wage, well be in a better position to even if we work a few hours, we can save some money in order to prepare for things like that. But right now, youre living paycheck to paycheck and they dont understand that. According to the South Carolina Progressive Network, 34 of jobs here in South Carolina are low wage jobs. All right, well turn now to bone chilling cold really just wont let us go. No. Another thing thats gone very low is the temperatures outside an early spring, it does not feel like it outside. Well turn things over to meteorologist jonathan kennedy.