Nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from columbia, South Carolina. Good evening. On the eve of two big votes on the road to the white house, the republicans in a primary showdown here in South Carolina where the headline tonight is donald trump losing ground. In a new nbc news wall street journal marist poll twump leads by five points, 28 to 23 , down from 16 points a month ago and rubio virtually unchanged at 15. The next seven days may provide clarity in these races in addition to the republicans voting in South Carolina, democratic voters will caucus in nevada tomorrow followed by republicans there on tuesday and then its back to South Carolina next saturday, the 27th, for the democratic primary. A time line that is ratcheting up the urgency in both races. Weve got both races covered starting tonight with nbcs katy tur in North Charleston for us. Hi, katy donald trump will take the stage here in just a few minutes. Its now less than 24 hours before the state votes, a
Washington, from maine to california i still love New Hampshire and i always will. Theres magic in the air with this campaign. Our disappointment tonight is not on you, its on me. This campaign is not dead. We are going on to South Carolina winter storm warnings for the midatlantic region. The storm system dumped snow as far south as alabama. Growing concern over the zika virus with more cases in the United States. China reported its first case of the virus overnight. Calls for a ferguson investigation into why Royal Caribbean made the decision to sent their cruise ship into harms way. A drunk passenger began making threats on an alaska flight and the passenger was taken off the flight. Migrant clinging on to a boat that is almost subperjured. A turkish helicopter swept in to a pig at a polling location. Bernie sanders took a break from the campaign trail to shoot some hoops. Is this somewhat of a joke . How is he making every single one . And all that matters. I got a raise. We got on
And i always will. Theres magic in the air with this campaign. Our disappointment tonight is not on you, its on me. This campaign is not dead. We are going on to South Carolina winter storm warnings for the midatlantic region. The storm system dumped snow as far south as alabama. Growing concern over the zika virus with more cases in the United States. China reported its first case of the virus overnight. Calls for a ferguson investigation into why Royal Caribbean made the decision to sent their cruise ship into harms way. A drunk passenger began making threats on an alaska flight and the passenger was taken off the flight. Migrant clinging on to a boat that is almost subperjured. A turkish helicopter swept in to take him to safe. Bernie sanders took a break from the campaign trail to shoot some hoops. Is this somewhat of a joke . How is he making every single one . And all that matters. I got a raise. We got one too how sweet it is. The lombardi trophy is back in the mile high city. L
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There were additional officers on campus yesterday as well. Classes were not canceled because authorities couldnt verify the threats. A school in southside received a threatening message this week, supposedly from isis. Hargrave military academy in chatham got the message on tuesday. Hargrave touts itself as americas premier military boarding school primarily for seventh through 12th graders. The schools president says they immediately got in touch with local Law Enforcement after receiving the message. Now, that investigation includes other state and federal agencies. Yesterday, the school held assemblies with cadets and employees. They also sent a message to parents. Other Law Enforcement have increased patrols on campus, too. There was an open house planned for this weekend but its been cancelled. All 247 cadets will be allowed to go home through the weekend if theyd like. The president says theyve never faced a situtation like this before. Interstate 81 is back county this morning