Its the calm before the storm outside this morning. Nice warm temperatures right now. But we are in for a nasty day. Yeah. Youll want to be very cautious out lets turn things over meteorologist 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. Good news. There are no trouble spots to repopo in or around the capital city. But we will continue to keep our eyes on the road and update you if anything changes for your morning commute. Abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. We have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. So, lets get started. Severe weather is sweeping the deep south. The National Weather service has confirmed reports of tornadoes in louisiana, mississippi, alabama and florida. At least three people have been killed. This is the system that meteorologist Jonathan Kennedy will be tracking throughout the morning. Stay with a bc columbia for the latest and any Severe Weather updates. Turning our attention to vote 2016. Don
Kennedy. 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. And good news. There are no trouble spots to report on the roads in or around the capital city. But well be sure to keep you updated for your morning commute. Abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. We have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. The very first ballots in the New Hampshire primary have been cast. A dozen voters came out in the Small Community of Dixville Notch. To cast their votes at midnight. Bernie sanders won all four democratic votes. And Ohio Governor john kasich won the most republican votes. The race is heating up in New Hampshire. With voters heading to the polls today for the firstinthe nation primary. A new cnn poll finds Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump Holding substantial leads. Sanders holds 54percent of the vote. Compared to democratic rival Hillary Clintons 40 percent. And trump tops the gop field with 31 percent of the vote. Well ahead of mar
Jonathan kennedy. 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. Hour. There are no trouble spots to report in around the capital city but as always wewe will continue to keep our eyes on the road and update you for your morning commute. Abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. We have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. So, lets get started. Its a battle over the bench. Following the death of Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. Scalia was a consnstently conservative voice in his three decades of service. President Barack Obama Says he wants to name a replacement. But many republicans are against the president submitting a nomination. Outgoing commander in chief. Should the president name a successor. R. It could tilt the court in the democrats favor. Its a hotbutton issue thats left the president ial hopefuls divided. 33 scalia was found dead saturday at a private texas ranch where he had been hunting. A local judge decide
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.
Its still a little cool outside. I think we are hoping that it is changing for the better. Jonathan kennedy for your first forecast. We have seen a lot of change over the last couple of days. We saw a lot of rain, and severe storms, and tornadoes watches. Last couple days sunny and windy today will be chillier. 50 degrees, lots of sunshine, winds west and northwest. 15milesperhour. So a little breezy but not as gusty as it was yesterday and the day before when we received gusts of 4050milesperhour. Nice exquiet for us. Sunshine. No clouds. Temperatures pretty uniform, we started out in the lower 30s. 48s, and, wagner and 50 degrees for everybody. Winds will be maintained north and west. Cooler and not as breefsy but some wind going outside. Highs in the upper 50s and lots of sunshine and see if that carries over into the weekend. Well the president ial hopefuls are coming onever of off their final debates and and trump was the target of his competition. Rubio and cruz targeted his busi