Headlines after her response to the mother emanuel shooting in charleston, the removal of the Confederate Flag from the state house, the historic flood and, most recently, her response to the president s state of the union address. She and the florida senator have a lot in common. Including youth. Haley is the youngest Current Governor in the country, rubio is the youngest president ial candidate running. Haley is the first Indian American to serve as governor of South Carolina. If elected as president , rubio would be the first president of hispanic decent. Ive had a lot of respect for her in the past year. All of the thigns that South Carolina has gone through. I think her endorsement will mean a lot to voters in South Carolina. Certainly is to me. All of the candidates are getting some kind of Media Coverage as they canvass the state but with haley expected to join rubio on stage during this has become the event to watch tonight for the official endorsement announcement. The event k
Chad mills is at Colonial Life arena where fans have packed the house for a sellout. Chad. Fans were lined up outside Colonial Life arena for hours. They are ready for this big match up between number one uconn and the number two gamecocks. This is what it looked like several hours ago. It was cold, it was rainy, it was windy, and it was nasty. But hundreds of fans were already lined up. Many of them gamecock fans are hoping the women will finally get it done tonight and beat the huskies. Last year, of course, that didnt happen. But this year, the game is being played here in columbia at Colonial Life arena make a difference. Keep in mind, theyve won 45 straight on their home court. It is a soldout game, but there are a good number of uconn fans who have traveled to columbia for this big matchup. I caught up with a uconn fan and a gamecock fan just a short while ago. Nothings going to stop gamecock fans. Were out in probably some cold weather no matter who you ask. Im skipping one of m
Will rise to the lower 50s by late this evening into the overnight as a warm front passes through, look for showers and scattered thunderstorms ahahd of the cold front tomorrow morning, then clearing skies by late afternoon. Much warmer by late week with highs in the upper 60s to near 70 while road travel is not expected to be a major issue this morning, sc dot has treated some major routes in our northern midlands night. There will be periods of very light freezing drizzle and light freezing rain developing this morning and lastiti until around noon. Freezing rain advisory remains in effect for lancaster and chesterfield major routes in our northern midlands counties as a precaution. That includes i77 running through Fairfield County and parts of newberry county. Dot crews put a brine s sution down sunday in the event any frozen precipitation falls. State Officials Say local highways in those counties have also been pretreated along with bridges and routes that run close to hospitals.
President ial candidates will continue their whirlwind tour of the state today. Ahead of this weekends republican primary. But with only three days to go. Still no word from governor nikki haley on who she supports in the race. At a tuesday News Conference, the governor said she knows her decision could come soon. But shes still unsure who she believes best understands the challenges our state is facing. She did however make it clear that she would not be endorsing the current frontrunner donald trump. People in South Carolina are doing, which is, i watch the debate. Im trying to go through all the situations, im looking at all the candidates who are there, and trying to figure out who that person would be. So no, im not at a point yet. The governor said at the end of the day the Republican Party needs a fighter. In 2012 haley endorsed former Massachusetts Governor mitt romney ahead of the South Carolina primary. Some top watchers of the campaign say a haley endorsement could go a long
Two candidates. That caucus is happening tomorrow. The South Carolina democratic primary is next saturday, february 27th. Tomorrows republican primary is just the first of two. There are some things to know before you go to for mostly sunny skies today through the weekend with highs today in the lower 60s. Near 70 saturday and low to middle 70s sunday. A pattern change by monday as a storm system moves our way and will increase clouds and our rain chances monday wednesday. Of course temperatures will cool down as well. Highs 60s, look for middle to upper 50s the rest of the week. Some of the rain on tuesday could be heavy. We are in first alert mode monwed and will have the very latest. With record turnout expected tomorrow the big factor in this primary could easily be the undecided voter. Voter. Expect upwards of 650 thousand people to vote, and about a quarter of voters are still and 20 percent could change their minds. That means those last Minute Campaign stops and rallies could m