Buildings were almost flattened. Most residents have been evacuated, but firefighters conducted searches overnight to ensure everyone made it out safely. Well have another look at storm damage across the south ahead. Lets get your Early Morning started with a look at your forecast. Tim miller is in the First Alert Storm Center with your wake up weather. Everything seems to be falling into place for a chance of severe storms today as a strong storm system makes its way towards the state. A warm front just south of columbia this morning will move through and will kick out the fog and temperatures will rise into the middle 60s as winds pick up from the south at 2530mph as the warm front picks up steam this is when well see our best chance of severe thunderstorms. 5am noon this is the best time frame for storms through the midlands. As of 2 30am showers and thunderstorms continue to develop in georgia and are rapidly moving e ne. Tornado watch is in effect for parts of ga, would not be sur
Atlanta to hit a rally last night in las vegas. Trump is projected to win the state. But second place remains up for grabs. Tonight Democratic Candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will take part in a cnn Town Hall Forum here in columbia. Ahead of saturdays democratic primary in South Carolina, both candidates will field questions from an audience at uscs school of law. You can catch it live on cnn from 8 to 10. Chris cuomo will moderate. Hillary clinton has a group of mothers on her side with highprofile stories that made national headlines. They spoke on behalf of her president ial campaign at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church monday during a forum called breaking down barriers. The group included the mothers of trayvon martin, sandra bland, eric garner, and dontre hamilton. The women say clinton is the only candidate who listened and talked with them about their concerns with gun violence, racial profiling and social justice. She calls and says, what can i do for you . Ho
Governor, be suspended by the governor who shall appoint another until he is acquitted. The evidence will be submitted to a grand jury and if hes indicted only then can he be suspended by governor haley. His office has not returned our requests for a statement. We did reach out to many midlands lawyers and ethics experts but they declineed to go on camera. Colby, thank you. Richland county deputies are looking for a man and woman for shop lifting at target. They entered the target on two notch road earlier this month and stole items including placing the items into a laundry bin and ran out of the store. If you know who they are youre asked to call crime now the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist, jim gandy. We had some rain early this morning but since then its been cloudy and we have a wedge of cool air in place. Our radar is showing a few light showers moving out of the northern part of the midlands. Temperature 57 degrees, winds from the northeast at 6 miles p
33 we want to 33 give you a quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. And good news. There are no trouble spots to report out on the roads in or around the capital city. But well be sure to keep an eye on the roads and 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 democratic president ial hopefuls have their sights set on South Carolina ahead of saturdays primary. Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will be in Columbia Hall hosted by cnn. Ts a chance for the Democratic Candidates to answer questions from palmetto state voters. The event runs from eight until ten. At the university of South Carolina school of law auditorium. Ahead of tonights town hall, Hillary Clinton has a busy day of campaigning in the capital city. Clinton will be attending the breaking down barriers town hall today at central baptist church. Clinton will be joined by five mothers who lo
Grace, what can we expect to hear from the candidates this evening . Reporter alicia and ben, first i want to show you the clinton and sanders fans fathering down the street. They are courting drivers in rush hour traffic on assembly street. They have gotten quiet but lots of clinton fans, a few bernie fans. The hillary fans have been louder this evening after suffering defeat in new hampshire, clinton gained back her momentum in nevada this weekend. The challenge for her now is to keep it going. Clinton did very well wi black voters in nevada thats a key point here, ahead of saturdays democratic primary. In 2008, 55 of the states electorate was black. Sanders has pulled out all the stops courting our states africanamerican voters but will it be enough . Since saturday, hes started hitting clinton hard calling her out for not releasing the paid speeches she gave to big wall street firms. Voters tonight will get the themselves. As we saw last week with the republicans, these town halls