Thats since tapered off. We are still seeing a lot of wind outside. If youve been outside in the last couple of hours, youve certainly noticed the wind picking up. Now, were also seeing lots of sunshine. Thats not necessarily working in our favor. That more sunshine means there will be more heat and more fuel for the storms to get going and we have some pretty strong line of storms just to our west. Lets take a look at our High Definition radar here, our radar scope. Were looking at this really strong line almost hugging the 77 corridor right now going down from charlotte all the way up to concord and those areas all the way down just west of columbia at the moment. Here. That is Severe Thunderstorm Warnings from those locations. We are under a tornado watch until 7 00 tonight. Thats a tornado watch until 7 00 and were watching. Ill zoom in a little bit for you here some storms just to our south and west. These are on a trajectory to come our way. Upwards of 60, 70, almost 80 miles an
Eric weisfeld. And im rochelle dean. Were live times now 5 00. Its another warmer start to the day. And more good news, were halfway through the work week. Thats right. Things should be nice as you head out your door this morning. Lets turn things over to meteorologist Jonathan Kennedy for more on remainder of todays forecast. 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you about this 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 and 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 back town halls for the republican president ial hopefuls. Ahead of saturdays gop primary. Tonight. Marco rubio, ted cruz and ben carson will gather in greenville for a town hall. Thats at eight tonight on cnn. And tomorrow. Donald trump, jeb bush and john kasich will take part in their own town hall. Right here in colum
Eric weisfeld. And im 33 rochelle dean. Were live from main and gervais. The times now 5 00. Its a chillier start to your thursday. But for this time of the morning its still not too bad. Yeah. A little cooler than previous days this week but that could change 33 soon. Lets turn things over to meteorologist jonathan of the day. 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. 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. Its chance for have their questions answered. Republican president ial candidates donald trump, jeb bush and john kasich will all be in columbia tonight. Taking part in a town hall hosted by cnn. Thats at eight tonight. At the university of South Carolina school of law auditorium. Ahead of to
Left the child with her boyfriend Richard Bowman. Since their arrests, both bowman and mcardle faced additional charges after misconduct while in the Newberry County detention center. Following her big victory in this weekends South Carolina democratic primary new poll numbers show Hillary Clinton is far ahead of challenger Bernie Sanders in 3 key states voting on super tuesday. According to an nbc newswall street journalmarist poll released sunday clinton is leading by about two toone margins in texas, georgia and tennessee. Those 3 are among 11 states democratic president ial races tomorrow. Clinton made several stops in tennessee sunday, holding a meet and greet in nashville and a rally where she talked about her goal as president to bring the nation together. What we need is to be whole, we need to be whole, where all of us have a place, where all of us feel like we are in this together. That is what i want to do in this campaign and that is what Clintons Campaign is also looking a
3 today is the 3 biggest day yet in this years president ial race. Voters in about a dozen states hold primaries or caucuses. Gop front runner donald trump spent the day yesterday fending off attacks from other candidates. Omar villafranca reports from dallas. 3 3 on super tuesday, voters will choose nearly half the required number of delegates tuesday, on super 3 on super tuesday, voters will choose nearly half the required number of delegates needed for the republican nomination and more than a third of the delegates needed for the democratic nomination 3 3 the senate is expected to pick up talk on the roads bill today. Last thursday. Sena tors adjourned with senator lee bright from spartanburg filibustering. Bright is against the tax increase and says he wont let it pass without every attempt to stop it. Senate president pro tem Hugh Leatherman says he has all the patience in the world. But the state chamber of commerce says its time to vote, or senators show they would rather pay f