Coming up in a bit, well break it down and tell you why wellll see better news in this forecast than what weve been worried about all weekend. That and more coming up in a bit. Thank you. Staying warm and shelter is the utmost priority for everyone, especially those who dont have a home. Melanie barden joins us at the shelters. How are they stepping up their. Reporter columbias Homeless Population is more than 1600 people. And all those people obviously needing a place to stay tonight. Im standing here on main street and columbia. Our thermometer is reading 34 dooz. That number will drop overnight. Those people without a warm place to stay, without a hot meal are very trang my that the city has provided those resources. Could i would have a place i could, at a hotel. Reporter with a potential for ice, columbias Homeless Population is grateful to have somewhere to keep warm. I didnt see the inclement weather center. These people show a lot of love. Reporter when the temperature dropped
And florence today with senator tim scott by his side. This is a part of his 5 Campaign Stops across the state. 3 ted cruz will also be in florence. Hes holding a rally at the Southeastern Institute of manufacturing technology. The rally starts at 6. 3 former Florida Governor jeb bush and his brother. Former president george w. Bush. Will be in the lowcountry. They are hosting a rally at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center. From 6 to 7. 3 and leading gop candidate donald trump will be in the upstate for his rally. Its starts at 7 tonight. At the Td Convention center in greenville. 3 for all things related to the primary and where the candidates are going to be in our state. Just head to our website. Wltx dot com. And click the National Politics tab to your left. 3 the body of the Late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is being transported back to the Washington Area today. Yesterday a justice of the 79yearold died of natural causes. After he suddenly passed away during a hun
No. Blood investigators are on the scene and working the investigation as well. Reporter this is an ongoing active investigation. River chase way will be closed throughout the majority of the night corporal said and will be giving updates and with us news 19 and we will be keeping you updated on air and online and social media. Stay with us. Chuck ringwald. A man has been charged voluntary manslaughter. This has been called a tragedy for everyone involved. He did everything right at 3 00 a. M. Deputies respond to a shooting in east camden. They found 17yearold Brandon Camden lying dead in the middle of the road with a gunshot wound. The 49yearold called his wife to call the police and the suspect continued to run and he shot one time and hit the boy in the head and killed him. The sheriff has not found the second suspect. He messed up. He made a bad error judgment in a split second under duress and shot that kid and killed him. We dont want to send a message out that it is okay to shoo
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
Notice freeing in bishopville, camden and winnsboro. This colder air is going to continue to spill in across the rest of the midlands. So we will have enough cold air in place for freezing rain, but the issue is, we wont have a whole lot of moisture to work with. Lets show you whats going on here. Here we are 3 oclock tomorrow morning. Again, everything here in the purple, thats freezing rain. But theres just not a lot there. We go three, four, five, six in the morning again. Morning commute time, at least the beginning, some freezing rain. Not a lot. We go beyond that, 8 oclock, again, a few pockets of some freezing rain, and then as we work our way later in the morning, what happens is we get warmer air pushing in such that by around 11, 12 oclock, anything that comes out of the sky will be in the form of rain, and even at that, not a lot of moisture there. A lot more moisture around here tomorrow night. Well get to that in just a bit. Let me itemize the forecast. 30ish and a little