South carolina is. Texas senator ted cruz started his day with lunch in seneca. Before heading to spartanburg this afternoon. Cruz says despite the war of words between the front runners. His focus is on South Carolinas voters. 3 3 3 i think the people of South Carolina deserve a focus on issues, on substance on record and positive optimistic vision for this country and thats where im going to keep my focus. Focus. Coming up. The battle heats up between ted cruz and donald trump now trump is threatening to sue cruz. Over an abortion ad. Just wait til you hear cruzs response next half hour 3 later tonight. Ted cruz. Marco rubio. And ben carson will be taking center stage in greenville. Theyre participating in a town hall meeting. G. Put on by cnn. Cnn. Earlier today. Carson campaigned in newberry. He spoke to voters at the grille on main. Carson told the crowd there needs to be more focus on the issues. Not fighting between the candidates. Carson says thats his goal in tonights town hall and in knowing South Carolina is so crucial in the race for the nomination. 3 3 3 thats why you dont see me getting in embroiled in these horrible name calling, wwe format during the debate. We have 3 important issues we need to discuss. As far as im concerned theyre not necessarily republican or democrat issues, they are american issues. 3 after newberry. Carson toured the Greenwood Genetics Center this afternoonthen he headed to spartanburg where he will speak at the faith and Freedom Coalition president ial forum at six, before the town hall meeting at 8. 3 cruz and carson are both set to talk at that faith and Freedom Forum tonight at 6. Well stream it live on our website. Again, they will join marco rubio for tonights cnn town hall event in downtown greenville. The other three. Donald trump, jeb bush, and john kasich will take part in night in columbia. Columbia. And heres a look at the democratic candiates for president. Bernie sanders and Hillary Clinton are preparing first for nevada where polls show them in a dead heat, then setting their sites on South Carolinas democratic primary saturday, february 27th. We have more on the candidates. At fox carolina dot com. 3 as the south 3 carolina primaries inch closer. Candidates no doubt work up a hefty appetite. Republican front runner donald trump dining on eggs and bacon just yesterday. At one of two upstate restaurantsthat have become the gotos for getting their fix of good old fashione cooking, along with some campaigning 3 today we take a look at how those traditions got started. 3 Fox CarolinasAndrew Reeser has all the yummy details. Hes live outside tommys country ham house with the 3 when it comes to politics we may not all agree. But theres one thing the candidates can all endorse. Good food. From kind people. And over the years. Word of mouth among president ial hopefuls. Keeps them coming back. 3 3 3 theres nothing flashy about tommys country ham house in greenville. 03 23im just a normal restaurant man trying to make a living. laughs but owner Tommy Stevenson has seen some pretty high profile customers. 01 23it helps my business, donald trump, marco rubio. And newt gingrich. Just to name a few. But why is this simple southern restaurant such a candidates on their road to house . 3 00 49it started back when president bush ran and it just blossomed fro there, he really enjoyed coming here. In fact he always talks about us when hes at other places. The aspiring bush45 followed in stumping at tommys and mingling with supporters. Give me a cheese burger with bacon a plentayyy. But tommys isnt the only favorite among the candidates. The beacons campaign trail tradition dates back to the restaurants beginnings. Turns out the beacons founder. Had powerful friends. Friends. 3 06 26 25back in the mid 50s mr. White. Was Close Friends with Warren Abernathy who in turn was aide and secretary of then senator strom thurmond. So that started in 54. So whenever the political events would come to town of course mr. Abernathy adn gov. Thurmond would come here to see their old buddy mr. John white. And while these Restaurant Owners say most of their vip visitors during primary season are republicans. They dont see red or blue. 06 29 32all we see is green. 02 19we welcome democrats 06 29 20wed love to see hillary and bernie if they were to come to 3 the candidates dont have any scheduled stops at either of these restaurants until saturdays primary. But Restaurant Owners say they havent seen the last of them. Live in greenville Andrew Reeser the four o clock news. 3 now time for weather and traffic together every 10 minutes 3 expect plenty of sunshine for the remainder of the work week with temperatures near normal for this time of year. Some unseasonably warm air will enter for this weekend, then rain will follow. Tonight temperatures will fall fast toward the freezing mark. Thursday morning willll start with clear skies and temperatures in the low 30s for the upstate and upper 20s in the mountains. Sunshine will dominate with highs in the mid 50s for the upstate and around 50 in the mountains. With highs approaching 60 for the upstate and mid 50s in the mountains. Saturday will continue the warming trend as highs reach the mid 60s in the upstate. 3 wrap up 3 now lets send it over to the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching us hwy 25 shelton rdoverturned vehicle hwy 418 fairview rdlaurens rd woodruff rd rd 3 3 back to you guys 3 still to cometwo men are on the loose. After shooting a clerk at an Anderson County gas station station they were caught on surveillance. And deputies need your help tracking them down weve got the photos. And the latest on the investigation. Straight ahead ahead plus. A Pickens County man is locked up hes accused of pretending to be a deputy and trying to steal a car and. Making upstate roads some handson training on handling traffic and other issues bamberg i was one of the leaders in the house to take charge and say the flag has to come down now. Bernie aligns more with what im passionate about addressing issues with civil rights, criminal justice reform, income disparities. Change needs to happen and it needs to happen now. We need a leader like bernie for years he stood up against wrong, even when it wasnt popular. Sanders im Bernie Sanders, and i approve this message. 3 continuing to cover our counties at four 3 in Anderson Countythe search is on for two men after a clerk was shot during a gas station robbery this morning. Morning. The suspects were caught on surveillanceand deputies are hoping you can help track them down down the Armed Robbery happened just after 2 this morning at the Hickory Point bp on highway 187. The Sheriffs Office says the clerk called 911 after being robbed and shot in the chest. In stable but in Critical Condition following surgery this morning 3 now take a look at these surveillance photos. The suspects are seen with their faces covered with red bandanas. One man was wearing a dark hooded jacket, light blue jeans, and red tennis shoes. The other was wearing a camouflage hooded jacket, dark blue jeans, and tan shoes. The Sheriffs Office says the suspect wearing camo jumped over the store counter and took cash from the register. Before taking off from the scene. Deputies say the other suspect shot the clerk. Anyone with information on these two suspects or on the Armed Robbery is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1888crimesc. 3 we have a sad update on a story we first brought you yesterday here at four fourasheville police say a 17yearold has died following a shooting at the deaver View Apartments yesterday afternoon. Loganwas rushed to the hospital. Where police say he died just after 6 this morning. Investigators tell us they have identified persons of interest in the shooting. Well pass along more information on those wanted for questioning. When its released to us. 3 a Laurens County man is in serious condition but is expected to recover after a Home Invasion that ended in a shooting. Shooting. Deputies say just before 6 this morning. Two men wearing dark gray hoodies. Broke into a home on christian drive. Thats when they say a man was shot in the leg. He was airlifed to the hospital. But is expected to be ok. Deputies say a woman and child were also home at the time. But were not hurt. The suspects left the scene. And deputies say no information is known about them. They tell us it appears the shooting started as a Home Invasion. But that nothing was stolen. 3 staying in Pickens Countyan easley man is locked up after pretended to be a greenville steal a car car deputies say when they began questioning alan gunter. He showed them a deputys small uniform pin and employee of the Sheriffs Office. The victim then told deputies that guner had tried to take his car by reaching in through the window and grabbing him. Reportedly yelling for the man to surrender his car. Car. The incident happened saturday at a home on pope field road. Gunter was arrested at the scene and charged with attempted carjacking and impersonating a police officer. 3 happening now 3 the city of belton combined utilities says a boil water advisory is now in effect for some customers. That includes those in and around pelzer street, kelly street, woodward street, jackson street, ramsdale street, and smythe street. Officials say customers in those areas should vigorously boil their water for at least one minute before drinking or cooking. Officials resulted in a loss of water pressurewhich means theres potential for contamination. Well pass along the word once the boil water advisory is lifted. 3 now time for weather and traffic together every 10 minutesfirst lets get a check of the weather with chief meteorologist kendra kent 3 expect plenty of sunshine for the remainder of the work week with temperatures near normal for this time of year. Some unseasonably warm air will enter for this weekend, then rain will follow. Tonight temperatures will fall fast toward the freezing mark. Thursday morning will start with clear skies and temperatures in the low 30s for the upstate and upper 20s will dominate with highs in the mid 50s for the upstate and around 50 in the mountains. Friday will be sunny as well, with highs approaching 60 for the upstate and mid 50s in the mountains. Saturday will continue the warming trend as highs reach the mid 60s in the upstate. Sunday will be the warmest day of the next seven with highs around 70 for the upstate and mid 60s in the mountains. That is nearly 15 degrees above normal for this time of year. Showers will push in sunday night, then rain will become heavier through monday. The system bringing us the rain will be a slow mover, so showers could linger into tuesday as well. Expect plenty of sunshine for the remainder of the work week with temperatures near normal for this time of year. Some unseasonably warm air then rain will follow. Tonight temperatures will fall fast toward the freezing mark. Thursday morning will start with clear skies and temperatures in the low 30s for the upstate and upper 20s in the mountains. Sunshine will dominate with highs in the mid 50s for the upstate and around 50 in the mountains. Friday will be sunny as well, with highs approaching 60 for the upstate and mid 50s in the mountains. Saturday will continue the warming trend as highs reach the mid 60s in the upstate. Sunday will be the warmest day of the next seven with highs around 70 for the upstate and mid 60s in the mountains. That is nearly 15 degrees above normal for this time of year. Showers will push in sunday night, then rain 3 for weatatr 24 hours a day, log on to fox carolina dot com and click on the weather tab 3 wrap up 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching us hwy 25 shelton rd overturned vehicle rd woodruff rdaccidents in spartanburg Carolina Country club rd canaan rd s. C. D. O. T. Cam onpit crew traffic sponsored the Carolina Law Group 3 3 3 scdot is undergoing training to make our roads safer. And we were there as they took part in several handson training exercises this afternoon. The training included practice pushing wrecked vehicles to simulate this Traffic Management maneuver. This is the first time scdot has done this type of training for its employees. Officials say itll help better prepare them to make minor repairs to disabled vehicles and assist with Traffic Control and traffic incident management 3 3 3 3 with traffic the way it is and getting people off of the highway and out of the harm way as soon as possible they are going to do a clear type program adn they relocate the vehicle to the shoulder fo the road. Road. 3 the scdot state highway Emergency Program was established in 1996 and serves motorists traveling 3 back to you guys 3 new at four 3 if youre looking for a way to get around downtown greenville. Good news theres now a new West End Park and ride trolley stop stop this morning. Represe ntives from the city as well as from the Transit Authority and the Greater Greenville Association of realtors. Held a Ribbon Cutting ceremony to celebrate the official opening of the new stop its located at 106 augusta street Officials Say it offers more options for parking in an increasingly crowded downtown. 3 3 3 3 we have alot of parking downtown but its not always where you want to be so if you have a place you know you can park and then get reliable trassprtation to the many many resterants we have downtown thats a good thing for everybody 3 the West End Park and ride is the first surface lot in the city to include a trolley stop 3 still to comean upstate man shares his story. Story. He was active and in good health. When an unexpected emergency landed recovered. And is now helping to save other lives lives plus. A clemson student running for the universitys senate is sparking controversy why his Campaign Posters are coming under fire fire hi im lauren elise and im nicole papay, i will have thursdays forecast plust a look at the weekend. And if youd like to see how your heart is working, we will tell you where you can geta free Heart Screening in the upstate. Have a great day. Traffic together every 10 minutes 3 expect plenty of sunshine for the remainder of the work week with temperatures near normal for this time of year. Some unseasonably warm air will enter for this weekend, then rain will follow. Tonight temperatures will fall fast toward the freezing mark. Thursday morning will start with clear skies and temperatures in the low 30s for the upstate and upper 20s in the mountains. Sunshine will dominate with highs in the mid 50s for the upstate and around 50 in the mountains. Friday will be sunny as well, with highs approaching 60 for the upstate and mid 50s in the mountains. Saturday will highs reach the mid 60s in the upstate. 3 3 wrap up 3 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching watching 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 3 still to comomthree more president ial Candidates Campaign in the upstate upstate the countdown is on to the primaries. Now theyre fighting for South Carolina votes well take you to their upstate stops stops plus. Formerly a patient. Now a worker meet the man ho walked into a local er. Where hes now helping to save lives lives if youre doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, youre not alone. While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income my plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Im Bernie Sanders. I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all 3 developing this afternoon. A major endorsement for president ial candidate marco rubio. South carolina governor supporting him him shes expected to make the announcement official in just over an hour, near columbia. And will be on the campaign trail with him between now and saturday. Saturday. In the past few days. Governor haley said she hadnt made her decision yet. But did indicate she would not be endorsing donald trump. Political experts agree an endorsement by haley is significant for rubio. As a rising star among republicans, she was selected by the party to give the rebuttal to the president s state of the union address. We will be at the event this evening at six. And will stream it live on fox carolina dot com. 3 right now. Three days before the republican primary. A new cnn poll has donald trump with a 16point lead in South Carolina. Ted cruz and marco rubio round out the top ben carson, and john kasich. Kasich. Tension is rising among the candidates. And that was clear today in seneca. Ted cruz slammed donald trump and marco rubio during this news conference. And at one point issued a direct challenge to trump. Saying quote, sue me