3 swat and the bomb squad along with numerous deputiesare at a home along Hawthorne Drive thats right there off whitehall roadwe understand crisis negotiators are on scene as well 3 lets take you live to the scenethis is as close as we can get right nowheres what we knowthere is a man inside refusing to come out hes indicated to deputies he has a bomb. A few homes nearby have been evacuated we talked neighbors we talked to 3 neighbors n nrby about whats going on. 3 as we get new updates from the scenewell pass them along right here on air and at fox carolina dot com 3 alright, lets head out west in less than twenty four hours the tigers will be in arizona 3 its an expensive trip but you can bet thousands of die hard clemson fans are heading out to hopefully watch their tigers bring home the National Title 3 it might be a little early for a lot ofofansbut our crew is out there looking for orange Shannon Sommerville standing by live in phoenix shannon have you spotted any fans yet . 3 were at the site of the Phoenix Convention center right tomorrow it will be central3 3 tomorrow at 3 with appearance from the school bands, cheerleaders, games, special guest appearances and just generally a celebration of College Football. Right now the city is kind of quiet. Sort of the calm before the storm. But we talked to two locals and asked them for their advice for travelers coming to see they say beware and travel time. 3 when this takes over the city are you going to stay home . No we cardinals on tv 3 more clemson coming up including more travel tips as this area gets ooded with fans all headed to the same places 3 cody back to you. 3 and a quick update here earlier this week shannon broke down the fact that clemson would be getting less time on the practice field compared to alabam due to nc double a rules its in regards to when School Starts today, the nc double granted the tigers a waiver as they prep for the National Title however, coach swinney didnt seem as if the waiver would change much on their end 3 3 nah it hasnt affected us really. Maybe it would affect other people a little bit more but its appreciated i think thats probably a smart thing for future games and stuff, but really not that big of a deal for us. Us. Clemsons Athletic Director did release a Statement Today saying hes appreciative for the ncdouble a in working with them as they keep their commitment to studentathlete welfare 3 as a reminder the tigers are flying out tomorrowtheyll leave from the westzone around twelve thirty to catch their flightif you want to send them off be out there by eleve forty five the team is expected in phoenix later in the afternoon. 3 the tigers arent the only ones hitting the roada lot of fans from across the state and country will be making their 3 tonight we spoke with a phoenix based company about what fans can do in the area besides the game of course. 3 Fox CarolinasRebecca Atkins is live in the studiorebecca im sure businesses in particular arereexcited about the huge boost in business theyre about to see 3 thats right cody, phoenix locals have been and continue to prepare for the large amount of fans that are already in phoenix and those yet to arrive. I spoke with the director r Media Relations with visit phoenix and he says this is a great time to make the most out of your trip with plenty to do outside of the big game. 3 3 3 looking forward to arizona, just might have to fly out there and like that fan, many clemson die hearts are either en route to see the tigers take on alabama or are already there. And those who live and breathe phoenix everyday say its a great place to explore. Explore. 3 3 there are some folkes in phoenix that were a little worried like okay, clemson made this game. Its a long way away. But scott dunn the senior director of marketing and communications for visit phoenix says he used to live in South Carolina and he knows the mentality of a clemson fan. Fan. Phoenix friends, clemson will not only travel theyll bring a big orange army. Dunn says although phoenix hosts a lot of big sports events, he says theres plenty to do outside the stadium. 3 3 theyll probably want to spend at least one day and maybe everyday in downtown phoenix, thats where the championship campus is. Is. 3 in video provided by visit phoenix you can get a glance at what the city has to offer. And on the outskirts of town, you can also take a jeep tour as well as Desert Mountain biking tours. 3 3 theres free concerts friday, saturday and sunday, followed by fireworks each night. 3 3 and if youre interested in what the food scene is like, in the city known as the valley of the sun. Espn reporter samantha ponder, a phoenix native tweeted some of her Favorite Places to go and one of them was little miss barbeque. Barbeque. 3 were expecting a much bigger pick up i think tomorrow and saturday so i think were cooking about 40 percent more than we normally do, just for people coming in from the game. Scott holmes the owner of little miss barbeque in of town customers hes already seen are thanks to ponders recommendations, and he says hes hoping to see many more clemson fans in the upcoming days. 3 scott dunn with visit phoenix also says at that championship campus there will be a clemson pep ralley, with the band, the cheerleaders and the mascot and he says thats definitely an event youll want to check out. Cody . 3 rebecca, phoenix is a big city hows the Hotel Availability look out there . There . Actually, like he mentioned, phoenix is a city that has hosted three superbowls and many other sporting events so he says they are well equipt to handle the number of people traveling there and he says there are at least 62 thousand hotel rooms iithe city so he says, all hope is not lost for accommodations. Cody back to you. 3 well have continuing coverage of the tigers road to the National Title aaron and shannon wilillive coverage throughout our newscasts tomorrow morning, nicole papay will bring you your forecast 3 dont forget monday at 7our special reportundefeated clemsons return to the chaaionship. Well have in depth analysis on the tigers first shot at the National Title since 1981. 3 kendra has the forecast forecastill show you how rain will affect the weekend weekend one of the worst cases of child abuse one police cases of child abuse one police chief says hes seen during his threedecades of service as baby girl fights for her life. While her mother, and the accused abuser sit behind bars. And an Anderson County woman rushes to an Urgent Care Center with what she thought was a broken arm and leaves the facility only to find a nasty note and more than a thousand dollars worth of damages to her carthe story youll see only on fox fox and were just Getting Started with our live coverage from arizona much more to come as the Clemson Tigers head west days after the paris attacks, senators came together for a topsecret briefing on the terrorist threat. Marco rubio was missing fundraising in california instead. Two weeks later, terrorists struck again in san bernardino. And where was marco . Fundraising again in new orleans. Over the last 3 years, rubio has missed Important National security hearings and missed more total votes than any other senator. Politics first thats the rubio way. Right to rise usa 3 cover our counties 3 in Oconee County as a 7week old baby girl fights for her life. Her mother sits in jail along with her livein boyfriend. Hes being held without bond for abuse 3 when questioned at the hospital tuesday the babys Mother Told Police her daughter had been in the care of her boyfriend leroy morris before she noticed swelling on her daughters head and a black eye. Police say morris admitted to hurting sometimes while being high and drunk. Morris is charged with inflicting Great Bodily Injury upon a child. Child. The babys mother Whitney Barnwell is \charged with unlawful conduct towards a child. Our cameras were rolling in court when morris and barnwell faced a judge. The police chief described the case today as one of the worst cases of abuse hes seen in his nearly three decades in Law Enforcement. 3 3 3 its difficult not to take it home, especially when it involves a child i mean for me personally, my career spans across three decades and this tops the list. List. Prosecutors say the baby is suffering from brain hemmorages and swelling. Police say she remains at ghs in critical condition. The infants mother is being held on 75thousand dollar bond. 3 a Greenville Motel is operating as normal once again after being condemned by the county last month. Month. You might remember this were left homeless at savannah suites. The county cited several issues at the facility on wade hampton boulevard including unsanitary nditions, a defunct elevator, roof leaks and other problems. A county spokesman explained that inspectors revisited the facility in the following week and found significant improvements good news for the former tenants. 3 hey have been really 3 wonderful to us. Welcoming back with open arms and they have been very selective of who they are letting back so that was for me a good thing cause you know there are us good ones here that have been here for a while and you know, have become like family, and they welcomed us back like family. 3 county Officials Say the fire alarm and sprinkler systems were repaired and individual rooms were found to have been cleaned and exterminated. Savannah suites did choose to keep some rooms closed but operations. 3 three people are in Anderson County custody tonight after a chase that ended in a crash. Crash. The Sheriffs Office says police began chasing a morning deputies and troopers assisted until the car rear ended a pickup. The driver tried to run. But deputies were able to take both the driver and two passengers into custody. The Sheriffs Office should be sending us the names of those suspects and their charges at any moment. Well have them for you on our website, fox carolina dot com. 3 developing tonight 3 Vice President joe biden is going to the public with his support of president obamas gun policy. Policy. The president on tuesday announced new gun restrictions and gun purchase regulations that he will put in place by executive actions. A recent cnn poll shows 67 percent of americans support the plan. But critics attacked the move. Saying president obama is going after lawbiding citizens and is trying to make new laws without congress. Biden disagrees. Saying no new laws will be put in place. Place. 3 3 all were talking about now is enabling the laws that are overwhelming support, including nra support of background checks before, enable them to work, have enough personnel to enforce the law, as well as make sure that the people who shouldnt have guns under the existing law, no new law, arent able to get them. Them. Some critics do not believe the white houses plan will stop convicted felons. Or the mentally ill from getting guns. But biden says the new background checks are effective and in fact, they would have stopped the Charleston Church shooting carried out by dylan roof. 3 gun control also expected d be a major talking point in president obamas final state of the union address. The address is scheduled for tuesday at 9 p. M. Governor haley will issue the republican response immediately following the president. 3 and Governor Haley also making a major announcement today implementing the first set of statewide reforms to address Domestic Violence. Violence. Less than a year after the task force presented her with recommendations, 10 of those recommendations have been addressed through a combination of executive orders first the governors executive budget will fund new prosecutors, judges, and public defenders to end the practice of Law Enforcement officers prosecuting Domestic Violence crimes in the courtroom. 3 last january we hit this point where we said enough is enough. South carolina had hit the top of the list and had stayed at the top of the list and that was too many acts of violence from Domestic Violence. And so we said lets do something about it the legislature certainty got into action they passed a bill that i was proud to sign but the one thing that we needed to know about Domestic Violence, i think this is true for any crisis we go through in South Carolina, is you have to fix it from the ground up, 3 the Governors Task force has received commitments from nine professional boards to include Domestic Violence training in their continuing education including doctors, nurses, counselors and therapists materials for those professionals to distribute throughout the state. 3 kendra has a look at the forecast forecast 3 showers will push in late tonight into friday morning. Rain wont be heavy and many areas will miss out on it completely expect morning temps in the mid 30s to around 40. Friday afternoon will bring some clearing, but clouds will be around. Highs will only warm to around 50 degrees areawide, which is a little cooler than thursday. Skies will remain mostly cloudy friday night into 3 for weather 24 3 hours a day, log on to fox carolina dot com and click on the weather tab 3 and make sure to download our new fox carolina weather app. You can get the latest weather info on the go, as well as get alerts on watches and warnings for your area. Just text carolina weather to 23765 to download 3 cody back to you. You. 3 an iconic building 3 on clemsons campus. Hit by vandals once again again its been at the center of controversy for the past year in the wake of racerelation discussions the vandals latest message message in the wake of last years Historic Us Supreme Court ruling. Two upstate lawmakers are working to ban samesex marriage in South Carolina. Were talking with those on both sides of the upstat3 follow up 3 in pickens countyclemson investigating another vandalism at tillman hall. Hall. The campus building has been at the center of controversy for the past year. Many have called for it to be renamed because of its history. Its named after former governor ben tillman who was a known white surpemacist. In this latest vandalism incident. A message was spray painted on two walls of the building. They read stop honoring tillman. And on the adjacent wall. Rename tillman hall. Maintenance workers have since covered up the graffiti while they work to remove it. 3 3 3 3 theres a better way to get your message out than defacing state property it is a crime 3 3 3 i dont think that was necessary i think there are better ways to show that agree with something someone has to clean that up and thats kind of a burdan on the school to do that so i think there are better ways to solve problume than that thatinitially, clemsons board of trustees said the name would not be changed. But the school eventually launched a task force to look at the universitys history and change of tillman and other buildings on campus. That task force has yet to come to a decision on what comes next. Next. Officials say the vandalism happened sometime overnight or early this morning. It remains under investigation. 3 following a Us Supreme Court ruling legalizing samesex marriage. Two upstate lawmakers are working to ban the practice in South Carolina. Carolina. Representatives bill chumley and mike burns have prefiled a bill that aims to ammend the states marriage code to quote defend natural marriage as between one m and one woman. The bill would invalidate Court Decisions that go against that definition and protect government officials from arrest or penalty for not complying with such orders. We caught up with burns today about why he is backing this bill. And we talked to the campaign for southern equality who say its not only an idea that will violate federal law. But goes against the progress made here in South Carolina. 3 3 3 i feel like its pretty clear the Supreme Court has already ruled on this that same sex couples have a fundamental right to marry in all 50 states this is really just a stunt. 3 3 i believe that most, overwhelmingly, most south carolinians hold this view, and i believe they appreciate the pushback. You know, rights right, no matter how you coat it and i believe were right on this issue. I believe theres a place for states rights. Rights. The prefiled bill still has a ways to go before it could be passed into law. It first has to face a Judiciary Committee before making its way to the state house floor. 3 imagine parking your car outside an Urgent Care Center. And coming back to find a nasty note on your windshield and your car keyed keyed it happened to one woman in powdersville weve got the story. Only on fox plus weve talked a lot about the comings and goings of clemson group of tigers who were in miami, and who will be headed talking about clemson l