crew traffic center. center.you are looking live at: 3 3 3 the wait is almost over. it's the day we've all been waiting for. clemson will play in the national title game tonight. 3 tonight -- the 14 and oh tigers look to finish the season **undefeated with a championship win. 3 fox carolina's shannon sommerville is live in arizona with more on clemson and their 3 its just a matter of hours now for the national of hours now its just a matter its just a matter of hours now for the national championship game kickoff ...all that stands now between the tigers and a national title is 60 minutes of football... football... -- but thats 60 minutes against an alabama team with arguably the best defense in the country... not too mention their offense featuring heisman trophy winner derrick henry... but the tigers have some dynamic playmakers too and as head coach dabo swinney says "no one has more will to win than number 4." deshaun watson. but the alabama defense has held opponents to the 2nd fewest yards per game in the country. the tide also have a great pass rushing game with the most sacks in the country. but don't worry i'm not done percent of his 3 drop backs...in those situations he's thrown 22 touchdowns and 3 just 3 interceptions. 3 3 3 they're very good they're very talented they have a lot of skill set very well coached by kirby smart but we just gotta do what we do i can't really focus on what they have. i'll focus on my job and if the times come when i have to run then i'll run but if not than i'm not gonna force it so when i have a lot more playmakers around me that can make plays and if i give them the opportunity to have the ball in their hands they're gonna make those plays." plays."vegas odds favoring the tide and most college football experts emphatically going with alabama... but you know the tigers embrace that 3 and somehow at 14-0 the tigers still with something to prove. but in just a matter of hours they'll get the chance to do it. 3 3 3 clemson fans aren't the only ones gearing up for the national championship -- academy sports is too. too.if clemson beats alabama academy sports says they will open immediately after the game so tiger fans can get their "national championship" gear.boxes of fan merchandise that say "clemson college football's national champs" are waiting at the sporting good store on woodruff road. 3 3 that big win against alabama were real excited as everyone else in the store umm as you know once clemson starts that good strike you know the city is live so were just hoping they come thru for us." us."we're told all upstate locations will open immediately if the tigers win. if the tigers don't win the championship--the gear will be shipped back to its orginal vendor. 3 don't forget tonight at 7 -- tune in for our special report -- "undefeated: clemson's return to the championship." we'll be going in depth on the tigers first shot at the national title since 19-81. 3 and fox carolina will be bringing you live coverage of clemson's run at the national title.coming up in about 10 minutes --we'll go to ashley minelli who is talking about a huge watch party here in town. we'll also have live reports from arizona all morning, plus at 4, 10, and 11.you can also get up-to-the-minute updates carolina-dot-com. 3 fan and your team isn't playing for the title --well -- you could still be a billionaire this week. week.no one won saturday night's powerball -- and now the jackpot has reached a record high of 1-point-3 billion dollars. and it could grow even more by wednesday -- when the new drawing happens. remember-- tune in to fox carolina to catch the powerball drawing live wednesday at 10:59 pm. 3 let's send back out to nicole live in phoenix. 3 it will be chilly to start the work week as temperatures climb into the mid-40s across the upstate and upper 30s in western north carolina. skies will be clear throughout the day and evening with lows falling into the low to upper 20s once again overnight. 3 now to chris with traffic. 3*********hold****** *********hold****** 3 we're watching this: this: 3 you're taking a live look at 3 sad news to pass 3 live look atyou're taking a live look atyou're taking a 3this: this:we're watching 3*********hold****** *********hold******3*********hold****** *********hold****** 3 we're watching this: this: 3 sad news to pass along from overnight.rock legend "david bowie" has passed away.he had secretly been battling cancer for 18 months.his son duncan jones along with u-k prime minister "david cameron" have already tweeted their thoughts. bowie rose to fame in the 70's with hits like "let's dance, space oddity, heroes, and rebel rebel".his last album, friday. 3 3 it's ______. ______.the upstate is getting ready for probably one of the biggest viewing parties in the area--as the clemson tigers face the alabama tide for the national championship game tonight. and i'm live in downtown greenville at one location giving fans to catch all the action. 3 we head to break with a live look at...you're watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 you're watching the morning news. you're always looking for ways to save money, especially when it comes to your weekly grocery trip. well, with walmart every day low prices, saving money while keeping the pantry full... that's easier than you think. in head-to-head shopping, the total at walmart beat that of bi-lo. greenville, the total amount saved at walmart vs. bi-lo was $24.76 on this week's groceries - that's 19%. so head to walmart and see what you hershey's miniatures. we pour 'em! we pass 'em! we pick 'em! delicious fun for everyone. 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina--we're taking a live look at... 3 3 we're working on getting more information on an early morning fire in greer.this was the scene just a short time on coldbrook drive.we were told tyger river and greer city firefighters were call to the home around four oclock.its still unclear how much damage was done or if anyone was hurt. 3 3 covering our counties. an autopsy is scheduled for today-- after a baby was found dead in the woods in anderson county. 3 the sheriff's say 23-year old joanie holcombe is facing murder charges after she confessed to giving birth to the baby girl and then placing her in a plastic bag. 3 a witness says a neighbor was walking through the woods when they found the remains saturday morning.that person then ran home to call for help. little baby bootie and piece of broken glass. 3 in macon county-- we're waiting to learn how a man fell into the cullasaja river. 3 dive teams say the found the body of-- "sean kasey" on sunday. on saturday -- first responders were called out the scene-- at the dry falls area near highlandsafter a witness said kasey fell in the water. the search for kasey had to be called off on saturday because it was dark and the water was bad. 3 3 turning back to our top story: the clemson tigers play for the national title tonight.and if you couldn't make it to arizona -- there's a special party just for you in the upstate... to cheer on the tigers with *thousands* of other fans. 3 and the best part-- it's free! 3 fox carolina's ashley minelli is live at the well this morning-- ashley what time are things getting started? 3 - 7pm- adlib about set up 3 - much like the clemson bball game over the weekend- packed house here at the well- expecting 12-thousand people clemson alumni association, iptay and clemson club of greenville all teamed up- concession stands will be open - trivia, contests throughout the night - gm of well: put a lot into this event 3 3 3 "we've been planning since new years' eve to make sure it's an experience that everyone will remember and one that is worthy of a national championship!" 3 family friendly event:- facepainting - balloon makers for the kids 3 - halftime lip sync battle- free, kick off at 38:30 3 lets send it back out to nicole live in arizona. 3 monday will be clear and chilly with temperatures the upstate and upper 30s in western north carolina. temperatures will fall into the 20s once again before rebounding in the mid to upper 40s for tuesday. sunshine will dominate throughout the day. wednesday will be chilly once again as highs only reach the mid-40s and mid to upper 30s under clear skies. look to see sunshine persist on thursday as highs peak in the low 50s partly cloudy skies with temperatures hovering in the low to mid-50s. look for rain chances to return on saturday as highs climb into the upper 40s. skies will be mostly cloudy throughout. sunday will finish off the weekend with a few lingering showers early and partly cloudy skies late in the day. expect temperatures to peak in the 3 ((weather hit)) 3 now to chris with traffic. 3*********hold****** 3 we're watching this: this: 3 you're looking live at3 pit crew traffic sponsored by pit crew traffic sponsored by kevin whitaker chevrolet 3 3 it's (time).the stars were out for the golden globe awards. coming up how one fox star thanked her colleagues for her big win. 3 we head to break with a live look at...clemson you're watching the morning news on fox carolina. give me miles, lots of miles, under starry skies above. don't fence me in. let me fly any time, any airline that i love, don't fence me in. give me a mile and a half for every buck i spend. double my miles when the first year ends. no annual fees, let the fun begin. don't fence me in. 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina--we're taking a live look at... greenville county.. pelham road 3 3 awards season is officially underway and it all started with the 73rd gloden globes sunday night-- 3 "the revenant" won for best drama film. leonardo dicaprio who stars in the 19-th century martain was named best film comedy.jennifer lawrence won best actress in a film comedy for her role in "joy" andbrie larson won the award for best actress in a drama film in "room". 3 and we all know taraji p. henson never disappoints.the star of fox's hit show " empire" won for best actress for a t-v drama.henson walked to the stage handing out cookies for her role as "cookie" lyon.henson told the crowd she waited 20 years for this so she was taking her time on her acceptance speech. 3 now to weather with nicole in 3 it will be chilly to start the work week as temperatures climb into the mid-40s across the upstate and upper 30s in western north carolina. skies will be clear throughout the day and evening with lows falling into the low to upper 20s once again overnight. 3 ((weather hit)) 3 chris is in the traffic center. 3*********hold****** *********hold******we're watching this: 3 you're looking 3 live at: 3 3 it's ______.everyone is going "all in" for clemson ahead of tonight's national championship game.more live, team coverage after the break. 3 we head to break with a live look at...usc upstateyou're watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 you're watching the morning news. 3 the morning news at 5:30 starts now.. now.. 3 we're bleeding orange all morning long as the tigers get ready to take on the alabama tide.i'm live in arizona with just hours away from the national championship kick-off. 3 president obama will give his final state of the union address tomorrow. what we can expect to hear -- coming up. 3 good morning.... it's monday, january 11i'm lauren elise eliseand i'm ben hill, with we have live-- team coverage as clemson us just hours away from playing in the national title game. game.meteorologist nicole papay is in arizona ahead of the huge match up.nicole its cold here this morning--how about there? 3 it will be chilly to start the work week as temperatures climb into the mid-40s across the upstate and upper 30s in western north carolina. skies will be clear throughout the day and evening with lows 20s once again overnight. 3 ((wrap up)) 3*********hold****** *********hold******we're watching this in the pit crew traffic center: center: 3 you're looking live at: 3 3 today's the day..the clemson tigers are playing for their first national title in more than three decades tonight in arizona.they're also playing for spot in the record books by becoming the first f-b-s team to go 15 and oh in a season.but -- they have to face the number two alabama 3 even after a perfect regular season, many experts are picking the tide as a favorite over clemson. clemson.sports anchor shannon sommerville is live in scottsdale, arizona...shannon it seems the biggest story to come out sunday's final press conference with the head coaches had nothing to do with the matchup? 3 yeah, just as the press conference was wrapping up.. a question about pro prospects came up.. of course these two teams are littered with them.. and both coaches about to face off, agreed that they'd like to see something done... done...at the press conference alabama coach nick saban and tigers coach dabo swinney suggested the nfl push back the deadline for underclassmen to declare for the draft. now underclassmen have until jan. 18 to file papers to declare for the nfl. that will leave the players competing in monday's college football a week to make their decisions. most of the top prospects get grades from scouts about where they're likely to get drafted, saban says the league shouldn't give evaluations to players until after they are done competing. tigers players shaq lawson and travis blanks have already declared.. which obviously can be a distraction... which is why both coaches say a change needs to be made... 3 3 3 3 3 3 "i wish they'd move the declare date back, i wish they'd make a rule that says you can't even give a player what his draft status is from the nfl committee until they finish their competition as a college player. so that you don't put them and their family in this situation where there's a big timing issue relative to competition. competition. 3 3 3 3 "i mean it's a distraction that all of us have to deal with. you know you get the grades and some guys you didn't get the grade you want so they're pouting a little bit and you've got to pick themselves up. then you got the guy who gets the grade they want and i echo that 100%. it really should be when over."swinney added he already knows which underclassmen will leave early, even the ones who haven't declared... defensive backs mackensie alexander and jayron kearse are the most likely to go pro... 3 but when the two coaches of the best teams in college football say there needs to be a change you gotta hope takes 3 and you don't prepare for a big game without a pep rally. rally.trt: 10**music**c-l-e-m-s-o-n c-l-e-m-s-o-n3 former tiger tajh boyd led a pep rally sunday in arizona. hundreds of fans came and out. the cheerleaders and the band were there to get the crowd going. 3 and be sure to stay tuned right here to fox carolina for continuing coverage as the tigers prepare for tonight game.don't forget to tune in tonight at 7:00 for our special report -- "undefeated: clemson's return to the championship."we'll be going in depth on the tigers first shot at the national title since the 1981 season. season.and coming up later in the newscast--we'll tell you how one venue is ready to throw a free party for clemson fans--plus-see what one upstate retailer has to offer- title. you can also get live reports from arizona in our 4, 10 and 11 oclock newscasts.you can also follow us on facebook and twitter for constant updates. 3 it looks like one of clemson's suspended wide receivers is getting another shot at the team next year. year.deon cain was sent home this post-season along with two other players. team reps say the players broke program rules and will miss tonight's title game.but -- according to officials, the freshman cain is staying at clemson and is going to class for the spring semester.coach swinney says he will have a shot at the team next year. 3 3 the powerball pot keeps growing to record numbers . .no one matched all 5 numbers for saturday's drawing.that pushes the pot up to a record 1 point 3 *billion dollars.. with an estimated cash value of 806 million dollars.the next drawing is wednesday night right here on fox carolina. 3 3 for the final time as commander in chief -- president obama will deliver the state of the union tomorrow night. victories for the president last year -- he's expected to ask congress to pass more of his political goals.analysts expect a republican-controlled congress to fight the president in his final year in office.the president has asked for free community college along with more work-place benefits, and stricter gun control. 3 the state of the union will take place at 9:00 tomorrow night.south carolina governor nikki haley will present the republican repsonse following the address.you can catch it all right here on fox carolina and of course online...at fox carolina dot com. 3 and this woman -- "edith childs" -- will take part in this year's state of the union. she's a county councilwoman from district one in greenwood. white house reps say she helped inspire the slogan "fired up! ready to go!" during president obama's first campaign.since then, she's been invited to the white house and she will be in the of the union speech. 3 let's send back out to nicole 3 it will be chilly to start the work week as temperatures 3 climb into the mid-40s across the upstate and upper 30s in western north carolina. skies will be clear throughout the day and evening with lows falling into the low to upper 20s once again overnight. 3 3*********hold****** *********hold****** 3 we're watching this in the pit crew traffic center: center: 3 3 you are taking a live look at: 3 3 it's ______. ______.the upstate is getting ready for probably one of the biggest viewing parties in the area--as the clemson tigers face the alabama tide for the national championship game tonight. and i'm live in downtown greenville at one location giving fans to catch all the action. 3 we head to break with a live look at...clemson you're watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 you're watching the morning 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina---we're taking a live look at...greenville county.. pelham road 3 the carolina panthers know who they have to beat on their first stop to superbowl 50. 50.carolina will play the seattle seahawks sunday at bank of america stadium. seattle escaped a nail-biter in minnesota sunday.the seahawks scored a t-d and took a one point lead with 8 minutes left in the game.but-- the vikings marched down the field with 26 seconds left on the clock and lined up to kick an easy game winning field goal.**except he misses it -- a 27 yard field goal is blown and the seahawks make it to the playoffskick-off sunday in carolina is 1:05.you can catch it on fox carolina. 3 3 even though the game is in arizona... one of the biggest national championship parties is happening right here in the upstate tonight! tonight!the well is inviting you to watch the game with *thousands* of tiger fans. this morning-- and ashley the best part of this event-- it's free! 3 free... and family friendly... something for everyone everyone- like clemson 3 bball games: concessions open for the whole night- facepainting, balloon making for the kids- lip sync battle during halftime - mc of the night: jdew, voice of greenville drive- tons of contests, giveaways the whole night 3 3 3 "it's not solid orange unless you're here with all of us,. but there's not an opportunity at home to win those t-shirts and the gym membership and duke tickets." tickets."the well teamed up with: - clemson alumni up with: the well teamed the well teamed up with: - clemson clemson club of greenvillebeen planning the event since new years eve win in the *orange* bowl 3 - doors open at 7 here- game starts at 8:30 8:30 3 lets send it back out to 3 monday will be clear and chilly with temperatures climbing into the mid-40s in the upstate and upper 30s in western north carolina. temperatures will fall into the 20s once again before rebounding in the mid to upper 40s for tuesday. sunshine will dominate throughout the day. wednesday will be chilly once again as highs only reach the under clear skies. look to see sunshine persist on thursday as highs peak in the low 50s and upper 40s. friday will be partly cloudy skies with temperatures hovering in the low to mid-50s. look for rain chances to return on saturday as highs climb into the upper 40s. skies will be mostly cloudy throughout. sunday will finish off the weekend with a few lingering showers early and partly cloudy skies late in the day. expect temperatures to peak in the low 50s and mid-40s. 3 now to pit crew traffic. 3 we are watching:accident free free 3 you are taking a live look at: pit crew traffic sponsored by kevin whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 it's ______.tonight's the night...coming up --thousands of clemson fans have made the trip to arizona for the national title game.hear from them--after the break. 3 we head to break with a live look at... 3 but first let's take a look at last night's winning lottery numbers. numbers. 3 3 3 3 the big day is finally here.. here..we'll have live team coverage of the fans and the team as clemson gets ready to play alabama in the national championship.tune in at four. four.and join us at 10 and 11 at the stadium in glendale..where the tigers are going for their second title... title...plus..don't miss our special "undefeated: clemson's return to the championship". 3 welcome back--we're taking a live look at...downtown greenville.. east north street 3 thousands of fathful clemson fans will be waking up in arizona this morning ready for the big championship game tonight. tonight.we caught up with some of them this weekend at media day.deborah nelson is among the truest tiger fans. she's been in phoenix since thursday, already took a tour of the stadium and what will become the tiger's locker room on game day. she says she's 3 3 "there's no other place i'd be right now than right here in arizona in phoenix. i was there in 1981 and i'm going to be here in 2016 when we take again!"deborah is such a passionate tigers fan, she tells us her nickname during football season has become "deb-o". 3 we want to check in on the weather.nicole papay is in arizona this morning ahead of the national championship game. 3 it will be chilly to start the work week as temperatures climb into the mid-40s across the upstate and upper 30s in western north carolina. skies will be clear throughout the day and evening with lows 20s once again overnight. 3 3 let's send it over to chris with traffic. 3*********hold****** *********hold******we're on: 3 you're looking live at: 3 3 it's ______.coming up, we're getting close to kick-offand we're live in arizona with full team coverage in the hours counting down to clemson's appearance in the national title game. 3 be sure to stay with fox carolina all morning long. we're bringing you the days throughout our four hours of the morning news at 6:00 starts now... now... 3 we're bleeding orange all morning long as the tigers get ready to take on the alabama tide.i'm live in arizona with just hours away from the national championship kick-off. 3 good morning.... it's monday, january 11i'm ben hill hilland lauren elise, with traffic reporter chris scott. the day is finally here:for clemson plays in the national championship tonight.. and we have team coverage this morning. morning.meteorologist nicole papay isin arizona to start things off.and nicole a lot of people from the upstate are in arizona this morning. 3 it will be chilly to start the work week as temperatures climb into the mid-40s across the upstate and upper 30s in western north carolina. skies will be clear throughout the day and evening with lows

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