Watching this in the Pit Crew Traffic Center. Center. You are looking live at 3 3 it may feel like president ial primary elections started months ago but today voting formally begins in iowa. The first in the nation to cast ballots. 3 the voting process however is nothing like well see here in South Carolina. 3 Fox CarolinasAshley Minelli is live in our newsroom this morning to break it all down. 3 process nothing formal about, makes it somewhat more exciting. To make it even more confusing, each Party Caucuses differently people gather in a room surrogate candidates make a pitch votes cast on paper, collected, local party counted, sent to iowa gop headquarters candidate with most votes wins 3 gets tricky on dem side caucus goers divide into groups based on candidates if candidate doesnt have enough votes to remain viable, can join another group group with most people gets a certain number of delegates. Candidate with most wins 3 thats why it could get interesting tonight. Demoines register poll and bloomberg polls Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders neck in neck in iowa polls. Omalley supporters could be crucial in tipping scales one way or other. Other. On the gop side donald trump regained lead over ted cruz. But still a close race there rubio and carson fall in line behind. With 15 and 10 percent 3 caucuses more than 16across iowa begins at 8pm eastern time time 3 there are four Democratic Candidates running for president. The South Carolina primary for these candidates will take place on february 27. 3 12 candidates are fighting for the republican nomination. And primaries for them here in South Carolina takes place in less than three weeks on february 20th. Remember you can see all the candidates profiles at fox carolinadotcom 3 3 covering our counties in Greenville County three teenagers are charged with murder in a shooting that killed a 19year old outside a Fast Food Restaurant. 3 Trevonte Watts and William Newton and a 15 Year Old Girl are all charged with murder, robbery. Were told 19 year old savon allen was sitting in a car when he was shot saturday night. Night. This was the scene of where it happened in the parking lot of a bojangles on east butler road. Two other people were taken to the hospitalwe talked to one activist and a friend of allens. 3 3 3 this man has a mother, she can only go and look down at the grave. These other mothers can go to a local jail or the corrections facilty and visit and hug their child. 3 3 its painful, he doesnt get to see his family, they still will, i just hope they dont just let them be. Be. Police believe the shooting was drug related. All three suspects were denied bond on sunday. The two other victims were in stable condition at last check. 3 in Anderson County an autopsy is scheduled for this morning. After a teenager was found dead inside a home. 3 deputies say they were called and found a shooting victim. That person told them he was shot a nearby home. Deputies say as they got to that home on old williamston road. Someone jumped out of a car and ran back inside the house. When deputies finally cleared the house they found a 17 year old dead. As of right now it looks like he took his own life. Investigators believe it all came from a drug deal. 3 Greenville County deputies are trying to figure out who killed a man after his body was found in a field. 3 the coroner says the body of jamie howard was found along burrell road in taylors on friday. Deputies say howard had stabbed wounds to the chest. His death was ruled a homicide. Any one with information is asked to call crimestoppers at 23crime. 3 3 the Carolina Panthers are waking up in San Francisco this morning as they prepare for super bowl 50 this sunday. Practice starts today but we were there as the the panthers left on sunday from bank of america stadium. Fans lined the streets as the buses pulled off waving and cheering. We caught up with some excited fans. 3 3 3 its very exciting i cant believe it, i was hoping that it was gonna happened yes. Yes. 3 it is packed with people outside all across street is packed with people wanted to see a glimse of the super bowl champions will be super bown champions i love it the fan supporters are these this guys they feed of that. That. The panthers will take on the Denver Broncos on sunday in superbowl 50. Fox carolina already has a crew in San Franciscoand we will have coverage all week long starting tonight at 10. 3 here in greenville one upstate church is honoring the panthers in a very unique way through gospel. Take a listen. Listen. 3 people singing singingshady Oak Baptist Church put on a presuper bowl gospel celebration on sunday. Churchgoers heard from gospel artist jj hairston youthful praise and others. They celebrated the panthers steller season and their 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes with nicole. 3 expect a few peeks of sun amongst mostly cloudy skies today, with a slight chance for drizzle or light showers. Highs reach the low to mid60s. Tonight, expect lows near 50. Spotty showers linger tuesday, with storms possible by midweek. 3 3 now to chris with traffic. 3 hold hold 3 were watching this this 3 foxs Live Performance of the hit production grease is getting some great reviews this morning. Morning. Comes in 2 08. I got chills their multiplying. Multiplying. In case you missed it julianne hough, aaron tveit and Vanessa Hugdens took the stage as sandy, danny and rizzo for foxs first live stage production. It was a retelling of the movie starring John Travolta and olivia newtonjohn. Last nights cast sang all the famous songs from the movie and added a little of their own flare. There were also so cameos from the orginal. Didi conn who played frenchy and barry pearl who played doody in the 1978 film both had small roles. 3 its. After being on the run for daysthree escaped inmates are back in prison. How Authorities Say they were able to recapture the suspects, next. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Usc upstateyoure watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 youre watching the morning 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolinawere taking a live look at. Clemson 3 two Virginia Tech students are now locked up and charged with the death of a 13yearold girl. Who disappeared from her home last week. 3 18year old David Eisenhauer is being held on one count of first degree murder. 19year old natalie keepers is charged with accessory after the fact. Abducted 13yearold nicole lovelland then killed her. Investigators say keepers then dumped the teens body. Search crews later found lovells body along the North Carolinavirginia border. 3 3 we were able to determine an approximate area where she might be found. Virginia state police were dispatched to the general area at approximately 4 00 this afternoon, and she was located just inside the North Carolina border on route 89 in surrey county. County. Authorities say eisenhauer and the victim did know each other. But they didnt not go into details. 3 in california three men who broke out of a Southern California jail are back behind bars. The men were taken into custody saturday in San Francisco, eight days after they vanished from the prison with another escapee. Who surrendered on friday. Police say someone recognized two of the men and called police immediately. All of the prisoners who escaped were awaiting trial for violent crimes. 3 also in california one person is dead after a storm in Southern California rocked san diego and other areas on sunday Authorities Say a driver of a car was hit and killed by a tree that feel across four lanes of traffic. The storm brought heavy rain and wind leaving thousands without power. 3 time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. 3 expect a few peeks of sun amongst mostly cloudy skies today, with a slight chance highs reach the low to mid60s. Tonight, expect lows near 50. Spotty showers linger tuesday with highs in the mid60s, followed by rain and possible thunderstorms on wednesday. Skies begin to clear thursday, with seasonably Cool Conditions back in the 50s during the day and near freezing at night. This clear, cooler pattern will linger into the weekend. Expect a few peeks of sun amongst mostly cloudy skies today, with a slight chance for drizzle or light showers. Highs reach the low to near 50. Spotty showers linger tuesday with highs in the mid60s, followed by rain and possible thunderstorms on wednesday. Skies begin to clear thursday, with seasonably Cool Conditions back in the 50s during the day and near freezing at night. This clear, cooler pattern will linger into the weekend. 3 now to chris with traffic. 3 hold hold 3 were watching this this 3 youre looking live atpit crew traffic 3 sponsored by Kevin Whitaker 3 news you need to know. A brawl between two motorcycle clubs in denver left one person dead and several others hurt. One group was made up of primarily Law Enforcement and military members. The fight broke out at a motorcycle expo saturday. 3 Greenville Police say they need your help finding a man who robbed an arbys employee on verdae boulevard friday. They say the victim was walking to her car with a deposit bag when she was attacked. A witness who tried to help was also assaulted. 3 walmart heiress alice walton is now one of four women included in the list of 50 richest people on earth. Although she never took part in running her Fathers Company shes worth more than 33 billion dollars. Lillian bettencourt who inherited the loreal fortune also made the list. 3 rumors are swirling in the n fl this morning that megatron is moving on. On. Many insiders are reporting that lions receiver Calvin Johnson decided before the 2015 season that this year would be his last. The 30 year old had an impressive season but reports say injuries have has been to the pro bowl five times and will likely one day be a hall of famer. So far, theres been no word on an official announcement. 3 3 its time . What would you do with your time and money if you didnt have to worry about your major expenses. Well you what a new study is trying to provenext. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Greenville county. Pelham rd. Youre watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolinawere taking a live look at. Usc upstate 3 what would you do with yourself if you didnt have to worry about the stresses of paying for rent or food . Food . An organization in Silicon Valley is launching a study on basic income. The idea is to cover the costs of basic necessities like food and rent then see what people do with the extra money. For example theyre wanting to see if people will people watch netflix and play video games all day or would they a business . . The goal is to see if people actually accomplish more knowing they didnt need to pay for basic items. 3 now to weather with nicole 3 expect a few peeks of sun amongst mostly cloudy skies today, with a slight chance for drizzle or light showers. Mid60s. Tonight, expect lows near 50. Spotty showers linger tuesday, with storms possible by midweek. 3 weather hit 3 chris is in the Traffic Center. 3 hold hold were watching this 3 3 youre looking live at 3 3 its. You cant miss him. Panthers qb cam newton traded in a panthers print for zebra stripes. More on the pants so many of us are talking aboutnext. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Greenville county. Morning news on fox carolina. 3 the morning news at 5 30 starts now. Now. Things really get going for the president ial race today well break down the Iowa Caucuses coming up in a live report. Report. 3 today will be cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs will be in the 60s in the upstate. 3 good morning. Its monday, february 1im lauren elise eliseand im ben hill, with traffic reporter chris scott and meteorologist nicole papay. Thanks for joining us on the 3 expect a few peeks of sun amongst mostly cloudy skies today, with a slight chance for drizzle or light showers. Highs reach the low to mid60s. Tonight, expect lows near 50. Spotty showers linger tuesday, with storms possible by midweek. 3 hold hold were watching this in the Pit Crew Traffic Center center 3 youre looking live at 3 3 the first big test for president ial candidates happens tonight in iowa. And in each party the polls are close for the frontrunners. Frontrunners. The process of voting in the Iowa Caucuses. Could make it anyones game, especially in the democratic race. Race. Fox carolinas Ashley Minelli is live in our newsroom this morning. With more on how this all works. 3 as you mentioned polls are close. And it could be anyones night depending on who shows up. Up. Demoines register poll and bloomberg polls on the gop lead over ted cruz. But still a close race there rubio and carson fall in line behind. With 15 and 10 percent respectively respectively Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders neck in neck in iowa polls. Omalley supporters could be crucial in tipping scales one way or other. Thats why it could get interesting tonight. 3 on the dem side caucus goers divide into groups based on candidates if candidate doesnt have enough votes to remain viable, can join another group group with most people gets a certain number of delegates. Candidate with most wins 3 on the republican side people gather in a room surrogate candidates make a pitch votes cast on paper, collected, local party counted, sent to iowa gop headquarters candidate with most votes wins at 8pm more than 16hundred caucus locations in the state. All results being sent in this year using a mobile app app 3 there are four 3 there are four Democratic Candidates running for primary for these candidates is february 27. 3 12 candidates are fighting for the republican nomination. And primaries for them here in South Carolina takes place in less than three weeks on feburary 20th. Remember you can see all the candidates profiles at fox carolinadotcom 3 3 covering our counties Greenville County investigators are asking for your help finding two people accused of robbing a nightclub. Nightclub. Take a look at these surveillance photos sent to us by Greenville Police. They were taken outside of club 100 on byrdland drive on friday. Police say a man and a woman stole a Cash Register from the club at gun point. If you have any information call 23crime. 3 also in Greenville County, police are trying to find the man who robbed an arbys worker on friday night. It happened outside the restaurant on verdae boulevard. Authorities say the victim was walking to her car with a deposit bag, when she was attacked. The victims mother told us her daughter was hit in the face and has a broken nose. A witness who tried to help was also assaulted. At 23crime if you know anything. 3 nine people are facing charges in Anderson County after a huge drug bust. Bust. Deputies say the bust started on wednesday after an undercover drug buy led to the arrest of three of the people seen here. The next day deputies tell us six more people were arrested when they searched another home connected to the drug buys. Deputies say they found cocaine, marijuana, pills, and two guns. More charges are expected in the case. 3 3 the panthers are out in california this morning getting ready for the super bowl and cam newton is once again making headlinesthis time for his pants pants the panthers qb rocking the gold and zebra print pants while boarding the bus to the airport. He wore them while boarding the plala during a sendoff by fans. The pants are reportedly made by versace and have since sold out online. Newton is known for his fashionable postgame 3 starting tonight at 10 00 we will have live coverage of super bowl 50. Sports director Aaron Cheslock will be out in california with live reports of the panthers getting ready for the big game. Game. And on saturday at 7 00 be sure to catch the panthers pursuit of the titit. Well have one on one interviews and everything you need to know about the journey to the superbowl. 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes. 3 expect a few peeks of sun amongst mostly cloudy skies today, with a slight chance highs reach h the low to mid60s. Tonight, expect lows near 50. Spotty showers linger tuesday, with storms possible by midweek. 3 weather hit 3 now to chris with traffic. Hold crew Traffic Center center 3 3 you are taking a live look at 3 3 its. Crews are getting the field ready for super bowl 50 in california. Well tell you about the big oops by the painting crew coming up. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Clemso