3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies lp highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 wrap up pit now lets send it 3 now lets send it over to the pit crew Traffic Center. 3 were watching feaster rd woodruff rdw. Broad st s. Main storchard park dr patewood drtraffic lights on flashbrushy creek rd s suber rdblack ice ice 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 3 leaders around the world are working to confirm north successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. It would be a violation of the Un Security Councils resolution. Resolution. State media made the announcement after seismic activity was reported in the area. North korea says they tested a miniaturized bomb. The Un Security Council will have an emergency session claim. 3 3 covering our countiesa disturbing story out of Spartanburg County. A mother is accused of trying to kill her adult daughter, who has special needs. Needs. This happened at the Heritage Court apartments last month. When deputies arrived. They found the victim holding a drink with a powdery substance in it. It. The womans mother Pamela Contreras told deputies she put crushed pills in the drink. And was planning to kill her daughter. Contreras says her daughter has down syndrome. And she was concerned that the young woman would be left with no one to take care of her. Contreras is in the Spartanburg County jail this morning. There is no word on the daughters condition. 3 in Anderson County investigators say theyre still looking for a second chase. Police say it started monday morning on George Albert lake road. Officers say they tried to pull over a suspicious vehicle. But it didnt stop. Police chased the car until it crashed at the meadow run apartments. Were told shaqwon greer was arrested. But a second person ran away. Police have not released their identity. 3 3 this morning. A group of activists in North Charleston are protesting the release of former officer michael slager. Slager. 3 we want him back in jail. We demand him being back in jail. Jail. About two dozen people gathered outside the Charleston County jail on tuesday. One day after slager was let out on bond. The protesters claim slager is a danger to the community. And could be a flight risk. They are also demanding that slager be tried in federal court. 3 monday night, a judge set slagers bond at 500thousand dollars. And ordered him to be on house arrest. Now. Weve learned slager will be allowed to leave his home to attend church, go to the doctor, or meet his attorneys. Slager is staying at an undisclosed location in the state. Until 31st. Slager is charged with murder in the death of walter scott. He was shot during a traffic stop last april. 3 leaders in the Republican Party have chosen governor nikki haley to represent them in the National Spotlight spotlighttuesday, House Speaker paul ryan and senator Mitch Mcconnell announced haley will give the republican response to the president s state of the union. The governor says shes honored to be chosen. President obama will deliver his final state of the union next tuesday. 3 3 how would you like to be 450 Million Dollars richer . Richer . And if you play the powerball today your chances are better than none. 3 Fox CarolinasAshley Minelli is live for us in greenville to talk about the big drawing tonight. Ashley . 3 clock is ticking to get your 3 ticketsmust be bought by 9 59 3 drawing is only on fox tonight right before the late jackpot in powerball history. 6th largest in lotto history rolled 17 times without a winner 2 per ticket 3 3 3 what what would i do if i won . I would probably not work got a big job in atlanta at the new Falcon Stadium so ill have to keep on working a little bit but i would probably retire, do a lot of fishing, a lot of hunting and spend a lot of time with my kids. Kids. 3 odds 1 in 293 million of winning 1 in 24. 9 million of winning Powerball Prize 3 now for weather 3 and traffic every 10 minutes. Minutes. 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 adlibs 3 lets send it over to chris. 3 were watching Piedmont Park rd rutherford rdblack ice feaster rd woodruff rdorchard park dr patewood drtraffic lights on flash flash 3 heres a live look at the 3 Martin Luther 3 Martin Luther king junior day is coming up next weekend and there are several events going on in our area to honor his legacy. Legacy. The annual celebration of doctor kings life is being put on by the rainbow push coalition. On friday, january 15th theyre hosting the king legacy gala at greenvilles hyatt regency. Theres also a college fair at the peace center highlighting historically black colleges and universities. 3 3 3 3 we are featuring colleges that have special programs in science, technology, engineering and mathmetics. There are so many of the hbus that have wonderful stem departments. Departments. And heres a look at more of the details including a Service Honoring king at the Poplar Springs baptist church. Church. Theres also a stem career summit and blood drive at the Phillis Wheatley center. All these details can be found on our website at fox carolina dot com. 3 3 its. A major weather rain to people in california. Well take a look. After the break. 3 heres a live look in anderson youre watching the morning news on fox carolina. People can do extra ordinary protect your finances on the 700 club all this week. As you stretch that budget, you may in fact, break it. We can help you become a smarter spender, smarter saver. Tackle it today. Watch the 700 club five finances all this week. 3 youre watching the morning news with lauren elise, ben hill, meteorologist nicole papay, chris scott with pit 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina. Youre taking a live look over i85 in greenville 3 3 this morning, the pentagon is not saying exactly how a us servicemember was killed in afghanistan. Afghanistan. A Spokesman Says one american was killed and two others were hurt during a special Operations Mission in the southern part of the country. Thats where the military has been working to make sure the taliban doesnt regain control. The identities of those servicemembers have not been released. Request to postpone a deposition from the wife of bill cosby. Cosby. Camille cosby was supposed to testify today in a lawsuit against her husband. That suit was filed by several women who claim cosby sexually assaulted them. Mrs. Cosby is now fighting a court order to testify in the case. On tuesday, a judge decided to delay that deposition until her appeal can be heard. 3 a prosecutor in georgia says a man suspected of holding 12 people hostage was supposed to be in prison. Prison. Investigators in Dekalb County have charged korrie thomas with false imprisonment and other charges. Charges. Early tuesday morning. Police say he held a woman and 11 children hostage in a motel. After a five hour standoff. Investigators entered the room. The hostages were safe, but thomas had critically injured himself with a knife. Law enforcement now says thomas was supposed to report to prison back in november. To serve a nine year sentence for Armed Robbery and assault. 3 the federal government says people in South Carolina have gotten 219 Million Dollars in flood relief money. Money. Tuesday, fema announced it had given 79 million in grants for homeowners who had property damage. They also gave more than 17 million to state and local governments. And the Us Small Business Administration says it has approved more than 122 million in low interest loans fo business owners. 3 3 families all across los angeles are dealing with after huge rain storms slammed the city tuesday. The record setting rainfall is the first storm of the el nia season this year. Leaders are working to help the homeless find shelters and clean up mud slides. Forecasters are hoping the downpours will help californias drought problem but theyre worried more storms will cause even more damage. 3 time for weather and traffic. 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Thursday will be partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid50s, with rain arriving at night. Light showers linger on friday with highs in the mid50s, with some sunshine returning on saturday. Saturday night into early sunday heavier rain comes and then clears for sunday afternoon. Another bitter chill arrives next week. Bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Thursday will be partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid50s, with rain arriving at night. Light showers linger on friday with highs in the mid50s, with some sunshine saturday night into early sunday heavier rain comes and then clears for sunday afternoon. Another bitter 3 weather hit 3 chris is in the Traffic Center now 3 3 3 were watching watching 3 heres a live look at the traffic 3 sponsored by Kevin Whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 3 news you need to know. President obama is unveiling his plan to strengthen gun control. The plan requires background checks for people who buy guns from private sellers. It also calls for more research on technology to stop gun accidents. And more money for Mental Health care. 3 fbi agents are asking for help in their investigation into the San Bernardino shooting. Investigators say they dont know where the two shooters were for about 18 minutes between the massacre and their deaths in a police shootout. 3 Greenville County deputies are looking for corey tucker this morning. Hes wanted in a series of home burglaries around the county. Hes believed to be driving a black 3 and heres a live look over ab tech in asheville youre watching the morning news on 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina. Were looking live along clemson boulevard in anderson. 3 tiger fans are packing their bags for the National Championship game and it looks like most of them are bringing two dollar bills with them to arizona. Arizona. Back in 1977 tiger fans started stamping two dollar bills as a statement to georgia tech after the Yellow Jackets decided to stop playing the tigers. Clemson fans wanted to prove just how much money they spent in atlanta. That tradition has lived on and now tellers at First Citizens bank say theyre getting dozens of requests for the bills. 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach teens and 20s. Sunny morning with early bitter cold for the 3 with nicole. 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 weather hit 3 were watching easley crash johnson rd zion school rd rd 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 3 its. 3 the years long battle over the president S Health Care law turns a corner today. Well tell you what congress is expected to do. Next. 3 heres a live look over pelham road, greenvilleyoure watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 good morning, im cody alcorn. Tonight at ten, welcome to arizona, yall. Former Clemson TigerLevon Kirkland is now working for the arizona cardinals. And well catch up with him about what its like to welcome all those fans to his new town. And what this shot at the National Title means to him. And first at four. Weve got weather and traffic every ten minutes. Well see you later today. 3 the morning 3 the morning news starts now. Now. 3 excitement is building for tonights 450 Million Dollar powerball drawing. Which is just hours away. Were live in greenville with more on your odds of winning. Winning. 3 bitterly cold to start the day. The sun will warm things up later on. But rain is on the way. 3 well take you live outside 3 good morning. Its wednesday, january 6. Im ben hill. Hill. And im lauren elise. Here with nicole papay and chris scott. Thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 bitter cold for the 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 wrap up 3 time for traffic with chris. 3 were watching watching 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 3 3 3 cam on 3 3 first on fox this morning excitement is building around tonights powerball drawing. After the jackpot climbed to 450 Million Dollars. Dollars. You still have time to buy a ticket. Ticket. Ashley minelli is live for us in Greenville County with more on tonights big drawing. 3 clock is ticking to get your ticketsmust be bought by 9 59 3 drawing is only on fox tonight right before the late news at 10 59 4th largest jackpot in powerball history. 6th largest in lotto history rolled 17 times without a winner 2 per ticket 3 3 3 oh its euphoric, it feels good so how are oh its euphoric, it feels good so how are you feeling going into. Tonights drawing do you feel really lucky . No but im going to try know if you dont buy it you would never know she might as well try to buy one. One. 3 odds 1 in 293 million of winning 1 in 24. 9 million of winning Powerball Prize prize 3 later today. 3 lawmakers in washington are expected to pass a bill that repeals the president S Health Care law. Law. The bill, which already passed in the senate, also cuts funding to planned parenthood. Lawmakers have previously worked on legislation to chip away at the Affordable Care act. But this marks the first time that a full repeal of the law has made it to the president s desk. He has vowed to veto it. 3 republicans are pushing back against president obamas plan to fight gun violence. Violence. Tuesday. The president rolled out a 10 point plan, which he says will keep guns away from those who shouldnt have them. Part of the plan closes legal loopholes that allow guns to be sold online or at gun shows. Without a background check. In his emotional speech. President obama cited the 2012 sandy hook shooting as a motivator for changing the law. 3 3 3 every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. And by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. 3 the president also addressed party. Saying he believes in the Second Amendment and is not working to take away peoples guns. A spokesperson for the nra is calling the plan ripe for abuse, and says it wont stop mass shootings. 3 3 in this mornings most wanted, Greenville County deputies are working to track down this man corey tucker. Hes a suspect in several home burglaries. Burglaries. These are surveillance photos from one of the homes hes accused of targeting. Reports say tucker is suspected of burglarizing four homes in Greenville County. Deputies say he has taken electronics and hundreds of dollars worth of jewelry. Jewelry. Tucker is believed to be driving a black pickup truck with the tag number on your screen. If you see him. Call 23crime. 3 3 covering our counties this morningGreenville County deputies say theyve tracked down a killer. Killer. Marqual griffin is now behind bars on a murder charge. Hes accused in the shooting death of nathan crouch. Crouch. Crouch was shot and killed at his home on perry road december 27th. Deputies say the two men were fighting. Griffin is being held on no bond. Leaders at Ab Tech Community College say an asheville man is in trouble with the law after exposing himself on campus. Campus. Were told Michael Murphy was arrested on the ab tech campus tuesday morning. They say he was found without his pants on. According to reports this is not the first time murphy has faced these kind of charges. School officials sent us articles that say murphy did the same thing in 2013 at the childrens Activity Center monkey joes in raleigh. 3 a Greenville County thief is on the run this morning after he was caught on camera smashing into a gas station. Station. This is video released by Simpsonville Police of the spinx station on west georgia road late last month. Reports show he thief stole more than threehundreddollars worth of cigarettes. Police say his white basketball shoes are very distinctive. If you recognize the suspectcall the Simpsonville Police department immediately. 3 3 the road to the National Championship continues for the Clemson Tigers. They are now five days away from playing alabama for the National Title. Away from being the only team in fbs College Football history to ever finish a season 15 and oh. On monday night theyll face the heavily favored crimson tide. Our crews are headed out to arizona and we will have continuing coverage of the tigers road to the title game. Right here on fox carolina. 3 youll want to tune in monday night for our special report undefeated clemsons return to the championship. Well be going in depth on the tigers first shot at the National Title since 1981. Thats monday at 7 00 here on fox carolina. 3 time for weather and traffic 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 weather hit 3 now time for traffic with chris. 3 were watching watching 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 cam onat the s. C. D. O. T. Heres a live look 3 were watching watching 3 chris. Traffic with now time for 3 now time for traffic with chris. 3 were watching watching 3 heres a live look at the 3 and for drivers in Anderson Countytraffic may be slow going on clemson highway between may street and lafrance today through saturday. Crews will be patching the road and there will be lane closures. Youre asked to avoid this area if you can. 3 heres a live look along clemson boulevard in anderson youre watching the 3 youre watching 3 youre watching the morning news with lauren elise, ben hill, meteorologist nicole papay, chris scott with pit crew traffic. 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina. You are looking live over Greenville County. 3 the fbi says theyre working with a group of armed protesters in oregon to try and bring their demonstrations to a peaceful end. End. The armed group took over a federal wildlife building this past weekend. Since then demonstrators maintain theyre willing to fight government workers over control of public believes he and four others have warrants out for their arrests. Group leaders maintain theyre not putting anyone in danger and just want the right thing done. 3 federal agents in San Bernardino, california are asking for the publics help this morning. Morning. Theyre working to put together a timeline of the two gunmens movements who shot and killed 14 people last month. An fbi agent says theres about a 20 minute gap they need to fill on the afternoon of december second. They say its the time between the deadly attacks and the shootout that killed syed farook and tashfeen malik. 3 a friend of San Bernardino shooter sayed farook is expected in a california Enrique Marquez is accused of conspiring with farook to support terrorists. He also faces charges of making false statements and fraud. Investigators believe he bought rifles for farook and his wife to use during the december second shootings. 3 3 democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders says he has a plan for banks if hes elected president. President. Sanders is pledging to break up americas largest banks within his first year of office. He spoke in new york city tuesday saying wall street is run on greed, fraud, and dishonesty. Sanders says he wants a two dollar cap on at m fees. He also wants to restructure Credit Rating agencies and the federal reserve. 3 sanders is just one of four Democratic Candidates running for the president ial nomination who will appear on the South Carolina ballot. Ballot. Donald trump is leading a gop field of 12 candidates nning for the president ial nomination. 3 the Trump Campaign has now opened an office in downtown greenville. Its on main street in the former marble slab location. Trump has shown a months. Trump is scheduled to return to the state on friday. For a rally at winthrop university. 3 if youre sick of crowded aisles and waiting in long lines to get your groceries a new service in Greenville County is offering to take care of all that for you. You. Its called shipt and they promise to take care of all your shopping needs on demand. You just download the app order your groceries, and shipt promises to get them delivered as quickly as one hour. One shopper says shes looking forward to the new service. 3 3 just a convenience thing, if youre running late, you dont have to make an extra stop. If its raining, its nice not to have to get out and get wet. Just have it brought to your door. Door. Shipt launches in greenville tomorrow. All groceries come from publix stores. For less than 50 bucks, the company is offering unlimited delivery for a year if you sign up before friday. 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Thursday will be 3 partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid50s, with rain showers linger on friday with highs in the mid50s, with some sunshine returning on saturday. Saturday night into early sunday heavier rain comes and then clears for sunday afternoon. Another bitter chill arrives next week. Bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in thehe0s and 30s. Thursday will be partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid50s, with rain arriving at night. Light showers linger on friday with highs in the mid50s, on saturday. Saturday night into early sunday heavier rain comes and then clears for sunday afternoon. Another bitter chill arrives next week. 3 adlibs 3 lets send it over to chris for traffic. 3 3 3 were watching watching s. C. D. O. T. Cam on3 pit crew traffic 3 sponsored by Kevin Whitaker 3 3 3 and time for birthday shout outs. Happy birthday sam. Sam. If youd like us to mention a birthday on the air, send the name, date, and hometown to birthdays at fox carolina dot com. And let us know if youd like to see it in either the 7 or 8 oclock hour. 3 well be right back. Butt first. A look at yesterdays winning lottery numbers. Numbers. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 were back with news you need to know. Leaders around the world are working to confirm north koreas claim that they successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. If the report is true. It would be a violation of the Un Security Councils resolution. State media made 3 Pamela Contreras is accused of trying to kill her adult daughter, who has special needs. Reports show she confessed to trying to poison her with prescription drugs last month in Spartanburg County. We dont know her daughters condition. 3 South Carolina governor nikki haley will give the republican response to the president s state of the union. On tuesday, House Speaker paul ryan and senator Mitch Mcconnell made the announcement. President obama will deliver his final state of the union next tuesday. 3 gsp is working to make travel easier for clemson fans heading to arizona for the National Championship game monday. More chartered flights and online parking reservations are a few steps the airport is taking to help travel. 3 bitter cold for the morning ith early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 adlibs 3 lets get one last look at traffic. 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 all good things must come to an end the farewell season of American Idol kicks off tonight with a two night special. 3 judges Harry Connick jr. , Jennifer Lopez and keith urban, along with host Ryan Seacrest will start looking for the 15th and final American Idol. This yearsrs season will also be shorter ending in april. There will also be a mix of idols past and present, advising singers at early auditions. The original three judges paula abdul, simon cowell and Randy Jackson are also expected to make an appearance. It all starts tonight right here on 3 thanks for joining us for the morning news. And dont forget tonights powerball drawing. 3 when it comes to connecting to the world online, people have different needs. Whether its keeping up with loved ones or keeping up with the latest trends. At t uverse high Speed Internet lets you get the fast and affordable internet thats right for you. 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