Background. Hes a guy thats overcome a lot. Hes done a great job of extending that belief to his players. And i think he has a good vision for what a good Football Program should be about. Coming up at 5 30. Napier will tell us that dabo didnt just start dancing this season. Ill see you a little bit later. Back to you. Thank you rick. Its now time to size up the match up between the tigers and the crimson tide. We bring in joe gorchow. Who breaks down two of the featured stars in this National Championship showdown. Joe. One of the most talked about players heading into this title bout. Heisman trophy winning running back derrick henry. Hes a force on the ground when the rocks in his hand. By the numbers. He rushed for 2,061 yards this season. And set the sec single season record with 25 rushing touchdowns. Heres the thing. Clemsons sophomore too. Wayne gallmans the wayne train for a reason. He averages almost the same yards per carry as henry. He set the clemson single season rushing record this year. He may not be one of the top three backs in the nation. But hes in the conversation. The tough part for both these guys tonight. Going against stout defenses. Bama ranks number one in three major defensive categories. Including rush defense. The crimson tide certainly will try clemsons a top 10 defensive unit. The number one ranked third down defense. And they give up just around 20 points per game. Its about the trenches and will. When it comes to the ground game tonight. And putting up points. Two great backs. Running down hill against two of the best defenses in College Football this season. Should make for a great match up. Tigers and tide fans certainly ready for kickoff Michal Higdon joins us live from inside university of phoenix but when the fans arrive. I can only imagine what the atmosphere will feel like. And the party is just Getting Started classes are back in session at clemson but tonight students just have championship. Raycoms joe murano reports from death valley. It is going to get busy here in kickoff as tiger fans will come and watch their topranked Clemson Program play for a natitial title. Classes resumed for the students last week, but the focus for tonight has been on whats going to happen in arizona. The tigers have been ranked number one in the country in some poll since week ten of the football season, anlook to become the first College Football team ever to finish a season 150. The fans have been enjoying this ride just as much as the players, and now just one more win puts them on top of the College Football world. Despite being listed as an underdog in tonights game a lot of confidence is today. We have the heart and determination and i dont think it matters that not many believe in us, and i think well come out with the w i think we work better as an underdog, so bring on the doubters. Going in line with those fans, everyone we spoke with today has been predicting a win, while making a little bit of College Football history. In greenville, im joe murano stay with wis for more coverage from the valley of the sun. Our special pregame coverage chasing a championship will air at 7 30. The game starts at 8 30 on espn. Feeling brisk today. Thats another way of saying its going to be chilly look for abundant carolina sunshine and a bit breezy this morning, few high clouds by afternoon, highs near or slightly above 50 tonight, clear, lows upper 20s. Turning windy tuesday ahead of a cold front moving throuou, for the most part my thinking is it will remain dry, temperatures will be in the middle 50s but will fall behind the front. Mostly sunny wednesday and cold. Highs middle 40s, overnight lows in the lower keeping an eye on our next storm system that could develop in the gulf by the weekend giving us a chance of precipitation. How the history jackpot has many resting their hopes on a ticket and a dream. Break the body found in a burned home i need to collect your phones so you cant post pictures. [screams] how does it feel to not be connected . My chest hurts. Let me show you a better way to keep connected. The 2016 chevy cruze offers built in 4g lte wifi that connects up to 7 devices. Current qualified gm lessees can get a sign and drive lease on this wellequipped Cruze Limited for around 179 per month. Of elloree. Authorities say rourk died of Carbon Monoxide poisoning and injuries from the fire. Firemen discovered rourk in a home on old number six highway the homeowner was not there at the time. The cause of the fire is still being investigated. The columbia fire claiming the life of 76 yearold Johnnie Mae Newton has been ruled accidental. Newton died from Carbon Monoxide poisoning after her home caught fire from an electrical malfunction. It happened friday night on 11hundred block of quiet lane off decker boulevard a man responsible for stealing from numerous lowes around the midlands is on the run. Security cameras managed to catch the suspect on camera and Lexington Police need your help identifying him. This is the vehicle used in the robberies. If you have any information that can help investigators contact the Lexington Police department at 803359 5645. The powerball grows in size, so do the hopes and dreams of many willing to play. The jackpot now sits at 1point 4 billion dollars. I wish you good luck. Im going to win. What would you do . Oh, what i would do . I would help everybody. Thats good. With that much money, i got to. The obama gas station in North Columbia has had a few winners in the past like a winner and a 2 Million Dollar winner. The store has seen booming sales in the last week selling close to 30thousand dollars in powerball tickets. For saturdays drawing they sold almost 9 thousand dollars in tickets in one day. I would have never imagined how many people we sold to last week and i dont know what going to happen this week coming up. Its going to be the worst because nobody hit the jackpot yet so probably everybody will be rushing into it and im thinking about trying to talk to the lottery people to see if i can get two machines because well be getting real busy. The drawing is wednesday night. Well have more on the powerball fever coming up on the news at 6. If clemson wins tonights championship game, itll be a long g ght for printing crews at eat more tees. Clemson 2015 champion tees are already designed and workers have done a test run presses. If clemson wins, crews are on standby to work through the night. Right up until 3 oclock tomorrow afternoon making 10,000 commemorative shirts. Its kind of tricky. You put a lot of preparation into something that may or may not happen. So weve got 10,000 shirts here. Weve got another 4,000 shirts with another printer thats helping us out, and now its just a wait and see. The shirt will be available at retailers all over the state and online at clemsonpaw. Com. Koss says several stores are asking fororther clemson shirts since they expect a demand for all things tiger should clemson walk away champions. Well have more live coverage from glendale, arizona coming up. Feeling brisk today. Thats another way of saying its going to be chilly look for abundant carolina sunshine and a bit breezy this morning, few high clouds by afternoon, highs near tonight, clear, lows upper 20s. Traffic in the area of north lake drive at northwood road near the lexington middle school. Please take an alternate route feeling brisk today. Thats another way of saying its going to be chilly look for abundant carolina sunshine and a bit breezy this morning, few high clouds by afternoon, highs near or slightly above 50 tonight, clear, lows upper 20s. Turning windy tuesday ahead of a cold front moving through, for the most part my thinking is it will remain dry, temperatures will be in the middle 50s but will fall behind the front. Mostly sunny wednesday and cold. Highs middle 40s, overnight lows in the lower to middle 20s. Keeping an eye on our next storm could develop in the gulf by the weekend giving us a chance of precipitation. Again, several days out but watching. Sunshine and a bit breezy this morning, few high clouds by afternoon, highs near or slightly above 50 tonight, clear, lows upper 20s. Turning windy tuesday ahead of a cold front moving through, for the most part my thinking is it will remain dry, temperatures will be in the middle 50s but will fall behind the front. Mostly sunny wednesday and cold. Highs middle 40s, overnight lows in the lower to middle 20s. Keeping an eye on our next storm could develop in the gulf by the weekend giving us a chance of precipitation. Again, several days out but watching. Its cold here but not this cold this is must see video oldman winter left a new Ice Sculpture for everyone to see in buffalo new york were the water is freezing literally here you can see a car coated in several inches of ice. The car is in the parking lot in buffalo, new york along lake erie. As the waves splash up over the rails and spray the car the water freezes. Tomorrow all eyes will be on the white house as president obama delivers his address. Coming up a south carolinian receives a special honor. Break flags at the state house are honor senator William Odell died thursday in his home from a heart condition. Odell represented parts of the upstate including abbeville, anderson, and greenwood counties. The late senator graduated from the citadel in 1960 and served in the senate since 1988. He was 77years old. Tomorrow president barack obama will deliver his final state of the union. Rather than going to congress with a traditional legislative wish list, he has promised a look back at his years in office as well as a look forward to things he still wants to accomplish. The city of columbia prepares for the 2016 state of the city address in a few weeks. Columbia mayor Steve Benjamin will present the address at city hall on main street on january 26. The address will start at 6pm. Governor nikki haley will follow the president and address the country on behalf of the republican the gop address will be delivered at the governors mansion. She is the countrys youngest governor and the first south carolinian to deliver a response to the state of the union. A south c colinian will be at the state of the Union Address on tuesday. Edith childs a Greenwood Council member will be one of two dozen guests in the first ladys box. President obama first noticed childs on the campaign trail in 2007 when she helped fire up the crowds. One seat in the first ladys box will remain empty in honor of the victims of gun violence. Tigers and tide fans certainly ready for kickoff to get here. Michal higdon joins us live from inside university of phoenix stadium. Might be quiet right now mimial. But when the fans arrive. I can only imagine what the as clemson battles for the National Football title in arizona, its a citadel graduate and a gamecock fan who will lead the squadron of fighter jets flying over the stadium before the game. The citadel says maj. Matthew diesel mayer will lead the e uadron flying over the university of phoenix stadium before clemson takes on alabama on monday night. Hes a 2004 graduate of the military college. Mayer has served in the air force for 12 years and is stationed at Luke Air Force base in phoenix. He grew up in lexington and always has been a fan of the gamecocks of the university of South Carolina. But he says hes rooting for clemson on monday. Coming up were going to check back in with our news team in glendale, arizona where championship. Break thanks for staying with us for the news at 5 30. Im judi gatson. Tonight at 8 30 the kickoff of the College Football National Championship title game. Wis has boots on the ground in glendale, arizona and in South Carolina. Lets start with wis sport director rick henry. Rick. Earlier in the show we heard from billy napier. A former clemson assistant under dabo swinney who now works for nick saban as alabamas Wide Receivers coach. Napier talketo us about dabos coaching style. Now hes talking to us about dabos dancing. Rick when you were working with dabo was he dancing back then . Napier you know i think dabo dancing. Whether is was in a locker room after the game im not sure but. Dabo was always willing when himself. Thats why hes had the success hes had. I think thats what you gotta do if you want to have some success. You gotta be yourself. You cant be live everybody else. Rick coach saban do any dancing in the locker room . Napier youd be surprised ive seen him breaking out some moves many a times. Thank you rick. Speaking of showing off the moves. There are a couple players in battle that give everyone a reason to dance. Joe gorchow sizes up the quarterbacks and offenses of the joe . Clemsons Deshaun Watsons been dabbing all season dawndy. Happens when you lead to the tigers to the endzone 43 times. By the numbers. Hes thrown 31 touchdowns passes. And rushed for 12. Hes a dual threat qb. Alabamas mission tonight. Make watson one dimensional. If not. It will be a long night for the tide. Bamas senior quarterback jake coker, provides great leadership and consistency. Hes last four games of the season. Hes thrown seven touchdowns and zero interceptions. While completing 75 percent of when comparing the offenses as whole. The tigers are one of the most complete offenses in College Football. Should match up well. By the numbers. Alabama ranks first in three major defensive categories. Including number one in the nationa in rush defense. Bama also leads the nation in sacks. So they tide are physical up front and know how to win in the trenches. Clemson will need to use its speed and quickness to negate the power for the tide line. Stay with wis for more coverage from the valley our special pregame coverage chasing a championship will air at 7 30. The game starts at 8 30 on espn. Feeling brisk today. Thats another way of saying its going to be chilly look for abundant carolina sunshine and a bit breezy this morning, few high clouds by afternoon, highs near or slightly above 50 tonight, clear, lows upper 20s. Turning windy tuesday ahead of a cold front moving through, for the most part my thinking is it will remain dry, temperatures will be in the middle 50s but will fall behind the front. Mostly sunny wednesday and cold. Highs middle 40s, overnight lows keeping an eye on our next storm syssm that could develop in the gulf by the weekend giving us a chance of precipitation. Again, several days out but watching. Happening today charleston welcomes its new mayor just a new hours ago. John tecklenburg was sworn in at a special swearingin ceremony at charleston city hall. The public also o ined in the celebration which featured music, poetry as well as a special tribute to outgoing mayor joe riley. Mayor tecklenburg says hes now ready to get to work on issues ranging from improving west ashley to tackling homelessness and city safety. An effort to create public spaces and increase Community Interaction in columbia could get a big two projects proposed for the capital city are being named finalists in a competition sponsored by a national foundation. Jack kuenzie is in our newsroom to explain. Dawndythat organization is the knight foundation. Back in september, knight and some of its partners were here working on an initiative aimed at making cities easier to get around especially on footcreate engagement in public spacesand generally become a more friendly place to visitors and residents. Knight provided 135 thousand dollars in funding for a study on life quality issues downtown. There are a lot of new residents coming into the city center. A lot of students living here. A lot of new development. I think its really important to use this force now into channelizing it, to create all these goals that you have connecting to the riverfront, connecting to the neighborhoods, creating walkable environments, to utilize what is happening. But i think we have to be very focused on getting those assets now we are told the foundation will announce tomorrow that two columbia Infrastructure Projects are on a list of finalists for funding. The details have not been publicly releasedbut a spokeswoman says theyve been chosen from thousands of applicants. She says these are projects that could make the city a more vibrant place to live and work. We will keep you posted when that information goes public. Dawndy still ahead. I want to thank my Imaginary Friend rocky balboa for being the best friend i ever had. Coing up a legend honored at the the Golden Globes. Plus ben tanner has your work week forecast after the break. Stay with us. Break a look now at your first alert feeling brisk today. Thats another way of saying its going to be chilly look for abundant carorona sunshine and a bit breezy this morning, few high clouds by afternoon, highs near or slightly above 50 tonight, clear, lows upper 20s. Turning windy tuesday ahead of a cold front moving through, for the most part my thinking is it will remain dry, temperatures will be in the middle 50s but will fall behind the front. Mostly sunny wednesday and cold. Highs middle 40s, overnight lows in the lower to middle 20s. Keeping an eye on our next storm system that could develop in the gulf by the weekend giving us a chance of precipitation. Again, several days out but it was a night with its fair share of surprises the big winner at sundays Golden Globes turned out to be the western revenge epic revenant. The film took home 3 of the nights biggest awards including best Motion Picture in a movie drama for the films star leonardo dicaprio. And best director for alejandro g. Inarritu. The revenant came in second place it its Box Office Debut this weekend with a solid 38Million Dollars. Still ahead president ial hopefuls take no prisoners as they put in miles on the president obama youre fired break just weeks away from the welcome. How you doin . Good how are you . So today youre gonna choose a mobile office. You can choose this Chevy Silverado which offers built in 4g lte wifi. Or you can choose this ford f150, which doesnt offer wifi. But to make up for it, we added a trailer, a satellite antenna, and dolores. Hey fellas Group Laughter what . So, which one do you want . I pick the chevy. Definitely. Or, get this dependable silverado all star edition with a total value of seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Making heae charles molinueax joins us in the studio with whats been happening the last were finding out more about an islamic activist demonstrator who was kicked out of a South Carolina donald trump rally after launching a protest during trumps speech. Rose hamid is the president of muslim women of the carolinas and has long been an outspoken online critic of israel. On friday she showed up at a trump rally in rock hill wearing an islamic headscarf, a protest t shirt and a yellow star remeniscient of what jews had to wear in nazi germany, then she stood up as trump talked about isis terrorists infiltrating syrian refugees. She was taken out of the arena by security as Trump Supporters booed. Trump talked about terrorists saying there is hatred against us that is unbelievable. Its their hatred. Its not our hatred. Trump is also blasting back at pbs host tavis smiley. Yesterday on abcs this week, smiley called trump a religious and racial arsonist. Today, trump went after smiley, and abc, calling smiley a hater and a racist and calling his appearance on this week a waste of good those 2016 Campaign Numbers are getting tighter for both republicans and democrats. A new abc news wall street journal marist poll shows trump and senator ted cruz are now deadlocked in the home of the first caucuses, iowa. Trump has been turning up his language that cruz might not be eligible to be president because he was born in canada, or that the issue of cruzs citizenship could end up in court. Cruz has dismissed the idea and has now released his mothers american birth certificate to show she was not a canadian citizen. The race is getting close for the democrats too. The same poll Shows Hillary clintons lead over self professed socialist Bernie Sanders has shrunk. She now leads him by a 48 to 45 margin among likely iowa caucus goers. Thats smaller than previous iowa polls have shown. Sanders is ahead of clinton 50 to 46 in new hampshire, right next door to his home state of vermont. Clinton has long been a strong front runner but this raises the possibility she could the first two states in this campaign. Judi, dawndy. A maryland judge has postponed the trial of a Second Baltimore Police officer charged in the death of 25yearold freddie gray. Officer Caesar Goodson drove the police van that freddie gray rode in last april before dying from a broken neck. The court of special appeals temporarily blocked a ruling that would allow another officer charged to testify against goodson. Prosecutors say goodson bears the most responsibility out of the six officers charged in grays death because gray was technically in his custody. Mexican authorities want to talk to Actor Sean Penn and Television Star kate del castillo after Rolling Stone published their secret interview with Joaquin El Chapo guzman the drug kingpin. Penn wrote that he met guzman in mexico while guzman was on the run. In the article guzman boasted that he supplies quote more heroin, cocaine and marijuana than anybody else in the world. Mexican authorities had been searching for guzman since july after he escaped from a maximumsecurity prison. He was arrested friday during a raid in mexico. Mexicos attorney general says the government plans to extradite him to the United States on drug charges. Still ahead on the news at 5 the world mourns the loss of music icon david bowie. He was always there throughout the time that i was, you know, getting to be a teenager and forever. He was kind of eternal; ever changing, but, eternal somehow. Fans of all ages remember the life and legacy of david bowie. Break marco rubio. He ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty. Then he flipped, and worked with liberal Chuck Schumer he threatened to vote against it. And then voted for it. He supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. Marco rubio. Just another washington politician you cant trust. Jeb bush. Hes a leader, so you always know where he stands. Right to rise usa automakers are showing off their latest vehicles in motor city. The north American International auto show is underway in detroit. Many say its the most impressive auto show in the world. This year, automakers plan to debut 45 new vehicles. From muscle cars to minivans. And compacts to concepts. The biggest buzz is all the Technology Inside the vehicles. The show will be open to the public beginning on saturday. In april Ford Motor Company plans to launch an app it hopes will make your commute easier. Other services. Users will be able to talk or text with live assistants. You wont need to drive a ford to use fordpass, but ford owners will receive the most benefits. Ford also plans to open store fronts called ford hub. theyll be interactive kiosks where customers get a more personal look at fords different mobility options. People around the globe mourn the loss of david bowie a music icon who died yesterday from cancer. Dan scheneman reports on the 69yearold who was a pop music fixture for more than 4 decades. S robin lowery bixton, Great Britain 37 s louis ferrer bowie fan 45 s ben feldman actor 54 s David Allan Grier actor 58 s Dan Scheneman nbc news natural sound his Facebook Page announcing he died surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer. His son, this is Ground Control to major tom bowies meteorite rise to fame began with space oddity. Natural sound star man. Starman and ziggy stardust solidified his genius. Catapulting bowie into a class of stardom, mixing genres and personas. Natural sound flowers fans from his hometown in brixton are remembering the music icon. Sound robin lowery bixton, Great Britain 37 40 hes just given me complete confidence. Hes influenced my life those across the pond gathering at his star at hollywoods walk of fame sound louis ferrer bowie fan 45 50 its almost like he went to another planet to find this resource of creativity. Natural sound laying flowers candles hollywood elite remembering bowie after sundays Golden Globe Awards sound ben feldman actor 54 58 hes an icon. He was a gift sound David Allan Grier actor 581 02 his final album, blackstar released just last week. Natural sound look up here, im in heaven with a single lazarus and a haunting image of the biblical figure who rose from the dead. Like lazurus, bowies music will live on and he will remain a hero to a legion of loyal fans. Dan scheneman, nbc news bowie was married twice and is survived by two children, one thanks for joining us for the news at 5. Well be right back with the news at 6. From glendale to tigertown to five pointsfans are fired up and counting down to kickoff. Live coverage straight ahead. Good evening and welcome to the six. Im judi gatson. Thanks for joining us this evening. Im charles molineaux. We are a little more than 2 hours from the biggest game in College Football. Tonight its a showdown in glendale, arizonaas the Clemson Tigers chase their Second National title in school history. Wis has Team Coverage tonight from glendale as the team. And the fans countdown to kickoff. Lets start with sports director rick henry. The anticpation and the excitement level is going up by the minute here in glendale. As we move closer to kickoff time for the National Championship game. Tonight the2015 season will conclude as the Clemson Tigers and alabama crimson tide meet for the National Championship. This is almost routine for alabama. This is their fourth appearance in the title won
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