Warmer through the weekend friday sunday partly cloudud highs in the upper 60s to middle 70s by sunday. Changes coming as it looks wet and cooler starting monday and much of the next week. Trending in decision 2016 news this morning president ial candidate ted cruz the Republican Campaign trail. The latest nbc newswall street journal poll finds cruz the leading candidate among likely Republican Voters just two points ahead of donald trump with florida senator marco rubio in 3rd place. Ted cruz, marco rubio and ben carson were 3 candidates tackling the topics on the minds of voters, just days before a crucial primary. All 3 were on stage last night for a town hall hosted by cnn in greenville. Karin caifa was there. Ben carson, marco rubio and ted cruz took questions from audience members, as well as moderator anderson cooper. Some audience members undecided voters. Some leaning in one direction, but not entirely committed to a candidate in saturdays primary. Handling National Security and policy, and readiness to be commanderin chief its an important topic here in South Carolina and a question posed to both the neurosurgeon ben carson, and the freshman senator, marco rubio. President ial candidate ya know i can guarantee you that ive had more 2am phone calls than anybody else, all the rest of them put together, have had to make life and death decisions. President ial candidate as both a member of the Intelligence Committee and Foreign Relations committee over the last five years ive been dealing with every single a question posed to rubio hinted at an anxiety some voters feel over . The last candidate to take trumps personality, than his suggest we go should have commanderinchief. Trump will be among the republican candidates who take time on wednesday trading jabs on the trail and on twitter. In greenville, South Carolina, im karin caifa. Marco rubio picks up one of his South Carolina. Ladies and gentlemen if we elect marco rubio, every day will be a great day in america. Governor haley announced her endorsement of rubio during his Campaign Event in chapin yesterday. She talked about how her lifestyle was similar to rubios stating he understands the hardships of americans. Haley says she believes rubio will bring unity to the Republican Party. I want a president whos going to have the backs of our military veterans and those in active duty. I want a president who knows that when we fight wars, we win wars. I want a president who understands we need to stop the federal mandates states because of obamacare and the epa. Govenor haley will be joining marco rubio on his campaign trail today. Shes scheduled to appear at his event in greenville this morning. While Governor Haley heard cheers from the crowd in chapin her name earned some boos in sumter. Thats where donald trump spoke to a crowd of thousands. Our chad mills was there. Just minutes after governor nikki haley endorsed senator marco rubio in chapin. Lt. Gov. Henry mcmaster you usually dont see crowds like this, people like this, this many, at an event like this. Her lieutenant governor, henry mcmaster, introduced the frontrunner to thousands at the Sumter County civic center. Lt. Gov. Henry mcmaster this is an important moment in the history of our country. Donald trump was greeted by chants of u. S. A and build that wall from the supportive crowd. While he continues s maintain a South Carolina polls, he cautioned his supporters. Donald trump you have to assume were tied, okay . Please assume youre tied, because on saturday, you have to get out and vote. Trump continued his push for a wall to fight illegal immigration. Donald trump we have 179,000 we found this out the other day criminal illegal theyre in the country. Theyre all over the place. In a crowd where some wore shirts that read hillary for prison 2016, trump attacked the democratic candidate on her email scscdal. Donald trump did you ever notice the way president doesnt want to do this. I mean, did you ever here her so solicitous . I mean, you know why. Tell me why. Thats right. She doesnt want to get indicted. Thats right. Trump attacked some fellow republicans too. He called ted cruz a liar and had some words for governor nikki haley. Haleys name was booed by the crowd as soon as trump spoke it. Donald trump first of all, shes very weak on illegal immigration. Very weak. Donald trump will appear in columbia tongiht for the 2nd town hall hosted by cnn. Jeb bush and john kasich will also be there. Those new poll numbers released yesterday are suggesting trump could be losing his edge nationally. According to nbc ted cruz is now polling two Percentage Points ahead of trump. Marco rubio comes in third in that poll with 17 percent. Followed by john kasich, ben carson, and jeb bush. Cruz didnt seem too surprised by the numbers. Its tremendously encouraging. To be leading the field nationally, i think as a result. Hj did you ever think youd be here . Cruz that was always the plan. Thats how you win. Youve gotta get to first place to win. When it comes to polling in South Carolina however, the numbers continue to show cruz well behind donald trump. To cast your vote in the saturday there are a few things to keep in mind. Polls around the state open up at 7 am and close at 7 pm. You must have a form of photo id present. Accepted forms of i. D. Include a driver license, i. D. Card from the dmv, Voter Registration card with a photo, military i. D. Or a passport. Once youve been checked in, a polling manager will take you to the voting booth. The first thing youll see is an instruction screen. If youre familiar with the screen then you can just go ahead and touch view ballot. Your ballot comes up and its a real simple ballot it has one office. It does have a lot of candidate on it so you want to educate yourself on whose still in the race before voting. Then you just choose a candidate and hit review and then check you r candidate on the review screen and make sure its what you want it to be. Press it again and confirm and your ballots been cast. To find your polling place, as well as information on absentee voting head to wistv. Com and click on the remember for complete decision 2016 coverage head to wistv dot com. Investigators are looking into an accident on highway 277 last night that sent two people to the hospital. Columbia police say it happened on the north bound entry ramp from sunset boulevard. One vehicle was left in pretty bad shape on the side of the road. Investigators are still trying to determine what caused a fire that nearly destroyed a columbia home. The home on Redwood Court was nearly engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. Video taken by fire crews show flames shooting up out of the home. Fire Officials Say no one was hurt in the firebut two people inside were taken to a hospital to be checked out as a precaution. A Kershaw County judge will decide over the next few days whether to grant bond to a camden man accused of fatally shooting a teenager. 49yearold jimmy methe will remain in jail after his Court Appearance yesterday. Methe is accused of shooting 17yearold brandon spencer, after methe claimed he caught him stealing from his truck the prosecution is asking for a high surety bond until proceedings move forward. The director of South Carolinas department of Public Safety is heading for another four years at the helm. Yesterday, the Senate Unanimously approved leroy smith for a second term at the dps. The agency overseas the Highway Patrol, transport police, and bureau of protective services. Smith took over the agency in 2011. He says he hopes to address concerns over low pay to help retain troopers. Coming up. The Clemson Tigers remain on the bubble for this years ncaa tournament, needing a strong finish to the season to get in. See if the tigers could get another big conference win last night against Boston College in rick henrys thursday sportswrap. Break 1 this is resume building time for basketball team. Theyre trying to put themselves in the best position for acc tournament seeding and and a spot in a tonight the tigers hosted Boston College. The eagles are winless in the ac. First half. Landry nnoko comes up with the loose ball. The tigers are off and running. Donte grantham misses the layup. But nnoko is there to make it all good. Irmos jordan roper hits an early three pointer. But that would be his only bucket of the game. He finishes with three points. Again tonight. Jaron blossomgame leads the tigers with 23 points and eight rebounds. Clemson wins it 65 to 54. The tigers improve to 16 and ten overall. 9and5 in the acc. This is the first week of the High School Basketball state playoffs. The foura boys tipped off tonight. The Number One Team in the coaches poll. The irmo yellow jackets. Heres coach whipple getting his irmo players ready. Second quarter. Tavonne bond misses the layup but tony brice is there to clean up the mess and score. He tonight. Jackets up 15to7. The gators wouldnt go away. Marquis collins knocks down the three. Goose creek trails 28to19 at the half. Second half was all irmo. Bond tosses it up for rjgunn for the alley oop. Gunn had 11. Jackets would outscore goose creek 23to2 in the third. Top ranked irmo advances with a 65 to 42 win over goose creek. They face summerville on saturday. The keenan raiders are ranked second in class 2a. Tonight they hosted the buford yellow jackets. Fourth quarter. Majerle poole with a three pointer. The raiders are up 59to36. This was not a stressful night for the keenan fans. Here dantrell sligh rodgers picks off the pass. Down the sideline he goes. In for the layup. Its 61 to 36. Tariq simmons is an allstate guard for keenan. He makes the tough layup and draws the foul. Keenan beats buford by 34 points. 76 to 42. Great stretch of weather over mostly sunny with highs in the upper 50s today then warmer through the weekend friday sunday partly cloudy, the upper 50s today then warmer through the weekend friday sunday partly cloudy, highs in the upper 60s to middle 70s by sunday. Changes coming as it looks wet and cooler starting monday and much of the next week. Democratic president ial political fire wall in South Carolina. Sanders spoke with wis news 10 yesterday. After barely losing to hillary caucuses and soundly beating her in the New Hampshire primary, sanders has been concentrating on this saturdays nevada caucus. But he has also been running hard in South Carolina in the palmetto state, support for hillary has been historically so strong the state is sometimes called the fire wall that can stop an opponent. But sanders told wis hes going after that wall. I think we may create a bit of a crack in that proposed firewall. We did very well in iowa. We defined expectations there. We won in New Hampshire. I think weve got a real good shot in nevada. And i honestly believe we are going to do a lot, a lot better in South Carolina then people have thought that we would. Theres no question in my mind that we have closed the gap. Every poll that i have seen says that. We started off 50, 60 points behind. We are still behind today. But we have a period eft to go. I think the momentum is with us and i think voter turnout, if working people come out to vote, if a lower income people come out to vote , if young people come out to vote, you know what . I think we got a shot to win this. Sanders says clinton is well known in South Carolina but that he is already having success getting out his message of free health care, Free College Tuition and changes in the criminal justice system. Senator sanders has so far been able to capitalize on the enthusiasm of young voters. But not everyone is sold just yet. The youth vote and the africanamerican vote are very important, particularly here in the palmetto state. Students we spoke to at the university of South Carolina say theyve done their research. Some say they arent letting traditional norms skew who they support. 16 26 from what i know, yes, im the only republican in my family. 26 4627 00 did my research and found out that my views fit in more with Republican Party as opposed to the democratic party. 43 45 im supporting governor kasich. Fairly sure who theyll vote for, others say theyre still open to changing their minds. Despite low poll numbers across the boardben carsons campaign isnt slowing down in South Carolina. Between stops in columbia and greenville, carson made a pit stop yesterday in newberry for lunch at the grille on main. He was joined by South Carolina voters like clarice smalley, who says shes knocked on at least 12thousand doors, handing out information about carson. My friend and i got involved. First time weve ever been involved in politics, because hes just gods answer for this country and weve been inspired. Dr. Carsons final South Carolina stops ahead of the primary include greenville, North Charleston and florence. Still to come this morning on sunrise. A story of the support for Mother Emanuel Ame Church in the months following the shooting tragedy. Break 3 Hallie Jackson good morning and this morning a the upper 50s today then warmer through the weekend friday sunday partly cloudy, highs in the upper 60s to middle 70s by sunday. Changes coming as it looks wet and cooler starting monday and much of the next week. Its been eight months since the shooting at Mother Emanuel Ame Church in charleston. And the church has received all sorts of gifts from across the world to help their grief. Travis rice got a look at what Church Members are doing with all the gifts theyve received. At the base of the ravenel bridge. An unassuming brick building. Holds things Emanuel Ame Church never asked for. The thousands of gifts sent massacre. Where do you start . Liz alston is tasked with organizing the emanuel archives as their called. S liz alston Church Member were trying to make sure that what we do will be appreciated by posterity, i guess. It such an awesome task paintings, letters, cards, stuffed animals s liz alston Church Member people set hats, they send afghans, they send pot holders the city of charleston lent the space after they ran out of room at emanuel. Hundreds, at least a hundred portraits, suzy jackson, thats the painting right there my life becomes alive because it is history that has happened at thanks for starting your day lexington county where three sheriffs deputies had to be taken to the hospital after a crash involving two patrol vehicles. Well bring you the very latest live from the scene. Massive recall involving three million toyota suvs worldwide. The big safety flaw that could cause problems in a crash. Plus. The battle between ted cruz and donald trump has brewed over. This morning why cruz is standing his ground on one Campaign Message and telling his rival to bring on the lawsuits. Its thursday, february 18th. And news 10 sunrise starts right now. Good morning. Thanks for waking up with sunrise. Im mary king. Im len kiese. Its five oclock on this thursday, february 18th. Top stories as youre waking up this morning. Were still working to find out the latest on three lexington county deputies conditions after a crash involving two road just down from old orangeburg road. All three deputies were taken to the hospital with injuries. Our Michal Higdon is live on the scene. Well check in with her in just also this morning the nation has a new republican president ial frontrunner. An nbc news wall street journal poll released wednesday shows ted cruz leading donald trump by two Percentage Points. Thats after months of polling showing trump with a lead. Cruzs take on the slight bump in the polls. Just ahead. Plus. Governor nikki haley has made her choice for who she feels would be the best 2016 president ial pick. Hit the trail with the candidate. But first were looking up at skies full of sunshine here in the midlands today. Tim miller has a check of your first alert forecast as you wake up this morning. Enjoy the sunshine and warming temperatures for the rest of the week with highs mainly in the 60s and 70s and lows in the 30s and 40s. Rain returns to the forecast monday through wednesday of next week. Back to our top story this morning three lexington county of their patrol vehicles collided on the way to an emergency call. This happened on Platt Springs road near old orangeburg road. Our Michal Higdon is live where this crash happened with the latest details. The scene at this point in the morning is clear and a very different picture than what hours ago. I talked with adam myrick, the spokesperson for the lexington county Sheriffs Department. He says all three deputies involved in this crash are in stable condition with non lifet