Im jr barry. And im darci strickland. Donald trump won 44 of the 46 counties. The only two he didnt win, richland and charleston. Those go to marco rubio, and it appears tonight, donald trump is going to get all 50 of our states delegates. Trump is celebrating his huge win. Reporter of course, donald trump, the clear winner here tonight in the South Carolina primary. Nearly 1,000 people filled this room to support their candidate. All very, very happy tonight as he took the win. When he first got on stage, a little bit after 8 30, he thanked Lieutenant Governor mcmasters and said he would michigan rather have the Lieutenant Governors support than the governors support, because he won. He also said hes going to get and he said were going to start winning with the country. He cited immigration, healthcare and the wall. Were going to do a lot of beautiful work. Were going to terminate obamacare. Its going to be terminated, its going to be over. Its going to be repealed, and its going to be replaced, and youre going to have much better healthcare at a much smaller cost. Lets have a big win in nevada. Lets have a big win at the sec, lets put this away, and lets make America Great again. Were all happy. Very happy. Rubio came in second, but he gets zero delegates. Reporter another topic that struck a cord with the voters in spartansberg, he said were going to protect our Second Amendment right. That got a huge cheer from the thousands of people that filled this ballroom at the marriott in spartansberg. He said were looking forward the fight to the rest of the states, but he loves people in South Carolina, he said. Especially here in spartanburg, where like i said, this place was a packed house tonight. Were in spartansberg, mary sturgeon. Thanks so much. A few precincts still not counted it appears marco rubio finished second in South Carolina, beating out ted cruz by less than a thousand votes. Earlier this week, the polls showed him with 13 support. But he finished the night with 22 of the vote. Joyce koh has more now on rubios strong finish. Reporter crews started breaking down here after an exciting night on marco rubios camp. Rubio leading by a mere 2 in front of ted cruz, securing his spot as second place here in South Carolina. An incredibly important state in the primaries, and they began their speeches by giving recognition to jeb bush who but they rallied their crowd, saying that South Carolina voters have woke the country up, and changed this race. Calling their campaign the 21st century conservative moment. Ronald reagan made us believe that it was morning in america again, and it was. Well, now the children of the reagan revolution are ready to assume the mantle of leadership. Reporter marco rubio also gave mention, his endorsers, senator scott, the son of of a poor single mother. And marco rubio himself. The son of a bartender and maid from cuba. We are a nation that has admired people who have worked hard and moved ahead. But we fight for those who are still trying to make it. Tonight, you are that single purpose of your life to make the life for your children better than yourself. We will fight for you. Reporter the reason why this second place is critical for marco rubio, because as the president ial primaries go on, candidates will start dropping out of the race. Although trump has a sizable lead right now, that other 65 another candidate, which, of course would change the race. Were live in columbia, joyce koh, news19, wltx. No delegates, no delegates for ted cruz either who thought he was going to finish second. Instead, he appeared to finish third tonight. He thanked supporters tonight. Reporter darci and jr, ted cruz supporters cleared out about an hour ago. Though he didnt get the top spot, there was still a lot of energy and excitement in the room. When he walked in, he walked lots of audience members chanting his name. He told them they had made history. He wished jeb bush well, and he also took a moment of silence for the Late Supreme Court justice, antonin scalia. He was at his funeral earlier today, and said he had known him for 20 years, and that was a true defender of the constitution. He said any candidate for the Supreme Court that he were to nominate would also be a true defender of the constitution. Again, he said over and over again to the crowd that they had defied the odds, and i want you to take a listen to more of what he had to say to the crowd. Tonight, despite millions and millions of dollars of constant nasty attacks. Despite the entirety of the political establishment coming remarkable response. Reporter cruz went on to say he is the true conservative in the race. He also said that his campaign was the only one that has, and will beat donald trump, and then he spoke of many of his prior accomplishments, and said as president that he would rebuild the military, stand with israel, utterly destroy isis, and secure the borders and keep america safe. Reporting live from the South Carolina state fair grounds, janay frazier. 50 delegates in South Carolina. This is not a win or take all state, but it appearardonald trump has taken all the delegates. You get 29 delegates for winning the state of South Carolina, and 3 for every district. A clean sweep for trump. Delegates, and he shuts out all the other challengers tonight. Mean while, after a fourth place showing, jeb bush has now dropped out of the race to be president. Sonia guede yarr easy join us now with more on the end of bushs campaign. So tonight, i am suspending my campaign. Reporter another primary and another disappointment for jeb bush, but this time he decided to suspend his campaign, leaving behind voters frustrated with the fact that he didnt get enough momentum here in South Carolina. In his short speech, he thanks his mother, his brother, and his mom for going doortodoor. But no matter what he did, he didnt seem to rack up enough support. Im proud of the campaign that weve run to unify our country, and to advocate conservative sliewptions that would give more americans the opportunity to rise up and reach their godgiven potential. But the people of iowa, and New Hampshire and South Carolina respect their decision. Frustration, and disappointment, a little bit because i dont get it. I dont understand why, i dont know if people, like i didnt know if my friends, the ones that are supporting him just didnt have the time to come out and vote today, although it was beautiful and there werent any reasons why you couldnt. Its disappointing. Jeb bush ended at a disappointing fourth and now well have to see where the voters go from here. Despite finishing in last place tonight with only 7 of the vote. Ben carson says hes not dropping out of the race. He said new faces are needed in washington. The engine that drives country is full of filth. And corruption. And favors. And intricate relationships. And they will do anything, and i do mean anything, to maintain their power and to maintain their position. However, god is in charge. Well this was a record year for voter turnout in the republican primary, and when i say record, i mean record. More than 735,000 votes were cast, far surpassing the old record of 605,000. State election leaders said there were very few problems today as they dealt with a massive number of primary voters. If youd like to see all of tonights votes, head to our website, wltx. Com. Youll see a break down of the numbers. Hillary clinton squeaked out a win in the nevada caucuses this afternoon, but the polls exposed some weaknesses for mrs. Clinton. She lost support among voters who value honesty. Sanders was also favored among younger female voters. This is the first task for the president ial candidates at courting minority voters. Some may have doubted us, but we never doubted each other. [ cheering ] and this ones for you. I want to congratulate senator sanders on a hard fought race here, and i want to thank each and every one of you. You turned out in every corner of this state with determination, and purpose. And sanders will head here next. Thats because South Carolinas democratic primary is a week from today. Shots fired inside a very crowded Columbiana Center in it happened just after 7 00. Columbia police say a fist fight led to the incident. Two suspects fired into the air, but nobody was hurt. Live now from the mall with the very latest. Lauren. Reporter well guys it was a pretty chaotic scene earlier this evening, as hundreds of people were fleeing the mall after shots were fired inside. Now we know that seven different jurisdictions, thats richland county, columbia county, as well as sled are all investigating exactly what happened in the columbiana mall. We just was in there shopping with our kids and we looked out, and everybody just running. It was chaos. Reporter just after 7 00 p. M. , shots were fired at the columbiana mall. They believe the shots stemmed from a fist fight. We had an altercation that broke out in front of kay jewelers. Initially a couple of people were involved from what we have a third person joined in. At least two people pulled guns and began firing into the air. Reporter at this time no injuries have been reported, but officers say theyre looking for three suspects. People who were in the mall at the time of the shooting say they were shock the by what was happening. I actually was trapped in express, but we ended up going door. When people started moving past, we thought someone was coming that way, so me and my family ended up going out of the exit door. I was crying, because i had my baby. My 3yearold in my hand. Theyve got us locked in. We dont know whats going on. We had to return further back in the store, because they thought somebody was running in the store with the gun. It took officers a little over an hour to evacuate the mall, and say many people are still looking for loved ones. Toys r us as a meeting spot for anyone who was separated. As we begin to clear the mall, and some of these other will shed some more light on what occurred. Reporter we just got word from chief holbrook on the two suspect theyre looking for. Two black males, roughly 25 years old, around 510 and 150 poundsment one of the suspects is wearing acid washed jeans with a red jacket. This is still very early on in this investigation. But officials and investigators are on the scene, continuing to search and try to get more information about exactly what happened, but theyre asking anybody with information to reach out to them, and give them that information to help along this investigation. Darci. On the phone with us now, ariana, who is an employee at columbiana mall. She was there during that shooting today ariana, thank you so much for joining us. So i was in a store, i was in the back, and everyone, about 40 people started running at us, screaming theres a shooter, theres a shooter. People running into the store, running out of the back exit. It was kind of like a mob scene, finally we were along the back room, we turned on the lights, and everyone tried to lock the doors, and then we heard banging on doors, and ran and hid underneath furniture, in crevices, in boxes. It was a bit of a madhouse, we didnt know what was going on, on the outside. They were hearing things, rumors theyre hearing sounds outside. We didnt know if cops were there yet. People were trying to reach their loved ones, they were trying to reach the cops. There was no service back there either. It all happened outside of a store. Ive actually, across the kay jewelers. Im sure the training you helped you keep yourself and the other customers at the store safe. Definitely, you know, i commend the Leadership Team at my store for keeping a calm head and not freaking out when everyone else was. Ariana thank you so much for joining us. I appreciate your input on this tonight, and im glad to know safe tonight. Thank you. All right, we should mention too, Columbia Police are telling us tonight that columbiana mall will open tomorrow as usual at noon as they continue to search for these suspects. At one point there were quite a few roadways that were blocked off, and closed. All those roads are now back open. Again, if you have any information about whos responsible, call crimestoppers 1888crime sc. Still ahead tonight on news19 at 11 00, its going to be cloudy tomorrow, but it will jim will she spent a lifetime making a difference for people. Winning healthcare for 8 million children. Benefits for families of reservists and the national guard. Standing strong around the world for human rights and womens rights. Hillary clinton. Shell raise the minimum wage. Take on the Drug Companies to lower the cost of prescription drugs. And give everyone the opportunity to go to college shell get the job done. For us. Im Hillary Clinton well it turned out to be a nice day for the primary. Temperatures warming up in the upstate region. More clouds, it was 70 in sumter and orangeburg and 72 degrees in charleston. We saw a lot of clouds over the area and they continue to be that way, but notice the clouds extend all the way back into the South Central states. There is a front that is through the ohio river valley, states. This is something were going to be watching, but it wont be monday. Notice theres not a lot of rain, and today, its been unusually warm across the u. S. We saw a High Temperature of 62 degrees in new york. It was 78 in st. Louis. 83 in oklahoma city. And the warm air extended all the way up into the dakotas. Most of our readings are in the 50s. 56degrees in rock hill. 51 at augusta. 55 in orangeburg. Its 57 in columbia, and 58 in sumter. Our computer model indicates that for your day tomorrow, were going to be seeing continued cloudy skies, and that will be the case tomorrow night, only a slight chance that well see some rain, most of the rain wont be coming in until monday. Thats when were going to be seeing periods of rain coming through the area on monday, and that will be the case for the next three days. For tonight, with the clouds in place, expect maybe a low of 48 in camden, 51 in columbia. 50 down in orangeburg. Highs tomorrow will be in the low to mid70s. 70 in new bury. 75 for sumter and orangeburg. Looking ahead on monday, were starting to come in, a high of 65. Our bitter chance for rain will be tuesday, but it will be chilly, as a wedge of cool air settles in over the area. The high just 54 degrees. Well see another shot of rain coming through on wednesday, with a high of 60. But then, it will turn windy, and colder, starting on thursday. High temperature 55 degrees. Sunny at 56 on friday. By the time we get to saturday, it will be sunny, with a low temperature of 31, and a high of 59. Jr, darci, back to you. Thank you, jim. Plenty of basketball action change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability. Bernie sanders. He was there when dr. King marched on washington. Unafraid to challenge the status quo to end racial profiling, take on police misconduct, and take down a system that profits from mass imprisonment. There is no president who will fight harder to end institutuonal racism. Education. Opportunity. Reform. Bernie. Coming up. Big basketball Colonial Life will have your 3 3 plenty of basketballon the docket today but were going to start with high school playoffs. We have plenty of basketball on the docket today. But were going to start with some high school playoffs. Starting up the road in washington the turn with the interception. Josh bauers is getting it down. Later. The bengals on offense with some really great ball movement. Finally, its going to land in the hands of quwan hammond who hits the three at the buzzer. Blithe would lead by 7 at the break. The steal by eli white and the jam. The bengals take this one, 89 71. They will head to burns on tuesday to battle for their first trip to the upper state finals. Up the road, tim whiple and the ermo Yellow Jackets at home, hosting upset minded somerville. Early on, the jackets lighting things up from deep. Sweat pulling up, knocking down the triple. Greenway doing everything they can to hang on to this one. He hits the floater. But ermo will continue to attack on the offensive end. Next, it will be noah jenkins curl, and the Yellow Jackets will advance to the quartersrs with the win. Trying to continue a streak of seven wins in a row over the gamecocks. Hes going to hit for three. At one point, the gamecocks had a 17 point lead, but florida would close in on a huge run to halftime to take the lead. Trailing, but not losing hope here. Thornwell will sink a three to take the lead with 2 00 to go. Then we move to 30 seconds left in this game. Going to come up with the interception down to thorn well. Hes going to slam it home. That gets things going crazy at Colonial Life arena. Leading with seconds left. We go into overtime after a florida gater made free throw. Getting the first bucket of the overtime period. It did stay close though. The gamecocks at the tigers. He would make free throws off the foul. They would escape by a time score of 7369, escaping that, snapping that gator losing streak and move back into the win column. Our guys. Kentucky came in here and broke our spirit. We walked around for fofo or five days, wounded. And florida is a good team. Lets go across the road to sounders park. Gamecocks in game 2 of their series in albany. A john jones home run. The second of the season, he crushes that one. For the first run of the game, then an early lead for South Carolina. Run. Then albany would step up. A two run homer of their own to tie this one you believe, double the amount that they scored yesterday in just that but the gamecocks have more up their sleeve. Cullens second hit on the day will extend the lead to 32. The garnett and black will tag on a little more. Theyll bring out the brook stills tomorrow to try to sweep the first series of the year. Heres what chad homebrook had to say. We competed. I guess we scored 5 of our 8 innings, and had a chance to do a little bit more damage, but all in all, its a 62 win in which pitched pretty well. We played great defensive no errors again, and found a way to win.