Its blue, so i know its a chilly start but we have something to look forward to. It is chilly but it is still friday. It is starting a cold right now in the midlands. All of the temperatures are in the 30s, below freezing 30 aken, 31 saluda, manning 30 degrees, winnsboro right now at 37. Here in columbia we are at the freezing mark, 32 degrees. Clear skies, winds are, right now. When the kids had out to the bus stop they will need a winter jacket in their hats and gloves. 31degrees at the bus stop as they head out to school this morning. A lot of sunshine will be had by all of us today. Look at looking at a high of 60 for degrees. Winds out of the southeast five 10 Miles Per Hour. A low of 45 degrees tonight, more cloud coverage for tomorrow is the winds come out of the southwest at 1015 Miles Per Hour we will have a high of 71 degrees. On the roads right now, checking on as you head out the door, right now i 26 over at as you are heading eastbound toward saint andrews, traffic is light right now. It will be picking up later on this morning. No accidents reported anywhere as you are getting into c olumbia. Harbison boulevard heading down to peachtree, eight minutes, from blithe would to i 77 down to fort jackson exit about a 15 minute commute. We will take a look at the seven day forecast and the very important weekend forecast coming up in just a few minutes. A federal report says South Carolinas Medicaid Agency expose about 1 million peoples personal Health Information to cyber theft. Its all because of poor safeguard and a four decade old Computer System. The Us Department of health and Human Services says the agency had no security plan for its Computer System. No encryption for laptops and had not properly trained employees. It does say that no evidence of occurred. The state is replacing its aging Computer System for paying medicare providers. Continuing coverage this morning, the bond hearing of a Restaurant Owner accused of murdering his wifes lover on 49yearold greg leon is charged in the murder of bravo sunday night at the parkand ride in lexington county. According to the warrant for his arrest, leon open the door of bravos vehicle and the shot and killed him. Investigators that he also attempted to murder his wife, who was also in the car at the bullets missed her. He is currently being held at the lexington county jail. Two years ago leon was involved in a investigation in lexington county come he got probation and a fine but no jail time because prosecutor said he was helpful in the prosecution of former sheriff, jimmy metz. Deputy is recovering in the hospital this morning after being involved in a car crash with two other deputies. The other two deputies entered morning. All three were responding to a burglary call around nine wednesday night when they crashed into each other on Platt Springs road near old orangeburg road. A neighbor who heard the crash explains what he saw. I seen this one cops car hit the front, airbags exploded everywhere. Debris all over the highway. I walked down and seen the other car and thats about what happened. Its just terrible. My first thought was, i sure hope the guys are doing okay. I hope they do get hurt bad. The Highway Patrol is investigating the crash this morning. The community is coming together to pray for those deputies hurt in that crash. Lexington county councilman a bobby Bobby Keesler wants everyone to come out for prayer ceremony that starts tonight at road in redbank. At the statehouse this morning, a plan to fix South Carolina roads is being blocked in the state senate. Youve heard senator tom davis is filibustering the bill, again. Lawmakers ended the and of the year last june, the same way. The plan would raise the gas tax 12 cents a gallon over three years to raise more money for roads. Senator davis says there is no need for a tax increase. We can take care of our roads and bridges with additional resources, we have to get away from the politically influenced way. Referring to the states 1. 3 billion surplus. Other senators say that money is needed for other things like fixing schools for the Senate Republican leaders say there is no way they will pass a roads plan for at least several weeks. Lets talk a little sports now, also happening today the usc baseball season begins. The gamecocks host albany for a threegame series. First pitch at Founders Park with saturdays game at 2 p. M. And sundays Series Finale at 1 30 p. M. The usc Womens Basketball team managed to lock down the scc regular season title. With a win over georgia last night. A strong defensive effort pushed the usc to a 6151 final, the team is now a perfect 13 zero in scc play and moved to 25one overall. The gamecocks are back in action on monday night on the road against alabama. Tip offer that game is set for 7 oclock meanwhile usc mens basmati will be looking for a win tomorrow as they host florida to another sellout crowd. This will be the lone meeting between the two squads this regular season. Game time is set for noon at the Colonial Life arena. A boy has now had the 3d 13yearold conor morgan was given the prosthetic yesterday at the Central CarolinaTechnical College broad street campus in sumter. Organ was born without a right hand and says he is now looking forward to climbing trees, and writing with his hand. The school surprised him by making the prosthetic after he came and for a school trip two weeks ago. I came here to learn about 3d printing, and stuff. They called me out and said that they were working on my hand. Its difficult. Anyone that has a handicap, you feel like youre different from anyone else. Now he will be different, but he will be called different. Ejecta engineering Graphic Technology program a week to build a hand. They say as his riskiest struggles stronger so will his grip. That is cool. A louisiana family thankful that everyone in the family is safe this morning after a fire broke out in their home. A 5yearold girls being called a hero. This is another great story. Chloe would hurt the fire alarm going off in the house, and use trip to get everyone to safety. Reporter chloe woods is in pre k, learning the very basics. Back in october, her class went to the Kenner Fire Department to learn something else. They talk to the kids about, if there was a fire you need to the house. G et out of the house. Reporter chloe was listening, and learning. This is where it all started, the stove caught on fire setting off the smoke alarm and that is when little chloe sprang into action. The 5yearold jumped out of bed, and ran to her blind grandmothers room. She told my mom to hold onto her shoulder and they had to get out of the house. Reporter what did you do . I got out of the house. Reporter once she was out of the house, chloe made sure her grandmother and dog were okay, before running door to door looking for one thing the water. To pour it. Reporter she was running in the neighborhood, neighbor called 911. It could have been tragic. Fire Department Says things to this little girl, paint attention on a field trip, tragedy was avoided. She saved her grandmothers life and her own life and. Reporter m, learn something out she may not fully understand. Heroism. Amazing. Teaching kids, those important skills, they remember it. Youve got to teach kids. Our Fire Departments do that all the time. They have the Little School groups. You dont think how much those kids, even at five years old, are listening. They are like sponges. They take it all in. It for her for not panicking. Glad they are okay this time now for our mom of the day. Our mom of the day is she is the mother of two and nominated per they say their mother is working and a caring mother that goes out of her way to congratulations to you this mom for mom of the day just go to our website wltx. Com and click on the banner to send us your nomination. Time now for our word of the day. Todays word is extra lab, its a noun that means an old instrument used to observe stars from and you know how much i love space, so i looked this up. Its pretty interesting. It looks like a pocket watch. Small little device that they use apparently because, on ships, the navigation wasnt quite what they hope they were hoping for the user to track stars, patterns, things like that. Way back in the day. I almost want to say its kind of like this is a total Google Search there. I cant even explain that to be my own. Just because i was interested i n. If you want to look it up, take a look at it. Its interesting. [silence] still more to come this morning, that cough that you cannot get rid of can be so annoying. We are going to tell you what it really means for your health. Experts say going solar helps you save money on your power bill. We are on your side this morning to help you find out if it is right for your family. If you get a chance, you this weekend switching to solar power can save you money, but how do you know if it right for your minute Sharon Profis profiss switching to solar power can save you money, but how do you know if its right for your h ome . Sharon explains how to figure out if it is worth making the switch. Reporter solar panels are not suitable for every house. The first thing you should do is find out if your roof gets enough sun throughout the day. The easiest way to check your home for solar viability is by typing your address into googles project website. The to let you know how many hours of sun your house gets per year, and how much money you would say by switching to seller. Google sunroof is only available in some areas. If your house isnt in one of them, you will need to do the legwork yourself. An easy way to get a good estimate is by finding your location on solar maps provided by the National Renewable energy laboratories. If your home is in an area of the country that receives very little son, you may not be able to go solar. From that. , you will need to do solar will save you money. In san francisco, i am sharon, cnet. Com for cbs news. Some good tips there. Our rather radio, we have been talking about these, and one of them is solar powered. This one is actually solar powered, you do not need batteries for this radio. You can charge by solar power and it actually has a handcrank that you can recharge the battery on. These radios, right now, from the medlin corporation, the midland rate Weather Radio and news 19 Wltx Weather Team have a Campaign Going through the month of may and which you can get these radios at academy sports, krogers, as well as walgreens, these radios are available at a special discounted rate specifically because we know only too well, what those weather without weathers like in the midlands. Not only do you have your weather app on your phone, but these radios are connected to the National Weather service. Any kind of watch, or warning, doesnt matter if its winter, flood, tornado, hurricane these radios will go off. You can get these right now, at the stores, you dont need it now. You do need a jacket. It is cold out there right now, 31 saluda, 32 Saint Matthews and manning. Canton 30 degrees, as well as in camden. Newberry setting a 30 for degrees. Here in columbia we are at 32 degrees. Clear skies, the winds are, right now. Nevertheless we will need a jacket when we head out the door. That only do we have clear skies, but as we go throughout the day, areas of High Pressure out at the mid atlantic will allow a lot of cool dry air on the backend of it coming out of the golf a lot of tropical moisture and that moisture will be settling in. But first it is more to warm up our air. It is going to be really warm and the kids get out of school today. 63degrees, afterschool, very sunny and warm as high temperatures today will range down in st. Matthews 62, here in columbia high of 60 for degrees, a lot of sunshine. Winds out of the southeast a at five10 Miles Per Hour. Overnight tonight some increasing call coverage a low of 45 degrees, most of tonight will range from 42 salida, 44 lexington 243 in Saint Matthews. Outside, a lot of that tropical moisture that will be coming in. A big focal. Is a dry line dense concentrated, hot hair will start to move out its very dry. All of that will start moving toward the deep south. As a process through, our temperatures are going to go right through the roof. It will be unseasonably warm. By tomorrow, 71 degrees, winds out of the southwest tenth 1015 Miles Per Hour. It will be mostly cloudy on sunday but a high of 73, and that cloud coverage will introduce our chance for rain as it comes on monday. Showers, but moderate to heavy rainfall as possible on tuesday with a high of 59 degrees. As the rain starts coming to an end by wednesday afternoon we will have a high of 55, with the sunshine returning in abundance by thursday afternoon. As far as the roads right now, they are dry, as we take a look at the roadways before you head out the door, i 20 east and westbound over at mile marker 66. Pretty much from my 77 and alpine road going all the way out to fairfield, traffic is pretty light right now. No accidents are being reported. Clear as we go in and around shock air force base to the something is just fundamentally broken when African Americans are more likely to be arrested by police, and sentenced to longer prison terms, for doing the same thing that whites do. When too many encounters with Law Enforcement end tragically. Education, health care and jobs, to counter generations of neglect. We have to face up to the hard truth of injustice and systemic racism. 3 its a familiar sound this time of year that hacking cough. Colds and congestion can we are seeing warmer temperatures now, with the cold temperatures this is a familiar sound, this time of year, that hacking cough. Cold and congestion can take over in the wintertime efran afante is having one right now. But not all costs are the same. Don champion reports from new york. Reporter Marielle Felix has i have been ill for a week or so now, and i havent gotten any better, bronchitis. Reporter what exactly does your cough mean . Mount sinai urgent care dr. Fear steen says this time of year, most patients have a cold and cough from postnasal drip. What starts out as a cold, with nasal congestion and a mild cough, it gets deeper into the upper part of the chest and causes a drawnout illness. Reporter if a person has a dry cough, that ends with a rattle, it may be asthma. When the cough is wet with colored mucus, that can be a sign of pneumonia. Reporter coughs that are concerning that should prompt him to go dr. , would be coughs that are associated with real difficulty in breathing reporter other costs to watch out for, a dry cough that gets worse when someone lies down or eats can mean reflux disease. Under severe hacking cough followed by a hike pitch would can be pertussis or webbing marielle suffers from asthma, a chest xray result asthma determines she has bronchitis. Unfortunately it is not uncommon for bronchitis. It last twofour weeks reporter doctor fear steen recommended an asthma medication to open her passageways and dark honey to soothe her throat and cough. Don champion, cbs news, new york. Learned about learned a lot about coughs just now. Makes me thankful i am not sick right now. If you were, stay away. You can read your cough, and know what ails you. Its good to know that, because sometimes we ignore our coughs and they will go away in a day or two. It sometimes it can be much worse than what you think. Much more to come this morning, several new movies out this weekend but if you plan on going to the theater, leo smith has a look at the biblical epic, resin. Chaos in the cockpit, what today, some something is just fundamentally broken when African Americans are more likely to be arrested by police, and sentenced to longer prison terms, for doing the same thing that whites do. When too many encounters with Law Enforcement end tragically. We need investments in education, health care and jobs, to counter generations of neglect. We have to face up to the hard truth of injustice and systemic racism. Im hillary clinton, grab your jacket now, but you will not need it for long. I am so excited its friday. I am deon guillory. And i am savannah levins. Let some things over to meteorologist, efran afante for a check on the weather. It was a chilly start to the morning. You will be able to strip off those layers one by one as the sun comes out in those temperatures heat up it is going to be one of those days, so much of what we dealt with yesterday. Cold temperatures, as right now all of us are in the 30s. Get down to orangeburg, 30 for degrees. Newburgh newberry sitting at 32, and also here in columbia. Clear skies, calm winds, clear skies is going to last, once again all throughout the day today. 31degrees, you will need your afternoon. A lot of sunshine, 48 degrees by 10 oclock, by lunch time 57 degrees, the sunshine will prevail into the afternoon. 60 for degrees by 3 oclock in the winds out of the s outh southeast. By 6 oclock tonight, clear skies, once again at temperature 59 degrees. As far as the roadways right now, taking a look at the Road Conditions before you head out the door. I 26, over by mile marker 105 in between piney grove and st. Andrews. Both directions traf