And im alicia barnes. Tonight, donald trump is responding to governor nikki haleys official response to president Barack Obamas state of the union address. In it, hailey cautioned for responding to the siren call of the angriest voices, code for donald trump. During a stop in pensacola, florida, trump wasted no time from the apparent jab. One of the commentators said to me that nikki haley, a very nice woman, she said im an angry person. They said to me, they said you were an angry person. I thought, i said, i am. Im very angry. Because i hate whats happening to our country, i am angry. cheers and applause very angry. While the governors speech is receiving mixed reviews from members of the republican party, governor Nikki Haley Says she stands by what she believes and hopes the American People can take away the meaning behind the remark. Hailey says shes strongly opposed to trumps proposed ban but she says hes not the only president ial candidate she does not agree with. I have disagreements with other president ial candidates, jeb bushs common core and marco rubios amnesty. What i would say is, mr. Trump, dont take it personally. Hailey is said to be on the short list for republican vicepresident ial nominees. She says she has plenty to get done here in South Carolina so a v. P. Nod isnt something high on her mind but nothing shes ruling out. The republican field will gather for the first g. O. P. Debate in North Charleston tomorrow night. Donald trump will join six others hosted by our fox network. The primary is february 20th. Were first in the lineup and first in the south. On the other side of the coin, a small democratic field about travel to South Carolina in a few days. Debate set to happen in charleston. Senator ted cruz has picked up a bearded celebrity endorser. Duck dynasty store Phil Robertson robertson said cruz is godly. He defended robertson after he declared gays are sinners and africanamericans are happy under jim crow laws. Jesse jackson was in columbia tonight while talking to civic and educational leaders as well as local clergy at second nazareth baptist church. In touching on the civil rights era, he talked about the u. S. Health care system which he says is a big issue for voters come november. They must attack the problem not attack each other. So much name calling and one liners and entertaining. Citizens black and white need and deserve medical care. Jackson is traveling across South Carolina this week talking helping people register to vote. Also tonight, new developments in the capture of ten american soldiers who drifted into iranian waters and now tonight they could have turned into a major crisis. Instead, it ended with their release just 24 hours later. All thanks to our new diplomatic ties between washington and tehran. Earlier today, one of the american sailors apologized for the mishap on iranian tv. It was a mistake that was our fault and we apologize for our mistake. It was a misunderstanding. We did not mean to go into iranian territorial water. The iranian behavior was fantastic while we were here. We thank you very much for your hospitality. The sailor is not identified by name in the clip, but the tv interviewer says hes the commander of the group. The u. S. Says tonight the video appears to be authentic, but government officials are unclear as to the conditions of was experiencing at the time. An early look at your forecast this evening. Clear skies and some chilly temperatures tonight. I think were just getting used to the cold. Its january. Its january, what can we expect . When we wake up in the morning, thats the big question. Is it still going to be cold . Chief meteorologist john farley is joining us live from the weather center. A cold night will lead to a clear cold morning. The temperatures freezingish. Camden down to 28 right now. A little warmer as you go west because theres wind out of the west. As the wind dies off overnight, the temperatures are going to go down. This is how far down they go. Most of us mid to upper 20s here. Columbia 29. But some of the cold spots down to 25 or so. A little bit of wind, not much. It will continue to die off as we go overnight. Getting up going to the bus temperatures freezing. It will be pretty chilly. Sunrise tomorrow morning at the winds from the southwest tomorrow will bring in warm air. By tomorrow afternoon well be in the low 60s. That will bring rain our way. Well talk about when that happens. Also, something very unusual, a Tropical Storm in the middle of january in the atlantic ocean. Yeah, the first tropical one of the season. Crazy. Ill show you where it is and where its headed. Thats coming up in a bit. Inside the statehouse tonight where today a house panel heard from people who say they have more problems with the department of transportation than just potholes. Contractors told a House Legislative Oversight Committee saying theyre having problems getting d. O. T. To pay for work. Theyre also waiting phonan audit of the agency. D. O. T. Says chrissy hall will face a confirmation hearing next week. Her plans for improving education in; being is. She wants to offer students a chance to graduate from college debtfree while providing up to 200,000 a year to build and maintain schools. The governor along with the superintendent joined together in rural gaston. College students will be able to receive 7500 in tuition scholarships for four years if they commit to working eight years in a district with high teacher turnover rates. In the estate, a subcommittee is taking steps to help terminally ill patients get access to experimental drugs. Well, the right to try bill has already received a key approval. Abc columbia jennifer ready explains. In a unanimous vote, the right to try passes. The bill, if made a law, allows terminally ill patients access approved. But on a path to phase one of the approval process. If they give consent and know the consequences of the down side and upside, then they have the right to get into this new drug and give them one more chance to survive. Right to try bill exists in 24 states across the country. Doctors first must recommend the treatment for their patient. Its then up to manufacturers whether or not they make the treatment available. The bill protects treating physicians from liability. In the bill there is an indication where the pharmaceutical companies and the doctors and physicians, anybody within the course of treatment are immune from the adverse effects of the investigational new drug. On their website, the f. D. A. Says they take no particular position on a states bill. The sponsor ultimately decides whether or not to provideexperimental therapies to patients. Next, the right to try bill head to the full health committee. Head to the senate floor. From the statehouse, jennifer ready, abc columbia news. Tonight, investigators are hoping that you can help solve the first murder of 2016 in lancaster county. Braden reese was found shot inside his truck near john everall road 1 30 tuesday afternoon. Investigators know where he was monday night into tuesday morning, but now theyre looking for anyone who can help fill in the gaps between then and when he was found dead. A new police chief will report for duty in the town of north. Lynn shier will take over next tuesday. The chief and two officers resigned over the fallout with carson. Carson asked him to violate standards he said and micromanaged his department. There are new disturbing details on the Lafayette Theater shooter. People and injured nine others last july before turning the gun on himself. Investigators found his journal at the motel where he was staying before the shooting. In it, hauser praised accused charleston shooter dylann roof saying, quote, thank you for the wakeup call, dylann. Roof shot and killed nine people at Emanuel Ame Church where he specifically targeted africanamericans. Being a member of the force is no desk job. Lott was where his deputies were searching for a serial burglar who had been breaking into several homes and buildings. They found him hiding behind a building and chased him to the apartments where he was later caught. The big news of the night. Are you a winner . Its the largest jackpot in american history. Grabs, moments ago the winning powerball numbers for tonights mega jackpot were revealed. Here they are. 8, 27, 34, 4, 19 and the powerball is 10. So after taxes, here in South Carolina youre looking at taking home about 497 million. Not too shabby. You and jacob have gotten the powerball in the last couple. A couple times. Did you all have ten. I dont know, i didnt look at the numbers. I get scared to read the numbers live on television. You feel if you messed up on one, someone is coming to look for you. Jacob is home. I highly doubt we won. We help the education system. Makes you feel better. R. Yes. One restaurant is winning praise for the gender neutral bathroom policy. This notice going viral on social media tonight. Well explain why. Plus, when a pillian woman health, she never could have imagined the emotional support he would provide as she cared for her dying father. This amazing story coming up. Hey, guys . Are you feeling lucky. Were finding out if anyone is waking up a billionaire. Weve got the latest on the largest powerball drawing. Thats when you join us tomorrow starting at 5 00 a. M. News tonight. Columbia police have made an welcome back. We have breaking news to tell you about tonight. Columbia police have made an arrest in a weekend shooting in the vista. Police have charged 23yearold Michael Robinson with the murder in the death of Rodney Francis iii. His body was found Early Saturday Morning in the 1,000 block of lady street. Were going to have much more on this arrest tomorrow morning beginning at 5 00 on good morning columbia. Well, this next story is one of those that you have to see to believe. Theres no question that animals can offer a special kind of support in stressful or tragic situations. Weve shown you the impact that therapy dogs have made in nursing homes, hospitals and schools. One pelion woman is getting through difficult days with a different kind of furry friend by her side. Down a dirt road in rural pelion, youre bound to see a deer or two. If you happen to spot this one, youll notice a collar. He draws a crowd, hes become quite popular. Donna rescued the buck when he was roughed up by a couple of dogs. That was a couple of weeks ago. Hes the sweetest thing. Just so nurturing. You could say she saved his life. What she could never have known that roscoe p. Coal train, lover of potatoes of all forms would save hers. Roscoe is our therapy deer. Hes our therapy buck. He just seems to have a keen awareness as to whats going on with daddy right now. He really does. A few months after taking roscoe in, she took her father in, to nurse him 24 hours a day as he ends his battle with dementia. Hes just amazing. Hell come in and hell lay down beside daddys bed and hell go hes okay. Roscoe chews with his mouth open, takes the steps in one leap and hes limited in his ability to show love, but he stayed by aarons side and waits patiently by her fathers. That to me is the love of what god is all about. A deer to you but an angel for this family. In pelion, grace joyal, abc columbia news. Roscoe p. Coal train, we do want you to know donna is licensed to do Wildlife Rescue through the department of natural resources. She tells us she did all the necessary paperwork through continuer to keep roscoe legally. While he does like napping on the bed or in front of the tv, roscoe does venture off to explore in the woods during the day. But when erin calls, roscoe comes running home. That is such a neat story. A pizza restaurant in charlotte has gone viral after the owner posted the letter in this restaurant. It explains to switching to gender neutral restrooms. The stores owner said that she was inspired after talking to single parents, parents of children with disabilities and members of the lgbt community. I said when i started to hear about all of these instances and it really as i opened my ears and heart, it really started to weigh on me. Though its getting a lot of attention now, the letter has actually been up for five months. Now theyre getting letters of support from as far away as norway and australia. Coming up, john farley is going to let us know about some well be right back. Tonight we start with something very unusual. A tropical system in the middle of january in the atlantic. Lets show you whats going on here. We go way, way, way out here. This is africa, here you are, theres portugal and spain. That right there, that little circulation right there is subTropical Storm alex. Its subtropical in that it has characteristics that are tropical and some that are a normal winter storm. The point is, it still has a name and because it has a name and has some tropical characteristics, this is the first tropical system of the season and really in the middle of january. This is really, really unusual. This thing is going to be passing over t t azoress with decent wind. It will generally die out in the north atlantic. Again, really, really crazy. This is a very unusual situation but thought id bring it to you. For us back at home, lets talk a good pocket of moisture here in the gulf. Thats going to track our way. It will take two days to get here. Tomorrow is quiet but by the time we get to friday, this low will be tracking along the coast when it does, it will bring us rain, decent rain but it wont last that long. It will be a friday event and done in time for your weekend plans. Lets give you timing on that. Tomorrow is quiet so i wont show you that. Starting friday morning at 7 00. We have clouds all over the place. Watch what happens. We get to the middle part of the day and its raining, raining pretty good. Thats when we start within a couple of hours of noon. Thats when the first wave will get here. Well finetune as we get closer. Watch for r e afternoon and evening. We get soaked, especially east of columbia. Thats where well see a fair amount of rain. You see the yellows in here . Thats heavy rain and even some oranges by the time we get into the latter part of the afternoon and evening. But noticel it doesnt last very long. Its gone by the time we get going on saturday morning, its clearing out. As i say, the lefthand will be lets get through tonight. It will be clear and cold. Temperatures below freezing for all of us. Tomorrow as we go through the day, it will be a pretty nice soon. Winds coming out of the southwest, 60ish, low 60s in the lower spots. A look ahead. Theres your friday, theres the rain, pretty solid. Beyond that, it clears out for your weekend. It cools off next week. Well see temperatures back down low 50s, even some 40s and overnight lows down into the 20s. It will be warm for a couple of days and then the whole thing comes crashing back down. Back to you. Thanks so much, john. Half of this years clemson starters will be playing. We hope to find out more next. Clemson and hoops rolling tonight. Sports. Hoops for carolina teams. Hi im mike gillespie. Busy night in hoops for carolina teaming. Thanks for staying up with us. Im mike gillespie. The last time carolina started hoops was in 1997. Dave sharp was like only two years old. The gamecocks tonight at alabama. Carolina and tuscaloosa tonight taking on alabama. Norris averages six points a game, though he decides to hit his first fire chief threepoint jots. Bama feeling it early. Theyre up by ten. This guy puts in 18 point in the first half. Look at the inbounds play and the alleyoop to dan atte hall. The three is no good but the putback by michael kessons. Passes to dozier, shot no good. Bama gets the rebound, up to hall who crashes. Extreme monday goes down with a gash above his eye. Hes taken out of the game. Rough one on the road. Carolinas on an undefeated season. Carolina now 151. 21 in conference play. Up in greenville, brad trying to build clemson to duke status. Speaking of the devil himself, there he is. Clemson hosting duke. Tie game. Nails the three from the corner. Tigers with the first lead since the twominute mark in the game. Clemson up two. Roper from three bucket. Clemson up by five. Onepoint game, under 20 seconds to play. Jordan roper with the ball driving. This man just has a blossoming game. Clemson won 6863 for the first time in School History that a school lost the National Championship game in football and then beat a top ten team in basketball in the same week. Here is brad bur nel after the game. Another big win for us. You know, exciting in some ways because we had so many guys playing to get it done missouri announcing its vacating all win fraz the 20132014 season after a 19month investigation by the university and ncaa into the program and former head coach frank hathe. Missouri saying a donor provided impermissible benefits to three players that season. It included 520 in cash, transportation, ipads, meals and the use of a local gym. The investigation is still ongoing. The College Football circle of life. At one point youre watching them win a championship and then news. We start with the good. Running back wayne who holds the Season Running record will come season. He had over 1500 yards. Time for the bad news. Defensive back alexander will their support. Today hes considered a potential first round draft pick. Clemson kurst making 62 tackles this year for the tigers. Hes considered a first round draft pick. Defensive end dodd will join jackson in the draft. He had three sacks, 12 overall all year. That was second on the team. That will do it for sports. The break. Yeah, its cold out there tonight. But look at tomorrow afternoon. Right around 60, beautiful. Some rain on friday, but it will be out of here for your weekend plans. Earlier we rattled off the powerball numbers. Soon after that, california lotto comes out and says, they sold a Winning Ticket. Right. But it doesnt mean thats the only winner. The only winners were waiting on. Again, the powerball numbers are 8, 27, 34, 4, 19 and the powerball number is 10. So again, we said that the Winning Ticket so far was sold in chino hills, california. So if you were in chipo hills recently south of pasadena, east of los angeles. Not quite the riverside. If you happen to be there not quite to riverside. Happen to be there and you abc columbia news, were a happy