For the ral i will tonight. The Lieutenant Governor threw his support behind the republican frontrunner just days before iowa caucus. Our grace joyal has this report. Im so jacked. Donald trump. The chill bumps on my arm when i think about donald trump running for america. I like the whole package. I think hes what we need. Shocking. Somebody went down. Okay. You just help her out. Good. And drawing thousands. He doesnt say it just for other people. He just says how he feels. I like that about him. To tiny gilbert the other night. Ill tell you what, South Carolina has been with me from the beginning. South carolina Lieutenant GovernorHenry Mcmaster agrees. We want everybody to get out and vote. For donald trump for president. Of backers. Most recently the controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio from arizona, former Alaska Governor sarah jerry falwell. Everybody believes i will give the best security in the country and i will. I will. Less than a week from caucus day in iowa, a new poll finds donald trump with a sevenpoint lead ahead of ted cruz in the state. I started at three, went to six, went to 12. It was like a rocketship. Trump not worried about had you his decision not to participate in the fox news debate will effect support in the hawkeye state. His supporters in South Carolina this is going to magnify the energy of the truth of donald trump. Think it might actually help him. In gilbert, grace joyal, abc columbia news. Candidate Bernie Sanders met with president obama today. He says the president has been very fair with the Democratic Candidates by not throwing his full support behind any of them. Sanders says it was a productive meeting. They talked about issues from politics to domestic policy. That meeting comes as polls show sanders and clinton neck in neck in iowa. About 600 charleston area residents will be summoned to court as potential jurors for dylann roofs Death Penalty trial. Hes accused in the shooting at emanuel ame church. Laying out the pool size, a computer will randomly pick the group. Occupying a National Wildlife refuge in eastern oregon, the militia leader has a message from jail. Please stand down. Go home and hug your families. The fight is ours for now in the courts. Please go home. That plea for occupiers to leave their posts after one person was killed and one was hurt and several others were arrested in a standoff between the f. B. I. , Oregon State Police and armed antigovernment activists last night. Ammon bundy and his supporters are protesting what they describe as government outreach on federal lands. Dan simon reports. More than three weeks after armed militia took over a federal wildlife refuge in oregon, a deadly shootout between militia members and police. Yesterday, the f. B. I. With our partners took the first steps to bring this occupation to a conclusion. Group leader ammon bundy and seven others were arrested tuesday night after the f. B. I. And Oregon State Police pulled them over on the way to a meeting with community residents. And suffered minor wounds. A spokesman for the occupiers was killed. Its time for everybody in this illegal occupation to move on. There doesnt have to be bloodshed in our community. Bundys father says his son called him from the back of a Police Cruiser moments after the shootout. My son ryan had been shot in the arm. La voi finicum, they coldblooded killed him. They said he was out, had his hands in the air, wasnt armed, wasnt any threat and they coldbloodedly killed him. F. B. I. Says ryan and finicum did not obey orders and shots were fired. They took over january 2nd in part of protesting the sentencing of two ranchers and to make a stand against government overreach when it comes to federal lands. They continue to ignore us and pushed us to a point where we felt we had to make a stand finicum said he was willing to give his life for the cause. Theres more important things than your life and freedom is one of them. The sheriff said he was trying to work with the group for a peaceful solution but in the end, he couldnt meet their ultimatums. We dont arm ourselves and rebel. This cant happen anymore. This cant happen in america and in our county. That was dan simon reporting for us tonight. Escapees need to be put back in jail. Officials say the people theyve arrested are connected to the escapees. They expect more arrests to be made. The reward for leading to their arrests has risen dramatically to 200,000, upping the ante that has shown little progress in five days. Theres not a member of the Orange County sheriffs department, either sworn or professional staff, that does down in this instance. A sheriff says theyre working around the clock to find the escapees and she says theres more than 250 members of Law Enforcement actively working the investigation. A toxic water in flint, michigan continues to provoke outrage and anger. The states governor rick inside is in the hot seat rick snyder is in the hot seat tonight. Attorneys are asking for emails dating back to 2011 and hes only released emails dating back to 2014. With respect to releasing my emails, i did that. This is an extraordinary case. This is not a normal case. The reason i did 14 and 15 is, the president in particular, everybody wanted to know when did i find something out. So i released the relevant emails, my emails that address that issue for the relevant time period. When Governor Snyder was asked whether he would release more emails, he said theyre confident that they answered the comply with any lawsuits and investigations. The Federal Reserve is leaving its key Interest Rate unchanged saying the u. S. Economy lost momentum at the end of last year. Last month, the fed raised rates for the first time in nearly ten years. That decision is no surprise. The fed was widely expected to leave rates alone this month. And we are widely expecting john farley to forecast rain for your morning commute tomorrow. How do we know that . He said that at 6 00 p. M. Pretty much. I was going to say that but i didnt want to burst your bubble. John farley, what do you have for us tonight . At least i know youre listening. Yeah, there are some showers out there. Theyre not very heavy. Look as we go off to the south. More moisture in the gulf thats headed our way. So the showers, light for now. But by the time you get to the morning commute, theyll be coming down. Be ready for them. If youre sending the kids out in the morning, have the umbrella with them as well. Theyll be with them not only the afternoon. 41 to get things going in the morning. We dont climb very much. Were only in the upper 40s especially north and east of columbia. Places like camden, you guys will be cooler than that. Thats because the winds will be coming out of the northeast. Theyll be cold and raw. Kind of a gloomy day for us tomorrow. That said, this is the gloomiest. This is the runt of the litter. When you look at the 7day forecast, i think youre going to like it. Specifics on that in just a few minutes. South carolina senators spent the day trying to hash out details of a bill to increase funding for roads. Now, a specific bill has not been put together but senators agree that it needs to have more money for bridges and highways. A tax cut elsewhere and a change in the structure of the state department of transportation. Education was at the forefront today as students and supporters rallied for national our state superintendent of schools, molly spearman, addressed a crowd at township auditorium. Supporters saw the auditorium of students and supporters undeniable proof of choice success. Advocates argue that School Choice increases segregation and reduces funding for public schools. Still, many feel the choice allows for catering education to the individual needs of each student. Some may really need to consider going to a twoyear Technical College first because there are so many great jobs and careers here in South Carolina now where you need a special skill. Governor haley endorsed legislation today that proposes that the state pay for High School Students and the unemployed to train for available state jobs. The bill overwhelmingly passed the house today. One goal of the bill is to make it easier for High School Students to take classes that technical certificate or associates degree. Tonight, volunteers are spreading out across the midlands in the state working to tally up the number of Homeless People in our communities. The annual survey conducted by the South CarolinaHomeless Coalition starts tonight. The groups count last year found there are more than 6,000 Homeless People in South Carolina. More than 1,000 of those are children. Well, theyre one step closer to playing ball. The columbia fire flies unveiled the team jerseys this afternoon. Theres no way youre going to be able to miss these guys. High School Baseball stangeds across the midlands modeled the shirts for the media today. They found who is on the roster for the teams Coaching Staff and they say theyre ready to take the field. We had our logo out there for awhile. Weve had a lot of questions as to what the team is going to look like on the field. So it was great to be able to share that with the Community Today and to especially have some of the great local high helping us with that. Fire flies first game is april 7th at charleston. The first home game is april april 14th against greenville. Going to be exciting. We were talking about this in the newsroom, i dont think that they are but it calls for a glow in the dark tshirt or something. Because of the fire flies . Yeah. Yeah. I get it. Although night games with the lights on, it may not work that well. When they first came out, i think it would be kind of hot. It was supposed to be a routine arrest until the suspect stole the patrol car. You wont want to miss that amazing video when we come back. Plus, youve been reading to help kids get through the school week. Ill tell you about the hot day express. Thats all next. Hey guys, its a chilly night but here is something to warm your heart and evening of fallen snowflakes and chilling cocktails all for a good cause. Columbia at 5 00. Welcome back. Thanks for staying with us tonight. Oklahoma state troopers arrested a man after finding a bunch of marijuana in his car. But before they could bring him to jail, he took off with the troopers car. As Christian Shanahan reports video. In a matter of seconds, the suspect slips his handcuffed hands from back to front and hops into the drivers side and takes off. The night starts with a traffic stop. 23yearold Benjamin Henson pulled over for following too closely and unsafe lane changing. He gets in the ohp unit and the trooper asked him a few questions. Where are you going today . Oklahoma. My family lives in oklahoma. Okay. The two continue to chat while the trooper writes a warning. Great morning out here. Yeah, theres not a whole lot to do in oklahoma. Before hanson walks away with his warning, the trooper decides to ask a few more questions. Do you have anything illegal in your car . No, sir. Do you let me allow to search is it probable cause . No i have reasonable cause. Seconds later troopers discover seven large bags of marijuana hidden in the trunk. Henson is then hand carved. Thats a large amount of marijuana in the vehicle. Yes. Its not mine. When the troopers continue to search the car, thats when henson makes his move and takes off in the troopers unit throwing the bags of pot on to the street. Swerving in and out of traffic at a high rate of speed with cash the canine in tow for the bumpy ride. Sorry, buddy. Minutes later henson crashes into a fence. He then jumps out of the patrol car and takes off. Ohp says this video has become a learning tool and theyre working to make changes in the department. It really opens your eyes that nobody is immune to have Something Like that happen. That was Christian Shanahan you know what . The oklahoma Highway Patrol found henson about an hour after he ran off and took him to jail. No surprise there. Let you have the read after that. I mean, really . Less than two weeks to go until our Carolina Panthers take on the Denver Broncos in santa clara. The bay area is getting geared up for more than a million fans who will invade the super bowl 50. The game is on february 7th but starting saturday, visitors can see soup super bowl city. Levi stadium the getting a makeover to cater to the wealthy fans that will be there on game day. I would hope so because key word wealthy, 5,000 tickets. Some people paid 12,000 tickets. I need there to be something, you know, versus a coke and popcorn. If youre on the east coast, you have to buy the plane ticket out to the west coast. Thats thousands. If you can afford 12,000 for thats probably true. Almost to the weekend but not without a little rain to start your thursday. John will tell you what you need to know for your morning thats next. And welcome back. Tomorrow is going to be not only rainy but cool, gloomy, raw, kind of cool. But by friday, it will be nice and sunny. The weekend, especially the second half of the weekend, man, how about closing in on 70. 70 degrees, not bad. Well get there in a few days. For now, giving you a look outside right now. Its dry here in columbia. But there are showers off to the west. You see a couple of showers here new orleans all the way over to florida. This moisture is going to come in here during the day tomorrow. So tonight, the clouds continue to thicken. The temperatures will lower some. Tomorrow, here is what things will look like as you get out the door. 7 00 in the morning, showers are already starting. So the morning commute is going to be wet. As we work through the middle part of the day, if you have plans to take out to lunch, again wet. Accumulations of rain probably wont be that much. Ill be surprised if anybody got half an inch, most of us less than that. Off and on pretty much all day long. As we get into the evening commute, same story, 4 00 more showers. The back edge of this is now working its way down from the upstate. As we get into the evening, look at what happens. The rain goes to the coast and we actually get clearing by 8 00, 9 00, 10 00 tomorrow night and that clearing will last for many days. Lets get you going with tomorrow morning. As you see here, it will be raining, a few showers into tomorrow morning. The temperatures will dip down here is a look at the bus stop forecast. Again, have the umbrella with the kids. Temperatures kind of cool. Showers on and off. Low 40s is as we start the day. Then working our way through the day, it just doesnt warm all that much. With the surface winds coming out of the northeast, places like bishop, camden, only mid40s. Maybe places in the north, orangeburg in the mid50s. Tomorrow is it. Friday, kind of cool, 60 degrees. Overnight friday Night Saturday morning, its freezing. Look at this, we climb. By the time we get to sunday, were around 70 and we stay there through next wednesday at which point theres a threat of some rain. Those numbers right around 70 degrees, thats going to feel pretty good sunday into monday. Back to you. Thanks so much, john farley. Cam newton, some people dont like him because they dont have anyone to compare him to. Clemson continues to play some of the best basketball in the nation right now. See tonights highlight from thats next. New year, new tiger team. Hi, im tim hill. Clemson basketball limped to the 2016 barely above 500 on the season. Losers of three games in a row. Since then, its been a new year rejeev nation. Tonight the tigers looking to bounce back with their only loss of the month. Tigers take an eightpoint lead. Roper making an even 100 steals for his clemson career. He scores 13 on the game. Clemson leads by 14 at the half. The coach not pleased. Second half, Michael Young trying to bring the panthers back. Young leads with 25 points. Digits. When you have players like gloss some, makes you look like a better coach. Clemson knocks off four ranked teams in one month. 7360 the final score. Tigers improved to 62 in atc play. Frank martin and the gamecocks getting 52 in the sec. 182 overall with a much needed home win against Mississippi State last night. Senior Michael Carrera carrying carolina for most of the ballgame. Carrera becoming the first gamecock since terry dozier in 1987 to score 30 plus points, ten plus rebounds. He had a high of 34 and 15. That made things Pretty Simple from a coaching perspective. Yeah. If i didnt run plays for him, i think my assistants would have fired me. I think my assistants were going to get rid of me. The plan was to post him and get him inside. Was at the three and the floor. Next up for the carolina, the team that gave the gamecocks loss, alabama coming to the arena 6 00. The tide still looking for their first sec road win. Got a big win against tennessee. Texas a ms tengame winning streaks come to an end where a lot of wins go to die. Arkansas a winner and crushes missouri tonight. Ole miss snaps a losing streak. Moody scoring 24 points in the game. 22 of those in the second half. The Carolina Panthers coach ron rivera says hes not doubting thomas davis will play in the super bowl, pun intended there. He had a plate surgically inserted to help heal a broken forearm. A lot of panther fans cheering on cam newton and the panthers in practice in hes not afraid to speak his mind why he thinks he has so many haters. They talk about maturity with me. They talk about skill set with this team. Nobody has changed. The only thing that has changed is were winning. I said it since day one, you know, im an africanamerican quarterback that may scare a lot of people because they havent seen nothing that they can compare me to. Interesting comments there. That will do it for sports right now. News at 11 00. Tomorrow is going to be rainy start to finish. Well see showers. Have your umbrella with you any time during the day. It will also be cool. Only upper 40s at best and a but after that, look at that, the temperatures climb. Friday were at 60 with plenty of sunshine. By sunday, were around 70 degrees. Thats a nice end to the weekend and the beginning of next week looks pretty well as well. Thanks, john. Parents and teachers out there, its hump day. In an effort to help kids get over the hump of reading, every wednesday between shows for an hour, reading to kids at barnes noble. Its free for anyone who wants to come out 7 00 to 8 00 at night. The kids range in ages from four to eight years old. Tonight barnes noble had mim being and cookies out for the milk and cookies out for the kids. We didnt want to show the kids for privacy. We read about six books tonight. I read the real life story of how winnie the pooh became winnie the pooh. I dont know that story. Ill give you a short version. Some of the kids range in ages