Transcripts For WYFF WYFF News 4 6am Saturday 20160227 : co

Transcripts For WYFF WYFF News 4 6am Saturday 20160227

Big storm, but we get a break from that. 57, the high for today. That is still a few degrees below normal. Warmer tomorrow. We will talk more about that in just a few minutes. Myra thank you. Coverage this morning. This is another live look of sterling school, one of the many Polling Centers across the state. A second busy weekend for poll workers, as they get ready to open the polls at 7 00. On friday, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders battled it out in the midlands, together, making stops in the same places at the same times. They rallied at claflin and South Carolina state universities. Hillary clinton there is a big divide between what i believe, what president obama believes, believes and so many others, and what youre hearing from the republicans. Thats why getting involved is not only a good thing, but essential. Bernie sanders somebody today and South Carolina gets picked up for possessing marijuana. What happens . You may go to jail, you get a what . A police record. Youre a wall street executive whos greed and behavior help destroy the american economy. What happens to you . You get a Salary Increase is what happens to you. Myra later tonight, Hillary Clinton will be in columbia for a primary watch party, meanwhile, sanders will be in texas and minnesota in preparation for super tuesday. If you are heading out to vote today, we have a few reminders for yoyo to vote, if your Voter Registration card doesnt have state issued id, or military id. The polls open this morning at 7 00. And close at 7 00 tonight. If you are in line at 7 00 tonight you will still be allowed to vote, as long as you are there before the polling manager says the polls have closed. Also if you voted in last weeks republican primary, you will not be allowed to vote in the democratic primary. And before you head to the polls, you can find a sample of todays ballot on our website and the wyff 4 mobile app. Polls ahead of todays primary suggest Hillary Clinton should win, but will Bernie Sanders be able to keep the election close. Nikole killion is in our has more from our washington newsroom. Palmetto primary where , democratic demographics present a key test. Analysts say African Americans are anticipated to makeup over half of South Carolinas democratic primary voters. A constituency that could be critical for Hillary Clinton president obama in 2008. In barack obama cleaned up 2008, with African Americans won a huge majority, obama did in that election. Now, African Americans like Hillary Clinton. We need a real fighter. Clinton has already secured the backing of prominent South Carolina congressman jim clyburn. And courted communities of color with appearances by mothers who lost sons to gun violencnc but Bernie Sanders has rolled out his own big endorsements from actor danny glover to director spike lee who cut this radio ad. House, he will do the right thing. Sanders soars in South Carolina, its a real headache for Hillary Clinton. Most polls show sanders trailing clinton by double dights in South Carolina, but the vermont senator insists hes not writing off the state. Myra if you are voting today, some lastminute tips on our website, as well as our wyff 4 mobile app. And later tonight you can find live Election Results as the numbers come in. Starting tonight at 6 00 we will , have Live Team Coverage from around the state, in columbia with Hilary Clintons campaign. And coverage from a Bernie Sanders watch party. We will also have live updates on the results on air, once the polls close. Were taking a look at the republican side of the race this morning as they make their push , towards super tuesday. Rivals becoming allies, as Chris Christie announcing hes backing donald trump for president. You may recall the new jersey governor hurled verbal jabs at trump on the campaign trail. Now, christie says there is no one better prepared to lead the country. Christie suspended his campaign after he didnt perform well in the New Hampshire primary. That endorsement comes after a heated gop debate, where many of the attacks were aimed at trump. Marco rubio led those attacks. Yesterday he held a rally in dallas, texas there the florida he unleashed a verbal assault against the republican front runner. Rubio blasted trump calling him, a con artist, with a spotty business record, who inherited his wealth. Also going after trump, ted cruz. Yesterday, cruz was in nashville, and during a town hall, cruz fielded questions on a variety of subjects including immigration. But the central theme was trump. Cruz said this weeks debate gave voters a chance to see the differences between himself and donald trump. Also in tennessee, john kasich was there. He was in memphis. Kasich held a town hall at the holiday inn. His Campaign Announced that former new jersey governor Christine Whitman will be backing him. Ben carson was in houston, texas yesterday. He spoke about medical innovation, then took questions at the tmc Innovative Institute , and wrapped up his day with a , town hall meeting. This morning in greenville , county, the search continues for a double murder suspect, who is on the run. Bradford williams stands accused of shooting and killing two people at a nightclub in 2014. He was released from jail in january with a ankle monitoring device as part of the home incarceration program. Records show he cut off his ankle monitor thursday morning. Deputies say williams has friends and family that live in the taylors area and in oconee and anderson county. If you see him, you are asked to call 911. To the lowcountry now. A deputy is recovering after she was shot on the job. Corporal kimber gist is from woodruff. This all started in n ose creek thursday night in berkeley , county. Gist was on patrol and tried to stop a suspicious vehicle. Officials say thats when she got into a scuffle with the suspect, who then shot her twice. The suspect was later involved in a standoff with police in north charleston, and later found dead of an apparent selfinflicted gunshot wound. Deputies say gist is doing well surgery. Coming up, well explain what is brining a planned development by michelin to a stop. Also, championships on the line this weekend in greenville, as several High School Teams take part in the upper state basketball finals. Cold o vo when i first took jake home we ate anything. Until i decided we both needed to eat better. 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Construction shut down the lanes starting at 8 00 last night, in both directions, between mile markers 63 and 67. Thats between the exits for highway 290 and highway 129. Expect delays. Disappointment continues this morning, for the people who recruit industry for oconee county. Michelin north america has decided not to buy 320 acres there, in the golden corner commerce park. The project would have created 59, and cost up to 250 million. The county remains optimistic that something will eventually happen in the county. Yet the county is going in pursuit of other tenants. Its a wellknown landmark in anderson, in the process of being torn down. The bailes building is full of memories for Julie Johnson and jenny fretwell, theyre two of George Bailes seniors grandchildren. Their grandfather bought the building in the early 1900s. He did major renovations, and opened up the gh bailes and Company Department store. One of our favorite memories is running up and down the escalators when we were young. It was of course the first one in South Carolina. Just playing in the store and going down to the Bargain Basement and afterwards going at the counter. Myra the Department Store hasnt been opened since the 1960s, but its always been known as the bailes building, even when the countys voter and Election Office was there, and events when heartburn hits fight back fast tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue tum, tum, tum, tum smoothies only from tums 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 institutional racism. Education. Opportunity. Bernie. Myra changing the luck of some pups and dogs is the focus of an event taking place today. As our guest tells us, lucky pup rescue plans to do that with beer. First of all, lets welcome the guests. Thank you very much for being here. Who do we have here . This is mr. Higgins. Myra found in the middle of the road . Found in the middle of the road. Myra and this nice guy here . This is leo. We rescued him. He was abused. Someone called us out. He was shot with a pellet gun. He is a sweet dog. You taken a lot of animals that might need some extra help. The event this weekend is going to help us raise money. Myra speaking of the event, we have a poster here. Tell us about it. We have a food truck coming out, live music. There will be great raffle items. Everything is benefiting mucky pup rescue. Myra there will be some potentially adoptable pets there. You are also asking for donations, give what you can. Absolutely. We are in need of collars and leashes. We always need dog food. Blankets, towels. You can find more information about other ways to help out. You also need volunteers. We do. We will have lots of information on that. Mr. Higgins is asleep. Myra we have a quiz for you this morning on some president ial pups. Here is the first one. Dog. Who is his master . Very good. We are looking at barney, the scottish terrier. Who is his owner . I would say c. Myra close. Same family. Last one here. C. Myra lets see. Close. Wrong again. President bill clinton. Lets remind everybody when this takes place. It is today from 2 00 to 5 00 in greenville. Myra thank you so much. Nice to have you with us. Now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. Dale good morning. 6 20 is the time. It is calm. 30 degrees. It has been very windy, but the good news is the winds have gone down. If youre getting up early to grab a warm coat. Yesterday reached 53. Snow in the morning. Cold conditions. Today, we should reach the upper 40s. Here what some of the other temperatures are like here this morning, 29, asheville. Spartanburg, a few degrees cooler. Thats check on a couple of other communities. We are seeing 28 in lineman linem the big improvement will be the calm winds, maybe 38 for the afternoon. 60 in the upstate will be the record is 81, set back in 1986. We can have some hot days in january. The average is 54. 50s for the full foothill areas. Low 50s for the only tomorrow but the next few days. 45 and olindo in orlando. By the afternoon, the mid50s in the upstate. Sunday, reaching 61. That is what we will see for the upstate tomorrow. 55 by 5 00 this afternoon. Projecting 53. Tomorrow, highs of 6264. Upper 50s expected by monday. We have that to look forward to. Nice weather on monday. A chance for afternoon showers on tuesday, and a little better chance on tuesday. Mild temperatures for the first half of the week erie a little cooler for thursday and friday. We had winds taking down trees. All the horrible weather. Even though we had people losing power, we were spared. Myra speaking of winds, a look at pennsylvania now. People are getting help from neighbors, and business owners. This is lancaster county. Windy and cold conditions are a lot of heavy equipment needed to get the job done. People from the homage committ Amish Community helping out. For julie, no one was hurt. We are also learning about a deadly shooting in kansas. Police have identified the man allegedly behind the attack. Three people were killed. 14 were hurt. Officials say the shooting happened at a business called excel industries. Thats a plant that makes lawn mower parts. It is just north of wichita. The gunman has been identified as 38yearold cedric ford. Police say he was served a protection from abuse order thursday afternoon. Went into the business and opened fire. Police say the first officer on the scene, took down the shooter singlehandedly. Back here in the upstate, the boys and girls championship wren and dreher squared off in the first game last night. The lady hurricanes from wren considered it a home game because their school is only miles away. Thats kind of been our motto, we dont loose at home and there are several of those seniors who have never lost a home ball game. Were in a home uniform, were in greenville twenty minutes away so we hope we got the home court still. I know what its going to be like and i am ready, im excited. Myra wren fought hard, trailing by 10 points most of the game, but they staged a 4th quarter comeback and got within two points, but finished a little short. There will be 3 other boys and girls championship games starting at 11 00. Its time now for your wyff news 4 timeline, on this february 27th. On this date in 1973, members of the American Indian Movement Began a threemonth occupation of the hamlet of wounded knee, south dakota. Thats where the u. S. Seventh cavalry massacred some 300 sioux in 1890. The demonstrators took eleven residents of the historic sioux federal agents shot two sioux men to death and wounded several more during the standoff. Going back to the Old Neighborhood can be hard sometimes. Walls have been built invisibly around the Old Neighborhood and that Police Brutality is used to keep folks hemmed in, and frankly, opportunity locked out. I spent my entire life in the civil rights movement. I came up in the naacp like my mom came up in the naacp, like my father came up with the congress of racial equality, black lives matter. We need to combat institutional racism from top to bottom in a broken criminal justice system. Im supporting Bernie Sanders for president and all of us who have joined this campaign are there for the same reason. Hes always fought for a populus position of lets fight for all our families as if they are our own. Honey, would some captain ds make you feel better . Yeeeaah woo when you love seafood this much. Back again . I hope its just a clumsy phase. Its gotta be ds. Anythings worth it for our new homestyle flounder meal or double dozen shrimp. Also, try our grilled menu featuring new tuscan tilapia. For full meals starting at just 4. 99, myra were going to take a look outside. It is cold. Dale and calm. That is the good news. The sunrise officially happens at 7 01 this morning. More sunshine tomorrow. Myra take a look at this big fireball in spain. This is caught on camera over the span skies. Were told this is part of a what do you call those a comet. This is from the calar alto observatory. Dale it was traveling about 59 Miles Per Hour and crashed against the atmosphere, creating it looks almost like a bomb going off. No one was hurt. It was a beautiful, spectacular meteor in the sky. Myra they are trying to figure out if it is related to to others they have had. Dale we have had windy, cold weather. The good news is the winds are coming down. Myra wyff news 4 continues. You are watching live, local, breaking news with myra ruiz and weather with meteorologist pamela wright. Myra we are taking a live look at sterling school, where precinct workers already showed up. They are getting ready to open the polls can about half an hour. This morning, a search is underway for this man, a double murder suspect, accused of good morning erie nice to have you with us. Dale thank you, imm filling in for pam of this morning. It looks like lots of sunshine across the southeast. No precipitation expected today for the mountains or the upstate. Over the last couple of days, the wind has been the big story. Tremendous winds continue. It produced some snow in the mountains. Today, it looks like that action is still happening in virginia, and parts of the ohio valley area. We get the chance to dry out and enjoy some sunshine. Low 20s in franklin, andrews. Right at 3031 for greenville. By the end of the day, we will see temperatures in the 50s. Struggling to get up to 50 in the mountains. A quick look ahead. Afternoon temperatures reaching 55 for today. A high of 50 by 3 00. We will be back, talking about warmer weather for tomorrow in just a few minutes.

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