Center with more. Well be down close to freezing. You see the wind. Ive zoomed in on the flags. These are flags on top of the state house. They are blowing out of the west. That will be in place tonight and tomorrow as well. Lets give you a peek at the temperatures. Were getting down in the 30s. It wont take long to get to the mid 30s and low 40s. Factor in the wind it will feel cooler. 30s. Plenty of sunshine but breezy. Thats gonna be the theme as we go through the day. I say breezy, i should be using the term windy especially the middle part of the day. Well see gusts even as high as 30 especially at lakes. It will grab your attention. When your temperatures are in the 40s, you throw a 30mileanhour wind on top of it, its cold. Thats where were going tomorrow and this wind is gonna be in play not only tomorrow but as we go through the week. So winter has not left us by any means. I will explain more about that up in a little bit. Hundreds at South Carolina State University honor and
Kennedy. 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. And good news. There are no trouble spots to report on the roads in or around the capital city. But well be sure to keep you updated for your morning commute. Abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. We have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. The very first ballots in the New Hampshire primary have been cast. A dozen voters came out in the Small Community of Dixville Notch. To cast their votes at midnight. Bernie sanders won all four democratic votes. And Ohio Governor john kasich won the most republican votes. The race is heating up in New Hampshire. With voters heading to the polls today for the firstinthe nation primary. A new cnn poll finds Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump Holding substantial leads. Sanders holds 54percent of the vote. Compared to democratic rival Hillary Clintons 40 percent. And trump tops the gop field with 31 percent of the vote. Well ahead of mar
Commercials unlikability, persuasiveness, brand, identity. Talking weather now. Still raining in parts of the midlands. Chief meteorologist john farley joins us now. John, some cold temperatures, too. Yeah, cold temperatures spilling in behind the rain. The rain along 95 is still wet. One more gasp of showers pushing through newberry and slide counties. That will do it for us tonight. What will happen, there you go, theres the line of whats left of the showers. Were looking to the west, the sun has set. Once that line goes through, its going to be clearing out, clearing out pretty quickly. Here are the temperatures, theyre in the 40s. This is one of those deals where this winter we havent had a whole lot of days weve been into the 40s. Were going to have a long stretch of them starting tomorrow and going for a couple of days here. Here you go, the next couple of hours, 40 and windy. But the time you get going tomorrow morning, it will be down into the mid30s. It will be clear, a little
Heavy rains this morning followed by a drop in temps have already caused some ice to form. Our mike desumma joins us live from bethune with more on that. Judi, dawndy specifically on trees is where theyve been seeing a lot of that ice. Not only here in bethune but several points east and north of the city of camden. Really if you make the drive out here its hard not to find a tree with ice on it. Of course the concerning thing now for a lot of Power Companies is the threat of iced branches falling on utility lines. Eastern parts of Kershaw County of slush on roadways earlier today. That caused a few cars to go off the road. The dot and county public works crews are continuing to monitor conditions on the roads and highways. They say theyre not expecting a lot of problems with icy roads tonight however theyre once again stressing to drivers to take caution if they need to go out. Gene faulkenberry Emergency Management director, Kershaw County slow down a little bit. Watch what youre doi
Men accused of taking part in a Sports Betting operation. One of themthe father of double murderer brett he joins us live with the latest. Dawndythe retrial of jack parker and doug taylor moved very quickly. Opening statements yesterdayananclosing arguments late this morning. Both men have been down this path before. Convicted in 2013 on federal gambling chargesbut those convictions overturned by the 4th Circuit Court of appeals. The Appeals Panel said the government had dragged its feet in providing the defense with discovery material. Jack parker of course, is the father of brett parkernow serving two life sentences for the april 2012 murders of his wife tammie and their mutual friend bryan capnerhurstwho was partners with brett parker in his bookie business. The Sports Betting operation came to a crashing halt on the day of the murders in irmos ascot estates subdivision. The killings and the trial that followed were highly publicized here and nationally. But theres been no mention o