3 3 breaking overnight. A deputy with the Berkeley County Sheriffs Office has been shot. The Sheriffs Office alerted the public about this on social media. The popo says it happened shortly after midnight while the deputy was deputy is in stable condition. The suspect is still at large. We will l continue to follow this story. 3 3 a large number of vultures are causing problems for People Living in homes on fort jackson. Starting next week the base plans to start scaring vultures off with shotguns and lasers. But wildlife experts question the methods. Jay coles with the Carolina Wildlife Center says residents in that area need to make sure they are keeping their trash in a place where the vultures cant get to it. Jay coles the solution to that is to prevent the vultures from getting to the garbage, theyll go somewhere else to eat, vultures are motivated by food, its their primary interest and as long as its a food source there, theyre going to hang around and any effort to run them off
Another cool start to our midday here in the midlands. As were starting off friday at noon with temperatures in the upper 40s and 50s. Fifty, from lexington, and sumter. And newberry all the way to camden. Here in columbia, sitting at 50 degrees. Very strong wind. West, northwest at 14 Miles Per Hour. A lot of sunshine. And feels much cooler outside. The sunshine will continue throughout the afternoon. Looking at a high of 57 degrees as the wind continues out of the northwest. Very cold tonight. Light wind out of the north at 5 Miles Per Hour as we get to a 30degree low. Tomorrow, the wind shifts out of the west, southwest at 5 Miles Per Hour. A lot of sunshine. It will warm up to 60 degrees. We will look at the sevenday forecast and the weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. The South Carolina democratic primary is tomorrow. The candidates continue to look for both throughout the state. Senator Bernie Sanders will be you will be hosting a rally at 3 00. At 4 00, sanders is sched
3 were just a 3 day away from the democratic primary here in the palmetto state. Today former president bill clinton will be campaigning in aiken and blufton for his wife Hillary Clinton. Their daughter, chlsea will be out at usc to rally support for mom as well. Yesterday Hillary Clinton was at a rally in kingree. Whe re she spoke about the need to go after them first through the internet. To stop them from recruting. I will do that 3 bill clinton was out in winnsboro last night campaigning for his wife. 3 clintons compeition. Bernie sanders will be in orangeburg today. Hes expected to attend a rally and tour claflin university. The event is free and is open to the public. Doors open at 3 30. He will also be at a get out the vote rally and concert this evening at the township auditorium. Doors open at 4. Yesterday, sanders was in ohio. Talking about his Grassroots Campaign at a rally Baldwin Wallace university. Its the second time the vermont senator visited the cleveland area since n
Kennedy for a look at what we of the day. 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. And good news at the top of the hour. There are no trouble the capital city. But as always. We will continue to keep our eyes on the road and update you if anything changes for your morning commute. Abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. We have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. So, lets get four republican president ial hopefuls will be discussing faith. Right here in South Carolina. The conservative leaderships projects says former Florida Governor jeb bush, ben carson, senator ted cruz and senator marco rubio will be in greenville today for the faith and family forum. The event runs from noon until 5 30 at the founders memorial amphitorum. The forum comes a day before all the gop president ial hopefuls take the stage in greenville for a debate. That will take place at the peace center. At eight tomorrow night. Ahead of todays forum
Insurance companies. So you can be denied Health Insurance for a preexisting condition. Where women will y more again for our Health Insurance than men. Where young people will not be permitted to get on their parents policies up to the age of 26. Youre not going back there my friends. We are going to stand and defend the Affordable Care act we are going to improve it and take it further. It is a Family Affair for the clintons president bill clinton and chelsea have been paying came in for mrs. Clinton throughout the state today. The couple will be columbia tonight for a rally that starts at 8 00. Bernie sanders was also in orangeburg the senator addressed students. Sanders says he is running for president because it is too late for establishment politics and economics. Yes, sir talked about his plan to comes to promote justice reform. Is it somebody when they are Police Officer, or dies while they are in police custody, in every instance we are going to have a federal department of ju