Trump says if he was african americanquotei wouldnt like him very much. The candidates are continuing to stamp down the trail here in South Carolina working for every vote they can get before the polls open. That includes texas senator ted cruz. Hes expected to land at Eagle Aviation in west columbia. Thats where we find our mike desumma who joins us now live with more. Sam , judi this hanger at Eagle Aviation has been used often over the years. Troops on their way in and out of the midlands on deployment have come through here. Today its expected to host about 600 ted cruz supporters for an afternoon rally. The texas senators plane is expected to hit the ground in minutes. Hell rally with voters here before he continues on. The low country and the grand strand. Rally with voters here before he continues on. Earlier today he made stops in the low country and the grand strand. Hes coming off a big week taking a lead over donald trump in a National Poll from nbc and the wall street journ
Edition of the gamecocks. Head coach Chad Holbrook has 23 players from last years team. And 19 newcomers. Freshmen and Junior College transfers. Holbrook and his coaches have been working with the team since august. He says he learned a little about the team during preseason practices and scrimmages. This weekend hell find out a lot more about this squad. When a new team walks in and the games are being played and the lights get turned on. You learn something else. And were going to learn who handles the pressure a little bit better, who performs better in a competitive type situation. Im going to learn a lot about my team. What i hope to learn is these players are as good as i think they are. Im excited about these group of guys and im excited about watching them play this weekend and helping them this weekend. Fabulous forecast over the next pressure is in place. Look for mostly sunny skies today through the weekend with highs today in the lower 60s. Near 70 saturday and low to middl
Island and then myrtle beach. Meanwhile, jeb bush is busy in the upstate hitting the road with his mother, former First Lady Barbara Bush in spartanburg, greenville and central. Ted cruz and ben carson will also be campaigning close to home. They will indeed. Ted cruz will be holding his own rally in West Columbia at the Eagle Aviation hangar. That will take place at 5 30 and ben carson will be making stops in North Charleston and florence as well as rock hill later today. And donald trump is softening his response to pope francis who claimed the g. O. P. Frontrunner is not christian if he favors using a wall to stem illegal border crossings. During last nights town hall here in columbia, trump said the pontiffs comments were a little nicer than first reported. Now, trumps competition jeb bush is taking time to speak out on the popes comments. I believe that we ought to border patrol. Using technology and using g. P. S. Technology. Across the board, we ought to have a strategy to prote
For more on what we can expect. Lets turn things kennedy. 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. Good news there are no trouble spots to report in or around 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 started. We are just one day away from the gop firstinthesouth primary. Right here in South Carolina. With the republican president ial hopefuls making a last minute push to gain votes here in the palmetto state. Last night. Undecided voters got to hear from donald trump, john kasich and jeb bush at a town hall at the Usc Law School. Hosted by cnn highlights. 33 thanks grace. And hall. John kasich is still reaching out to voters here in the capital city. Hell be holding a town hall at sentates end. This morning at ten. He also has
SPEARFISH — For about 25 years Ray Jilek and his Laura have managed fixed base operations at the Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field as Eagle Aviation Inc.