has town halls planned in chapin, aiken and mount pleasant today. following his stop here in columbia, jeb bush is set to make stops in beaufort, summerville and myrtle beach. john kasich will be in bluffton. donned trump will be in walterboro and sumter today. the democratic kanld dates are staying just as busy. bernie sanders was in columbia yesterday hoping to grow his support here in the capital city. sanders spoke on criminal justice reform and highlighted his plans for free higher education and decreasing student debt. a college degree is the equivalent in many respects to what a high school degree was 50 or 60 years ago. for our economy to do well, we need the best educated work force in the world. meanwhile, hillary clinton is also determined to win votes with youth and minorities. clinton spent yesterday in new york speaking with civil rights leaders about breaking barriers. and former president bill clinton was in greenville the south carolina democratic party p
book that his father wrote. i thought that was interesting and members of the crowd are asking jeb why he attacks trump on the debate stage. he responds by saying he s not a conservative. he s hijacked our party. and he says who is going to take him on if i don t? very interesting. it is very loud there. we cannot take her live. she ll have a complete report coming up at 6:00 tonight. we can take a live picture and show you if you want to see the crowd that is out there at this time if we have thatvideo. yeah, we re going to listen to exactly what he s saying because from what we understand, he s speaking right now. let s take a listen. tip o neill was a liberal democrat. ronald reagan was a conservrvive republican. they didn t ascribe bad motives to one another. and they word together and built a team to save social security t/ what we have today. and it was done for more than a generation of time. it just requires a leader saying it s a high priority and this, and
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 night s town hall here in columbia, trump said the pontiff s comments were a little nicer than first reported. now, trump s competition jeb bush is taking time to speak out on the pope s 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 str
the surface. so that s going to keep us cool for the time being. orangeburg at 69. a lot of warm air on the way. a lot more rain on the way as well. details on the rest of the week coming up in a few minutes. thank you. in our vote 2016 coverage, democrats are hot on the campaign trail here in south carolina. ahead of saturday s primary. straight off her win in the nevada caucus, hillary clinton and her campaign will begin the breaking down barriers forum today. the forum is made of civil rights attorneys and five mothers who lost their children to gun violence and police incidents. columbia mayor steve benjamin will be in attendance of that forum. it s today at grace christian church set to begin at 4:00. tomorrow, clinton will join the breaking down barrier forum at central baptist church in columbia. for a complete list of forum dates and locations, go to our website at abccolumbia.com. bernie sander has some across the palmetto state. actor/producer danny glover will be
and warm air coming in from the south. i think this warm air will spread across the area as we move throughout the rest of the afternoon. this front will move to the north and might bring us a chance of rain as well. we ll keep an eye on that system but keep an eye on what could be coming our way tomorrow. severe weather very likely for much of the east coast. i ll let you know what to expect coming up in the full forecast. jonathan, thank you and all that rain may be a nuisance. you know what it s good for. growing. growing the grass and turning it green. keeping the midlands beautiful and t.d. bank employees are partnering up to make our environment a little greener this morning. that s right. as a part of the bank s t.d. tree days initiative, employees, volunteers planted trees at owens park this morning. now, this is their commitment to the environment in order to enhance community and economic development. with contributions at building and improving the public