3 sunshine dominates with highs reaching the mid-50s in the upstate and mid-40s in the mountains. a strong mountain wind could gust to 25 mph. tonight stays clear and cold near freezing and below. saturday warms up to the low 60s with sunshine. 3 ((wrap up)) 3 hold hold 3 we re watching this in the pit center.3 you are looking live at: 3 while temperatures in the upstate are looking more mild there s still some winter weather cleanup in the mountains.and because of that mitchell, transylvania and yancey county schools will all be on a two hour delay today. remember for the latest updates on delays and closings. head to fox- carolina-dot-com. 3 3 we are just days away from the iowa caucuses and many of the republican candidates for president used thursday s debate to try and win over voters voters these seven candidates took the stage for the prime time debate in des moines. moines.and although donald he still dominated the night. ted cruz was r
before the iowa caucuses. frontrunner donald trump still says he won t be there because of issues with the moderator and the network. tracie potts has more on that and new poll numbers just released this morning. our new nbc-marist polls show trump s numbers remain strong. analysts say skipping tonight s debate is a risk - but it could turn out to be a smart one. just released this morning: our nbc- marist polls show donald trump flipping the script in iowa - now up by 7 over ted cruz. who was leading there earlier this month. trump s up by 19 in new south carolina, our polls show. yet his feud with fox news and anchor megan kelly has led to one less candidate on stage tonight. super burned in presidential candidate :22-:24 i don t like being taken advantage of. fox confirms: there will be no empty podium. trump tells south carolina voters it s what the u-s should ve done with the iran nuclear deal: presidential candidate :32-:35 you just walk out. you leave. that s what y
to middle 40s mostly cloudy with periods of showers and rain through late afternoon, highs near 50 rain chance 90% tonight, clearing skies, lows middle to upper 30s friday sunday. mostly sunny and warmer. highs lower 60s to upper 60s by sunday. lows in the lower to middle 40s mostly cloudy with periods of showers and rain through late afternoon, highs near 50 name in the race. a new nbc-wall street journal-marist poll puts donald trump way ahead of ted cruz in the palmetto state. trump now has the support of 36 he s also ahead of cruz in iowa heading into monday s caucus. among the democrats former secretary of state hillary clinton dominates the poll of likely primary voters at 64-percent. with challenger bernie sanders coming in at 27- percent. instead of making tonight s debate, trump is planning to host a veterans benefit at the exact same time. phil mattingly has more. :14 - :19 1:10 - 1:15 1:32 - 1:36 1:37 - 1:40 donald trump only hours away from hosting his, quote s
you can get weather updates in the midlands by downloading the wis tv weather app. you can find it in your app store. and it s free! westwood high school in blythewood was back on schedule after a suspicious odor disrupted the school day. the richland two school district says the main part of the building was evacuated and students stayed in the gym as crews worked the scene. two hours later, the school was given an all- clear. the source of the smell has not been determined. the 2016 presidential candidate who will not be at tonight s republican debate is still the hottest name in the race. a new nbc-wall street journal-marist poll puts donald trump way aheaeaof ted state. trump now has the support of 36 percent of gop voters. he s also ahead of cruz in iowa heading into monday s caucus. among the democrats former secretary of state hillary clinton dominates the poll of likely primary voters at 64-percent. with challenger bernie sanders coming in at 27- percent. donald tru
there s not much doubt mcmaster has been a mainstream republican. in the last presidential cycle, he endorsed former utah governor jon huntsman -seen by many as one of the most moderate gop candidates. consultant joel sawyer handled huntsman s campaign here -and i asked sawyer today whether mcmaster s trump support signals the start of a south carolina republican party shift toward trump. we ll see but i think the larger thing that it presents is that there is a a growing sense of inevitability.for donald trump as the nominee. you know the idea that donald trump will not only be a serious contender but the front-runner a year ago would have been laughable to me. it would have been laughable to probably henry mcmaster or anyone who watches politics. but now you have him poised to do very well in iowa, maybe even place first in iowa and nobody s even close to him in new hampshire and south carolina right now. the lieutenant governor was difficult to locate we did speak to leadi