South carolinas primary on saturday, deepening his hold on the gop. Trump took 33percent of the vote in the palmetto state. Senators marco rubio and ted cruz came in 2nd and 3rd in a virtual tie behind trump. Out west, Hillary Clinton pulled out a crucial win saturday over Bernie Sanders in nevadas democratic caucuses, easing the rising anxieties of her backers. At a raucous victory rally in las vegas, she lavished praise on her supporters and declared this one is for you. The victories put clinton and trump in strong positions as the 2016 president ial election advances toward the South Carolina democratic primary on saturday and the march 1st super tuesday contests. Dianne gallagher has a look at the races ahead. Nothing easy about running for presisint. Its tough, its nasty, its mean, its vicious. Its beautiful when you win, its beautiful. Acknowledging its hard to run for president , donald trump saw the huge payoff in South Carolina night. Victory in the south for the republican f
Atlanta to hit a rally last night in las vegas. Trump is projected to win the state. But second place remains up for grabs. Tonight Democratic Candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will take part in a cnn Town Hall Forum here in columbia. Ahead of saturdays democratic primary in South Carolina, both candidates will field questions from an audience at uscs school of law. You can catch it live on cnn from 8 to 10. Chris cuomo will moderate. Hillary clinton has a group of mothers on her side with highprofile stories that made national headlines. They spoke on behalf of her president ial campaign at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church monday during a forum called breaking down barriers. The group included the mothers of trayvon martin, sandra bland, eric garner, and dontre hamilton. The women say clinton is the only candidate who listened and talked with them about their concerns with gun violence, racial profiling and social justice. She calls and says, what can i do for you . Ho
Hundreds of viewer comments calling for myers to be firedor removed by the governor. Neither of those are options. Myers is an elected official and cannot be fired by for instance, the county administrator or a city manager. The governor cannot remove him because the charge hes facing is a misdemeanor, not a felony that would involve a grand jury indictment. And South Carolina is a state where there is no recall procedure for an elected official of any kindfederal, state or local. So it would be up to myers himself to resign. Here is crime Victim Advocate and madd member laura hudson. I think the citizens have spoken to that today. That thats the reasoning of the community. Everybody that ive heard from would like to see that take place. Q thats not to say that he hasnt done great things and has been an effective prosecutor. For 30 years i have loved and respected him for being the best prosecutor in the state. So its with a very heavy heart that i say these things, because time. Hudso
The democrats are now turning their focus to South Carolina, while the republicans head west to nevada. Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders has already hit the ground running in the palmetto state. Our Caroline Patrickis was there for a stop in sumter this morning. Good afternoon its the beginning of a new week and all eyes are on the South Carolina democratic race. Its was just this morning when president ial candidate Bernie Sanders made his way to sumter to the democratic primary this weekend im here at serendipity cafe in sumter, it was a very intimate event between sanders and his supporters today just a few in attendance at this last Minute Campaign event in the midlands as he heads into the first in the south democratic primary this weekend. Of course he spoke on topics like jobs and education, raising the minimum wage and asking south carolinians to go out and vote. We look around for other to people to make that. Thats why im running for president thats why im asking for your su
Homeowners to tap into the new sewer line. What they have told us in the previous meetings is that it can cost anywhere between 2,000 to 6,000. On an average income, as you heard here today, you know, some of these families dont make that. Meanwhile, he and others dont think theres a need for a new system either. What well do is review the permit based off of our current state standards that were provided to protect the health and environment. Dhec will also take into consideration all of the comments it receives between now and march 9th. The Congaree Riverkeeper was there tonight but did not give a public comment. However, he told wis there are ongoing sewer problems in lower richland, including some that involve a couple lr schools. He said something has to be done to fix the Environmental Impact coming from broken lets check in now on your overnight forecast. Meteorologist ben tanner is standing by in the First Alert Weather Center to give us an update. Unsettled pattern the next f