news at 10. happening right now, voters are making their choice for the republican nomination in the nevada caucus. getting started early tonight, donald trump is expected to do well as he hopes to build on his wentz and south carolina and new hampshire. that is what happening that is what is happening out there. democratic hopefuls are talking about issues at a usc campus meeting today. terry pettit is live at the school and they are starting to wrap up that live event. reporter: janet, brian, janet hillary clinton and bernie sanders making their last sales pitch. the two presidential candidates just now wrapping up a town hall here at the university of south carolina where they discussed the issues that they believe mattered most to the voters. hillary clinton is african accounting of the african- right before she spoke at tonight s townhall, she was part of the breaking barriers for him at central baptist church in columbia where she and five mothers whose ch
national weather service says a tornado touched down in the midlands. weather officials say it was an ef zero tornado that came through the midlands today that is the lowest tier tornado on the scope. this is the area that the national weather service says was touched by the tornado touchdown. it was quick. the system still left behind some significant damage. that is where tara pettit is tonight. what is the damage left behind this evening? reporter: janet, brian, there is still a handful of power outages and several people cleaning up tonight. were in west columbia just out of charleston where this road was partially blocked off today due to the tree behind me that was completely uprooted and collapsed on this street. it was likely due to the tornado that swept through this area earlier today. it was been seen it has been seen by more than 1000 1060 times. we caught up with great and he says he was watching a radar on the app on his phone. when he saw that a torna
afternoon and skies will clear. middle 30s friday morning to upper 20s saturday. still thinking low pressure will form off the coast late saturday into sunday.this will give us a slight chance of showers early it s a day of cleanup and adding up the damage following yesterday s severe weather. that s been case especially near leesville where high winds packed a real punch. scientist concluded today that it was caused by a microburst. wis s mike desumma joins us from steedman near leesville with more on that. mike. dawndy, charles that official word came from the national weather service earlier today. in the end it was microburst not a tornado that came through tracy s logging company yesterday. still the high winds it brought did leave a mark on the business. a microburst is caused when a huge burst of downward air hits the ground and then spreads out. meteorologists believe this specific one had winds speeds of up to 70 mph. they were strong enough to knock over a trailer
jennifer ready spoke with a local business cleaning up today after high winds left them with severe damage. yes, sir. it hit here in baitsburg leesville and the roof that used to cover a shed is just one sign of the damage. crews work to clean up the debris scattered across tracy s logging. the national weather service says that the microburst that hit the area packed 70 miles per hour winds. when i looked out, you could see the whole chicken house and debris started flying like it was coming across the field and when i saw the shed here of my uncles, i say it hit the ground. jennifer: jody sitz the microburst lasted about 30 seconds. i could heart tin and debris and stuff like t tt. >ennifer: left in the silence, a hay shed turned into across the roof once sat on top. and windows and dented from debris. i ve spent my lifetime in this place and built buildings often realize how temporarily those things are, how quickly they can be gone. but at the same time, you
crashed motorcycle along the parkway in northeast columbia. officials say silva had been shot multiple times. this is video from that night. vincent may has been charged with silva s murder. we re waiting on details of the motive of the killing itself. investigators say they took connected a gun to the killing of a man in columbia. 45-year-old abeen patterson has been charged in the killing of timothy gentry. today s break came when the gun was tested that patterson was used when he robbed a woman and fired on officers just last july. police say investigators have not determined a motive for killing gentry who worked with children and did charity work overseas. let s talk politics now. a bill intended to make it easier for the public to obtain police dashcam video has been postponed in the senate. enforcement agency to get a judge s blessing before it can deny a public records request. if the judge believes it should not be released, a public can sue. let s talk weather