elects presidents. >> it's great to be back in south carolina. >> south carolina, y'all do it right. >> south carolina has been pretty good to the bush family over the years. >> that is factually correct, but may be wishful thinking on jeb bush's part. we'll find out. back with more on the special edition of "mtp daily," diving deep into the february foursome of states that will shape the 2016 race. we're halfway through our first four. the back half is a split situation. let me explain. so nevada democrats and south carolina republicans will actually make their pick on the same day february 20th, a saturday. the other side in each state will weigh in a few days later on separate days. why the two-state parties in south carolina, nevada don't work together the iowa, new hampshire is i don't know. but we'll see. let's start with south carolina, always proud to tout its first in the south status for both parties after the iowa caucuses and new hampshire primary. long viewed as sort of a southern fire wall for likely nominees to sew things up. plrly the republican side. newt gingrich's

south carolina is only 11 days after new hampshire. >> as kathleen noted, south carolina has a history of being the decisive state. and as i said before, the republican primaries tend to end pretty quickly. bob dole can win new hampshire. and george h.w. bush then wins south carolina, for example, and it's essentially over, even though it goes on longer. the question is, was newt gingrich an anomaly or is south carolina's republican party changing like the republican party across the country in a lot of ways? south carolina, even though you think of it as a southern state, has always been more of an establishment state. carol campbell, the former governor, the deceased governor, was key to h.w. george bush's organization. was still a place when george h.w. bush ran. does that still exist? this is where ted cruz looks at the map and says, i like this. i like this. i want to be ted cruz, the tea party guy going into south carolina, and then into the s.e.c. primary, into the south, but as trump right now, as i check out the polling, on average, if you average the most recent south carolin

here in south carolina... as well as in early voting new hampshire and iowa. pataki never made main stage in any of the g-o- p debates. he was at less than one-half of one percent of support in last week's c- n-n/o-r-c republican poll. pataki joins rick perry... our own u-s senator lindsey graham... in dropping out of the g-o-p race. the remaining candidates in the battle for the presidency now head toward their first contest... the iowa caucuses... which are just a month away. south carolina congressman trey gowdy is announcing his pick for president. gowdy says he is backing florida senator marco rubio... calling him the best candidate on national security and public safety. the endorsement could give rubio a boost here in the palmetto state. south carolina is the third state and first in the south to hold a primary. many pundits see the state as a must-win for rubio as he makes a play for the white house. rubio's campaign says he'll make stops this weekend in easley... lexington and hilton head. meanwhile..

republican presidential candidate donald trump was in south carolina today ahead of the new year. trump was in hilton head this afternoon holding a meet and greet at the westin hilton head island resort and spa. and republican candidate former florida governor jeb bush will be in lexington tonight bush will put in an appearance at at hudson's smokehouse barbecue on sunset boulevard tonight. the event is scheduled to start at 6:30. and another republican presidential candidate will be right behind him-- also making a pit stop at hudson's smoke house in lexington this weekend... marco rubio be holding a meet and greet saturday january 2nd at 4:00. he'll also be holding events in hilton head and easley. two local nonprofits have been hard at work this week rebuilding almost a dozen october's flood. betty shelton's house is one of the houses being remediated during the three-day "rebuild together" event. it's a partnership beween the st bernard project and homeworks, funded by large donations from united way of the midlands and mungo homes. mold is one of the biggest issues volunteers

carolina. today's rain chance goes up to 90% with 1" rain totals possible across the midlands. the daytime high will reach the upper 70s. on thursday the rain chance the day and then down to 30% that night. high: 71 new year's day will be partly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. high:60 the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. newberry county is under a flash flood warning until 3:15 this afternoon. your wednesday will feature another round of showers and occasional thunderstorms as an area of low pressure moves out of the gulf of mexico and across the southeast along a draped over south carolina. today's rain chance goes up to 90% with 1" rain totals possible across the midlands. the daytime high will reach the upper 70s. on thursday the rain chance falls to 50% during the day and then down to 30% slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. high:60 the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. newberry co

one of her goals is to bring more jobs to south carolina and the innocent south carolina will be home to their first auto factory in north america. the $500 million facility is about 30 miles northwest of charleston. the new plant should be operating in three years and could eventually employ as many as 4000 people. the plant will build the company's new as 60 sedan.>>> in sports both the usc gamecocks and clemson tigers made national headlines. in october football coach steve spurrier announced his resignation. he said the program have he cited it as a factor in recruiting and police walking away will help the situation. he was the school's all-time winningest coach with 86 victories from 2005 to 2015. >> this is the best thing for south carolina football and for our university to start another building process and we have an accident coach and it is -- excellent coach and it is their turn to have a go at it.>> the man selected was will muschamp the former florida coach. he was introduced in early december and spent four seasons at florida before he was fired after last season. he wo

bush, they win in south carolina. they appear to have south carolina wired in a way that doesn't make sense even when other things do. for that reason alone there will be a lot of attention on jeb bush's campaigning in the state even though the raw numbers would suggest that he's not going to be a factor. today, though, officially south carolina senator lindsey graham is out. and if you wehe were going to l the race, our next guest called the date on which he would do it weeks ahead of time. i'm not kidding. joining us is msnbc political correspondent kaci hunt who weeks ahead of time basically knew that today would be the day lindsey graham would quit. kasey, how did you know? how did you pick today? >> it was really tough, rachel. i just called the south carolina board of elections and i asked if they had said anything about when it would be possible to get off of the ballot in south carolina. now, this was something i had several people suggest that i call the board of elections because they had heard that senator

1980s. >> great to be back in south carolina. a place that believed in me. >> rubio has deep ties here. his super p.a.c. is headquartered in the capital. his staff stock with natives. >> the first three states, iowa, new hampshire, south carolina are critical but the rnc has sped up this process. immediately thereafter you're going to have nevada and pop into super tuesday. in a couple of weeks. >> that's when ted cruz plans to go full throttle for a series of contests dubbed the sec primary. named after the college football conference. cruz has been campaigning in places such as alabama since the summer where he laid out his southern strategy. >> states like georgia, mississippi, alabama, arkansas, oklahoma, texas, those are conservative states. they are evangelical states. they are states where our grassroots team is incredibly strong and i view the sec primary as a fire wall. >> maybe, just maybe by then we'll be a little closer to knowing where this crazy ride will end up. so who will take the top spots in the early states? j

the campaign also plans to triple its staff in south carolina to reach people one on one. "it is a different year, but i the election, people are going to want to know who'll be sitting behind the big desk. first thing, who can beat hillary clinton? the frontrunning candidate for president in our party does the worst against hillary clinton. and for good reason, he's not a serious candidate. he has a broad appeal, but it may not be as deep as people imagine. so we're going to put together a ground game if you will in iowa and new hampshire and here in south carolina that i think will be second to none." bush plans to be back in columbia next saturday. bush says his new years's resolution is "to win it." the usc men's basketball team will head into the new year undefeated. totoght, the gamecocks hosted francis marion at colonial life arena. forward chris silva led the gamecocks in scoring by putting up a season- high 13 points and 6 rebounds. usc pulls away wiwi a 78 to 56 win over the patriots tonight. the gamecocks keep their improve to 12 and oh. they face memphis next a

so the first two nights in south carolina he was at 30%. the last two nights of polling in south carolina after he said ban all muslims from this country, it wasn't at 30% anymore. he popped up to 38%. so republican voters love it. apparently. mainstream is recoiling in disgust and dismay. but republican primary voters, they are a different breed of cat. they like it. a lot. when the republican presidential field this year first started taking shape, really looked like there was a lot of depth to their field this year. i mean, yeah, there were this handful of political amateurs, donald trump and carly fiorina and ben carson. but then out of the 17 people who were declared presidential candidates on the republican side, honestly a majority of them had been governors. 8 of the 17 had been governors. 5 of them had been or currently are senators. and of the governors who are running, obviously jeb bush has the family dynasty on his side so he's i guess the dynastic favorer, but governor scott walker was thought to have the best prospects. david

especially in early voting states like south carolina. aly: how could this play for clinton and trump? nikolele trump has really been going after bill clinton, especially over his affair with monica lewinsky. asked if his own ininscretion should be considered fair game, he said, yes. tracking poll shows donald trump in the lead over his republican competitors. if the general election were held right now, hillary clinton seems to have the edge over trump by several points. aly: nikole killion in our exclusive washington newsroom. thank you for joining us. south carolina is one of the early voting states and he is expected in hilton head, speaking at 11:00 this morning. mike: jeb bush is in lexington tonight. aly: another live look from miami gardens, florida. five people are dead,d,wo others mike: breaking traffic news. ashok police reporting a rockslide that closed part of patton avenue. dispatchers say the road is closed from about regent park boulevard to interstate 240. drivers should be prepared to detour around the rockslide area. th

we've gotten a ton of great out, three south carolina bands. we're really pleased they can join us and be a part of it. >> reporter: what time will the event begin that day? . >> the first band will start around 6:30, but events will be going on earlier in the day. there's a kids carnival on main street. there's also the ice -- ice- skating rink in front of the columbia museum of art. the concert itself starts around 6:30. we'll go obviously until after midnight, because we have to have the big countdown. the comet bus service is offering a $3 all you can ride bus service and park n ride, lot all over the city. please take advantage of that. we're encouraging people to use the bus system and be responsible that night. >> all right, folks that's going to do it here. remember the coverage begins on wltx. you can tune in that night. i'm going to send things back to you all. >> thank you so much. it's going totobe an amazing night. >>> if your n n year's plans involve drinking, do not forget about the annual move free-ride program. cabs will be sta

the south carolina political machine embodied. i mean, he is the guy. he engenders all kinds of loyalty among the operatives in in state. if you were to get on that ballot and ultimately not do well and their internal polling was telling them he needed to do well in another state if south carolinians were going to get on board with him you don't want to go into the election and not only post 2 percentage polling points. >> if he quit tomorrow he could have excused a bad result by saying yeah, i quit. there's a little bit of peacocking going on here in terms of what number he wanted to get, right? >> i do think that it also gives him an opportunity to play a very real role. wlaurp talking about with the primary being frozen so far is absolutely the case. again, the republican establishment in south carolina is so focused on him and graham is a master political tactician. nobody would want to cross him. they would know what would happen but he has a network that really matters in the state and he really could not necessarily with an

it may make south carolina a lot more interesting very quickly. until now you've sort of noticed that almost all the republican focus has been on iowa and new hampshire. those two states are oversaturated by the candidates. and in terms of national attention things have been surprisingly quiet in south carolina. that may have been because of lindsey graham being in the race but so far behind to not be a factor sort of put a damper on south carolina republican figures getting involved energetically in the race in a way that didn't put them in lindsey graham's failing camp but didn't also alienate their serving senior senator. now that lindsey graham is out, expect south carolina to go off like a bottle rocket. >> it was really tough, rachel. i just called the south carolina board of elections and i asked if they had said anything about when it would be possible to get off of the ballot in south carolina. now, this was something i had several people suggest that i call the board of elections because they had heard that senator graham might be thinki

south carolina was broken." nine families and a state stunned by the violence after 9 people were gunned down during a bible study at emanuel ame church in charleston. dylann roof -- the accused shooter was arrested in shelby, north carolina, the morning after the shooting. when in custody, we learned roof had researched the historic ame church -- the place race war by killing black people. but the compassion and forgiveness from the victims' families would not let the hate win. "i will never talk to her again. i will never be able to hold her again, but i forgive people. but god forgive you and i forgive you." >it was one week after the shooting, that a horse-drawn caisson carrying the body of pastor and senator clementa pinckney took a long, quiet and solemn trip through downtown columbia before arriving for his final time at the state house. thousands of people turned out to see pinckney lying in state. at his home-going service in charleston, pinckney was applauded for his tireless devotion between the churc

but how the votes in iowa and new hampshire go could determine how big a battleground south carolina will be- on the campaign trail in hilton head today, donald trump reminded the crowd he hasn't run any tv ads so far- presidential candidate "i spend no money. i mean, my plane costs money, but i have no ads. i have one radio ad in iowa, but the station was so nice." but according to midlands tv campaign, as well as cruz and carson camps are expected to court tv airwaves soon- joining marco rubio and jeb bush, who have already funneled tens of thousands of dollars into south carolina ad buys. polls in iowas have trump either tied with ted cruz, or lagging behind him- and both cruz and marco rubio have made recent gains in new hampshire- rubio also picked up a recent endorsement from south carolina congressman trey gowdy- and jeb bush's campaign staff were told wednesday to prepare for an on-the- ground campaign blitz- coupled with jeb's wendesday night meet and greet in lexington. trump's double digit poll lead in the palmetto state could be in the crosshairs for the next month. ww, w

eleven days later this a primary in south carolina. the latest polls were taken before the christmas break so some anywhere between 1 percent and at the top 6 percent. we brought in lynn bennett and the former 1st vice president. bill: good to see you. >> he is not resonating. he is a great guy. find them to be very personable. very conservative. i feel like he is as conservative. bill: what more are you looking for any candidate? comes up in conversation the biggest discussion is five days before the national election. bill: a strong, firm handshake. >> and i know that it sounds strange. perception is everything. bill: the hug it was not even really a hug. what about trump gives in this commanding lead in south carolina? many would argue he is not all that conservative. >> if you are looking at someone's record, for example donald against chris christie why you think he's more conservative? people are angry,angry, frustrated, afraid. i think donald sees that. the other candidates need to listen because they are >> objectively speaking

the deadline has been extended to january 4th. 24 south carolina counties are eligible. you can start the application process online at disaster assistance dot gov. or by calling fema'shotline at 1-800- 621-fema. new details about a small plane crash in alaska this morning authorized to fly the plane tha crashed into a building in anchorage.. the pilot was civil air patrol 1st lt. doug demarest. civil air patrol is a civilian auxiliary of the us air force--comprised of volunteers who hlp in search and rescue missions. according to the fbi--demarest was the only person killed when the plane collided with a commercial building. no one on the ground was injured. transportatin authorities say there were high winds at the time of the crash, but a cause has not yet been determined. south carolina religious leaders want you to exercise your first amendment rights- not just to practice your faith- but learn more about other religions in the state. will whitson takes a look at governor nikki haley's declaration of interfaith harmony month - "we are doing our best, our honest sinc

it has a south carolina tag of aud 9-7-4. if you can help deputies locate chism, you are asked to call the sheriff's office. patrick: a reported car in an upstate river led to a search by a dive team late last night. dispatchers say someone reported seeing a car roll into the saluda river along holcombe drive near highway eight in greenville county, by the time dive teams were able to locate the car it had drifted into the west pelzer area. dive crews say the car was empty when they got to it. myra: we're getting our first look at four people facing charges following an amber alert in ashshille. authorities issued the alert for elijah and harley joiner. police say about an hour later the boys were found safe. natasha cantrell and christopher carter of georgia, are both charged with abduction of children and kidnapping. chadwick agan, also of georgia, is charged with abduction, and another person, trena weaver, is charged with child abuse. investigators have not released any more information about the case. the spartanburg cou

[applause] hello, south carolina! are you ready to elect the next president of the united states of america? south carolina! listen, i'm going to pray. i'm going to get out of here. you did not come to see me, you came to see the man -- donald j trump! i'm going to pray. i'm going to pray. i want everybody to pray with me. because we are electing a man that believes in the name of jesus christ. he will be a president that will fight for our christian rights. he will unite us together as one people. let us pray. let's pray together. father god, in the name of jesus , we are praying for the man called john -- we are thankful for the man called donald j trump. thankful that we christians will have a friend in the white house. we are thankful that he is fighting for our rights, fighting for us to be christians , fighting for us to keep us safe. he is andnkful that will become the next president of the united states of america. lord, we ask you to unite us together. use donald trump to bring unity where there is division,

she was only the 11th woman to have an active law license in south carolina. she is leaving because of a law requiring justices to retire the year they turn 72 years old. last day is december 31st. >>> new information tonight about the deadly shooting of a professor at the university of south carolina. state law enforcement division investigators say raja was a victim of domestic abuse. his ex-wife killed him back in february before killing herself. reports show fie yad suffered from mental and emotional abuse. the man tried to keep the couples issue as secret. >>> south carolina botanical gardens director hope as $1 million gift is the start of a fundraising way to improve the resources on the clemson university campus. mike mc bride and his family are giving the money to provide programming at the garden, challenging others to raise additional million by may 30th, to turn the garden in to a showcase in the upper state. catastrophic flooding wiped out much of the grounds near the garden site. >>> north carolina stapark system is launching centennial year with

a new fox poll of likely republican voters shows trump is running strong in south carolina at 35%. a 20-point lead over his closest rivals. last night, he was standing firm behind his comments >> we have a president that doesn't have a clue. he doesn't know what is going on. all i'm doing is bringing a situation to the forefront that everybody is talking about and no one wants to do anything about it. >> reporter: half of the poll was recorded before his comment, and it shows his numbers have gone up. trump is seen as the best candidate, by far to defeat hillary clinton. all of this may fuel concerns that trump has enough strength to mount a third party bid if he doesn't become the republican nominee. >> i find this hilarious. too late, he already is running as a third party candidate. he rejects the most basic elements of republican orthodox -- -- >> reporter: republicans are still trying to figure out what to do about donald trump, for democrats meantime, the choice appears to be much easier in south carolina along likely voters, hillary clinton with a huge lead, 65%. bernie sand

the deadline is january 3rd at midnight. 24 south carolina counties are eligible. you can start the application process online at disaster assistance dot gov. or by calling fema's hotline. new at five: a historic icon is in for some tlc in a big step forward for columbia's marquee bull street project. jack kuenzie reports, we now have an answer to one of the big questions over the project. charles, we are talking about we've been referring to for the last six months as bullstreet common---though as we reported three weeks ago, there continues to be some uncertainty about the official title of this development. we know for sure that these 165 acres include the new spirit communications soon to be home of the columbia fireflies single-a baseball team. when the team takes to the field for the first time in april---players and fans will be able to look out over the right field wall and see a portion of the babcock building. the oldest section of that huge building dates back to 1857. much of the entire structure is in bad shape and has posed a major challenge to redeve

i was in south carolina earlier this week. and so you know, with, with success is going to come name identification. and you know, a lot of people said i wouldn't get in the race, i did they said i wouldn't make the stage, i did they said i would run out of money, i haven't. the hold on and you will see that we can produce results, up in new hampshire with the data that we have, experience does matter. the experience of balancing a budget. today i made a big foreign policy speech at council of foreign relations, well received. i think people will ultimately look towards somebody who has been a reformer and a job creator and somebody who has foreign policy experience. shannon that's what you're going 0 see and i believe the results will be good. >> trump has a massive lead in new hampshire that you'll have to overcome in the coming weeks and he'll also make noise to stay within the party, run within the party and support the nominee. here's what you said today when somebody asked you whether you would stick with that pledge? >>

in south carolina we are the only game. but i would like to do, and they came here intending to speak more. i'm going to speak less because i want to hear more from what they have gotten say. my job is to make a decision i have prosecutorial discretion. it is often abused. i'm trying not to. i was a public defender forever,, so i come at this with a little bit different view. what we are doing is instituting programs and calling it a focus deterrence model for bringing people in. right now we're going to every juvenile of every time juveniles your released from jail they are going to them and saying, let's be serious about this. let's not make it a federal case, we are the federal government. so here is what happens or can happen to you if you get , the gun. here is what can happen. we are doing that. every everythat. every time a juvenile gets released they are putting them on notice about the ramifications of being a felon in possession of a handgun. we need to be smart about that. i'mthat. i'm not interested in picking u

if you counties of north carolina and along the south carolina border have that flood watch. after early tomorrow morning, this will all be gone and we get a nice break for a couple days. be ready if you live in a flood-prone area. we could have some more food -- with could have some more localized flooding. it could reach anywhere from 64-66 in the mountains and upstate today. we will talk about a cooler and drier weekend in our next report. aly: thank you, dale. as dale said, our area is under a flood watch. water rushed from the dam. the lake is in a heightened water condition. the water will flow into the salute a river. the dam at lake of collapsing. people are still dealing with the effects of the rain monday night. aly: people at caroland farms say the pacolet river overflowed it. all of the farm's cattle were moved to safety. so far, it doesn't look like any equipment was damaged. but, farm manager matt rainey says it'll take time to know how the crops here were affected. >> we're kind of learning to figuring out how to work in the mud. aly: other properties around la

carolina announced the launch of south carolina interfaith harmony month. as the chairman, he explains the group which has members of several different religions is using the month of january to festivals that explore different faiths and cultures. >> we gather as faith communities and join together and have an exchange of dialogue and conversations about what it is to be that particular faith based person. what their traditions are as opposed to the others, how we are all very similar and more similar than we are different. >> a board member says in our world today there's a lot of misinformation if fear for people who are different. >> muslims are one point -- 25% of the global population. except-- a few thousand extremists could be in in this case religion, any society. they are entirely peace loving. islam means peace and security. >> the way to overcome fear is cross religious lines and learn from each other. that you need to take time to listen to other people. >> group is hoping people take the time to listen and learn about each other's differences.

north carolina scored 37 points, south carolina, had 32. tape. >> good defense, ea areas are there. we got to make sure we expose it. >> reporter: productive as of late. with over 145 yards a game, last six contests, and 12 total touchdowns during the span. that is where the confidence comes from. >> our confidence comes from within our locker room. we know that we are going to make plays, we know there is no defense in the country that can shut us down. he is confident in the result of thursday's orange bowl. >> they are just another team that has to get beat in order for us to go up. aware of the issues and coming up at 6:00, sports, 15 minutes, let you know what the coaches said to the players to make sure the message got through that this issue wouldn't continue in to thising on bowl. and coming up wednesday -- orange bowl. >>> con up wednesday evening at 7:30s we hope you will join us on 7 news for our orange bowl preview, a half hour look aheads to the game. the winner earning a spot in the national championship. >>> it is the week of christmas returns. what if you g gift card

also in the audience are representatives from the medical university of south carolina and also local physician organizations. the process will be we will have five to seven minutes for each panelist and then hopefully we'll have 30 to 40 minutes to have open dialogue about the questions in this area. so, dr. robert ball is a seventh generation charleston physician and college of charleston graduate. he has been a public health officer. he was also an internist and infectious disease specialist and a public health officer and is an adjunct professor at the college of health sciences and the college of charleston. the second panelist is dr. wanda filer, a board-certified family medicine physician and president of the american academy of family physicians. she is a public health advocate and founder of the strategic health institute. the strategic health institute, she combines the arenas of blic policy, public health education add vote stassi and the need for change. and we also have a local physician, dr. richard duke hagerty, a charleston physician recently spearheaded a group of loc

we started off leading the pack in south carolina. what's happened here is sort of my lane of the party has collapsed and south carolina's been incredibly good to me. i would be competitive in south carolina but i got to show traction outside the state. >> he says of course that -- they were doing some private polling that showed the only way people in south carolina, his home state, would back him up is if he showed strength somewhere else. there was really tough to do when he wasn't able to make it on to the main debate stages. he was instead relegated to the undercard. so there was a lot of risk for graham in potentially going forward being on the ballot, ultimately falling far down. he still obviously wants to be the senator from south carolina that could have potentially been embarrassing. he also wants to clear a little bit of space for an establishment figure to potentially take on donald trump. >> does that mean that he would not support a donald trump eventually? we all remember donald trump giving out his cell phone number.

carolina. >> south carolina would be a big win for trump. new hampshire would be a big win for trump. if he wins both of those even if he loses iowa it sets him up for great momentum. reporter: the nomination process kicks off in less than five weeks. >> in iowa we play such an extraordinary role. reporter: rubio, whose poll numbers places him third spent a second day campaign in iowa. >> if rubio pulled off a surprise in any of the early states that would be huge. >> i think we have a huge shot in iowa. reporter: also looking for an upset, sanders, who trails hillary clinton in iowa. >> i'm confident we can elect the right person, someone who will bring us together. reporter: george pataki announced he's dropping out. >> he has the 9/11 background the media didn't pay attention to him. he had no voter support. reporter: jeb bush is campaigning in south carolina. chris christie in iowa. live in washington, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> the top u.s. commander in afghanistan may be looking for more u.s. troops on the ground. the army general says the

. >> nicole: donald trump and hillary clinton dominating the races in south carolina. >> cheryl: windy city on edge this morning. hundreds of protestors blocked busy chicago streets demanding that mayor ram ram i -- rahm emanuel resigns. >> nicole: we will tell you about wal-mart's entering internet war. >> cheryl: we are going to have all the details coming up. welcome to fbn:am, we have your first look at what's moving in breaking markets and of course what to expect on your day ahead. >> nicole: federal authorities are expect today bring charges against a former neighbor of san bernardino gunmen who bought two of the guns used in last week easter ror attacks. enrique mÁrquez legally purchased the ar15 riffles that farook and malik used, law enforcement officials believe farook and mÁrquez discussed executing an attack somewhere in the los angeles area but decided against it. it's not particular what charges would be charged. >> cheryl: donald trump and hillary clinton have commanding lead in south carolina. trump leads gop with 35%, ben carson 15, ted cruz, marco rubio 14% each. t

south carolina's becoming more and more pivotal by the moment. as he described, it is an having scenario that's brewing down there. >> one of the interesting things when you look in the last sum of cycles, who came out of iowa, people who didn't have any money. rick santorum, in uk mike hucka. they didn't have the money to build the structure that you need going into iowa and new hampshire and south carolina. so the winners of those two states, meaning iowa and new hampshire, have -- will have the money already in place to start building that infrastructure in those other states on super tuesday. so super tuesday can really still leave everything up in the air. i still think that donald trump ends up with a solid 25% but the ability for someone to hit 40% by that time is much greater than it is today. >> but the real question, susan, is will the person who wins your party's nomination be the guy who said this? >> green eggs and ham. i do not like them, sam, i am. i do not like green eggs and ham. >> thank you. >>> in a few minutes, we're talking

just indicating it is something we don't think about in a state like mississippi or south carolina. we cannot stop all the gun deaths, we know that, but if there are things we can do to stop a many of them, shouldn't we try? . we have to try if there is something we can do? try ifldn't we have to there is something we can do? what about public health research on the subject? what does existing research into gun violence, its causes and effects, tell us? does such research point of factors, including laws, that influence the levels of gun violence in different states? what does the research show happens to levels of gun violence, including gun violence by criminals, when gun safety laws are passed? does the research so that was designed to keep guns out of the hands of high risk people make it difference? do logic a difference? that even criminals respond to gun safety laws? and if that is what all of the research says and concludes, why do some people keep saying laws can't help? mean less violent? we have heard that from some. what is the verifiable real -- what does the verifiable

aixa: donald trump spoke to supporters for more than an hour today at a rally in south carolina. >> south carolina would be a big win for trump, new hampshire would be a big win for trump, if he wins both of those, even if great momentum. aixa: candidates are focusing on the early states, with the iowa caucuses kicking off the nomination process in less than 5 weeks. sen. rubio: of course, here in iowa, you play such an extraordinary role in seeking and choosing our next president. aixa: marco rubio, whose average poll numbers place him third among republicans, spent a second day campaigning in iowa. >> if marco rubio pulled off a surprise in any of the early states, that would be huge. sen. sanders: i think we have a real, real shot to win here in iowa. aixa: also looking for an upset, bernie sanders, who trails hillary clinton in iowa. mr. pataki: i'm confident we can elect the right person, someone who will bring us together. aixa: meanwhile, republican george pataki announced tuesday night he's dropping out the race. >> he has the 9/11 background, being governor of new york during tha

aixa: donald trump spoke to supporters for more than an hour at a rally today in south carolina. >> south carolina would be a win for donald trump. new hampshire would be a big win for donald trump. if he wins both of those, even if he loses iowa, it sets him with great momentum. aixa: candidates are focusing on the early states, and marco rubio spent a second day campaigning in iowa. but if marco rubio pulled off a surprise in any of the early states, that would be huge. aixa: also looking for an upset, bernie sanders, who trails hillary clinton in iowa. meanwhile, george pataki announced he is dropping out of the >> he has the 9/11 background during that era, but he never caught on.aixa: and jeb bush is campaigning in south carolina. chris christie is in iowa.nigel: coming up, another strange twist in the story of the texas affluenza tgeen. what he and his mother planned before they were caught by a authoritiegabrielle: and famous boxer mike tyson is joining a growing list of people who have suffered from something that happened on a hover board. nigel: right there. you will see it soon

south carolina representative trey gow michael: south carolina representative trey gowdy has announced who he's endorsing for the 2016 presidential nomination. he announced his support for marco rubio today. gowdy was campaigning with the freshman senator from florida, in south carolina. >> nationasecurity and public safety are the most important issues to me. and there is nobody better on those two issues than marco rubio. give us a commander in chief to fill out march madness basketball brackets, or to sample every golf course on the eastern seaboard. michael: gowdy is a key member of the republican party. he is the chairman of the select committee on benghazi. carol: a close call between a drone and president obama. officials say this man flew a drone near president obama's motorcade. the incident happened yesterday in hawaii. the president is on vacation with his family. he was ordered to ground his drone. officials say the man did not know the motorcade was in the area. he will not face charges. michael: macy's is recalling more than 120,000 martha stewart frying pans. rivet cover

the amehalf of church in the state of south carolina, dr. marianne elders, theresiding clergy, officers, and members of mother emmanuel, it is my privilege this morning to welcome you to mother emmanuel african methodist this will church -- the oldest ame church south of maryland. we are indeed humbled that the planning committee for this historical event sought to convene at mother emmanuel, as we as a church, community, state, and world prepare for the six-month point from the journey from june 2015. a gives a somewhat comforted was nott june 17, 2015 an event to soon forgotten by those outside of the immediate circle of the nine families and survivors, the mother emmanuel church and the church as a body. but instead, that it is the event of june 17, 2015, after too many horrific events followed across the world, have inspired so many across this community, state, and nation does not get stuck in crisis, to move forward in deliberate and strategic action. we do look forward to today's conversation, the information to be shared, the wisdom

senator from south carolina. so, look, going to have some people that hit you, and i never hit first. i always counterpunch but you have some that hit you, and lindsey graham was one and he was quite vicious about it. he has got because he has no ratings. >> well, he ills out. donald trump saying that with their back and forth with each other he should have gotten out then, got out now. big questions how that changes the republican race if at all or whether it could make a lindsey degree ham a bit of a kingmaker in his state of north carolina. who knows. justin has a better idea than i would that do you think? >> i think more than anything, lindsey graham was under one percent in the polls so not necessarily his massive support among the republican base that people will be vying for but certainly he has locked up influence sal supporters in -- influential supporters in south carolina that people like mash co rubio, jeb bush, will be vying for and his donors, and his endorsement as well as that of john mccain, who

across the southeast along a stalled front that is draped over south carolina. today's rain chance goes up to 90% with 1" rain totals possible across the midlands. the daytime high will reach the upper 70s. on thursday the rain chance falls to 50% during the day and then down to 30% that night. high: 71 newberry has been under a flash flood warning for most of the day. and flooding has pushed scotts creek up out of its banks along drayton street in viewers have also been sending us flooding pictures from along highway 395 in newberry. our mike desumma has been checking out flooding all along the newberry county area this afternoon. newberry. charles, sam the city shows no signs of drying out at this point. over the last hour another another heavy downpour made its way through. that's been happening frequently since late this morning. here you can see scott's creek off wheeler street where the water level's been much higher today. higher waters been the common thing along several creeks and streams in and around the city. in one part of silverstreet today they've

there are four other states, south carolina rejected such an amendment to muzzle positions. we must expand allowable aaiteria -- we heard about hip a to report mentally unstable patients to law enforcement or to proper authorities and to discuss openly guns and gun safety to other patients. -- with their patients. , we must work with our legal community and law enforcement to expand background checks to "universal." we cannot stop private sale. the deranged psychopath that pops up from time to time. the background checks can be legally expanded as we have heard and still protect our second amendment rights. this include lengthening the .aiting period -- th this includes limiting assault rifle sales. dozen to onel a person at one time. limiting the amount of rounds in clip.o who should consider what san francisco has done. san francisco has just posted it last gun shop due to the city passing ordinances that now require gun sales that may be videotaped and kept for at least a year for safety and stricter record-keeping. the last 10 shop in san francisco has just closed. halle

the south carolina inner faith partners made the announcement earlier today. they say she hope people will take the opportunity to learn more about religion and cultures beyond their own. >> activities, events, dinners, festivals, movies, all kinds of fun engaging activities that are made to inspire, to engage, to open up dialogue so that you can meet some of the people from these communities. >> for a list of all the events that are going to be going on in january you can head over to our website wltx.com. >>> well, do many of you still have your christmas tree up and just in case you didn't get enough of your christmas lights this season you can still go out and see the absolutely beautiful elgin lights. any donation you make goes right to camp tino. shot. >> reporter: they are absolutely beautiful and there is more than 40,000 lights out here, and there are six buildings too with and antiques. really educational and amazing to see. i'm joined by volunteers. we have chuck and mike. tell me about your experience. >> i love the whole thing. it's absolutely bea

you look at his numbers in south carolina, he is running further ahead in south carolina. i think he will do really well in south carolina. when you talk about the south, you talk about a part of the country where xenaphobia. >> he is making fun of this new york reporter, claiming obama is actually a foreigner. >> that doesn't hurt him down south. >> fact checks don't mean anything. fact checks inside the newspaper don't seem to bother anybody. >> it's more the anti-immigrant, the anti-hispanic stuff is going to -- that plays amazingly well, bizarrely in south carolina, where it's a right to work state a lot of people feel conscious about their jobs. there is job security problems. look at jim demint in south carolina. he was re-elected his entire second campaign on an anti-immigration position. >> lindsey is pretty good on it. he voted for the senate bill. he wanted it to go together. he backed comprehensive immigration reform. he had a lot of guts to do that. >> absolutely. he is the rare bird. >> i don't think it's that rare. >> there are sections in south carolina -- >

i was in south carolina earlier this week. and so you know, with, with success is going to come name identification. and you know, a lot of people said i wouldn't get in the race, i did they said i wouldn't make the stage, i did they said i would run out of money, i haven't. the hold on and you will see that we can produce results, up in new hampshire with the data that we have, experience does matter. the experience of balancing a budget. today i made a big foreign policy speech at council of foreign relations, well received. i think people will ultimately look towards somebody who has been a reformer and a job creator and somebody who has foreign policy experience. shannon that's what you're going 0 see and i believe the results will be good. >> trump has a massive lead in new hampshire that you'll have to overcome in the coming weeks and he'll also make noise to stay within the party, run within the party and support the nominee. here's what you said today when somebody asked you whether you would stick with that pledge? >>

remind our viewers why south carolina is such a serious state. megan: after the early voting states of iowa and new hampshire we move on to south carolina. lead mr. trump shows a big , there is still everything to play for in terms of how will things shake out from iowa. let's say that trump finishes second in iowa, maybe second or first in new hampshire. we are going to move down there and see who is attracting a wide spectrum of voters from evangelicals to deeply conservative who would have backed lindsey graham. one person you mentioned earlier, john mccain, it will be interesting to see where he now thats support lindsay has exited. that'll be a big fish for a lot of republican candidates. south carolina, and where we coalesce to is going to be very interesting to watch. the bloomberg political team in washington and bloomberg.com, all due respect, where do you see the support for lindsey graham and the donors, the financial support going? >megan: we are going to see a huge amount of candidates really play for this. jeb bush and marco rubio w