patrick armstrong, ceo. we are talking with patrick , and the price of oil patrick is a firm believer that this only has to do with the supply side, that it is not demand-side that is waning. do you agree with that assessment? yes, oil has been the major driver by far and if you look at historically how the u.s. treasury was a much bigger driver, and fed policy. if you look at the credit markets, the spreads have been very low related to treasuries. if you look at oil markets, it has been a major driver in us -- not just for currencies but for -- there is a chance they could have some sort of agreement, it would be positive but i'm not sure if this would happen. historically, russia and syria -- francine: we actually spoke on friday with the energy minister dorussia and they said, we not have anything scheduled, it would be his story russia set down with opec. if they sat down together, who is going to be cheating on the deal? i do not think that immediately signals we will have supply cut. francine: why are

((brittany)) hi patrick... dozens of kids gathered this morning to guess when mojave max will make his move. it's all part of an annual contest sponsered by clark county and its partners. when max wakes up from his winter nap and wanders out of his burrow, it signals the start of the spring season. and clark county students are getting in on the fun by trying to predict the exact time max will emerge at the red rock national conservation area. (( heather green, desert conservation program "the kids see mojave max. last year, we got 5,000 entries, and that's just agreat indicator that the kids ar really into the program." )) ((brittany)) the winner more than just bragging rights. they'll also receive a pretty awesome prize package which includes a laptop, digital camera, pizza party, a field trip and more. ((patrick walker)) so, can students still enter the contest? ((brittany)) yes, all clark county k through 12 students can enter up until max decides to reappear. and you can do it all online, just head over to

((patrick walker)) and i'm patrick walker in for brian. the 2016 presidential race now turns to new hampshire... just a day after the iowa caucuses. kirsten joyce while the republicans have a clear winner... democratic officials in iowa say the race is too close to call. 8 news now reporter michael stevens has been following the results and joins us with the latest. good morning michael? ((michael stevens)) > patrick, kirsten... as of early this morning... hillary clinton and berine sanders remain in a virtual tie... while ted cruz takes top spot for the republicans. -nats- democratic officials in iowa haven't officially announced a winner ... but hillary clinton has declared victory. both candidates addressed their supporters late last night... as the numbers were still being want you to know i will keep standing for you; i will keep fighting for you. (sot bernie sanders) we are going to create an economy that works for working families not just for the billionaire class. with the race a virtual tie -- both candidates will likely leave io

patrick: watch parties in charlotte. around the stadium, but lots of fans looking forward to next year. wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live from bank of america stadium. good morning. aly: good morning guys. unfortunately, it does not look as fun as it was in colorado. a line of disappointed fans, but a line of proud fans. completely quiet besides a few news crews out this morning. that is not what is to be expected with the team arrives back from california today. the team and fans have so much to be proud of. they talked with tim waller last night. take a look here at sky 4 video from around charlotte last . you can see the city showing its panthers pride lit up in panthers blue. not too far from bank of america stadium, wyff news 4's tim waller found fans last night already looking ahead to next season. tim: this is where the party was. you can see the big flat screens here at the all american pub. boy, this place was packed it was over and the fans realized their panthers weren't going to win the super bowl there w

((patrick walker)) dianne gallagher joins us with the latest. (nats) "god bless the great state of iowa" ted cruz takes a victory lap after a clear victory in the iowa caucuses. (ted cruz) "tonight is a victory for the grassroots" the texas senator got 28-percent of the vote... while donald trump earned -24-percent. he vows to fight on. (donald trump) "we finished second, and i want to tell you something, i'm just honored, i'm really honored." florida senator showing in third place... giving his campaign a shot of momentum. (marco rubio) "if i am our nominee, and i will our nominee, thanks to what you have done here in this great state. " meanwhile on the democratic side, the vote came in much like the previous polls... a dead heat. until the early morning hours, the race between hillary clinton and bernie sanders was just too close to call. (hillary clinton) "as i stand here breathing a huge sigh of relief, thank you iowa!" (bernie sanders) "what iowa has begun tonight is a political revolution. [applause]" but it's the end of the road for at l

aly: allyson, patrick. a much different seeing out here them a we have been telling you about all morning long. absolute quiet. the only people we are seeing right now our fellow news fall. obviously, this won't be the case when the team rides back in charlotte. we expect a big welcome back from a team that fans say they could not be more proud of. take a look at this sky4 video from around charlotte last night. the city showing it's panthers pride lit up in panthers blue. and not too far from bank of america stadium. wyff news 4's tim waller found fans last night already looking ahead to next season. tim: this is where the party was. you can see the big flat screens here at the all american pub. this place was packed during the super bowl. but when it was over and the fans realized their team wasn't going to win, there was a lot of disappointment. yet somehow in the middle of it >> i think this is the start of something great for charlotte and the panthers. this is a very small taste of what is to come. >>

((patrick walker)) and i'm patrick walker in for brian loftus. the 2016 presidential race now turns to new hampshire... just a day after the iowa caucuses. kirsten joyce while the republicans have a clear winner... democratic officials in iowa say the race is too close to call. ((patrick walker)) 8 news now reporter michael stevens has been following the results and joins us with the latest. good morning michael? ((michael stevens)) > patrick, kirsten... as of early this morning... hillary clinton and berine sanders remain in a virtual tie... while ted cruz takes top spot for the republicans. (nats) "god bless the great state of iowa" ted cruz takes a victory lap after a clear victory in the iowa caucuses. (ted cruz) "tonight is a victory for the grassroots." the texas senator got 28-percent of the vote... while donald trump earned -24-percent. he vows to fight on. (donald trump) "we finished second, and i want to tell you really honored." florida senator marco rubio made a strong showing in third place... giving his campaign a shot of momentum.

patrick: it is fats tuesday. here is a look at new orleans were people from around the world have flocked to celebrate mardi gras. dale: i feel that way this morning. thanks. i appreciate that. we are going to talk about the your heart loves omega-3s. but there's a difference between the omega-3s in fish oil unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body... ...which makes your heart, well, mega-happy. happier still, megared is proven to increase omega-3 levels in 30 days. megared. the difference is easy to absorb. aha! oof! weee! slurp. mmmmmm. cinnamon. milk. cinna-milk. cinnamon toast crunch. crunch! crave those crazy squares. dale: good morning, you'll want to check the bottom of your screen as we continue to update you on school counties in north carolina that are closing because of slippery driving conditions. several new ones have been added. watch the bottom of the screen for that information. 32 degrees in greenville, a west breeze at nine. we are seeing cold temperatures not only in, but all ov

patrick: thank you. the excitement continues to 50. is geoff hart. allyson: he joins us live this morning from santa, clara -- from santa clara, california. through the roof this year. geoff: good morning. ticket to super bowl 50? a lot of folks with deep pockets would cross off a good bit of money. according to usa this morning, tickets were bought on my for $27,000 for two of them. with more on the ticket madness, here is brad fralick and marc dopher. brad: the super bowl is a very expensive event, but this may be the most expensive u.s. sporting event in history. marc: the highest price ticket at this super bowl is pushing $250,000. we looked up tickets on places like stub hub and you can get a cheap ticket in the nosebleed section for about $2900, but if you want to sit lower, he would looking at $10,000 for $12,000. brad: the average price right now is just shy of $5,000. marc: that's all? brad: historically expensive and the players are offered 15 tickets, not for free, but to buy. trey boston told

patrick: thank you. don't forget, when bad weather hits, you can turn to our mobile the latest on school closings a pickens county school district wants to close three elementary schools at the end of this school year. allyson: the district's facilities committee approved the plan and sent it to the board of trustees for consideration. the plan would close a.r. lewis, holly springs, and amble elementary schools. that would mean 600 students would be sent to dacusville elementary and middle, and also hagood and pickens elementary schools. >> you know they've spent millions of dollars on the facilities and building the facilities and now we're going to close them. >> it seems like a rush job, perhaps, they've been discussing it but it think that one of my biggest concerns is giving a fair airing in public. allyson: the school district says closing the three schools over five years. they have scheduled public input meetings for 4:30 this afternoon at aler, a.r. lewis and holly springs elementary schools. tu

patrick: thank you. pickens county deputies tell us a fisherman found a woman's body near saluda lake. allyson: officials say the woman was found on a boat ramp off buckskin road. investigators say 35-year-old farah khan of townville had severe trauma to the head from if you have any information that would help investigators, call crime stoppers at 1-888-crime-sc. patrick: the search for clues in anderson county. the national guard helped anderson county deputies look for evidence in a double homicide case. the crime happened about five weeks ago near pierce and amy road. officials say there is a possibility that evidence from the homicides may be located along highway 184 near iva elementary school. deputies asked members of the national guard and the state guard to help out as they trained this weekend. there is no word on if officials found anything during the search. allyson: covering our commitment 2016 now, the democrats already making their way to south carolina. patrick: the first rally was held

patrick: another big week here. allyson: we will continue to keep you updated on this fire. >>> good morning. unstoppable unstoppable? with two wins under his belt and candidates dropping out of the race, donald trump in position for the nomination and feeling confident. >> you're going to get so tired. you're going to say please, please, mr. president, we can't stand it anymore. we don't want to keep winning. we can't stand it. and i'm going to say, i don't care. we're going to keep winning. great again! >> on the democratic side, hillary clinton reenergized after winning in nevada. with two more contests this week and super tuesday eight days away, is there anything left that could shake up this race? >>> facing justice. the uber driver suspected in the michigan shooting rampage that killed six people and injured two others, due in court today. now, we're learning he may have picked up fares in the middle of his alleged shooting spree. >> i kind of jokingly said to the driver, you're not the shooter, are you? >> t

i am patrick hussion in for geoff hart this morn and i am allyson powell. the weathe morning is nothing like the weatherdale: we have a good bit of cloud coverage still, but at le to a stop. it is 50 degrees in greenville with a light breeze out of the west. we will also talk about some of the rainfall totals we received across the area in our nexthe rain is now south of columbia and we will have a dry coupf days.. temperatures range from 45 in asheville to 50 degrees inwe will see that climb a little bit more by the end we have a breeze out of the northwest per hour that will make it feel colder.it will be 57-58 degrees in the upstate and in the mountains today, the temperatures will allyson: thank you, dale. check this out. there was a funnel cloud in columbia. the nationvi confirm an ef0 tornado that touchdown near western columbia, damaging several cars in it's pathpatrick: this is a look at biltmore village in asheville merchants say they spent much of the day cleaning up and clearing mud away. they say the rain fe for the storm drains to keep up. and

patric and i'm patrick hussion in for geoff hart. dale is here very good morning, dealt your possible went start to the day. dale: to the week. it will start this afternoon after 3:00 in the upstate, later on this morning for the mountains. tomorrow, good thunderstorms rolling in. first half of the week, we get some rain, which we need. 59 degrees currently in greenville. we see the drop a few degrees. spartanburg, laurens, all of our skycam's will be showing cloudy skies. right now, showers and western north carolina from the border through asheville right along i-40. we will see more of that pickup from late morning on. for the upstate, it will probably be after lunchtime before we start to see much in the way of rain. it will be like today. heavier rain coming in tonight through tomorrow and into temperatures in the 50's this morning. very mild for this time of the year. 40's for the mountains. they won't climb a lot with persistent cloud cover today. anywhere from 62-64 for the update -- upstate. for the mountains of north caroli

patrick: spending. allyson: the national retail federation's annual tax returns survey finds 49% of those expecting a refund plan to save the money rather than spend it right away. that is the highest percentage in the survey's history. in addition to saving, almost 35% plan to pay down debt and everyday expenses. patrick: that is a good idea, as well. netflix knows it only has seconds before you move on to something else. so it's rolled out a multimillion-dollar recommendation system for its new global audience. before, recommendations were based on where you lived, but going forward, recommendations will be based on the viewing habits of customers from around the world. netflix's aim is to give you exactly what you want to watch when you want to watch it. allyson: turning to our wyff 4 timeline, today is february 22. on this date in history in 1997, a significant breakthrough was revealed. scientists at scotland's roslin institute announced they had successfully cloned an adult sheep seven months earl

patrick: good morning. i'm patrick hussion. allyson: and i'm allyson powell and that is the woodruff road skycam behind us. it is cold this morning and it is going to get even colder. dale: today is the warmest day of the week. upper 40's is the best tomorrow. cold air is blowing in. what it will mean for us as we look at the advisories that are showing up on the map and north carolina. up on your screen, that is winter storm warnings. it includes haywood county, northern jackson county as you can see. swain, graham, all along the tennessee border, madison county, yancey, avery, all under a winter storm warning. anytime there is over 3-5 inches of snow, they issue these warnings. asheville will be under a winter weather advisory. maybe up to an inch of snow. that is the same story for macon county. it is the county's right along the tennessee-north carolina border that will be impacted starting tonight, continuing the next couple of days. here it comes. you can see across kentucky, we are seeing some precipitation. this will ch

patrick: thank you. when it comes to the superbowl, you never know who's going to show up unexpectedly. geoff hart joins us again from santa clara with more on who crashed the party. geoff: you never know who will show up at the super bowl and yesterday, it was snoop dpgg. -- snpooop dogg. from rapper to reporter, snoop dogg showed up for a press conference for the panthers and broncos. he was working as a correspondent for a sports show of course. since he's snoop dogg, he did more than ask questions. he took a lot of pictures with the players. but here's how he handled his exchanges with the quarterbacks cam newton and peyton manning. >> first, i want to say cam, cam , cam, cam dance with me. is this out manning you in the game you are about to play? >> that's a good question. first of all, can i get a 50% discount on papa john's pizzas, one in the state of colorado? >> absolutely, absolutely. geoff: peyton manning owns the number of papa john's franchises. snoop dogg says he's pulling for the panthers

patrick: she looks cold over there. [laughter] we will get to -- we will talk about upcoming upstate visits. we have marco rubio who will return to the upstate soon as it it close to the south carolina primary. allyson: andrew luck the latest on www.wyff4.com and a mobile app -- and we will have the latest on www.wyff4.com and our there is a rally scheduled at 7:00 at the t ed garrison arena for donald trump and it is free but you need to attend -- you need to reserve a ticket online. trump will also hold a rally next monday at the t.d. convention center in greenville. marco rubio will also return to the palmetto state wednesday. he's holding a rally in spartanburg, then heading to columbia. he'll end the day in charleston. patrick: rubio will be in the palmetto state until saturday. that's the day of the latest gop debate, taking place right here in greenville at the peace center downtown. the debate starts at 9:00 p.m. this will be the final debate before the gop south carolina imary february 20. to local politics now

patrick: the u.s. government pays about a half million dollars a year to host china's giant pandas in the smithsonian. the money goes back into panda research and conservation efforts in china. allyson: i hope he gives up. he is not even six months old. that was cute. patrick: i'm sure there's a webcam on him. we will have to check them out. allyson: your news continues right now. >> live, local, breaking news. this is wyff news 4 today in high definition. patrick: it's primary day. the very first ballots have been cast as we kick off the new hampshire presidential primaries. allyson: also in this morning's headlines headlines. an upstate school district wants to close three elementary schools at the end of this year. taking action.

patrick: great, dale. in this morning's buzz, if you have been to the panthers game, we are pretty sure you have seen this guy or his hair. allyson: we told you about cap man a few days ago. he is a super fan of the carolina panthers. patrick: to say the least. he says he has not missed any games this year. allyson: this was sent in by the super bowl and he started the gofundme page and now he has enough money. hopefully we will see pictures afterward. dale: to see have a cat mobile? [laughter] allyson: i'm not sure. you'll need an engine because how also they get out there? patrick: your news continues right now. [captioning made possible by wyff-tv] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] patrick: we're going to be going to geoff shortly. he is working hard in california. this morning, democratic presidential hopefuls hillary

patrick: thank you. dale joins us again and we're looking at kerry's views. a lot of rain drops on the : it will be a wet and windy day. warm, too, unusual for this time of the yeareleases out of the south that 17 in greenville. -- breezes out of the saw that 17 in greenville. more rain to come. let's take a look at live super doppler 4 hd from the south. as you can see, some of the heaviest rain entering western h carolina, cherokee, graham, heavy downpours, frequent lightning in noa and there are flash flood watches out for northeastern georgia, western t short period of areas leadg to flash flooding, so if you live in flood prone areas, watch out for that potential today. we have tag coverage with meteorologiss justus in to give us an idea of what kind ofsee coming through. chris: we are watching that line back towards the west. it had a lot of lightning and that could be an indication of how potent a thunderstok at primarily the lightning with the line of storms approaching the atlanta area and turni

patrick walker... who is at a rally for donald trump. patrick? ((patrick walker)) patrick walker is live at south point arena where donald trump is expected to be on stage in about an hour. this is the final rally for trump before tomorrow evening's gop caucus. some of his supporters have been at south point since early this morning. trump has a 16- point lead in gravis marketing last week. a large crowd is expected tonight inside the venue... which seats several thousand. ted cruz and marco rubio have split second place in the last two nevada polls. patrick will have a recap of

patrick: thank you, dale. no one has claimed responsibility for the apparent bombing that blew a big hole in the pilot repo witnes fire was sucked out at 14,000 allyson: one of the two convicted murderers ewsummer apologized during his sentencing hearing. david sweat received 3.5-7 years in prison for charges related to the escape. that's the maximum sentence alloweapologized for the fear he created to communities because sweat is already serving a sent without the other prisoner who escaped, killed by law enforcemen patrick: more encouraging health news four president jimmy carter. he remains cancer-fr. carter says a scan of his torso done last week found no signs of melanoma. that's the type of cancer doctors found last summer in his li he's 91-years-old. the 39th president says despite the positive report, he'll week. allyson: two senior military leaders say women should be required to register for the draft. the marine corp commandant general says every american should register for the draft. he made that

patrick: that was his june 16 announcement speech. mr. trump: we can't worry about being politically correct. we just can't afford anymore to be so politically correct. patrick: only december, after the tragic terrorist attacks in paris and san bernardino, trump released his plan to stop future attacks in the u.s. mr. trump: donald j trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> what donald trump said yesterday is qualified -- disqualifies him from serving as president. patrick: he spent the last eight months battling with those who disagree with this vision for america. there is the media-- >> you call women you don't like that fakes, -- fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. patrick: other influential >> it can be tending to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. we must resist that temptation. >> you know how to make america great again? told donald trump to go to hell. mrs. clinton: donald trump-- [laughter] you know he does traffic in prejudice and paranoia. patrick: of co

patrick: good morning, i am patrick hussion in for geoff hart. allyson: and i'm allyson powell it's a rainy morning that couldbring more severe weather. we have chris justus in this morning, with dale. dale: we have thunderstorms marching across e country that have the potential to brg us a lot of rain today and in some places, some high winds. some areas in northeastern georgia and carolina could get more rain than they can handle in a short time, leading to flash flochris will cover that. 58 is our current temperature. can see the fog that will hang around in many spots uafternoon. right, some of the heavier downpours are in pickens county into transylvania county. the areas shaded in brown are underwent advisories. look at what is going on in tennessee. we have a line of thunderstorms marchiwe are going to check in with chris justus and get an update on the potenchris: we are specifically watching this line in the west. i am also watching the temperatwe have warmed through the night and that supports storms to be on the stronger side. it is 38

patrick: thank you, brad. rad and the sports team will bring you a preview live from californ just a few days from now. you can catch "chasing a championship" at 8:00 friday night. allyson: you can see the water droplets on the lens. dale: temperatures have warmed up this morning and rainthis system is drawing a southwestern wind, bringing up mild temperatures from the gulf. 61n spartanburg. that is warmer than the normal high for this those temperatures will reach system coming through. as you can see fskycams, wet weather is the story today. some of the heaviest rain is still to and we will detail some of the watched warnings that are out for the area because of the potential from rm way. but again, showers and thunderstorms today. by early to mid afternoon it should be pushing as us. we have meteorologist chris justus in this morning to give us an idea of what we can expect from this syst i can tell you the timing lunchtime. that is one the worst of the weather b here. you can see on live super doppler 4hd,

patrick? patrick: before leaving today, trump told us to be on the lookout for a new poll. and sure enough, that cnn-orc poll has trump with a 16 point lead over ted cruz. we talked about that and much more today. in his first stop at the popular tommy's ham house, donald trump made a quick stop before heading over here, where we talked about his campaign heading into the south carolina primary on saturday. >> look. it's politics. i understand. and i've only been a politician since june 16. i'm almost embarrassed to say i'm a politician. but i guess that's what i am. patrick: has the transformation taken place? >> it's a big patrick: behind him in the south carolina polls is senator ted cruz, and on monday, trump threatened to sue the senator for what he calls "lies." >> cruz will say things like, trump loves obamacare, trump doesn't like the 2nd amendment. trump this or that. you know, i'm pro-life, and he'll say i'm not pro-life. patrick: in last week's debate at the peace center, trump blamed a former president still popular in south carolina, george w. bush, for 9/11. t

patrick: that is amazing. the irs has stopped accepting electronically filed tax returns of problems with some of its computer systems. the e-file system and the where's my refund service are among the affected areas. taxpayers can continue to send electronic returns to companies that serve as middlemen between taxpayers and the irs. the agency says those companies have to hold on to the tax returns until the irs systems are up and running again. allyson: to the latest in the outbreak of the zika virus. th georgia. health officials say the first travel-related case of the virus has infected a person. they say a person traveled to december and the first of january. that person has made a full recovery and was not pregnant. health officials are still stressing that the virus is primarily spread through mosquito bites. patrick: their corporate logos share colors, their aisles share and cvs will share floor space. the first cvs pharmacy inside a target store opens today. it's all part of cvs's $1.9 billion acquisi

((patrick walker)) i'm patrick walker in for brian. ((sherry swensk)) and i'm sherry swensk. everywhere you looked yesterday... the mountains were nothing but snowcapped! ((kirsten joyce)) charleston got some great snow. right now, there is between 30 to 48 inches in some areas. ((patrick walker)) lee canyon didn't luck out either! so far this season, they have had more than enough... compared to last year, where it hardly had any snow. if you're planning on heading up there today to have soem fun... just check out our skiing and snowboarding forecast online... at las vegas now dot com. /// let's get to sherry with a look sherry swensk clear skies and very cold this morning. temps down to the 30s and we'll see some chilly 20s in spots. ............... yesterday cleared up quickly and we wound up with a lot of sunshine in the afternoon, but highs just barely made it into the 40s. ................. but we will still be breezy in some spots. ............. a very slow warm up this week. < > /// > ((kirsten joyce)) > nevada's clark county now has 10 dispensaries... and more than 2

patrick: those are some cute kids. inside these boxes are panthers superbowl championship t-shirts ready to be sold if they win. allyson: in spartanburg, panthers fans got the chance to strike a pose to show their support for the cats. the city organized a group photo on morgan square people showed up wearing all kinds of team gear. the group cheered on the team and posed for several pictures. at wofford college, home of panthers training camp, students, staff, and alumni they held up signs and banners , showing their panthers pride. >> it is really exciting to see all the support that our school is giving to the panthers, especially after the panthers provided so much for us as a school. allyson: fans said being with each other for these photos was the next best thing to being in california for the big game. the plan is to share all the pictures with the panthers. the cancer survivors boardwalk in downtown greenville is now open. more than 200 people came to the ribbon-cutting, fittingly on world cancer day. the almos

in las vegas, i'm patrick walker reporting.")) ((dave courvoisier)) > while there will be a lot of action tonight with donald trump and supporters at treasure island, there is also a lot of action in front of his property.. (( carmen llarull/trump worker: the message today for mr. trump is to sign a contract. we deserve better. we are just regular workers that deserve better. 11:12:39 butt to 11:12:45 so we can have respect, security, job security, and dignity at work. 11:12:50 )) ((dave courvoisier)) right now dozens of culinary union workers and trump employees are rallying in front of the trump hotel.. they are calling on donald trump to negotiate a contract. recently trump hotel employees won a union election and want to start contract negotiations. the culinary workers union says the company has refused to bargain with workers. they want similar benefits and protections that trump employees ((paula francis)) > some of the most heated campaign rhetoric has been between trump and ted cruz. denise valdez is live at the y-m- c-a

hey, patrick. who is the toughest guy getting readand this card to argue against thomas davis, he broke his arm and he has a metal plate and 12 screws in thathe is something. with more on the carolpanthers, here is brad fralick and : super bowl week is halfway a little bit closer to the gameon sunday. it seems a kit will never end as we dmarc: we mentioned that it feels like groundhs conference to press conference but we are lear: downtown san francisco is buzzing. we talked to folks a f and they had an opportunity to see some of their heroes, the joe montana's and jerry rice's, ayarea. marc: they are excited because the super bowl has never been when it is coming back. they are appreciated of the fact that we buy stadium has been bu that the super bowl once the come to. this has been a diexperience where if you had it in houston or new orleans, it would be self-contained. here, it is a cost the area. b this is thea -- this is the brad: i think they are tired of talking to the media. they are oblig

patrick walker is live outside mandalay bay with a closer look at the convention. patrick? ((patrick walker)) the trophy hunting community received a black-eye last year when a minnesota dentist killed cecil the lion in zimbabwe. the s-c-i revoked his license... but the organization is still drawing a lot of attention. ((patrick walker)) las vegas is once again home to the 44th hunters' convention. ((larry higgins/sci president:

patrick: very quiet. still, a supportive fan base of the team that they are looking forward to seeing next year. wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live from bank of america stadium. good morning. aly: good morning guys. it was quiet their last night, it is completely silent this morning at least. we are expecting with the team gets back into town, that is not we are expecting. still so much to be proud of. that is what the fans were saying last night. take a look here at sky 4 video from around charlotte last night. the city showing its panthers pride, lit up in panthers blue. and not too far from bank of america stadium, wyff news 4's tim waller found fans last night already looking ahead to next season. tim: this is where the party was. you can see the big flat screens here at the all american pub. boy, this place was packed to win the super bowl there was , a lot of disappointment. all, there was optimism. >> i think that this is the charlotte. this is the start of something great for the panthers. a sm

it gets frigid, patrick. middle of next week we see some of the coldest air we have had all winter long. highs in the upper 30's. certainly very chilly all around town. patrick: i would imagine right at the beginning of the week, you will have some kids keeping their eye on how much accumulation there is whether or not schools go off. i don't think we are going out far, though. chris: it will not be that big of a deal. some areas on the tennessee the asheville-hendersonville area for that to happen. but i did visit some of those cool kids mountain view elementary. here is there -- here are their newscasters there. patrick: is that a green screen? chris: it is. group of kids. i talked to the kindndgarten class there at mountain view. they loved hearing about how wintry weather comes together. patrick: i am sure they did. >> now wyff news 4 sports. >> i don't know if uconn will be intimidated by our crowd or the situation, they've been in those situations before. i'm hoping. i don't know if they played in front

patrick: i would doubt it. mary: that' patrick: no. mary: my guess is the president is not going to step back up. >> here' s the problem. i do everything on the internet. but, it's kind of slow. my friends say i should get fios because it's the fastest. i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. that's seriously better. (husband) we're out of 2%! i wonder what else could be better around here? (husband) i heard that. switching to better internet is now easier than ever. only fios has the fastest internet available, with uploads up to 5x faster than cable. get 100 meg upload and download speeds. plus tv and phone for just $69.99 a month online with no annual contract. emily: back with around table -- with our roundtable. a love this. this not the first time the questions of,. can he survive this. ? patrick: i think equipped -- mary: i think the question is is are there other people besides brian joyce there looking at? patrick: hillary clinton one might of death might want to provide them some advice about that. this not the first time

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(patrick 2) how about 20? (patrick 1) how about done? (patrick 2) that's the kind of control i like... ...and that's what they give me at national car rental. i can choose any car in the aisle i want- without having to ask anyone. who better to be the boss of you... (patrick 1)than me. i mean, you...us. (vo) go national. go like a pro. ♪ >>> after a two-hour flight from kuala lumpur, i land in borneo, third largest island in the world. divided between malaysia, brunei, and indonesia. kuching. capital. it's a sleepily city with a colorful 19th century boys adventure story history. pirates, head hunters, opportunists. the former domain of sir james brook, an englishman who came to be known as the white raja. for a century, generations of the brook family ruled sarawak has an independent kingdom. they created their own army, the sarawak rangers who also acted as raja's personal guard. tomorrow i follow the pavement as far as it goes then it's boats the rest of the way. but first, breakfast. and fortunately, i know exactly where to go. i s

patrick walker... 8 news now. ((dave courvoisier)) patrick... any sense of when trump will be back in las vegas today? ((patrick walker)) both today and last night... he said he plans to hit a good number of the caucus sites when he returns... which means he could be getting back in town now. ((dave courvoisier)) > florida senator marco rubio sat down one on one with 8 news now earlier today.. to talk about his final push before the caucus. the senator spoke to supporters inside the silveraton casino.. saying he is eager to see tonight's results because he believes jeb bush dropping out will allow him to pick up some more delegates. he also said he is not worried about the front runner, donald trump: (( sen. marco rubio: that means 65 to 70 percent of republicans are not voting for donald trump when you people,it put him in first place when you divide it up among two, or one then it puts you in first place the sooner we get that point in this race, the better and it should be us because we are the only candidate in this race that can unify the p

((patrick walker)) heroes come in all shapes and sizes... ((steve schorr: "...that are here for a very special reason.")) ((patrick walker)) one walks the halls of steven schorr elementary school. ((steve schorr: "captain sprague, can you bring your men out here with you?")) ((patrick walker)) when 5th grader kyle sucaldito began choking on his lunch... it was his friend gabriel wallace who jumped into action. lunch: "it felt scary, i couldn't breathe, i was, my throat started to get sore a lot.")) ((steve schorr: "gabriel, out of the clear blue sky, came over to kyle, and what did you do?" gabriel wallace: "i did the heimlich maneuver." steve schorr: "he did the heimlich maneuver.")) ((gabriel wallace/saved friend during lunch: "i did that and then i realized he spit the food out, and then i realized he was actually choking and then a teacher came and i told her.")) ((patrick walker)) as gabriel's proud mother looked on... clark county firefighters presented the 5th grader with a medal... for his bravery and willingness to jump right into a

patrick: bernie sanders is at claflin. you being the student body president, what have you heard heading over to south carolina state? >> a lot of students are torn, they don't know what side they want to go to. but as president, we need to make sure we get both sides. the student government association is hosting the bernie sanders event. it is our job to give the students the opportunity to see both sides of the party. patrick: what is going through your head here today -- being as involved as you are, two president of canada's taking over this -- presidential candidates taking over this area, tell us what's going through your head. >> i'm excited for the students. i hope that this translates into a high turnout of voters tomorrow. i hope that as a result of this rally, they are more engaged in the process. patrick: student body president at claflin university, thank you very much. a busy day in the midlands. patrick hussion, wyff news 4. gabrielle: and bernie sanders is also in orangeburg tonight. we're taking a live lo

((patrick walker)) but... the republican party says its minority voter outreach programs are strong... with efforts continuing up until the november election. ((sara sendek/gop: "they're going into their communities, they're talking to them at churches, at their homes, and reaching out, and we've seen a lot of feedback from that.")) ((patrick walker)) one more interesting demographic note... the african- american population here in nevada grew by 18 percent between 2010- 2014 the state's caucasian population shrank by that same percentage... during that time. /// ((dave courvoisier)) > and we're your local election headquarters... stay up to date through the at las vegas now dot com./// ((paula francis)) > we're unboxing the latest product for our "try it before you buy it" test. michelle mortensen puts it through the wringer... to find out if this new wall mount is worth your money... and your time. tedd florendo >we're tracking some fantastic stretch of nice and tranquil weather. but things could change up w

patrick: in greenville, patrick hussion, wyff news 4. myra: 4 republicans addressed voters at bob jones university. faith and family were the main topics. jeb bush, marco rubio, and marco rubio attended a forum at the school. hillary clinton and bernie sanders have been trying to appeal to african-american voters. hillary clinton has shown support for president obama, who is popular with the mrs. clinton: senator sanders leadership test. senator sanders: do senators have a right to disagree with the president? have you ever disagreed with a president? i suspect you have. myra: former virginia governor jim gilmore suspended his campaign on friday afternoon. donald trump has said he would sue ted cruz for not being a natural born citizen. he said if he does not clean up his act, stop cheating, and running negative ads, i will sue him for not being a natural born citizen. he would argue the senator is an eligible for the presidency. john kasich was in columbia speaking at a chamber of commerce event. momentum in south carolina. he said his

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patrick walker is live outside mandalay bay with a closer look at the convention. patrick? ((patrick walker)) the trophy hunting community received a black-eye last year when a minnesota dentist killed cecil the lion in zimbabwe. the s-c-i revoked his license... but the organization is still drawing a lot of attention. ((patrick walker)) las vegas is once again home to the 44th hunters' convention. ((larry higgins/sci president: "the greatest gathering of hunter conservationists in the world.")) ((patrick walker)) s-c-i president larry higgins... welcoming some of the 20- thousand expected hunters to the convention wednesday night. ((larry higgins/sci president: "everything that we will do in the next 4 days supports the missions of safari club, conserving our wildlife and protecting our freedom to hunt.")) ((patrick walker)) s-c-i says conservation is a major part of their mission. their website says 70 percent of the money raised here... goes toward conservation efforts by the group worldwide... something s-c-i member bill racine says he is proud of. ((bill racine/sci lif

patrick: chris, thank you so much. you like wings, huh? chris: i will probably eat if you tomorrow. -- eat a few tomorrow. patrick: it is super bowl 20. we have wing bowl 24 coming up. it was held at the wells fargo center in philadelphia, where competitive eaters came from all of the country. the wing eating contest came down to 2 people. a 125 pounder versus the man from chicago. in front of the sold-out crowd of 20,000 fans, skyler devoured 429 wings, while his opponent managed 408. she is on a motorcycle. i guess that is what she won. 77,000 calories consumed. wow. >> now wyff news 4 sports. >> notre dame has beaten number 2 and the students coming out t ricardo: the party going down in south bend tonight as the fighting irish knock off the second ranked tar heels. unc number one in the coaches poll. the number one team in the ap poll, oklahoma, also fell at kansas state today. more from the hardwood in a moment. the pro football hall of fame class of 2016 was announced this evening. the headliner, three time league mvp quarterback bre

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patrick doesn't believe that making mandatory laws governing farming practices would be effective since all farm lands are different and require a different set of standards. "we recognize that every oporation is different and there's no one single practice that's going to fit the issues. it's going to take a whole suit of practices, it's going to take cooperation, everybody to make it work," says patrick. lukas: and that study is not associated with an ongoing legal battle lukas: with an ongoing legal battle between des moines water works and several siouxland water districts.. but it does cover some of the same issues. des moines water works is sueing the upstream counties, seeking reimbursement for more than a million dollars worth nitrate removal from water taken from the raccoon river. supervisors from buena vista, sac and calhoun counties are all named in the lawsuit. in it ... it states farmers should follow regulations in the clean water act. the case is still tied up in litigation. lukas: a proposed cell neighborhood is causing an uproar. several siouxlanders living in the morn

postdebate edition of steve sebelius. >> patrick: i'm patrick walker. alan stock. annette magnus and fernando romero. s that field narrowed down to six candidates, that began by commenting on a developing topic. died at the age of 79 today but justice can not wait for the senate to get their act together. they've on obstructionists for a very long time now and he needs to. nominate somebody to hear these cases about to come up in the next six months. >> will be whether or not he will be able to get 60 votes. yes, he can nominate anyone he chooses to nominate. but the fat is will look at this with a very curious eye. we know that the democrats they changed the way that we nominate appellate judges down to a simple majority. 50 plus 1 and that is something that now is going to come back i think and bite the democrats because they're not going to roll over with 60 votes. >> let me ask this. almost immediately after the death of justice scalia. this president should wait and sight unseen. we're not sure who he's going to nominate. he could nominate a libera