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: 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: 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: 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, 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: 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

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

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

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: 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: 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

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: 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

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: 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: 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: 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: 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

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

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: thank you. new insight into the zika virus. how health officials say the virus can be transmitted. (vo) with thousands of quality pre-owned vehicles... and exceptional customer service, head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... >> now, your live super doppledale: good morning. it is hard to believe it is the third y of february when you have 62 degrees in the morning and a breeze out of the south at heavier showers onlook at knoxville down to blue ridge,a good line of thunderstorms picking up lightning. graham county, cherokee county moving into jackson.it is marching to the east, so it will region through the afternoon before clears. a fa fast-moving system but there is potential of heavy downpours that could lead to localized flooding. if you live in a flood prone area, especially the mountains of georgia and south carolina and western north carolina, watch out for creeks and streams. let's take a picture plus forecast into motion. you can see this line of thunderst

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: 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: 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

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: 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

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? 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

carol: wyff news 4's patrick hussion was there. talking with some potential voters. >> mr. donald j trump. patrick: tonight at the broad river electric cooperative, donald trump once again rallied thousands of supporters in the upstate, just days before the primary. and these supporters say they will punch their ballot for trump. >> i like that he's not politically correct, and he'll tell someone to kiss his -- in a heartbeat. >> i just like what he has to say. he's brave and he's bold, and i love it. chances are on saturday? >> i think they're very good in south carolina. patrick: the billionaire greeted the crowd, and even joined in chanting his own name, >> trump, trump, trump. patrick: before delivering what his supporters came to hear. >> how stupid are our politicians? how stupid? we'll talk about it. but, i mean, the iran deal. and the trade deals. we lose money with everybody. patrick: a familiar topic at trump rallies, the second amendment, and americans arming themselves against terrorists. >> if there were people on the other side, and the bullets were flying in

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

patrick: they sure were. counted in new hampshire, the candidates immediately made their way down to yourself. less than 24 hours away from winning new hampshire, somehow numbers on his mind. mr. trump: we are through the roof. we are high. [applause] patrick: trump was in pembleton week. senator marco rubio was in spartanburg. at each event, non-supporters of rubio just of as robots, referring to back what they felt were programmed answers in the new hampshire debate. sen. rubio: when it donald trump has offended people, each time it happens, it has angered me. we are in a time of deep disaffection. patrick: former former governor jeb bush made a stop in the state. then carson first hit gaffney this week.in a q&a nice. that does not mean he does not want to protect the american people. senator ted cruz wasn't raquel on wednesday for the presidential -- was in rock hill on a presidential forum at winthrop university. thursday, all in one day, senator rubio traveled from hickman had -- from hilton head to myrt

patrick? patrick: michael and carol, senator sanders is looking for a strong performance in this weekend's south carolina primary competitive against hillary he won in new hampshire, but lost to clinton in nevada on saturday night. tonight, on the usd campus, they both had a lot to say in the town hall meeting. both responded to president obama's plan to close the prison at guantanamo bay. take a listen. >> we look like hypocrites and fools to the entire world. what we have done is, locked up people in a way that is causing all kinds of repercussions around the world. people say, "oh, you're a locked people up in an island, and i think that has hurt us all over the world. obviously, if people are terrorists, they need to be confined, and we need to make sure that they stay in jail until whatever happens. but i think the president is right. i think we should shut down guantanamo. i think in the long run, it will help us significantly. >> there is no reason for us to continue to have guantanamo,

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

patrick? patrick: senator cruz will be arriving from new hampshire within the hour. he is sent to speak at 6:30 tonight. it has been widely documented in iowa that he ran a very traditional campaign, ak hands and rally in -- rallied in literally all 99 19th a visit to the state, which just so happens to coincide with the same amount of visits as donald trump and marco rubioas far as the three of those guys go, about the same amount of attention in south carolina. i spoke with people here outside to see if they were longtime supp they were here , if they decided to come here after last night's victory. i talked to 20 or so people. the whole group said they have this -- in this for the long-held. last night was icing on the cake. the floodgates of beginning to open when it comes tohigh-profile candidate endorsements. tim scott says he will endorse marco rubio. a short time ago, congressman jeff duncan said he wouldd cruz, who will be here shortly. coming up at 6:00, i spoke with south carolina aor alan wilson today, and he is sent to hold a forum on the candidates one

patrick: they are not here. basing off on saturday night, but if you are looking to catch a rally or a speech or an appearance, the upstate is not the place to be. in the weeks and months leading up to the gop primary, republican candidates still in the race made over 100 visits to south carolina, according to the website p2016.com, and over half of those visits were here in the upstate. >> i do not know if you have looked around your neighborhood, but there really are not a lot of democrats in the upstate. we have pockets of them, but if you surveyed the elected officials in the upstate, you patrick: hillary clinton and bernie sanders have made less than 30 visits to south carolina, and that breaks down to a combined 23 visits to the low country and midlands and six is its to the upstate. looking at potential voters before saturday's primary -- >> yes, unfortunately, they are going to have to travel a bit if they want to see a live candidate. unlike last week area but i think for those that really want to see t

patrick? patrick: this will be hillary clinton's 12th official visit to south carolina since she began her campaign. as we edge closer to the primary on saturday, tonight, mothers whose children were victims of gun violence or who died while in police custody will bee meeting with clinton. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords, who herself, was a victim of gun violence. earlier today, these five mothers, these women were at the rock of ages baptist church in each mother talked about losing their children, and why they're voting for hillary clinton. one of the mothers, sybrina fulton, lost her son, trayvon martin, in 2012. she says there needs to be a better criminal and judicial system. >> my son was not committing any crimes. my son did not have a weapon. my son did not murder and shoot anyone. so i can still sleep in my bed. the reason why the person walked away is because our justice system does not work. >> so no, she's not perfect. maybe she hasn't voted for every piece of legislation t

patrick hudson -- patrick hussion is here with more. patrick: some come to the upstate, write to us, but not the case this week for the democrats. bernie sanders was in greenville, but over the last year, they have logged over 60 visits. >> there are not a whole lot of democrats in the upstate. we have a few pockets of them, but if you survey the elected officials in the upstate, you will find that there are very few that are democrat. yes, unfortunately, it they will have to travel a bit if they want to see live candidates. for those who are really them, they will go to columbia, or maybe even go to the coast. patrick: hillary clinton and bernie sanders have made less than 30 visits. that breaks down to 23 visits to the low country and midlands and six visits to the upstate. both clinton and sanders have no scheduled trips north of columbia before saturday's primary, and we will keep you updated on where their launch parties will be on saturday night. michael? michael: patrick, thank you. the governor says it has no -- cross. reporter:

patrick hussion is live in spartanburg with more. patrick: i am here at the spartanburg marrrrtt. you mentioned hundreds outside the door, but there were over 1000 in the bar and the parking lot. the 1500 people that got to come inside -- we have reaction from them. they were watching the coverage. they knew exactly when donald trump was projected to the winter. take a listen. so there's the big cheer, the big moment. it did not take long. i mentioned a second ago, it kicks into another gear. suddenly donald trump was walking on stage. he had an entire family behind him, as we've seen in the past. he even congratulated marco rubio and ted cruz. he had this to say. mr. trump: if a couple of the other candidates dropped out -- if you added their scores together, it's going to equal trump's. [booing] these geniuses -- they are geniuses. they understand that as people drop out, i'm going to get those votes also. [cheering] you don't you just add them together. patrick: interesting to note, donald trump has been one of the most adamant candidates about using social media. we are lookin

patrick: i'm here with the south carolina democratic chairman. chairman, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. patrick: this is a different debate than what we have seen in the past, a lot of yelling and shouting. did they do a good job addressing south carolina's needs? >> they did not talk about south carolina's needs. they talk about cursing, underwear, and mooning. this was a debate for the most powerful position in the world. but yet, we do not talk about any of the issues that are we didn't talk that 250,000 people in the state don't have health care, when they could. we do not talk about rural hospitals letter closing because of that. issue after issue. there is such a stark contrast from the debate earlier this week with the democrats between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. it was a debate of substance. you had grown ups. this was giving me flashbacks to middle school. patrick: did you get a sense there was not as much targeting on hillary clinton and bernie sanders? >> they did not talk about hillary clinton or bernie sa

wyff news 4's patrick hussion is live in columbia, with more. patrick? patrick: michael, carol, we arrived at central baptist church a little after or :00. there was already a long line of people waiting to get in. this is not a large church. i believe we are at full capacity now. tonight, on this stage, five mothers will be meeting with hillary clinton, and former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. they are mothers of children who were victims of gun violence, or custody. these five mothers are traveling around the state, talking about how they lost their children, and what they want to see happen after this election. each woman talked about their personal loss, and explained why they were voting for clinton. >> when you lose a child, it's losing your sibling. that is someone that has come from your womb, so when you lose a child, there's a whole other dynamic you can't explain to another person. >> no matter what you hear, no matter what rhetoric you think that you hear from people outside of the democratic party about what hillary clinton is or is not

patrick: in greenville, patrick hussion wyff news 4. running for president talked to hundreds of voters at bob jones university. faith and family were the main topics of the forum today. >> all of our policies should be aimed at creating strong familiies, because that is the basic unit for a strong nation. governor bush: you know, it is politically correct i guess now wife, a man and a woman that are organized around loving their soul is just one choice. if you have that view, the choice that will create the greatest possibility for families, to be loving and wholesome and that children have now a right to succeed then -- a chance to succeed then , you're being judgemental. so there's always that challenge. sanator rubio: we shouldn't have any policies that are anti-family. we have a tax code that punishes marriage but punishes child formation. that's why i have an increase in the child tax credit. senator cruz: i do think government policies have contributed to the breakdown of families. you look at government policies, for example our

patrick: we have seen some big endorsements out of south jeb bush. senator tim scott and congressman trey gowdy feel that marco rubio should be the nominee. >> we will talk about my philosophy with rnpatrick: south carolina attorney general alan wilson has spent some time with all of the candidates. wilson was in town for an insurance fraud summit in downtown greenville, and we spoke about his thoughts on last night's iowa caucus. always felt, based on the polls that i had been following, that the top 3 would be cruz, trump, and rubio. >> while it's important to do well in iowa, and it's important to do well in new hampshire, south carolina's got a bit of an independent streak. and i'm anxious to see what our state does. patrick: the attorney general has yet to officially pick a candidate to endorse. he's hosted a handful of presidential forums throughout all of south carolina, and he wants to continue to make sure that south carolinians know what each candidate stands for. >> if i make an endorsement before i've completed that task, then who's gonna

carol: thank you patrick. now to the third candidate. you have seen his picture all night at the bottom of your screen, but who is willie wilson? michael: well he's a chicago businessman. we caught up to wilson earlier this week at the phillis wheatley community center in greenville. he talked to voters about his platform of faith based initiatives, free college first. wilson says part of the reason you might not have heard of him is because of his own party. wilson: been totally unfair. they kept me off the debates, they said they haven't sanctioned me, so therefore they say i am not a democratic candidate because we are not entitled to the rights and privilege as those ones they sanction. michael: wilson will also be on the ballot in 10 other states. carol: the totals are in for greenville county. more than 30,000 voters went to the polls today. michael: last week roughly 93,000 people in the county voted during the republican primary. wyff news 4 corey davis is live and local at election headquarters on university ridge. corey? corey:

in orangeburg, patrick hussion, wyff news 4. carol: if you plan on voting tomorrow, we have everything you need to know posted on our wyff 4 mobile app. we'll bring you bring results as they come in, both on air and on our mobile app. michael: on the republican side, today chris christie announced he's backing donald trump for president. you may remember the new jersey governor hurled verbal jams at trump while on the campaign trail. now christie says there is no one better prepared to lead the country. christie suspended his campaign after he didn't perform well in the new hampshire primary. carol: that endorsement comes a day after a heated gop debate , where many of the attacks were aimed at trump. marco rubio led yesterday's attacks. today he held a rally in dallas, texas. there the florida senator did not hold back. he unleashed a verbal assault runner. rubio blasted trump, calling him "a con artist with a spotty business record who inherited his wealth." michael: also going after trump, ted cruz. today he was in nashville,

he sat down in spoke to patrick husian. patrick: since tuesday's fifth-place finish in the primary, he campuses south carolina with a series of rallies to get his message to the voters. on the way to one of those rallies we were invited on board the rubio toward bus or we had a chance to talk about that message. >> our country is struggling with manufacturing but south carolina is growing. michelin, bmw, all of these businesses coming here and making things here. patrick: rubio talked about how he plans to deal with donald trump. >> hard to point the policy differences because he does not outline any files he -- outline any policy. patrick: some have pitted rubio against jeb bush in south in the polls. their relationship spans 20 years. how has that changed? >> we cannot talk as often as we once did because we are running for the same position so it makes it harder. i have tremendous esteem for him. i did not get into this race to stop him. patrick: the senator said he is confident in his chances. the primary hits on februa

carol: there was a rally in the nulton, and patrick was there. patrick: in his 19th visit, he arrived in pendleton today at the arena, and this was used for handling livestock and such, and when he arrived, he said, "what kind of building is this, anyway? it is cold in here. while then he went to addressing the crowd. trump had the south carolina poll numbers on his mind. mr. trump: by the way, the original polls that came out here, went through the roof. we are high. patrick: right now, he has a lead according to real clear and here, he talks money numbers, tens of millions of dollars in fund raising he says he has turned down. mr. trump: no, i don't want it. i want to do something else. i want to be greedy, but i want to be greedy for the united states. i want to bring money in. i really do. we have a hundred and 79,000 criminal, illegal immigrants. cannot have it, folks. they are going back. patrick: trump also took audience questions and even autographed a copy of his book. mr. trump: he has got the cheaper version, see? ok. ready? patrick: d

carol: patrick hussion is in the studio with more on the sanders campaign. patrick: recent polls of shown clinton with a large lead in south carolina, but nationally, clinton only has a five-point lead on sanders when you average all the pulls together according to real clear politics. bernie sanders and his team announced at the last minute he would not be in south carolina for any kind of primary watch party. he rallied earlier today in dallas, texas getting a head , start on hillary clinton there before heading on to minnesota. he targeted the current sen. sanders: we will defeat trump because the american people do not want a president who insults mexicans, muslims. [cheers] who insults women and african americans and veterans and basically anybody who is not like donald trump. and thankfully most americans are not like donald trump. [cheers] patrick: although he's not here, his grassroots team here in the upstate is still going about business as usual. i spent some time at his greenville headquarters earlier today and the volunteers are still making pho

patrick: has the transformation taken place? >> it's a big transformation. that's a hard one to get used to. patrick: coming up this hour, i'll have more from that one-on-one, including why he's stopping the so-called "salty" language. and you might be surprised to hear his answer when asked how he'll look back on this part of his life as a presidential candidate. carol? carol: thanks, patrick. john kasich made a campaign stop in greenville today. he is speaking right now, so let's take a listen. >> people understand exactly why it's done, and it has been a positive. bob jones university on friday. [indiscernible] a piece of legislation they say would protect individuals and businesses from recriminations by the federal government. they said you were the only one who didn't -- >> i don't know what that means. i would have to see what the pledge is. if we say that if you own a doughnut shop, you should not sell a doughnut to someone who is divorced or something like that, i have a problem with that. but nobody should infringe on the rights of religious instit

patrick: the senator said he is confident in his chances. the primary hits in south carolina on february 20. >> we spent a lot of time here personally and as a candidate. it is a state that cares a lot about the issue i'm most passionate about, national security. patrick: he says he is in the middle of the second quarter in his run for the white house. >> we are at the beginning in the fourth quarter in south carolina. for president addressed votete at bob jones university. faith and family were the main topics of the forum yesterday. a candidates forum at the school . on the democratic side, hillary clinton and bernie sanders app and bernie sanders at been trying to appeal to african american voters. clinton throwing support for obama -- showing support for obama. >> i think senator sanders said president obama failed the presidential leadership test and this is not the first time he is criticized president obama. >> do senators have the right to disagree with the president? have you ever disagreed with the president? i suspect you may have

patrick is live where the crowd is gathering. patrick: that is right, michael, carol. we are about an hour away from donald trump taking the stage, and it is really cold outside, and as you mentioned, it will be interesting to see how donald trump addresses to wf his former opponents, carly fiorina and chris christie dropping out. he has been using lower poll numbers of others to get people excited. trump mentioned after the win in various interviews that he is proud of the wind overall but even more so he is more proud of the fact that he won in a number of categories. old, young, men, women. he is not afraid to bring up those types of a compliments when it comes to the poll numbers, so he does have that win under his belt now. south carolina primary. he is here addressing the folks at the arena tonight, and we are again 10 days out. as is the case with his rallies, they tend to get rowdy. these folks are already very excited. we are live here at the arena. carol: patrick, thank you. today in the upstate, marco rubio told us he hopes the weekend debate will focus on p