who are in their 40's, facing either hillary clinton, who has been in washington for a very long time and is nearing 70, or 74-year-old bernie sanders who's been in congress since the late 1980's. they're able to make that generational change argument that isn't even really about the issues. it's just about the messenger. fernando: well, steve shepard, thank you so much for joining me. steve: my pleasure. that could swing this election. mr. trump. fernando: it's a bipartisan reality. latinos are the nation's largest minority group, almost 20% of the population. the republican and democratic nominees will have to win a big share of this growing electorate in order to win the white house. but will eligible latinos turn out at the polls? matt barreto, with the leading polling firm latino decisions, joins me on skype. welcome to the program. matt: thank you for having me . fernando: so matt, as you're looking at this election, do you think latinos will turn out in the numbers that people have expected or will it be 2014 kind of situation where there'll be underperformance by latino voters

a former outfielder and an executive director will be honored before a game with the washington nationals. andrew jones and john schuerholz . and take another look. basically a chest pass from the seven footer, but it gets even better. henderson runs to the locker room at the half. watch him. grabbing a little popcorn on the way. he is a big guy, with a big carol: he needed some quick cards. -- carbs. michael: and now comes the cold part. john: it will be chilly, especially with the wind and the rain and snow showers off and on in the mountains, the heaviest snow north of the tennessee line and in the higher elevations. spring cannot calm soon enough. michael and john, thanks. carol: your next newscast is at 11:00. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] hea do you think when you are president you'll be paid as much as if you were a man-male... this is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. but there are so many examples where that doesn't happen. i'm going to do everything i can

king marched on washington. unafraid to challenge the status quo to end racial profiling, take on police misconduct, and take down a system that profits from mass imprisonment. to end institutional racism. education. opportunity. reform. bernie. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. >> now, your live super doppler 4 hd forecast. dale: good morning. 5:27 as we check out our skycam's. clear and cold conditions. 30's in the upstate. by the end of the day, the upper 50's. lots of sunshine to enjoy and the outlook for the mountains, temperatures in the upper 20's and low 30's climbing to the the jacket or sweater will feel good by the early afternoon. time for dale's school salute. we have two pictures this morning. the first goes to concrete primary. mrs.s.rown and mrs. melinda's kindergarten class made snowman shirts to celebrate winter. and this is skyland elementary, where a first grader said it's a miracle when snow came down at recess last friday. that is mrs. lewis' first grade class. they made snow a

washington dc, hammering hail. >> overnight rescues in virginia. some communities wiped off the map as homes were destroyed, tornadoes dropping from anonymous -- ominous sky. frank rose witnessed the deadly >> i saw the roots flying everywhere and what can you do? >> the wild weather claiming the lives of two men and a cobbler tossed from a trailer 300 yards. another man killed in south carolina when a gust of wind stabbed a tree onto him. >> the tree was on top of him. >> the powerful storm system battered the gulf coast. among the hardest hit, a trailer park in louisiana where a tornado killed two and shredded a hundred and 50 homes. >> it looked like a blender. >> some parts of florida also reduced to rubble. while the storm is diminishing, the scope of the damage is just being realized. geoff: that was miguel reporting. whether from dale coming up in the senate will take up a resolution related to justice scalia's death. the pleasantries are being overshadowed by politics as several senate democrats plan to head to the supreme court to challeng

king marched on washington. unafraid to challenge the status quo to end racial profiling, take on police misconduct, and take down a system that profits from mass imprisonment. to end institutional racism. education. opportunity. reform. bernie. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. >> welcome back. some rain is on the way. dale: you can see it on the doppler radar. coming heavy in the columbia area. soon into laurens and it will make its way up the corridor or into the up state later this afternoon. keep an eye out for thunderstorms that will come in overnight. tomorrow, we will see a good hit of rain and some severe >>> lights, camera, access. >>> you were wearing kanye. >> does kris think that kanye is damaging her kardashian empire and is the matriarch maneuvering behind the scenes to fix it? i'm billy bush. she's definitely having fun at the expense of her ex. >> my worst, i think is going to be caitlyn. >> she said that marcus was having an affair with nicole brown simpson. >> the new beverly hill

king marched on washington. unafraid to challenge the status quo to end racial profiling, take on police misconduct, there is no president who will fight harder to end institutional racism. education. opportunity. reform. bernie. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. my school reunion's coming fast. could be bad. could be a blast. can't find a single thing to wear. won't be the same without you bro. when it's go, go to choicehotels.com. the site with the right room, rewards and savings up to 20% when you book direct. >> now your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. dale: good morning. 5:16. we have blowing snow in boone, north carolina. because of the wintry weather, we have mitchell and yancey county schools now closed for the day. graham and slain -- swain on a we have a couple of closings and delays in the mountains of north carolina. the same system that produced the thunderstorms yesterday is producing snow in the mountains of north carolina. you can go to our website and look under the weathe

you can see right now, this one into new work, also into washington here. measure to check when airlines today. we will do will keep you updated on your travel plans you. back to you. geoff: in other news at noon, asheville police say they've arrested a man in connection with a woman's death. 29-year-old james norton is charged with first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous police say he killed 62-year-old christina kessinger friday afternoon. norton is being held at the buncombe county detention in spartanburg county, kenasha stewart is charged with filing a false police report. deputies say she told them a man with a gun robbed her in the inman area on saturday, broke her driver's side window, and took off. investigators say multiple officers and a k-9 team searched for the robber, but detectives say stewart ultimately admitted to making up the story after a fight with the father of her child. to commitment 2016 now. the weather could affect presidential candidates on the campaign trail today. we know of three candidates visiting the upstate early

king marched on washington. unafraid to challenge the status quo to end racial profiling, take on police misconduct, and take down a system that profits from mass imprisonment. there is no president who will fight harder to end institutional racism. education. opportunity. reform. bernie. geoff: money matters. checking the numbers on wall street with the dow jones down but a few points. the nasdaq down 22 in the s&p 500 down three. yesterday was a strong day. well tourism is now a $19 , billion industry in south carolina. officials say the numbers represent the economic impact of tourism in 2014. figures lag about a year behind the calendar year. a new marketing campaign called "satisfy your thirst" is expected to draw visitors to businesses that make everything from beer to tea and from milk to moonshine. you can now register to volunteer or buy tickets for the 2016 bmw charity pro-am. the tournament will be held in the upstate may 19 through the 22. more than 1000 volunteers are needed for the event. each volu

. >>> leading the news this morning, starting with the washington post, endangered baby dolphin dies after swimmers pass it around for selfies. the dolphin was a member of an endangered species and only 30,000 remains. the argentine wildlife foundation hopes this serves as a reminder of the declining numbers. >>> and in the associated press, pictures taken with stolen kindle show up in i clouds. they're automatically uploaded and the woman in the photo, she apparently visited church on ash wednesday when members of the catholic church receive a mark on their forehead as a sign of repentance. how ironic. >>> and spanish taxi drivers protest drive share companies like uber. it's not allowed in spain. but regulation is expected to loosen loosen. >>> and the miami fraternal police plan to boycott beyonce's concert and urge others to do the same. this is in response to controversial super bowl half time performance and video. >>> and telescope will cover 100 times the view of the hubble. this will allow astronomers to have a much wider view of space. >>> and police in england today are ca

in washington, aixa diaz, wyff news 4. gabrielle: meanwhile, donald trump has a new fake endorsement. senator lindsey graham made jokes at the washington press club foundation's 72nd congressional dinner. he talked about his decision to drop out, then his endorsement of jeb bush, who dropped out last week. then garraham decided to make a new endorsement, sort of. sen. graham: tonight-- i endorse donald trump and hopethat graham magic still exists. night. field. nigel: now to the weather. let's take a live look on this friday, which i thought was thursday. it's felt like friday. it is nice out there. gabrielle: and we will take the sunshine. chief meteorologist john cessarich in the studio. partly great for all of nige -- aren't we grateful for all of nigel's hard work? [applause] and the rest of the team. john: seasonally cool across the upstate.still pretty cool . 2939 in asheville. we have the wind out of the north-northwest, making it feel cool as we headed to the last weekend of february. early march. the mountains. a

>>> why kerry washington is attending the oscars. >> i didn't feel it was right for me to boy cat on a year -- >> does olivia end up with jake? or fitz? >> lights. camera. access. >> lamar odom in a new york state of mind as he returns to public life. welcome to "access hollywood." lamar in a minute. interview. >> you and i dug deep with new jersey housewife teresa guidice for all the secrets and details about her incarceration and nothing was off limits. how was it when you got out with joe? what was night one like? of my daughters slept in our bed together yeah. >> really? >> joe waited that long and waited even longer. >> after they fell asleep we visited other rooms in the house. >> others? >> yes. >> clearly it was q qte the reunion for teresa and her husband joe. upon release from prison she first intered danbury federal correctional institution on january 5th, 2015. in her new book "turning the tables" she described being strip searched that first day. >> it was humiliating. it was something that i've never experienced in my entire life. >> do they do that to everybody? >> oh,

gabrielle: aixa diaz has more from washington d.c. aixa: nigel, gabrielle, people have been waiting outside to go inside of the great hall of the supreme court. president obama and the first lady were among the thousands who paid respects to supreme court justice antonin scalia. >> may his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of god, rest in peace. aixa: one of scalia's sons, the catholic priest, prayed in a private ceremony before the public was welcomed inside. >> very solemn and beautiful. very well appointed on every level. aixa: law clerks are taking turns standing vigil around the clock until the casket the parts saturday morning. -- casket departs saturday morning. >> he was a giant on the court. he left a legacy on law that is aixa: sclaalia served on the court for nearly 30 years, known for his conservative ideology and passionate personality. >> his views and opinions are going to be discussed and read in law schools and by lawyers and by judges for taking. aixa: a funeral mass will be held in wa

king marched on washington. unafraid to challenge the status quo take on police misconduct, and take down a system that profits from mass imprisonment. there is no president who will fight harder to end institutional racism. education. opportunity. reform. bernie. do you think when you are president you'll be paid as much as if you were a man-male... this is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. but there are so many examples where that doesn't happen. i'm going to do everything i can to make sure every woman in every job gets paid the same... ...as the men who are doing that job. i'm hillary clinton moving cars - hit by falling gabrielle: moving cars hit by falling trees. find that how the drivers are doing. michael: severe weather in other parts of the country tonight. gabrielle: and akeley for help. how much officials say they have to raise to keep the zoo open. announcer: you are watching live, local, breaking news. this is wyff news 4 in high definition. gabrielle: did you feel it? you powerf

a line of strong, dangerous storms prompted severe thunderstorm warnings and caused flooding in the washington, d.c., area. the storm left thousands of people without power and brought strong winds and hail. a d.c. metro parking garage flooded, with water reaching curbs. metro officials opened the gates so drivers could leave more easily, and maintenance crews were on hand. major flight delays are reported at all three of the region's major airports. two faculty members from spartanburg methodist college showed the world they have moves. that's president scott cochran and economics professor jonathan keisler. the duo joined the school's new hip-hop dance team, the blue chucks, for just one number. it took place at the school's auditorium. it was a full house. this was the group's first public performance. geoff: there were showing off their moves. hollywild animal park in spartanburg county wants to make asking for public support. the park held a public forum at the spartanburg area chamber of commerce yesterday. around 25 people attended to discuss how they can help keep the park in business.

tomorrow, the funeral at the basilica of the national shine of the immaculate conception washington, where vice president joe biden will attend, and they will honor justice scalia. president obama may announce his choice of a nominee as early as pete williams nbc news at the supreme court. geoff: the so called affluenza teen is in court today. ethan coach will appear before a judge in fort worth, texas, who will decide whether his case will be transferred to an adult court system. couch had been on probation for a fatal drunken-driving crash that killed four people. his attorney argued that he had been coddled by his parents and suffered from affluenza. late last year, couch and his mom took off to mexico after the 18-year-old allegedly put his probation at risk by appearing on video at a party. take a look at this. no, this isn't lava flowing from this mountain. it's just an illusion. it's called fire wall, and it only happens around this time of year. it's really just the angle of the sun during a few weeks in february. when it does happen, photographers flood to yosemite to take p

king marched on washington. unafraid to challenge the status quo to end racial profiling, take on police misconduct, and take down a system that profits from mass imprisonment. to end institutional racism. education. opportunity. reform. bernie. you like being picture perfect. you should want your banking to be too. stop into td bank and we'll help set you up with picture perfect banking. new customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube+ allyson: we have some breaking news for you. firefighters are on the scene of a fire. one person was in the apartment attached to the building but got out fine. we will continue to bring you updates information continues to roll in. patrick: a michigan man accused of killing six people in a random shooting spree is expected in court today. investigators in kalamazoo say jason dalton chose victims at random saturday night. he shot people outside an apartment complex, a car dealership, and a restaurant over nearly seven hours. six people died, and

we have more from washington. reporter: apple says it will fight a federal magistrate water facing the tech giant to help the fbi crack and iphone used by syed farook, one of the shooters in the december terror attacks in san bernardino. >> they are not asking apple to redesign its product or to create something. reporter: the ceo of apple, tim cook, rights -- the government suggests this tool can only be used once, on one phone, but that is simply not true. once created, this technique again on any number of devices. >> how'd you make sure that reporter: the fbi once apple to invent new software to bypass a key security feature that you races all data after 10 wrong passcode attempts, so tex can wage a brute force attack to guess the number or password. >> to knock out that door a million times a week. apple: but apple says this is far bigger than one attack and one phone, eight had all of public privacy and public safety. nigel: an apple says it has already been working with the government in this case. gabriell

yesterday, sanders met with civil rights leaders at the national urban league in washington dc. sanders says he understands the community goes through today in america. geoff: it is interesting to see michelle quan out there working for hillary clinton. the former game -- the former quarterback is there behind marco rubio. dale, moving into the weekend we have some great weather. dale: we really do. this time of the year we see temperatures like what we had yesterday. we will see that again and get warmer over the weekend. 32 degrees in spartanburg right now. clear skies and light breezes out of the south at 5-9 miles per hour for the afternoon. we will see these temperatures in the upper 20's and 30's climb into the mid to upper 50's for the afternoon. we have breezes out of the northeast this morning. they will become more southerly as the day goes on. we get up to 63 on saturday. we get into the upper 50's him then, 61-67 on sunday. the mountains could see an isolated shower saturday and sunday. the upstate, see any rain until monday. get outdoors and enjoy this great weather

tracie potts joins us from washington. >> reporter: we have to find out who the president is considering. but the top democrat says that he does have a list and names to talk about with president obama. but whoever the nominee is, republicans have firmly stated that they don't even want to give the nominee a vote in the we're getting a lot of push back from democrats on capital hill and on the campaign trail. lehigh calls it irresponsible. unprecedented. on the campaign trail, both hillary clinton and bernie sanders are crying against this. sanders says that they are cowards for at at least voting on who the president nominates. and you have republicans saying that it should not happen in the president's final year. actually, justice kennedy was confirmed by a democratic senate in president's reggen's final year, even though he was nominated a couple months before that. so, we're getting lot of back and forth on the campaign trail on whether or not this is even going happen. confirmed, it probably won't be in time to have an impact on this firm. so, the fight is on. we'll see how it proc

west washington street near the post office in downtown greenville, has been shut down since last night due to power lines and poles. needing repair according to greenville police. duke energy hasn't given an estimate for when repairs will be completed. gabrielle: now let's take a live look outside at what is happening right now, through our woodruff road sky cam. the winds were not as strong as they were yesterday. nigel: wyff news 4's chief meteorologist john cessarich is in our studio right now tracking john: ticket all of these wins. yesterday, we had winsds gusting around 46 miles per hour. today, around 39 miles per hour. we had sustained winds of 25 miles per hour. you can see the highest wind gusts in anderson. in the highest elevations, they are well over 40 miles per hour. snow showers in the county. even some of these snow showers could move into the western part of coney county. some pretty good snow showers moving through. this is up through barton county. i showed you those pictures earlier from the live shot. the temperatures continuing to come down. it is a very wet snow

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. allyson: continuing coverage now of the reported shooting at columbiana centre mall in columbia. police now say it may not have involved any gunshots at all. police say they haven't found any shell casings and witnesses are no longer confident about their stories. authorities say they found a book bag in the woods with air soft guns, which shoot plastic pellets. police are seeking more surveillance video from stores. no one was injured in the incident. greer police want to identify two people they believe are connected to a shooting there. officers say a man was shot in the head monday afternoon at oakland place apartments. they say the man was sitting in a parked car at the complex and was taken to greer memorial hospitalaly his cousin. police say he was transferred to greenville memorial and his injuries are not life threatening. the controversial west end quik trip is one step closer to becoming a reality. last night, the greenville city on the lot at markley and academy streets, c

"washington post," eye wash. how the cia deceives its own work force about its operations. for years they contributed memos with false information. they describe it as an important security measure to protect secrets and from nbc.com a cheap cure for flint. in switzerland a scientist created a paper-like membrane that contains paper and milk proteins. a kilogram of the prototype will cost about $100 to make and it can be adapted for use in homes facilities. a little -- too little too late for flint but hopefully they'll get it as soon as possible. >>> this interesting election year has many people engaged, of course, even those who typically aren't. there's one man who might be caucusing for first time because he thinks it might be time for a drastic change in the white house. here he is in his own words. >> i've got a convenience store with full self gas. i sell several grades of ethanol. i've been here 22 years, going on 23 years. if you asked me would i take anybody from washington, d.c., are to run my business? no way, no way. they have nothing to lose. they want their

when the washington lobbyist settled on other candidates in this race, when the media in one voice said a conservative cannot win, nation wide, over 800,000 contributions poured in to ted cruz.org as curages conservatives said yes, we can. >> the precaucus polls show donald trump in the lead. so, what happened? trump campaign insiders say both trump and rubio had better round games and trump is a loser in iowa. he gave easily his shortest speech and appeared humbled. started this journey, there were 17 candidates, i was told by everybody, do not go to iowa, you could never finish even in the top 10. and i said but i have friends in iowa iowa, i have a lot of people in iowa, let's give it a shot and they said don't do it and i said i have to do it. and we finished second and i'm just honored. i'm really honored and i want to congratulate ted and all of the incredible candidates. >> although, even without taking the top spot, trump remains as confident as ever. >> we will go onto get the republican nomination and we will go on to easily beat hillary or bernie or wloorvhoever they throw up

on east washington street. cruz will then head to a meet and greet in easley. that will be at mutt's barbeque on powdersville road at 2:15. governor john kasich is also in the upstate today. he'll be in clemson at 2:15 for a town hall at the strom thurmond institute on kappa street. geoff: donald trump has a townhall today at the broad river electric cooperative in gaffney. that's scheduled to be 5:30 this evening. happening tonight, the conservavave review will host it's first ever conservative convention. it begins at 7:00 at the bon secours wellness arena. all six of the republican presidential candidates have been invited. the convention has said that ben carson, ted cruz, and marco rubio confirmed they will attend a. general admission tickets are $14. allyson: the latest numbers now in a national poll where donald trump has fallen behind ted cruz. geoff: that is according to the latest nbc news-wall street cruz with 28% of voters. trump is behind with 26%. they're followed by marco rubio at 17%, john kasich at 11%, ben carson at 10%, and jeb bush at 4%. ju

are out here on west washington street. if you take a look behind me, we are about a block from the post office. this has been shut down since wednesday night. according to duke energy, they say they will have to replace the polls and the power lines as a result of the strong wind. duke energy says because of the extent of the damage it's taking , a little longer to restore all of the outages. it will be back open once the repairs are made for no word on when that will happen. aly myles wyff news 4 live in greenville. geoff: thank you. other news this morning, four people are dead in kansas and 14 shooting. the shooting happened in south authorities say an excel industries worker stole a vehicle, shot people in the opened fire inside the workplace. >> we was already looking at him, and he yelled and just went -- doot,doot doot and then entered the building. >> inside the building, he shot a total of 15 people four were -- 15 people. shooter. geoff: officials tell us the first officer to arrive immediately engaged the gunman

here is an expanded view of the soutthe line of showers and thunderstorm from washington all the way back down to the gulf. it continues to work its way eastward, get a break by the evening. clear weather coming in and cooler temperatures behind it getting these are asheville, athens, gsp aiup until noon hour, over two inches of rain in asheville, 1.46 in athens, anderson at 1.3 one, gsp at 1.15. i'm sure there are many rain gauge is kept ace with flooding areas over three inchesthat is a lot when you consider four good -- is a good months worth. here is our future plus forecast . once the system continues to march to the east, by this evening, just clouds and it will clear overnight and be sun sunny for the next couple of days.this will be our last rain event for a few days. we will have dry weather all the way e weekend and perhaps into monday. temperatures were one this morning, 63 in greenville, 59 in clearing conditions, cooling temperatures behd the front. we have seen some prettyd with the storm system, but it looks to be calming down. look at the difference -- 59 in atlanta,

fernando: and as we look forward, and you know very well that voters are very frustrated with washington in general, both parties and so forth, is there a reason for hope? rep. van hollen: when you have divided government, a democrat in the white house and republicans in majority on the hill, you've got to have people who are going to at least look for the common ground. i will fight to the end on certain issues, i will make sure we don't cut social security, protect a woman's right to choose. but there are other areas of the budget where we should be able to find common ground. and i was pleased, yes, for some help. last november, i helped negotiate a sort of two year, bipartisan agreement on the budget that prevented the government shutdown and prevented the default on the debt. so that was a glimmer of hope. but now we're sort of back into it and this is a very bad sign, a refusal to even hear from the president's budget director. fernando: well, let's hope for some hope. congressman, thank you so much for joining me today. rep. van hollen: thank you so much. democrats see little hope

gabrielle: this is all the remains of a home in washington state. people there say the explosion was so big it could be heard from several hundred yards away. crews do not know if anyone was home during the blast. they can't find the homeowners right now, and the cause of the explosion is under investigation. >> now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. john: a powerful storm system coming in tonight and tomorrow. here is the severe weather threat. not just on wednesday, but as far as flooding, flash flooding, flooding of rivers and streams in the high category for during the day tomorrow. we could see heavy showers and thunderstorms develop especially after midnight tonight. strong straight-line winds are a possibility with that thunderstorms. that will most likely be late tonight into northeastern georgia, and then across the entire area, especially the upstate, through the morning hours on wednesday. morning hours on wednesday, a medium threat of isolated tornadoes. incredible wind shear going on, a lot of spin. we could see supercells

geoff: k--- kasich touted himself as the only candidate with the experience to get things done in washington. myra: on the democratic side, former president bill clinton toured spartanburg community college. he saw first hand the work students are doing with robotics. he then made his way to greenville, where he talked to a packed room at the west end the former president talked about everything from health care, to immigration to education and gun control. >> this is crazy. the greatest gift south carolina has given to this country was what those christians in that church did in reverend pinckey's church in showing forgiveness to the disturbed young man who killed all those people. [applause] >> it melted the hardest hearts in the legislature and they took the confederate flag away. myra: just a reminder. the democratic primary is saturday, february 27. geoff: the daughter of eric garner is throwing her support for president. she appeared with him yesterday, at the university of south carolina. as you may recall, eric garner allegedly died at the hands of it happened two years ago. protests

king marched on washington. unafraid to challenge the status quo to end racial profiling, take on police misconduct, and take down a system that profits from mass imprisonment. there is no president who will fight harder to end institutional racism. education. opportunity. reform. bernie. myra: at 5:12, the icy weather was to blame for more than wrecks across the upstate. 200 highway patrol says at least four of them were deadly. one crash happened on verdae boulevard in greenville just before 8:30 monday night. the coroner says 17-year-old lauryn agnew of easley died after a head-on collision. icy patch crossed the center line and hit a tow truck. agnew was a senior at southside high school. geoff: also in greenville, two wrecks killed one person and sent three others to the hospital, including one officer. troopers say 28-year-old clayborn jester was standing at the site of a crash on i-385 when another vehicle hit him. troopers say it forced him over the retaining wall and down an embankment. police say a gre

king marched on washington. unafraid to challenge the status quo to end racial profiling, take on police misconduct, and take down a system that profits from mass imprisonment. there is no president who will fight harder to end institutional racism. education. opportunity. reform. bernie. geoff: 4:42 on this friday morning. a bill to stop coal ash from being dumped in pickens county has been approved, now it's on it's way to governor haley for her signature. yesterday, senators approved a house bill that prevents a landfill from being built in liberty. there were plans by a north carolina company to dump coal ash. the bill specifies that coal ash can only be dumped in class three landfills. the proposed landfill in liberty was going to be a class two landfill, which does not qualify for coal ash disposal. senator larry martin says the bill is, quote, a big win for the people of pickens county. allyson: while debates continue over how to pay for road repairs in south carolina, the house committee approved a spend

the panda cub lives at the zoo in washington, not quite six months old, so you need to cut him some slack as he tries and tries and tries to climb the pine tree. the u.s. government pays about $500,000 a year to host the giant pandas at the smithsonian, and the money does back into research and conservation efforts in china. gabrielle: according to researchers, horses are able to distinguish between happy and angry human faces. scientists found the mastic horses responded negatively to negative faces, and domestication may have a loud horses to by daft and interpret human behavior. hearta florida man faces criminal charges for a prank he pulled. he thr nigel: a florida man is they say criminal charges for a prank he pulled. through the fast food window at a restaurant. gabrielle: what started out as a joke ended up with not so fun the assault charges. >> we were hanging out, and we stumbled upon an alligator. reporter: as soon as he walked out of jail, josh was not bashful about explaining himself. >> we are just like outdoors kind of people, so anything we find, we catch, and then one th

in washington, i'm aixa diaz. michael: this footnote tonight nine out of ten individuals agl security benefits. coming up, local young people learning how te music from "matilda" castcarol: a mountain biking line i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just when i think it's just not going to work. this woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there he was so helpful i know it's such a small thing little thing. simple thing but it made me smile made me happy made my day share your story. publix. where shopping is a pleasure. carol: at stone academy this morning, second, third, and learn songwriting from two folks who o ow it well. performers from the musical "matilda" came and taught the students about what songwriting is. one of the performers, danny tieger, wrote a book teaching kids the skill. >> peop

in washington, i'm sally kidd. nigel: gallup, which tracks has found increasingly partisan views of presidents. gabrielle: it says while president obama and president george w. bush were both elected with hopes of unifying the country, the opposite has happened. nigel: while the super bowl has always been known for its interesting and often funny commercials, one commercial that aired sunday night took a jab at republican presidential candidate marco rubio. gabrielle: you might remember it. it's the ad that talked about the isis threat, then showed rubio goofing off, playing fantasy football. tonight, in truth check, wyff news 4 investigates' tim waller has the story behind the ad. tim: it's not every day a political attack ad is played during the super bowl. but one aired sunday night, and only in south carolina, since our gop primimy is less than two >> i know i have a debate, but i got to get this fantasy football thing right. okay? >> keep the promise 1 is responsible for the content of this advertising. tim: k

he 13 super bowl says coach of the washington redskins. >> i didn't know we had won. i knew it was close, and so i saw the pylon change and blink at the last second with the 11. and so i just i heard on the , radio, people were all crazy excited, so i assumed we won when that happened. but if not, i was gonna be pissed. gabrielle: the nascar tour heads to atlanta this week, nigel: no goalie, no problem. and the binghamton senators out of new york decide to pull their goalie towards the end of the game. then, someone takes a shot into the empty net, and bud holloway manages to deflect the shot. the diving save was incredible, but the senators ended up losing anyway. gabrielle: here's one way to wake up, with a face full of fresh snow. nigel: oh, yeah. gabrielle: the toronto zoo posted this adorable video of giant panda da mao last week. he woke up, tumbled out of his cave, when down the hill. he liked it so much, he did it again. nigel: pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. only flonase is approved to relieve both

i'm joined by tracie potts live in washington. new hampshire and one thing we're learning new hampshire is not iowa. the numbers totally different there. donald trump with a double digit lead and on the other side, bernie sanders saying he's the underdog but that's not what the numbers show. tonight's msnbc debate is hillary clinltton's last chance to take on sanders face to face. >> if this is about our record, hey, i'm going to win by a land slide tuesday. >> reporter: he's hammering clinton on her six figure speeches. >> i do not know any progressive who has a super pack and takes $15 million from wall street. >> reporter: her response. >> i don't know. that's what they offered. >> reporter: the leading claiming he could have won iowa if cruz hadn't sent out false information that said carson was dropping out. >> you know these pall tishzoliticians are brutal. they are a bunch of dishonest cookies. >> i wake up and laugh at the latest thing donald has tweeted because he's losing it. >> reporter: rubio is a close number three he

news, washington. >>> a hostage and digital age. a medical center in california forced to pay cyber criminals thousands of dollars to gain back control of its computers. ransomware. hackers infecting computers with malware, then demanding ransom to give it back. it could happen to you. >> reporter: it happened at hollywood presbyterian medical center. hackers demanding $17,000 in ransom payable in online bit coins to release the computers. locked out, the hospital's ceo says in the best interests of restoring normal operations, we did this. across the country in maine, hackers even county sheriff's computers hostage. >> they asked for, we'll gladly give you a code to unencrypt it for a fee. >> reporter: they paid $300 to get their data back. >> they've already encrypted most of the information on your system. >> reporter: cybersecurity james said ransomware is now big business. encrypting corporate and government files, family photo, health records and financial documents, then demanding payment for the code to unlock them. becoming

sally: in washington, sally kidd, wyff 4 news. carol: on the democratic side, and a news 4 exclusive, wyff news 4's nigel robertson talked one on one with hillary clinton. he asked about her opponent bernie sanders and his supporters. >> for those supporters of bernie sanders, if you get the nomination and become president what issues that they care about , that he has brought to the forefront can they count on you to follow up on? senator clinton, well they can big bank that poses a systemic a risk to our economy. i've said no bank is too big to fail, no executive to powerful to jail. they can count on me to do everything i can to reverse the pernicious affects of supreme court decision of citizens united which opened , the door to dark secret unaccountable money. i have said i would go so far as appointing supreme court justices to reverse that but even to look for a constitutional amendment if that is what it , took. so on the issues that i know he has been passionate about and campaigning on i want his , supporters to know i a

in washington, sally kidd, wyff news 4. michael: thanks, sally. and fresh off of thala night, senator cruz will campaign in the upstate tonight. carol: he's due at the td convention center around 6:30, an early. wyff news 4's patrick hussion is live and local there tonight. patrick? patrick: until yesterday afternoon, senator cruz was all set to hold the rally at wren high school in anderson for this . yesterday, his camp booked a and say that is for logistical reasons, so he canw hampshire, speak, then fly back out. as he turns his focus back to the people of south carolina and new hampshire, here's a look at a few of the groups that really helped push him over the top last night. one of the largest groups to hit the polling booth yesterday, evangelicals gave ted cruz 34% of the vote compared to trump and rubio at 22% and 21%. the group of "voted in the caucus before," these are experienced voters. 32% for cruise -- or ted cruz, one of the largest gaps between two candidates you can find from last nigand one other telling figure, the group that s

. >> together we have sent a message that will echo from wall street to washington. chris while hillary clinton's : campaign was bruised by the margin of her loss, she struck a note of confidence tuesday night. >> it is not whether you get knocked down, it's about whether you get back up. chris one casualty of new said to be contemplating an end to his campaign. chris clackum, nbc news. allyson: not to some important dates. the gop primary happens next saturday, february 20 followed by the democratic primary on federally 27. with the focus in south carolina, many are making stops in the upstate today. happening now, marco rubio is set to hold a rally in spartanburg before heading to columbia later this afternoon. donald trump has scheduled a rally in the palmetto state today, at 7:00 at the t. ed garrison arena in pendleton. and senator ted cruz's campaign will hold an event at summit pointe in spartanburg. but cruz will not be there because of a vote in wawaington. his wife heidi is expected to be there. it statas at 5:00 this afternoon. former virginia governor jim

for the latest, we go to tracie potts in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning everyone. so, we know donald trump is not prone to be silent on anything and we learned that more late last night. he had a rally in nevada talking about the cruz ads and essentially calling cruz dishonest. listen. >> the cruz ad, it's not a subject i know anything about. but this guy is sick. there's something wrong with >> reporter: so, let's talk about today. the nevada, the republican caucus caucuses. the latest poll show donald trump with a 16-point lead over cruz. and marco rubio hoping to make his mark here. a lot of analysts are wondering if trump takes this one is is he going to be unstaublableunstoppable? and interestingly, kasich is getting heat from protesters at some of his events in nevada after signing off on planned parenthood and defunding it back home in ohio. could be interesting race. those caucuses happening later in the evening nevada time. so, here on the east coast it could be a while before we start to see results. >>> m

king marched on washington. unafafid to challenge the status quo to end racial profiling, take on police misconduct, and take down a system that profits from mass imprisonment. there is no president who will fight harder to end institutional racism. education. opportunity. reform. bernie. my computer's dying again. you'll need to email us so we can issue you a ticket. it's protocol. or, you can try staples tech services next day guarantee. it's fast and done right. i'll do that instead. that's not protocol marsha. in by noon, out by 5 the next day. staples. make more happen. >> now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. ; 7:17. it is cold, but calm. that is the good thing. wendy across the mountains and the upstate too. the precipitation we had the last couple of mornings still in the mountains, farther north, affecting parts of west virginia, and as you can see, the ohio valley. temperatures this morning with sunshine will rebound quickly and get into the 50's for the upstate. it is interesting. both a

freezing rain made for a treacherous commute in washington, d.c. in eastern pennsylvania a jackknifed semi caused this chain reaction crash. the back of each other, five to six trucks behind us right now. >> in parts of new york the it. across western new york the snow morning. here in buffalo how about six inches in five hours. >> both cities smashed daily snowfall records. >> and they said we're right in the bull's eye here so this is no sprays. >> on the west coast they are breaking records, too, heat records. southern california flirting with 90 degrees today. weather whiplash from coast to both of. blake mccoy, nbc news, new york. >>> in southern california today, an accused serial murderer is facing justice after a decades long mystery that has terrified areas of los angeles. the so-called grim sleeper trial is attracting attentiti from across the country not only for the nature of the claims but also the way this infamous cold case was finally cracked. nbc's steve patterson has details. >> reporter: accused serial into court today nicknamed

out as a political joke in washington is looking more and more like a political reality. as you can see, donald trump has just landed here in tennessee. a super pac supporting marco rubio is on the air in states across super tuesday states spending more than $6 million on negative ads against donald trump. marco rubio himself has released his taxes. in it they say that rubio has made over 500 grand for the last four years that he was in national office. most of that money coming from book deals. >> katy tur, thank you. >>> in southern california, a big collision left three people dead and several in critical condition. police had two cars rr racing on the i-5 free way in commerce when one of them lost control and ran into a ups semitruck. the truck then hit the center median, crossed the divider and struck several other vehicles. the truck driver was among those killed. went into affect in syria. it was a long awaited pause in the deadly conflict between the government and rebel forces. was worked out with the help of u.s. and russia. it's considered a test of whether the

king marched on washington. unafraid to challenge the status quo to end racial profiling, take on police misconduct, and take down a system that profits from mass imprisonment. there is no president who will fight harder education. opportunity. reform. bernie. announcer: now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. dale: it is 4:56 as we look at our laurens skycam this morning. we have seen on again, off again showers this morning. as we expand our view, you can see it is coming down pretty good in parts of raven, haversh am, stevens, anderson, laurens, and south of saluda. it has not been as storm a yet as originally thought. showers and windy conditions are expected for the ride home. it will warm up to 63 for the afternoon. we will see temperatures in the 40's widespread over a good bit of the area. piedmont is in the 50's this morning. we have windy conditions a rain jacket is a good idea for today. we will continue to watch this system, that we are under flash flood watches and wind advisories all da

between career politicians in washington, in both parties. nigel: from here, the senator flies back to new hampshire, where he and his staff will cont ready for the primary there. in greenville, nigel robertson, wyff news 4. michael: tonight, we also heard from some people in the carol: john lyon was listening to what voters>> welcome, courageous conservatives. john: over 1500 people came to the td convention center to welc cruz. >> god bless the state of south carolina while the crowd was enthusiastic, recent polls suggest thundecideds, and those with soft support for other cand, in the audience. >> i just really just came to see what he believed in, and his personal views on everything. >> trying to find answers, figure out who i can get behind john: others listening to the texas senator are leaning towards him, and are here taking a closer look to help cement their decision after his triumph >> i was just so impressed with the obvious ground game that he had to have, covered iowa so well. >> last night was a convincing factor. i heard his

our engineers will be working to get it back up and running on west washington street. this will not be open until those repairs are made. no word yet on when that will happen. geoff: thank you. four people are dead and 14 others are hurt after a mass shooting in kansas. that shooting happened in south-central kansas. authorities say an excel industries worker stole a vehicle and shot people in the street and parking lot. >> he never came off to be a bad guy. he was someone i could talk to about anything. >> inside the building he shot a total of 15 people. four were killed, including himself. geoff: officials are telling us a first officer to arrive immediately engaged the gunman the identities of the shooter and victims have not yet been released. allyson: turning to commitment 2016 now. all five republicans took the stage in houston for one final debate before super tuesday. geoff: at points, candidates yield over each other, a reflection of donald trump's momentum. >> i watched him meltdown on the stage like i have never seen anybody. >> let's talk about your plan.

he will instead be heading back to washington for senate business. in his place, south carolina congressman trey gowdy will attend the town hall in north charleston. it's taking place at the north charleston coliseum montague terrace. geoff: ted cruz's campaign will hold a rally in spartanburg. however, senator cruz will not be there. according to his campaign, he has been called back to the senate for a vote, but his wife heidi will be there. the rally is taking place at summit pointe in spartanburg. his next appearance will occur at rock hill. it's called the carolina values summit cruz and dr.ben carson are expected to speak. it's taking place tomorrow between 6:00 and 9:00 at winthrop university. also return to the upstate this week. he will be in the upstate this week. bush will host a meet and greet at mama penn's restaurant. that's on north main street in anderson. it starts at 11:15 in the morning. also stopping by the upstate jim gilmore. the former governor of virginia will drop by the beacon in spartanburg today. he'll be there at 1:00 p.m

>> reporter: even taking that message to fbi headquarters in washington. the fbi got a big boost today from bill gates, one of the co-founders of microsoft. he says apple should help the fbi open an iphone used by one of attackers. >> surely the government has gone to phone companies and banks and lots of information. >> reporter: major silicon valley figures had been united in supporting apple, including facebook's mark zuckerberg speaking at a tech conference in spain. >> i don't think requiring back doors into encryption is either going to be an effective way to increase security or is really the right the direction the world is going in. >> reporter: in newly unsealed court document, apple says it's fighting similar demands from the police and fbi to open phones in about a dozen cases in four other states. a national police chief group says most of them support the fbi because more locked smartphones now hold critical evidence and not just in terrorism cases. >> we have crimes all the crimes where the data from the cell phone is very helpful to us, and

pete williams, nbc news, washington. pacific, fiji was battered by a cyclone causing extensive damage. kelly kobiella has the story. >> reporter: the cyclone crashed in with deafening winds. torrential rain and gusts of 186 miles and hour, lifting roofs like pieces of paper. leaving tourists and locals terrified for hours. >> i didn't know if i would survive. this cyclone was terrible. ter ter it was terrifying everyone. how you can sleep? >> reporter: the spanish rugby team in fiji for training. the monster storm is one of the strongest ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. a category 5 cyclone. >> it's so massive fiji fiji. >> reporter: there are reports of homes flattened. people are clearing away the worst of the wrath. the government has state of emergency to assess the damage. kelly kobiella, nbc news. >>> there's more ahead as we continue on this saturday night. thousands of college students on edge as a budget battle threatens funding for their schools. the u.s. women's soccer team. fighting for a spot in the