. >> 7 news reporter robert governor and others say the plan is risky. >> reporter: the president has been trying to do that since first got elected but congress says keeping guantanamo open undermines our national security. >> it's counterproductive to our fighting a gains terrorists because they use it as propaganda in their efforts to recruit. whranchts has officials worried is he would move some of the detainees to prisons in the u.s. >> we're going work with congress to find a secure location in the united states to hold remaining detainees. >> his plan does not say where but one of the options is the charleston naval brig. he says the public would be safe but governor nikki haley doesn't want to take the chance. >> this is not the timetown settle people of this country or south carolina by saying we're going to set you a few more, it will be fine. no, it's not going to be fine. we've said that. they have been fine in guantanamo bay for a long time. we don't want them. delegation will also fight it. senator tim scott says i will use every tool to stop this illegal, reckless plan,

in columbia, robert kittle, 7 news. >> should college greek life be more transparent? the mother and father of clemson fraternity pledge who died say they should. tucker hipps died in 2014. fraternities to make the violations public, online. parents of students could access that information before signing up. >> if we had know t we know now, tucker would have never been on that bridge that morning. >> lawmakers will discuss that bill again at a meeting next week. >>> well, we had another windy day around the area today, thankfully, we didn't have the wind gusts we had yesterday. when we were seeing gusts of over 50 miles per hour. but still, windy enough to give us the wind blown look can we will keep a breeze through the evening hours, if you're out, it's not just the cold weather, but also the wind chill you're going to have to be concerned about. make sure you bundle up. overall, we expect a lot light freeze into tomorrow morning. in most locations. then it looks like we'll see less wind by tomorrow afternoon, overall, breaks of sun. the weekend is looking good and

other public collegee in south carolina >> he says it would save money for student asks taxpayers, robert kittle tells you how and what the schools think about it. >>reporter: carolina day at the state house, when usc staff and alumni thank lawmakers for their support and talk about the impact of the school. >> we have a great many schools

>>reporter: robert kittle, 7 news. >>> all right. well, we've had a soggy day, muggy temperatures as well and it looks like some rain and going to try to hold on in some areas, at least for another couple of hours. before we start to see that rain going away. of course, we had heavy thunderstorms and even some flooding to take place earlier today, now, that was with the main line of rain that pushing this is the main line of storms that got going in the midlands, once the daytime heating had a chance to kick in. we missed out on the severe weather, too much rain in some areas, we had to deal with flooding. so holding on to cloud cover, still looking at a few left over showers, we've had rainfall, in spartanburg county, still looking at a few patchess of rain there, near pauline. farther to the south towards simpsonville, light rain there and in the northern part of green wood county, southern section of laurens county, we've got light rain moving eastward, farther to the weshgs showers may have a chance to develop. now, in the midlan

robert kittle. >> this bill would not apply to video taken by the police body cameras, that's covered by a separate law written to address these concerns, this would apply only to dash cam video. >>> well, many of us got to see mild temperatures this afternoon. and i hope you're out for a little while, because probably the warmest day we're going to see in about a week. big dose of cold air coming in next week. and temperatures are already cooling off nicely in the now, in addition to that, we're also tracking the potential of a evening. clouds will get out of here and temperatures are going to have a chance to drop below freezing, across many areas going into tomorrow morning. so bundle up on your way to work and school tomorrow morning. in the afternoon, we'll be seasonably cool l and it looks like the weather will stay nice the weekend. off to the east today, we're tracking an area of low pressure that's moving along that front, that will get stronger later this evening, and that's what could help send a few showers our way. for now, mostly cloudy skies, across much of the upstates

. >> robert kittle was there and also was at the first king day >> some of the people were here for the first time and some of them came because of the flag being gone. now that it's gone, this main focus of this year's march was education equity. it's been an issue all along even going back to the first king day and that's because a lawsuit against the state went on for 20 years, saying the state was not providing an adequate education in rush are your areas. >> as a living witness having attending a segregated school and then going to one that wasn't segregated, i saw a big difference in the classes offered and the technology and i want everyone to have access to that. focus at these marchs there are other big issues that the naacp is talking about that includes the criminal justice system, live in columbia, 7 news. >> a day of service happened on the campus of usc upstate in honor of dr. king with this poverty simulation event. the learning tool is ways to help people understand the realities of poverty. during the simulation particiciants play the lives of low income families. they

. >> reporter: months after the police department fired robert shaw and john bell for an excessive force complaint, both were arrested within a week of each other and now face charges. >> there's nothing that could be done to these individuals that is going to bring his life back to what it was before. >> reporter: bell and shaw are accused of beating brian hatcher while arresting him in november of 2014. the former officers say he now the state agents say there is a different story. >> these arrest warrants say both of them made false statements about hatcher's arrest. >> reporter: and there is dash cam footage and we asked the video and are waiting for it to be released, but hatcher's attorney says he has seen it. >> the tape shows fume ruse fistfights, hittings by the police officers. >> after the encounter, hatcher ended much the hospital and his attorney says he is still recovering from his wounds. >> he has some brain injury -- injury. he is deaf in one ear. he has a naval phakiture that will need to be corrected. he has vision loss and he is just an emotional wreck as a result of

>>> we don't have robert in a moment. we will get back to him shortly. we will bring you full coverage as we will be there listening to that state of the state, giving us perspective. the governor will take the podium. our one-hour special begins at 7:00 with an address. also, we will stream this live on wspa.com. if you would like to stay up to date online tonight. >>> scammers, they're at it again, the time targeting grandparents in our area. the police have had several calls from people who lost thousands of dollars to thieves who posed as loved ones or even law enforcement. we have what you need to know to avoid becoming a victim. >> anyone can be scammed under the right circumstances. >> reporter: imagi get a phone call and it is a family member panicked saying they're in trouble with the law and need your help to get out of jail and a member of law enforcement gets on theline telling you how to help. >> their number one concern is family, so they rush out really without giving it a second thought and do what they're told to do. >> reporter: that is

7 news reporter robert kittle found out they want senators to pay you back. >> state business leaders say they know you're concerned about the potholes you keep hitting. >> they're worried about the safety of unsafe roads and bridges. they're worried about the cost to their vehicles, to their truck, to their cars, the costs that go on and on every year. >> if you ask people what lawmakers should be working on -- >> roads and highways. >> i'm from nbc charloe-- from north carolina and the roads in south carolina are terrible. >> business leaders were at the state house to demand that state senators take a vote on a roads plan that's been on their calendar since last year. lee bright is one of the senators filibustering the bill. he said he's doing it to protect you. >> this bill has a tax increase in it as it came over from the house. my concern is even if the senate strips the tax increase and it goes back to the house the house puts the tax increase back on and then you put a burden on the taxpayer. >> he and the other senators blocking the bill said there's because the state has an