3 wrap up 3 hold hold were watching this in the Pit Crew Traffic Center. Ice on roadclub view dr pilot rd rd3 you are looking live at 3 3 how would you like to be 450 Million Dollars richer . Richer . And if you play the powerball today youve got the chance to be that rich. 3 fox carolina Ashley Minelli is live for us in greenville to talk about the big drawing 3 clock is ticking to get your ticketsmust be bought by 9 59 3 drawing is only on fox tonight right before the late news at 10 59 4th largest jackpot in powerball history. 6th largest in lotto history rolled 17 times without a winner 2 per ticket 1 in 24. 9 million of winning Powerball Prize prize 3 3 president obama says he has a 10point plan to help keep guns out of the hands of those who shouldnt have them. 3 the president detailed his executive actions on gun control on tuesday. They include expanding background checks and license requirements for gun sales. Providing new funding to treat mental illnessand additional manpower at the fbi and atf to handle prevent the next mass shooting from happening and is not capitalizing on current eventsrepublican leaders disagree. 3 3 3 each time this comes up, we are fed the excuse that common sense reforms, like background checks, might not have stopped the last massacre or the one before that or t t one 3 before that. So, why bother trying . I reject that thinking. Thinking. House Speaker Paul Ryan released a statement. Saying the president s word does not trump the second amendment. And his executive order will no doubt be challenged in the courts. Attorney general alan wilson mirrored the same response calling obamas actions not president ial. 3 president obama will deliver his final state of the Union Address next week. And governor nikki haley has been asked to deliver the republican response. 33 haleys deputy chief of staff made the announcement on twitter. Saying Governor Haley is honored to have been asked by house Speaker Paul Ryan. The 2016 state of the Union Address will be january the 12th at 9 pm. 3 3 the road to the National Championship continues for the Clemson Tigers. They are now five days away from playing alabama for the National Title. 3 clemson at 14 and oh is just one win away from being the only team in fbs College Football history to ever finish a season 15 and oh. 3 but first they must get through powerhouse alabama a team who is favored by the vegas oddsmakers. But for head coach swinney. To be the best youve gotta play the best 3 3 his is what its all about. They represent the best, and theres really no way you can argue with that. This is their fourth National Championship appearance in seven years, and i think this is theyve won 15 already. Weve got a lonely trophy sitting down there in that case. Theyve got a family of trophies in tuscaloosa tuscaloosa3 we will have continuing coverage of the tigers road to arizona. Right here on fox coach dabo swinney tells us what he thinks about loophole that allows alabama more may surprise you. 3 and dont forget monday at 7 tune in for our special report undefeated clemsons return to the championship. Well be going in depth on the tigers first shot at the National Title since 1981. 3 time for weather 3 and traffic every 10 minutes with nicole. 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 3 now to chris with traffic. 3 hold hold 3 were watching this this 3 youre taking a live look at 3 some road work in Spartanburg County is expected to pick up again this morning. Crews are installing new water lines on south pine at palmetto street. Traffic was down to one lane is expected to resume at nine this morning and go until four this afternoon. Spartanburg water says service will not be interrupted. 3 3 its. The tigers, go west if youre a clemson fan getting ready for arizona, find out how gsp is helping out. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Uscupstateyoure watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 youre watching the morning hill, meteorologist nicole papay, chris scott with pit crew traffic 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolinawere taking a live look at. Anderson county. Clemson blvd. 3 3 covering our counties. In Greenville Countya man is recovering this morning after being shot twice in the g. 3 deputies say they were called out to a home on old buncombe road tuesday. They say when they arrived the man suffered from a shot to his upper thigh. Investigators say they interviewed a couple of witnessesbut no word if anyone was charged. 3 a disturbing story out of Spartanburg County a mother is charged with attempted murder. After police say she tried to poison her daughter. And planned to kill her. Her. Police say they responded to a report of an overdose at the Heritage Court apartments last month. They say the womans daughter is an adult and has down syndrome officers say they noticed an orange drink with a powdery substance inside it. 3 investigators say her mother Pamela Contreras admitted to grinding up pills and feeding them to her daughter. They said she told them after the woman passed out she intended to stab her to death. Police say contreras told them she was worried that no one would take care of her daughter when she died. 3 in Anderson County one suspect is locked up. And another is on the loose following a chase. Chase. Take a look shaqwon geer was taken inin custody monday after deputies spotted a stolen vehicic. Vehicle. Deputies say they followed the car, which quickly drove off near George Albert road monday. As the chase approached the meadow run apartments were told the suspects veered into a concrete barrier and ran off. Geer was caught in the apartment complex. A k9 unit responded but could finthth second suspect. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Anderson County sheriffs office. 3 Greenville Police want to see if you can help them find a missing woman. Last seen around 2 o clock sunday morning on the south police say babb is on medications that she takes regularly and will need. She doesnt have a vehicle. Anyone with information is asked to call Greenville Police at the number on your screen. 3 gsp is getting ready for some extra travelers this week as many clemson fans head to the National Championship game in arizona arizonaand the airport wants to make sure you have a hasslefree sendoff. Off. Gsp is increasing the number of chartered flights departing from january 9th to the 11th. They are also reminding travelers to use the 321 flying rule. Which means arrive to the airport three hours earlybe inline at security 2hours prior to departure. And arrive at your gate 1hour prior to boarding. Gsp also suggests that flyers check in and pay for their luggage online. And keep parking in mind you can reserve a parking space on their website. 3 time for traffic and weather 3 3 minutes. Every ten and weather time for traffic 3 time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Thursday will be partly to mid50s, with rain arriving at night. Light showers linger on friday with highs in the mid50s, with some sunshine returning on saturday. Saturday night into early sunday heavier rain comes and then clears for sunday afternoon. Another bitter chill arrives next week. Bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and cloudy with highs in the low to mid50s, with rain arriving at night. Light showers linger on friday with highs in the mid50s, with some sunshine returning on saturday. Saturday night into early sunday heavier rain comes and then clears for sunday afternoon. Another bitter chill arrives next week. 3 now to chris with traffic. 3 hold hold 3 were watching this this 3 youre looking live atpit crew traffic sponsored by pit crew traffic 3 sponsored by Kevin Whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 news you need to know. For the First Time Since a Greenville County deputy was of duty. His youngest daughter is seeing him out of bed. And walking. The picture was shared on the family gofund me page. Dempsey was shot after responding to a robbery call. 3 passengers traveling with Malaysian Airlines will be allowed to once again check luggage starting today. The airline put a temporary ban on checked luggage monday and tuesday because of strong headwinds. Strong headwinds cause flights to burn more fuel than normal. 3 north korea says it conducted a successful Hydrogen Bomb test for the first time. The un has banned north korea from Testing Nuclear weapons and a Hydrogen Bomb is more powerful than traditional nuclear weapons. It would be a Major Military advancement for the country. 3 if you have any premade burgers in your freezer, theres a recall you need to know about. About. Company reps with huisken meat announced theyre recalling about 89 thousand pounds of beef. The food and Safety Inspection service says sams choice black Angus Vidalia onion patties may contain chunks of wood. All of the products november 19th and december 9th of last year. No illnesses have been reported. Youre told to throw away the meat or take it back to the store. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Greenville county. Pelham youre watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 youre watching the morning 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolinawere taking a lili look at. Ab tech 3 all good things must come to an end the farewell season of American Idol kicks off tonight with a two night special. 3 tonight and thursday night judges Harry Connick jr. , Jennifer Lopez and keith urban, along with host Ryan Seacrest will start looking for the 15th and final American Idol. This years season will also be shorter ending in april. There will and present, starting with winners and stars from earlier seasons like ruben studdard, clay aiken, taylor hicks advising singers at early auditions. The original three judges paula abdul, simon cowell and Randy Jackson are also expected to make an appearance. It all starts tonight right here on fox carolina at 8 oclock. 3 now to weather with nicole 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 weather hit 3 chris is in the traffic center. 3 hold hold were watching this 3 3 we head to break with a live look at. Pelham road youre watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 youre watching the morning news at 6 30 3 feeling lucky this morning . You might want to take your chances on playing the lottery today because the Powerball Jackpot is up to 450Million Dollars im live with a report. 3 3 today will be sunny with highs in the 40s. 3 good morning. Its wednesday, january 6im lauren elise eliseand im ben hill, with traffic reporter chris scott and meteorologist nicole papay. Thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 its another cold, cold this morning take a look the temperature is 25 at clemson 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 lets send it over to chris. 3 hold hold were watching this in the pit crew 3 youre looking live at 3 3 for the First Time Since a greenville counun deputy was shot in the head in the line of duty. His youngest daughter is seeing him out of bed. And walking. Walking. This picture was posted on the familys go fund me page tuesday. It shows Deputy Dave Dempsey sitting with his daughter allison. Allison. Deputy dempsey was shot while responding to a burglary in taylors on december 10th. It is believed that the man who shot him Charles Roseman senior thought the officers were robbers returning and opened fire. Roseman was killed when another deputy returned fire. Deandre norris have been charged with that robbery. Deputies tell us the investigation is ongoing. 3 3 covering our counties Greenville County deputies say they need your help finding a seriel home burgler. Burgler. This is corey tucker he has a list of warrents out for his arrest. Arrest. These are photos taken from a home Surveillance System that deputies say tucker robbed. They also say this is the black pick up truck he is known to drive. According to reports, tucker is accused of robbing 4 homes in Greenville County. Hes accused of stealing electronics, weapons, cash, and jewelry. 3 Haywood County deputies are looking for a stabbing suspect this morning. Morning. This is Stephanie Bauer who is on the run. The victim told investigators he was attacked and stabbed by three people at the apartments on forest drive near clyde in early december. December. Christopher hester was arrested the day after the incident and Christopher Arwood was picked up by Waynesville Police monday night. Theyve been charged with assault and a Deadly Weapon with intent to kill. 3 anyone with information with Stephanie Bauer should call the Haywood County sheriffs 3 republican president ial frontrunner donald trump has a new Campaign Office in downtown greenville. Greenville. Heres a look at it on main street, near the old marble slab creamery. Trump has a commanding lead in South Carolina polls. The real estate and business mogul isisexpected to speak at Winthrop University on friday. Friday. Trump remains the leader of the gop field of 12. Marco rubio and ted cruz are close behind. Behind. And just four candidates in the race for the democratic nomination of course you can find all your political headlines at fox carolina dot com. 3 3 the Clemson Tigers are just five days away from the National Title game and that means getting in as much practice as possible. Clemson tuesday. 3 and because of a rule with the ncaa, clemson will actually have less practice time than alabama. Alabama. The rule limits football teams to 20 hours a week once classes start. That includes practices, weightlifting, film sessions, and meetings with coaches. It because clemsons classes started monday theyll have to follow those limitations. Now alabamas semester doesnt start until january 13th which means they arent limited by the rule. Head coach dabo swinney says that shouldnt matter. 3 i wouldnt make a big deal out of that. If they beat us, its not going to be because they had two extra meetings or an extra walkthrough on wednesday and thursday, its gogong to be because they just beat us. Us. Coach swinney says this week of practice is similar to the regular season. 3 and of course well be covering every angle leading up to the National Championship game mondaywell have live reports from arizona with sports director Aaron Cheslock and Sports ReporterShannon Summerville starting tomorrow. 3 3 tonight is the night and you might want to go play the lottery lottery thats right the Powerball Jackpot is up to 3 Ashley Minelli is live for us this morning in greenville with more on tonights big drawing. 3 clock is ticking to get your ticketsmust be bought by 9 59 3 drawing is only on fox tonight right before the late news at 10 59 4th largest jackpot in powerball history. 6th largest in lotto history rolled 17 times without a winner 2 per ticket 3 3 3 odds 1 in 293 million of winning 1 in 24. 9 million of winning Powerball Prize prize 3 time for weather and traffic 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 weather hit 3 now to chris with traffic. 3 were watching this in the Pit Crew Traffic Center center 3 3 you are taking a live look at 3 and for drivers in Anderson Countytraffic may be slow going on clemson highway between may street and lafrance today through saturday. Crews will be patching the road and there will be lane closures. Youre asked to avoid this area if you can. 3 3 its. The fbi says they need the publics help as they continue to investigate the San Bernardino shootings. What outnext, 3 we head to break with a live clemson blvd. Youre watching the morning news on fox carolina. News on fox carolinawere taking a live look at. Powerball. 450 million. Drawing tonight. 3 leaders in washington say theyre trying to figure out if north korea successfully completed a nuclear test wednesday. Wednesday. Leaders with the communist country say the underground test of a Hydrogen Bomb was a success. They made the announcement right after a magnitude 5 earthquake was reported by the Us Geological service. In the area of north Koreas Nuclear test site. The un has banned north korea from Testing Nuclear weapons and a Hydrogen Bomb is more powerful than traditional nuclear weapons. 3 hundreds of thousands of people are asking the president to pardon two men in prison all because of a popular netflix series. Series. Petitions on the website change dot org and whitehouse dot gov are asking president obama to pardon brendan dassey. Both men are serving time for killing freelance photographer Teresa Halbach in 2005. Their case is part of a 10episode netflix documumntary called making a murderer that raises questions about the strength of their convictions. President obamas staff has responded saying they dont have the power to do anything. The white house says only federal prisoners can be pardoned by the president and both men are locked up on state charges. 3 federal agents in San Bernardino, california are asking for the publics help this morning. Morning. Theyre working to put together a timeline of the two gunmens movements who shot and killed 14 people last month. An fbi agent says theres about a 20 minute gap they need to fill on the afternoon of december second. They say its the time between the deadly attacks and the shootout that killed syed farook and tashfeen malik. 3 bill cosbys wife will not face a deposition today thanks to the ruling of a magistrate judge. Judge. Camille cosby was set to be deposed today by lawyers for the women accusing her husband bill cosby of sexually assaulting them decades ago. A judge denied a motion by the subpoena last week. She appealed monday and asked the deposition to wait until after the appeal. On tuesday that request was granted. Prosecutors are hoping to evetually question camille about her husband. 3 if youre sick of crowded aisles and waiting in long lines to get your groceries a new Service Coming to Greenville County is offering to take care of all that for you. You. The new service is called shipt and they promise to take care of all your shopping needs on demand. You just download the app order your groceries, and shipt promises to get it to your home the same day as soon as an hour. One shopper says shes looking forward to the new service. 3 3 3 just a convenience thing, if youre running late, you dont have to make an extra stop. If its raining, its nice not to have to get out and get wet. Just have it brought to your door. Door. The new Service Launches in greenville tomorrow. All groceries come from publix stores. For less than 50 bucks, the company is offering unlimited delivery for a year 3 time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Thursday will be partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid50s, with rain arriving at night. Light showers linger on friday with highs in the mid50s, with some sunshine returning on saturday. Saturday night into early sunday heavier rain comes and then clears for sunday afternoon. Another bitter chill arrives next week. Bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies build overnight 30s. Thursday will be partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid50s, wititrain arriving at night. Light showers linger on friday with highs in the mid50s, with some sunshine returning on saturday. Saturday night into early sunday heavier rain comes and then clears for sunday afternoon. Another bitter chill arrives next week. 3 now to pit crew traffic. 3 hold hold 3 we are watching rutherford rd haven reach waystallings rd rutherford rd Railroad Work work pit crew traffic 3 sponsored by Kevin Whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 time for news you need to know. The legal team for Baltimore Police officer William Porter is fighting to keep his clients testimony from being used against other officers. Prosecutors say they planned to use his testimony against two other officers accused in the death of freddie gray. 3 apple stock investors are hoping for a rebound in prices soon. Shares with the tech company dropped nearly 3 percent tuesday. Putting them in a place they havent seen in more than a year. Apples stock is now down 25percent from its highest point last year. 3 president obama is unveiling his executive actions to try and curb gun violence. The ten point plan includes expanding background checks and license requirements for gun sales. Providing new funding to treat mental illnessand giving the fbi and atf more people. 3 it looks like flying in the us is about to get more expensive. Expensive. Reps with several airlines including delta, southwest, and american confirm theyve raised flights by six dollars this week. Thats the first multiairline price increase since june of last year. Analysts say the price increase is most likely here to stay. But they say they could be rolled back. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Greenville county. Eye85 3 but first lets take a look at last nights winning lottery numbers. Numbers. 3 3 youre watching the morning 3 welcome backwere taking a live look at. Uscupstate 3 if youre a big twitter user you may soon be able to send longer tweets. Tweets. Twitters Ceo Jack Dorsey hinted tuesday that the companys standard 140 character limit may soon be done away with. Reps with twitter say the limit may grow as large as 10thousand which is the same limit as their messaging feature. Although the news has not been confirmed reports point to march as the most likely month the change will happen. 3 a Young Clemson fan has a football that will help him victory in the orange bowl last week. Week. As the clock ran out clemson qb Desahun Watson chucked the ball into the crowd. It turns out 9 year old Avery Younghans caught that ball but out of sheer excitement she dropped it back on the field. Two Police Officers got the ball back to her and even called coach dabo sweeny over to have him sign the ball for the family. 3 now to weather and traffic every 10 minutes. 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. Sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. Partly with lows back in the 20s and 30s. Rain arrives by thursday night. 3 3 lets send it over to chris with traffic. 3 hold hold were keeping an eye on rutherford rd haven reach waystallings rd rutherford rd Railroad Work work 3 youre looking live at 3 3 its. Coming up, leave early for work and grab your powerball tickets 450 Million Dollars is on the line more on the big jackpot straight ahead. Carolina all morning long. Were bringing you the days top stories until nine oclock. Throughout our four hours of reports from the field, the morning news starts now. Now. A Spartanburg County woman is locked up after investigators say she tried to kill her own daughter. And coming up. Youll hear the reason why she says she did it. It. The sun will warm things up