6:30 a.m. this morning. the doors haven't opened yet but it is a stampede once they to. you go around the arena, there is another entrance for students. there is all sorts of doors around the arina and there -- arena and there are people ready to get in and cheer on the gamecocks. of course, like you said, it is a huge game. don stayly said last year one thing here team struggled with was the environment in connecticut. i am not complaining because it is warmer down here but in the arena fans created a similar atmosphere as fans do here. dawn was excited to know the game was sold out and she knew it would be a huge factor. hopefully letting her ladies -- [ indiscernible ] it is a good number one uconn team. they will need everything they from what i have heard the fans are ready. 18,000 again sold out. it will be rocking here at cleanial life arena. dane colonial life arena. game starting at 6:00 p.m. for now back to you in the studio. >> all right. thank you so much. also making headlines today, a new police, seth zeigler was sworn in this morning. seth zeigler rose through the ranks of the police department. he served as the captain of the department's patrol division. he talked to us about his goal as chief of police. >> i just want to try be able to put everybody inch position to accusation in position to [ indiscernible ] and -- and -- it is our responsibility to represent the town well. >> he graduated in 1994 and went on to earn a degree in crimmial justice. -- criminal justice. deputies are looking for a suspect who tried to steal a tire off of a vehicle yesterday morning about 9:00 a.m. on two notch road. the suspect tried to steal the tires off a used car. the owner saw the suspect and got this clear picture. somebody knows who this man is. if you are that person call 1- 888-crime-sc. lexington county police need your help finding a person involved in stealing from aimateerous store -- from a mattress store. someone stole a computer. authorities say the suspect was scene on surveillance video video located near the mattress man. if you have any information on who this is you are asked to call crime stoppers at 1-888- crime-sc. now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> well, today we started off with sunshine but during the afternoon we have been watching a front that is moving our way and that front has been bringing some clouds and precipitation to the area as well. right now, though, we are under mostly cloudy skies in the area. and we have had a little bit of rain. one batch of rain came through, another batch is going to be coming through. you can see on the ratar the showers moved to -- radar, the showers moved off to the east. we have a little bit of rain left and then for the most part we will be seeing just dry conditions for the rest of the night but it has cooled us off. knoxville they are at 42 degrees. columbia right now our temperature is 47 degrees. we have mostly cloudy skies. winds at 6 miles per hour producing a wind chill of 44. wind chill will be a problem for us the next few days. tonight still breezy. 33 degrees for a low. tomorrow 45 and windy conditions. now let's take a look at the traffic around the area this afternoon. looking at an over view right now of the area. we will go up to the northwest side of town. currently it is starting to slow down. wasn't too mad a few minutes -- bad a few minutes ago through the malfunction junction area. southeast side of town, not too bad traffic wise. slow down off i-20 on to clemson road and there are also slow spots on killion road. downtown to clemson road will take you about 14 minute. i will have the seven-day forecast coming up. >> thank you. president obama is asking congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to help fight the zika virus. the money used would be to expand mosquito control programs and speed up the development of a vaccine and develop tests and improve pregnant women getting exposed. zika virus is spread by mosquitos. most people who catch it experience mild or no symptoms but there are suspicions the fetus of a pregnant women may be at risk for a rare birth defect that causes brain damage and a small head. in north carolina a man is dead after running in the krispy kreme race. during the race participates eat 12 donuts before or while they run. eaten by the man who died. the 58-year-old man started having chest pains and was pronounced dead at the hospital. krispy kreme says it has no affiliation with the race for charity. chipotle was not a lunch option today unfortunately. all locations nationwide were closed down till 3:00 p.m. now touring that closure today employees took part in meetings on food safety. sales plunged in the wake of e.coli and norovirus outbreaks. the company is laying out new safety measures and paid sick leave for workers so they could stay home when they are not feeling well. we are on your side tonight with a recall. mazda is recalling suvs because a pipe can rupture and cause a gas leak and possible fire. cx5 suvs. modduhas no reports of fires or injury -- mazda has no reports of fires or injuries. if news on your roads -- if news on your roads -- good news your roads. gas prices falling 2 cents in the last week. $1.59 a gallon. the national average is $1.74 a gallon but prices could go higher. refineries dupontinous this time offering -- do maintenance this time of year and that could lead to rising prices. the first primary tomorrow. polls show donald trump leading in new hampshire with ted cruz, marco rubio and jeb bush and john kasich for second place. on the democratic side, bernie sanders is 10 point ahead of hillary clinton in the state. that gap. and once they wrap up in new hampshire they will be heading to our state. john kasich begins on wednesday in charleston for a town hall meeting and then georgetown. north myrtle beach, florence and on friday he will speak in columbia and will make a trip to orangeburg. >> marco rubio will be in the upstate on wednesday and then he heads to myrtle beach on thursday and then on friday greenville for a rally. on saturday he is expected to take part in the primary debate that is being held in greenville at 9:00 p.m. lasts till 11:00 p.m. you can see the debate live right here on wltx. jeb bush will be in the lowcountry on wednesday. rally at clemson university at 7:00 p.m. on wednesday. on saturday he will take part in the presidential primeidary debate -- primary debate in greenville. you can see the debate right here. if you have a cat listen up. your cat has a bad cat-aitute. researchers found a correlation between markings and the level of feistiness. according to a study published this month. researchers base findings on the results of a survey of 1200 cat owners. cat know what color he is? >> they have an extra two x chromosomes. and they can't say that has -- [ talking at the same time ] >> may or may not -- [ talking at the same time ] >> sometimes when your hair is not right you can't get right. [ talking at the same time ] >> i feel like that today -- [ talking at the same time ] >> bad air day -- [ talking at the same time ] >> can't get right. >> i think all cats are gouachey. >> we just -- grouchy. >> we just did that -- [ talking at the same time ] >> oxytocin -- [ talking at the same time ] >> we are all wrong. [ talking at the same time ] >> hormones. happy hormone. [ talking at the same time ] >> cats don't have oxytocin -- [ talking at the same time ] >> petted? >> petted? >> we are a mess today. [ talking at the same time ] >> cats are grouchy and they don't care whether you pet them or not. the end. regardless. a dog loves you. that is the study. >> if you have a calico cat or tortoise shell cat -- [ talking at the same time ] >> it is not your fault -- [ talking at the same time ] >> not happy with their hair. [ talking at the same time ] all right. coming up next, let's talk about cell phones and your kids. a 13-year-old girl disappeared from her home. later she found dead. police say she met her killer on an app. we will talk to local cyber your side with an ask-a- news 19 is on your side with our ask a lawyer phone bank. clears will be here -- volunteers will be here answering all your questions till 7:30 p.m. tonight. here is the time to call and get free legal advice. (803)647-0299. . now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> here is a time line over the last three years. the first batch of rain came through this afternoon. that is moving to the east. we have a second line right here and that will be coming through columbia area in the next couple hours and once that is through here we are done with the rain. but the front is back to the west, moving low the atlanta area. this evening it moves through our area. we have mostly cloudy skies out there and we are likely to see that. look at the cloud cover here. from south carolina all the way down to the gulf coast region, into the mississippi river valley. because of this storm over the great lakes region, moving to the east and we have a lot of cold air that is poised to move into the south east over the next couple days and because of this storm system we will see windy conditions through in the meantime the rain came through has dropped our temperatures. in fact we got up to 61 degrees here in columbia. right now 47. 46 degrees in sumpter. 48 degrees in orangeburg. warmed up to 53 in augusta. but again the front is over in georgia. it will be cooling off tonight. we expect skies to become partly cloudy tonight. we will see clearing taking place. tomorrow we will see the clouds building again in the afternoon. we will start out sunny with mostly cloudy skies in the afternoon. wednesday, though, we should see mostly sunny skies. here is our forecast. for the area, we are expecting tonight temperatures to be kept up by the winds. 29 degrees in newberry. 32 lexington. 33 columbia. 34 sumter and orangeburg. tomorrowwell be colder. with theind -- tomorrow it will be colder. with the wind it will feel colder. 45 columbia and sumpter. 47 manning. looking ahead. it will be chilly. sunny on wednesday, windy, 45 degrees. coldest morning will be thursday morning with a low temperature of 23. we will warm up to 47. temperatures don't moderate that much. 50 on friday and then a cold front saturday morning. it will be windy and 48 degrees. by sunday morning we are expecting a low of 24. with a high of 43 degrees. and once we get to monday right now it looks like it will be partly cloudy, 50 degrees. it will be a bit cold for the next week. >> all right. thank you. the virginia teenager who was killed last week was layed to rest tonight. as the family and community mourning the loss of the 13- year-old they are also searching for answers. friends suspect a predator social media. an 18-year-old man she planned to meet before she disappeared. a number of charges have been victims online. we want to make sure you stay safe and so do your kids. so the richland county sheriff's department is here today to talk to us exactly about these apps, what we should be looking for on the phone and, you know, it seems like, you know, i remember having these discussions years ago about explaining to parents how facebook works and now there is more, isn't a chat, kick. as they get more advanced it is harder to trace them. explain that. >> it is. teenagers are inventive. they will come up with a app for anything. flirting. dating. apps to keep things away from their parents, where things disappear. so it is really important that parents get educated. get online as much as possible and educate yourself on the current teens. >> what are the easiest things, my mom is not techrespondry, what are the things parent can do to make sure they know what their children are doing online. >> get on google, look into current trends and keep your spy wear and software updated. anything to help you educate yourself on what your teens are doing. no reason they should have computers at night time, cell phones. things like that. set boundaries. talk to them. take the devices at night time and search on what they have been doing. >> i know parents, that is how they let their kids go to bed. you would completely recommend against that. >> aabsolutely -- absolutely. teens up late at night, it is important to take the devices. set boundaries on time limits. take them away at night time. let them go to sleep. you can use that time and search on what they have been doing. >> the new apps. kick, snap chat. tinder. they are a way to meet people online. why are these different and harder to trace? >> they are tough because again if you are not educated on the current trends, thew use the technology -- how to use the technology, you are taking a step behind. that is a step you don't want to be. get familiar with what is going on. they don't know who is on the other end of the line. they frust it is a cute boy or girl. it is probably not. probably a sexual predator. >> what do you tell kids,ion you are active -- i know you are active in the community, what should you tell your teenager about apps like this? >> don't trust anything on the other side of that screen. as soon as you post something, picture, chat, anything like that, it is out there for the world to grab. don't trust what anybody is telling you on the other side of the device. it is probably not true. they will lie about their age, who they are, they will send your pictures of somebody who is not themselves. >> how often do you guys at the sheriff's department that see crimes that start with people online? >> too often. between us, sled, we have a lot of great information we need to get to the public. >> thank you so much for being with us today and something to think about. go through the cell phones, the computers all of that. >> go through that. i go through mine on a regular basis. >> thank you so much. stay with us. coming up on friends @ five gift ideas a new survey shows the average american will new survey shows the average american will spend $147 on valentine's day this year. that is $4 more than last year. what are you buying? 50% plan to buy candy. total spending on valentine's day should reach a record high of $19.7 billion. >> that is seem like a lot. $147. something is getting something good. speaking of that, the best savings for your sweetheart. matt has the most wanted gifts. >> reporter: great to be with you. i am fired up. what she really wants. we had some great responses from all the research we did. we will handle the guys but take a look at the most requested item from women for valentine's day. yes, gift cards. we will get to in a moment. followed by julie, tablets and -- jewelry, tablets and spas. if you buy 150 card you get a free 50 set. nordstrom was the number one pick and department stores. i found a deal for $50 off amazon's top selling souped up fire tablet. www.wltx.com. i will also tweet flower deals. happy savings. back to you. [ talking at the same time ] >> i don't want flowers. >> a lot of money. and then they die. >> they do. >> you don't have to send something to the station to show everybody how much you love me. >> you know what doesn't die? >> a sweater. [ talking at the same time ] >> hint you are watching news 19 friends @ five with a.m. m and darcy a -- andrea mock and darci strickland. >> ask a lawyer phone bank, lawyers will be here answering your questions till 7:30 p.m. tonight. the number to call is (803)647- 0299. again (803)647-0299. thank you for sticking with us for friends @ five today. exciting night in the midlands because uconn is taking on the lashae the -- on the lady gamecocks. >> the nation's two remaining about an hour. news 19's alyssa lang joins us live now. have they opened the doors yet? >> reporter: they have not opened the doors yet but we are getting very close. 5:30 p.m. is the magic time. we have been standing out here listening to fans, trying to encourage the process to move faster. count downs and go gamecocks chants have broken out. we ever been talking to -- we have been talking to fans in line. what are you looking forward to? >> it is cold out here. [ laughter ] >> i am ready for uconn. and usc. usc is going to beat them tonight. >> reporter: what makes you think they will come out on top? >> they are better than uconn. we have such a better team. we have such spirit and everything. our team will beat uconn. >> reporter: you see all the you, what does it mean to be part of this that sold out colonial life arena tonight? >> i wouldn't miss it. i couldn't miss this game. >> i had to be here. it is amazing. >> reporter: when the doors open what is the reaction going to be? >> everybody is going to -- [ talking at the same time ] [ laughter ] >> reporter: we will try to make sure we stay out of the way because i will get run over out here. we have a ton from this game. from colonial life arena coming up later on news 19. we are waiting for the doors open like we said any second now. we are just waiting. we heard the count downs. we heard the security guards say to the fans, have your bags open, ready to go. let me tell you these fans are ready to get inside and ready to cheer on the gamecocks. we will hang out with them and then head inside to see what that will do it for now outside colonial life arena back to you in the studio. >> thank you so much. i don't know if anybody knows it is general seating and that is why people lined up so early >> reporter: yeah. i didn't know this because we rarely buy tickets for things. people were lined up at 6:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m. because the seats aren't numbered. they are getting in the lines to make sure they get the best possible seat. [ talking at the same time ] >> reporter: this is going to be such a great game. >> all right. thank you so much. well, the midland housing trust fund got $10,000 from wells fargo for an affordable housing program. their work is focusing on giving developers tools to opportunities like at the vimmage at -- village at river's edge. so far they invested $640,000 and financed 198 units. >> for us, the bottom line is, decreasing the number of people who are what we call housing cost burdened. who spend 30% of their income on housing costs. >> the midlands housing trust fund hopes to have a resource tool kit by end of the year. a group is investing to rebuild and repair homes damaged by the floods. the money will be distributed to non-profits and volunteer organizations. grant recipients will provide resources for low to moderate effected by the flood or storm damage. grant could be arrested on the united way website. one non-profit that serves south carolina parents for children with essential needs may have to close their doors come july. they have been helping other parents for 25 years but they recently lost the parent training and assistance center from the department of education. the grant helped them provide information and assistance to parents with kids with disabilities. they serve between 6 and 7,000 families every year. >> we love having the opportunity do it and to do it for free. you we are faced with having to charge for training. which we never had to do in the past. we want to continue oo pride it free. >> tonight on news 19 at 7:00 p.m. we will introdos you to one -- introduce you to one parent and how you can make sure they continue to do good work in the state. . now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> we are continuing to watch a line of showers that has been moving through sumpter county, about to move out of the city. moving to the east. we have another line of showers. this is weak and appears to be weakening. it is near newberry, through saluta county, it is moving east. there is still a chance that we might see a shower in the columbia area. but currently it is mostly cloudy skies. 47 degrees. winds from the southwest at 6 miles per hour. that is producing a wind chill of 44. and tonight it will stay breezy. we will see a few clouds at cloudy, 33 degrees. with the winds it will feel colder. tomorrow windy with winds out of the west gusting up to 30 miles per hour. we will see clouds in the afternoon but sunshine in the morning. high temperature just 45 degrees. and looking ahead it will be windy on wednesday with a high temperature of 45 degrees. by thursday down to 23 for a low with a high of 47. then we will moderate to 50 on friday but more cold air for the weekend. on saturday we will see a high temperature of 48 degrees and again it will be windy. now let's look that traffic once again across the area. an over view here. this is a look at the city. some of the slowest areas on the northwest side of town. northeast side of town things are in good shape. two notch road a slow down. on the southwest side of town northwest side of town a slow down. lexington highway, a problem towards i-20. we are seeing a slow down through the malfunction junction area and westbound lanes of i-20 from malfunction junction to highway 6. if you are going from downtown to harvardson boulevard it will take 13 minutes. it is improving downtown to lexington on 378. now it is -- should only take 19 minutes. ladies, back to you. >> thank you very much. a unique day today at the south carolina state museum. the museum held a field day for students and students with families who have special needs. the goal was to provide a safe understanding environment and visitors enjoyed a smaller crowd and quiet areas. lights and sounds were reduced in some spots of the museum and they provided extra staff at many exhibits. event today was a big success. >> we have had such wonderful families and kids come in. they haven't been able to come in and do this before so they are really excited. we had friends and little friends come in. they said we have never been able to come because we are just -- we have a hard time with the things going on. with the modifications, their families and parents. >> visitors were able to take part in a free art class with south carolina autism volunteers. it is not too late to donate to the cinderella project that provides used dresses for high school girls to wear on prom night. you can make a donation at a dozen locations including at news 19 studios. the deadline is february 24. it is approaching in columbia. and march 9 in orangeburg county. locations on our website, just go a www.wltx.com. [ music ] the panthers may have lost the super bowl but charlotte is celebrating as the team arrives back in town. the team is getting ready to land in charlotte within the next 15 minutes or so. they are heading to the stadium and then they will celebrate there. and it is still a huge celebration. you consider the type of season that they have had. a live picture for you. we will continue to follow the team as they keep pounding back home and bring you updates on air and online. and the game and the halftime show aren't the only reasons millions tuned into super bowl 50. the commercials. one commercial took the top spot. remember this? i loved it. called first date. >> you look good. >> thank you. taking my little girl out? >> yep. >> you know what, take my new car. >> thanks, pops. >> go ahead. >> the ad depicted a dad, kevin hart, who has been on friends @ five before. he hands his keys to a man who was taking his daughter out on a date. the ad shows it lets the owner track the location and you see kevin hart show up again and again and threaten the boy who is about takiss his daughter -- to kiss his daughter. perfect timing. that was one of the best ones of the night. >> deafimately was. -- definitely was. >> my favorite commercial was -- [ talking at the same time ] >> i lover everything steve harvey does. in the super bowl, how could he go wrong with this. we will listen in for a second. >> wait. i am sorry. you won't be able to hear. it reflects on the debacle during the miss university pageant. he picked the wrong contestant. no, he gets it right in this verizon commercial. >> all right. my favorite commercial was another car commercial. did you see the commercial? when he started watching this i was trying to figure out, wait, what is the joke. everybody was ryan reynolds. a car commercial. advertising even if you are distracted this smart car, as he tries to distract you, soon -- playing football. you will see him walking dogs and the cars, the ladies are distracted, breaks on its own so it doesn't hit him. look. they are safe. is a smart car. i would be -- [ talking at the same time ] >> everywhere -- [ talking at the same time ] >> it would be hard -- >> focus. focus on the roads. >> we want to know about your favorite commercials. tweet at us. coming up next, to charge to the nearest outlets but . group of students created an invention it will help you cut the pounds and track your calories while charging your cell phone. news 19's janae frazier shows us how it works. >> reporter: nowadays it is hard to go anywhere without seeing someone on their cell phones. >> the task was to find a good motivation for people to work out and have exercise and we thought people always -- phones are always dying. we could put it together. >> reporter: that is what the high school seniors did by creating a bike that charges your cell phone from you riding it. here is how it works. >> start pedaling and the gears will create -- generate electricity. and it would be converted into power for your phone. >> reporter: they didn't stop at the bike, they also created an app to track calorie intake and mileage as you exercise. >> people on their phones all the time. if you have an app for it. you go to it. >> reporter: using technology to improve health and having fun while learning. that is what teachers are happy about. >> this is showing all these things we are talking about in class are really -- [ indiscernible ] >> there is a reason. >> the jobs they will have are we try it give them the skills so they will have the skills to do that. >> reporter: skills to solve issues. >> reduce the obesity and motivate people. >> reporter: janae frazier, news 19 wltx. >> the students and their teachers submitted submitted the prototype into a competition and they are the state winner and will compete on the national level. congratulations to them. [ talking at the same time ] >> i like that. >> biking, calorie burning. cell phone charging. all a win. you can call in to our ask taking all right. welcome back. wltx on your side with our phone bank. your chance to ask a lawyer for good to see you. >> good to see you. >> reporter: talk to me about the questions you have been answering today. >> we ever personal injury questions. criminal law. family law. real estate. tax. >> reporter: so many people have questions and they don't know where to start. this is a good start but this is not the end. >> absolutely. this is a good place to get an idea. if you have a simple question we can answer it today but a lot of times we could provide a road map of where to go and take the next step. >> reporter: not only are you available on the phone but you are also available online too if someone can't get through on the phone. >> sure. we have that available as well. that is a good resource. >> for anyone who can't get to the phone or get through for free help? >> absolutely. we have south carolina bar lawyer referral service and legal aid and different resources that people can use to help them. >> reporter: perfect. thank you so much. your phone is ringing off the hook. (803)647-0299. they will be here till 7:30 tonight to answer your beyonce announced her new tour. the ad premiered after she performed during the halftime show. a 40 day tour and it kicks off april 27 and will be her first headlining stadium tour this summer. tickets go on sale next week. if you are looking for tickets, the closest she will get to columbia is raleigh and atlanta. >> surprised she is not coming to charlotte -- [ talking at the same time ] >> we could sell out colonial life arena. >> i agree. that is it for friends @ tonight on at 6:00 p.m. do you know your rights when you are renting? >> the usc women hosting uconn tonight. a preview and our ask a lawyer phone bank, the bar taking your legal questions. the number to call (803)647- 0299. we will tell you more as news 19 at 6:00 p.m. starts now. from the station that is on your side, you are watching news 19 at 6:00 p.m. >> a million people rent their there is always landlord-tenet issues. the case loads are growing. good evening and thank you for being with us. >> i am jr berry. >> and i am darci strickland. news 19's sonia gutierrez has more. >> i am working hard for them. i know it is not -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: most of her things are now infested with mold. she didn't have floodwaters in her home but water underneath caused the mold. >> i have -- [ indiscernible ] >> stains. >> reporter: management did do some cleaning. >> we bleached the walls, we treated the carpets. >> reporter: if she takes the furniture with her without deep cleaning it, the mold is coming too. >> we would move her because we

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