3 mostly cloudy today with a slight chance for a morning shower. Highs reach the mid 60s in the upstate and upper 50s in the mountains. A Flood Warning remains in place for the french broad, enoree, saluda, and broad rivers until this weekend. Slow clearing begins this afternoon and lows drop into the 30s and 40s. Dry, seasonably cool weather begins the new year and lasts through the weekend. 3 wrap up 3 hold hold were watching this in the Pit Crew Traffic Center. Southgate dr sc hwy 295deer accidentS Church St Ext north st styou are looking live at 3 the countdown is almost over the countdown 3 the countdown is almost over not for the new year but for the orange bowl this afternoon clemson faces oklahoma in the orange bowl a win today puts them in the National Championship game. Game. Sports director Aaron Cheslock is live in Fort Lauderdale 3 yeah, maybe the most remarkable thing about the tigers undefeated season so far is the fact they played 10 straight games to clinch their spot
Bowl is kick off for the 3 kick off for the orange bowl is just hours awayas clemson and oklahoma sqaure off for a chance to go to the national championship. Championship. Lets bring in sports director Aaron Cheslock whos live for us all morning in south florida. And aaron a lot of trash talk getting thrown around right . 3 yeah, weve heard it from several players. But the most recent came from clemson cornerback mackensie alexander. Whos projected pick. 3 the tigers corner locking down essentially every number one receiver hes faced this year. Most notably notre dames will fuller. Last season he only gave up 20 completions total. This season, alexanders given up only 11 receptions. Total. Theyve played 12 games. So thats less than a catch per game. Ous sterling shepards no or sanity receiver though. 79 rec. , more than 12 hundred and 11 touchdowns. So when alexander was asked about his thoughts on the sooner receiver. Youd expect to hear hes a great player or a big challenge. Dabo swi
Stuart president obama unveiling a plan to offer legal status for millions of undocumented workers. President s executive actions on immigration. That number almost matches the number of new jobs that have been created since 2009. We have john wants the four booties. So many Different Things that people are talking about today. According to migration policy institute, 5. 2 Million Immigrants will get status based on this and the dream act. Do you think it is fair to compare those numbers . The problem we have in the u. S. Has nothing to do with immigration. If we have added i do not know. It is always a win for the u. S. Economy. President obama working with congress. He made more people legal. Melissa lets ask the economists, is that true . This is a very stagnant economy. It helps to explain why. These are folks that are competing in lowend jobs. Fighting terrorism to step up. Melissa do we have those jobs right now . You bring a whole bunch more people here who need jobs. Is it help
I have repeated internal deliberations over the last two days, i now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise, restart our communication with all sectors of society, do more explanation work and listen to different views of society. I want to stress that the government is adopting an open mind to heed comprehensively different views in society towards the bill. Were joined now by anna coren, she is in hong kong with more on what carrie lam had to say and what impact it might have. Anna,natalie, it is interesting to hear her say that the government has an open mind because the protesters here in hong kong would say that the government hasnt been listening up until today and that they have finally buckled to the pressure. But carrie lams decision last hour to postpone this very controversial bill to a later date, no time line set, certainly no time line for this year, it means that obviously hong kong will revisit this. Hong kong protesters,
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