South carolinas primary on saturday, deepening his hold on the gop. Trump took 33percent of the vote in the palmetto state. Senators marco rubio and ted cruz came in 2nd and 3rd in a virtual tie behind trump. Out west, Hillary Clinton pulled out a crucial win saturday over Bernie Sanders in nevadas democratic caucuses, easing the rising anxieties of her backers. At a raucous victory rally in las vegas, she lavished praise on her supporters and declared this one is for you. The victories put clinton and trump in strong positions as the 2016 president ial election advances toward the South Carolina democratic primary on saturday and the march 1st super tuesday contests. Dianne gallagher has a look at the races ahead. Nothing easy about running for presisint. Its tough, its nasty, its mean, its vicious. Its beautiful when you win, its beautiful. Acknowledging its hard to run for president , donald trump saw the huge payoff in South Carolina night. Victory in the south for the republican f
The democrats are now turning their focus to South Carolina, while the republicans head west to nevada. Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders has already hit the ground running in the palmetto state. Our Caroline Patrickis was there for a stop in sumter this morning. Good afternoon its the beginning of a new week and all eyes are on the South Carolina democratic race. Its was just this morning when president ial candidate Bernie Sanders made his way to sumter to the democratic primary this weekend im here at serendipity cafe in sumter, it was a very intimate event between sanders and his supporters today just a few in attendance at this last Minute Campaign event in the midlands as he heads into the first in the south democratic primary this weekend. Of course he spoke on topics like jobs and education, raising the minimum wage and asking south carolinians to go out and vote. We look around for other to people to make that. Thats why im running for president thats why im asking for your su
President ial candidates will continue their whirlwind tour of the state today. Ahead of this weekends republican primary. But with only three days to go. Still no word from governor nikki haley on who she supports in the race. At a tuesday News Conference, the governor said she knows her decision could come soon. But shes still unsure who she believes best understands the challenges our state is facing. She did however make it clear that she would not be endorsing the current frontrunner donald trump. People in South Carolina are doing, which is, i watch the debate. Im trying to go through all the situations, im looking at all the candidates who are there, and trying to figure out who that person would be. So no, im not at a point yet. The governor said at the end of the day the Republican Party needs a fighter. In 2012 haley endorsed former Massachusetts Governor mitt romney ahead of the South Carolina primary. Some top watchers of the campaign say a haley endorsement could go a long
Eric weisfeld. And im rochelle dean. Were live times now 5 00. Its another warmer start to the day. And more good news, were halfway through the work week. Thats right. Things should be nice as you head out your door this morning. Lets turn things over to meteorologist Jonathan Kennedy for more on remainder of todays forecast. 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you about this and good news. There are no trouble spots to report on the roads in or around the capital city. But well be sure to keep and eye on the roads and keep you updated for your morning commute. Abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. We have a quick rundown of your top morning back town halls for the republican president ial hopefuls. Ahead of saturdays gop primary. Tonight. Marco rubio, ted cruz and ben carson will gather in greenville for a town hall. Thats at eight tonight on cnn. And tomorrow. Donald trump, jeb bush and john kasich will take part in their own town hall. Right here in colum
We cant ignore international competition. The question for the committee is, if the United States isnt going to adopt some form of intellectual property bonds or patent box, what are we going to do . Are we going to just ignore what is going on in the rest of the world . It hardly seems like a good idea. But the downside and people have noticed this of the patent box or intellectual property boxes that unless theyre carefully crafted, you can have a serious problem of encouraging too much property being included in the patent box, and you get a lot of revenue erosion that way, and its pretty undesirable. The issue really is what are we trying to achieve with the intellectual property box and patent something to the answer should be we want to encourage activities we would otherwise lose, and if we find ourselves in that situation, then we should try to figure out a way to craft one of these things. The rest of the world is doing and it we ignore them at our peril. I think i have a diff