Morning on abc9 news. The final Republican Debate before the iowa caucus will have one key player absent. We will tell you why he backed out. Plus. Leaked information helped police sold an ottumwa murder cold case. We have the latest details this morning. And. Local Elementary Students were able to exercise their right to vovo. We will bring you totohe sunnyside elementary cacaus coming up. These stories and more oabc9 news this morning. Good morning. I am Lukas Voss Donald trump found a stage he doesnt want to stand on. The gop frontrunner has been teasing whether hell attend this weeks Republican Debate. And now we know. His decision comimi just days ahead of the first votes in iowa. And tonight, one of his rivals is throwing down the gauntlet. Nats . Trump rally . A bombshell from donald trump. Ju days before the iowa caucuses. Sot donald trump r president ial candidate lets see how much money fox is going to make on the debate without me, okay . Trumps campaign now confirming he is
Today will present more sunshine and nice weather, but with a couple of twists as a little disturbance moves through the area. Ahead of it, with calm winds and moisture at the surface, some patchy freezing fog will be around but should burn off fairly quickly as winds increase out of the southwest throughout the morning. As our little boundary sweeps across the area, in addition to the winds light mix will be possible in some of our northernmost counties during the midday hours. The vast majority of the viewing area though, will be mild with temperatures reaching well into the 30s to near 40 with some decent sunshine. Well see more of the same 3040 degree temperatures over the next few days including this weekend with a chance of a light mix saturday night sunday morning. A more potent system looks to move in early next week giving us some decent snow chances next monday night and tuesday which could make for an interesting caucus night groundhog day, so well have to wait and see how t
It will not be as windy across the mountains. Across western South Carolina, a more comfortable day. On our radar composite youan see a nice sunny day with fairweather clouds coming through from time to time. In the early afternoon, middle to upper 50s with some lower 60s across upstate. Warmer on sunday. Beautifully sunny in spartanburg. You will start at the freezing mark, but be close to 60. Lower to middle 50s in asheville and western europe South Carolina. We have possible temyra a motorcyclist is dead after a wreck inlided on ma night. The victims name has not been released. A hunter found the body in a field in Greenville County and wooded area at 5 30 last night. The name of the victim has not been released. If you have any information, call crime stoppe at 23crime. The number of zika virus cases is growing. There are 30 cases in 13 states and washington, d. C. No deaths have e en reported. In South Carolina, there is at least one suspected case of a child born with a birth def
Be will get into all that morning goes on. Low 50s, getting into even the low 60s briefly for the high today. Even warmer for our sunday. Spartanburg, near freezing now. Not quite as cold. We will talk about the warming trend, and when the wet weatherwill arise. Myra to the top story this morning. A motorcyclist is dead following a wreck in Greenville County. Simpsonville police say a car and a motorcycle collided on main street right in front of the s door around 6 30 last night. The victim hn identified. In Greenville County a hunter , found the body. The coroner says the body was found in a wooded area on burrell road around 5 30 last night the name of the victim has not yet been released. The publics help. If you know anything about this call crimestoppers. The number of zika cases is growing across the country. Right now, the cases in 13 states and washington, d. C. No deaths have been reported. A doctor tells us there is,in South Carolina, at least one suspected case with a birth
Pembroke pines all the way down towards marathon. These temperatures are anywhere between six and 15 degrees warmer than what we woke up to yesterday. Warmer and wetter is what youeed to know befere you kids head out theoor. In the morning we will see a chancef some spotty storms, attempt in the low 70s. As youre pick them up, well keep storms in the forecast. Its kateed on our radar. You can see the Doppler Radar showing the darker shades on the radar. I95, 441, the sawgrass, u. U. 1 all soaked this morning. As far south of i95 down towards aventura, sunny isles. Downtown miami, key doral. Youre hearing the mbles of thunder. These storms stretch all the way into southern miamidade, the upper keys, middle keys and lower keys. Ill have more of these storms will push offshore and well see we can see exactly where were seeing those delays so obviously yousee all those colors. Of course julie broke down the scientific portion of all this. Looks like we had some delays right off of 441 and