This is wach news at 10. Another round in the fight for South Carolinas roads. That right now, there is still not a concrete plan in place to get the job done. As of tonight, the name of the games compromise. The plan to improve the state scribbling roads and bridges can only give you better roads to drive on, but a tax break. But as they say, the devil is in the details. If fixing our roads is our number one priority, why is that not being mentioned at all. Senate lawmakers trying to find some sortrtf compromise on tuesday on how to pay for infrastructure upgrades. During last weeks state of the state address, governor nikki haley laid out her plan. She laid out three things. Restructure the department of transportation, raise gas taxes, and give a 2 tax rate it is all yours. Reporter on tuesday, state leaders realize it is haleys way or the highway. They are still looking for some type of compromise. I think this babies in the nursery, we the stroller. Ive seen a lot of ugly bies but those will be the three ugliest babies ive ever seen. The public is demanding that we fix the roads of South Carolina. They have not demanded that we restructure dot. They have not demanded this other tax relief. They want the roads fix. Reporter the debate is going on for more than a year and lawmakers still seem to be stuck in neutral. Some republicans want to be the plan paid for with extra money available in this years budget. I think that people of South Carolina deserve an answer for that. Money coming into the general fund. A 15 increase. They want to know why is that money not going to fix our roads. In any situation like this, the question is can we all like it enough to vote for it. Reporter coming up wednesday morning, the Senate TransportationCommittee Bill will be the committee will be meeting with a panel to discuss dot reform. It is critical that they are some sort of compromise that they can bring to the senate floor. They said it will take an additional 1. 2 billion every year to keep South Carolinas roads up the perfect condition. They also said on monday that the annual alliance to fix the roads, and the dollar figure that they mentioned, would not be happening. It is not realistic. She did lay out a plan that session. An additional 400 million every year would get a large number of 35 of the pavement on primary roads in good condition. They also said that if lawmakers could come up with an additional 800 800 million each year, they would maintain the 50 initiative and reduce congestion can get congestion on 70 miles of interstate and 85 miles of primary and secondary roads. We will have complete coverage of this debate on the roads funding issue. How to pay for it, tax break, the dot reform. You name it. Just go to our web go to our website at w ach go to our website wach. Com. I like the weather today. Added to. But do not too out the gloves and umbrella just yet. With the latest weather tonight. Were looking at a cold front that is headed this way. Were starting to see showers headed in. We will likely see a little bit of sprinkles and result during the overnight hours and then chances of rain tomorrow. Here is the bigger picture. We have quite a bit in the way of rainfall that is stretching back into north georgia all the way through alabama. Again, all of that where the cold front is currently located is going to head this way over the next 24 hours. Currently, we are in the 50s. Unfortunately, when that front pushes through, we will see our daytyte temperatures as we head through the next 48 hours not even making it into the 50s. Make sure that you know where the gloves and the coats are as well. Orangeburg, you will remain clouou tonight as well as much of the midlands. To better selling into the 50s. When the kids had to School Tomorrow morning, make sure they have and umbrella handy. We could have a few sprinkles. Sunrise at 725. Day. School now will be shortlived. Details coming up later on. Columbia mayor, Steve Benjamin said the state of the capital city is strong. He delivered the state of the city address tonight at columbia settle city hall. He focused on the impact of octobers deadly devastating floods. Tremendous job of rebounding from the direct disaster but the bets the best is yet to come. The floods was not only devastating but it was an opportunity. An opportunity to rebuild our homes and the structure back to reimagine our city as a whole. We must seize that opportunity with urgency. Tonight was mayor benjamins fifth state of the ty address. Tonight, we know more about the man who s name is damon james, and he was wanted and the murder of texas. Authorities say the 42yearold killed the woman in october was released on bond. Melanie barden has more on the case tonight. Reporter yesterday, those psent at the scene became warriors. One of the bad guys was 42year old damon james. He was wanted in 2014 after girlfriend. These guys go after the worst of the worst. They do it dan a day out. Reporter us Marshal Calvin during the quick action at the byron wrote a parts apartments. Officer shot damon james and the chess. At this point, officers say that james then shot is self himself while he was inside his car. When they go after the bad they will not hesitate to they know that. Serious crimes. They have that in the mind set that they will not be taken alive. Reporter i spoke with the us marshal in Houston Texas that they received a tip that damon james was in columbia. Police have not him released any information on why he was in the midlands or if he worked in the area. Eber said they had not seen his car at the complex before the shooting and it is not clear whether he lived at the byron wrote departments. Watch fox will wach fox will keep you updated on air and online. You may be asking how he was able to elude the police after a year with being charged with such a serious crime, it happens more than you think. A man from South Carolina has been on the us marshals list for 11 years. This man disappeared in 2005 after 10 charged with molesting a 10yearold child. After he was supposed to turn himself in, they found his wifes body at their low she was shot in the head. Buyers of buyers has not been found to this day. He is considered armed and dangerous. Some new information about the barbershop killing. Investigators say the 35year old was from new jersey. In the surveillance video, you can see the chaos inside the next up barber shop on friday night. Nobody was hurt inside the barbershop, but two men inside did have concealed weapons permits and started firing hannibal and the man that was within. Second suspect. If you know anything about this crime, call crime stoppers. Tsa found a loaded weapon in a passengers carry on bad. They notified authorities, and this is the first firearm found at the checkpoint in 2016. Proposing a bill that would reform healthcare in south lawmakers say the measure would make it easier for people with less income to receive an express and expensive medical services by allowing lowcost Nurse Practitioners to allow similar practice privileges as doctors. Practitioners and doctors listened and gave testimony. Both for and against that moved today. There are significant restrictions that are on Nurse Practitioners and South Carolina that are not widely done across the country. In fact, we have the most restrictive advanced practice a aanced practice rules. Reporter they say that the measure would save taxpayers money in the long run when Emergency Medical Care down the road. If an additional lawmakers were talking for hours today about how to track refugees who into the state. The panel, hearing from a number of people, including refugees information from South Carolina and people who help to facilitate the Refugee Program did not the panel did not make any decisions. They are expected to hear from the congressman with how theyres dealing with the program. They came under fire last week when republican mike pitts said he did not group did not want to require them to register with state. The retired Law Enforcement officer said he modeled his proposal after the states concealed weapons ball. The reason he did this was to spark discussion about the right to free speech and is more important the gun rights were violating your own code of ethics. It also requires you as a journalist to register if you want to be a legitimate journalist in the state of South Carolina. This believe that the Second Amendment is justice. Simple as the first. First amendment. The department of Mental Health building has been solved. It is led by governor nikki haley. Approved approve the sale this morning. They agreed to purchase a 16 acre section of the william all Psychiatric Institute of more than of more than 200,000 per square acre. The governor says that she supports about the Public Sector in order to stimulate the economy. Were looking at whether the sufficient and it if it and if it is a good sufficient space for those who work there. There are 10,000 robberies that that is way too much. We see something that we do not need to have, were going to get rid of it. Tonight, more federal money is available for victims of octobers historic flooding. More than 4000 people in the state qualify for that. Fema Officials Say that another 10 million in aid will be for Disaster Relief are reviewed for a second time. 40 4500 people will be impacted by the next round of money. The agency went from went through 100,000 applications to see who the eligible victims were. So far, fema has approved almost 85 million in disaster aid across the state. On celebrating 30 years. The Law Enforcement torch run and a fund raiser to raise funds for different activities. Last year, they generated more than 775,000 to support special olympic athletes. Law enforcement officer says it is an initiative they look forward to every year. Once we meet athletes like josh and see his personality and realize what we get back every year. It really does. More and more Law Enforcement get involved because all you have to do is get a Law Enforcement officer one year, and they are going to come back the next year in the next year and the next year. Sergeant. Of his fellow officers hope to raise more than 800,000 this 800,000 a share. It goes to the funding and activities. Still to come tonight, a star is born. The state is getting a lot of attention tonight. We will tell you why coming up. Nursing triplets. Breastfeeding can make a big difference for newborns, but it is not always an easy process. There is something that you should know before giving up. Before you start your day, start your day with good day columbia. Before you head out the door, start your day the local way with good day columbia. Morning show. Coming up on good day, we will tell you about a Police Program that is aimed at pulling you over. Dont worry, you are being that is little something. The twoyearold is from seneca and she is already a star. This video of hearing her say her prayers is setting the media social media on fire. The sun said that she prayed for almost 2 minutes praying firm praying for everyone from grandma to santa claus. Since her mother posted that on facebook, it is been shared with thousands and thousands. On the world healthwatch, around the globe, 41 million children under five years of age is overweight or obese. That is increased to 10 million since 1990. There are millions of obese children. The team of researchers are potential to reduce many health gains around the world. Is raising a common complications in newborns. It is a issue that many mothers do not know much about. This mother recently introduced three babies into their family. They thought they had faced after all, these little girls now gave them a total of 12 children. The christine says that when it came to breastfeeding this time around, it was really painful. There was something medically going on with the babies that she did not know about. There was a simple solution to fix it. She had a meeting with the bigger and growing. When the lactation consultant called just a followup to see how it was going, i almost started crying. I was like, it was really bad. It is not what i thought it would be. Reporter the consultant referred christine to an ear nose and throat specialist to confirmed we commonly refer to it as tonguetied or and anglo glossier. Reporter 4 of babies are born with this condition. Everybody is born with a thin band of tissues tissue and in some babies it prevents movement in a normal fashion. Reporter he said than intendment is, he can on the tim area and he can numb the tongue area and remove the problem. Case. Now, nursing is so much it is what it should be. Reporter and what it should be in the outcome as well. The only thing that ive noticed is that they have grown. Stay with us. There is much more ahead. Leading the polls, a new game for gop front runner donald trump. And delay of game. All of the Winter Weather could be an advantage for the clinton campaign. Newberry, hello to you. Temperatures tonight, upper 40s and you could be waking up to a few light showers in the morning. The rest of the midlands, rain chances are in your futurere hour by hour forecast. Welcome back everyone. Wach Weather School on the road today. The tour took us up to Kershaw County and watery elementary where we spoke with the fifth graders. I want to thananthe teacher r r inviting me out. Graders up there a watery elementary. A lot of Great Questions as we talked about whether. We went talked about the recent flooding as well. I want to thank the teacher again for inviting me up there to speak with them. I also had a School Ambassador while i was there so that i would not get loss. You will see that coming up in just a bit. We are on the road again tomorrow, and if you want to scatter if you want to schedule an email a visit, email me. Whether at school today, you and i need to talk about whether. Were looking at the skywach radar. That is going to be the story for the next 48 hours. Front that we will continue to last few days. It continues to make its way toward the east. The model runs have done everything from showing some good rainfall to backing off and not showing that much rainfall. Of rain in the forecast. We are not looking at a soaking of a day where it is all day rain, but we will get some scattered showers out of this. Temperatures ahead of it. As we all know, very comfortable. We were at 68. Were 51 right now. Also, in charlotte and atlanta, is 57 and it atlanta. Very clear dividing line. 35 in nashville. 42 in jackson. Our temperatures are going to fall back to that cold range. But this should be a short lived cooldown. You will not be talking about a few weeks of needing your Winter Weather gear. 53 in columbia. 52 at new newberry. It is 52 and pinewood and salute a showing up at 51 degrees. They are these are realtime conditions. You can find that on wach fox. A few 40s out there. This pushes through tomorrow and take a look at this. The latest model run, back to some soaking rains by midday. I think we will see at times some scattered showers to push through the area. We will pause this at 3 oclock. Moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas, when you go pick up the kids from school, you may see some scattered showers. Passport to rush hour, when youre living the work leaving work, you will see predominantly clouds. Take the kids to dance recitals, sports activities, all of the activities that we the upper 40s. The area. Maybe a few lingering showers in the southern midlands and things will start to quiet down as we jump into thursday. 53 tomorrow. But because the clouds linger, chance of rain, temperatures morning low. Only 46. Sunshine returns. Were seasonanaat 56 on friday. 56 on saturday. We will jump to monday. That is the start of february. It will feel like the start of march. It is 70 degrees and groundhog day. 62 degrees. It is 70 degrees. Have a feeling i guess. I will be watchingne of my favorite movies. Groundhog day. Dont judge me. We did not talk about groundhog day. We did talk about snow and the forecast. This right here, the thank you card that we showed you earlier gned by all of the fifth graders. I promised them that i would try to get all of the names shown. I know that they are all over here, but i want to thank the teacher for inviting me out there today. We had a great time speaking to those kids and are looking forward to seeing the upper campus coming up tomorrow. You have a busy weekek of seeing the students. It is good. Because it means i just that my that on the table. Do you have your cleats on for sports . He has is whether she is on. They look like weather shoes. They have been rained on and muddied up. The gamecocks are back at home at the cla after they lost on the road to tennessee. Speaking of shoes, how about them frank. Those were nice and they played great against mississippi state. I will show you the highlights wach fox news at 10. Good evening. Think you fofojoining us at wach fox sports. Corey miller here with you. Last week, frank martin and his staff had sneakers week that help raise awareness of the fight against cancer. A good start for the home team. Due date dozier dj dozer. Aisling. Usc up by five. Later in the half, Darius Cornwall Cornwell coming out. 15 points on the night. And then watch number zero. He drives it all the way to the bucket for the score. Slam. Old poster child. You do not want to be on the dday dj dozier. Lefthanded. The found goes to the line. And one. The gamecocks are on a roll. The crowd is living the action. Pj has been playing well. 8474. The gamecocks football. They finish out their coaching. Mike peterson was announced to be the out signed outside linebacker coach. He came from florida. Conditioning coach. He finalize the coaching staff. Staff. It looks pretty