Has died down some. But theres still a chill in the air this afternoon. Afternoon. We want to get right over to chief meteorologist kendra for a first check of the weather. Kendra. 3 expect temperatures in the low 20s for the upstate and mid teens in the mountains on wednesday morning under clear skies. Sunshine will dominate much of the day, with only a few afternoon clouds. Highs will get into the low to mid 40s, which is still colder than normal for this time of year. Thursday will bring mostly cloudy skies, but temperatures will be a bit milder. Highs will actually get over 50 degrees in the upstate and the mountains will see upper 40s. Rain moves in thursday night. Expect light rain showers for friday morning, then the wet weather will taper off during the afternoon. That will leave friday night and saturday dry and mild, but another round of rain arrives saturday night into sunday. 3 wrap up 3 now lets send it over to the 3 were watching collsion woodruff rd feaster rd asheville hwy horton rd, spartanburgaccidentclemson blvd Salem Church RdAnderson Anderson 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 back to you guys 3 new information at four 3 in an unusual display of emotionpresident obama was moved to tears as he laid out plans to crack down on gun control laws. Laws. This morning the president was introduced by the father of one of the sandy hook shooting victims. And he stood next to the late state senator Clementa Pinckneys wife. As he took the podium to talk about a number of executive actions he would be implementing in an effort to prevent gun violence. They included requiring all gun sellers to run background run checks, better access to Mental Health care, and improvements in gun safety technology. He repeated a common phrase that speeches on Mass Shootings have been too common during his presidency. He cited several shootingsincluding fort hood, the navy yard, charleston, san bernardino, aurora and newtown. Which visibly hit the president hard. Tears ran down his face as he spoke about the 20 children shooting 3 3 firstgraders. And from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun, wipes tearpauses every time i mad. 3 the United States of america is not the only country on earth with violent or dangerous people. We are not inherently more prone to violence. But we are the only advanced country on earth that sees this kind of Mass Violence erupt with this kind of frequency. Frequency. 3 president obamas unilateral actions have been met with criticism from republicans. Before the president s news conference. House Speaker Paul Ryan released a statement. Saying the president s word does not trump the second amendment. And that the president s executive order will no doubt be challenged in the courts. 3 just into our newsroomweve learned governor nikki haley will give the republican response to president obamas state of the Union Address. Haleys deputy chief of staff made the announcement on twitter a short time ago. Saying Governor Haley is speaker of the house paul ryan to deliver next weeks republican address to the nation. 3 now to a developing story 3 former North CharlestonPolice Officer michael slagerwho is accused of killing walter scott last year is out on bond that has sparked protests, as civil Rights Groups are calling for justice 3 3 3 3 3 members from the National Action network, black lives matter, the naacp, and the coalition gathered outside the Charleston CountyDetention Center today calling for Solicitor Scarlett Wilson to appeal slagers bail and for police chief eddie diggers to be fired. The groups also believe that wilson should be removed from the case and replaced by a special prosecutorone that doesnt have a political agenda. But the main focus was keeping 3 3 3 3 ask Walter Scotts family how they feel about mr. Slager being free today. He didnt get a chance to be home with his children for christmas, we go again, we look at america. America looking and say we are one nation under god indivisible. You got to ask yourself this, is this fair . 3 slager was released from jail on monday after paying his 500 thousand dollar bond. He will be held on house arrest until his trial starts on october 31st. Until then he must stay in South Carolina and can not have any contact with scotts family. 3 time to talk sports 3 were just six days away from the National Championship in arizona. Arizona. But before we head out west, sports director Aaron Cheslock joins us from tigertown where they kind of had a media blitz right . 3 plenty of big storylines he plans to play, dabo optimisticlinebacker travis blanks announces hell turn pro after the title game. But the focus is squarely on 3 alabama. 3 a matchup that puts arguable the best offense against the best defense in the country. The crimson tide only giving up about 70yards per game on the ground. Remember Deshaun Watson and Wayne Gallman totaled over 300 rushing themselves in the orange bowl. But then theres also dabo swinney. The clemson coach, a bama alum. Won a title there as a player before coaching in tuscaloosa for 13 years as an assistant. Swinney says for his first title to come against the crimson tide, is exactly how he wouldve scripted it. 3 3 3 27 30 to me this is what its all about. They represent the best and theres really no way you can argue with that this is their 4th National Championship appearance in 7 years. 3 34 34 ive been in clemson 13 years, and ive been trying to get back to the National Championship as a coach for 20 plus years. To have the opportunity to be in my First National chapmionship game as a coach and it comes against alabama, i just have to smile its special. Special. Swinney says says hes been kidding with all of his alabama teammates, friends and family calling the tigers quote the clemson tide. 3 but its all business here in tigertown. Were about to head into practice, and will bring you a sideline seat then, 3 Aaron Cheslock live in clemson the four oclock news. 3 and well have even more on this hype coming up. It even drew a big sec football start into tigertown today. 3 still to comepotholes are making for a rough ride on upstate roads roads you could even end up with a popped tire like one cowpens women fox carolina investigateshow officials are working to fix the pothole problem. And who to call if your car gets damaged damaged plus. A local horse owner wants answers. After her horse was found shot to death the search for a suspect. And the reward thats now being offered and after more than a week on the run. A murder suspect is 3 were back with 3 weather and traffic every 10 minutes 3 first lets get a check of the weather with chief meteorologist kendra kent 3 sunny skies have 3 only warmed temperatures into the 30s and 40s areawide today, and its going to get bitterly cold tonight. Expect temperatures in the low 20s for the upstate and mid teens in the mountains on wednesday morning under clear skies. Sunshine will dominate much of the day, with only a few afternoon clouds. Highs will get into the low to mid 40s, which is still colder than thursday will bring mostly cloudy skies, but temperatures will be a bit milder. Highs will actually get over 50 degrees in the upstate and the mountains will see upper 40s. Rain moves in thursday night. Expect light rain showers for friday morning, then the wet weather will taper off during the afternoon. That will leave friday night and saturday dry and mild, but another round of rain arrives saturday night into sunday. Both round of rain look fairly light, so flooding shouldnt be a concern this time around. Very cold air settles back k next week, but there is no sign of winter precipitation to go along with it. Highs will be back in the 30s and 40s by 3 for weather 24 3 hours a day, log on to fox carolina dot com and click on the weather tab 3 wrap up 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching collsion asheville hwy horton rd, spartanburgclemson blvd Salem Church RdAnderson Anderson 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam onpit crew traffic 3 sponsored the group 3 3 its no secret states roadways need states roadways its no secret 3 back to you guys 3 groupsponsored the pit crew traffic cam onat the s. C. D. O. T. Heres a live look 3 3Anderson AndersonSalem Church Rd spartanburgasheville hwy feaster rdasheville hwy horton rd, spartanburgclemson blvd Salem Church RdAnderson Anderson 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam onpit crew traffic sponsored the Carolina Law Group 3 back to you guys 3 its no secret many of our states roadways need improvement. An upstate woman tells us she is fedup. After hitting a pothole so deep, it nearly caused her to wreck. 3 and dot Officials Say theyre busy patching potholes because of all the recent rainsand the cold weather isnt helping either. Either. Fox carolinas ashley daley met with the driver this to get roads repaired. Repaired. She joins us now with her story, live from along highway 11 in Cherokee County. 3 cody and diana. This morning darlene says she was driving down highway 11. When right 3 3 3 it almost made me wreck my car this morning. Darlene humphries is describing the moment she hit not one, but two potholes while on her way to work on highway 11 in cowpens. I just hit it and the tire went flat right away. Humphries says the potholes were so deep. Like a gully, a canyonthey not only popped her tire but also caused damage to her car. 3 3 this is the damage done to here and it also cracked my side panel here. 3 she says the potholes along highway 11 have been an on going issue for years. And after this latest incident shes calling on sc dot, who 3 that we can get somebody to come out here and not doctor our potholes but maybe pave our whole road. 3 3 if theres a crack or a spot in the pavement or any kind of moisture it tends to make the pavement weaker and the base weaker. Stephen ellis, a maintenance engineer with scdots Cherokee County office, says all of the rain weve seen has led to many potholes opening up. And the cold now is only making it worse. When it gets cold it there that freezes it can contract and expand and cause the pavement to break and push apart. Ellis says there are no current plans to repave highway 11, but says crews s actively make repairs. He says sc dot maintains about 700 miles of roadway in Cherokee County alone. And depends on the public to make them aware of any issues. You know they see that road day in day out, where as we may see it two or three times a year. So when you see changes in the road 3 now there are several ways to alert dot to a roadway issue. Including calling 855goscdot. But well put all of them for you up on our website fox carolina dot com. In Cherokee County ashley daley the four o clock news. 3 continuing to cover our counties at four 3 a suspect whos been at large fofoover a week. Is now locked up, charged in a deadly shooting in Greenville County. County. Marqual griffin is charged with murder in the december 27th shooting of Nathan Crouch crouchdeputies say crouch was gunned down in the roadway outside his home on perry road. Griffin is now being held without bond. 3 and Greenville County deputies are now investigating after a pizza hut was robbed. Robbed. Late last nighttwo masked men stole money from the pizza hut on augusta road and one of them had a gun they were able to get away with some cash before fleeing the scene. K9s were brought in to searchbut the men were not found. 3 authorities in Anderson County an eye out for a missing florida man. Who was last seen in the area. Area. The family of Michael Canzoneri says he was driving from maryland back to florida to attend a funeral. But he never reached his destination. He posted on facebook that he was near Lake Hartwell in Anderson County just before 11 oclock on new years eve. Were told hes driving a White Nissan Altima with new jersey license plate w50fny. If you see him or have any information on his whereabouts. Call 911. 3 still to cometaking a toll. On cancer cancer the initiative coming to one85 thats lighting the way for cancer research, funding, and awareness awareness plus. Some big recycling changes in Greenville County what you need to know about a new fee. And what your trash company may no longer haul away away good afternoon, im lauren elise and im nicole tell you how long this brutal cold weather sticks around. Plus there will be some road closures youll want to know about. Thats tomorrow on 3 were back with weather and traffic together every 10 minutes 3 expect temperatures in the low 20s for the upstate and mid teens in the mountains on wednesday morning under clear skies. Sunshine will dominate much of the day, with only a few afternoon clouds. Highs will get into the low to mid 40s, which is still colder than normal for this time of year. Thursday will bring mostly cloudy skies, but temperatures will be a bit milder. Highs will actually get over 50 degrees in the upstate and the mountains will see upper 40s. Rain moves in expect light rain showers for friday morning, then the wet weather will 3 3 wrap up 3 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 3 still to comethe tigers will soon be arizona bound bound excitement builds as clemson heads west hoping to bring home a College Football championship for the first time in 34 years how football fans and Even Sports Center are gearing up for game day day plus. A smash and grab caught on camera at a simponsville gas station were showing you the surveillance. As Greenville County deputies continue to search for the suspect suspect and president obama announces executive actions the measures hes pushing to crack down on. And how one local law maker is responding responding when it comes to connecting to the world online, people have different needs. Whether its keeping up with loved ones or keeping up with the latest trends. At t uverse high Speed Internet lets you get the fast and affordable internet thats right for you. Get high Speed Internetjust 15 dollars a month for 12 months with other qualifying service and a oneyear term. 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And fans are ecstatic. 3 Fox CarolinasAndrew Reeser has been there all day. He joins us live now from the essssclub with more. 3 theres arguably nowhere in america as pumped up about College Football as clemson is right now. Today, we got a chance to learn more about some time honored Tiger Clemson aple. Became the star of Espns Sportscenter. 3 3 3 3 the parking lot of the esso club was a regular Television Studio today. Clemson fans gathering for a chance to be seen on Espns Sportscenter. 3 3 3 17 15 38its been one of the most unreal experiences ever while being a server. Staff and customers at the esso club found themselves a little starstruck. Thats because tim tebow himself made an appearance on the show. 17 14 27he actually walked in today and it was like oh wow. Itit tim tebow the excitement here at the esso club was palpable throughout tigertown. Fans gearing up for next mondays National Championship game against alabama. After a