Trump says if he was african americanquotei wouldnt like him very much. The candidates are continuing to stamp down the trail here in South Carolina working for every vote they can get before the polls open. That includes texas senator ted cruz. Hes expected to land at Eagle Aviation in west columbia. Thats where we find our mike desumma who joins us now live with more. Sam , judi this hanger at Eagle Aviation has been used often over the years. Troops on their way in and out of the midlands on deployment have come through here. Today its expected to host about 600 ted cruz supporters for an afternoon rally. The texas senators plane is expected to hit the ground in minutes. Hell rally with voters here before he continues on. The low country and the grand strand. Rally with voters here before he continues on. Earlier today he made stops in the low country and the grand strand. Hes coming off a big week taking a lead over donald trump in a National Poll from nbc and the wall street journal. At a rally in myrtle beach this morning cruz made the case that he will uphold conservative ideals if elected. That includes when it comes to nominating the next justice of the Supreme Court justice. If he gets that chance. Listen we all know if a democrat wins. If Hillary Clinton wins. If Bernie Sanders wins or some other socialist wins. That our freedoms are gone for a generation. Cruz also got another boost today in charleston netting the endorsement of former South Carolina governor mark sanford. Here at Eagle Aviation in minutes. Well carry every development for you as they happen on air and online. For now live in west columbia, mike desumma, wis news 10. In one last push to win over south carolinians, marco rubio is criss crossing the state today with governor nikki haley. In both columbia and hilton head. The florida senator called for unity among republicans, and said hed be a leader with an inclusive agenda. You elect me president i will look out for the best interests of all americans, including the people that dont for me. Including the people that say nasty things about me on twitter and facebook. Im going to cut their taxes too. Rubio had to cancel an event this morning in parleys island due to plane trouble. An event that is now rescheduled to 10 pm. Absentee voting in the palmetto state has officially closed. Lexington county in one minute. But first lets check on the weather with ben tanner. Fabulous forecast over the next few days as High Pressure is in place. Look for mostly sunny skies today through the weekend with highs today in the lower 60s. Near 70 saturday and low to middle 70s sunday. A pattern change by monday as a storm system moves our way and will increase clouds and our rain chances monday wednesday. Of course temperatures will cool down as well. Highs monday and tuesday in the lower 60s, look for middle to upper 50s the rest of the week. Some of the rain on tuesday could be heavy. We are in first alert mode monwed and will have absentee voters hit the polls to cast their vote for tomorrows republican primary. Our Billie Jean Shaw joins us from lexington county auxiliary building where theres been a steady line throughout the day. Its been a pretty busy day at the Elections Commission in lexington. Absentee voters were in and out the doors today to beat tomorrows crowd and poll managers were picking up supplies to prepare for the huge crowd tomorrow. Up until 5 oclock the elections director tells me there has been a steady line of voters. Each person waited for about 20 minutes which he says is per usual. The latest numbers show nearly in lexington county casted their vote today. I spoke to a few of them who lisa beebe, voter im concerned about the healthcare benefits, taxes, those kind of things. Dorothy shepherd, voter our freedoms are in jeopardy and so many decisions have to be made by levelheaded people. John shepherd, jr. ,voter im voting for a man who will be a leader of our together. The Elections Commission director tells me they expect to polls to be even busier tomorrow. He says he is expecting about a 42 percent turnout which is 10 also making headlinescongressman jim clyburn has endorsed democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton. Jim clyburn has endorsed democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton. Sound sometimes, campaigns are and should be about the future. And i believe that the future of the Democratic Party and the United States of america will be best served with the experiences and know how of Hillary Clinton as our 45th president. Looking to nevada, likely democratic caucusgoers are split almost evenly between the two candidates. That caucus is happening tomorrow. The South Carolina democratic primary is next saturday, february 27th. Coming up at 5 30, we will hear from political analyst chuck todd, take a closer look at political polls and their significance to the race, and finding out what candidates need to do in South Carolina to stay in the game. We will continue our decision the republican president ial primary throughout the day tomorrow. You can also check out the latest on wistv. Com. And make sure to watch our special tomorrow night from 7 to 8 p. M. Lexington Business Owner greg leon, who was part of the scandal surrounding former sheriff james metts, is now being held on half a Million Dollars bond on murder charges. Metts bond was set today. Hes charged for the shooting death on valentines day. Investigators say leon pulled a gun on his wife and the unknown victim at a park on ride off riverchase way and shot repeatedly into the car. Authorities say leon later called 911 and told a dispatcher i shot my wifes lover. Today dozens of members of leons family were in the courtroom asking the judge to let him out on bond. His wife said leon needs to be out of jail in order to keep his restaurants going to support his workers and his family. Theres a couple of issues here address. One is the danger to the community and two his to flee. Uhh ill point out that he surrendered himself without any problem whatsoever. Leon faced federal charges last year. That was in connection with the Corruption Scandal surrounding former lexington county sheriff james metts. Hell have to make an appearancee in federal court in order for his bond to take effect. Bond has been set for a camden man accused of fatally shooting a teenager. A Kershaw County judge has granted 200,000 surety bond for 49year old jimmy methe. Methe is accused of shooting 17yearold brandon spencer, after methe claimed he caught him stealing from his truck saturday morning. Coming up on wiscelebrating the legacy of wellknown author harper lee. Plusthe Supreme Court, which was often divided during Justice Antonin Scalias tenure, will be united friday in grief over his Pulitzer Prize winner and author she was 89. In july of 1960, the novel, troubles of the deep south, was published. The following year, lee won the Pulitzer Prize. The film adaptation of the novel starring gregory peck opened on Christmas Day of 1962. Harper lee returned to her hometown of monroeville, alabama in 2007 after suffering a stroke. Today at the u. S. Supreme court. The body of the late Justice Antonin Scalia lies in repose. His fellow justices and president obama were among those who paid their respects to scalia who died this past weekend in texas. Brian mooar reports. 4953 in a flagdraped casket. Justice Antonin Scalia was carried into the helped change over the course of and inside the courts great hall. Pressure is in place. Look for mostly sunny skies today through the weekend with lower 60s. Near 70 saturday and low to middle 70s sunday. Break a look now at your first alert something is just fundamentally broken when African Americans are more likely to be arrested by police, and sentenced to longer prison terms, for doing the same thing that whites do. When too many encounters with Law Enforcement end tragically. We need investments in education, health care and jobs, to counter generations of neglect. We have to face up to the hard truth of injustice and systemic racism. Im Hillary Clinton, fabulous forecast over the next few days as High Pressure is in place. Today through the weekend with highs today in the lower 60s. Near 70 saturday and low to middle 70s sunday. A pattern change by monday as a storm system moves our way and will increase clouds and our rain chances monday wednesday. Of course temperatures will cool down as well. Highs monday and tuesday in the lower 60s, look for middle to upper 50s the rest of the week. Some of the rain on tuesday could be heavy. We are in first alert mode monwed and will have coming up on wiswere inching closer to the gop president ial primary. Find out what you need to know at the polls. Break she spent a lifetime making a difference for people. Winning healthcare for 8 million children. Benefits for families of reservists and the national guard. For human rights and womens rights. Hillary clinton. Shell raise the minimum wage. Take on the Drug Companies to lower the cost of prescription drugs. And give everyone the opportunity to go to College Without going into debt. Shell get the job done. For us. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Tell them, to go themselves. Hes not a reckless blowhard, or a scripted robot. Hes a conservative governor with proven results. He led the nation in job creation and beat the Teachers Union to enact massive reform. Jeb bush. Over 40 retired generals and admirals and 12 medal of honor recipients know hes the commander in chief we need now. Conservative, proven and prepared. Jeb bush for president. Right to rise usa is responsible for the content senator Bernie Sanders and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. The two are campaigning hard for the minority vote. Both campaigns have been pushing for college students, women and different ethnic groups to vote. This sunday on awareness, well hear what the voters have to say. Table based on her experience as secretary of state, as us not just of the united state job done and she has done it in thats atrocious and it really sounds good listening to these youngsters here talk about intelligently talk about why they want to vote for their choice. It is imperative that we get out any vote. Ahead of the democratic primary a look at both candidates, their similarities and the issues that have some voters split. Joins us sunday morning at 11 for awareness right here on wis. There are some things to know before you go to vote saturday. Tomorrows gop primary is just the first of two in the palmeto state. Following saturdays republican primary, will be the democratic primary next saturday, february 27. Polls will be open from 7 a. M. To 7 p. M. You can only vote in one, you cannot vote in both. Valid forms of identification are listed on your screen and include your South Carolina drivers license or a passport. You will have to show it before voting. Once your at the polls, heres how you can expect the voting process to work. Finally, be sure to check your polling location. Some polling places are different or combined the primaries. We have a link on wistv. Com slash big red 10. Wistv. Com slash big red 10. Coming up on wiswere going one on one with political analyst chuck todd. Were taking a closer look at im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Her church taught her to do all the good you can. For all the people you can. For as long as you can. After law school, she could have joined a high priced law firm. But instead, she worked to reform juvenile justice in South Carolina. Exposed racism in alabama schools. And provided legal aid to families in arkansas. Her lifes work has been about breaking barriers. And so would her presidency. Which is why, for every american whos not being paid what theyre worth. Whos held back by student debt or a system tilted against them and there are far too many of you she understands that our country cant reach its potential unless we all do. Together. Mercer plank, thanks for joining gop president ial candidates making their last rounds tminus 24 hours until the primary. Hoping to get more votes. The eyes of the political world are focuses on South Carolina. A short time ago, our Charles Molineaux had a change to talk with meet the press Host Chuck Todd about the pulse of the race. And he says the focus of this president ial race is about to get a lot less focused. This afternoon, chuck todd said tomorrows republican primary has been hit with another jolt by pope francis criticism of donald trump which he says could actually help trump, putting him back onto the first big issue that made him the 2016 superstar, immigration. This after trump was starting to lose some strength in the polls. All six republican candidates are in South Carolina today, but he says we will no longer see so many of them in the same place after the primary tomorrow. 16 58 over. Look, look at a john cacic, who is doing his best to at least show life in South Carolina, trying to see if you can get any momentum after New Hampshire. He is immediately, youre going to start seeing him go to places like virginia on march 1. Then he wants to spend time in michigan which is march 8. Ted cruz . He is immediately going to go to texas, oklahoma, all the s ec tuesday states that are on march 1, georgia, alabama. Donald trump will be doing the same thing. Marco rubio, he is probably going to try tennessee, florida,. Each of them is going to try to cherrypick states after this. But a lot of it depends upon what is the order. Look, a third place finish for rubio, i think hes in deep trouble. I think rubio has put all of his chips and the South Carolina basket. He is banking on finding a way. Hes got all the key endorsements. If he can get secondplace, he gets more money, more momentum; jeb bush drops out. He finds more resources, and then he can run that big national campaign. But if you steroid, then hes in the midst of having to cherry pick and only concentrate on i stayed here or a state depend, which way these candidates go, it will depend upon what happened saturday night. Todd says members of the National Media realize theyve been giving donald trump months of free publicity and trump and ted cruz have actually spent far less on advertising in South Carolina than marco rubio and jeb bush have. But he says trump has repeatedly been the big story in this election so when it comes to giving him attention, youre darned if you do and darned if you dont. Judi, sam. You can watch meet the press with chuck todd on sundays at 9 am right here on wis. Even with a hit from the pope, a slight dip in the latest nbc wall street journal marist poll and the governors endorsement going to marco rubio experts are still projecting donald trump to do very well tomorrow at the polls. Ever since he entered the race in the first debate back in august trump has maintained a big lead over the other candidates. This isnt going away. This is not something that people are just sending a message. People believe hes electable and that story he wins a primary, well this group thought he was electable, maybe the same thing can happen here. So it really is the more he wins, the more likely it is that hell win the next one. Thats the true definition of momentum. Professor oldendick says trumps strength whether by luck or not was that he tapped into the distrust Many Americans feel towards the government. He says that strength could carry him to a win in South Carolina. We have much more on decision 2016, including the significance of political polls and what candidates need to stay in the political game. But first, lets check in with meteorologist ben tanner where the weather could be pretty nice for election day. Fabulous forecast over the next few days as High Pressure is in place. Look for mostly sunny skies today through the weekend with highs today in the lower 60s. Near 70 saturday and low to a pattern change by monday as a storm system moves our way and will increase clouds and our rain chances monday wednesday. Of course temperatures will cool down as the week. Some of the rain on tuesday could be heavy. We are in first alert mode monwed and will have the very latest. Now less than 24 hours until the be heavy. We are in first alert mode monwed and will have the very latest. Now less than 24 hours until the gop primary a new poll shows Donald Trumps palmetto state lead has dropped 11 points from one month ago. Nbcs new poll shows him with 28 percent of support from likely republican primary percent support. Florida senator marco rubio holds 15 percent support. Jeb bush at 13 percent. Ben carson and john kasich at 9 percent each. When it comes to