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WIS WIS News 10 Live At 500 February 22, 2016

Centre over the weekend. Columbia police say they are continuing to review surveillance video, but at this time they have no material evidence to go on. Officers say they did however locate a book bag while searching a wooded area next to the mall on saturday night. They found several air soft guns inside. At this point they are working to figure out if there is a connection. Witnesses tell police they saw two black males armed with handguns, however they cant confirm seeing the suspects fire. Also, no shell casings have been found. I f you know anything that can help investigators, call crimestoppers at 1888crimesc republican president ial candidate ted cruz is asking for the resignation of his communications director, rick tyler a day afer tyler distributed a video falsely depicting candidate marco rubio discussing the bible. The video misquotes rubio a suggesting the bible does not have any answers Spokesman Says he actually said the bible has all the answers. Heres what senator ted cruz had to say to reporters in nevada. Rrk tylers a good man, this was a grave error of judgement. It turned out the news story he sent around was false but ill tell you, even if it was true, we are not a campaign that is going to question the faith of another candidate. Even if it was true, our campaign should not have sent it, thats why ive asked for rick tylers resignation because the standards of conduct in this campaign have been made absolutely clear for every member of the campaign. Meanwhile, frontrunner donald trump is criticizing cruzs campaign for posting the video continuing to call cruz a liar. He was just on twitter scolding the senator for more dirty tricks. A tragic story out of lexington county this evening. Charges upgraded against a suspected drunk driverafter a crash that led to fatal injuries for a child unborn at the time of the impact. Jack kuenzie is in the newsroom judi, a sad story for everyone involved. It centers on a headon crash a week ago saturday out in the gilbert area. Two vehicles heading in opposite directions on old two notch road during the noon hour. One of those vehicles a 1995 Cadillac Sedan driven by 31 year old andalyn mills of pelion. The state Highway Patrol says that car crossed over the centerline, slamming headon into a 2006 ford truck carrying a man and his fiancewho was seven months pregnant. We are not airing the mothers name at her request. She was in the passenger seat next to 34 year old Nicholas Hawes of gilbert. All three of the adultsincluding millssuffered injuries severe enough to require hospitalization. But the couples child, unborn at the time of the crashonly survived about three days on life support after being delivered via csection and was pronounced dead on the 16th. The patrol initially charged mills with driving under the influence. She now stands accused of felony death. This collision still remains under investigation. But a saturday afternoon in lexington county. A young couple is minding theieiown business and down comes a driver whos impaired. Crosses the center line and ultimately changes their life forever in this crash. Its something that as troopers we see and its something that were going to go out in the force. We have our target zero team and its something that we look for day in and day out and its something that we strive to do. Andalyn mills has been denied bond. Injuries to the babys parents were nonlife threatening. Jack kuenzie wis news ten. This week, were days from the democratic primary in the palmetto state. And senator Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are squaring off. Battling it out for votes. Both the sanders and clinton campaigns are ramping up this week with a final push for to voters before coming off a win in nevada, has some momentum coming into South Carolina. The latest nbc news poll shows a significant doubledigit lead over Bernie Sanders. Sanders has been popular with many young voters but polls indicate here in South Carolina indicate clinton has an advantage over sanders with particularly those under the age of 45. I think he is a person that cares about the wellbeing of the average citizen whether youre poor, middle class, working middle class. He really addresses issues with the political process that i think a lot of people are fed up with which is one reason why you see so many people supporting donald trump as well as Bernie Sanders because theyre not your typical politicians. She has dealt with the situation in the middle east. She understands whats happening in syria. She knows how to deal with putin in russia. Think that we are very fortunate to have someone with that kind of experience. I think that bernie at one point had said, well experience isnt everything, but i want to tell you, it means a lot. Representative bamberg also believes sanders does not need to win South Carolina in order to win the nomination. Supporters of both candidates say the substance behind their platforms make them a better choice than the republicans. Cnn is hosting a democratic town hall in columbia on tuesday. Bernie sanders and Hillary Clinton will answer voters days before the primary. The town hall will be held in the auditorium of uscs law school on main street. Doors open at 6, the event starts at 8. Five mothers who lost their children to gun violence and other incidents campaigned in sumter this afternoon for Hillary Clinton. They call themselves the mothers change. The moms of trayvon martin, eric garner, sandra bland, dontre hamilton and jordan davis spoke at mt. Zion missionary Baptist Church. The women shared why they think Hillary Clinton listened to theieicall for social justice. She contacted me immediately after my daughters death, of course i am the mother of sandra bland. She contacted us and said what is it you want . What do you want . And so, to have had that conversation with her, to share with her some of my concerns, i literally can tell you that, that was not fake, it was not rehearsed. She wants to bridge that divide between Law Enforcement and the communities they serve because she knows thats a huge problem, specifically in their cases, that the Law Enforcement doesnt look like or support the communities that theyre serving. The women are speaking across the state as part of clintons breaking down its looking like a record breaking year for voter turnout in the republican president ial primary. Early numbers show a significant increase over 2012. Billie jean shaw breaks down the strong turnout at the polls. Elections Officials Say more than 700thousand people voted saturday. Thats about two hundred thousand more voters in 2012 and nearly double the turnout in 2008. The turnout also surpassed the 650 thousand mark predicted by state Republican Party chairman matt moore. Chris whitemire with the state Elections Committee says the numbers show people are more motivated to vote. We know that the issues, the candidates, thats what drives voter turnout, something on the ballot, something in the election has to motivate voters to do what it takes to vote so clearly voters wewe motivated on saturday to republican primary. Coming up on the news at 6, well look ahead to saturdays democratic primary, including an early look at absentee voting numbers. Plus, what you need to do if you dont have a photo id to vote. Judi, dawndy. To get the latest on decision 2016 and what is next for the gop candidates, go to wistv. Com and click the politics tab. A North Charleston pastor is challenging u. S. Senator tim scott in his bid for reelection. Pastor thomas a. Dixon says he is a tireless advocate and will work to reach out to people who feel they are underrepresented by current elected officials. Dixon is a Community Activist and democrat. Scott is a republican and has served since 2013. Coming up on wisa michigan shooting rampage. What we know about the suspect and how up the pieces after the shooting a judge is set to decide today nine families and a School Teacher who was shot and survived are Suing Companies that make the ar15 rifle used in the attack. Lawyers for gun manufacturer Remington Arms are seeking a dismissal, saying theyre protected from such suits by federal law. The suit is the most recent test of a 2005 federal law designed to protect gun makers from liability when their guns are used in crimes. An uber driver accused of going on a killing spree in michigan saturday night makes his first appearance in court. Prosecutors say they think they know what happened. But theyre still trying to figure out why. Nbcs Chris Pollone has the story 36 1 05 1 16 45year old jason dalton. A husband and father of two. And an uber driver. Now charged with six counts of murder. Plus two counts of assault with murder. Along with weapons charges. Natural sound the defendant did murder mary lou nye prosecutors in kalamazoo, michigan say dalton conducted that killing spree over about six hours saturday night, all while continuing to give rides to unsuspecting passengers. But as of now, they still dont know why it happened. And what, if anything ties the victims together. Sound jeff getting kalamazoo prosecutor 36 49 this was not just a momentary lapse, this was not just a crime. There was not something to provoke this. There are video tapes of these incidents. He walked up on these people and shot them. In all, eight people were shot in three separate dealership. And five people in a restaurant parking lot. Among the dead there, bart nyes mother and aunt. Best friends who were killed after going to a play. Sosod bart nye grandmomoer killed 1 05 1 09 i dont know how im going to son, that he doesnt gets to see his grandma again, natural sound people in the Community Still stunned over these seemingly random killings have come together to pray for the victims. Sound Bishop Paul Bradley st. Augustine cathedral, kalamazoo 1 161 28 when we ask why these 6 people, people of all ages all walks michigans governor however isnt quite ready to start digging on the same scale. Governor rick snyder toured a new state Emergency Operations center near lansing here people are tracking all aspects of flints water crisis. The tap water was contaminated with lead after the source switched from detroit to the flint river in 2014 a cost cutting move made while the city was under state financial management. Snyder says more studies need to be done. I want to make sure that the make sure the residents of flint get water filters, cartridges, what they need. That were doing the Water Sampling now to go through through the process to hopefully say that the waters going to be safe to use out of the tap again. Officials say the map of flints water pipe system is incomplete due to a lack of records. The team identified more than four thousand lead service lines, and estimates the true number is at least double that. Unsettled pattern the next few days as well see good opportunities for showers and thunderstorms today through wednesday. A cold front will enter the state today with a strong more pronounced cold front by wednesday. Ahead of both will be widespread rain wi Hillary Clinton wall street should never be allowed to wreck main street again. Americans havent had a raise in 15 years. But i want to go further. Whether its racism Holding People back. Big financial interests, drug companies, insurance companies, big oil companies. The indifference, the negligence. Thats what i want to take on. To root out all of these barriers. And together we will make progress. Im Hillary Clinton, unsettled pattern the next few days as well see good opportunities for showers and thunderstorms today through wednesday. A cold front will enter the state today with a strong more pronounced cold front by wednesday. Ahead of both will be widespread showers and rain with a chance of thunderstorms late tuesday into wednesday. Rain chance between today, mostly cloudy with showers and areas of rain developing, highs lower to middle 60s. The wedge moves in for tuesday with mostly cloudy skies, periods of showers, cooler highs lower to middle 50s. The wedge looks to break late tuesday night early wednesday as warmer air moves in ahead of the strong cold front, its at that point things could become unstable enough to produce thunderstorms well have to wait and see how that plays out over the next 24 hours. The front moves through by latest wednesday, skies clear for the rest of the week with sunny conditions and cooler temperatures. Break through wednesday. A cold front will enter the state today with a strong more pronounced cold front by wednesday. Ahead of both will be widespread showers and thunderstorms late tuesday into wednesday. Rain chance between 70 90 . Today, mostly cloudy with they served our country. Our country should serve them better. Bernie sanders cracked the gridlock with john mccain to help clean up the mess at the v. A. And strengthen veterans healthcare. Bernie sanders has always stood with our veterans, and thats why hell never rush to put our men and women in harms way. Judgment. Integrity. Bernie. Dhec officials to discuss a controversial sewer project tonight. Officials say the lower richland sewer project which would bring Sewer Service to areas where tanks is needed to fix Environmental Issues. But, the hopkins and lower richland Citizens United group says the study that cites the Environmental Issues is outdated. Theyre also worried about the cost. If they want to try to divide their property, their acreage and give it to their children as we always do in our community, those kids will have to tap on. Because once those lines go down, any new construction, anything that needs a permit, including the existing house that youre in will require you to tap on. Meanwhile, advocates of the project say the septic systems in the county are outdated and inefficient. Critics say theyll keep fighting the project. The meeting is at hopkins park tonight at 6 30. Students, are you an artist . Then youll want to know that congressman joe wilson has announced this years congressional art competition. School. The winning artwork will be displayed for one year in the u. S. Capitol with art from all participating districts around the country. For more information, go to wistv. Com and click the big red 10. Coming up on wisthe latest investigation of a shooting at Columbiana Centre. Plus, second choices. Whats next for jeb bush supporters after he suspends his campaign for the white house. Break thanks for staying with us for im Dawndy Mercer plank. A cloudy day in the midlands with some on and off showers. Lets check in with meteorologist ben tanner to get the latest. Unsettled pattern the next few days as well see good opportunities for showers and thunderstorms today through wednesday. A cold front will enter the state today with a strong more pronounced cold front by wednesday. Ahead of both will be widespread showers and rain with a chance of thunderstorms late tuesday into wednesday. 70 90 . Today, mostly cloudy with showers and areas of rain developing, highs lower to middle 60s. The wedge moves in for tuesday with mostly cloudy skies, periods of showers, cooler highs lower to middle 50s. The wedge looks to break late tuesday night early wednesday as warmer air moves in ahead of the strong cold front, its at that point things could messaging may apply. No arrests yet in the investigation into saturday nights shooting incident at Columbiana Centre mall. Columbia police said late this afternoon they are still working to get Security Camera video in and around the mall off harbison boulevard. But the probe has turned up some unusual items in a wooded area near the shooting scene. Jack kuenzie has more on that from the newsroom. Dawndy and judiwe know police have been looking for two young black males, both about the same height and weight. One on saturday night said to have been wearing acid wash jeans and a jacket along with a red t shirtthe other in a dark hoodie. Both were said to have been firing black handgunsand neither those nor the suspects have been located yet. But now almost two days into the investigationpolice say they have not been able to find anyone who actually saw the shots being fired. Surveillance video has so far failed to yield anything useful. And maybe even more surprising, police havent been able to turn up any shell casings from the incident. What they have foundin a wooded area near the shopping centeris a book bag containing several realisticlooking but nonlethal airsoft guns, along with what appears to be some drug it is not clear at this time whether these items have anything to do with the mall incident. Police are continuing to speak to store employees and witnesses. They say this is a painstaking process. But so far, it has not yielded enough information to identify the shooters or make arrests. Jack kuenzie wis news ten. All eyes are on the South Carolina democratic primary this weekend. Democratic president ial hopeful Bernie Sanders made a stop in the midlands today. Hes rallying supporters at serendipity cafe in sumtete this morning ahead of the weekend election. He touched on his campaign being called too ambitious and thinking too big. But saying every idea hes brought fourth is what the American People want sanders encouraged people to go out and have their voice heard in what he called a free and fair election. If you cant win an election on your ideas if i cant convince y

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