Wis is helping to sponsor the event, which is celebrating 25 years. The 10k run starts at 7 45. Then there will be a 5k run at 8. And a 5k walk at 8 30. Online registration has endedbut you can still sign up at strictly running locations in you can also register the day of the race, starting at 7 near lincoln and laurel streets. Most of your saturday will feature patchy drizzle and isolated light showers. Saturday evening night a few moderate heavy showers will feature patchy drizzle and isolated light showers. Saturday evening night a few moderate heavy showers will cross the area, therefore we will carry a 60 chance of rain overnight. Highs will settle in the middle 50s. Conditions will turn breezy as showers clear out early sunday, expect highs lower 60s. Dry and Cool Conditions will prevail during the workweek with highs in the lower 50s. Meteorologist von gaskin two days and counting until the Clemson Tigers take on the alabama crimson tide. The teams are getting set up in phoenix and ready to practice fans have also arrived early ready to take on the city. Our Michal Higdon is live from the Phoenix Convention center with what has been set up for the influx of people. As part of the National Championship experience they have turned the Convention Center into playoff fan central you can see behind me all kinds of games and activities have been set up. Yesterday was the first day fans were allowed in and they saw hundreds stopping by to take part. There were activities from kicking a football through a field goal to practicing your aim throwing the football into pockets. Fans were also able to walk around and take it all in. Lots of statues were set up for fans to take pictures with documenting their journey National Championship game along with their Favorite Team. And we were able to catch up with fans on both sides of the spectrum about how theyre feeling before mondays big showdown. I think its going to be a we have two great teams alabama is better of course. But i think its going to be a great game. Theyre very well matched. Were going to show them whats along with gallman, and all the other playmakers we have. Alabama is going to win clemson is going to win. No matter which team youre pulling for officials anticipate tens of thousands of fans will come through fan central before its all said and done tomorrow. One really cool thing being offered today though media day for both clemson and alabama will be taking place right at the field across the room. And fans have a chance to listen in on it all. Ill have the details on that coming up in the next half hour. Live from playoff fan central, Michal Higdon, wis news 10 ahead of mondays big game, officials in phoenix are boosting up security. Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to flock to mondays soldout game, as well as concerts and other events this weekend in downtown phoenix. Phoenix Officials Say theyre ramping up security with an increased presence on the ground. As the Clemson Tigers prepare to take on the crimson tide, Governor Haley says she is proud to be a tiger. I cant say enough about how dabo handled the situation even going into the orange bowl. They are a fantastic family, its a great team, a great group of guys who really stayed true to who they are. I am a tiger through and through. Thirty four years after cheering for the Clemson Tigers in the National Championship game a retired clemson cheerleader is hitting the pat cassels and her husband tobin live here in columbia. Pat was a sophomore and a cheerleader for the school when clemson won the 1981 National Championship. Both pat and tobin are avid football fans, although their house is divided tobin went to carolina and their daughter rustin, went to clemson. Ive cheered all my life, been a sports fan all my life, so m four years at clemson were just awesome. Theres just no other way to describe it. Its just something about those hills. Pat says shes watched a lot of clemson football and she sees a lot of similarities between this team and the 1981 championship squad. Shes hoping the teams underdog status helps them pull out another big win. If youre a tigers fan and you want to remember going to the National Championship, head to a post office. A commemorative envelope featuring the logos of alabama and clemson universities will soon be available. There are only 3,500 prints of the special collectible. Each costs 9. 95. Seneca, easley, anderson, the Greenville Main Office and the columbia main office. They go on sale monday. The chickfila in clemson is offering hungry fans in tigertown a unique way to cheer on their team on the morning of the National Championship. The restaurant will sell chicken biscuits in the shape of tiger paws on monday. The biscuits will be available from 6 30 to 10 30 a. M. Clemson will face alabama in the cfp National Championship game in arizona. Kickoff is at 8 30 p. M. On monday. We will be covering the tigers throughout this weekend live in glendale. Make sure to watch our special chasing a championship which runs right here on wis at 7 30 monday night. In other news, one person is dead after a large fire ripped through a home in Richland County. City fire crews responded to the 1100 block of quiet lane off of decker boulevard at around 5 pm yesterday. But quickly got the fire under control. They say the person was found in the back of the home where it looks like the fire started. Apparently the fire crews went in. As they began to extinguish the fire. And thats when the y found the body on this side. Going back to i think october of last year. I think this makes the third fatality that weve had. Uhh i think this is actually the first fatality for this calander year. County offcials cant say at this point whether the victim is a male or a female. The county Fire Marshals Office is looking into what caused the fire. Now to a developing story out of charleston. Police are investigating a fire at the former home of michael slager. It happened at the 11 hundred block of yeamans hall road. Officials say it was a small fire that left minor damage after a neighbor put it out. Prior to that fire, a suspicious person was seen leaving the area. Slager no longer owns that home. The former North CharlestonPolice Officer is charged with murder in the shooting death of walter scott. Slager was released on bond earlier this week and is on house arrest. Police in aiken need your help finding a man they say was involved in a shooting last month. Deputies say glendale mclaurin junior and another person shot the victim while they were walking on crosland drive in aiken. The victim was taken to the hospital. No word on his condition. Police say the second suspect has not yet been identified. If you have any information on where mclaurin junior may be call crimestoppers 888 crimesc. Donald trump draws a crowd and more protestors during his latest stop in the palmetto. Well have highlights from last nights rally at Winthrop University coming up next. Most of your saturday will feature patchy drizzle and isolated light showers. Few moderate heavy showers will cross the area, therefore we will carry a 60 chance of rain overnight. During the day highs will settle in the middle 50s. Conditions will turn breezy as showers clear out early sunday, expect highs lower 60s. Few moderate heavy showers will cross the area, therefore we will carry a 60 chance of rain overnight. During the day highs will settle in the middle 50s. Conditions will turn breezy as showers clear out early dry and Cool Conditions will prevail during the workweek with highs in the lower 50s. Meteorologist von gaskin the Clemson Tigers and alabama are in arizona saturday evening night a few moderate heavy showers will cross the area, therefore we will carry a 60 chance of rain overnight. During the day highs will settle in the middle 50s. Conditions will turn breezy as showers clear out early sunday, expect highs lower 60s. Dry and Cool Conditions will prevail during the workweek with highs in the lower 50s. Meteorologist von gaskin the Clemson Tigers and alabama are in arizona preparing for the big showdown. Coming up next in sports. Break 2 saturday evening night a few moderate heavy showers will cross the area, therefore we will carry a 60 chance of rain overnight. During the day highs will settle in the middle 50s. Conditions will turn breezy as showers clear out early sunday, expect highs lower 60s. Dry and Cool Conditions will prevail during the workweek with highs in the lower 50s. Meteorologist von gaskin the Clemson Tigers and alabama are in arizona preparing for the big showdown. Well have more on their arrival break 2 arrival coming up next in break 2 the tigers chase for a i remember the moment clearly. Ill never forget that moment. Woman as long as i live. Man i realized, at that moment, when we first saw the damage, these people really needed us and i was going to make a difference, right here in my community. Together with local responders, we cleared trees and collapsed walls. We had to get to the family trapped beneath. As a citizensoldier, i made a difference. Announcer be there for your community, 7 o0 c1 of monday nights National Title game against alabama. Sports director rick henry. Has more on the anticipation leading up to the excitement is building here in arizona now that both teams have arrived for the National Championship game. Top ranked clemson was the first to touchdown in phoenix. Dabo swinneyis looking to lead the tigers to the programs 2nd title in program history. Nick saban and the crimson tide are looking to roll to their 4th title in the past seven years. Alabama took only about 15 minutes to load up the busses and leave the airport. Clemson was on the ground for about 40 minutes before their busses rolled out. There was one big announcement today. The latest members of the College Football hall of fame class. Former clemson head coach, danny ford and former gamecock coach, jim carlen were both finalists for the class of 2016. Unfortunately they didnt make it. One guy who did is former unlv and nfl quarterback randall cunningham. He was a dual threat quarterback like clemsons deshaun watson. A guy who can hurt you both running and passing. Cummingham had some interesting comments about the tigers talented qb. Sb cunningham it really does watching the game running the ball and then throwing pretty sort passes, its Pretty Amazing i didnt get to watch clemson much this year but to see this young man play is Pretty Amazing. Do im excited to see what hes going to be able to do in th championship game. The action continues saturday. Both teams have media day. Then theyll hit the practice field. On the road with the tigers. Rick henry. Wis news 10 sports. As clemson stays in the moment. Carolina football remains focused on the future. Newly hired head coach will muschamps almost put together his entire coaching staff. He has one more hire to make the ones already on board. Joined muschamp today. Inside williamsbrice stadium to meet with the media. Muschamp understands this off season offers many challenges. Including getting the players to buy into the formula for success. Muschamp i think as much as anything building your physical and mental toughness of your football team. The season starts sunday night when we start with our team. It doesnt start in august. Doesnt start in nashville. It starts sunday night. Our guys need to understand that. Like the women. The usc men 140 this season. Carolina looks to stay perfect. When they host vanderbilt saturday at three. The gmaecocks. One andoh to begin sec action. Carolina has not won its first two Conference Games in six seasons. The gamecocks. Determined. To open up sec play with back to back wins. By taking down vandy in the cla. Thornwell last year we started streak going. Keep things how they are now. Break 3 several republican candidates for president will be in the capital city this u. S. Senator tim scott and House Speaker paul ryan will moderate the kemp forum on expanding opportunity at the columbia metropolitan Convention Center today. President ial candidates jeb bush, ben carson, chris christie, carly fiorina, john kasich, and marco rubio are scheduled to be there. Meanwhile, several groups are looking to know where each of the candidates stand on stopping hunger. The vote to End Hunger Coalition includes leaders from Harvest Hope Food Bank and senior resources. Yesterday at the state house, members of the group said they intend to pose policy questions to the candidates on eliminating hunger and poverty nationwide. We need the government to set up policies that promote opportunities for everybody and also provide help. So the social safety net. Investment in education. Those things are just a crucial part. The Coalition Says it also in front of likely voters. According to the South CarolinaFood Bank Association more than 840 thousand south carolinians are living below the poverty line. I dont wnat to see a racist in the whitehouse. I dont want to see someone who tinks all mexicans are rapists. Protesters made headlines in rock hill during Donald Trumps visit there. Student protesters attended the rally at the republican president ial candidate. However hundreds of people who had tickets to the rally were turned away, because the school oversold tickets. And now, we take a look inside the coliseum at trump spoke in front of that packed crowd. Raycoms Michael Clark has more on the the message trump had for voters. A Political Campaign that felt more like a carinval. These other stiffs . In his first rock hill visit, republican president ial hopeful donald trump greeted by thousands of supporters but also a handful of hecklers. All of them escorted out by police. One a muslim activist from charlotte. Another woman shouting worea shirt that said salam. I come in peace. While trump opponents have slammed the gop frontrunner for his views on immigration the same subject got the biggest applause friday. Were going to build a big beautiful wall a big beautiful wall and were going to have a door to the wall and people are going to come into our country but what are they going to do . Theyre going to come in legally. A Donald Trump Campaign speech wasnt complete you know ive been a little rough on Hillary Clinton lately. Without bashing other candidates and politicians including some in the republican party. Trump took a shot at South Carolina senator lindsey of the race. I dont really know him, other than one time he gave me his phone number because he wanted to campaign contribution. The polarizing candidate continues to ride momentum ahead of upcoming primaries saying he doesnt care what opponents have to say about his attitude. This is going to be an election of competence, not niceness. Today, president ial nominee jeb bushs son. George p. Bush. Will host a meet and greet in aiken. To help support his fathers campaign. This event is at the green boundary club. Also civil rights activist reverend Jesse Jackson will be making his way to aiken next week. Jackson will speak at u sc aiken as a part of his rally to the polls event. The event will be thursday january fourteenth at onethirty pm at the Etherredge Center on the campus. The event is free to the public. Birthday board break 4 good saturday morning, thanks for staying with us. Looking live over downtown columbia right now. Lets get a check of your first alert forecast. Most of your saturday will isolated light showers. Saturday evening night a few moderate heavy showers will cross the area, therefore we will carry a 60 chance of rain overnight. During the day highs will settle in the middle 50s. Conditions will turn breezy as showers clear out early sunday, expect highs lower 60s. Dry and Cool Conditions will prevail during the workweek with highs in the lower 50s. Meteorologist von gaskin its an annual tradition in columbia each year to make strides in the fight against Breast Cancer. The annual walk for life race for life is happening our mike desumma has been out there all morning covering the festivities. He joins us now from finlay park with more. Hey mike. Looking ahead to this weekend the annual walk to end Breast Cancer will be in Clemson Tigers will be taking on the alabama crimson tide this monday, but before the big game a multiday fan festival has brought clemson fans, alabama fans, and phoenix locals together. In the heart of phoenix at the Convention Center, College Football playoff has an experience of a lifetime. Our Michal Higdon has been in t