Stretch of campaigning for the republican president ial candidates with just one day to go before the South Carolina primary. Will be scattered across the state today. The only candidates with scheduled stops in the midlands are john kasich and rubio is scheduled to stop by the Marriott Hotel in downtown columbia at 9 this morning. Kasich is expected to be at a town hall at senates end at 10. The other four candidates will have events focused on the upstate and the coast. Three of the candidates took part in the second cnn town hall last night, taking questions from South Carolina voters right here in the capital city. Karin caifa has more on the candidate who dominated the days headlines took the stage. Donald trump has sparred with nearly this president ial race. And just hours before taking the stage for the town the university of South Carolina, he was hit on his immigration policy by pope francis. Francis, on his way back to rome following a visit to mexico was asked about trumps plan to build a wall between the us and mexico. The pontiff said to just build walls and not bridges is unchristian. Trump early on called that comment, disgraceful. But heres what trump had to say later and jeb bush, when asked to weigh in. President ial candidate i think it was probably a little nicer statement than what you folks reported in the media. After i read it, it was a little softer. The bottom line is we have to have a border, we have to have security. We have tremendous illegal immigration president ial candidate i dont think its appropriate to question Donald Trumps faith. He knows what his faith is. Third candidate was asked about a touching moment thursday with a young man who said president ial candidate its definitely changed me cuz its slowing me down, and you know ive learned so muchlisten, everyone here, you gotta celebrate other peoples wins, and sometimes youve got to sit with them and cry. Friday the final full day of campaigning here in the palmetto state, before South Carolina voters go to the polls on saturday. Donald trump holds a doubledigit lead in most polls, but theres a real battle on for second and third. In columbia, South Carolina, im karin caifa. Governor nikki haley is hitting the campaign trail hard for marco rubio to help her candidateof choice gain more support at the polls. Shes now explaining why she ultimately decided to endorse marco rubio over jeb bush who campaigned for haley in her bid for reelection. Jeb is a dear friend and he has been a great mentor and helped me along the way. This is not about picking friends. Its about picking who you think can be the best president and i saw his is not a job that we can afford for anybody to fall on. So i just wanted to make sure that i put somebody in there that was going to sleep, eat and breathe it every day until we got things right and so i have a dear Great Respect for jeb. Haley made another appearance with rubio yesterday at a stop in greenville. Rubio has yet to claim victory in a primary contest. Haley said her choice is not based on whether a candidate can win but how they can potentially change the country. With a little more than a week before South Carolinas democratic primary a big endorsement could soon be coming for Hillary Clinton. A source close to congressman James Clyburn says he will be publicly endorsing clinton over her rival Bernie Sanders. Clyburn is the highest ranking democrat in South Carolina. Clintons campaign will be holding a News Conference this morning at 11 at allen university. Wis will be there and will bring you coverage in our later newscasts. Last night clinton and sanders participated in a town hall hosted by msnbc in las vegas. The two candidates are in a dead heat in the polls. Just a day Democratic Caucus in nevada. Both candidates fielded questions from the audience at different times. While they both sparred over who would best uphold the legacy of president obama, both agreed Immigration Reform should be a top priority for the candidate elected as president. We are absolutely going to introduce legislation. Im going to call everybody on the committee, democrats and republicans alike q within 100 days . Clinton yeah im going to introduce my priority legislation and this is at the top of that list. I want to take 11 million undocumented people in this country out of the shadows. Out of the fear that they are experiencing every single day. Likely voters in next weeks democratic primary here in South Carolina favor Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders. Clinton maintains a broad 18point lead in our state. Weve got plenty more decision 2016 coverage ahead. Our Michal Higdon will be joining us live with more on the a midlands Restaurant Owner accused of killing a man is expected to be in court for a bond hearing today. Greg leon is charged with murder and attempted murder in connection to a shooting, sunday night in lexington county. The Coroners Office has not yet been able to positively identify the victim. Officials say he appears to have been in the country illegally and had assumed several identities while he was in South Carolina. A warrant states leons wife was in the back seat of a truck with the victim when the shots were fired. Leon turned himself in not long after the incident. The owner of a Midlands Estate sale company is also expected to have a bond hearing today. Tony hendon was booked in jail thursday on two felony counts of breach of trust. Hendon is the owner of columbiabased real estate guys, which has been the center of several civil lawsuits that accuse hendon of ripping them off after agreeing to conduct sales. One of his charges, if convicted, carries a five year prison sentencethe other, 10 years. Home for a child, left at school after an apparent murdersuicide. The six year old was not picked up from school wednesday. Deputies checked the childs home on amsterdam drive where they found the childs mother and her estranged husband both shot to death. Deputies say the shooting was the result of a domestic situation. Investigators are now working to determine what exactly led up to the shooting. Coming up. The gamecock womens team had a chance last night to win the sec regular season title outright with a win against georgia. See if dawn staleys squad could get things done at home. Break 1 the gamecock women continue carolina clinches the outright regular season conference win over georgia. Its the Third Straight year that usc has won or shared the crown. Usc wearing pink tonight to honor people fighting breast cancer. The gamecocks get off to a sluggish start. Theyre up 1311 in the 2nd quarter when Tiffany Mitchell goes to work. Tiff steals and lays it up to put carolina up by four. This time aja wilson grabs the rebound and scores. She finishes with 16 points and nine boards. Look how khadijah sessions closes out the half. A buzzer beating three pointer. Usc leads 2713 at recess. Sessions finishes with 13 points. Third quarter. Tina roy from the county line. Carolina is up by 16. Yesterday. Coach dawn staley talked about the importance of closing out games. They struggle again in the fourth quarter. Usc makes just four field goals scores. The lead is down to sec. Lets hear from the playoffs for the first time the field in a real game. 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. 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 the very latest. Break 2 more than four months after octobers floods, there are still signs of rebuilding across the after octobers floods, there rebuilding across the midlands. But there is also a rebuilding process that largely goes unseen, especially for those whose lives were profoundly changed. Thats the case for columbia woman erika wright. Our mary king has her story of survival and second chances. Responders, neighbors, all working to rescue those trapped in raging flood waters. Many images caught on camera. Other things . We didnt see. Like the images that erika wright wont soon forget. 05 03 44 a lot of people have said it looks like a movie you kind of feel like that to a degree. But it was very much real. Erikas living nightmare happened in the shadow of these images captured on decker boulevard. 04 57 00 you see the white truck, theres the red and black truck. My car was a few feet over in the back basically on its nose in the trees. Before her nightmare began, the 28 yearold says she was serving as a designated driver for her friends the morning of october 4th. 05 04 12 i made sure everyone got home. And i was going home and i was five minutes from my house. And then out of nowhere a wall of water just came out of nowhere and picked my car up like a little raft and turned it around no i didnt. It was complete shock. I couldnt see, it was dark. I didnt know exactly what was happening. Try to put down your emergency break, try to reverse. Nothing was working. With her car nose down, erika stood up as the waters rose, but was trapped inside. 05 12 51 kind of luckily, a cement block from the sidewalk and a tree hit my windshield and cracked it and thats when i kicked the windshield out. 05 13 12 but i couldnt get out that way because of the current and because there was so much debris at that time. And i was like i dont want to die in my car, i dont want my reckon with the waters she was trying to escape. 05 13 35 i got swept out. I hit two trees, and i grabbed on to another one now, in cold roaring waters, and black of night, erika fought for 05 11 35 i was yelling. It was nonstop yelling for me. About three and half 4 hours. In the water. Erika says it was in her second hour of survival that she caught sight of the men our cameras later captured being rescued from a white truck. 04 58 44 the three men on the truck. They actually were the ones, they could hear me. They kept telling me yelling at me after the fact i found out they were telling me to hold on. no. You couldnt hear anything except for water. Nats of cars passing from today on decker today, as part of her own healing process, erika walked with me to the very place she clung to life. Her first time back since the flood. 05 42 59 so it was just holding on and trying to pull up. Wrapping my legs around it. 05 44 44 long pause. Yeah. The guys on the truck. They kept yelling at me and making movements to hold on to the tree. And i wanted to see my hours into her ordeal started a columbia firefighter named pete made it out to her in the trees. She credits the crew of columbia movements to hold on to the tree. And i wanted to see my family. Hours into her ordeal started a columbia firefighter named pete made it out to her in the trees. She credits the crew of columbia 05 35 27 im just very grateful. I wouldnt be here without them. Erika suffered a partially torn rotator cuff. Doctors said she had nearly drowned and her muscles were starting to deteriorate. But erika says her physical recovery has been easier than the mental and spiritual 05 02 27 its a daily talk i have, in my mind, with god. Just trying to figure out. Why did i make it out. Days after her rescue, erika learned the man in the car that crashed next to hers did not survive. 04 57 54 mr. Samson pringle. On this day, that our walk through the woods off decker took such an unexpected turn. While gathering footage, our photographer steve found this. 05 55 25 thats part of my windshield. Pieces of erikas past just waiting almost like an answer. 05 55 55 oh. I cant believe its still here. 05 56 31 its my cross. A gold cross. Years before and had always hung from her rearview mirror. I thought id lost it. 05 57 03 sobs. Ohhh that. A purpose. God is really here. Erikas struggle to understand what happened here off decker boulevard was seemingly met with an unexpected gift reaching out from that fateful day. 05 52 11 you only do get this one life. And if you go through this, and you come out of it, you dont want to waste it. Like so many, erika lost a lot on october fourth. But returning to the scene of so much pain, seemingly gave her back so much more. In columbia, mary king, wis news 10. Columbia, mary king, wis news 10. Erika adds while she has been able to thank everyone who was a part of her rescue, she hopes one day to reunite with all of them in person. More sunrise after this. Jeb bushs campaign has cratered, now he just slings mud. But, its made no difference. The state endorsed john kasich saying voters should, ignore the blather of candidates without real credentials to lead the country. The usa today poll said kasich was the most likely republican to beat Hillary Clinton, beating her by eleven points. New day for america is responsible for the content of this advertising. Fabulous forecast over the next few days as High Pressure is in 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 more than speed. That story comes to theatres this weekend. Heres raphael seth with the box office preview. Nat Jason Sudeikis discovers an olympic god in race. Stephan james plays jesse owens in this historical pic. Ohio athlete blessed with immortal speed. That puts him on the path to the olympics, but the 1936 games are in the heart of nazi germany. And there are many people of all colors who do not want him to run. Primary, and republican candidates are making their final push to South Carolina voters. Plus. Warm and sunny temperatures this weekend. Ill have your first alert forecast coming up. Plus. The gamecock Womens Basketball team is waking up this morning with an sec regular season title. A look back at the teams victory against border rival georgia. Its friday, february 19th. And news 10 sunrise starts right now. Good morning. Thanks for waking up with sunrise. Im mary king. Im len kiese. Its five oclock on this we are officially in the final stretches of campaigning for the 2016 republican president ial candidates with just one day to go before the South Carolina primary. All six candidates will be scattered across the state today. And last night here in columbia donald trump, john kasich and jeb bush reached out to South Carolina voters at uscs school of law. The three candidates spoke at a town hall hosted by cnn. Hot topics of conversation trump defending his stance on immigration after an interaction with pope francis. Jeb bush even came to trumps defense on the topic of his religion. John kasich had an e etional moment after recalling an interaction with a young voter in the upstate. A recap coming up. Were looking ahead to some warm temratures this weekend with highs reaching 70 degrees. Tim miller has a look at your first alert forecast on this friday soak up the sunny to partly cloudy skies through this weekend as highs warm into the 70s. Showers return monday with periods of rain tuesday and wednesday of next today marks the final full day of campaigning here in the palmetto state before voters head to the polls on saturday. Last night at uscs school of candidates took part in a town hall hosted by cnn. Donald trump, john kasich and jeb bush answered questions from voters ahead of the first in the south primary this weekend. Donald trump found himself in the middle of a firestorm after calling pope francis quote disgraceful, after receiving criticism from the pontiff. This comes after pope francis said trump isnt christian because he wants to build a wall to keep immigrants out of the u. S. At last nights town hall, trump called the pontiff a wonderful guy and complimented his high energy but said the pope doesnt understand immigration issues. I have a lot of respect for the pope. I think hes got a lot of personality, hes very different. Hes a very different kind of a guy. And i think hes doing a very misinterpreted. Trump went on to say that the media may have exaggerated the interaction between the two. He said he does not feel he was fighting with the pope but that only one side jeb bush is speaking out on the backlash received by trump. Bush said he believes its not appropriate to question trumps faith. This comes after the pope questioned trumps religion due to his desire to build a wall along the us mexico border. John kasich spoke out about an emotional moment he shared with a young man at a Campaign Event on thursday. The Ohio Governor hugged a young voter who shared the recent difficulties in his life. At the town hall, kasich said hes seen people talk about their issues frequently on the campaign trail. He also said he believes sometimes candidates need to slow down and let people talk about their issues. President ial candidate weve got to slow down and then we got to carry out our godgiven destinies and potentials and gifts and. Yet its definitely changed me because its slowing me down. Ive learned so much from, listen, everybody here. Youve got to celebrate other peoples wins, and sometimes youve got to sit with them and cry. Kasich also gave his two cents on Donald Trumps war of words with pope francis over his pledge to build a border wall. Kasich said he agrees with the pope that america walls. The only candidates with scheduled stops in the midlands are kasich and marco rubio. Rubio is scheduled to stop by the Marriott Hotel in downtown columbia at 9 this morning. Kasich is expected to be at a town hall at senates end at 10. The other four candidates will have events focused on the upst