Remainder of todays recast. 33 we want to 33 give you a quick traffic head out and about this morning. And good news. There are no trouble spots to report on the roads in or around the capital city. But well be sure to keep our eyes on the roads and keep you updated for your morning commute. Abc columbia wants to help you jump day. We have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. So, lets get started. The countdown to saturdays republican president ial primary here in South Carolina. Is winding down. And ahead of this weekends vote. The candidates are hard at work vying for your vote. Many of the gop hopefuls will be in the capital city today. Ted cruz is set to speak at a rally with governor rick perry and congressman jeff duncan. Columbia armory. Cruz will also be making stops in anderson and Mount Pleasant today. Gop candidate jeb bush will also be in columbia today. This on the heels of his North Charleston appearance. With his brother. And former president. George w. Bush. The elder bush rallied ters in the lowcountry to support his brothers bid for the white house. The Campaign Appearance is a move the Bush Campaign hopes will build grassroots support in South Carolina. Following disappointing performances in iowa and new hampshire. 33 jeb bush will be in town hall at Fn Manufacturing at 10 30 this morning. Hell also be making stops in batesburgleesville and aiken. All this week on abc columbia. We will be profiling republican candidates ahead of saturdays primary. This morning. Jeb bush. 33 thanks jennifer. Well be profiling the candidates all this week on abc columbia. In the meantime. The candidates will be busy crisscrossing the state looking for your reaching out to voters in greenville and lexington. Ben carson. Has stops planned in roebuk, gaffney. And two stops in aiken later today. And donald trump will be in North Augusta and beaufort. Marco rubio will also be in beaufort today. He also will be along the coast. With town halls planned in summerville and north myrtle beach. This comes after yesterdays Campaign Stop at harmons tree farm in gilbert. Rubio supporters gathered to hear the president ial hopeful speak on National Security. And how he plans to untie the republican party. 33 meanwhile on the other side of the political fence. The democratic president ial candidates are hoping to win over some votes ahead of next sanders will be in columbia this morning. Hell be attending the faith and justice breakfast at allen university. Thats taking place in the John Hurst Adams gymnatorium. The free event starts at nine. Doors open at eight. And bill clinton will be campaigning in the upstate for his wife and democratic president ial hopeful. Hillary clinton. Later today. Just a reminder. The republican president ial primary is this saturday. The democratic president ial primary is next saturday. February 27th. Stay tuned with abc columbia onair and online. For the latest on vote 2016. Still to 33 come. Our coverage of vote 2016 will continue. Were also taking a look at some of the other stories making headlines across the country. Light rain continues to fall drier and warmer afternoon. 33 heres a quick look at stories that are making headlines across the country. It looks like weve dodged a bullet. As a dangerous mix of snow, ice and heavy rain continues to hit the east has the latest. 33 its another milestone for the lady gamecocks. Eric, what can you tell us . For just the second time ever, the usc Womens Basketball team comes back from knoxville with a win over the lady vols. And this time it comes along with a championship. Tim hill Sports Minute to win it. 33 still to come. Honoring the memory of one of the charleston nine. Its a generous donation. To help a Capital City University grow. From main and gervais. Experiencing an upclose look at the moon, planets and more. You can also witness he raw power of the cosmos in the violent universe show that takes place in the planetarium. To catch all the cool views. Second shift twosday starts at five and runs until eight and its almost time for the big saint pats celebration in five points. Thats right. And if at this years celebration. You better hurry. The deadline to apply by sending a band biography. A picture. Three or more songs and your Contact Information is this fririy. And for those of you who are only looking to go catch the action. Presale tickets are on sale now. Six stores are armed with hundreds of tickets for 15dollars. For a full list of places with Presale Tickets. You can go to our website, abc columbia dot and the 33 town of chapin is choosing this years theme for their labor day festival and parade. Themes from the past few years include chapin rocks. Chapin champions. Hooked on chapin and last years theme. Chapin proud. The Chapin Town Council is meeting tonight at seven to review and reveal this years winning theme entry. The winner is receiving a free entry and prime position in the 2016 from local chapin businesses. 33 33 were checking out what will be making headlines later today. Heres eric with your look ahead. A panel of Diverse International student voices are sharing their perspectives on the Emanuel Church massacre today. They will be relating the Church Shootings to the impact of gun violence and possession in the United States and their respective countries of origin. An interactive, question and answer sessiononill also be incorporated into the discussion. This begins at 11 this morning at antisdel chapel. And its a donation in memory of reverend clementa pinckney, who was killed during the emanuel ame mass shooting. Boeing announced its investing 100thousand dollars into allen universitys chappelle auditorium for renovations. Boeings ceo, ray conner, said in a statement that reverend pinckney was one of the strongest advocates for restoring chappelle auditorium. The auditorium is College Structures marked for preservation by the us. 33 still to come. A car chase, and crash lead to gun fire. How Columbia Police continue to search this morning for two suspects. From main and federal prosecutors say leon paid bribes to a man connected to former lexington county sheriff james metts to keep employees at the mexican Food Restaurant from being deported when arrested on minor offenses. A car chase, and crash lead to gunfire. This morning. Columbia police are looking for two suspects they car chase in a stolen vehicle. Letitia baskett says she turned her car on to heat up while getting ready for work. And when she returned outside. Her 2009 toyota camry was gone. Basketts son, jared, spotted the car on farrow road and a short chase ensued until the car crashed into the greenview neighborhood sign. Jared tells abc columbia when he approached the suspects. One opened fire before both fled. 33 if you have any information that could help in this case. Youre asked to call crimestoppers. That number. Onetripleeight 2016 continues. The candidates vying for your vote ahead of saturdays primary. From main and gervais. Coming our way soon. Lets turn things over to meteorologist Jonathan Kennedy and about this morning. And good news. There are no trouble spots to report on the roads in or around the capital city. But well be sure to keep our eyes on the roads and keep you updated for your morning commute. Abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. We have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. So, lets get started. The countdown to saturdays republican president ial primary here in South Carolina. Is winding down. And ahead of this weekends vote. The candidates are hard at work vying for your vote. Jeb bush will be in columbia today for an employee town hall at Fn Manufacturing at 10 30 this morning. This comes on the heels of his North Charleston appearance. With his brother. And former president. George w. Bush. The Campaign Appearance is a move the Bush Campaign hopes will build grassroots support in South Carolina. Following disappointing performances in iowa and new hampshire. Ted cruz will also be in the capital city today. Hes set to speak at a rally with governor rick perry and congressman jeff today at the columbia armory. And its a new wave of attacks from cruzs gop rival. Donald trump. Thats right. Trump is threatening to sue the texas senator. Over cruzs eligibility to serve in the white house. The billionaire real estate mogul has previously said a federal court should decide whether cruz meets the constitutional requirements of being a natural born citizen to serve as president. Now trump says hell file suit over the issue unless cruz, retracts his lies and stops airing false ads. The latest poll among likely South Carolina republican primary voters. Taken the day before saturdays debate in greenville. Keep trump on top of the gop pack. Trump holds a large lead in South Carolina. With 42 percent of the likely republican primary voters who joined the survey. Ted cruz follows with 20 percent, while marco rubio garnered 15 percent. The rest of the remaining republican candidates had numbers below chance to learn a little more about president ial primary politics before saturdays vote. Before heading to the polls you have the chance to have your questions answered about the primary. By a panel of national journalists. Its all part of a president ial primary panel hosted by the university of South Carolina. The free event is set for tonight at 7 30. In room 231 of the williamsbrice building. Not everyone can make it out to the polls this saturday. But it doesnt mean your voice still cant be heard. Today is the deadline for those voting in the republican president ial primary to return their absentee application by mail. Absentee voters can vote in person or by mail. You can get an absentee ballot online or request an application from your county Voter Registration office. Once you receive your absentee ballot. Be sure to return it to your county Voter Registration office by seven pm. Saturday night. For more information. Be sure to head to scvotesdotorg. Just a reminder. The republican president ial primary is this saturday. Primary is next saturday. February 27th. Stay tuned with abc columbia on air and online. For the latest on vote 2016. Governor nikki haley is set to hold a press conference today. Christian soura. Director of the South Carolina department of health and Human Services will also be in attendance. That press conference is taking place at one this afternoon. Right across the street from us. At the state house. Also out of the state house. Lawmakers say its a hard road ahead for bills looking to raise the minimum wage in South Carolina. In a republicandominated legislature. While democrats say they have virtually no chance of passing. They add they hope to spark a debate as the nations attention turns to the state for the firstinthesouth primary. Still, republicans contend the bills would hurt the economy. Still to come. A wet morning in the midlands. But in other parts of the nation. Mother nature is packing a punch. Were weather sweeping through washington. Light rain continues to fall this morning but expect a drier and warmer from main and gervais. 33 our muggy and wet conditions this morning are experiencing in washington state. Yeah. King county has issued phase three flood alerts for the snoqualmie and tolt rivers. Officials say the rivers are creating potential for widespread, moderate flooding. King county officials are even advising that some areas could experience deep and fast flood waters. 33 were now going to turn our attention to your health. Dean has a look at what is making headlines in the medical community. If you need some tips to keep up with that new years resolution to exercise more. You may want to listen up. Abcs doctor Timothy Johnson has 33 still to come. Its an onslaught of unhappy customers taking to twitter. Following a Service Outage across the country. Stay with us. Were live from an e been restored. Ikea is reportedly avoiding to pay taxes in europe for the past six years. Thats according to a report commissioned by the european parliament. It accuses the furniture giant of funneling money through lichtenstein and the netherlands between 2009 and 2014. Ikea has yet to respond to cnn moneys request to comment. But other Media Outlets report that ikea says they are fully operations in a responsible and Sustainable Way and they quote. Pay taxes in full compliance with national and International Tax rules and regulations. And the banking giant. Hsb c. Is staying put. The Company Announced its keeping its headquarters in london. Officials were considering moving to hong kong amid concerns over tougher regulations. After a ten month review, the hsbc board unanimously voted to stay in the uk. Saying it remains an important and globally connected economy. Looks like it was another glamfilled night at the staple center. Eric what can you tell us . Its a night full of fashion. Performances. And those golden awards. If you missed last nights 58th annual Grammy Awards show. It was a big night for rapper kendrick lamar. He won five of his 11 nominations and also received a standing ovation after his performance at the awards show. Among other awards. Album of the year honors went to taylor and for this years record of the year. Uptown funk by mark ronson, featuring bruno mars. 33 and there you hear it. Adele returned to the grammy stage performing all i ask but you may be surprised to hear she had some fans taking to twitter to ask if she was a little off her game. They say the usually flawless singer sounded flat. Adele cleared up the mystery after the show. She tweeted the pianos mics fell onto the piano strings, which made it sound out of tune. The singer went on to say because of it though. Im treating myself to an in n out burger. So maybe it was worth it. And from the big stage to the big screen. It looks like the force is returning to the box office. Disney is announcing the new cast members for the next big star wars movie, episode eight. They are laura dern, Benicio Del Toro and kelly marie tran. The trio were welcomed in wars Facebook Page. The post also announced the filming on episode eight began yesterday at londons pinewood studio. The movie does not have a name yet but is set to hit theaters in december. Still to come. Were heading to the tombs of egypt. Where a sealed Burial Chamber can be found. From main and gervais. 33 lets check out the day in history. Archaeologist opens tomb of king tut in 1923bill johnson becomes First American to win olympic gold in down hill skiing in 1984jeff gordon becomes youngest daytona winner in 1997 today is. National almond day. 33 thats all 33 the time that we have for the first hour of good morning columbia. But were coming stay with us. Were live 33 from main and gervais. Good morning, columbia. Today is tuesday, february 16. The countdown to saturdays here in South Carolina is winding down. From where the candidates will be campaigning to the latest poll numbers, our coverage of vote 2016 continues. Plus Severe Weather sweeping the south. Were taking a look at the dangerous mix of snow, ice and rain. Historic flooding continues here we have more information on an important deadline for residents still working to recover. Good morning, columbia starts right now. Captioning provided by caption associates, llc www. Captionassociates. Com. Eric good morning, columbia. We are glad you are starting your tuesday with us. Im eric weisfeld. Rochelle and im rochelle dean. Were live from main and gervais. The times now 6 00. Eric and straight up when you go outside, its wet, windy and warm, very warm, i was surprised. Rochelle a lot nicer than it has been. Temperatures we have seen previously, may need a light coat but definitely not the cold temperatures weve been seeing. Lets turn things over to meteorologist Jonathan Kennedy for what you can expect for the rest of the day. Jonathan the good news, even though we have seen rain and its breezy, we have seen warm air. Weve seen a lot of cold air and wind and all kind of stuff but rain it is moving out for us and we are looking at a much warmer start. The rain not really happening for us, we are looking at all the rain to move to the north and east, a couple showers left over and cloud cover left over but i think we are looking at a dry set up for the remainder of your day barring a few isolated showers, but other than that, it looks nice and dry for us. 0. 78 the rain total in columbia. 1. 56 in manning. Everybody around a half inch or more, warm start. 50 to 54, we are pretty much in the 54, 55 range for us. Cooling down to the east. Notice the blue, thats the cold pocket of air. Thats why we were seeing icy conditions than plain rain we saw at home. Wind mainly out of the westsouthwest, that will kick raleigh to myrtle beach, that is moving to the east, the system is progressive system, the lo