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WOLO Good Morning Columbia March 1, 2016

Kennedy. 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. And good news. There are no trouble spots to report in or around the capital city. But as always. We are keeping our eyes on the road and will continue to update you if anything changes for your morning commute. Abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. We have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. Today is super tuesday. Its the biggest day of competition for the remaining president ial hopefuls. One that could there are plenty of delegates up for grabs. In the 13 contests taking place today. For the republicans 595delegates. Out of the one thousandtwo hundred37 needed to clinch the nomination. While democratic president ial hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are left vying for 865 of the twothousand threehundred83 delegated needed to win the democratic race. The stakes are high going into todays vote. But a new c nn orc poll shows republican president ial hopeful donald trump and democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton are on the verge of winning their partys nominations. Trump takes nearly half of the support among Republican Voters. With 49percent. His closest competition. Marco rubio at a distant. 16percent. And ted cruz with 15percent. On the democratic side. Clinton leads sanders 55to38 percent. Still. Theres plenty of unrest going into todays vote. Donald trump rally. A photographer says a secret serve agent choked him and slammed him to the ground. Time magazine photographer chris morris says he stepped just 18inches outside the media pen when then agent put his hands around his neck. A representative from Trumps Campaign says they are aware of the incident, but do not have all of the details. The drama continues to mount around the billionaire businessman. The backlash continues after trump failed multiple times to denounce the endorsement from former ku klux klan leader david duke. During an interview with cnn. Governor nikki haley hit the campaign trail with marco rubio. Hoping to help her president ial pick. Halt the gop frontrunners vote. 33 trump has since said he disavowed duke over the weekend on facebook and twitter. Even after the endorsement. Several high profile South Carolina supporters say they still stand behind trump. Including Lieutenant Governor henry mcmaster. Former South Carolina Ports Authority chairman bill stern. And former Lieutenant Governor andre bauer. Its a call to step away from the Richland County council. Richland county councilman. Kelvin washington is facing dui charges after state troopers say he was involved in a crash that inured two men. The South Carolina Highway Patrol says washington was driving saturday night through hopkins. When he hit the back of another car that had slowed down. A witness. And Family Member to the victims in that crash says. The 22year old driver remains in the hospital this morning. In critical condition. This is washingtons second run in with the law this year. Leading his fellow councilman to say. Its time for him to council. We reached 33 out to all members of the Richland County council and no other member wanted to comment at this time. The district 10 councilman was arrested last month for not paying his taxes, for which he was sentenced to probation and fined. The Spartanburg County coroner has released toxicology test results that show the driver in a crash that killed four usc upstate students last fall. Was legally drunk. The results show two of the three passengers in the car also had blood alcohol levels above the pointoheight percent legal limit to drive in South Carolina. The coroner delayed releasing the results until he got an opinion from the state Attorney Generals Office about a 2014 state autopsies are medical records. The opinion says the toxicology tests are medical records. But the coroner can talk about them without violating the law. Still to come. Its a win for apple. We have the latest on the privacy fight between apple and the fbi. Clear skies with temps in the mid 40s this morning. Expect another warm and sunny afternoon, but changes are on main and gervais. 33 heres a quick look at stories that are making headlines across the country. The Investigation Continues this morning after an officer involved shooting in raleigh, North Carolina. Leaves a man wanted on felony drug charges. Dead. Raleigh police say 29yearold senior officer dc twiddy has duty. As they investigate the incident. Officials say officer twiddy was pursing the suspect on foot when he shot and killed the suspect. There have been chants on no justice. No peace in North Carolinas capital city. Following that shooting. Police have yet to release the name of the suspect. But the supects mother was on the scene and says it was her son, 24yearold akiel denkins, who was shot in the back. She says her son wasnt armed, but police have said a gun was found somewhere near the body. A community is coming together. After a shooting at an ohio high school. Crowds gathered outside of the Madison High School last night. And this morning. Investigators are working to figured out what motivated a 14yearold boy to open fire on his classmates. Four students were injured in that shooting. James hancock is charged with attempted murder, assault, inducing panic and making terroristic threats. Police say he madison juniorsenior high school and started shooting. Two teens were hit by bullets but are not seriously injured. Two other students were injured by flying shrapnel. Apple now has a win and a loss in its legal battle against government efforts to break into locked iphones. A federal judge in new york has ruled that the Justice Department cannot use a 227year old law to force the hightech firm to provide the fbi with access to iphone data in a routine drug case. The ruling gives support to apples position in its fight against a a california judges orders to create Specialized Software to help the fbi hack into the phone of one of the San Bernardino attackers. The decision comes ahead of todays congressional testimony by apple and the fbi to the House Judiciary Committee over encryption and privacy. Top us defense officials are providing new details about how the pentagon is using its new aggressive Cyber Campaign operations against the Islamic State in syria and iraq. Defense secretary Ash Carter Says us cyberattackers used to disrupt the groups communications and overload its networks. Could force the militants to use older technologies. Which are easier for the us to intercept. Its only a matter of time before the gamecocks hit the gridiron again. But their rivals are already getting a head start. Eric, what can you tell us . Two weeks from today Will Muschamp will get his First Complete look at carolina football when the gamecocks kick off practice. Less than two months after finishing number two in the country. Clemson gets back to work. Tim hill has more in to win it. 33 still to come. Were not stepping away from sports just yet. Its a show of support for the lady gamecocks. As they set their sites on the tournament title. Clear skies with temps in the another warm and sunny afternoon, but changes are on main and gervais. After recent flood waters subsided. The amphitheater and nearby walkways are now open for you to take a stroll along the river. The areas that remain closed are from the 100 block of sunset boulevard to the gervais street bridge. And there are more reopenings this morning. Following octobers historic flood. Spears creek church road in northeast columbia is back open to the public. According to the department of transportation. More than on this road daily. 33 33 were 33 checking out what will be making headlines later today. Heres eric with your look ahead. The lady gamecocks are still riding the wave from sundays win over lsu. Yesterday. Fans, gamecock cheerleaders, the pep band, and of course, cocky, held a pep rally to wish the team good luck before they head to jacksonville. Under coach dawn staley. The gamecocks have increased their previous season every year. Coach staley says she couldnt be happier for her players. 33 the topseeded gamecocks will face the winner of thursdays game between the number eight and nine seeds. Friday at noon. The game will air on the sec network. 33 still to 33 come. Its super tuesday. Why todays vote could president ial candidates. 33 still to come. Plenty of unrest going into todays vote along the campaign trail. We take a look at the drama unfolding around the gop frontrunner. Stay with us. Kennedy. 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. And good news. There are no trouble spots to report in or around the capital city. But as always. We are keeping our eyes on the road and will continue to update you if anything changes for your morning comm abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. We have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. So, lets get started. Today is super tuesday. Its the biggest day of competition for the remaining president ial hopefuls. On that could make or break the candidates. Delegates up for grabs. In the 13 contests today. For the republicans 595 delegates. Out of the one thousandtwo hundred37 needed to clinch the nomination. While democratic president ial hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are left vying for 865 of the twothousand threehundred83 delegates needed to win the democratic race. The stakes are high going into todays vote. But a new c nn orc poll shows republican president ial hopeful donald trump and democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton on the verge of winning their parties nominations. Trump takes nearly half of the support among Republican Voters. With 49percent. His closest competition. Marco rubio at a distant. 16percent. And ted cruz with 15percent. On the democratic side. Clinton leads sanders 55to38 percent. Still theres plenty of unrest going into todays vote. As texas residents prepare to head to the polls today. Protestors kept republican ted welcome in houston. A group interrupted the texas senator chanting, cruz, bad for texas, bad for the country. Its a similar case in virginia where dozen of protestors interrupted a donald trump rally. After the first interruption trump asked the protester, are you mexican . When the group began to chant black lives matter, trump responded by saying all lives matter. The drama continues to mount around the billionaire businessman. The backlash continues after trump failed multiple times to denounce the endorsement from former ku klux klan leader david duke. During an interview with cnn. Governor nikki haley hit the campaign trail with marco rubio. Hoping to help her president ial pick halt the gop frontrunners vote. 33 trump has since said he disavowed duke over the weekend on facebook and twitter. Even after the endorsement. Several high profile South Carolina supporters say they still stand behind trump. Including Lieutenant Governor henry mcmaster. Former South Carolina Ports Authority chairman bill stern and former Lieutenant Governor andre bauer. Its a video that sparked backlash across the country. A Spring Valley High School Resource officer caught slamming a student to the ground. Its an incident thats left teachers. Parents and students wondering what role School Resource officers should play in school discipline. Today. The university of South Carolina school of law and college of education will hold a Community Forum on the matter. Thats tonight from six to 7 30. In the school of law auditorium. Jury selection for the friend of the suspected Charleston Church shooter. Dylann roof. Is set to start today. Investigators say joey meek. Had knowledge of the and did not alert authorities. Attorneys for the case will start the process of narrowing down the jury pool today. Meeks trial will be held in charleston. Where hes being charged with lying to investigators. Richland county Sheriffs Department Officials Say theyre looking for a man. After he failed to pay more than 30thousand dollars in Child Support. 49yearold Charles Oliver is wanted for failure to pay Child Support. Officials say anyone who fails to pay Child Support should turn themselves into the Richland County Sheriffs Department warrant division. Located off huger street. Anyone with information on olivers whereabouts are asked to call crimestoppers at onetriple eightcrimesc. Still to come. Buckle your seat belts. Were looking to travel at the speed of sound. Its more than just flying in style. Were taking a look at a safer, greener and quieter means of travel. Clear skies with temps in the mid 40s this morning. Expect another warm and sunny the way. Details next. Live from main and gervais. God morning. Topping americas money things are looking up for your 401 k . After a rough january, the dow was up slightly in february. While the nasdaq lost more than 1 . Heres the good news. Marm is historically a good time for stocks and april is the strongest month. Footlong sandwich will really be one foot long. The plaintiffs are not getting much money, said one attorney. It was difficult to prove monetary damages because even ate the ed. And the easter bunny may be stopping off at mcdonalds the fast food chain is offering cadbury creme egg mcflurry. Just one problem. Only available in australia. Oh, then, we gotta fly over there. Have a great day. Janes always on the move. Luckily her light fit protein smoothie can keep up with her. Packed with 12grams of protein and no added sugar. So she can watch her calories and where shes going. 33 its a launch into 33 space at the speed of sound. And nasa is investing in the potential to make it happen. Thats right. The space agency has granted a 20million dollar contract to Lockheed Martin to develop a passenger jet that can fly at this unbelievably fast rate of speed. Nasa says the plan is intended to make flying safer, greener and quieter. The jet would use technology to create a soft thump during the flight. Instead of rattling sonic booms. That can be heard for miles. Were now going to turn our attention to your health. Rochelle dean has a look at what is making headlines in the medical community. If youre trying to lose weight. A study shows you may want to hit the comfort of your bed more often. With more. Heres abcs 33 still to come. Its claimed to be the fastest car in the world. But to get your hands on the shiny new ride. Its going to cost live from main angervais. Dont know how fast the chiron can go. But its been capped at 260milesperhour for road use. To get your hands on the chiron. Its going to set you back a whopping twopointsixmillion dollars. Just like Spring Cleaning your home. Now may be a good time to tidy up a household budget. Financial experts recommend that you review your savings plan to make sure it still fits your needs before using tax refunded cash. Creditdotcom suggests evaluating all income. Identifying the places where you can cut back. And making sure theres enough left over to stash in an emergency fund. And america saves adds you shouldnt forget to make room for longer term financial goals like retirement or college funds. A us bank is now being questioned in the fifa corruption scandal. Fifa is the International Governing Body of soccer. Citigroup bank says in a recent securities filing its been slapped with a subpoena from us officials investigating bribery, corruption and money laundering. Antimoney laundering laws require banks to alert authorities about shady transactions like the ones at the heart of the fifa scandal. Authorities are now questioning whether citi turned a blind eye to suspicious transactions. Citigroup says its cooperating with looks like a tweet is sparking some controversy. Eric what can you tell us . Its an embarrassing mixup on the oscars red carpet. The website total beauty and actress whoopi goldberg. The caption reads. We had no idea oprah was tatted. And we love it. As you can see. The la based company confused whoopi with oprah winfrey. Reaction was swift before the tweet was actually deleted. Total beauty later tweeted an apology to oprah and whoopi. As well as everyone they might have offended. Theyre now donating 10thousand dollars to a charity of goldberg and winfreys choice. Still no ruling on the Defamation Case against comedian bill cosby. Former supermodel Janice Dickinson brought forth the case. Accusing cosby of sexual assualt. The statute of limitations for the criminal case has p

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