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And it will be a whole new day. There is a large voter turn out today across the country. We are going to do well. If not were probably going to be struggling. Just heard from, is really hoping to carry at least one state tonight but its not lookg kitas jua w nt o llytl s wi doc bli e pe n va a thinm he e mont tig y r o rt dere nds who you just heard from right there making it clear he has no scombengs of quit no intention of quitting. After what we saw in South Carolina just a few days ago Hillary Clinton still has the momentum as she marches towards the convention. We will be watching the coverage throughout the night. Still a lot of to ups but well be following the developments and plenty to talk about tonight and into tomorrow. Thats the latest right now from washington. Im mark meredith, 7 news. Thank you, mark. A large group of black students attending last nights donald trump rally at the State University in georgia were escorted out before the event started. Were not actively protesting or saying anything that would have provoked the objection. Whats going on in america, theyre afraid. They kicked us out because were black people. Our own school. The Trump Campaign has denied it. The state Department Released the final batch of emails from Hillary Clinton in december. That makes nearly 55,000 pages of emails. The fbi is still investigating whether clinton broke any laws by using the private server. Today president obama sat down with Key Senate Republican leaders discussing the high states vacancy on the Supreme Court. If the shoe were on the other foot the democrat majority in the senate could be confirming a republican president s nomination in the last year of his term. Lets just do it. Vote up or vote down. Stop trying to politicize the Supreme Court. Democrats say it will be the First Time Since 1875 that a present Supreme Court nominee did not get a senate hearing. Regardless of the odds president obama is vowing to send a nomination to the senate in the next few weeks. Supporters Still Standing behind a dog shot in townville plan on facing county leaders tonight. You might remember Law Enforcement ruled amaras former owner didnt break the law by trying to euthanize it. Krystyne brown is live in anderson. What do supporters hope to establish . County. And hope to accomplish . Reporter amaras caretaker is pushing for change to happen at a county and state level despite the ruling. To change how its enforced as well. Theres supposed to be many people here and that includes two candidates running for the Anderson County sheriff. If people care about their animals as much as children its a hot topic. Since amara was found shot and blind in townville weeks ago her supporters have grown to bring her justice and a voice. Ive been contacted by numerous people that are concerned about this and rightfully so. Theres a lot of animal lovers in our community, which is great, so theres a lot of voices that speak on behalf of our animals. No charges were brought in the case. A judge decided the 2yearold boxers former owner was trying to put her down. Former owners allege aggressive behavior. There has to be ill intent. From what the investigators in the case have said there was no intent for the gentleman to be cruel to the animal. He was simply trying to put it down. Pickens are running for sheriff. There needs to be something thats going to be solid that we can stand on in court. As we present these cases too. They believe investigators did anything they could do in amaras case. Its the law that needs changing. Theres some gray area in law. It needs to be tightened up. People on all sides side it should be done at a vet rather than by peoples hands. Im a animal lover myself. Theres a better alternative than just shooting the dog. Reporter the Anderson County Council Meeting starts here at 6 30. They will start to meet here around 6 00. As for amara they told me today that shes doing well and recovering as well as expected. Theres supposed to be a lot of people here tonight. We will watch it as it unfolds. Krystyne brown for 7 news. Thank you for the live report tonight. Happening tonight in pickens county. The school board there will hold the second of three planned meetings on the proposal to close and consolidate three elementary schools. You can have your say tonight at 7 00 at the District Office board room. The official recommendation on the plan will be made march 14th. North carolina is kicking off a series of Public Meetings to find out how you feel about duke energys coal ash pits. They want to know if you think they are too risky and how quickly you feel they should be closed. Asheville is one of the top Priority Sites where the potentially toxic sludge is stored. There will be a meeting tonight at 6 00 inside Ab Technical Community College auditorium. March madness almost here. Warren buffet is offering his employees a sweet deal if they can predict the winners. Those details straight ahead. Im amy wood. Tonight on p news at 6 00 on 7 baseball on tv in background with Heart Failure, danger is always on the rise. Symptoms worsen because your heart isnt pumping well. water filling room about 50 percent of people die dog whimpering within 5 years of getting diagnosed. But theres something you can do. Talk to your doctor about Heart Failure treatment options. Because the more you know, the more likely you are. dog whimpering to keep it pumping. 7 news live at 5. Is back with a battle welcome book. Now this sounds obscure. One teams celebration turned into a state of shock. With just seconds to go in the game the team threw the ball into the air to run out the clock. They started celebrating their win, only the other team they then sunk a lay up as time expired to win 6059. Dont celebrate until you won kids. Thats right. Heres a sweet deal for the sweet darn 16, waurn warren buffet said he would give a Million Dollars a year to any of these employees who got to correct bract. What would you do if you had a program that could predict the future . A yale student had one of those and got 80 of the oscars right. Thats a pretty good ratio. How about you . What would you use such a thing for . Supporting event, 80 of you. Can you say place a bet . I thought the same thing. Elections was 20 per . Award shows, no. Again, i think youre right the gambling angle there. Thats how bif takes over the world. He had a book. We can have a computer program. Tom, thank you for that. Next on live at 5 00 , the data show down is open for discussion on capitol hill. Heard the latest on the feud between apple and the fbi. Say i want to be erin andrews except for the marriott stalker thing they tweet me and say i want to be erin andrews but for the marriott stalker thing. An emotional day of testimony. How life changed for erin andrews of a stalker took photos of her during a hotel stay. Tonight were tracking a fastmoving system thats going to bring us some rain. Its evening hours. Welcome back to 7 news live at 5. The fbi and apple faced off today for the first time welcome back. The fbi and apple faced off today for the First Time Since federal force the tech company to unlock a phone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino terrorists. Paula reid is in washington. James ko meshgs e d can kome testified first. He said its specific to syed farooks iphone. Its not about the fbi, apple, congress, not about anything other than trying to do a competent investigation. He did acknowledge forcing apple to unlock the phone would set a precedent. Apples top lawyer said any Hacking Software can and lead to a broad encroachment on privacy and security. It would only hurt consumers that rely on apple to protect their information. Attorney general Loretta Lynch questioned apples position. Im, again, surprised that the choice would be were not anymore, were done thinking. Do we let one company decide this issue for all of us . The hearings came a day after a judge in new york rule that had the fbi cannot force apple to unlock and iphone use in a drug case. That ruling could have implications in the San Bernardino dispute. Paula reid, cbs News Washington we havent heard the end of that. Fbi director kome admitted that Law Enforcement made an initial mistake after San Bernardino making it harder to access data on the suspects iphone. Even without the error investigators would still need help from apple recovering all the information that theyre seeking. Erin andrews continued her emotional testimony today in nashville. Shes suing Michael Barrett and owner of the marriott. Andrews said after the video went viral her life i then go to my room alone, i will not allow anyone to bring bags up to my room at all. I will not allow them to put them in my room at all. I instantly cover the peephole. I do a check of the room. I look everywhere. I look for lights, red lights, to see if theres cameras. I check the bed, i check the alarm clock, the phone. I trap my room. And drews said the hotel should have andrews said the hotel should have notified her about barrett asking for the room next to hers. Shes suing for 75 million. Flu season usually starts to wind down this time of year but reports show that its ramping up. The most recent report shows nearly 2500 labconfirmed flu cases in South Carolina, more than double the number during the first week of february. Seeing more of a bronchitislike flu this year. Flu condition can go all the way to april is its not not too late to get a flu shot. All right. Many of us saw some sunshine today earlier. We had some clouds and some sun and then some rain. This picture is from the silva harold. We appreciate them sending in this beautiful picture of a rainbow earlier today from silva, North Carolina. You can see the full arch. Its North Carolina where we have most of the Rain Coverage right now. Across the upstate things are still very quiet. Weve had the clouds on the increase during the day today but rain is on the way. This system has been slower to get here that enabled us to see a nice afternoon. Clouds are darker and rain is coming down in parts of madison county, northern sections of bunkin county towards bryson city and into the south western part of macon county. A little further to the west is where all of the rain is located. As far as the heavier action goes, thats that will be arriving late tonight into very early tomorrow morning. So its going to be a late evening event for the upstate to see the rain moving in. Into the late evening hours after 10 00 in most cases for the upstate see a good chances of shower, a few rumbles of thunder. Tomorrow morning that system is off to our east so its a fast mover. Winds out of the north tomorrow will bring in drier air. Over all a breezy, chillier day compared to today but lighter winds in the afternoon with cool weather during the second half of the day as well. High pressure continues to build east ward as we get into thursday morning. Here. We quiet down tomorrow but another system is going to afternoon. Clouds will thicken and lower and well look for some showery weather to develop. It will be chillier thursday compared to today. By friday lots of changes in our weather on the way starting with tonight with the increase in showery weather. Skies will clear over night. Sunny, breezy and cool for tomorrow. Then that next system brings us another chance for rain on thursday. Right now were at 60 in asheville, 71 in greenville and 70 in anderson. For anderson youre okay right now. Some clouds around but after about 9 00 expect the rain chances to increase. Down to 61 at that point. 41 degrees and sunshine tomorrow morning with a breeze thats going to feel colder than that. Bundle up on your way to work and well expect a high near 56 degrees. Thats closer to average for the upstate today. For the next 72 hours big changes as far as the conditions go, especially the temperature. 56 tomorrow, down near freezing tomorrow night. 53 on thursday with another chance for some rain thursday afternoon into very early friday. Most of friday is going to be fine. The weekend looking good. In fact, well see a bit of a warming trend through the course of the weekend with highs into the lower 60s by sunday. Back into the 70s by tuesday. Into tomorrow. Well look for a lot of sunshine but with that breeze highs are going to be in the 40s. It is going to feel like only the 30s. Do we call this coming in like a lion or a lamb . Maybe a cheetah or Something Like that. Kind of in between. Thats good. Weve had such nice weather around it so we cant complain. Thank you. Next live at 5 00. Subway may be best known for foot long subs now and it has a guarantee to make sure you dont get shortchanged. The sight of a firefighter in uniform gives most people a sense of security. Should it . Im amy wood. Tonight an firefighters do or music playing i feel pretty west side story not every cake can be handcrafted in store by skilled decorators layered with fresh berries and frosted to perfection like our publix bakery chantilly cake itll be remembered for all the right reasons. Welcome back to 7 news live at 5. Today kicks off jersey mikes day of giving its actually a month of today kicks off jersey mikes day of giving. During the month of march youre invited to make a donation to Greenville Family Partnership at any jersey mikes partnership. On the last day of the campaign, march 30th, 100 of the days sales will be donated to the cause. Subway is ensuring foot long subs will actually be a foot long. This comes after a Class Action Lawsuit in 2013 when a teenager posted a picture of his sandwich that was only 11 inches long. The fast food chain said it will institute measures to make sure its bread will be 12 inches long. Literally theyre instituting measures. Technology is all about making life easier but convenience sometimes comes at a cost. Hear how hackers are using your gadgets to get into your home and what you can do to protect yourself next. First a live look outside. Were glad youre watching in all over the carolinas. It seems just about every home has them modern day make life easier. But as imseems that every home has them, modern day gadgets. As marly hall shows us, these Smart Devices have hidden risks that could make your and your family easy targets for hackers. It seems like everything is now connected to the internet. Like this baby monitoring camera and this fridge with cameras built right into the door. Toys are also tied to the web. Youre here. How are you . They all have processers that transmit and receive data. Well have something in the neighborhood of 20 billion of these Devices Online by 2020. Todd beardsly is a tax security researcher. He said gadgets that send out information on the internet can let hackers into your home. This website features hijacked camera feeds from homes around the world. The biggest entry way into your home is this, the router. Changing your routers you dont have to be a particularly sophisticated attacker to guess the password is the password. Once one device like your router is compromised hackers can learn a lot about you. First name, last name, zip code, date of birth. He said create unique passwords for all your devices and change them often. Marly hall, cbs news austin, texas. Definitely makes you think about the things you can do. Stay with us, 7 news at 6 00 starts now. Showers and thunderstorm chances on the increase later tonight. Ill talk about the possibility of a few severe thunderstorms in the forecast. Its time to plug up the potholes or pay up. Thats what Business Leaders are saying in the state house. Theyre demanding if things arent worked out that you get a paycheck. And its an especially super tuesday at the polling places in georgia about to close after a record day. Look like the favorites . These stories and more coming up. 7 news at 6 00 starts now. Live from the news station, this is 7 news at 6 00. The skies. Over the upstate. Are quiet right the skies over the upstate are quiet right now but in the few hours storms are rolling in. Some of them could wind up being severe so we want get right to storm team 7 meteorologist christy anderson. That chance for Severe Weather will be with us, especially the western third of the viewing area. The good thing is as all these storms arrive late this evening were not going to have as much daytime heating to work with to give those storms some energy. As you can see most of the coverage stretches from tennessee back into northern alabama, northern sections of georgia. Weve been tracking a few showers into North Carolina as well. Heres a few heavier cells north of atlanta. Those are moving east ward. As those track east ward thats going to be increasing over towards tacoa and hart county over the next hour or two. The chance for Severe Weather from eastern part of North Carolina, back through birmingham. Less of a chance but still there across the western part of the upstate and areas in North Carolina extending over to asheville. Heres the time line on when to expect the best chance for rain and also storms. 7 00 to 8 00 from franklin up towards the western part of bunkam county. 9 00 to 10 00 from South Carolina<\/a> just a few days ago Hillary Clinton<\/a> still has the momentum as she marches towards the convention. We will be watching the coverage throughout the night. Still a lot of to ups but well be following the developments and plenty to talk about tonight and into tomorrow. Thats the latest right now from washington. Im mark meredith, 7 news. Thank you, mark. A large group of black students attending last nights donald trump rally at the State University<\/a> in georgia were escorted out before the event started. Were not actively protesting or saying anything that would have provoked the objection. Whats going on in america, theyre afraid. They kicked us out because were black people. Our own school. The Trump Campaign<\/a> has denied it. The state Department Released<\/a> the final batch of emails from Hillary Clinton<\/a> in december. That makes nearly 55,000 pages of emails. The fbi is still investigating whether clinton broke any laws by using the private server. Today president obama sat down with Key Senate Republican<\/a> leaders discussing the high states vacancy on the Supreme Court<\/a>. If the shoe were on the other foot the democrat majority in the senate could be confirming a republican president s nomination in the last year of his term. Lets just do it. Vote up or vote down. Stop trying to politicize the Supreme Court<\/a>. Democrats say it will be the First Time Since<\/a> 1875 that a present Supreme Court<\/a> nominee did not get a senate hearing. Regardless of the odds president obama is vowing to send a nomination to the senate in the next few weeks. Supporters Still Standing<\/a> behind a dog shot in townville plan on facing county leaders tonight. You might remember Law Enforcement<\/a> ruled amaras former owner didnt break the law by trying to euthanize it. Krystyne brown is live in anderson. What do supporters hope to establish . County. And hope to accomplish . Reporter amaras caretaker is pushing for change to happen at a county and state level despite the ruling. To change how its enforced as well. Theres supposed to be many people here and that includes two candidates running for the Anderson County<\/a> sheriff. If people care about their animals as much as children its a hot topic. Since amara was found shot and blind in townville weeks ago her supporters have grown to bring her justice and a voice. Ive been contacted by numerous people that are concerned about this and rightfully so. Theres a lot of animal lovers in our community, which is great, so theres a lot of voices that speak on behalf of our animals. No charges were brought in the case. A judge decided the 2yearold boxers former owner was trying to put her down. Former owners allege aggressive behavior. There has to be ill intent. From what the investigators in the case have said there was no intent for the gentleman to be cruel to the animal. He was simply trying to put it down. Pickens are running for sheriff. There needs to be something thats going to be solid that we can stand on in court. As we present these cases too. They believe investigators did anything they could do in amaras case. Its the law that needs changing. Theres some gray area in law. It needs to be tightened up. People on all sides side it should be done at a vet rather than by peoples hands. Im a animal lover myself. Theres a better alternative than just shooting the dog. Reporter the Anderson County<\/a> Council Meeting<\/a> starts here at 6 30. They will start to meet here around 6 00. As for amara they told me today that shes doing well and recovering as well as expected. Theres supposed to be a lot of people here tonight. We will watch it as it unfolds. Krystyne brown for 7 news. Thank you for the live report tonight. Happening tonight in pickens county. The school board there will hold the second of three planned meetings on the proposal to close and consolidate three elementary schools. You can have your say tonight at 7 00 at the District Office<\/a> board room. The official recommendation on the plan will be made march 14th. North carolina is kicking off a series of Public Meetings<\/a> to find out how you feel about duke energys coal ash pits. They want to know if you think they are too risky and how quickly you feel they should be closed. Asheville is one of the top Priority Sites<\/a> where the potentially toxic sludge is stored. There will be a meeting tonight at 6 00 inside Ab Technical Community College<\/a> auditorium. March madness almost here. Warren buffet is offering his employees a sweet deal if they can predict the winners. Those details straight ahead. Im amy wood. Tonight on p news at 6 00 on 7 baseball on tv in background with Heart Failure<\/a>, danger is always on the rise. Symptoms worsen because your heart isnt pumping well. water filling room about 50 percent of people die dog whimpering within 5 years of getting diagnosed. But theres something you can do. Talk to your doctor about Heart Failure<\/a> treatment options. Because the more you know, the more likely you are. dog whimpering to keep it pumping. 7 news live at 5. Is back with a battle welcome book. Now this sounds obscure. One teams celebration turned into a state of shock. With just seconds to go in the game the team threw the ball into the air to run out the clock. They started celebrating their win, only the other team they then sunk a lay up as time expired to win 6059. Dont celebrate until you won kids. Thats right. Heres a sweet deal for the sweet darn 16, waurn warren buffet said he would give a Million Dollars<\/a> a year to any of these employees who got to correct bract. What would you do if you had a program that could predict the future . A yale student had one of those and got 80 of the oscars right. Thats a pretty good ratio. How about you . What would you use such a thing for . Supporting event, 80 of you. Can you say place a bet . I thought the same thing. Elections was 20 per . Award shows, no. Again, i think youre right the gambling angle there. Thats how bif takes over the world. He had a book. We can have a computer program. Tom, thank you for that. Next on live at 5 00 , the data show down is open for discussion on capitol hill. Heard the latest on the feud between apple and the fbi. Say i want to be erin andrews except for the marriott stalker thing they tweet me and say i want to be erin andrews but for the marriott stalker thing. An emotional day of testimony. How life changed for erin andrews of a stalker took photos of her during a hotel stay. Tonight were tracking a fastmoving system thats going to bring us some rain. Its evening hours. Welcome back to 7 news live at 5. The fbi and apple faced off today for the first time welcome back. The fbi and apple faced off today for the First Time Since<\/a> federal force the tech company to unlock a phone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino<\/a> terrorists. Paula reid is in washington. James ko meshgs e d can kome testified first. He said its specific to syed farooks iphone. Its not about the fbi, apple, congress, not about anything other than trying to do a competent investigation. He did acknowledge forcing apple to unlock the phone would set a precedent. Apples top lawyer said any Hacking Software<\/a> can and lead to a broad encroachment on privacy and security. It would only hurt consumers that rely on apple to protect their information. Attorney general Loretta Lynch<\/a> questioned apples position. Im, again, surprised that the choice would be were not anymore, were done thinking. Do we let one company decide this issue for all of us . The hearings came a day after a judge in new york rule that had the fbi cannot force apple to unlock and iphone use in a drug case. That ruling could have implications in the San Bernardino<\/a> dispute. Paula reid, cbs News Washington<\/a> we havent heard the end of that. Fbi director kome admitted that Law Enforcement<\/a> made an initial mistake after San Bernardino<\/a> making it harder to access data on the suspects iphone. Even without the error investigators would still need help from apple recovering all the information that theyre seeking. Erin andrews continued her emotional testimony today in nashville. Shes suing Michael Barrett<\/a> and owner of the marriott. Andrews said after the video went viral her life i then go to my room alone, i will not allow anyone to bring bags up to my room at all. I will not allow them to put them in my room at all. I instantly cover the peephole. I do a check of the room. I look everywhere. I look for lights, red lights, to see if theres cameras. I check the bed, i check the alarm clock, the phone. I trap my room. And drews said the hotel should have andrews said the hotel should have notified her about barrett asking for the room next to hers. Shes suing for 75 million. Flu season usually starts to wind down this time of year but reports show that its ramping up. The most recent report shows nearly 2500 labconfirmed flu cases in South Carolina<\/a>, more than double the number during the first week of february. Seeing more of a bronchitislike flu this year. Flu condition can go all the way to april is its not not too late to get a flu shot. All right. Many of us saw some sunshine today earlier. We had some clouds and some sun and then some rain. This picture is from the silva harold. We appreciate them sending in this beautiful picture of a rainbow earlier today from silva, North Carolina<\/a>. You can see the full arch. Its North Carolina<\/a> where we have most of the Rain Coverage<\/a> right now. Across the upstate things are still very quiet. Weve had the clouds on the increase during the day today but rain is on the way. This system has been slower to get here that enabled us to see a nice afternoon. Clouds are darker and rain is coming down in parts of madison county, northern sections of bunkin county towards bryson city and into the south western part of macon county. A little further to the west is where all of the rain is located. As far as the heavier action goes, thats that will be arriving late tonight into very early tomorrow morning. So its going to be a late evening event for the upstate to see the rain moving in. Into the late evening hours after 10 00 in most cases for the upstate see a good chances of shower, a few rumbles of thunder. Tomorrow morning that system is off to our east so its a fast mover. Winds out of the north tomorrow will bring in drier air. Over all a breezy, chillier day compared to today but lighter winds in the afternoon with cool weather during the second half of the day as well. High pressure continues to build east ward as we get into thursday morning. Here. We quiet down tomorrow but another system is going to afternoon. Clouds will thicken and lower and well look for some showery weather to develop. It will be chillier thursday compared to today. By friday lots of changes in our weather on the way starting with tonight with the increase in showery weather. Skies will clear over night. Sunny, breezy and cool for tomorrow. Then that next system brings us another chance for rain on thursday. Right now were at 60 in asheville, 71 in greenville and 70 in anderson. For anderson youre okay right now. Some clouds around but after about 9 00 expect the rain chances to increase. Down to 61 at that point. 41 degrees and sunshine tomorrow morning with a breeze thats going to feel colder than that. Bundle up on your way to work and well expect a high near 56 degrees. Thats closer to average for the upstate today. For the next 72 hours big changes as far as the conditions go, especially the temperature. 56 tomorrow, down near freezing tomorrow night. 53 on thursday with another chance for some rain thursday afternoon into very early friday. Most of friday is going to be fine. The weekend looking good. In fact, well see a bit of a warming trend through the course of the weekend with highs into the lower 60s by sunday. Back into the 70s by tuesday. Into tomorrow. Well look for a lot of sunshine but with that breeze highs are going to be in the 40s. It is going to feel like only the 30s. Do we call this coming in like a lion or a lamb . Maybe a cheetah or Something Like<\/a> that. Kind of in between. Thats good. Weve had such nice weather around it so we cant complain. Thank you. Next live at 5 00. Subway may be best known for foot long subs now and it has a guarantee to make sure you dont get shortchanged. The sight of a firefighter in uniform gives most people a sense of security. Should it . Im amy wood. Tonight an firefighters do or music playing i feel pretty west side story not every cake can be handcrafted in store by skilled decorators layered with fresh berries and frosted to perfection like our publix bakery chantilly cake itll be remembered for all the right reasons. Welcome back to 7 news live at 5. Today kicks off jersey mikes day of giving its actually a month of today kicks off jersey mikes day of giving. During the month of march youre invited to make a donation to Greenville Family Partnership<\/a> at any jersey mikes partnership. On the last day of the campaign, march 30th, 100 of the days sales will be donated to the cause. Subway is ensuring foot long subs will actually be a foot long. This comes after a Class Action Lawsuit<\/a> in 2013 when a teenager posted a picture of his sandwich that was only 11 inches long. The fast food chain said it will institute measures to make sure its bread will be 12 inches long. Literally theyre instituting measures. Technology is all about making life easier but convenience sometimes comes at a cost. Hear how hackers are using your gadgets to get into your home and what you can do to protect yourself next. First a live look outside. Were glad youre watching in all over the carolinas. It seems just about every home has them modern day make life easier. But as imseems that every home has them, modern day gadgets. As marly hall shows us, these Smart Devices<\/a> have hidden risks that could make your and your family easy targets for hackers. It seems like everything is now connected to the internet. Like this baby monitoring camera and this fridge with cameras built right into the door. Toys are also tied to the web. Youre here. How are you . They all have processers that transmit and receive data. Well have something in the neighborhood of 20 billion of these Devices Online<\/a> by 2020. Todd beardsly is a tax security researcher. He said gadgets that send out information on the internet can let hackers into your home. This website features hijacked camera feeds from homes around the world. The biggest entry way into your home is this, the router. Changing your routers you dont have to be a particularly sophisticated attacker to guess the password is the password. Once one device like your router is compromised hackers can learn a lot about you. First name, last name, zip code, date of birth. He said create unique passwords for all your devices and change them often. Marly hall, cbs news austin, texas. Definitely makes you think about the things you can do. Stay with us, 7 news at 6 00 starts now. Showers and thunderstorm chances on the increase later tonight. Ill talk about the possibility of a few severe thunderstorms in the forecast. Its time to plug up the potholes or pay up. Thats what Business Leaders<\/a> are saying in the state house. Theyre demanding if things arent worked out that you get a paycheck. And its an especially super tuesday at the polling places in georgia about to close after a record day. Look like the favorites . These stories and more coming up. 7 news at 6 00 starts now. Live from the news station, this is 7 news at 6 00. The skies. Over the upstate. Are quiet right the skies over the upstate are quiet right now but in the few hours storms are rolling in. Some of them could wind up being severe so we want get right to storm team 7 meteorologist christy anderson. That chance for Severe Weather<\/a> will be with us, especially the western third of the viewing area. The good thing is as all these storms arrive late this evening were not going to have as much daytime heating to work with to give those storms some energy. As you can see most of the coverage stretches from tennessee back into northern alabama, northern sections of georgia. Weve been tracking a few showers into North Carolina<\/a> as well. Heres a few heavier cells north of atlanta. Those are moving east ward. As those track east ward thats going to be increasing over towards tacoa and hart county over the next hour or two. The chance for Severe Weather<\/a> from eastern part of North Carolina<\/a>, back through birmingham. Less of a chance but still there across the western part of the upstate and areas in North Carolina<\/a> extending over to asheville. Heres the time line on when to expect the best chance for rain and also storms. 7 00 to 8 00 from franklin up towards the western part of bunkam county. 9 00 to 10 00 from Oconee County<\/a> towards tryon, greenville and spartanburg and boiling springs. After 10 00 most areas sout of 85. This will be a late evening event for the upstate. Chances of Severe Weather<\/a> are with us. Well let you know about more changes in a few minutes. About roads. We dont want to talk about roads. Its been 321 days that the South Carolina<\/a> state senate has not taken a vote on a roads plan. For two weeks they havent taken a vote on anything because of a filibuster. Now state Business Leaders<\/a> are 7 News Reporter<\/a> Robert Kittle<\/a> found out they want senators to pay you back. State Business Leaders<\/a> say they know youre concerned about the potholes you keep hitting. Theyre worried about the safety of unsafe roads and bridges. Theyre worried about the cost to their vehicles, to their truck, to their cars, the costs that go on and on every year. If you ask people what lawmakers should be working on roads and highways. Im from nbc charloe from North Carolina<\/a> and the roads in South Carolina<\/a> are terrible. Business leaders were at the state house to demand that state senators take a vote on a roads plan thats been on their calendar since last year. Lee bright is one of the senators filibustering the bill. He said hes doing it to protect you. This bill has a tax increase in it as it came over from the house. My concern is even if the senate strips the tax increase and it goes back to the house the house puts the tax increase back on and then you put a burden on the taxpayer. 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