The precipitation is light, not a major storm system. It does not take much ice on the roads, even just a trace, to cause slippery conditions. Watch out for that. A freezing rain advisory starts in these areas, north counties that border tennessee, from midnight tonight until 10 00 tomorrow morning, the mixeg rain or freezing drizzle in these areas. A trace too maybe a couple hundreds of an inch of ice. More about the system and a look ahead at t weekend, later on. Now back to you. Gabrielle many people stocked up for this past weekends storm, knowing they might be stranded for a few days. But for those who rely on others, meals on wheels was there to help. The volunteers follow the Greenville CountySchool District policy. If theres no school, they dont deliver. But meals on wheels executive director says they provided extra frozen meals earlier in the week, and called each client to check on them friday. Anyone who said they needed food got a delivery. Meals on wheels is always thinking about, how can we take care of our clie its a conversation we have all year long, and making sure if were missing something, what can we think of next to make sure were doing it the best we can, to make sure our clients are being taken care of. Gabrielle she says when they called the clients to check on them, many said not to d, because they knew it wasnt safe for the volunteers. Nigel in commitment 2016, 8 issues in 8 weeks. Tonight, were looking at jobs and the economy. Gabrielle the Unemployment Rate stands at 5 , down from 10 in 2009 at the height of the great recession. Its good news, but just scratches the surface of t economic picture. Nigel aixa diaz is in washington with more. This is the big divide. Aixa polls consistently show americans are split on how they feel president obama is handling the economy. Not surprising, given the mixed bag of economic news. The Unemployment Rate is going down. Jobs have been created, but the amount of growth, the trajectory of growth, has been slower than in past decades, during past administrations. Aixa economists, like josh institute, say the slow recovery creates uncertainty for many americans. My worry is that they think this is a new normal we have to live with, when in fact, i think most of the problem we have is just, we havent achieved full recovery from the recession yet. Aixa bivens says theres one major area economists are watching. Everyone agrees we have a wage problem in the united states. Everyone agrees we should be doing better for sort of the bottom 80 of workers, who are not seeing wage increases. And then, where the rubber hits the road is sort of, what do policy makers do about it . Aixa on the campaign trail, candidates make the case. Democrats are going to try to paint a more optimistic picture. The Unemployment Rate going down, jobs are being created. Republicans are going to say, not enough jobs ar created, and people still dont feel comfortable, and they feel anxious about their own economic situation. Aixa but experts say Economic Growth will take more than just a president ial plan. If we continue to have divided government, the president is going to have a tough time doing a whole lot about jobs. Aixa last year, employers added more than 2. 6 million positions, making 2015 the secondbest year in washington, im aixa diaz. Nigel so, what about our area . The carolinas and georgia are seeing economies that continue to grow. But, as you are about to see, it all depends on your own personal story. These days, getting gas in South Carolina is, lets just say, cheap. Thats great. Much better than it has been, thats for sure. Nigel gas in the upstate is under 1. 50 a gallon in many places. It makes life a lot easier, thats for sure. Nigel which is good for some, and concerning for others. I look at it the other end, in the scope of, what are oil prices doing to us . Its just a result of the supply and demand right now, so i think that people are taking advantage of it. Nigel we caught up with Chuck Belding in downtown greenville. I asked him how he would rate the economy in the palmetto state. I think its average. They are certainly building downtown here. Number of cranes up in the city, and i think its average. Nigel right now, unemployment in South Carolina is at 5. 5 . That is the lowest its been since august, 2001. People are finding work, and companies are expanding and relocating to the state. The economy now is better than it was, to me. Nigel but, as its said, the economy is personal. How you see it all depends on your own circumstances. Unemployment in North Carolina right now stands at 5. 6 . Unemployment in georgia, the same as South Carolina at 5. 5 . Gabrielle now to the latest in the polls for the president ial race. Donald trump has hit a new high in polls nationwide. Heres a look at the latest cnnorc poll, trump has the most support with 41 , and senator ted cruz the only challenger close behind with 19 . No other candidate even hits the marco rubio with 8 . Now, lets take a look at the democratic side of that same poll. Nationwide, Hillary Clinton is still leading, with 52 of support. Bernie sanders coming in second with 38 , and then Martin Omalley coming in third, with 2 of support. A mystery tonight in the low country. Right now, there are many reports on social media of people feeling the earth shake, and hearing a loud boom in and around charleston today. Experts are still trying to determine the cause. The u. S. Geological survey says there was no earthquake activity today. The Marine Corps Air station in beaufort says planes were conducting exercises in the air at the time. The college of charleston is investigating whether the ground rumble was a sonic boom. Well keep you posted when we learn more. I had tonight in our consumer watch, how to protect yourself from identity thieves, who are looking to use your information to steal your tax refund. Nigel plus, a business divided. Hear from a North Carolina brewery with Colorado Team to root for in the superbowl. But first, tonights primetime lineup. With at t the choice is yours. You only pay for the services you need to make your bundle work for you. Call now to get high Speed Internet for just 15 a month for 12 months with a oneyear term. With uverse high Speed Internet, you get fast speed at an affordable price. And a wifi gateway that connects all your devices so you can save on mobile data usage at home. Call now to get high Speed Internet for just 15 a month a oneyear term. With tv, home phone or even wireless. And for a limited time switch to at t and get an extra 100dollar reward card dont wait. Call this number today. Get more choices to bundle and save. 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Bob in many cases, all a thief needs is your name, Social Security number, and a birth date, and they can pretend to be you when filing for a refund. But they dont need to know where you work, or where you live, or any of those other details. Bob experts say most tax payers say they have no idea their refund has been stolen until they file their owre the thief would get in first. The legitimate would try to file their taxes and be told, oh, thats already been filed. Bob now, if the bad guys do get eventually get your money, but it will take some time. Weve heard from pe have had it resolved as early as three months. Weve heard from some folks who, its been over a year. Bob so what can you do to stop it . Your best bet is to file your refund early, before the bad guys can file using your name and information. Our number one our number one tip is, file first and beat the crooks. Bob you also want to make sure you use qualified tax preparers who will protect your personal information. The irs is working on the problem, but getting a jump on your refund is still critical. Nigel coming up, a nineneearold boy is being called a hero today, after he rescued his brother from a potential hit and run. Gabrielle plus, jimmy fallon and panthers quarterback cam newton. Is there a connection here . Someone says, yes, there is. John a live shot from asheville, cloudy with light rain spreading across buncombe county. Anything frozen, but that could change later on. Th gabrielle character actor abe vigoda has d dd. His daughter says he passed away this morning in his slee vigoda is most known by his roles in the 1970s show barney miller, the godfather. He was 94 years old. Nigel Authorities Say a meteorologist for the Weather Channel died by suicide over the weekend. They say 39yearold Nicholas Wiltgen was killed after a crash at midtown atlantas Colony Square mall. Fulton county officials confirm his death was a suicide. Wiltgens car went 20 feet into the W Atlanta Hotel and hit a , hotel worker. The worker was treated for nonlife threatening injuries. Some terrifying video out of ohio today. We want to warn you that the video is graphic, and also, that the officer involved is ok. Dash cam video caught this moment for an ohio police officer. The officer was directing traffic earlier this month, whenen a train hits a semitruck. The truck then hits the officer, sending him flying. Thankfully, he ran into a bush and started rolling downhill, away from the trucks back tires. The officer had minute inder minor injuries, and is hoping to get back to work next week. Gabrielle a fire in a highrise building sent plumes of smoke this, just blocks away from Australia Day celebrations. It started in the kitchen of a restaurant on the ground floor. Cooking oil was set on fire and toast with water. Thankfully, no one was injured. [explosion] gabrielle the 107yearold hulton bridge in western pennsylvania is no more. The scheduled implosion was this morning. The bridge dropped in large sections into the water below. It was destroyed because a newly constructed 66 million bridge next to it is now open to traffic. Nigel if no one in your house has an amazon prime membership, chances are that your neighbor does. According to a new report, nearly half of u. S. Households have a membership. It says the number of amazon prime memberships in the u. S. Jumped 35 last year. That means about 46 of u. S. Households have at least one member. The memberships cost 99 a year. They come with free twoday or items, and access to their instant watch prime video service. Owners of gopro action cameras can now livestream video to the world on periscope. The small cameras are a favorite with adventure seekers and videographers of all kinds. To make it work with periscope, a gopro hero 4 camera first links to an iphone through wifi. The newest version of the periscope app now allows users to select the gopro signal, and stream it live. Periscope is owned by twitter, and has about 10 million users. Gabrielle a volcano in mexico erupted yesterday. It forced a local airport to close because of volcanic ash. The volcano started to spew a constant stream of ash and gas on saturday. Authorities urged people to stay away. Now, your live super doppler john radar showing mainly light rain beginning to spread across the mountains. It will make its wupstate later this evening. The heaviest precipitation is in alabama and northwestern georgia. Also around chattanooga. The heavier rain may come in. But for the most part, fairly light precipitation overnight. Some of this could mix with a little bit of freezing rain or drizzle la tonight, especially close to the tennessee line. I will tk about that in a moment. Rain moving her western North Carolina and northwestern georgia. Basically a long85. Just in time for rush hour in atlanta, moderate rain moving into atlanta. Otherwise, patches of rain, fairly light precipitation. All liquid precipitation right now. Eventually, it will make its way in the form of freezing rain or light freezing rain or light freezing drizzle. It will be fairly light precipitation, not expecting a freezing drizzle. A trace too may be a couple hundredths is about it. That will ice up on the trees and the roads. It does not take that a trace of freezing rain or freezing drizzle on the roads to make it very slippery. Be careful if you are traveling. The freezing rain advisory start at midnight tonight and goes until 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. In the upstate, a live shot on top of paris mountain. Still snow on the ground. Here is downtown greenville. You can see the lights. Mostly cloudy right now, precipitation will come in later this evening. Temperature starting to cool down with precipitation in the mountains. Otherwise, a northeastern georgia, 53 in toccoa, not too bad. 47 in dillard come upper 40s in clayton, everybody else in the 50s and in bowman, 63 in elberton. 61 in abbeville, 59 in greenwood. Seven or eight degrees above 63 in augusta and florence and wilmington. 61 in hilton head and be60 in atlanta, 38 in bristol, tennessee. A cold rain there. Snow showers moving through the great lakes, 13 inches possible enhanced by the lakes. We may see more than that. The storm system will swing through the gulf and into florida during the day tomorrow. The back edge of below, its cold enough for the rain to switt snow in extreme texas. 49 in el paso. 29 in chicago, 25 in michigan. Tonight, cloudy with a few patches of light rain around. Upstate. Rain likely, like precipitation off and on. It may mix with freezing rain or drizzle late tonight. Tomorrow, but freezing drizzle possible early, otherwise partly sunny by the afternoon, high 41 inhe upstate. Patchy drizzle early, variable a little sun from time to time in the afternoon. More sunshine thursday. Cool temperatures, seasonably cool across the year he a. Milder on friday than a warm up in time for the weekend. Right now, the weekend looks nice and dry. Now back to you. Gabrielle a boy in california is being hailed as a hero. This, after he was injured after pushing his brother out of the way of a hit and r 7yearold Davon Mitchell says he almost got hit by a car. He says he was crossing at the crosswalk, when an suv ran a red light. But he is ok, thanks to the selfless acts of his brother, dashawn. The light in front of it was red, and then the car turned, and then it was going to hit my brother, so i pushed him out of the way. I was trying to move my leg, and then the car went too fast, and it hit my leg, the front and back wheel. Gabrielle the family says they are proud of dashawn, and they hope the driver of the suv will turn themselves in. This picture has been taken of a sloth in ecuador, and it is gone viral. Rescue crews found it stranded officials shared these photos online. It became frightened when crossing the highway and was clinging to a roadside barrier. Police say the sloth was examined by a vet before being released back into the wild. I think it is cute and creepy. Nigel i agree. That is why i am laughing. It is hanging upside down. It looks scared. Gabrielle e there is an executute order in place that says any animals found on the street must be assisted by authoritmade it. Gabrielle waffle house has announced that is now accepting reservations for the most romantic day of the ye for the eighth consecutive year, waffle house will be offering a candlelit dinner at restaurants in 18 states. A few upstate locations are on the list. In our area, there are seven Waffle House Restaurants that will be hosting the valentines love special. Thing. Dan patrick of nbcs football night in america was one of the guests. He and jimmy talked about the super bowl, and thats when a comparison between jimmy and cam newton came about. Take a listen. Right. But you remind me of the cam newton of late night. Wow. [applause] thank you. Now, hear me out here, leno and letterman, manningbrady. Youre the next wave. Energetic, different. New, exciting. [applause] i like how he dances. I like that. Ill take that all the way, man. I love it. Nigel that is awesome. In case youre wondering, dan patrick predicts the panthers will win the super bowl. Sp a brewery divided. A new North Carolina location is dealing with an internal crisis, teams in the superbowl. Nigel a new brewery in asheville is facing the old house divided problem. Their owner comes from the denver, colorado area, so naturally, they are all big broncos fans. Gabrielle but since this brewery is in North Carolina, they have to cater towards more panthers fans. So how do they settle their differences . Steve staeger finds out. Theres a surprising amount of parallels between the carolinas and colorado. Foremost on our minds is the brewing scene. Steve it makes sense why that would be foremost on bryan simpons mind. He is, after all, the public face of new belgium, a brewery founded in fort collins, but with a new brewery about to open in North Carolina. You know, that state where the new enemy plays. There was a little trash going back and forth on the internet today, from that brewery to this one. Steve and a little trash talking in this very brewery, too. I am from charlotte, North Carolina, heck yeah. Steve adam mundy works in the tap room, is supporting the panthers, but took the a no its a wonderful feeling, to know that two of my favorite states are getting together to play one of the best games in