1. President Trump urged funding for his border wall to fix the crisis in a TV address Tuesday night
President Donald Trump made a televised plea for border wall funding Tuesday night, seeking an edge in the shutdown battle with congressional Democrats as he declared there is "a humanitarian crisis, a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul."
Addressing the nation from the Oval Office for the first time, Trump argued for funding on security and humanitarian grounds as he sought to put pressure on newly empowered Democrats amid an extended partial government shutdown.
Trump called on Democrats to return to the White House to meet with him, saying it was "immoral" for "politicians to do nothing."
In a rebuttal, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Trump has "chosen fear" to make his case for the wall.
The Republican, who thought he would be in Washington, D.C. by now, is still waiting for his race to be certified. Harris discussed the fallout over fraud allegations; he even teared up at one point.
"This whole situation is internally crushing because there is nothing more valuable, there is nothing more important than a man or a woman's good name," Harris said.
Without a state elections board to certify the race, Harris is hoping a judge will do so instead. He said his attorneys just turned over thousands of documents to state elections investigators this week, and more are on the way.
"There are some who would say, careful what you ask for though. You don't know what that investigation is gonna bring. I don't. We have said from the beginning that we are looking forward to an investigation that would be transparent, complete, that would look at all sides," he said.
Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich said the nice warm temperatures we've had Carolinas will soon fade away. Panovich said a colder weather pattern is setting up late this week with the possibility for some wintry weather in the western Carolinas.
For those in the Charlotte area, Panovich said don't get too excited about this storm.
"This going to be one of those I-40 kind of setups... north of I-85 is certainly going to be the area I'm going to be watching for this system," Panovich said.
As we go through Saturday afternoon, Panovich said we could see a little burst of snow north of Charlotte, but that slow quickly changes to sleet and then rain.
McMaster has been the governor for nearly two years in South Carolina but if you remember, he took over for Nikki Haley, who accepted the position as the U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
In November, McMaster defeated James Smith to win his first general election. He'll be sworn in Wednesday morning on the south steps of the State House in Columbia.
Political experts credited McMaster's success to his close alignment with President Trump. In 2016, McMaster became the first statewide official to back Trump during his run for the presidency. In return, Trump campaigned for McMaster ahead of the 2018 election.
In the next few weeks, CMS will begin randomly selecting schools for safety screenings of the entire student body using metal detection wands, bag searches and gun sniffing dogs. Dogs will not come into contact with students, according to CMS.
The screening tools, procedures and staff training are being designed to respect the rights and privacy of students. CMS hopes to minimize disruption to education while also deterring weapons being brought into schools.
Additionally, schools will be receiving security camera upgrades. 11 schools have already received those upgrades, and 15 more are expected to receive upgrades by the end of January.
A new crisis alert system will be installed in eight schools by the end of January, and eight more by March. The goal with the crisis alert system is to allow emergency personnel to be notified of plans for the facility in the event of an emergency. Cameras will go active so police can see before entering.
More than 300 new digitized door locks will be installed in schools by April. The enhanced locks are supposed to better control who comes into schools. 45 locks have been upgraded across the district already.