7 news anchor tom crabtree joining us now. tom, these results, do they surprise you at all? >> don't surprise me a bit. some of the potholes that i see are like land marks, but look at this. worse or much worse? road conditions? the vast majority of you, like 95% are saying yeah, worse, much worse. >> who is the guy who said gottenen better? . >> you know what it is, i'm telling you, it's the people who live up north and see worse wear and tear on the roads because of the freeze and thaw situation, that's what it is. >> there is road work going on o, i-26, south of columbia, orange barrels for miles. >> but when i get on 85, driving towards greer, later at night, the center lane, a giant crater >> i know exactly where it is. every time. >> thanks, tom. >> thanks for checking those out for us. >>> the takata air bag recall to include more recent car models, they could explode. honda alerting auto dealers to 2008. prompted the biggest auto recall in american history, more than 20 million cars have been recalled due to the air bags. >>> leaders in the low country will introduce

good evening...i'm tom crabtree. tonight... on "7 news at 6"... low income families .. in need of assistance to keep their homes warm... man >> i'm tom crabtree. low income families need assistance to keep their home's warm. it's a familiar sound this time of year --- that hacking >>> that sound this time of year, that hacking cough but not all coughs are the same. we're going to help out a little bit here. if a person has a dry cough that ends with a rattle that might be asthma. when the cough is wet can colored mucus that can be pheunoma. a cough followed by a whoop might be whooping cough. >>> speaking of health, we know about the health benefits of getting a good night's sleep. a new study suggests more than a third of americans aren't getting enough sleep. >> 7 news anchor tom crabtree is here. we did a poll on this. >> i've been treat ed ed at a sleep lab before. it's ground zero when it comes to good health. look at what you're saying about the amount of sleep that you're getting. 4 to 7 hours, 70% of you almost saying that's how much you get. look at this group,

. >> strange calls coming from don't trust i'm tom crabtree. coming up on 7 news at 6:00, a scam that's slamming people with 864 area codes. some road work that starts today. so first in spartanbur coys d ibetweeaand old furneoat' ita o eos be ae cwuh bo l ssa lectnuft r tnror rr tr go >> ieyen. some rdrtsd first in spartanburg county, paris bridge road will be repaved between highway 9 and old furnace road. that's going to last through june. be aware of some crews out there, maybe some lane closures. also in laurens county on south frontage road between warrior church creek be back on 7 live at 5 continues now with a 7 news consumer watch. apple is expected to release its >>> live at 5:00 continues with a 7 news consumer watch. apple is expected to release a new iphone at tend of march. lit have a 4 inch screen and look identical to the 5s. it will not have the 3d touch feature. >>> disney is making some changes. disney land and disney world are raising ticket prices on busy days. tickets will go up 20% on busy days. >>> gas prices are inching

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tom crabtree joining us now. >> this is one of those must not mess up events. >> i always mess it up. >> what do you prefer? jewelry is high on the list. >> you picked the expensive one, guys, come on. >> flowers got a quarter of you, candy, roughly 15%. >> why, because flowers and candy are fleeeeing, they don't stick around. so really the jewelry is a great investment. think of it that way. >> a great pitch by you. >> what women want. something together, something memorable, something fun, something you planned just for her. >> you've gone in the opposite direction. they said they wanted the jewelry, we think you want nothing, just to hang out with us: this might have been guys, but i don't think the guys would have said is jewelry. him a week ago, he has planned everything. >> all set. >> i believe that about you. good planner for that. >>> there's a live look at spruce pine, you can see the camera shaking. things are starting to cool off. a lot more snow is expected up near the tennessee line over the next few day, thanks to a cold pattern that has said up. it will continue to bri

tom crabtree here, so shed some light on it, tom. >> well, first with teams like the panthers and the broncos playing, can't miss is going to be great football, yes we've know that. there are other reasons, the ads, 40% of you saying i want to show, that's usually what draws me in as well. the a third of you say you want to see the half time show, the game 20%. but i've got to tell you, this year, this year, i want to make sure i don't miss the ann national anthem, because it's lady gaga. i think she's terrific. >> she's a good singer. >> what do you think she's going to be wearing. >> the fashion choice will be the question with lady gaga. >> the super bowl shows. she'll be okay. it is the national anthem. >> people bet on how long the national anthem will be, they do an over-under line. so we shall see. >> she certainly raised her interest when she did the tony bennett. >> yes. >> she's good. >> thank you, tom. >>> 7 news your source for all things super bowl 50. we have crews in california giving you a row seat to everything that's happening leading up to sunday's big game. we'll c

. >> tom crabtree, anyo >>> allgh we've gotto enjoy some sunshine, we had some clouds ar, in other spots. there's a live picture of the builtmoetn ashevil th're ge a little rai right now but it was a nice warm afternoon in hle today. we got up to 67 degrees. that's way above average. almost in rd territory. we'rein cl it off a little into tomorrow thanks t a front that's bringing s rain to asheville and the northern mountai and tennesse border counties here. these individual showers are pushing to northeast so they' not making a lot of places sou wad hendersonville coulget into some showers. i think the coverage wl begin to diminish with timat going to leave the up state with isolated showers a bt going through the over night and into tomorrow morning. hav had the cloud cover moving through though as some of us getting into some clearing with those south western winds gusty at times. that he tpere soar today not just in the mountains but the up state. we have a strong wind that we're tracking for the mide part of the week. that one in the central plain states drang in gulf moisture. we'r

you see tom crabtree joining us now. >> we've got another round coming up here in a few days, we're asking your voting experience this past saturday. we're getting in the web poll, folks, have is a look at this. 76% say they have no problems, no issues. among those who did, over 13% say they were concerned about untrained poll workers, long by the time the voting took place, a number of had had troped out of the race and -- dropped out of the race. >> and those votes county, you vote for them, the votessstill count. people waiting in the long lines, anderson had real problems with that. line to vote. they're concerned when the process is going slowly, and there were some problems with countiess where they said they didn't have enough volunteers at the polls. >> the lines do indicate that the primaries had a good turnout, which hadn't always been the case. >>> given some of the problems that you've been telling us about, we decided to take a closer look. >> we checked into what's being done to prevent the issues this saturday, when the democrats have their primary, 7 news reporter robert ki

you can see tom crabtree joining us now. >> frozen one of many movies that people want to see a sequel to. >> all in the family, archie bunker had 7 spin off shows, the jeffersons, maud, several others. but what do you think about this? do you feel other spin offs, based on classic tv shows are a good thing? most of you do. 70% have responded saying you love them. why not keep a good thing going? >> there's examples of good and bad. god father two is as good as god father one. >> the csi shows, the good wife >> it makes sense. this is -- it was girl meets world is the spin off from boy meets world, the same act --. >> a spin off of full house in the 90s. >> look, if they're good, if they're well made, people will watch them. >> and full house will have a lot of the original characters in it, they should be better actors now, may be fun to watch. >> you still weigh in on our facebook page fl the oscars, hoping to make acceptance speeches less boring. they want to avoid a long list of thank yous, so they're asking every nominee to submit a list, and if that nominee wins, those names scro

. >> i'm tom crabtree. coming up on 7 news at 6:00, a new program could help save some money all while winning prizes. hear how this the first job of a president is to protect america. our next president must be prepared to lead. i know jeb. i know his good heart and his strong backbone. jeb will unite our country. he knows when tough measures must be taken. experience and judgment count in the oval office. jeb bush is a leader. he'll keep our country safe. jeb bush. a nine year old with cystic fibrosis is getting to live out his dream. >>> a 9-year-old is getting to live out his dream. >> dominick leaves superhee-- he burned into iron boy. he received a special honor from police. numerous celebrities sent tweets of support including robert downey, junior. >>> next on live at 5:00, we are counting down to the grammy's. get a preview from the performers. >> a live look outside. we're glad you're watching all over back right after this. the biggest night in music is almost here. suzanne marques shows us what'

. >> so you see tom crabtree joining us now. you've been monitoring people's responses as to whether or not they think the changes to fix the intersection will actually fix things. >> we waited a lot of days for this plan. do you think this plan is going to ease the traffic problems. we're just about evenly split here. the yes at 53%, the remainder said no. this is a 3-year project here. >> do you wonder if people who are saying -- half the people who are saying no, it won't fix things it's not like they don't lack the design of a project, they just don't trust the government. >> a lot of them may be in that video sitting in the traffic jams. need for years. >> we had facebook comments to show that show long all of this will take. we'll get to some of those later in the newscast. this could be a setback... see what happens whe >>> driverless vehicles becoming more popular. this might be a set back. see what happens when an atv with no driver goes on its own straight ahead. >> from homeless to homeowner. a woman in the unstate is

. >>> i'm tom crabtree, we're uncovering hidden files about as if airplanes aren't crowded enough ... airbus has >>> a story that hits close to me for me at 6 foot 5. if airplanes weren't close enough, airbus applied for a patent that turns a row of seats into a bench. different ways to fin configure the seats. >> it's a squeeze. a plane at this point. >> this might not help much, first class food is getting a shakeup. the restaurant owner behind shake shack, is teaming up with delta airlines. >> if you get into first class, this will be nice. the new york times rorts the goal is to -- reports the goal is to create airplane food that is as good as the restaurants. on international flight, from jfk. a lot of restrictions. speaking of food, the parmesan cheese -- companies use cellulose to keep it from clumping. and some use large amounts of it as a filler. 2-4%, is considered an acceptable amount in your parmesan with the industry, but bloomburg business found between 7-9% of the walmart brand the fda says it takes fraud seriously. >> it's product did not actually contain any parmesan

. >> but here to bring us some information on this is 7 news anchor tom crabtree. we said skunk, immediately hur. >> what's the worst here? . >> a big dog next door that bashes a lot. these possibilities, here's the worst ones. poisonous snakes, 70% of you say yes, an elephant? 14%. roosters, 14%. get a wakeup call. >> rooster was my suggestion. >> pigs, i grew up on a farm >> a neighbor in my community who has a pet pig, when there's one, they're fine. >> the venomous snakes, years a somebody had a petco bra in the upstate and it bit them and they took it to the hospital. who has cobras in people do. >> skunks, oh, my gosh. whether it's been destunk or not. >> seeing it there. who's going to let it get close enough to find out. >> thank you. >> next on 7 news live at five, he may be the most clever kid you ever meet. just wait until you hear all of the stuff this little guys know, straight ahead. thanks for joining forget "are you smarter than a fifth grader" .. kristen hampton has found one north >>> forget, are you smarter than a 5th grader, kristen has found on

i'm tom crabtree. of course... one of big issues...already getting a lot of attention... is today's unexpected death... of u-s supreme court justice ... antonin scalia. here's a look...at tonight's debate stage... donald trump and ted cruz... will be side by side... at the center of the

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