ALL OF IT AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT COMING UP ON "TODAY." GEOFF: 6:46 AS WE FOLLOW BREAKING TRAFFIC NEWS. AMANDA:A SEMI FLIPPED OVER ON LO SHOALS -- NEAR LONG SHOALS ROAD ON 26. WE JUST GOT AN UPDATE FROM NC DOT AND THEY EXPECT THE ROAD TO REOPEN BY 8:00 A.M.. THE LEFT LA IS CLOSED AND IMPACTING DRIVE TIMES ON 26 FROM I-240 TO ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY. IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST 23 MINUTES. GOOD DRIVE TIM ELSEWHERE. ALSO KEEP IN MIND ANY SCHOOL CLOSINGS AND DELAYS ARE ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN AND POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. DALE: IT WILL GET TRICKY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPIN QUICKLY. ASHEVILLE DROPPED A 28 AND AS COLD AIR COMES ACROSS TH TENNESSEE BORDER, IT IS CONVERTING RAIN INTO SNOW. IT WILL NOT WORK ITS WAY INTO THE UPSTATE, BUT IN THE MOUNTAINS, ASHEVILLE COULD SEE HAPPEN INCH OF SNO AND SOME HIGHER MOUNTAINTOPS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER ONE INCH TO THREE INCHES PLUS OF SNOW, SO THAT WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY DRIVING. GETTING COLDER MIDMORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS PICKED UP 28 PLUS. FIVE TO 10 PLUS IN THE UPSTATE AND BREEZY AS THE DAY GOES ON. TEMPERATURE WISE, WE SEE A DROP IN T UPSTATE FROM LOW 50’S THIS MORNING TO MID-30’S BY 7:00 P.M., DOWN TO THE 20’S TONIGHT. THE MOUNTAINS GO FROM UPPER 30’S TO UPPER 20’S BY 4:00 TODAY, DROPPING TO THE TEENS OVERNIGHT. WATCH OUT FOR ICY SPOTS TOMORROW MORNING, TOO. AMANDA: THANKS, DALE. BREAKING NEWS, PALESTINIAN MILITANTS JUST FIRED 50 ROCKETS FROM THE GAZA STRIP INTO SOUTHERN ISRAEL. THIS IS HAPPENING IN RETALIATION TO AN ISRAELI STRIKE THAT KILLED AN ISLAMIC JIHAD LEADER AND HIS WIFE. ISRAEL STOPPED AS LEAST 20 OF THE ROCKET WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED THIS MORNING BECAUSE ISRAELI’S PRIME MINISTER IS EXPECTED TO SPEAK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. AND A BIG STO WE ARE FOLLOWING, THE TOWNVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUGAR WILL BE IN COURT. GEOFF: JESSE OSBORNE WILL BE SENTENCED THIS WEEK. PAIGE HOPKINS IS LIVE WITH THE LATEST. PAIGE: JESSE OSBORNE’S SENTENCING HEARING STARTS IN A FEW HOURS AT THE ANDERSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE. HE BASES A MINIMUM OF 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOLLOWING HIS DECEMBER GUILTY PLEA OF TWO COUNTS OF MURDER AND THREE COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. JESSE OSBORNE ADMITTED TO FATALLY SHOOTING HIS FATHER AN OPENING FIRE AT TOWNVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOO IN 20. AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HE FATALLY SHOT SIX-YEAR-OLD JACOB HAULED, WHO DIED -- HAL, WHO DIED THREE DAYS LATER. HE ALSO WOUNDED A TEACHER AND TWO STUDENTS, WHO SURVIVED. TH SOLICITOR TELLS US HE IS GOING FOR THE MAXIMUM PENALTY, WHICH IS LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE HEARING. WE HAVE THE DETAILED LIST OF EVENTS ON OUR WEBSITE TO CHECK OUT, AS WELL. PAIGE HOPKINS, WYFF NEWS 4. GEOFF: THANK YOU. BE SURE TO LOK FOR CONTINUIN COVERAGE OF THIS STORY THIS WEEK, ON WYFF NEWS 4. NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON THE IMPEACHMET INQUIRY. ACTING WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF MICK MULVANEY IS CHANGING HIS MIND ABOUT JOINING A LAWSUIT TO FIGHT HOUSE SUBPOENA POWER. AMANDA: MULVANEY DID NOT APPEAR FOR HIS SCHEDULED TESTIMON FRIDAY, EVEN THOUGH HE GOT A SUBPOENA. A NEW FILING SHOWS MULVANEY PLANS TO FILE HIS OWN LAWSUIT AGAINST THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE HOUSE. HE’S ASKING FOR A JUDGE’S INTERVENTION TO DECIDE IF HE SHOULD TESTIFY OR NOT. GEOFF: RIGHT NOW, FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER IS BACK IN THE HOSPITAL. HE IS HAVING A PROCEDURE TO RELIEVE SWELLING ON HIS BRAIN FROM RECENT FALLS. WE WILL UPDATE YOU AS WE LEARN MORE. ONLY ON WYFF NEWS , TODAY, WE ARE OPENING OUR NEW CLEMSON BUREAU. AMANDA: THIS IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COVER STORIES, AND ALSO WORK WITH THE JOURNALISTS. DANA GRIFFIN JOINS US LIVE THERE THIS MORNING YOU HAVE GIVEN US A FULL TOUR. IT LOOKS GREAT INSIDE. DANA YEAH, AND IT HAS BEEN FUN HANGING OUT WITH THE STUDENT THEY HAVE GETTING A TASTE OF WHAT IT IS LIKE WORKING THI EARLY MORNING SHIFT, AND THEY ARE SO EXCITED. WYFF NEWS CREATED THIS ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP, MAKING CLEMSON THE ONLY UNIVERSITY IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO TEACHER NEWS BOROUGH ON CAMPUS -- BUREAU, ON-CAMPUS, EMBEDDED BY AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION. THIS ONE JOINS OTHERS IN SPARTANBURG, ANDERSON AND WASHINGTON, D.C. THE CLEMSO BUREAU IS ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE HENDRICK STUDENT CENTER, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH CLEMSON UNIVERSITY BECAUSE IT ALLOWS U TO BE EMBEDDED WITH STUDENTS AND GET A REAL COALS ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN T COMMUNITY AND ON CAMPUS. WE WYFF NEWS 4 WIL HAVE JOURNALISTS REPORTING LIVE FROM CLEMSON, BREAKING NEWS FROM THE UNIVERSITY. COMING UP AT 2:00 P.M., THERE WILL BE A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY. WE WILL BE LIVE ALL DAY SHOWING THE GREAT NEWS. WE ARE LIVE AT CLEMSON UNIVERSITY. I’M DANA GRIFFIN, WYFF NEWS 4. AMANDA: THANKS, DANA. BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT, THE TALIBAN WILL RELEASE TWO PROFESSORS KIDNAPP IN 2016. THIS IS HAPPENING IN EXCHANGE FOR THREE TALIBAN MEMBERS. ONE IS AN AMERICAN PROFESSOR, KEVIN KI AND ANOTHER IS AN AUSTRALIAN TEACHER, WHO WERE KIDNAPPED AT GUNPOINT OUTSIDE THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN KABUL IN 2017. MORE BREAKIN NEWS, INVESTIGATORS ARE SEARCHING FOR A MARINE FROM NORTH CAROLINA. HE IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS MOTHER’S BOYFRIEND. 22-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL BROWN COULD BE ARMED WITH A HIGH POWERED RIFLE. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE SHOT AN KILLED RODNEY BROWN, IN VIRGINIA OVER THE WEEKEND. THE SUSPECT IS A COMBAT ENGINEER FOR THE MARINES WHO DESERTED HIS POST THREE WEEKS AGO. GEOFF: A NORTH CAROLINA POLICE OFFICERS RECOVERING AFTER AN ACCUSED DRUNK DRIVER SLAMMED INTO HIS CRUISER. THE CRASH BLOCKED I-85 NEAR CHARLOTTE. OFFICER JUSTIN HARRIS WAS BLOCKING TRAFFIC FOR A CRASH, WHEN A CAR HIT HIS CRUISER. WILLIAM DAWSON IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGE OFFICER HARRIS HAS A CONCUSSION, BUT HE IS EXPECTED TO BE OK. AMANDA DO THIS MORNING, POLICE WANT TO KNOW WHO DUMPED AN INFANT’S BODY ON A GOLF COURSE IN SAN FRANCISCO. OFFICIALS SAY A GOLFER MADE THE DISCOVERY AT LINCOLN PARK GOLF COURSE. NOW POLICE ARE CONFIRMING THE SECURITY VIDEO FROM THE CLUBHOUSE. GEOF THE MOTHER OF A MISSING FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS NOW A PERSON OF INTEREST IN HER DISAPPEARANCE. FLORIDA POLICE SAY BRIANNA WILLIAMS IS NO LONGER COOPERATING. HER DAUGHTER HAS BEEN MISSING FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS. INVESTIGATORS ARE ASKING ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD. MOTHER IS NOT IN CUSTODY. AMANDA A MAN’S LUNGS WERE SO DAMAGED FROM VAPING, DOCTORS ORDERED A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT OFFICIALS SAY THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE U.S. BECAUSE OF DAMAGE DONE BY VAPING. THE PATIENT ASKED THE HOSPITAL TO SHARE HIS STORY TO WARN OTHERS. THE CDC IS REPORTING MORE THAN 20 VAPING-RELATED INJURIES AND ILLNESSES ACROSS THE U.S. GEOFF: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY IS SUSPENING 14 FRATERNITIES, AFTER THE DEATH OF A 19-YEAR-OLD STUDEN FRESHMAN DYLAN HERNANDEZ WAS RUSHED TO A HOSPITAL, AFTER A PHI GAMMA DELTA FRATERNITY EVENT. PHI GAMMA DELTA IS WORKING WITH AUTHORITIES. THAT’S THE SAME FRATERNITY PUT UNDER PROBATION TWO YEARS AGO, FOR VIOLATING ALCOHOL RELATED POLICIES. AMANDA BOEING AND ITS INVESTORS ARE OPTIMISTIC ITS 737-MAX JET WILL FLY AGAIN THIS YEAR. THE PLANE HAS BEEN GROUNDED SINCE MARCH BECAUSE OF TWO FATAL CRASHES. THOSE CRASHES HAVE BEEN TIED TO AN AUTOMATIC SAFETY SYSTEM ON THE PLANE. BOEING SAYS IT’S WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK ON A FIX. IT’S STOCK ROS 4.5% ON NEWS OF POSSIBLE PROGRESS. THE FAA WILL NOT COMMENT ON A TIMELINE TO GET THE JETS BACK IN THE AIR. GEOFF: SCARY MOMENTS FOR CHICAGO O’HARE AS THE AIRPLANE SLID OFF THE RUNWAY. YOU CAN SEE THE SNOW AND ICE COATING THE RUNWAY. THE PLANE WAS HEADING TO GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. 38 PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS THREE WERE ON BOARD. OFFICIALS SAY NO ONE WAS HURT. HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS HAD TO BE CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE ICY CONDITIONS AMANDA: NEW DETAILS ON AN INCREDIBLE RESCUE IN WASHINGTON STATE. A KAYAKER RUSHED TO SAVE THE PILOT AFTER HIS SMALL PLANE CRASHED INTO THE WATER. THE PLANE DID NOT HAVE AN ENGINE. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD. A MARINE UNIT CAME IN TO RECOVER THE PLANE. GEOF A THOUGHTFUL JEOPARDY CONTESTANT BRINGS COAST ALEX TREBEK TO NEAR TEARS. >> YOU ARE SMILING, I LIKE THAT. DID YOU COME UP WITH THE RIGHT RESPONSE? NO, BUT IT IS WE LOVE YOU, ALEX. THANK YOU. COST TO $19.95. YOU LEFT WITH FIVE DOLLARS. GEOFF: THE CONTESTANT TWEETED, I COULD HAVE TRIED TO PUZZLE IT TOGETHER, BUT I JUST KEPT THINKING OF ALEX. ALEX TREBEK HAS BEEN WORKING TO KEEP PEOPLE AWARE OF THE DISEASE SINCE HE WAS DIAGNOSED. AMANDA: YOU REALLY HAVE NOT SEEN HIM GET THAT EMOTIONAL T OFTEN SINCE IT HAPPENED, BUT THAT IS A PRETTY SPECIAL MOMENT. WEATHE IS OUR BIG STORY AND WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING TRAFFIC NEWS. A SEMI FLIPPED OVER ON LON SHOALS ROAD AND IT IS AFFECTING TRAFFIC AND THE LEFT LANE. THE LEFT LANE IS CLOSED AND THEY HOPE TO HAVE IT REOPENED IN ANOTHER HOUR. TAKE A LOOK AT HOW MUCH IT IS SLOWING THINGS DOWN. FROM M 240 TO ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY -- FRO 240 TO ASHEVILLE, AT LEAST 23 MINUTES. DALE: YOU SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7:00 A.M. TOMORROW MORNING. SNOW BEGINNING MID-TO-LATE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN TAPERING OFF. ANYTHING LEFT ON THE ROADS WILL TURN TO ICE WITH BITTER COLD TEENS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THERE COULD BE PATCHES OF BLACK ICE. YOU CAN SEE THE EXPANDED AREA OF GLUE SHOWING UP ON LIVE SUPER DOPPLER 4 HD, SHOWING COLD TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER MOUNTAINTOPS. HE WILL JUST BE RAIN IN THE UPSTATE UNTIL EARLY AFTERNO AND THEN IT GETS COLD TONIGHT. 35 TONIGHT INTO THE 20’S BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE MOUNTAINS WILL DROP TO 32 BY 1:00, DOWN TO 20’S TONIGHT AND INTO THE TEENS TOMORROW MORNING. WE HAVE REALLY COLD START WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. LOW TO UPPER 20’S FOR THE UPSTATE WILL REAC MID-TO-UPPER 40’S. BACK TO UPPER 50’S COME FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY. SHOULD BE A PRETTY WEEKEND FOR FOOTBALL GAMES IN THE SOUTH AND CHILE MORNINGS, SO TAKE A JACKET WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, BUT PETER COLD IN THE MOUNTAINS TOMORROW MORNING AND TEENS O THURSDAY. GEOFF: COMING UP ON "TODAY," THE COLD AND WICKED WINTER WEATHER SWEEPING THE COUNTRY. MADISON COUNTY OUT FOR THE DAY. AMANDA: I’LL JUST ABOUT TO SAY THAT IS IMPACTING A LOT OF SCHOOLS.