AND TIME FOR NEWS TO GO. WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES, TRAFFIC AND WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE START WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PAUSE ON NEW TARIFFS. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS ORDERED A 90 DAY PAUSE ON NEW TARIFFS, EXCEPT FOR CHINA. TRUMP AUTHORIZED THE PAUSE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE’S LOWERED THE RECIPROCAL TARIFF RATE ON ALL COUNTRIES TO 10%. HE ALSO SAYS MORE THAN 75 COUNTRIES HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE U.S. IN RECENT DAYS TO NEGOTIATE TRADE DEALS. THE TREASURY SECRETARY SAYS THE 90 DAY PAUSE WILL PROVIDE TIME TO GET THOSE DEALS DONE, BUT SOME GROCERIES MAY STILL GET MORE EXPENSIVE. THAT’S THANKS TO THE 10% TARIFFS THAT WENT INTO PLACE LAST SATURDAY. EXPERTS SAY SHOPPERS CAN EXPECT TO SEE PRICES RISE SOON ON SEAFOOD, COFFEE, FRUIT, CHEESE, NUTS AND CANDY BARS. PERISHABLE FOOD PRICES WILL BE THE FIRST TO RISE, AND PRICE HIKES WILL DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF THE COMPANIES. WITH ALL THE TARIFF NEWS, IT MIGHT BE EASY TO MISS. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE ARE TRYING TO AGREE ON A BLUEPRINT FOR A PROCESS CALLED RECONCILIATION. IT BASICALLY LETS THE MAJORITY PARTY PASS A BUDGET WITHOUT MINORITY VOTES. TODAY, THE HOUSE COULD VOTE ON THE PLAN, AND IF THE HOUSE PASSES IT, IT WILL LIKELY BE THE FOUNDATION FOR HOW THE U.S. SPENDS MONEY THE NEXT FEW YEARS. DEMOCRATS SAY THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR MEDICAID. REPUBLICANS SAY THEY DON’T WANT TO ELIMINATE IT, BUT THEY DO WANT TO REFINE IT. 647 AND WHILE SOME PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE INN AT ALTAMONT THAT COULD COME TO TRAVELERS REST, A CYCLING GROUP IS RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT INCREASED TRAFFIC. ISABELLE MARAK JOINS US LIVE THIS MORNING WITH THEIR CONCERNS. ISABELLE. HEY, ERIN AND DESTINY, GOOD MORNING. THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING COMING UP HERE AT CITY HALL ON APRIL 24TH, WITH A CHANCE FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT. NOW DEVELOPERS ARE ASKING FOR THE TOWN OF TRAVELERS REST TO ANNEX SOME OF THE LAND OFF OF ALTAMONT ROAD AND IF THAT IS ANNEXED, DEVELOPERS WOULD THEN PROPOSE THE LUXURY HOTEL. BUT THE SPINNERS BICYCLE CLUB WROTE A LETTER TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, CONCERNED THAT THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD COULD PUT PEOPLE WHO BIKE AT RISK. THE DEVELOPERS TELL US THEIR THIRD PARTY STUDIES FOUND NO SERIOUS IMPACT ON TRAFFIC AS A RESULT OF THE HOTEL, AND THEY REDESIGNED PLANS TO INCLUDE A BIKE PATH THAT WOULD ALLOW CYCLISTS TO BYPASS THE HOTEL ENTIRELY. NOW, YOU CAN READ UP ON THAT FULL STATEMENT UP ON OUR WEBSITE, AS WELL AS FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS HEARING COMING UP ON WIFE FOR.COM, BUT FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN TRAVELERS REST ISABELLE MARAK WYFF NEWS FOUR. ISABELLE. THANK YOU. A NEW LOCALLY OWNED RESTAURANT IS COMING TO GREENVILLE. SPARTANBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. SALLY STEAMERS WILL BE OPENING LATER THIS MONTH. THE RESTAURANT, FOUNDED IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE, NOW HAS MORE THAN 15 LOCATIONS SELLING THEIR STEAMED BAGEL SANDWICHES. ONCE IT OPENS, THE GSP LOCATION WILL BE OPEN FROM 430 IN THE MORNING UNTIL THE LAST FLIGHT DEPARTS. AFTER 17 YEARS, COMPADRES TEX-MEX GRILL IS CLOSING IN GREENVILLE. THE MEXICAN RESTAURANT IS LOCATED OVER ON NORTH PLEASANTBURG DRIVE. ON FACEBOOK, A POST SAYS, QUOTE, YOUR SUPPORT HAS MADE OUR ESTABLISHMENT A CHERISHED GATHERING PLACE FOR CELEBRATIONS AND EVERYDAY MOMENTS ALIKE. END QUOTE. A CLOSING DATE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT POST. PARELLA. OKAY. THANKS, AARON. HEY, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 648 HERE WE GO. TEMPERATURES AT 51 DEGREES IN GREENVILLE, 45 IN HENDERSONVILLE AND 47 DEGREES IN GAFFNEY. WE ARE A BIT WARMER THIS MORNING THAN WE HAVE BEEN. WE’VE GOT SOME EXTRA CLOUDS ROLLING IN FROM THE NORTH, AND THAT WILL BE THE CASE AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. SO INCREASING CLOUDS BUT MAINLY DRY THIS MORNING. I DO THINK WE’LL SEE SOME PASSING SHOWERS AS WE GO INTO THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN 1 AND 4:00 FOR THE UPSTATE. AGAIN, IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A TON OF RAIN, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME RAINFALL OUT THERE FOR THE MOUNTAINS. IT’S GOING TO START AROUND 12 1:00, AND THEN WE’LL GET A BREAK. AND THEN RIGHT AROUND 7:00 FOR THE MOUNTAINS, AFTER 7:00 FOR THE UPSTATE. THAT’S WHEN WE’LL START TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE DOWNPOURS COMING OUR WAY TONIGHT. I’LL HAVE A LOT MORE DETAILS ON THAT AND A LOOK AT YOUR FOUR-DAY PLUS IN ABOUT 7 OR 8 MINUTES FROM RIGHT NOW. FIRST, THOUGH, LET’S GET YOU OUT TO OUR TRAFFIC. SEE HOW IT’S LOOKING OUT THERE, VICTORIA, HOW ARE THE ROADS? HEY. GOOD MORNING. WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG ON THE INTERSTATES, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS. IF YOU’RE ABOUT TO HEAD OUT THE DOOR, TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT 385. AND THIS IS NEAR WOODRUFF ROAD. IF YOU’RE HEADING SOUTHBOUND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING PLENTY OF CARS, BUT WE ARE MOVING, WHICH IS WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE. THAT’S SIMILAR TOWARDS 85 HEADING NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND. WE’RE NOT SEEING ANY CONGESTION NEAR THE BMW PLANT, BUT AS WE HEAD TOWARDS HIGHWAY 101, TRAFFIC IS DEFINITELY STARTING TO BUILD UP. IF YOU ARE HEADING AWAY FROM THE PLANT AND 85 AND FREEMAN FARM ROAD TRAFFIC IS STARTING TO STALL OUT. NOW AS WE GET FARTHER DOWN 85 NEAR HIGHWAY 14, WE ARE SEEING SOME BACKUP. IF YOU’RE GETTING OFF 14 AND HEADING ON TOWARDS 85, BE PREPARED FOR SOME SLOWDOWNS. ALLOW YOURSELF SOME EXTRA TIME THIS MORNING. ANOTHER UPDATE COMING IN A FEW MINUTES. DESTINY. THANKS, VICTORIA. TOURNAMENT PLAY BEGINS TODAY FOR THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT. AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB CHAIRMAN FRED RIDLEY HAS ALWAYS MADE GROWING THE GAME A PRIORITY, AND IT CONTINUES TO GROW AS THE NEW GENERATION OF GOLFERS ARE JUST STARTING TO PLAY. NICK PROTEAU REPORTS FROM AUGUSTA. AS THIS GENERATION OF THE GAME’S GREATEST PLAYERS GATHERS ON ONE OF GOLF’S GREATEST STAGES, THE NEXT GENERATION LOOKS ON WITH DREAMS OF FOLLOWING IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS. GETTING MY FLAG SIGNED BY THE PLAYERS. I LOVE THAT PART. MY FAVORITE IS COLLIN MORIKAWA, BRYSON, SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER. I LIKE LUDVIG HOLBERG AND SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS HERE, I TOLD LUDVIG A VERY GOOD PUTT AND SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER, I LIKE HIM AND IT STARTS RIGHT HERE IN AUGUSTA. EACH YEAR THE CLUB ANNOUNCES A NEW PROJECT IN THE COMMUNITY, THE LATEST A PARTNERSHIP WITH TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION TO CREATE A GOLF LEARNING LAB FOR KIDS IN RICHMOND COUNTY. IT’S AMAZING ONCE YOU START GIVING WHAT HAPPENS AND HOW MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES ARE PRESENTED, OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH FUTURE AND CURRENT PLAYERS. IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO WIN THIS TOURNAMENT. IT’S ALSO SUCH AN HONOR. THE AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN’S AMATEUR HAD ITS STRONGEST FIELD YET, WITH 47 OF THE TOP 50 RANKED AMATEURS IN THE WORLD COMING HERE TO AUGUSTA, EVERYONE’S PLAYING WELL. EVEN IF YOU PLAY YOUR BEST, YOU MIGHT STILL GET BEATEN. ONE CRITERIA TO MAKE THE TOURNAMENT IS BY SPECIAL INVITATION FROM THE CLUB. NICOLAI HOJGAARD GOT ONE THIS YEAR, FINDING OUT HE’D BE TEEING IT UP WITH HIS TWIN BROTHER. I WAS ACTUALLY SICK AT THAT TIME. I WAS IN BED FEELING ILL AND IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO TO GET THE MOOD A LITTLE BIT UP. AND OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS THE CLUB HAS GIVEN OUT SEVEN SPECIAL INVITATIONS, SIX OF THEM TO INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS, IN AN EFFORT TO EXPAND THE GAME’S GLOBAL REACH, BUILDING THE FOUNDATION TO MAKE SURE THE FUTURE OF GOLF IS IN GOOD HANDS. THAT WAS NICK PROTEAU REPORTING. TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE FOR A MAJOR GOLF TOURNAMENT IN THE UPSTATE. THE WEBSITE IS ON YOUR SCREEN. THAT’S RIGHT. STARTING ON JUNE 2ND, CATCH CELEBRITIES HITTING THE GREEN FOR A GOOD CAUSE AS PART OF THE BMW CHARITY PRO-AM TOURNAMENT, PLAY WILL BE AT THE CAROLINA COUNTRY CLUB IN SPARTANBURG ON JUNE 4TH AND FIFTH. THORNBLADE CLUB PLAY WILL BE ON JUNE 5TH THROUGH THE EIGHTH. THIS YEAR’S LINEUP OF GOLFERS HASN’T BEEN ANNOUNCED. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL’S BIGGEST STAGE IN THE PALMETTO STATE IS RETURNING TO COLUMBIA. THE PSL’S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE VOTED WEDNESDAY TO BRING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS BACK TO COLONIAL LIFE ARENA NEXT YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2020. UPPER STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE PLAYED AT NEUTRAL SITES DECIDED ON THE TEAMS IN THOSE GAMES. IT’S A WIN FOR TEAMS IN OUR AREA FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. UPPER STATE FIN