>> clock is ticking on tonight's $1.5 billion powerball jackpot. good afternoon, everyone. who wants to be a billionaire. someone may be celebrating like they've never celebrated before. >> we have dreams right now. dreams.

out the tickets this afternoon. fever. jeff. >> good afternoon. remky and taylor mills. there's been a stream of people buying lottery tickets. when they gave out the free tickets, they were giving up 1500 lottery tickets. there's 375 people lining up as early as 6:30 in the morning. they started giving them out at 3:00. all the free tickets were gone within 13 minutes. they gave away the 675 tickets. people are buying, the odds of getting a ticket, you showed up, you probably get hit.

millions of tax dollars. they said they want to get it because they like the customers and they do want to be nice. >> obviously the jackpot is at a monumental amount. something we've never seen before. it is $1.5 billion, by the way. we're wanting to get back to the players. if it weren't for them -- >> i don't know if my odds are in my favor or not, but i hope so. >> is it worth waiting in line >> i'm pretty warm. it's worth it. i've enjoyed my company around me, too. we're all excited. we hope we win. >> if we win, then what. >> i really don't know. i guess, my -- get my kids what they want. >> they want to buy their own country. >> buy my own little island. >> is it worth it to wait in line? it's only worth it if you win?

>> i just heard the headline in the news, if you hit the lottery, you could buy not only just your lottery but you could buy a third of the economy. back to you. >> thanks, jeff. we were going to go in a bit. it was the line to get any ticket or the free ticket? >> no, no, no. the line was to get the free ticket. they gave out one free ticket per person until they were out. they had 375 freebies given by the lottery commission. you could get your freebie and bias many as you want. and five minutes before we went on the air, there was a long line. now there's nobody. the minute we go off the air, there will be another long line. >> i'm thinking early in the morning, $2.

the state, they were closer. >> and we will have the powerball numbers tomorrow night, local 12 news, live at 11:00. find out if anyone wins -- did i say tomorrow. i'm sorry. tonight. tomorrow is when you could find out if -- >> tonight. >> tomorrow morning on good morning. cincinnati. i have it sort of right. 4:25 in the morning. that's when we will tell you if anyone won. however, if the good morning. cincinnati team wins, you will be here. >> party on thursday. >> we've had a lot of them lately, this is the worst one of the new year so far. here's a live look at the big board. it's down 400 points. points. experts weighed in on what went wrong. this time, china not getting the

in fact, oil is off a bit. some believe fears the economy is not growing. a local father who shot his son to death will not face any charges. hamilton county prosecutor joe debtor said no charges will be filed in the tragic accident in east price hill. tuesday, the 72-year-old father shot and killed his 14-year-old son. the father told police, he thought his son was at school. he heard noises downstairs and was alarmed. he went on to say, it was impossible how horrible the father must feel for mistaking his son for an intruder. all the forensic evidence matches what the father told police. therefore, no charges are appropriate. end of quote. deer park police are searching for a man who held up a bank. it held up the bank around 9:00

then he jumped into awaiting car. they are trying to find out if the robbery may be related to a robbery in november. interstate 74 reopened, seven hours after white out conditions created a 40 car pileup. local 12 news, on how frantic the scene was for the people involved. >> we have a major accident on i-74, the 169. there's probably five or six tractor trailers, several cars and they are still piled up behind us. >> 74 west, just by the west harris exit. my mom is on oxygen and a semi. please hurry. >> is anybody hurt? >> yes. >> okay. there's people trapped and there's people trapped in cars. there's a ton of cars. there's gas leaking. >> sydney will have more on the dramatic 911 calls ahead on

interstate ramp in sharonville after a fuel truck overturned before 9:00 this morning, a truck overturned in a ramp from north 75 to westbound i-275. fortunately the tank never ruptured. the ramp reopened about two hours later. the weather today, it's really not that bad compared to yesterday. clear and the sun. it was nice to see. let's check in with meteorologist, scott dimmich. >> no snow squalls today. we have some flurries, especially in southwestern ohio, south eastern ohio. and clouds will decrease in the next few hours. temperatures will actually rise this evening. our low temperature tonight will be set early at 23. and then we'll rise through the 20s, with decreasing clouds all the way to the mid twenties around midnight and into the upper 20s nearing tomorrow morning.

filling back in as we near sun rise tomorrow. it's not likely, but there's an outside chance, especially if you live near the ohio river, for patchy freezing drizzle. simple rule. wake up and go to school tomorrow morning. you see drops, slow down, freezing drizzle that may lead to slick spots. right now, no freezing drizzle, flurries, south of cincinnati, extending to pendleton county. some flurries in dearborn and oxford. no accumulation, just flakes, occasionally falling from the sky. temperature 21 at the international airport. as promised earlier, local 12 news, single digits in the teens. and we'll track rain in the start of the weekend and colder air, bright early next week. planning forecast comes your way in 10 minutes. paula?

bengals offense heading north. >> yeah, it is official. the cleveland browns this afternoon have introduced hugh jackson as their team's new head coach. brad steinky is here with the latest. he's gone. >> if you've had the success bengals had the last couple of years, you will get notice. cleveland browns has noticed. the coach's 8th since 1999. jackson spent the last couple of season with the bengals. turned andy dalton to one of the nfl's very best. he has head coaching experience. who knows? he may be the guy who turns johnny manziel early indication, jackson would refer to move on without the troubled quarterback. he knows the system, but they

>> there will be a lot of names. >> mike malarkey. >> he's one of the names it's gone. hugh jackson is a big loss. >> it's a great system in place. i think they will get the right guy to get the things going in the right direction. >> victim of our own success. >> that's what happens in football. >> that's what happens in football. remembering the founder.

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significant impact on weight. ask your doctor if brintellix could make a difference for you. >> a man who made a big community impact has died. frank curseton was the founder the food bank in the 70s he began distributing items for families in need. he called what he was doing a three store. he quit his job and opened his business in his apartment. he continued to help out in the free store. recent chill will may make you think about helping. and 59th annual show will start on friday, run through the

you could check out boats, rv's and sporting equipment. tickets are $12. number of teenagers smoking a dropping the number of second-hand smoke has not >> holly firfer explains. nearly half of middle and second-hand smoke. the results comes from the national youth tobacco survey given through 6th to 12th graders. they found 48 percent of students who never used tobacco products were exposed to places in their home and car. and compared to those who have smoke-free rules. and more than a third said they were exposed to smoking in and school. the results comes from a 2013

the researchers say it proves doctors need to intervene more when it comes to smoking and cars. for today's health minute, i'm holly firfer. >> later, a report smoking hookah is more toxic. >> it is a big trend? >> there's a lot of hookah bars. a water main break sends water flying high. temperatures in the teens and 20s. factor the winds sustained around 10 miles an hour and some digits.

temperatures will be rising this . >> towns's water supply has become troksic. volunteers have distributed. and the town water became contaminated after city leaders in 2014 switched supply to save money on the financial crisis. the pipe erupted around 6:30

the water shot high in the air from a hole in the street. . workers did manage to finally turn off the water. >> don't want to do that >> it was really cold this morning. >> it was really cold. >> and warming up. >> official low morning temperature >> you factor the wind and windchill was below. and some didn't go to work today, because it was so dog gone cold: we have to come in, whether it's hail or side ways . >> i'm thinking of them. i've been there. not as fun out there as it is in here. tonight, temperatures will be rising.

wind temperature is not as low as it is last night. i downloaded the weather authority app, to the decrees rising temperatures: clouds will decrease this evening and will fill back in as it gets close to sun rise. i suspect, we're cloudy, tomorrow morning, in the av. know temperatures will be rising in the evening and any flurries around now, will be dissipating the next couple of hours track the flurries and track any freezing drizzle. with rain coming late friday, you will be able to track the local 12 w authority app. : and thankfully with direct sun hitting the lens, temperatures 21.

we have some flurries out there. fill back in and we're cloudy thursday and only hope for sun will be late in the day. and next significant chance of precipitation will be late on friday. temperatures now in the 20s. factor the wind, you have wind chills down to the teens for most. 21, the current temperature. low tonight will be set early, 23. close to 30, when you tune in to good morning. cincinnati early tomorrow. much of the snow is to the north and we have flurries showing up on live precision doppler hd. close to new richmond and moscow. we have flurries north of lawrenceburg. also, extending to butler county.

any accumulation. . we get some clearing tonight and clouds go back in. this model wants to paint snow early tomorrow much there may be areas of freezing drizzle early tomorrow morning and at best we'll have some clearing late in the afternoon. otherwise, we're cloudy tomorrow for clouds fill back in tomorrow thiet and early friday. the rain is opt way to start the weekend. tonight, temperatures rise. partial clearing tonight. back to mostly cloudy at 6:00 a.m. 43 is where we top out tomorrow. best chance foreseeing any sun late in the day. tomorrow and friday, the colder air returns early next week. we'll start monday at 5:00 and start tuesday at 9:00. those showers in the forecast

point. point: what's the coldest temperature in the tri-state? think about it. and messages of encouragement for the man blamed for a tough play-off loss. >> first at 4:00.

-- we all do >> thief caught on camera swiping a little girl's birthday present. as if that's not enough, the woman prances away with the stolen package. >> those move could actually put her in jail. they have the video of the skipping suspect. >> and staying away from our neighborhood. >> that's the message to the saatchi swindler, skipping proudly after her porch. >> and julian nino says the entire neighborhood is disgusted on the woman. they shared the video on social media and hopes someone recognizes her. >> we know each of our neighbors. we know each other. other. friday. the package contains the little

a relative for her 4th birthday. the thief doesn't stop there. the camera catches her dancing to another street where she steals another mail. >> my wife buys from amazon. we all do. >> julian points out the woman could soon be dancing all the way to the jail. >> all thanks to the camera that caught her entire act. >> hopefully will teach her a lesson lesson. >> we heard it all on the same day.

sailors after holding them . >> ten american sailors are free from custody.

custody and release. it's adding fresh criticism for the iranian nuclear deal that . the ten american sailors who were detained by the iranian revolutionary guard were handed over to the american-navy fleet tuesday morning. secretary of state says the americans were well taken care of and thanked the iranian authorities for a quick response. >> this was able to be resolved and that's a testament to the critical role of diplomacy. >> critics questions the timing. in exchange of iran freezing the nuclear program, economic sanctions will be lifted, a move that makes some economic leaders nervous

there's a linkage between the nuclear deal and how iran performs in the other port folios. >> lawmakers say the incident should raise serious questions on iran's nuclear danger. >> and i think it's a great to attempt to sit down, folks that will take action, folks that we will see in the video. >> also stoking criticism, iranian state city, on one of the u.s. sailors apologizing for the iranian waters. >> there's our fault. >> it is unclear from the video, whether the sailor was speaking voluntarily. u.s. has not said what circumstances the sailor was made >> and members of the house today passed a g.o.p.-backed legislation, that will give congress a greater oversight on the iran nuclear agreement.

for a shooting in the west end. 18-year-old antoine johnson appears before a judge. he's charged of shooting two people near popular. he's also charged with drug trafficking. he showed up in the area to sell marijuana two to strangers. >> frightening moments for a couple. victims tell police, five people banged in their apartment, and slamming to be police officers. police say they assaulted the man who lives there and sold the women's car. >> and police in hamilton have identified the victim in an early morning shooting. christopher bryan just turned 30 on sunday and he died after being shot this morning police are looking to hear from

from anyone who knows about the crime. >> scott was asking us how cold -- is this quiz time? >> quiz time is coming. >> later? >> the coldest temperature or how cold we got. >> what do we win if we get both. >> you get a hug from me >> and there's flurries in the tri-state. for at least a couple of hours, we'll see clouds move out before they go back in overnight. tonight, it's an up side down night for temperatures. temperatures will gradually rise through the 20s this evening and overnight. clouds spill back in as we get close to sun rise. i would not be surprised if we have friesing patchy drizzle. rule of thumb, if you see some

that's an indication it's freezing drizzle. they freeze on tri-state road. and feel better about the risk of some icy spots. this is not an overwhelming threat for freezing drizzle or colds. we have some snow and we don't have much to track. these are flurries near georgetown, be gail kentucky. also flurries, close to ozgood. and flurries near oxford. those have dissipated at best. flake will fly around for a period of time. none of the flakes will stick to the ground. temperatures in the up teens for some. low to mid-20s. and the winds are sustained

and warmer spots now with wind chills between 20-25. freezing drizzle. something i warmed up and there's opportunities for flurries. wem take you through the planning forecast. >> if you haven't gotten your lottery ticket. >> you may have to. liz bonis with more on living longer. >> good afternoon. if you are dreaming on what to do with a billion and a half dollars, if you won the lottery tonight, xments say the lottery fever, the dream big idea, it's what the doctor order. experts say the big dreams lead to hormones in your body.

your winnings, from great vacation to new cars, you get a boost in the body like a runner's high or exercising. it's due to neuro transmitter in the brain. : psychologist in the report says we are not wired to think about probability. they say it's good to play the office pool just to heck of it. it could even feel like team work. in this report, i will remind, happiness is not linked to a correlation of how much you make. there's ab. it used to be like 40. >> i know.

you need enough to basically live. if you need -- the happiest profession if you have to work >> and i would say teachers. >> believe it or not, personal trainers. they don't make a lot but physically feel well all the time. . >> back at 5:30, talking about

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i didn't know what to . >> it's a driverless car. you never know what direction that may go. >> a car went out of control and drove in circles without a driver inside. it was caught on camera with tommy anderson's cell phone. moments before he pressed record, a man was on top trying to stop it. police needed drive sticks >> why would you jump on the roof and think, i think i could stop this from going. . kids in an a school sending

he missed a 27 yard run. enter the first grade class in north point elementary. >> i feel bad for you >> and keep on trying. we love you so much. >> you're so cool. don't give up. >> you're still number one. you are very good. >> i know you could do it. you could win the game >> you are the best and maybe you need to practice. >> learning about empathy in their class. teachers wanted to try a learn

>> i'm like, sports are so mean. >> there's winners and losers. you love your team. you hate the other team and -- >> that's the way it is. some things will never change >> do you guys watch, making a murderer murderer. >> it's a widely popular netflix and demands for new trial and cries of foul play in a wisconsin murder case. making a murderer has drawn attention to angenette levy. she covered the steven avery trial and appeared in the documentary, including one from

. >> also at 6:00, follow-up for a township couple, that is saving and late last month, the pharmaceutical company decided to stop the clinical trel. so his and to the james reps for the pharmaceutical company are saying about it all now. >> i'll be back at 12:00. >> you don't talk to joe webb >> i'm sthoour. >> thank you, guys. >> taking a look at the traffic on 75 north.

and it's that moment. >> colder north >> you said 6:00 was the morning low. >> i will say we hit zer e somewhere >> brad wins >> coldest spot i could find. about about. we have po. top of the hill, got down to 8. bottom of the hill, one below zero. >> here's the map.

notice some hit the goose egg. harrison. airplane snam. and at least at the map, the coldest spot. for 3 below. coldest morning we've had at least the next few days. we're focused on the well advertised warming trend to finish out the week. adrienne weather cam this afternoon, in coughington, college college. there's snow in oxford. temperatures 20

we're grad atly going to necessary frefrpth. the windchill is 10 above zero. >> that will help push the temperature up for the evening and overnight. the low tonight will be after dinner time. start early tomorrow. and the bubble of warmth, is going to ride our way. also get rid of the flurries in some tri-state. we phoned, will take timy live

flurries to the west of union to the south of maceville. there is. snow falling from the skies. no accumulation of the radar. don't expect any snow. clouds decrease. we have finally got a good model run. decreasing clouds. clouds increase overnight. moisture is trapped underneath. the snow will start to melt. the moisture gets trapped underneath the pocket of stable air. can't rule out patchy drizzle tomorrow morning. we'll get an update on that beginning at 4:25. outside perhaps some slick spots. clouds coming and going.

precipitation, waiting until late friday. we're up to 29 by 6:00 in the morning. variably cloudy. and clouds from start to finish, perhaps peeks of the sun late. colder is -- and 46 to close out the day on friday. we'll drop it. >> scott, thanks very much. >> people talking about the 1.5. >> i haven't heard a thing. . >> you people who spent $100-200 lottery tickets for mega millions and powerball are out of your mind. in my opinion, it really just forked that kind of money, you

>> aaron is prepared to win. i have my accountant on speed dial. i would buy a house, buy my coworker a house. whose house burned down in covington from another house. he would buy his parents a new house. he would make a wish. >> i bought one ticket. the first one i've ever bought and most likely my last. add your two cents. there

smoking. . >> use of hookahs got en more popular. >> a study reveals, it may be more dangerous. >> urban trends is a hot commodity and one of the hottest is hookah. >> will do something else. something extraordinary. >> and new study, revealed smoking hookah exposes the smoker to smoke. 2.5 times the nicotine and ten times the carbon monoxide as in cigarettes. even though the study is damaging, it is broad.

believe hookah is more toxic >> flavor is mixed up with tobacco. none have nicotine >> and they looked at the labels. turns out only four ingredients, tobacco, molasses. >> it doesn't affect me. scientists acknowledge it's difficult to the different forms. people smoke in different ways. meantime, scientists worn, as in everything in life, it's buyer beware. >> not to be confused with vaiperring. >> if you're smoking something it's probably not. >> we're back at 5:30. >> man accused of shooting at police officers never faced

why the judge says, he still will not be punished. >> powerball mania. crowds flock to a $ 1 in 422 million shot. >> and what you need to do to stay healthy. . >> good evening, everyone. it took more than three decade toss bring him to justice. >> a local man, accused of trying to kill police officers will not go to prison. jill callahan recently got picked up on assault charges from 1984. >> judge dropped the case. a story you will only see on local 12 news. rich. >>.

and this is unusual even for me.