daughter was taken to the medical center. how did it happen? >> it appears the pedestrians were in the crosswalk. traffic was kind of light, not a lot of vehicle or pedestrian traffic out at that time. as soon as the accident happened, the bus did stop and people did come and render aid to the victims. >> reporter: metro released this statement this morning, which reads "our thoughts and prayers go out to the families affected by last night's accident. a thorough investigation is underway and we are cooperating fully with the cincinnati police department". tyrone patrick was driving that cincinnati metro bus, a bus with no passengers at the time of the crash. we're told patrick showed no signs of impairment and he did offer a blood sample. they will look at possibly surveillance cameras around the area to try to determine the cause of the. >> be sure to stay with local 12

you can find more on the story on our website local12.com. the goal to combat childhood poverty. local 12's jeff hirsh was there and gives us an idea of what lessons were taken away. >> a big crowd of community leaders here this morning. more than 200 people for the cincinnati child poverty collaborative and they heard from an expert from new york city about things that can work. >> robert doer is with a conservative policy study group. he spoke of reducing teen pregnancies and reinforcing the importance of families and requiring able-bodied people who do get public assistance to get a job as well. >> it works to say to people who are receiving various forms of assistance, this is a reciprocal relationship.

we need people who are receiving assistance to moving rapidly toward employment. >> i was very impressed, talking about the importance of two parent families for the benefit of kids. helping young men who may not prison system. these are huge issues. >> i thought frankly his comments about the challenge of silos, you get help for food, you go someplace else for help for housing, someplace else for medical, i think that's something everybody has been talking aboutnd a thinking about, it is more difficult to decide how to make changes in that area. >> reporter: community leaders believe some sort of change is necessary, the question now is what changes. >> john: the cincinnati poverty group hopes to have

summer. pleading guilty to drug and money laundering charges in court. according to court documents the defendants were charged in april last year in the 23-count indictment. the group apparently operated stash houses where they would process, cut and store the drugs. the group would then buy real estate and property to launder their money. agents recovered more than a million dollars in cash, as well as guns, vehicles, jewelry and much more. a local father faces charges after he allegedly left his child in the middle of the road in freezing temperatures. according to court documents leland got in a fight with his mother and drove off with the child of the -- he left the baby in a car in the car seat in the road. he's charged with assault and due before a judge this afternoon.

wind makes it feel even chillier. expect some cloud clearing though. here is meteorologist john gumm weather. >> actually air temperatures are going to be a whole lot warmer than what they were yesterday. part of the reason for that, we are seeing sunshine across the city of cincinnati. this is the view from college hill and you can see broken high thin clouds on the atrium weather center camera. temperatures in the upper 30s to around 40 degrees. the airport, lunken and hamilton all at 40. 37 at wilmington and 39 batavia. winds are gusting over 20 miles per hour at times. the wind chills are still in the 20s to low 30s. nothing is showing up on radar around here. clouds from this morning are moving out of the picture. we'll see some sunshine, there's another disturbance dropping in from wisconsin that will bring a chance for a shower.

with increasing clouds and a chance for a shower late this afternoon into the evening. it may mix with a few flakes of snow as we dip back into the upper 30s. coming up in weather, it is going to get colder before it gets warmer, a big january fall extended forecast. more on that in your complete minutes. >> the tri-state is full of reds fans but two in particular stand out today. tina and jack are the winners of the takeover contest. the caravan rolled up to their home in bright today. >> the reds caravan made its first stop here in bright, indiana to meet the winners of damon. the couple was very excited to say the least. >> i saw it on my e-mail and i said, wow, that would be exciting if the reds would come over to our house.

>> in fact, some may say speechless, after all it is not every day they can say they had these guys over to hang out at their house. >> great hospitality. the pizza was great. meeting all of the fans, especially. jack and tina have really taken good care of us and it has been fun. >> fun for all and a day the damons won't soon forget. >> there are four busses heading in different directions to 16 different cities along this tour. said to be a fun time for the reds and the fans who will get to meet them. >> in bright, indiana, local 12 news. >> the reds in your house eating up all of your foods. the annual event is designed to get the fans hyped up about the season. four busses will travel more

former players, coaches and staff will travel. it gives fans a chance to interact with players. they will field questions and sign autographs at each of the stops. dimitry young talked about what this trip means before he boarded the bus this morning. >> getting to know who the guys are and just being a good promotional guy for the reds. you look on paper and the reds aren't supposed to be that team, but the '99 reds weren't either and we won 96 games. >> for a full listing go to our website local12.com. >> most of the candidates are expected there. the last big republican debate

is it close to >> the republican presidential candidates are prepping for their final debate before the iowa caucuses, at least most of them are. donald trump the front runner in the polls says he'll skip the debate and hold his own for veterans. hillary clinton is unleashing

for a last minute tour of iowa as they tries to hold off bernie sanders in that caucus. >> it may be nearing an end. three more people have been holed up in that refuge are in custody now. there are several others still there. the latest from burns, oregon. >> this is a free for all armageddon, that's the message from one man, and he's calling for reinforcement. >> if they stop you from getting here, kill them. >> he and others are refusing to the armed presentation. even this as their leader mr. bundy urges them to go home. >> mr. bundy wants them to remember that somebody died. >> bundy and others were arrested on tuesday when law

road about 20 miles from the compound. finicum was killed. finicum had recently told reporters, he would rather die than be caged. >> i'm going to not spend my days in a cell. >> she says they cold-blooded shot him. she figures at least six times. three or four times after he was on the ground dead. authorities put the blame squarely on the protesters. >> let me be clear, it is the actions and choices of the armed occupiers of the refuge that have led us to where we are today. >> this can't happen anymore. this can't happen in america. >> the remaining occupiers posted a youtube video this morning saying there are five of

that all of them want to leave. they say the fbi told them there's a warrant out for the arrest of one of the men that's there and the other four say they are willing to stay until the government drops the charges

carter evans, cbs news, burns, >> facebook stock is absolutely surging. the company made nearly $6 billion in the last quarter. that's 52% in the year before. mostly because the social media network figured out how to make money on mobile ads. nearly a billion people check facebook on their smartphone every single day. >> 2015 was a good year for ford. posting record profits last year. ford earned a net income of $7.4 billion for the year. 4th quarter earnings alone nearly doubled from a year ago. the company bet on an aluminum f-150 pickup paid off. ford says it expects the good days to continue and this year's sales profit margins and earnings to all be equal to or better than 2015 results. the news not quite as good for another major local employer. >> managers have told more than

going to lose their jobs. a company spokesman says it is not a case of declining business, but simply an issue of the company completing the engine programs. specifically this impacts 238 engineers at the plant. >> here is a look at the latest numbers of wall street for you. the dow jones is 18 points. the nasdaq is up 15. the s&p 500 is up 1 point. you can catch the closing numbers today on local 12 news first at 4:00.

but the 50s are in >> today marks the 30th anniversary of the challenger tragedy. it is nasa's day of remembrance. seven members of the challenger crew died on the morning of january 28th when a booster engine failed causing the challenger to break apart only 73 seconds after it launched. it was a terrible, terrible tragedy. >> a dark day in u.s. history >> absolutely. >> our weather today is kind of blah. >> we start with the clouds, we're now getting sunshine. have you poked your head out the window here lately. it is going to be nice on your >> excellent.

warmer this afternoon than what we saw yesterday. that's the view of downtown cincinnati from the atrium weather camera center we're going to get warmer today. there's a chance for a late day passing shower, perhaps a sprinkle, no major rainfall associated with this weak today. you might even see a flurry or two during the overnight into tomorrow morning. we'll get colder tomorrow and then by the weekend, this big january thaw kicks in with temperatures surging into the 50s. early next week, rain chances will begin to go up. outside right now, 40 degrees. the wind is making it feel colder, sustained out of the southwest at 16. we're seeing gusts over 20 miles an hour. there's a wind gust at the airport gusting to 22 miles per hour out of the southwest. the combination of sunshine early this afternoon will push

late day up around 45 degrees. we're going to see the chance for some showers developing late this afternoon into the evening. if you guys could take one of our tower cams right now. i want to give you a heads-up cincinnati this afternoon. i'll show you some of that sunshine across the area. afternoon. way better picture than what we saw yesterday afternoon. the weather a lot better today. you know how january is, we get these ups and downs. by this weekend, we're going to see temperatures seriously begin to go up. those temperatures are going to surge all the way into the low 50s by saturday. by sunday, we could be surging into the upper 50s, some spots by early next week could be talking temperatures pushing up around 60 degrees. whenever you get that warm, you start to see a storm system moving our way and that's exactly what we're going to see as we get into next week. i want to give you a picture of

take you on into the future and show you weather conditions into the future. we're going to see eventually a chance for a shower by late this afternoon. the cloud cover on the increase by late afternoon around the cincinnati area. eventually a few hit or miss showers will develop and there are flurries into the overnight hours. nothing of any major consequence, the big story, however, is going to be the warmer air kicking in here as we get into the end of the weekend, we start to see those highs into the upper 50s. so it is going to be quite a change around here from what we have seen as of late. temperatures surging as high as 60 degrees next week. there's your planning forecast, 45 today. a late day shower possible and then colder tomorrow, 38, we're in the low 50s on saturday. upper 50s on sunday. on saturday. a better chance for a shower coming in late sunday.

we're talking widespread rain on saturday. 60 on tuesday. then the other shoe drops and we get colder again as we get into the middle of next week. just 39 degrees for a high on meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do more. we do more games,

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tonight, the big bang theory at 8:00. life in pieces at 8:30. moms at 9:00 and angels from hell at 9:30. elementary at 10:00. stay tuned for local 12 news live at 11:00. >> take a look at this new gerber baby. the company announced the winner of its baby photo search contest. as a winner, she's going to appear in an ad and the parents get 15,000 bucks. they fell in love with her cheeky smile and awesome hair. >> all right. a quick check on weather.

in the mid 40s todaday. from first sniffles to