>> a dive in china' s stocks causes a domino effect around the world. how the dow tumbled hundreds of points in response. the home where a hamilton firefighter fell to his death is apparently the scene of multiple crimes. why police have been called to the home many times over recent years. a couple getting help for their child, at children' s hospital caught overdosing on heroin. the multiple charges the father is facing this morning and the woman who' s now dead. >> from cincinnati' s wlwt, leading the way.

lisa: good morning, i' m lisa cooney. mark hayes has the day off. randi rico is here with a check on your forecast. randi: temperatures on the upswing today and tomorrow. we are hitting the 50' s. it doesn' t stay that way. they will crash area that is the best way to describe it on sunday. as we look at the radar this morning, rain rolled in around 2:00 this morning and right now, rolling its way to the north. the leading edges in dayton moving toward wilmington. temperature wise, most places are in the upper 30' s and low 40' s. the chance of any slick spot -- we have heard a couple of spots on the elevated services, but this is pushing with a warm push of air. if there is any limited slick spot, they shouldn' t be lasting

watching those showers lived to too hefty. cvg. now in florence and loveland. there is the breakdown today. 8:00 a.m., rain showers, temperatures close to 40. at noon today, still soggy, 46. not ruling out a stray sprinkle, but generally, cloudy and mild, a higher run 50. -- around 50. lisa: breaking now, philadelphia police say an officer is undergoing surgery after he was ambushed as he sat in his marked police cruiser. police say last night the suspect fired a total of 13 shots that hit the officer three times in the arm. the officer returned fire, hitting the suspect three times. both were taken to the hospital. the officer is expected to survive. there' s no word on the suspect' s condition. high on heroin and shooting up in children' s hospital. one woman is dead and an alabama father is set to be arraigned

and weapon charges. his seven-month-old baby was at children' s hospital for treatment when police say the two overdosed in the baby' s room. wlwt news 5' s emily wood has a look at what happened. >> i can' t answer the question of why. i' ve asked quite a few and there are a lot of different answers for everybody. emily without knowing why, : cincinnati police are investigating how 31-year-old wesley landers brought drugs and a loaded weapon into cincinnati children' s hospital. based on court documents, medical staff searched landers and found a 22 caliber semi-automatic handgun loaded and chambered in his pants pocket. in addition to the heroin syringe and his arm two heroin , syringes were also found on the bathroom sink counter >> initially it was a shock that it was in a healthcare facility, in a child'

emily hamilton county coroner : dr. lakshmi sammarco says she was talking with a group of drugs when she got the call about two adult overdoses at children' s. she says drug overdose deaths surpassed car accident deaths in hamilton county more than 5 years ago. and as the trend keeps going up, it is more and more difficult to explain why it is happening. >> you wonder if the child had been exposed prior to, prior to being born in utero so it raises a lot of questions. lisa: that was emily wood reporting. children' s hospital released a statement. on it' s security practices. it said in part, patient safety is a top priority and taken very seriously. we have a cincinnati police officer at the main location 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. we are always re-evaluating our security measures to ensure the safety of our patients. it is 4:34 right now. a former aberdeen police chief found guilty of domestic abuse

the family of clark gast' s late wife laura says he used to beat her. and they believe that led to her death. gast faces up to six months in jail and a $1000 fine. new this morning in covington. police were called to a car fire early this morning on 9th street. the car was vacant at the time . police say they don' t believe the fire is suspicious. it does remain under investigation. we are learning about the hamilton home where a firefighter was killed in a recent arson case was targeted several times before the fire. wlwt news 5' s miriah turner is at the live alert desk with the latest developments. miriah: lisa according to police , records the house had been targeted with crimes four times in four years. this all before the latest arson case that took the life of hamilton firefighter patrick wolterman. the incidents range from theft to menacing. this past november the home owner reported guns and alarm system wires had been stolen from the house. no one was ever charged.

daughter reported a suspect making threatening remarks towards her. investigators told dispatchers to add a hazard caution on any calls made from the house. again, no one was ever charged. in august 2012 the homeowners car was keyed overnight. and in february 2011. police were called when the home' s burglary alarm went off. just last month that burglar alarm would go off again when ptrick wolterman would fall to his death in the house fire. the arson and homicide investigation are still active. there is a $20,000 dollar reward for any information if you know anything call crimestoppers. from the live alert desk i' m miriah turner. lisa: federal officials in two states say they have arrested people on terrorism related charges. according to court documents in california, a 23-year-old man in sacramento, was trying to travel to syria, to fight alongside terrorist organizations. and in texas a houston area man was indicted, on charges that he tried to provide support to the islamic state.

arrests might have prevented a terror-related incident. it is 4:36 right now. stock markets in china were off to a bumpy start today. reopening after shutting down due to a plunge in prices. china' s main stock index plunged 7% yesterday. before trading was automatically halted after just 30 minutes. the selling spread across continents sending indexes sharply lower in the united states and europe. the dow tumbled nearly 400 points. we' re just one day away now from the bengals wild-card showdown with the steelers. getting ready. the bengals tweeted these pictures from the field yesterday. you can see the wildcard logo on the 25-yard line and a banner and perhaps even more ready for the game are the fans. cincinnati mayor john cranley wants city workers to show off their bengals pride by declaring wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is

day and how the city is preparing for the big game. dan? dan: good morning. there are a lot of plans to get everything set here. cincinnati police are planning for a lot of fans to come here down to paul brown. steelers and bengals fans. here are think you need to know. cincinnati police say you need a plan in place for how you' re going to get here, where you are going to park. parking will cost $20 close to the stadium. the farther away, the price goes down. $10 for a half-mile away. you need to remember to bring cash as you come down here. speaking of those steelers fans, one of the businesses in cincinnati known for selling tickets says they are not selling tickets to any steelers fans. take a listen to why. >> our boss said this week we don' t have to sell to anyone showing the 412 area code.

dan: they said they want to make sure paul brown is flooded with orange gerdau all of the bengals fans are the ones we see as this is televised this weekend. another thing to take into consideration is heightened the curative. we are expecting a lot more security down here. another reason to get down here early. take off saturday at a: 15 in the evening. live at paul brown stadium, dan griffin, wlwt news five. lisa: randy, good morning. everyone is throwing it down, the mayors are throwing down, no to steelers fans. in the rain on saturday night. grass? let' s take a look at the forecast. rain is drawing in this mine. a couple our lube on here. on the leading edge, -- throw a loop on here.

was a problem at 3:00. it is no longer an issue. the rain is heavier at the moment moving to portions of clinton county. call it light to moderate rain through much of the morning as we get into the afternoon. not ruling out a couple of scattered showers. your best bet for more substantial rain is in the first part of the day. here is your bus stop forecast as the kids head out the door this morning in their orange and black. temperatures around 40 degrees. take umbrellas and raincoats. into the afternoon, cloudy, but feeling good. 49 degrees after school. tomorrow, mid-50' s. start the weekend. it won' t stay that way. we go from on brother whether this morning to roots -- boot -- we go from on brother whether to -- umbrella weather to boots. kyla: it is not too

baby is growing up. s move along. 71 at red bank, north and southbound rolling right along. give yourself a few extra we haven' t seen many problems. free. 75 at mitchell, overnight that will cause you any issues as you had outside. 74 westermann nearly 275 and clear. throughout the morning. lisa: she literally shut the stadium down the last time she was there. how queen bae is clean queen bee -- it is beyonce. she is is gracing the superbowl stage once again not long after cold play was announced the performers. there is rain on the screen,

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lisa: another music artist jumps into the superbowl half time performance line up. miriah turner joins us now with churning this monitor a lot of people are excited about this. miriah: who could it be? s just say, all of the single ladies will have their hands up at halftime. beyonce is

miriah: it takes place on figure seven. let' s hope there is a power outage after her performance like the last superbowl she played in 2013. and new gadgets from the consumer electronic show continue to make headlines. introducing the the segway advanced personal robot. he hides away while you ride on his two wheels and when your in need of an extra hand you can attach arms or other appendages, and turn the robot into basically anything you want. he' ll carry your groceries or answer your doorbell and inventors are working to make the robot respond to voice commands, and even see in the dark. very cool. and there seems to be a strange new way to cure a cough. listen to this. several users on social media have been posting the remedy is rubbing vicks vaporub on your feet. vicks vaporub maker proctor and gamble issued a statement saying we would not endorse it being used in this way. there' s also been claims that placing a cut onion in your sock before sleep can cure a cough and other health ailments, which

months. there are no studies prooving that either method actually works. lisa: i tried them. miriah: here is the deal. you can put it on your feet and walk around. randi: i have done it with the kids. when they are congested. i rub it on the bottom of their fee. miriah: i don' t know if it specifically works or not, but it is worth a try. with that thing that is going around, she hasn' t woken up coughing. randi: an adult sized onesie. lisa: that is hilarious. some people think it is a placebo effect. i think it works. it worked for the kids, or center. randi: let' s look at the

now. we have fairly steady rain 31st part of the day. we are drier in the afternoon, evening. the first part of the day tomorrow looks great. it doesn' t feel bad, either. at kickoff, whether your heading downtown or there is a watch party in your part of time, upper 40' s around kickoff. rain arrives around the sunset. we will have a soggy kickoff. lisa: a nail-biter on the road, could the bearcats, get a signature win at smu? wlwt news 5' s george vogel' s has more now on the last-second drama in dallas. george: yet another game where you see is leading a tough opponent and the bearcats can' t find a way to get it done. welcome back, everyone. an inability to finish is starting to defin e this. last night, a defeat at smu. a bengals-steelers game breaks out. two technical

smu has a player kicked out of the game. four minutes to play, gary clark attacking, scoring, you see up by seven with four minutes to go. here is the frustration with this team. smu takes the lead. it i s u.c. down two. it was hot earlier in the game but for misfires here. that does it, and an 11-to run in the game for smu, 59 hoffman -- 59-57. you see committing 20 files -- u.c. committing 20 fouls, smu @ just nine. on the road at n.c. state, awfully miss -- off the miss. with the stick-back. he plays above the rim as you see right there. second half, damion

, for they slept or clinton snider leading with 21 and the cardinals when it 77-72. saturday, it is playoff time for the bengals and steelers. they met just a month ago. they also met back in november. they know each other well. it is not like much changes. or does it? >> it is the postseason so everything feels different. we are playing for the third time, a rubber match, whatever you call it. there is some hate you can look at. familiarity. george: the bengals have a better scoring average o n offense and defense and the bengals were better when it comes to turnovers. the bengals are plus 11 for the seasons, the steelers, plus two. ken griffey jr. met the newly yesterday in new york. he spent nine seasons with the reds, but it wasn' t tough to figure out he would go into the hall with the seattle mariners have on his black -- hat on his

works to be the first mariner ever to go into the hall o f fame , that is one of the parts of th e decision that i needed to make. i felt that being 19, they gave me an opportunity to play the game that i loved . i spent most of my time in seattle. george : junior will be enshrined later this summer on july 24. the ceremony is in cooperstown, new york. high school basketball back, the big blitz tonight @ at 11:00. that is all the sports to now. we will have more later in the day. lisa: 4:50 right now on your friday morning. hopefully, it is a great start for you. barely a breeze, mild for january. i know it is a rather coaster -- roller coaster situation. it starts right now. randi: we' re at the start of the ride and our temperatures

specifically, sunday. let' s take a look at the breakdown. it is a split weekend. warm and wet and then really cold. today and tomorrow, temperatures on the warm side. we are climbing up to around 50 or so today. mid-50' s tomorrow. way colder. we will probably start sunday in the upper 40' s and and during daylight hours and the 20' s. that is a temperature crash for the end of the weekend. as we look at the radar, rain has overspread the area over the last couple of hours. the very leading edge may have had a little bit of a potential to create slick spots. now, temperatures climbing for everybody. it is just plain wet as you hit the road. the leading edge their wilmington. as you look at a wide view, the rain is study through the morning hours. this back edge will roll through around lunchtime, maybe the latest at 2:00.

an area of low pressure over the top of kansas city is responsible for our rain on saturday night. right now, 39 degrees, wind currently fairly calm. the breakdown today, a wet start to your 40 -- three second half of the day, study, cloudy, near 50. a sprinkle possible in the afternoon. futurecast shows that through the morning rush we see rain across our area. lunchtime, the back edge of the steady rain rolls through. not actually needing the umbrella too much in the afternoon hours. tonight, cloudy skies. tomorrow, expect to start out relatively dry. tailgate parties are good. at 2:00, rain on the doorstep. by the time you get to 4:00 or 6:00, rain is moving in. expect showers during the bengals game. it will move out into sunday morning but may end with a couple of flurries. today, 50 degrees in the morning. tomorrow, 54 and cloudy with

evening it hours. sunday, we start out with rain flurries. temperatures crash. another chance of light snow on tuesday. lisa: it is happening again. millions of americans are coming down with a serious case of lottery fever. there has never been a jackpot united states to the price for tomorrow' s powerball drawing has grown to $700 million. lottery officials say it could grow even larger by the weekend. >> we have been busy with a lot of lottery tickets today. everybody is excited to buy tickets, to win a big jackpot. lisa: the powerball drawing will be tomorrow evening at 10:59 p.m. the $700 million jackpot is the stuff dreams are made of but it all boils down to math. ticket holders have a 1 in 292.2 million chance of winning. to put that into perspective. according to the university at buffalo. the odds of hitting the jackpot

of flipping a quarter and getting heads 28 times in a row. so you' re saying they' re still chance. if you need a reason to think past the winter some warmer thoughts for you. kings island has announced its opening date. the amusement park will kick off its 45th season on april 16. daily operations begin may 13. and soak city opens two weeks later on the 28th. new this year is tropical plunge a seven-story tall complex , featuring six different slide experiences. happening today the 56th annual koi auto parts cavalcade of customs will return to the duke energy center in downtown cincinnati. there will be over 500 custom cars, classics, hot rods, trucks, motorcycles and race cars on display. the event will kick off at three -- 3:00 this afternoon and will continue through sunday.

gate. the weekend is almost here and so is the warm weather. randi: today, 50 degrees, cloudy, and miles. taking a look at the futurecast, for the morning hours, wet more often than not. by lunchtime, we are on the back edge of the steady rain. cloudy skies, not ruling out a sprinkle this evening. temperatures stay steady. for saturday, if you are out pre-gaming, lifetime into the middle of the afternoon, you' re good to go. by the time we approach 4:00 , rain, soggy after sunset. rain could be heavy at times during the bengals game. notice the backside of the system as we head into sunday morning. rain will eventually give way to flurries and very light snow showers. no big issues for us on sunday aside from trying to stay warm as temperatures start in the 40' s and and in the 20' s.

tuesday, another chance for light snow showers. kyla: roads are not too bad considering the wet pavement. as you had outside, keep that in mind. we are seeing good conditions. your travel times are not extending at all. 13 minutes on 275 on the northeast corner. each chase to i-71, 16 minutes. 71 75, 90 minutes. that is where we typically see it until we get into rush-hour. you are seeing traffic move along northbound and southbound at dixie highway. we will check again for you at the top of the hour. lisa: 4:56 right now. we are checking stories trending this morning. this video pretty much sums up how most people who hate snow feel. >> look at all the snow. [crying] >> i know! [laughter] lisa: this dad revealed the first snow of the year to his daughter and she is not happy about it. kids normally love snow but not

tell the snow to go away. let' s hope for her sake that it does. that is hilarious. a marriage proposal is a moment in time you' ll want to capture forever. this guy had a team of $10 photographers capture hundreds of moments and stitch them together into an awesome stop-motion video. he took his girlfriend on a date to the lincoln memorial. and popped the question surrounded by the photogs resulting in this sweet 360-degree video. she said yes, by the way. we have a warning for you if you are lucky enough to have a ticket to the bengals game. why you shouldn' t brag to much about those tickets on social media.