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on your headlights in traffic in a moment but first, a beautiful forecast -- a check on your headlines and traffic in a moment, but first, a bit full forecast. randi: i think you' ll be seeing a lot of short sleeves, maybe shorts and flip-flops. kyla: i saw some flip-flops yesterday. randi: temperatures making their way up into the 70' s for the next three days. yesterday was kind of gloomy, but we still hit 63 degrees. today, we should be that by about 10 degrees or so. expect highs in the low 70' s and way more in the way of sunshine. take a look at where we are starting. generally, mid-50' s to start the day. sitting at 57 degrees in and several hours. right now 52 in loveland. plan on very mild air as you step out the door, a nice light jacket or sweatshirt will serve you won' t need a by lunchtime that is how quickly our
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starting out with a blanket of clouds, much like yesterday, but those should be thinning out. right now, cloudy and 57. by lunchtime, sunny and 66. 4:00, 72. heading into the evening, it stays nice and comfortable to get outside. ray chances start to creep in for a few parts of town tomorrow. first, let' s check the roads on this nice tuesday morning. kyla: we still have the closure in covington. we have been dealing with this for almost an hour. this is 4th street at russell right across the river. if you' re traveling through the area, be mindful of wires were down in the road. until crews get that cleared up, duke energy having to come to the scene as well, so still working on getting that cleared up for you. try to avoid it if you' re heading out soon. 71-75, looks like a broken down tractor-trailer on the southbound side. it is often the shoulder and not blocking travel lanes.
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heavy. northbound and southbound, moderate on 71 at pfeiffer. we will see southbound lanes really built over the next hour. smooth northbound and mark: thank you. cincinnati police investigating a shooting in over the rhine this morning. investigators say a woman was shot in the backside about 4:20 atlanta used. she is been taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. made an arrest. s office asking for your help this morning as they attempt to track young son. andrew setters is leading the way in lebanon with what we know about the investigation. andrew: we know this young mother and her child have been out of contact with family and friends for the past several days. add to that, concern about whether she might be spending
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you can understand why their concern. kallie carnes is 20 result in her mind -- her son is 22-month-old. the family says she left a note on the table and left home. they have not seen any sign of her since. they spent the weekend searching for her. the big concern is whether she is spending time with josh craft, but they are not sure about that. craft was convicted of abusing the child and under a court order to stay away from grant. that is why there is such concern. >> cannot imagine what a one year old could possibly do so bad that would make somebody want to hit him that way. hit them at all. he should not be laying a hand on him period. it worries me. take this. andrew: if you have any information about where these two might be, get in touch with s
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-- with the warren county sheriff' s office, 925-2525. photo territory' s families hoping for answers after she was laid to rest. turner had been missing for a month before fishermen found her body in snack creek in bracken county. the medical examiner' s office and the coroner have not released their findings about her death, but her family says investigators are narrowing down the cause. >> they told us the night they found her that she was not stabbed, shot, or strangled. kyla: the kentucky state police are leading the death investigation. mark: commitment 2016, voters weighing in on the republican race in four states -- hawaii, idaho, michigan, and mississippi are up for grabs. the candidates have been on the campaign trail hoping to pick up later today. at many stops, the attacks have
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>> you look at the things that cruz did, i mean, i will tell you what, what he is done, i cannot believe he got away with this, but we will expose it as the what happens. but this guy is a disaster. >> we' re seeing a lot of supporters who had been with donald trump coming to us stop the other thing we are seeing, more and more people unifying behind our campaign. those voters recognize donald trump is not the best candidate to go in the with hillary clinton. mark: donald trump is leading the republicans would delegates, ted cruz' s second in front of marco rubio and john kasich. kyla: for the democrats, two states are fading -- voting this week. michigan and mississippi are voting and the polls have clinton as the heavy favorite in both states. >> we have got our work cut out for us. the sooner i can become your nominee, the more i could begin to turn our attention to the
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we' re going to win here in michigan. to follow the results throughout the day and see what is ahead for the candidates. mark: a trail blazer the cincinnati community could soon have a street name may -- street named in her honor. in ordinance was taken up to name the 100 block of walnut the ordinance brought forth by wendell young notes her contributions to the city as a champion of equality and human rights as well as her public service as the first african-american woman to be elected to city council. kyla: a story many of and following, hamilton county commissioners taking a closer look at how money is being spent on sewer projects across the county. the director of the metropolitan sewer district spoke to commissioners on monday about the cost of major projects and why some of those projects have significant overruns.
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project, the msd director says there is no attempt to hide cost overruns and is willing to work with commissioners every step of the way. >> there is no attempt of pretending that things are one way or another. we are not trying to hide cost. we are trying to follow the game plan that was established 2005, 2009, and nine times since then. kyla: the city of cincinnati has launched its own investigation msd of the, looking at clean set millions of dollars have been mismanaged with overbuilt projects and other issues. sewer officials have strongly disputed these claims. mark: march madness upon us, talking basketball. xavier getting ready for the big east tournament. kyla: they' re headed to new york city for the conference tournament and they will have plenty of support. two buses full of students will hit the road this morning. when a hop on the buses, they will get swag bags to help show
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school officials tell us xavier schedules for break this week to coincide with the tournament so students would not have to miss class. how convenient. xavier has the number two seed headed into this tournament and the muskies first game will be on thursday. they' re taking on the winner of the saint johns market game. while the muskies had to new york, the bearcats are flying south. uc will be in orlando when they take on uconn. that game is friday and took office at 42:00. still to come, a developing story in california. mark: what we' re learning about the passengers hurt after the train jumped off the tracks. kyla: why this product is being pulled from shelves after uproar on social media. mark: a live look outside for you as we get up and get moving on a tuesday morning. 57 degrees. randi, things are only getting better from here? randi: our temperature is already seven degrees above the
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looking at temperatures in and around the 275 loop. in the 50' s. 57 in delhi. a nice and mild start to the day. expect the clouds to clear out before lunchtime. at noon, 66. for the drive home, temperatures in the 70' s. our streak of 70' s will last a few days, but rain chances start to roll in. we will get the timing when we come back. this is what i came home for -- to work in the community, turning schools after hours into centers for healthcare and safe spaces for our kids. i'm p.g. sittenfeld. after princeton and a marshall scholarship, i turned down a job at google to work improving education.
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mark: good morning and welcome back. as we take a live look outside free this money, 57 degrees is your temperature right now. we continue to monitor things outside for you and on the roads in your morning commute.
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kyla: recopy light fog in the city can early on. it is a closure on 4th street in covington and they do still have it shut down because there are wires in the road. duke energy has to come out to the scenic and everything cleared up. they want to do that in the best way possible so try to avoid that if at all possible as you' re heading out the door for your morning commute on the northern kentucky side. 75 at mitchell, still moving right along northbound and southbound. still pretty light on the southbound side. our map is still showing green conditions all over the place. our speeds look pretty good as well. i want to remind you about construction, and this is a daytime closure owing into effect around 9:00 a.m., pete rose way between central and rose between 9:00 and 3:00. you will deal with that today and i think remainder of the week as well. here' s a look on 71 traveling up into parts of warren and butler county.
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pretty clear. getting heavy northbound and southbound, but no major delays if you' re heading outside at this hour. we will check the roads for you. mark: thank you. today' s top stories, 14 people injured after commuter train derailed in northern california. authorities say the train was traveling from san jose to stockton last night when the french car fell into a creek. 10 people had minor injuries and another four sustaining serious nonlife lightning -- nonlife threatening injuries. the train cars to partially submerged in water, but all of the passengers are out say. the justice department asking a brooklyn federal court to reverse a decision involving apple in a locked iphone. government lawyers argued the request in a drug case is routine host of apple as claimed in cases like this, hacking phones sets a dangerous precedent when it comes to digital privacy. first lady michelle obama will deliver remarks in celebration of international women' s day. this is -- mrs. obama will speak
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part of the let girls learn initiative. the initiative is a governmentwide effort that leverages investments in global primary schools and expands them to help adolescent girls complete their education. ohio secretary of state says there is a shortage of poll workers for the upcoming election. help is needed for the general election in november and could be too long lines for the voters if there is not enough help. if you' re are willing to help, visit your board of elections office for more information. kyla: oranges had a lot of people' s cigarette on social media. this picture first posted on twitter went viral showing packages of pre-peeled oranges sitting in plastic containers at the food store. many were upset with the idea, calling it a waste of plastic after thousands of retweets and rants whole foods tweeted it was a mistake and pulled the product. whole foods also promised to leave the oranges in the natural packaging.
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for successful uterus transplant in the u.s. is now talking about that surgery. the external procedure could help thousands of women who cannot have children carry a child of their own. the 26-year-old lindsay went through a nine-hour surgery in cleveland. now she is thinking the family who may have helped her become a mom. >> first and foremost, i would like to take a moment to express the gratitude i feel toward my donor' s family. they have provided me with a gift that i will never be able to repay. i am deeply grateful to them. markup doctors will have to wait a year for her to heal and make sure her body does not reject the uterus then they will try in vitro fertilization. it somewhat transplants in sweden, women have been able to conceive healthy babies. randi: good morning. we have great weather coming our way over the next couple of days. yesterday, mild come into the 60' s.
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a springtime surge with highs up and of 70' s. expect more sunshine today, coupled with the strong wind out of the south. that leaves the temperatures a good 20 degrees above normal this afternoon. shower chances start to creep and tomorrow. most of us will see the steadier rain hold off until thursday late in the day. right now the radar, we do have cloudy conditions across ohio, indiana, much of kentucky. the next couple of hours, the clouds will start to thin and we get a good bit of sunshine through the afternoon. our temperatures are starting out in the 50' s. 57 right now at cvg, one of the cooler spots is hamilton at 50, wilmington at 51. basically, every ridding on the map is at or above our normal high for this time of year. those temperatures continue to climb into the afternoon. once you' re done with work and school, get outside and enjoy. temperatures right around 70
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when out of the southwest at that point attended 15 miles per hour. breezy, but steady, driving those temperatures up which means, get outside today or tomorrow because lunchtime, already at 66. yesterday, 63. we are warmer than that by 3:00, 72. 6:00, still holding tight at 70. the second half of the day, the clouds send out, nice and comfortably to the evening. a couple of clouds tonight, the s. a nice starting point for your wednesday. tomorrow, most of us see a few 70' s. areas west of downtown cincinnati specifically through southeastern indiana, you could in the morning. for most of us, rain chances scattered rain the second half of the day thursday, steadier night. for today, no problems, 72
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clouds, turning to sunny skies and absolutely feeling like springtime today. tonight, 54, a couple of clouds, mild. tomorrow, 70, workouts, maybe a spotty shower for those to the west of cincinnati in the morning. thursday, scattered showers in the afternoon. steadier after sunset into the very early morning hours on friday. that is a cold front so we will drop temperatures down about 10 degrees, which still keeps us well above normal for friday. heading into the weekend, a passing sprinkle is possible on saturday, definitely the better day to get outside for the weekend because sunday i expect steadier rain and you lose the hour of sleep saturday night in the sunday morning as we spring forward. kyla: just a little added information for you. a failed drug test for a tennis superstar. the fallout for maria sharapova and what could happen with her career. mark: victory for erin andrews. what a jury decided after siding with the sportscaster. kyla: a live look outside for
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downtown. things are easing right along on the roads.
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break. kyla: a house fire sent to people to the hospital in aurora, indiana. crews are still looking for at least one person.
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we have a crew here at the scene gathering the latest information and we will bring it to you in just a few minutes. mark: let' s get a check on your traffic. india jones is standing by. india: if you' re heading out the door right now, still dealing with the accident in covington, 4th street at russell street. your best alternate it around is either madison avenue and or 5th street. 471 heading northbound from the 275, 61 to 65 miles per hour, only five minutes in the downtown. things are still looking good. we' re starting to pick up a bit on the northbound side of the daniel carter beard bridge. the rest of cincinnati not doing too bad. another check coming up shortly. mark: tennis superstar maria sharapova is losing sponsors after failing a drug test at the are strong and open will stop nike and another are cutting ties after she admitted she tested positive. she claims she has been taking the drug for years for numerous
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help endurance athletes. according to her lawyer, share public could be banned from tennis rep to four years, but that would only happen if officials decided she intentionally violated doping rules. sportscaster erin andrews walked out of court monday with a win under her belt. the jury awarded her $55 million in a civil suit over a stalker build -- filming her new to the hotel. attorneys say the nashville marriott should never have told michael barrett room she was staying and or let her stay in the room next or her. the jury put 51% of the blame on barrett and get hotel management group the 49%. kyla: despite the push for jumping on board with the new chip cards. a new survey found more than three out of every five companies do not accept them. retailers and credit card companies were supposed to adopt a more secure cards by last october or face penalties. many put off the roll out until
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checkout lines moving smoothly. mark: radio through the details on a nice warm up coming our way today. randi: make plans to get outside if you are a runner or walker or have kids that want to go to the playground, if you just like a nice grilled burger or steak, fire up the grill tonight. it is a great excuse to spend time outside. it is going to be very springlike this afternoon. temperatures of about 4:00, 72 degrees. 6:00, sunday, still warm and avenue. after the sunsets, a bit cooler by 8:00 tonight, about 64. no excuses not to get outside for today. tomorrow, 70 degrees. a few more clouds, maybe a passing shower west of town in the morning. thursday is when the rain chances ramp up, especially the evening. we will see the rain move out friday morning. for the weekend, off and on rain
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for the next week. kyla: the contest continues. the states to watch today is more voters head to the polls. andrew: where is to your old grant? the warren county sheriff' s office don'
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oligo one person unaccounted for
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indiana. we' re live at the scene with what investigators are sing about the cause. mark: the search intensifies for a mother and her toddler, the new details we' re learning about the case. kyla: the contest added a and what it could mean for the race. -- the contests today and what it could mean for the race. mark: the exciting day ahead for xavier fans. >> from cincinnati' s wlwt , leading the way, this is wlwt news 5 today. mark: good morning, everyone, thanks for joining us, i am mark hayes. kyla woods in for lisa cooney. kyla: breaking news in aurora, indiana. several people have been hospitalized due to a fire. andrew dan griffin is live at the scene with the latest. dan: right now fire crews are still working high fives at his
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-- working hotspots at this home here on market street in aurora. there' s an elderly woman believed to have been in the home who is unaccounted for at this point. a man a woman escaped the home and haven' t taken to dearborn county hospital in an ambulance. they' re still trying to figure out where the elderly woman is. it is unclear what caused this fire. we are told a family dog may also be somewhere. they' re not sure where the dog is at this point. they' re trying to figure that out. they are taking a closer look at this fire, what caused it. you can see smoke billowing. we' re also told oxygen tanks may have exploded as well because of the fire, i' m not sure if those belong to the elderly woman they' re looking for. that is not been specified. the injuries of the people who have been taken of not been clarified at this point, but we' re told this fire was really huge. it was a fully defensive fire according to fire crews.
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they got here, they had to work it from the outside. they' re not getting closer to the home and are also trying to take a closer look at this. we just got here a few minutes ago, so we' re still gathering a lot of information. the scene is certainly startling. we heard neighbors saw very intense flames and also a neighbor called 911 trying to get some help. a lot of details to come out of the scene. we will continue working to get more information for you and bring it to you as we get it. live in dearborn county, dan kyla: thank you. dan is still trying to get a lot of information. that fire from the live shot. mark: let' s check in with randi and see what is happening in the forecast apartment. randi: a gorgeous day. mid 60' s, breezy and gloomy. we will get the clouds out of here by lunchtime today and already starting out with temperatures well above the
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year as 6:30 in the morning. currently, 57 at cvg. 59 in dry ridge, kentucky. the coolest spot looks to be georgetown, wilmington, loveland, all right around 50. the clouds that were around yesterday and overnight are already starting to thin this morning. i lunchtime, a whole lot more sunshine. bring on the springlike weather. forecasted high, 72. the forecast low tonight, 54. compare that with the average this time of year, the average high is 50. we are way above normal and keeping our highs and lows in the 60' s and 70' s. overnight lows in the 50' s for the next week to come. today, clouds clearing out this morning, 8:00 in the morning, 55. by lunchtime, sunny, 66. through the afternoon, the springlike weather firmly in place, high today is 72.
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our issue for the morning has been the closure on 4th street in covington. it is in the clearing phases. i think maybe another 20 to 30 minutes to get it cleared out of the way. there were wires down in the area. that is 4th street near russell. interstate travel looking pretty great, 71-70 five getting heavy northbound and southbound, that is to be expected. here' s a look at 74 and 275, picking up eastbound near the inner change. no major interstate issues as you get ready to head outside. mark: the search is on to find a missing mother and her 22-month-old son. they were last seen in south deputies are investigating. andrew setters is live in warren county with the latest information. the search has been being carried out by family and sheriff' s office is getting
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missing mother and child. the sheriff' s office is asking for information about 20-year-old kelly carnes and 22-month-old grant, her son, last seen wednesday when family members say she left behind a note and took off. there is concern that she may be with joshua kraft, a man convicted of abusing that child, under a court order to stay away. they may be traveling in a white 2001 buick. initially, police said this did not qualify as a missing persons case. they have changed course and the sheriff' s office is helping out. >> not knowing where they are what they' t know. and that is what is the most hurtful is not knowing. andrew: take a look at this car. this picture is so much of the make and model of the car they if you have any information about where to find kallie carnes, get in touch with the warren county sheriff' s office
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-- 925 -2525. family and friends are concerned about her well-being and are hoping they can find her. andrew setters, wlwt . kyla: a man and woman will be arraigned this morning, accused of shooting at people in sycamore township. deputies were patrolling kenwood road just after 1:00 monday morning when they heard several gunshots. two people inside a car say the suspects shot at them, hitting their car once. the victims were not injured. mark: commitment 2016 news, voters in four states have their voices -- other voices to the raise in the white house. nikole killion has more. the cocoa today, quite just nikole: today, four
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will tell us whether or not this race is going to be dramatically changed. nikole: michigan has nearly 60 delegates at stake for republicans and at least 130 for democrats. >> the sooner i could become your nominee, the more i could begin to turn our attention to the republicans. >> if there is a large voter turnout in michigan, we' re going to do very, very well. nikole: on the gop side -- >> there' s a better way to run our politics and unite our country. nikole: john kasich is counting on his midwest connections to donald trump in the polls. >> raise your right hand, everybody. do you swear that you are going to vote for donald trump? the cocoa trump is ahead, but several pulls his league may be slipping -- nikole: trump is ahead, but several polls show
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trump will be in from your. there will be a campaign event have to preregister online. morning. kyla: millions of americans will have a chance to pay their respects to former first lady nancy reagan. mrs. reagan will be laid to rest next to her husband at the ronald reagan presidential on friday. in repose of the california library tomorrow and thursday. the first lady died on sunday at the age of 94. mark: the naacp will announce its seen for this year' s 100 seventh annual astral convention. the organization will announce the theme at a press copies at 10:00 this morning at the freedom center. this year' s convention will be in cincinnati between the 16th of july and the 20th. kyla: the cincinnati career fair today and sharonville. hundreds of jobs will be featured at today'
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dozens of local employers will be looking for new hires, putting the university of cincinnati, ohio valley flooring, and morris home furnishing. the job fair begins at 11:00 a.m. at the clarion hotel. mark: xavier fans and students waking up early to cheer on the muskies, making the trip to the big apple for the big east tournament. taking a live look at campus this morning as the buses get ready to head out to new york city, school officials say xavier scheduled spring break is your to coincide with the tournament so students would not have to miss class. xavier has the number two seed headed into the tournament and the first game will be thursday. they' re taking on the winner of the saint johns-market game. uc taking part in the conference tournament action, heading to the sunshine state. they will be in orlando when they take on uconn . that game is friday and tipoff is set for 2:00. kyla: lots of basketball excitement. let' s check in with your morning
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india: with a couple of trouble spots this morning, still dealing with the accident and covington that has some wires down at 4th street and russell street. also, dealing with construction that will start up at 9:00 this morning until 3:00 p.m. at pete rose way between central avenue and rose street. we are starting to slow down just a bit at 75 at the ronald reagan. 55 miles per hour. the construction zones me down to 45 miles per hour. we are starting to pick up on the northbound side. southbound not doing too -- not doing bad just yet. we will keep an eye on that and have your trouble times shortly. randi: starting out with temperatures in the mid-50' s. currently and covington, 55. milford high school, 55 degrees. speaking of milford, i got to had out to mccormick elementary
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with the fourth-graders. here are a bunch of those kids yesterday. they said they would finally wake up early for the 6:30 forecast this morning. i hope the teachers take it easy on you so you can get outside and enjoy the weather this afternoon. we are starting out with really mild air to start the day. a sweatshirt, light jacket, good to go at the bus stop. most places in the low and mid-50' s. the clouds are clearing out. it will be gorgeous by recess. after school, 71. it seems like spring is here. the next couple of days, high temperatures in the 70' s. there is some rain in the forecast. we will talk about the timing of those rain showers in a couple of minutes. mark: thank you. changes coming to cedar point and kings island. what you can expect when the parks open for a brand-new season. kyla: creating art for a good cause. the team going to work today and the unique sculptures you will see around the city. mark: a live look at breaking news from aurora as we continue
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we will check in with a rin the middle of a time when senior povertyt is increasing. republicans and some democratsp came up with a brilliant idea for cutting cost-of-living adjustments for social security. we said, "it will be over our dead bodies if you cut social security." as president, i will do everything i can to extend the solvency of social security and expand benefits for people who desperately need them. i'm bernie sanders,
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kyla: we are staying on top of breaking news in dearborn county were a house sent several people to the hospital. mark: dan griffin is live at the scene. what is the latest? dan: right now, investigators are still working on this fire. it is under control. you can still see smoke billowing. i' m going to step out of the shot so you can get a closer look. they are trying to find an elderly woman. they say she is unaccounted for, lives in his home with two other
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them who got out of the house. they have been taken to dearborn county hospital with injuries that are unclear at this point. investigators have not been able to pinpoint for as how significant those injuries are, but we do know they were taken to dearborn county. the fire happened about 3:40 this morning from what we' re told. a neighbor called 911 seeing those flames. we' re hearing from neighbors who say those flames were very intense as they watched them billowing from the house. we told the home is is in the family home. these three people impacted at this point. homes on both sides were not impacted by the flames. we' re told both are vacant lots. the flames were intense. they had fears those flames impacting cars in front of the house and also another issue were exploding in the home. it is not clear who does oxygen tanks belong to, perhaps the re now looking for. this is just the very early stages of his investigation moving forward. we will continue to follow this
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information as we get it. for now, back to you. live in aurora, dan griffin, wlwt news 5. mark: uc has announced the date of this years homecoming celebration. the bearcats will play east carolina on october 22nd. they' ve not decided on a theme yet. they promise plenty of pomp like past parades and been performances. kyla: cedar point is making some changes. new train cars have arrived in sandusky and they are about to be involved -- installed on a new roller coaster. the track for the coaster is finished and testing with the trains is about to begin. the coaster is being billed as the world' s tallest coaster. the cedar point rug will be 223 feet high. park officials have dropped and a new kind of future will be included in the cue lights were people waiting to write. the idea is to make the wait a
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with nearly 11.5 miles of track, cedar point will have more roller coasters and any other amusement park in the world by this summer, and that is why they call it the roller coaster capital of the world. kyla: i' m not a big roller coasterrider. . mark: hersheypark as one of those old wooden roller coasters. it will get your heart going. you' re not helping. i will get it together. mark: kings island is being a little more sigrid of they recently posted this picture on twitter saying, guests will get a kick out of what is going on. this appears to be the space for the diamondback roller coaster but park officials are not saying what is going on. we do know -- rather, crews are working on a new waterslide complex called the tropical plunge. it will be seven stories high with six different waterslides. tropical plunge is expected to
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kyla: that looks like fun. teams are getting torqued to build up this year' s cantruction exhibit. they built sculptures out of canned goods and and its cultures are displayed all around greater cincinnati. this morning, the teams will have five hours to greet a work of art and this is offer great cause. when the sculptors come down, the candidates are donated to the free store food bank. mark: let' s see what is coming our way. almost swimming pool weather. randi: thinking those thoughts, for sure. maybe just going to the park. i doubt the water will be warm enough just yet. as we take a look at the forecast, bring it on, warmer temperatures the next couple of days. highs in the 70' s. today, tomorrow, and thursday, with our average high being 50. so a good 20 degrees above that. even as we dive later in the week, we' re still in the 60'
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re starting this morning, already starting to see the clouds clear downtown. expect the thinning of the morning. a gorgeous look at sunrise over the top of downtown, 57 degrees currently. the wind out of the southwest at nine miles per hour. these southerly breeze that yesterday, coupled with cloudy monday but -- did not make for perth monday, but today, afternoon. by noon, already at 66. yesterday, we only hit 63. we have that beat by lunchtime today. through the afternoon, collis sunny to partly cloudy, nice and warm, low 70' s. 6:00 tonight, 70 degrees. our futurecast shows by lunchtime, skies are clear into the evening. no problems. a couple of outs tonight. we will dip only into the mid-50' s for your wednesday morning. tomorrow, one spot in town has a
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if you are west of downtown cincinnati, specifically through southeastern indiana, you may get a passing shower early in the day. most of us, a few more clouds and will make it into the 70' s. the rain chances ramp up thursday. it is more the second half of the day issue and they don' t get steady until after sunset on thursday night, lingering to early morning hours on friday. today, 72. clouds turning to sunny skies, feeling like spring. tonight, 54. three days in a row in the 70' s. today is the pic day with no rain. tomorrow, a spotty showers to the west. thursday, your best chance for steady rain is in the evening. friday morning, rain showers move out. a little cooler into the weekend, but still above average in the 60' s. for the weekend, a passing single possible saturday. on sunday, probably steadier rain and you lose the hour of sleep. not the greatest forecast for the weekend but today looks really nice. let'
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india: we have the report of a broken down vehicle northbound 471 at u.s. 50 with possible land restrictions. your travel times are not too bad, 17 minutes on 71 from kings mills to the norwood lateral. 16 minutes on 75 from 129 to the norwood lateral. 60 miles per hour. 22 minutes on 71-75 from the split in the downtown. here' s a look at 71-75 at donaldson highway, traffic is moving along nicely. mark: thank you. what we know about the her young son. follow breaking news, and houston
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it is a big fire, really engulfed a single-family home. it is not clear what happened, what caused the fire, but they say oxygen tanks exploded, setting off loud sounds. a man and woman got out of the they were taken to dearborn county hospital. at this point. tragedy. they are hoping the elderly woman made it out of the home ok, but are also fearing the worst at this point. they describe her is a very hard-working woman, someone who they saw very often outside just pulling weeds and doing yard work, things of that nature. they are trying to keep very positive thoughts. meanwhile, fire crews, the state farm arson, and other investigate agencies continue to comb through the rubble, trying to find any sign of what exactly caused the fire. we will keep following this story for you through the day and bring you the very latest right here. dan griffin, wlwt news 5.
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your second top story, a 31-year-old new jersey state trooper has died after being hit accident last night. police say the trooper had been a trooper for about two years. officials say he was airlifted to a hospital in camden with severe head injuries. morning. the driver who hit the trooper investigators. kyla: the searches on to find a missing mother and her 22-month-old son. they were last seen in south lebanon last wednesday and now deputies are investigating. andrew setters is on top of this story in warren county with the new information. andrew: the young mother and child have been out of contact with family and friends, added that concerns about whether or not she may have been in contact with a former boyfriend convicted of abusing the child. they' re looking for kallie carnes, 20 years old, her son grant is 22-month-old will stop they were last seen wednesday morning in south lebanon.
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on the table and left home. there is been no sign since. they' re looking for a white 2001 buick that they might be end. we have a picture of that vehicle, or not that vehicle, but one that is the same make and model. warren county sheriff' s office looking for that car. if you have any information about where kallie carnes and her son might be, if you have seen that vehicle, get in touch with the sheriff' s office at925-2525. kyla: thank you. our top story number four, michigan and mississippi hold primaries today and presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle are scrambling for every vote. michigan is the big prize with 147 democratic delegates and 59 republican ones in mississippi. mississippi offering 41 delegates to democrats and 40 to the gop. hawaii and idaho are holding nominating contests for
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in idaho. mark: xavier basketball fans headed to new york city for the tournament. school officials say they scheduled spring break to: side with the tournaments so students do not have to miss class. xavier has a number two seed headed into the big east tournament play. the muskies first game will be thursday for taking on the winner of the saint johns-marquette game. kyla: time to get a last check on your most accurate forecast with randi. randi: these guys are clearing out and we are headed to the low 70' s today. it will be nice and warm, maybe on the windy side that we have three days in a row with high temperatures in the 70' s. a small chance for a sparkle tomorrow west september the better chance for rain kicks in the second half of the day thursday in a thursday evening. a couple of days to get outside
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