ototovp?0;^ >> leading the way this is wlwt news 5 at 6:00. courtis: another scene of protesters trying to put a stop to a donald trump rally in arizona. protesters walking the main highway that led to his campaign. voters will head to the polls tuesday. good evening. some tried to stop a trump rally walking the highway. the disruption caused a several

drivers honked in frustration. the rally went on in the end. >> this is his view. he' s entitled to it. i don' t think anybody will have enough delegates to get to the convention. this is about who do we want to have come from the country? courtis: john kasich is brushing off news mitt romney has endorsed ted cruz. he campaigned monday with john kasich in ohio then wrote on facebook any future votes for john kasich and ted cruz would help donald trump when the -- when the nomination. let' s turn to whether much cooler than we have been used to. wlwt news 5 has cincinnati' s most accurate forecast. erik: this morning we were dealing with rain, even pockets

you can see light rain. now we are seen cloudy skies with a few sprinkles here and there. overall the big system is just getting going but we are going to be in between storm systems as other residual low pressure systems had farther down to the south. for us, cooler temperatures. 48 in louisville. the forecast tonight, temperatures in the 40' s. spring starts tonight. way. courtis: thank you. in the race for the white house, three of the candidates trying to win their party' s nomination west.

theme with the candidates. arizona today. for more of your coverage stay up-to-date with the wlwt mobile app and online at wlwt.com. now the cure starts now is going all out for its biggest fundraiser of the year. lauren hill' s brain cancer fight is on many supporters mines. janel walton is live. the party is getting underway. >> you would think hill' s mom would be here as a guest of honor but she is here working. she has her sleeves rolled up and getting it done. she is doing this in tribute of her daughter who passed away last year. her daughter wanted to bring awareness to the disease of pediatric brain cancer.

here. laurens mother helped organize the event and we found her making sure everything was in the right place. they have raised $6.7 million through events like this. the money is donated to cincinnati children' s medical center. he' ll says the night is a great tribute to all the kids who have fought pediatric brain cancer. for us here we are proud because randy is one of the emcees tonight. she says is going to be a great night and she' s proud to be a part of it. courtis: thank you janel. camping out overnight proves many folks are more than just fairweather fans. richard chiles was with them at the box office when the opening day tickets went on sale.

reds fans woke with dreams of a season in the sun. >> we love going to opening day. reporter: they camped out to buy opening day tickets. while the promise remains unclear on the field, there was joy. >> it is fun. come back over here and sleep it off. reporter: he led off as the designated hitter. >> this was always something we would do as a family. everyone still comes down and it is a gathering place to spend a lot of time with each other. reporter: the attractions are

>> you can go to our shop and purchase the baseball, the jersey, the bat. authenticated. reporter: there may not be much joy in mudville with 16 days until opening day. reds fans are getting an early swing. rounding third with jason sperry , news 5. courtis: 300 standing room only and 450 view level tickets were available as part of the packages. we are two weeks and two days away from reds opening day. we have all of your reds coverage. we will have a

courtis: you can tell from the x they are doing, xavier fans are excited to move on to the second round. faithful fans were in st. louis. they have another chance to see their team play sunday night against wisconsin. it' s one and done for the bearcats last night. saint joseph' s isaiah miles sank a three pointer with nine seconds left. cincinnati returned with a basket at the buzzer. officials waved it off. we will have more recaps of the game later in sports. clifton residents are closer to having a grocery store. they held a construction kickoff meeting and party.

full-service upscale grocery finished. of the community. a great way to meet neighbors and celebrate each other and food. courtis: you may remember clifton has been without a grocery store since 2011 when the keller iga closed. s gun down. leader. what he says needs to be done. >> temperatures, 39 degrees this morning. currently at 44.

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courtis: a call to stop the violence and a call to stop the silence. this coming after a teenager was gunned down in his car in hamilton. police have received some calls

been released that would indicate police are closer to have these a suspect or motive. family and friends held a balloon released to remember the victim. he was described as a hard-working good student. one person who has been involved with promoting stop the violence programs said when will enough the enough. >> we have stop the violence movement. we encourage everybody, it is time to stop. if we know who do it, please call the police. i' m saying snitch on them. i' m tiled of it -- i am tired of it. courtis: crimestoppers, you can call them.

s smoking ban good allow smoking indoors at private clubs. the idea would mirror other states which allows smoking in private cigar clubs. the new bill would remove those restrictions. in the race for the white house three of the candidates are trying to win their party' s nomination hitting the campaign trail out west. illegal immigration is a major thing with two candidates in arizona. chris pollone has more. >> i' m going to beat hillary so badly. reporter: donald trump rallies thousands of supporters ahead of the arizona primary paint himself as a political outsider. >> the establishment, they have no clue.

t know how to win. they haven' t won in a long time. reporter: protesters demonstrated. a few dozen blocked the road. police arrested three there. across the country hundreds more circle the trump tower. donald trump insisted he will stop illegal border crossings. >> we are going have a beautiful wall no one is crossing and nobody is going underneath. reporter: bernie sanders was also in arizona have the mexican border. >> we need immigration reform that keeps families together, that is the fear of deportation and that allows the return of deported family members. reporter: utah is the other state holding a primary. ted cruz insisted he is the publican party' s best hope to beat the new york billionaire.

>> the gloves are off. s path? all of your commitment 2016 coverage stay up to date on the wlwt mobile app and online at wlwt.com. forecast. anchor: it may not feel like it but spring starts tonight. it starts at 12:30. we have equal parts of day and night and we see the most rapid increase in daylight hours. things are starting to feel more springlike. eventually they will. we' re seeing cloudy skies. we had plenty of rain shower activity. now, just clouds and a few sprinkles across southeast indiana. for most of us just a cloudy

that' s going to be the exception rather than the rule. current temperature, 44 degrees. it is going to be a fairly chilly and raw evening estimators fall into the 30' s. we will see wind chills in the 30' s. temperature wise, 42. 43 degrees in for sales -- or side -- we will probably fall into the 30' s and wind up around 32 or 33 degrees by morning. we have a fairly sizable storm growing off the south carolina coast. it will be enhanced by this system. both of them twirling around us. it is heading north along the eastern seaboard. diving south we are going to be in between the two. some clouds, a few breaks. the majority of the precipitation will stay out of

maybe piece of sunshine tomorrow. starting off sunday, 31 degrees. below freezing. we have our best chance for saying that sunshine. we see a few more clouds build then. overall you can see how tonight' s precipitation moves out. some clouds breakup. during the afternoon we see a few more clouds. we are on the dry side. for us it looks like a cloudy day. temperatures warm enough for anything that does fall if it falls for us. sunday night.

the nicest days this week with more son and temperatures warming into the 60' s. 31 degrees. a few breaks. mild temperatures. a few more clouds in the forecast. on thursday we make it up into the 70' s. we have a cold front heading this way. spring starts tonight and it will feel like it by tuesday. courtis: the smile on my face. [laughter] courtis: hey, you know, the last two weeks of march, unless you live on the moon you know what is happening. >> a lot of fans would like to be on the moon.

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today it has added pressure. welcome back. the ncaa tournament has rekindled the series. they are at the half. what a half it was. indiana with a one point lead. now, they play in the round 432. musketeers. >> they vowed not to let that happen to them against the state.

inside power frustrated xavier stay. year. he only had seven points. our seniors are great. reporter: the excitement of the when will be short-lived. >> we have to be ready to play on sunday. reporter: they will look to have their six sweet 16 appearance in nine years. we have the full preview of the wisconsin game. elise jesse, wlwt.

surviving its first game. the badgers of the first to win a tournament game while scoring less than 50 points. did you see what happened to the bearcats last night? t s way. uc' s way. >> it came down to the wire. bearcats losing by the score of 78 to 76. it came down to one play. it was called off and the bearcats followed by 2. according to rule 11, it says when there is a reading of zeros on the game clock at the end of any period, and when necessary to determine the outcome of the game in the following

try or field goal entring the basket was released before the reading of butter zeros -- numeral zeros, they never let go the basketball before the red light go when off, disallowing the basket. >> we came up short . it wasn' t a good call. >> you find out who your friends are in tough times. these guys could have splintered as a group all year. they didn' t. >> for a guy like octavius, his season comes to a close on a disappointing end. he was not in the locker room for comment but you can imagine how distraught he may have been. he ends in outstanding career with the bearcats. anchor: now for high school ball, trying to advance to

the winner place for the state title tomorrow at 2:00. in columbus, tom us more women play amherst in the semi finals tonight. they are trying to make back-to-back titles. and the reds playing in the cactus league. two innings, two unearned runs. i am sure the tickets got snapped up early this morning. >> that is a tough call at the end of a game. whether it is at a college level you have to know the rules. >> the kid that release the shot , then this. probably less than half a second. unreal. >> it is tough. courtis: secret service and the

after a threat made against donald trump'

courtis: happening now, the cure starts now is going all out for its biggest fundraiser of the year. lauren hill' s brain cancer fight is on many minds tonight. live at the duke energy center with the party getting underway. reporter: i had a chance to spend a couple of minutes with lauren' s and mother. events like this actually help keep her daughter' s memory alive even though she lost her battle. her mother helped to organize tonight' s event and we found her making sure everything was in the right place. it has raised $6.7 million through events like this one. some money is donated but a lot of that goes to researchers who apply for grants through the

her daughter was able to attend one gala. quite she didn' t met -- quite she didn' t get to make last year. it is exciting for me. this is something she enjoyed. reporter: they have sold 850 tickets for tonight' s event. they are expecting to raise $350,000 tonight. our very own randy is serving as one of the emcees here. anchor: what a great event. let' s take you outside. a dreary saturday. much cooler. erik zarnitz has another look at the forecast and how long these cool temperatures will stick around. erik: this morning we had some

butler and war and warren. cloudy skies, some rain and blue on the map. those are wet snowflakes. the snow and rain have moved out and we are just dealing with 20 of cloud cover. 41 in hillsboro. we are looking at 43 in mason. through the evening, not too much of a change. a sprinkle possible but for most of us cloudy skies. those clouds start to break. i will let you know how much we will see what it may do for minutes. courtis: thank you. opposition to donald trump' s presidential campaign leads to a threat against one of his closest family members. his son received a threatening

that powder appears to be a lemonade mixed. the secret service and fbi both investigate. my boy eric. reporter: anger at the republican front-runner aimed at his family. a letter containing a threatening note and suspicious substance was mailed to a donald building on central park. the note was postmarked and picked up by eric comes wife and the substance believed to be a lemonade mixed. the threat follows this incident last week as donald trump spoke . secret service agents surrounded him after a man try to rush the stage. he received tighten secret service protection surrounding

last november donald trump and ben carson were the first candidates to get secret service protection. >> this is a declaration of total war. courtis: and the hacker collection anonymous has declared its own war against donald trump. his name, and his business interests. >> this is a call to protect our future and our very way of life. we need to dismantle his campaign and sabotage his brand. released his personal cell phone number and social security number, not yet verified. >> we have been watching you for a long time. what we see is disturbing. courtis: some information appears to be incorrect. they have posted telephones home address information for those close to donald trump including campaign staff and

courtis: eric trump is the middle son of the gop presidential candidate. he has been a regular presence on the campaign trail with his dad. courtis: happening tomorrow, the historic visit for president obama set to visit havana, cuba. the capital city is undergoing a makeover. many buildings look familiar. because of the anti-american sentiment, many buildings were hardly used. mr. obama will be the first sitting u.s. president to visit the island since 1928. he will stay there until tuesday. cleveland has fired and ems supervisor after the city says he posted about tamir rice' s death online. the city called the facebook post where jamie said he was glad police shot the 12-year-old boy, the city call that egregious.

have the chance to shoot rise. northern kentucky men are being remembered after they died in what police are calling a murder suicide. police say they found nicholas hopkins of florence and travis thompson of independence dad after being called to check on them. friends gathered to remember the two. investigators are not releasing details. they confirm one of the men was a student at the university of pikeville. a teenager killed in a crash monday night was laid to rest today. a funeral was held at the allen

she died at the same. another 16-year-old girl and 18-year-old boy up her in the car. police say the cause of the accident appears to be wet road conditions. a woman who barely survive the devastating car crash met one of the heroes who saved her. >> thank you very much. you look wonderful. courtis: elizabeth was one of six people hurt in august. a man driving a pickup truck naked hit several cars. sexton had critical injuries. she was flown to uc medical center and spent a month in icu. she thanked the air care team. >> it is something i don' t

t imagine. it is wonderful being back here to talk to her and it is full circle. >> it' s amazing. it is nice to see someone is injured as she was to have a complete recovery. that is why we do this. courtis: tracy martin is charged with that crash. sexton is back in college. the ballet has announced its upcoming productions and they are celebrating the 20th season with artistic director victoria morgan. the season kicks off in august followed by a special directors cut series of september. the ballet shared these photos of their work. it will feature the nutcracker and king arthur' s court camelot. a condition that has no known cause taking the lives of family pets.

difficult to treat. what pets and that' s -- veterinarians are saying about this growing concern. erik: temperatures climbing into s.

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courtis: welcome back. and he goal being watched closely today on the nation' s capital as people await the arrival of a second eagle. this is in washington dc. you are looking live at the eagles nest. this is out in d.c.. everybody is keeping a close eye on this event. the parents nickname, mr. president and miss lady were feeding their newborn. they are for now named d.c. 2.

kentucky had to be rescued after it fell into a ravine. the horse was found trapped in the ravine tangled in fines. kentucky' s large animal response unit was able to get him out using a tractor harness. it will be a few more days until they know more about the horse' s recovery. similar to humans, autoimmune diseases can happen in dogs. the condition is recently being heavily researched in dogs and that is because they are dying from it. now more on the growing concern tonight. reporter: >> she says when something wasn' t right, she began losing weight but still

>> he became lethargic three days prior trust taking him to the vet. reporter: the veterinarian suspected and autoimmune disorder was behind the deterioration. the rate at which they are being recognized is higher than in years past. disorders will be targeted toward the blood. reporter: it can cause anemia and death. disorders and dogs occur when itself like in humans. it attacks organs like the spleen, nails and eyes and the blood. it often causes a rapid decline in a dog' s health. >> his tongue was white. the inside of his ears were

>> they begin to run tests. they did a complete blood workup on him. they did an ultrasound. they were checking it. they did not know if it was cancer. all of those types of things. enlarged liver. reporter: they have to rule out everything before they diagnose an autoimmune condition. treatment is limited. researchers are working on investigating antibiotics. but none have been proven. >> you have a seven out of 10 chance your pet will get better. this isn' t going to happen anytime soon. >> sometimes multiple transfusions are needed which can be costly. toby is pulling through but his treatment is far from over. >> globally -- will we ever know what causes this?

courtis: they say they are diagnosing more and more pets but this disease is difficult to treat. >> cincinnati' s most accurate forecast. erik: a cloudy day. not feeling like spring but spring does start tonight right after midnight. that is when we have equal parts day and night. that is going to change by quite a bit because every day we get another 2.5 minutes of daylight. things looking nicer. it will extend longer with more sunshine and feel warmer as we get into the middle part of this week. still in the cloudy side in that cool and dreary side. you can make out a couple of rain showers and sprinkles but for the majority of us a cloudy evening and eventually clouds will break up a little bit.

airport, wind high enough to drag that temperature with the windchill down into the upper 30' s. it feels raw and cool. that is when to continue. the rain showers, snow showers, all of that has wrapped up. you can see it is 43 in falmouth. 44 in hillsboro. 43 in mason. 45 degrees in hamilton. is to storm system is moving to the east. it' s going to move up the coast causing big snows for boston and rhode island. this other system pretty much goes to the street north -- straight to the north. that means little precipitation if any from here on out. and some clouds we have to deal with throughout the day tomorrow .

move out but not on sunday. off. by the afternoon, 44. sunshine. of the day. starting to roll in. precipitation moves out. clout start to break up. we see a few clouds around, 6:00, seven of a.m.. we see some sunshine before noon. after lunch we see a few more clouds around, even sprinkles around columbus and father to the north and east. future cast, monday will be on the quiet side. low clouds during the afternoon. we call it partly cloudy. tuesday we see more sunshine. that is when we break the mold for temperatures climbing through the 15th and 60' s. a few clouds out there. they start to break up.

your forecast, the first full day of spring. into monday, 37. on thursday, hitting the 70 degree mark before a round of storms move through. it is starting to feel like spring. it is all coming together perfectly. courtis: tomorrow is from sunday. great. people will get out. easter around the corner. kentucky is having a difficult time. anchor: i thought this would be a great game. surprising they are meeting in the second round. this would be more like an elite eight matchup. you will talk about the winners and losers from last night read it' s not hard to tell when you see the guys walk off which is which. a tough break again.

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anchor: when kentucky and indiana meet on the basketball court it is always big but it is bigger than big when they' re playing in the ncaa turner met. welcome back.

it is indiana clinging to a one-point lead over the wildcats. there' s plenty of time left in the second half. now to the xavier musketeers. they will play their round of 32 game tonight against wisconsin. elise jesse is in st. louis who talked with the players. here' s what sumner said. >> we wanted to come out there and take care of business. anchor: the two seed controlled the game from start to finish. 18 points . >> our seniors play great tonight.

he only had seven points. our seniors are great. >> the excitement will be short-lived as they take on the badgers in 24 hours. >> we have to go to practice tomorrow and take care of business and figure out what we need to do to play sunday. >> sunday night, it will the xavier in wisconsin. it is another night game. wisconsin the surviving its first-round game. 47-43. now for uc. a season full of tough breaks ended with another tough break. derek forest tells us about the key play that cost them against saint joseph' s. >> it came down to one play, a

off and the bearcats fall by 2. here is a ruling. it says when there is a reading of zeros on the game clock, after making a call on the plane court, determined whether a try or field goal entering the basket was released before the reading of zeros on the game clock. ellis and never let go of the basketball before the red light goes off. it disallow the basket. >> we came up short in the end. that last call wasn' t a good call. >> you find out who your friends are in tough time. you find out what you are made of. they could have splintered as a group all year and they did not. >> they finish with a 22-11 record.

comes to a close on a disappointing end. he was not in the locker room after the game but you can imagine how distraught he might have been. he is ending with the bearcats. anchor: one got punch after another this year. high school bus the ball, trying to advance kentucky state championship game. they test of moments ago. they are taking on louisville. plenty of game left in the first quarter. also in basketball, in columbus, but tom us more women will play tonight. they are trying to make it back to back national titles in division iii. and they gave up 200 runs in two innings.

it is probably 75. >> it is always nice out there. >> when i told people we would get snow today they hung up on me. >> we did see some snow showers this morning. now we' re just seeing cloudy skies. that is where we are willing to get tomorrow. we will see some sunshine in full be the first day of spring. turning nicer.

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on this saturday night, charged with murder. the dramatic new details tonight on how the suspect in the deadly paris bombing attacks was finally tracked down and captured in belgium as the french try to bring him back to face trial. deadly crash. searching for answers in russia after a boeing 737 crashes and breaks apart on landing in bad weather killing all 62 people on board. arizona battleground. ahead of tuesday's primary, we are out with the protesters who are blocking traffic and chaining themselves to cars in the ground war to try