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rob 2 shot and i'm rob williams. a dry thursday is on tap with temperatures a dry thursday is on tap with temperatures warming to about 46 degrees. however, another cold start with morning lows in the low to mid 20s. we a little more cloud cover this morning so that should keep many of us out of the teens. while we will see a sun and cloud mix today clouds will increase this evening out ahead of rainfall that will arrive for friday mornings commute. the chance of rain will linger into early afternoon then dry for the most part friday evening as temperatures friday afternoon will rise to near 50 degrees. saturday starts
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rain will develop during the afternoon and evening out ahead of a cold front. i expect rain showers during the bengals game with kick off temps near 45 degrees and falling into the upper 30s by the end of the game. some lingering precipitation could mix in with a few light snow showers early sunday morning as temperatures fall back to 35 degrees. most of sunday is dry in the afternoon as temperatures start to fall into the upper 20s by late evening. then next week several blasts of cold air will work in with highs in 20s and lows in teens. our best shot for snow showers next week looks like tuesday northbound interstate 75 at mitchell avenue
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interstate 75 at mitchell avenue exit 6 will be closed at 11 p.m. each night tuesday, jan. 5, wednesday, jan. 6, thursday, jan. 7 and friday, jan. 8, reopening by 5 a.m. the following day. new information this morning.. about the new information this morning.. about the investigation into the death of a butler county toddler. kinsley kinner died last month at cincinnati children's hospital. prosecutors have now released a bill of particulars in the case, according to the journal-news. the documents state that the 2- year-old's mother allowed her boyfriend to "use excessive physical disciliple and failed to seek care". rebekah kinner and bradley young are charged in kinsley's death.
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of strinking her head and body repeatedly and shaking her, according to the documents. both remain in jail on a 500-thousand dollars bond. they're due back in court later this month. new information after two children are pulled from the water after falling through ice in brown county... officials say the kids are now doing well. the pair was flown to the hospital after falling through thin ice on lake lorelie in fayetteville. officials tell us the kids were rescued by a neighbor who went out in a paddleboat and brought them to shore. amazon is opening a near the center of u-c's campus... kara dblbx our jordan vilines clifton heights with a sneak peek. live this new amazon store is expected to make life a little easier for students by allowing them to their amazon convenience. they can also return rented textbooks there. vo the amazon student and prime members will be able to
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day pickup for orders placed by noon on more than two million items. a program called "campus pick-up points" will also bring amazon's broad selection of items, prices and shopping experience to uc's campus. in .about an hour, we're hopefully going to be able to take a look inside to see just some of what this store has to offer. live new this morning new this morning... xavier still without edmond sumner at saint john's... but the muskies still able to get the win. they jumped out to an early lead.. the red storm trying to keep it close..
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ken griffey junior.. is headed to cooperstown. and this morning... we've got a look at the baseball superstar... receiving the phone call with the news. nats "i'm calling to tell you that the writers baseball hall of fame. congratulations thank you." griffey, junior was elected in his first appearance on the baseball writers' association of america ballot... and he was also elected with the highest voting percentage ever... votes. here's what he had announcement of his induction: i'm really superstitious. i have played in the hall times and i have never set foot in the building. i have never even seen the front of it. i have gone directly from the field to the hotel and the hotel to the bus and never looked at the
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i wanted to go in there, i wanted to be a member of it." the better part of griffey's career was in seattle... but he hit both his 500 and 600-home run milestones here in cincinnati. his 630 career homers is 6th all- time. prince george is headed to school! we've got the adorable photos... coming up. fitbit says its wearble heart monitors "make every beat count". but now a lawsuit has been filed... claiming that's not the case. welcome back to
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new this morning new this morning... crews have now installed new signs along the bridges into kentucky... with the name of the state's new governor, matt bevin. this video shows them working at the brent spence bridge... the interstate was closed for about 30 minutes... but is back open this morning. fitbit is now facing a class action lawsuit.... three people claim the fitness tracker's heart rate monitoring technology is inacccurate. fitbit's ads often contain phrases such as "every beat counts" and "know your heart". according to fortune magazine, the lawsuit claims the fitbit reported different heart rates than what was recorded manually. fitbit told fortune, the case has no merit. even royalty has a first day at school. prince george looked happy for his first day at westacre montessori nursey school in norfolk...about a hundred miles from london. no paparrazi were
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kate, took photos of the two and a half year old - wearing a jacket and backpack. still ahead... another broken record for star wars: the force awakens. a treasure hunter finds a bottle of beer.. more than a hundred years old. so how did it taste? the answer is next. after being found at the bottom of a cro2 we've turned removing stains into a science. now pre-treat with clorox 2! h ains disappear
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so he sent it to scientists, who ran numerous tests... then drank up. "it tasted surprisingly good and surprisingly like beer. you wouldn't want to drink any of it. it's terrible. for a sample that's been sitting on the bottom of halifax harbour for 100 years it was surprisingly familiar as a beer product" the scientists described the brew as acidic and bitter, with some hints of cherry and oak... and maybe some sea water. adlib 4shot frank marzullo joining us now with a look at your
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a dry thursday is on tap with temperatures warming to about 46 degrees. however, another cold start with morning lows in the low to mid 20s. we a little more cloud cover this morning so that should keep many of us out of the teens. while we will see a sun and cloud mix today clouds will increase this evening out ahead of rainfall that will arrive for friday mornings commute. the chance of rain will linger into early afternoon then dry for the most part friday evening as temperatures friday afternoon
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degrees. saturday starts out dry with a high of 51 degrees but rain will develop during the evening out ahead expect rain the bengals game with kick off temps near 45 degrees and falling into the upper 30s by the end of the game. some lingering precipitation could mix in with a few light snow showers early sunday morning as temperatures fall back to 35 degrees. most of sunday is dry in the afternoon as temperatures start to fall into the upper 20s by late then next week cold air will work in with highs in 20s our best shot for snow showers next week looks like
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carstar traffic northbound interstate 75 at mitchell avenue exit 6 will be closed at 11 p.m. each night tuesday, jan. 5, wednesday, jan. 6, thursday, jan. 7 and friday, jan. 8, reopening by 5 a.m. the following day. residents of the oregon community where an armed residents of the oregon community where an armed group is occupying a federal building have now gotten a chance to speak their minds.
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for a "town hall" meeting with sheriff david ward. the group's leader, ammon bundy, says the ranchers were targeted for not selling land to the government. many residents said that while they sympathize with the group's cause, they want the situation to end soon. "the safety and security of this community and your concerns are our concerns, and we're going to work through this thing. we're going to work through it peacefully, and hopefully speedily." the group's leader, ammon bundy said he's been told the f-b-i has obtained arrest warrants and plans to raid the property. neither local or federal law enforcement confirmed the allegation. big news for popstar katy perry... she now has more than 80-million followers on that number earning her the followed person site.. beating out competitors like taylor swift. janet jackson says she doesn't have cancer, but she isn't specifying what illness interfered with her concert tour. on twitter, the
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offers no further details. she says her doctors have approved her concerts as scheduled in europe. earlier, jackson said she was postponing her tour to have an unspecified surgical procedure. as of this morning, netflix is in nearly every country in the world. the streaming video service is now available in 130 more countries... but it's still off- limits in some places. netflix service won't be available in crimea, north korea and syria due to u-s government restrictions on american companies. and the company is still working to open its service in china. nats with yesterday's box office totals, disney says "star wars: the force awakens" has become the film in north american history. the film has so far 760.5 million america in less than three weeks of release, passing avatar.
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on top of record'... since opening in mid-december. nats just when you didn't think it could get any better huh here we go cars furious seven has earned the people's choice award for favorite movie... and actor vin diesel stole the show.. as he accepted teh award.. invoking his friend, the late paul walker. "you would be amazed what you can do with love. you'd be amazed how powerful a force that is. when we didn't want to come back to filming when the tragedy was too heavy, it was the love of everyone combined that saw us through to the end, and now i'm standing here with all of you telling me this was your favorite film of the year." "it's been a long day without you, my friend and i'll tell you all about it when i see you again." ken griffey junior made history with the hall of fame
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now, jeremy rauch is taking a look at the history that got him there.. here's your morning wake up call. pkg if you took a poll in most cities, they would say ken griffey junior wore number 24. that was his number in seattle for 13 seasons, where he won all ten of his gold glove awards, was a 10-time all- star, and he'll likely go into the hall as a mariner. still, we in cincinnati remember when he wore number 3. and it's only ironic because of the voting results. to some, that number three... is driving you crazy. many of my friends, already calling it garbage, wondering who were the three with a vote, that didn't vote griffey into the hall. would a unanimous vote validate what ken griffey junior did for the game? maybe to some... to me... the more than 99
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99-point-3, are the most ever, by any player. that's something away. and of all the guys i grew up watching, bigger impact on than griffey. i wore the tried his swing, played his video game, and wanted to play baseball because of him, and i had no rooting interest in the mariners when he made it big. he is, and was, everything baseball should be. think he should be one of those three, then you didn't get griffey. i'm jeremy rauch and that's your morning wakeup call. will hit the court tomorrow.. but no one will be in the stands. we'll explain, coming up. sot full nats "that first number up, is 47. followed by the the numbers are in... and you didn't win. and now.. the powerball jackpot is growing...
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farewell season premiere continues tonight... starting at 8... join the judges for audtions from little rock and san francisco... only on fox19 now. kara 2 shot good thursday morning -- it's what if the sweet stevia leaf was discovered... ...before the sugarcane. all our favorite sugary foods would be our favorite truvia-y foods.
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morning lows in the low to mid 20s. we a little more cloud cover this morning so that should keep many of us out of the teens. while we will see a sun and cloud mix today clouds will increase this evening out ahead of rainfall that will arrive for friday mornings commute. the chance of rain will linger into early afternoon then dry for the most part friday evening as temperatures friday afternoon will rise to near 50 degrees. saturday starts out dry with a high during the evening out ahead of a cold front. i the bengals game near 45 degrees and end of the game. precipitation could showers early back to 35 degrees. afternoon as to fall into the several blasts of in with highs in 20s our best shot for tuesday northbound interstate 75 at
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exit 6 will be closed at 11 p.m. each night tuesday, jan. 5, wednesday, jan. 6, thursday, jan. 7 and friday, jan. 8, reopening by 5 a.m. the following day. happening now happening now... crossroads church is asking crossroads church is asking for prayers...two service technicians and three church staff members were hurt when a boiler exploded. it happened at the west-side church location on bridgetown road. the five men are believed to have non-life threatening injuries. crossroads posted on facebook
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and they are hoping to have regular services this weekend, but will know more in the coming days. happening now... a search is underway right now for the man indicted in a deadly hit and run. police say 24-year- old thomas stid- hum was the man behind the wheel on december 6th when he drove up onto the sidewalk in mount auburn, hitting 57-year-old catherine chatfield. she was running in the annual seven hills run. a grand jury indicted stid-hum on several charges including aggravated vehicular homicide. he remains on the run this morning. police believe stidhum is still here in town..perhaps in the walnut hills or mt. auburn area... anyone with information is asked to call crimestoppers at 352-3040. a man and woman are charged in what the brown county sheriff's office is calling an widespread buglary ring. jeffrey carrington and tequila brown are accused in multiple burglaries and breaking and entering incidents in brown county. the pair is being held in the clermont county detention center on similiar charges
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happening today later today.. amazon is opening its first brick and motar store in our area.. its near u-c's main campus on calhoun street. rob dblbx if you use amazon -- it could make your life easier. our jordan vilines joins us live from clifton heights with a preview. live this will be the third amazon store to in the nation that has the campus pick up points progam --- this progam will allow students to have their orders sent to this on campus, where at their they'll will also be able to return rented textbooks here. students who are amazon prime or amazon student get the extra benefit of faster certain items when store. some items are available for free pickup within a day at their school's pick-up point rather than delivery. vo
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have a first look for you from inside jordan vilines, fox new this morning the powerball jackpot is now at 675-million dollars... after there were no winners for last night's drawing! lottery officials largest jackpot prize of any u-s lottery game and good news.. chance to win! the next drawing is saturday... and if there's a surge in ticket sales once again.. the jackpot could go up even more. while no one won the jackpot... there were more than 7-million winners... who will receive a total of nearly 66-million dollars. just one ticket matched 5 numbers, plus the power play... resulting in 2-million bucks... that was sold in new mexico. other match 5 winners will receive 1-million dollars... those tickets were sold in 12 states...
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tennessee. bengals yesterday the bengals won a boomer esiason at their last playoff win. mccarron's shoulders to force us into the future, and stop thinking about january 6th, 1991. if you were holding out hope that andy dalton might lead the way.. he did not practice yesterday. in just two days.. everything is coming full circle a chance to redeem what happened four weeks ago against pittsburgh, and a chance to beat a quarterback he once idolized. aj mccarron: "i remember being a young kid and going to the gmac bowl in mobile and watching big ben play. he gave me a wristband and all this other stuff. i thought of how cool it was. i told him after last game and started dying laughing. that's what's crazy about this." even more crazy? the bengals are
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keep both coordinators, hue jackson and paul guenther have interviews lined up with several teams, including the browns on sunday. fans have now been banned from tomorrow night's basketball games at some dayton, ohio, high schools. officials made the call after a fight broke out tuesday night during a game... video of the incident, was later posted to twitter: nats fight dayton public schools say all city league games tomorrow will be played with the teams, officials and coaches only. the fans will be allowed to go games scheduled for saturday. still ahead... the trooper involved in a controversial arrest during a traffic stop...is indicted by a grand jury. plus.. some movement in the investigation into the death of a brown county woman.. two years later...
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a dry thursday is on tap with temperatures warming to about 46 degrees. however, another cold start with morning lows in the low to mid 20s. we a little more cloud cover this morning so that should keep many of us out of the teens. while we will see a sun and cloud mix today clouds will increase this evening out ahead of rainfall that will arrive for friday mornings commute. the chance of rain will linger into early afternoon then dry friday evening as temperatures degrees. out dry with a high of 51 degrees but rain will develop during the afternoon and evening out ahead of a cold front. i showers during the bengals game near 45 degrees and end of the game. precipitation could showers early back to 35 degrees. most of sunday is dry in the afternoon as temperatures start to fall into the upper 20s by late several blasts of in with highs in 20s snow showers next tuesday northbound mitchell avenue
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will be closed at 11 p.m. each night tuesday, jan. 5, wednesday, jan. 6, thursday, jan. 7 and friday, jan. 8, reopening by 5 a.m. the following day. happening today happening today across the nation new york is set to open eight medical marijuana dispensaries pharmacists will patients whose doctors must take
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which will only be sold in forms that can't be smoked. happening today across the region... installed on a historic bridge in toledo... anthony wayne bridge in the dark officials say the make the bridge safer. an investigation is underway after more than 100 were broken into in rocky river police reviewing of the crimes, over the weekend. happening today happening today across the tri- state... cincinnati is cutting the ribbon on the city's new permit center. an open house is scheduled from 9 a-m until 11 at the facility on central avenue. architects will be there to discuss the revamped permitting process. and lane closures are set for joe nuxhall way, so crews can pour concret for the a-c marriott hotel at the banks. traffic will be reduced to two lanes between mehring way and east freedom way from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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taken in by the cleveland animal protectice league. steuben is blind.. and precious has now taken him under her wing. she leads him to the food bowl, tapping it when it's time to eat... and helps him get around. officials at the shelter, say we can learn a lot from the kittens. i think that generosity of spirit. and we just need to stop and help each other out. the animal shelter says the cats are a package deal... and they're now looking for someone to give them a forever home. adlib 4shot anchors adlib during 4 shot
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warming to about 46 degrees. however, another cold start with morning lows in the low to mid 20s. we a little more cloud cover this morning so that should keep many of us out of the teens. while we will see a sun and cloud mix today clouds will increase this evening out ahead of rainfall that will arrive for friday mornings commute. the chance of rain will linger into early afternoon then dry for the most part friday evening as temperatures friday afternoon will rise to near 50 degrees. saturday starts out dry with a high of 51 degrees but rain will develop during the afternoon and evening out ahead of a cold front. i expect rain showers during the bengals game with kick off temps near 45 degrees and falling into the upper 30s by the end of the game. some lingering precipitation could mix in with a few light snow
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temperatures fall back to 35 degrees. most of sunday is dry in the afternoon as temperatures start to fall into the upper 20s by late evening. then next week several blasts of cold air will work in with highs in 20s and lows in teens. our best shot for snow showers next week looks like tuesday carstar traffic northbound interstate 75 at mitchell avenue exit 6 will be closed at 11 p.m. each night tuesday, jan. 5, wednesday, jan. 6, thursday, jan. 7 and friday, jan. 8, reopening by 5 a.m. the following day. no one has ever been charged with the murder of brittany stykes.. tuesday, jan. 5, wednesday, jan. 6, thursday, jan. 7 and friday, jan. 8, reopening by 5 a.m. the following day. no one has ever
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the murder of brittany stykes.. two years ago, she and her unborn baby were shot and killed along the side of a brown county road. now, the only man who investigators have ever connected to the case, is out from behind bars. fox19 now has confirmed that, 52 year-old tommy lee lopez was released from jail last month, after serving time for a drug charge in owen county. according to court documents, a confidential witness told investigators that lopez was responsible for multiple killings, including stykes'. prosecutors tell us despite lopez's release from jail, he remains a person of interest in the case. fox19 now legal analyst mike allen, says it's not necessarily unusual. "while it would appear that they have a lot of evidence already on this individual, they probably don't think they have enough yet to get an
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going he is going to be under constant surveillance and sounds get enough to take it to a grand jury" prosecutors told fox19 now, the stykes' case is still a top priority and they're hopeful an arrest will be made in 2016. we will continue to stay on top of this story and bring you information. a texas state charged with lying a black woman traffic stop who died in jail three days later. brian encinia has been indicted by a grand jury for perjury. he's accused of lying about how he removed sandra bland from her vehicle during the july stop. encinia, who has been on desk duty, was fired yesterday. bland's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. eye on washington keeping an eye on washington.. for the first time, both houses of congress have approved legislation that
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it was one in a long line of more than 60-votes to try and roll back all or some of the law. it now goes to the president's desk.. though obama has promised he'll veto any bill that dismantles his health care law. after months of dangerous drought conditions in california... mother nature has turned the tables. a record-tying el nio is slamming the golden state with heavy rain. drivers struggled as storms hit at the height of rush hour.. causing car crashes, toppling trees and flooding streets. many people.. surprised by the amount of damaged caused by the severe weather. "i see all this glass and immediately i'm like where's my son where's my daughter where are my kids and my son comes walking out from the backyard and he's like mom you're not gonna believe this and i went back there and the backyard there's just fences are down, then my son's window is broken, so everything is just glass all over the front yard" the stormy weather is expected to continue through
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dramatic images out of massachusetts... when a tractor trail bursts in flames on a busy highway. the driver told firefighters he heard a noise from the engine and pulled over... that's when the truck suddenly caught fire. the incident shut down the highway... backing up traffic for seven miles. no one was hurt. we're about to go inside the first ever brick and mortar amazon store in our area.. a live report, coming up. live cam and looking live at downtown cincinnati. your weather and traffic is next stay with us wx animation a dry thursday is evyone nee a bff. en yousmile. coate optiwhite tohpaste go beyond rface ains twhiten er 3 sdes. inact, it whitenmore vth the leadinexpress whiteng strip. it s yourmile bff when more
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exit 6 will be closed at 11 p.m. each night tuesday, jan. 5, wednesday, jan. 6, thursday, jan. 7 and friday, jan. 8, reopening by 5 a.m. the following day. who says you can only find igloo's in the arctic? check this the arctic? check this out...after some snow hit the chicago area, a man himself a mini igloo,
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hobby is to clear the sidewalks, and once all the snow was piled up...he thought it'd be fun to make it into something. 15 hours later...all the chunks of ice came together into this masterpiece. nats "oh dear god!" flooding in california....has backyard, into a look at this crazy scene...of muddy water pouring in right up to the family's back door! fortunately, reinforcement arrived quickly...and public works crews armed the house's border with sandbags. and somewhat miraculously -- not a drop of mud got into the house. in a scene that seems straight out of the show "lassie"... police say a massachusetts dog helped out its pal. take a look at this photo...of an officer helping out a dog entangled in a bunch of branches. police say they wouldn't have been able to come to the
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some help, from its canine friend. apparently another dog came over to police barking frantically, and then led an officer across a field, down an icy embankment...wher e he eventually stumbled upon this trapped dog! police say no way the dog survives, if not for the help of its canine friend. rob 2shot ken griffey junior is now a hall of famer. after the break, he talks about what made him so successful. kara vo and more same sex marriage licenses are being denied. find out why a judge from alabama says his state doesn't have to follow the recent supreme court ruling. sot full nats "that first number up, is 47. followed by the
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"it looks like they tried to make an advance, they didn't get there, but they're bragging about it as if they did." a lot of speculation this morning on whether north korea really has the massive weapon they claim to have. we tell you why experts think they're lying. the one thing they can't do is outwork you. i never really worried about what others were doing because it was out of my control ken griffey junior focused on his game...and now he's in the hall of fame. griffey talks about the key to his success, straight ahead. kara 2shot good morning everyone... i'm kara sewell. rob 2shot and i'm rob williams. we want to get a check of your forecast with frank marzullo. a dry thursday is on tap with temperatures warming to about 46 degrees. however, another cold start with morning lows in the low to mid 20s. we a little more cloud cover this morning so that should keep many of us out of the teens. northbound
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