guns." rob vo president obama is making his case for increased gun control -- did it land? reaction from those at last night's town hall meeting. so much for that winter blast... rain is hitting the tri-state... hard... what you need to know before you leave for work this morning. "yea man this is the biggest game for our franchise here this one saturday night so we're excited, we're here in the jungle it's gonna get loud and we're gonna go to work on these guys" rob vo tomorrow night the bengal try to get the --- playoff win monkey off their backs against their biggest rival. the pittsburgh steelers rolling into town -- with their fans firmly in tow. kara 2 shot

morning -- it's 4:30. i'm kara sewell rob 2 shot and i'm rob williams... let's get our first look at the forecast with meteorologist frank marzullo. happening today happening today... the suspect accused of killing a after a fire... is set to go before a judge. it happened last month on eighth price hill. after the flames were out, crews found the body of 34-year-old cleophis carson on the second floor.

aggravated murder robbery. it's not clear how carson died.. still no word on the cause of the fire. a former brown county police chief is set to learn his fate after being domestic violence. clark gast beat his wife the day before his wife hanged herself in their years ago in gast could get a year behind bars for domestic violence. suicide... but gast threatened to kill her the day before and grabbed her throat and slammed her against at wall. new this morning new this morning... cincinnati police are asking for your help to find these two individuals. investigators say they broke into an apartment complex on wareham drive in mount adams and stole packages. if you have any information, you're asked to call crime stoppers... 352- 3040... and give a tip without giving your name. rob 2shot we want to get

forecast. frank joins us with a look at the day ahead. weather and traffic toss northbound interstate 75 at our forecast is playing out pretty much on schedule with rain showers this morning for the commute and temps in the mid to upper 30s. look for standing water and wet roads as rain showers will continue before tapering by noon. then mostly cloudy as temperatures rise to 50 degrees this afternoon . we remain dry tonight and to start your saturday before more rain saturday afternoon into the evening as a cold front moves towards the tri state. after reaching 51 degrees on saturday our temps will start to fall during the bengals game as rain could be steady at times especially near kick off. temperatures will fall into the upper 30s by the end of the game. sunday we will watch temps fall into the 20s by evening with just a few showers early sunday morning. i would not rule out a few light snowflakes on sunday. weather and traffic toss northbound

exit 6 will be closed at 11 p.m. each night tuesday, jan. 5, wednesday, jan. 6, thursday, jan. 7 and reopening by 5 a.m. sot full "we know everything about them, they know

can just be about the energy and passion you play with and who can execute what" paul brown stadium has been transformed for the wildcard game... and it all comes night... longest droughts in n-f-l cincinnati is ready to take on pittsburgh... the playoff

and the city is now rallying behind the mayor john cranley even has a special request for residents today... is live at paul all the details. live mayor cranley has officially declared today "orange and black day" and he's encouraging residents and city employees to show their support for the bengals by wearing the team's colors any way they can. vo video of dec. 13 game, steelers beat bengals 33-20 on the eve of the playoff's game, bengals fans are counting down the hours until they can watch their team go head-to- head with the steelers, a team that the bengals lost to about a month ago. but bengals fans are focusing future and keeping confidence that their team will pull through tomorrow. the outcome of tomorrow's game will certainly affect the city's morale one way or another and it will also impact mayor john cranley... he's placed a friendly wager with pittsburg's mayor on the game results. if the

steelers win... cranley will send mayor peduto a care package filled with cincinnati food favorites. if the bengals are victorious, mayor peduto will send some pittsburgh food favorites to cranley. the loser will also serve a meal at a rescue mission in their city while wearing the other team's jersey. live downtown cincinnati inc will hold a "light up the skyline" event tomorrow night --- the group is askingdowntown property owners and managers to turn on their lights from 6 p.m. to midnight to help showcase the area's beauty. reporting live, jordan vilines, fox 19 now. for everything bengals... including interviews with experts... your game day forecast... even a hype video.. log on to fox19 now dot com or use the fox19 now mobile app. some lottery numbers are picked a lot more often than others.. what numbers you'll want to choose... when you go for that powerball jackpot. is sharing his unbelievable story of survival... after falling into a deep ditch... and becoming trapped. levee cam frank marzullo has tracker forecast commute ... coming

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rob & wx chat toss to wx our forecast is playing out pretty much on schedule with rain showers this morning for the commute and temps in the mid to upper 30s. look for standing water and wet roads as rain showers will continue before tapering by noon. then mostly cloudy as temperatures rise to 50 degrees this afternoon . we remain dry tonight and to start your more rain saturday evening as a cold front moves towards the tri state. after reaching 51 degrees on saturday our temps

game as rain could be steady at times especially near kick off. temperatures will fall into the upper 30s by the end of the game. sunday we will watch temps fall into the 20s by evening with just a few showers early sunday morning. i would not rule out a few light snowflakes on sunday. next week we our in track for consecutive days of cold weather with highs in 20s and lows in teens with chances of snow on tuesday ! frank marzullo wx and traffic handoff at pillar

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. happening today the man accused of overdosing inside his sick baby's hospital room... overdosing inside

hospital room... with a gun in his pocket.. is set to face a judge today. kara dblbx our jessica brown joins us live from the courthouse.. with details on the disturbing allegations. live good morning rob and kara. 31 year old wesley landers will face a judge here at the hamilton county courthouse at 9 this morning he's facing several charges including drug possession and having weapons under disability. vo police say landers was found unconscious with a needle in his arm..he was revived with narcan. this was all inside his daughters hospital room at cincinnati childrens...he was found in the bathroom ann landers who room died of an apparent overdose...she also had a gun on her. today we could get the autopsy report for an official cause of her death.

who knew them say by this. "look through their you can see that they're family" "i have no idea. i have no idea. i don't know if they had received some bad news or...really i don't know." live cincinnati police are still investigating the incident. the baby was at cincinnati childrens for a trachea surgery..and is doing ok. the father wesley landers will fac ea judge this morning here at the hamilton county courthosue at 9 this morning. right now, two

held on terrorism-related charges in california and texas. one is a refugee from iraq who's charged with lying to federal investigators about his travels to syria. he was arrested yesterday in sacramento. meanwhile, a man the texas governor describes as a terror suspect, is in police custody in houston. in his first town hall event of the new year, president obama tried to convince the american public to support tighter u.s. gun rules. "we want to put everybody on notice. if you are making a profit and repeatedly selling guns then you should have to follow the same rules as every other gun dealer." the president explained why he wants increased restrictions- including expanded background checks. at the event--gabby giffords -- the former representative who was shot five years ago and her husband retired astronaut mark kelly. "gabby and i are both gun owners. we take gun ownership very seriously."

position... including taya kyle-- the widow of 'american sniper' chris kyle. "the thing is that the laws that we create don't stop these horrific things from happening." a c-n-n o-rc found that a majority of the public supports the measures that obama outlined this week-- but less than half of americans think they will actually work. a minnesota doctor crawls for 16 hours to find help.... after falling into deep ditch and breaking his leg. he says he knew he needed a game plan to survive. the 4 thoughts were bend your knee, dig in your heel, check to see if your gloves were on and push." the 70-year-old pushed through the pain, got out of the ditch and slowly made his way to the road.. about a half mile away. 16 hours after the fall... a trucker spotted him and

"then he opened that door and all i did was blubber, but i blubbered please don't leave me." "he's my hero. it was the most joyful time i can remember." the doctor did suffer some frostbite.. and may need another surgery for his broken leg. he says the trucker calls daily to check in on him. the numbers are in from fox19 now's food from the heart campaign.... this year, more than 123-thousand meals were donated at krogers around the tri- state. the food drive benefits st. vincent de paul... thank you so much to everyone who donated. still ahead on fox 19 now.... we're tracking a whole lot of rain for your morning commute. plus... experts reveal the numbers you should try... for a

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with rain showers this morning for the commute and temps in the mid to upper 30s. look for standing water and wet roads as rain showers will continue before tapering by noon. then mostly cloudy as temperatures rise to 50 degrees this afternoon . we remain dry tonight and to start your saturday before more rain saturday afternoon into the evening as a cold front moves towards the tri state. after reaching 51 degrees on saturday our temps will start to fall during the bengals game as rain could be steady at times especially near kick off. temperatures will fall into the upper 30s by the end of the game. sunday we will watch temps fall into the 20s by evening with just a few showers early sunday morning. i would not rule out a few light snowflakes on sunday. next week we our in track for consecutive days of cold weather with highs in 20s and lows in teens with chances of snow on tuesday ! frank marzullo northbound

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