killed by police... new tonight... his girlfriend speaks to fox19 now.. after she called the cops.... the donald versus the holy father? local catholics sounding off on the war of words between trump and the pope. a taste of spring... on the way... but how long will the warmer temperatures stick around.. a would be thief has a run in with the wrong man..... and it's all caught on camera... a zombie jesus... now - on the auction block? the controversial move that's putting a local nativity scene on the map... sot "this is fox19 now" based on what we've been able to determine our officers responded appropriately according to their training. police chief eliot isaac at an afternoon news conference, stating his officers were justified in shooting and killing 37 year old paul gaston yesterday evening in cheviot.

that first 911 call...and who is also gaston's girlfriend...speaks with our own michael baldwin. that story coming up... but first - the mother of gaston spoke exclusively to fox19 earlier tonight.... this should never have happened. and i fault the cincinnati police for it. they should have tried to do something for him when they saw that he was injured. from the accident? from the accident. a tearful and emotional response from a mother who just lost her son. but in a newsconference earlier in the afternoon, police chief isaac confirmed his officers followed their training. tragically, in this profession these things do happen every officer realizes there may be a time in their career when they may be faced with this situation and tragically this is what's occured. still ahead... we're continuing to

this case... and retired uc police chief gene ferrara joins us in studio about police training and when cops are supposed to pull the trigger. right now - that bizarre war of words between donald trump and the pope is absolutely going viral! you've probably heard about it by now- the pope says anyone who wants a wall built on our border with mexico is not christian. of course, building that wall is one of donald trumps big immigration ideas. hre's what trump said in response to the pope: we don't have to

tri-state... has a rich history.. of being a very concentrated area for catholocism... and tonight, many in the community have strong feelings about what was said. our megan o'rourke is live with reaction... we've been out talking with students here around xavier tonight, about their feelings over the war of words. one thing is certain, it's defintely creating a campus buzz. donald trump's latest controversy isn't playing out on a debate stage...or even against a political rival. in fact, it's not neccessarily what he said that has people talking, but instead, who it was to... but it was the pope, who took the first swing. he's the pope so it's hard to question what he says tonight, students here on the xavier campus say donald trump may finally have said too much...after firing back at the holy father who questioned his christianity, based on trump's desire to build a border wall. just because he's the pope it doesn't mean he can't have an opinion or feel someone's not

immigration and we all, we all come from some kind of different background and him having htis idea of building a wall isn't going to help with global connections and stuff i understand what's its like to not always be so accepted in another country and the whole controvery between immigration meanwhile, there are those who say should stick to leading the church, and leave presidential politics alone. including edward..who tweeted "i love trumps honesty". obviously, a lot of feelings and not just here on campus. i just checked social media and hashtag pope francis is one of the top trending topics on twitter tonight. rl mo fox19 now.

there's a desperate need for poll workers in hamilton county.. for the march primary... over 250 workers.... are needed.. and you could get paid to help out... this is video of a poll worker training class held tonight... the workers are needed to process voters ... on election day. our presidential primaries that occur in march are hard to staff because most of our poll workers are retirees and they're snowbirds and they're off to florida for the winter months so they're not here to conduct the election. you'll be required to work monday and tuesday of election week.. but you'll earn anywhere from 181 to 218 dollars.. weather now a warm weekend ahead... the chief here now with what we have to look forward to? steve? steve cam it looks like the big warming begins overnight. typically at night as heat escapes from the surface and the air cools temperatures fall. tonight as winds begin to shift gradually

southerly by dawn warmer air will move into the fox19 now viewing area. if night-time cooling is balanced by warm air advection weather speak for the movement of warm air into an area temperatures will hold steady. tonight it looks like the warm advection will just outweigh cooling and temps will bottom out in the mid thirties and be around 40 by 7am. both friday and saturday should top out in the low 60s but with around 40 by 7am. both friday and saturday should top out in the low 60s but with showers and cloud cover sunday will be cooler but still mild. reds happening now... day one of spring training is in the books. a day that began with so many questions... delivering some answers tonight.

sent to us by the reds. anthony could be the starter in 40 days. devin mesoraco, injured most of last year, working with no limitations. and homer bailey, he did report with pitchers and catchers, but tells fox19 now, he won't be in the rotation until early may. now, bryan price gave one big update on the bullpen... who replaces aroldis chapman as the closer? i'll have the answer coming up. new at ten a former minor league prospect for the reds... now facing two years of supervised probation after aggravated assault charges... tanner jeremy rahier was sentenced today... you may remember - back in 2014- police in arizona said he threw a rock and hit his girlfriend in the head outside a glendale restauraunt. she was knocked unconscious. rahier is no longer with the reds organization. one group pushing for legalized marijuana in the buckeye state is putting their efforts on hold... the legalize ohio 2016 campaign.. says its having trouble raising money for

will partner with marijuana advocates... in efforts to legalize medical marijuana and to reduce criminal penalties for having weed. the roughly 80- thousand signatures already collected won't expire and can be used to qualify for a future ballot. a new entertainment hot spot set to open by summer. "the stretch" will go here, at the old location of johnny rockets at the banks. it'll be a bar featuring local and national dj's. earlier this month, it was announced that drinkware retailer tervis and burger restaurant burgerfi will be setting up shop at the banks. taste of belgium will go into phase ii of the banks. blake shelton fans having to wait longer than normal.. to get into usbank arena tonight... this is video of the crowds at about 7 the slow-going into the arena was due to new security measures being put to the time tonight. 22 metal detectors

entering the building has to go through them. this is a permanent addition... not just for tonight's concert. right now a couple from mount orab are recovering in the hospital... after a brutal dog attack earlier today. this was the scene around 4-o-clock at the home on new harmony salem road.... police say a husband and wife were trying to break up a fight between their two pit bulls when one of the dogs started to attack the owners. both were air- medical center. woman has serious face wounds... but no word on the the dog that attacked is gonna be held by the dog warden until further notice. a helicopter tour... ends in a watery the good samaritan's quick actions to pull the victims to safety.. a pro fighter takes down a would be caught on camera. steve chroma now at 10:00 in high definition, sponsored by

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responding to reports of a pedestrian struck on 75 south near the western hills viaduct. you're looking live at the scene now. police say there are at least 3 cars involved... but no word on injuries at this time. as you can see the issue is causing some traffic issues so avoid the area if you can. we'll bring you updates as we get them. remember this? this is that controversial zombie nativity scene in sycamore township. its creator and the township have battled over it in

tonight... there are new plans for the display... and one of its pieces. our ben katko is live out there tonight... with the story. but do you remember this little guy? this is the zombie picked to portray jesus in the controversial zombie nativity that was in this front yard. this zombie won't be here next year... it'll be in someone else's home. driving past jasen dixon's front yard these days, there's really nothing to make you look twice. but that's not always been the case. jasen dixon "it's completely down, of course." what was here... was this. it's a zombie nativity scene... now out of season... and stored away. now... it's on to the next chapter. dixon "this baby jesus is on his way out. he's going to be up for auction." yes. you heard that right. this is the

jesus in dixon's zombie nativity this year... and it's up for sale. dixon "he's a part of horror history. if you're a collector of horror history, then i think zombie baby jesus would be something to have. he's been seen by 10 million, they projected, on the internet." as part of the display, dixon takes donations. take... he cut checks to st. jude children's some to cover he racked up 27 more than 13- in fines over the size of the display. that was all dropped this week. dixon reporter: "did you ever expect so much popularity out of this that you could sell the baby jesus zombie?" jasen: "never ever. not in a million years." the small zombie figure goes up for auction online... tonight. dixon says some of the money... will again go to st. jude... and some to the 2016 nativity... with a new baby jesus centerpiece. dixon jasen: "something a little more professional and maybe a little cooler." reporter: "does that mean it's less controversial, or it

jasen: "a lot scarier." dixon just told me the auction is live tonight... instead of waiting until a horror convention next month. so how much does he think he can get for this? he told me he's been told that this... sold to the right person... could bring 10 thousand dollars! live in sycamore twp.... ben katko... fox19 now. take a look at this.... unbelievable video out of hawaii tonight... showing a helicopter crashing right off the coast near the pearl harbor memorial! the coast guard says 5 people were rescued... but no word on their conditions at this time. investigators are trying to figure out what caused the helicopter to go down in the first place. caught on camera animation caught on camera... a man robbing a walgreens pharamacy in florida probably wasn't expecting this... running into a trained fighter!

his girlfriend who worked in the pharmacy... then jumped over the counter demanding oxycodone! that's when david west... experienced in m-m-a... pinned the suspect down until the cops came! and how about this... surveillance video out of d-c captured the assault and robbery of a decorated marine veteran! police are trying to find the people responsible for the attack last friday. investigators say the veteran was just eating by himself at a restaurant .. when a group of young people surrounded him and began attacking. the victim was in both the iraq and afghanistan wars... and received a bronze star for his heroism. the c-e-o of a los angeles hospital says he paid $17- thousand dollars ransom to hackers... who locked up the computer network! you're looking at the hollywood presbyterian medial center... where workers say they started to notice problems about 2 weeks ago. malway had locked

preventing communication! administrators said the quickest way to get back up and running was to pay that ransom in the form of bit- coins... a form of internet currency. no word yet on who was behind it. a family dog is taking heat tonight... literally... for setting this house on fire! homeowner jamil pacheco says he was working late when he got the call that his colorado springs home... was up in flames! no one was home at the time... except the four dogs. investigators say one of those dogs turned on a burner while trying to get to a pizza box.. that was on top of the stove! "we see fires all the time from combustables that should not have ever been placed to that sacred area. you should keep anything that is flamable at least 3 feet away from that stove top area. think before you act. what we did was more out of habit." unfortunately, the family lost two of their dogs in that

others were saved. a new yorker who lost his wallet at a concert was amazed to get some of his valuables back in the mail two weeks later! the person who found it decided to "kind-of, sort-of" do the right thing -- most of items were returned, along with a brutally honest letter. butted to at least the wallet-napper has good taste -- it's a $45-dollar handmade leather card holder. "reilly" says he isn't upset the person kept his cash... but he is creeped out that they now know things like his blood type and where he lives. breaking now and we're staying on top of breaking news... crews responding to reports of a pedestrian struck on 75 south near the western hills viaduct. police say there are at least 3 cars involved... but no word on injuries at

latest coming up. sot stormtracker stinger steve cam it looks like the big warming begins overnight. typically at night as heat escapes from the surface and the air cools temperatures fall. tonight as winds begin to shift gradually becoming southerly by dawn warmer air will move into the fox19 now viewing area. if night-time cooling is balanced by warm air advection weather speak for the movement of warm air into an area temperatures will hold steady. tonight it looks like the warm advection will just outweigh cooling and temps will bottom out in the mid thirties and be around 40 by 7am. both friday and saturday should top out in the low 60s but with showers and cloud cover sunday will be cooler but still mild. fox19 now chief meteorologist steve horstmeyer still ahead

still ahead- a man dead after a police involved shooting... a former u-c police chief sits down with me ... to talk about police training after the break.. and female breadwinners? four in ten families have one... how to manage the stress that that

can you hold this pose for more than 2 minutes? if you can, you might be healthier than you think." a police expert... weighs in on police-involved

what he says about when cops should pull the trigger... feeling the bern...

ahead of nevada's women bringing home the bacon.. how to reduce the stress at home... when traditional "i'm frank marzullo, i'm getting my tongue scraped for science." don't mess with this monkey.. the knife wielding primate going viral... breaking now breaking now... 75 south is shut down near the western hills viaduct. this after reports of a pedestrian struck... police say there are at least 3 cars involved... but no word on injuries at this time. we have a crew headed to the scene. we'll have the latest coming up. tricia joining us now is gene ferara, retired police chief from the university of cincinnati thanks for coming in tonight gene my pleasure thank you tricia- now we are not going to talk about this specific case let us talk

police involved shootings what are officers trained to do gene- officers are trained to stop the threat that is presenting danger to themselves and/or other people so we are talking about stopping people. tricia- and they have to obey the commands gene- well if they obey the commands there is nothing to stop and that's the thing that is frustrating to us in law enforcement if people were simply to follow the directives there would be nothing because the officer would not feel a threat. tricia- and gene when is the officer trained to pull the trigger how many shots and where on their body gene- well first thing the officers are trained and a lot of that training comes from the supreme court rulings there is 2 cases grahmn and gardner where the supreme court has decided the rules of engagement for police officers when they can appropriately use deadly force in essence it is whenever they reasonable believe their life or the life of someone else in danger at that time the officer can employ deadly force to stop the threat the serious imminent threat of physical harm or

officers trained to shoot to kill or shoot stop the suspect gene exactly trained to shoot to stop the suspect they are not trained to shoot to kill in fact police officers would prefer we had some other method of stopping people other than deadly force unfortunately the limitations of science today that does not exist yet tricia police officers have a split second to decide if the gun is real or fake gene exactly and that's almost impossible to do you have to operate on the assumption the gun is real i have a couple here these are false these are toys these are real and they look exactly the opposite you only have to assume it is real tricia exactly gene thanks for being here gene- certainly trica- the whole interview we have posted on our for you at fox19now.com and also genes bio is on our website as well.

reaction from the police was swift ... and from the family it was emotional as they come to grips with what happened. fox 19's michael baldwin is live in westwood and michael you spoke with the girlfriend who intially called 9-11 i did tricia and she said she told police it was not a real gun but not till after when she orginally made the 911 call that information was not given to them. she asked us not to show her face but agreed to talk. to be shot i think it handlded differently thats the girl friend of paul gaston. he was shot and killed by police when they say he reached for his gun. this is cell

by witnesses at the scene. police fired 9 shots. it later turns out the gun he had was an airsoft gun. gaston truck would slam into a pole on harrison avenue in westwood. he was drunk he had been drinking he had just had an accident. nor tyring to justify him not listening but that played a role his girlfreind asked us not to show her face and change her voice. she did call 911. she tells she called because gaston had shot her daughter with the gun. she tells fox 19 even though he shot her daugfhter he was not a violent person. despit the fact that she filed a domestoic complaint. she told

of course we're gonna keep following this story as it develops on air, online and on fox19 now dot com. weather now animation turning now to weather... looks like we've got an awesome weekend ahead of us steve. steve cam

overnight. typically at night as heat escapes from the surface and the air cools temperatures fall. tonight as winds begin to shift gradually becoming southerly by dawn warmer air will move into the fox19 now viewing area. if night-time cooling is balanced by warm air advection weather speak for the movement of warm air into an area temperatures will hold steady. tonight it looks like the warm advection will just outweigh cooling and temps will bottom out in the mid thirties and be around 40 by 7am. both friday and saturday should top out in the low 60s but with showers and cloud cover sunday will be cooler but still mild. breaking now breaking now... 75 south is shut 75 south is moving again - at the western hills 75 south is moving again - at the western hills viaduct. this after reports

injuries at this time. we have a crew headed to the scene. we'll bring you more as we get it . for the first time since 1928.... an american president is heading to cuba! today the white house announced that president obama will be visiting the country in march. he plans to meet with cuban president raul castro, cuban entrepreneurs and members of civil society. this comes after the president announced that he wanted to normalize relations in 20-14. the last president to visit cuba was calvin coolidge. speaking of the president... it's no secret that u-s ... russia relations are at a low right now... and this is probably not helping... an anti-smoking ad featuring the image of president obama has popped up in moscow and if the imagery wasn't controversial enough, it features

"smoking kills more people than obama". no one has claimed responsibility for putting up the ad... russian authorities claim they didn't do it. the opposition in russia's parliament is calling the ad "disgusting and embarrassing" you decide animation on the democratic side of the campaign trail... a new national poll from fox news shows that hillary clinton might be "feeling the bern" take a look. the poll finds that 47-percent of democrats are now backing vermont senator bernie sanders... with clinton getting 44- percent of the support. sanders is up from 37-percent in january. we try to eat right and exercise...but do we really know how healthy we are? there's a simple test you can do at home to check your health. fox19 now's frank marzullo tried it out..so let's see how healthy frank really is. can i get up off the floor without using my hands or

healthy i am." let's get laced up and find out just how healthy -- or not -- i am! "time to take the home health test!" here's how it works...only takes about 15 minutes...and the five tests are pretty simple.. plank it up! sit, rise, stand bad breath barometer test of time and... track your pulse "some of the things in there are actually very valid." jason hoke is a doc at kettering health network's indian creek family health center in oxford. he's says some of the tests he actually uses when screening his patients... so, lets' get started...plank it up....ok, this one is hard... "i've never...i know how to walk the plank, but i've never actually done a plank." i've gotta hold this position for two minutes. now, i recently lost 40 pounds, so i might be able to do this. if i can't do it, i might still e carrying too much weight. "i should not have eaten that piece of pie." "i'm feeling that sting, gotta drop there." so how long did i

seconds shy of the two-minute goal. "the thing about the plank, is it;s actually a good exercise, so if you can't hold it for two minutes, gradually work up to it." next up -- sit, rise and stand. i need to get up from a seated position on the floor without using my hands or knees. it tests strength, balance and flexibility... "what i want to do is this... frank gets up. " this is harder than it looks. "frank says "oh, take that...gets up." and now it's time for the bad breath your tongue with the spoon. now sniff...if it smells sweet...might be a sign of diabetes. mine smelled like.. "i smell kinda like chocolate, hazelnut. like nutella." next up... is the sharp is my mind? draw a clock, put all the numbers in... "12, 1, ,2..." this test taps into cognitive ability and can signal impairment is

"it's sounds like such a basic test, but for our demented patients, i have seen some amazing clock drawings, some of them don't even represent a clock." and last but not least -- track your pulse. a weak pulse can be a sign of heart disease or a blood clot. place 2 fingers on your wrist...press, until you feel a pulse. "it's important to use two fingers and never use your thumb, the thumb actually has a strong enough pulse it can confuse yon in getting an accurate reading. you want a reading of between 60 and 100.... i got 80...so overall... i cant' complain. "this was pretty fun and it makes you think but if you really want to know how healthy you are. doctors always recommend, come in for that checkup,. frank marzullo, fox19 now." if you wanna check out some of those tests for yourself.. we've got them posted on our website at fox19 now dot com. breaking now.. a fire at a popular downtown restauarnt..

working to contain a fire at boca on sixth street.. we have a crew headed to that scene as well - and will bring you updates as we get them. and what put this monkey on a roof with a knife! you gotta see... coming up. a battle right now in tulsa. and uk, looks to get revenge on tennessee. highlights ahead with jeremy rauch. women make up half the workforce and in

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breaking now... 75 south is moving again - at the western hills viaduct. this after reports of a pedestrian struck... still no word on injuries at this time. we have a crew headed to the scene. we'll bring you more as we get it . also breaking now.. a fire at a popular downtown restauarnt.. fire crews are working to contain a fire at boca on sixth street.. we have a crew headed to that scene as well - and will bring you updates as we get them.

bringing you a story about female breadwinners... and how to reduce stress that that can create... simply money's nathan bachrach took a closer work... but because of breaking news we've run out of time and we'll have that story for you on sunday night. live wx tease the next sentence might be the most

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breaking now... this video just back from the scene after reports of a pedestrian struck on 75 south... at the western hills viaduct... still no word on injuries at this time. the latest on fox19 now dot com. the next sentence might be the most bizarre thing you've heard all day. brazillian officials say they've captured a monkey that was caught chasing people with a knife after drinking an entire glass of rum. take a look for yourself. patrons at a bar captured this video... showing the monkey on a roof holding that knife after they admitted to giving it alcohol! eventually police were called and captured it... dropping it off in some nearby woods.

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then it's jamal murray, hoop and the battery. game high 28 points. averaging 28 his last 4 games. and while i've got you, check out derek willis, hit 7 threes to go with his 25 points. uk exacts their revenge in a 10point win jer bam gfx coming up, the bullpen is wide open... except for one. bryan price names an early closer. and, chris mack explains why this xavier team, is special - next. jer hplaz gfx on the first day of spring training... bryan price told

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wide open pen, but jj hoover, call him the closer... it is quote, "his job to lose." if you believe x is for real, then there has to be a major key. following last night throwdown on providence, i took this question to coach mack... what is different about this xavier team, than others you've coached in the past. chris mack: "we have guys that are the ninth, tenth man that could go other places and play

don't want to hear it. i think there's a togetherness and understanding that we're in this together and in this to win games and to play for much more than just ourself and i think that's evident when you watch us play." here's your preps play of the week... simon kenton's ally niece, flings a one- hander at the buzzer, and absolutely nails it. gave s-k a 3-point win over highlands. niece also joined the 2-thousand point club tonight, but this... this has to make sportscenter. wow. breaking now tricia 4-shot we're continuing to follow 2 breaking stories right now on fox19 now dot com... a pedestrian struck on eye 75 near the western hills viaduct... traffic is moving there again.. also breaking - a one alarm fire at boca restaurant downtown.. no injuries there... the latest on fox19

the morning news. tricia cam don't forget we're always tracking the weather on fox19.com. goodnight. sot "announcer: now with the fox19 mobile app, you'll never be without fox19 news. from fox19.com to text and email alerts for breaking news and weather. it's all right here in the palm of your hand." kara 2 shot it's 5 o clock.

[ crow caws ] six days to disney world! we are going to disney world in six days, people! it is six days away! can you believe it?! [ sighs ] sue, really, you have to pace yourself. [ breathes deeply ] frankie: i know it sounds like i'm raining on sue's parade, but you got to understand she won the trip. 27 days to disney world! [ gasps ] [ toilet flushes ] ooh, sorry, sorry. 25 days to disney world! say anything today. ha! you get the idea. on my disney binder. it's 800 pages, but i think i should pare it down. more computer paper and glitter.