lisa: wlwt news 5' s brian hamrick is live at cvg, with a area. brian. o' brien: did not only -- brian events in brussels have a ripple : effect across the globe, even here at cvg. but the way the attack happened the bombs went off in an area before screening. cvg and in washington -- they' re saying nothing so far. here' s what you may not know. they' re in a difficult position. they' re basically responsible for screening, making sure banned items do not go beyond they' re not responsible for policing, they call airport any security increases not related to screening will have to come from airport police. they can increase their presence. we talked with air travel expert jay ratliff. he says they can bring in more bomb sniffing dogs, but outside of checking baggage outside the terminal somewhere, there' much they can do to build another layer of security in the pre-check areas. travelers today are telling us incidents like brussels always gets their attention. david volnier: it' s let us revisit our security policies. that has helped. we' ve got new th

mark: brian hamrick has more on why the search was temporarily suspended this morning. brian: they' re called off the search. they say the currents are too dangerous to get a diver into the water. it might be sunday or monday before they can start again. the combs-hehl bridge. you can see there are barges. crews are on the bridge trying to check for 80 damage -- for any damage. you can see it is probably a 100 foot drop from the roadway. a dozen vehicles were involved police do not know how many people were in the car, or who was in it . search teams looked for the car after it went into the river. they found it, but could not get it out of the water. it was too dangerous for the teams and divers needed to recover the vehicle. those who saw it plunge into the water could hardly believe what they were seeing. >> there is nothing you can do about it. it was the most helpless feeling. praying and hoping that we would it may do appreciate your life a little bit more after seeing that. brian: this happened at 4:30 last night. where 19 hours i -- we are 19 hours in. they' re a

brian hamrick, wlwt news 5. lisa: happening right now -- five horses are dead after a barn fire this morning in butler county. it happened along kyles station road in liberty township and wlwt news 5' s andrew setters is there with the latest. andrew? andrew: the fire destroyed this barn and caused the roof to collapse. we will give you look at it here it smoldered for a while, but the damage has been done. this is video a witness shared with us, showing just how fire crews arrived to this little they could do. five horses were inside this barn at the time, none of the animals made it out. it sounds as though by the time the fire was spotted the barn was already fully engulfed. could not make any attempt to go inside, they simply sprayed water on it from the outside. at this point, they are working to figure out exactly how this ve called in a we' at this point, it doesn' t appear re going to go through the investigation just to kind of rule out a couple causes, there was electric supplied to the building. the o

live, brian hamrick, wlwt news 5. lisa: brian, thank you. people are lining up at the polls to make their voices heard. reasons for showing up. wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is live in saint bernard with what voters are telling him matters in this race. good afternoon. dan: good afternoon, mark. it hasn' t even been six hours since the polls have been opened, the people have a lot to say. there' m at step out of the stop -- and going to step out of the shot. we' ve been seeing lines all over, we were in sharonville earlier, we saw lines there is soon as they over, people were ready to go. steady streams of voters have been here in st. bernard this afternoon. voters i talked with a random had very mixed messages. some say they think it' s time for conservative candidate to change the direction of the country. one man told me this race is historic, with a woman as president a possibility. and a woman i talked with told me her vote is part of the fight to knock one candidate out. barbara clay: to me, i think trump is the wrong choice if i be a par

brian hamrick, wlwt news 5. mike: governor kasich will be in sharonville at a pancake breadstick -- pancake breakfast. we will have special coverage as ohio votes on tuesday. our live coverage starts at 7:30 p.m. when the polls close. then join us for a special edition of wlwt news five at 10 and 11. sheree: 17-year-olds will be allowed to vote in ohio' s presidential primary. ohio law less 17-year-olds will be 18 before the general election to vote tuesday with some limits. a judge granted the request of 917-year-olds that suit. they will be casting their vote on tuesday. mike: a small town with a lot of pride rally behind its high school stars. >> just saying you are a hurricane, or, means a half a lot. -- from wilmington means an awful lot. kevin: clouds in the area. how long will we stay dry? i will let you know when the drops begin to fall and the prospect of thunder this weekend. mike: a night to make wishes come true. the event that helps kids with life-threatening illnesses feel like it' s again. s if yo

brian hamrick, wlwt news 5. jonathan: governor kasich will post a pancake breast today -- breast today breck breck fast today in sharonville. over on the democratic side, bernie sanders made stops in raleigh friday and in toledo, ohio, as well to rally before tuesday's primaries. sanders is hitting on familiar themes including the idea of expanding healthcare for all. meanwhile, hillary clinton attended nancy reagan's funeral friday in simi valley, california, joined by michele obama, barbara bush, rosalynn carter, as well as george bush. i didn't see any other president, though. clinton is expected to pay a visit to youngstown, ohio, today. president bill clinton will make a stop in cincinnati to stump for his wife, hillary. he's expected to attend a get out the vote event at the underground freedom center. come tuesday, 17-year-olds will be allowed to vote in ohio's presidential primary, as long as they turn 18 before of the election. ohio law allows for 17-year-olds who will be 18 before the tuesday, with som

reporting live, brian hamrick, wlwt news 5. kyla: it' s feeling more like spring, we' ll check in with meteorologist randi rico. randi: it is gorgeous. the sun is shining, there' s a little bit of a breeze. we are talking temperatures up into the 70' s this afternoon. in fact, if we hit or beat 72 degrees, it will be the warmest day of the year. as you take a look right now it temperatures currently across the area, we are in the upper 60' s to around 70 degrees in greater cincinnati. we should continue to climb up into the mid-60' s. it will be a great day to get outside. no excuses. 2:00, breezy and 70. 5:00, pretty much perfect at 71. comfortable at 8:00 tonight. research start to bring in the through tomorrow. i will break down the timeline and where coming up in a few minutes. kyla: cincinnati police are investigating a shooting in over-the-rhine this morning. investigators say a woman was shot in the backside, around 4:20 this morning at the intersection of lang and east mcmicken. she' s been taken to university of cincin

brian hamrick leading the way tonight. reporter: we have learned that nearby. just enough time to get on the bridge. they have other details, but we' re not going to release those. we are hanging on them until they make a positive identification. we are told that could be days. the vehicle remains submerged along with clinical clues. recovering any of them depends >> this river is very unfriendly and very unforgiving. reporter: the curve of the river is more than three times the speed needed to dive. >> the current was so swift, it wrapped him up and caused severe problems. be had been driving at the time it goes over the bridge. >> that person was driving a red grand am. the exact vehicle believed to be at the bottom of the river. family. including the one that plummeted nearly 100 feet into the water. once we begin the recovery, they have no plans to stop. >> it is our intention to finish the job. reporter: they hope to finish the recovery by monday but they hope it will be back and till at least tuesday or wednesday. mike: investigators do not know if that v

brian hamrick tells us about the chaos it caused at the board of elections. brian: the polls closed at 7:30. they didn' t get the order until 8:01, 31 minutes after the polls were closed. the genie is already back out of the bottle the board said it' s . impossible to comply with the order. although they say they did their best. they tried to mass contact the polls. it takes time, and many of the poll workers were already packed up and headed home. then there are the polling machines. theyr' e not designed to restart that quickly. >> you cannot relight the t work that way. brian: anyone who did vote after 7:30 did vote is on a provisional ballot. brian hamrick, wlwt news 5. that' s the feeling many witnesses had after seeing an suv go over a bridge and into the ohio river during rush hour. lisa: investigators say they' ve found the car, but no information has been given about who was inside. wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is live along the combs hehl bridge which connects campbell county with the east side of cincinnati . good morning to you. dan: the bridge was c

wlwt news 5' s brian hamrick is leading the way with the story. brian, it seems like someone should have been reported missing -- been reported missing now. brian : for those lives in the shadows of this bridge, proximity isn' t what makes them feel close to the crash here. >> people who saw it were traumatized. they said they just couldn' t get the image out of their minds for one thing. it is just really disturbing. brian: tracie peterson can' t help but think about the victims every time she walks into her backyard. tracy: you are almost haunted by the thought that person is down brian: somewhere new the bridge of that meant under fast-moving waters of the ohio river, a vehicle remains submerged. it is been there since about 4:30 on tuesday when it plunged about 100 feet off of the bridge during a crash involving a dozen cars. new calls to the campbell county 911 center have been released. >> a car just went off of the bridge into the water. >> it has been under the water for five minutes now. i don' t see anyone. brian: crews found the vehicle

wlwt news 5' s brian hamrick is leading the way with how travelers and security is impacted. reporter: here at cvg, people feel it, especially when they find themselves in the same kind of venue attacked, it all seems a little closer to home. terror, even on the other side of the globe, it' s always unsettling. , has a way of feeling too close. s a half the world away is somewhat comforting but it also brings it home a day when you' re traveling. reporter: david and melanie zolnier are traveling through cvg today. >> ever since sept 11 things have just changed and traveling isn' t the ease that it was and you always have to think ahead and plan ahead and worry about what' s going to happen. >> is there anything sharp or fragile inside. reporter: despite extensive changes in airport security over the past decade and a half, nothing is fail proof. passengers time to adjust, the tsa showed us last week how finding banned items is adding up to longer wait times, but how are divided up isn' t as well known. >> if a firearm or a stun gun or another dangerous item comes through the

brian hamrick, wlwt news 5. lisa: the stolen car crashed not far from western hills high of a side street. mark: that is where john london is this noon. john: the red ford that came barreling down prosperity place crashed, as you can see , from one sidewalk to the other. ending up just beyond the black vehicle. jolting the neighborhood into a sudden police investigation. here is the car itself. 3 doors are a jar. you can see the path it took, taking out a tree, damaging steps, tossing debris. one neighbor figures that the padlocked fence may have slowed them and helped police catch them. folks say that speeding cars, some of them stolen, siphoning gas, their problems on the street. this morning, their thoughts were not about the crash, but >> that was my main concern . i was out here looking, in the back of the house, under the cars. i was more concerned about them. thank god they found the child. that is the first thing i thought about. john: as you look at the street, we are told prosperity place has seen its

reporting live, brian hamrick, wlwt news 5. mike: rebecca stephenson is still at uc medical center recovering from her injuries. sheree: this just in, an emergency custody ruling for the father of a missing 22-month-old from warren county. late this afternoon, a judge granted the father custody which could open the door for authorities to issue an amber alert. 20-year-old kallie carnes and her little boy grant were last seen wednesday in south lebanon. kallie left her family a note indicating she wanted time to herself. her family says they' re worried because they believe she is with 20-year-old joshua craft. craft was convicted of assaulting carnes' child last month and ordered to stay away s father says he doesn' t believe anyone is in danger. >> i don' t believe they' re in danger at all, ma' am. my son' s not like that. i think it' s been blown out of proportion slightly. and from my understanding, the police, there' s nothing they can do and i just wish they could find them and get the kid back out of a dangerous situatio

live brian hamrick, wlwt news 5. mike: thanks. be sure to watch our special coverage of the primaries as ohio votes. beginning at 7:00 30 when the polls close. we' ll have updates through the voice. then join us for a special edition of wlwt news 5 at 10, and 11. sheree: we now know the identity of the man shot and killed in avondale last night. police say trazone mahaffey. was found dead at a gas station on burnet avenue. no arrests have been made. a driver who crossed the center line on hopple street and hit an oncoming car last month has died from his injuries. police say the driver was 56-year-old kenneth howard. and he may have been impaired at the time of the crash. the driver of the other car was also injured. mike: an indiana student has died while on spring break in panama city, florida. authorities say 20-year-old tyler gilmore of terre haute was drinking heavily before he fell from a parking garage and died. it' s unclear how high gilmore his body was found about 1:00 in the morning on sunday. police do not believe anyo

brian hamrick has the latest in a new perspective on -- from someone who saw it all. reporter: the conditions of the river are getting better. they are still not enough. we' re learning more about how the vehicles lost off of the bridge and somebody who saw it all happen. when the car plummeted off the bridge, even for those who saw happen, it would not register. >> not at all. i cannot believe it. alyssa irvin was right behind the semi. >> i was to cars behind the semi. somewhere ahead of the truck and in the semi began to skip. -- two skin. -- to skid. she felt helpless as the vehicle disappeared over the edge. quest i did not think it would go over. once i saw it happen i said oh man. i do not know what to do. reporter: when the traffic stops, witnesses say that the chaos continues. >> once i got out, there is all these other cars. the lady next to me was screaming. i was very scared. reporter: all of the cars have been impounded. the owners have not been able to have them assessed or take a picture yet. meanwhile the way continues to recover the vehicles from the

mike: brian hamrick is live downtown with a breakdown of how the voting has been going. reporter: the polls are busy, the people in this room are busy. if anything goes wrong these are the folks that get called. so far no major glitches there hoping that holds especially after what happened last november. for workers at the hamilton polls are a pressure cooker, especially in a year of high interest, and high intensity. >> i think all of the negative rhetoric is pretty distasteful so i obviously wanted to stick with a more positive message. >> speaking with my friends and colleagues. we' d like a little more civility in the whole process so the only way we know to get our voice heard among all that craziness, is to go vote. reporter: whether it was voting against negativity, for a candidate. or just the weather, donna lee -- >> it was good to be a nice day so there was no excuse not to vote. reporter: lots of people decided to vote. >> i' d rather see this as 4 years of you know what you get verses 4 years of this horrible uncertainty. reporter: it was the first time ever

live brian hamrick wlwt news 5. sheree: for the students and parents of madison the healing process will take a major step forward this evening. a walk through at the campus will be held starting at 6 before tomorrow' s return to class. earlier today teachers and staff were invited for a special meeting. the message from the superintendent was let' s get things back to normal. wlwt news 5' s andrew setters talked to him this morning. >> our number one priority is to make our students feel comfortable and safe despite what' s happened. reporter: the superintendent of madison local schools laying out the plan that' s come together since the shooting unfolded. he held a district wide staff know help is available thanks to a crisis response team and counselors. the focus is on moving forward. he wants parents and students reassured about safety, and for things to get back to normal. >> our plan is to return to school tomorrow. we believe that getting kids back in the school as quickly as possible, with supports, is the

brian hamrick has more on the story. we will have more. there is heightened awareness that comes with the threat, especially after the week that we' ve had. administrators did not cancel classes at wyoming. they are confident it is safe for students to be there today. it is described as a verbal threat from one student against an individual or group of individuals. investigators are sorting out the details. it was enough to get the police involved. they have everyone connected identified. their families. the student who made the threat has been questioned. t saying if weapons. is not on campus today. serious disciplinary measures have been taken by the school. pending action. lisa: they' determine if there will be charges. the student that made the threat was a freshman at the high school. we have complete coverage of the madison jr/sr high school shooting. s arraignment on wlwt.com or the wlwt mobile up. app. changes in the forecast. check on cincinnati' accurate forecast. randi: it looks lovely, but it doesn' t feel so great. we started

sheree: wlwt news 5' s brian hamrick is live at the board of court order they received. brian? brian: the polls closed at 7:30, they got the order to remain -- 8:01, 31 minutes after the polls were they said it was impossible to comply with the order. they said they did their best. it is a strange twist and election that went smoothly until 8:01. they tried to mass contact the polls, but that takes time, and many of the poll workers were already packed up and headed home. and then there were those voting machines. >> none of us got the directive, saying you have to stay open after 7:30. our coworkers had no idea this was a problem. brian: anybody who did vote had to on a provisional ballot. sheree: for the first time in a john boehner will not be heading back to congress representing the eighth congressional district in ohio. mike: in a crowded field of 15 gop candidates warren davidson comes out on top. and could eventually replace boehner. wlwt news 5' s karin johnson is live tonight in butler county. karin. karin: there are a lot of disappointed people here in middletown ton

wlwt news 5' s brian hamrick is leading the way with the story. the tsa is not saying specifically which airports are getting the extra security but they are sitting -- saying that they are getting in touch with local and federal agencies. in brussels, the attack has highlighted some security concerns. even in the prescreening areas, like the ticket counter, they are saying that citizens about some do not need a visa to visit. they have reevaluated it would even though it is an ocean away, it has some travelers on edge as they work their way to their flight. >> the fact that it is half a world away, is somewhat comforting. but it also brings it ekholm when you travel. reporter: there are no specific similar credible threats in the sheree: vice president joe biden was in cincinnati this morning at the time of the attack. mike: plenty of extra security outside the west in as the vice president arrived for an event for former governor ted strickland who is running for eight u.s. senate spot. it was a invite only reception. this is a photo taken from inside the event. andrew setters spoke wi

brian hamrick leading the way tonight. reporter: we have learned that nearby. just enough time to get on the bridge. they have other details, but we' re not going to release those. we are hanging on them until they make a positive identification. we are told that could be days. the vehicle remains submerged along with clinical clues. recovering any of them depends

hope they can keep from going under -- >> it puts the future of the old reporter: reporting live, brian hamrick. sheree: if convicted, he could spend up to six years in jail. mike: a train hits an abandoned car. the crash happened about 11:00 or so last night. they stopped the train to move the car off the railroad tracks. sheree: a man is treasury' s rating a man he was supposed to be taking care of. timothy touched the victim of a man was undressing. he then forced the victim into sex acts. he is indicted on two counts of the man accused of groping patients at hospital will spend an additional month in jail. mark rivers was a patient when he touched one victim in her bed while she was sleeping. he will have to register as a sex offender once he is released. mike: a dad has pleaded guilty to child endangering. he was on heroin when he crashed his car with a young child inside. he drove over a bank and passed out over the front seat. a judge sentenced harding to 180 days in jail. sheree: more presidential delegates on the line this week. wlwt' s todd dykes joining us with more. reporter: kentuc

brian hamrick is live at police headquarters where police just held a news conference. brian: it was an emotional day of searching. now the mother that reported this child in the stolen car is charged. it was an elaborate scheme to make it look like a child was in this car. the child was never in danger, the child was never in the car. nicole benton sent police into a panic when she told them someone stole her car with a baby inside. only part of it was true. baby. police say the baby was with her at her home when they first responded. she hid the baby then called a taxicab. in the chaos, she slipped out the back of her home with the baby, left the baby at a friends house, and returned home. at some point, she went and got the child and returned home. she faces charges of obstruction of official business, inducing panic, and making false alarms. one misdemeanor and to felonies. >> vehicle. the mother left the home as our area. child. met with a friend who returned the child was found safe. the fact that the car was stolen was true. what was reported that the child was in

wlwt news 5' s brian hamrick is leading the way with the story. brian, it seems like someone should have been reported missing -- been reported missing now. brian : for those lives in the shadows of this bridge, proximity isn' t what makes them feel close to the crash here. >> people who saw it were traumatized. they said they just couldn' t get the image out of their minds for one thing. it is just really disturbing. brian: tracie peterson can' t help but think about the victims every time she walks into her backyard. tracy: you are almost haunted by the thought that person is down

mike: we will get to brian hamrick live with what voters are experiencing when they cast their ballots. reporter: this is the nerve this is been a big primary. as of right now there are hundred 57,000 voters turning out. that is out of 550,000 voters. there is a lot of pressure at -- on the folks here. all of that is still hanging over their heads. there is lots of stake in ohio. >> things are going very well today in hamilton county. very good compared to last summer. reporter: recent memory of november elections is still flesh -- fresh. it created major issues. there is no repeat today. >> it was very normal. there was little things here and there. we' re back to disputes about the 100 foot line and people living reporter: by noon almost 80,000 of the 500 and 50 5000 registered voters -- 555,000 voters have visited the polls. day. i was have my sticker. reporter: the presidential race drew many voters especially with such an energetic republican primary. a little bit process. the only way we get our voice heard is to vote. reporter: ironically sometimes division uniting people in vot

last night, in lima, here's what kasich told brian hamrick about the key issues he wants folks to focus on from here on out. >> experience, accomplishment and vision. i'm talking about so many things i've been able to accomplish. experience matters, record matters, vision matters. the three things that matter the jobs number one, jobs number two. what do you think? jobs number three. reporter: kasich has pledged to continue his campaign in an issues oriented way with the economic jobs message and one that he says will continue to be respectful in tone. he believes his campaign and his message is starting to catch on nationally. he predicts he'll win ohio. the attention will ramp up if he doesn't win it, of course, the attention will disappear. the doors open here in just a little while. and governor kasich will speak to the pancake breakfast here a little before 10:00 this morning. live in sharonville, john london, wlwt news 5. jonathan: donald trump will also be in the buckeye state this morning. what will happen at his event is last night in chicago. wlwt news 5's richard chiles live

here's what he told brian hamrick about the key issues for folks to focus on here on out. and vision. when i talk, i'm not talking about what i might do. i'm talking about so many things i've been able to accomplish. experience matters, record matters, vision matters. the three things that matter the most. jobs number one, jobs number. what do you think? >> that's a favorite line of his you'll hear today at the sharonville convention center. he says it at every campaign event. he's pledged to continue his campaign in a dignify ied manner. to not go to the gutter and to stay on message with his jobs and economic themes. saying as recently as yesterday in illinois, he thinks his campaign is starting to get attention. if he wins ohio on tuesday that attention will ramp up. if he doesn't, it will disappear. live in sharonville, jaune ohn london, wlwt news 5. jonathan: donald trump will also be in the buckeye state this morning. what will happen at his event is up in the air after a scuffle last night in chicago. there was a clash between protesters and trump supporters, forcing the cancel