and belgium is a small country. it has still a lot of personal and business links in cincinnati. jeff hirsh looks at the local connection. >> cincinnati's connection are big. cincinnati's connection to brussels are small. local restaurant here in coriville >> john owns the local taste of >> been to the airport. looks like he doesn't, toward my life. i was there a couple of months ago. >> big link, 1100 employees. our thoughts and prayers are with the people in belgium today. we are working to confirm the safety of all of our people, and interest of them working from home until all is available. there are other connections, too. . >> sandy baxter goes to brussels 2-3 times a year. baxter 234r50u back from paris. >> titaned security. armed guards at the train station. armed guards on the train. asked for my passport twice. in previous trips, never been >> uc has two professionals from the business schools and 30 miles from brussels. >> only information we have at this time, they are safe, they are okay. we want to make sure, family members, parents are aware they are in good position. not in

if not, odds of success are just a roll of the dice.roll of dice jeff hirsh, local twelve news. 3 we will keep monitoring the mayor's poverty project to met.we're also hosting an hour-long town hall meeting on childhood poverty, cincinnati's crisis on monday night, march 21st from seven to eight. it will be broadcast live and commercial free on local12, and live-streamed on local12-dot-com. 3 there are many ways the city is trying to tackle the poverty issue ...and some are calling for free preschool for every child. that was the topic of discussion last night in over-the-rhine. the goal of preschool promise is to get three and four year olds.. two years of affordable and high quality preschool.. supporters say it would give all children a better chance of succeeding in life. mother of three yvonne ballard thinks the earlier.. the better. 3 "chldren start learning at an earlier age. i have a 2-year-old cousin who knows how to swipe on a cell phone. when their mind is alert and ready to learn why not feed that?" organizers will have another public meeting next thursday. it starts at s

reducing child poverty. local 12 news is continuing to investigate child poverty. and reporter, jeff hirsh, shows us one of the big challenges the mayor group's facing. >> nobody said it would be easy. the effort to remove the cincinnati dramatically high poverty rate. let's show you one reason why longer. and this is the chart of the federal low-income antipoverty programs. there's 80-plus of them spending trillion dollars a year. trillion dollars to come to cincinnati. they will have to navigate to go through local programs, tax programs, charitible programs. we will look more of this and some of the problems that the coalition is facing coming at 6:00. jeff hirsh, local 12 news. >> it's not an easy solution. one we've been dealing with for decades. we're learning more information on the frantic search for the baby in a stolen car. >> local 12, joe webb has been following the story since it first broke. he joins us live, where police joe. >> paula, i could tell you, the new information is really pretty bizarre. as you pointed out, everybody this morning is so excited that the child is re

but local 12's jeff hirsh introduces us to a young man who may just be the best known campaign volunteer in the country. 3 hello my name is brett smith and i'm a volunteer with the committe which supports john kasich for president the political phone bank is a symphony of overlapping voices, singing the same tune: hello i'm a volunteer and im calling for ... my name is brett smith and i'ma volunteer for the committee supporting john kasich, can we count on your support, ... count on your support a member of this symphony ... today in cincinnati ... was brett smith ... a 21 year old college student from the university of georgia. smith is on spring break ... and will making *get out the vote* phone calls. and if brett smith looks a bit familiar ... a john kasich town hall in south carolina last month ... the event went viral. smith planned on asking kasich a political question:but when he told me i'd get the last word i kind of figured why ask a question he'd been asked a thousand times. so i asked him about something that was unique to me, a unique personal experience rather than politic

desiree hensley and her daughter died. rescuers took the other driver to university hospital. as jeff hirsh tells us, this investigation is far from over. >> the crash happened around 7:00 p.m., on u.s. 27. the police began the investigation last night. dad made it tough, rain mixed with snow. while there's a lot of investigating to do, the police have no investigation. >> we do not know the cause of the accident. there's speculation on possible drug use last night. at this point, we don't have any evidence. >> the mom and daughter were coming northbound on 27, coming up the hill. the car was hit them, coming southbound, coming down the hill. the car that hit them was over there, cost at least one, maybe two, possibly three lanes, hit the mom, where you see the red spots. >> the morning, the accident site, closing u.s. 27 for a while, as they took measure ams and made calculations. >> campbell county, police department, alexander police department. we're thomas police department. we had boone county sheriff's department with us right now. >> the investigators have taken a blood sample from

that's the bigger story. we have team coverage of the primary. coming at # ca, jeff hirsh will join us with the latest on john kasich's campaign. larry davis will report on butler county on the important district congressional race. 15 republicans are vying to fill john boehner's seat. >> and a serious complex in the cherry grove area, is getting new life. we've told you many times about rich jaffe will take a look at the future of pickdilly and the problematic president. >> murder charges expected to be filed in the man accused of beating 16-year-old hailey hall. teenager died of injuries yesterday. and coming up at 6:00, will tell you about how her presented accused of the crime. >>> it's slow going. not as slow going as this afternoon. and it was -- trying to figure out what was going on. on qusly, trust was -- obviously, trust was hit. and paula got caught. >> beautiful day. >> may have been a -- had a little more. in for chilling. >> and the next few days, will be back closer to average. will take time for the cooler air to return. we have a front and partly cloudy, between sunris

. florida is home to g.o.p. contender, marco rubio. ohio has 56 republican delegates. local 12, jeff hirsh, bald winn, near cleveland. jeff is live with more, rather big prize that is ohio. jeff? >> it comes down to ohio. you've been around for a while. every november, it seems to come down to ohio. now in march, it will come down to ohio. we'll find out, is there a party for john kasich? if he doesn't win ohio, basically, his campaign is finished. >>> at polling places across ohio, those voting in the republican presidential primary had four choices. >> who did you vote for today? >> trump. >> why? i think we just need another character like ronald reagan. somebody that gets in there and stirs up the pot? >> or? >> kasich? >> why. >> because he's the better choice. >> what about donald trump? >> i don't think he could get anything done. he is president of company and nobody will do anything for them. he can't fire them. you can't fire the congress. can't fire the senate. >> governor kasich in suburban columbus. >> what do you have to say donald trump? >> you will not ruin my day. >> kasic

supposed to measure the pulse of the people. why are so many of the political polls are so wrong. jeff hirsh, coming up. p>> american workers brought us back from the crash. now, let's move forward. we need jobs that provide dignity and a bright future. new penalties to stop companies from moving profits and jobs overseas. for businesses that create manufacturing jobs, a new tax credit. and let's invest in clean energy jobs, with 500 million solar panels installed by the end of we've gotta create new jobs and industries of the future. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. this is what i came home for -- to work in the community, tuturning schools after hours into centers for healthcare and safe spaces for our kids. i'm p.g. sittenfeld. after princeton and a marshall scholarship, i turned down a job at google to work improving education. elected to city council, i've helped create 5,000 new jobs, took on big banks to clean up foreclosed properties. now i'm running for the senate for ohio. millions of good jobs lost. communities devastated. the jobs moved overseas. only one candidate

. >> jeff hirsh, local 12 news. progress, to see if the later deadline is met. we'll host a town hall meeting on the mayor poverty. on monday, 7:00, 8:00 in the evening. we'll broadcast it live, and live stream the hour long event on local12.com. sydney benter is driving around. what are you seeing now. >> we're heading northeast on 28, toward groshan. roads are mostly wet. and compared to northern kentucky, earlier. lots of snow around the embankments. earlier. my question for erica collura, when it will be wrapped up. >> we're looking at improvements. he want you to be aware through the morning tomorrow. especially where the heavy ban of snow went through. and that's where we see the slick, slippery areas. main roads are just fine to road surfaces and we have some areas, that's at serving. that's where we have the problems in the overpasses and bridges and exit ramps. national weather, and just advisory. and this includes, brown, highland and adams. some of the areas. we're talking about how we can see a quick one to two inches of snow. that's what we're going to see with the heavie

must be requested before march 30th, when the new plan takes effect. 3 time now is xx local 12's jeff hirsh traveled to cleveland for john kasich's election party. we hear from him as he talks about the governor's big win, just ahead. plus, needle exchange program starts in northern kentucky today. adam clements has more on this new heroin epidemic, coming up, on good morning cincinnati. 3 3 3 it's national kick butts day! so on facebook today, we're asking:what bad habit or addiction would you most like to kick? 3 we want you to join the conversation -- just *like* the local 12 page on facebook to share your thoughts. 3 3 (show open) 3 now at five.a new program launches today in northern kentucky to help stop the spread of disease.. i'll tell you how it ties into the heroin epidemic.coming up. 3 kasich wins big in his homestate.we'll bring you all election results. 3 plus, it's experience versus a new face in the ohio senate race.we'll tell you which candidate takes the democratic nomination. 3 good morning.we'll get to those top stories in just a moment.but first we want to start with a f

local 12's jeff hirsh spent the day with the kasich campaign at baldwin wallace university outside cleveland. 3 donald trump was leading ohio a few weeks ago.. but that lead disappeared by last week. trump did win florida... 3 arguably the biggest prize of the night with 99 delegates.he also won north carolina and illinois.missouri is still too close to call between trump and ted cruz. 3 bernie sanders went in to last night hoping to carry the momentum from last week's upset in michigan.but he fell short in ohio... and hillary clinton takes home the prize. now she's focusing on donald trump. "when we hear a candidate for president call for rounding up 12 million immigrants, banning all muslims from entering the united states, when he make him strong, it makes him wrong. hillary also won florida..illinois.. and north carolina.now she's looking ahead to november.. saying the next president must make a difference in people's lives and bring the country back together. 3 "why this may not have been the year for a hopeful and optimistic message about our future, i still remain hopeful and optimist

him the strongest of the republican contenders, against democratic candidate, hillary clinton. jeff hirsh, local 12 news. publicly at a conference, the successor, miami university grad paul ryan should be the republican nominee if the candidate failed to choose on the ballot. he says anybody could nominate. ryan and his staff, says he doesn't want the nomination. >> and close to 30 miles and hour. we have gusts higher. we will have to deal with the breeze this evening. at least we have warm temperatures temperatures. closer we get to the weekend. enjoy the evening. if you were with me yesterday, last evening will be the really last night. tonight, it will be pretty nice. we have more clouds around, and 11 degrees cooler than we were yesterday, we were in the 70s. it's still nice. temperatures in the 60s, that's well above normal by 10 degrees. airport, coming at 62. we're in the lower 60s, for hillsborough. wilmington. and the thing is the wind, we'll be windy tomorrow afternoon as well be prepared for that. if you are out. winds out of the west, this evening. right now, they are 20 miles

. >> and police say the same guy was involved and in both of them. jeff hirsh, how investigators used new technology to link the cases and the suspect. >> and you talk about gun violence. we will put out all the shots. >> and four occasions, this eight days, nobody hit. it was scary. there's a great deal of anxiety. no one knows what? no one knows why. now they have an arrest and indictment, people feel more comfortable. >> indicted in 21 gun violence. >> he has no connection to anybody who works inside of the twin city square. there's no indication anyone was targeted other than itself. >> and harold is no stranger to police. sees in prison for shots, on redding road and mount olive, a few miles after pepper square was peppered with bullets. police brought out the diagram. you count them up, there's 17 that goes into another page. we're talking about at least 18 shots hitting the building. police are able to connect with the shell caseings with the when harold was arrested, they matched the caseings with that gun, with caseings found in the highway of queen city square. same gun, sam

12 news, are raising questions on what may end up in the water for thousands of people locally. jeff hirsh. >>> and tenants, find themselves stuck in the middle. they are forced to live in almost unbelievable conditions. their landlord won't show up to court and won't fix the home that's deteriorating ahead of them. tenants will ask rich jaffe to investigate. >>> yeah, of course, we'll be back with rob at 5:00. >> see you then. thanks very much. >> traffic outside, dixie highway, and. it's nice and dry this afternoon. it is really pleasant, for a chance to get outside >> last couple of hours, relatively quiet. not the case early in the afternoon. video of a tornado, that occurred today, in the northwestern part of the montgomery county. we saw the debris on radar. trouble maker, came through franklin county, in the western part of but the lower county. >> is that debris >> that's debris >> we can tell, that debris was being locked 5 thousand feet above the ground. the national weather service is surveying damage. they will be the ones to determine what the strength of this tornado was. the

the vul ger and rhetoric. directed as women in minority. trump and to --. local 12 news has, and jeff hirsh joins us live in suburban cleveland cleveland cleveland. the kasich campaign is holding for victory. >> if they don't have a victory tonight, if they don't have a party tonight, basically, the party is over. john kasich really has to win ohio. >>> john kasich has visited a place, he hasn't seen lately, ojai >> today in ohio, primary for >> it's neat to come in, and have to vote forin h me. >> and couple weeks ago, john kasich guaranteed he would bets. and several others bull doegsed the he really needs to have a good showing here. a win here will allow him to continue his campaign. how he picks up a majority of delegates, he has to win 85-90 percent of delegates from here on out. and what kasich is -- >> i'm going to be the republican nominee. tech matter how porno high -- how important, ohio is. and think asked rubio, to vote for john kasich. so kasich could take 66 all winner takes all. so donald trump doesn't have to get it. live in barea. >> an attorney for pete rose said the hit

senate nominations. jeff hirsh says it's a fight between the up and comer in the tri-state and season veteran. >> we're investigating, in each of them thought they were signing a deal to rent a townhouse. they were all actually putting down deposits on the same unit, over and over again. ahead at 5:30, rich jaffe has the story you will only see on local 12 news. >> hard line by gay rights organizations. fort thomas researchers wrote a bill on same-sex marriages. and coming at 6:00, joe webb will show us how the leaders in the city of covington is pushing back. i'll be back with rob braun with more. >> and take a look at the traffic. told you this on i-71, and they have moved the traffic. traffic is moving in all lanes southbound. that is good news. we may have more issues. as we approach 450, wet on the actually, 71-75, cut-in-hill. volume of traffic. and this is 71 at montgomery road at kenwood. vol volume of traffic. and that won't be the case with hundreds and thousands of people getting let out of work momentarily. plenty of rain showing up. within the last 15 minutes, we won't se

. >> and, of course, tonight at 5:00, local 12, jeff hirsh tries republicans will be facing. >> bipartisan support and big push from tri-state lawmakers have a heroin bill passed. it's called the comprehensive addiction and capa act. it makes it available to first responders and creates better monitoring of prescription drugs. republican spokesperson was one of the authors. senate majority leader delivered a speech in favor of the passage of the senate post. and they wrote one provision of the bill and the counterpart of indiana, democratic winner, got an amendment, that encourages first responders that revives someone with neroxon. and it now goes to the house of representatives. >>> a long the same lines, focus the local heroin epidemic. they will come together to discuss heroin addiction and how to expand to local programs. it starts at 6:30 in the corain community center on spring dale road. >>> a showdown between apple and the fbi is likely to head to the supreme court. the fight to access to data and devices, goes back decades. cheryl atkinson reports this weekend. he knows all too w

. >> they include a stop by john kasich tomorrow morning. at 5:30, jeff hirsh, why you, defendant vat minutics, over after a gun. >>> >>>. cory headrosh, are behind bars for serl nfrl. officers with the dearborn county special crimes unit as well as ripley and sheriff's deputies and indiana state police have put hundreds and dollars of tracking hundreds and thousands in stolen property. we found the property in a home, after they arrested the in versailles. >> that would be very nice. >> you know what would be nice. >> no more rain in the forecast. that would be nice. you could say that? >> i could say that for tonight, at least. as we get to tomorrow, we start to see the rain. it's not all going to be bad news. it's going to be pretty nice outside. it's nice this afternoon as well. this is the atrium weather camera. we have not seen that, at least a whole lot today. most of us are in the 50s right now, unless we're in the far southern viewing area, carrollton, thalmus around 60 degrees. some of us hit the 60 degree mark. all of us hitting it. and we didn't have a whole lot of rain to

12 news, raising questions on what may have been in the water for thousands of people. local 12, jeff hirsh has our investigation. >> >>. >> whether you turn on the faucet, cincinnati or -- the water begins in the ohio river. before it is treated, it contains some chemicals. it's used in materials like testifylon and cleaning products. >> psoa, stands for chemical. >> consuming water, could be dangerous. and panel has connected psoa, to 6 diseases. >> included kidney, testicular cancer. thyroid de vries. preeclamsia. >> and tfoa, has been linked to a plausible explanation. to girls in northern kentucky. circumstancial evidence not a slam-dunk, for attorney years. reason enough for the public to be available in the community. . >> young girls had sophisticated level. ultimately successful, battle with due point chemicals, western virginia and eastern ohio, cover story in the new york times magazine. the article explains how they figured out. how poa, discharge, mechanical plant, in parkersville west virginia, has been pal looting the ohio river, for years. and he won a class-action lawsuit,

. >> jeff hirsh, local 12 news. if you want to work, couple hundred people are needed. if you are interested, we have a link on the get it now link. >> we have live stream in the super tuesday states at 9:00. and then at 10:00. and scott pelley, as the votes come in on local 12. >> 13-year-old girl is missing. >> parents say she's never they are especially worried. if you see her, you're asked to call crimestoppers. >> it was not just a car accident. a gunshot wound to the head is what killed a man who -- inside the burning car. and police found him saturday, near mckinley avenue. it crossed the median and then burst into flames. white head died at the scene. police are investigating the death as a murder. >>> there's a new panther leading the pact. elder high school. >> and school picked the clever way, letting them know a principal was chosen. >> purr purr smoke, in the price hill catholic school. 1981 graduate, kurt roughing was hired for the top job. >> clever. very clever. >> still ahead, zika virus, warnings for health officials, before mosquito season is about to begin. >> how a major

universal preschool could be a november ballot issue. jeff hirsh traveled to denver to show how children there benefited from the four years. >> we have a lot of goals and hope. i want my baby to be -- to have a beautiful future. and then there's this goal. >> all right. would is ready to help >> food is critical to life. we introduced you to tony fair hed, whose charity feeds hundreds a week. and jan cranley, announced his plan. we're asking the key lieutenants, plan is on track and how last week's initiative was hurting. there are programs working towards assisting certain communities. debra dixon will focus on such program, finding success in lower price hill. weeks. we want you to join local 12 and local12.com for the poverty town hall monday at the underground railroad freedom center. i will be moderating the event from 7:00 to 8:00. it will be here on local 12. as we said on local 12, angenette levy, will be anchoring our social media coverage. you could rsvp. e-mail our web master at local12.com. >>> uber is not just for catching a ride. the ride company is expanding the food deli