jenell walton, wlwt news 5. sheree: jenell, thank you. cincinnati police and the atf will hold a press conference tomorrow to talk about how herald was linked to the great we' ll have that covered for you. it' s hard enough for adults to understand, let alone children. tonight, wlwt news 5' s tammy knew the four-year-old little boy who died this week after police say his step-mother punished him by putting him in scolding hot water. tammy? tammy: sheree, just try explaining to a child how their four-year-old friend died a horrific death. it' s very tough to do. tonight, i spoke with a family who knew little austin while he lived with his mom, before his dad got custody of him. >> he was four-years-old. he was a little kid. tammy: for adults, it' s hard enough to understand. let alone 10-year-old lona frye, crying for her friend, little austin cooper. >> we always played together. i always did everything with him as much as possible. tammy: police say austin' s step-mom, anna ritchie, admitted she punished the child by putting his legs in

wlwt news 5' s jenell walton is live with a look at that video . jenell? jenell: people did not want to believe that a car flipped over the bridge, but a family' s surveillance video captured the horrible moments when it flipped over and plunged straight into the ohio river. this video capture the moments that the unthinkable happened. a car flipped over the bridge, landing straight and the ohio river near coney island. a family, who does not want to home surveillance camera was pointed at the bridge. you can see it sinking almost immediately. campbell county police leave they know the identity of the driver. >> there is a possibility we know who may have been driving when the car went over the bridge. jenell: they have not heard from their loved one since tuesday' s accident. the person lives in the area and drives over the bridge to run from work. >> the individual frequently commutes over the bridge. jenell: investigators say it could be several more days -- tuesday or wednesday -- before dive teams recover the victims from the wreckage. >> we will do e

jenell: students and parents did the right thing. they remind everyone tonight, if you hear something, say something. >> it was an immature disagreement for that age we are it is definitely something we would not like to have these situations. they give us the opportunity to remind parents to know what your kid is doing. jenell: the suspect was arraigned this morning and is now facing a charge of inciting panic which is a misdemeanor. mike: thank you. a 22 month old boy and his mother missing for nearly a week. concerns growing in warren county. and just a short time ago, the courts got involved. wlwt news 5' s karin johnson joins us live from mason to explain. karin: just a short time ago the , toddler' s father was just granted emergency temporary custody. the family hopes this opens the door for authorities to be able to issue an amber alert. only dubya will the beauty -- only wlwt was there as he walked >> try to put out an amber alert but they did not grant me custody today. karin: the focus is not trying to find his son, grant.

jenell walton, wlwt news 5. sheree: thank you. police say no other students were involved in the threat. mike: a woman found dead after a house fire in aurora, indiana. her son and his wife were able to escape, but were injured. wlwt news 5' leading the way on this story he is live from the home on market street. brian. brian: the only thing as intense as the fire was the investigation here. there was the concern about it collapsing as emergency crews tried to recover the body. only on 5, the man who escaped the fire tells what happened from his perspective. the fire captured on cell phone video, engulfed the home, leaving behind destruction and questions -- even for the person who was closest to it. >> looked to me like the couch was on fire. i don' t know what' s going on, but it was too late by the time i woke up and seen what was going on. it was over. brian: tim stephenson says he was inside when the fire broke out. he says his wife rebecca got out a side door, but his mother who could barely walk was not able to escape. >> i

wlwt news 5' s jenell walton is live at uc, with the latest from the school. jenell. good afternoon. are a total of 19 students in brussels right now. they are there on spring break. the university says the students are in antwerp, belgium. that' s about 35 miles outside of brussels. the students are all safe. take a look at the students travel schedule. they arrived in paris on saturday. they took a train to brussels last night and were scheduled to visit the parlamentarium and procter and gamble today. however, the vice-president of communications at uc says the students will not head to brussels for that part of the trip. the students are traveling with professors suzanne masterson and tony salerno. greg vehr: we have 19 students and two faculty students in antwerp which is about 34 miles from brussels. they are safe and they are redirecting their plans to stay away from the scene. jenell: the uc international calls right now, not only from parents with students in brussels, but all students who are travelling abroad. uc says staff is working very hard to keep pare

wlwt news 5' s jenell walton continues our team coverage tonight. jenell? reporter: there was such a large turnout here in boone county the sheriff' s department had deputies here, directing traffic into and out of the church parking lot. some people said they actually waited up to an hour to caucus. some people said they tried to have a strategy when they saw the long lines. there were some voters who said they actually tried to caucus earlier in the day but left and came back hoping there wouldn' t be as long of a line to park. however, caucus officials say the crowds just kept coming. the caucus chair says there was a steady crowd for the first two hours. one voter said she came in hopes of keeping trump from winning the caucus in kentucky by voting for senator ted cruz. another voter said just the he wants to see change, and that' s why he supported trump. the republicans who turned out say it was exciting to see such a large turn-out for their first ever presidential caucus. >> my strategy was to go to the grocery store and come back and then the line

jenell walton wlwt news five. thanks, jenell. we will continue to update results as they come in... we will continue to update results as they come in... and you can up to the minute coverage anytime on wlwt-dot-com. thanks for joining us, i'm courtis fuller. >>> the u.s. word border patrol was formed in the 1920s, agents were expected to supply their own horses and weapons. more than 90 years later, they are relying on horses to protect the border. these aren't just any horses aspotter explains. >> reporter: sun down in the texas rio grande valley. the horse unit for the u.s. border patrol begins the night shift. the agents ride powerful mounts that once ran wild. >> once i started working with the horses, i realized they have a lot of heart. >> reporter: these horses are stronger and more alert and are perfectly suited to guard the rough terrain along the u.s. mexican border where vehicles cannot go. five years ago under operation noble mustang, the border patrol in south texas horses from the bureau of land management which periodically captured them to control the herds on publi

jenell. reporter: the lines were unbelievable. actually waiting to vote before the polls even opened. >> actually i was the next to last car to get in here and i was like ok. reporter: carol walsh says she in the republican caucus before she says she went to the florence baptist church and zion road earlier in the day, but decided to leave and return in hopes of missing the crowd and long lines. the kasich supporter says she made it seconds before the polls >> my strategy was to go to the grocery store and come back and then the lines exiting here and the lines exiting north and south i 75 which is totally backed up all day just really bad. reporter: there were lots of reasons voters said it was worth waiting in long lines in the parking lot to vote some wanted to stop donald tromp it is tracks. >> it surprised me they put only one place to vote in each county, unless they expected a very low turnout, which we obviously had a huge turnout. i' m hoping that' s to stop trump. reporter: however,

jenell walton, wlwt news 5. mark: the school district says school counselors are also available to any students who have concerns. kyla: we continue to get new developments at the scene of a devastating house fire in indiana. mark: officials have confirmed a body has been found inside the home that burned down overnight. kyla: the situation continues to unfold in aurora. wlwt news 5' s brian hamrick is live on the scene with what we' ve learned. minute or so, they removed the body from this burned-out building here, the home or they say an elderly woman lived. with her son and his wife. they have not yet said if this is the body of that woman. you can see it is still an active scene. people are involved in their point. we do know that the woman, her escape the fire. i talked exclusively to the son this morning, he said the fire spread very quickly. he couldn' t put it out. the fire was very intense, neighbors caught it on cell phone video as the home here on market street was fully engulfed area after the fire w

wlwt news 5' s jenell walton is live at u.c. where she' s been jenell. janel: there are 19 students and two uc professors on that trip. they' re in belgium right now. they were supposed to travel to brussels today. these students from the uc lindner college of business was supposed to tour procter and gamble' s brussels business center today. the attacks not only forced the group to make other plans, but find a new hotel for the rest of the week. >> we have 19 students and two faculty students in antwerp which is about 34 miles from brussels. they are safe. reporter: vehr says the students are part of a marketing group touring businesses in paris and brussels while on spring break. >> this is all part of the uc international study abroad program and our students have the opportunity to go to various places around the world and every now and then they get involved in an area where there is something that occurs such as this. reporter: robert capannari snapped this photo after the group landed in paris on saturday. he tweeted this message to family and fri

wlwt news 5' s jenell walton is live with a look at that video . jenell? jenell: people did not want to believe that a car flipped over the bridge, but a family' s surveillance video captured the horrible moments when it flipped over and plunged straight into the ohio river. this video capture the moments that the unthinkable happened. a car flipped over the bridge, landing straight and the ohio river near coney island. a family, who does not want to

jenell walton wlwt news 5. nagel middle school has 40 students in paris right now on a mike: the classmates are a result of a project the students did as 7th graders last year in social studies. we did speak with a parent who' s child is on the trip and we are told all the students are safe, and having a great time. for those who have not heard from their friends or family. facebook activated its safety check this morning. unlike a normal facebook update safety check automatically sends your status to friends in the form of a notification if you are marked safe. it can also be used to check on facebook friends in the area of the attacks. and wireless carriers are offering free calls and texts from the u.s. to belgium in the wake of the attacks. verizon, sprint and a.t.&t. all announced customers in the u.s. can call and text numbers in belgium for free for a number of days. sprint, virgin mobile usa and boost mobile. will waive fees through march sheree: president obama. did not to return to the u.s.. after lea

jenell walton, wlwt news 5. jonathan: we're told west chester police will also be handling security. today's event will be at the savannah center in west chester beginning at 2:00 in the afternoon. we'll have a crew there live and stream it on wlwt.com. other presidential candidates are commenting on the incidents at trump rallies, including governor kasich, who called out the frontrunner during his campaign event yesterday in sharonville. >> donald trump has created a toxic environment. and the toxic environment has allowed his supporters and those who sometimes seek confrontation to come together in violence. jonathan: we'll hear more from governor kasich, including his plans as commander in chief coming up at 5:30. on the democratic side, hillary clinton packed the pews in a town hall in cleveland, ohio. throes attended the end. during the event, she outlined her plans to lift people from poverty and protect against gun and police violence. she also denounced donald trump's way of campaigning. >> the ugly, di

wlwt news 5' s jenell walton is live from the courthouse with the story jenell? accepted a plea deal with --. one being sentenced to 37 years another 10 years. the victim' s family says they should have been put to death. >> he took my dad' s life for $400. reporter: cynthia koehler says she wanted judge nadine allen to give the defendants james kirby, mario lewis and chasidy brewer, the maximum sentence, even though the prosecutor agreed to a plea deal. >> our interpretation of the law is that she definitely had some judicial discretion in which she could have imposed some additional time. reporter: prosecutors say 73-year-old carl engel was severely beaten by kirby. >> he had been beaten for an extended period of time with such items as a can inside of a sock used as like a swinging club, a coffee maker, a five gallon bucket of driveway sealer. reporter: engel' s son says his dad suffered for at least three hours before he died. prosecutors say kirby removed engel couldn' t call for help. >> the assault went down two kitchen with blood sprayed all over the wall

jenel lemay joins us now. she explains the man used a scary tactic to try to lure a girl into the car. >> reporter: her bus stops here at the intersection at ronald reagan parkway. as that girl was walking home a man got close to her as he was driving on the parkway and told hospital, she sent us to get you. luckily, that little girl took off running. neighbors in the davenport community are on edge after hearing someone tried to lure an 11-year-old girl into a vehicle. >> that is very scary. a safe neighborhood for the children because they are always out here playing. >> reporter: rosemarie little is just a few doors down from the olympia. democrats say a white four-door car with tinted windows approached the girl on the parkway after she got off her school bus. she was walking home when the car approached. the passenger told the girl your mom is in the hospital and she sent us to get you. >> i wish the kids could grow up when i grew up. >> reporter: luckily, she took off running home where she told her mom

jenell walton, wlwt news 5 . mark: two suspects in tuesday' s bombings at the brussels airport have yet to be identified. lisa: one of them is a suicide bomber. kier simmons has the latest. kier: in europe' s rain-soaked capital, soldiers questioned commuters, searching bags outside the metro. going to work is an act of defiance. frightening? >> yes. kier: you' re still determined to get to work? >> we cannot give in to fear. kier: an urgent man hunt to find killers who struck in the name the man in the middle has been identified as one of two brothers who died in the attacks. the suicide bomber on the is unidentified. each man is wearing a glove on investigators are working to establish why. they transported their palms to the airport in a taxi. the man with them is wanted by the police. there are questions about how the killers so easily enter the airport. there was a third bomb on the subway in our later. the cars' doors were blown out. passengers escaping on the tracks. echoing through the tunnels, screams. t

wlwt news 5's jenell walton has a look at the video. reporter: this surveillance video captured the horrific happened. a car flips over the combs-hehl bridge, landing straight in the ohio river near coney island. a family, who doesn't want to be identified, realized today their home surveillance camera was pointed at the bridge. you can see the car flip and then crash into the river, sinking almost immediately. campbell county police believe driver. believe we know who might be -- have been driving at the time the vehicle went over the bridge. reporter: the chief says family members have come forward to say they haven't heard from their loved one since tuesday's accident. the person works in the area and traveled across the bridge to and from work. >> that individual was last known to be in the campbell county area and frequently commutes across the combs-hehl bridge. reporter: in the meantime, investigators say it could be several more days, maybe tuesday or wednesday, before dive teams can attempt to recover the victim from the wrecka

wlwt news 5's jenell walton has more on the fundraiser. reporter: the theme, moulin rouge. dancers from the cincinnati ballet kicked off the cure starts now ninth annual gala. >> in the last year, we've raised $6.7 million. we've given to cancer research. if you raise it and never spend it, you never get closer to the cure. it starts with events like this. reporter: guests were able to meet real life cancer survivors in the crowd, like tanner thompson, a high school junior. >> january of 2009, i was diagnosed with my first brain tumor. i came for my yearly checkup and in july of this last year, i was diagnosed again with another tumor. reporter: organizers invited tanner and her family to get their minds off her illness and enjoy a night on the town. >> great to see so many people support this great cause and to get to see it firsthand is humbling. reporter: lauren hill lost her very public battle to brain cancer last year. her mother helped organize the fundraiser. she says it's an honer to help others fight the disease. >> to go and be in the fight every day in her honor

the corner jenelle yot richardson refused and resigned.pecial prosecutor. ruck ellshouse refused. the president immediately fired ruckleshouse. solicitor general robert bork quickly was named acting attorney general. bork was ordered to fire special prosecutor cox. he did. >> it was unbelievable, literally unblechable, except that it was real. you kept saying, that couldn't be. but it was. >> i can make no further comment now other than their offices have been sealed by the fbi. >> how could you possibly bring this man to justice if it was within his power to call the investigation to a close? >> please, everyone. >> basically, the president has seized full control of the special prosecutor's office and is in full position of potentially incriminating evidence that could lead to the conviction of his closest associates and to his conviction, and that is the definition of tyranny. >> there could be no doubt this was a constitutional crisis. this is a president trying to stand above the law, and i remember thinking at the time the country is

jenell walton has unexpected voter turnout and the problems it caused. >> i was the next to last car to i was like okay. reporter: carol walsh says she almost missed her chance to vote in the republican caucus before the polls closed. she went to the church on zion road earlier in the day and decided to leave and return in hopes of missing the crowd and long lines. the kasich supporter says she closed. >> my strategy was to go to the grocery store and come back. then the lines exiting here and the lines exiting, you know, on i-75 were totally backed up all day. really bad. reporter: there were lots of reasons voters said it was worth waiting in long lines in the parking lot to vote. some wanted to stop donald trump in his tracks. >> surprised me they put only one place to vote in each county unless they expected a very low turnout. which we obviously had a huge turnout. and i'm hoping that that's to stop trump. reporter: trump and marco rubio had their supporters too. i did. i'd like to see a change. you can't buy him off. he didn't owe anybody anything, right? we need a change in wa