here's the basic information.if you are a registered republican in kentucky....this is important. if you want to vote to nominate a candidate for president, there is no primary for republicans this year. there's a caucus this saturday from 10 to 4 and you don't vote at your normal polling place. boone county republicans will vote at florence baptist church on mt. zion road.all of kenton county's republicans will vote at summit view school in independence. all campbell county republicans will vote school. one polling place in each county. only republicans. democrats will vote in kentucky's primary may 17th. spread the word. most people haven't a clue. is this the first you're hearing about this? yeah. i didn't have any idea about that. that's different. that's interesting. haven't you heard anything about the kentucky republican presidential caucus? no, i haven't. it's this saturday. okay.regular primaries have very low turnout. this could be a new low.based on the volume that we have here it may get 5 percent 6 percent. but not sure it will even hit that mark.at least the results s

night.a few more play this afternoon.9 on your side sports reporter keenan singleton has the kentucky republicans turned out in droves to choose their presidential nominee.a look at who won, who fared better than expected and what could keep frontrunner donald trump from being the gop nominee. it wasn't jut the republicans. three states holding primaries or caucusing yesterday.was it more of the same for hillary clinton and bernie sanders, or is the road to the white house beginning to take a few turns? you are watching good morning trump wins kentucky! republicans in the bluegrass state caucus for the frontrunner ... but ted cruz is not far behind.who else fared better than expected. good morning tri state wekeend starts right now ,

the usual republican presidential primary in may, so the caucus is the only opportunity for kentucky republicans to vote in the race for the republican presidential nomination. however, primary elections for local, state and congressional races will still occur in may. here's a a ted cruz representative on the confusion in kentucky "weve talked to a lot of people who had no idea there was a caucus on saturday., they didn't know what it was. they didn't know it was coming up." we have all of that information right now on our website fox19now.com but here is the republican delegates leader board according to fox news: donald trump: 329 ted cruz: 321 marco rubio: 110 john kasich: 25 live kentucky's republican delegates will be allocated proportionately shawn lanier fox19 now five women have now filed a lawsuit to block new york state's so-called "tampon tax." they want the state tax department to stop imposing a four percent luxury tax on feminine hygiene products. the complaint says the department taxes only products used by women , but not items used by both genders. laura stausfeld/plaintiff how

replaces republican presidential primary in may, so the caucus is the only opportunity for kentucky republicans to vote in the race for the republican presidential nomination. however, primary elections for local, state and congressional races will still occur in may. here's what you need to know for tomorrow. republicans registered by december 31, 2015 are eligible february 19 was the last day that the republican party of kentucky accepted absentee applications completed absentee ballots must be received at the state party headquarters by 5:00 pm et on friday, march 4. 5th, 2016 10:00 am 4:00 pm live of course we will have all of that on our website. fox19now.com live in florence shawn lanier fox19 now pope francis is known for his merciful attitude toward prisoners and one teen serving an 11-year sentence in california found out just how merciful. 18-year-old carlos vazquez junior wrote a letter to the pope from juvenile jail, asking for forgiveness. vazquez - a former gang member - is serving an 11-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter. to his surprise, pope francis wrote him back. he t

we thank you for watching espn trump wins kentucky! republicans in the bluegrass state caucus for the frontrunner ... but ted cruz is not far behind.we have the late breaking results out of kentucky. long lines across the commonwealth today ... as republicans wait to cast their votes in a caucus ... what at least one party official says they'll do 'differently' to keep this from happening again! and ... two candidates have a super saturday ...how the polls turned out for senators ted cruz and bernie sanders as several states cast their long lines to vote ... and a long wait for results.today kentucky republicans went to caucus for the first time in decades ...and encountered a different kind of march madness than they're used to in the bluegrass state ...as crowded polling places and backed up traffic put a kink in the g-o-p's operation to choose a presidential nominee. now at 11 ... we are tracking the latest results in the kentucky caucuses ... donald trump wins the bluegrass state ... but texas senator ted cruz has swept the three largest north

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>>> good evening to you. kentucky republicans cast their votes for the presidential nominees on for local voters it was a lot of work. voters were stuck in traffic and waiting in line. >> reporter: kentucky republicans took the presidential nominees after the main ballot so rand paul would run for re-election. . there was one location in each when the polls opened at 10:00 this morning there was a line of at least a hundred people. they moved pretty quickly through the registration, campaigning and voting but getting to the school was a different story. with only one location for 56,000 voters traffic was a mess. democracy came with apprise today. >> 17 was backed up for over a mile. >> how for do you live from here? >> seven miles. took me an hour. >> reporter: only one candidates still on the ballot state. in boon county traffic backed up i 75. he sat in traffic for on hour to cast his vote. >> i think it is a little crazy this kind of turn out. florence mall might have been a better opportunity. >> reporter: the situation was a debacle. >> it is completely overwhelming but our voluntee

so, here is how it works: if you are a registered republican in kentucky...this is your chance, and your only chance, to vote to nominate a candidate for president. there is no primary for republican voters this year. polling places are open tomorrow from 10 to 4. but, keep this in mind, you don't vote at your one designated location in each county. 3 "they need to bring some kind of identification. they'll have someone there checking people in based on the voter rules that came to you from the secretary of state and show their identification and that's all they really need to do."boone county republicans vote at florence baptist church. all kenton county republicans will vote at summit view school in independence. and, campbell county republicans will vote at campbell county high school. all that information is listed for you on our website...local 12 dot com. democrats will still vote in the primary in may. bob... 3 kentucky's republican party decided to vote in caucuses to all rand paul to run for all rand paul to run for both the senate and president at the kentucky law, he would hav

first republican caucus in kentucky... first republican caucus in kentucky... the results coming its a mild sunday.... we'll have another stories... don't go away! show open welcome to the jessica 2shot brown weather now today: decreasing high: 52 tonight: partly cloudy. low: 41 tomorrow: partly cloudy. mild. breezy. high: 65 breaking news this morning... espn is reporting that payton espn is reporting that payton manning will be announcing his retirement tomorrow morning... the five time nfl mvp will make that announcement at the denver broncos headquarters. again that's tomorrow morning paytons last huge victory obviously superbowl 50 over the carolina panthers the results are in for kentucky's first ever republican caucus. the results. donald trump is the winner of yesterday's kentucky caucus with 35 . 9-percent of the vote, followed by senator ted cruz with 31 . 6-percent. senator marco rubio pulled 16 . 4 percent while ohio governor john kasich pulled14 . 4 percent of the vote. now remember, kentucky isn't a winner take all state... so the delegates are sp

the usual republican presidential primary in may, so the caucus is the only opportunity for kentucky republicans to vote in the race for the republican presidential nomination. however, primary elections for local, state and congressional races will still occur in may. here's what you need to know for tomorrow. republicans registered by december 31, 2015 are eligible february 19 was the last day that the republican party of kentucky accepted absentee applications completed absentee ballots must be received at the state party headquarters by 5:00 pm et on friday, march 4. saturday, march 5th, 2016 10:00 am 4:00 pm live of course we will have all of that on our website. fox19now.com live in florence shawn lanier fox19 now rivals threw everything they had at him last news debate, trying to stop his momentum ahead of tomorrow's primaries where 155 delegates are at stake. fox's caroline shively has a wrap up from washington... shively says oncam intro : "before the debate, donald trump said he knew his rivals would attack, saying: bring it on. and last night they did." trump: don't worry about it lit

the usual republican presidential primary in may, so the caucus is the only opportunity for kentucky republicans to vote in the race for the republican presidential nomination. however, primary elections for local, state and congressional races will still occur in may. here's a a ted cruz representative on the confusion in kentucky "weve talked to a lot of people who had no idea there was a caucus on saturday., they didn't know what it was. they didn't know it was coming up." now on our website fox19now.com but here is the republican delegates leader board according to fox news: donald trump: 329 ted cruz: 321 marco rubio: 110 john kasich: 25 live kentucky's republican delegates will be allocated proportionately among the candidates.. live in florence shawn lanier fox19 now reds today...a new exhibit will open at the reds hall of fame and museum..... and we've got a sneak peek...take a look! bobbleheads-the over 500 different bobbleheads and includes every reds bobblehead giveaway since 2001... the exhibit celebrates the bobblehead collecting phenomenon....whic h was was introduced way back in t

the numbers are in for the first ever republican caucus in kentucky. donald trump took home the win but there were a few surprises. the first was just how many people actually showed up to the polls.so many that traffic was backed up for blocks.and that put a kink in the g-o-p's operation to choose a nominee. we'll have more on that in a minute. but first, as we said, donald trump took the win with ted was very close and well within the margin of error.trump taking 35 point nine percent to cruz' 31 point five. another surprise is how well ohio governor john kasich did yesterday.he came in 4th overall but as we dig a little deeper, in several northen kentucky counties, he beat out marco rubio to place 3rd. 9 on your side reporter rose ann argon was out all day ata watch party for bluegrass republicans as they waited for the results to come in.she joins us now. "our votes matter and we want to see how kentucky did and who we want to put in the oval office"a night starting with anticipation. votes for kentucky at about 25% percent in-- at half past 8. "it

looked at that big turnout in their caucus this weekend, enthusiasm they saw kentucky republicans show for donald trump, and they expressed great hope that would translate into republicans taking over to the kentucky house, because last night there were four special elections in the kentucky led legislature. republicans were trying to fill those four seats with four republicans and had they done it, they would have taken over control of the house. they would have taken the last democratically held legislative house in the entire american south. but instead, last night in kentucky, republicans lost in three of those four seats. the democrats last night actually increased their hold on that legislature. so, forecast, cloudy. right? by which i do not mean that we're forecasting clouds. i mean the forecast is cloudy. it's hard to read at this point. i mean, in 1964 when republicans picked barry goldwater, yeah, he lost really badly for president but also republicans got just destroyed across the country. republicans that year lost the senate, they lost really badly in the house as wel

the numbers are in for the first ever republican caucus in kentucky. donald trump took home the win but there were a few surprises. the first was just how many people actually showed up to the polls.so many that traffic was backed up for blocks.and that put a kink in the g-o-p's operation to choose a nominee. we'll have more on that in a minute. but first, as we said, donald trump took the win with ted cruz coming in second.but it was very close and well within the margin of error.trump taking 35 point nine percent to cruz' 31 point five. another surprise is how well ohio governor john kasich did yesterday.he came in 4th overall but as we dig a little deeper, in several northen kentucky counties, he beat out marco rubio to place 3rd. 9 on your side reporter rose ann argon was out all day ata watch party for bluegrass republicans as they waited for the results to come in.hey rose ann. to see how kentucky did and who we want to put in the oval office" a night starting with anticipation. votes for kentucky at about 25% percent in-- at half past 8. "it see

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the kentucky republican caucus mark:the kentucky republican caucus takes place tomorrow, and voting times are 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. all 11 presidential candidates who filed to participate in the caucus will remain on the ballot. however, signs will be posted at caucus locations to inform voters about which candidates have dropped out of the race. kentucky voters had to be registered as republicans by december 31 in order to take part in this weekend' s caucus. lisa: rounding out the top five, the party is about to get started for bockfest. the annual bockfest parade sets off at 6:00 p.m. in front of arnold' s downtown. bockfest will run through the weekend and will include the fourth annual bockfest 5k saturday morning. your friday forecast. randi: we are those flurries out of here early. in most towns, the flurries have come to an end. i think we will get some sunshine late in the day. today, a high around 40. looking over the last two hours, snow showers have come to an end. downtown into hamilton county. right now the only lingering snow through highland, brown, bracken, mason, and r

we are getting returns now in kentucky's republican presidential caucus. right now with only a few counties reporting... donald trump has an early.. but small.. lead on senator ted cruz. florida senator marco rubio is trailing.. in third place with 14-percent of the vote. and ohio governor john kasich is in fourth.. with about 10-percent of the vote. but again, this is only 1-percent of the votes counted. we have been covering the caucus on-air and online voter turnout was much higher than expected.. as thousands of people clogged roads and waited in line for hours to cast their ballots. wlwt news five's jenell walton is live in boone county tonight.. where we saw huge crowds throughout the day. jenell? people are excited about this presidential election. thousands of people turned out to boat here in boone county. caucus official say there was a line from the doors of the church all the way down the side of the building when they first open this morning. the caucus chair says even with the large crowds there were plenty of volunteers here. the cocky start

a confusing day at the polls for kentucky republican voters. conservatives accustomed to traditional much different process. bobby brown kenton county voter "it took like 20 minutes to get in and like 20 minutes once you're in. one caucus location per county meant longer travel times and longer lines to cast a vote. sabrina vurchio kenton county voter "a little chaotic actually, i've been told by mutliple people today how hectic it was to get in, so i waited to the ending hoping it would die down and boy that was not the case." norm davidson kenton county voter "traffic was backed all the way down this road and half way to fouler creek, which is probably a good two mile line." kenton county caucus chairman shane noem says despite the change, turnout was high. shane noem kenton county caucus chairman "there was a lot of congestion, we had about a thousand people at ten o'clock, so the line wrapped around the building, as we opened the doors it was a bit of a wait at first but we got down to our 15 minute cycle through." paul anglin kenton county

still on the scene trying to figure out what happened. >> well, the first time ever the republican voters in kentucky will vote in a caucus. >> it's the only chance for republicans to choose a presidential nominee. megan moore joining us from the news room with details. >> good morning. it's the first time ever that kentucky has had a caucus. the senator rand paul could run as president as well as e-- re-election to his senate seat without a law against that. now paul is out as race for president but there will be caucus. what does this mean for ken tuck is there -- kentucky? will be the only chance for them to vote for a presidential nominee. as for local state and congressional races those will still happen in may there are differences between the caucus and primary. caucus locations are for a shorter period time. most locations will have only one location. this won't be their normal polling -- polling location. democrats wis -- will cast their votes in kentucky's primary may 17th. again there's one polling location in each county and you can only vote from 10 until four today. liz back to you. >>

a different kind of march madness in kentucky. republicans overwhelming the first presidential caucus in decades. northern kentucky voters often stuck in their cars for more than an hour just to get to the front door of the caucus site.and... poll workers telling us turnout was originally expected to be just five percent. 9 on your side has team coverage...reporter john genovese is live in kenton county we begin with rose ann aragon in boone county ... who says she saw voters waiting in line turned away today ... rose ann? here the florence baptist church was the voting location some of you didn't get to vote--it's because at 4 clock if you didn't make into the parking lot you were turned away---now all day -- traffic had been an issue easily more than 5 thousand voters ---trying to get through these doors here in boone county--"crazy long lines today. my family wishes it was over.""been waiting in line for an hour to come a half a mile."florence baptist church was the one location for boone county. deputies directing lainhart made the journe

guys, back to you. >>> the caucus is only for registered republicans in kentucky. the democrats will vote on their presidential no morey on the primary on may 17th. there you go. >>> donald trump success on the campaign trial is dividing >> what is happening a republican stronghold 15 candidates as you know are vying for the congressional seat held by former house seat, john boehner. the political science professor, dr. john florence says this is all a fight forel control. >> the butler county republican party is such -- has such a strength in numbers, they are so established here, even this they divide over these issues locally it's very unlikely that they would lose the majority or anything like that. >>> the county board of elections says early voter turn out has been quite light, and vetsers could be waiting until the last minute to make up their mind. >>> a mother and daughter are dead after a head on crash in northern kentucky. they were traveling on u.s. 27 in campbell county when police say another driver went left of center and hit their car head that drive

, this is very important. there's no republican presidential primary in kentucky this year am they are having what's called a caucus. if you want to vote to nominate a candidate for president, you will have to vote at the caucus, if you're a republican the caucuses are this saturday, from 10:00 to 4:00. and they are not at your regular polling place. if you live in boone county, registered republicans will have it here. all of the county republicans will vote is he summit school and independence. and one polling place in each county, only republicans. kentucky's primary may 17th. spread the word. most people haven't had a clue. >> first year hearing about this >> i have no idea hearing about that. that's different. that's very interesting. >> have you heard anything about the kentucky republican presidential caucus? >> no, i have not. >> this saturday? >> okay. >> regular primaries, had very low turnout. this could be a new low. >> based on the volume here, close to 5 percent, 6 percent >> at least the results should be easy to count. joe webb, local 12 news. >> good evening,

republican race or share. there are 46 delegates up for grabs today in kentucky. voting goes from 10:00 until 4:00. voters must be registered as republicans to vote. they are off this morning, , hundreds of runners have kicked the beer bash into high gear. the fourth annual bockfest 5-k is now underway. runners will pass several historic brewery sites in over the rhine and finish with a cold beer at bockfest hall. today, there will also be an indie craft market. i think ahead heard 2500 runners and it was sold out. that they are in full force. proceeds support the brewery district and the cincinnati no word yet under the queen kobe for next year. we will report on that tomorrow. -- no word yet on who the queen will be for next year. we will report on that tomorrow. and two local entrepreneurs are their brewery. stoeber and eric tanner are the co-owners of brewers buddy. the two would brew batches of garage, and they say they' re ready to take their business to the next level. they will unveil their new plan with a launch party at braxton brewing company in covington at 1:00 p.m. a suspect is now in

republicans. wlwt news 5's todd dykes found voters eager to cast a ballot. >> it's going to be new to all of us. reporter: what's new in kentucky politics is saturday's republican presidential caucus. >> this will be our first caucus. we need to find out where the place was. reporter: from 10:00 to 4:00, registered republicans will pick their preferred presidential candidate. most counties will have one caucus site. the voting hours and number of voting sites are unusual in the bluegrass state doesn't matter to steve and nancy snyder. >> it's different. this is an unusual election. reporter: they're glad kentucky republicans will have a say in who the party nominates for president as opposed to voting in a may primary after the fact. >> this is a very important election for all americans and all americans need to get out and vote. reporter: phyllis sparks appreciates the passion many gop translates to a big turnout. relevant. we're part of the process. i think we'll get a big crowd here tomorrow. i think people are tired of what's going on in our country. early to say what i got to say on my vote. for. >> the only person i woul

donald trump projected as the winner of the kentucky republican presidential caucus. still some votes to be counted. but with 88% already tallied, trump the winner over senator ted cruz. cruz won in maine and kansas today. senator marco rubio a distant third with 17% of the vote. and ohio governor john kasich in fourth with 15%. we' ll have updated results throughout the night on wlwt.com. >> things are cloudy tonight and on the chilly side. s. tomorrow, cloud cover. by the afternoon, sunshine. temperatures in the 50' s. 70 on tuesday. [captioning performed by the which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.

only trump can do that in kentucky today, since it's the republicans' time. their rivals are hoping to bolster their own delegate counts. >> it's not a big collection of delegates to be a game changer. but we're keeping an eye on it for no other reason just to make sure that donald trump's trajectory towards the nomination hasn't been altered in any way. jonathan: there are 46 delegates up for grabs in kentucky today. voting goes from 10:00 until 4:00. voters must be registered as well, this morning, hundreds of runners are going to be kicking a beer bash into high gear. it's the fourth annual bockfest 5k. beginning at 10:00, runners will pass several historic grew brewery sites in over-the-rhine and finish with a cold beer at bockfest hall. proceeds support the brewery district and the cincinnati brewing heritage trail. it will be loud like that, and you can enjoy the party back at bockfest hall. they're going to be crowning the new sausage queen. elise lohrbach has reigned supreme for the previous year as the 2015 sausage queen. past winners include jackie

the voters to get to the polls and donald trump is the winner of today's kentucky caucuses. kentucky republicans had never voted in caucuses before today. the turn outwas historicall high. >>> it was not easy to vote today. >> i think they could done a better job with this. i think it should have been split up like the regular voting. they could have done other places. that way everybody wouldn't have been in line. was not a good idea. >> reporter: once inside volunteers handled the crowds but getting there was a problem. an hour and a half after the polls opened this is what it looked like trying to get to the boone county caucus. boone county deputies tried to keep things moving but one way in and one way out added up to delays. >> traffic was something. about an hour from hebron. >> it is a little overwhelming. the turnout is more than we expected but it is a good problem to have. only expected a few thousand voters and had more than 8 or 9,000. >> having another location may have confused the public even more. >>> caucus results have been coming in starting at about 7:00 and has been updated

yet on names or conditions, but 32 was closed for an hour and a half. campaign 2016 now. the kentucky republican caucus is saturday, and ohio voters go to the polls in just two weeks. that has candidates starting to come to our area. donald trump is holding a rally right now at the columbus airport. trump is beating ohio governor john kasich by about five percentage points right here in the buckeye state. kasich has said he's staying in the race at least until ohio's primary. >> donald trump will make a stop in louisville, he'll be at the kentucky international convention center at 4:00. >> voters go to the polls on super tuesday, today, republican donald trump leading marco rubio and the rest of the gop field in several states in play. democrat hillary clinton is expected to rack up many more delegates than bernie sanders today which could make her virtually unstoppable. coverage as the results come in. join scott pelley for special coverage starting at 10:00 p.m. right here on local 12. >> another cincinnati neighborhood getting a huge makeover in the community. kicking off a 90-day blitz prog

if you're a kentucky republican maybe it seems like it was worth it to you. if you're like a college sophomore who got all excited about rand paul this year and saved up and sent him a campaign donation, i can't imagine how it feels to know this is where your donation went. people who donated to the rand paul campaign for president ended up having their donations pay for the kentucky republican party to hold caucus in addition to the primary they're going the hold in may. that's what rand paul's campaign donations ended up going for. if he runs for anything again i'm sure it will be hard to explain to his supporters this is where your campaign donations went this year. i doubt he cares. he just wants to keep his job. marco rubio, unless he wins the presidency doesn't have that option. made of michigan and mississippi and idaho and the hawaii republican caucus tomorrow night, there is one major and increasingly escapable dynamic in the republican race. it concerns all the candidates. it's about donald trump and john kasich and ted cruz. it's becoming clear as

this is a new experience for kentucky republicans.time, the first year they have caucused instead of holding a primary, and by the way, this is much earlier than their primary used to be, which used to be in may. turn to bowling green, kentucky, brian todd is live for us. not only talking to all the people there, lines out the doors, but then rand paul stops by. >> reporter: that's right, poppy. exciting to see him. we thought he might be coming by, because we knew he would vote in this precinct. where people are checking in here. we're not allowed to go past this point. checking in here by alphabetical order and raphael, rodriguez and i will swing around and start to walk down the line and as we do that, talk about rand paul, he came by here earlier. the lines are so long because of rand paul. this is what he had to say to us. >> what do you think of this? great turnout. are you surprised? >> you know, a little bit. we're excited about it, though. this is the first time that my vote or any kentucky republican's vote will really count

todd: what' s new in kentucky politics is saturday' s republican presidential caucus. this is going to be our first >> caucus, so we decided to find out where this place was. todd: from 10:00 to 4:00 tomorrow registered republicans will pick their preferred presidential candidate. campbell and kenton, will have just one caucus site. the fact the voting hours and number of voting sites are unusual in the bluegrass state doesn' t matter to steve and nancy snyder. >> it' s different, and this is a very unusual election. todd: they' re just glad kentucky republicans will have an actual say in who the party nominates for president as opposed to voting in a may primary after the fact. >> this is a very important election for all americans and all americans need to get out there and vote. todd: phyllis sparks, caucus chair for boone county, appreciates the passion many gop voters have, and she hopes it translates to a big turnout. >> if anyone' s watching the news they' re quite aware of what' s going on around the country and it' s exciting, and we' re relevant. we' re being

"the kentucky caucus for republican presidential candidates is this saturday from 10 to four. the ohio primary, of course, march 15th, and the regular kentucky primary, may 17th. tom mckee, nine on your side, downtown." with a caucus in kentucky - and a primary in ohio just days away, we're on your side year...as tom said - republicans in kentucky can throw support behind a candidate this saturday. one-hundred-eleven counties are hosting a caucus location. voters will write the name of the candidate they want to vote for - and cast a secret ballot. ballot.democrats in kentucky - you'll still vote in kentucky's primary on may 17th. ohio's primary for republicans and democrats is less than two weeks away - on march 15th. if you couldn't grab those dates - we have a full interactive that explains exactly what you need on the front page of wcpo-dot-com. police say drugs may be a factor in a head-on crash in harrison. take a look - it's hard to believe the drivers involved are alive.the front ends of both vehicles just crushed. this happened on campbell road. police say 36-year-old

in maine and kentucky - republicans will caucus, in nebaraka, democrats vote saturday, in maine they'll vote sunday. nat break donald the delegate count - right now 98 delegates ahead of texas senator ted cruz - and even further ahead of florida senator marco rubio. nat break of sanders meanwhile vermont senator bernie sanders is facing fewer options to become the democratic nominee. hillary clinton continues leads the senator by 600 delegates and is nearly halfway to needing enough delegates to wrap up her race. fullscreen a c-n-n o-rc poll of registered voters shows in a hypothetical matchup clinton would be able to beat trump in a head to head match-up 52 to 44 percent but would face a much closer race between both senators ted cruz and marco rubio. [take: mark] mark past this weekend - the including michigan, and then we've got another republican debate on thursday. a busy week ahead - that's a quick look at where things stand in the race for the white house - in washington, i'm mark meredith. ten at five- thirty - gun sales are surging. the f-b-i processed a record number of backgr

looking to stop g-o-p frontrunner donald trump's momentum by picking up some delegates in kentucky. republican presidential hopeful ben carson now saying he doesn't, quote, "see a political path forward". he will not be at tonight's g-o-p debate in michigan. it's not clear if carson will officially suspend more detail tomorrow at the conservative pac conference in maryland. and today... former g-o-p presidential nominee mitt romney has called a news conference. he intends to speak about the "state of the 2016 presidential race." that's all that is known about the utah event. romney, who has been very critical of donald trump, is not expected to make an endorsement or to announce he's getting into the fray. listen to this...google searches for "how to move to canada" went way up after the super tuesday results... though it's unclear whether the results were triggered by donald trump taking seven states or hillary clinton also winning seven. the search for increased by over one-thousand percent from the day before. coming up now... more problems for royal caribbean... as another cruise voyage en

one caucus place for each county in the hours of 10 to 4:00. for more information go to the kentucky republican website and we have a link on local12.com. >> a man and his sister face theft charges. their target, a girl scout with cookies. they say they stole a cash box from the girl scout selling cookies outside of a investigators identified the two when they recognized them from surveillance photos. still no sign of the cash box. we don't know where the cookie money is. detectives say the cash box only had a couple of hundred dollars inside. a local radio station stepped up to help collect money for the troop. they raised more than a thousand dollars in sales. the positive outlook i'm caridee. i've had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most of my life. but that hasn't stopped me from modeling. my doctor told me about stelara it helps keep my skin clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses... ...stelara helps me be in may lower your ability to fight infections and increase your risk of infections. some serious infections require hospitalization. before starting stelara your doct

in kentucky and maine where republicans have caucuses today. and in nebraska where the democrats are caucusing. all this on the eve of the huge primary. this coming tuesday in michigan. as well as mississippi, as well as a republican primary in idaho and gop caucuses in hawaii. then ten days from today, a trio of tests in florida where marco rubio needs to win. ohio where john kasich needs to win and illinois, also missouri and north carolina. well, let's start where we are at the beginning of this saturday evening. what's being called super saturday. we are awaiting right now our first characterization in the maine republican caucuses. here's what we know so far. in the kansas republican caucuses, ted cruz is the projected winner. take a look at that. kansas for cruz. cruz has a 2-1 margin over donald trump over there in kansas. and marco rubio is in third. that's kansas. in kentucky, the republican caucuses there too early to call. on the democratic side, the caucus in kansas between hillary clinton and bernie sanders is too early to call, as

in maine, that about 12% of the vote in the republican caucus is too early to call. in kentucky, a smaller amount of the vote is in and the republican caucus there is also too early to call. in kansas, the caucuses there have been over for a couple of hours. still no vote in for the democratic caucus between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. on the republican side in kansas, ted cruz is the winner. so, cruz won kansas today. heather and michael are with us. what does this mean that cruz picks up one, heather? >> it means he'll tell a story and the media will report it which is that he got momentum. he is the odds on nontrump favorite and that's exactly what he needs. and i think the way that rubio is apparently doing so poorly is actually even more important. >> michael, what is the rubio problem? >> no constituency. there is no base of support for him around the country and this is reflected in his own state. i mean, you look at his polling from the very beginning of this race in florida. for him as a sitting senator not to be competitive, at least competitive says a lot abou

the first presidential contest saturday in kentucky. republicans will hold caucus just for the presidential race. no other contests will be decided. there is one caucus site per county in northern kentucky. the voting will be from ten a-m until four p-m. we have information on the caucus locations for you right now on wcpo dot com and our mobile app. indiana's governor loses a high- profile case in federal court. a judge today ruled pence can not ban state syrian refugees in indiana. i simply believe in these very uncertain times in which we live, we should error on the side of caution. and we're going to use every legal means at our disposal to continue to suspend this program." program." pence issued the order in november.. after the terror attack in paris. a refugee aid group sued almost immediately. the judge ruled today that pence's decision to withhold federal grant money does not increase the security of indiana residents. the fourth cincinnati streetcar arrives tomorrow.. and some streets will be closed so it can be moved to the maintenance

republican party. we're hoping to take over the state house in kentucky.haven't held the state house since 1922, i believe. so, this would be an energizing event for us to try to take over the state house. we have four special elections on march 8th. so, on tuesday, we're going to get a chance to take this energy and transform it into taking over our state house. >> try to narrow it down. are you going to vote for one of the two senators who are at the top of the ballot? >> you know, i'm going stay out of it. i want to let kentucky republicans make their decision. i've said my piece. i had a few disagreements with many of the people on the stage. and i think that adds to the debate and i think i did my job. and now sort of my job is to try to bring everybody together and not continue to divide it up. >> senator paul, thank you very much for joining us. great luck tuned congratulations on the turnout. >> thank you. >> reporter: thank you. can't blame a guy for trying. he's not going to tip his hand as to who he's voting for, but he is here and he is the rea

the appearance comes just 4 days before the kentucky republican presidential caucus. taking a second shot at legalizing medical marijuana in sheree: today a washington-based group laid out its plan for a constitutional amendment to take before ohio voters this fall. the marijuana policy project spelled out it' s proposed language for an amendment. calling for large growers to pay initial licensing fee to the state. while buyers would pay an annual fee for an i.d. card to buy marijuana. the group plans to submit signatures this summer to get the measure back on the ballot. voters rejected two measures in november over legalized marijuana. cincinnati' s certified most accurate forecast. kevin: what the rain is ended. it has in it. -- ended. cold winds are beginning to bring in some cold temperatures outside. you notice a drop around here even as we speak to we already down to 47 at the airport. wing with gusts over 30 miles per hour. and from southeast indiana here' s a live look at radar. interstate 75, we are basically done with a wet weather for the evening in the ci

meanwhile, kentucky's republican caucuses will be held this saturday.we have a link on local 12 dot-com where voters can find their caucus sites. 3 in more local news ...the university of cincinnati wants feedback on it's police department tonight ...the community forum will also introduce exiger, the consulting company reviewing the department.its review to the deadly shooting of sam dubose by former u-c police officer ray tensing.tonight's forum runs from five to seven at u-c's tangeman university center. 3 we're getting one step closer to being able to ride the cincinnati streetcar ...the city's fourth streetcar is expected to arrive in over- the-rhine around noon today.it will force race street between findlay and mcmicken and henry street from elm to race to close for a couple of hours. the streetcar will go through testing tomorrow. 3 time/temp ...a school police officer is caught on camera roughing up a young man ... we've got the video getting people all fired up ...plus ... strong storm damage in the residents are dealing with right now ...next, on good break two after trying b

the kentucky republican caucus got a higher turnout than the kentucky republican primary. >> yeah, i would disagree there's no correlation between primary turnout and wins in the fall. in the last 11 elections. >> enthusiasm doesn't hurt. they did set records in '08. >> this has been a great week for the democratic party. what we saw today is a lot of republicans have all these trump cocktails and it's 2:00 in the morning and ted cruz is starting to look good. and so they're thinking, oh, cruz -- goggles? goggles. >> they're thinking, oh, ted cruz, but this guy, ted cruz is almost as electable as donald he's basically in the santorum bucket there and he's still not really breaking out of that. he's the most conservative member of the united states senate. so democrats i feel you got to be thinking pretty well of yourselves. >> it is amazing what happened today on the show. mitt romney went closer and closer to saying he was almost enthusiastic -- not enthusiastic about cruz, but he was closer. and lindsey graham by the end by the time with mary he seemed to agree with the premise do