austin hancock fired sho . larry davis covered it since the beginning. what the parents and students are saying about the first day back. >> they couldn't have asked for a better day. attendance was 90 percent. he says, there was not many students who talked to the counselor. many said, they are glad they did because it brought everyone closer together >> there was a touch of anxiety in the air as students returned to class this morning. two days earlier, police say austin hancock shot and wounded two students and injured two others. lucas flagger was in the cafeteria when it happened. >> i noticed since kindergarten. i noticed, seeing someone, known for that ng lo, pulled a gun and >> flagler says he never imagined hancock opening fire at the school. he's one of the students who called 911. >> was running. i was a couple of blocks down. it took me a while. holy crap, that just happened. >> on the first day back, after the shooting, there was extra security as well as clergy and counselors. superintendent says, it was a good day >> got a lot of hugs, got a lot of thank yous. and it s

year-old boy shot classmates in the high school cafeteria. madison staff, gave them a welcome. >> and larry davis joins us live from the school with the efforts to at least try to return to a normal routine, larry. >> things went better than expected today. matter of fact, superintendent says, we had a good day. matter of fact, he said, not that many students stayed away from school. and not that many asked for counselling. >>> there were high fives this morning as students returned to class. staff members greeted them on buses. there was increased community around the campus. monday's shooting shook the sense of security at madison

. >>> and larry davis, talked to people in butler county, who are familiar, to see if the divisiveness is also being felt here. commissioner woman. >> she's running for a seed in the ohio republican county committee. party. >> and the fight for the g.o.p. presidential nomination has put the spotlight on the ideological split within the republican party. there's the so-called established candidates. marco rubio and john kasich. ted cruz is a tea party favorite. on those who are hardcore on issues such as immigration. becker supports cruz. >> i worry donald trump because he identifies the right problems. we have a debt problem, immigration problem. i'm not sure how he's going to solve the problems. >> what's happening nationwide, is what's playing out. and 15 candidates are held by the congressional seat. miami university, science professor dr. thorren says it's a fight for republican control. >> republican party has strength in numbers. they have numbers, even if they divide, it's unlikely that they will lose a majority or anything like that. >> and as anne becker campaigns in the snow

showing the faces of victims. they are available to inmates at the hamilton county jail. that's where larry davis joins us live with how the cards may larry? >> rob, if your hand, and the justice center holds a three of clue in the case of brian steel. he was shot and killed 14 years ago in the north side. these cards and the faces will help solve murders and bring a lot, a lot of families. >> you could still see the pain on their faces. years after their loved ones. murders were unsolved. those missing have never been found. >> walk the walk and talk the talk. someone comes forward to help them close the cases and solve these cases. >> faces are on cold case playing cards, that will be in the hamilton county justice center. hands featuring the photos, played in the butler county jail this past september. it's hope the faces on the cards will be conversation starters. sheriff jones says they already help. >> they need information. from the guys and the people that are in their jails. >> you could speak for me, is made up of families of unsolved murder victims. members who hope the inmates could p

a few shots and took off. he's not releasing. and why the victims, that were madison township, larry davis. >> and medical. and larry will be there to cover it for you. >>> if it could happen to sleepy madison township, it could happen anywhere. >> especially in the village of seven mile. that's the next school. and yesterday there was a belong, is supporting its neighbor. >> it was a different kind of day at 7 mime, >> it can happen here. >> the ribbon's, red, black and white. playing as they walk out the door. >> they got to see, we're loving on them without them knowing it. just praying for them and hoping that all of them involved are objection. staff knew there would be questions. >> did you know it was in madison. my cousin goes to school there and he was in the room. just confirming to them, that they are okay. yes, it happened but we're going to be good. >> and a 5-year-old this morning came in and said, do you know why we're on locked down. >> why, sweetie? because there was a shooting in madison. i wasn't expecting it from a kindergartner. >> principal harrison invited children t

in the afternoon, in the wake of the shooting, there's zero tolerance at butler county schools. larry davis, local 12 news. >> and understandably. two students hit by shrapnel have returned to school. those with bullets are now out of the hospital. >> woman said sh she's -- nicole bentin, facing xals alarms and obstructing official business. the three hour search that started the westin woman reported her car stolen. her attorney claimed, there could have been in the 911 shooting, she clearly states her baby was in the car seat in the stolen car. the judge set the bond at $20 thousand. >>> only local 12 cameras, two teens accused of stealing the car appeared in court. the police say the -- her family doesn't know the young suspects, charged with receiving stolen property. >>> and police released the names of a mother and daughter killed in a head-on crash last night. 30-year-old, desiree hinsley and jackarro, died after another car ran into theirs, south of the aa highway. the other driver was also hurt. officers were back at the scene, to collect more evidence. they say they have not found

angenette. we'll update you tonight. on star 64 at 10:00. also tonight, jeff hirsh is with and larry davis, he's in butler county. and brad underwood he's falling pg sittonfield in the cincinnati fire museum. dan harley following things at the board of elections. >> we're covered from price hill to the northern marianna islands. somewhere in the pacific. >> somewhere in the pacific. sometimes, cast a balllot. >> and it's called strategic voting. it will be happening a lot with the primary. we'll ask you on facebook. kathy sees no sense. what has voting come to? the voters are not going to be adults. >> didn't have kathy's quote. donna asked strategically, they wasted the vote, their time and >> everybody is entitled to vote whatever they wish. whatever strategy to make their vote count the most. there's a lot of things. vote ing is with your brain. >>> and coming up, we have to look at weather. >> it's -- >> good weather. >> i have my coffee outside. >> and then i got stuck in the traffic, on 71 south for a half hour after drinking coffee. >> need i say more. >> i literally had to pull in

. >> and larry davis joins us live from the school with the efforts to at least try to return to a normal routine, larry. >> things went better than expected today. matter of fact, superintendent says, we had a good day. matter of fact, he said, not that many students stayed away from school. and not that many asked for counselling. >>> there were high fives this morning as students returned to class. staff members greeted them on buses. there was increased community around the campus. monday's shooting shook the sense of security at madison the shooting, that happened on monday, will not set madison back. >> walking in, it was weird. i mean, it didn't feel right. i started talking to my friends. it got a little better. i couldn't believe what happened. nothing happens in our school. not expecting it and, got to move on. >> kids were pretty much acting normal. we may have had a couple of kids that chose not to go to the lunch room. it seemed very normal. it seemed typical. we had a lot of familiar faces, lot of support in the cafeteria to help kids feel at ease. >> the anxiety some of the

project being a voter turnout between 40-45 percent. that's high. live in the board of elections, larry davis >> that is high, thank you, larry. >> polls are open from 6:30 to 7:30 tomorrow evening. local 12 news, will have election results on airon -- air and on-line. angenette levy, reaction from voters from price hill chili. >> and they are trying to win, detained in north korea. >> he was just seen in the video just last month. he apparently confessed the crime of trying to steal a political banner where he was staying. he's held in the north korea area since the beginning of january. after travelling with a tourist group, news week, earlier this month, swedish government, visited warmdeer and new jersey social activists, launched an am ca pain, to raise awareness. he started a hash tag, we want warmdere. he planned to meet with a north korean ambassador. sugarman did a similar campaign when he was detained. >>> historic mansion in carriage house could fund the areas's the king mansion dates back in 1885. and it's been vacant for most of the time and a lot of money has been poured into th

student in madison, actually brought knives to school that were designed to look like credit cards. larry davis, local 12 news. >> all of the students are at the butler county detention center. >> police think they have a man who shot and killed a mother while the baby sat in the back seat. they were the initial person of interest in the brittany russel's death. they didn't have enough proof to make the arrest. meantime, police arrested another man, brandon car. he's still in jail for violating his parole. you may remember russel, who was from middletown, killed inside the parked car. it happened in dayton ohio. the 6-month old daughter was in the back seat. no word on a possible motive for the killing. we will let you know what happens. >>> local 12 has learned an charges stepping from a frightening crime. danny blanton, jr. is charged with the kidnapping and rape after 15-year-old girl. someone he didn't know. rich jaffe was in adams county and has a story you will only see on local 12. >>> in denny blanton, jr.'s indictment, the prosecutor calls him a sexually violent predator. that's becaus

. >> 15 republicans, along with an unopposed candidate. larry davis joins us and joins us live in hamilton with a look on what the voters are saying. >> imagine republican voters trying to decide, who will get their vote? there's 15 republican candidates on the ballot. that number alone is confusing a number of voters. they may not decide until they pack the campaign signs into -- as a head on into the polling booth board of electors, predicting, 40-45 percent. it is the day, to get in from last minute campaigning, derrickson was in trenton, trying to drum up support, warren davidson was all over the district, trying to convince voters. and some candidates are following in donald trump's footsteps, portraying themselves as outsiders. there are voters who are choosing between outsiders and supporters. >> and mr. boehner, trying to represent those instead of their interest. >> i feel like we need someone in there that sticks up to repub kangs and not cave into everything what mr. obama wants to rub. blood. the presidential race as well. in a candidate forum, there's one candidate, in support

adult. if that's the case, he would be the youngest to ever be tried as an adult in butler county. larry davis, local 12 news. >> thank you for that update. be sure to stay with local 12 for continuing coverage of the school shooting. we're tracking the progress of the students would are hurt at the hospital. we'll be there tonight for the open house at the school before students head back tomorrow. be sure to look for more team coverage right here on local 12. >>> ran and -- rain and storms moving into the tri-state. your no wait weather. embedded thunderstorms. an outside chance for stronger storms this afternoon. in and around the 275 loop, not much brewing right now. we have had clusters of showers coming through over the last hour. we have had showers through middle town and back through lebanon and even as far south through martensville, ohio. we also have widespread soaking rain connorsville, liberty, brookville, laurel, batesville, back down into the versailles area. some gusty winds, hail up to pea-sized, perhaps dime-size possible. these showers and storms coming through southeastern

fairfield township. police have identified the mother and the daughter of this apparent murder-suicide. larry davis joins us now with the very latest information on this case. what can you tell us? >> this quiet fairfield township neighborhood no doubt stunned by the murder suicide which occurred in the home just behind me on spring crest drive last night. it appears a mother's frustration in caring for her disabled daughter led to this. >> police say the homeowner came here to find his fiance, 54-year-old barbara bush and her 24-year-old daughter cynthia bush dead on a couch. it appears the mother shot her the gun on herself. this is, without a doubt, one of the saddest cases he has come about in time. the chief says that a note was left by the mother, barbara bush, indicating that the frustration that she had in caring for her daughter. she says cynthia bush lived here with her mother and fiance at their home. there is no question this was a murder-suicide, but toxicology tests are being conducted nevertheless. >> you can find the most up-to-date details on the local 12 website. we have more on t

. >> and in hamilton, larry davis, local 12 news >> rebecca kenner could get 25 years in prison when sentenced in may. >> local woman could face a murder charge after the stepson anna richmond, was charged child endangering. police say the little boy's legs were placed in a scalding water on tuesday to punish him. . >> message was left in the wall of the bathroom. middle and high schools were evacuated when tas searched. nothing was found. >>> the group trying to -- improve child poverty. cincinnati mayor's charles cranley hopes to help 10 thousand children in the next five years. the group's recommendations are scheduled to be released in november. mayor cranley originally said, it would happen in june. and they will join us for the poverty town hal on monday. it will be in the under ground brad johansson will moderate that. . >> and map left police in a chase, left the young woman critically injured in the aftermath. high. . >> kentucky house frees a bill, that will free college tuition for the graduates. graduates that need to apply for the federal and state scholarships. students

as larry davis talked to police on what may have led to the tragedy. >> i came down at the basement. two gunshot wounds. my fiancee and daughter, there's blood. >> chris bird, calling 9 11, saying he found his fiancee, and her daughter, dead of gunshot wounds. police say her mother shot her developmentally disabled daughter first before turning the gun on herself. >> sad situation, where people are at the end of their rope. >> barbara's bush's decision to take her daughter's life as well as her own, was an act of frustration >> there was nothing left that indicated, the victim was, you know, very distraught and was this was unfortunately, the only way, way out. >> until recently, they worked for cynthia's father, who often brought her to work. >> darling young girl. . >> cindy, any song that came in the radio, she knew the songs to all of them. the oldies station, she knew you will the songs. she was a beautiful girl. >> the neighborhood was quiet. people chose not to talk about the tragedy. many knew the challenges facing the family. >> there's help out there. with a severely adult

dwight shank is 67 and larry davis is 53. >> she's here by herself, out in the backwoods and everything. it's important for us to get a good supply of woods for her. >> are you expecting a lot of people around your age group? >> i expected 65 or older. >> suddenly one day you're old, you didn't know it before but at 65 you're old. >> susan mcwinie morse came up with the idea 12 years ago. >> everybody needs a little bit of help sometimes and eventually some of us will need a lot of hem a lot of the time. >> why is it important that the model is involved in seniors helping seniors? >> we simply understand each other. i think all of us are a little afraid of being pandered to, of being dumbed down. taking my elbow and helping me across the street because i have white hair. i'm going to say sonny cut that out. you know? >> be she says they need something more to do to keep them off the streets. retirement can be a little -- boring. >> the working world essentially stops at 65 and you have 30 more years to go. >> bobby and tuck gilbert are retired. >> before we reached our 80s, we were begi

and, the results show an outsider, businessman warren davidson, has come out on top.local 12's larry davis spoke with the nominee in middletown last night. 3 davidson will take on democrat corey foister and green party candidate james condit, jr. in november. 3 another big story on election day was at county polling places. it was a record breaking night in hamilton county. since 1976, tuesday was the biggest turnout in 40 years for the republicans and the second largest for democrats. some local democrats and republicans were happy with the results in the ohio primaries. 3 amy whalen: "to be someone whose on the ground and seeing that groundswelling of support and to have it come out that she's the projected winner and then to have it come out that she's the projected winner is the volunteers that have worked so hard here." tony rosiello: "the frontrunner trump has alienated a lot of people. it's going to be time soon to bring all of us together if that's possible because we won't win without that united factor." the crash on the combs hehl bridge -- that perry told us about just moments

. >> larry davis has been covering the shooting since the beginning. he joins us live with why the file the charges video tomorrow, marked the end of the tumultuous week. two more students were arrested in connection of monday's shooting. three more students in butler county were arrested for threats, including one more right here in madison. >>> students leaving school the afternoon, the weekend could have not gone for a better time. buses were on hand to pick up the students, that gone through one trying week. emotions were raw days after austin hancock, open fired in the school cafeteria, wounding two and injuring two others. the butler county sheriff announced two 14-year-old boys were arested. they are accused of having the loaded gun but never reported it to school administrators or teachers. >> they actually seen the weapon. and we knew there maybe some others that had seen it. and but we got a lot going on. we have to rule everything out and rule everything in. >> sheriff richard jones. the two boys were charged with failing to report a crime. the sheriff wouldn't say why the bo

will be performed. they say it is clear this was indeed a murder-suicide. in fairfield township, larry davis, local 12 news. >>> barbara bush's fiancee discovered the tragedy and called 911. local 12 news, live at 6:00. >>> madison local school administrators, outline add safety admission. in a letter, district leaders say they will buy two han held metal detectors to buy randomly at students. and he wounded two classmates in the shooting and shrapnel injured two others. hancock faces charges that includes two counts of attempted murder. in addition to the metal detectors, administrators plan to have another district in the unit. >> a bomb threat, prompts the evacuation of western hills high school and dater high school. 2:00. they say they learned of the threat around 10:30 in the morning. public school spokesperson, form of graphite -- graffiti. officers say the western hills high school is so big, it took them a while to sweep the building with a police dog. >> a man was driving when he was shot and killed in hamilton. the car came to a ' sto in a home in charles street. that's where neig

. >> coming tonight at 5:30, local 12 news, larry davis, looks at whether local republican leaders as their national counterparts. >>> most of the viewers don't think mitt romney will have much sway on whether they vote donald trump or not. >> to talk about the controversy, jay klein says, the establishment of controversy, fighting half as hard. we're not as worried as a trump presidency right now. >> so mitt won't vote trump? kills my vote. trump it is. scott believes conservative republicans cannot believe to pull together, against the opposition instead of their throats. >> lee says, at this point, anything that pounds some sense to people, will be worth a shot. you could add your comments, by going to the local 12 facebook page and give us a like while you're there. >> speaking of a chill in the air, the snow is flying. probably heavier in someplaces than others. >> it's still coming pretty dramatic weather camera, looking at the weather. and these are pretty good flakes moving on through with the ban. you could see the lighter blues, seeing some heavier snow. it produced a half a

faces of the victims. they are now available to inmates at the hamilton county jail. ahead at five, larry davis, how they may help to pride clues. >> and see what the notorious jay walker has to say now that he's free >> and when you hire a contractor to do a major work, is needed. tonight at 6:00, howard aim has a warning for every homeowner. >> a little bit of rain, but it's coming to an end. we get a break. you see some of the rainfall outside, that we had outside. this includes some of the rain that fell last night. some areas, you could see the rain port. and it's exceeding a half an inch. and right at half an inch, and you could see the heaviest of the rainfall so far at south and west of downtown. you could see live precision doppler hd, showing some heavier rain moving in. there's a break an hour or so downtown. and we're seeing light rain and this is moving to southern claremont and southern brown county. it's moving through hillsborough and highland county and peebles and adams county. we've already seen that as the i-75. it will continue to be steady as it goes into the evening hours

tuesday. republican primary winners in several places, including ohio's winner takes all states. larry davis is joining us now how the board of election workers are planning to make things hopefully go a little >> last november's election, gave hamilton county a black eye, big time, big problems. election workers are very confident, they have things worked out, in hopes of having a smooth primary >> voters said you normally won't see a long line like the one here last november. this thing played out in several polling locations. the problem was with the new i-pad used to check in voters. there was a problem with some of the routers as well as the training to some poll workers. the result, was long lines and frustrated poll workers. some voters left. others were given provisional ballots. after increased training with the poll winners, it's hope, selection will be a smooth one. with the router, with the polling locations. we have replaced the routers. you have not seen any kind of those emissions we've seen in the number. >> coming back in the news at 5:30, local 12, we come up with the voter

deputies are forming a partnership with the agency to find work for soon to be released jail inmates. larry davis, shows how the inmates will pay past debts and avoid reoffending. >> prisoners have to be wondering, what next? where do we go from here? here, the prisoners could say, i'm going to work. >> there's hope for those locked up in the minimum security section of the warren county jail. thanks to a partnership with ohio means jobs, those who are about to set free could be given the contents and training. >> and if it could given an individual a job, when they get out of jail, maybe even back child support and reduce the win for not only us, but the taxpayers of warren county. >> the post release employment service is being advertised in the video screens within the minimum security units. if interested, ohio means job counselors will ask inmates about the job experience as well as what professions they may be interested in. >> if they are interested in being an electrician, welder, then we can set them up with companies, get on the job experience doing that. >> some perspective employees c

here. six counties in the 8th district. this is a surprise, if this race is called early tonight. larry davis, local 12 news. >> we'll be talking to you tonight as well. >>> votes counted from accounted to 10:00. and we'll stream reports, including live with angenette levy. >> the polls were beautiful. temperatures well above the normal. evening. gorgeous evening on tap. temperatures stay very mild. it's actually 21 degrees above normal. plenty of sunshine has helped to heat us up. we have a south, south breeze. and dew points in the 50s and traffic moving smoothly to spice the time. we are going to continue to see a dry forecast. we're 73 at the airport. 74 for hamilton. and we're at 70 for wilmington. winds are coming out of the warmer direction, out of the south, and between 5-13 miles an hour. the winds will kick up even more so. expect the windy if not gusty conditions for the day tomorrow. tonight, we'll see winds stay below 15 miles an hour. we're dry on radar right now. we have plenty of sunshine and the next 12 hours, expect mild temperatures as clouds start to increase, we'll drop t

they are hoping they will give them the contact and skill to go from incarceration to employment. larry davis shows how it works and how to keep the inmates from reaffirming. >> surrogates moms, family fights. kind of sounds like a new reality tv show. looking at the way animal lives, could give insight to our own families. ahead at 6:00, sheila gray takes a look at a family 411 report. >> hits close to home. >> don't have an uncle el amor. >> looking forward to you, back at 5:00. >>> as ted heads back to 71 north and kings melt and possibly the same cars you saw are the same ones you're seeing right now. right lanes are closed. moving a little bit in the left-hand side. we're continuing to work to update you on that. it's not moving very quickly. >> it's going to be nice, if it's a bright sunny day. >> brad will be even more excited than he already is, after the snow story. >> it's filter, filter, filter. >> you stress the filter at earlier. >> just watching brad through the snow story, is great. >> could see that. >> just remember that. >> multi-talented ladies. >> you saw the athleticism a

smith and cooper cafferty remain hospitalized after being shot inside a cafeteria on monday. brant larry davis sat down with the butler sheriff's deputies who are praising the jobs of the officers. what a great job they did? >> he gives everyone an a for the effort. an a for the effort of law enforcement and also the people in the school. things are quiet in the madison junior high school. the student and staff were on hand to talk about what happened and where to go from here. and the sheriff shared new light on what took place here on monday. >>> this was the scene shortly school. a number of parents showing up to pick up their children and take them home. the day butler county sheriff richard jones, 14-year-old, austin hancock had begun all morning long at the school. he sat at the cafeteria for about 30 minutes, he said and waited for the school resource officers to walk out and then he opened fire at the table across from where he was sitting. two students were shot. two others were wounded by shrapnel. sheriff said hancock had extra ammunitions and says the shooting could have been much

year is now facing educators all over. and not only do they have to teach, students undergo active larry davis, shows what's involved. >>> a cincinnati man has been in jail on friday what started as a simple jay walking case. he will remain behind bars as the case gets stranger and stranger. he was asked to step down because of comments he made on facebook. rich jaffe will have more at 6:00. >>> kylie bradley says he believes in miracles. he's the local 5th grader diagnosed in october with the same brain cancer lauryn hill have. why doctors may be believing in miracles, too >> we'll look forward to that. >> what's the latest on kylie. we'll have it today. >> see you at 5:00. >> taking a look at the traffic, things are moving smoothly and why not. >> lots of sun right now, huh. >> >>. >> rain on our parade. >> and get back to the unsettled pattern. and late thursday, plenty of rain on the way. it could be soaking rain during in the afternoon and evening. this is probably not a good forecast for those planning on being sunny. at least shatters at a thupd. it will be warm, relative to average. ba

. >> in fairfield township, larry davis, local 12 news. violence violence, they are not discouraged from continuing down the path. >> visitation for a local mother and daughter killed in the crash. they were hit head on by another car on campbell county. a car heading south on u.s. 27 near cold springs, crossed into oncoming traffic. the other driver survived. she's not charged but investigators are waiting for a toxicology report. tonight's investigation runs until 8:00 in alexandria. the funeral is tomorrow. >>> and there's a big jump in pedestrian deaths in ohio. they more than doubled in the first half the 016. the pedestrians were killed at that time, during the same period in 2014. a report released by the governor's highway safety administration projects at 10 percent increase, overall number, killed in the u.s. in car crashes. would allow all registered voters to cast an early absentee ballots, 12 days before an election. they support the change, she told lawmakers, widespread voting, early voting would increase participation. >> i guess you would call it the cookie monster. girl

-year-old, barbara bush killed her developmentally disabled daughter cynthia and then turned as larry davis talked to police on what may have led to the tragedy. >> i came down at the basement. two gunshot wounds. my fiancee and daughter, there's blood. >> chris bird, calling 9 11, saying he found his fiancee, and her daughter, dead of gunshot wounds. police say her mother shot her developmentally disabled daughter first before turning the gun on herself. >> sad situation, where people are at the end of their rope. >> barbara's bush's decision to take her daughter's life as well as her own, was an act of frustration >> there was nothing left that indicated, the victim was, you know, very distraught and was

larry davis is gathering new information on the scene right stay with local 12.com and star 64 when we switch back over we will have updates. here is jen with traffic. >> jen: traffic has quieted open the roads. we had problems earlier. we have one right now sunset avenue at river side parkway. watch for that. we finally cleared the accident maybe about 20 minutes ago that was really causing some morning commute issues on 75 south bound near the ronald reagan cross county highway. traffic congested in that area. all lanes are now open. you are seeing heavy traffic near red bank that is not unusual at this time. 71-75 at this point is heavy from kyle to the ohio river. quick reminder watch for lane closures tonight 71 southbound. they will be working in the offer note hours. over to you. >> sheila: developing the first confirmed case of zeka virus in kentucky. you louisville man said he got it in south america. the u.s. are carrying zika. they warn people to stay away from countries that are affected by zika. >> bob: you win some you lose some. the bengals are trying to make sure their

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great insight into a brilliant mind like howard davies, but i would argue that for ais the template world that is in the grips of a much, much weaker -- larry called it a secular stagnation growth environment. we have seen it for some time, whether it is japan, the united states, europe -- recoveries are a fraction of their former precrisis. tom: have we set ourselves up moment, andrew's mellon-like? demand: in a weak environment, there is excess supply. how that shakes out in the financial system, in the nonfinancial system, remains to be seen. tom: i want to go to sir howard on this ideal combination. are you managing your new shop for a combination of banking, for mergers of banking? howard: i think that in the u.k., mergers are pretty unlikely. concentratedr a banking system which became more concentrated somewhat by accident during the recession, as a few banks were not together. i am not looking for new consolidations in the u.k. we have some new challenger banks arriving. elsewhere in europe, that is an issue. there are a lot of small banks in europe that look pretty weak from a capital point of view, and there are a number of countr