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lisa: what is going on here? randi: temperatures in the single digits and low teens across the area. the wind is not superstrong. any kind of breeze and it is the skies are clear. a couple of clouds on top over downtown acting like a thin blanket. this is the line of clouds. temperatures up to about 15. the clouds are going to leave us and many more towns are going to get down into the single digits. we' re not working with warm temperatures. through the afternoon we should make it out without 23. we' ll get some sunshine going but it is going to be cold. kyla: the roads are looking good and much drier. good morning to you. 71, 75 looks good at the 275 interchange. 75 looks good at sharon. 71 even lighter north and southbound. we do have some construction along 75. we' ll talk about that coming up. lisa: thank you. what started as a missing child investigation tuesday has turned into a homicide. the baby girl is home safe, but her mother was found dead. mark: wlwt news 5' s andrew setters is live with the latest

lisa: and i' m lisa cooney. randi rico and kyla woods are in this morning with your weather and traffic. happy friday across the board. randi: it seems i get has been a long week. cold, snow. cold, snow. and there is more to the weekend. kyla: a little more bearable. 20 degrees. the winds are only five most thereto. warmest spots on the map. there are spots way colder, clinton county, highland county, in the single digits. skies to the north are clear. discussed of the south are cloudy. the big range of temperatures clouds or not. the couple of floors through southeastern indiana and northern kentucky. still have not had any reports of these hitting the ground just yet. if you are in southeastern indiana and cv flurries, let me know on twitter or flurry. -- and seeing those flurries, let me know on twitter or facebook. a bigger shot of snow for the evening commute tonight. 8:00, 15. noon, feeling like 17. way. it is not a lot, but even a dusting to half-inch of snow, if cause issues. kyla and i will track that t

lisa: and i' m lisa cooney. kyla woods is here with a check on the traffic and randi rico is here with the forecast. the weekend? we will take it. we are talking temperatures tomorrow. mark: nice. i look out not bad. -- kyla: not bad. randi: the winds are coming out of the south. today. 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., winds hour. that is a decent breeze. at times this afternoon, we could get gusty with wind gusts in the 30 to 40 mile per hour range. it is going to be windy hand-in-hand with the warm air. council rolling out of greater cincinnati. we have about a 50 mile per hour sustained winds. look at the state of illinois. sustained 20 to 25 miles per hour, and that is what we will be contending with through the afternoon. windy and warm for the time into the weekend. 8:00 a.m., sunny and breezy, 38. at noon, already at 52. strong wind gusts out of the temperature. you' ll like the temperature forecast. if you drive a big truck on the highway, the winds could be a what is the latest? kyla: right now, clear condition

lisa: and i' m lisa cooney. randi rico and kyla woods are in this morning with your weather and traffic. randi: i have just noticed great news. we are in the halfway point in winter. mark: we can make it. we can. [laughter] randi: today, it will feel more like winter. we only have 45 days to go. as we take a look at the temperatures, 32 degrees at cvg. most places are hanging out right around freezing. it is a cool start to the day and it would be awesome if this was our jumping off point. most places don' t move much temperature-wise as we get into the afternoon. they will not break until 4:00 this afternoon. plan on it being cloudy and breezy. flurry. not seeing much left over of that. at 8:00, cloudy, breezy, and some towns may be in the upper 20' s. 28 to 30 the morning rush. lunchtime, 32. cloudy skies, breezy, your feel-like temperature mid 20. it does feel like february today, but that won' t last. temperatures will climb as we head into the weekend. kyla, what is going on? kyla: there is an accident on m

lisa: i' m lisa cooney. randi rico and kyla woods have weather and traffic together. the side roads are a little slick. randi: even the roads that are clear, some spots will have a little coating because of the lake effect bands. we have cloudy skies and flurries for everyone with cold air all over. in a few spots, the lake effect snow bands are rolling through. over the 275 loop, the southern part near cvg, that is enough to maybe cote some of the roadways there. another line moving through rising sun and the union. dusting and create slick spots. watching a line moving south of falmouth heading east in through powers bill. the lake effect of bands will stick around through 10:00 this morning with a winter weather advisory through 10:00 a.m. most places are starting out in the mid-teens. if the -- but the feels-like temperature' s closer to 3 . it :00 a.m., 16. this afternoon, we will talk about the lower 20' s keeping the single digit feels-like temperature' s all day. kyla: it has been a pretty good start as far as the wednesday morning commute is concerned. yester

lisa: and i' m lisa cooney. randi rico and kyla woods are here with the weather and traffic together. hope everyone is doing well. kyla: it is good outside. nothing bothering us. as a co-from your perspective. randi: i think everyone has a positive frame of mind because it is friday. a massive warm up just in time for the weekend. as a look at the radar, we do have cloudy skies all across greater cincinnati. some flurries flying in from northwest to southeast. we will start out to the north where you are seeing the steadier flurries and snow flowers -- showers. sliding over to westchester, all dealing with fairly light flurries. not really a huge issue, just showing you where they are. williamsburg down to ripley, sing those -- they' michigan. the winds will be shifting coming off the lake effect snow around noon. we will stay cold and cloudy, but things do improve pretty quickly stored the weekend. for today, 8:00 a.m., 28. into the afternoon, keeping temperatures in the mid-30' s. the clouds clear out in the t

lisa: u.s. senator sherrod brown from ohio is now working on legislation to address lead concerns in water, sooner. the announcement follows ohio' s epa calling for a federal overhaul. senator brown says he wants to speed up community notification and the response cities have to take. current u.s. standards require you to be notified within 60 days of high lead readings. ohio costs epa -- ohio' s epa wants more thorough lead testing and faster notification. it' s tax season, which means big refunds are on the minds of not only you, but also identity thieves. mark: wlwt news 5' s sheree paolello joins us with an example of how the crime is so anyone. >> wlwt has learned thousands of people will be victims of stolen identity tax refund fraud this year. investigators says thieves use stolen personal information and file bogus tax returns. in many cases, people don' t realize they' ve been victimized until their legitimate returns are rejected. >> identity theft cases can be among the most challengi

lisa: dan, thank you. the snow mixed with a crime, led to a crash and fire in green township. stole a brand new car from the woody sander ford dealership. then lost control, crashing into a pole in the 5500 block of sidney. the car then burst into flames. the teens were able to get out and were quickly arrested. crews had to be brought in to the area. mark: a man accused of a deadly shooting in westwood was arraigned this morning. williams was set at $250,000. he is charged in the death of derrick johnson. police were called to tulsa crash saturday morning. s wrecked he had been shot, he died at the scene. today we learned that johnson is williams cousin. williams says it was an it was an accident and he turned himself in to police hours later. car and foot chase in mount lookout also went before a judge today. 23-year-old ali gervacio is vehicular assault and vehicular assault. an officer attempted to stop a gervacio did not stop. the car crashed into a parked car on linwood avenue, and and scene. an offi

lisa: thank you. happening today, cincinnati' s mayor along with new police chief eliot isaac will continue their crime meetings that began last month. today' s meeting will be the fourth in a series of community meetings to discuss the uptick in shootings and gather input from citizens about how to deal with the issue. the meeting is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight at the bond hill community center. the final meeting is set for the end of the month at college hill mark: the township is reporting the impact. the cdc put ohio in the top five states in drug overdose deaths in 2014. it linked nearly 1200 of them to heroin. colerain' s public safety director dan meloy says the township was on pace to record more than 200 overdoses last year. but after the qrt started in july, it finished the year with 167. meloy also said the township saw fewer burglaries and robberies tied to feeding addictions. gas prices dropping almost a dime in some areas across the nation. lisa: prices are down eight cents over

lisa? lisa: a huge outpouring of support for the rabbit hash general store more than a week after it was gutted by fire. duke energy, which has a plant $25,000 to the effort to rebuild the general store. add that to more than $50,000 raised online to rebuild. the store has been in operation since 1831 and will have to be rebuilt with period materials to remain on the national register of historic places. the final price tag for the rebuilding work isn' t clear yet, . mark: happening today, another chance to learn about the oasis rail project. this is a commuter rail line cincinnati. here' s what the line could look like. it would have seven different stops running from downtown to milford. if you want to learn more about the line, there are two meetings today. the first starts at 11:30 at the taft center on walnut. the next meeting starts at 5:30 at the miami valley christian academy in newtown. lisa: that to your forecast on this wednesday. randi: you can see every part of greater cincinna

lisa: thank you. a driver has swerved to miss a deer and hit a pole on the cincinnati man was not hurt but likely going too fast. new this morning, a house damaged by fire in independence. this happened just before midnight on flintrock bluff. in the garage and spread to other parts of the house. four people were inside when this broke out, and everyone made it out of the house. destroyed. investigators are still working to determine the cause. police find a body in the little miami river. on new year' s day, police say 27-year-old aaron berns jumped into the river after setting a duplex on fire, then running away from deputies. family and friends have not stopped searching for aaron since then. saturday, berns' body was found in the river near loveland. bern' s family say he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after serving two tours in iraq. the family says they decided to hold the vigil even after the devastating news because they fighting ptsd. >> we just felt very strongly that either th

i'm ginger gadsden. >> lisa: i'm lisa bell. thanks for joining us. >> julie: and i'm julie broughton. also ahead, a small act of big way. how a local school is sending a message to the deputy and the love is spreading a message on facebook tonight. it's a sweet story. >> ginger: it's a touching story and it means so much for the deputy it's meant for. >> lisa: absolutely. but first we're following breaking news in winter park right now where an suv crashed into the back of a boston market restaurant. sky 6 flew over the scene on north orlando avenue. we're told there was a gas leak there because of the damage, but that has since been secured. the building was evacuated. no one was hurt in this. we are still working to figure out what caused that crash. >> ginger: also breaking right now, growing zika concerns across the state as we learn of yet another local case of the mosquito-borne virus. the health department just issuing an alert. there are three new cases today, including one in orange county. that puts the total at 35 ca

lisa: and i' m lisa cooney. randi: we had a blanket of that is why we are sitting at 13 degrees at cvg. there are many other spot setters sitting in the single-digit. the winds are very strong, but a five mile per hour wind is enough to make it feel very cold. it feels like five. if you are in one of the towns in the single-digit like springboro, eight . any sort of breeze, your temperature is closer to zero. there were some clouds around the 275 loop overnight. they did start to clear out. there is a decent chance that many of the towns are holding to the low double digits. at 8:00 a.m., expect a temperature close to nine. like 2-5 degrees. at noon, we are at 17, but it will feel like nine. any sort of a light breeze will feel cooler. yesterday, we have the clouds, wind, and flurries. today, sunshine will be on tap. snow showers return tomorrow. let' s head out the door to that cold car. kyla: give yourself a few action minutes to one that car up. we have that accident here at kenwood road between zig zag road

lisa: more issues involving the zika virus. mark: the newest infections, where they are being reported. lisa: america' s most hated retailers. randi: more rounds of light snow and strong wind. if george and arizona made you in the seven day forecast >> you are watching cincinnati' s wlwt news 5. leading the way. esther trump: we ohio. we are beating the governor. it is always nice to be beating the governor. mark: donald trump taking a jab at john kasich. the five remaining candidates will face off in houston, texas for the 10th time. trump hopes to build on his momentum for super tuesday after dominating the nevada caucus. marco rubio and ted cruz are locked in a battle for second place. the cnn moderated debate will be joined by john kasich and ben carson at 8:30 p.m. lisa: ammon bundy and 15 other defendants have pleaded not oregon wildlife refuge. they are facing federal the armed takeover. the standoff ended this month surrendered. a trial date was set for april. defense lawyers are set to visit three pregnant women have t

lisa: i' m lisa cooney. so far so good for sure. kyla: that situational columbia parkway -- happens. you are good right now. we are seeing like a volume. as rush hour, things can slow that is west columbia parkway. randi: it is snowing, at the pavement looks like rain because it is mounting as it contacts the ground itself is warmer than the air around it. even though we are seeing snow falling, it is melting when it hits the pavement. it is sticking to colder surfaces. they are seen accumulation, especially north and east where the snow showers are intense. southeastern portions of kentucky -- you can see the more intense snow. you can see flurries in portions county indicating heavier snowfall. the flakes pavement. from springs borough to all seeing heavier snow. we have a live look in lebanon. this is a national bank building in downtown lebanon. it is a big, fart t snowflakes falling. if you take a look at the cars, the car has accumulation. that is what we are dealing with this morning. temperatures are right at freezing. but t

lisa: i' m lisa cooney. we have high water concerns in some places. issue but overnight we had heavy rainfall. many places picking up an inch and some spots two inches of total rain along with gusty winds. weather-wise at the moment, most places are getting in on the back edge of the rain. we have portions of highland county, brown county and adams county steadier rain showers continuing down into kentucky and mason and robertson county. you can see the back. basically right along 68 into brown county. and will continue to push east over the next half hour. as we roll into 7:00, it is eastern parts of adams county that we will still be dealing with lingering rain. the flood advisory overnight issued for the entire area. only spots that are still dealing with steady rain fall under that flood advisory from hillsboro south toward maysville. this just means you had heavy rain overnight. rain is still falling. you may have some issues and high water. notice this limegreen at the that is millcreek at glendale mil

i' m lisa cooney. headlines are straight ahead. but first a check of the weather with wlwt news 5 meteorologist randi rico. randi: this morning i saw some patchy drizzle, maybe a flurry in your neck of the woods. lisa: i didn' t see anything. randi: it was superduper light. it is moving out relatively quickly. i cannot find much of anything left over. we are starting out with cloudy skies across the area and the weather is catching up with the calendar, and it will feel like february today. cloudy skies and temperatures will be in the 30' s. right now 33 degrees at cvg. most places, 30 to 34. we will make it back into the s. s. mark: breaking news this morning. a house fire in lebanon has turned deadly. lebanon dispatch responded to a a.m. investigators say they found a man dead in one of the bedrooms. the fire appears to have started on a mattress. an elderly woman inside heard the smoke alarm go off and s house for help. investigators do not believe the fire is suspicious. we' ll keep you posted with the latest on this story thro

lisa: tracie potts is in manchester. tracie potts: hillary clinton is taking pictures at the polls comeback or it -- come back. >> we are going to work until the last vote is counted. >> at 7:00, 8:00 on tuesday it will get a call. tracie potts: overcoming a double-digit deficit on the last day is tough. >> second places good. tracie potts. ben carson greeted voters today. >> this is a place for you are really tested. tracie potts: any one of them could finish behind donald trump or when. >> we' re going to finish strong here. >> i think were going to have a better turn tonight or it tracie potts: polling places are going to be packed. expecting a record turnout. the new voter id law could suppress turnout. the show without ids to date will have to have their photo taken. mark: presidential candidates are holding their breath right now. that is true of john kasich. mike is in new hampshire covering john kasich. mike: it' s my merry tuesday and a lot of energy is in the air. i am along the campaign trail with governor joh

lisa: thank you. a woman accused of hitting an 11-year-old girl in a crosswalk is due in court again this morning. she a purely was a no-show at her first arraignment on friday. dan griffin is leading the way will be facing. child in the case is ok. the woman driving the vehicle is in a week. investigators say she was a no-show in court friday. cincinnati police say 36-year-old ruby estepp hit 11-year-old london smith in that crosswalk thursday afternoon. investigators say smith was walk hit her and she kept going, but was found later and arrested by police minutes later than released. she was ordered to court friday morning but was nowhere to be found. estepp was booked yesterday evening. she' s expected in court this morning, facing charges with leaving the scene of an accident and driving on suspended license. dan griffin, news 5. lisa: a local father accused of crashing his car under the influence of drugs with a child inside. police say ryan harding crashed into an embankment after using heroin.

lisa: a harley heist. the search this morning for some fast-moving criminals. >> from cincinnati' s wlwt, leading the way, this is wlwt news 5 today. lisa: outside live on your friday morning, it is a windy start and the wind is when a pickup drove the day. let' s check the forecast right now. 6:00 a.m. on your good morning, friday, i' m lisa cooney. mark: and i' m mark hayes. we' re here with all of the hair news you need to know. randi: can we talk about this? mark carries his own personal -- you want me to this afternoon, because this is what your hair is going to look like. randi everyone can have their own 1980' s hair today. as we take a look at the winds across the region, we are starting out in the 15 mile per hour range. look back for chicago and they are 20 to 25 miles per hour. these are sustained winds. this afternoon, 25 mile per hour went will be here in cincinnati, good seek 30 to 40 mile per hour wind gusts. very windy friday as we take a look at the radar. we have clear skies in place and

mark and lisa? lisa: thank you. checking headlines for you right now, until the biggest football event of the year, today' s left. mark: before we head into super bowl weekend, let' s take a look at a few more ads you can expect to see. remember that mountain dew here' s a follow-up to that, unveiling the strange puppy-monkey-baby. lisa: that is -- mark: it is really weird. the soft drink company says they wanted to take all the click-worthy things on the internet and put them together in one. features mountain dew' s kickstart drink, which combines mountain dew, fruit juice, and caffeine. lisa: the nfl released its own this weekend to remind people of the excitement and love football brings to its fans. the ad opens up with a statistic that shows the winning cities see a rise in births nine months after the super bowl. the ad then stars a choir made up entirely of super bowl babies. these are children and adults born nine months after their parents' favorite team won the super bowl. mark: wow. ever heard of death w

lisa: thank you. mastercard debuting a new way to pay. mark: how the company is encouraging the selfie culture to enter the banking world. lisa: starbucks lovers upset over the company' s new loyalty ve changed the way you earn stars in their rewards program. mark: taking a live look outside morning. 33 degrees. you' lisa: good morning and welcome back. not a bad start. we have nice sunshine ahead. selfies have become part of everyday life. we even take them here in the studio. some are better taking them then others. i do not do either. mark: but now mastercard wants to use selfies to help prevent fraud. kyla: great usage of the tool. and they' re saying the new program will make your accounts more secure than ever. the company says selfies and fingerprint scans are safer than typed passwords. especially since many of our passwords are easy for scammers to guess. and if you want to use your pic to pay, download the mastercard identity check app. it has you take a selfie each time you buy something on

lisa: oh. miriah: the fda allows up to 4% of cheese to be filler products, but castle appeared to be misleading consumers. in cases like this, there' s also the 96% that may not be what we think, and this is a problem that goes beyond cheese. >> they' re trying to do things that we don' t notice, but to cut corners so that they make money. this is a problem of labeling and what we' re being sold or is fresh or local, and it really isn' t at all. miriah: getting back to castle cheese, the company tried to fix the problems with its parmesan cheese, but ended up filing for bankruptcy. mark: it happens a lot with fish, too. reiko really? mark: you hear about them giving you different types of fish. chilly and sea bass. which is much more expensive. lisa: there is fish and there is cheese. bracco i went to the grocery store this week in a my husband is like, why is there so much cheese in the refrigerator? ie to buy the block. the maybe not parmesan cheese. randi: the next time you make lasagna, not

lisa: i' m lisa cooney. headlines are straight ahead. but first a check of the weather with wlwt news 5 meteorologist randi rico. helpless think warm thoughts -- help us think warm thoughts. randi: cold air continuing. we will make it out of the te ens today we have single digits. 9 in batavia. most places holding onto the low double digits. many more town start to dip into the single digits. the wind is very light, about 4 miles per hour. there is not much of a wind we do have skies that are clearing out across greater cincinnati. do feels-like temperature, between 2-5. at noon, 17, sunny and cold. expect a high around 23. lisa: this morning' s frigid weather has resuleted in dozens of school delays, which are scrolling at the bottom of your screen. mark: the cold temps and low wind chill also puts firefighters at risk when battling fires like one overnight in batavia. wlwt news 5' s andrew setters is leading the way with how the winter weather is affecting their duties. andrew? andrew: it' s not the kind of weather when you' d think ab

lisa: 41 degrees. spokesbox: go paperless, don't stress, girl i got the discounts that you need safe driver accident-free everybody put your flaps in the air for me mark: you may be feeling more cramped than ever on airplanes, but a new york senator hopes to stop the shrinkage. chuck schumer plans to introduce plane seat-size guidelines to the faa. he says legroom has shrunk an average of four inches, and seats are two inches narrower. sen. schumer: as you pay more and more for tickets, at least you ought to get a place to sit where you' re not treated as a sardine. mark: the guidelines would be an amendment to a pending faa reauthorization act. the senate is expected to vote on the act next month. >> cincinnati' s,, 50' s and 60' s for highs, but not in that order. we take a look at the radar. a cold front rolling to the east. c the all that is left over is some patchy drizzle. the wind continues to howl this morning. a couple of sprinkles in our 8:00, holding on to 50. we are talking about the threat

lisa: i' m lisa cooney. mark: i' m mark hayes. we have team coverage. before we check on the roads, let' s get to the forecast with randi rico for the latest totals. randi: yesterday, the big quarter-sized snowflakes was fluffing out the snowfall totals . looking at the radar, the the temperatures. we' re still looking at decent snow bands. a wash of blue means there is snow for almost the entire area. the deeper blue tones indicates heavier snowfall, especially into northern clermont and brown counties. blanchester is seeing decent snowfall from the 71 core, warren and clinton counties, that is where we are seeing heavier and steadier snowfall. i' m expecting slightly higher totals for that area been for the rest of us. the 275 loop, where the northern portions were seeing issues, the southern portions, not so much. fight snow through hamilton county. the national weather service upgraded many counties to a winter storm warning until noon. winter weather advisory. when the warning expires at noon, the advisory will take over until tomorrow morning. 8:0

lisa: and i' m lisa cooney. randi rico and kyla woods are in this morning with your weather springtime. warm air and the chance for a couple of storms, especially tonight. you can see with the storms are coming from. this is split in half. on the one side, we have heavy rain, thunder, and the lightning . the potential of severe weather will be rolling in our direction after sunset. the northern section is worse. from ohio and nebraska, lizard conditions and heavy snow accumulation into wisconsin. we are on the easier side, even as the severe weather threat goes. areas through tennessee, the gulf coast, they will be areas most likely to see severe weather tonight. looking at the radar, dry with clouds rolling in. temperature-wise, i' m talking spring, but we are starting out we will ramp those temperatures up toward lunchtime. it :00 a.m., 35 degrees. at noon, pushing 50. it will be windy with a chance of spotty rain in the afternoon. severe weather after 9:00 tonight. how with the roads looking? kyla: after grea

lisa and mark? lisa: 5:19. more people could soon be celebrating president obama' s brithday other than himself. mark: the new proposal by democrats in the illinois state lisa: new security measures right before a mega country star takes the stage tonight. the changes coming to u.s. bank arena today. mark: a live look outside. i' ve: 19 your time. 29 degrees. (singing) i just can't wait to meet you, sweet child you're on the way, i'm filled with expectation, and you're growing everyday... (instrumental) randi: good morning. 5:22 on your thursday. things are looking up temperature wise. we will tell you more about it coming up. another music superstar is coming to cincinnati tonight. mark: blake shelton is going to rock u.s. bank arena and if you have tickets you will notice some changes at the arena. kyla woods joins us now with a look at the security upgrades. kyla: no big surprise. we' re getting use to these new regulations when you go to any big event. u.s. bank arena' s new security measures will be ready

lisa: good morning, everyone. i' m lisa cooney. mark: and i' m mark hayes. let' s get right to randi rico. it is not sticking because of the temperature, is that right? randi: the last couple of days it has been on the warm side. the air temperature is right around freezing. the pavement temperatures are a little bit warmer and that is why you can see that there. nt a lot is sticking to the ground right now. if you have a raised deck in the backyard, you could see some accumulation. as we take a look at the wlwt radar right now, you can see some blue tunes along and north heavier snow bands. it is a little bit later in kentucky. as we look over the last couple hours, snow showers have increased in frequency to the north. that is starting out in butler county along 27. we can see snow shoi wers in middletown. it is leading to the south and right along the ohio river. we can see another batch of slightly intense showers. that does extend into portions of brown county, as well as towards georgetown and a gust up. mostly -- georgetown and augusta. we do not see

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lisa: thank you. the u.s. surgeon general is calling for action after visiting flint, michigan and learning about the water crisis. flint families are using water filters to remove contaminants. the surgeon general says the filters are working. other federal resources are being provided but doctors say more needs to be done. >> a lot of help has arrived. that is not to say that it is nearly enough. we have got to do a lot more to get flint back to a place where the water is safe for everyone to drink from the faucet. lisa: the surgeon general says he will do everything on his end to make sure flint has resources it needs. the cdc is working with local agencies to provide resources to flint. mark: 6:17. local health departments are the rate of infection in parts of cincinnati is among the highest in the country. health officials say this is closely tied to high rates of intravenous drug use like heroine. officials are working on a conference a program to include league -- needle exchange and better acc

lisa: top u.s. officials will travel to havana today to sign an aviation pact restoring airline service between the u.s. and cuba for the first time in more than 50 years. u.s. airlines still have to apply for permission from u.s. regulators to fly specific routes before they sell tickets to cuba. filming has started in london on the newest "star wars" movie. mark: episode eight is expected to hit theaters in december 2017, and it will feature new cast members -- laura dern of "jurassic park," benicio del toro from "traffic," and newcomer kelly marie tran. also stars harrison ford mark hamill and carrie fisher are supposed to reprise their roles as well. the music industry celebrated its biggest under the grammy awards. lisa: many earlier faces received awards and were plenty of memorable moments. rack up and a number of tributes. lady gaga performed some of his greatest hits. there were other performances celebrating the careers of blues legend bb king and eagles member glenn frey. all three died w

i'm lisa bell. >> ginger: i'm ginger gadsden in for matt austin. titusville police want to track down the hit-and-run driver after this happened last night along alpine lane, north of state road 50. news 6 reporter amanda castro talked with the boy's family and she joins us live. we first want to know how the little boy is doing tonight? >> reporter: well, he's back home. he was released from the hospital this afternoon. his mom tells me he's got a bump to the head and a few scrapes to should be just fine. police are still looking for the person. they say they're following strong leads to find out who hit that little boy in this intersection and left the scene yesterday. deshawn hill's mother said he was riding his bicycle home from school thursday night when a white van hit him at an intersection. >> he was screaming and crying and his mother was screaming more than he was. he heard the vehicle skid and drive off and a minute later he came back and checked on the boy and sped off again. >> what kind of person does that? it's sad. >> reporter: but

lisa: 5:46. you can get your hands on single match tickets for cincinnati' s new united soccer league. fc cincinnati will sell single-game tickets. you can buy them on fc cincinnati.com or calling 977-kick. mark: in kentucky, and a list actress took her message to lawmakers. jennifer garner was in frankfurt education on behalf of the nonprofit save the children. she had breakfast with governor bevin and talked to legislative committees. speaking with one mother who received help from save the children. t know my son mike books until this woman started bringing them to our home. she read book after book because the child loved them so much. the program changed the course lives. mark: governor bevin said his budget preserved funding for save the children, despite 9% cuts throughout most of the budget. lisa: good morning. kyla: a great start. that will remain as we go into the 6:00 hour. 5:00 treated us well. 18 minutes from the indiana side. re going to a flight, no delays getting there and hopeful

lisa: thank you. new this morning, local high school students get a unique experience at butler tech 15 students stayed up until 3:00 a.m. to see this little girl come into the world. her name is all-in and her mom, eve, paced around for nearly nine hours before she gave birth on monday. eve was boarded at the school to give the students the opportunity to witness the birth. mark: when it comes to geese, it turns out they can be a problem on the golf course. chesson hadley looked like he was picking a fight at the honda classic, and he went after the wrong goose. the bird threw up his wings and welcomed the challenge. hadley ran away and got back to golfing. watch it. watch your back. you better -- you better watch your back, powell. -- pal. lisa: i think the golfer started that one. randi: haven' t i watched "happy that is not a good thing. lisa: thank you, randi. randi: you are welcome. we are starting out with clouds and some flurries. more frequent to the north and east of the 275 loop along the 7

lisa. lisa: toyota is ending its scion brand. cyan was started in 2003 as a separate brand targeting younger buyers. they were designed to be easily customizable. mark: amazon planning to open hundreds more brick & mortar bookstores. reports say amazon hopes to open up 400 bookstores. it opened its first in seattle in november. amazon declined to comment on its future plans. but the move would be a reversal for amazon, which has put several in-store chains out of business. lisa: we are at is going to stay at freezing for a while. randi: it is not the nice, warm air we have had for the last couple of days. i saw the middle schoolers walking past my place a last couple of days wearing shorts in t-shirts. not today. if you are training for the flying pig , you may have to bundle up a little more today. right around 32. when you are out there, snap a picture as you are training for the pig. we will be sharing those as we train for the race the first weekend in may. if you do have a longer run planned for the weekend, warming up again

. >> lisa: thank you. >> tom: your husband is quite the griller. >> lisa: he tries. >> matt: what's he making for tonight? >> tom: for real. look at the radar. we cleaned it up nicely. we've bike week coming on. this is weekend no. 1 of bike week and all next week, a big celebration is going on. daytona beach is great right now. 72 degrees here at news time, winds from the east at 7 miles per hour. downtown even better with the birds flying by. 75 in orlando. 71 in melbourne and leesburg and 72 at the cape and 72 at daytona beach and wind speeds only 3 miles per hour in orlando. most of us are going calm. when we do, the temperature drops off tonight with the calm breezes or absolutely no breeze. we're going to get cool enough to have patchy fog. we'll keep an eye on that as we go. later tonight at 11:00, check back in. i'll have visibilities for you. it might be areas starting to set up with late night patchy fog then. visible satellite is saying goodbye as the sun is setting low. what's going to happen to us is this. we're dealing with a little bit of cloud cover now. we'll have patc

lisa: a night of college basketball ahead. mark: and a game last night that leaves a local team with 56 straight wins. more in your morning sports. lisa: and a good deed gone viral. how one lucky woman passed on her good fortune. mark: 4:40, 29 degrees. you' re waking up to cincinnati' s lisa: good morning and welcome back. mark: dan griffin is live at the scene with what we know about the accident. dan: we are south of dana avenue . you can see there is nothing this is a deadly wrong way crash. the van looks like a honda odyssey. they are not able to tell us where these people are from. we could see this man does have ohio tags. this van was going the wrong way. the woman was driving the wrong direction on southbound 71 and smashed into a car. demand died -- the man di ed, according to cincinnati police. they expect 71 to be shut down until 8:00 a.m.. we are working to get new information. we just found out this crash happened just after 3:00 a.m. we' lisa: thank you. a second grader is giving back to those who helped save hi

lisa? lisa: we are going to talk about a woman expected in court today charged with aggravated vehicular homicide. police say 22-year-old taryn chin was responsible for a deadly wrong-way crash on the interstate that was breaking news at this time wednesday morning. dan griffin is live outside the justice center with the latest . here at the justice center. she is facing charges of vehicular homicide. she is arraigned -- she is going to be arraigned in front of a judge this morning. that crash, a man police say was headed home from work. police say he hit him head on driving northbound and southbound lane. they also say she had a blood alcohol level of .122, well over the legal limit. even more disturbing, 911 calls reveal to witnesses called dispatchers driving on the opposite side of the road. this is police say she started going south in the north -- going north in the southbound lanes. the skaters on the scene fill them -- investigators on the scene you like there may have for now, we a

lisa: i' m lisa cooney. good morning to you. it is windy. randi: reader 40 mile per hour wind at time yesterday afternoon. this morning it will die down a little bit. you don' t need to stock up on the bulk size hair spray. you will notice across much of ohio, the wind is not 20, 25 miles per hour. we' ll see some improvement into the second part of the morning. indy has about 22 mile per hour winds. communist country. wlwt news 5' s andrew setters is at the live alert desk with the latest on his case. andrew: we have seen confessions like this before, and often people detained in north korea later recant those confessions after they are finally released. otto warmbier was visiting north korea back in january when he was detained. the north koreans said he committed an anti-state crime. today we got a better idea of just what was alleged. warmbier admitted to stealing a political banner from an off-limits area of his hotel. during his video-taped confession, he said he took it because a member of his church offered him a used car if he broug

lisa: thank you. so far, so good. with another check on conditions. mark: dan griffin live in milford. miriah: good morning. breezy. the roads are just wet. you can hear the water picking up as karzai five. what you will notice when you head outside of the wind. i want to give you an example of what you might run into. let' s say your cars parked outside on the street, this is it is no big deal, really. it will brushoff actually [laughter] . [laughter] oh this is what i did not check real quick. just be prepared for that as you head out the door. for now, we are live, dan griffin. [laughter] lisa: dan, we love it. that is what happens on live tv. before the snow came the rain. it created problems on columbia parkway. once again there was a mudslide near william howard taft road. as a precaution one westbound lane was closed so crews could clean up the mess all lanes are back open this morning. a similar situation closed columbia parkway earlier this month. mark: another problem on the roads this morni

lisa: thank you. we start with breaking news, a person dead after a train collided with a crane in the netherlands. emergency crews remained on we know the train has derailed as a result step few details we will pass along the information as we get it will stop back here at home, a mother is getting more closure after her son was shot and killed. and now police have connected a mark:and now police have connected a rap group to his wlwt news 5' s dan griffin is live with the latest on the major bust investigators made. this mother saying this is really justice after police maybes arrest connected to that rap group they are saying is responsible for his sidestep. cincinnati say they took heart in murder, assault and other crimes in the west did last year. only the field of beauty was there as released least of $52,000 in drugs -- more than $150,000 in drugs and cash. justice she is been waiting and praying for. >> i have been going through jh hell. i do justice was going to be done. i did to sit back an

lisa? lisa: women who eat more fiber during adolescence and early adulthood could lower their risk for breast cancer later in life. researchers from harvard analyzed the fiber intake of a large group of women over several years. they found the risk of breast cancer was lowered by up to 19% among those who ate the most dietary fiber. the greatest benefit came from fruit and vegetable fiber. it turns out talking trumps texting when it comes to your emotional well-being. that' s according to a recent study. during a stress exercise, ucla researchers found women who received face-to-face support responded in a more positive support from texts. in a separate study of adolescents, experts found that increasing in-person communications helped the preteens better understand non-verbal emotional cues. >> cincinnati' s certified most accurate forecast. randi: at midnight it was 53 degrees. temperatures sliding into the low 40' s. we should be around 50 this afternoon. the focus of the forecast is tom

lisa: i' m lisa cooney. a morning when these things go hand-in-hand, randi rico and kyla woods are here. temperatures appear to be on our side. telik up it feels nice when you step outside. brendan cope randi: we are going above freezing today. we will warm-up. is there more snow or a warm-up? a little bit of both. as we look at the radar right now, we have cloudy skies and a little bit of mist or freezing drizzle possible. that we had yesterday late afternoon and evening has lifted well to the north. now we look further south and you can see rain rolling through nashville. a very cold rain moving into southern kentucky. rain is in the forecast for us as we get into the evening hours. winter weather advisory in effect until 10:00 this morning for our area. the reason why? obviously, the side streets especially, still snow-covered. potential to have icy locations with the freezing drizzle. looking at the radar, dry weather across our area. these know generally well to the south. or the rain. i have been sayin

lisa: i' m lisa cooney. headlines are straight ahead. the big story is the heavy rain. there was water everywhere. randi: every person today is talking about the rainfall. the good news is it is lighting up just a little bit. not much. we take a look at the radar right now. most places dealing with a moderate rainfall. has here across the northern communities. liberty and brooksville, more intense downpours and bother and warren county' s, north of spots seeing some of the heaviest rainfall. you can see that line is working it was over the top of downtown. whenever you head out this morning, you are going to be dealing with rain. we have a flood watch for basically the entire area. it goes until 1:00 tomorrow morning. we are in titian painting intends rainfall -- we are anticipating intense rainfall. you can see the intense downpours across butler and warren counties. notice the rainfall rate lightning not south of the river. the potential for some hydroplaning on the roads and we could see 1-2 inches of rain today. by noon, expect wind and the potential for some rumble

lisa: and i' m lisa cooney. this morning' s headlines are straight ahead. randi rico has a check of your friday forecast. randi: i said it would be nice and warm by the weekend. it is friday which is not yet the weekend. it is a technicality. today, cool side. tomorrow, the sun is out and temperatures jump quickly. lisa: stop being babies is what you' re telling us. [laughter] randi: i would never say that, lisa. we have cloudy skies to start the day. some areas of flurries continuing. very light, but we are continuing to see them through the next couple of hours. as we take a look starting to the north, butler county and warren county, late flurries along with 27 rolling through hamilton, trenton, munro seeing some of those flurries good springboro, westchester, mason, loveland. moment. and northern kentucky. these are flurries that have are moving in our direction. today. t upset anything, but you will see them fly around as you head off to work and school. temperature wise this morning, most places close to 30. s by 8:00 a.m. a couple of flurries through

lisa: happening now. you can help residents in flint, michigan get clear water by drinking local beer. some local brewers are donating to the flint water fund. $1 from every pint sold through friday will be donated. taprooms that are participating include, rhinegeist, dogberry, fifty west, eight ball, and urban artifact. mark: the ac hotel cincinnati north is opening its doors today, and this is going beyond bedrooms and room service. marriott is behind the multi-million dollar project. and the company says, this will be a mixed-use development targeting millennial and business travelers. marriott also has plans to build an a-c hotel, at the banks, and that will open next spring. lisa: a unique idea is going to come to life this summer, across the river. covington is turning a parking space into a pop-up park. they are calling these pop-up they are temporary, interactive parks, and they are designed to help drive local business. 42 businesses submitted designs and five were chosen. the "parklets" will var