politifact says that claim by trump is .. half true politifact also points out.. the vast majority of trump's 12-million dollars in contributions to his own campaign.. are loans he could recoup. ((todd/ on cam tag)) all the way up until election day in november.. we are teaming up with politifact.. the nation's leading political fact checking group.. holding politicians accountable for the things they say.. i'm todd quinones.. we'll see you next week for another politifact.. fact check hillary clinton is coming to southern nevada tomorrow as just one of several events she has planned in the valley ahead of the nevada democratic caucus she'll host a 'get out the caucus' kick-off event tomorrow henderson. a dog rescued from an animal shelter returned the favor..... by alerting his human to danger,,,, in the middle of the night. "carl" was adopted.... back in october... his owner... drew... says... for the first -3- months... he didn't even know..... if carl could bark.... because he was so calm and quiet. until one night... drew says.... carl was acting strange all

in this week's fact check from 'politifact.' after a strong showing in nevada.. .bernie sanders continues to beat the drum against economic inequality. @ :06 - :20 ((there is something profoundly wrong when the richest 80 people in the world own more wealth than the bottom half of the global population, 3.5 billion people)) it's a message sanders has used before..... and he is not far off according to politifact. sot aaron sharokman/politifact @ :26- :32 ((the one caveat is these are just estimates. so both on the total wealth of the population of the world and also the number of billionaires and how much wealth they have.. close enough to rate his claim as. mostly true next up.. marco rubio's pulling out a stunning statistic about the education. rubio claiming "two-thirds of our kids can't read at grade level" rubio uses a national think tank that some education experts disagree with. politifact found there's a difference between the higher think tank standards and actual grade level reading. sot aaron sharokman @ 1:02-:1:12 ((

from politifact. republican frontrunner donald trump is finding himself in the crosshairs of his own party @ 00 - 10 ((i think bush is probably the worst president in the history of the united states. it just seems like she (pelosi) was really going to look to impeach bush and get him out of office which personally i think would have been a wonderful thing)) the ad is getting lots of talk in south carolina.. an area known as bush country. @ 1:01:26 ((at politifact we do this a lot and what we find is sometimes those clips are kind of spliced together to make things sound like they aren't really what they sound like. but in this case, he said it)) trump has since quieted his impeachment talk.. but politifact rating this ad's claim as... true. court justice antonin scalia.. people are asking who will fill the void. ted cruz says donaldtrump wouldn't look far.. claiming trump would appoint his sister who is a federal judge. @ 4:43 ((the one person he has suggested that would make a good justice is his si

but then jeb bush's super pac cited the report accurately)) politifact rating this ad.. half true if it's effective in new hampshire and knocks kasich down in the election results... experts predict his bid for the whitehouse could be over. i'm todd quinones... we'll see you back here next week for . some people are now banned from the popular dating app 'tinder' after using it to stump for bernie sanders. two women say they sent as many as 60 messages a day to users to convince them to vote for the democratic presidential candidate by asking them if they.. quote.. feel the bern. one woman says she got a lot of interesting responses.. but nothing that resulted in an actual date. we're following a developing story out of taiwan.. which has been rattled by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake. some of the damage.. which includes several buildings that collapsed in the shaking. there are 3 confirmed deaths so far.. along with at least 154 hospitalized. search and rescue teams are now trying to reach anyone who could be trapped in the rubble. (steve adlib over chopper) week with anoth

our politifact team will be working long into the night - reviewing the comments by clinton and sanders. we'll have more "truth ratings" on good morning tri-state starting at 4:30.. and on wcpo dot com and our mobile app. the next republican presidential debate is saturday. you can watch that right here on nine on your side starting at eight o-clock. a-b-c world news tonght anchor david muir and chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz will moderate. it was cold enough to see a few weak flurries today. nine first warning chief meteorlogist steve raleigh has morning. plenty of sunshine will be around for the morning with a few afternoon clouds moving in later. afternoon temperatures should bounce back to more a dayton, kentucky woman says she lost her job - because saint elizabeth hospital held her against her will. will.it's one of two lawsuits against the hospital group for false imprisonment.now one attorney wonders if it's a pattern.another involves a woman who worked for saint e's at the time.she claims she had her daughter admitted for suicidal thoughts - then was admitted

sanders' is *true* in his statement.our politifact team tracked his statement to a 20-13 report from the national association of real estate brokers.blacks lost up to 61-percent of their wealth as a result of the housing bubble.their net worth also plummeted 43-percent as a result of financial crisis. and this isn't the only fact check of last night's debate. our politifact team spent the night looking at statements from both candidates.we've posted all of our "truth ratings" on our website... wcpo-dot-com... and our 9 on your side mobile app. she didn't think she'd make it out alive.this morning... we're hearing from a tri-state woman... who was attacked by her ex-boyfriend inside a price hill apartment.9 on your side's john genovese spoke with her... about her harrowing encounter. 02:04:27"he was saying 'b i'm gonna kill you'" front porch- then making its way inside 02:10:21"once he busted out the second panel this is the window that he dove through" early sunday morning - brandy chivers says she froze 02:06:59"i think my heart fell to knees because i couldn't believe he was here a

leading the fact-checkers at politifact to call it only our politifact team spent the overnight hours... taking a closer look at more of the comments by clinton and sanders.you can get at their truth ratings for yourself on our website... w-c-p-o dot com... and our mobile 9 on your side app. it's the republican's turn... as they return to the debate stage tomorrow. tomorrow.the next republican presidential debate is saturday.a-b-c world news tonight anchor david muir and chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz will moderate.you can watch it here on nine on your side... starting at eight o-clock. tri-state children will have a reason to smile this morning... thanks to a pair of cincinnati dentists. dentists.lifetime smiles on north bend road and springdale dental center on springfield pike are both offering free dental work to children.it's part of the give kids a smile program... aimed at helping children who don't have any lifetime smiles will be offering the service from eight a-m until 2 p-m... and the springdale dental center is open from noon until five. they'll provide

with the award winning people at "politifact" to double-check their remarks for accuracy. hillary clinton first criticized bernie sanders over health care -- saying the numbers of his plan don't add up and he would expand the government by 40-percent. sanders responded by pointing to the one thing millions of americans of paying are big bucks for... we pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. one out of five americans can't even afford the prescriptions their doctors are writing. writing. our panel of fact-checkers say sanders is "mostly true." prices of prescription drugs in america vary widely, but largely cost more than in other countries. the difference in cost can be as much as 395-dollars, reports show. we found only one study that showed the u-s on par with canada when it came to generic drugs... the profit margins however are much lower compared to name-brand medications. hillary clinton also tackled the economy in her opening statement. take a listen to how she characterized.. what is frustrating working americans. i know a lot of america

politifact will be working overnight checking statements for you. we'll have their good morning tri-state starting at four-30.. and on wcpo-dot-com... and our 9 on your side mobile app. now at 11... a story you'll only see on 9 on your side. an injured dog stumbling to a local man's home - and weeks later, with the help of so many - getting the medical attention he needs. 9 on your side's john genovese joins us live from 'noah's ark' clinic off colerain avenue with more. john. blue the dog is recovering from surgery tonight for a broken femur. he has been through a bit of everything this month of a loving family "it was the coldest night of the month - it was about 9 degrees"and out of the woods came a guest 'robert inhuman' wasn't expecting "saw that there was like a pitiful freezing to death - couldn't move, couldnt walk at our back porch" 1-year-old blue came wondering through the woods "gave info to friends - put it online - rescue sites"robert tracked down blue's owners - news was he needs surgery, i can't pay for it, we're gonna have him put t

politifact has rated that 'mostly true' ... saying the statement is accurate, but needs additional information. make sure you check back in on w-c-p-o dot com in the morning for a full rundown on tonight's debate. speaking of kasich ... he is betting it all on new hampshire.ohio's governor has said that if he doesn't put in primary ... he's prepared to pack in his presidential bid. kasich had a little fun yesterday with members of the media ... taking a break between what his campaign said were his 99th and 100th town hall events for a snowball fight with some journalists.a c-n-n w-m-u-r poll released on friday found kasich in a statistical tie with senator ted cruz for third place.9 on your side is tracking the polls closely ... we'll see if kasich's performance in the debate pushes voters either way by tuesday. new details in the search for answers after that deadly crane collapse in new york city. city.crews are still working to remove the wreckage left behind after the crane smashed onto the street in lower manhattan.they w

politifact has rated that 'mostly true' ... saying the statement is accurate, but needs additional information. speaking of governor kasich, he is a fight righ now to stay in the race.he's gone on record saying: if he doesn't put on a strong showing in tuesday's primary, he is prepared to suspend his campaign.9 is on yor side tracking the polls,we'll see if kasich's performance pushes voters either way. this morning after a chase and then shoottout with a suspect. that suspect was killed. killed.all this happened yesterday arond 5 p-m.police say the kenton, ohio officer was responding to a dispute call, but once he arrived.. the suspect.. stephen davis took off.during the chase davis stopped twice, both time using a rifle to shoot at police.just a few miles later he crashed his car, but did not survive.meanwhile, the officer is recovering, but we are waiting to learn just what his injuries were. the death toll from yesterday's earthquake in taiwan now stands 20.hundreds more are injured.what investigate. as the cleanup contnues

our politifact team will be working long into the night - reviewing statements from other candidates. we will post all our "truth ratings" on wcpo dot com and tell you what we found out tomorrow morning, on good morning tri-state. tonight at 11.. police say everyone is a suspect in the murder of middletown mother brittany russell. she leaves behind a six month old.. and a nine year old daughter. nine on your sides evan millward has more from one of russell's friends. evan. dayton police are hoping what they find on her phone will lead them to why she left home here in middletown -- to drive to an apartment parking lot in dayton.and to who was there when she was shot multiple times. jody sheeks (whio)/russell's neighbor i can envision her talking, things like that. neighbors become like friends. it was that way with jody and franklin sheeks and brittany russell.franklin sheeks (whio)/neighbor just heartbreaking, a lot of stuff like this happens all the time and no one want to do anything about it. it tears me up right now, wipes tear. thursday - a management company was cleaning out ru

politifact has rated that 'mostly true' ... saying the statement is accurate, but needs additional information. speaking of governor kasich, he is a fight righ now to stay in the race.he's gone on record saying: if he doesn't tuesday's primary, he is prepared to suspend his campaign.9 is on yor side tracking the polls,we'll see if kasich's performance pushes voters either way. the death toll from yesterday's earthquake in taiwan.it stands at 14 this morning.hundreds more are injured.what officials there are promising to investigate. as the cleanup contnues from yesterday's deadly crane collapse in new york city.the piece of equipment investigators hope can give them a clue as to what happened.you are watching good winter is hard on your nose. from first sniffles to endless runny noses. puffs plus lotion is soft. they help soothe irritation by locking in moisture better so you can face winter happily. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. with the death toll now at 20 taiwan officials promise to investigate why a high-rise in th

politifact has rated that 'mostly true' ... saying the statement is accurate, but needs additional information. speaking of governor kasich, he is a fight righ now to stay record saying: if he doesn't put on a strong showing in tuesday's primary, he is prepared to suspend his campaign.9 is on yor side tracking the polls,we'll see if kasich's performance pushes voters either way. the death toll from yesterday's earthquake in taiwan.it stands at 20 this morning.hundreds more are injured.what officials there are promising to investigate. as the cleanup contnues from friday's deadly crane collapse in new york city.the piece of equipment investigators hope can give them a clue as to what happened.you are watching good morning tri state weekend with the death toll now at 20 taiwan officials promise to investigate why a high-rise apartment building..fell over in that powerful earthquake. at least 12 of the dead came from that building.450 people are believed to have been injured in the six point four "magni-tude" quake that hit early

find all of politifact's "truth ratings" on wcpo dot com or our mobile app. pope francis is on his way to cuba at this hour... for what's being called an "unprecedented" meeting with his orthodox counterpart. francis and patriarch kirill will talk about reconciliation between the roman catholic and russian orthodox churches.the two churches have been split for nearly one-thousand years. pope francis is on his way to cuba at this hour... for what's being called an "unprecedented" meeting with his orthodox counterpart. francis and patriarch kirill will talk reconciliation between the roman catholic and russian orthodox churches. churches have nearly one-years. video just released from the oklahoma highway patrol. what it shows happening as a trooper investigates a crash on the side of the highway. a warehouse fire is smoldering right now.how long this has been going and why firefighters are having such a before contemplating the many choices on steak 'n shake's $4 dollar menu, one must calm the mind in our zen garden. focus. the garlic double steakburger meal.

she packed a punch at sanders with that one -- and politifact says -- it's *mostly* true. that's because our experts say it lacks some useful details. clinton claims sanders fight on the ground in syria... while sanders did advance that idea on two occasions... his comments were in the context of a multi-national muslim fighting force -- including nations largely friendly toward israel. so while hillary's claim is accurate, it lacks those details, and gets politifact's "mostly true" rating. the next republican presidential debate is tomorrow. you can watch that right here on nine on your side starting at eight o-clock. a-b-c world news tonght anchor david muir and chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz will moderate. case closed.browns quarterback johnny manziel won't face domestic violence charges.but his troubles aren't quite over. and the norse are facing a double-edged sword.why the kentucky governor's funding plan is good news, and bad news, for northern kentuycky university. it's a frosty start to our morning with temps near 20. skies will be clear for the

but not *almost all* of it.because sanders exaggerated parts of that statement, politifact gives it a "half true" rating. that will not be the only fact-check of the debate.we'll have more "truth ratings" coming up at 6.. and on wcpo dot com and our mobile app. the next republican presidential debate is tomorrow night.. you can watch that right here on nine on your side starting at eight o-clock. a-b-c world news tonght anchor david muir and chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz will moderate. breaking now the lebanon police department has issued a silver alert for a missing adult out of lebanon, indiana. indiana.police are looking for 78 year old william f. russel. they say he could be disoriented and require medical attention.russel stands 5 foot 10 inches and weighs around 190 pounds. police say he was last seen wearing white shoes, blue pants a turtleneck, and a burgendy windbreaker with the words "cool lake" printed on it.he could be driving a 2007 blue chrysler town and country 2-9-5-a-c-s. the gift of money for one local university could cause some new problems.why

politifact will be working overnight checking statements for you. we'll have their "truth ratings" for you on good morning tri-state starting at four-30.. and on wcpo-dot-com... and our 9 on your side mobile app. the search is on this morning for an aurora first responder who has been missing since monday. craig whitham was last seen at his aunt and uncle's home in rising sun.he's been an aurora e-m-t for over two decades. police say the 42 year old left his cell phone and wallet behind. angel adams says her cousin is the most dependable person she knows and his disappearance makes no sense. angel adams: cousin 05:24 it's just a whole range of emotions. one minute it's we know he's okay, he's probably just somewhere taking some and then we are sad. 37 facebook page to spread the word. "prayers for craig whitham, help us bring him home" has nearly 250 members. happening today... the tri- state's heroin epidemic will local law enforcement. enforcement.sheriffs from several tri-state counties will meet this morning to ask to public to help them take do

kasich gets it right. >> all right, jon greenberg from "politifact," thanks as always so much. >> my pleasure this is pbs newshour weekend sunday. finally tonight the white house said president obama does plan to nominate a replacement for supreme court justice antonin scalia in due time but not before the senate returned from its recess on february 22nd. obama spokesman eric sha ultz added quote at that point we expect the senate to consider that nominee consistent with their responsibilities laid out in the yeufnted states constitution. that is all for this edition of pbs newshour weekend. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your

so, 13 action news has teamed up with "politifact," one of the most respected fact checking groups in the nation. last night, hillary clinton immediately tackled the economy in her opening statement. she characterized what is frustrating working americans. (d) democratic candidate i know a lot of americans are angry about the economy, and for good cause. americans haven't had a raise in 15 years. there aren't enough good paying our team of politifact experts determined clinton to be "mostly true." she's right... if you look at the median household income and adjust for inflation. reports show it's actually dropped -7- percent over the last -15- years. however, earnings of wage and salary workers have risen by -2-p ercent over the same period. time now is x:xx --- next time you head to do some grocery shopping, maybe you'll consider getting a tattoo? whole foods announcing a tattoo parlor could soon become a part of your shopping experience. astronaut scott kelly is coming home from space after the longest stint in from space after the longest in american history. it's been over 300 da

so helping us do that, again, is politifact, the online project run by the "tampa bay times." jon greenberg is one of their "truth-o-meter" monitors, and he joins me now, from washington. so jon, let's start with donald trump. when asked about his economic plan, trump offered this claim: >> right now, we're the highest taxed country in the world. under my plan, we cut not only taxes for the middle class, but we cut taxes for corporations. >> brangham: jon, highest taxes in the world? what's your verdict? >> the verdict on that is famtion. i will say there are two ways you can measure tax burden. one is comparing tax revenues to the size of the economy.so when you do that, you find that out of the 30 wealthiest countries in the world, you see that the united states ranks 27th in terms of tax revenues, relative to the size of our economy. now, there's another way you can look at these things. you can take a look at tax revenues on a per capita, per person basis. when you do that, united states doesn't fare quite as well. it ranks 17th. but in neither case sit anywhere near the t

googling is exactly what politifact did. then they delved into court documents. our fact checkers found rubio is half true. a contractor trump hired... not trump himself... brought in 200 undocumented polish to demolish a building in new york city. trump claimed at the time he didn't know. a lawsuit later sought one-million dollars in damages. a judge ruled trump had to pay 325-thousand, plus interest. it went to appeal, but trump settled out of court, so it's unclear how much he ended up doling out. democrats bernie sanders and hillary clinton have one more fight ahead of them before super tuesday.tomorrow's primary in south carolina. power outages will cost a video our crews shot just this morning - shows hundreds of fish dead in their basement. the couple uses this area to breed fish. kelly lewber says the power was off from about 3:30 yesterday afternoon to 3:30 this morning. in that time, the temperatures in the tanks dropped dangerously low. lewber says power outages seem to be happening more often. "it's frustrating to hear they're on their way, their on t

republican presidential candidates face off there in a debate.and still to come in our next half hour, politifact puts the democrats to the test.see how truthful their claims were in last night's debate. a man accused of threatening students and staff at the st joseph orphanage altercrest campus in anderson township will face a judge in a few hours. hours.police say 18-year-old jaylin bankhead threatened to bring a gun to school and shoot people on wednesday. the school's website says altercrest provides students grades 6th through 12th with mental health services and other educational support. it's not clear if bankhead is a student there. this morning - dayton police hope they can track down why a middletown mom drove to an apartment complex with her baby before she was shot and killed. killed.they say they're looking through brittany russell's phone and have interviewed several people already.russell didn't have custody of her six-month-old daughter haven but was visiting her tuesday when she left with the baby.a building manager found her later in lt. andrew booher/dayton we are vetting what

the latest polls have trump leading in nine on your side is working with politifact to check the candidates' statements tonight for accruacy. our team will be working overnight on this. you can see their findings on wcpo dot com and our mobile app. tonight friends and loved ones are remembering and celebrating the life of grace white-- a 7-year-old girl who fought a battle with a rare brain cancer. her parents informed us she passed away last night-- 9 on your side's rose-ann aragon sat down with her loved ones--who say her legacy lives on. we introduced you to grace when she was diagnosed with dipg in november of 2014-- since then she's touched the lives of so many other people--people who called her energetic, strong -- people who are *continuing her fight today. (pkg)her loved ones called her extraordinary.(rob tewes- godfather & operation grace white foundation) "sees life from the perfection of a child. there's no way you can than 5 minutes when you're around that kid."(eileen jones- operation grace white foundation)"she had a great spirit. she was a true fighter."a 7-year-old girl-- d

nine on your side will be working with politifact tonight to check the candidates' statements for accuracy. we'll tell you if if they are true.. false.. or something in between tonight at 11. .and on wcpo dot com and our mobile app. p-and-g is tugging at the heart-strings for this year's super bowl ad. ad.unfortately the pantene ad features steelers player all appreciate watching a dad hair ... 1:06 - 1:17"hehe i'm good ... dady can you like put the bow inside the braid (pause) .. yea." yea."the message: girls who spend quality time with their women. hackers spying on you and your family! family!if you have a webcam you're at risk.the controversial website with an alarming lack of security. we're on your side with how to keep hackers out! you're watching 9 on your side at 5 all new at five - strangers spying on you and your family. right here for example, we're looking inside someone's living room - and they have no idea! hackers are taking advantage of this website called "show- dan" - and taking advantage of your mistakes!tonight we're on your side with how to protect yourself against th

to 5:00 p.m. newschannel 5 is partners with the folks at politifact to take what the candidates are saying and put it under a microscope. with the south carolina primary this week and the passing of the justice scalia, there was a lot for our jameson to look at. with the sites set on south carolina, republican front runner donald trump finds himself in the cross lairs of his own party this week. -- cross hair's of his own party this week. first n a web ad, using a cnn interview in 2008. >> i think bush is probably the worst president in the history of the united states. just seemed like she was going to look to impeach aboutish and get him out of office, which would have been a wonderful thing. >> reporter: the ads claims getting lots of talk in south carolina, an area known as bush country. >> and we do this a lot and find sometimes those clips are kind of spliced together to make things sound like they are not really what they sound like. in this case, he said it. >> reporter: trump since quieted hism peachment truck and polity fact rating this as true. the passing of supreme court talk

. >> politifact pointing out trump spoke highly of his sister but this week, saying she would not be the right person for scalia's seat. >> he was saying she would be good at it but i don't think that is going to happen and since named a couple of folks. donald trump threw out two names for consideration in last weekend's debate, two conservative judges appointed by george w. bush. we'll see you next week for another politifact fact check. >>> and the week ahead for republicans as they caucus in nevada on tuesday and debate on thursday in houston. the last debate before supertuesday. i'm john cossic, enjoy your sunday. -- john kosich, enjoy your sunday. >> and 148 days until the rnc and signs that it's not that close and coming fast. it's going to be here before we know it. >> yes. >> and warmer temperatures, too, and getting a preview of what we're going to see with yesterday. >> hopefully. >> and that was late spring. that is going to be, not what we're looking at the next few days. >> and we had a mild winter. you know, don't being that you can e -- don't think that you can escape

for this week's politifact fact check, i'm jason uhlerr. >> one of the city's new crown we have an update on the public square progress. moses looks at the middle of ontario street. recent thaw removing the snow that hit the progress being made here. in over three months the fencing, construction equipment and workers will be gone and public square will be public guns ben. -- once again. >> it's expects to be done june 1st as planned. so many trees are in now. you have the cafe under construction behind me. you have the water feature. you can see the fountains coming in. >> reporter: the project cost remains $37 million getting a boost near the finish line by an extra $3.5 million from the state. >> we have what we need now to complete the construction project. we're equally focused on taking care of the project and operating it, maintaining it. we continue to need to bring in resources so we're able to take care of this and use it actively for years to come. >> reporter: $3.5 million from the state was from funds the shoreway to the rock hall. a project that has been delayed but one the

a lot of wealth going to the wealthy but not as much as used to be. >> reporter: politifact rating his ads as half true and ons republican side, a new ad running in new hampshire supporting jeb bush is going after john kasich on ohio's budget. rating on spending of any governor in the country. republican or democrat. >> reporter: the ad accurately cites a report by the consider, a it, o institute on his record, but the kasich campaign said a complex accounting change to ohio's budget was inaccurately reflected. >> and that champed the whole population on how this report came together. you're looking at saying this is not accurate and we can see his point and jeb bush's super pack cite -- cited the report accurately. >> and rating this ad half true. if it's successful in new hampshire, it puts him at the bottom of the polls like in iowa and experts predict said that it could end john kasich's bid for the white house. we'll see you back here next week for another check. >>> and one of the most talked about moments happened before check out the intro for dr. ben car on. >> dr. ben carson.

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nine on your side will once again be working with politifact to check the candidates' statementswe'll bring that to you tomorrow... on good morning tri-state. former president bill clinton is bringing his wife's campaign to cincinnati. he's hosting a get out the vote rally on friday.details stop are not yet released. early voting for ohio's march primary starts on february 17- th. the former secretary of state lost to bernie sanders yesterday in the new hampshire primary. back on dry land... and under investigation...the questions the coast guard has for the cruise ship captain... follonging a wild adventure at sea. something new for lunch.it may not be the healthiest menu choice.why it's the biggest thing for burger king in decades. a chilly start to the day with feels like temperatures at or slightly below zero. highs will return to the mid 20s this afternoon with partly cloudy skies. minor snow chances are back on friday, breaking now.florence police are looking for two suspects they say robbed a udf employee at gunpoint.the gas station is located at the intersection of dixie & mou

nine on your side will be working with politifact to check the candidates' statements for you. former president bill clinton is bringing his wife's campaign to cincinnati. he's hosting a get out the vote rally on friday.details about when and where he'll stop are not yet released. early voting for ohio's march primary starts on february 17- th. the former secretary of state lost to bernie sanders yesterday in the new hampshire primary. now on 11 at 11... the u-s justice department is suing the city of ferguson to change its police department and comes after city leaders tried to change a settlement with the justice department on reforms... saying it was too expensive. those negotations began after weeks of violent unrest in ferguson that started after an officer shot and killed an unarmed teenager. a grand jury refused to indict the officer.. and the justice department decided not to pursue civil rights charges. an operation on the wrong newborn. the mother's reaction when she found out. and.. what that doctor is saying tonight. another streetcar arrives tomorrow. when you can

found trump to be false on this one. and making mexico pay for it certainly makes headlines but politifact found the debate came well before trump's candidacy for president. we're also checking plenty of other statements. see their ratings by going to our website at abcactionnews.com. >>> tonight abc action news pushing the clearwater fire department for answers on hiring procedures d. they do a background check on this man, an assistant chief? police charged him with shoplifting a 5-hour energy drink. officers telling us the assistant chief is claiming it was just an accident and he just fordot to pay. >> it's an unfortunate incident. it's very embarrassing for our department. we're not pleased to have to discuss this. >> we're learning also he was concealing or altering the price of merchandise. we're still waiting for city officials to tell us how he could have passed background checks. we'll let you know what they tell us. >>> new at 11:00 a polk county associate superintendent firing off an explosive letter to the school board, telling the board the whistleblower had a hind agenda. ha

. >> and we teamed up with politifact to fact check some of the debate statements from last night and found more than a few false ones. you can see those on www.abcactionnews.com. >>> and we're learning tonight donald trump will make a stop here in tampa later this week. he's holding a rally at the usf sun dome. tickets are free but should be reserved online. >>> and still ahead on abc action news at 11:00, a prank turns deadly at an olympic park. the actions by a group of teenagers costing some of them their lives. and what some say could've prevented it all. >> and then a huge spin on the super bowl. how this puppy faceoff is a win . >>> the search is on for three suspects after another shooting breaks out at a florida night club. this one happenings in orlando this morning. two people were dead and nine injured on universal boulevard. about 300 people were inside, officers say most the wounded were just innocent bystanders. >>> meanwhile in tampa, a reward is now offered to track down those responsible for a very similar shooting a night club here. 21-year-old marvin lancaster, iii

we taked up with politifact. while both sides made some points that were true, we also detected some embellishments. the first fact check comes from a statement san diverse made about workers in america -- san diverse made about workers in america and -- sanders made and why millions are giving up on the process. >> millions of americans are giving up on the political process. they are because they understand the economy is rigged. they're working longer hours for low wages. they're worried about the future of their kids, and yet, wealth is going to the top 1%. >> well, our team rated that statement half true. he made a couple of claims here, first that americans work longer hours for low wages. on average they're not. as far as almost all new income going to the top 1%. a lot of it has but not almost all of it. because sanders exaggerated parts of the statement, they gave it a half true rating. >> >> debate moderators took time ask clinton about her trade specifically on the trance. pacific agreement, here is wh

and put them in our politifact 'truth-o-meter.' begins w i've watched as the house across the street has sat empty for over six years. i've watched good friends have their homes foreclosed on. people are still really suffering, and they're looking for somebody that is going to create bold change. wall street gave bad advice and bad loans over and over again, and nothing happened. people are so excited about bernie sanders we need someone like bernie sanders that's going to fight for the middle class. we have to fix things now. sanders: i'm bernie sanders, southern nevada.. as the high winds give- way to some clear skies. but that wasn't the case earlier in the day as the storm moved through with snow.. and damage. let's check in with 13 weather first chief metorologist bryan scoffield. bryan. wind advisories and warnings will continue into the afternoon today with the highest gusts expected along the eastern side of the valley. gusts have been peaking around 50mph throughout the morning with gusts near 60mph

there aren't enough good paying jobs, especially for young our team of politifact experts clinton to be "mostly true." if you look at the median household income.... and... adjust for inflation. reports show... it's actually dropped... -7- percent.... over the last -15- years. the high-cost of medical care was also in play... hillary clinton first criticized.... bernie sanders saying.... the numbers of his plan don't add up... he would expand the government... by -40-percent. bernie responded.... by pointing to the one thing.... millions of americans are paying big bucks for. bernie sanders (d) presidential candidate in america. we pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. one out of five americans can't even afford the prescriptions their doctors are writing. our panel of fact-checkers say... sanders is.... "mostly true." prices of prescription drugs... in america vary widely.... but... largely cost more than.... in other countries. the battle over solar rates will take center stage in just hours. public utilities commissioners will vote tomorrow on whether

nine on your side will once again be working with politifact to check the candidates' statementswe'll bring that to you tomorrow... on good morning tri-state. former president bill clinton is bringing his wife's campaign to cincinnati. he's hosting a get out the vote rally on friday.details about when and where he'll stop are not yet released. early voting for ohio's march primary starts on february 17- th. the former secretary of state lost to bernie sanders yesterday in the new hampshire primary. a blanchester man in oregon is just one of many that plan to surrender today.where they're protesting now. former univeristy of cincinnati police officer ray tensing could finally learn when he'll stand trial for the murder of sam dubose.the deadline a judge has issued in the case. a chilly start to the day with feels like temperatures at or slightly below zero. highs will return to the mid 20s this afternoon with partly cloudy skies. minor snow i'm timing it out coming up. in the live alert... and breaking overnight... a small group of militia members at an oregon nature preserve say they'

just like we have politicheck, where basically it checks on whether people -- politifact, excuse me -where it says that politicians are speaking truthfully, we should have those same kind of metrics and tools, and we can use the universities as a resource. >> well, actually, jeremy nowak at the citizen actually did find an academic study -- i forget where it was from -- that found that the average philadelphian pays $1,300 a year in a "corruption tax." >> well, this is a function that used to be performed by the media and by the press. and, you know, as the press, particularly the printed press and electronic media, have been diffused through the internet, the resources available to do the kind of investigations that are necessary to bring to the public's attention cases of political corruption, which, by the way, isn't just politicians, it's the corrupters, the people who are paying, who also need to have a little sunshine on them. >> we got to take a quick break. when we come back, we're gonna take a look at urban redesign and jobs. more new ideas. we'll be right back. >> "inside st

we are teaming up with politifact to check some of the facts to see if they were being honest or stretched it truth. the debate also continue on the republican side, 7 of eight remaining gop candidates are preparing: they unvailed it candidate line up. in the trentsentencer, donald trump will be presence with rubio and cruz. cruz, though, is upset business woman carly is being excluded even though she received more votes in iowa than others. she reworked hard and deserves to be on the stage with the rest of them, he say. >> >> you can watch the entire debate right here on abc action news station. it starts at 8:00. we will amount stream the debate live. >>> today national go red for about heart disease, the number one kill of women and st. pete fire and rescue are offering free blood pressure screenings. it is happening in front of the municipal services center. that's at one-fourth street north. if you go you will get a free blood pressure screening and also materials to help put healthy life style. heart disease claims more lives than all forms of cancer combined. >>> look at that right

. >> our local politifact editor found it's true that he asked for a sales tax increase of $1.5 billion over two years but what the ad doesn't say is his plan also cut income taxes by two years. economists we spoke with also said to keep in mind most of the tax cuts did go to the wealthiest taxpayers rather families. >>> when we put that ad information up to our truth-oh- overall. >>> lead is not the only problem the city of flint, michigan dealt with in the past few years. in 2014, the city saw 87 cases of legionnaire's disease, 10 worst outbreaks of legionella in u.s. history. it's expected the water supply was to blame but as people started to die the cdc was never called in to find the source. according to cdc protocol a state must invite the cdc to investigate an outbreak and michigan didn't do that. >> the state stopped our investigation by prohibiting us to communicate. they prohibited communication between the center for disease control and genesee county health department. they prevented that team to come here and help us find the source. >> experts in the cdc say it's probably

. >> our local politifact editor found it is true that caseache asked for a sales tax increase of $1.5 billion over two years with you the ad doesn't tell over $1.8 billion in the same two years. an exist we spoke to said keep in mind most of the tax cuts did go to the wealth nest taxpayers rather than to -- wealthiest taxpayers rather than to lower middle class families. we would rate the ad as false on our truth-o-meter. >>> while many of the presidential hopefuls are in south carolina as we speak people in ohio looking to vote in our primary in march only have a few days left to register. the deadline to get on-line formation and complete is this upcoming tuesday. the secretary of state office in columbus will be open until 9:00 tuesday to accept the registrations. if you are mailing them in you need to have the forms postmarked by tuesday at the latest. >>> lead in the water is not the only health concern the city of flint, michigan dealt with in the past few years. in 2014 the city saw 87 cases were fatal. making it one of the worst outbreaks of legionella in u.s. history. water s

we'll see you back here next week for another politifact check. >>> and one of the most talked about moments happened before podiums. carson. carson did not hear his name being announced and instead, stood around awkwardly while him. a stage hand tries toway him out but he doesn't get the hint and eventually the same thing happened to donald trump as well. the awkwardness of the moment was mentioned on saturday night and that is on saturday night live as well. joining us now. weather, i guess. one more day and we're taking a temperatures. >> and the cold is back. you know, even me. weather-wise, it's going to feel like a nice spring day. the shout out towards ravena area and well towards the right of your screen. you can see that sunshine to the left. look at the clouds there starting to work in and you're going to say, wow, today is a lot warmer than yesterday and that is going to feel like spring. this is a friendly reminder. the first day of spring is march 20th, 42 days away and we're going to track in the cooler temperatures. and this is the weekend where you need to remember a

not just to print a box with politifact fact, i love them, but you have to be repetitious, repetitious, repetitious. bring it up, make them deal with it until they either take it back or admit they were wrong. >> real quickly, do you think it's possible we'll see news outlets be more forceful in the way that cnn's statement was last night? could we see more muscular fact checking in the next few months? i know a lot of viewers would like to see news outlets make clear, strong statements whether there are misstatements made by candidates. >> well, that's a great question. and the sort of fact checking industry i would say has never been so strong. so look, the point is exactly right. it almost doesn't matter if a candidate doesn't pick up the ball and run with it. cnn, "the new york times," politi fact can do the work, and believe me, they are doing diligent worveg work. at a certain point, the campaigns come down to a contest between candidates. what you saw last night was ted cruz go after not a candidate but a news network, much the way that donald trump has been engaged in a war wit

"politifact," award winning pulitzer prize winning website put together a whole list of fault statementsary. we have more jobs in solar than we do in oil. we have driven health care costs to the lowest they have been in 50 years. the gun industry only business in america wholly protected from any kind of liability. all my grandparents i am my i im emigrated to america. there are a lot of these, jessica. how can she get away with that. >> i don't think she has gotten away with it. david: but she is still saying it on television, that is the problem. >> she is not saying all of these things. part of what she was saying yesterday, you know, as truthful as she is she is trying to be real with american people as possible. not coming up with absurd things. david: ford, it is absurd for her to say she has never told a fib when we have so many accounts of the fibs that she's told! >> all you have to do is watch how she handled the email situation. i think lacking integrity is achilles' heel for hillary clinton should she become the democratic nominee. among democrats it doesn't seem to be her bi

we've heard all this cycle -- >> finally, i got politifacted correct low. >> we've heard how angry republicans are and how they resent the establishment. is it possible, you know politics so much is about timing, is it possible that you're not the right candidate for this moment for these angry voters this election cycle? >> here's what i know to be true. if i'm part of the establishment because my dad was the president, my brother was the president and one of the most popular women in america, barbara bush, is my mom, yeah, i am. but i disrupted, when i had a chance to govern and serve, i disrupted things and i can do it in washington, d.c. that's my message and that's what i'm going to keep fighting for. yeah, my mom is manage to help me out. that is fantastic. it would be weird if she didn't. >> "the tampa bay times" talked to a voter who added this caveat, i don't want to waste a vote if he's not going win or has no chance. what's your message to voters out there in new hampshire who like you but are worried that you can't go the distance and they don't want to waste their vote. >> i actua