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that's in the columbus suburb kasich calls home. many people looking to a win in ohio as a critical determing factor in whether or not kasich's campaign has a realistic path to the white house... part of the larger question as to whether any republican candidate can take doors open here today at 8. the event starts at 9. more than 600 tickets have been sold and even more are expected to show up this morning.reporting live in swilley..9 on your side. if want to avoid the lines on primary day.. or can't get to the polls then... you can cast your ballot today and tomorrow at county board of elections. they will be open from eight until four ... and from one until five on sunday. you can also vote monday from eight until two. the scripps regional spelling bee.it's happening today.9 is on your side with a live a big weekend for some of the best young spellers in the tri-state100 students will compete in tthis years 2016 scripps spelling bee competition. competition.alley krsaemer joins us live from cincy christian academy where them histo

. >> and eric was in uniform tonight as the rangers hosted columbus. the blue jackets trailed 1-0 early in the third period when cam atkinson gets out on the columbus ties the game at 1. but with under 3:00 to go, ryan forces a turnover and here comes stefan, he makes a gorgeous move for a short handed tally. stefan's 14th of the season. puts the blue shirts back on top. there was plenty of drama at the end of the game as columbus nearly ties it up at the buzzer, but check out the replay. a great pad save and the puck doesn't cross until after the clock hit zero. the rangers hold on to win their third straight game 2-1, the final. >>> in a flurry of moves at the deadline, the devils traded away forwards and defenseman. the islanders acquire forward shane prince from ottawa. in the nba tonight the nets are continuing their nine-game road trip to los angeles against the clippers. off the clippers' turnover. thomas robinson throwings s it down with authority to tie the ball game at 34. right now it's 43-42 clippers in the second quarter. the nets are searc

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jack: hi, everyone, i'm jack hanna, coming to you from my home base here at the columbus zoo. we're heading into arizona's bear country to come face to face with some of america's biggest carnivores. all these wolves gonna follow us right now? that thing looks like it's gonna jump in the truck. what are we doing here? this is stupid. black bears, wolves, and there's even a few donkeys, next, as we go "into the wild." hello, baby. hello. hello. i love you.

that's the big question. >> "q": here's a live look at columbus at the airport at port columbus and that plane right there belongs to republican trump. you can see hundreds of people with their cell phones going right now hoping to get a glimpse of the donald. he's expected to make a speech very shortly. >> laura: and he's in ohio. >> "q": that's right. we will keep you posted on what happens throughout the show. >>> all right. well a controversy now over anti-gay stickers at a school. a few students at shadow hills high school dedicated -- excuse me -- decided to decorate their i.d. badges with this antigay symbol when an eighth grader and other schools saw the stickers on social media, she wanted to do something about it, so, she started making her own stickers that you are seeing right there with the happy face and started coloring them in with all different colors hoping to make a change and make a difference. so that the students who are gay at her school can think better of themselves. and, as far as i am concerned, kudos to her. right? >> laura: yeah, you know, everyone has the ri

the event beings at 6:30 at the columbus convention center. senator sherrod brown and former governor - ted stickland will also be in attendance. now here in ohio the most recent fox news poll has governor john kasich beating trump by 5 percent! kasich brought that momentum to sharonville for the northeast hamilton county republican club's pancake breakfast fundraiser, that's where he spoke about all the controversy around donald trump... and the positivity around his campaign. "donald trump has created a toxic environment and a toxic environment has allowed his supporters and those who sometimes seek confrontation to come together in violence, there is no place for this." in the last week, kasich has said he he'll win the ohio primary this tuesday... touting success in job creation and the positive image of his campaign. "i will not change running a positive campaign cause' i will not seek the low road to the highest office in america and i want you to know that." in ohio if you are a 17-years old who will be 18 before the fall election... you

one of my close friends from iraq, he's been featured in the knights of columbus ads on tv, he himself was taken hostage and tortured and beaten. shot in the leg. they came at him with hammers, broke his teeth, nose, and back. finally he was released with ran some. entire towns have been taken captive in syria. there's 200 christians now captive in syria. their church pays ran some for them to keep them alive. 20 of them escaped recently. there was another group of towns taken captive for ran some last year. isis killed them last year to get more money out of the syrian church, $23 million for their release. far beyond the ability of that church. as a result in isis territory, there's no church, no priest or pastor, no intact christian congregation anywhere in isis control. this genocide designation by the u.s. government was welcome, but it was a surprise. because since october, the united states state department has been giving indications that it's willing to designate the yazidi religion as victims of genocide but not the christians. the yazidis have suffered tremendously. thousand

built for business. >>> welcome back to the ohio state university in columbus. th vermont senator bernie sanders. senator sanders, as you know in these town halls towards the end of them, we like to ask some questions so the audience can get to know you a little bit better. you are still relatively new on the national scene, and one question that i think that people might be interested in hearing is that we all know that you are very close with your wife jane and your family, but who are your friends? if you got nationals tickets in washington one day and say jane was out of town, who would you invite? >> well, we have some close friends, many who work with me in my office who i have known for years. my campaign manager is somebody who started working for me when he was 18 years of age. doing a great job running this campaign. so the people that i work with are often my closest friends, and back in burlington, i have some very dear friends who i have been close to for 30 or 40 years. >> as you know, washington works well when people in washington from both sides

his watch party at the renaissance hotel in downtown columbus was all about watching the michigan results. kasich did well with those who decided early and according to the exit polling, the mood reflected a sense of a campaign that could be on the cusp of catching on nationally. he told hundreds here that the strength of his team is moving into a position rethinks america is beginning to fear that message. mr. kasich: so i think the people are beginning to reward a positive campaign. one that they say to their children this is the way you conduct yourself in politics. i think the people are beginning to see that. and secondly, because of that, just wait one week from tonight. we are going to win the state of ohio and it will be a whole new ballgame. john: nevertheless, donald trump scored a double-digit win in michigan and now he takes aim at ohio too. in this crowd tonight, as you look at tracking what could be a mood swing in the next week, richard davis who brought his wife and teenage kids here from wilmington. he is very frustrated by the he wanted his family to see up close a presi

the ohio primary is shaping up i'm jennifer jordan and i'm those shields. kevin freeman is life and columbus where clinton and democratic event today. good evening. as you can see here there cleaning up and everyone is gone. in this huge banquet hall at the convention center the latest polls show that hillary clinton is up considerably ahead of bernie sanders. as you can see both heading up to tuesday. >> threats secretary of state hillary clinton and us senator bernie sanders -- about 3,000 ohio and democrats at the annual legacy dennis at the columbus convention center they honored the history including louis stokes and they look forward to sending at them look at either clinton or donald trump he is encouraging to get votes. this is about ending a corrupt campaign finance system that allows dillion errors to buy elections together we are going to overturn citizens united. clinton and sanders blast of them especially front runner donald trump just two days democrat make hopeful have too many young black people dying after counters with police like tamir rice just 12 years old will playing

jack: hi, everyone, i'm jack hanna, coming to you from my home here at the columbus zoo, and welcome." we're heading to my old stomping grounds, in eastern tennessee, for an epic adventure with an american icon, the majestic bald eagle. [eagle screeching] oh, wow! al: you're gonna grab its talon and then you're gonna tuck the wings under your arms. jack: see conservation in action, as we return bald eagles "into the wild." there he goes! golly day! just learning how to fly for the first time!

the trump tower. it sits right there at columbus circle. a very well-known area. police lining the street. s we watch this progress, you can still drive through columbus circle in some spaces. but it is not necessarily been blocked off in the outer ring that surrounds columbus circle. so if you were in in the area, although there are these groups of individuals protesting the presidential candidate, donald trump, you are still able to pass through. so at this moment, this area, this protest here in new york city at 2:03 local time as we take you to a different picture in fountain hills, arizona, protesters there blocking a road. and again, this appears to be as peaceful as the video we were showing in you new york city, this is an event there in arizona in fount tain hills, arizona. a donald trump event that will be happening very soon. just earlier in the day, not 2:00 in the afternoon as it is in new york city. we go to jacob rascon who is at the arizona event. and has some information for us as this protest blocking a main road has been developing over the last hour. and to you, jacob, o

. @>>> garfield heights high @school is on a mission to cut @down the nets in columbus, @what's standing in the team's @way and why this is a pass @straight ahead. @>> here's what's coming up on @nbc brought to you by karl @maximum, the way -- car max, @ @>>> well, i'm sure you're @watching your brackets, but @there was another kind of march @madness happening this weekend @down in columbus, and we're @joined with a hoop scoop @tonight. @not just college for march @madness and the state of ohio, @the semis continued all day @long in columbus. @it was the cornerstone @christian, for the state final @4, how would it go? @michael oliver had a good time, @cornerstone christian from @michael had a huge game. @he scored 30 points. @and cornerstone christian comes @back and they're headed to the @game tomorrow with a 73-63 win @overwhelming ton. @best of luck to them. @>>> the division 1 semis tipoff @tonight and that includes @garfield heights. @a familiar foe was standing in @their way from reaching the @state championship. @>> they're high once again at @garfield heights. @the ride almost ca

the knights of columbus went to the region to gather facts and they used the same questionnaire thathe powell teams used. about 30 experts and christian leaders, from cardinals to an expert for american progress on the left -- a whole array of christian leaders -- signed a letter asking secretary kerry for a meeting so that they could come in and brief him about the situation on december 4. we never got an answer. one month before the deadline for genocide designation, the state department went to the knights of columbus, because they had been running television ads, and asked them to collect facts and present it to them in a report. which is what the report did. without waiting for the findings to come back to them, they visited, state department officials, went visiting state officials from iraq and told them genocide was out of the question. the state department did not have any interviews of christian leaders directly dealing with isis over the islamic tax issue. this is the pivotal issue over whether isis intended to destroy christians as it did yazidis to meet the definition of

the kasich campaign kicking? wlwt news 5' s john london was in columbus last night at a watch party for the ohio governor. john: governor john kasich got the momentum he wanted out of michigan, telling folks here in columbus tonight that he senses a shift in how his campaign will be regarded nationally. accompanied by his wife and teenage daughters, john kasich told his watch party in downtown columbus he' s very pleased with the michigan numbers and what they mean for the tuesday to follow. mr. kasich: and now the home-court advantage is coming going to win the state of ohio. it' ll be a whole new ball game. john: ohio' s governor heavily invested his time and resources in michigan, a state donald trump took by double digits. those at the watch party have watched trump upend this republican primary process. folks like richard davis, who wilmington to see a trump alternative up close. >> i' m very frustrated with the tone of this campaign so far, s one of the reasons re here tonight, so that my children get to see a man who represents himself and this nation in a way that they can look up to. ohio as well

and the fair taking place july 27th through august 7th in columbus. find the full lineup list and ticket pricing online. >>> and 6:36. still ahead on this friday, bogus lawsuit is -- the shooter. and police are saying there is no way he is suing uber. >> and standing versus sitting. we have the study you have -- and buy one. first, though, let's get another check with somara. >> and all right, here is a look at a few forecasted highs for today. ashland, 54. and you can go farther south, it gives a chance to get warmer along the lake shore and cooler in cleveland, 46 degrees today and paramedic a48; akron, 55 and -- paramedic a48; akron, 55 and we're in for an interesting day. snow chances are coming up. stick around. you're watching good morning . >>> we're approaching 6:40 here. there is a new drug out there that is giving a little bit of hope to a northeast ohio family and their five-year-old daughter. page suffers from a severe seizure condition. a good day means that she had 10 seizures at preschool. on a bad day, she can have more than 100. >> i d

down here, franklin county, the middle of the state, columbus is the state capital.tends to vote democrat in november in a tough race, but a five-point lead here if mitt romney in the columbus area and suburbs around it. the suburbs very important in a republican race. most importantly, hamilton county down in the southwest corner of the state. cincinnati and the suburbs around cincinnati. again, look, a 20-point win for mitt romney there. a big win in the cleveland suburbs. decent win in the middle of the state, columbus suburbs. a huge win in the cincinnati suburbs. why is that important? because if somebody else like rick santorum did to mitt romney wins the rural areas of the state, to win the state, you have to run up the numbers in the population centers and close suburbs. that was key to romney four years ago. it's critical for governor kasich tonight. >> thanks very much. we're going to check back in a little while. let's go to anderson. >> let's check in with our reporters, analysts. nia-malika henderson, what are you looking for tonight? donald trump has be

@his rival -- tonight at 11:00, @i'll have a run down of the @clinton and sanders speech. @live in columbus, tom beres. @>> we're going under the hood @for those plugging in. @the @democrats are a winner takes all @situation like in the republican @race or no? @>> we've heard so much about the @republicans being winner takes @off. @the democrats do it @proportionately. @there's 143 @delegates up for tuesday tallied @up for the two candidates. @>> thanks, tom, we'll see you at @11:00. @>>> clinton was in highland in @appearance. @she spoke at the @azon fellowship church. @per @opponent sanders is back in town @tomorrow with appearances in @akron and young town. @shortly @after clinton wrapped up this @morning, john kasich on the @other side of our area in @strongs villas the governor @makes a big push to win his home @state. @what do we have here? @>>reporter: standing here at @ @kasich's town hall meeting, the @governor reiterating his @approach to winning saying he'll @take the high road all the way @to the white house. @>> we need to honor the small @businesspeople. @>> kasich laid out hi

donald trump has arrived in the rally in columbus, set to emerge from his plane. you see staff members coming off the plane right now, and donald trump obviously will not be far behind. we continue to bring you the latest on the trump rally and his message to his constituents ohio is not going to the ballot today, but super tuesday is upon us and 12 other states in american samoa also going to the polls today. donald trump is not too concerned about those states, he has the big lead in most of those dates, etc. texas, where ted cruz is leading. he is currently sitting senator there. our coverage continues for 2016 as we wait for the full report on news five at 5:00. beyond the call of duty. , the story behind the ohio man, awarded the medal of honor. plus, a new option from one of cincinnati' s favorite ice cream makers. our taste test of the mystery flavor, from graeter' wh mark: welcome back. we continue with commitment coverage. donald trump has just arrived in ohio, and we see new jersey governor chris christie they are getting ready to introduce donald trump.

they will be greeted by many members of the columbus community. >> they are the only high school in the country to ever win the competition two years in a row. >> big congratulations to you. >> they put the word out on social media and twitter. >> they are all over the place. >> still ahead. richard simmons speaking out. >> addressing concerns that he is held against his will for the pass two years with. >> this is the (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. . >>> rich of richard simmons is speaking out. an article by the new york said he stopped returning calls and e-mails. the fitness guru had not been seen for two years and reported that his friends believed he was being held against his will. he spoke to entertainment tonight. >> for the last 40 years, i have been traveling. teaching classes. he had a knee injury. s

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and us senator bernie sanders -- about 3,000 ohio and democratss at the annual legacy dennis at the columbus convention center they honored the history including louis stokes and they look forward to sending at them lookn at either clinton or donald trumpe he is encouraging to get votes. this is about ending a corruptg campaign finance system that allows dillion errors to buy elections together we are going to overturn citizens united. clinton and sanders blast of them especially front runner donald trump just two days democrat make hopeful have too many young black people dying after counters with police like tamir rice just 12 years old will playing at a park we have a broken criminal justice system we will have to reform that criminal justice most came to support one candidate others remain on it decided all into the we will have the power to create a government that works for all of us not just the 1 percent. much thank you and god bless you. hillary clinton he's been friendss with her. he also remembers bernie sanders back when he ran for president right now no endorsement for him both

reef and and and bernie sanders will be headlining the democratic party the event will be at the greater columbus convention center at 4:30 in the afternoon. courtis fuller will be at the event. we will carry it live on air and a w lw t.com. the gop held its annual dinner in butler county and john appearance since refining -- resigning from congress last october. he was the guest of honor at the annual dinner, receiving a standing ovation with lots of cheers from the crowd as he made his way to the podium. he joked with them that they were trying to make them cry. he spent 34 years in politics. john boehner: i have no regrets about where i retired or however tired. every day i am grateful that i am not there. jonathan: i believe him. he told the crowd that he is supporting john kasich for president. he said that he and kasich have been friends for 30 years. local leaders joining forces for a get out the vote event today. hosting the souls to the polls event at the handle -- hamilton county board of elections. it will include a prayer vigil, assigning of the voter bowl of rights. attendance. wlwt

the nomination. today, clinton and sanders will columbus at the greater columbus convention center. doors open at 4:30. program begins at 6:30. courtis fuller will be at the event and we'll carry it live on air and at wlwt.com. last night, the gop held its annual lincoln day dinner in butler county. former house speaker john boehner made his first public congress last october. he was the guest of honor at the annual dinner. he received a standing ovation and lots of cheers from the crowd as he made his way to the podium. he joked they'd tried to make him cry. boehner spent 34 years in politics. >> i have no regrets about when i retired. i have no regrets about how i retired. and every day, i'm grateful that i'm not there. >> boehner also told the crowd he's supporting ohio governor john kasich for president. he says he and kasich have been wlwt is leading the way tuesday night. watch our special coverage of the primaries as ohio votes. we'll have live coverage beginning at 7:30 when the polls close. then you can join us for a special edition of wlwt news 5 at 10:00 and 11:00. thousan

that has candidates starting to come to our area. donald trump is holding a rally right now at the columbus airport. trump is beating ohio governor john kasich by about five percentage points right here in the buckeye state. kasich has said he's staying in the race at least until ohio's primary. >> donald trump will make a stop in louisville, he'll be at the kentucky international convention center at 4:00. >> voters go to the polls on super tuesday, today, republican donald trump leading marco rubio and the rest of the gop field in several states in play. democrat hillary clinton is expected to rack up many more delegates than bernie sanders today which could make her virtually unstoppable. coverage as the results come in. join scott pelley for special coverage starting at 10:00 p.m. right here on local 12. >> another cincinnati neighborhood getting a huge makeover in the community. kicking off a 90-day blitz program. mayor john cranley was there along with representatives from the cincinnati reds who are helping out with the effort. it has been very successful in other neighborhoods. the

. >>> the ohio state house is stepping up security, the columbus dispatch reporter the visitors bags will be scanned by x-ray machines at the -- [ inaudible ] . >> in america, if you work hard, you're supposed to be able to get ahead. no matter who you are, or where you started out. -- >> building last year. >>> an ohio councilman is charged with disorderly conduct after a pregnant city employee claimed he inappropriately touched her belly. according to the complaint, fremont councilman wrapped his arms around the woman's waist several times and allegedly made sexual comments, he denies the allegations and is due in court on wednesday. >>> all right. now, the power of 5. the rain will remain through the monday morning commute. tera blake is breaking down the forecast, hour-by-hour. hey, tera. >> tracy, overnight, we expect rainfall, very similar to what you had all throughout the day today. temperatures will be warming with the warm front, though, and not bad out there, event currently -- even currently. 54 in akron for us. drier towards ashtabula. 63 in wooster, and 53 in mansfield.

collaboration for the masterwork symphony in c was deemed one of the best performances of the year by the columbus dispatch. backed by george gershwin's most popular melodies, who cares? has the spirit of a broadway performance, coupled with the from the legendary george balanchine. trey mcintyre's wild sweet love woman on her journey through episodes of heartbreak, revealing the many faces of love. mcintyre's piece chasing squirrel which was performed on tour at new york's joyce to cincinnati season in and was described enquirer as "a raucous work, exuberant and raw in a way rarely seen on the ballet stage." age of innocence, columbus, is a neoclassical piece choreographed by balletmet's own artistic director edwaard liang, set to the music of thomas newman and acclaimed minimalist composer philip glass. cincinnati audiences may be familiar with liang's piece feast of the gods which was also featured in director's choice last season. inspired by jane austen novels, age of innocence is a compelling exploration of women's roles in society during that time period, reflecting on their lack of voice a

town hall with cnn's senior political correspondent brianna keeler and jeff zeleny who is at the rally in columbus, or who will be the rally in columbus when sanders arrive. brianna, we are seeing hillary clinton doesn't appear to be taking this for granted. even though she came to this race as heavy favorite for democrats. but there are many turning point, haven't there, for hillary clinton who is trying to appeal it to a different electorate, with just about every pivotal moment of this primary race. >> hillary clinton is looking at michigan. there are a lot of similarities between michigan and ohio and also missouri and illinois. these are industrial states. this was a huge upset for her in michigan that stole some of the wind from her sails even though when you looked at that night as a whole, she netted more delegates than bernie sanders. it gave bernie sanders this idea of momentum that he had this big upset really the biggest upset of entire primary cycle for democrats. you look at how she is campaigning and this is a point i heard jeff make over and over. you can see how much energy she pu

on the campaign trail with mitt romney today.nine on your side's craig mckee is on his way to the columbus area ohio right now for a one-on-one interview with governor kasich. see a live report from craig coming up at six - and that interview tonight, on nine on your side at eleven. for complete coverage of the ohio primary on air and on wcpo.com. wcpo.com.we'll tell you any problems at the polls - and your primary results once the polls close at 7:30. 7:30.nine on your side at seven will include one-hour of coverage as the polls are closing. closing.and we'll have political experts on hand to answer your primary questions. chat live with us on the nine on your side facebook page tomorrow from ten until 10:30 adams county deputies are trying to figure out how a man died.his body found on the side of a rural road next to his pickup truck.nine on your side's t-j parkers tells us why his death may be related to drugs. t.j.: "adams county coroner, doctor larry best, says when he say the body this morning here along rausch hill road near manchester he found a liquid and drug paraphernalia, next

this story breaking news coming up in later editions of cleveland 19 news. petition is asking the columbus mayor to build a statue to honor macho man randy savage. it's gotten 3,000 signatures so far. the petition says that macho man randy savage is known as one of the very best professional wrestlers of all time. he was born in columbus, raised in zanesville. now macho man randy savage died in 2011 after suffering a heart attack while driving. >> "q": well, talking about macho, watch what this karate kid did when he thinks the instructor is bullying his classmate. a girl is tussling with her martial arts instructor when out of nowhere, a pint size protecter comes to her rescue. as she kicks out of the hole, the little girl's hero comes to deliver a body blow to her instructor. >> laura: now, science could help prove patriots quarterback tom brady's innocence in the deflate gate scandal. the evidence comes from a 7th you believe that? >> reporter: this 7th grader's name is ben goodell. yes, goodell. he's a patriots fan with a favorite player. >> would it be fair to say you are a tom brady

it is scheduled to be at 2:30 in the afternoon at the botanical gardens in columbus. kasich's campaign is raffling off a chance to meet the former california governor and movie star. >>> and looking ahead to the ohio primary, republican governors will face a very confusing battle this year. it's two to the party's large field of candidates. the gop ballot will require voters to select there will be -- at large presidential delegate as well as one for the voters' congressional district. republicans say only the at- large vote will count. >>> well moving now to a bizarre story out of cincinnati, where a mom pleaded not guilty after being accused of falsely reporting her car stolen with her baby in the backseat. police say after 28-year-old nicole benton triggered a frantic three-hour search for her child and car, she took a cab to a friend's house and picked up the 18-day-old girl, and returned home. benton's lawyer called the whole thing a communication mixup, and said a his client. >>> well a national article putting cleveland in a less than favorable light has the cit

the religious community religious leaders." and with more than 30 films to his credit, columbus is fully aware how the industry is changing. columbus says: "i think it gets tougher to make original films you know that's the disappointing thing about what's going on i'm as responsible for it as anyone u you know people are looking for franchises that they know." ton more comic book films coming out star wars is coming back harry potter again there is a new series of harry potter so where does that leave room for the big new original movies that's scary to me." columbus says: "you can either make a small paranormal activity movie there or you can do under 20 million which we did with the young messiah or those 40 million dollar movies dramatic films are no longer going to exist and that's the sad thing because those are the kinds of movies that inspired me to become a filmmaker." in hollywood, michelle pollino fox news. ducklings.... the very cute video is coming up next but first... smile it's your birthday! we want to wish a very happy birthday to.... cheyenne who turns 15 today and... kaylee turns 18 today. and a very happ

elise finch is out with the columbus circle in for lonnie tonight. >> reporter: hey, maurice. yeah, so definitely cooler today than yesterday and the day before. we have the mobile weather lab here in columbus circle and, of course, the instrumentation on the top telling us that the temperature we are getting right here in this spot, 61.9 degrees. take a look. there it is on the back of the screen. definitely cooler than what we had. let's look at current temperatures in the rest of the tri-state area. we have 48 degrees in monticello the cool spot. still 60s in addition to the city also in white plains at 60, 62 for bridgeport and islip and somerville belmar at 64 degrees. when you take a look at the temperature difference between now and yesterday, it is 16 degrees cooler now than it was this time yesterday in the city same for belmar and somerville, 15 degrees cooler in andover. it is 10 degrees cooler in white plains. so what were our high temperatures today? well, there they go. still in the 60s. still well above where we should be. had yesterday and the day b6 8 for jfk.

tournament also in state hoops take the three points and shooting down i 71 to face the ohio state buckeyes in columbus and run one of the end it tournament visits will be facing a team that's usually a big dance entry on his boys were ousted michigan state. >> in america the end it opening-round game gets up at 7:00 o'clock done in the capital city it looks like lebron has another high-profile talent joining the clutch sports group and he runs for much paul then simmons of the talented freshman at lsu has agreed to be represented by clutch according to reports he is one and done for the tigers to area teams are reaching columbus for the first time the bay bay rockets in the cornerstone christian academy in will it be the patriots are heading to columbus after reading the regional encampment and kudos to sophomore guard who is one of three boys to be named in the division for player of the year to the associated press they averaged 20 points a game the patriots will play friday morning against columbus those kids there and they certainly deserve it good luck to all always appreciate your time very big

the n.i.t. and it will be in columbus at the value city arena. the tipoff is for 7:00 p.m. tonight. >>> and don't go anywhere. the nafta trade treaty -- 850,000 jobs lost. special trade status with china -- 3 million jobs lost. now the trans-pacific trade deal could cost america 448,000 more jobs. only one candidate for president has opposed every disastrous deal -- bernie sanders. while others supported unfair trade deals, bernie stood with american workers. he'll take on wall street and their trade deals because he doesn't take their money. for jobs. for us. bernie. sanders: i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. . >>> welcome back to the morning sprint. from the live desk, three police officers hurt in a the suspect is dead. police investigating the reported drug activity which led to a foot chase. a man opening fire on the officers. according to a police spokesperson, one of the officers returned fire killing the suspect. a woman also arrested in connection with the shooting. the three officers were taken to the hospital and are expected to survive. >>> and let

at noon stacy is live right now. >> good morning his new relic will be at the hangar here at the columbus airport in a winner take all day the latest showing donald trump is the leader in herr with a 31 percent governor kasich is at 26 percent here in his own state trump arrived in town on a timer queues kind of is kind of been dealing with controversyy on the heels of chanting black lives matter of timeme magazine reporter reporting was grabbed by the neck and shoved to the ground after he reporters are confined.e the new york billionaire husband sending out criticism this week bi and then interview with cnn next sunday at one of those negative seem to be having an impact on the numbers rally around him. >> the room holds 3,000 people. outside theyho have 11,000 people trying to get in. amazing. amazing. they showed him with a commanding lead he will be the front runner by the end of the day today. >> done in columbus this morningng breaking news we are filing for you cleveland police on the lookout for a black truck it happened at the church square after 430 this morningy cleveland poli

we're talking about the columbus zoo's newest additions. >> cute factor going on born wednesday night they appear healthy. you can see them here with their mother. thanks to this new arrival there are now seven siberian tigers at the columbus zoo, they are native to russia and critically endangered because of overhunting. a lot of fluffy fur there. >> you can see a little. >> to reality. one team moves on, one team they are coming home. and one still has yet to play. >> john clark is live in brooklyn where temple just lost in overtime. a heart breaker especially i'm sure for you watching it. you're a temple alum. >> reporter: yeah, it is heartbreaking, you see a lot of temple owls leaving right now, very disappointed. they were that close, we'll have that story, we'll hear from villanova, they are advancing, all coming up next live from brooklyn. >>> well, we've got some wet winter-like weather over the weekend. enough w's for you. that's going to bring a mix of snow and rain. i'm tracking the conditions you can see depending on where you live. my exclusive nbc 10 first alert forecast

courtis fuller is not in the anchor desk tonight because he is in columbus covering the democratic candidates. karin johnson is outside donald trump' s town hall event in westchester. first, john london has more on trump' s message to his many supporters tonight. john: that message was that the country is not strong and respected in a he, as president, would make the country strong and respected. he was short on details, but strong on what his supporters wanted to hear. build a wall kill common core, , destroy isis. two infiltrated protestors with bernie signs picked their moment. trump called it ignorant. got off a good line once they were out, saying, anybody else want to stand up right now? it' s a shame we wasted two tickets. he was an hour late. no one asked if he forgot to his stream of consciousness remarks touched upon just about everything. hillary' s a disaster. common core will be dead. can' t believe the level of dishonesty in the press. assured keith maupin prisoners of war are real heroes despite what he said months ago about john mccain. he said if he can win ohio next tuesday,

maybe a mile long march from the columbus circle area. but they did not have a permit. rly this morning. nonetheless, they planned to march and they have done so and you see nypd out in full force now. these are anti-trump protestors and they are indeed not too far from the trump tower in which mr. trump lives with his family on 5th avenue in the heart of manhattan. that is 57th street right there. i'm seeing a store that is on the corner of 57th and madison avenue. so you see protesters through the center of your screen carrying signs. no doubt they are part of all of this. so we're keeping a close eye on things in manhattan. very close to where we're broadcasting at msnbc world headquarters and also fountain hills just a couple minutes from when sheriff arpaio scheduled to introduce donald trump. protesters have used their cars to block the road leading in to found ttain hills. lots of heated exchanges. we're staying on top of this for you. more after a short break. ve ast ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term con

ted cruz will appear at the performing arts center in columbus this evening. again, the event is free but you must register if you want to,. >>> an appellate court judge issued a major ruling friday granting ajor r request to let a 17 -year-old boat in the ohio t primary. ohio law allows candidates to nominate someone for the election if there will be 19 by that time but the ohio secretary of state said they're but t voting for delegates so it should not be allowed. an appeal is not likely because the court will no not be allowed to hear the case into until after tuesday's primary and don't forget you can head to the polls before ohio's tuesday primary if you're ready to vote. cast your ballot at your local board of elections from what i i 1:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. today. tomorrow is the last day fora early voting 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and is the last day you can mail0 p your election in and of coarse election day course election day is tuesday the 14thn and we will have real-time results as soon as the of the resultse w and plenty of action on fox eight news at 10:00 p.m. >>> 7:41 a

the folks two. teams are rich in columbus for the first time that they rockets are the cornerstone christian academy in willoughby. and yesterday kudos to the sophomore guard hears from the three kids to be named division for the year the patriots play friday morning again:this wellingtonin willoughby. and yestph those are plenty of partisan they o have made their way down to columbus as well. let's go patriots 4:27 a.m. is your time. keep it right here for private and traffic updates. calling for younger voters. why for the first time the field with two counts of the at 17. police investigating to retake all come to look for america all come to look for america i'm bernie sanders, good morning. look at that shot. give yourself some extra time pretty 6 degrees. my name is wayne dawson let's get right to scott and see the fog will burn off. temperatures are actually coin down and spots into the 40s. northwind is turning to take over where 47 in the layer mid 50s for the gunman as temperatures drop you and you getting crashing the third two-point. they end up getting and that's really starting to deve

this is on the columbus avenue side near 64th street. additional police art hippity in a parking garage. the condition. back to you. juliet: thank you. new calls for people in chinatown to stop the construction of skyscrapers. skyscraper. creating 200 of them. the mayor is destroying the fabric of their community. >> a are not building things that are affordable. oklahoma city. a federal grand jury. let's go to lauren simonetti. a weird story. >> the timing is very questionable. a real pioneer in this industry. the oklahoma city thunder. energy leases in oklahoma. on wednesday morning at 9:00 o'clock, he was driving an suv into crashed himself straight into a bridge. he was expected to turn himself in. a story with a lot of? 's. his background is a little tricky. they're looking into potential suicide. >> it looks like he had many chances to turn away. he could have correct it himself. >> all right. the department of transportation. juliet: the sets are saying that they took action to illuminate any confusion. nobody smoking on any flight

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reporting from istanbul on this blast taking place in the capital of ankara. >>> welcome back. we're in columbus cnn is hosting the democratic town hall and we're going to talk more about politics now in the u.s. the senator marco rubio knows that he has to win his home state of florida on tuesday where the republican primary is about to be under way. and if he does, he will secure 99 delegates. florida is a win-or-take-all state. joining me is the editor for "the miami herald." good to see you. >> hi, there. >> is there confidence that marco rubio will be able to secure his home state? >> i don't think so. i want to clarify one thing, my newspaper did not endorse marco rubio for the primary. we recommended him. we never endorsed simply because that means we buy hook, line and sinker into everything that a candidate believes and that's not the case here. >> so what's the difference? why would a newspaper recommend and not endorse? >> well, we make recommendations taking into account warts and all of a candidate. and we have had our disagreements with senator in the area of abortion, lgbt rights,

i' m jack hanna, coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown." a lot of baby animals are cute and cuddly, but only a select few get to be called cubs. oh, look at them playing. today we've got bear cubs... i knew we' d see some bears but never expected to see a mother and three baby bears. lion cubs... he says i' m not letting go of

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the knights of columbus urges the obama administration to recognize these as genocide which has not yet done. >> there is only word that adequately and legally describes what is happening to christians and other minorities in the region. that word is general side. for the united states government to stand alone in denying that this is genocide would be shameful. and an abdication of not just leadership but of cooperation and common sense. >> the state department has a mandated deadline on march 17 to declare whether it will declare isis actions as genocide. >> this is something the president takes quite years russly. as it relate to the state department will have to take a look at it. i don't want to get ahead or interfere. today the house had the vote in the congress. it is not just christians. it is others. >> how do people get up in the morning? how do i get on work? do i need on convene with a group of people to find out which subway to take? what shall i have for breakfast? this is so onls. he compared isis to the joker. that doesn't make obama batman. he is more like orphan annie.