todd: sydney barth plans to answer the call. her interest in politics got a big boost when she snapped this photo with former president bill clinton. >> only being 17, i didn' t even think i' d have the opportunity to vote this year, and i found out i could vote. i could work the polls and i met the former president of the united states. todd: election officials appreciate that kind of youthful cultivates a new generation of poll workers. reporting live downtown, todd dykes, wlwt news 5. mike: when next tuesday arrives, each precinct in hamilton county will have the minimum number of poll workers required which is four. sheree: but because turnout is expected to be high, elections officials would like to have six workers per precinct. mike: if you' re interested in becoming a poll worker, we have more information on our website, wlwt.com. an update tonight on early voting numbers here in ohio. the secretary of state says so far 328,000 absentee ballot requests have been made all around the state and half of cast. a facebook vide

todd: who do you plan to caucus for tomorrow? vote for is mr. trump. sheree: you heard nancy snyder say she supports donald trump. he campaigned in louisville earlier this week. if you' re wondering why kentucky' s gop is holding a caucus tomorrow former candidate rand paul wanted to run for the white house while remaining eligible to run for the senate in the may primary. mike: as for ohio governor john kasich he' s back on the road in holland, michigan. kasich says he' s trying to keep that positive campaign going and says you will not beat donald trump by smearing him. also speaking in maryland today. protection for this summer' s gop convention. cleveland plans to buy 2,000 riot-control suits with prepares to host the july convention. thousands of police officers on hand. the convention is expected to draw at least 50,000 visitors. sheree: dearborn county officials are still looking for want to arrest him. prosecutors say craig whitham stole more than $106,000 from the emergency rescue in one year. that' s half the squad' s entire budget. prosecuto

reporting live in dayton, todd dykes, wlwt news 5. mark: todd, thank you. we have ongoing coverage of the school shooting online at wlwt.com, and on our wlwt mobile you can watch more interviews from the scene. greater cincinnati is bracing for a storm. wlwt news 5 meteorologist randi rico has cincinnati' s most accurate forecast. randi: many towns saw a quick burst of rain rumble of thunder in the morning hours. now the steady rain is rolling through southeastern indiana, right on time, crossing over the state line and heading into ohio and kentucky. some of the areas of rainfall you can see those continuing through counties. a little bit of heavy rain south of wilmington. also a pocket overtopped and lightning. s a the hoosier state. connors will seeing intense lightning. further south, ripley county is at this point. heavy rain falling along 421 once the steady rain rolls through for most of us over the next couple of hours, i wouldn' t expect the back edge of that rain to get to us until 4:00 p.m. several hours of sustained downpours. there is some thre

todd dykes, wlwt news 5. lisa: hillary clinton feeling confident after her ohio win and is now less than 900 delegates short of clinching the democratic nomination. courtis fuller has the response from both democratic candidates. after clinton' s important win. courtis: it was a big night for hillary clinton because she saw her numbers increase to the all important 2383. of course that is the number needed to clinch the nomination. there was a confidence and a little extra pep in her step. she said there is a big difference running for president and being president. after losing michigan, this was the rebound night she needed. she didn' t ask bernie sanders to get out of the race, but there was a clear hint in her victory speech that she is pivoting beyond the primary contest and turning her attention to the general election. mrs. clinton: this may be one of of our lifetime. the next president will walk into the oval office next january, sit down at that desk, and start making decisions that will afect the li

choice for todd. reporter: voters i talked to are happy so many people showed up at this school in kenton county to make their voices heard, and some voters weren' t bashful when i asked who they want to see in the white house. reporter: moments after casting her ballot in kentucky' s first caucus in three decades linda clark made it clear she supports donald trump. >> who' d you caucus for? >> the one that i voted for? >> yes. >> how come? >> i just feel like he' s the man that' s going to help our country. reporter: linda was among a huge crowd of gop voters who endured in independence kenton county' s >> it' s unbelievable. i' and trump did this. he did it. thank you, trump. reporter: some republican strategist in northern kentucky worried turnout would be low because the vote fell on a saturday. >> i am amazed and in wonder at what i see today. laying my eyes upon this >> we' ve got the board of ve had dozens of people today switch their party registration today. people, lifelong democrats, are th

news 5' s todd dykes is live in the newsroom with the latest from both campaigns. todd? governor john kasich has to win s kasich voted this morning in westerville, north of columbus. when asked if he had any words for mister trump, kasich said he had nothing to say to the gop front-runner. kasich has tried to take the high road even though trump here' s mind after he cast a vote for himself. john kasich: i mean its a long road for me and i am very, very humbled by the campaign and the experience and the attention. you know attention and success it' s not handled the right way and i try to check myself all the time, make sure that i' m handling it the right way which is to be appreciative of the opportunity. todd: kasich says he' s appreciative, but donald trump can' t seem to understand why. listen as he described kasich' s campaign this morning on today. donald trump: well, he is 22-0 in terms of losing. he has lost every single state that he has been in and i tell presidential he has done very, very poorly and i have spent a lot of time in ohio. i was there last night

but first lets go to todd dykes, he' s live in kenton county. todd? reporter: voters waited in long lines this afternoon, but there were eager to weigh in on the race for the white house. based on state republican party rules, each of the big 3 counties boone, campbell and kenton had just one caucus site each. the voting started at 10:00 this morning and ended at 4:00. because of the uniqueness of this day and because part of today' leading republican strategists told me beforehand they thought turnout out would be low. but as you can see, there were plenty of people who put the democratic process ahead of everything else. >> a real democracy in action. people are fed up. they' re looking for change. they want to return to godly principles in the country. and they really feel strongly about that. they want honesty out of our government. they want honesty out of our businesses, and they want love for all citizens. and it' s time to stand up and be counted and boy they' re doing it here today. reporter: there was a lot of passion on display today. today

todd dykes, wlwt news 5. mike: todd mentioned marco rubio. it was the end of the line. he suspended his campaign, telling a crowd in miami tonight, that there is a hunger for new faces and voices in government. sheree: 99 delegates. it is a winner take all. ohio governor john kasich will walk away with all 66 delegates. on the democratic side, hillary clinton put some distance between herself and bernie sanders. mike: she took the majority vote in the buckeye state. wlwt news 5' s courtis fuller is here with more on the candidates. courtis: this is a big night for hillary clinton. the numbers adding up, the number needed to clinch the nomination. she won in ohio, florida and north carolina. still too close to call in missouri and her home state of illinois. when she was giving her victory speech, there was a little extra confident. she said there was a difference between running for president and being president. after losing michigan, this was the rebounded night she needed. there was a sense in her speech that she was pivoting beyond the primary contest, turning more

todd: links between local police and the feds. the county' s corner -- co-owner was here based on this dna bullet evidence. this case, police say that herald had no motive. they say whether or not he was the shooter will come out in the court case. a lot more to come, but they say s been puzzling for quite some time. reporting live, todd dykes, wlwt news 5. mark: -- lisa: thank you. herald is no stranger to police. he is the same man police say had a shootout nearly a year with another person, in the middle of the day. video of him allegedly firing shots, all while talking on his cell phone, gained national attention, those shots hit a metro bus that was driving by. no one was hurt. new developments -- a butler county mother, charged in connection to the death of her 2-year-old daughter, has agreed to plead guilty. police say rebekah kinner' s boyfriend beat kinsley kinner to death, and she did nothing about it. kinner pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter, child endangerment and permitting child abuse. kinsley father, as well a

todd? todd: we now know the suspect, 14-year-old james austin hancock, will not be tried in adult court. a grand jury today indicted hancock on 4 counts of attempted murder, 4 more counts of assault, and one count of inducing panic. police say hancock fired a gun high school' month. bullets hit two of hancock' s classmates. two other students were hurt in the chaos that followed. butler county prosecutor mike gmoser said in a statement, 18 witnesses testified before the grand jury. a key factor in the case is the suspect' s age. the grand jury decided to keep the case in juvenile court, but what' s called a "serious youthful offender." that means if hancock is found guilty, he could end up staying in juvenile detention until he' s 21, and if he were to break the rules a judge could then send him to adult prison. todd dykes, wlwt news 5. lisa: the next step in the case will be james austin hancock' s arraignment in juvenile court. we are working to find out when that will happen. turning now

for now, todd dykes, live in alexandria. back to you. mark: this comes as the superintendent of north college hill schools says the middle and high schools had to be evacuated after the threat was called in. police and fire were called in to search the building, but the school says nothing was found. lisa: new developments into a 15-year-old, arrested after making threats on social media toward several local schools. wlwt news 5' s andrew setters is live in the newsroom with the latest on this part of the story. andrew: the teen is facing charges and will spend another night in juvenile lock-up after his parents failed to show for a hearing this morning. the 15 year-old is a student at dater high school. he was arrested overnight on charges of telecommunications harassment and inducing panic. on facebook, threats were posted targeting dater high, walnut hills, aiken, withrow, and woodward in the cincinnati public school district. the threats also mentioned schools like colerain and mount healthy along with statements like i' ll, quote be

todd? reporter: big city or small, it doesn' t seem to matter when it comes to threats targeting schools. this middle school is a prime example. parents say in alexandria say a bomb scare is not the kind of subject students need to be worried about. when it comes to making schools safer susan hoadley prefers channeling a higher power. >> we need god back in schools, simple as that. they should have never took him number of parents who pulled their kids from campbell county middle school today. >> i' with my child as a single mother raising her on my own to lose her to something like this. reporter: susan raced to get her daughter after police say a 14-year-old classmate told other backpack in his locker. that student was taken into leaders evacuated the middle school. >> this was just something that was a little bit more credible and we just didn' t want to take the chance of anyone getting hurt. reporter: students returned to class after a bomb squad determined the backpack was not going t

todd dykes is at the hospital. he' ll have a live report, including an update from the superintendent and principal, mike: the started at 11:15. police were made aware of today' s shooting, after getting a 911 call from a student. >> hello. i met madison high school. there is a shooting. some he brought a gun. >> how may people did he shoot. >> i am not sure. he just pulled out a gun and started shooting. mike: one of dozens people inside the pack cafeteria. sheree: it happened during lunch for some of the junior high school students. one 8th grade student described the chaotic scene for us. >> i was about to move my chair of a loud bangs. and then i looked over and one the kids that got shot like grabbed his leg. he fell down and the shooter like ran out. there were kids screaming and like crying and everybody ran out of the building. mike: police say the 14-year-old responsible for today' s shooting, is also a student at the school. he' s facing charges ranging from attempted murder, to making terroristic threats

wlwt news 5' s todd dykes is live in covington with more. todd? reporter: talk about a potentially tragic coincidence, a woman who graduated from notre dame academy 6 years ago walked into the baggage claim area at that airport in brussels just as terrorists launched a deadly >> some people thought the loud noise was a car crash outside. some people thought it was some such -- some kind of machine that exploded. reporter: >> we heard the loud speaker for evacuation. we knew that something terrible had happened. reporter: allison is pursuing a masters in international migration at the university in brussels. she just returned from a school trip in switzerland. her first thought was to call home. >> i really scared my dad because he could hear the ambulance in the back and me saying dad. >> she forgot that is five hours ahead. reporter: as a dead he just wanted to make sure the oldest child was safe. that when something was wrong, she would call us and tell us that i am fine, number one. as soon as she said that, our worries were washed away. report

we want to turn now to our political director, chuck todd. chuck, what do you make of this? >> well, i tell you this, donald trp' been playing with fire for some time. he does take his them up. and sometimes it's a positive reaction he gets, and sometimes it's negative. he can be very mean to the protesters as peter pointed out, very vicious, frankly, in call outhe pre corps so he can single out individuals. this has been a concern. this has been a concern of mine, frankly, with just the press corps and others that are there. that said, look, we know politics has been messy in this country for hundreds of years. so let's not pretend this is the first time that we've seen something like this happen. however, in this day an a of social media, it is the campaign, they can't beesponsible for violence that takes place, but they can help set the tone better. jo mccainn 2008 at his rallies toward the end started to get a little raucous and rowdy toward the end, and he said, that's not right, that's not what you do. donald trump at some point needs to take control of this situation,

the nomination, i want to bring in our political director and the moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. >> good to see you. that's a reminder here as we decide which states matter, who is a couple lating state e ing accumulating states, we will see ted cruz have a good night. it will be interesting to see if tonight after louisiana is over, it's expected to be a big donald trump win. notice what i'm not talking about here. we have cruz winning kansas. likely to win maine. do well perhaps in kentucky. be the second place candidate in louisiana. we're not talking about marco rubio anymore. the one thing we're seeing this weekend and the one thing we have seen in the last few days is that despite what the republican establishment wishes, that rubio would be the successful alternative to trump, the best vehicle if you are truly a stop trump republican, the best and perhaps only vehicle after this weekend may be ted cruz. >> chuck todd, thanks so much. chuck will have more on the campaign tomorrow morning. his guests will include former governor and presidential candidate mitt romney. he wi

todd dykes, wlwt news 5. mike: the university of cincinnati flooded with calls today friends and family concerned about students traveling on spring break in belgium. fortunately, the students are safe tonight. wlwt news 5' s jenell walton has been in contact with a chaperone on that trip. reporter: i' ve been in contact with one of the professors traveling with the students. they were about 30 miles outside of brussels during the attacks. they made the decision to get a new hotel. robert capannari snapped this group photo and tweeted he' d purchased a selfie stick when their plane landed in paris on saturday. u.c. says the students had just left paris and traveled to a train station in the brussels area last night. >> we have 19 students and two faculty students in antwerp which is about 34 miles from brussels. reporter: professors suzanne masterson and anthony salerno took the students from the kolodzik business scholars program to paris and belgium. the spring break trip was supposed to include a visit to

showing a sizable lead over trump, while despite his difficult road ahead, john kasich telling chuck todd he won't be anyone's vice president. >> under no circumstances. are you kidding me? >> reporter: and the trump supporter who beat up was arrested. the opposition to his candidacy, especially the grassroots opposition is growing louder, bolder and more organized than ever before. >> jacob rascon, thank you. >>> chuck todd is nbc's "meet the press." good morning to you. spent the last three weeks in various parts of ohio, went to a trump rally in youngstown on wednesday, struck by the depth and the intensity of the support for donald trump. no violence there. but at the beginning of the announcements, to not touch a protester. they seem to go out of their way. why does this keep happening at his rallies? >> i think you can't help but it is ignited his candidacy, ignited something. you see it. look, his own words ignites something. yes, they are now including warnings at the top of these rallies, but, you know, this is not the way the candidate speaks when he's at these rallies. i think

let's move over now to the democratics, let's go to chuck todd before i move on to the democratic side about what we've seen here right now. especially texas. does that change the dynamics of the republican race? >> i think it does. i think here's what we can definitively say. a very good night for donald trump, a very bad night for marco rubio, and a survivor night for ted cruz. he had to win his home state. oklahoma was tailor made for him. one of the few primary states where no independents could vote. the big story is marco rubio got his one on one opportunity with trump over the last 72 hours. and it failed miserably. >> we're going to get to the democratic proprojections. donald trump is speaking at a news conference in florida. let's listen to what he has to say. >> all talk, no action. he hasn't won anything. and he actually hasn't come very close. so we'll see what happens. yes, go ahead. go ahead. >> we're going to monitor that news conference, let's take you through the democratic results. and we'll start again in the state of texas where nbc news projects hillary clinton wi

want to bring in our political director hand moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. chuck, for weeks now you've been talking about this date as an important milestone in the race for the white house. what should we be watching tonight? >> look, i've been calling it separation tuesday. can hillary clinton and donald trump truly separate as front-runners and become presumptive nominees? ohio is going to settle it perhaps in both contests tonight. that will tell us whether this race goes on or it doesn't. but i want to go into a little bit into the exit polls because this is also about whether donald trump is ready to unite the republican party and ready to be the he does well tonight, and what's interesting in collective exit polls when you ask republican primary voters if they would be satisfied with trump versus clinton in november, only 57% call themselves satisfied. 37% said they would consider a third party. now, when you just isolate donald trump among republican voters and say will you definitely vote for him or will you probably vote for him if he's a republica

. >> todd and gail are boning. >> cheese and rice! >> todd didn't do anything wrong. he and melissa had already broken up. >> i have to tell melissa. >> carol, you can't. todd swore me to secrecy. >> melissa's my best friend, and she's getting boned against. >> and i'm your husband. okay, so promise me you won't say anything. >> okay, i promise. >> let me see those hands. >> good catch. >> seth: please welcome back to the show, kristen schaal! [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: so nice to see you. you look lovely today. >> oh, thank you! i'm wearing an exclusive piece of jewelry. the maker's name's alice. she's my niece, and she gets all of her beads exclusively from >> seth: oh, wow! [ laughter ] how old is alice? >> 4 1/2. >> seth: wow! >> yeah, she's a genius. >> seth: to get a necklace made by a 4-year-old is, i think, a violation of some labor laws. [ laughter ] >> maybe we'll edit this part out. [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah, there you go. so, i want to -- i talked a little bit to jason sudeikis about this, but i want to talk about forte, your co-star, will forte. >>

the investigative reporter todd dykes has more on the suspect and the high-tech tools police used to tie him to this crime. reporter: spent bullets and shell site him to high profile shouldn' t -- student cases. they linked the cases together. the national integrated ballistic information network. done crimes into the network and >> we expect it to be huge and roads. the church comes months after harold was convicted of getting into a shootout. one big question remains. why? >> we cannot verify he has a connection to anybody that works inside of the square. >> currently serving six years in prison on the charge. he faces an additional one to 10 years in prison. based on the new federal charge against him. mike: police are searching for a into an area apartment. the time. police did find this oversight mirror. the animals which might have been rescue horses could not be saved because the flames were too intense. >> this is the kind of scene there' s little they can do to go after the animals still inside. >> it is all defensive from the outside. reporter: five forces were inside the b

palin were in the room, frankly, sarah palin, forget about todd, especially now. if somebody were in that room that had a gun of some kind attached to the hip, to the ankle, where bullets could fly in the opposite direction, you wouldn't have had this. she's going to go back to alaska. her husband is a tough cookie. >> reporter: sarah posting a family photo of her husband and dubbing him the toughest guy i know. >> this is not the first time that todd palin has been involved in a serious snowmobile back in 2008, during a race, he was thrown about 70 feet after he hit a barrel at very high speeds. somehow, he was able to get up, get back on the snowmobile, finish the race, coming in at fourth place, all with a broken arm. >> he is tough. gadi schwartz in alaska, thank you. >>> let's get another check of the weather from dylan in for al. >> we have storms possible through eastern iowa. two rounds. the first is moving through now. you can see a lot of cloud-to-ground lightning. this is going to move through northwestern illinois. a second line of showers and storms w

todd: people know the bridge by different names. others know it is the 275 bridge. now people know it for another reason, as the span where a car went sailing over the side. driving over the bridge the day after a car went up and over the concrete barrier into the river below has a lot of motorists wondering if anything can or >> after this has happened i was thinking maybe the guard rails could stand to be a little higher. brian: richard miller understands why she feels the way she does. he is a professor of civil engineering at the university. he questions way to raising the sense. richard miller: the amount of force that it takes to pick something like that up and over the barrier. the incident of this thing happening is very rare. it was just the most unfortunate event, it just happened to be pushed over the barrier in a place where those uprights couldn' t stop it. brian: redesigning certain parts of the bridge in response to one richard miller: the cost of s one of the million accidents just economically feasible. brian: the bridge would need to be strengthene

todd dykes has what local voters are saying about their choice for president. >> just keep following this line. you'll be in the next room where the voting is. reporter: moments after casting her ballot in kentucky's first caucus. linda made it clear she voted for trump. >> i think he's the man who will help our country. reporter: she was among a huge crowd of gop voters who endured long lines and traffic. >> unbelievable. i'm so happy. trump did this. he woke everybody up. he did it. thank you, trump. worried turnout would be low because the vote fell on a saturday. those fears appear unfounded. >> i am amazed and in wonder at what i see today, laying my eyes upon this democracy in action. >> we've got the board of elections here today. we've had dozens of people switch their party registration. life long democrats are coming on board with the republican brand. reporter: while some may say it's the trump effect, kenneth webster isn't so sure. >> voted for ted cruz. >> webster is impressed so many took part. >> nobody dreamed it would be like this. at least i didn't. love seeing all

that's how a three-person race could look because it all would be about denying trump. >> chuck todd, thank you very much. we'll look for more on "meet the press" with john kasich, donald trump and ted cruz join him later this morning. >>> residents in the flood ravaged south are trying to get back home to assess the damage after rains that led to record flooding in the area. at least six people have been killed due in part 20 two to two feet of rain that fell in the area. sarah dallof joins us from louisiana with more on the situation there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. home owners are taking stock of what got soaked when the water levels rose. furniture, vehicles, personal mementos, all pieces of lives interrupted by floods. recede, homeowners assessing the damage. what is it like to see it today? >> all i can think is expenses, expenses, expenses. this is my last faft one. >> reporter: he hasn't told his wife the condition of her prized antiques. you see the line there. >> i'll glad she's not with me. >> reporter: across the region, similar stories, thousands of

todd dykes takes you to one district where smart phones are safe. reporter: not long ago, students practiced fire and tornado drills, but safety drills are you teen -- routine. security measures are commonplace. loveland school leaders are going mobile to improve school safety. >> known goes anywhere without their cell phones anymore. >> they launched a web-based school safety response system. the business manager says that the emergency response lands are now available at a moments >> it used to be in a binder. the would put binders on the shelves. and they would fumble through that and have to go to page 95 to find what they need. >> it is a great flow. you will be able to have it accessible to you. reporter: there are photographs of each classroom. >> right now, from where we were, it is a giant leap forward. >> after that charge for year one, the cost will be $500 annually. mike: the state of ohio made grants available that helped restrict statewide him prove security measures. sheree: a student making a verbal threat. they named students and pa

. >>> chuck todd is nbc's political director and moderator of "meet the press." good morning to you. good to see you, my friend. >> good morning, craig. good to see you. >> these were the first contests for trump -- for folks to dump trump. we saw the piling on thursday night at the debate. how real is the possibility that these anti-trump forces are starting to pick up steam and that this is, in fact, a two-man race? >> well, i have to say i want a little more information. there is two ways to look at what happened yesterday. on one hand, yes, maybe this is a coalescing, maybe ted cruz has some momentum, splitting the four states and actually netting more delegates than donald trump. however, it is also four states that were closed republican contests meaning independents and democrats couldn't participate. and the one primary that cruz did caught up and did very well against trump, louisiana, was another state that touches the state of texas. so what happens tuesday? michigan, mississippi, those are places that trump's heavily favored. if we see him struggle th

news 5' s todd dykes is live in alexandria, kentucky with more reporter: add campbell county middle to the list of schools that have had to evacuate students because of a potentially dangerous situation. and for students and parents this has been a day of disruption, fear and frustration. it' s not a video game. we are not playing a game here. reporter: that' police chief describing what prompted the evacuation of 1300 students and staff members at campbell county middle school. >> we had a child that made several threats that he had an explosive device in a backpack in his locker. reporter: chief mike ward says the 14-year-old told a handful of classmates about the backpack. some of those students alerted school leaders. as a result, students were bused to campbell county high school, the teenage suspect was taken s bomb squad determined the backpack was harmless. but students like alex clark say the impact will be long-lasting. >> it' i don' t want to go back in i mean, i don' t want to have to deal with the whole messed up schedule. i don' t want to have to deal with the possibility

jonathan: we asked chuck todd about john kasich's effect on the race. he said cruz, rubio and kasich would have to work together to stop trump. todd also suggested that hillary clinton might pick her runningmate from ohio if she's the nominee. >> i would be looking at ohio. the senior senator there. he would please the sanders/elizabeth warren wing of the democratic party. comes from a swing state and could probably take on trump. jonathan: you can watch "meet the press" after news 5 today. today, governor john kasich is expected to appear as a guest. on the democratic side, bill clinton visited the freedom center this weekend. he talked about his wife's campaign. he was introduced by john cranley. he spoke about how hillary planned to help students, middle class worker. supporters for his wife ahead of tuesday's primary. with two days until the ohio primary, election officials are ready for long lines. dan griffin has how they plan to avoid problems at the polls. >> energized? >> no question. it's winner take all. it's critical. reporter: and ready to

he came to the reds in the todd frazier game. the reds up by a run and a drive to left field. back to the fence and he robs the grand slam. the reds when the opener 6-5. bryan price likes what he saw out of the new guys. >> a game saving play with the really good and happy to see that. a lot of guys played hard. george: reds and indians do it again this afternoon. robert stephenson schedule to pitch. the hammer came down on aroldis chapman. he is suspended for 30 games without pay. he has agreed not to appeal. he was traded to the yanks in september. there was an incident in his florida home last october. a woman alleged that chapman abused her. charges were never filed. chapman the first player suspended under the domestic abuse policy. j.j. hoover named the clover by bryan price last week in goodyear. that is all the sports for now. later in the day. mark: taking a live look outside . the bearcats might be on the bubble. i hope the bubble doesn' t burst. [laughter] mark: you would like to thank. randi: how about the reds playing baseball? it looked nice and warm. i think it

bernie sanders joined moderator chuck todd in columbus, while hillary clinton joined moderator chris matthews in springfield, illinois. early questioning focused on the democrats' prime target, donald trump. sanders said that trump is enticing supporters to commit acts of violence and denied having any connection to protesters. in recent days, trump has blamed protesters who disrupt his rallies as being sanders' supporters. meanwhile, hillary clinton said that she holds trump responsible for the violence at his rallies and said that it has been building over the past several months. mr. sanders: but with trump, what you are dealing with, and i say this without any joy. this guy' s a pathological liar. who is vying to be president of the united states is using divisiveness is stoking fear, is pointing fingers, scapegoating against all kinds of people, i think is so dangerous. lisa: and with ohio being one of the biggest battelgrounds today, a number of polls have recently looked at who is expected to take the win prior to the primary. mark: wlwt news 5' s andrew setters continues our

scott came over on the todd frazier deal. the reds with a one run lead. this could be a grand slam out to center. he rocked the home run. it was a catch of the game. the reds when it 6-5. the hammer came down on aroldis chapman today, he is suspended without pay for 30 games and chapman has agreed not to appeal. the reds traded chapman to the yankees in december the suspension is in response to an incident at champman' s florida home last october. a woman alleged at the time chapman abused her, but prosecutors said there were conflicting accounts and charges were never filed . suspended under baseball' domestic abuse policy, the uc basketball team is heading into a big final week of the regular season, but the cats are still missing a couple of starters. farad cobb could be back from a knee injury, but a groin injury to shaq thomas is more of a problem. >> some people will have to s not going to reinjure himself, for me to play him in a regular that' s just the facts. because i believe we' re going to be playing in tournament time, him the most. george: t

senator mcconnell told host chuck todd he would' ve approve a -- he will not approve a lame duck president' s nomination. miss maccallum: -- mitch mcconnell: this senate' s not doing nothing during this election season, but we' re not giving a lifetime appointment to this president on the way out the door to change the supreme court for the next 25 or 30 years. courtis: senator mcconnell said he hoped the next president would pick a judge who' s less liberal than garland. he also said he would support whichever republican earns the party' s presidential nomination. courtis: presidential hopefuls trying to woo voters there. more violence has marred donald trump' s rallies this weekend. his rival, ted cruz asking his supporters to reconsider. ohio governor john kasich is adamant that despite what anyone says he will not drop out nor will he be anyone' s running mate. >> earlier in the week you totally ruled out ever being donald trump' s running mate. john kasich: under no circumstances. what, are you people kidding me? >> alright, what about ted cruz? john kasich no. : i' m not going to be

kristen, thanks, and facing so much pressure to win his home state marco rubio's conversation with chuck todd for that town hall event in miami airs tonight at 8:00 eastern only on msnbc. >>> an investigation is under way into the massive explosion that leveled several buildings in seattle and injured nine firefighters. they were on the scene before the blast, checking out reports of a natural gas leak when the worst nbc's galledy schwartz has the details. >> dispatch, may day, may day, may day. >> reporter: a frantic call over the emergency radio after a catastrophic blast. >> i have firefighters missing. >> reporter: followed by an incredible response. >> all members are accounted for. >> i do have two members that have injuries from flying debris. >> reporter: all tolled nine firefighters injured but all of them alive. minutes earlier the firefighters had been searching for a gas leak near three businesses and now totally obliterated from a blast that sent debris and a some wave throughout the entire neighborhood. >> i woke up to a huge boom. >> i looked out the window, and my neighborhood

wlwt' s todd dykes joining us with more. reporter: kentucky takes its turn in a political spotlight the republican party is hours away from holding a presidential caucus. how it will turn out is anybody' s guess. it came about because of this man. senator paul asked to hold a caucus of the could make a run for the white house. even though rand paul is out of the race, the caucus continues. the gop caucus chair for boone county has been making sure the site is ready for saturday when delegates will be divided among the presidential candidates. >> it is long selected before we even walk into the location. reporter: counties will have one caucus site. but don' t confuse kentucky' s caucus with images from iowa where the process can involve lengthy conversations. >> that is not what will occur in kentucky. >> they' ll have the option of walking straight to the ballot boxing choosing their candidate with minimal interaction. >> no one will be hounding you for your vote. reporter: voters can take part in an exit interview if they

our own todd dykes looked at this growing problem just last month, where scammers file a tax return in your name, using your personal information to cash in on your refund. >> cincinnati' s certified most accurate forecast. randi: we are looking at rain and snow in the forecast today. we start out with snow showers. up to eight inch is possible -- up to an inch possible. we could have a quick little coating. i want to show you a wider view. it kind of hangs out to the afternoon over cincinnati. 10:00, 11:00, you start to see rain mixing in from the south. some spots near clinton county, you could see up to an inch of accumulation on the grass this afternoon. tonight we switch back over to flurries. be aware of the potential for slick spots as you head out this morning. 38 today. 40 tomorrow. early next week looks likes ring time to me. kyla: you do not have to tell me. good morning. some flurries flying around out there. some of you could see some accumulation along the grassy surfaces. here is look at your travel times. 19 minutes from 71, 75 into walton. 71, 17 minutes from county. t

todd dykes is live outside the mother' s home. reporter: this is where the panic started. it was all based on falsehoods. i got an earful leg this afternoon. it' s possible that nicole benton was inside one of these cars. can i talk to you for a second? that reaction is in sharp contrast to what my colleague newscast . >> the baby appears to be fine. >> i' m really happy she made it back home safe and sound. reporter: those neighbors were not all that shock saying that they leave their kids and running cars as they go back inside for a minute or two all too often. mike: centered on the initial point of that crash, a side street. us with the work done there. john: three suspects were just down the street. the neighbors saw them flee. everyone heard the clamor and police were everywhere. >> the kids ran. reporter: no baby on board. a very worrisome investigative scene for a couple of uncertain hours. neighbors watched as police took pictures, processed what they could of the crashed car and put thoughts of their damage on the back burner. >> it was my main concern. i' m out

we're joined by chuck todd and savannah guthrie, joining super tuesday coverage in primetime. chuck, i'm always curious what you're going to be watching tonight. >> let me start with the republican super tuesday map here. there's really four states i'm watching. early on it's going to be virginia. it should be a competitive race tonight. can marco rubio do well with the most-informed electorate in the country? then arrange, oklahoma, texas. ted cruz has to do well. if there are going to be places cruz and rubio can beat trump it is in these four states. that's why i think they matter the most. let's move on the democratic side of the super tuesday map. it's slightly different. there's basically a north-south strategy. in the south it's about hillary clinton, she expects to do well, minority voters. where sanders hopes to have states, fewer minority voters, we'll see. i think the targeting, he may have missed opportunities in a couple of southern states. we have learned a couple of things from the exit polls. experience versus outsider. what's interesting on the republican nigh

we want to bring in our political director, the moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. what just happened here? >> i can tell you this, the other republican campaigns who want to stop trump are a little disappointed that mitt romney didn't offer a solution. they fear his resolution is raising his hand and say, hey, i'm available in case of an emergency. nomination away. if he loses both florida and ohio march 15th, chances are we're heading to the contested convention. rye now, trump leads in the delegates, as katy said, a little less than a hundred. so far, trump has won about 45% of all the delegates available. let's assume trump can win that same 45% in the 14 contests ohio. well that means he's really got to do well in florida and ohio. florida and ohio, this is what delegate totals look like. nearly 300 delegate lead over cruz. he only needs to win 50% of remaining delegates to be the nominee. without rubio and drop out, that wouldn't be the case. but if he loses both, florida and ohio to kasich and rubio, then suddenly you have a jumbled mess. everybody stays in,

. >>> for more on the upheaval within the republican party, i'm joined by chuck todd. chuck, we see this stop trump movement that has been gaining steam for some time. really today, the tone urgent. is it having an impact? >> it hasn't so far this stop trump movement. gathered steam a couple weeks ago and then it hit a roadblock called the voters. the voters voted and trump won fairly comfortably on super tuesday. it got steam again. then the voters voted in michigan and mississippi. he won comfortably. here we go again. you know, sometimes some of this makes trump supporters dig in their heels even more. perhaps nothing that has happened so far has done anything to somehow peel support away from trump. as long as the three candidates are all staying in and the three candidates can't really agree on who to unify around, i don't know if this stop trump movement is ever going to get off the ground. >> it's fascinating to see -- we heard from marco rubio. we heard from john kasich that they are wavering in their support of saying i will support the republican nominee beca

our own todd dykes looked at this growing problem just last month where scammers file a tax return in your name using your on your refund. >> it is a nice night across the area albeit a little on the chilly side. the good news is there won't be any problems as you go out the door to school and work tomorrow morning but it will be a reminder that it is still winter here in the tri-state. temperatures have been falling off fairly steadily here and will probably fall another handful of degrees over the next couple of hours before leveling out. it is 30 now at the airport. winds are on the calm side at this very time. temperatures chilly across the board. most areas down into the middle and upper 20's tonight. certainly cold out there in hills bro. mason 27. same story in hamilton. harrison down into the mid 20's as well. 31 across the river in florence. let's talk about the snowfall for tomorrow across the area. the good news, no problems as won't be any issues for the morning commute. i think snow will begin to arrive mid-morning. it may come down heavy at times and look impressive but

sheree: todd will look in bridge design and the anxiety people have about that bridge. mike: a14-year-old under to u order to undergo rehab. where she couldn' stand. make a move. this 14-year-old boy then rate to be intoxicated girl in the living room. if he does not complete his rehab program, he could be year of detainment. sheree: an aurora emt accused of he went for being a missing emt to being a fugitive on the ron after char was charged with stealing. he had been part of the department for more than 20 years. the department has been struggling to make payroll. to keep the squad from going bankrupt. he is charged with theft. mike: a water main break kentucky. rigsby. sheree: firefighters in stevensville ohio. the first call came in just before midnight. another alarm came in for building. a fourth and fifth reported. several vacant homes in steubenville. mike: in brook park, a driver narrowly escapes before his car was hit by a freight train. the close call. the driver was trying to capture -- recover items from inside. no one was hurt. sheree: fresh from his big w

her husband todd seriously injured in a snow mobile accident. >> thank you, guys, for prayers for my husband. >> reporter: here in battleground ohio governor john kasich with 2012 nominee mitt romney. >> unlike the other people running he has a real track record. >> reporter: trump trouncing the competition in florida, marco rubio's home state. and in the buckeye state case sick clinging to a small load and has never lost an election here. why is it still neck and neck with donald trump here? >> i don't think it's neck and neck. i think we're ahead and we're going to win. >> reporter: his challenge to prove he's not just popular, viable. >> a lot of people don't want to waste their votes and don't want to cast their vote for somebody who can't win. >> reporter: ted cruz taking a swipe at trump's bluster. >> if he were, for be willing to support donald trump. >> reporter: out today an anti-trump ad highlighting his dis-berridging comments about women. >> bimbo. >> dog. >> fat pig. >> real quotes from donald trump. >> reporter: but it's all about the delegate count. if trump sweeps flo

and here' s the star of the game, 6th inning schebler goes opposite field, he came to the reds in the todd frazier deal, reds lead 6 to 2 but in the 8th,, the reds are only up a run. bases loaded, and a drive to left. grand slam? schebler with the game saving catch, reds win the cactus opener 6 to 5, bryan price liked what he saw out of the new guy. >> the homer, the walk, gave a good at bat, and grinds out a walk and then a game saving catch with the bases loaded and two outs in the 8th. so really good to see, really happy to see how the guys went about it, really played hard and did a lot of good things today. george: reds indians again. hot prospects robert stephenson and cody reed are scheduled to pitch for the reds. the hammer came down on aroldis chapman, he is suspended for 30 games without pay and despite saying last week he would appeal any punishment, chapman has agreed not to appeal. the reds traded chapman to the yankees in december the suspension is in response to an incident at champman' s florida home last october a woman alleged at the time chapman abused her, but prosecuto

a todd frazier jersey next to billy hamilton over there. helmets as well. the bats have the numbers and the hardware. items to make your red fan experience personal. tickets will be on sale for opening day until 4:00 p.m. jonathan: we' re now less than a month away from the reds' opening day. wlwt will be leading the way with all your reds coverage. we' ll have live coverage of the opening day parade, and have a float in the parade from noon jennifer schack and i will be out there commenting on the floats. looking forward to that. a deadly plane crash in russia has left more than 50 people dead. what we know so far about the crash, and the invesigation happening today. we will give you the chilling surveillance footage of the crash. looking outside, cold and newcastle out there. -- in newcastle out there. (vo) shop all makes, models and colors in your neighborhood... all with worry-free ownership. head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... shift your thinking about buying jonathan: welcome back. ne

they' ll also honor former head of the butler county republican party, carlos todd. tonight' s dinner will be at the centre park of west chester holiday inn beginning at 6:00 p.m. focusing on school safety -- the new security measures soon to be put in place at madison schools after a student opened fired on -- fire on one of his classmates. a little bit gray but warmth coming this weekend and spring starting to seem like it is on we will be jonathan: welcome back. team coverage, another live look in sharonville where governor john kasich attending a pancake breakfast this morning. the final push for votes before this tuesday' s primary in ohio which is all or nothing. let' s listen in. gov. kasich: if we are involved in another welfare reform, and that is, we want the bureaucracy of the welfare departments to work. we want businesses in the somebody gets relief -- wants relief, they will get training so they do not have to stay on relief. we are changing the law so with a woman who is working poor gets a pay raise, she can accept the race without losing more than sh

this morning mitt romney is going to join chuck todd on "the press," following his thursday speech attacking donald trump. you can catch the interview this morning, after 20 minutes or so, after "wlwt news 5 it -- news 5." the attorney general has negotiated a year-long extension with the maker of narcan, who he says that nearly 60 agencies rebates. happening today, an effort to free the hempseed rolling through cincinnati. at madison road in oakley at 2 p.m.. it is an effort to show the benefits of the crop, including as biofuel, construction materials, and health and beauty products. tom hanks, visiting ohio , helping to dedicate the newly renovated motion picture center. he will appear before the dedication and gala on the 19th. the gala will raise money for the scholarship and visiting artists program. tom hanks performed there back in the 70' s. he did not attend the college, but he performed there just before he went on to "lose was him buddies -- busom buddies. " $.50 will be signing bottles of his alcohol today , signing in doing pictures between new and 1:30. new details on a shooti

let me turn to chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press." chuck, focus here. what should we be watching tonight? >> we want to see was saturday of anything happening in the anti-trump movement? are there anti-trump forces coalescing, is it around a truds, a john kasich? fascinating that our new nbc/"wall street journal" poll, the big winner out of it was john kasich. can he finish second in a michigan tonight? can he do well enough that it gives him momentum in ohio? but i think the big story tonight will be whether trump can win by double digits, as he should in both states. he was favored to, or have the anti-republican, anti-trump forces closed the gap, and does he struggle in both? on the democratic side, it's all about what kasie was just can bernie sanders win, if he can't win in michigan, a state tailor made for his issues, anti-trade and tough on those things, if he can't win in michigan where is he going to win against hillary clinton in a big state? big test for bernie sanders tonight. i think it's make or break. >> all right, chuc

hillary clinton joined moderator chris matthews in springfield and bernie sanders joined moderator chuck todd. the topic was donald trump. sanders said that trump was enticing supporters to commit ask of violence. donald trump has blamed rallies as being sanders' supporters. hillary clinton says that she holds donald trump responsible for the violence at rallies and says that it has been building. >> with trump, what you' re dealing with, and i say this without joy, this guy is a pathological liar. >> you can see someone that is vying to be president of the united states is using divisiveness, is stoking fear, is pointing fingers, scapegoating against all kinds of people -- i think is so dangerous. mark: the republican candidates are scattered across the country. ohio governor john kasich and donald trump made their cases in the buckeye state. marco rubio try to rally support for an upset victory in his home state. ted cruz spent time up north in illinois. with ohio being one of the biggest battleground states looked at he will take the wind the primary. lisa: how the candidates are measuring