jonathan. jonathan: xavier looking for redemption after the loss against creighton earlier in the week. could they find it on the road against butler? elise jesse has the answer in morning sports. elise: good morning. i'm elise jesse. xavier on the road for the second time this week. the first road trip at creighton didn't go well. the muskies bounced back yesterday. the sun shining through hinkle fieldhouse, the largest crowd since the renovation a year ago. edmund sumner to macura. cutting back door for two. j.p. finishes with 13 points on the day. three and a half minutes later, trayvon blueitt drops the triple. xavier was doing what xavier does, a 10-0 run for the muskies. then it cranked up the defense. james barr with the block. the muskies off to the races. sumner, another assist to abel, who scored 12 points on the day. next, it's senior myles davis making the three-ball look easy. x led by 14 at the half and never looked back. they win it, 74-57. >> we obviously played better today and

jonathan: -- jennifer: in shorts. jonathan: flip-flops. jennifer: i used to say the threshold was 74 shorts and it was 72. tied a record for the day. we will not have that works today. we will salvage a nice afternoon after a very soggy overnight. a look at the radar, steady rain and thunderstorms rolling in just after midnight. we have seen the heaviest and a bulk of precipitation move out. a good portion of us have seen over an inch of rain this morning. now we linger showers and northern kentucky. we will not see much more than a 10th of an inch on the high-end. across pendleton, brockton, mason county, some activity in indiana working it' s way east. this way north of lavelle, a thunderstorm. it will maybe -- skirt across the northern counties. if you live in the northern communities, you' re probably done with rain this money. a look at rainfall totals, an inch and a half of the international airport. burlington, a furniture inch. alexandra, close to a niche last night. a good amount of rain to the overnight was steady, moderate to he

jonathan. jonathan: that's a massage chair, isn't it, richard? you lucky duck. richard: a man's got to work, buddy. jonathan: we'll see you in half an hour, if you're not comatose. today, you could take advantage of the nice weather and take part in the maple sugar days of colerain township. i might want to sit on a massage chair, but this will be fun. it will run from noon to 5:00 at the farbach werner nature preserve. see how maple trees are tapped, learn how syrup is turned into sugar and sample foods prepared with maple. a landslide victory for hillary clinton. plus, the dayton flyers on a downward trend, unfortunately. many thought them capable of making a tournament run. elise jesse will sort out the details in the morning sports. we'll go outside through citycam 5's eyes. two cars going the opposition i try hard to get a great shape. th is... i can do easily. r benefiber healthy shape helps curb cravings. x it's a clear, taste-free daily supplement.... t ...that's clinically proven to help keep me fuller longer. x benefiber healthy shape. this, i can do.

jonathan: i could eat it cold for breakfast. >> i have done it for dessert jonathan: jonathan:, pork belly. you are a chef. there' s a limit, 200 guests, but then they will open the doors again for dinner by the bite. that sounds cool, by the bite weary of you can get tickets by calling the box office. thanks so much for coming in, chef. >> thinks are having me. jonathan: you bet. here is a lease, with sports. -- release, with sports elise: --, with sports. elise: the wildcats fell, 79 to 77, a tough loss for u.k. there. xavier on the road, but they had much better luck in the sea. 35 to 33 at the half, davis to lewis, they only shot 33' s in the entire game. blowing down the sideline for the basket in the south, coming out of the locker room hot, draining the jumper with georgetown, 88 to 70. hosting the nation' quality face paint there. this guy is rooting on the bit -- the bearcats as they host uconn. out to the transition, the big man throwing down, finishing with a point. gary clark ceiling his man off at the post, making the basket a double double for him. the bearcats, half pa

jonathan? jonathan: looking forward to that. thank you. the world health organization says possible zika vaccines are 18 months away from large-scale trials. the virus is spreading rapidly across latin america. at home, congress is weighing the request for more money to combat the zika virus. at the n.i.h., the doctors are hoping to have a vaccine ready for testing by the end of the summer. it's clear how big a scale that would be. michelle: new jersey environmental experts are testing air quality in area after a massive factory fire. we broke the story with live pictures from the scene yesterday at 4:00. i was still smoldering this afternoon. according to the ab hours before the fire was contained. air quality tests came back safe. no word on what started the fire. rail cars behind the warehouse were also destroyed. smartphones are changing the way people find love. apparently friends as well. study of 200 college students found 73% of them ranked tinder as their favorite dating app. 50% of them con fenced they have never gone on a date u

jonathan: jonathan: south carolina representative jim clyburn has endorsed clinton. he's the highest ranking african-american in congress. hillary's campaign is kicking off in cincinnati. mark mallory, denise driehaus and connie pillic will be among the volunteers attending the event. the kickoff party and volunteering will begin at 1:30 this afternoon at 200 kovach drive. if your vote is swaying towards a different democrat, feel the bern today. a march is being held at 1:00 this afternoon in support of senator sanders at city hall. coverage coming up, including the teams in kentucky not yet in tournament play. we have the latest in morning sports. jennifer: the winds have weakened and some spots have dense fog this morning. we'll talk about your warm saturday and wet sunday coming terry bradshaw? what a surprise! you know what else is a surprise? shingles. and how it can hit you out of nowhere. i know. i had it. c' mon let' s sit down and talk about it. and did you know that one in (all) no. that' s why i' m reminding people if you had chickenpox then the shingles

jonathan: pretty out there. jennifer: it is one of those mornings where you think i hope it is warm as it looks. for the most part, we will do well with that. jonathan: we are above average which is continuing a trend of hitting weekends correctly with the weather. jennifer: today and tomorrow are above average. the wonder of the two is tomorrow, but still us to enjoy today. if you are out this morning, 30' s. what will help us out is a nice south wind in the forecast. satellite and radar showing overnight cloud cover moving out and clear skies at this point will be limited if any clouds arrive later this afternoon. we see some activity developed for northern indiana. it may clip our northern commute -- counties aired most of us, sunshine from start to finish. blue sky and sunshine, temperatures climbing in the low 40' s by 11:00 a.m. will quickly climb through the 40' s this afternoon ending with a high of around 50 degrees. a lot of improvement from yesterday' s cloudy and 37. we will end up with 50 today. ple

jonathan, we'll send it back to you. jonathan: thanks, elise. apparently, you can teach an old dog new tricks. not sure this idea is going to work. four shelter dogs rescued from slums and abandoned lots around sao paullo were trained as ball dogs for the brazil open tournament. they were to retrieve the balls that went out of bounds. they were supposed to give them back to the players, but that part didn't go all that well. i imagine there was a towel used to clean the towel off. today, they're expected to take part in the awards ceremony. after the break, a final check of the top stories of the morning and the tri-state's most accurate forecast. citycam 5 with a starfish, circular pattern. surprise yellow. booming around out there in the form of sunshine. thanks for being with us on this sunday morning. hope your day is a kaleidoscope again! r again! again! again! again? again! again! general mills is removing artificial flavors and colors from our cereals. so you can love cereal... jonathan: the fatal shooting of a 3-year-old sunman, indiana,

jonathan. jonathan: jennifer, thanks. a 3-year-old boy dies in indiana after being shot in the chest. police are piecing together the evidence to find out exactly what happened and how it happened. wlwt news 5's richard chiles live in the newsroom with the latest on the investigation. richard, good morning. richard: good morning to you. police in this ongoing investigation. the dearborn county sheriff's office says that the child was shot with a 357 revolver handgun and was found dead in the home when deputies arrived. throughout the night, several cruisers with the sunman police, the indiana state police and the coroner's office continued back and forth from the home on van wedding road. the dearborn county sheriff's office has not said how the shooting happened, as the circumstances remain under investigation. but they reflect on the professional difficulty in handling the shooting death of a child. gets. for all emergency personnel, with the sheriff's department, sunman police was on scene, sunman ems, dearborn county

jonathan: thank you. michelle: well, still ahead the supreme court returned to work today in the wake of justice antonin scalia's death. chief justice john roberts started the day with a tribute. he called scalia a man for all seasons and with an irrepressible spirit. the funeral was saturday. he was 79. jonathan: hope you had a nice relaxing weekend. monday. time to get back in traffic. that is always, boy, that takes all the patience you can have. jamie sullivan? jamie: it does, jonathan. this is a look at 95 in virginia. you can tell how slow we are. this traffic is just past the occoquan. because of the traffic we have heavier traffic than usual. if you want to pay to avoid this, it's a good idea today. this is a ten-mile stretch you have slowing continuing south to the single digits. no problems right now near the mixing bowl. top side of the beltway is heavy to 270 to pass by old georgetown to get to bethesda. this is normal. no crashes to report here. that is a look at traffic. back to you. jonatha

jonathan: good morning. welcome to news 5 today. i'm jonathan hawgood. meteorologist jennifer schack and i said we're very close to a new moon, the point you can see the moon. jennifer: it came up right before sunrise. i got a tweet from a viewer who said the new moon is tomorrow. jonathan: we should be able to see a sliver. no moon out there. at least we can see the tiara with the gorgeous light color in the sky. a terrific sunday ahead. no complaints about this day. jchesz jennifer: today is the only day above average in the forecast. transition will happen later tonight. temperatures this morning, quite a variation, depending on probably a few winds. locations with light winds are in the 20s. others in the 30s. the south winds will take us into the low 50s this afternoon. a mild day with a good amount of sunshine. we'll be dry today during the day. dry conditions on the wlwt radar this morning. we have clouds arriving on satellite. they'll be increasing into late morning and midday. we're talking partly cloudy skies for the afternoon, trending towards

jonathan. jonathan: thank you. four women manage to show their girl power during the french revolution and entertain an audience. its the playhouse' s world premiere of the revolutionists. joining us this morning is actresses jessica lynn carroll and lise bruneau. thank you. sounds that can interesting play. lots of girl power. >> you cannot miss marie antoinette. jonathan: of course. [laughter] what are your characters? >> i am marianne. >> i plate a female playwright beheaded and it is all complicated and villages, but completely unknown. i am fascinated i the french the play is the story of her and three people she hangs out with the revolution. as opposed to the heading everybody, they are trying -- as opposed to be heading everybody, they' re trying to do it in a more balanced way. jonathan: perhaps a feminine approach? >> yes, trying to have a woman' touch. jonathan: is there a theme to the plate? -- to the play? >> we have a couple of god in the design team, four guys. our writer, director, all ladies, it is

jonathan. jonathan: sounds tragic through and through. richard, thanks. the man arrested in the shooting death of a middleton mother will not be charged for now. the montgomery county prosecutor's office says brandon carr can't be held on state charges currently, but he will remain in the county jail, based brittany russell was found shot dead in her car two weeks ago in vehicle. the prosecutor's office says it next week to review results of an additional investigation. morning after being injured in a fire at a fish fry in erlanger. it happened at st. barbara's church off turkeyfoot last night. check out the flames. this is a picture sent in to us from janet middleton. the fire involved a propane tank and a tent set up for the fish fry. officials say the three people who were injured were taken to the hospital with what's described as minor injuries. this morning, we're seeing the aftermath from the fire. there it is. this picture was sent in from will middleton. officials are investigating wh

in fact, jonathan, actually brought some things. >> jonathan: rochelle went for a cop out and got do you nuts. i made sausage balls, my mom makes them. >> rochee: you have been paying attention. >> jonathan: yes, they were easy, i think my mom was sand bagging us. it calls for ground sausage, bisquick, grated sharp cheddar cheese, and pepper. you're going to put all that in the hardest part was the making of the balls. >> crysty: i made pigs in a blanket, i used crescent rolls and little sausages. >> rochelleant chips and dips, the dip was made by one of our our -- it was three different cheeses along with the chicken inside that dip. >> jonathan: there's a crock pot. >> crysty: she came prepared. >> jonathan: we have been eating during the commercials. >> crysty: all these great treats, a lot takes preparation, none of it takes as much preparation as this panthers cake. >> jonathan: this literally takes the case. >> crysty: our producer ashley the icing on this carolina panthers cake. >> jonathan: it's blue velvet cake. not red velvet, blue velvet but she won't let us cut it because

jonathan: thanks. women who work in the field of technology shouldn't be looking in the silicon valley for employment. the best jobs are right here in the district. according to forbes, washington, d.c., tops the list for the women of computer and the mathematical occupations. they make 99.3% as much as the men in the same roles and feel 40% of the area jobs. that number shrinks by half if you go west to san francisco. michelle: coming up, this year's oscars is in the books. >> but not without university. university -- not without controversy. we'll explain. later for us -- president obama: that's sweet. come when your son gets the medal of honor. jonathan: honoring the heroic act that led to the sweet moment at the white house. we have it for you. >> the first full day of picking up passengers for the d.c. streetcar. so, what do riders think? i'm jonathan: if you filled up you know gas prices are starting to rise. the national average was $1.75, four cents higher than a week ago but cheaper than last

jonathan: haidil lum. four minutes of the session, dax opening higher, the minutes rolled on and the decline set in, dead flat on the session. here's what's happening in today's program. . tax program roads profits, and brexit talked in overtime. prime minister cameron extends negotiations as an agreement remains elusive. and nigeria is in talks for a $3.5 billion loan as the oil slump fax their finances. guy: we need to talk about julius baer. the ceo of switzerland's wealth management company spoke to manus cranny in the last hour, his outlook for the company in the future of private banking. >> we believe that the market will continue to consolidate, our industry will be producing m&a opportunities, working with some reserve. at the same time, we are seeing investors are continuing to like dividends. we're increasing dividends, and ,e think we have a new guidance given the payout ratio guidance, which i think is something that the market wanted to hear. that's taking into account the opportunities that

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jonathan: thanks. wlwt news 5 is leading the way download our wlwt app and see the forecast as well as get severe weather alerts sent right to your mobile device. happening today, the reds community will say good-bye to long-time clubhouse manager bernie stowe. he died tuesday at the age of 80. his visitation takes place from 3:00 to 7:00 today at elder high school. his burial is tomorrow morning at 9:30 at the holy family church on west eighth street. stowe joined the reds in 1947. kroger is also creating a public tribute to stowe during the daytona 500. the reds tweeted this photo of have during the race, honoring stowe. an election year battle brewing over the future of the supreme court. from the white house to capitol hill to the campaign trail, the death of justice antonin scalia is setting off debate over who should nominate his replacement. wlwt news 5's aixa diaz reports from the washington bureau. reporter: president obama says he will nominate justice scalia's sick ses sor in due time, but s

jonathan: that' s a good point. i don' t know how they can look serious of they do obtain the nomination. a lot of folks are starting to think about that contested convention. we will see how it all turns out. mark, we will see you again. at stake in 11 states on super tuesday, the ohio primaries shortly thereafter, march 16. stay tuned. this weekend john kasich lasted the tone of the republican campaign, just like mark was talking about. it happened in nashville. he drew a standing ovation declaring -- enough of this trash. he questions how the candidates who trade names and insults can present themselves as leaders to young people. this morning governor kasich will be on meet the press and he the idea that former governor romney have reached out to him about dropping out of the race and what would happen if he did win ohio. you can watch the interview this morning at 10:00, in just 45 minutes. other guests will include senator sanders, senator cruz, and chris christie, as he talks about his recent endorsement of d

jonathan. jonathan: thanks, jennifer. new details on an early morning fire in evanston. it's believed the fire may have started from a space heater. the fire started in the 1800 block of fairfax avenue, just before 4:00 this morning. we have video sent in by a viewer on the scene. thank you for doing that. when crews arrived, the fire spread to the attic. extra crews had to be caught in to get the flames under control. the fire is out. the official cause under investigation. >> it's tearing me down. it's literally killing me. >> we're lost for words. we don't know what to do. continue this morning for a pendleton county a week ago. the family of tara turner says she was with a friend sunday. he claims to have dropped tara off near the california marketplace along the aa highway. tara's father says she hasn't been in contact with her children or anyone in the family. her phone has had no activity since she disappeared, which is highly unusual. >> she's on her phone every day. every day. we've got a lot of family members involved in it. a lot of them are breaking down, thi

jonathan: here we go. jennifer: winter is back tomorrow, but for now let' s soak up the sunshine. wind at night -- nine miles per hour persisting into the afternoon and helping the temperature quite a bit. climbing four or five degrees higher than yesterday afternoon. this cold front is still pushing into our direction. clear skies tonight with scattered clouds working their way in. we will call it partly cloudy for midday, becoming mostly cloudy late in the day, waiting for a cold front to arrive. slowing down just a touch compared to yesterday' s model. maybe more after the 10:00 or 11:00 time print tonight, and head of that today a southwest breeze, high temperatures around 50 with a dry day. squeezing out just enough moisture ahead of it for light showers, less than 1/10 of one inch and scattered showers around midnight. behind this the front will linger with moisture for early-morning commuters. the key for the late morning with a break in the clouds before we get more active tomorrow afternoon, when

i'm guy johnson alongside jonathan ferro. busy morning. jonathan: busy morning. the wti back below $38 a barrel. the first downgrade since the depression. guy: other big headlines coming up. talking about the service data. data out of japan and china. italy. get spain and 8:59. story,n: the other big syngenta, chemchina. the story there, the biggest acquisition by a chinese company. the technology grab as well. they are talking about gm products. let's get more on these stories. let's go to caroline hyde. caroline: chemchina has offered to buy syngenta for more than $43 billion. the plan to take over the swiss seed maker comes as the company extends its shopping spree. the all-cash-- offer would be the biggest yet by a chinese firm. $30 crude is trading below a barrel again. japanese shares plunged more than 3% in less than two weeks. biggest two-day drop in almost seven years. u.s. industry data shows crude stockpiles increased. analysts are predicting oil prices will climb by around 50% by the end of the year. crude will reach $46 a barrel $48 --t will trade at

jonathan. jonathan: thanks. the cincinnati is paying attention. road crews are on 12-hour shifts looking to prevent slick roads. they'll focus on areas prone to freezing and retreating roads. they're prepared to stay on duty around the clock through the weekend. wlwt news 5 leads the way on winter weather. download our wlwt app and see the newscast and get severe weather alerts on your phone or mobile device. the zika virus is now in cincinnati. the first case, a butler county woman who traveled to south america. wlwt news 5's emily wood has more on the message being sent from the health department. reporter: e.r. doctor joseph kahn says the zika virus is all about mosquitos. right now, in ohio, it's little cause for concern. >> the main route of contracting the disease is mosquitos. right now, it's so cold that thing. reporter: dr. kahn says it would be virtually impossible to contract the virus through casual contact with someone sick. >> it can be transferred via blood contact or sex and that's pretty much it. reporter: butler county health dir

jonathan: anyone can do it. jennifer: thank you for bringing this, this morning. s day, you can celebrate by you. there are locations in cincinnati, mason, and west chester. jonathan: there' s still a lot more ahead on wlwt news 5 today. including an annual event dedicated to finding hundreds of local animals homes, how you can get involved. and actress and comedian melissa mccarthy is taking her talents to saturday night live. she' ll be on with music guest, kanye west. it' s tonight after news 5 at 11:00. stay with us. we' re going to do some eating here on news 5 today. before contemplating the many choices on steak 'n shake's $4 dollar menu, one must calm the mind in our zen garden. focus. the garlic double steakburger meal. reflect. the taco salad meal. the original double 'n cheese steakburger meal. oh! download the new steak'n shake rewards app. time you use it. jonathan: now on news 5 today. the family of a man shot and killed by a former uc police officer is taking him to court. the details of the civil

jonathan: jennifer, thanks. a mom is being held on a $10,000 bond, accused of overdosing in a kroger parking lot with her daughter in the car. police found crystal hall with a police found kristal hall with a heroin. hall will not be allowed contact with her daughter. a grand jury will hear the case coming up on february 16. word of that arrest comes as warren county is taking a very visible approach to fighting the heroin epidemic. a new billboard is offering cold, hard cash in the name of catching heroin traffickers. wlwt news 5's make dardis has details. reporter: this is the sign creating more than a few conversations in union township. a billboard along state route 48 encouraging tips and text messages to combat a still growing epidemic. the added incentive, cash to report drug abuse. the project is privately funded and anonymous, but the message is anything but. warren county experienced a 42% increase in heroin related overdose deaths from 2014 to 2015. another sobering reality, the fact that drug overdos

jonathan: all right. michelle: there is your whole food plan. jonathan: show you something fun. life according to louie. that is a dog. great head of hair. it wasn't a bad afternoon to go out for a walk. bluff skies and sunshine. our "7 on your side" photographer jim jocelyn tested out of a go-pro. this is outside the studios today. well, it gave us a nice view of the world from his vantage point. he is gorgeous. >> good thing it didn't stop before the fire hydrant. or before he met his friend. >> let's start for the weekend. a good weekend outlook. it will warm up sunday and monday. it's cold in washington. virginia. i think that is what we are looking at. rappahannock high school. the winds will diminish a bit. clear skies and temperatures in the mid-20's. mid-20's for the extreme, or very the rest of the metro area. through the weekend a nice change coming. wait until sunday. upper 40's. 61 degrees for the day on sunday. seven days the warm weather will continue. a cold front could hit and then it turns colder again for the end of next week. the friday afternoon rush. we are

jonathan? jonathan: thank you, jennifer. a 3-year-old boy dies after being shot in the chest. it happened last night in sunman, indiana. emily wood has the latest on the investigation. reporter: we've learned much this dearborn county home. the boy does live in the house at the end of this long gravel driveway off van wedding road. the sheriff's office says the child was shot with a 357 revolver handgun and was found dead when deputies arrived. throughout the night, several cruisers with sunman police, indiana state police and the coroner's office have come down the road. the dearborn county sheriff's office says how the shooting happened still remains under investigation. this is as bad as it gets. for all emergency personnel, with the sheriff's department, sunman police, ems, dearborn county coroner's office, indiana state police. anybody involved in something like this, it's as bad as it gets when it involves a child. reporter: no charges have been filed and the sheriffs office would not comment on anyone else the shooting. reporting from sunman, indiana, in dearborn county

jonathan. jonathan: look at friday, 53 and sunny. thank you, jennifer. local high school bass ketball teams finishing the regular season. details in morning sports. george: welcome to the blitz on a saturday morning. i'm george vogel, alongside elise jesse. tough lasalle team last night. lasalle won ten straight games down the stretch of the season. elise: moeller, though, they lost to elder last week. they also lost their senior point guard, nate georgeton, to a torn acl. last night, a share of the gcl title was on the line. zach wells has more on the moeller/lasalle matchup. zach: good morning, george and elise. have you heard the expression, all we need to know we learned in kindergarten. sharing is on that list. but in this instance, you can understand if lasalle wanted no part of it. recipe was clear. beat the men of moeller on montgomery road and bring an outright gcl title to the west side. lasalle was locked in on the road on senior night for the men of moeller. trey kilgore knocks down a three. put it in the books. lasalle went to halftime with

jonathan: about two inches? jennifer: yes and all of us will get accumulation out of it if you seen snow flurries this southwestern counties. this is a little band that developed out of indiana this morning. we have some return on the radar. the steadier snow out of st. louis will continue to expand and evening. closer to our radar, some of the snow flurries are trying to invade us of the state image -- which cannot be much of a concern this morning with a much more than that. this morning, band of light flurries will move out. with a quiet from late morning until midday and then here comes the snow from the west by :00 p.m. -- by 3:00 p.m.. steady snow for everyone from 4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. most of this will be steady and light and taper into scattered snow showers passed 11:00 tonight up but it will persist begin with activity on the the bulk of the accumulation happens today between now and the heaviest is in the western p.m. the eastern counties will get 10:00 p.m. we will have more coming up. jonathan: t wai

jonathan: thank you. jonathan: we look at the marine corps memorial. this the iconic moment that the u.s. flag was raised in world war ii. on this day february 23 in 1945, photographed raising the stars and stripes. michelle: still ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- don't forget about the money that is yours. we help you get unclaimed funds next. jonathan: still ahead at 4:30. cyber bullying in a middle school. the principal finds out and jumps into action. what she has found, how she is handling it and the letter that is sent home with the students. we have that when "abc7 news your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives. and your debit card wants to stay on a diet. fill your cart with small victories like giant's nature's promise brand. great prices on over 800 items. eat well for less. only at my giant. good afternoon. i'm joce sterman live in the "7 on your side" help center with a topic you ar

leon: that's right, jonathan. overnight sunday, early monday morning justice scalia's body returned to virginia. it will be lying in repose at the supreme court this friday, three days from now. a source close to the family says the funeral will then be held this saturday. n.p.r. is reporting it will be at the basilica of the shrine of the immaculate conception. we are working to gather more information on the we learn more about scalia's health. we know he visited his doctor twice before heading out to texas on a hunting trip and he did have some kind of heart issues. we are following the story. when scalia's family gives us more information about their plans, we'll pass it on to you. jonathan: yesterday the snow fell and it filed up pass before changing over to sleet and freezing rain. so many people slipping and sliding and falling. it was still icy this morning when you woke up. then came the heavy rain. >> people's umbrellas are going inside out. oh! there we go. that's a hard one. okay. well anyways, it's pr

jonathan: thanks. a busy day for d.c. council as the members considered measures on security cameras, firefighter retirement and marijuana in businesses and nightclubs. d.c. bureau chief sam ford joining us live outside the wilson building with a look at the latest debate on pot in the city. they had a lot on their plate today, sam. sam: indeed. the d.c. council essentially today kept alive the hope of marijuana supporters that they may be able to have pot parties and private establishments in the city. as d.c. passed the marijuana law legally, it can only be grown at home for private consumption at home. a bill that prohibited the expansion of marijuana use almost expired last month. mayor muriel bowser concerned how congress might react urged councilmembers to extend the prohibition and they did on an emergency basis. yet today, councilmember mcduffy withdrew his bill to make the ban permanent. he says he will reintroduce a measure in two weeks. pro marijuana activates hope the bill will be more to t

i am guy johnson alongside jonathan arrow. -- jonathan ferro. the employment components of manufacturing and service, we are looking for an edge down from the blowout figure. the dollar this week. that has had a massive impact a look at the rallies we have seen for some of these mining stocks. it is absolutely down to the dollar. you can see that from some of the oil stocks as well. it has been a big week in terms of central-bank policy. we will talk much more about that. no incidents that the dollar had its worst week since 2009 and the miners had a two-day pop. credit squeeze earnings, and unforgiving market punished the stock. bnp paribas, you wonder what is going to happen at the open. we will talk about that much more. i am curious to know how the communication strategy is working right now. ,hy the analysts are so off particularly with the banking sector. why are they being caught by surprise? who is communicating well and who is not? central banks, we need to bring into the conversation as well. let's get you up to his. here is caroline h

jonathan: thanks. president obama urgedded local and national lawmakers to lead with faith and not fear. the president delivering his last annual sermon at the annual prayer breakfast in the district this morning and warned of the core rose i impact of fear in public life. this comes after making his first visit as president to american mosque. in keeping with the tradition of the annual gathering, the president did not directly mention anything to do with the political scene. well, they were plotting to use a drone to drop drugs, cigarette, even a phone on the prison ground in cumberland. but two of the three planners of the idea reached a plea deal. keith russell from silver spring worked his deal out. but specifics are not made public yet. the other two were arrested in the truck outside the prison with the contraband and the remote control mini copter. we have to wait to hear what the stunt will cost them in regard to time. so around the commonwealth this afternoon, senators now struck down a bill

jonathan: d.c. made a push to get them to relocate across the river and they decided to stay in virginia. michelle: health matters alert now. president obama is asking congress for nearly $2 billion in emergency spending to combat zika outbreak. the request somes after the lawmakers on capitol hill urge white house to address spread of the virus. this is transmitted from mosquitoes and linked to serious birth defects. c.d.c. says 50 americans returned from traveling abroad infected with the zika virus. jonathan: researches say the best spray to combat zika contain 25% deet or 20% pica aeradon. id finds three products that are the most effective. sawyer fisherman's formula and the eight-hour off. read the labels. michelle: the app kik have come up in two high-profile cases. both cases raised concerns over messaging apps over where strangers can strike up a conversation with the kids. starl starl is back with this information on apps like kik. a lot of folks are just learning about this. alison: this

jonathan. jonathan: thanks. a civil lawsuit in the death of sam dubose. a wrongful death filing that names former u.c. police officer and accused killer, ray tensing. the federal suit claims excessive force, plus assault and battery by tensing. the family is asking for damages but doesn't give an amount. the dubose family settled for $4.8 million with the university. tensing is charged with murder in last summer's traffic stop shooting. a trial date has been set for october. >> it's not worth it. it's just totally not worth it. there are so many sharks out there just wanting to take your money. jonathan: a local man with a warning for everyone after being taken for six figures. with valentine's day almost here. wlwt investigated. most are disguised on social media and online sites. whoever is on the other end establishes relationships with you before tricking you into sending them money. often over the course of months. >> it was in small increments. added up over six, eight months, it turned out to be about a hundred. these scam artists, no matter what t

jonathan: thank you. one part of maryland in the jackpot for snow was southern maryland and central vass. michelle: this is route 301 in brandywine not far from waldorf that also got plenty of snow. maryland bureau chief brad bell is in la plata. you were telling us earlier while you were getting there you saw wrecks on the roads. are things getting any better? brad: you know, it has been an interesting day. we did see a lot of wrecks. right now things are better. port tobacco road, the lane closest to me is wet pavement. the far lane is slush. now the snow has changed. this morning it was powdery. right now it's perfect snowman snow. it is really sticking. how much we got here, you can see on the ruler about five inches. now we have seen as much as seven. but the worst of the traffic conditions by far this morning. take a look at some of the video. you mentioned the crashes we saw. i actually witnessed a couple of them happening in front of me. cars spinning off of the road. cars spinning. there was a th

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jonathan: thanks. stay with abc7 and doug hill even when you are away from our tv set. we are providing updates on all the platforms, online and on the apps. only thing you need is a phone, tablet and a wireless connection. michelle: new developments this afternoon in the murder of a mother and her daughter. neshante davis was a teacher and her child chloe was just 2 years old. jonathan: maryland bureau chief brad bell broke on twiter that the child's father is now under arrest. brad is outside prince george's county police headquarters where we just got a first look at this guy. brad: we learned he would be charged this morning. but a little while ago we saw the perp walk. they call it that. we want to show you the video. the young man, i believe he is 25 years old. he is in police custody coming out of police headquarters. he has been under questioning in here on and off since mid-afternoon yesterday. we understand that he made a confession. a confession that he killed his own child, 2-year-old chloe

jonathan. jonathan: thank you, jennifer. several people were forced from their home after a weekend fire at a mt. airy apartment. firefighters were called to the 1900 block of kentucky avenue saturday afternoon. someone was cooking and left a pan of oil unattended. 11 people, including seven children, were displaced because of this fire. damage is estimated at $50,000. we now know who shot a 3-year-old indiana boy. the county coroner now saying the child accidentally shot himself. first responders were called to the sunman, indiana, home just after 5:00 friday night. wlwt news 5's tammy mutasa has the latest on the investigation. reporter: a mother frantically calls for help after she found her little boy had accidentally shot himself. >> the way the gun was held and stuff, it was possible for this child to have pulled the reporter: the dearborn county coroner says an autopsy was performed on 3-year-old christopher griffith. he says the child's death has been ruled an accident. >> they did check for any kind of previous inju

jonathan: thank you. new audit flames problem with oversight for the contractor that moved cars for military families when they are transferred. millions were overpaid to the company that left the families waiting weeks or months to get the cars back. the problem is exposed by the "7 on your side" i-team two years ago prompting action. >> the good news is that you are investigating reporting and the office has seen the delivery level get back up to almost 98%. jonathan: at 6:00, the bad news. how much money the report claims was overpaid. and why the military might not be able to get their hands back on that money. remember, if you need help from "7 on your side," giv us a call. go to the hotline. 866-236-3401. or send an e-mail to tips@wjla.com. we would love to help you out. michelle: start of the workweek. let's check in with jamie sullivan for a look at traffic. how is it going? jamie: we are seeing slowing. when it started at virginia, 66 heading outbound. you can get a good idea of the westbound tra

jonathan: welcome back. seven are dead, hundreds more are injured in southern taiwan after a 6.4 magnitude earth quick hit early saturday morning. the quake collapsed two highrise residential towers. more than 220 people have been pulled from the rubble there. the health ministry reports so hospitalized. the coast guard is out searching the pacific ocean after it says two small planes collided off the coast of los angeles. i saw a still photograph of this earlier this morning. the midair collision happened around 3:30 friday afternoon. divgers have found a plane tail number and a partial number from a second plane in the water. it's not clear how many people were on board the two planes. a team of five u.s. experts has arrived in somalia to help put the investigation into what caused a mid-flight blast that ripped a hole on the side of a passenger plane. multiple sources are saying it was likely a bomb made of military grade explosives that caused the explosion. the plane kept going and landed with the hole

jonathan: that board. the police are trying to figure out the best way to thin the number of coyotes in the area. xavier was in action last night. one of the toughest teams in the nation. morning. we had overnight rain and temperatures have followed into the mid-50' s. he will stay there for afternoon highs today. that' s still above average, but we will fall in the work. it's always worth remembering... that icing the cinnamon rolls is a privilege not a right. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. here in vineland, home of progresso, we figured out how to get rich ingredients like bacon into 22 light soups, so if you want 100 calories or less per serving without giving up rich flavor do what we do...make it jennifer: welcome back. we had some thunderstorms between mid-night and 1:00. we are not going back that many hours. as a leading edge of lightning and the steady rain across hamilton county. we had several hours of moderate to heavy rainfall. there was over an inch and a half of rain in southern

jonathan: good morning, welcome to news 5 today. i'm jonathan hawgood. meteorologist jennifer schack, you'll tell me i'm jumping the gun when i say i feel like the warm weather we've gotten is the end of winter. we had the oasis, which was wonderful, then the bump which ended the nasty stretch of cold. even if it gets cold again and snows again, we're so close to march. end of winter. jennifer: today will feel -- i was looking at the forecast high, 66. that's the average high, april 18. it's going to feel a couple months ahead today. we have a nice one. yesterday, we were at 66 but had the damaging winds. today, much weaker for the winds. they will still be a touch but nowhere near yesterday. today. we've been as warm as 72. we've had fog in spots. looking at temperatures, the colder spots, hamilton and lunken. down in the valleys, lighter winds allowing the temperatures to drop off. along the hill side, winds up this morning, you're not going to see fog. hamilton down with the calm winds and that corresponds with the location that's mainly had a problem

jonathan. jonathan: several police agencies are investigating a fatal crash that ended with a man dead in park hills, kentucky. it happened right outside covington catholic high school saturday morning. police say 68-year-old roger lee stephenson was hit while crossing the street. he died at the scene. >> he usually waits for his bus coming this way. when he sees his bus, he crosses over. looks like that's what he was doing, crossing over to get on the bus. jonathan: the driver is cooperating with the investigation. kenton county police are overseeing the investigation. he was a father, husband, and avid cyclist. there was a huge show of support from the cycling xhunlt this weekend, honoring a man killed in a hit and run crash in the story. >> it strikes a nerve with everyone who rides a bike. reporter: it's the kind of bike ride this tight knit cycling community never wants to have, a ghost bike ride. >> today is a sorrowful day for the bicycle community. reporter: hundreds and hundreds of cyc

jonathan: sounds good, jennifer. new this morning, police in westwood are looking for the suspect in an overnight shooting. it happened in the 3,000 block of bracken wood lane just after 1:30 this morning. police say the family was drinking, and two people got into an argument, one took out a gun and fired. the bullet grazing one person. they refused treatment. police have not named the suspect. police in westwood are also searching for the driver who crashed into a building overnight. it happened at a tv repair business in the block of 2000 harrison avenue around 2:30 this morning. when police arrived no one was in the vehicle. structural engineers had to be called to the scene to make sure the building would not collapse. once they did that crews were , able to board up the building. new details on a death investigation in loveland. last night police pulled a body from the little miami river. police say a boater saw the body and called police. loveland police say they have not confirmed the identity of the body but

jonathan: okay, thanks. we are following breaking news out of north baltimore where two sheriff deputies were shot. leon harris has been following the breaking newsroom in the details and he joins us with the latest. what can you tell us? leon: a lot of moving pieces happening in the story. we are trying to put everything together for you. the shootings happened in shopping complex. it at boulevard at fox hill, if you know that area. at this point, here is what we know. we know two deputies are in the hospital after being involved in that shooting. the suspect is dead. police are telling us right now they are not looking for any additional suspects. now details on who opened fire first or what led up to the shooting, that not yet be released. we are still worng information once we learn more in the newsroom. back up to you. jonathan: thank you very much. we are also following a developing story out of annapolis where the charles county dive team pulled two bodies out of the severn river. they have not identi

jonathan. jonathan: thank you, jennifer. people in butler county will clean up from the damage left behind from friday's wind. a pole snapped in half in millville, just west of hamilton. it was left balancing on the power lines that it was holding up. in middletown, a tree was you can see the older tree the left there. another pole down in independence, kentucky. half shut down independence last night. no one was hurt. strong wind, along with mechanical failure to blame for bringing down a crane at a louisville construction site. authorities say as soon as the crane began to collapse, the crane operator jumped into the ohio river in the opposite direction of the crane. he was able to get out of the water quickly and was not hurt. check out more wind damage photos on the wlwt app. a busy day in commitment 2016 news. the democrats are preparing for nevada, while the republicans focus on south carolina. primary voting takes place in south carolina today. donald trump is leading in some of the polls. he's called for a boycott of

now we'll head to jonathan kennedy for what you can expect today. >> jonathan: this afternoon we may get out of the range of not needing the parka, but you still need a jacket when you head out and about. temperatures ranging from 21 in camden up to 30 downtown, seeing urban heat, we have more people, more industry, more things going on in the city, we don't cool off as much. saluda 24, 27 the most popular number, almost everybody at that. orangeburg at 30 to our south, seeing a warmer start but look for clear skies across the board, that will be the case throughout the day, we'll look for lots of sunshine, slightly warmer day that won't be that hard. today we will get closer to normal but probably still 10 degrees below normal. wind light and variable, that's good to see. wind chill still ramming up, 26 is what it feels like downtown. yesterday we saw teens, some improvement but still cold, pretty much nondiscernable, if it's 20 or 18, it doesn't make that much of a difference. satellite and radar quiet, we are watching cloud to the west, this system is to rotate and tilt and go to