[applause]. I guess you all are expecting me to Say Something about now. Please do have a seat. Grateful for the opportunity to be here with you here tonight. Those of you that are gathered in this room for starters. Thank you for making your way here. For those of you who is who this is your job this time a year. On some form of video stream thank you for taking the time to check in with us here. And find out what is happening as we talk about not only the state of the commonwealth but the state of the budget and they are one and the same. Intertwined in the time like this. I want to think a couple of groups in particular. When we come through that weather we head in recent days mindful of a couple of groups. Who i truly think our worthy of ever thinks throughout the commonwealth and frankly in the first group. I want to send a special gratitude to the men and women who mind the call that produces of the electricity in the heat that keeps so much of america were at times like this. An
Good morning everyone. Today the subcommittee of oversight and investigation holds a hearing entitled combatting the Opioid Crisis battles in the states. Now, make no mistake the term combatting and battled are entirely appropriate. Our nation is in the midst of devastation around every corner of the nation. In 2015 there were more than in the u. S. , more than 33,000 deaths involved in opioid. 24 increase from the prior year. Overdose death rate in 2015 was almost seven times the rate of deaths from the heroin epidemic of the 1970s. For 2016 weve already announced from New York Times weve lost roughly 60,000 people to Drug Overdose and that is more in one year than all the names on the Vietnam Veterans memorial wall. And likely that number is underestimated because much of the data will not be in until the end of this year 2017. Its staggering. For every fatal overdose its estimated there are 20 nonfatal overdoses and for 2016 that could be near 1 million. More than 183,000 lives have
In the live alert center now with a gun off the streets of norwood. Police there say they pulled a car over last night for a license plate violation. Officers smelled marijuana, and a search led to 2 bags of pot and this handgun under the drivers seat. They arrested 18 year old brian whisenhunt. He had a criminal history, which prevented him from legally carrying a weapon. A bridge alert this morning youre looking live at the brent spence one of several tristate bridges in the danger zone thats based on a new report of the most troubled bridges in the country, this morning, breaking down what that means for you this study looked at at 27,000 bridges here in ohio. And like this one columbia parkway over 471. They found that drivers are traveling on shaky ground. And its not just this structure but ohio ranks among the worst in the country. 912 percent of all of our bridges and overpasses are ranked structurally defient. And in desperate need of repair. Also making the list the Western H
Firefighters in newport are on the scene of a large fire that has left a family of four homeless this afternoon. And as timyka artist reports the flames were moving so quickly one of the victims had to take Desperate Measures to make it out alive. Firefighters are still here on 9th street. High winds have made this challenging for them 9 on your side arrived to find multiple units on of the people who lived there was hysterical trying to locate her cat. That womans 16 year old sister covered in soot after jumping from a second story window. A friend tells 9oys the girls mother and older sister were at work brother and pitbull named tryten all managed to escape when that blaze suddenly erupted in the back part of the house 09 4048 they woke up to the smoke paige jumped out the window she hurt her ankle her brother was in the house he was in the room where the fire was they made it out safely than the family just moved in about 34 months ago. And now they have lost everything. Red cross
Mark good morning in for joining us, on mark hayes. Lisa and i m lisa cooney. More headlines coming up, but let s get a check on the forecast. Randi it was a short week for many people with the holiday on monday. It seems so long ago though. We had snow and cold. That is gone and it is all about the warm up. As you look at temperatures right now, starting out with many around 40 degrees. We have a couple of spots that are cooler right now. Dry ridge at 35. He called the spun the area. Loveland sitting at 41. Mason currently, 43. This is a great way to start out your friday. It is going to get one but it is also going to get breezy through the day. We are starting out with clouds north of town and clear to the south and west. As we zoom out, you can see it is dry across the region. Clouds are clearing out the wind currently 1015 mileperhour wind. Back toward chicago, wind 2025 miles per hour. That will be the case this afternoon. Your plan for today, 8 00 a. M. , sunny, breezy, and 38 d