Today the republican frontrunner donald trump will hold a rally in west chester. This just a few days after a planned rally in chicago that never actually happened. It desolved into chaos with 5 people arrested. After supporters clashed with protesters on friday night. And there are protesters expected to show up at the rally happening today right here in the tristate. 9 on your side reporter Kristen Swilley is live in west chester with a preview of what we expect to see later today. Kristen . All eyes on Donald Trumps rally scheduled for the Savannah Center today. After back to back confrontation s. A big scuffle in chicago and a close call for the donald in dayton. These next few days of course critical to the trump campaign. Winning the battleground state of ohio would put him one step closer key win away from governor john kasich. But throughout the past few days, weve seen the path to election day may not be a smooth one. 9 on your side was there as trump campaigned in dayton yesterday and a man attempted to rush the stage. Secret service quickly surrounded trump and the man was arrested. But though several protestors plan to gather here today, we heard from Trump Supporters who say hes what the country needs. I like the way he rules with his business and overall i just think hes a great businessmen. Hes not one of the establishment hes new. And thats it. Hes not a politician. Again trump scheduled to appear here at the Savannah Center at 2 p. M. Protestors say they plan to be here before and after the rally, but organizers say they cant bring any signs inside. Reporting in west chester. Kristen swilley. 9 on your side. Ohios highest ranking eating pancakes in sharonville on saturday. They were hearing from the president ial candidate who leads the state. Keynote for the northeast Hamilton CountyRepublican Club also there portman, dewine, chabot among others. Kasich said he pledged early on to keep his campaign positive. To make ohio proud. Folks, we cant fix our country if we spend all of our time fighting with one another. That is not why we are elected officials. Officials. Some 5hundred people here attended the breakfast at the Sharonville Convention center. It was considered the premier political fundraising event for republicans in southwest ohio. President bill clinton making a stop at the National Underground raiilroad freedom center. He was in town again campaigning for his wife, president ial candidate Hillary Clinton. He too criticised the way the republicans have campaigned. It started off just making graders watching a fight during recess. Then they kept saying more and more and more things things five states will cast their votes in tuesdays democratic primary. Including ohio. Recent polls show Hillary Clinton with significant leads over Bernie Sanders to carry ohio and its 160 delegates. Heads up this morning. If you plan on being downtown today weve got a Traffic Alert to tell you about. You heard jason mention it earlier. The american heart associations heart mini race is happening today. And the fundraiser for Heart Disease and stroke prevention kicked off at 730 this morning with a Half Marathon that started in Fountain Square. Theres an expo taking place all day at Duke Energy Center too. So just be prepared if youre planning on being in the area. We have a scam warning to tell you about this morning from the Boone County Sheriffs Office. They say people are getting calls from someone claiming to be from they have a warrant for you for missing jury duty. The scammers instruct you to get a prepaid kroger credit card worth a thousand dollars. Then give them the number on it. To get the warrant taken care of. The Boone County Sheriffs Office says it would never payment over the phone. We now know who is moving on to the Scripps National spelling bee from saturdays regionals. Regionals. Robert casteneros, an 8th grader at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy won the cincinnati bee saturday morning at chca. And later, patrick mitchell, an 8th grader at Greendale Middle School in lawrenceburg, won the indianakentucky bee. The winners will head to the Scripps National spelling bee in the washington, dc area the week of may 22nd. Coming up. Effort pays off. How a local mans committment to doing the right thing turned into a thanks for getting up with us this sunday morning. Its now degrees at oclock. A homeless man walks an hour in the rain determined to do the right thing. Little did he know someone noticed his efforts. Nine on your sides tj parkers shows us how a little compassion goes a long way. T. J. the North College hill mayors court see a lot of doors, but never, have the seen someone with such difficult circumstances make such an effort Virgina Wagner clerk 25 19 im proud to work here with the people i work withit was a typical day of court for clerks virginia wagner and jenny hoeh except for meeting an unconventional man who showed in an unconventiona l way. Virginia 20 14 i let him know that itd be better to get here late than not get here at allthe man at the stand in the video got a traffic ticket last november. He came to court to pay up but its how he came to court that really threw everyone off. Jenny 20 43 he walked all the way herethe man walked an hour in the rain after he accidentally got off the wrong bus stop. Jenny and virginia later found out the man was also homeless. Virginia 22 00 hes made sure and been here when he was supposed to and thats admirable for someone whos in the circumstances hes in jenny 21 04 i was leaving i said if he actually makes it here take money out of our petty cash so he could have a bus ride home, no one ever does that to get to court so we were pretty impressed with himwell, the man made it to notice. Viriginia 22 22 when they called his name i immediately interjected in the middle of court and said did you really walk here and he said yeah i wanted to make sure the judge knew how much effort this man had put into make sure he was in court when he was suppose to bethe judge commended him for being responsible and decided to waive the fines and fees for the ticket and pitched in himself so the man had bus fare to get back to the shelter. Jenny 24 21 he was impressive to me was raining hard hes walking an hour to get herejenny 24 44 he deserved something he didnt deserve to walk back thats for suret. J. now virginia and jenny spoke with that man, today. Good new, he starts a new job, next week. In North College hill, im t. J. Parker, 9 on your side. Coming up. Lacing up for the big dance. March madness is nearly in full swing and we have a look at the weekends big games. And Tristate College ballers getting ready youre watching good morning thanks for getting up with us this sunday morning. Its now degrees at oclock. Its time to check weather with meterologist jason adams. Adams. Scattered showers and storms have brought locally heavy rain to the area overnight. Some spots have picked up close to an inch. Isolated higher totals are possible, so areas in green have been placed under a flood advisory. Localized flooding is possible. Waves of showers and storms will continue to roll through today. The most widespread scattered this afternoon. Highs will reach the upper 60s. More showers likely this afternoonunsettled weather continue monday with another way. It will bring showers and a possible storm with it as well. Highs stay warm monday, reaching the upper 60s. Tuesday in the low 70s. This is great news for those of you heading thanks for getting up with us degrees at oclock. New at 8 on good morning tri state. A 26yearold man accused of crashing his snowmobile into two iditarod mushers says he was on his way home from a night out drinking when he hit them. Killing one of their dogs. Dogs. Alaska state troopers say Arnold Demoski is being held on two counts of assault, reckless endangerment. Reckless driving and six counts of criminal mischief. Demoski told reporters that he didnt even know what hed done when he woke up saturday morning and heard what had happened to the mushers. He checked his snowmobile and realized that was the one who had hit them. He says the snowmobile was missing a part and had rustcolored stains. The crashes killed one dog and injured at least three others. Next on 9 on your side at 8. Worse than just a botched discovered about a contractor she hired. And trusted inside her home. And the republican frontrunner is coming to the tri state. Well take you live to west chester where Donald Trumps supporters are already lining up. Ahead starts right now good morning tri state wekeend starts right now , good morning. Scattered showers and storms have brought locally heavy rain to the area overnight. Some spots have picked up close to an inch. Isolated higher totals are possible, so areas in green have been placed under a flood advisory. Waves of showers and storms will continue to roll through today. The most widespread rain will be this morning, with the rain becoming more scattered this afternoon. Highs will reach the upper 60s. More showers likely this afternoonunsettled weather continue monday with another area of low pressure on the way. It will bring showers and a possible storm with it as well. Highs stay warm monday, reaching the upper 60s. Tuesday looks dry and warm with highs in the low 70s. This is great republican frontrunner donald tristate today. 9 on your sides Kristen Swilley joins us live from stump for the highest office in the country in just a couple of hours. All eyes on Donald Trumps rally scheduled for the Savannah Center today. After back to back confrontation s. A big scuffle in chicago and a close call for the donald in dayton. These next few days of course critical to the trump campaign. Winning the battleground state of ohio would put him one step closer to the nomination and take a key win away from governor john kasich. But throughout the past few days, weve seen the path to election day may not be a smooth one. 9 on your side was there as trump campaigned in dayton yesterday and a man attempted to rush the stage. Secret service quickly surrounded trump and the man was arrested. But to gather here today, we heard from Trump Supporters who say hes what the country needs. I like the way he rules with his business and overall i just think hes a great businessmen. Hes not one of the establishment hes new. And thats it. Hes not a politician. Again trump scheduled to appear here at the Savannah Center at 2 p. M. Protestors say they plan to be here before and after the rally, but organizers say they cant bring any homemade signs inside. Reporting in west chester. Kristen swilley. 9 on your side. Get another chance to vote on Marijuana Legalization anytime soon. This week we learned a Group Seeking to legalize medical marijuana through a proposed constitutional amendment. Failed to clear one of the first hurdles in the process. Ohio attorney general mike dewine has rejected the petition from ohioans for medical marijuana to put the issue on the ballot. Dewine said he couldnt certify the issues language as a fair or truthful statement of the proposal. Its not the end of the push for legalization in the buckeye state. There are still two more medical Marijuana Legalization proposals waiting for his review. Imagine trusting someone to work in your home. And discovering only later. Theyre a convicted sex offender. Thats what happened to one local woman. Who says on top; of the unpleasant discovery. The work was botched nine on your sides roseann aragon finds out why the woman wasnt told about the mans past. The contractor said he was done with the job well im this family doesnt use and i show you why for one its missing a drawer here and you cant open the othersas for the tubif you tried to turn on the water that water will end up on their basement floorbut thats not allpkgnats this outlet is covered in dry wall primernats this is still not attached the masters is even worse. Nats see how unfinished this is . And the list goes on. Carrie Wilson it infuriates me. He claimed to be a high end contractor. Carrie wilson is a first time homebuyerthis was the house that we had wanted. I fell in love with this house years ago. It reminded me of my grandmas house. It was a dream turned to nightmarethe man said we was a high end contractor. With a bank loan they paid about 5 thousand dollars upfrontafter months of dissatisfactionshe fired him. But the nightmare would continue he was a sex offender. So she pulled his picture up on the sex offender registry. Theres his old girls and under. She was horrified. It was a topic that hit too close to home. He exhusband is in prison. My childrens father who i had to report was also a sex offender. This contractor was approved by the bankit makes me sick. Because how many people could have a history like this and be working in your home and not know about it. While its a state law that sex offender have to live at least 1000 feet from a school they cant stop them from working near one and contractors are not required to disclose that information not all banks are required to look for it. Now her message to othersif youre going to hire anybodydont trust anyone but yourself to check them out. Roe now experts suggest some of the questions that you can ask is the business accredited by the Better Business bureau . Does your back do a background check . You can always looks to see who is registered as a sex offender online. Some simple steps to help avoid a potentially horrible the contractor was convicted of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 in massacushetts. Nine on your side is not identifying him because in the case of this construction project. He has not been charged with any crime. Coming up. , get ready for runners. The heart mini is happening right now. Well introduce you to a stroke survivor whos marking a thanks for getting up with us this sunday morning. Its now degrees at oclock. Heads up this morning. If you plan on being downtown today weve got a Traffic Alert to tell you about. You heard jason mention it earlier. The american heart associations heart mini race is happening today. The fundraiser for Heart Disease and stroke prevention kicked off at 730 this morning with a Half Marathon that started in Fountain Square. Theres an expo taking place all day at Duke Energy Center too. So just be prepared if youre planning on being in the area. Many people in this mornings personal cause. Marking the loss of a loved one. Or their own battle against Heart Disease. Now 9 on your side reporter julie oneill introduces you to a stroke survivor whose got a team of supporters. Walking in her shoes. This is the tshirt to look for sunday morning here on Fountain Square as terri kerseys team takes off to support stroke victims a 1k walk before the heart mini that marks quite a milestone in kerseys climb. Whoever said its just a walk in the park hasnt heard about terri kerseys climb to get here. July 2014 after she climbs Mount Kilamanjaro for a friends fundraiser. Her climb really starts. She has a stroke doctors tell her husband, greg, they cant give her the care she needs. Her sister franticly works insurance for a pricey medical flight back. He puts her on speaker and i can hear her trying to say i love you. Two months later we showed you the slow steps she could take and you heard that short Statement Today its laughter slowing her stride. Family at her side. Helping her train for the walk to support other stroke victims. So still having a little trouble getting your thoughts out but you feel like theyre coming faster . Yea oh yes. When i have in conversation. Not in camera but i think im more relaxed. Kersey says stroke victims need encouragemen t. And patience. Im just trying to catch up. Thats family members focus on how far shes come. Terris such an inspiration. And i know she doesnt like it when we say shes an inspiration but she is. She makes us all want more. She makes us all realize you can get more. Youve got to just keep trying. And in the meantime well all be there with herevery step of the way way terri is a go getter. If youre here sunday youll also see her walking the 5k at noon. To support the Heart Patients too. At fountain coming up. Ticket copycats how scammers are preying on your trust. To steal your thanks for getting up with us this sunday morning. Its now degrees at oclock. A tri state woman buying tickets to an upcoming concert at us bank arena. Just ended up paying much more than she expected. Consumer reporter John Matarese is on your side with what you need to watch for. Quick what website is this . Thats easy, its ticketmaster. What website is this . Looks like ticketmaster too. Especially if its on your phone, where Belinda Johnson found it. It. When the site came up it looked official, so i thought i was on the ticketmaster site. Site. So belinda went ahead and bought tickets to see maroon 5 in concert. In cinicnnati this fall. Only