3 you know that sinking feeling. When your car hits a pothole in the road. A new study from triplea says pothole damage has cost us drivers 15 billion in vehicle repairs over the last five years. Local 12s Perry Schaible is live with what you can do to prevent this kind of damage. 3 3 that 15 billion dollar number down. Pothole damage cost drivers in the us approximately three billion dollars a year. Thats no small change. According to 3 triplea, on average american drivers report paying three pothole related damage. Of course, you can never avoid all holes in the pavement. Triplea says there are things you can do to prevent damage to your automobile. Drivers should ensure tires are properly inflated and have the right amount of tread depth because thats the only cushion between a pothole and the vehicle. 3 were concerned about the cost associated with the pothole problem and we want the attention to be drawn to this issue because motorists are paying a lot of moeny out of their pockets becasue of a problem on the roads. If you see a pothole coming, but cant avoid it. Experts say slow down, release the brakes, and straighten the Steering Wheel as you make contact. Good things to know because this problem is likely to get worse. Potholes are typically at their worst in march. After the snow season. Experts say is needed to improve americas roads and bridges. 3 you can report a pothole in the city of cincinnati online. Just go to local 12 dot com, weve got the link there for you. 3 were tracking the latest details after a pedestrian was hit on i75. Three cars were involved in the crash last night around 10. Under the Western Hills viaduct. 75 was closed for about an hour. Were still working to learn how it happened. And the name of the pedestrian has not been released. 3 a fire at boca in downtown shut down sixth street for some time last night. Firefighters say there was a small grease fire in bocas kitchen that started around 10 p. M. Fortunately. No one as hurt. 3 cincinnatis mayor and police chief say officers were justified when they shot and killed a man in cheviot. Police say paul gaston initially complied with their orders. But then he reached into his waistband for a gun. It turned out to be an airsoft gun. But chief elliot isaac says it looked real. Its the second Deadly Police shooting in shot a man last month when pointed what appeared to be a real gun at them. It was also b b gun. The president of the f o p says these men wanted police to shoot them. 3 sgt. Dan hils, cincinnati fop president 17 56 i think both of those cases were suicide by police. I think thats very unfortunate thing when people decide to use the police as their vehicle to commit suicide 06 ron smith, witness 12 33 26 they definitely had the upper hand as far as having their weapons drawn. Now, the thing is the man behind him could have easily deployed a tazer and put him down 38 versus using lethal force. 12 33 40before the shooting. A 911 caller told dispatchers a man was waving a gun near children. Another caller saw gaston crash his pickup and take off with a gun. Three officers are on routine administrative leave during the investigation. 3 theres a war of words between pope francis and republican president ial candidate donald trump this morning. It started when pope francis was asked about trumps promise to build a wall between the us and mexico earlier this week. Trump blasted the pope. Calling it disgraceful that he would question his faith. 3 10 20 pope francis a person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be located, and not building bridges, is not christian. This is not in the gospel. 461 01 donald trump r president ial candidate if and when the vatican is attacked by isis, which as everyone knows is isiss ultimate trophy, i can promise you that the pope would have only wished and prayed that donald trump would have been president. Local catholics and republicans alike are weighing in on the war of words. Local catholics we met arent finding fault with the pope. Theyre questioning trumps comments. 3 john bang i think its insulting not only to catholics but to people in general. Its not a person that you say negative things about. Jennfier elliott i think the pope is coming at it from the human aspect. Hes concerned about the humanity trump is looking at it as political. The wall comments has of course spread to social media. Trump supporters have tweeted photos of walls surrounding the vatican. Calling on the pope to tear them down. 3 a new place to drink and catch music launches at the banks. Local development group, 4e g plans a nightspot in the former Johnny Rockets space. The restaurant closed last april. The new place will be called the stretch. D js will provide music. The stretch is scheduled to open this summer. The company runs several popular restaurants and bars, including mount adams pavilion, lacheys, the grill. 3 millions of 3 millions of people love kings island. Up next, well tell you just how many. Plus, a local bar needs your help. Well tell you why rhinegeist could win a 3 people around here love kings island. Turns out a lot of people love its parent company, too. 2015 was a record year for ohio based cedar fair. The company says more than 24million visitors passed through the gates at its 14 theme parks and water parks. Thats a million more than the year before. Cedar fair also owns cedar point, Knotts Berry Farm near los angeles and canadas wonderland 3 a local brewery has a chance to make a splash nationally. And you can help make it happen. Usa today has listed rhinegeist as a finalist for americas best new brewery. The survey defines a new brewery as one thats been open less than 3 years. Rhinegeist doesnt hit that milestone until june. Its a Readers Choice award. So the winner is determined by your votes. Right now, the o t r brewery is at the top of the list. We have a link on local 12 dot com. You can vote once a day until the end of the month. 3 fighting in a 3 barista battle. Well introduce you to a latte artist. Who is competing among the best in the world. Plus, dramatic video of a chopper. Crash landing in the ocean. Those stories are next. On good morning cincinnati. Im alex trebek. If youre age 50 to 85, to you about isnt the one on your door. Its a rate lock for your Life Insurance that guarantees your rate can never go up at any time, for any reason. Many policies dont have one but you can get a lifetime rate lock through the Colonial Penn program. This plan was designed for people on a fixed income with Coverage Options for just 9. 95 a month. Thats less than 35 cents a day. Your rate is locked in for life and coverage can never be cancelled. Your acceptance is guaranteed. You cannot be turned down because of your health. Call for your information kit and gift. Both are free, 3 3 incredible video this morning. Of a chopper crashing into the pacific ocean. Take a look at this. Crash landing the tourist 3 helicopter went down hard near the u s s arizona memorial at pearl harbor. Witnesses say they saw smoke coming from the choppers tail before it began falling. There were 5 people on board when it happened. Bystanders immediately jumped into action. 3 were all certified and i used to surf a lot so its dive in and help. Someone said theres somebody still in the aircraft so i dove in. Its just instinct at this point. Ill be honest when we first on water . and then, within a second, someone yelled get down and we turned and ran and tried to take cover. All 5 people were taken to the hospital. One of them, a 16 year old, is in critical condition. Its not clear yet what caused the crash. 3 the two children who were revived by narcan earlier this month likely swallowed drugs. Doctors in warren, ohio revived a 9 month old and 21 month old on february second. Police are still waiting on toxicology reports. But are leaning towards the conclusion that the two ingested heroin. Yesterday. The childrens 18 year old mother was charged with endangering children. And their grandmother was charged with permitting drug abuse. The children are now in the countys custody. 3 john kasich has another big newspaper endorsement. The charleston post and courier says the Ohio Governor is the best bet for republicans. The South Carolina paper says hes a proven leader who can work with both sides of the aisle. And, it says he has a plan. College tuition is higher than ever. So more students are getting jobs to pay for it. And one guys job is gaining him fame in the coffee world. 3 37 even if everyone knew i was a latte artist. What is it . Like 95percent of the people are going to be like ok, what does that even mean . 44 lance hedricks Part Time Job at an arkansas coffee shop launched him into a barista battle. Hes a latte artist. Which basically means he can make cool shapes with milk. He started practicing with soap and water to impress his friends. Now. Hes one of the 64 best in the world. And his designs get tons of likes on instagram. Next month lance will travel to new york to compete in the barista world championships. 3 3 3 3 a newsroom dog is trending this morning. Well tell you where he works. And why we need one here chicken and waffles are trending. It could be possible in the drive thru. Well tell you where you can 3 mcdonalds is testing out its own version of a southern classic chicken and waffles. Theyre calling this sandwich the chicken mcgriddle. Its a Fried Chicken patty surrounded by a pair of maple syrup buns. Eleven Mcdonalds Restaurants in central ohio are testing the chicken mcgriddle through the end of march. It could go national depending on customer feedback. The maple buns are already part of the popular mcgriddle breakfast sandwiches. 3 3 a little rock t v Stations Campaign to add a puppy to its staff worked the dog belongs to a reporter who brought him to work one day. The golden retriever named shade. Won the hearts of staffers. But not the stations bosses. So the news director decided to make a deal that if a photo of shade got 100 thousand likes, he could stay around as station mascot. Well, the photo didnt get enough likes by the deadline. But after the trending hashtag we want shade. The crew now has a morning mascot. 3 traveling the 3 world in your own backyard. Coming up at five thirty. Local 12s megan moore tells us how the idea is possible. 3 plus, brent spence bridge up at five thirty. Well tell you how local drivers are reacting to kentuckys new governor. 3 now at five. 3 repairing an overused bridge. Well tell you why. When a new brent spence bridge is tolls. A cure for that case of wanderlust. You can at least feel like youve traveled the world starting today with a new exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum center. 3 good morning. Well get to those top stories in just a moment. But first we want to start with a first check of your forecast. Heres meterologist john gumm. 3 3 new this 3 morning. Were working to find out how a woman was struck by a tractor trailer in middletown. The ohio state Highway Patrol is investigating. State troopers and Middletown Police just cleared the scene at 14th street and verity parkway. The semi reportedly ran the womans legs over. Her name and 3 also new this morning. I71 is open again after a late night crash snarled traffic. It happened near the ridge avenue exit around 11 30 last night. No one was hurt in the two car crash. 3 Cincinnati Police are woman this morning. They tell us 51year old donna davis was last seen by her ex boyfriend on monday. Her purse and wallet were found in her apartment. Police say she has custody of her grandchildren. They are safe with family. But if you know anything about davis. Call 9 1 1. 3 Kentucky Governor matt bevin says hell sign a bill banning tolls for the brent spence bridge replacement project. His predecessor, governor steve beshear, had vetoed a similar bill two years ago. This means, bevin will have to come up with another way to pay for the project. The bridge is nearly 53 years old. Its rusted and overused. Recent studies show its doubling its intended daily load of passengers. 3 02. 55 04i would be not interested in paying a toll of any kind. 58 why is that . I mean who wants to pay money for something you drive across for free everyday. 5. 3037i used to live in california thats what you do on the oakland bridge, its no big deal, its what you do. People got to get used to it. Governor bevin will be at Gateway Community and Technical College today. You this bridge. Well have it covered for you. 3 if youve ever had a dream of traveling the world you can take a little trip without leaving town. A new exhibit opens today. Featuring stories and artifacts collected from around the world by cincinnatians. Local 12s megan moore joins us live at the Cincinnati Museum center where your journey could begin. 3 the treasures 3 of travel exhibit will feature 11 vignettes of cincinnatians and some people who have ties to the area who have traveled the world. One family in particular has quite a fascinating story that stems back to the 1930s. 3 in 1928 with big travel plans in mind julius and dorette fleischmann had the largest and most expensive personal yacht in america built. Called the camargo. They took a cruise around the world with a crew of 36. All them more than a year before they came back. Collecting a lot of artifacts along the way. There are shields, there are masts, theres tools anything you can think of they brought back. Also bringing back an abundance of photos. They hired professional photogrpaher amos burg to document their travels. And its a good thing they did because one part of their trip is particularly interesting. Its not everyday you help rescue castaways thats right. Bob says after leaving the panama canal they traveled onward to cocos island. When they got there they saw that some shacks had been built and they found a note tacked to a clothesline that there were three castaways who were shipwrecked and at that time they were on the other side of the island. So they called for the u. S. S. Navy. And the three shipwrecked men were saved. The fleischmanns dont just have the pictures to prove it. They brought back the castaways handwritten note asking for help. Which you can see for yourself at the things its the First Time Ever this stuff has been seen. And this is just one part of the exhibit. Theres a whole lot more here to see. We have stuff from every continent on the planet. 3 the exhibit 3 through june. 3 the exhibit is 3 included in the cost of admission for the history museum. You can find more information about the exhibit at local 12 dot com. 3 now its time for our facebook question of the day. Today is International Tug of war day. Your favorite field day or summer camp activity . 3 we want you to join the conversation just like the local 12 page on facebook to share your thoughts. Stay tuned. We have a very special 3 3 a veterans job fair will be held today at the Anderson Center on five mile road. Veterans will hear from 50local employers and hiring specialists. Congressman Brad Wenstrup will also present local World War Two veteran. The job fair follows from noon to two. 3 you can see some of the newest cars on the Market Downtown this weekend. The cincinnati auto expo features some that are pricy, a red convertible jaguar thats going for 111 thousand dollarsthere are even some cars you can test drive. The auto expo at the Duke Energy Center runs through sunday. 3 competing Credit Scores. Up next, well tell you if men or women are scoring higher when it comes to money. 3 3 flint michigan will get an extra twomillion dollars to replace its antiquated lead water pipesthe deteriorating pipes contributed to the contamination of the citys Drinking Water supply. The grant money is coming from the states distressed cities fund. Flints mayor karen weaver wants to start removing the lead pipes immediately but Governor Snyder wanted an Engineering Company to map the pipes before tearing them out. 3 gov. Rick snyder, r michigan 40 end weve done our approval process now they just have to do their approvals and respond in terms of giving us the appropriate information, but that frees up 2 million, which could mean several hundred lead service line replacements. The citys years ago after cash strapped state officials forced flint to stop using detroits water. Last month, federal prosecutors announced a criminal investigation into the flint water crisis. 3 federal Police Arrested a missouri woman accusing her of making terror threats. F b i agents raided the home of 38 year old safya roe yassin. They accuse her of using twitter to threaten killing two f bi agents. Officials say yassin kept several social media accounts some of which are linked to isis. Yassin remains in federal custody until her detention hearing. Which is scheduled for tuesday. 3 the gender wars may extend to your credit. A new study finds women get lower Credit Scores than men, even though men usually have more debt. Credit sesame says the average score for men is 630, compared to 621 for women. Men had about 25thousand dollars in debt, versus 21thousand for women. Experts say men arent necessary smarter about Money Matters its just that they earn more than women. 3 suicide by cops, now at 6 00, the strong words from the city of cincinnati about the latest officerinvolved shooting. Reporter the cost of potholes for american drivers, that is next. Opening a night spot, a new one in cincinnati. Where you can find it, and the sign it could be useful. Will get to the top stories coming up in just a moment. Finally that warmer weather is here. The day is finally here. A little gusty, john, too. Winds are going to get strong, concerned about that, we cleared downtown cincinnati 39