And im liz bonis. And im adam clements. Donald trump is expected to speak this morning. Weather. Hey, adam. Were chilly but way above average into the 40s. Fortynine in cincinnati. At least at the international airport. Other locations are 45 and cooler. Fortyeight in newport. The only 50 degrees is down in kentucky. Wilmington is sitting at 43 degrees. But at least were not tracking any rain. Its dry on precision doppler 12 h. D. Our rain is south and west and hand made it to louisville or Bowling Green. A lot of this will break up a little bit. So the forecast today has a couple spritzes of rain from time to time. The st. Patricks day is down town around noon. Fiftynine degrees. Light rain drops but for the most part i think its going to be ok. The heavier chance of rain is going to be here in 12 hours. Well see that by 3 00 oclock our chance will start to increase especially into the evening. The rain becomes more wide spread and temperatures fall into the 50s. Certainly a lot warmer than last night and this morning. Now coming up here were talking about more rain on sunday better chances. Well time those out and when we could see temperatures in the 70s shortly guys. Brandon, thank you. Donald trump will make two stops in ohio. The first in dayton. This is ahead of tuesday winner take all in ohio and megan more live at the Dayton International airport where the republican candidate will be. Good morning to you megan. You know what . We got here early but theres a the people at the front of the line told me they came from covington. Theyve been here since 1 00 oclock this morning. Doors are supposed to open around 7 30 but the event starts at 10 00 oclock. This morning. Just yesterday governor kasich was campaigning in dayton. Theres a lot at stake. Both are competing for ohios 66 delegates and the winners take all. A candidate needs to one 1,20037 delegates to win the republican nomination and trump is leading with 459 and kasich has claimed 54. It looks to be a tight race between the two. Both says ohio is a must win. I think were going to do really well in 34ed da. Its my second home florida. I love florida. I love florida. Special place and think were going to do really well. I think were going to do really the key to me so high i dont if i win ohio more press more attention more focus on who i am and my experience. After todays rally in dayton trump is scheduled to head to cleveland for a rally at 2 00 p. M. Again like i said we got here early but clearly people are very excited to meet trump in person to be able to get to see him. Theyve been here like i said the first people in line have been here since 1 00 oclock. So well see how today ends up and back to you. Thank you very much meg. A very patient crowd there in deed. Well have you covered in dayton. Just keep checking back with us at local 12 and local12. Com. Governor kasich in ohio. Hes the keynote speaker at a pancake breakfast. He is said to speak at the breakfast is a fundraiser. Rubio doesnt think hell beat kasich but he understands why some may be motivated to cast their ballot for kasich. Clearly kasich has a better chance to win ohio and if a voter concludes that voting for john kasich is gives us the best chance to stop donald trump i anticipate thats what theyll do. Rubio is campaigning in florida which holds its primary tuesday. I will be in sharonville. Meanwhile on the democratic side Hillary Clinton will be represented in the queens city as well. Former president bill clinton is coming to town for a get out the vote rally. That will take place at the freedom center. Doors open at 9 15. Hillarys campaign has not released details about when the former president will actually speak but people who are voting out from the other candidates. Right now youre seeing a lot of rhetoric and i inflammatory statements that might not be a whole lot of substance but think hillary has the substance together distance. There could be less confusion after tuesday. Whatever happens it will take more primaries for democrats and republicans to get closer to rallying around any candidate. If you are 18 years old by november you will be allowed to vote in tuesdays ohio primary a judge ruled yesterday upholding state law a group of teens actually sued secretary of state. He argued that since voters are electing delegates they should not be allowed to vote. Well its the fundamental right that i have and im glad im able to exercise it. One person can make a difference and their vote or their voice will matter. Statement saying there would not be enough time to appeal the decision before tuesdays election so he is directing all county boards of election across ohio to allow 17 year olds who turn 18 on or before november tuesday. An explosive situation is different fused in a tristate home. Police found explosive devices when they arrested a man at his home this morning. A call about a domestic situation initially brought police there. Officers shocked the man with a taser. They say the amount of explosives did not pose an immediate danger to neighbors. The community looking toward a brighter future. Devastating fire destroyed its landmark. The general store last month. The firefighters say it could have started the fire by a pot colonel stewart and Historical Society teaming up to help rebuild that store. Stewart has many memories and as soon as he heard about the fire he said he wanted to spring into action. When i saw the news come over the airwaves i began crying. Im very emotional old guy and i just sat there and cried and said something has to happen. So two days after that i was down talking to president of the Historic Society and i said donnie what can we do . We got to do something and this is what came out of that conversation. That event today at colonel ds new store in fort thomas from noon until seven. General admission is 75 including two drink tickets local bands a silent auction outside and a tent in case it rains. Xavier fans waking unless they lost in the big east tournament. Seton hall beat them. Xavier went scoreless for three minutes. Seton hall built a lead. Seton hall will play villanova. Saint patricks day coming to year. The Saint Patricks day parade starts at noon at Central Avenue t route runs along snail River Front Park and ends at freedom way. Organizers say the change is a way to highlight the development along the river. Still ahead we have major flooding concerns. Were going to show you why thousands are being forced out of their thems the south. Plus its all about progress their homes. In baby boot this is what i came home for to work in the community, turning schools after hours into centers for healthcare and safe spaces for our kids. Im p. G. Sittenfeld. After princeton and a marshall scholarship, i turned down a job at google to work improving education. Elected to city council, ive took on big banks to clean up now im running for the senate to offer bold new leadership good morning cincinnati. Welcome back. Twelve minutes after 5 00 oclock on this saturday morning 49 degrees. Youre looking at cam shot of down cincinnati. Brandon says rain is coming towards the evening. Hell have your forecast in a bit. Speaking of rain flood warnings are raising alarms and prompting evacuations. Heavy rain has forced rivers and streams up and over their banks. One of the areas in greatest danger is louisiana. David has the latest. The deadly storm pun shipping the south unleashed another round of torrential rain overnight thousands of people have been forced from their homes in northern louisiana. More than 20 inches of rain has fallen this week. You need sandbags right . We road along with National Guard staff sergeant. They were delivering sandbags last night evacuation in the neighborhood were voluntary. The National Guard then get angela and her two daughters to safety but their 22yearold son jimmy stayed behind. The fears grew the levies would breach. We got to get everybody we can on the truck because this is mandatory. They went back to get angelas son. Its mandatory. Four people joined them as this area braces for potentially lifethreatening flooding. Flooding this severe is rare in this part of louisiana. Chris perkins isnt from here but he came to help. Just helping the neighborhood. Its hard seeing these People Struggle i mean. Why not do something good . Dramatic pictures. Louisianas governor got an up close look at flooding the state remains under a state of emergency. Manhunt continues for the gunman accused of killing six people at Backyard Barbecue in three other people were hurt. The District Attorney says it was premeditated calculated and planned. Police are staying quiet. People who live near the scene are in shock this happened in their community. Ive been in a family where theres been tragedy and they need everything they can get. You know god is on their side. My heart has been heavy ever since i heard of this and i was riding past and i said im going to stop and say a prayer. District attorney said retaliation ship or drug connection may be a motive. Ballistic tests show the gunman fled on foot. Six new elephants are in kansas. They landed in wichita yesterday after making that long trip from africa to dallas. Theyre part of a group of 17 coming to three zeus in america. Other elephants are going to call has and omaha, nebraska from Animal Rights groups. Two moms are battling it out in baby boot camp. They started out on a three months competition last month. Now theyre at the halfway point. Audrey and her friend courtney are competing against a dozen moms in this challenge. Each week is a new focus. And a new challenge. Both of the women say theyre starting to see a difference in Energy Levels and strength. The whole first month it might have been just a shock to my system after a long winter of blah and now so maybe i wont see those numbers continue but i am going to continue Everything Else im doing so maybe by the end ill have 20 pounds gone which would be really big. Theres only one month left in the challenge. Courtney says it shows you can be capable of a lot of things and you can be really strong not just . This but life. I love that blah. Still ahead if you like music we will preview some events happening out and about around the queens city. People in texas are dealing with a little animal causing really big problems. Well tell you how they plan to deal with prairie dogs in the area. Were dry so far this morning but how long is it going to last . Thunderstoorms good morning cincinnati. Texas leaders working hard to stop their prairie dog problem. They say the animals are hurting parks and residents. The prior rye dog borough which causes trips and fall problems and chew up electrical lines underneath the park. People in the area have put the animals in place they call prairie dog town and people i think theyre cute. Theyre beautiful here at the park but boy can they be hazardous. My mom said the other night she looked outside at 10 30 at night and they live in the suburban area and she goes to the door and a deer was on the front porch chilling hanging out. Were building into their areas so i can imagine its a bit of a problem. Were seeing a lot of animals with nicer weather. It seems like winter is over right . Feels like it. We were hoping. Thats what were hoping we have cooler weather and well get to that in a moment but first we want to talk about all the rain. Louisiana 18 inches of rain can you believe it . We saw that. Theyre getting a small break right now. Theres not a lot going on in clouds and radar over mississippi where theyve been hardest hit but later on we could see heavy spots and new orleans up to memphis and northeastern arkansas. Thats as close as these flood watches get to us because the rain is not going to be as heavy here as theyre seeing down there repeated rains over and over. Were dry over downtown right now. Look at our temperatures overnight. Last night at 9 00 oclock it hasnt been dropping all that much. The reason for that is we have a lot of clouds around that tends to keep our temperature steady over night and were sitting at 49 at the airport. A little cooler towards lunken. Fortyseven in middletown. Fayetteville 46 degrees. Were completely dry on precision doppler 12 h. D. The only showers are to the soufth. Theres a couple breaks in the clouds south. Heres showers from evansville bed doubting can and Bowling Green. The problem is theres a layer of dry air paducah. So after the noon hour i know the parade is going on. The st. Patricks day at noon. I think were going to be ok. Be prepared for a slight rain drop. Sixtythree by 2 00 oclock. Still having small rain chances in forecast. Rain chances increase after five, 6 00 oclock and into the evening. Oclock. Day. South. Degrees because they cleared out the clouds. Remember i was talking about how the clouds keep the temperature steady and higher. They had clearing. Fiftytwo in lexington. Clouds Holding Strong in the southeast where we have more moisture pulling in from the gulf of mexico 60s from knoxville to memphis. Thats the air mass thats moving in here later on today. Were mainly dry this morning. Notice how theyre fizzling out. I think our computer model is doing a pretty good job with some of that fizzling out. But were still locked in with clouds. But not a whole light. 60s. Better rain chances move in tonight. Also notice how its hit and miss could become steady for a brief time early tomorrow morning. I know the heart mini is going on tomorrow morning around 10 30 or noon initial. Well still have rain from time to time. Youll need your umbrella sunday morning. Sunday afternoon we could see pop up thunderstorms from time to time. We could put down brief heavy rainfall but were not expecting flooding going on. Thats the good news. Especially as we get towards tuesday. Were drying out. Seventythree degrees. Sixtythree by wednesday. Were cooling off a little bit back into the 50s. Thats where we should be. Offer average is in the low 50s. Dont forget the clock. We spring forward one hour. Losing one. Weve not forgotten that. Ear working weekends. Thanks, brandon. Taking life by the strings. You can tap into your musical side. Jen dalton is going to preview those for you coming up next on phone ringing you cant deal with something, by ignoring it. But thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing with Social Security. Americans work hard, and pay into it. So our next president to keep it strong. elephant noise donkey noise hey candidates, answer the call already. Hey everybody its 5 23, 49 outside on this saturday morning. Thank you for sharing your day with us this early start. It is a little bit hazy this morning as you can see. But it is going to be dry this morning and then things are changing. Brandon orr will update our forecast coming up. In the meantime if youre going to be out and about jen dalton has ideas for you. Good morning. If you love get tears there are three different events get tears. First you could see california guitar trio. They are famous for exploring rock, jazz, classical and world it throws in the occasion nall surf or spaghetti western occasional. The show starts at 8 00 and tickets start at 20. Then sunday the cincinnati guitar show will take place at the Sharonville Convention center and will feature 7,500 square feet of vendors selling new and used vintage and collector get tears. Admission is 8 for adults and kids 12 and under are free. And finally sunday night experience helped drinks show. Its going to take place at the taft theater downtown. The multi artist celebration features ledge jen dairy artists who gather to pay homage to hendricks legendary. Theyll be many ledge jepdz in you can find full information thank you works jen. Coming up on cincinnati saturday thank you jen. One local School District a shooting. Plus the luck of the irish. Were going to tell you where to celebrate the saints patrick day. Donald trump making a trip to ohio in dayton. Were going to have much more on ohio tthis Ohio Governor kasich will be this the tristate today. Hear why the president ial candidate believes he can win the ohio primary next week. Madison local School District moving forward. Well tell you how theyre implementing safety measures. Were going to have megan moore live in dayton with the today. Lots of excitement. Thank you for waking up with us on good morning cincinnati saturday. Im adam clements. And im liz bonis. First a quick check with your weather. Hey, liz. Were dry so far this morning at least. That will not be the case later on this evening but if you have outdoor plans i wouldnt cancel today will be dry. Theres only hit and miss showers later on today and this evening. Thats when rain chances really go up. You can see were dry over downtown on the atrium medical sterpt weather camera looking nice. Its chilly out center. Its above average for this time off year. So a lot of temperatures across the area into the 40s carrolling on the was 50 and its down into the 40s carroll on the. Were dry on presix doppler 12 h. D. And we dont expect showers precision doppler. Theres two areas of rain that im watching one is western kentucky this is what were expecting to break up a little bit but it may produce rain drops here or there. So the st. Patricks day parade drop or two. I dont think its going to be heavy. The Saint Patricks day they go rain, shine no matter what is going on. They could be snowing. They never cancel for that thing. Down south this is what were watching later on today. You see moisture coming up in areas where they dont need it. Were talking about mississippi louisiana are still getting in on some rainfall where they still have flash flood watches going on. So well be watching out for rain later on today. Were going to time that out hour by hour talk about how high the temperatures go because the 70s are making a come back guys. Thank you very much, brandon. New this morning Cincinnati Police investigating a fatal accident in north side. It happened about last 11 30 on hamilton avenue near argue giel place. Cheryl 53 was ejected from her vehicle and died at the hospital and the driver of the other car governor kasich was not hurt. Governor kasich will speak at the Sharonville Convention center to local republican leaders. The breakfast is a fundraiser for the republican party. Kasich has sai