M lisa cooney. Headlines are straight ahead. But first a check of the weather with wlwt news 5 meteorologist randi rico. Randi this morning i saw some patchy drizzle, maybe a flurry in your neck of the woods. Lisa i didn t see anything. Randi it was superduper light. It is moving out relatively quickly. I cannot find much of anything left over. We are starting out with cloudy skies across the area and the weather is catching up with the calendar, and it will feel like february today. Cloudy skies and temperatures will be in the 30 s. Right now 33 degrees at cvg. Most places, 30 to 34. We will make it back into the s. S. Mark breaking news this morning. A house fire in lebanon has turned deadly. Lebanon dispatch responded to a a. M. Investigators say they found a man dead in one of the bedrooms. The fire appears to have started on a mattress. An elderly woman inside heard the smoke alarm go off and s house for help. Investigators do not believe the fire is suspicious. We ll keep you posted with the latest on this story throughout the morning. Condolences all over social media this morning for the family of taylor grant. Lisa the 5yearold who had been battling neuroblastoma has died. Wlwt news 5 s andrew setters has the breaking details shared online by the boy s mother. Andrew . Andrew the family who shared so much of their fight against cancer is now publicly sharing their loss, too. Yesterday afternoon. We have been there with taylor as they have gone through he inspired people to join team taylor in fundraising efforts, including the march for gold walk. Taylor s Facebook Page letting people know he lost his cancer fight yesterday afternoon. She said, in part, there s no more suffering or pain. He has earned his wings. Taylor and his family have been an inspiration bravely facing this fight over the past few years. There will be a service open to the public, but the details haven t been announced yet. Reporting live, andrew setters, wlwt news 5. Lisa a car slams into an apartment complex, almost taking out two men. The suv narrowly missed Jonathan James by inches and seconds. He was in the middle of a haircut when says he heard a loud boom and jumped out of the way. The man driving meant to hit a the brake at a stop sign on mchenry. But hit the gas instead. First reponders say the driver is expected to be ok, but the. No word yet on whether any charges will be filed. Lisa should ohio legalize marijuana . Mark Miriah Turner has the latest. Miriah mark and lisa, ohio senators are meeting in cincinnati today to discuss the implications of legalizing medical marijuana. This is all a part of the ohio senate listening tour. Senators kenny yuko and dave burke are hosting the public forum at the Kresge Auditorium on uc s campus. The senators want to get the public s input on medical marijuana and whether it should be decriminalized in ohio. There will be actual patients at the event to give their testimonies about how medical marijuana has helped them. Organizers are inviting people to attend and to voice their topic. The forum is set to begin at 11 00 a. M. Lisa in commitment 2016, the Democratic Candidates trading some of their sharpest attacks yet, in the grante state. Mark the democratic battle in New Hampshire is heating up, with the candidates going after each other as never before. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed over who s the true champion of socalled progressive, liberal politics. Sanders said clinton can t claim progressive leadership when a super pac backing her accepts financial industry donations. Mrs. Clinton i was somewhat amused today that senator sanders has set himself up to be the gatekeeper on who s a progressive. Because under the definition that was flying around on twitter and statements by the campaign, barack obama would not be a progressive. Joe biden would not be a progressive. Jeanne shaheen would not be a progressive. Even the late, great senator Paul Wellstone would not be a progressive. Mark for more coverage on the wlwt. Com. Right now we have the five takeaways from the cnn townhall. You can catch the democratic debate on msnbc tonight at 9 00. And for all the commitment 2016 latest news, check out our mobile app and website at wlwt. Com. Lisa turning to the other side of the race, New Hampshire campaigning is just heating up and already we have more republican candidates dropping out. Candidates rand paul and Rick Santorum have both now dropped out of the 2016 president ial race. Santorum didn t stop there, announcing that he is now throwing his support behind nowformer competitor marco rubio. Rubio placed third in iowa s caucuses, behind ted cruz and donald trump. Trump is accusing senator ted cruz of stealing the republican iowa caucus. He s calling for either new voting in iowa or for the results to be nullified. Mark Florida Governor rick scott has declared a Health Emergency in four counties of the state. At least nine cases of the mosquitoborne zika illness have been detected in florida, found in miamidade, lee, Hillsborough Health officials believe the people contracted the disease while traveling overseas. The zika virus has been linked to brain deformities in babies. Lisa more potential Health Problems associated with flint s toxic water crisis are surfacing. Health officials are now investigating if the leadtainted water is causing skin rashes. The Michigan Department of health and Human Services says that while rashes are common and can have many causes, they want to make sure there aren t more cases as a result of flint s leadlaced water. They re planning to personally interview residents who report skin rashes and test the water in their homes. A hearing was held yesterday on capitol hill and lawmakers vowing to get to the bottom of it. Mark Covington Police are investigating a possible home invasion. It happened on warren street, just before 10 00 tuesday night and ended with two burglars being shot. Police say someone at the home called them and said two people were breaking in. Both were shot, but are expected the investigation is ongoing. Lisa the ohio riverfront is getting a makeover. Plans have been revealed for the project in dayton, kentucky. The biggest addition is the riverfront commons trail, connecting ludlow to fort thomas. The entire project is estimated at 24 million and could take up to 15 years to complete, depending on funding. Mark new this morning, a downtown Clothing Store is closing its doors after six decades in cincinnati. The signs are up at house of adam on vine street. The goingoutofbusiness sale starts today. The store opened in 1955. No word on when it will close for good. Lisa 33 degrees on your thursday morning. Randi we are starting out with temperatures in the 30 s. We re going to see temperatures slide through the morning rush plan on cloudy skies. It will be breezy and you have to bust out the winter coats for the kids. The wind chill likely in the upper teens. On the way home from school, 35 degrees, cloudy and cooler. It is february. 35 today. We do warmup in time for the weekend. Kyla a clear drive on this thursday morning. This is what you will see. 75 looks good north and southbound in butler county. Heading toward the 275 loop, you are good to go. Springdale, things look good east and westbound. This is 71. Much lighter than what we saw on the other cameras. A great start for you. We will continue to check it for you. Lisa High School Athletes in cincinnati preparing to take the next steps in their careers. Mark what one soontobebearcat says he plans to do to be bigger and better next year. Lisa and what do barack obama, Martin Luther king jr. , the red cross, and donald trump have in common . The interesting answer making headlines today. Mark we take a live look outside this morning. You re waking up to cincinnati s wlwt news 5 today. Introducing longhorn s steaks that sizzle for 12. 99. Like the new smoky bacon sirloin. And the parmesan crusted sirloin. Only at longhorn steakhouse. Lisa good morning and welcome back on your thursday. We are going to check the forecast. The franchise is not slowing down anytime soon. Miriah which one is your favorite. Just two weeks after revealing the title of the eighth film in the fast furious franchise, vin diesel has confirmed that there will be a ninth and 10th film in the series. He revealed the release dates for the final trilogy of the streetracing saga through a media accounts, including a film on april 14, 2017, april 19, 2019, and april 2, 2021, bringing the total film count to 10 films over a 20year period. The original film, the fast and the furious, premiered in june, 2001. And among the nominees for this year s Nobel Peace Prize groups in greece welcoming syrian refugees, an escaped isis sex slave turned women s rights activist. And donald trump. The republican president ial candidate has been nominated for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize by a mystery patron, who praised him for his vigorous peacethroughstrength ideology, used as a threat weapon of deterrence against radical islam, isis, nuclear iran and communist china. That is why they nominated him. Each year thousands of people are given the opportunity to nominate notable organizations and individuals for the award every year. Uber is offering puppies ondemand ahead of super bowl sunday. Today and today only, the mobile users in seven cities the chance to book a puppy playdate in celebration of Animal Planet s annual puppy bowl, whose upcoming 12th edition will see over 80 adoptable dogs face off in a model super bowl stadium just hours before the big game. 30 donated through uber and Animal Planet will give riders in chicago, washington, d. C. , denver, san francisco, l. A. , phoenix, and new york 15 minutes of playtime. Not here. Mark love the puppies. They are adorable. Miriah every october uber does kittens. [laughter] lisa the younger generation. Different pets all around. Miriah cats do their own thing. Randi is something happens with the puppies i didn randi if you mess up an uber car, there is a fee. We take a look at the forecast. Temperatures are in the 30 s. Breezy. Run. Snap a picture of yourself and send it to me via twitter or facebook. We have a warm up on the way for the weekend. Mark xavier basketball keeping fans on the edge of their seats on wednesday. Lisa george vogel has their tough matchup against st. Johns, and all of your signingday highlights in your morning sports. Entertainment, this game is a must see program. Every other play was a big dunk or a big three. X down four early. That they e big dunk for x. Some bigtime thunder and a technical foul. Midcourt, sumner comes away with the steel and another dunk. Xavier has 86 point a sixpoint lead. Myles davis leads with 16, and the musketeers win it again. The excellent season continues. Xavier reaching 20 wins this season and ranked number five in s coaches poll. A new set of recruits for uc s football teams. They did not fare so well locally with just one recruit from cincinnati. We finished second, third, sometimes fourth with some of these guys who want to go other places to play. George the big 12 is not expected to vote on expanding but it is expected to be a topic. Uc has worked very hard that the bearcats and the city are ready. This was the scene at high schools yesterday. Players signing for college scholarship. Some pulling in plenty of they caught up with the local guy who signed with uc fo rom mason. It has been a goal of mine since i started playing football. You are moving on and it is time to work even harder. George he is expected to play linebacker at uc. All of the interviews with players, slideshows, and a complete list of the High School Athletes who signed the dotted line yesterday, almost 400 in all. The first ever recruiting class at cincinnati christian university. They will compete in division two in hte the kentucky athletic conference. That is all the sports for now. We will have more coming up later in the day. Mark congratulations to all those youngsters signing those deals, moving on. And congratulations to the students. Randi and all the parents. Mark yes, indeed. Yahoo. Randi yesterday is an exciting day. Signing day. Weatherwise, february is back. We are going to see cloudy and breezy conditions. Temperatures are going to be stuck in the 30 s. Yesterday was jacket free. Probably not the case today. You can see flurries and light we had some rain showers early moving into central ohio. That is gone. The clouds are sticking around and the breeze will be around. Let s take a look at the ohio river level. It has gone above action stage over the last 12 hours. It is expected to crest on saturday afternoon and then fall back below the action stage by monday morning, keeping the flooding contained near coney island. We have 33 degrees and the wind nine miles per hour. It feels like 25. 8 00 a. M. , 28, cloudy, breezy. The clouds clear out just before a gloomylooking and cold morning for us. I do not think the clouds go away totally until sunset tonight. Friday morning, close to 20 with some spots in the teens. The winds will start to shift. 35 degrees today, cloudy and breezy most of the day. Tomorrow, a rebound back to 43. 46 on saturday. 51 on sunday. A pretty nice stretch into the weekend. Mark one of the hottest toys around nearly burned down a home. An exploding hoverboard is to blame for this living room fire south of dayton. Check out this damage in miamisburg. A 12yearold charging his hoverboard when his family says it began smoking, and then exploded. Home and doused it with water. It appears as if the data raise burst the batteries burst apart. Do not buy them. Mark there wasn t much for fire officials to do once they got on scene. Lisa columbus, ohio, airport is joining its counterparts nationwide in training employees to recognize signs of human trafficking. Beginning this month, all 400 employees at Port Columbus International airport will watch a 30minute video on how to recogize the signs. The cincinnatinorthern kentucky International Airport has investigators trained to detect trafficking and has also trained employees to look for signs. Mark new developments in the case against wikileaks founder julian assange. He says he will accept arrest by the british government, if a u. N. Panel investigating his he took refuge there to avoid extradition to sweden, where two women have accused him of sexual assault. Assange says if the u. N. Finds that he has lost his case against the United Kingdom and sweden, then he will turn himself in to police at noon tomorrow. Lisa a show of athleticism in manhattan. The 39th annual Empire State Building race took place on wednesday. The world s oldest tower race and competitors have to climb 86 flights of stairs on foot to win. The fastest runners are able to do it in about 10 minutes. Mark wow. Cincinnati s certified most accurate forecast. Randi it took a couple of days of , but today you feel that winter chill in the air. Mid 30 s today. Lunchtime, cloudy, freezing, feeling like 25. We will make it to about 35 or so. Skies will be clearing out tonight. 20 s to start out your friday. Temperatures back above average by tomorrow afternoon. 51 on sunday. We may see a light makes of rain and snow a light mix of rain and snow on tuesday. Kyla i will be looking forward to the weekend. St. Bernard, we do have an accident along mitchell between vine and leonard. Take orchard to cut you across the intersections. Interstate travel looking good. 17 minutes on 71 out of warren county. 17 minutes on 74 from the indiana state line all the way to 75. We ll check again at the top of the hour. Mark still ahead, a live report from a deadly house fire in lebanon. What our team is learning at the scene about the victim. Lisa and a boy has passed away. What his mother has said about her son s death. Mark 33 degrees right now. You re waking up to cincinnati wlwt news 5 today. Living well your immune system works hard to keep you on top of your game. You can support it by eating healthy, drinking fluids, and getting some rest. And you can combine these simple remedies with airborne. 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