Sanders is very close. And sources tell abc news democrat governor Martin Omalley is out of the race. As is former arkansas governor mike huckabee. Brandi hitt has more from des moines. High turnout making for high drama in iowa. Donald trump and ted cruz. Battling it out for first place. And marco rubio running strong. On the democratic side the race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders is too close to call. Sot sanders well, i think what we have shown is that the American People are very dissatisfied nats up trump im doing the right thing for you. Tonight the president ial hopefuls. Gave one final pitch at caucus sites. Before the votes were cast. Sot rubio we will win do it together gfx as many as 400thousand iowans expected to show up at some 2000 locations. Sot caucus voter we feel this years really important. Lots changed in the last eight years. This caucus even held in gary and mary weavers living room. Sot mary weaver were really doing it almost as a convenience for ourselves and our neighbors. For the republicans. Even a third place finish is key. Giving that candidate momentum. Moving into new hampshire. Sotmatthew dowd abc news political consultantthis has shaken the establishment. And right now, we dont know if the earthqake to the establishment is a category one or a category five. And all eyes now immediately shift to new hampshire. Jeb bush and Chris Christie werent even here for tonights results. Theyre already in the Granite State campaigning for next weeks primary. Brandi hitt abc news des moines, iowa nine on your side will be working ovrnight to make sure and reaction on good morning tristate starting at four30. And you can check wcpo dot com and our mobile app at any time for the numbers as they come in. This time tomorrow night we could be dealing with powerful storms. Nine first warning chief meteorologist Steve Raleigh is watching that for you tonight. Increasing clouds will make for mostly cloudy skies by morning, as temperatures fall from the 40s this evening to the mid 30s for the morning commute. Showers and storms are likely tuesday night, and some of these storms could be severe. The Storm Prediction Center has most of the tri state under a slight risk for severe thunderstorms tuesday night. The greatest risk would new on 11 at 11. A permanant memorial for a cyclist police say was killed by a hit and run driver. 42yearold Michael Prater passed today. 9 on your sides John Genovese joins us live from the Hamilton CountyJustice Center with more. John. Melinda Woodall remains here tonight. Shes now facing charges for aggravated vehicular homicide. That as the Cycling Community bands together to honor one of their own. Out behind this northside shopanytime we lose a rider its tragic with the cables taken offgetting covered in white this bike isnt to usually put the water bottle with their name on the bike so say who the person was that passedjheri neri jerry nareeee is on the board of directors for the mobo bicycle cooperative. By his count. This will be the sixth ghost bike hes helped put together the bikes that weve made i dont think anyone has intentionally hit somebody for any of them but they were always doing something other than paying attention to driving 42yearold Michael Prater was riding along kellogg avenue. Police say 34 yearold Melinda Woodall was high on prescription drugs when she hit him and sped off. On monday morning the wellknown cyclist passed away at the hospital is it tough for you when you do this . it gets tougher at the spot where it happenedthis bike will serve as a memorialand jheri hopes. A reminder. To everyone who drives by i want them to remember the fact that a young, man who had an incredible life in front of him passed at this spot tragically, unnecessarily are asking for their privacy tonight. A short time ago. We found out theyre in the process of putting together a memorial bike ride. John genovese 9oys three shootings in a few hours tonight in cincinnati. The first two were in mount airy. Just a few blocks apart. The most recent happened on colerain avenue near northbend. Police say that appears to be a driveby shooting. The first shooting was on hillvista lane near west north bend road. That victim was found in the middle of the street. A third person was shot in over the rhine tonight near vine and green. Police say friends of the victim were inside a liquor store. Heard the gunshots. And pulled him inside for safety. They then drove him to uc medical center. All three shooting victims are expected to recover. The shootings come on the same day Cincinnati Police chief eliot isaac presented his new plan to fight violent crime. Chief isaac says hell focus efforts on the 20 worst crime. The pivot plan will use data to distrupt the connections between criminals. Businesses were criminals often do business will also be accountable. Tonight. The chief. Mayor cranley. And other city leaders were in westwood to hear what people there say should be done to fight crime. Nine on your sides ashley zilka joins us with what they had to say. Ashley. Gun violence took center stage here at westwood town hall. The chief and other Community Leaders listened as grieving mothers spoke out. Unsolved murders in the city. Kelsie crow was killed outside a sweet 16 birthday party. 39 58 these witnesses have got to be protected and be able to come forward and testify so families can have closure. Chief isaac let the room know he has not forgotten. chief isaac 01 48 her daughters case has not grown cold. We continue to investigate it and we are not going to give up. 52 the streets. mayor cranley 59 38 if we can bring federal charges on illegal guns, we can get that killer put away on a long term basis even if we dont get the murder to stick. Rodney christian said it starts with our youth. Rodney Christian 44 31 you better start searching for them. A city wide search for youth leaders. Carlnetta flaggmiles son also murdered she and others said westwood deserves the same treatment as over the rhine. The mayor agreed. carlnetta flaggmiles son was murdered 01 36 54 if they take the time and money to also invest in these other communities. The crime rate will also go down. 02chiefs isaacs pivot programalso a focus. Chief isaac00 56 the locations cause the problems as much as certain individuals and we need to make sure we are addressing those efforts as well. 04 carlnetta flaggmiles 01 38 33 like i said i will be watching to see will it work. 36 the mayor and other city leaders made it clear Everyone Needs to support the Cincinnati Police department from here on out. These public input meetings will continue throughout the next several weeks. Reporting live, ashley new at 11. Trying to prevent an hiv outbreak in Northern Kentucky. Tonight. The city of independence said it supports a Needle Exchange program to save lives. Evan millward live now with why city leaders hope others will get on board too. Independence is one of just two cities in Northern Kentucky to say it supports a Needle Exchange. There wont be one here but its mayor says tonights vote shows those cities which will have exchanges they wont be alone. Mayor Chris Reinersman city of independence 023314 as a region it is the single Biggest Issue facing us, the single biggest threat we have heroin use breeds another threat to Northern Kentucky. Reinersman 023331 that terrifies me, that we could have an epidemic, an outbreak. Health officials point to scott county indiana. Hiv rates skyrocket because of dirty needles. One way to fight it was a Needle Exchange clean for dirty. Last year kentucky lawmakers cleared the fitzgerald opposes Needle Exchange 022556 i understand the pull to want to help people, i completely understand that, but i dont think this is the way to do it. Opponents in kentucky say a Syringe Exchange will bring more crime rewards those breaking the law and does nothing to rehab anyone. But in cincinnati. Theyve tried it. Ollie kroner Northside Community council 021101 none of this has really held true the Cincinnati Exchange project van landed in northside. So even though there wont be an exchange in town Independence Council voted five to one to support the plandr. Lynn saddler Northern KentuckyHealth Department 023026 support is growing because people are understanding that we have this window of opportunity to prevent an hiv epidemic from happening. Reinersman 023849 the whole intent here was to get the message out to other cities that we can get together and give the county he support that they need. Each county and the city in which nky health operates its clinic has to approve the program before it can start. Pendleton county is the only one with an exchange and it went months without anyone tragic accident. A horse runs into traffic. Hitting a car. What police found when they arrived. Intolerable conditions. The courts weighin on complex called a public nuisance. The plan to make life better for residents. Protecting your tax refund. And more. The new irs safeguards to make sure you get the money you are owed. And why they are more important than ever before. Improving your odds. The New Discovery about exercise and heart attacks that gives you one more reason to keep that new years resolution in february. Youre watching nine on your side at eleven oclock. Storms become the big story tomorrow out coming up morningthe earliest runs are in when these come through the tristateand our latest sever weather risk. Thats tomorrow youre watching 9 on your side at 11 the tristate mother charged in the death of her two year old daughter gave birth today to her second child. The bulter county Sheriffs Office says rebekah kinners child arrived this afternoon. No word on whether its a boy or a girl. Or how kinner and the child are doing. Police say kinner did nothing while her boyfriend. Bradley young beat Kinsley Kinner last year. Young is also charged in the toddlers death. A sad story in indian hill tonight. Where a horse that got loose hit a car. The collision happened on shawnee run road this afternoon. Chopper nine was over the scene in minutes as police shut down the road to take care of the animal and the driver. Police and a vet determined the injuries were bad enough that the horse had to be put down. We just checked no word tonight on whether the driver was hurt. Five rundown apartment communities in cincinnati are close to getting millions of dollars worth of repairs. Nine on your side has been following the court battle over those properties owned by a new jersey company. Today a judge appointed jody ridings of milhaus management to manage the deteriorating buildings. People who live in the apartments hope its a sign change is coming. New improvements and we just like to thank a lot of people for helpnig us out and a lot things are about to change, change is a good thing for us usthe apartment communities include the alms in walnut hills and the entowne apartments in avondale. Those and three others have more than 18hundred health and safety code violations. And the cost to fix up those properties is in the millions. Wcpo insiders can read why and where that money could come from. A frightening prediction about Health Organization says there could be four million cases of the next year. Today. The who declared an International Emergency because of the virus. Its spread by mosquiotes. And can cause babies to be born with small heads when their mothers are bitten during pregnancy. The cincinnati Health Department says there are not any cases in our area. Its tax season. And the irs is taking extra steps to protect your refund from being stolen. John matarese has what you need to know. So you dont waste your money. Are you one of those people who try to file your taxes as early as possible. To get that refund in just a few days . You may have to wait longer this year. The irs has Just Announced that it is adding new safeguards for 2016. To prevent scammers from filing taxes in your name, and stealing your refund several million taxpayers ended up having their refund stolen last year. Making things worse, you then have to wait months as the irs figures out you so this year, the irs is using new software to flag suspicious returns. If your income is very different from last years income, or your address has changed, they will give your return a second look. Thatss great. But it will push refunds back another week, to about 21 days this year. That will be frustrating to some people who like to file in early february and get their refund by valentines day. But in the past the irs has sent out refunds first, and asked questions later. Which can be really bad news if someone tries to file taxes with your stolen Social Security number. As always dont waste your money. John weather summary increasing clouds will make for mostly cloudy skies by morning, as temperatures fall from the 40s this evening to the mid 30s for the morning commute. Showers and storms are likely tuesday night, and some of these storms could be severe. The Storm Prediction Center has most of the tri state under a slight risk for severe thunderstorms tuesday night. The greatest risk would be damaging wind gusts. Currently, it looks like the bulk of our tuesday workday forecast will see only a chance for isolated showers. Otherwise, well see mostly cloudy skies with highs in the low 60s. Then, a more organized line of showers and thunderstorms will move across the tristate mainly after 8 p. M. This line of storms will bring in high winds, torrential downpours and that threat of severe storms. Rain and storms will continue until 2 a. M. But keep in mind, this timing could change as this system approaches, so check tonight in healthy living. Being in good shape can not only reduce your risk of a heart attack. It may also increases your chances of surviving one. Thats what doctors at Johns Hopkins are saying after looking at the records of two thousand people who had a heart attack. Those who were in the best shape were 40 percent less likely to die than those in poor condition. The first results of the iowa caucauses are in. And ted cruz has won the republican race. But. The race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on the democratic side is still too close to call. Nine on your side will be working overnight to get the results for you. And well have those numbers on good morning tristate starting at 4 30. Time for sports and nine on popovich. Its the start of super bowl week. Some tough questions to start for peyton manning. Manning. And its lonely. Very lonely when youre at the top of college baketball. Sports good evening everyone. The last place you want to be this College Basketball season is of the rankings. You dont last long. Long. North carolina started the day number one in one poll. Number two in the other. Tonight they led louisville in the first half. Cards on the transition. Anice mahmoud with the behind the back pass to damion lee. Pretty bit of ballhandling for a seven footer. Second half. Louisvill e goes in front. The number 19 ranked cardinals pull the latest upset 71 to 65 tonight speaking of the rankings. Xavier remains , fifth in one poll. Sixth in the other. The musketeers are home twice this week, st johns on wednesday, marquette on saturday. John brannen gets his norse of nku fired up. They arleady beat oakland on the road this season. Looking pretty good at this point. The norse get a jump shot from dean danos. The big night belonged to a local hoopster, Drew Mcdonald out of new cath. He had a career high 23. Oakland led by three at the half oakland made a couple of second half runs. Max hooper a three. He had 15 points tonight. Martez walker added 16 more as oakland paid back miami plays at tuesday night at eastern michigan. They wont have senior guard eric washington. Hes been suspended for a team violation. Remember kelsey mitchell. Who used to play for princetonnow shes one of americas top players at ohio state. Tonight against illinois, it was a close game in the Fourth Quarter when mitchell with the head fake. Then calmly dropps in the three. Moments later. The bucks moving the offsne. Its mitchell this time wiht a 15 football. The buckcyes win by 10. Its almost a weekly happening. Thomas mores sydney moss is the player of the week in the president s athletic conference. A lot of energy tonight in fort mitchell. Beechwood taking on newport central catholicthe tigers with the early advantage. The defender over commits. Here joe robbins with a nice drive to the hoopnewcath is a bit tough to handle with sixsix ben weyer in the middle. He misses here. But then he keeps going after the basketball. He manages to grab the rebound. Flings it to the perimeter. Nicely setting up a teammate. Nice job advancing the ball inside. And finding the open man. But new cath with a little more firepower. The thorooughbreds with a 46 to 38 victoy tonight. Everything is a big deal during super bowl week. Todays first meeting with the media was called super bowl opening night. There were a lot of questions for peyton manning. The most serioius was about retirement. He says he wont know until the end of the season. The least serious was asking him who would play him in a movie. Manning said. Maybe a young robert lucky. Nine on your side returns behave for uncle pete. Bye, see you guys later. [boys screaming] now Time Warner Cable makes your internet go faster. Up to 50 megs. Are you having fun . Yeah its ok. Its good. Inhome wifi powered by the latest equipment available to cover all your devices. So when you need more from your internet, its there for you. Discover how much more is included. Internet plans start as low as 14. 99 per month. Call 1855want twc. The latest on the iowa caucuses. Ted cruz has won the republican race. With donald trump finishing second. Marco rubio third. But. With 90 percent of the votes counted. Its still too close to call between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Nine on your side will be working overnight to get the results for you. And well have those numbers on good morning tristate starting at 4 30. Thats 9 on your side at 11 for this monday. Were always on with breaking news, weather, and sports on wcpodotcom