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Kenneth moton has more on the change in tactics. nats up republican frontrunner donald trump took the stage with a doubledigit lead in florida, and trump was asked to explain his wednesday statement, quote i think islam hates us. Q did you mean all 1. 6 billion muslims . Trump i mean a lot of them. I mean a lot of them. there is tremendous hate. Where large portions of a group of people, islam, large portions want to use very, very harsh means. Let me go a step further. Women are treated horribly. Trump was on the spot after breitbart reporter Michelle Fields accused his Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski of roughing her up fields spoke with abc newssotMichelle Fields reporter, Breitbart News network obviously, no one wants to be touched and violated like that. The physical incidents. A concern at trump events. Suppo with assault after he sucker punched a protester at a trump rally in north carolina. Trailing badly, senator marco rubio is making what could be a last stand in his home state. Texas senator ted cruz in second place says hes the only viable alternative to trump. Sot cruz were gonna cut off federal taxpayer funds to any city that defies federal immigration law. Governor john kasich hopes to stay in the race by winning his home state of ohio. This was the last debate before socalled super tuesday 3 next week which promises to be a turning point in the campaign. Kenneth the candidates made a lot of claims tonight. Were they all true . Nine on your side is working with the Award Winning their remarks for accuracy. Republican candidates tonight competed to portray themselves as the top fan of israel. Senator cruz attacked trump for his stance on Israeli Palestinian relations. Take a listen. Dealing with radical islamic terrorism. On israel, donald has said he wants to be neural between israel and the palestinians. As president , i will not be neutral. Neutral. Our panels of factcheckers only found cruz to be halftrue. Recently during an msnbc townhall. Trump did state he wanted to remain neutral between israel and palestinians. But only to be an effective negotiator. Cruz doesnt mention trumps other comments and actions showing support for israel including his endorsement of netanyahu. We will have more fact checks for you on good morning tristate starting at four30. You can also check wcpo dot com and our mobile app at any time for politifact updates. The battle between trump and southwest ohio. Donald trump will be in dayton am. And then at Duke Energy Convention Center Sunday at noon. Ohio Governor John Kasich will be dayton tomorrow. And sharonville saturday morning. Nine on your side will cover those for you. Marco rubio and ted cruz dont have any events planned here. Democrat Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are focusing their efforts in other parts of the state. Bernie sanders will be in toledo tomorrow. Both sanders and clinton will take part in a cnn forum at the Ohio State University on sunday. And will also speak at a democratic fundraiser in columbus that night. Breaking at 11 in fairfield township. Two people have been shot on springcrest drive near shady meadows drive. Police have not said anything yet about the victims. Nine on your side has a crew on the way to the scene. The rain that started today lasted well into tonight. The genius of water on Fountain Square was soaking even with out the fountain running. With so much rain already today. What is in store for tomorrow . Nine first warning chief meterologist steve raleigh. Steve. The clouds will hang around overnight and we could see an isolated shower before the morning commute. At least the temperatures stay mild, near 60 degrees before dropping to the mid to upper 40s by daybreak you couldnt ask for a much better start in the big east tournament for xavier. Nine on your sides ken broo is here with the rout over marquette. Ken. 90points to its opponents in its last two game. It wasnt going to happen tonight in the big east conference tournament. Chris mack promised that a few days ago. His team delivered tonight. Among those watching xavier and marquette, bill murray. His son, a xavier assistant coachand he saw xavier dominate marquette in side. James farr. And xavier dazzled. Look at this pass to farr. Farr with 12 points. Davis with five assists. And davis one more time. This time inside to Jalen Reynolds for the bucket and the whistle. 9072 is the final. Xavier wins and advances to play the winner of the Creighton Seton Hall game, in progress right now. Ohio state opened play tonight in the big ten tournament. Coming up in a couple of minutes, ill show you how the did. Uc, kentucky and indiana all play their conference tournament openers tomorrow. Tanya. Prosecutors say she lied about being kidnapped and severely injured her 10 month old son. Now a reading mother and her boyfriend are facing charges for child abuse. Joins us live from the Hamilton County Justice Center with more. John. A grand jury handed down these indictments today. A week ago a swat team was called after that mother said she was held at gunpointbut in the end prosecutors say none of that was true. 05 58 23that was right next door to me i had no idea investigators called out to maple drive in reading. The initial story that 35 yearold neal royal was holding his girlfriend and her kids at gunpoint. That woman somehow able to escape after telling police royal severely injured her 10month old son 05 59 05knowing that neal was around and its scary, its really scarybut on thursday a grand jury handing down new indictments. Prosecutors believe there was no kidnapping. Royal and that girlfriend, 26yearold Aimee Correll are now both facing several charges for child abuse 05 58 50its horrible i cant even imagine, i mean obviously i have kids and how have no idea. Especially if the mom lets it happen neighbors who knew correll say its hard to believe6 00 33we went over talked to em, she seemed to be nice. She wouldnt even let her kids out of her yarda grandmother of the baby who was injured calls it a miracle that hes out of the hospital and doing ok. She says the entire situation is traumatizing for her family. Neighbors say theyre just as shocked. 06 01 29its bizarre i dont understand it i dont know if she would do it or not, i wasnt there, but from what i seen from her shes always been good were told for now that baby is staying with corrells family. She is due in court tomorrow. Royal is scheduled to appear again next week. John genovese 9oys heroin is ravaging the tristate. New at 11. A Progress Report from one Group Fighting back in Colerain Township focus on hope has been helping addicts for a nine on your sides ashley zilka joins us with what they said tonight. Ashley. Tonights forum gave hope to families touched by heroin. In 2015 Colerain Township took an aggressive approach to fight the epidemic show amy brizendines story is all too familiar. 16 25 21 the fact is my drug addiction was so strong, it took precedence over the love of my child and the responsibility that i had to my child. 29but tonights forum on heroin addiction in Colerain Township is also a sign of hope. Both the police and Fire Departments decided to take action at this time last year and change the culture within their agencies. The Quick Response team has shown signs of success already. 16 14 53 the second half of the year since the implementation of many of our programs, specifically the Quick Response team, we have seen a 30 percent reduction in opioid related overdoses. 03 that Team Includes a police officer, paramedic and counselor. They respond to those who have overdosed on heroin and are revived by help so they dont do it again. 23 45 i think that Colerain Township is moving in the right direction and that they are doing a lot of really good stuff here. Those here say they realize they have a long way to go but the statistics show Colerain Township is headed in the right direction. 16 36 24 this place is different and what is happening here is a totally different situation. 27 16 17 40 2016 is going to be the year to where we cultivate all those seeds that we have been sewing from the year past. 47 First Responders tell me Public Education has played a large role in their efforts. They now routinely go around neighborhoods and hand out information on resources. Reporting live ashley zilka 9 on your side. Nine on your side is also tackling the heroin epidemic. Tomorrow night at ten join us for a special edition of in america. Then on nine on your side at 11. A local fathers own terrible story of heroin and loss. His letter to his students and the one thing he layoffs in the tristate. The Company Preparing to let hundreds of workers go. Thats still ahead tonight. Also. Shooting massacre. Six people killed. The connection many of the victims shared. Youd think it be the safest place in the world for an animal. A worldfamous zoo. But thats just where a koala was mauled to death. Who zoo keepers think is responsible. Paying respects. The crowds saying goodbye to nancy reagan. And where you can watch her Funeral Service youre watching 9 on your side at 11 police now say the ambush shooting in pennslvania that killed five people and an unborn child was a caluclated ambush. The two gunman who attacked remain on the loose tonight. Jessica shelton planned the backyard cookout because it was a nice day. Three of her children are among those killed. She had left the party before the gunman arrived. Right now i have no choice to be strong, because i have grandkids that lost their parents that i have to be strong for. For. 15 people were in the backyard when the gunmen opened fire. Police found 48 shell casings in the area. Investigators say they dont have a motive yet. Zoo officials still arent sure exactly how it happened. But they believe a little koala at the la zoo was killed by a Mountain Lion. Killarney the koala has called the Los Angeles Zoo home for the past six years. At night. He had a tendency to leave the eucalyptus trees and walk around. Surveillance cameras show a Mountain Lion known as p22 was in the zoo that night. Hes been coming and going at the zoo at will. The koala disappeared. He certainly would be capable of doing it. Theres just strong circumstantial evidence. Evidence. But rangers say tracking collar on p22 doesnt necessarily link the the big cat to the koala. In any case. The incident has some on la city council saying its time to trap the Mountain Lion and move him somewhere else. Former first Lady Nancy Reagan will be laid to rest tomorrow in california. Reagan died sunday at her home at the age of 94. Thousands of people have visited her casket to pay their respects. She will be buried next to her husband. President ronald museum in simi valley. Nine on your side and abc news will carry the Funeral Service live for you starting at about two oclock. Tomorrows episode of General Hospital will be moved to monday. More than 300 workers will lose their jobs when a kentucky warehouse closes in a matter of weeks. Innotrac in hebron has notified state officials it will close its facility on litton lane in july. But the layoffs will begin in may. Orders from ecommerce companies. The company says it shipped more than four and a half billion dollars worth of products last year. The Covington School district is showing its support for the holmes Girls Basketball team in a big way. School will let out early tomorrow. So students and staff can root for the team in the elite eight round of the state tourament. The game is one30 at nku. Weather summary the clouds will hang around overnight and we could see an isolated shower before the morning commute. At least the temperatures stay mild, near 60 degrees before dropping to the mid to upper 40s by daybreak. Expect rainfall totals between. 75 to 1. 5 or more by later tonight. Rainfall totals will likely be greatest from cincinnati and Northern Kentucky westward. Drainage areas may experience minor flooding. A warm boundary will move over the region during the day saturday and that could trigger a few light showers. Temperatures will tonight in healthy living. Progress in the fight against breast cancer. Doctors in britain say theyve found a two drug combination that quickly shirinks certain breast tumors. The cancer is called her two positive. The two drugs had a positive effect in less than two weeks of treatment. And in some cases. The tumors vanished all together. Time to talk some more basketball. Heres nine on your side sports anchor ken broo. Coming up, the latest from College Basketball tournaments and local teams. And. Theres another ex bengal tonight. But theres also some good news from the men in stripes as well. Now a man who looks good in solids it was a very stern basketball lesson that xavier gave to marquette tonight. The musketeers, still could get a number one seed. Still in play. James farr was just terrific inside the paint tonight. Edmund sumner with the drive, farr trails for the dunk. And heres sumner finding farr again. 13 minutes off the bench, 12 points for farr. And check this connection myles davis, the lob to trevon blueitt. Blueitt 24 points. And the best sixth man in the big east, j. P. Macura, three for five from long range. This, from new jersey. Davis was just terrific with and without the ball. A little of both here, to farr. Bill murray, watch his son luke help chris mack to a 9072 win over marquette. Trt 09outcue . Have that many points mack theyre a very high scoring team. I hundred. And so we want to make sure no matter who we play, they cant have that many points. ohio state gets to play another game in the big ten tournament. Tonight, against penn state, jaquan lyle to marc loving. And then, osu up two, three minutes to go when lyle hits this tough shot. 7975, buckeyes. Theyll play Michigan State tomorrow night. Uk, uc and indiana all play their conference tournament openers. Indiana and michigan play at noonuc and uconn tip at two in the american tournament. And in the sec tournament, the wildcats play alabama go at seven tomorrow night. At the mac tournament in cleveland, former ccpa and holy cross star Antonio Campbell had 21 points for the mighty bobcats of ohiothe pesky cats also got 16 from Jarron Simmons the former alter stand outthe bobcats beat northern illinois. Miami fell to buffalo tonight, 9481 semi final tonight in kettering. Taft is one more win away from the state final four. The senators beat Johnstown Monroe tonight, 4333 4333 and itll be an all ohio final. Because aiken hung on, and beat alter 5553 in the other semifinal tonight. Good day to be vinny rey. The bengals signed up another one of their free agent players today. Linebacker vinny rey is back with the bengals after signing a three year, eleven and a half million dollars. And safety george iloka, who reupped wednesday, was talking about his new deal today. Trt 14outcue . And it all worked out. iloka they have their way of doing things around here. I would say up until a few days ago things didnt heat up. I had no clue if they even wanted me. Silent about their business. And they handle it how they handle it. And it all worked out but this is also official now wide receiver Mohammad Sanu is gone. Sanu signed with the falcons today. 14million of his 32and a half million 9 on your side continues in a moment and now beacons she has to take a brand name been taking it since the early at that time it cost approximately 180 for 10 shots. The latest refill was 14. 700 for the same 10 vials and the company is called im going after them. This is predatory pricing and were going to make sure it is stopped. Im Hillary Clinton and i breaking at 11 in fairfield township. Police are investigating the shooting of two people on springcrest drive near shady meadows drive. Nine on your side has a crew on the scene. New information coming up on good morning tristate. Breaking now in los angeles. A huge fire in a commercial section of the city. No reports of any injuries yet. Well bring you any overnight developments on good morning thats 9 on your side at 11 for this thursday. Were always on with breaking news, weather, and sports on wcpodotcom. And now, Abcs Jimmy Kimmel live. Dicky from hollywood its Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight, viola davis, from the brothers grimsby, isla fisher, this week in unnecessary censorship and music from the suffers with cleto and the cletones