Still dont believe it despite several commands police say 37yearold paul gaston was reaching for a gun forcing officers to shoot 10;31 08i think the shooting was senseless gastons girlfriend she asked us to change her voiceand not to show her face he wasnt a bad person he had a few issues here and there with drinking i do believe that played a role int he incident yesterday but overall he wasnt a bad person what we now know was an airsoft pellet gun recovered at the scene 10 33 07he had just got it a couple weeks ago in this picture and in the heat of the momentpolice and city Officials Say its nearly impossible to tell the differencei just want there to be a clear, consistent message that when our officers are faced with a situation where their lives are in danger and someone is not listening to their commands and reaching for a gun that their Lethal Action is unfortunate paul gaston had a long rap sheet. Going back to the 19 90sbut just the past two years. There have been a series of violent incidents. He was charged with aggravated menacing. And domestic violence. Those cases were still pending. One victim says he threatened to kill her and her children. Gaston was charged with violating a protection order. And failing to comply with a Police Officers order. Were hearing this morning from three more republican president ial candidates following a cnn town hall. Taking questions from South Carolina voters ahead of saturdays crucial primary. Among them. Gop frontrunner donald trump. During the sitdown with cnns anderson cooper. Trump admitted that he may have back the invasion of iraq back in 2002. It follows his attack last weekend on george w. Bushs handling of i could have said that. I wasnt a politician. It was probably the 1st time anybody asked me that question. By the time the war started, that was quite a bit before the war, i was against the war. War. Today is the final full day of campaigning in the palmetto state before South Carolina voters go to the polls on saturday. Trump still holds a doubledigit lead in most polls. Trump. Is getting support this morning from a gop rival after some harsh words from pope francis. Francis. The pontiff blasted trumps call for a wall along the Mexican Border and deportation of undocumented immigrants. Calling the g op candidate not christian. But jeb bush. One of trumps most outspoken critics. Says it isnt appropriate for the faith. No such support this morning from one of trumps hometown newspapers. This is this mornings front page of the daily news. Calling trump the quote antichrist. Another candidate taking part in last nights president ial kasich. And one of his answers is going viral this morning. Morning. Kasich tried to counter the tough talk from donald trump and jeb bush. With a more compassionate message. He embraced a young man. Who said hed been through a rough time and has now found meaning in kasichs message. He also shared a secret about his favorite music. gov john kasich r president ial candidate fall out boy is one of them, you know. I like linkin park and 21 pilots, you know stressed out . out . his reponse is raising some eyebrows. But its not the first time hes mentioned lincoln park as one of his favorite bands. Kentucky governor matt bevin will be in the tristate today. Hell speak at Gateway Community and Technical College in florence this morning. Hell also take part in a Government Forum luncheon. Hosted by the commerce. Hell deliver the keynote address discussing his administration and the issues facing the commonwealth. Nearly 59thousand bridges in the United States are structurally deficient and need serious repairs. And several of those are right here in the tristate. Tristate. Were getting a look at the results of that new study. And what it means for local drivers. The report is based on data from the us transportion department. Structurally deficient means one or more of the key bridge elements. Such as the deck or superstructure. Are in poor or worse condition. In ohio. Seven percent of the bridges are considered to be strucurally deficent. That includes columbia parkway over the i471 ramp. And i71 over eggelston avenue. In kentucky. Eight percent of bridges fall into that category. And in indiana. Nine percent arent making the grade. Keep your eyes out for state troopers this weekend along interstate 75. Law enforcement in both ohio and kentucky. Taking part this weekend in a project to keep drivers safe along the busy freeway. Nearly ohio roads because of drunk driving. And Officials Say that want to bring that number down to zero. Its a warmer and dry start to the day. Skies will be mostly clear to start and then turn mostly cloudy sunset today. Highs are expected in the low 60s. Saturday is dry and warm but rain returns on sunday. Traffic story of survival. A helicopter plunges into the water off hawaii. The witnesses. Who close call caught on camera. Students come just inches from a freight train. What the nats of chopper crash. Oh bleep. Bleep. A teenager is in Critical Condition this morning after that sightseeing helicopter plunged into pearl harbor. Four others survived the crash off honolulu. Thanks to bystanders who pulled people out of the chopper. Investigators havent said yet why the helicopter crashed. Cincinnatis streetcar is back on track this morning. And it could cause some delays downtown. Tomorrows test will take place on elm street. Between 14th and liberty. From nine am to four pm. You wont be allowed to park on the east side of elm during the test. Crews will test the brakes of the first two streetcars in the fleet. And theyll get their first good look at the newest vehicle that arrived last week. A bus filled with high school students. Just inches from disaster after a nearmiss with a freight train. Cell phones caught the close call between the train and the back of the school bus. It happened last week outside of houston. After the incident. Back to school and blamed the students for being too loud that she couldnt concentrate. We were all screaming and telling her to move forward. Everyone was just really freaking out and really terrified at the moment. Moment. But the district says she didnt follow standard safety protocol. And shes been fired. A cincinnati brewery is getting some love in a National Poll of americas best breweries. Breweries. Rhinegeist brewery is currently sitting in first place out of 19 breweries across the country in a usa today online Readers Choice poll. Usa today says the taproom at the old moerlein bottling plant in over the rhine quote oozes character. Its a warmer and dry start to the day. Skies will be mostly clear to start and then turn highs are expected in the low 60s. Saturday is dry and warm but rain returns on sunday. Taking a stand. A tristate district calling student messages out of hand. Why its worse than just selfies. And how you can protect your children online. Fact or fiction. A ohio teen in trouble over his high school speech. Why its not his words that landed him gmts animyoure watching good morning tristate at 4 30 on 9 on your side a warning for parents about teens and social media. Mason schools say they took action. Because student messages on instagram got out of hand. So how to protect your children . Nine on your sides Evan Millward is on your look for on your childs phone. covered Jodi Carr Nagle seventh and eighth grade parent 035023 terrified. Im terrified. Just this week mason intermediate sends this note to parents. An Instagram Account comes down built by sixth graders meant to tear each other down. The district saying quote our message to the students is to not engage anyone they dont know personally. Thursday night at Nagel Middle School in anderson nats but learn everything you can a hundred or more parents hungry for answers. 040706 evan what is the biggest thing a parent needs to know about their kids cell phone and social media . Stephen smith director of Educational Leadership for Cincinnati Bell i think, and to just start off, the very first thing a parent needs to do is they have to own the password to the google play or the itunes store. If they do that, they begin to minimize the types of apps a child can eye opener for parent jodi carr. Carr 034930 it makes you think why are we giving our kids these phones so young . Shes got seventh and eighth graders. Amy miller has a fifth and seventh grader. And she works with social media. Amy miller nagel parent 030320 what i am currently working on with my boys is what they can be tagged in. An instagram picture gets posted and someone just tags you, you are now part of that. An ohio teen in hot water this morning. After Officials Say he impersonated a lawmaker engagement. Authorities say 18yearold izaha akins claimed he represented the 26th district. And even gave a speech at Mohawk High School in december. Thats not the only person akins has claimed to be. A grand jury indicted him this month on felony charges. Including impersonating a police officer. American pharoahs history making victory at last years breeders cup was a big win off the race track. Lexington Officials Say the breeders cup helped deliver doubledigit growth in tourism. The citys Hotel Room Revenue was up 11 percent last year. But its more than just playing the ponies. 29 new restaurants and bars opened last year in lexington. Along with eight craft trail. Now lets check in with with your nine first warning weather. The warming is underway temperatures will be rising heading into daybreak and well start the day in the 40s. While the temperatures will be springlike, youll also need to be ready for a very windy day. Well start the morning with mostly clear skies and winds will be coming in from the southwest at 10 to 15 mph. Clouds slowly build this afternoon, eventually turning mostly cloudy after sunset. But winds pick up in the afternoon hours. Well see sustained winds from the southwest at 15 to 25 mph and gusts up to 40 mph. Highs should reach the low 60s today. Skies will be mostly cloudy this evening and into the overnight hours. I wouldnt rule out a few sprinkles as a weak cold front passes but its only a 1020 chance. Right now, it looks like we may have a split weekend saturday looks great with sunshine and highs in the rain showers are likely on sunday. Its a 50 chance for rain during the day, with the best chances in northern kentucky. Highs will be in the mid 50s. Behind this chance for rain, temperatures will slowly cool as we head into the coming work week, eventually dipping back below normal by midweek. Morning rush fair skiesnot as coldlow 39 fridaypartly cloudy to mostly cloudywindyhigh 60friday night mostly cloudya few sprinkles low 48saturdaypartly cloudy warm not as windyhigh 64 saturday nightmostly cloudy late rain chancelow 46sunday mostly cloudyrain showers, back in court. After skipping out on probation. The legal hurdles for the socalled affluenza teen. And how long hes facing in grownup prison. She didnt have me in size but she had heart, because she came for me. Me. A wendys worker. At the bottom of the food chain. The attack that left her with bite its a warmer and dry start to the day. Skies will be mostly clear to start and then turn mostly cloudy sunset today. Highs are expected in the low 60s. Saturday is dry and warm happening today. A special job fair aimed at outofwork tristate veterans. Veterans. Its taking place this morning in anderson. At the Anderson Township center on five mile road. There will be more than two dozen major regional employers looking for new workers. Its hosted by ohio congressman brad wenstrup. The socalled affluenza teen will be in court today. And may be on the move. A judge will decide whether the case against 18year old ethan couch should be moved to the adult justice system. He could eventually be sent to prison for 10 years. After violating probation for the crash that killed four people and fleeing to mexico with his mother. A woman is facing charges in virginia after police say she attacked a wendys worker with her teeth over a wrong order. Order. Wendys worker Latanya Nelson says 25year old lovely robinson ordered four 99cent chicken sandwiches. But changed that order to a pair that drove the price up. And robinson got fed up. She jumped the counter and took a bite out of nelson. Latanya Nelson wendys manager she clamped down right above my knee, so i continued to punch her cause she was biting me. Me. Nelson says she was able to fight robinson off. But the attack left a biggiesized bite mark above her left knee. Robinson is facing assault charges. But nelson is already back on the job. Mcdonalds is testing out its own version of a southern classic. Chicken and waffles. Right here in ohio. The chicken mcgriddle is now being tested at 11 restaurants in the columbus area. Its a Fried Chicken patty surrounded by a pair of maple syrupy sweet buns. It could go oscar sunday is just ten days away. And nine on your side wants you to vote for your favorite Academy Awards nominees. Nominees. You can vote right now on our website. Wcpodotcom. Unfortunately to the academy. But you can compare your answers while watching the awards right here on nine on your side. On sunday, february 28th. Red carpet coverage begins at seven. And well continue our coverage on 9 on your side at 11. Drunken danger. Its not a human in trouble. After chasing customers with a giant knife. How this monkey got a hold of a weapon. After one too many. Drivers and dreamers. This weeks cincinnati auto expo is more than flashy wheels. The technology on display. That can help protect your and your stop the bullying. The new approach kids are taking to attack victims. And how to block it. One of the reasons is, weve never bent on quality, never cheapened the product productwere letting you in on a secret this morning. A look at how one of the tristate traditions is made. You wont want to miss this. Good morning tristate im chris riva. Riva. And im kathrine nero. Heres a live look behind us here from our balcony camera. The weekend is bringing wiht