A Cincinnati Police officer. Accused of commiting a crime in uniform. Will appear before a judge this morning. Investigators say Joseph Simpson took some money out of a restaurants Cash Register while working an offduty detail. Hes charged with theft. And has been suspended without pay from the department. Simpsons attorney a stellar officer. And wants people to give him a fair shake. A judge could decide the future of five apartment complexes considered public nuisances in just a few hours. Weve been reporting on the properties owned by pf holdings for months. It gets five Million Dollars of your money a year to subsidize rent. But some tenants are suing over what they call unliveable conditions. The attorney for the current outofstate landlord tells nine on your side theyve spent hundreds of thousands of dollars fixing the problems. 015307 theres a lot of patchwork being done here no ones really hiring people and getting the job done the way it needs to be done. If i have a hole in my wall, theres no reason to come with a piece of newspaper and spackle and thats my drywall. Drywall. The department of housing and urban development weighed in last week. Saying some residents could have to move if conditions dont get better. The final republican president ial debate before the Iowa Caucuses went on as without trump. Other candidates tried to take a more civil tone during the fox news debate. Still. The canidates clashed over differences on immigration, leadership, and electability. Most of those attacks. Aimed at secondplace candidate ted cruz. Calling him a flip flopper on amnesty for illegal immigrants. Sot rand paul i was for legalization so was ted but now he says it wasnt so thats not true. Sot ted cruz we led the fight against amnesty. Sot marco rubio the truth is, ted, throughout this campaign youve been willing to say or do anything in order to get votes. 9 on your side teamed up with politifact. One of the most respected Fact Checking groups in the nation. To hold these politicians accountable for what they say. Donald trump. Sitting out the debate. Kicked off the discussion. While hes famous for cutting down his fellow candidates. Ted cruz told the crowd that he chooses the high road when trading jabs. Ted cruz let me be clear. If donald engages in insults or anybody else. I dont intend to recipricate. I have not i dont intend to. To. But cruz is mostly false, according to our politifact analysts. He and trump shared a warm relationship not too long ago and what qualifies as an insult is subjective. But cruz has certainly mocked trump more recently. At the beginning of the debate. He made light of trumps habit of insulting his fellow candidates. Cruz called them all stupid, fat and ugly. And himself. A maniac. Our Politifact Team spent the night reviewing statements from the other candidates as well. Well be posting the truth ratings on w cpodotcom and our mobile app. Of course. All eyes on the elephant not in the room. Donald trump. Who skipped the debate over fox news moderator megyn kelly. Kelly. Trump held a counterevent at the same time. Just blocks away from the debate. Raising money for veterans. Trump said fox news had tried to get him back in the debate. But hed already made up his mind. donald trump, r president ial candidate i didnt want to be here, i have to be honest. I wanted to be ive enjoyed that. But you have to stick up for your rights. When youre treated badly, you have to stick up for your rights. Rights. Trump and cruz are expected to battle for the top spot in the iowa caucus. Which takes place on february 1st. Breaking overnight. A man is shot on winton terrace. Police say he walked over to king run road after being shot in the side. And knocked on a persons door for help. Police say he was taken to Uc Medical Center and should be okay. He told police he doesnt know who shot him. The manhunt is on for the suspect who tried to rape a woman in hamilton. Before he attacks again. Again. Witnesses ran to help his wouldbe victim yesterday. Who was half naked and screaming in a cemetery. Timyka artist joins us live with what we know about this man. The victim was so terrified had to her. As she was trying to get away, the suspect chased her to this cemetery that is where neighbors ran over to help when they heard her yelling for someone to please call police she told them the man held a knife to her throat, while trying to force her to have sex. When christian greer, who lives across the street, found the woman she was wearing only at shirt. She pointed out the suspects to white truck. By the time police got here, he was gone she says she got out but didnt explain how she left all of her stuff in the truck. Her id and everything. He has all that information on her we are waiting for the police to tell us how close they are to finding this man. They are expected to release information later on this morning the victim says she tristate home goes up in flames. What were learning about a late night fire in kentucky. And what crews found when they arrived on scene. Shooting caught on camera. An oregon militia member. Gunned down by federal agents. Why the fbi says it had no choice. But to open fire. As temperatures continue to fall into the morning drive, well see this precipitation changing over to a light wintry mix or flurries. The impact on your drive to work should be minor at best. Temperatures eventually drop to 290f for our low at 8 a. M. Clouds decrease this afternoon and well see a cool high of new this morning. A fire in dayton, kentucky is being called suspicious. Firefighters say the flames were going up the wall of the house on fifth avenue near mckinney avenue was vacant. Newport and fort thomas Fire Departments were called to help put out the flames. For the first time. Were getting a look at the shootout that killed a protester. Who seized a federal wildlife refuge in oregon. The fbi released this video. Showing the violent confrontation from tuesday night. Federal agents say they shot lavoy finicum. When finicum reached toward his waistband, where he had a gun. Protest leader ammon bundy and several others were also arrested. Happening today. The affluenza teen will face a texas judge. Judge. Ethan couch was booked yesterday following his deportation from mexico. Couch and his mother were tracked down in Puerto Vallarta on december 28th. Couch was sentenced to 10 years probation for a crash that killed four people. But lef the country after a video of him drinking went viral. Listeria ourbreak. Traced back to ohio. Were learning Springfield Dole plant. Filled with tainted salad. What investigators say an inspection turned up. Strong cold snap. A closer look at last weeks northeast blizzard. And just how Many Americans felt its wrath. As temperatures continue to fall into the morning drive, well see this precipitation changing over to a light wintry mix or flurries. The impact on your drive to work should be minor at best. Temperatures eventually drop to 290f for our low at 8 a. M. Clouds decrease this afternoon and well see a cool high of gmts animyoure watching good morning tristate at 6 on 9 on your side in the live alert. And breaking overnight. An american has been sentenced to prison. A seoul court convicted 36year old Arthur Patterson of stabbing a south Korean University student to death. Inside a burger king in 1997. Patterson was extradited in september. 16 years after he fled to the us. The murder case is one of the most notorious and hotly debated in south koreas history. We have new information this morning following a listeria outbreak. That traces back to a southwestern ohio facility. Facility. The Springfield Newssun reports that the dole plant. Which produces packaged salads. Had the right procedures in place to prevent illness. Dole stopped all production at the plant. And is withdrawing packaged salads on the market that were produced there. The World Health Organization will hold an emergency meeting monday to get a handle on the spread of the zika virus. The who will decide if the outbreak should be declared an International Health emergency. According to the cdc. Zika, which is spread by mosquitoes, is in more than 20 the fbi has raided an indiana home in connection to the disappearance of an Indiana University student. Student. Lauren spierer has been missing since june 2011. She was last seen walking toward her apartment in bloomington. Witnesses told police she was drunk and left her phone and shoes behind at a bar. She had just finished her sophomore year at iu. Crews were sifting through dirt yesterday at a home in martinsville, and cadaver dogs were on the scene. You could tell that they were searching. They had the dogs out and they were going through stuff. Stuff. Theres no word on what. If anything. Was found. People in the northeast probably arent surprised. Surprised. But last weekends blizzard was the fourth most powerful to hit the region in more than six decades. The National Oceanic and atmospheric administration. Noaa. Looked at the amount of snow. The impact area and how many people were affected to figure out the ranking. The storm hit almost 103 Million People in 26 states. Number one century in 1993. Which dropped more than 30 inches in places from mississippi to maine. Let get your latest nine first warning forecast. Long clouds will hang around through the morning before some sunshine breaks out this afternoon. But temperatures will not be as warm this afternoon, only topping out at 380f. By the weekend, an area of High Pressure sets up over mild air back to the tristate. Saturday will be partly cloudy and down right pleasant outside. Temperatures will build into the mid to low 50s more clouds are back for sunday and well see a better chance for rain. Currently, its looking like a 40 chance for rain during the day. This means hit or miss light showers are expected, especially in the afternoon hours. We are still watching the timing of rain next week. Currently, it looks like monday will be mainly dry during the day with highs staying mild in the mid 50s. A warm front lifts that night, bringing in scattered rain chances. But most of the day tuesday will be spent in the warm sector of our next low pressure system. Temperatures climb to 580f. Then, showers and storms will likely move through the tristate later that evening and overnight. Behind the front, temperatures cool rapidly. Morning rush isolated rain chance of flurriesmostly cloudylow 29 fridaymostly cloudy early partly cloudy laterhigh 38 friday nightpartly cloudy skies milder lowslow 31saturday partly cloudywarmerhigh 51 milder, isolated rain chance low 41sundaycloudy skies scattered, light showershigh several cincinnati high schools are making the grade. Both in ohio and across the country. Country. According to us news and world report. Walnut hills ranked number one in the state. And 65th nationally. Indian hill is second in ohio. And 102nd in the nation. Highlands high school was number one in kentuckyand Beechwood High School in Fort Mitchell was number three. Wages are down in 80 of the 100 biggest cities in the us. S. The brookings study looked at Economic Conditions between 2009 and 2014. And while almost every metro area had improvement in at least one area like employment or productivity. Most had lower pay for workers. And it whites. The nations oldest undergraduate drama troupe has picked actress Kerry Washington as its woman of the year. Year. Harvard universitys hasty pudding theatricals honored the scandal star after a parade through harvard square. The honor included the traditional roast and the pot. The group said it picked washington because she is talented. Socially engaged. And continues to break barriers in hollywood. Starting the new chapter in his life. Former speaker of the house john boehner is moving forward in the new year. Year. Where hell make his first public appearance since leaving office. As temperatures continue to fall into the morning drive, well see this precipitation changing over to a light wintry mix or flurries. The impact on your drive to work should be minor at best. Temperatures eventually drop to 290f for our low at 8 a. M. Clouds decrease this afternoon puffs knows winter. Is hard on your nose theres the endless runny noses. The sneezes that just wont quit and of course, the biting cold of snow day play. Thats why puffs is soft. Puffs plus lotion tissues. Are gentle on skin. They help soothe irritation by locking in moisture better. So you can get out and enjoy winter a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. For softness that fits as the lead contamination concern grows in ohio. The claim from john kasich in last nights debate about how hed handle the flint water crisis. Crisis. Diagnosis for oj. How one high profile doctor says oj simpson might have the same serious condition affecting many former professional football players. Good morning tristate at 6 30 starts right now. Theres a warmup this weekend good morning, im chris riva. Riva. Im kathrine nero. First we have to get through this friday. Lets see if there are any more flurries in our meterologist Jennifer Ketchmark jennifer calls for graphic full fullas temperatures continue to fall into the morning drive, well see this precipitation changing over to a light wintry mix or flurries. The impact on your drive to work should be minor at best. Temperatures eventually drop to 290f for our low at 8 a. M. Clouds decrease this afternoon and well see a cool high of 38. Traffic rarely has a bottle of water able to make such a difference. But with the water crisis in flint michigan its taken on a whole new importance. Importance. And in just a few hours. You can help by dropping off bottled water at norwood schools. Jordan burgess is live with a closer look at why those there feel they have a special obligation to help. Middle school will be filled with students as usual. But along with books and backpacks. Theyll have bottles. And its all because of two cities that even before water grabbed headlines. Knew what it was like for bad things to come down the pipeline. Other groups across the tri state have also taken part in collecting bottled water for flint. This is one of those collections from last week. Now students and parents at norwood schools are getting involved. During morning drop off and afternoon pick up. Theyre being asked to bring bottled water to any of norwoods schools. The idea was started by the group avenues for success because of the citys shared struggle with flint. Both were towns hurt by cut backs in the auto industry. I really felt this connection to flint because of this same story. It was predicted years ago that norwood would not rebound but we did. Students will start arriving with water here around 715. Reporting live. Jordan side. What if you dont go to norwood schools, how can you help . Help . The group will also be collecting water at the Norwood Kroger tomorrow from 8 to 5. So you can drop it off there as well. Ohios governor tackled the problem in flint during last nights gop debate. Governor john kasich said he would have been on top of the water crisis right away. Kasich also said his executive experience in columbus makes him the top choice for the white house. gov. John kasich r president ial candidate theres three lanes, theres the establishment lane, the antiestablishment lane and the kasich lane. And the reason is ive been a reformer all of my career. Career. Kasich has been focusing his president ial hopes in new hampshire. Instead of iowa. A recent poll there found him in second despite kasichs claim. Ohios Environmental Protective Agency is warning parents and students at one Cleveland Elementary School not to drink the water. They say theres a possible lead contamination. The district shut down the drinking fountains and sinks at gurney Elementary School as a safety precaution. Ohios epa is also investigating reports of lead in water in the village of sebring. Which is about 50 miles south of chagrin falls. A reminder to some hamilton residents. Today you will not have water while crews work to fix a storm sewer. A portion of it collapsed a couple of weeks ago under eden park drive. Because the water line is close to the sewer, crews are going to have to turn it off while they make the repairs. A condo complex and an Office Development will be impacted. You will have to boil water after crews are finished later today. Former speaker of the house, john boehner, is going to make his first public appearance in when. It will be on march 12th thats 3 days before the march primary. Boehner will be honored by the Butler CountyRepublican Party at its annual lincoln day dinner. According to our partners at the journal news the time and location are still being worked out. A big win on the road for the cincinnati bearcats. Bearcats. The team took over the hardwood against uconn. It was a close game throughout. And even got down to one point difference. Uconn had the ball and uc was up one. The huskies had three separate chances to win this game in the final six seconds but couldnt make any of their shots. Uc wins 5857. And theyre now 16 and 6. Two people arrested at disneyland paris. What police say the man was found holding and how park officials reacted to the scare. As temperatures continue to fall into the morning drive, well see this precipitation changing over to a light wintry mix or flurries. The impact on your drive to work should be minor at best. Temperatures eventually drop clouds decrease this afternoon and well see a cool high of 38. Ararare company should treat you like family. [phone rings] Operator HealthCare Customer Service caller hi this is patricia ramirez. Operator oh, patricia colleague i love patricia colleague 2 when is she getting marr ied . Operator its about time, lady this is the real question hows that man youre dating . Wheres the ring . 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Officials say the man was found holding two guns and a copy of the quran. This happened last night just before the park was closing. The woman he was with was also taken in for questioning. No remained open for the rest of the night. Waiting in line in the cold. Cold. The big ticket item people around the country have been waiting to get their hands on. On. Where air jordan fans are waiting now, but when the shoes actually go on sale. As temperatures continue to fall into the morning drive, well see this precipitation changing over to a light wintry mix or flurries. The impact on your drive to work should be minor at best. Temperatures eventually drop to 290f for our low at 8 a. M. Clouds decrease this afternoon people braving the cold temperatures. Camping out to be the first to get the new air jordans. Jordans. This is happening in chicago so they have plenty of blankets to stay warm. They started lining up on wednesday. But the new air jordans dont go on sale until tomorrow. The price tag. 650bucks a pair. Lawrenceberg native, nick goepper, will be defending his xgames aspen title this weekend. Weekend. This is video of goepper from last january. He started his career right here in the tri north. You can watch the xgames right here on 9 on your side tomorrow. Heres a live look from the snow cams at perfect north right now. Its looking good. And with this weekends temperatures in the 50s itd be a great time to get out and test your own skills on the slopes. A beautiful sunrise in the nations capitol this morning. A live look here. Here. Now lets check in with your nine first warning weather. Long clouds will hang around through the morning before some sunshine breaks out this afternoon. But temperatures will not be as warm this afternoon, only topping out at 380f. By the weekend, an area of High Pressure sets up over the carolinas and brings more mild air back to the pleasant outside. Temperatures will build into the mid to low 50s more clouds are back for sunday and well see a better chance for rain. Currently, its looking like a 40 chance for rain during the day. This means hit or miss light showers are expected, especially in the afternoon hours. We are still watching the timing of rain next week. Currently, it looks like monday will be mainly dry during the day with highs staying mild in the mid 50s. A warm front lifts that night, bringing in scattered rain chances. But most of the day tuesday will be spent in the warm sector of our next low pressure system. Temperatures climb to 580f. Then, showers and storms will likely move through the tristate later that evening and overnight. Behind the front, temperatures cool rapidly. Morning rush isolated rain chance of flurriesmostly cloudylow 29 fridaymostly cloudy early partly cloudy laterhigh 38 friday nightpartly cloudy skies milder lowslow 31saturday partly cloudywarmerhigh 51 saturday nightmostly cloudy milder, isolated rain chance low 41sundaycloudy skies traffic knocking on doors looking for help. A man is shot overnight. Where police say they found him. Him. Also in your 9 minutes of nonstop news. Someplace to live. After living in terrible conditions for too long. The hope this morning for nearly a thousand people that things are about to its time for 9 minutes of nonstop news. We have all the news, weather and traffic for you on this friday. Friday. We begin this morning attempted rape in hamilton. 9 on your sides timyka artist is live in hamilton with the search for the suspect. The suspect was persistent. He chased the woman all the way to this cemetery vo neighbors ran over immediately when heard her yelling for someone to please call 911. When one man found her she was wearing only a tshiry. She told that neighbor that man she never met before held a knife to her throat and tried to force her have sex inside his pickup truck. Police searched greenwood cemetery, but they did not find anything. The victim says her attacker left with all her id tag. Investigators are expected to release more info on who they are looking for later on this miring breaking overnight. A man is shot on winton terrace. Police say he walked over to king run side. And knocked on a persons door for help. Police say he was taken to Uc Medical Center and should be okay. He told police he doesnt know who shot him. In just a couple of hours. The fate of a thousand people will be decided. As the city of cincinnati tries to force changes at 5 run down apartment complexes. Complexes. This morning a judge will decide if the city can take away the ownership of 5 complexes considered public nuisances. Weve been reporting on the properties owned by pf holdings for months. Some tenants are suing over what they call unliveable conditions. Also this morning. A hearing is set for a Cincinnati Police officer accused of stealing from a restaurant. Restaurant. Investigators say Joseph Simpson took some money out of a restaurants Cash Register while working an offduty detail. Hes charged with theft. And has been suspended without pay from the department. Simpsons attorney told 9 on your side hes been a stellar officer. And wants people to give him a fair shake. The republican president ial candidates got a chance toshine last night since donald trump was sitting out the fox debate. Debate. The candidates made being there. But stuck to the issues. That is until one tense moment when senator ted cruz didnt like the questions he was hearing last night. Cruz i would note that the last four questions had been rand, please attack ted, jeb, please attack ted let me just say this. Chris wallace it is a debate, sir. Cruz sot if you guys ask one more mean question, i may have to leave the stage. Ohio Governor John Kasich appealed to voters reminding the audience that everone on the stage works for them. Not the other way around. 9 on your side teamed up with politifact, one of the most respected Fact Checking groups in the nation. To cut through the socalled soundbites of the debate. And hold these politicians accountable for what they say. Say. Relieving tensions between Law Enforcement and communities was another hot topic of last nights debate. Moderators wanted to know from kentucky senator rand paul. How he would handle police shootings. Specifically the one in ferguson, missiouri Michael Brown in 2014. Fourth factcheck, 9 44 rand paul, one thing i discovered in ferguson was that a third of the budget for the city of ferguson was being reaped by civil fines. People were just being fined to death. Death. Our factchecking team found paul to be mostly false because he ignores critical facts. Stats show the city of ferguson is dependent on fines and fees for revenue. But paul overstates its reliance. Fines did hit upwards of 16 percent in 2014. But fell to about sevenpercent last year in reaction to public outrage. While donald trump wasnt at the debate. He was just down the road at a ralyl for veterans. Trump was joined by Rick Santorum and mike huckabee. The winners of the two previous gop iowa cacuses. About 15 hundred people were there. A little less than at the fox debate. Trump says the rally raised 6 Million Dollars. Eighteenyearold ethan couch may learn today whether hell be moved from a juvenile an adult jail. Couch was deported from mexico yesterday. Thats where he and his mother allegedly fled in early december after video showed couch possibly violating his probation. Couch was put on 10 years probation after killing four people in a drunken driving crash. A case made famous by the hit netflix show making a murderer will be front and center in wisconsin. Wisconsin. Hundreds of people from around the country are expected today to peacefully protest the convictions of steven avery and Brendan Dassey in manitowoc. Protesters believe they were wrongfully convicted in the this morning the reds caravan continues on the road. And 9 on your side is with them. Them. Theyll return to a big welcome back sunday in florence. But until then. 9 on your sides Keenan Singleton reports the reds are enjoying seeing their fans. Fans. Good morning everyone, Keenan Singleton here in columbus for 2016 reds caravan tour and what better place to get a true sense of the tour than hopping on the caravan itself. Now this is a team thats going through rebuilding but theyre hoping the road to 2016 isnt nearly as bumpy as some experts seems to think. Were trying to get our club think we had it with the nucleus of players to get it done. Tried to interject some guys with talent and energy. Gonna be an exciting year to watch these guys develop. Develop. I still really like our lineup. I liked what i saw from the young pitchers last year. Iim looking forward to this year. Year. Now if want to check out the reds today, you can do so, theyll be in lima later this afternoon. Reporting here in columbus, im Keenan Singleton, 9 on your side. Pure romance founder Patty Brisben is in new york city this morning. Shell be on Good Morning America. Where shell help do the pop news segment. We got this message she got the chance by winning an auction at the pink ribbon luncheon in october when Robin Roberts was the keynote speaker. Shell be on gma at 8. Now lets get another check of the roads. Roads. Ally has your nine first warning traffic. Traffic drive times barbie is getting a makeover and people are talking about making the doll available in three new body types. Types. Those types include tall, petite and curvy. Theyre an addition though the original body type that has triggered controversy over the years will remain on store shelves. Critics said the toy gave young girls an unrealistic image and body type to aspire to. The doll has looked the same for 57 years. Heres a live look outside this morning. Here is another look at your forecast. gives 7day forecast were back in 30 minutes Good Morning America is next. Next. And you can kep nine on your side. At your side