3 were following local breaking. Crews on the scene a deadly fire. Firefighters were called to a home on kuntz drive shortly after two this morning. Details are slim, but police say it is fatal. Local12s fatal. Local12s Perry Schaible is on her way to the scene, and will have live updates throughout the morning. Well also bring you the latest on local12dotcom. 3 time temp. Ahead at four30. Imagine going a week thinking kidnappers were going to kill you. One taxi driver did. And now hes talking about what he went through. Plus. A clinton and sanders showdown. How the two candidates worked to drum up support ahead of tonights democratic debate. Youre watching good morning 3 now at four30. President ial candidates faceoff tonight. The latest from the campaign trail before clinton and sanders take the stage. 3 tracking the zika virus. Why World Health Leaders say its so difficult. 3 and efforts to keep a retiring ohio Police Officer with his fourlegged parter spurs one lawmaker into action. 3 good morning cincinnati. Thanks for joining us on this thursday. Im john lomax. And im sheila gray. The stories of the day are coming up. First a check of the weather. Heres meterologist john gumm. 3 Hillary Clinton and bernie democratic debate tonight in New Hampshire, which holds the nations first primary next week. Both candidates made their case to voters during a town hall last night. As the Top Republican candidates ramped up their attacks. Weijia jiang has the latest from manchester, New Hampshire. 3 at a town hall event in derry, New Hampshire last night. Bernie sanders and Hillary Clinton continued to trade jabs over their progressive values. sot Bernie Sanders i do not know any progressive who has a super pac and takes 15million dollars from wall street. Thats just not sot Hillary Clinton i was sort of amused today that senator sanders set himself up to be the gatekeeper on whos a progressive i know where i stand, i know who stands with me, i know what ive done. Claimed a razor thin victory over sanders in iowa. Is trailing behind him in the Granite State. Sanders is from neighboring vermont. Hes also dominating the attention of young voters like Natalie Weinstein sot Natalie Weinstein sanders supporter bernie has been very stable the entire time hes been in politics i really hope he wins standup weijia jiang cbs hampshire with less than a week before the New Hampshire primary. Donald trump and ted cruz remain locked in a war of words. Over the results in iowa. Nats yesterday trump accused cruz, who finished first in iowa, of stealing the states caucuses. Calling for the results to be nullified. sot ted cruz it is no surprise that donald trump is throwing yet another temper tantrum or if you like, trumper tantrum. we need a commander in chief, not a twitterer in chief. Nats sotemergency issue trump was almost two hours late for a Campaign Event in arkansas yesterday. After his plane experienced mechanical issues and he was forced to land in nashville. Hes expected to hold at least three events in the Granite State today. Where hes leading cruz in the polls. Weijia jiang cbs news manchester, New Hampshire. 3 both rand paul and Rick Santorum dropped out of the republican president ial race yesterday, leaving nine contenders remaining. 3 kentucky senator rand paul cited a weak showing in iowa for dropping out of the race. But his run has caused some major changes in the bluegrass state. Senator paul is still us senate. To do that, and still be able to run for president , he convinced the Kentucky Republican party to have a president ial caucus, not a primary. Thats because he couldnt legally appear on the primary ballot running for two offices. And now, its for nothing and too late to change. 3 were excited to have a president ial caucus. The first time well have it before its already decided. Kentucky will be right in the mix of it. 11 candidates are signed up for it. It will actually bringing money into the Republican Party because of the filing fees of the eleven candidates. The Kentucky Republican caucuses are march 5th. Turnout is expected to be low. Many voters are expected to overlook them and show up in may, not knowing what they missed. Weve got a link on our website so you can find out where your caucus is being held, and how you can get an absentee ballot if you need one. In addition to paul and santorum dropping out, Mick Huckabee also ended his campaign. 3 turning to local news now. A youth minister is facing some morning. Joseph niemeyer is waking up in the Kenton County jail for allegedly raping a child. Theres a laundry list of charges against him including rape, sexual abuse, and sodomy. His alleged victim is younger than 12. Niemeyer is a youth minister at new Banklick Baptist church in independence. 3 the university of cincinnati is bringing in heavy hitters to improve policing. In the wake of a deadly shooting by a uc officer. Uc president santa ono promised the top to bottom review of Campus Police after the shooting death of samuel dubose. Former officer ray tensing is charged with murder, but the school isnt waiting for a verdict. A 12member team with a firm called exiger is coming to town. 3 we dont believe what we do will stop in cincninati hoping it can become a model for Police Departments all around the nationuc leaders want to know how policies and procedures or lack of training contributed to the dubose shooting. The review team will meet with officers, students making recommendations. Well follow their progress and let you know what they find. 3 you can weigh in on the legalization of medical marijuana in ohio today. Lawmakers want to hear from patients and the general public as to why they are or are not in favor of legal pot for medical purposes. The ohio Senate Town Hall listening tour will be held at ucs medical Science Building at 11. 3 if you have questions about the preschool promise, you can get answers at a town hall meeting in walnut hills tonight. Its an initiative to make sure every child in cincinnati has access to two years of quality preschool. Tonights meeting is at six30 at angst coffeehouse and pub on gilbert avenue. If you cant make it tonight, there are other town hall meetings, parent listening sessions, and other events planned across the city. We have a list at local12dotcom. Hover over news, then click get it now links. 3 the latest now on a retiring ohio Police Officers efforts to keep his k9 partner. Now a solution. The senator from steubenville is drafting a bill that would let officers buy k9s for market value. The issue came to light after a retiring marietta officer tried to buy his partner from the city. Because ajax isnt ready to retire and is considered to be city property. State law says the dog must be auctioned. The bill would also allow mounted patrol officers to buy their horses. 3 time temp. The case continues. Whats happening now that a judge refused to drop charges against bill cosby. Plus. A harrowing account. Hear from the taxi driver held hostage for a week by three escaped convicts. Next, on good morning 3 3 right now 3 break two 3 3 right now the latest on the zika outbreak. Health leader say brazil is not sharing enough samples and information about the virus, making it harder to track its evolution, and come up with a possible vaccine. Experts in the us and europe are trying to link the outbreak to birth defects in brazil. But under brazilian law, its technically illegal to share four florida counties are under a Health Emergency after nine confirmed cases. And an entire kentucky family is recovering after being exposed on a mission trip in haiti. Well hear from them this morning at five30. 3 covering america now. The Sexual Assault case against bill cosby is moving forward. After his lawyers lost their bid to get it tossed. Cosby is accused of drugging and violating a woman at his home in 2004. A former da testified that he granted cosby immunity from prosecution a decade ago. But a judge rejected that testimony, and now a preliminary hearing is set for march eighth. Prosecutors still have to show enough evidence for the judge to order a trial. 3 a cab driver is recounting the terrifying ordeal he went through after he was kidnapped and held captive for a week by three dangerous escapees from a california jail. 71yearold Long Hoang Ma says he picked up hossein nayeri, bac duong, and Jonathan Tieu around the same time sheriffs officials realized there had been a jailbreak. The escapees took they had guns. Ready. He says at the beginning he was scared, but then started to accept that he was going to die. 3 sunday morning that they seen them on tv, until the day that i was released, i always think 100 percent i would die. Even when i was in the car with bac duong, even bac duong told me he would not kill me. I didnt believe him,ma said the escapees slept against the hotel doors so he couldnt escape. He also says duong and nayeri would argue and fight over what to do with him. So when nayeri and tieu left to get the windows tinted on a van they had stolen, duong turned himself in and released ma. The other two inmates were caught two days later. 3 time temp. A story of time temp. A story of inspiration. Well introduce you to a woman who is powering through because her life depends on it. Plus. Some hometown athletes will take the field during this years super bowl. How students are local school, next, on good morning cincinnati. Break three3 were following local breaking news out of lebanon right now. Crews on the scene a deadly fire. And local12s Perry Schaible is live with what we know so far. 3 crews are the scene of a fire broke out around 2 15 this morning on kuntz drive. A police 3 officer on the scene confirmed it was deadly. Perry schaible is on the way to the scene and will have more coming up in a live report. 3 a young woman from fort wright. Whos beating cancer. Is the way. Its all because she refused to give up her tough training and competition, for chemo. Local12s liz bonis shows us how she got it done. 3 { nat sot of stacy instructor < nat sot open { vo its been just a year since Stacy Crawford began her journey to stay strong { sot < Stacy Crawford survivor 3 35 53 i was diagnosed with stage four rectal cancer. { vo chemotherapy followed that diagnosis, and so did several surgeries { sot < 2 36 10 removing a portion of my liver and a portion of my colon, lung. { vo stacy however, 3 barely missed a beat, or in this case, a barbell as she continued as a crossfit instructor as you can see its a class thats a pretty tough workout, although to those in the class, tough got put in perspective { sot < ryan brown participant 2 43 35 it doesnt really mean much when you are struggling through it, when someone else is dealing with something so much bigger. { vo stacy said the idea of giving up crossfit for something bigger such as chemo or cancer, never crossed her fit mind have to keep your mind in the right place, if you are diagnose with cancer you cant go crawl in bed and pull the covers up. Over your head, you have to pray about it, you have to stay involved and keep your normal activity going. { vo the line for normal however, she says has shifted { sot < liz asked, 2 37 35 did it change your life a little bit, it did, i would say proabably for the better. { sot < tease is at 2 47 20 stand up is at 2 50 32 they have sort of an intersting saying here, when many of the people here do these workouts, and finish , and maybe feel a little tired, as you can see it involves a little strength, and what they say, might also inspire you. { sot < niki howard participant 2 42 20 its kind of the joke around here, but do you have cancer . Like after a workout you are lke oh i am so tired, but do you have cancer, or oh excuse me, did you just go through like chemo treatment , no you didnt , so you can do it, if she can do it. { vo the real inspiration this class says they learned this year { sot < 2 43 50 you never know how strong you are, until you have to be strong. { vo simply always showing up. Liz bonis, local 12 news. 3 stacy is praying for a clean bill of health when she sees her doctor today. She says shell continue to share the journey with us and be back at crossfit as soon as the appointments over. 3 now heres bob with a local 12 traffic alert. 3 3 3 cincinnati 3 cincinnati will be well represented in this years super bowl. Former uc defensive lineman derek wolfe starts for the denver broncos. And former saint x linebacker luke kuechly and former anderson offensive guard, Andrew Norwell, start for the carolina panthers. Local12s larry davis found a bad case of Super Bowl Fever at norwells alma mater. 3 its tough to miss Andrew Norwell on the football field. At six six, 325 pounds, number 68 is the starting left guard panthers. Before he played at ohio state, he towered over the competition while wearing number 78 for Anderson High School. His coach says norwell was something pretty special. I just think. Very competitive 3 norwell was a man among boys at anderson. Here he pancakes an opponent. Undrafted after starring at ohio state, norwell signed with carolina as a free agent. He is now a starter. He knew he could. Years 3 at anderson high, students are proud of their famous alum. I mean he walked. Awesome 3 3 norwell still has family at anderson. His niece Camryn Browning will be making the trip to the super bowl. Im 3 camryns brother dylan is also making the trip. An anderson football player, he says his uncle is his role model. I play the same position. Me out 3 come friday, everyone at anderson will be wearing carolina blueprobably not the orange and black of andersonsince orange represents the denver broncos. Probably not a good ideaand the students at Anderson High School hope the next time Andrew Norwell visits their alma mater, he will be wearing some serious bling, as in a super bowl ring. In anderson township, ld. Local 12 news you can watch Andrew Norwell take the field this super bowl sunday, right here on local12. Weve got a full day of coverage leading up the six30 kickoff. 3 time temp. Facebook is celebrating its 12th birthday today. So on the local12 Facebook Page, we want you to finish the phrase. Before facebook i. Plus. Couch surfing through college. Why one junior is doing away with dorm rooms. Ahead at five on after trying brookside chocolate, people talk about it online. Love at first taste. I would liquefy it and bathe in it. Curse you, brookside your nefarious plans have succeeded. Nefarious . 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