3 were tracking a disturbing story out of northern kentucky. A local man is accused of trying to cut his ex girlfriends head off with a samurai type sword. Police argument last weekend at a home on holman avenue in covington. At some point 39 year old Terry Phillips is accused of trying to behead the woman with the sword. When Police Arrived phillips was already gone. 3 5002its the worst kind of crime, we searched high and low for him and we received some information that he might be in the lexington area. One of our officers reached out to Lexington Police and he was located down there. The woman did has some serious arm injuries. Police say phillips cooperated with officers and was arrested without any problems, hes charged with attempted murder and assault. 3 a baby girl is safe and reunited with her father. But its far from a happy ending. The girls mother is dead. Six month old haven edwards is back in her fathers arms. Police say the childs mother, brittany russell, convinced a babysitter to allow her to take the child promising to return her. She did not and police began looking for both mother and daughter. Both were found russell dead, haven was not a car parked at a dayton apartment complex. 3 30 09 whenever i didnt hear from her, i was completely freaked out because i didnt know what was going on with her or my kid. Whenever i got the call this morning saying they had found my baby, i was overwhelmed with joy. 30 24 the cars heater kept haven warm. So far, no ones been arrested. 3 all eyes are on South Carolina as the president ial candidates begin to campaign in the palmetto state. Not everyone is there though. Local 12s Perry Schaible joins us live in our newsroom with the update. 3 Carly Fiorina and Chris Christie dropped out of the race wednesday after disappointing finishes in New Hampshire. Christie used social media to thank his campaign crew. He posted on facebook saying quote im so proud of the campaign we ran, the people that ran it with me and all those who gave us their support and confidence along the way. The move makes more room for republican front started stumping in South Carolina beginning with a packed arena at clemson. Senator ted cruz won the iowa caucus, but finished third in New Hampshire. Now, he says he can still win the nomination. Meanwhile, Ohio Governor john kasich says not so fast. 3 sot sen. Ted cruz rtx president ial candidate one of the most important conclusions coming out of these first two states is the only candidate that can beat donald trump is me. sot gov. John kasich roh president ial candidate everybody had counted me out. Then all of a sudden i rise up. So then next week theyll count me out again. As for the democrats. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders will take the stage in their sixth democratic debate tonight. The two will face off in milwaukee, just days after sanders beat clinton in the New Hampshire primary. Bob. Back to you. 3 voters head to the polls in south carolna february 20th. 3 an independence man is home from the hospital after his suv slid into a train on icy roads. Tim mccullough has lung. His jeep hit a patch of ice monday night. And then hit the train on maher road in boone county. A cruiser camera captured two boone county deputies and another man pulling mccullough out of jeep before a second train hit. 3 Tim Mccullough after i hit the train the airbags came out and then every car that passed you could hear it raking up against the car and taking more metal off the car. Mccullough says hed like to shake the hands of the sheriffs deputies who helped him and say thank you. 3 bicyclists are used to sharing the road with drivers but some of them say its getting too crowded. Thats why theyre asking lawmakers to pass a three foot passing law. The city of cincinnati already has the requirement. But now theres a push to make it statewide. Steve margas with the Ohio Bicycle Federation says the laws on the book right now dont do enough to protect riders. 3 steve margas, ohio bicyle federation 21 27 55 most Police Officers interpret that to mean no blood, no foul. Did a successful passing maneuver, and from the cyclists perspective, thats not what we want to shoot for. 21 28 07 the three foot passing bill has already made it through the house and is now in a senate committee. Well keep tabs on it and let you know what happens. 3 millenial men really want to spoil their sweetheart nerd wallet surveyed thousands of americans about valentines day. On average people who are celebrating plan to spend about 180 dollars. And millenial men will shell out a lot more than that. Theyll spend about 371 dollars to treat their loved one to gifts, events, travel and 3 social media is updating. Well tell you updating. Well tell you about changes coming to your twitter timeline. Plus, sharing a bed with your pets. Well tell you what researchers are saying about getting a good nights sleep. Cincinnati. Here, open minds and when everyone around you is pushing you forward, nothing can stand in your way. And together, that makes us undeniably 3 a big change to your twitter feed means youll see some tweets out of order. Twitter will post items people most want to see on top. A message will pop up on your feed that says show me the best tweets first. If you click on that. The change will be made. Twitter says the new timeline will let you see important tweets when you are away. 3 should you let your pet share your blankets and your bed . A recent mayo clinic study found who share their beds with their animals find it beneficial. 20 percent admit their pets interrupt their sleep. Although. The studys author says there are many things pet owners need to consider. Like the size of the pet and how well it sleeps. Other considerations are the size of the bed, the number of pets and the pets must be clean and free of fleas. 3 thousands of donations. Well tell you what College Students are doing for a city in need. Plus, filling a home with memories. Well introduce you to a man who is turning his childhood home into an art project. Im alex trebek. If youre age 50 to 85, please listen carefully. The lock i want to talk isnt the one on your door. Its a rate lock for your Life Insurance that guarantees your rate can never go up at any time, for any reason. Many policies dont have one but you can get a lifetime rate lock through the Colonial Penn program. This plan was designed for people on a fixed income with Coverage Options for just 9. 95 a month. Thats less than 35 cents a day. Your rate is locked in for life and coverage can never be cancelled. Your acceptance is guaranteed. You cannot be turned down because of your health. Call for your information kit and gift. Both are free, 3 nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy has been arrested in oregon. A local Sheriffs Office says he was apprehended in portland. His son, ammon bundy, started an armed occupation over federal land policies weeks ago. Four people are Still Holding out at the malheur wildlife refuge. Surrounded by the fbi. The oregonian reports one of the occupiers is from cincinnati. All four will reportedly turn theirselves over to police this morning. 3 the doj is filing a lawsuit against the city of ferguson, missouri. The U S Justice Department is fed up with the city of ferguson. The d o j says theres a pattern of policing in ferguson, missouri that violates the constitution. And, that the city hasnt reformed since Michael Brown was killed by an officer 18 months ago. The attorney general says the city of ferguson targets african after the city voted against a deal negotiators had been hashing out for months. 3 a small town in maryland is in mourning. After two deputies were shot and killed in the line of duty. One of the deputies was responding to a call in abingdon near baltimore. And was killed when he walked in the door of a panera bread store. The 67year old suspect ran to a nearby senior center. Then shot and killed a second investigators say David Brian Evans was also killed in the confrontation. The sheriff believes evans targeted one of the deputies inside the panera because he was in a police uniform. He was wanted on two outstanding warrants. One of them for assaulting a Police Officer. The two deputies had about 50 years of combined service. 3 more donations for Flint Residents affected by the citys toxic water crisis. Tougaloo college in mississippi is donating 60 thousand bottles of water to flint. Students there collected donations from all across the states capital. Flints current mayor karen weaver is an alumna of tougaloo. The in flint by tomorrow. 3 a home owner in california wanted to pay special tribute to his late father and the home he grew up in. He decided to do that through photographs ones that were big enough to cover an entire house. courtney friel, manhattan beach, ca 1 24 this was no project at kinkos. gary sweeney, owner no, no ive actually done a lot of large public art pieces. Its like putting together a jigsaw puzzle, and it was actually really fun to do. 1 35 gary sweeney grew up in the house. Which his father bought back in 70 years ago for just over five thousand dollars. The home will be torn down next month to make way for a new condo complex. Gary says he doesnt have any children to pass it on to. So hes selling. Gary says hes overwhelmed by the community support. It wasnt easy. He had to scan the pictures. Print them on plywood. Saw them down to size. And install onto the outside walls. 3 3 a competitive 3 a competitive streaming service. Up next, well tell you about the new additions to youtube. Plus, nasa is trending this morning. Well show you the unbelievable lightning video from space. 3 space. 3 youtube plans to take on streaming Services Like netflix and hulu. The Company Released three made for youtube movies yesterday. Its also launching a new series. Its jumping into the business as its competitors rake in money. And the original content is a part of youtubes red subscription service. It costs about 10 bucks a month to do away with the ads and get access to youtube music service. 3 we all know astronauts have the coolest jobs in the universe. Heres more proof look at this out of thisworld video of a Lightning Storm shot from space. Astronaut tim peake tweeted this time lapse video he shot from 250 miles up on the International Space station. It shows dozens of lightning strikes over north africa. Peake tweeted that its amazing how much lightning hits earth in a short period of time. 3 now at five thirty. Were getting closer to riding on a streetcar. Well tell you when the next streetcar is set to arrive. 3 will a trial date be set . Another Pretrial Hearing today for former uc Police Officer ray tensing charged in the shooting death of Samuel Dubose. 3 well tell you why the flying pig marathon is temporarily moving to northern kentucky. 3 good morning. Well get to those top stories in just a moment. But first we want to start with a first check of your forecast. Heres meterologist john gumm. 3 3 new this morning. A car wash is destroyed after a late night fire in batavia. The fire broke out around 1130 last night at the batavia carwash on hospital drive. The building was engulfed in flames when firefighters got there. Fortunately. No one was hurt. Firefighters arent sure how it started. 3 another Pretrial Hearing is scheduled this morning for the former uc Police Officer charged in the shooting death of Samuel Dubose. Ray tensing is not expected to be in court but a trial date could be set. Local 12s megan moore joins us live with the latest details. 3 supposed to be set back in december but a judge decided to give both sides more time. The extra time allowing attorneys to look over reports from expert witnesses and other potential evidence. Former uc Police Officer ray tensing is charged with murder and manslaughter in the shooting death of samuel traffic stop. Just last month the university of cincinnati reached a settlement with Samuel Dubose family. Uc will pay his family nearly 5 Million Dollars as well as offer free tuition to his 12 children. The University Also offered a formal apology and they are planning to create an oncampus memorial to dubose. Also in an effort to improve policing. Monday uc will be hosting a Community Forum. They will be introducing to the community a Consulting Team that will do a review of the uc police department. They also hope to hear the communitys thoguhts of ucpd. After the shooting death of dubose uc president santa ono promised a full review of campus police. Ill be at the Pretrial Hearing this morning which is set to start at 9 am. Sheila back to you. 3 the Community Forum megan mentioned will be held monday from 6 30 to 8 30 pm at the cincinnati Hamilton CountyCommunity Action agency. 3 happening today. 60 percent streetcars will be in town. The citys third streetcar left elmira, new york on tuesday. Its expected to arrive in otr this afternoon around 3. As with the last two. It will force race street from findlay and mcmicken and henry street from elm to race to close for a couple hours. By the way. Were 7 months away from being able to ride the streetcar. 3 work is slowly starting on the final phases of a road that will connect downtown to the double a highway in northern kentucky. This spring, contractors will begin work on a roundabout at the foot of the Taylor Southgate bridge. Eventually. There will be a four lane road connecting downtown with ashland. And for now. There will be big changes for people coming to and from the levee. Going to reds games. And running in the flying pig marathon. 3 the new road is going to have two lanes in each direction. Bike lanes. Its really going to open a lot more connectivity in northern project. The flying pig marathon may have to run around newport next may. This phase of the project should be done in late 20 17 so it will only impact two runnings of the marathon. 3 now its time for our facebook question of the day. Today is National Make a friend day so we want to know what tips do you have for making new friends . 3 we want you 3 to join the conversation just like the local 12 page on facebook to share your thoughts. 3 helping a new mother in need. Well tell you why an ohio deputy is being praised for a 3 a young ohio woman got a huge super bowl surprise and it had nothing to do with the game. Jamaica harris started feeling sick on super bowl sunday. It turns out the High School Student from the columbus area was pregnant. Shes lucky someone called the sheriffs department. Because jamaica delivered a baby boy in the bathroom just as Deputy Steven mckinney got to her house. Harris says shes been work, she had no idea she was expecting 3 22 26 jamaica harris mother i didnt know that i was pregnant and he just came out so i was scared at first. 26 31 Deputy Steven mckinney franklin co. Sheriffs office its outstanding anytime, anytime you can help you know. The deputy kept the baby warm until medics arrived. The new mom says he made her feel safe. She named her newborn son, aaron. 3 a zika virus victim speaks out. Well tell you what the indiana woman has to say about dealing with the illness. Plus, an unconventional valentines date. Well tell you how some couples are celebrating their love. Their love. 3 3 federal investigators will start looking today into a plane crash that killed two Sheriffs Office employees in california. The small plane burst into flames after going down in Tulare County yesterday. Officials say there was no distress signal and the planes parachute was not deployed. A sheriffs deputy and a pilot were on board. Deputy Scott Ballantyne worked in Law Enforcement for 27 years. Pilot james chavez served in the Army National guard and navy reserve 3 a cruise ship and the six thousand people onboard are storm. A Royal Caribbean ship was on its way from new york to florida on sunday for a seven day voyage to the bahamas. But, the ship ran into rough seas near north carolina. The storm produced 120 mile per hour winds. Battering the cruise ship and injuring four passengers. Passengers will get a refund for their trouble plus a voucher for 3 indianas first and only confirmed zika victim is trying to calm peoples fears. Dr. Barbara ihrke is the head of indiana weslyan universitys Nursing School in marion. She was in haiti last month teaching when she contracted the virus. She says she initially diagnosed herself and that she doesnt regret her trip to haiti. 00 i really never expected it, i started having a headache, a little bit of joint pain. On thursday the 28th of january, i had rash that came all over from my face and legs, my arms my trunk, 14 according to the centers for disease control, symptoms, but only in a small amount of those who are bitten. The zika virus can also cause serious birth defects. Pregnant women are advised to avoid areas with the mosquito borne illness. 3 its no secret airlines have been putting the squeeze on passengers in order to fit more seats on planes. A congressman out of tennessee says he wants to put a stop to it. The new law would establish minimum standards limiting how small and how close together seats can be. Its not about comfort. Its about safety. Lawmakers its not clear whether especially crowded planes can be evacuated effectively. 3 forget flowers or chocolate this valentines day. How about something a little more intense . 3 38 Johnny Nguyen customer im a single guy and it gives me a chance to let loose a little bit. 40 52 carolyn grant customer i heard it was a fundraiser. If you buy a teddy bear, it raises funds for police dogs and like it or not im going to shoot at a teddy bear. 1 02 boyert shooting range couples shoot teddy bears. The gun range holds this promotion every year. You can even bring your own bear to blast. Folks say it can help you get over heartbreak. But others go to support the Houston Police department. One couple says this valentines date is one they wont forget. 3 3 3 ive been a turkey farmer my whole life. And i raise tuturkey for honeysuckle white. We dont use growthpromoting antibiotics, thats just the way things should be done. Thats important to me. My name is glenn, and im an independent turkey farmer. female announcer honeysuckle white. No growthpromoting antibiotics, mom is shot and killed while her car is running her child in the back seat. Now how to help police find the killer. Stephen col colbert,. And a beer . A teenager girl shows us how ordinary is better than