Fireworks celebration. The building very near the worlds tallest building, the burj khalifa. There were no fatalities. 14 people were hurt. Possibly more. Were not sure we know for sure. All the while citys planned fireworks celebration went on as planned. It was strangest thing i ever have seen. David it was extraordinary. Onlookers didnt know what to look at, what was more spectacular sight, a sight of a burning skyscraper or fireworks display. There are a lot of questions whether what were hear from the Dubai Government is accurate. It is extraordinary if there are 16 minor injuries, excluding one heart attack from this massive fire. Hard to believe the story weve been hearing about, it having been set on 20th floor by curtain fire. It is not only above the 20th floor but clearly fires are down on the bottom well below the 20th floor. Joining us on the phone james mcmull lan, former state of california chief fire marshall and founder of the mcmull lan fire company. There are flames
Party celebrating not only the end of someones career, but the beginning of a. J. Mccarrons playoffs career. Fans here are confident in our quarterback and our defense. For steelers fans, we found a married couple who traveled 900 miles from connecticut to come to cincinnati for the first time. Fans say they love this rivalry because of the team traditions them. Ive been a bengals fan for over 35 years. Tomorrows game is probably the most pivotal game that i have seen in my 35 year career. Honestly, as diehard as i am, steelers defense is not strong and im afraid of this new quarterbacks going to come out and shine and i dont want that, i like tradition where we beat you guys. Reporter steelers fans tonight not as confident to put a score out there. The bengals fans we spoke with predict a bengals win 23 17. Were just going to have to only 21 hours and counting until kickoff. Sheree i think i like it that steelers fan was fearing there. Controversy for tomorrows big game centering arou
Well tell you where the Powerball Jackpot stands this morning. And also, well give you your odds of hitting it big. And the weather will be a bit of a roller coaster from rain to dropping temperatures, even some snow. Meteorologist Jennifer Schack will tell us all about it on this saturday, january 9, 2016. This is news 5 today. [captioning made possible by wlwttv] jonathan good morning. Welcome to news 5 today. Thanks for joining us on this saturday morning. Im jonathan hawgood. Meteorologist Jennifer Schacks sister has just texted in that im a poor singer of david bowie. The new penguin at the zoo is named bowie. Jennifer a few more times this morning jonathan red china girl. I cant remember many of his its a good day for a penguin . Jennifer its a weekend of wild weather. Jonathan well waddle through. Jennifer we have rain, snow and single digit wind chills between now and tomorrow evening. Its going to be active. To start the weekend this morning into midday, its quiet. Then we get
This is news 5 today. [captioning made possible by wlwttv] jonathan good morning. Welcome to news 5 today. Thanks for joining us on this saturday morning. Im jonathan hawgood. This is meteorologist Jennifer Schack. How are you . Jennifer good. Good morning. Its a roller coast er er, where do you think we are on the ride . Jonathan click, click, click. Jennifer a lot of downhill after this. Its a mild morning. Its been a lot like this lately. We have a big change over this weekend, one of the coldest fronts yet. Snow and wind chills concerned. The bengals forecast, the afternoon is cloudy, light doesnt look like a washout, holding off the widespread rainfall until after midnight. Heres citycam. Visibility high this morning. He with have cloudy skies limited with any sunshine. I think well see clouds through the day. But dry conditions on the wlwt radar. We had a couple of showers around midnight so it may be damp in spots but havent seen any ongoing morning precipitation. Satellite and
``sunday sunshine. ``35 degrees, chilly. ``temperatures trying to climb ``into the weekend. ``were at 42 by monday. ``the next chance for moisture is ``monday evening. ``looks like rain showers. ``behind it, 30s for the midweek, ``but a quiet week as we sail ``through next friday. ``jonathan a threealarm fire ``broke out on a fourth floor of a ``building at pendleton and 12th ``street late last night. ``it displaced ten people. ``it happened around midnight and ``took crews two hours to get ``under control. ``flames were visible from miles ``away, shooting out of the top of ``the building. ``while battling the fire, a wall ``of the building collapsed. ``authorities say the apartment ``was vacant when it caught fire. ``families in the other apartments ``were able to make it out safely. ``the daniel is estimate mage is estimated to be `` 200,000. ``forecasters warn of heavy snow ``hour on the east coast, creating ``blinding, whiteout conditions ``once the storm joins up with a ``low pres