We begin at seven with the possibility for some of you to see rain tonight. Tonight. Nine first warning chief meteorologist Steve Raleigh is here with your first and only look at the the countdown is on in the morning ohio voters will head to the polls in one of the most important primaries to date. If donald trump wins ohio and florida he secures enough delegats to claim the republican nomination. Donald trump is taking the stage now in youngstown. He canceled his rally in florida to focus on the Buckeye State hes facing tough competition from Ohio Governor john kasich. Who is holding a rally right now in columbus. These are live pictures from that rally. Mitt romney and senator rob portman are there helping generate support. Our craig mckee is there. He is sitting down with Ohio Governor john kasich in just a couple of minutes. You can look for that interview tonight at 11 on nine on your side. And while most polls have trump in the lead. Governor john kasich is tied with the busines
Daughter didnt protect kinsley sot i think he was threatening her i recently found out that he was beating on rebekah and i just think that she became afraid. Kinner faces a maximum of 25 years in prisonbrad young is scheduled for his trial on april 25thjay warren 9 on your side in the Butler Warren newsroom. Funeral services and a visitation are being held right now for a teenager beaten to Death Outside of a night club. Club. Hailey hall died monday after spending two weeks in a coma. The 16yearolds visitation is happening now at the hodapp funeral home. She will be buried tomorrow. William lamar arnold was arrested and according to Cincinnati Police could be charged in halls death. Police in southeast indiana believe the criminal Justice System is being targeted in two pipe bomb explosions. Explosions. The first explosion was across the street from the most recent one happened in the driveway to the home of a Jefferson County superior court judge. There were no injuries in either in
Is already in custody accused of beating her. Police say additional charges are pending now that the teenager has died. Many candidates today are. Focusing on ohioohio Governor John Kasich and Bernie Sanders, both in youngstown this afternoon. Donald trump is scheduled to arrive back in ohio in less than one hour. About 13 hours. Hours. That means supporters of democrats and republicans are working long hours to get out the vote. Vote. Nine on your sides tom mckee is live with all of their efforts today tom . Were talking about phone calls, knocking on doors, handing out literature anything to remind people to vote. After all, all the campaigning and speechmaking dont mean anything at all if people dont cast their ballots. This message is for margie. This is joyce. Im calling you from hillary headquarters on kovach drive. Drive. Volunteers for Hillary Clinton worked the phones vote tuesday in the democrat primary. Reinforcing that message was stephanie schriock, president of emilys dem
According to political experts typically when the stakes are high so are the voting numbers. Already more than 23thousand voters have cast their ballot early in hamilton county. Thats nearly 10thousand more early voters than we saw in the 2012 primary. We spoke with a Political Science professor from Xavier University who says when races are this close in a winner take all state, theres more at stake. Right nowpolls show a near tie between Ohio Governor john kasich and gop frontrunner donald trump. Trump. Dr. Mack mariani Xavier University Political Science professorohio with 66 delegates thats a very large number of delegates and if donald trump wins both of those states that will bring him up to the point where he will have more than half of what he needs to win the republican nomination and it will be very difficult moving forward to stop donald trump. And as for the democratic race it could all depend on the demographic of voters. If young people show up for Bernie Sanders as they
Rubio. Who asked his supporters in ohio to vote for kasich. Has 5 percent. So in ohio. Its down to trump and kasich. Who made their final pitches last night. Kasich says the spirit of america is in us. Thats why when we see people who divide us thats why its dead wrong. Trump donald trump r president ial candidate ohio is going to make America Great again. Kasich cant make America Great again. Its a close race on the democratic side as well. The latest Quinnipiac University poll Shows Hillary clintonw ith a 5 point lead. 51 to 46. Over vermont senator bernie sanders. That lead has been shrinking in recent days. Clinton says i know that none of this can happen unless we work together. Unless we decide wed rather be united than divided. Unless we reject the kind of bluster and bigotry and bullying political system. Sanders i hope very one of the states to lead this country forward toward a Political Revolution. The other big prize today. Is florida. Which is also a winner takeall primary