the hamilton county prosecutor's case against against her. they claim theres evidence that can prove her innocent of ethical violations but say it was intentionally left out of court proceedings. 9 on your side timyka artist is live outside the prosecutors office where that news conference has just wrapped up. brand new information just coming to light moments ago. this has to do with two computers containing backdated information the the judge was presented with because they were destroyed including senator cecil thomas vowing not to give up the fight to clear here name. they say information about those two computers being wiped cleaned and sold at an auction was discovered by a private investigator hired by tracie hunter during her trial. the group says that evidence was tampered with in an attempt to obstruction. they also claim the prosecutor hired two attorneys w who he had a prior relationship to investigate prosecutors could have been brought in without any expense to taxpayers. tracie hunter// former judged facing 6 months in jail13:46 09 when i can be accused falsely of crimes that i did not commit and what orhers acknowledged in testimony that they did there's a problem senator cecil thomas district 9 ohio senate 13:39:23 our concern justin has to be blind has to be fair and impartial serious allegations. they are demanding the department of justice stepped in and take over this case... starting with letter that was sent to fbi detailing what the private investigators discovered about those two computers kentucky lawmakers are tightening the criminal punishment on heroin dealers. dealers.the senate just cleared a bill that would make anyone convicted of selling any amount of heroin for the first time to automatically to the loosened penalties for heroin dealers that happened in 2011.since then, some say both heroin use and overdoses increased significantly. we will 'not' learn the trial date today for four suspects accused of a murder in west chester.demarcus staley, rodney foster, jibril willingham, and justin koch are charged in the january death of tyler kassow. investigators say the four planned to rob kassow inside a home.two of them went inside. but there was a scuffle, and kassow was shot and killed,the suspects have another court date on march tenth. did you see that game last night?right now xavier fans are basking in the glow of their basketball team's take down of the number one team in the country. jordan burgess is live with how students are celebrating the win. you'll see more shirts like this around campus today.and maybe even a few more dribble off the shelves here at the all for one store.students are kind of shirt. a much different scene outside the cintas center here this morning.. where about 12 hours before xavier was polishing off a victory over number one villanova.instead of a top ranked team falling.. it was snow falling.and students who were thinking about rushing the court... they ended up not doing it.. were instead rushing to class.but the cold couldn't put a freeze on the warm feelings students got from last night's win.it was xavier's first victory ever over a top ranked team at the cintas center... they've had three other wins over number one teams in other venues.now students are thinking xavier could maybe land a top seed of its own in the ncaa tournament next month... and that brings with it talk of a possible national championship.and who could blame them for thinking that.. with all the excitement surrounding last night's win. the fans were into it last night. you could feel the energy once you walked into the building. i think the players fed off the energy. it was fun and i think the sky's the limit for them. everybody there thought they were playing well and it was a great atmosphere to be at. now the focus already turning to the next game... as xavier goes on the road to face seton hall on sunday.reporting live.. jordan burgess. 9 on your side. the man who managed the 1990 wire-to-wire reds to a championship is back in the game. game.lou piniella was hired less than a month ago as a senior consultant to the reds front office.his first day on the job was yesterday at spring training.two of his former players are spring training instructors ... and both say they're excited to have lou on the team ... because of that championship 25 years ago.it was the last time the reds have one a championship ... and a landmark for piniella. ((piniella: tht's the only worlds championship that i ever won as a manager. i'm extremely gratified to be here)) here))this year, piniella has something else to add to his arnsenal. this year, he will be the grand marshall of the findlay market opening day reporters ken broo and keenan singleton are in goodyear with the reds right now ... watch for updates from spring good morning tri state. it's national chili day.... and what better way to celebrate than to hit the cincinnati chili trail? trail?there are 9 stops on the map of gastronomic delights... created by the w-c-p-o web team.you can start anywhere on the trail and work your way through ...the goal is to eat a coney and a three way at each stop.maybe bring a buddy to share.you can find the map for the trail on w-c-p-o dot com. coming up ... a warning for ecigarette users!what a firefighter says could have prevented an 'explosion' ... caused by one of these devices! you're watching 9 on your side if you smoke e-cigarettes, you might want to pay attention to went up in flames ... when the e-cigarette in his pocket 'exploded'!tara molina has what happened. check out these pictures- a lab coat, totally charred...a black and smoldered e- cigarette...it's all that's left after the e-cig blew up in a man's coat pocket. 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(sot williams)this car lifted ground.// when it dropped us down that was when the wind was like pow.dozens more twisters spotted across the south and east-(sot)it was terrifyingshredding homes in north carolina.the powerful storm toppling a barn and damaging dozens more buildings in lanscaster, pennsylvania. 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plus ... penguin in a playpen! we're not kidding ... that's actually happening.we'll tell you where ... and why ... this baby is winning people's get a load of this little chick!it's a ten week old rockhopper penguin ... and the newest resident of the omaha zoo in nebraska.and it's finally getting to hang out with the grown ups ... sort of. zookeepers built the chick its own "play pen" ... where it can see and interact with other penguins in the exhibit while it gets bigger and stronger.there are 81 penguins on display at the zoo ... penguins.zookeepers don't know yet whether the chick is a boy or a girl... but that won't influence its name, which the zoo will let visitors pick. the world will be watching on sunday to see how oscars host chris rock handles the awards show controversy over 'diversity'.with lots of buzz about who's walking the red carpet ... and who's not. for the second year in a row ... all 20 of the nominees in the acting categories are white.that re-sparked the hashtag "oscars so white" ... and led to artists like director spike lee announcing they would not attend the awards.chris rock has not let much slip about how he plans to address the topic during his hosting gig ... but the comedian has never shied away from addressing race in his acts. sot -- david blaustein, abc newsradio entertainment correspondent & movie critic // "it is going to be an extremely memorable monologue simply because of that particular topic" 5\ 5\we do have one hint about what rock has planned ...an oscars producer says he threw out his original monologue and has completely re-written it to address the diversity miss that ...make sure you watch 9 on your side starting at 7 for the live red carpet show ...the awards ceremony begins at 8 ...and stick with us after the oscars because 9 on your side at 11 will bring you all the latest breaking news ...`and don't forget to wake up on monday with good morning tri-state. clearing her name...the goal of protestors -- who stand behind judge tracie hunter.why they say evidence was *left out* of her court case. a historic win for xavier... that has students pumped up today.the reaction from fans after the musketeers take down the nation's number one team. a view from the inside...see union terminal like you've never seen it before!the work that went into this unique view of a historic cincinnati all across america families are coming back to time warner cable for a whole new experience. pwe came back for internet speeds so fast even the kids are impressed. oh she's impressed. shows on demand just as fast as we can watch them. twc's home wifi is so strong the same time. come back today. you'll get 30 meg internet, tv, phone and more for $89.99 a month. and ask how you could get a $300 reward card. supporters of former juvenile judge tracie hunter are demanding an independent investigation into the hamilton county prosecutor's office. office.those supporters say evidence that could have proved her innocence of ethical violations was intentionally left out of the court proceedings against hunter.supporters also say two computers were wiped of information by authorities and then sold at an auction. tracie hunter// former judged facing 6 months in jail13:46 09 when i can be accused falsely of crimes that i did not commit and what orhers they did there's a problem problemearlier this year -- prosecutors dropped eight charges that hunter still faced.the ohio supreme court has told hunter she can appeal her conviction on an ethics charge. miami university is investigating more than 20 hazing allegations reported at a dozen fraternities and sororities ...and it's bringing 'pledging' to an end ... two weeks earlier than scheduled. scheduled.the university says it's received 21 complaints over the last three weeks related to greek-life initiation processes.the office of ethics and student conflict resolution has ordered pledging to be completed by tomorrow.there have been no official suspensions ... and the cases will go through formal hearings. organizations and students wil have a chance to appeal the decision.about 30 percent of the university's undergrads are involved with campus greek life. we're following a threat from isis this morning - to some social media giants. the islamic state released a 25- minute video, this is a screen twitter ceo jack dorsey and facebook ceo mark zuckerberg with bullet holes.it's a response to facebook and twitter trying to block the spreading its message. new details this afternoon in that deadly rampage in michigan.. we are learning more about jason dalton's behavior from the attorney for his family.. who in an exclusive interview with abc news.. is also revealing what dalton told his family in the days before he killed six people and injured two others. abc's elizabeth hur reports. ((sot)) lawyer: "they first want to express the family's utter shock and sympathy for the victims." through their attorney.. uber driver jason dalton's wife and parents are speaking out for the first time.. exclusively to abc news. ((sot)) lawyer: "jason by all accounts was a fairly gregarious character. a good father. well known in the community. well liked. there was nothing to indicate that something like this would occur."the married father of two.. only began driving for shooting.. now he's in jail.. facing 6 counts of murder. ((sot)) paul vlachos: "they're thinking like everybody else, why?"the motive.. a mystery even to his family.. but according to the attorney.. in the days leading up to the rampage.. dalton's wife did sense a change in his behavior. ((sot)) paul vlachos: "he's been acting different in the last couple of days and his wife asked him and he said he was tired. / just his demeanor, that he seemed to be depressed and down which was not his normal character."on the day of the shooting.. dalton's family was out running errands when *he* visited a gun store.. as seen in these surveillance pictures.. buying a tactical jacket.. the attorney also revealing.. dalton went to his parent's house after the first shooting.. telling his family that his chevy equinox had been sideswiped- and he needed to switch cars - then headed back out with his parents' chevy hhr.elizabeth tag:the attorney also denied reports that the family was having financial troubles at the time of dalton's arrest.. again desperate to learn why this happened. eh, abc news, ny. time/initial: donald trump was a no show for a republican town hall on fox news...hosted by megyn kelly who had a very public feud with the g-o-p frontrunner.the candidates lined up as they work to take down trump. trump.all 4 republicans promised to release their tax returns this week? after mitt romney called on them to do so. the 2012 gop nominee even said he believes there's a 'bombshell' in trump's taxes. trump went on the attack.... tweeting that romney blew the 20-12 election and mishandled the issue over his own tax returns.he also weighed in on who could be his choice for a running mate if nominated. "i do want somebody that's political because i want to that we all want passed" passed"fewer fireworks on the democratic side.hillary clinton made her case to the sisters of aka ahead of saturday's south carolina primary.bernie sanders who is struggling with black voters there moved on to super people to his rally in tulsa, oklahoma. the kentucky house has passed legislation to make it easier for domestic violence victims to escape their abusers ... by allowing them to break rental agreements without penalties. the bill's sponsor says it would remove barriers faced by some victims who want to leave abusive relationships.;the victim would have to go to court and obtain a protective order ... and give 30 days written notice to the landlord. the bill would also protect people from being evicted solely because they were victims of domestic or dating violence and have protective orders. the white house is taking notice of a 9 on your side and scripps washington bureau joint investigation into problems at the cincinnati v-a. v-a. the president's press secretary announced the white house is aware of the allegations raised in our reports. dozens of whistleblowers told us about how they say hospital leaders intentionally cut key services for veterans, dirty surgical instruments left in circulation, and alleged v-a leaders. the white house expressed faith in v-a secretary bob mcdonald to make sure cincinnati area veterans are treated in the manner they deserve. right now xavier fans are celebrating a historic win.. after their basketball team ranked team in the country. country.we found a much different scene outside the cintas center here this morning.. where about 12 hours before xavier was polishing off a victory over number one villanova.but the cold couldn't put a freeze on the warm feelings students got from that win.it was xavier's first victory ever over a top ranked team at the cintas center... they've had three other wins over number one teams in other venues.we asked students what it was like to witness history. night. you could feel the the building. i think the players fed off the energy. it was fun and i think the sky's the limit for them. them. everybody there thought they were playing well and it was a great atmosphere to be at. looking forward to xavier's next game which is this sunday at seton hall. cincinnati's museum center has been around for 83 years. but we're getting a look at it this morning... in a way you've never seen before. this 3-d video from the museum center shows the inside of the building... as if you were slicing through it. the architects renovating the museum center will use this information as part of their planning. it took three months to create the video using laser measurements... drones... and a lot of computer time. get ready to dance, concert lovers .... the bunbury music festival lineup is out!and some major acts will be headlining the show at sawyer point and yeatman's cove. last year native sons 'walk the moon' rocked bunbury ...'this' year we can look forward to "the killers" and "ice cube!" tom petty's 'murdercrutch' and "florence and the machine" are also at the top of the lineup. this is the second year 'promo west production' is running the festival ... and they say they learned some lessons from last year.there will be three should cut down on the long waits. they're also issuing wristbands embedded with radio chips that will act as your ticket and wallet to make purchases.bunbury runs from june third through the sixth. spotting the damage...a warning for car buyers -- to look out for cars with damage you won't see at first glance. consumer reporter john matarese is on your side -- with how to spot cars hiding serious flood damage. its car buying season in the tri state.but if youre looking for a used car, could you spot one that was in a flood? consumer reporter john matarese put tri state shoppers to the test... to see if they could recognize a flood damaged car. two used ford fusions: one red, one burgundy.but one of them is holding a secret! "this car was under water."but thanks to a great clean up job.... job...."from the outside, this car looks immaculate." immaculate.""on the surface these cars these two cars look almost identical. clean engines, spotless interiors, but it's what lies beneath that you have to be concerend about. about."water definitely got into the engine, it got into the soft parts of the car, and the spare tire wheel well."but when we asked shoppers like lynette martin - at princeton plaza tri county - to figure out which car was damaged.... damaged...."can you tell by looking at these cars which really!"carfax says thousands of flood damaged cars - from texas other places -- are headed for used car lots. lots. "they can easily be moved here and unfortunately resold to unsuspecting consumers."so carfax's chris basso showed us some of the warning signs of flood damage....starting with rusty seat rails. rails."one of the first things you want to do is look at the metal parts of the car. the seat rails in particular." another red flag: headlights foggy on the inside. inside.the seals in the headlight have already failed." and deep in the trunk: dampness. dampness."there was standing water in here that was all cleared up and dried." dried.""when you lift up the carpets you can clearly tell there's moisture sitting on the spare tire."unfortuantley, many buyers never notice. notice."they both look good to me, i can't tell."this family never noticed the mildewy smell in the red car: car:"did you smell anything, did anything? no, nothing." only when one car failed to start did they suspect a problem. problem."theres no battery, the battery's dead!"good catch: electrical problems!so how can you protect yourself? basso says start by ordering a report."it's properly identified, there is a red flag that says this car is flooded."even then, though, nothing beats an inspection by a mechanic.zac sweeeny ofj ake sweeney automotive will look over any car for a hundred dollars or so. so. "get it inspected by a certified dealer. its small fee, but it will save you a lot of time and headache down the road.otherwise you too could fall in love with the red car.... only to learn later.... later...."this car was flooded. oh! it was up to almost the dashboard in water." and john will be back today starting at 5... with news of a tri state fitness center shutting down.plus: why does a 14-dollar oil chnage cost $40? john looks into the hidden costs of oil changes today starting at 5. and next at noon...best of both worlds...we'll show you the classroom that brings and how close we'll get to seeing another cicada summer. will we hear them... coming up you're watching 9 on your side at noon cicadas are returning to ohio later this year! year!greater cincinnati should be sparedbut anyone who heads east this spring and summer will likely face the critters! "brood 5" emerges every 17 years.it was last seen in 1999. it covers half of ohio, west virginia, as well as smaller parts of pennsylvania, maryland, and virginia! which do kids like best, running around at recess or math class?a new study suggests they could get the best of both worlds in the classroom ? with more, here's abc news senior medical johnson. sometimes kids have a hard time sitting still in school. new research suggests with a different teaching method, they may not have to. researchers in the netherlands tested two different strategies in second and third graders. half of the students sat in their chairs, as usual? the other half had physically active lessons, with mental and physical challenges combined. these spiced up lesson plans included math, reading, and spelling.the findings? jumping around during lessons made a difference. after two years, students in the physically- active classes tested better in both math and spelling. their progress was four months ahead of their less active bouncing with books apparently didn't pay off: the active students were not leaps and bounds ahead in reading. aside from the academic potential, physical activity is a great way to maintain a healthy weight, healthy mood, and lower kids' risk of heart disease in t he future. with an early start and the right teaching program ? this method seems to get an a.with this medical minute, i'm dr. timothy johnson.preview: let's turn to your forecast now with a live look from skycam 9. 9.i'm joined now by meteorologist jason adams. expect snow showers to continue today with minor accumulations. a few spots, mainly north and east of cincinnati has picked up been pretty strong as well. temperatures wilil stay above freezing, so roads are in good shape, aside from a few spots here and there. an additional 1/2" to 1" of snow is possible where heavier snow bands set up.friday's highs only hit the mid-30s with mostly cloudy skies and the potential for flurries during the day. temperatures rise quickly this weekend to near 50 saturday and the low 60s on sunday! both days will be dry and on the breezy side. rain chances return late sunday night into monday morning as a cold front honoring tri-state veterans ... and paying tribute to those who served.this memorial day weekend you can take part in creating a "field of memories" ... dedicated to vets... and others who you'd like to honor.cindy maril and lisa mcclain are here from arlington memorial gardens" to explain.- what is the field of memories?- where do proceeds go?- what are these ribbons representing?- where a look out over the city from the nine on your side skycam. we'll have a final check of the nine first warning let's get one last check of your forecast. that's 9 on your side at noon for this xx.we'll see you again at four for the now cincinnati. cincinnati.and don't forget - keep 9 on your side - at your side - everywhere you go. download the wcpo 9 on your it only takes a second for an everyday item to become dangerous always keep laundry pacs away from children. keep them closed. keep them up. keep them safe. because we're about to have a delicious, dreamy dinner party. want to throw a fabulous dinner party without breaking the bank? clinton's revealing tips you won't want to miss. then, michael's got a crowd-pleasing mash that's a guaranteed smash. plus, mario's in the kitchen with the talented star of "girls," jake lacy. he's looking for a recipe, and mario's got one that'll have him shouting, "mama mia!" the dinner party starts right now on "the chew." 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