The numbers are in for the first ever Republican Caucus in kentucky. Donald trump took home the win but there were a few surprises. The first was just how many people actually showed up to the polls. So many that traffic was backed up for blocks. And that put a kink in the gops operation to choose a nominee. Well have more on that in a minute. But first, as we said, donald trump took the win with ted cruz coming in second. But it was very close and well within the margin of error. Trump taking 35 point nine percent to cruz 31 point five. Another surprise is how well Ohio Governor john kasich did yesterday. He came in 4th overall but as we dig a little deeper, in several northen kentucky counties, he beat out marco rubio to place 3rd. 9 on your side reporter rose ann argon was out all day ata watch party for bluegrass republicans as they waited for the results to come in. Hey rose ann. To see how kentucky did and who we want to put in the oval office a night starting with anticipation. Votes for kentucky at about 25 percent in at half past 8. It seems like the votes for kentucky went really slow. We want to know who won kentucky what all of our hard work went to. Theres a lot of energy for all the candidates, so were just waiting to see who comes out for kentucky. But just before 10 it became clear trump leading the kentucky caucus with more than 40 cruz at about 30. He tells it like it is. Hes an outsider. You know cruz and rubio. I just feel like theyre really in it for themselves. Thats great. I do believe that our country is at a point where it needs to be run as a business. Others believe there are better candidates Kristin Turner nky young republicans vp i debates. I think he would rather argue and point fingers at people and hes not giving a concrete plan. I really would like cruz to win. I believe hes the true conservative candidate and i believe he stands behind his morals and beliefsas for trumps Competitive Edge thus lexington i first heard that he might run over a year and a it off. And now i wish that i really surprised that hes vincent caucus worker Campbell County people are jobs, but when they do al out where trump really stands. It just goes to show you got to look at what someone does and not what they say. Many voters sticking to their core values. Protect the constitutionalist. But in the theres more energy now than ever. justin vandergelas nky whether youre for donald trump or not it had a lot more people talking about politics in general. Roe leaders of the young republicans here tell me that their goal is to support whomever the candidate is and continue this momentum through november. Reporting live ra 9 oys. So every county went to either ted cruz or donald trump. Something wcpodotcom politics and government reporter amanda seitz says a lot of people saw coming. Coming. Amanda seitz wcpo. Com politics and government reporter0018 i think its no surprise we saw it shape up to be a showdown between donald trump and ted cruz. Trump kind voted for matt bevin in november, hes kind of an outsider and hasnt been in government for a very long time. Meanwhile, on the opposite side, ted cruz is someone who has really held the line on his conservative values which appeals to some of the evangelical voters and the tea party in kentucky. Heres what the primary race looks like on the republican side. Donald trump is still leading in terms of total number of delegates gained. He has 375 to ted cruzs 291. But both are still a long way away from the 1 thousand 2 hundred and 37 total delegates needed to win the nomination. Turning now to the democratic layout. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders won 2 out of 3 states up for grabs yesterday. Voters in nebraska and kansas broke for sanders. While Hillary Clinton comes out on top in in louisiana. Democratic voters in maine head to the polls today. If youre interested in taking a look at at a county by went yeserday. You can find what youre looking for on our website wcpo dot com or on our mobile app. The 25th annual bockfest come to a close today. Youve still got time to celebrate all thats good about beer in the tristate. A look at what ou can expect should you head out today. More kentucky republicans turned out to caucus yesterday. It caused all kinds of problems. A look at what some peole had to go through just to make their voices heardyou are watching good morning tri bockfest is back for its 24th year and 9 on your sides Kristen Swilley joins us live today. Its the biggest and oldest celebration of the citys rich brewing heritage that draws tens of thousands to over the rhine each year and signifies the beginning of spring. A lot has happened already this weekend. Take a look at yesterdays 5k. It ran through otr and downtown. Later in the day the crowning of the Sausage Queen and the bockfest royalty. Just a few features of what is considered the oldest german style bock beer festival in the u. S. And the fun continues the Family Friendly day that celebrates what this neighborhood was like in the 1800s with food, entertainment and of course beer. All activities at Bockfest Hall and the Festival Hall except for tours are free. Reporting live in over the rhine. Kristen swilley. 9 on your side. The search is on for the person who shot and killed this man early yesterday morning. What you can do to youre watching good morning tristate weekend at 6 on 9 on your side a reading man is behind bars this morning. Accused of holding a woman at gunpoint and hurting her 10monthold baby. Nine on your side was there when the swat team had to be called in for this situation on maple drive last night. And now the suspect neal royal. Is charged with kidnapping and felony assault. Police say he held a woman against her will with a gun and caused serious physical harm to her baby. Cininnati police are asking for your help in finding the person who shot and killed this man. He is 46 year old charles weathers. He was found dead from a gunshot wound early yesterday morning. Insid e of a home on Derrick Turnbow bo ave in the west end. End. If you have any information that help police solve this crime, please number is 513 352 3040. Turning back to the kentucky caucus. There was another storyline in nothern kentucky yesterday. Major headaches before voters even got to their polling place. John genovese is on your side to explain. john bottom line im told this turnout was well past with most of these caucus officials were expecting. With such a short time frame to work with they say they did the best they could and some things were simply out of their control story caucusgoers met with brake lights as far as the eye could see been waiting in line for an hour to come a half a mile when times got toughsome deciding to take a hike we had to park at the steak and shake and we just walked others braving the backupnot happy when it came time to cast a ballotthey act like they dont want to make it easy for us and i dont believe in this caucus anyway 42 31it was wild it was crazy it was exciting at the same time boone county caucus chair phyllis sparks says to an extent. They were working on the fly. As for why there the entire county43 56we did consider two locations but because our books were printed by the Republican Party and not the secretary of state we wouldve had to divide the books up like a through m and n through z those would be in separate locations and that wouldve caused even more confusion with our votersand nearing the 4oclock cutoff another problem. She says the sheriff told her there was at least an hours worth of traffic still waiting. She made a call to kentucky gop officials. 45 21 they got back with me and said no were not extending the hoursso staff and volunteers writing up signs closing off the Church Parking lot and allowing anyone inside to continue. It wasnt ideal phyllis says but there was no other option. 44 23this was our best shot at it i think we did really well if we consider doing this again in 4 years certainly we will evaluate all the problems and try to come up with a different process john phyllis tells me in 4 years ago in the regular primary there were around 9,000 Republican Voters who turned out in boone county. They were planning for around half that number today given the new process and single location but instead there were nearly the same number of people. Candidates from both parties are starting to make stops all across the buckeye state. State. Bernie sanders brought his campaign to cleveland yesterday. Stopping at the olivet institutional baptist church. He told the crowd that he learned his most important economic lessons when he was growing up. He explained that he grew up poor in brooklyn new york. And that good paying jobs left our country because of bad trade agreements in 1960 detroit was one of the wealtiest cities in america, cleveland, flint michigan good jobs, good income, the chinese traded agreement shut down in this country. Country. The stop was sanders primary. Ohio Governor John Kasich is putting pressure on front runner donald trump. Yesterday he released his partial tax returns. Something the gop candidates have been asking trump to do for some time. Time. They show the Ohio Governor and his wife made about fivemillion dollars between 2008 and 2014. Kasichs Campaign Says they paid an effective tax rate of 24pointthree percent. Ted cruz and marco rubio released their partial returns last month. But trump says hes keeping his returns under wraps because the irs is auditing him right now. Kasich spoke at a rally in Traverse City michigan yesterday. Emphasizing his fight to unite the conservative voters of the country. Sot kasich its a matter of us being americans and not republicans or democrats. Its about having conservative solutions to fix it. It. Kasich has said that if he doesnt win ohio, he plans on dropping out of the race. Its time to check weather with meterologist jason adams. In a move that some say is long overdue flinthas begun replacing lead tainted pipes. But residents say little has actually changed and they the 8th annual minimodel engineering show continues today. One more chance for you and your family to explore handmade models and real working miniature trains. Its going on in west chester at the expo center along squire court on main street. Its remember its free. The same goes for the home and garden show. Spring is just 2 weeks away. So now is the time to head out and see the newest trends. Youll have one last chance to browse everything from flowers and landscaping. To gazebos and hot tubs. In a move that many say is long over due, flint has begun replacing its lead pipes. And while its a welcome site. Some residents say little has actually changed. More than 600 homes still have high levels of lead. Thats according to the county health department. Anything over 15 parts per billion is considered dangerous. Fortina harris water still tests at 600 parts per billion. fortina harris, flint, mi resident it freaked me out. Thats high highskin rashes, hair loss blackouts. Just some of the syptmoms residents say they suffer from. On average. Flint reidents are using more than 100 bottles of water to cook clean and drink each day. Yesterday caucusing to choose thier presidetial nominee. Who set themselves aparts and who fared better than thought. Plus, well take a look at somw of the problems faced as , good morning. Im timyka artistand im jason adams greeted by long linesand a confusing process, kentucky republicans turned out to cauces for the first time in decades. It was effectivly a different type of march madness than most than most in the blusgrass state are used too. Donald trump took the win but texas senator ted cruz fared better than expected. The same with Ohio Governor john kasich. Voters in several Northern Kentucky counties caucused for Ohio Governor john kasich who took thrid over marco rubio. But rubio took third when talking about the entire state. As we said, donald trump took the win with ted cruz. But it was very close and well within the margin of error. Trump taking 35 point nine percent to cruz 31 point five kentucky voters werent werent the only ones who got to weigh in. Yesterday was Super Saturday across five states. While Hillary Clinton and donald trump are still the frontrunners this morning, their main rivals added to ray raimundi [raymundee] has the latest. Ray on cam intro this Super Saturday brought out long lines. Fist fights. And victories for two candidates who are not the current front runners in this hotly contested president ial race. And tonight sanders and cruz are claiming victory. Pkg script nats up trump everbodys how to stop trump. And cruz did that once again the super showdown started off with a big win texas senator swiping voters by a margin in the state of kansas and the state of maine. Sot sen. Ted cruz r president ial candidate were the only campaign that can and will beat donald trump in this race. And while cruzs wins made headlines. Donald trump . With victories in kentucky and louisiana sot trump marco rubio had a very, very bad night. And personally id call for him to drop out of the race. i would love to take on ted one on one, that would be so much fun. It indeed was a Super Saturday. From gymnasiums. To barns. Long lines snaked around caucus and primary locations. Across kansas, nebraska, kentucky, and louisiana nats Bernie Sanders rally and a victory lap for Bernie Sanders. The vermont senator. Securing and nebraska. Sot Bernie Sanders d president ial candidate. We want to make sure that a republican does not go into the white house. Hillary clinton in michigan, touting her victory clinton d president ial candidate i am grateful to everyone who turned out to support us. But now all eyes turn to michigan. Ray raimundi oncamera close undoubtedly a disappointing night for senator marco rubio and Governor John Kasich. Both looking ahead to be victorious in their respective states. The maine Democratic Caucus is happening tomorrow. Ray raimundi, abc news, new york. As donald trump closes in on securing the gop nomination, there is a growing number of public figures condeming the real estate mogul. Mogul. Comedian louis ck is comparing donald trump with hitler. Calling him an insane bigotin an email about his web series horace and pete ck wrote that trump was funny at first. But now the comedian says trump is like the nazi leader. And the us and a antitrump Coalition Continues to gain steam inside the Republican Party. Despite his wins yesterday its possible trump could fail to win a majority of delegates before the Party Convention this summer. Those conditions could result in a showdown on the convention floor. Jonathan bockfest is back for its 24th year. Its your time to celebrate all thing beer in the tristate. State. 9 on your sides Kristen Swilley joins us live with its the biggest and oldest celebration of the citys rich brewing heritage that draws tens of thousands to over the rhine each year and signifies the beginning of spring. A lot has happened already this weekend. Take a look at yesterdays 5k. It ran through otr and downtown. Later in the day the crowning of the Sausage Queen and the bockfest royalty. Just a few features of what is considered the oldest german style bock beer festival in the u. S. And the fun continues today. Continental sunday is the Family Friendly day that celebrates what this neighborhood was like in the 1800s with food, entertainment and of course beer. All activities at Bockfest Hall and the Festival Hall except for tours are free. Reporting live in over the rhine. Kristen swilley. 9 some are starting to train for the flying pig some ran for a cause some are just here for the beer. Beer. Thousands of people flowed into the streets downtown and in over the rhine for the bockfest 5k yesterday. The race actually sold out this year. As we said, bockfest is an historic celebration of the coming of spring and continues today in otr. Now to a very different kind of race getting underway in alaska. The famous sled dog race the iditarod had its ceremonial start in anchorage today. But the competitive part of the race starts in willow this morning. There are 85 mushers this year, each with an average of 16 dogs on their teams. The goal is to complete a course that runs almost a thousand miles across the state. Organizers had a problem this year because there was not enough snow to start the race. This february was the fourth warmest on record for anchorage. It brought less than two inches of snow. Organizers ended up hauling the ringling bros. Barnum and bailey circus is in town for one more day. Its your last chance to see the show elephants here in cincinnati, beore theyre retired for good. Good. They are being retired after years of protests over how they are treated. The circus has been repeatedly charged with cruelty to animals across the country. And at its appearances. In fact in 2011, the circus paid a record fine of 270 thousand dollars. Dollars. Today the circus will be the target of protests. From noon to 1 pm protestors will take to the corner of pete rose way. As they try to bring attention to what they cruelty to animals. How about this . Check it out. A bison on the run. Deputies in wisconsin are trying to track down a pack of bison. Officials believe a fallen tree damaged the fence yesterday allowing seventeen of the animals to escape from a farm. Some were later rounded up, but at least five are a news chopper took this video of the wild oxen running from people. It would have been a sensational story b