CRIMINAL CASE INVOLVING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER HE SAYS HE EXPECTS TO BE ARRESTED TOMORROW. HOW REPUBLICANS ARE REACTING TO THE POSSIBLE INDICTMENT. AND XAVIER PUNCHING ITS TICKET TO THE SWEET 16. HOW FANS ARE REACTING TO THE MUSKIES BIG WIN OVER PITTSBURGH. SPRING IS HERE SOON. TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO MATCH IT. BUT WE ALSO GET SPRING SHOWERS WHEN THEY ARRIVE. COMING UP, THE THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5 LEADING THE WAY. TODAY A GRAND JURY IS HEARING MORE TESTIMONY IN THE CRIMINAL CASE INVOLVING FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND ALLEGED ILLEGAL HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS TO AN ADULT FILM STAR. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT NOON. I’M STEVEN ALBRITTON. THIS COMES AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S SAID OVER THE WEEKEND. HE EXPECTS TO BE ARRESTED TOMORROW. THE PREDICTION COMING DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT’S STILL UNCLEAR IF HE’LL EVEN BE CHARGED. OVER THE WEEKEND, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE SHARING HIS THOUGHTS ON THAT POSSIBILITY. I’M TAKEN ABACK AT THE IDEA OF INDICTING A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AT A TIME WHEN THERE’S A CRIME WAVE IN NEW YORK CITY. TODAY, ATTORNEY BOB COSTELLO, ONCE A LEGAL ADVISER TO FORMER TRUMP ATTORNEY MICHAEL COHEN, IS TESTIFYING AT THE REQUEST OF TRUMP’S CURRENT ATTORNEYS. TRUMP HAS CALLED FOR PROTEST IN THE EVENT OF HIS ARREST. AS KEVIN MCCARTHY, THE TOP REPUBLICAN IN THE HOUSE, URGES CALM. I DON’T THINK PEOPLE SHOULD PROTEST THIS NOW. AND I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP, IF YOU TALK TO HIM, HE DOESN’T BELIEVE THAT EITHER. I MEAN, I THINK I THINK THE THING THAT YOU MAY MISINTERPRET WHEN THE WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKS, WHEN SOMEONE SAYS THAT THEY CAN PROTEST, HE WOULD PROBABLY BE REFERRING TO MY TWEET. EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON. HE’S NOT TALKING IN A HARMFUL WAY. LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE BEEN MAKING SECURITY PLANS IN PREPARATION FOR A POSSIBLE INDICTMENT. A FEW LOCAL REPUBLICAN LEADERS ARE WEIGHING IN ON THE CASE AND DID SO ON TWITTER. SENATOR JD VANCE TWEETING A POLITICALLY MOTIVATED PROSECUTION MAKES THE ARGUMENT FOR TRUMP STRONGER. WE SIMPLY DON’T HAVE A REAL COUNTRY OF JUSTICE. DEPENDS ON POLITICS. HE ALSO WENT ON TO SAY HE’LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TRUMP IN HIS BID FOR THE WHITE HOUSE NEXT YEAR. AND REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM OHIO’S EIGHTH DISTRICT, WARREN DAVIDSON, TWEETING IN PART, THE DOJ AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK ARE IGNORING ACTUAL CRIME WHILE WORKING TO RUIN DONALD TRUMP, END QUOTE. HAPPENING NOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN INDIANA ARE SEARCHING FOR A TEENAGER THEY SAY COULD BE IN EXTREME DANGER. THIS IS 14 YEAR OLD SCOTTY DEANE MORRIS, WHO WAS LAST SEEN THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE SMALL TOWN OF EATON. THAT’S ABOUT 80 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA’S DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE DEPLOYED BOATS, DRONES AND SEARCH TEAMS ON THE GROUND TO FIND MORRIS. POLICE SAY MORRIS IS BELIEVED TO BE IN EXTREME DANGER AND MAY NEED MEDICAL HELP. DEVELOPING ON WLWT. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A SHOOTING IN GREENTOWN SHIP EARLY SUNDAY. IT HAPPENED ON ALPINE PLACE NEAR NORTH BEND ROAD, AROUND 2 A.M. WE’RE TOLD THE VICTIM WAS SHOT AT LEAST TWICE, BUT THANKFULLY HERE THE VICTIM HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. SO NO WORD ON ANY SUSPECTS AND WHAT MAY HAVE LED UP TO THAT SHOOTING. A FORMER UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY STUDENT ACCUSED OF USING RACIAL SLURS AND ATTACKING ANOTHER STUDENT AND A U.K. POLICE OFFICER HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE SIX CHARGES. SHE WAS INDICTED ON LAST MONTH. SYLVIA ROSING IS ORIGINALLY FROM FORT MITCHELL. THE INCIDENT, WHICH WAS CAUGHT ON VIDEO BACK IN NOVEMBER, WENT VIRAL. ROSING IS NOW BANNED FROM CAMPUS. SHE APPEARED IN COURT FRIDAY AND FAIRLY SPOKE OR SHOWED EMOTION. HER ATTORNEY PLEADING NOT GUILTY ON HER BEHALF. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL THE PUBLIC? A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW ABOUT IF YOU FEEL ANY REMORSE FOR WHAT HAPPENED, FOR THE ASSAULT. SHE SAID TREMENDOUS. SOPHIA, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? TO. ROSING, WHO IS 22, WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER AND THREE COUNTS OF FOURTH DEGREE ASSAULT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION. SHE’S DUE BACK IN COURT IN MAY. ALL RIGHT. LET’S TALK ABOUT OUR FORECAST AS WE COUNT DOWN TO THE END OF WINTER. IT IS INSIGHT JUST HOURS AWAY. WE CAN SAY WINTER IS NO MORE. YES, WE CAN MOVE ON TO SPRING. ALISON, FINALLY. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT SPRING OFFICIALLY STARTING AT 524 THIS AFTERNOON, NOON OR EVENING. HOWEVER YOU LOOK AT IT AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO BE SUNNY AT THAT POINT. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY CLIMBING UP TO ABOUT 50, WHICH IS LIKELY WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE CLOSER TO FIVE OR 530 OR SO. RIGHT NOW, LOOKING PRETTY GOOD ACROSS GREATER CINCINNATI. WE DO HAVE LOTS OF SUNSHINE AROUND, ESPECIALLY DOWN TOWARD DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE ACTUALLY LOOKING PRETTY GOOD DOWN THERE, 37 SO FAR. SO, YES, A REALLY COLD START TODAY, BUT WE ARE GOING TO START TO SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES CLIMBING HERE. THIS AFTERNOON ALL THE WAY UP TO ABOUT 50 SOUTHWEST WIND CURRENTLY PULLING IN AROUND 15 MILES PER HOUR AT THE MOMENT. NOW, WITH THAT, IT DOES FEEL MORE LIKE THE UPPER TWENTIES OUTSIDE. SO DON’T LET THAT SUNSHINE FOR YOU QUITE YET. IT STILL FEELS A LOT LIKE WINTER. BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THIS AFTERNOON, WE WILL START TO SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES CLIMBING BACK TO THEIR AVERAGE LEVELS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR US THIS TIME OF YEAR. SO UP TO ABOUT 50, 49 DEGREES LATER ON TODAY, WE HAVE MUCH WARMER WEATHER ON THE WAY. HOWEVER, WE ALSO HAVE THE CHANCE OF SOME RAIN ON THE WAY. I’LL SHOW YOU WHEN YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE SOME OF THE SHOWERS ROLLING THROUGH HERE. COMI