CINCINNATI CONTINUES TO RALLY ♪ [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY WLWT-TV] LACEY: NOW ON NEWS 5 TODAY, CINCINNATI CONTINUES TO RALLY AROUND DAMAR HAMLIN. HOW LOCAL RESTAURANTS ARE GIVING BACK TO THE BILLS SAFETY. AND, TWO JUVENILES ARRESTED IN A DOUBLE SHOOTING IN COVINGTON. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION THIS MORNING. KATIE: AND RAIN AND SNOW CHANCES RAMP UP AS WE GO INTO OUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WHAT TIME OUR FIRST SHOWERS ARE SET TO ARRIVE AND HOW THAT IMPACTS THE BENGALS-RAVENS GAME THIS AFTERNOON. ♪ ANNOUNCER: THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5 TODAY, LEADING THE WAY. LACEY: THE RAVENS GAME, NOT THE BILLS GAME. KATIE: THAT’S RIGHT. LACEY: I DON’T KNOW WHY I WROTE THAT. KATIE: THAT’S OK. LACEY: GOOD MORNING. I’M LACEY ROBERTS. A BIG UPDATE FROM DAMAR HAMLIN. THAT WEATHER OUTSIDE WILL BE THE TALK OF THE DAY, KNOWING WHAT YOU NEED TO WEAR TO THAT GAME. KATIE: ABSOLUTELY, YEAH. SCATTERED RAIN, SNOW SHOWERS, STARTING AROUND MIDDAY. WE CONTINUE TO SEE WET WEATHER CHANCES INCREASE EARLY EVENING. WE HAVE A WEATHER IMPACT IN PLACE TODAY. MOSTLY DRY NOW. CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE, RAIN AND SNOW PAST 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON. SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS AS EARLY AS 1:00 AROUND KICKOFF. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY AROUND 37. SOME MOISTURE COMING IN FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. WE WILL SEE THOSE SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING HERE, MOVING INTO THE AREA TOWARDS 12:00, 1:00, 2:00 TODAY. NOT THE BEST TIMING, BUT SOME GOOD NEWS. IT’S NOT A COMPLETE WASHOUT. IT WILL BE COLD IF YOU’RE HEADING TO THE GAME. DRESS WARM. IT WILL BE FRIGID. TAILGATE REALLY COLD. 32. 30 OXFORD AND MIDDLETOWN. WIND CHILLS CONTINUE TO FEEL LIKE THE 20’S. WHEN YOU FACTOR IN A BREEZE FIVE TO 10 MILES PER HOUR, MOST FEELING LIKE MID TO HIGH 20’S TODAY. YOUR RAIN-SNOW THREAT IS LOW FOR THE MORNING. IT IS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THAT WE SEE THE BEST WINDOW FOR WHAT WEATHER, SO WE HAVE A COMPLETE TIMELINE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN YOUR FUTURECAST, COMING UP. LACEY: THANK YOU. A BIG, BIG UPDATE FROM DAMAR HAMLIN. THE BILLS PLAYER ADDRESSING FANS FOR THE FIRST TIME, SINCE SUFFERING CARDIAC ARREST AT PAYCOR STADIUM DURING MONDAY NIGHT’S FOOTBALL GAME. HAMLIN TOOK TO INSTAGRAM SATURDAY AFTER FIVE DAYS IN THE ICU AT U.C. MEDICAL CENTER, TO SHARE A MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE. WRITING IN PART, "WHEN YOU PUT REAL LOVE INTO THE WORLD IT COMES BACK TO YOU THREE TIMES AS MUCH. THE LOVE HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING, BUT I’M THANKFUL FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT PRAYED FOR ME AND REACHED OUT." HE GOES ON TO SAY, "IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU KNOW THIS ONLY MAKES ME STRONGER." AND HE’S ASKING THE WORLD, TO KEEP PRAYING FOR HIM. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG COUPLE OF DAYS FOR EVERYONE ACROSS CINCINNATI BUT THIS MOMENT HAS BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN THE CITY. AS WE BEGIN FOOTBALL SUNDAY WITH POSITIVE NEWS PEOPLE ARE PAYING IT FORWARD AND REACHING OUT TO EACH OTHER. THERE ARE TONS OF FUNDRAISERS TAKING PLACE TODAY TO SUPPORT DAMAR’S CHASING M’S FOUNDATION, THE U.C. TRAUMA CENTER WHERE HE’S BEING TREATED, AND CHARITIES TEE HIGGIN’S SUPPORTS. MIOS PIZZA IN CLIFTON IS DONATING A PORTION OF SUNDAY’S SALES TO DAMAR’S FOUNDATION. SOME BARS AND RESTAURANTS ALSO GIVING BACK. FOR EVERY DRINK PURCHASED, ONE DOLLAR WILL BE DONATED TO DAMAR’S FOUNDATION BEFORE AND AFTER THE BENGALS GAME. >> IT’S BIGGER THAN BUSINESS. I MEAN, WE DO A LOT WE, YOU KNOW, WE GAIN A LOT FROM THESE GAMES DOWN HERE. AND SO IT’S JUST OUR WAY OF COMING TOGETHER LIKE THE REST OF THE CITY HAS, AND IN OUR WAY TO GIVE BACK. LACEY: NOW IF YOU DO GO DOWN TO MIO’S PIZZA TODAY IN CLIFTON, YOU CAN ALSO SIGN A BIG POSTER BOARD THE STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT WILL BE SENT TO HAMLIN’S HOSPITAL ROOM AT U.C. MEDICAL CENTER. AS DAMAR HAMLIN CONTINUES TO RECOVER, THE BENGALS WILL FINISH OFF THE REGULAR SEASON THIS AFTERNOON. FANS GATHERING OUTSIDE PAYCOR TO CHEER ON THE TEAM AGAINST THE RAVENS. BUT THE BENGALS TAILGATE TAKING ON A SECOND FOCUS THIS MORNING. WLWT NEWS 5’S RICHARD CHILES IS LIVE WITH HOW TODAY’S TAILGATE IS HONORING HAMLIN. RICHARD? RICHARD: GOOD MORNING FROM JUST ACROSS PAYCOR STADIUM. WEEK 18. KICKOFF. RAVENS. 1:00. TAILGATE CELEBRATING. MORE THAN THEIR HEARTS REFLECTING COME OF TRUE NATURE OF ITS CINCINNATI SPORTS FANS. THE WHOLE NATION SAW YOU THIS WEEK HOLDING UP AT SIGN IN PAYCOR STADIUM, OF COURSE, PRAYING FOR NUMBER THREE. HERE YOU ARE TODAY CELEBRATING, OF COURSE. >> OH, DEFINITELY. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH THE TEAM TODAY, WITH DAMAR HAMLIN. HAVE A GREAT FOOTBALL GAME AND LESS WAS THE NORTH TODAY, GUYS. THE NORTH GOES THROUGH CINCINNATI IN THIS TAILGATE SPIRIT IS ALWAYS A HUGE CELEBRATION IN CINCINNATI. TALKING WITH FANS, GETTING READY TO ENJOY ONE ANOTHER. SO MANY THINGS GO THROUGH YOUR MIND. I HAVE TO ASK YOU BECAUSE YOU SAID SOMETHING SO POIGNANT ABOUT TODAY’S GAME JUST BEING READY IMAGES BEING ABLE TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE. >> YEAH, YOU JUST GOTTA GET OUT THERE AND PLAY THE GAME FOR DAMAR HAMLIN AND HONOR HIM BY PLAYING THIS GAME. HE LOVES, HE WOULD WANT US TO DO THIS. WE CAN HONOR HIM AND THINK ABOUT HIM AND WIN THIS GAME. RICHARD: I SEE THE T KIGGANS SHIRT. T CARRYING A GREAT WEIGHT, BUT READY TO BOWL OUT. THIS IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT. TRUE SPORTSMANSHIP. WE TALK ABOUT THE JAGUARS, TENNESSEE YESTERDAY BEFORE THE GAME, DURING THE GAME, THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK WE HAVE SAID IT UNAFRAID, UNASHAMED, PRAY FOR DAMAR HAMLIN. HERE WE ARE. >> YEAH, JUST PRAYING THAT EVERYONE STAYS HEALTHY TODAY. WE JUST WANT TO SEE EVERYBODY SAY SAFE. STAYING SAFE AND BAWLING OUT, BUT WHAT DO WE DO HERE IN CINCINNATI. WHAT DO WE DO? >> 1, 2, 3. WHO DAT. RICHAR