ATTACKS THREE NUCLEAR SITES. THE AMERICAN MILITARY BASES ... IRAN STRIKING BACK AFTER THE U.S. ATTACKS. THREE NUCLEAR SITES. THE AMERICAN MILITARY BASE IS TARGETED. AND WHAT IRAN’S PRESIDENT IS SAYING ABOUT RETALIATION. PLUS, LOCAL FAMILIES WONDERING WHAT’S NEXT. WE DON’T KNOW UNTIL THEY GET THAT PHONE CALL. WHAT THE LATEST ESCALATION COULD MEAN FOR THE U.S. MILITARY AND PEOPLE IN CINCINNATI WITH LOVED ONES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE HEAT IS ON THIS WEEK. I’LL LET YOU KNOW WHICH DAY THIS WEEK IS THE HOTTEST, AND WHEN WE COULD START TO GET SOME RELIEF. ONLY ON WLWT. NEW ARRESTS AFTER A DEADLY SHOOTING OUTSIDE A MIDDLETOWN BAR. THE CHARGES TWO PEOPLE FACE AFTER MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE HURT. THIS IS WLWT NEWS FIVE LEADING THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS AND THAT BREAKING NEWS. A DAY AFTER THE UNITED STATES BOMBED THREE OF IRAN’S NUCLEAR SITES, IRAN STRIKING BACK TODAY, LAUNCHING MISSILE ATTACKS ON A U.S. MILITARY BASE IN QATAR. AND THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT 5:00. I’M MIKE DARDIS. GOOD EVENING TO YOU. I’M SHEREE PAOLELLO. YEAH, WE FEARED IT WASN’T IF, BUT WHEN. SO EXPLOSIONS WERE HEARD OVER QATAR’S CAPITAL, DOHA. AMERICANS WERE TOLD TO SHELTER IN PLACE. WE ARE LEADING THE WAY FOR YOU TONIGHT WITH TEAM COVERAGE ON THE LATEST STRIKES. TODD -- WILL HAVE THE LOCAL REACTION HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH WLWT NEWS FIVE’S ANCHOR ASHLEY KIRKLEN. HI, ASHLEY. HI, GUYS. WELL, IRAN SAYS THE ATTACKING QATAR MATCHES THE NUMBER OF BOMBS DROPPED BY THE UNITED STATES ON ITS NUCLEAR SITES THIS PAST WEEKEND, TWO U.S. OFFICIALS CONFIRM OUR MILITARY BASE WAS UNDER ATTACK BY IRANIAN SHORT RANGE AND MEDIUM RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES. BUT QATAR’S AIR DEFENSES INTERCEPTED THE MISSILES. IRAN SAYS IT TARGETED THE BASE BECAUSE IT WAS OUTSIDE OF POPULATED AREAS. THE ATTACK CAME SHORTLY AFTER QATAR CLOSED ITS AIRSPACE AS A PRECAUTION AMID THREATS FROM IRAN. THERE WERE INITIAL REPORTS OF AN ATTACK ON A U.S. ON A HOUSING BASE. EXCUSE ME? U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ HAD MISSILES, NEVER ARRIVED, AND NOW A U.S. MILITARY OFFICIAL SAYING A MALFUNCTIONING MISSILE AIMED AT ISRAEL TRIGGERED AN ALERT IN IRAQ. IRAN’S PRESIDENT WROTE ON X. WE NEITHER INITIATED THE WAR NOR SEEKING IT, BUT WE WILL NOT LEAVE INVASION TO THE GREAT IRAN WITHOUT ANSWER. AMERICAN POLITICIANS ARE NOW REACTING TO THE STRIKE FROM IRAN. CLEARLY, IRAN HAD TO RESPOND IN SOME WAY, AND THEY MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WOULD. AND I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION ANTICIPATED THAT. THE REAL QUESTION NOW IS WHAT’S THE IMPACT? HOW BIG IS THIS A SERIOUS EFFORT TO. COUNTER IN A WARLIKE WAY, OR IS IT A MESSAGE? WELL, BESIDES QATAR AND IRAQ, THE U.S. MILITARY HAS MILITARY SITES SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION, INCLUDING BAHRAIN, ISRAEL, EGYPT, JORDAN, KUWAIT, SAUDI ARABIA, SYRIA AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. ASHLEY KIRKLEN WLWT NEWS FIVE. ASHLEY. THANK YOU. AND AS THE SITUATION OVERSEAS UNFOLDS IN UNPREDICTABLE WAYS, PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE WHO HAVE TIES TO THAT REGION, OF COURSE, ARE FEELING VERY ANXIOUS. WLWT NEWS FIVE TODD TODD -- CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE LIVE TONIGHT WITH LOCAL REACTION. HI, TODD. HI, MIKE. YOU KNOW, OPINIONS MAY DIFFER ABOUT U.S. BOMBS FALLING ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITES, BUT JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY I TALKED TO TODAY SHARES A SENSE OF CONCERN ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT. DURING A BREAK FROM TODAY’S SCORCHING HEAT AND OVER THE RHINE, KENDALL LUKE TALKED ABOUT THE STRESS HIS DAUGHTER, A NEW MOM, IS FEELING RIGHT NOW. MY DAUGHTER’S HUSBAND, HE’S IN THE MILITARY. HE JUST CAME BACK FROM IRAQ FROM LIKE A YEAR. SO HER BIGGEST CONCERN WAS LIKE TO HER AND THE BABY AT HOME BY HERSELF. I ASKED LUKE WHAT THIS WEEKEND’S DECISION BY PRESIDENT TRUMP TO DROP BOMBS ON NUCLEAR FACILITIES IN IRAN COULD MEAN FOR HIS DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW. HE MIGHT BE ON HIS WAY BACK CONSIDERING WHAT JUST HAPPENED. YOU DON’T KNOW UNTIL HE DON’T KNOW. UNTIL THEY GIVE HIM THAT PHONE CALL AND LIKE, WE NEED YOU TO GO BACK. JULIE LEFTWICH WAS PLANNING TO GO BACK TO THE MIDDLE EAST IN A FEW WEEKS AFTER A RECENT TRIP TO ISRAEL. I GOT BACK JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO. SO BEFORE KIND OF THE LATEST BROKE OUT. BUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THEN THERE WAS STILL A LOT HAPPENING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, MISSILES BEING SHOT OFF PRETTY MUCH ON A DAILY BASIS FROM HOUTHIS, FROM YEMEN. LEFTWICH IS DIRECTOR OF A NEW PROGRAM THAT’S TAKING SHAPE AT UC’S COLLEGE OF LAW CALLED INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. INITIATIVES. LIKE KENDALL, LUKE LEFTWICH IS WORRIED ABOUT THE HUMAN CONNECTION SHE HAS TO A PART OF THE WORLD THAT FEELS VERY MUCH ON THE BRINK OF WHO KNOWS WHAT. WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS MORE ON THE PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THAT KIND OF PEACE BUILDING WORK INSTEAD OF, AGAIN, ALL THIS VIOLENCE AND HATRED AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BIT BY BIT, MAKE SOME, MAKE SOME PROGRESS. BUT I THINK EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW IS COMPLETELY ON EDGE. NOW ONE MESSAGE LEFT WHICH WANTS TO EMPHASIZE IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST FROM VERY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING AND LIVING TOGETHER FOR SOME TIME NOW. SHE HOPES THAT’S HELPFUL TO HEAR, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE TENSION OVERSEAS JUST SEEMS TO KEEP RISING FOR NOW. REPORTING LIVE TONIGHT. TODD -- WLWT NEWS FIVE. TODD, THANKS SO MUCH. IRAN HAD WARNED THE UNITED STATES AGAINST THESE AIRSTRIKES DURING THE G7 SUMMIT. IT SAID IT COULD RESPOND WITH TERROR ATTACKS ON U.S. SOIL, ACTIVATING SLEEPER CELLS INSIDE AMERICA. STILL AHEAD, AT 530, THE RESPONSE FROM HOMELAND SECURITY TO THE THREAT AND HOW ELSE IRAN COULD RETALIATE. AND MAYBE A BIT SURPRISING HERE, BUT THE U.S. STOCK MARKET ACTUALLY RALLYING AS OIL PRICES ARE DROPPING AFTER WHAT APPEARS TO BE A LIMITED RETALIATION FROM IRAN. THE DOW ENDING THE DAY UP TODAY, 374 POINTS. OIL FUTURES, THOUGH DROPPING MORE THAN 7%. WELL, IT IS A WEATHER IMPACT DAY. SHOULDN’T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THE AIR OUTSIDE IS AWFUL. FEELS LIKE TRIPLE DIGITS. IT’S HEAVY AS HECK. AND IT’S REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW. I THINK THE HOTTEST DAY WE’VE HAD ALL YEAR. HERE’S CHIEF METEOROLOGIST KEVIN ROBINSON TO SHOW US HOW HOT IT’S GOING TO GET HERE. IN CINCINNATI’S MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. HI, KEVIN. HEY, GUYS. YES, SUMMER HAS COME IN HERE BLAZING. ON THIS MONDAY, WE OFFICIALLY STARTED SUMMER ON SATURDAY, AND BOY, IT FEELS LIKE IT AND HAS BEEN EVER SINCE. SO TEMPERATURES TODAY INTO THE LOW 90S FOR A LOT OF US. OFFICIALLY THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR NOW WITH A HIGH OF 92 OUT THERE. BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT IS ONLY PART OR HALF OF THE STORY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO FACTOR IN THE HUMIDITY IN THOSE. FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN FLIRTING WITH 100 DURING THE PEAK OF THE AFTERNOON HERE, AND IT’S GOING TO STAY AWFULLY HOT AND AWFULLY UNCOMFORTABLE EVEN INTO THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. NOW, RADAR, BEHIND ME IS QUIET, BUT I AM KEEPING AN EYE ON MAYBE SOME COOLING RELIEF DOWN HERE CREEPING ITS WAY UP FROM I-74. YOU KNOW, IF YOU HEAD WAY SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER AND SOME OF OUR SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY OWEN COUNTY, OVER TOWARDS CARROLL, GALLATIN COUNTIES, MAYBE EVEN GRANT COUNTY, I CAN’T RULE OUT THE CHANCE. AS THE EVENING WEARS ON FOR MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF COOLING RELIEF, AS THERE HAS BEEN KIND OF A TRICKLE OF A COUPLE OF DOWNPOURS. BUT THAT’S THE EXCEPTION VERSUS THE NORM. MOST OF US ARE SIMPLY GOING TO HAVE TO SWEAT THIS EVENING OUT. SO IF YOU’RE HEADING DOWN TO GREAT AMERICAN, MAKE SURE YOU BRING COOL BEVERAGES. THEIR HATS, SUNSCREEN, EVERYTHING YOU NEED THERE TO TRY TO BEAT THE HEAT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. LOW 90 AT FIRST PITCH LAST OUT. STILL IN THE 80S. MIKE AND SHEREE. WE’VE GOT A HOT WEEK OF SUMMER AHEAD OF US. I’LL LET YOU KNOW THOUGH WHEN WE WILL START TO SEE AT LEAST SOME COOLING RELIEF POTENTIALLY COMING UP. SPEAKING OF COOLING, KEVIN, WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF COOLING CENTERS. IF YOU MAYBE NEED A PLACE TO BEAT THE HEAT THIS WEEK, SCAN THE QR CODE HERE ON YOUR SCREEN OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE, WLWT.COM TO FIND A LOCATION NEAR YOU. AND ALSO WHEN IT IS OPEN ONLY ON WLWT. THE TWO PEOPLE CHARGED IN A SHOOTING OUTSIDE OF A MIDDLETOWN BAR WERE IN COURT TODAY. THREE PEOPLE WERE HURT. ONE MAN WAS ACTUALLY KILLED IN THE PARKING LOT OF BAR TWO. AND WLWT NEWS FIVE’S RACHEL WHELAN THERE IN MIDDLETOWN RIGHT NOW. WITH WHAT WE LEARNED IN COURT TODAY. RACHEL. THAT’S RIGHT. THE COURTROOM WAS PACKED TODAY WITH PEOPLE SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE FOUR VICTIMS. TWO OF THE SUSPECTS FACED THE JUDGE. THE FIRST WAS JEROME COLLIER, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER. HE SEEMED TO SURPRISE THE JUDGE RIGHT OUT THE GATE WHEN HE ASKED THIS QUESTION. AM I ALLOWED TO REPRESENT MYSELF ON A MURDER CHARGE? ON MURDER CHARGE? TELL YOU WHAT. YOU TALK TO YOUR ATTORNEY. IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO DO THAT. WE’LL LOOK INTO THAT AT YOUR PRELIMINARY HEARING. ALL RIGHT, ALLEGATIONS. THE JUDGE GAVE COLLIER $1 MILLION BOND FOR THE MURDER OF JESSE JONES ON JUNE 16TH. HE FACES UP TO LIFE IN PRISON IF CONVICTED. ALSO IN COURT TODAY WAS 28 YEAR OLD SHAYANNA GOINS. SHE IS CHARGED WITH FELONIOUS ASSAULT, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCS. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OUTSIDE BAR TWO CAPTURED GOINS HITTING ONE OF THE VICTIMS WITH A GUN. BEVERLY SNEED SAYS THAT VICTIM IS HER DAUGHTER PARIS, WHO WAS WHO IS A MOTHER OF FOUR AND STILL RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT. I SAW THE VIDEO MYSELF, WHICH WAS TERRIBLE FOR A MOTHER TO WATCH AND TO KNOW THAT YOUR CHILD IS IN THE HOSPITAL FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE. BUT SHE WAS HIT REPEATEDLY WITH A GUN. AND THIS PERSON CONTINUED TO SHOOT IN A CROWD. LIKE I SAID, RECKLESSLY, NOT WITH NO CONCERN FOR ANYONE ELSE’S LIVES. OBVIOUSLY, FOR NOT EVEN FOR HER OWN. SO WE’RE JUST PRAYING, LIKE I SAID, FOR THE VICTIMS, FOR MY DAUGHTER, AND WE’RE TRYING TO KEEP IT PERRY STRONG. BEVERLY TELLS ME THAT THAT PARIS’S LUNG WAS PIERCED. SHE’S EXPECTED TO BE OKAY, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY. WE’RE ALSO WORKING TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE OTHER VICTIM’S CONDITIONS. I’M REPORTING OUTSI