od afternoon, everybody. this is leon bibb. beginning the noon hour at the live desk where we're keeping a close eye on the ow about 211 points at this second. the day began with it falling sharply at the opening bell. and part of the reason for the stocks, trading on the market was temporarily suspended after stocks plunged overnight in

all 17 miners have been rescued from a new york mine in central new york state. they were trapped at the . the miners became stuck while being lowered to the floor of the 2300-foot deep salt mine. marcy gonzalez shows us how they were rescued new york state. >> reporter: the sounds of relief after nearly 10 hours of anxiously ers trapped nearly 900 feet below ground in upstate new york and all finally safe on solid ground. >> they persevered the best way they could and how well e situation. >> reporter: the group was just starting their shift at the deepest salt mine in the country nearithaca when the elevate -- near ithaca when ey were in stopped working. >> 350 feet bound with peoreporter: police rushed in

>> reporter: and the power needed to back fill in lansing. >> reporter: using this crane to lower a basey kit below ing several workers at a time to the surface. >> we practice mine evacuations regularlyef year and that practice today. >> reporter: besbite being shaken and freezing, the miners waited at the scene until the last of their coworkers rescued. tremendous. i don't know. i am -- i am inspired by them, to be honest with you. >> reporter: we're told they're all in good ficials are investigating and operations are suspended in that part of the salt mine until the cause is determined and the problem is fixed. marcy gonzalez, abc news, it's unfolding as a busy news day. to another developing story. one man is dead after being -- i trying to attack a police

the scene was a few hours ris. a city still under the state of emergency following the november terrorist attacks. the man shot and killed today. he wore a fake explosive vest and threatened ance to the police station is there in paris. this came on the anniversary of the deadly attack at the french per charlie hebdo. a man who smashed windows around downtown cleveland will spend two years on probation in a special mental health program. we were in court as the judge the man this morning. he smashed the windows of five buildings, including those of the new cuyahoga headquarters. he pleaded guilty last month. alls trying to learn more about a shooting in maple heights and this was last night outside of an apartment building on lee tell us they found a 31-year-old man pleading -- bleeding on the sidewalk and it's not clear if anyone was

and now at noon, let's check on the weather forecast. >> and a beautiful day today, leon. plenty of sunshine again and we're in early january. and when we're seeing sunshine like this and temperatures well into the upper 30s and lower 40s, we file this away as a good weather day. now, we're tracking rain, but as a buddy on the floor crew here mentioned, rain is not that bad. you don't have to shovel rain. i do agree with that as we head through the next few days. cleveland under mostly sunny skies. a few high clouds and that is the only issue. menner, 44 and same deal north royalton, chagrin falls and this is pleasant when you add in the enbenefit of sunshine. -- the benefit of sunshine and live radar is not finding anything and this is that next chance of rain to the south and west. we're going to watch this move in and there is your next batch

we're dry and temperatures from lower 30s. we'll track that rain for you hour-by-hour, that non-shovable wet rape coming up. thank you, jason. to the cleveland browns. the team is still looking for a head coach to lead the new transition. the team plans to interview doug marone. jacksonville's offensive coordinator and carolina's defensive coordinator sean mcdermott. friday, they will interview jerome harris in dallas and after the steelers game on sunday, both of cincinnati's coordinators will talk to the cleveland browns. while the browns continue to look for a new head coach, there are more issues for quarterback johnny manziel. the latest on saturday, the same day he's rumored to have been in las vegas. as nick foley details earlier that day, he was pulled over by police. >> reporter: it's more unwanted attention for johnny manziel after new details emerge about a traffic citation the browns

we want to give you a look at this citation issued to him by north homestead police on interstate 480 on saturday, january 2nd. the same day he was here at browns team meetings earlier in the day and also the same day he was reportedly seen in las vegas later that night. the citation is for expired tags issued around 8:30 saturday morning. again, filed yesterday by north homestead police. combine that with the latest list of issues manziel had this year, including partying at home during an offweek, a public dispute with the girlfriend and missing mandatory treatments about with team physicians this past sunday, it's a fair question to ask whether manziel played his last game in cleveland. it should be noted that manziel attended exit meetings here at the browns facility on monday. reporting in berea, nick foley for news channel 5. and many thanks for your report, nick. there are new details today on a fire at a cleveland junk yard.

there were loud pops and explosions that could be heard throughout the night. the junk yard is located on pearl road right by the cleveland metro park zoo. right now, it's unclear how the fires began in the junk yard. explosions were heard there. and criminal charges could be filed against a used car dealership in akron. the partnerships at the akron- beacon journal report the state attorney general's office received dozens of complaints about phoenix indoor auto sales. customers said they never received their titles, which prove ownership of vehicles. without the titles, they can't register their cars with the state of ohio. the beacon journal reports the phoenix indoor auto sales is out of business now. and still ahead here on newschannel 5 in the noon hour, vice president joe biden echoing president obama's new gun policies. his comments come as he expressed regret for not running for president. >> and netflix is about to get a whole ton of new customers. what big announcement the company made.

vice president joe biden is speaking openly with his support of the president's gun policy. critics attacked his executive action. tuesday, he announced new restrictions on gun purchases. the vice president said this

>> all we're talking about now is enabling the laws that are on the books with overwhelming support including nra-supported background checks. enable them to be able to work and personnel to enforce the law. >> the president will continue his push on gun control tonight. president obama will host the town hall meeting at george mason university in fairfax, virginia. it's scheduled for 8:00 tonight. and vice president joe biden is also talking about his decision to not run for president. in an interview with nbc connecticut, mr. biden said it was a decision he regretted every day but at the same time, the vice president said it was family. biden's oldest child bo died in may of brain cancer. the vice president joe biden has been very open about talking about the death of his an emotional toll. coming up today at the noon hour as we continue, stage pressure.

today, there are plenty of unanswered questions about that. here's jason with some questions about the weather. >> questions, yeah. when are we going to get cold again? here's our next batch of cold now. it's far away and it will move here into northern ohio. i will let you know when and more importantly, how long it will stick around.

happening today in washington, d.c., a new bill is expected to be introduced which would strip comedienne bill cosby of his medal of freedom. it comes as cosby was indicted on sexual assault charges filed iacs woman in pennsylvania -- filed by a woman in pennsylvania. yesterday, he learned he will not face charges in two assault cases in los angeles. in one case, the prosecutors said there was not enough evidence and the other prosecutor said the statute of limitations had expired. and it's another day of work for most publics, for many millions of americans who played the big powerball lottery jackpot last night. they went to work because no one won in the lottery drawing so that ups the money for the next one. now, you have a one in 292

million. when that one, the take home payday would be $428 million. this is setting up to be the largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history and the numbers i reported are expected to increase before saturday night's drawing. by the way, you can watch the powerball drawing here on newschannel 5. i hope your number one wins. hope mine wins. okay. awards season is upon us and trending this morning, the aftermath of the people's choice award. last night, a random guy pulled what is called a kanye by walking upstage while an acceptance speech was underway. >> and you're not going to pull security. >> that was sarah gilbert and the rest of the host of the talk accepting the award after winning favorite daytime hosting team. no word on how the stage security. at the consumer electronic show, the popular video

announcement. andy choi is in las vegas with more on that story. >> reporter: one of the biggest exhibits that ces belongs to netflix. company? what do you do for netflix? product innovation. >> and the company has been innovative so far and it's, i mean, you guys are booming. what is going on right now? spine today. announcing fully global net-- netflix for a long time and it's been a hush-hush secret. finally, we get to tell the world we're global. >> and you go from 60 some countries to -- . >> 190 countries now. >> where does the company go from here new? >> we're really the marriage of hollywood and silicon valley. it's about watching what you want when you want. and how many devices you want. episodes are might now. they're chapters and they can

they're chapters and they can be how internet tv and creative story telling and film making can combine into something that involves the formula. >> very good. congratulations on all of your success. a real pleasure. >> that is one of the many ces. i'm andy choi reporting in las the latest home netflix. >> and look at the new picture from space. it shows air pollution over asia. the nasa astronaut scott kelly tweeted the picture. you can see smog like this over large parts of asia. right now, beijing is under a red alert for air pollution. experts say breathing in air like this likens to smoking a cigarette every hour. so, we're going to clean up the earth, i suppose, and the air, one way or another. >> and we have clean air today. beautiful sunny skies. beautiful cloud forming as and the high clouds -- formations and had the high clouds, cirrous as you head out and

notice them on the sky cam, leon, to the upper left part of the old sky cam. >> and you're giving me scientific talk there, brother. i like that. >> and not too much. there is a live look, again, and plenty of sunshine. notice in the distance, a few more clouds. the high clouds will generally be the rule today and we'll cloud things up more so through the day tomorrow. currently, 41 degrees downtown cleveland. how about to 41, madison, upper 30s in ashtabula as you head down route 11 and our inland areas, upper 30s, lower 40s, westfield center, medina, wadsworth and no rain out there. that will change this time tomorrow. there will be a lot of green on the radar. the showers will move in along a warm front. the warm front will bring us rain and warm under the circumstance up for a couple of days and there it is here. notice the moisture with it, st. louis into memphis and this is moving north and east. behind it, much colder air. this is the next batch of cold there.

single digits, this air mass will move in. in fact, in a week or so, five or six days, we're potentially looking at a big time arctic air outbreak that can take our and into the teens. enjoy today. temperatures in the mid-40s as you head out and about this afternoon. they will eventually fall off into the lower 30s and maybe a few upper 20s. hour-by-hour, again, quiet tonight. anything outside tonight, the outdoor plans, you'll be okay. cold. this is where things get interesting. this is tomorrow morning at nine. notice the rain showers for the patches of pink. 10 times. that indicates where we may have a little bit of mixing. so, freezing rain potentially, i don't think we will see much in the way of sleet or snow, but we will have to watch for surface temperatures very close to freezing and then rain

temperatures at the ground. that could indicate a little freezing rain. by the latter part of the morning tomorrow and into tomorrow afternoon, we're talking about rain. it will be a cold rain. temperatures tomorrow in the low 40s and look at this. the temperatures for saturday, we're into the 40s, too. a few scattered showers. and the cold front for sunday. forty to 43 right now. we may add a degree or two through the afternoon and high clouds will be warmer and certainly pleasant this time of the year. thirty tonight. that is a pretty warm overnight low. a few clouds around. the seven-day forecast is interesting, of course. you have the rain chances for friday and saturday. sunday. look what it does to the lows. how about a high next wednesday of 18. cleveland star 102 and 98.5

. well, professor, what do >> professor, why? >> you're a smart guy. >> i say the word serious and that makes me a expert. here. >> and it's been easy forecasting the weather we have had all season long. we have had 1 1/2 inches of snow, leon. last year at this time, we had 21 and we'll have more through the end of the week. >> and as jim said right by the camera, you don't have to shovel rain.

. hi, i'm sally. we're checking in with retirement and financial expert bill smith. he's president of wa smith financial group and is standing by in his retirement solution studio with today's retirement tips. >> thanks. welcome to this week's money tips. plan? typically most investors have a bunch of different mutual funds or stocks and bonds. how do you choose which funds? first, let's understand some of the basics of mutual funds. a mutual fund is an investment vehicle that is made up of a pool of money collected from investors all over the world. the purpose is to invest into a diversified mixture of security like stocks or bonds or both. the mutual funds are run by

capital in an attempt to produce capital appreciation for their investors. all mutual funs are offered by perspectives meaning they have risks and limitations you should know about. first off, mutual funds are sector based meaning each different mutual fund is designed to invest in a particular mixture or type of security. the goal for most managers is to outperform a bench mark for general market indices like the s&p 500. and index funds on the other hand, simply mirrors a benchmark or index like the s&p 500 and tries to duplicate its returns. ultimately, the common denominator is that mutual funds can be risky and you should have a descent understanding of where you're putting your money in that 401k. for more defined help with

and that is today's money tip. >> thanks, bill. if you would like more information, tune in to retirement solutions with bill smith sundays at noon on newschannel 5. call the office