by a corrections officer. >> but first on five, we need to talk about this winter weather. no doubt you have to break out the winter gear in your closet to brace yourself for bitter cold. >> dealing with more than freezing temperatures. >> some areas are more snow fall as we head in the evening and mark johnson is tracking this on 5. >> a wild weather day. first of all here is where the alberta clipper is. slowing down the morning commute and now we are transitioning to pure lake- effect snow. let's show you where the advisories are. for lake geauga and ashtabula county. four squalls persist. wind chill advisories to the

there could be dangerous wind chills along route 30. mansfield and ashland to canton minus ten to minus 18. let's get to the squall beginning to get going. the last hour-and-a-half we are seeing this streamer through down. a slow go out of downtown over the next couple of hours as we got snowfall coming in. i-90 corridor. here is where the snow is heaviest. burton 223 corridor a good half, half to an inch and that will expand and move around. we will talk about more what that means for you and the cold temperatures. some of you single digits, bundle up if you are going out. a horrifying explosion left a family dead in northville center. a story we have been on top of since we brought it for you.

identities of the family members that lost their lives. our kristen volk is learning more about them. but first tracy is live from the northville center to let us know where the investigation stands. tracy. >> reporter: yes, frank, i talked to the state fire marshal's office. they are the ones leading this investigation as well as the search for answers. by the light of day, the crystal clear. all that is left of 7486 scott this couple were killed and the medical examiner believes that there two children are the other victims found in the house. investigators say that the 8 found near their mother.

the father knew he had to do something when he heard the explosion and tried to help. >> yaal and nobody is answering and people are yelling and i can't see nothing and i ran back outside and i go man there is got to be somebody home and i ran back in there again. >> reporter: and when randy ran into that house when he kicked the door opened, that's when the family dog ran out. we are told tonight that the dog is doing fine and with a neighbor. in summit county. newschannel 5. we are learning more about the family of four who lost their lives in that explosion last night. kristen joins us from the scene with that part of the story all new at five. this was a family dedicated to their church and school. >> reporter: the mother was an

elementary school and their dad those around them are dealing with the news that mather family is gone and kill in a horrific way. >> it was a sad scene this morning as the staff gathered. superintendent of the school tells me ruth mather loved to come to school. she adored her classmates and her life was cut short by an explosion at her house. >> as kids arrived, they were upset, especially ruthie's classmates. >> the classmates started the day by writing letters to her and drawing pictures to express their feelings. >> they loved ruth's mom a tutor. >> she was in the building all

highly of her. garfield heights the pastor spoke highly of the family. in a statement he says they were founding and faithful members of church. they will be deeply missed. ruthie had an older sister name allison kill in this explosion and that's according to the school district. allison used to attend the schools but she has not been years. live in northville center. i'm kristen volk news center five. >> a break in the case after police arrested 23-year-old community. records show that dennings has a serious criminal history. >> reporter: according to city and county records the 23-year- old pled guilty to drug and weapons charges and facing the

police say 3-year-old major howard was sitting in a car in the 34 hour block of 113th street. shots fired hit the toddler and he died at the hospital. there was a northern violent task force this morning that are looking into this. according to court documents, donings was previously sentenced to one year in jail and 18 months on a weapons charge. this was not the first warrant for his arrest. a previous warrant was issued in 2014 after failing to appear on drug abuse charges. one of two suspects wanted on the howard case and police are looking for 23-year-old janel lindsey. anyone with information is asked to contact police. president obama's 7th and final state of the union address will be different from the others.

he expects to focus on a few key areas where he hopes the country can improve. and more on what we can expect to hear from the president tonight. >> reporter: the president's address will define his legacy and influence the influence him. >> the president was spotted the union address. new videos released by the white house demonstrate the uplifting tone the president is expected to take. >> i want us to be able when we walk out the door to say we couldn't think of anything else other than we had tried it. >> he will not deliver a long list of legislative goals but instead talking about three or four big ideas. the speech will include another type of list, the president will tell his successes on the economy, health care and

he will try to counter what he feels is an avalanche of negativity from the republican him. >> a lot of what we can do is change the political attitudes. >> reporter: a message not to from republicans. >> there is one thing we hope to hear from the president and this is a a comprehensive plan to defeat isis. >> reporter: housespeaker paul ryan spreads the president for the spread of terrorism and for what he considers a weak economy. >> we are less safe and that is why the anxiety in america is so palpable. >> the final state of the union address is expected to sway lawmakers and americans focusing on the race for the next president. and there will be three

senators rubio, paul and sanders and senator cruz is skipping it. >> republicans choice governor haley to present rebuttal. any insight on that. >> it is a chance for them to showcase diversity. nikki haley will become the 7th woman to give the republican rebuttal. she is pretty widely popular in the party and some see her as a top pick for vice-presidential nominee. if that is the case, that is one reason republican leaders would want to give her this high profile opportunity. >> it will be interesting night. thank you so much. you can watch the president's final state of the union address right here on newschannel 5. it starts at 9:00 followed by newschannel 5 at 11. new at five, a cuyahoga woman is suing a corrections

for what she claims was a brutal attack for being booked in the euclid county jail. >> she was sprayed with pepper spray. shapel was placed on administrative leave after being indicted for assault. shapel pleaded guilty in december but according to court documents the other charges dropped as part of the plea deal but she had to agree to resign from the position with the county. in an interview with newschannel 5 last spring in which she did not want to show her face, dumont says she fears for her life. >> i just want to ask her what did i do to her? i did not disrespect her. i did not call this lady a name or say anything wrong to her. >> that assault was captured on video but it is not released. the lawsuit filed today alleges that excessive force was used

denied equal rights because of her race. frank and lee. >> all right, chris, the winter came fast and hard after such a mild december, right? >> that is right. and now the flip side of that break. next on 5, how the onslot of snow caused this massive pileup in ohio. the even worse conditions people in the northeast are now dealing. and coming up at 5:30. a spring of armed robberies in shaker heights and police have evidence to suggest that they are all connected. we detail who they are booking. and at 5:45. el chapo. the interview and the details the mexican drug lord gave to crime. >> a local restaurant is cashing in on the powerball fever striking the nation and

meal. the winter blast is blamed for this mess in the cincinnati area. several trucks crashed into each other on interstate 74 in the westbound lanes near the indiana border. and those westbound lanes are

some 40 vehicles were involved then pileup. the wreck happened after the area got slammed two rounds of snow this morning. during rush hour leaving drivers with limited visibility and the roads quite slick. >> if you thought we had it bad in ohio we are getting a taste of this winter blast. >> some places are buried in three feet of snow. jason nicklas is here and millions of people in the northeast impacted by this. >> no doubt about it. we had this clipper system move through and now lake-effect snow and look at the snow here, syracuse as you head further south and upstate new york getting pummeled with snow and bitterly cold temperatures. parts of western new york are buried right now in up to 34- inches of snow and more lake- effect snow potentially bringing the total snowfall there in this area to three to

this system is dropping snow from kentucky through ohio new england and dropping temperatures in the midwest to listen. >> i slit down this hill. i slid everywhere. street. >> new york and boston are preparing for their first snow hard to believe that considering that we are in mid january. but they will likely be spared at this time maybe only seeing an inch or so of snow but of midwest. obviously and the northeast heading all the way through the end of the week. mark and lee and frank. >> by the way jason your al ma >> what about it. >> thunder snow. >> the bobcats are going nuts. >> the dorms are shaking and it wasn't halloween night. >> no riots i hope. >> no.

>> crews are about last night all of that salt all over the road. >> and unfortunately temperatures are falling and where we are in the lower teens, the salt is not going to work well. drive with care. here we go. two things to talk about. first of all, let's get to the snow. greater cleveland a live look downtown. i want to show you a tower cam sequence from akron, you can see the front and the wind going through. come on akron, watch this. this looks like just a nasty january day across summit county. we get a little sunshine out there now. still cold and drying out in downtown akron but you saw the squalls coming through from the alberta clipper. for us we are focused on the main skull coming in off of lake erie. we'll zoom in here from greater cleveland.

stretching to lake geauga and the main band along 322 corridor from chester to munster i believe we have a live picture. john rudder. what do you got in geauga county. >> reporter: cold and windy. we will give you an idea. outside driving conditions not too bad, the roads mostly wet. some of them snow covered in some places looking at the temperature right now, we are at 18 degrees. there's some light snow falling and that has picked up as we have moved east away from cleveland and the visibility has significantly decreased. highways, those were cleared and light dustings on the back roads. temperatures as we mentioned below freezing so there is that possibility of anything that has been melted earlier that could refreeze, you want to be

could look wet and be indeed frozen over. our windshield wiper fluid has frozen over several times and we will update you on our conditions. now back to the studio. >> nice job and storm tracker 5. he is right here route 306 just out of chardin, he has to get to the route 322 corridor where the main band is. again, snowfall -- john, why don't you stay out there through the evening and the overnight. this is what you are shoveling. three to five inches with a few spots. six inches or more from eastern cuyahoga and through geauga county and lake county, the southern sliver to ashtabula county from three to five as much as six inches of snow. bitter cold. let's talk temperatures. look at the chills, they are actual thermometer readings. 17 canton and we have been dropping all day long. my concern tonight is wind

northern ohio. three is the current wind chill in ashland and three below in wooster and two below in mansfield. if kids outside the snow belt want a delay, this is the box i have drawn away from the lake shore, south of sandusky but ashland, mansfield, norwalk to the wooster area to millersville and canton and new philly. this area here, wind chills by tomorrow morning, sunrise minus ten to minus 18. dangerous wind chills that could easily delay school and close down. you got snow to the northeast. southwest. a double whammy. effect snow. 11 tonight and generally a

squalls, three to five or three to six. tomorrow, 18. that's too cold. i'm going to florida. mark and lee. >> outrage. the mother accused of helping her son escape the law when he violated his probation for a deadly drunk-driving crash. an exclusive investigation reveals the man that confessed to a shooting in front of their

of jail because of a typo. new developments now on 5. the mother of the so-called affluenza jail is out of jail. >> tonya couch positioned jail and her son, ethan is still in mexico.

leaving jail today. >> how are you feeling right now? >> saying nothing to reporters and posting bond after this texas judge reduced it from one million dollars to 75,000. >> we are talking about a 3rd felony. not about a capital murder. i have to make my decision about the law. >> the judge pointing out that she is accused of a nonviolent crime and hindering the apprehension of a fugitive. they disappeared and there was a video of her son playing beer pong and violating probation for killing four people in this 2013 drunk-driving crash. the attorneys arguing that he suffered from affluenza and he was too spoiled to know right from wrong and the mother's arrest warrant says the duo

took $30,000 out of her bank county. eagen's half brother saying that authorities have frozen her bank account and she has no access to other assets. >> your testimony there is nothing. >> there is literally nothing. >> the judge has ordered to follow conditions like wearing a gps bracelet and as for ethan couch he is in mexico fighting extradition to the u.s. there will be a hearing in texas next week to decide if it will be moved from juvenile to adult court. laura lister los angeles in. >> police caught the man who pistol whipped a priest in cleveland's little italy. who is behind bars now. >> who is behind a string of robberies.

live on 5 continues brought to you by national carpet flooring super store. the cost of an explosion at a home remains a mystery. jeff and cindy mathers with their daughters allison and ruth died instantly. the superintendent says ruth was cute and admires their mother. another break-in of a case of major howard. the violent fugitive force arrested eric donings. shots were fired. they hit him as he sat in a car on the 3400 block of east 113th street. and president obama will give his final state of the union address tonight. not expected to make major policy statements but focus on what he considers his successes and optimistic future. republicans blame the president for the spread of terrorism and

all right, lee, so that temperatures dropping. >> phase number two of the latest wintery effect. it is cold and we got lake- effect snow lining up. east along route 322, north and south by a good 15 miles and the main core here 322. we have a live picture from storm tracker 5. the snow coming down in geauga county. look at the roads. yikes. that is not good for traveling this evening and once the sun goes down that, that snow falling at half an inch per hour. we are on mayville road in munson into and you are barely seeing tracks. good job, guys. please be careful. i'm told that their windshield wiper fluid is working but in and out. so hopefully everybody is all right. take your time. here is the squall.

wind should shift a little bit to the northwest. so this squall is probably going to amble around and turn more inland and perhaps northern portage county and another squall stretching to geauga and hanover. we will watch for the wind shift. bitter cold. mainly in the teens with wind chills, single digits to below zero. wooster at three below and two below in mansfield and outside of the snow you will we wind chills below zero and minus ten and some of you towards mansfield and minus 15 to 18. here you go. your evening in the teens and scattered snow and bitter cold and single digits. i don't know. it is january, let's just hope -- four months from now is may and june. police in shakier heights investigating three armed

last week. >> all three cases involve suspects in their teens and 20s. john, the question, anyone hurt in this incident? >> no, no one was hurt, frank but they are armed robberies and police want to catch the persons responsible before someone does get hurt. friday evening around 6:20, a cleveland man robbed of his laptop and wallet in covety but three men in their late teens and 20s with a silver revolver. 16-year-old shakier resident robbed at gunpoint by three men police say matching the same description, same revolver. >> very out of character. these are the first major since i have been here. >> reporter: for her this has been 16 years as a merchant and double that for mark goodman,

>> hard times and so people are desperate and stupid. >> reporter: the neighborhood in shaker heights have the police patrols plus. >> we have a private security control from four in the afternoon until six in the morning. >> reporter: a third armed robbery on chagrin boulevard where a man was robbed of his cash. shaker heights police searching a vehicle. darlings. >> reporter: police believe the first two incidents on friday are connected and not going so far to connect the third one ha happened before midnight on saturday. john kosich news channel 5. >> a man accused of pistol whipping a priest is in

investigators believe phillips is responsible for a spring of december robberies and a priest. >> anybody that targets a priest and robs a priest is a violent individual. you know, again, this priest what dressed as a preassign his uniform and clothing and priest. >> we did digging on the suspect and found he has a lengthy criminal record. phillips was arrested for receiving stolen property and failing to pay restitution and violating parole. police are looking for phillips' accomplices. >> congress weighed in and battle over dumping lake erie remains unsettled. the army corps of engineers

being dumped in that lake and congress approved a bill to prohibit that but some think some of that sediment is safe. >> a butler pharmacy will be allowed to dispense the overdose reversing drug narcan. it will be able to provide that drug over the counter without a prescription. many police agencies already equip officers with the drug to help reverse potentially deadly overdoses. butler county had 120 drug overdoses in 2015. state lawmakers are looking over a proposal to let ohioans register to vote online. it would be up to the state election chief to create an online process. you would need a driver's license or state id number. this bill was already passed by our state senate and now the house is weighing in.

were wrongfully imprisoned years were convicted of killing a woman in 1988 and exonerated in 2007. they were approved of paying $851,000 to cover lost earnings their their imprisonment. the men say they deserve more for emotional depressed. rolling stone releases sean penn's entire 17 minute interview with the notorious mexican prison cell. >> and with powerball fever rising with the jackpot, one local business is cashing in by

here are the winning lottery numbers today. why is hyper thyroidism a big problem. we turn to a doctor who is the author of your thyroid doesn't lie. what is some of the symptoms? >> the inability to lose weight and difficulty staying asleep. anxiety, depression, constipation, mood swings and your hair falling out or your hair thinning. >> and why do some people feel the symptoms even though the thyroid blood tests are showing a normal range? >> in a conventional model, a lot of times they will monitor the tsh and see that come back in the normal range and they still have all of the symptoms

have not identified the causes that are driving the thyroid issues. >> and how is your approach different? >> our approach is different because we do the detective work and testing to determine the underlying causes and the mechanisms driving the thyroid conditions. >> what are typical results. >> a lot of times we will be able to see the patients lose weight without exercise. their mood swings will be decreased and they will have the hair back and they will be able to sleep through the night. >> that's amazing. thank you very much for being with us. dr. unger is offering the first

northern ohio grappling with the snow right now in my world of weather via facebook, carolyn showing what it looks like in geauga county and mayville road in east clairton. great shot from doris, fitness walkers out in the cold. a winter wonderland and danielle jones sent this in, her neighbor short sleeves and shorts and flip-flops wiping the snow off of the car. >> natural selection. charles darwin had a theory,

coming up. now to new information from mexico and the latest on el chapo. the most wanted fugitive now back in prison. >> as we learn more details about the raid and capture of the billionaire drug lord. rolling stone magazine has the full 17 minute with el chapo. >> reporter: this morning rolling stone releasing the full 17 minute video of el chapo's interview with sean penn. el chapo saying he is not apologyic about being a drug lore saying there is no other way to survive.

gutman was able to get a good look inside the drug lord's house and his underground tunnels in mexico. after mexican marines released the video showing the ferocious fight. blasting the way through and killing five of el chapo's man for tracking them down. after this man telling mexican authorities that he was to learn that his daughter kate castill arranged a secret meeting. and it turns out mexican intelligence was tracking both of them and penn was finally speaking out and defending his interview and telling the associated press that i have nothing to hide. >> as for el chapo in the interview, he says being free was nice but of course he is now back behind bars but

could take time as mexican officials say his extradition has been suspended. elizabeth hurr new york. that wind makes it feel colder than 18. >> it really does. >> three or four degrees. >> is that all? >> we can count them on one han those wind chill degrees. cold arctic night and we got snow in the northeast corner. we call that lake effects. look at that. >> it might be the first time you heard it. >> first time ever. >> mentor a live look in the school here looking west over mentor and light snow falling and let's take you to what is going on saturday. back in. i wanted to tease you a little bit as milder air begins to flow back to the north but that's not enough closer to the weekend. as you can see we are in the core of the artic cold at least through tomorrow night. i think we will warm it up as

how about 18 currently in akron and cleveland. 14 wooster and 18 elyria and 17 canton and youngstown and 13 now in mansfield. this is the core of the cold. again coming in. we have wind chills and this is what it feels like, frank, we can count this high. wind chill factor in canton is one. three below in wooster. two below in mansfield and will get colder tonight. let's watch the evolution from the alberta clipper snow right here to the lake effect squall behind the clipper. we will zoom in and show you the main band, the heaviest one between burton and chardin. we have john rudder live in storm tracker five in the heart of the snow belt head towards chardin. what do you got? >> reporter: yeah, mark things have picked up since we touched

deteriorating road conditions. have a look for yourself outside. the snow covering most of the roadway. you can really hardly see any tire tracks. we just saw a car slide to go to side of the road and seeing some plow trucks coming the opposite way. we are in chardin driving north. you can see the tow trucks. cars sliding off of the roadway way and a two car accident on auburn road. reduced visibility and can hardly see the cars probably only a couple hundred feet. to give you an idea of where we are in the squall, we are in that blue circle and we will go to mark johnson for another look of the forecast. >> nice job. hope you brought a shovel. look at the squall, the futurecast with temperatures.

two and you will stay mainly dry and here is the band of moderate to heavy snow and greater cleveland sharing in that and northern portage and geauga and lake and trumble counties. again tomorrow morning squalls will persist. the temperatures 18 tomorrow morning and single digits mansfield below five and 7 for akron and outside of the snow bands, this could be dangerous wind chills between minus five and minus ten, maybe a few spots in here. minus 15 to minus 18 so watch that route 30 corridor. school delays and maybe school closings due to wind chills tomorrow morning. 11 degrees tonight. scattered snow, upwards to two inches and greater cleveland in the snow belt three to five and

ashtabula county would would not be surprised. chills for minus five for cleveland and minus ten and 15 especially around sunrise. 7 degrees for akron, canton tonight. flurries. 16 tomorrow. but we do warm it up for the weekend. actually rain coming our way. more on that at six. and we have a correction for you now at five. earlier in the newscast we told you about the arrest of donte phillips for a string of robberies for attacks on a preassign italy. -- preassign italy. however the picture was not right. is it worth more than a million dollars in overtime? we take a look at why that much money is being paid out in cleveland. we are taking a look at the inspection records for lolitta after a fire broke out in its kitchen. the first on live returns.

next powerball winner. right now the powerball keeps breaking its own records. the massive jackpot is now at one-and-a-half billion dollars. if you are feeling a little lucky and bought one ticket, your odds are winning are now in 192.2 million. you can watch the next drawing. so infinitesimal on newschannel 5 tomorrow night at 10:59. tune in. well you have heard about that old phrase laughing all the way to the bank. some people are trying to eat their way to the bank. >> it's true. figuring every bite in a burger is a shot at winning the powerball. here is leon bibbs. >> reporter: the game is big so we have to put a little bread

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