to bring marijuana to our state and lawmakers are only backing one of them. anxious moments for some hi schools including many here in northeast ohio after four month delay district received the annual report card and several top performing schools did not perform well. >> some superintendents intend to appeal because of the unclear reflections on the students. and meggen hickey joins us live. she investigated a complaint in menner. what are they telling you? >> reporter: a spokesman says they acknowledged that some of the numbers could be wrong but they are going off the data that schools report themselves. beach wood and menner have a serious problem and the department of education's most recent report card and according to doe data so do nearly 80 other schools. >> that is a lot of appeals.

district act school data is wrong. >> i think our community knows when they see zero percent of our kids scored without remediation that is not true. >> there is an appeal and the department of education says the corrected numbers did not come out in time for the first round report cards out this week. >> for those that wanted to appeal they are appealing their data. so it was possible to appeal if you wanted to appeal that information. >> reporter: but here is the problem. the appeals window is closed which means it is too late for beach wood city schools. in a letter to parents harden says the test data was quote wiley off base. the report shows not a single student took the test. in reality, he says students took more than 450 tests this may and more than 350 passed to receive college credit. the board of education says that many schools did file

be reflected in the final report card that came out on january 25th. meggen hickey, newschannel 5. the head of the state school board suggested there may be too many cooks in the kitchen deciding education policy in ohio. those in charge of the policy include the governor, legislature and state school board. now the board president wants to see fewer seats on the board. and and a second board to handle the policy. if you have been to the airport you have noticed the construction zones have shifted again and there is more changes on the way. we are live inside the airport. derrick. what is new? >> reporter: i just learned that one of the most congested parts of the airport is about to open up to passengers on monday. right down here, that area that's blocked off right now near the main bank here is going to open on monday.

meantime the airport will continue to be a bit of a mess. outside baggage claim police help to clear the jam. officers strictly enforcing the no parking rule. the southern exit for the baggage claims are closed as continues. and there is this make shift south past the construction. >> it would have been nice to know that united was down here because it looked like this whole side was closed. >> once was open space is now a tight squeeze and a shift in security is where this man usually picks up his sister. >> i did not want to wait in line. i figured i would park and just greet them but i can't do that.

checkpoint you will see what is coming. wide open spaces and blast that travelers will see. this walled off area will open on monday. >> that's a high traffic area, in the center of the airport. most people that come in from the garage see that and we are off monday. >> reporter: for now passengers are making the best of it. >> we are happy that they will be fixing up the airport. all of the nice things that they are doing in cleveland. >> reporter: back out here live you can see the progress like i mentioned those lights and new fixtures and the entrance of the airport. when you come here it is towards the ticketing area. i am told that all of these changes will be on time, on track for this summer before the republican national convention. live at the airport, i'm derrick waller, newschannel 5. the man accused of killing

locked up on 5 million-dollar bond. he is facing charges including aggravated burglary and assaulting or harassing a police dog. he answered to a judge for the first day sitting feet away from another police canine after spending a week in the hospital. police say canine jethro and his handler with responding to an alarm when the man shot the dog to death. he was later shot in the leg and due back in court in a week. bond set at one hundred thousand dollars for the man accused of pistol whipping a priest in little italy. the man is charged with several felonies. in court phillips waved his right to a preliminary hearing and his case was bound over to a grand jury. the group pushing the fresh start act is backing off. it called for reviewing sentences and expunging criminal records of those with marijuana convictions if the

considered illegal but responsible ohio decided to have the proposed law dropped and won't try to get it before voters after issue three was rejected in november. but none is stopping ohioans to end prohibition for a legalization effort on the ballot and won't wait for legalizing medical cannabis and wants to bring that to ohio. in the meantime in france the health minister says a medication that left one man brain dead during a clinical trial was not based on cannabis as some reports claim. the experimental painkiller left another three volunteers facing possible permanent brain damage and two others hospitalized. right now there is no known treatment for the experimental drug being tested and based on a national brain compound similar to the active ingredient in marijuana. well, happy friday. the weekend is here and what is up in weather department?

balmy out there for mid january with temperatures in the 40s. here is the wave of rain coming in. a cold front back here and that front will continue to work its way east slowly but surely. suffice it to say that if you are going out and about this evening and staying out late you will deal with rain. seeing rain showers along u.s. route 20 and interstate 90 and route 422 and 322 and those corridor getting scattered showers. geneva and ashtabula showers. and the same for paynesville and menner. we will go west. vermilion a shower and wellington and lodi the same republic. we are all going to get rained on. 46, cleveland. not bad.

46 canton and 47 dover new philly and we will see the temperatures dropping in the tonight. snowflakes. you will have to deal with rain showers off and on. weekend. temperatures. the search continues in the pacific after two marine corps helicopters crash crashed in hawaii. an empty life raft was found. they searched choppy waters but right now no word on the fate of those board or what caused the crash. the race for the white house. no doubt that jeb bush would ready to be commander in chief. the south carolina senator is backing the former governor

nomination. he ended his own campaign after picking up enough support. from front runners in the republican race, once allies not anymore and not following last night's debate. donald trump back on the trail today planning victory in that go p debate last night. he and ted cruz dominated much of the discussion. donald trump hammering the cruz claiming that cruz may not legally be able to serve as president. there is a big question mark on your head. and you can't do that to the party. back in september, my friend donald said that he had his lawyers look at this from every which way and there was no issue there. the constitution has not changed. but the poll numbers have. trump seeming to take special pleasure in attacking jeb bush and he is slamming bush and senator graham that

sunday night the democrats' turn, they will face off in charleston south carolina. it is quite the task. the vice president is more than ready to take it on. next on 5. joe biden begun his quest to find the cure for cancer and knows why it is not discovered yet. another week of decline on wall street but the brutal open to 2016 means for your wallet. van. we have brand new information. one father's response in advance on his allowance. made him an internet star.

after his letter went viral. vice president joe biden made a university of pennsylvania center a formal launching pad to address cancer. a moon shot to cure the disease.

he ha been trying to put his finger on it and arrived at unsettling conclusion. the hold up in large parts lies in the cancer world. biden's meetings in the last three months have revealed a cancer community ripe with competition and resistance to information sharing that has cloistered researchers. the cancer institute is saying this could have a huge impact for americans. this is the worse start to the year ever. >> the dow closing down 390 pants and the s&p and nasdaq down as well. marcy gonzales gonzales says what is behind the stock selloff. a dismal day on wall street

opening bell and never bouncing back. experts saying today's selloff is continuation of the jitter that started last week. >> this is a weird start. >> with major issues in china's stock market. >> are we likely to see something you would call a crash in china or a slowing economy? those are questions we can answer in the inability to answer them and the lack of transparency is turning worry into panic for some. >> adding to the volatility. declining oil prices with crude dropping below $30 a barrel. >> when oil trades lower there is the benefit that gas prices go down but you have oil stock in your portfolio and that will be affected. and while some worry that shaky start may point to a slower u.s. economy, others are more optimistic.

growth and the housing market is recovering and the u.s. financial markets realign themselves with the economy we stock market. >> most say not to touch your 401k but be patient and wait for stocks to recover. marty gonzales. the health organization revealed the two year devastating emboli gone another one has surfaced. virus transmission was stopped

sierra dion and new guinea. released. several cash sites have been taken out in recent months. the coalition will continue to target association that isis recruit new ones. mark johnson ... >> yes, ma'am. >> it feels better. >> nice and warm. did you come in with the coat unzipped? >> no. wear three or four layers. >> thank you so much, mark. it is winter. >> enjoy a couple more hours of the mild weather. let's go to it now on the power of five. here is what is going on.

marching in from the west. if i could hurry in, i will do you it -- draw it in. are you ready, frank moving through chicago and indianapolis. out ahead of it, milder air surging northward and that's why we are in the 40s and ahead of the front we got rain showers coming in. you see the yellow and oranges, that is good steady moderate rain, columbus and cincinnati and up towards western basin of lake erie. let's zoom in and i will show you the lighter rain showers. lodi and congress and the i-71 corridor and the i-76 corridor. wet if you are driving out and about. watch for the wet spots. euclid showers light and same for chesterland and avon park with lighter rain showers. same for strongsville. rain invading. current temperatures. impressive.

48 right now in akron. ravenna checking in at 44. right at the courthouse. it is 45 degrees and humidity at 62%. a light wind and 33-degree dew point. not a lot of humidity to deal with. winds are still a little bit gusty. 10, 15 and a few spots at 20 miles per hour in these brighter oranges. it could get gusty as the front moves in. surge of warmth lasted two days because now we have got the artic air. dropping. afternoon. right now we are in the middle 40s in a lot of the spots. by this time tomorrow, probably only upper 20s. a big time temperature drop. 34 degrees and light rain

in and the front at 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. 46 -- not 46 tomorrow. that was today. tonight. 35-degree low means a 35 high falling off. here we go. 35 tonight for the akron area. rain showers, notice it is the same temperatures tomorrow for the high. indicating colder air coming in falling down just some isolated light snow showers. now, let's show you the 7 day. let's bring it in. notice that we have the rain showers. look at these temperatures. we got the scattered isolated i should say to widely scattered snow showers coming your way with temperatures in the 30s and look at that. clipper snow by monday. a high of 14 degrees. >> that is cold.

before it erupted to a national scandal. now the governor of michigan is asking for the president to help the people of flint get clean again. a local taxidermist accused of leaving his customers high and dry. and make sure you join us this weekend for a brand new addition of academic challenge. tomorrow night teens from st. paul and peters and frank land will compete for a share of

westfield insurance. the governor of michigan wants the state to declare a state of emergency over problems with the water supplies in flint water water. >> rick snyder says that would

struggling for access to clean water. people in flint have been complaining of high levels of lead for a year but it was last year that governor declared a state of emergency. the michigan attorney general and u.s. attorney general's office investigating. >> state authorities wants to sue the epa, the state of colorado and the owners of two mines after last year's toxic spill in the animus river. it happened last august and an epa crew accidentally caused a leak at a dormant mine. that leak ended up spilling 3 million gallons of heavy waste water in the river. in ohio, our state is getting flack for pushing back against clean energy. the heads of the epa says ohio and other states are missing a chance to add jobs by challenging the president's clean power plan. gina mccarthy toured a plant

win energy benefit the economy. ohio attorney general mike de wine would drive up electric rates and make service less reliable. heroes honored. walmart is closing hundreds of stores around the world. find out which location in northeast ohio will be shutting

will happen to those employees. live on five continues brought to you by national carpet mill super store. back with the top story. school districts in ohio got the annual report cards and several top performing schools were surprised with their low scores. discovered beachwood and menner schools are among 80 schools with bad scores but they don't agree with the report cards saying the data is wrong. menner schooled filed an appeal but it is closed.

canine to death made his first hospital. he was shot in the leg after police say he killed a canine jeffro responding to the scene. he is being held on a million dollars bond. the group ohioans to end prohibition is not waiting for action and gathering signatures to get a measure on the november ballot bringing medical and recreation the pot to ohio. two elyria troopers credited with saving a man's life. the patrol held a special recognition ceremony to honor both men on outstanding job. we have the story. they didn't tell their supervisors this occurred. >> humility.

describes the troopers. time. here. >> this is william bethel. in the early morning on loud bang. >> somebody in a cadillac had rear-ended my jeep which was sitting in the driveway. >> that person ran away. in the meantime the trooper was working a search and a resident flagged him down. >> i made it partway around in the yard and i'm laying on the ground. >> that is what he remembers. pickerring call for backup and enters this trooper. >> he immediately to breathed and we continued cpr. >> what happened, my chest hurts. >> a heart attack. fast forward and a pacemaker the 50-year-old is well on his way to recovery.

the troopers never reported what they did to their commander. it was the victim's father that the trooper's boss. when asked they said anyone would have done the same thing. a consumer alert. are you looking for a job? or maybe you need a little extra income in the new year? scammers are looking for you. newschannel 5 jonathan walsh is here with a big time warning about the big time job scams. you are talking big time. >> yes. a compilation of scams that the ohio attorney general has seen recently. work from home office job. where you ship packages or process payments but you have to pay upfront for software, computers or other supplies. number two, mystery shopper. the problem is to deposit a fake check and you wire transfer funds to someone else. free running a web based business.

happens. number four, nanny or caregiver scam. the so-called client asks for a check to be deposited and you send money to landlord. advertisement. asked to provide money up front before the ad can be placed but it is all a scam. so here are signs of a scam. interviews conducted online or through instant messengers. recruiting claim to be working for a big company. if it seems to be too good to be true it probably isn't. now on five, the largest retailer in the country about to put thousands of people out of work. today walmart announced it is closing 269 stores around the world. the first year ever with the mass closing like this.

northeast ohio as walmart bedford location. some 16,000 employees will lose their jobs when the stores shut down. ten thousand of those workers are in the united states. walmart says more than 95% of the stores closing are in this country within ten minutes of another walmart. and it will try to relocate workers. police found a handicapped assessable van that was stolen from a shaker heights man before christmas. a story that we brought you last month. michael durbin lives with ms and the van was the only way he could get around. thieves made off with it after stealing other things from his home. christmas day we told but a couple that donated their handicapped assessable van to the durbins and now police found his original van. no word on any suspects. the u.s. air force museum in dayton is getting a m

a new hangar opening this summer and will attract more than the museum's one million visitors. it came from private financing for the money. it will be home to missiles and space artifacts. do we want to go out or stay in? if you like cold, i would go out saturday and sunday. if you would like rain go out this evening. here we go. rain showers moving into greater cleveland. wooster and elyria. the temperatures on the mild side, 48, 46 canton and mid-40s in ashtabula and a wider view showing this cold front pushing this way and we got the rain showers congregating. behind it, there is not a lot of snowfall but we will see the snow showers scattered around the area as early as sunrise but in the short-term cleveland has got lighter rain showers

canton your drive for another half an hour or so. your evening planners rain showers. rain, rain, rain. the temperatures slowly falling in the upper 30s as we head to the midnight hour. and then it gets colder. wait until you see the temperatures coming up. a teaching philosophy that has parents divided. we will tell you about a no nonsense nuturing way of approaching students. and do your kids like the music on u tube. the research shows that may be exposing them to bad habits you

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great shot of an awesome sunrise. the colors were vivid. now for those that thought robins migrate during the wintertime. not here. the red winged blackbird is the harbinger of spring go away and come back and the robins stay. take a look at michael gillis looking at the robbins in his driveway. this is the shot of the day. are you ready? you know winter is here coming from cupcakes via twitter. snowy owl.

they come from canada when food gets scarce. this story is interesting. a new teaching philosophy aimed at keeping classrooms under control. no nonsense nuturing. one superintendent in north carolina says it is about creating a culture where students can thrive. here is an example of how it works in one 6th grade class. >> before i would tell students to come to class and do the warmup and i say when i say go grab your notebook and your voice is on zero and you will complete your warmup and you have five minutes to do that. >> your voice is on zero.

the word please is used very sparingly. the superintendent says that you never ask an adult to please come to work. and when teachers are asking students is not an option. it is expectation. so far parents are mixed on the program used in 250 schools across the country. a lot of teens turned to the internet to get their music fix but are the music videos online loaded with dangerous messages. a study out of the uk warns that music videos could be a public held concern. researchers put keysha and pitbull's videos on top of the list that exposes kids to the depictions of alcohol and jason darilla video for trumpets took the top spot for tobacco imagery. youtube videos are not regulated like television so parents should keep a close eye on this. a battle over one of

about. it comes down to a company called delaware north. it has run yosemite parks for years but lost the bid this year. they could have gone gracefully but staked a claim to the name of several park properties and compensation. famous landmarks like badger pass ski area and others are getting new names. check this out. a story out of this world. nasa solar dynamics observatory captured this solar eruption. it happened back in september, a solar filament. one of those dark lines above the sun's surface. it become unstable. the eruption led to a cascade

are checking out right there. in. >> and one of three winning powerball jackpot lottery tickets have come forward. the winner of that ticket sold in tennessee. >> i wish it was a cousin. >> the other two winners are in california and florida. and the search for winners in the nationwide powerball fever has led to drama. >> this tennessee family billion powerball jackpot. they bought the winning ticket at this neighborhood store near their house in munford described as hard working and dependable. multi millionaires. >> i am overwhelmed and excited. we knew in our heart it was the right number but for them to come out and say this was the winner because there has been some -- it is overwhelming.

powerball player not as lucky today. at this nursing home employees believing a call he hit the jackpot and a nurse and mother of 7. apparently it was a prank. her family says instigated by her son. it was a misunderstanding. the owner had dolled out tickets and saying if this is a hoax she deserves a break. >> i was thinking of sending her on a vacation to a destination of her choice. the third winning ticket in melbourne beach florida a mystery. >> looking for a lawyer right now. the media swarmed this home after reports that one of the winners may work at the publix where the winning numbers were the mystery winners have a year to claim the prize in california and less time in florida and in both cases they

abc news los angeles. what happens if it goes down with this momma? >> momma don't play that. putting the water on the door and letting it fall on you. not good. we got rain showers moving in and eventually that is going to usher back in some cold artic air. for the weekend. sorry to be the bearer of not so good tiedings. cleveland we got rain showers. light rain here and there across cuyahoga county. so if you are going out and about. be prepared with the rain gear. yep, rain showers here on the power of five in ashtabula and north geauga and mosquito reservoir and a little light rain and the main band to the west. we will zoom on that over towards clyde. you see the yellow and orange.

into sandusky and willard and tiffin and greater cleveland it is lighter rain showers and parma heights and maple heights into willow and chesser township and menner and paynesville. and there is colder air nudging in here over the next 8 hours and will stay. it will get colder tomorrow. your overnight lows tonight will be your highs for tomorrow. okay? and falling temperatures most likely in the 20s by late afternoon or evening. waves of rain here. it is not going to be a major rain event. not expecting any flooding. frontal boundary moves through quickly by two to four a.m. and the front goes by and the colder air coming in quickly. you didn't need those extreme warm coats today but i think tomorrow as you get up and go you will notice the change is here as far as the cold air.

ten p.m., watch those rain showers move out of here. by midnight, one, two in the morning. we are drying out and cloudy skies and getting hints of flurries coming back to finley. there you go. look at the light flurries and snow showers by four a.m. and just about anywhere during the day tomorrow. especially during the morning. i can't rule out a brief snowflake especially in the snow belt where there could be some steadier lake effect snows beginning to develop in the morning hours. maybe a quick inch of snowfall for the snow belt. 34 tonight. rain likely and snow arriving towards sunrise and it will be widely scattered and light. 46 -- my computer and i keep having fights. not 46. the overnight low will be in the mid-30s and then falling temperatures. scattered snow and colder. i think somebody pressed a little button on me here. thank you danita harris. 35 for akron and canton.

a little bit of light snow. nothing major but temperatures falling in the upper 20s during the afternoon. quick look at our seven day. p.m. snow sunday, 25 and 14 for a high on monday and look at the overnight lows, single digits to 20s to near 30s. welcome winter. thank you, mark. here is what is coming up at six. taking down criminals. one local man took it upon himself to take out this suspect. we'll show you more video of the take down. plus he closed up shop on his taxidermy business wondering where there are animal heads and we have tracked down the owners. first on 5 returns. neighbors suing neighbors but the reason behind the lawsuit

we'll be right back.

but to others the laughter of others in a disturbance worth suing over. that's the sound that one texas mother said led her next door neighbors to file a lawsuit against her. her four kids ages 2, 4, 7 and 11 are home schooled and they all enjoy spending time outside in their playhouse but their neighbors don't enjoy that. saying it affects their tranquil life. >> i can't imagine kids playing at any stage in my life and thinking that i needed to sue someone. >> it happened and the mom says the neighbors are not quiet and they blast the loud music with swear words.

right now the case is bound for a courtroom and both sides are seeking damages. and in st. louis a dad got creative when his 6-year-old son asked for an advance on his allowance. that's right. he said the boy had been asking his mom for $20 for a new toy all day. eventually she sent him to dad to ask for a loan. that's how it works. dad responded with a letter of denial from the ceo of dad's savings and loan. funds. chores. the letter did give the option for the boy to appeal the complaint department which would be momma. she was so delighted the letter went viral so she bought that toy after all. chris and danita, what is going on at six. a candlelight vigil to

soon, the mather family that died as a rule of a murder- suicide. the airport terminal. parts will be opening up but the passengers will be as