news channel 5 beagainst now with breaking news. a kent state professor under investigation accused of trying to recruit students for isis. it's breaking news we have been digging into all night long. >> reporter: the professor just talked about the accusations? he denied everything through a student reporter here on campus. fbi agent were on campus talking to students. professor julio pino is investigated for alleged ties to isis and trying to recruit students. agents interviewed faculty members and more than 20 students of julio pino. one of those happened to be the student of the newspaper

the joint force against terrorism has been investigating for a year and a half. she talked to pino. >> i have written a couple of articles about professor pino. i wanted to see what we talked about in the interviews and trying to get more information on him. >> everything that i've done as far as i know, including with lawyers and other that told me is perfectly legal. i have not broken the law. i don't advocate that anyone he is break the law. >> reporter: now, in separate statements, the university and the fbi told us there is no threat to the campus but this is not the first time that this 55-year-old professor has been in hot water here. back in 201 1-bgs pino got in trouble for shouting "death to israel" during a speech. we checked his facebook page and that was full of controversial images. he is still teaching here

professor and the rules about removing anyone each while they were investigation are straight. i spoke to his wife and she said, at this point, they don't have any comment. new tonight, u.s. officials thought he was dead two months ago. now, isis is confirming for the first time that jihadi john is dead. he was featured in many of the videos speaking english and even sometimes seen beheading hostages. the u.s. was pretty sure that jihadi john was killed in an airstrike in iraq. but isis didn't say anything until they put it in the obituary. and new tonight, the military is now suspending the search for 12 marinings after a crash off the coast of hawaii. the marine corps will now change to a recovery and

cleveland's fire union says there is a major concern. broken boilers say that some firefighters are living in stations in the 50s. >> it's a problem finding the right boiler part. they know this is a high priority, but we didn't stop there we took this case directly to cleveland city hall to see what more can be done. >> reporter: cleveland fire station 7m on northern avenue, firetrucks on the move outside while, inside, a broken boiler has firefighters living in conditions in the 50-degree range. it's the same story at station 23 on madison avenue. 117th. >> it's an absolute concern. again, you need to have these

>> reporter: fire union president says that's a safety issue, showing the grievances filed against the city of cleveland. >> like the apparatus 4 where the firetruck it is are at or the sleeping quarters where the facilities. >> poor maintenance and poor repairs created an alarming months. >> 14 of the 28 stations that had air conditioning failure and, right now, three grievances on heat with three more that are getting close. >> it does surprise me. >> that's why i took this case to assistant committee chairman, kevin conwell. >> that's a risk. that's a risk to their safety as well as the safety for the residents in the city of cleveland. >> you want to have your first responders. you want to have the firefighters. the community wants them ready, in the absolute best possible and respond.

conwell says that his committee will contact the department of public works and the fire union to see what can be done and how they can improve. that's something that conwell says he will get start on first thing in the morning. live from headquarters, joe paconakas. and firefighters are fighting the cold conditions battling fire. this is a large area burns. five departments respond but still the 22-year-old jackson township business was destroyed. one firefighter fell on this ice and despite the portable heats brought in to keep warm, the buttons on their radios, masks and air packs all froze up. the company plans to rebuild. turning now to weather. dangerous air out there, blanketing the area, mark. relief. >> we have another day and a half and a half of the arctic

a dry sky cam right now in downtown cleveland, looking partly cloudy. look at the temps. is 1 now. cleveland, 121. 10 in canton. 7 in wooster. 8 currently in mansfield and dover and philly. wider view. good news, we are live now on the power of 5. cold, steady tells between 5 and 10 above zero. wind chills above zero. winds are very, very light right now. we won't have to worry about dangerous wind chill. more snow coming in on wednesday. uh-oh, the next rounds, getting closer. we'll track that in. i'll tell you how much snow we you can expect. a man accused of killing a gas station opener during a robbery in november is back on -- a gas station owner during a robbery in november is back behind bars, thanks to the

father and son, steve oscar sr. and steve oscar, jr. are both deaf. they were in the gas station during the robbery. dad grabbed a gun while dodging bullets and knocked the gunman in the head. steve, jr. grabbed the man's wrist, twisting it until the gun fell. with murder victim bobfossett's family watching, they were given a commendation. >> despite their ability to detect their surroundings last night, they saw what they saw. they did when came to them naturally. without that help, the suspect would have gotten clean away. >> the suspect ran out of the store but this was a citizens effect. a third man followed the getaway car. >> i guess i could answer why i followed him but i did, because he needed to be caught. >> reporter: and he called 911, giving police a partial license plate number which he still remembers. >> xyz 5662. >> reporter: from there,

able to track down the suspect. >> takes a lot of bravery and guts on their part and i'm glad that they did because this is going to be a good outcome for us for this case. >> reporter: the accused killer, logan sinclair is behind bars right now, charged with aggravated murder akron police are investigating that city's fourth homicide this year. >> a man was found dead from a gunshot wound on groveland. the other two homicides include two men killed in separate bars on the same night. one was beaten to death at the zodiac club and the other at the heidi ho lounge new developments in the shooting of an ohio police officer. the attorney general loretta lynch says that she is appalled over the death.

jones to be charged with murder but he does not know when. the attorney general also expressed her sadness over the recent shootings of an officer in utah and philadelphia. meantime, new calls tonight for stiffer punishment for the man accused of killing canton canine officer jethro. thousands signed multiple online petitions demanding a change. a petition on change.org wants the mac mum penalty for killing a police dog from three years to life. another says that the death penalty should be an option. cleveland state law professor jonathan whitmer rish says that the death penalty has always been reserved for those killing people, not animals. >> legislators have a lot of options where they want to spent. so they have discretion of

who kill police dogs. >> a group of republican legislators do plan to introduce a bill to increase the penalty. before doctors right prescriptions for powerful pain killers for patients, they should consider alternative therapies. if pain killers must be prescribed, doctors must check the ohio automated reporting system before prescribing an opiod for a week to make sure that the patients are not doctor shopping lawmakers decide how to make their next move opt issue after voters defeat add proposal to legalize both medicinal and recreational marijuana. well, she is back. sarah pale throws her support behind a presidential candidate and it's just in time for the first contest of the political season. and mother nature may be

right now but she's giving us some amazing sights. check it out and another round of snow moving your way. can we catch a break? hold on. we'll track how much snow you can expect for your wednesday. and a little boy sidelined because of a serious health risk. stick around and see how a team did not hesitate rallying around him. you can always text or e- mail us at news@5.com or tweet us at wews.

during the m l k holiday, jr. week, people spent less in gas than any other time in nearly seven years. drivers in ohio are paying about 1.66 a gallon. we found gas a dime cheaper in other areas. and prices have not bottomed out yet. demand goes down significantly in the colder months and gas price also continue to drop. ready for a commander in

do his job and go kick isis' ass? a ringing endorsement for donald trump from the woman who once hoped to be vice president. former alaska gone nor sarah palin is endorsing trump. the endorsement could give trump a significant boost just 13 days before the iowa caucus. trump is in a dead heat with texas senator ted cruz. palin's support is the highest backing for republican contenders so far. governor kasich is showing good numbers in new hampshire. he has been campaigning hard there recently including a town hall today. kasich got 20% of the polls, second place. just a week before, he was at 13%. trump leading with 27%. rubio has 10%. the cold temperatures have

sights along the shore of lake erie. freezing has created some beautiful ice sculpt tours. >> you can call it mother nature's version of ice sculptures. but instead of chain saws, she's using the brutal waned and the sub zero temperatures. >> if a wave was to flash over us, whiff way the wave lands on torch us, that's how it will freeze. >> he snapped this photo off the pier a few days ago. now, take a look. not as dramatic but fretty incredible. and that's still luring lots of photographers braving the bitter cold. >> it's really nice out here. i mean, it's cold, but it's nice. >> reporter: here is how it works. arctic air is blowing across lake erie from canada. that has not frozen yet. >> it coats the wonderful light

the nice ice sculptures. >> when the wind changes directions, so do these cool designs. coating over geese into the flying fast enough for the south. and how long will these sculptures last? >> hopefully march. probably not later than that, but it's going to be frozen for a while. so plenty of the areas along the shore line closed because of concern of falling ice. of course, if you go out there, be careful. >> indeed. it can be dangerous but it's beautiful out there. >> i'm coming, i'm coming. [ laughter ]. >> looking at the latest computer model. everyone wants to know about the weekend snow. weekend snow. getting ahead of myself here. just programmed in the latest data. we're ready.

>> we're ready. >> buckle up. >> what's going on downtown. cleveland, nice and dry. here is sky cam. notice some clearing coming our ways thanks to a high pressure that's over ohio right now, drying out the air allowing for some nice moon shine, star shine. hopefully you will be able to see the planetary alignments. no wait can. no waiting. still some lake effect clouds here, east of cleveland into the primary snow belt but all in all, dry weather. dry for now. love seeing that headline after the last three days. whew. what dates' been. here is the next approaching storm system. this storm here looks impressive. it is moving our way but, no, it is not going to be heavy snow. going to lose a lot of its steam as it heads our way and moves into the afternoon.

10 at the courthouse. humidity 83%. dew point at 2 and a calm wind. the temps will hover between 5 and 10 degrees. wind chills should stay above 0. after midnight tonight, as you get up and go tomorrow morning. right now, 11 down down, partly cloudy skies. a 4-degree dew point. here is the high pressure that's going to weaken and ski daddle out of here. the system will travel to the south and then it's going to fade away. right into the tennessee valley. it's just going to fade. this snow that you see right here, you see that? looks like it's a lot. but it is also going to fade. the storm system, a lot of that snow will fade away. during the afternoon tomorrow, a quarter inch to perhaps a half inch of snow through the

there could be some lingering lake effect flurries after that through some night. but all in all, not a big hitting storm. so where is the next weekend storm? map? well, it's not in the continental u.s. storm system is still way out here. it's got a lot of area to cove before it eventually makes it somewhere along the east coast. who gets the heavy snow? ride now, i'm going to include some heavy snow, an inch or two. friday evening into saturday morning. and then that should be about it. 10 degrees right now. part cloudy skies and quiet. by the time you get home, 20 with the light snow falling. so watch out for a few slick spots on the roadwayings. tomorrow, how about a high of 22? yeah, we are warming up. light snow, less than an inch during the afternoon. staying cold. now, your seven-day forecast, real quick. come on, seven-day.

friday, that snow south into saturday morning and then we are up to 35 and 41 sunday into >> touching story now. a local hockey team is banding star. >> you're going to love this. brave battle. >> i caught up with a group of hockey players learning at a young age what it means to be part of a team and what it takes to support someone in their time of need. the heartbeat of the 06 bear teams it going strong. that's nicky merez. we taught up with him and his teammates. he is a goalie but he can't play because his heart does not work so well. >> i took him to the doctor for a well visit and they noticed he had high pressure. the aorta is not connected. >> i never was able to tell

>> reporter: he underwent open heart surgery today. a tough rafaelity for his mother -- a tough reality for his mother. >> it's been difficult. he has been a trooper. >> reporter: nicky's teammates and family trying to make this a little easier. he is a big part of our team. and we can't wait it get him back >> it's not just emotional support. the steam start add gofundme account to help offset the cost of surgery. >> it's lifted such a burden off us to know that there are so many people that are willing to help thank you. >> while nicky's heart may be experiencing a weakness of sorts, the pulse of this team still quite powerful. >> we are certainly excited that we have all these people with me. >> everything that happens --

does not fall on one player. it's not necessarily reflected in wins or losses, but, rather, in love for each other. >> happy birthday, nicky. yeah, hurray. >> we spoke to a family friend. the surgery went well. he is now resting with family at his wife. everybody here would like to wish nicky a happy birthday. karen is back after this with sports. our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn' t need a loan. we needed short-term funding fast. building 18 homes in 4 months?

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his if he wants it. here, hue jackson's top choice and he is still being paid by the team for the first go around two years ago. hue jackson met with his college al saunders, he was jackson's offensive coordinator in oakland and expected to join him here in cleveland to help run the offense. he was also in charge of the offense back in the eighties. and time to meet another outstanding actuality athlete. >> for most high school boys across the state, winning a championship in football or basketball is the you will ma'am prize. sophomore nathan chapel has his eyes on another prize, programs the national title. he is on the ice six days a week e normally up at 4:00 in the morning. >> i was a competitor myself and competed in nationals. that's my goal for nathan to get him to nationals as well.

skater, passionate about what he does. you can always count on him being ready and willing to go. >> nathan is a champion in his pre file event. he is also a member of the marching and concert band and he runs for the track team. nathan's hard work is now the blue print for his future. >> i want to be a skating coach and also i want to be something newer. >> any chan chapel of solar high school is this week's mcdonald student of the week. kent state on the road tonight to ball state. watch this. khalil with the jam. they lose. akron gets 28 from reggie mcadams beating easter, 92-88.

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