. good afternoon, i'm mike brookbank for leon bibbb. we con-- leon bibb. a shooting in downtown cleveland on west 9th leaves , the gunman on the loose. nick foley has the latest. >> reporter: residents in this area of the warehouse district still on edge after a double murder here at two people shot and killed in what was normally a quiet upscale apartment building. police responded to reports of

around 8:30 last ll us when officers arrived, they found one man dead on scene inside an another inside with the gunshot wound to the head was health medical center where he later died. a cleveland police source tells us a lot of drugs were removed from the apartment after the shooting. >> a lot of young people i talked to said if you feel safe, i constantineos and the night life events and feel safe. and surprise for me. >> reporter: cleveland police tell us that two suspects were seen fleeing building. reporting from the warehouse district in downtown cleveland, nick foley for newschannel 5. and right now, americans all along the east coast are preparing for a stem. it's going to bring ice and hail to southern states and then turn to heavy snow as it moves north. washington, d.c., expected to e scott mcclain is right now. the. >> reporter: the east coast is bracing for impact with a

some 75 million people are in the million of them are facing blizzard conditions. six states in the u.s. have declared a state of emergency. state leaders are taking the entire state of maryland is expected to experience severe winter weather. this will include very winds with gusts up to 50 miles per hour and frigid temperatures. >> we have the materials that we need. we have the st activated 500 national guardsmen and women. we're ready and right in the >> reporter: washington d.c., got a preview wednesday night into thursday when a light mess. >> as soon as the snow started to fall and there was no treatment on the road, it froze ately. once it froze, everything ceased up trafficwise. if it was a task, we failed. >> reporter: more than 4500

the u.s. as the heavy snow is expected to th as new york city and philadelphia. >> you are excited to go on vacation and then you hear your flight is cancelled and you immediately go into sort of a panic mode. you're next. damaging winds and large hail could hit the southeast late friday and snow is falling as nsas. those with travel plans to the east this weekend may want to home. right now, all flights in and out of philadelphia are lled through saturday. reagan national and d.c. hasn't made such sweeping plans just yet, but there are hundreds of cancellations there. >> right now, we're preparing for the winter king our chemical levels, our equipment and also calling in our snow removal teams so that we're prepared to >> reporter: amtrak is planning ahead and plans to run on a modified schedule in the northeast this weekend. the main thing to remember if you're travelling the next few

time. thankfully somara, we're not going to feel the impact of that here at home. >> not here in northeast ohio. also, a bit of it might be light look at the system. this is what they were talking about in the package here. we got the rain to the south. areas in pink you're seeing for blue-and-white snowing the -- showing the snow and going into the nation's capital. we're quiet in northeast ohio. look there, you can see how as far as we go ahead into this evening, you can see there, quiet for much of northeast ohio and a little bit of that snow reaching new philadelphia.

in the upper 20s today and tomorrow. so, brace for that. we're going to talk more about that full power of 5 forecast coming up. for now, mike, over to you. >> thank you. and new details at noon about the american college student arrested in north korea. a cincinnati school system spokesperson confirms he is a native of ohio. he graduated from wyoming high school in 2013, and currently attends the university of virginia. p pyongyang said he is being investigated for antistate acts and is believed to be connected to the u.s. government. >> and happening today, the lights of the danville police officer killed -- life of a danville police officer killed in an ambush will be honored. sunday night. the calling hours are from 2-4 this afternoon and from 6-8. that is at brucker and kishner funeral home and set for 11 tomorrow morning on the new york campus of ohio state and central ohio technical college. right now, the man suspected of

expected to be charged with murder. big news for the browns this afternoon. the team officially naming ray horton as the new defensive coordinator. this is not his first time in cleveland. he ran the coach's defense back in 2013. since then, he's been in tennessee where he led the 12th- ranked defense in the nfl. he is also a former player and played 10 seasons with douglas and cincinnati. as a player and coach, horton made five appearances in the super bowl. and next at noon, a little over a week until iowa and the shakeup in the polls. the candidates are changing up messages. and charges for one of the streetsboro school bus drivers involved in a crash that injured more than a dozen students, plus, steven avery of making a murderer fame is finally sharing what hinges about the documentary.

. just over a week, the iowa caucuses. the democrats have a new front runner and on the republican side, donald trump is pulling away from the field. the latest cnn poll showed trump has a double-digit lead in iowa. a closer look at the numbers show that a victory over his closest rival, senator ted cruz all depends on turnout. when only those who caucused in 2012 are polled, his race disappears and becomes a dead heat.

>> he's a united states senator, republican, doesn't have sent of one other republican senator. there is something wrong there. >> meanwhile, a new super pack is spending $45,000 to send negative mailers about donald trump to potential iowa voters. politico said it was sent by presidential campaign. up steam. he snagged a highly coveted endorsement in new hampshire. the state's former gop chairman fergus colin said he thinks kasich has a chance of winning the granite state and appreciates the governor's positive and consistent tone. well for hillary clinton. iowa. the first time sanders took a clear lead in the critical caucus state. the cnn poll shows that voters the economy.

foreign policy. speaking in iowa, clinton surging voters to take a closer look at sanders ' democratic socialist policies. next at noon, a group of ohio sorority girls trying to stereotypes. somara. >> and we're talking about weather and clouds hanging on. still cold out there and some snow from that storm could be reaching the southern counties. just how much that is coming up

new at noon, one of the bus drivers involved in a three-bus crash in streetsboro has been charged. 48-year-old templeton of ravena is charged with one count of assured clear distance ahead. that is a minor misdemeanor. last wednesday's crash injured one driver and 18 students, all of them expected to recover. overland college's president is not responding to the list of demands compiled and submitted to him last month. the 14-page list was gathered by a number of black students, including goals like increasing the amount of black faculty members and creating

the petition ends by saying failure to meet the demands will result in a full and forceful response. the president hears the frustration but some of the solutions offered up are, quote, deeply troubling. controversial greek life antics have been in the news lately. sorority groups going viral for feeding into stereotypes. now, the delta gamma sisters at ohio university are fighting back. take a look. they posted a photo series on the facebook page and shows how members -- how members are anything but typical. 24 members show off what makes them different. it's on our news net 5 app. sad news out of tennessee. the body of missings two-year- found. the search made international headlines after he was reported missing last thursday. he was found a mile and a half from where he was last seen. the family's pastor said his loved ones began to pray after hearing the news.

honored in the fact that, you know, he brought our community together. >> searchers say noah was known to run off. they don't suspect foul play but an autopsy will be conducted at standard practice. he is the man featured in the hit netflix documentary "making a murderer." now we know what he thinks of the series. steven avery responding to a letter sent to him by a wisconsin tv station. aiveery, who is face -- avery, who is facing a life sentence for a murder he didn't commit, writes his former fiance must have been pressured by the state to change the story. he writes a letter saying he is innocent and that is the truth. >> on alert in alaska, concern crisis. biologists are trying to figure out what is causing the death of thousands of birds along alaska's coast line. more than 8,000 dead birds were found along a one-mile stretch of shore. scientists estimate up to 100,000 have died. and now to minnesota where

winter art is turning heads. people are freezing their jeans and other clothing and putting them in their yard as ice sculptures, a way to put comedy to the cold temperatures there. it started with one minneapolis resident placing frozen pants across the neighborhood to lighten the mood. hundreds are joining in on the fun posting the photos on social media and that is one way to have fun. one guy in minnesota said that he was walking his dog. his dog got spooked and ran off. great thing for everyone. especially the dog owners. >> no, you know what? that is really interesting. maybe we can try it here soon. >> although the great news is that we're warming up. >> technically we are. and not this weekend. we would probably have to shoot for next week. let's get to the weather headlines. we have a lot to talk about. so, well, not for us but for other parts of the country. clouds are hanging on. by that, we're seeing mostly cloudy skies out there. don't you need sun already? i know i do. it's cold, by the way.

snow reaching southern counties. what i mean by that, we have the big monstrous system getting ready to move across the northeast and because we impact here in northeast ohio. let's go ahead and take a look at that system. here it is in all of its glory. we have a lot of things going on in the map. you're seeing this pink here, this orange here, green, purple -- i superimposed that. the watches and were warmings issued for the southeast in washington, d.c., and some york. in the blue and white, we're seeing snow so you can see so it sloughing into southern ohio and parts of nashville seeing pink. north carolina and south carolina, seeing icy weather. a lot of wintery weather is going on just below us, and we missed it by this much. in play. we had the area of low pressure moving from the gulf that gave

hit the atmosphere. once it's in contact with the the beginning. we saw this coming. we're going to see that system continue to bank all the way through the northeastern seaboard of america and that is going to be wreaking havoc for a lot of people living in the dmv area, as we head into the highly populated area. so, what is going on closer to home? what we don't have much to talk northeast wind. something interesting taking place, the high pressure setting up north of the storm system to the south of us is calling the winds to spew this way opposed to this way, which we're used to. that is why the snow is hitting areas like lorain county, cuyahoga county and instead of lake county, the traditional snow about what we're used to. and it's there and here is the temperatures. i want you to notice that we're leveling out in the 20s as we head throughout the evening. and you can see how it snuck up there in tuscaroras county, the

leaking a half an inch to an county. other than that, you'll be fine. the rest of us, sunshine breaking through the clouds on saturday and more sunshine breaking in on sunday. everyone should be seeing sun by sunday and temperatures very chilly and warming into the 30s throughout the weekend. temps. 25 degrees in cleveland now; 23, wooster and coshockton. and we're going to take it hour- by-hour as we head throughout the evening. getting ready to put the dancing shoes on and head downtown. you're going to be cold. bundle up. temperatures around 24 degrees this evening. cloudy conditions because you don't have to worry about from sip. no snow or rain as we head through the next few hours. in that power of 5 seven-day forecast, what you can expect are temperatures in the 30s by sunday. monday is when the warm-up comes in to place, though, and i guess we could take it compared to what we're seeing today. a few flurries here and there

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forecast. not too bad. i would say so myself. degrees. the flurries over the weekend the next greatest chance of snow will be in the middle of next week. i can dig it. >> and that is not too bad for almost now the end of january. month has gone. this is like our coldest time of the year, right? yeah. >> and not bad. you can get all of the day's top stories at 4 on the now cleveland and our news net 5 app. we'll see you again today at 4 for the now cleveland and followed by live on 5. and we will see you monday morning. >> monday morning. that's right. >> on gmc at 4:30. >> right. >> and we'll see you this

. hi, i'm sarah carns. cleveland playhouse little shop of horrors runs through february 7th. after ari butler plays seymour in the production. welcome, ari. >> hi. >> thanks for being here. show. >> it's a wild show where lots of crazy things happen on stage every night. we have a 30-foot plant that eats humans. >> oh, oh. we have an all-girl rock band on stage. there is a lot of pop music, famous music that people love. you always hear the stories of people singing along in the audience, and we're having a great time.

the ones singing along in the audience. >> you know them? >> i do. >> it's so good now. are there any similarities with the movie? i am thinking of rick moranis, steve martin. >> the basic premise of the story is the same as the movie, but our production is not a carbon copy of what has been done with little shop of horrors before. >> okay. >> and we put our own twist on the music. i am not -- not rick moranis. all of the characters we try to amp them up. >> yeah. >> and make them more intense, more realistic than the movie and, and, you know, our dentist is not steve martin. we have a different take on things. the story is, of course, the same as in the music and just as good. >> if i remember correctly, the plant is a little bit different. it doesn't eat normal food, radio it? >> no, it sustains itself on blood. human blood.

character's main job is to find human beings to feed to the plant. >> oh, my goodness. that has to be so much fun. i know you guys are going to be great. for more information, log on to