. good afternoon, we begin with breaking news. ohio's bridges and highways becoming safer, thanks to a sharon bud suffered brain damage after she was hit with a rock thrown from a highway overpass. sharon and her husband proposed protective barriers on bridges to prevent th the help of a state senator, odot is adopting the bud bridge fencing initiative. more than 100 bridges in the ve fencing over

and a northeast ohio community worried about the drinking water. schools in the area canceling classes after water samples for unsafe levels of lead. as sarah phinney reports, the ohio epa is now stepping in. >> reporter: t morning here at bl miller elementary school in sebring. the school district is closed today because the epa wants to the water. bottle-by-bottle, the ohio e.p.a. took samples into the night. sebring school officials said the agency requested to monitor all water outlets instead the hallways over the weekend filled with 170 people wanting to get their blood tested. levels. several homes in the area testing at high levels. the ohio e.p.a. has been monitoring sebring for t things have gone too far. on thursday, the village issued a drinking water advisory to customers.

water department agency is taking steps to revoke his license and said he may have falsified reports. west branch high school, middle school, and preschool are also closed today in ing schools, but school officials at sebring say that there will be a junior high basketball game that will go on bottled water and hand sanitizer will be provided. sarah phinney, newschannel 5. and city officials including the water t be reached. we're told they were in meetings this morning regarding the lead levels. and the fepledging $80 million this water system. the water supply is contaminated with lead. the cleveland church is working s there. blessed hope missionary baptist church is collecting bolted water today and tomorrow and will deliver donations on thursday. over the weekend, the church received more ttles of water. about -- of water. an hour from now, the former police chief david

expected to enter a plea of s he's facing. meg shaw brings us up to date on the case. >> reporter: the former brimfield police de sensation for the facebook post. he was responsible for writing several opinionated posts, getting th than 100,000 likes and he released eye back -- a book. he'll face a judge for the ming from a compliant filed by a police officer. in 2014, that female officer accused oliver of sexual harassment in creating a hostile a year ago, the female officer's attorney said that her client was subjective to offensive behavior repeatedly 5, just two weeks after the allegations, oliver resigned as police chief. he called the allegations, sense and it's not clear what charges he's facing but he is expected to enter a plea at the portage county common pleas court at

we plan to be updates all day on the news net 5 app. meg shaw, newschannel 5. and happening right now, the dig out after the blizzard of 2016. historic snowfall left cities and towns buried. now, millions of americans are trying to figure out how to get to work and school. at least 31 people died across a dozen states. elizabeth is following the story from new york and we hope to check in with her later. and we dodged a big bullet with this, jason. >> it was interesting with the southern storm track how areas north of new york city saw very little snow. the forecast was for less snow than home but they got pummeled, .1 of an inch away from the biggest snowstorm ever in new york city and nothing like that for us but a little hint here of snow on the ground late january. normally, we're covered with a

we're pretty good. i think the rest of the month looks as good. 35 right now in downtown cleveland and, keep in mind, historically, we're right now statistically is the coldest time of the year for cleveland. and we're looking at at noon. forty as we head into hopkins and we're actually 39 in downtown, the noon temperature and 35 was at 11:00. notice the wider picture, not much happening on the power of 5 and we're dry. we look to the south and west and a warming trend here, 30s and 40s and we're looking at relatively warmer air over the next few days. into the east, no snow and thankfully they continue to dig out here from the big cities and into new york city and into long island. how about to florida? they were cool this weekend. in fact, they had within chill advisories and windchills in the 40s. poor florida, can you imagine? temperature says into the lower 40s and under a mix of clouds

and overall a quiet afternoon, mike. and those poor folks in florida. a canton police officer is on a journey to find a new partner. the officer flow to texas this weekend to visit houston's k-9 academy. the organization is donating a police dog after jethro was killed in the line of duty earlier this month. and he is expected to bring home his new partner this week. they will begin training at canton's k-9 academy. and coming up, billionaire versus billionaire? a possible presidential candidate could give donald trump a run for his money. >> and a showdown. the major school district trying to stop teachers from skipping class by taking them to court. >> and if you see news happening, text or e-mail us. fivetips@news5.com.

. right now, a team of investigators in thailand inspecting a large piece of medal off of the shore. there is speculation it could be a part of missing malaysia airlines flight 370 that disappeared two years ago. a japanese rocket maker said launched by japan. and just one week to go, working hard to shore up support ahead of the iowa caucus. and as all eyes turn to the hawkeye state, there is speculation that a second

abc news learned that michael bloomberg will consider an independent run after supertuesday in march. hillary clinton responded to the situation. >> the way i read what he said is if i didn't get the nomination, you might consider it. i will relieve him of that and get the nomination so he doesn't have to. >> and recent polls for iowa have trump and sanders in the lead. all the candidates have more than two dozen campaign stops in iowa planned. and next, if you're planning a trippy to the super bowl, you know it's not going to be cheap. how much some are spending to see the big game. >> mike, we're tapping in to nice pleasant air for the end of january. temperatures are in the 40s how long will we have a break from

. more trouble today for japanese auto parts maker takata. the company shares dropped to their lowest levels since 2009, after u.s. regulators expanded a recall involving airbags. the move comes after a test was linked to the faulty deflators and they can explode when activated, firing out shards of

takata is meeting with automakers to find out how to split retail-related costs that could climb into the bottoms of dollars. don't belching or you will miss it. we found gas going for 1 cos33 a gallon at -- $1.33 a gallon in strongsville and berea. i took advantage of that this morning, 20 cents lower than ohio's average of $1.56. don't get used to the drop. the gas prices will rise again soon because crude oil prices are on the rebound. and a number of schools in the detroit area closed today, following a series of violent threats online. the school officials are working with police and homeland security to determine the source of the threats. meantime, two public schools in michigan's biggest school district are closed due to a teacher sickout. educators had been calling out sick protesting pay, classd cans and building conditions. an hour ago, the judge denied a request to stop the organized sickouts.

tactics. we don't know what to do. certification. >> reporter: union leaders are asking teachers to show their solidarity by coming to work tomorrow saying schools need to remain open for students. if you plan to buy tickets to the super bowl, better go to the bank and brace yourself for supersized prices. according to ticket price tracker seek geek, the average cost is more than $5,000. a pair of club seats near mid- field sold for $12,000 each. the carolina panthers and denver broncos face off february 7th in santa clara, california. a sporting goods company is wasting no time making footballs that will be used in the super bowl. wilson tweeted out the images. the denver broncos and carolina panthers. the team's names printed on them look with the date on february 7th and wilson produces 700,000 footballs every year. and right now as we

struggling to dig out after the blizzard of 2016. historic snowfall left cities and towns buried and millions of americans are trying to figure out how to get to work or school. 31 people died and elizabeth is in new york with more on the cleanup. >> reporter: 80 million people on the east coast buried by the blizzard of 2016. >> i was incom-- in complete panic mode. >> reporter: now digging out and cleaning up from the record- breaking snow that left major cities, including philadelphia, d.c., and new york city paralyzed. >> a lot of cleaning up to do and that is not going to be safe. >> we're working hard today to get d.c. government open tomorrow. >> reporter: the monster storm dumping feet of snow, 28 inches in newark; 29, baltimore and in one town in west virginia, 42 inches. the storm so far being blamed for more than 30 deaths,

one-year-old son lost to carbon monoxide poisoning. the blinding snow also created a travel nightmare at the airports. >> i want to get out of here and go home. >> reporter: and on the highways. >> we have been stuck in the truck from 13 1/2 hours. >> for some, the wait was 30 hours before finally heading home after being stuck on the pennsylvania turnpike. thousands of flights are cancelled or delayed this morning. along the jersey shore instead of snow, residents are dealing with chunks of ice floating down streets after powerful waves and high tide flooded this storm shattered records in see many sees. in new york city, take a look. and even with all of this, turns out we missed breaking the all-time snowfall record by -- .1 of an inch. elizabeth hurr, abc news, new york. and check out these stunning images from safe. the weather satellite capturing the view over the weekend's big

lifted the clouds and satellite images while they were lifted below by city lights along the east coast. they're blurred by cloud cover. >> yeah. >> and impressive. the moon was bright out there and here at home. >> it was, definitely and when you have a big snowstorm hitting the major cities with the millions and millions of impeachment. >> yeah. >> the impact and coverage over the weekend on every cable channel, abc, nbc, you name it, they were all over the storm. >> and it was a big one. >> yeah. >> and they were .1 of an inch. >> and you were watching some of the national coverage. we're almost there. >> wanting to get through it. >> yeah. >> and calm down. relax. >> right. >> and what is the joy in that? people's lives were ruined this weekend travelling. all of this power outages and up fortunately having deaths from the storm and there is nothing to joke about. this is a look at what is going on. notice the clouds with sunshine.

for the latter part of january. we will take this any day of the week, especially monday. 39 degrees currently in downtown cleveland. we're not 40s -- we're in the 40s across some spots. menner, 42; mid- to upper 30s, bedford and north royalton and parma. and not showing much other than armour -- warmer air to the south and west. cincinnati, 41. you never look to the north and west this time of the year and it's -- it's typically a good indicator of where the cold air is coming from. the 20s. the good news across the north and east, they're digging out for a long time. especially on those back roads. the big roads are going to be okay. lifted the travel ban for new york yesterday morning and this is a look at our snow totals. anywhere where you see the lighter colors indicating 20 inches of snow, several spots

pennsylvania, bwi airport; jfk saw 30 inches of snow and that broke the all-time record again. central park, a .1 of an inch and short of the all-times biggest snowstorm. the afternoon timeline for us, the sun and clouds a little more tonight when we will track the areas -- rain showers coming in and after 8 or 9 and this is 945 tonight. in. the temperatures into the 30s and tomorrow, we're in the 40s to start. 42, 43. this is the actual front. notice the temperature difference here. behind it, cooler air and rain showers moving through and some through the afternoon. and air coming in and more in the way of light snow showers. light. and not a big deal over tuesday afternoon into wednesday. tote total rain shower accumulations, a quarter of an inch max.

workweek. 43 today and sunny and pleasant, 38 tonight and a few showers around early and snow tuesday into wednesday. not a lot and more north and east and we dry things out. look at that nice weather into the upcoming weekend. no temperatures below freezing for highs. that is pretty darn good.

the time is now to get your pop on. it's bubble wrap appreciation day and you know the air-filled plastic that protects everything from art work to electronics. well, if you're like me, popping the bubbles is a huge stress reliever. this is a fun fact on this bubble appreciation day. last september, boy scouts in denver broke a guiness world record for the most people. more than 2600 of them popping bubble wrap at the same time. >> something about it. >> i don't know what it is. >> isn't that great? >> i found some of this in the studio a few moments ago. it's not popping. >> what do you mean? >> the bubbles are filled with air. >> not popped. making me more stressed. >> this is the worst thing ever. [ laughter ] >> and maybe by 4:00 we can get it to pop. we'll see you at 4. until then,

. hi, i'm sarah carns. people often think that heart failure means the heart stopped working, but that is not what happens. lake health cardio physiologist dr. goldstein is here to explain. thank you for being here. >> yeah. >> and what does it mean to have heart failure and what are the symptoms? >> it's the clinical syndrome in which either heart-pumping function is impaired, weak, or the relaxation component of the heart is impaired and patients often present most commonly with shortness of breath. >> and so, in fact, heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalization in the country. how is it usually treated?

approached with a multipronged treatment regimen. we want to make patients feel better. pharmaco logically, we threat them with drugs that can accomplish that and improve heart function. we want to prevent death, of course, which can be accomplished with a variety of medical devices like defibrillators and we want to minimize their episodes of exacerbation and treat the underlying causes like coronary disease and hypertensive heart disease. >> what new technology is available to improve the quality of life for patients and reduce admissions to the hospital? >> so, actually, it's very exciting new technology that is available. it's called cardio mends. what it s a small device, the size of a paper clip that can be inserted into the heart through the heart and into the pulmonary artery. that area is a very sensitive location that can monitor pressures in the heart in a certain way and give us the data remotely from the relative

and we can monitor and adjust the medications accordingly and prevent hospitalization potentially. this date is one of the earliest signs of an impending heart failure exacerbation. >> thank you, doctor goldstein, for being here today. call 440-602-6735 for more