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>> reporter: just imagine, you think you're going to meet a love interest, instead you get a gun in your face. there are tons and tons of dating websites online, casual ones, serious ere's tons and tons of people looking for companionship. seems like robbers know that, and in two senate cases -- separate cases they le to the same spot, even after being caught. around 2:30 a.m., a 22-year-old man pulled up to the driveway in the you will hundred block thef share tan. he was on his way to meet up with a girl he met on a dating site, when four guys jumped out of darkness, pulled out a and demanded his cash. hours later, police arrested this man, christian ruffin, withy. two other suspects are out there, and it seems like they struck again.

>> he had a hood over his face. met a girl on a site, meetme.com, and had plans to meet up at the house on sheridan, but instead of to face with a guy and his gun. >> put your handed up and empty your pockets. >> reporter: at that time, the only thing going through >> when is that begun going to shake so i can knock it out of his hand? >> were fe? >> depending on the minute. >> what does that mean? >> he moved enough to get alex's wallet and e-sig before >> just be careful. only thing i can say. >> reporter: luckily, aleck wasn't -- alex t two guys from the first robbery are loose. police do believe the crimes are expected.tonight on breaking news we kept you updated on at 5:00 and 6:00.

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this process can be so >> walk through the kennel with all 36 others. so there's been a lot of y. excitement. >> the houston based nonprofit organization k9 for cops there will be 14 weeks of training starting next month. a number of new developments on the water crisis in ohio. the state is llets of bottled water and testing kits and school is canceled again tomorrow as they wait for test results on lead levels in the water. the state ng the operator of the treatment plan from working thereafter he failed to tell the public levels of lead was found. meanwhile, in flint, there are questions tonight about whether

crisis there will be impartial. michigan's republican attorney general named former prosecutor tom flood to lead the investigation, but democrats point out that flood donated to the governor's and ag's campaign. flood donated to democrats, too, and either way, it won't impact the investigation. take a look at the skuykil river in philadelphia. they believe it came from a fuel tank on the railroad tracks. the spill has not impacted drinking water. here it almost felt like spring today. >> yes, it did. it's going to stay a little warm overnight? >> it is still mild outside, temperatures have gone up a few clicks from 6:00 p.m. get a load of this. it's 45 degrees right now in cleveland, and in akron, it's 44 in canton. we have lower and middle 40s everywhere, and we have some

in from the south, and the west. a few more rain showers, not a major, major weather event overnight, but enough to wet down the roads, and the sidewalks. now, notice some snow off to our north and west. this area here will avoid us, and here is your scenario for the next day and a half. showers tonight, a little morning rush hour rain, and then cooler by your tuesday evening rush hour. we'll faulk about the threat for -- talk about the threat for snow, and if there's more arctic air moving our way. 25 days into the new year, and nearly a dozen homicides in cleveland. >> one councilman has a plan to stop the violence, before more lives are lost. that plan was laid out at city council. >> reporter: what happened is plea to change things, starting with more officers on the streets. for now, the gunfire has stopped.

the hard ache has begun. nearly a dozen homicides in 25 days. >> we can no longer continue at this pace. >> reporter: zach reed said the problem has reached downtown, and is widespread. he is pushing a plan that involved your pocketbooks. >> in the last four years in the city, we've averaged 100 homicides per year. >> reporter: his three tier proposal calls for $250,000 to go towards the peace maker alliance program. dash cameras in all cleveland police cars, and a city tax increase from 2% to 2.5%. >> well, that won't happen this year. >> reporter: reed pointed his remarks to mayor jackson. a few disagreements separate the two. >> those who wait on or look for pan sees to solve problems are usually naive or deceptive. >> if it does not have a

plan in it, this city council should reject it on its face. >> reporter: flynn calls forebode cameras on all cops, and surveillance cameras in every neighborhood. the mayor is expected to bring his budget february #. a former police chief known for blunt social media posts about criminals has his own criminal record. david oliver pleaded no contest today to four misdemeanor counts, including simple assault, and lawful restraint. he resigned last year when accusations of harassment against police officer crystal surfaced and he set officers came after -- said officers came after him because they hated his management style and nobody had complained. >> if it happened, that police department, as it exists, are the biggest congregation of according -- cowards on the face

>> he got two years probation, and fines and agreed to never be an ohio police officer again. the woman has also filed a civil lawsuit against him. the democrats who want to be president had one last chance tonight to sway voters before next week's iowa caucuses. you didn't realize there was a town hall? don't worry, chris flanagan watched it and has a look at what was said. this was a late add? >> reporter: yeah, it flew before the radar. the stakes are sky high. the these candidates near appeared on stage. instead, they were given 30 minutes to face questions from voters, first up, senator bernie sanders, he has gained massive momentum in the months leading up to monday's lead-off caucuses, and tonight he was asked to explain the socialist label. >> the ideas that i'm talking about are not radical ideas. so what democratic socialism means, is we cannot continue to

the billionaire class, and congress that continues to work if nor the interest of people on top, while ignoring working families. >> o'malley, the former governor the maryland, considered by many the third wheel of the campaign. trying to gain traction tonight with the voters of iowa. >> the beauty of the people of iowa is they're not intimidated by polls, not intimidated by pundits, and have this birthright, they feel, to upset the apple cart. and with only three of us in the democratic primary, there's just one who can still upset the apple cart. right? >> reporter: and hillary clinton has seen her huge lead almost evaporate in iowa. it's a state that she finished third back in 2008. and tonight, she was asked about the perception, that young people are flocking towards bernie sanders. >> look, i've been around a long time. people have thrown all kinds of

and you know, i can't keep up with this. i just keep going forward, they fall by the way size, they come up with the outlandish things, make the charges. you just keep going forward, because that's -- i just keep going forward, because there's nothing to it. >> thursday night, the republicans turn to make their final arguments to the voters of iowa we'll have full coverage on news channel 5 at 11:00. and just in, a huge endorsement for john kasich. the editors of the boston globe are recommending new hampshire voters choose him in the upcoming primary. calling him an experienced political figure with a record of result. cat kasich polling at 12%. donald trump at 32%. we'll show you the damage left behind by this weekend's blizzard, and how some are making the best of the snow.

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>> a local teach's triumph over tragedy, sharon several surgery after being hit by a rock thrown over a bridge in pennsylvania on her car. her husband randy began a push for protective fencing on more bridges in ohio. and odot answered the call. more than 100 bridges across the state will get new safety fences over the next five years. >> hopefully, somebody didn't have to go through what we have to go through. i look up every time: every time. i cannot go past a bridge without looking. >> meanwhile, the policy change means that all new interstate bridges and those under construction will have protective fencing. the rts and collaborative to end human trafficking separated word in power city about the

human trafficking. ohio's attorney general's office investigated more than 100 human trafficking cases last year. leading to 100 arrests and 33 convictions. of the more than 200 victims, most were women in their 20s and 30s, seven were younger than 13. more unsettling news about our nation's children. according to the department of health and human services, the number of abused and neglected children was up 3% in 2014. the number of children dying because of it also up. substance abuse, mental health issues, and domestic violence are being blamed. a grand jury in houston has indicted two anti abortion activists involved in making those undercover videos that targeted planned parenthood, and was it handles fetal remains, it's the first time anyone has been charged since the videos first surfaced last year. alleging planned parenthood sold fetal tissue for profit, which

jury found no wrongdoing by the abortion provider. this isn't a pretty picture, but thinks are slowly getting back to normal in new york after two feet of snow fell over the weekend. the city was virtually paralyzed from the snow forcing the shut-down of major public transportation, roads, and the shuttering of. the backlash of snow removal has prompted officials to hire independent contractors paying them $13.50 an hour to remove snow from various parts of the city. the snow was so heavy in maryland, the roof of a church just couldn't take it anymore. it collapsed under the weight of the snow. you can see most of the church was damaged, but luckily, no one was hurt. trying out, not digging out from the blizzard on the jersey shore. flooding and beach erosion a big problem. winds and waves carved cliffs, leaving some homes on the edge. they are bringing in

up the dunes. look what's happening on the other side of the country. california. powerful storm fueled by el nino damages the pier, opened a sink hole, and eroded the cliff, threatening a number of homes and apartments south of san francisco. now a state of emergency is declared, and officials are trying to figure out what to do. the american red cross says all of this weather has left them with an emergency need for blood and plate lath donations -- platelet donations. the agency typically sees a drop in donations during the holidays, so the cancellations are putting them in a dire situation. >> 9500 or so blood donations have gone under collected. that puts us in an unprecedented position where we need to appeal donors.

scheduled by using the red cross app, or by visiting their website. >> the weather taking a toll in so many different ways. big storms and both coasts, right in the middle? not so much. we're on the ground. >> we're okay. >> for now. >> we have a little rain out there. tower cam. some sprinkles on the lens, it is raining in summit county, and some getting rain showers overnight tonight, earlier this evening, and will continue to see some rain moving in, even through tomorrow morning's rush. let's show you on the power 5. see that wave going through? there it is. zooming on into downtown akron, cuyahoga falls, into the eastern suburbs, i-271, and donna, let's say canal fulton, we get a little of a break here, and then a few more showers coming in for the morning rush hour. the actual cold front is right

champaign, and down through paducah. it is not an arctic cold front, it will cool us down a few degrees tomorrow morning, and afternoon. but it's not going to be that 20, 25-degree temperature that we are used to the last ten days, notice, by 9:00 a.m. tomorrow, the bulk of the rain is out of here, with just an isolated lingering shower. into the afternoon. you might see a wet snowflake mixes in with the isolated showers, but they will be few and far between. look at the current at the point downtown, 47 degrees, 43 in bedford, and sole land, 44 in parma. for norwalk, fremont, for canton and akron. 40 ashtabula, and wooster. downtown, a wind from the south and west at 17 miles per hour. so it is gusty, about 20 miles an hour through the day tomorrow as the cold front goes by. 25-mile an hour gusts cleveland,

mansfield and fremont, so blustery out there. there's the center of the low, it's going to pull that way, you see this snow here? that is moving north and east. it should miss us, the next little band of snow that could be some isolated snow showers on wednesday, behind the front, arctic air, the true arctic air is north of this guy, and this will stall. we won't get into the pure arctic air. not for the rest of the month. 43 degrees tonight, scattered indeed. tomorrow, kids on the bus starting 06 in the 40s, with showers coming home should be dry, and you'll be in the 30s. your morning planner, again, watch the temperatures falling down by noontime. you're in the upper 30s. showers ending. tomorrow, go with 43, actually 5:00 p.m. so we will chill you down a little. your 7-day, wednesday, a few

look at your weekend, 30 friday, but middle 40s for saturday and sunday. >> amazing. people are finding ways to very fun in the snow after the -- have fun in the snow after the snow. is that fun? >> no! i guess it's a different twist on the pole already plunge. the guy dove into a snow bank in his front yard, and took a little swim. you hear the woman in his life with common sense said go back inside. >> but men never listen. this the one that should be in the snow. check out the giant panda, just rolling around in the snow video

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