the cpd investigation, michael brillo and five other police officers are out of a job more than three years after the police chase and shooting of two unarmed suspects in 2012. >> tonight just a day after the city's announcement, many are questioning whether the punishments will actually stick. >> we're gonna file and get these guys' jobs back, and is i'll have you back here for the party. >> megan has been investigating whether he can make good on that promise and joins us live. what's the precedent here? >> reporter: three police officers involved in this case already had their terminations or demotions reversed by an arbitrator. and legal experts tell me it's bound to happen again. >> reporter: lawyers tied to the case tell me the union can

restore all the officers' jobs. >> mainstream society has traditionally given the benefit of the doubt to officers, to an officer's word to, an officer's report. >> reporter: in 2014, sergeant michael don began was fired for his role as a supervisor during the deadly chase. back. the same one also restored the ranks of two officers who were another arbitrator threw out the charges for 18 other officers. >> that's a real problem. there's a serious public safety issue if it is not reasonably possible to discipline officers after findings of serious misconduct. >> reporter: the union has failed grievances and the city has 20 days to respond. the patrolman's association told us the process could take up to two years. the victims families are

>> this is an old wound, and it keeps stick around, keeps coming back. >> reporter: the police union sent out a statement saying that the discipline is in direct conflict with the city's consent decree. they said "the union will aggressively fight this injustice." >> and even though these officers are off the force, the city of cleveland is still on the hook financially. we are working on a story explaining why tax payers will still be paying for some of their benefits. cleveland police just confirmed they made an arrest in a violent hit and run. it happened last week along fulton and is clark avenue. police say a driver hit a woman and then pulled into a nearby gas station. that driver then hid behind another car before driving away. today a 24-year-old woman turned herself into police. she'll likely be charged tomorrow. neighbors in ohio city

help solve some recent crimes. and we're learning that new private camera network is expanding. only on 5, derrick waller is live on bridge avenue at west 28th. >> reporter: there's a network of security cameras all along bridge avenue here. we're learning from cleveland police that this camera caught some smash and grab burglary suspects in action. december 29th, someone rams a car into the front door of dave's market. the atm inside stolen. this private surveillance camera on bridge avenue captured the crooks fleeing the scene. it's part of a network of ten cameras along bridge operated by ohio city incorporated. more are on the way. >> our next phase is gonna be the same model. a 10-camera system. a little bit further into the neighborhood. and we're working with

those cameras. >> reporter: plans call for cameras throughout the neighborhood. a neighborhood that's changing. crime. >> we have security issues. >> reporter: he got mugged outside the westside market years ago. >> the cops couldn't catch them, they were just teenagers same. there was no way to identify who did it. >> reporter: but clark and his family have no plans of moving. >> we want to be part of the effort to bring this community back. >> reporter: and back here live on bridge avenue, police have seen the video from the camera. there are some technical difltds so we haven't seen it -- difficulties so we haven't seen it. but there have been similar arrests in similar smash and grabs. the one here remains unsolved as does a carjacking from

new developments about the lead in the water in one northeast ohio community. test results are coming back, and some children have elevated lead levels. >> five children in sebring have higher than normal lead levels in their blood. the question is whether they drank tainted water or if the source is tied to something like paint. people in surrounding communities were warned that high lead levels had been found in the water over the summer. the news angered residents whoflt they should have been warned -- who felt they should have been warned immediately. fountains tested high for lead. restaurants in sebring are taking drastic measures to make sure their customers feel safe eating and drinking there. >> we're offering bottles of water. we take this to the table with the glass of ice.

we have an out of order sign on the pop machine. there's cases of water sitting everywhere. >> high lead levels in children can lead to learning disabilities and behavior problems. governor rick schneider has a new 17-member committee will start working on long-term solutions to fix the water system in flint and help people who have been exposed to high levels of lead. that includes flint's mayor and the virginia tech professor who's testing brought the problems to light. a new lawsuit was also filed in connection with the contamination, calling on the city to replace all lead pipes. here at home people are continuing to rally to help out the people of flint.

locations across northeast ohio accepting donations of bottled water to send to flint. water isn't the only thing they want to send. if you have it in your heart to drop off baby wipes, hand sanitizer, children's books or peanut butter and jelly, it will all be sent to flint to help these people out. >> i can't imagine living up there and being one of those people right now. >> you can take yours to the restaurant in menner, west lake, brooklyn or copley. donations will be accepted

shipped off. >> all in all it's all about the chill. 29 degrees cleveland, 31 akron, and over to new philly, 30 in candlon, wooster at 29. the clouds, this is cloudy, cold weather, quiet weather out there. the snoi is not going to -- snow is not going to arrive until well after midnight. cloudy skies through the evening hours with temps hovering in the upper 20s. here's something that will cheer you up. opening day of progressive field, just 68 days away. when you walk through the gates, you'll notice a lot of new things. the team announced it's adding happy dogs. ohio city burrito and cleveland pickle to its concession lineup. and the changes don't stop

crews have been working all winter to install a new scoreboard and club seats behind home plate. >> this whole master plan has been in play for three years. and our research told us our fans wanted that cleveland connection. they want to celebrate, showcase the city of cleveland. >> and two of the latest round of renovations are all on track to be completed in time for the home opener against the red sox on april 4th. and i like they're using these local places. >> indeed. happy dog, happy fans. >> one day after duking it out, donald trump and fox news return to their corners. >> what will happen in a trumpless debated? we head to iowa for late- breaking developments. >> may day, may day maker day.

people on a sinking ship rescued moments before water would overtake their ship. >> and late-breaking developments in a shooting in downtown cleveland that claimed two young lives. >> a police officer under investigation after video surfaces showing an altercation with his girlfriend. see the video and what we've

new information about the effort to raise money for the canton police canine association. so far more than $15,000 have been raised in the sale of shows shirts -- those shirts. one gave enough to buy one vest for a canine. liberty tactical matched the donation. and today the police canine association releasing this new picture of jethro's handler with his brand-new

their training is expected to last about three months. the road to the white house brings one presidential candidate to the white house. president obama welcomed senator bernie sanders this morning. it is their first sit-down since the democratic campaign shook up the race for the party's nomination. >> reporter: bernie sanders got a little taste of the white house with a few staffers and is his wife. they met with president obama in the oval office. more than an hour later, he emerged from the west wing telling reporters he had a constructive meeting. domestic issues. >> reporter: did he ask for an endorsement? >> of course not. >> reporter: a new poll shows his rival hillary clinton 55-36%. sanders though has cut the lead to as small as it's been in an abc poll.

rallying support in a bowling alley. >> if you get the first chance to speak up in the entire world about what you're looking for. >> reporter: on the gop side a very republic rift between donald trump and fox news is boiling over again. trump's campaign says he is skipping the gop presidential debate on fox this thursday. >> i won't be doing the debate. >> reporter: the billionaire took to social media blasting the moderator, the anchor he feuded with after the first gop debate. his chief rival now challenging trump to a one-on-one debated. >> if he's unwilling to stand on the stage with the other candidate, i would like to invite donald to engage on a one-on-one debated with me anytime. >> fox news insists trump is still welcomed at the debate

dollar video was taken in the -- this video was taken in the u.s. senate chamber yesterday. virtually everyone in the video is a woman. an alaska senator said she realized only women senators braved the snow to show up! [ laughter ] >> no surprise. [ laughter ] >> we're still shovelling. [ laughter ] >> clearly shovelling something. [ laughter ] >> they're still shovelling their neighbors' driveways! that's what we do, right? >> i hope so. >> or we call somebody to do it. [ laughter ] let's talk about what's going on outside right now. kind of a dreary day. cloudy skies over wooster.

and is wooster again, more clouds. this is typical january weather. our current power of five, five live radars scanning the skies. our supersensitive mode where you can hopefully see a few isolated flurries fading away, moving up. a few flurries reported near young town. could be a flurry over akron. about 2%. there's a shade warning out. >> okay! >> cloudy skies! lots of shade! [ laughter ] >> poor hawaii. cloudy cleveland, amount of january sun 31% of what we could see. and during the entire month of january, cleveland sees about

and the only way to combat that is to make plans. get out! go do a little shopping. walk outside. listen to the birds. do something. make a plan. 29 degrees medina, 30 mentor. we still have wind chills to deal with. it feels like 19 o'leary and cleveland. 20 in wooster. we've got a little alberta clipper coming our way. mat majority of the snow is gonna stay to our north. i think we get grazed by this during the day tomorrow, mainly during the afternoon. a few light snow showers could arrive as early as sunrise tomorrow. but i think the bulk of this trough slides through.

the evening rush. not a major winter storm. but it is enough to slow you evening plans tomorrow. tonight 27 degrees, mainly cloudy with predawn flakes here and there. just a couple little flakes. 37 tomorrow. most spots. the snowbelt could pick up an inch sxavl to two -- 1.5 inches to two inches. would feeler again, stliks. we'll have that 7-day coming up. which does include some 50-plus degree weather36. we'll have that 7-day coming up. which does include some 50-plus degree weather.d >> sounds like a great plan.

all new at 5:00, with 13 lives at stake and a megayacht taking on water, one captain's decision saved them all from peril. >> an akron police officer caught on tape appearing to

y more than a dozen people saved from a sinking megayacht off the coast of that flachlt >> may day, may day, we're sinking. >> the captain of the saria 3 made that desperate call for help as his yacht started sinking first. you're looking at infrared

you can see the y'all 15 miles off -- yacht 15 miles off the coast of fort lauderdale. >> there was too much water in there. we had a pump, but it couldn't keep up with it. >> the captain made the call to abandon ship. he started putting his passengers into life lasts and the crew with everyone watching safe and sound from their lasts all saw the yacht go under. more video, a nev. with a specific target in mind in miami. the crook burst into a plastic surgeon's office and went straight to the fridge, filling up his trash can with botox. the stolen goods could fetch about $20 now on the street. he's more frazzled by what the thief did not go after during his heist.

what they wanted. we had iphones, computers, none of those things were touched. they came straight for the refrigerator. >> right now the botox bandit is still on the loose. and is it's safe to assume probably with no expression. [ laughter ] turning people like us into victims. the criminal duo police in half a dozen cities are desperate to catch. >> and the charges against antiabortion activist, clearing planned parenthood of any wrongdoing stemming from those undercover videos hasn't sloan down efforts to strip the

y just a day after the city's announcement it fired

suspended six others over a 2012 police chase, many are questioning whether the punishments will stick. lawyers believe an arbitrator may give them their jobs back. union already has filed grievances. now the city has 20 days to respond. the process could take up to two years. a new report shows some officials knew as early as october that residents of the village of sebring were drinking lead contaminated water but did not warn the public. it wasn't until last lake week. schools reopened today after being shut down for three days over the lead tabled water. opening day at progressive field just 68 days away. the team announcing today it is adding happy dogs, ohio city burrito, and cleveland pickle

renovations are on track, competed in time for the home opener against the red sox on april 4th. a fast acting thief managed to rack up thousands of dollars of charges. >> that crook and her alleged accomplice have been pulling the same heist in several west side cities. jonathan is from the newsroom with the latest on this case. >> this first came to our attention with a case in west lake. a woman's wallet was stolen during a dinner out at a busy restaurant. soon she was facing $5,000 in charges that she did not spend. now police are telling us these two women are wanted for similar crimes in avon, beachwood, and lynn hurst. they have been you should investigation since september of last year. they went to go out and steal

often at restaurant, then made fake ids with their own pictures and their next victim's names as well. the next step is a major shopping spree. listen to just one of these cases. >> probably crowded conditions, easy to sneak up and take it. and she went on a $6,500 spending spree. she bought merchandise and got cash advances at several banks. >> reporter: here's another look at the women police are looking for tonight. we want you to stop and take a good look because you could easily be their next victim. if you see those women or know who they are, grab your purse and is call police. the state senate just approved a measure that would

funding away from planned parenthood clinics in ohio. the proposal calls for restricting state health department grants from going to entities that perform abortions, their affiliates and those who contract with them. grants are used for hiv testing, breast and cervical cancer screenings, and the prevention of violence against women. while the bill doesn't specifically name planned parenthood, the nonprofit would be most affected. it was passed by the house in the fall and goes back to the house for concurrence and to the governor's desk. there are new developments in the case against two antiabortion activists who filmed undercover meetings with executives claiming they prove the nonprofit sells fetal tissue. the videos were widely discredited and found to be heavily edited. and is two of the activists were indicted by a grand jury monday for using fake ids to gain access to planned parenthood and writing up

tissue which is a crime. today attorneys for the activists say they aren't going down without a fight. >> you can clearly have a grand jury that has acted out of bounds. you can present the case again to another grand jury. so i think in this case the evidence is overwhelmingly clear to me. >> the activists say the contracts were only written to lure planned parent hood into accepting the offer. but the organization never responded to the offer. one week after two men were shot to death in a downtown apartment, there are still no arrests. the family of one of the victims is demanding answer answers. >> reporter: sources connected to the investigation told me that the victims and the sense

forced themselves in here, shooting one man in the head and is one in the back. friends. they did work together. they were close. really close. >> reporter: 35 year-olds each taken in their own apartment building last thursday. >> someone is shot where? >> they're saying two people were shot up on the 8th floor. apartment 829. >> >> reporter: eric williams is rashod's cousin. >> every time i see him, all we could do is hug and kiss, and that's what i remember. >> reporter: he doesn't know what happened. they have no updates on the case. sources inform me it was a drug deal gone bad.

>> i don't know anything about it. >> reporter: this police report indicates officers found what looked to be marijuana in the apartment. they found a resolver in the back bedroom. we could not reach james' family for comment. but bandy's family remembers him as a talented music producer, a graduate of euclid high school, an international traveller and is someone who will be dearly missed. >> she was just a guy who you can just lean on at any time that you needed something. >> reporter: management declined to give us any comment. and residents received a note from management saying they are working with police to address their concerns. kind of an ho-hum wednesday.

31 in akron, 30 canton. as far as flakes go, young town reporting a flurry. the rest of the region, although there are a few other isolated flakes trying to fly i think we're gonna stay pretty much dry. look at all the clouds. cloudy skies, that's the weather headline for the day. cloudy and cold. right in the upper 20s through 9:00 pm tonight. cloudy skies for greater cleveland, akron, canton, same story. temps hovering in theiper 20s with a cloudy sky. you want to melt some snow? wait till you seat weekend and beyond. you won't believe what some kids are mixing with pop looking for a high. >> and is with the prospects of medical marijuana coming to ohio, many are worried about

look at what constance sent out. remember the snow rollers from two years ago today? a brief warmup into the mid-30s for a couple of hours. that melted the top inch of the snowpack. then we had a lot of wind. and if the wind catches a weakness in that icy patch, it starts to roll it up. phenomenon. but we had so much reports them two years ago today during that brutal winter. and if you want to send in pictures like that or this,

teenagers have found a new and deadly way to try to get high. >> it's already claimed two lives in tennessee. jonathan walsh with what you need to look out for. >> we're talking about a homemade concoction called due

teens are mixing mountain dew with racing fuel and drinking it. it caused 16-year-old logan stevenson his life last week. he was found dead inside his tennessee home. a second teen was rushed to the hospital and put on dialysis but he died monday night. doctors fear this could be the beginning. a new terrifying trend. >> it makes me think that this may be the tip of the iceberg and this is much more prevalent. we just haven't seen it to this degree where it has caused deaths. >> another two teens were also hospitalized in tennessee and admitted to drinking the racing fuel/mountain dew concoction. texcologists say it is similar to moonshine only much more

in florida 20 kids are being told to stay home from school because they were not vaccinated from chicken pox. >> they're gonna cause other kids to get sick and it's unfair. >> there are 8 actual cases of chicken pox. most kids have religious or medical exemptions. >> if it's a religious belief, maybe you should look into homeschooling your children. >> those kids being kept out of school happened to miss three weeks. tonight there's even more evidence that using tanning beds is dangerous.

of minnesota studied women who developed melanoma in their 20s, thirds, and 40s. they were more likely to have tanned while younger. patients in their 40s were most likely to have started in their teens and to have attended at least ten sessions. with the cdc reporting 1 in 6 kids is obese, a new program is aiming to fight that epidick by giving kids a crash course in nutrition. they're spending 90 minutes a week learning how to live healthy and how to read nutrition labels. >> they're learning how to read labels in a way that is meaningful to them. they go on a grocery store tour. they learn what is considered a healthy plate. >> the program also stresses the importance of exercise and encouraging each other during their workouts. ohio still looking at whether to legalize marijuana. but other sties have already

taken that step. >> colorado troopers are in the middle of a 3-year long marijuana pilot program. troopers are testing five different devices. troopers are trying to figure out which is the easiest to use and most accurate. >> we can tell you about marijuana but the other seven different types of drugs and their levels of impairment. >> high drivers have to volunteer for the program. so when a driver is pulled over, the suspect is asked to test out one of the new machines. troopers say so far only about 5% are saying yes. that translates to fewer than 100 people in a year. it's cold outside, it's cloudy outside, a little snow coming in. and is a nice warmup. back to you!

>> cloudy skies in downtown cleveland. no real snow issues to deal with. temps in the 30s near the lake shore, inland areas, the big airports, reporting temps in the 20s. the power of five, dry weather here. a brief flurry reported last hour in young town, not a lot of organized snow showing up anywhere in northern ohio. there's 32 downtown. 29 bedford, 28 in orange. 28 in pardon parma, 38 peninsula. everyone in star county at 30 degrees. here's the next alberta clipper coming our way. you can see the cloud head there. that is the center of the loechlt a lot of snow wrapping around it. but this snow is going to move mainly east and pass to our

so the bigger accumulations 2-4 inches here ging north of us. we're going to catch this little frontal boundary that's gonna come in late tonight, then another batch during the afternoon. 7:00 am thursday morning, an isolated flake, watch during the afternoon, for the afternoon rush, things get dicier with some steady, light snow. could slow you down a little bit. it doesn't take a lot of snow to coat the roads and cause traffic issues. and is we're not expecting a lot of snow from this clipper. generally a trace to an inch. a few spots in the high ground east of cleveland could get upwards of 2 inches by the end of tomorrow evening. 27 tomorrow night, mainly cloudy, a few predawn flakes. tomorrow it's afternoon snow primarily. so a trace to 2 with the higher amounts in the snowbelt. elsewhere closer to .5 or an

that's fuelling during the pm rush. 35 to 38 degrees for the high tonight. akron and canton, 25 tonight, dry, cold, cloudy. tomorrow 36 with the mid to late afternoon snow. upwards of .5. morning flakes friday, 31. there's your warmup, 45 saturday. a few rain showers sunday. 52. monday a brief cool-down, 43 with rain. look at tuesday. 52 degrees. front comes by early wednesday morning. then plummeting temps. wednesday afternoon looks to be cold with a little snow moving in on the backside of that low. for a few days, well above normal temps to begin february. a woman who left a victim hit in the middle of the street has been found. cleveland police say the woman turned herself in to police.

she had sexual contact with a student. >> more on the deadly

learning more about the deadly confrontation between law enforcement and is an armed antigovernment group in oregon. >> one person is dead and others under arrest after tensions boiled over. >> it's time for everybody in this illegal occupation to move on. there doesn't have to be bloodshed in our community. >> reporter: law enforcement officials speaking out on the deadly shootout with antigovernment protestors. >> let me be here. it is the actions and choices of the armed occupiers of the refuge that has led us to where we are today. actions are not without consequences. >> reporter: we're told

on their way to a community meeting when gunfire erupted during a traffic stop. investigators say lavoy and ryan refused orders. the brother was wounded. >> they just unloaded on him of times. >> reporter: eight protestors are now in fbi custody. one arrested in arizona. although not all of them were involved in the traffic stop. jason patrick is one of the occupiers. >> they told us that we could safely leave. well, the group that was leaving has a dead man in it. there's another man who left and was in arizona and he's in custody. they said peaceful resolution the whole time. >> reporter: law enforcement officials say they will continue to empty the refuge of those who illegally occupy it. the goal is to remove them in

community can heal. the investigation into a youtube video involving an akron police officer and his girlfriend. >> when the victim does not wish to be involved, we're simply gonna admit something vital. >> the video filmed by the girlfriend is the center of an internal investigation. >> and a new push for surveillance cameras in ohio city.

a police officer facing an internal investigation after video surfaces showing an