our next presi keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. give us a plan. tarts now. good afternoon, everyone. ohio is bracing for another blast of weather. snarling air and road traffic. now, that system is on the move and is expected to bring snow

we're tracking everything hour by hour. >> approximate depending on where you live, the weather conditions are going to be really different. nothing happening currently. i think the rest of the day, at least the day lie hours are going to be fine. there's a live look right now. our skycam overlooking the downtown. the wider picture shows what's happening. what we are looking at is to our south and east. shape here moving north and east. here it is. a may jay jor winter storm. this is indicating winter storms and winter weather

the area in purple, dover included in that. it looks like accumulations could easily reach half a foot by tomorrow morning. we're going to break down for what i expect where and when coming up in just a moment. for now, temperatures in the 30s with a few light snow showers. leon? thank you, jason. the political road will make a stop in cleveland. mega-shaw has a preview of today's political event. >> reporter: preparations are underway here on cleveland's east side. chelsea clinton expected to speak at 2:00. she just recently hopped on the

she ripped bernie sanders on his ideas. she expects to talk about her mom's plan to expand childhood education and as well as urging people to register for the primary. today's event is sold out. you can check for updates on our news net 5 app. ohio's primary is just a month away. the deadline to register to vote is tuesday.

grudge match. the flag at the white house flying at half staff for antonin scalia. >> reporter: he was unarguably the brightest, and his passing couldn't be more profound. less than an hour after his death was announced, the political jockeying began. mitch mcconnell says this shouldn't be filled until we have a new president. it is the president's job, and there is no exception for an election year. >> there will be plenty of time for me to do so, and for the senate to do its responsibility.

or deny the person. >> when the election is over, the president wins, they have a chance to send qualified nominees to the senate. i would vote for them. >> reporter: sirvosinin is being considered. he would be the first asian on the supreme court. cost-cutting could force a local police department to close up shop. the mayor of a village posted a letter online saying he wants madison township to take over

they calculate the move would save $81,000 a year. plus other officers and detectivives as needed. members are expected to take up the issue tomorrow. new at the noon hour, this man is charged of killing a dog because he lost $5 in a card game. he shot the animal several times while it was in its cage. he was caught following a brief police chase. a car crashed into a house. ronald berry said he looked out

the impact was so strong and sent a street sign barrelling into his house. >> i didn't even know it was there. i came down, and there it was. >> one of the passengers was ejected from the car. you will need cash to pay for tolls. the credit card readers are expected to be down until 4:00 this afternoon. the technology should not affect the ones with a pass. the lake side avenue to the garage east at huntington park is closed.

is closed as well. rates in the garage will rise $2 more on march 1st in downtown cleveland. coming up, billion dollar bust in more ways than one. you may find it difficult to find where some drugs were found. a flight forced to nearly turn around after being blinded. and a shark invasion.

police have just made a record-breaking drug bust. the drugs were found hidden in thousands of silicone bra inserts traced to a storage facility in hong kong. alliance police seized 50

a street value of $6,000. if convicted, this man could face up to 25 years in prison and $50,000 in fines. a life-saving heroin antidote is now available in kroger. loved ones of heroin users prescription from a doctor to get that. all right. big winter storm is now coming in. we'll take a look at the impacts on our region coming

investigators say a laser incident caused a plane to land. they described what was a military-strength beam of light. the co-pilot got sick. they are working with police to confirm the source of the laser. they want to ban lasers in the united kingdom, and classified

flying skies is now the safest it's been in the last few years. last year, with 136 deaths, that was a huge drop from the year before. in 2014, 604 people. that didn't include the french alps, that were caused deliberately. millions of americans trying to warm up as snow moves through. 20 states from georgia all the way to maine. >> reporter: this morning, the nation's capital bracing for up

leaving highways and roadways filled with wreckage and sending dozens to the hospitalment some incredible images are recovered from the sub zero temperatures shattering a record. it was the coldest valentine's day in 100 years. it lead to these dramatic rescued. >> we swung hard. we swung back, and we knew there was a problem. >> this after two trams broke down. some relief from this dangerous cold.

bring warmer temperatures by mid-week. >> she spoke sof warmer temperatures. if you're planning to escape to warmer weather, perhaps florida. be careful. tens of thousands of sharks have been spotted not far from the shore. they are making their trek from carolinas to florida for more food choices. the farther you go, i think the more treacherous your travel could be tomorrow. along the north coast, you're

philly, wiser, millers burg. i think, okay, akron might be okay all day long. cleveland is drying quiet. we're all watching this big old storm system out of the deep south. superior weather. a lot of moisture here. we're going to see some pretty good snow totals into the high lands area of pennsylvania. also here into south eastern ohio. i do think some areas will be on the fringe of getting some good snow fall amounts.

youngstown. i think you'll have winter weather advisory material. maybe even a little sleet mixing in there as well. half a foot if not more snow showers. here we go. a graphical look here, and i want your eyes down in this general area. right around here. notice at 4:00, we're quiet. cleveland begins at 4:00. through the evening hours, this is 9:00. the moisture is moving in. at this point, it shows a little bit of rain. it changes it over to snow, and this is 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. the farther north you go, the lighter it will be. this is where the heavy bursts

we do begin to gradually end the snow fall northwest to southeast. not much between now and, say, 11:00 tonight. take a look at this heavy snow ban right there. wow. these numbers just in. take a look. by 7:00 tomorrow morning, akron, canton, dover, new philly, half a foot of snow or more. this may be on the high side because we may have some rain mixing in as well. this is something worth watching. cloudy skies.

jason will be keeping an eye on weather patterns. >> yes. dover and new philly. could see several new inches of snow by tomorrow morning. >> i'll be keeping an eye on other news events that come up.

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