tt4w`t2n`qd#" on(l `b]l tt announcer: news channel 5 begins right now with breaking news. a frantic search for a missing toddler in lorain. this is a picture of 2-year-old lana lowther last seen in the 2,000-block of randall street about two hours ago. we're live at the scene right now. >> reporter: we have dozens and dozens of police officers and fes on the east side of lorain -- firefighters on the east side of lorain. on the other side, that is randall street, the home that she has apparently wondered off

this is a 2-year-old girl, lana lowther, three feet tall, 30 pounds, last seen wearing footed pajamas, went missing around 8:43. it's been more than two hours at this point. they just cleared the woods a few minutes ago asking people clear the woods because they're bringing in a helicopter to help with this search and you can see the woods are quite dense and everyone is out looking for this little girl. we just spoke to her grandma. here's what she had to say. >> she would be scared of you. she doesn't just go up to people. she's just a tiny little baby. we need her to come home. >> reporter: again, this is a 2-year-old girl. she's three feet tall, 30 pounds last seen wearing pink-footed pajamas, went missing around 8:43.

looking for this a little girl hoping she'll come home safe. we'll keep you posted. and there may be a peeping tom on the prowl. this has happened before. >> reporter: i got off the phone with east lake police. they don't have a whole lot to work with, but some footprints. they fear it could be happening once again. a peeping tom has pamela collins freaked out. >> something similar happened a few months ago. >> reporter: she's convinced someone is peering into her apartment. >> it must have been a person on my porch coming up to the window and snapping a photo. >> reporter: east lake police say just before 10:00 last night a 7-year-old girl told her mother she saw a man outside their window videotaping with a cell phone. but the department's top cops they don't have much more than that. >> we just had an individual in all black. we don't have a possible race or

>> reporter: east lake p.d. posted a warning about a peeping tom or prowler outside the lake side estates and wincer lodge apartment complexes. >> you're always going to get those random creeps that just really like to put a little bit of an unnerving in you. >> reporter: pamela is worried the peeper may come back. >> i'm a little bit concerned, voyeurs get tired are just looking and want to start acting. >> east lake police only have one reported incident but there could be more. and today's announcement, the ohio attorney general's office will take over the investigation into the anderson death. she died in november of 2014 after the family called for an a.m. balance to help the mentally ill woman.

police officers were call and there was a struggle getting her into the squad car. having a special prosecutor doesn't mean a whole lot right now. >> we don't know the reasons for sending it over. we don't want to be too harsh, in terms of judgment. maybe it's a good thing. we'll see. >> the family attorney also says their primary focus is the civil case, which alleges the officers used excessive force when they restrained anderson. new information tonight on a carbon monoxide poisoning in a rental home in east cleveland t. sent 14 people not hospital -- it happen sent four people to the hospital. five on your side investigator city hall. you took this case to the mayor and the homeowner.

confirms the furnace had just been repaired. i went in search of some answers. you guys were aware of the problems with the furp ace furnace, right? >> yes, he got a contractor. >> 12 others had to be transported to the hospital for c.o poisoning. park says the contractor's recent repair job was far from adequate. >> he had the wiring all messed up, the furnace ran from a wire. >> the homeowner and his fiance different want to be seen on camera but police are looking into what the contractor may have done. >> he wants to talk and they want to go to the police station. >> your contractor is reporting him to the police? >> he's about to do a police officer. >> we asked the east cleveland

in any way held responsible? >> there's no law anywhere that requires carbon monoxide detectives. >> reporter: a committee member was trying to change that, a loej station requiring all rental -- legislation requiring all rentals to have meters. and cleveland will vote on the mandatory c.o alarms in march, and lawmakers believe it will save lives, and i'm five on your side investigator, joe pagonakai. attorneys for anthony sowell said he should get a new trial because they shouldn't have closed the jury selection, and ohio supreme court scheduled a hearing for april. prosecutors say sowell should

hearing but not a new trial. he's convicted of killing 11 women. tens of thousands of dollars, went to money that was supposed to clean up cleveland's streets, instead, reggie rucker hurt more than his own representation. frank wiley got a chance to talk with him and is live in cleveland right now. >> reporter: i talked to reggie in the past about the crime on cleveland streets. he admitted something needs to give. tonight the group i met said that's note the only change we need. for the neighborhoods that are haunted by their violent past he was supposed to be the shining light that drove out darkness. a cleveland brown embraced as cleveland's own, now viewed as a falling star. >> we truly wish our brother reggie rucker the best. >> word spread quickly, fbi charges, tens of thousand of dollars misspent, lies and gambling problems. >> we already knew the

we've been knowing it for several years. >> reporter: art mccoy works the same street peace makers alliance was supposed to clean up but now there's concern about perception among the streets he serves. >> crime is up, and murder is up. >> who can they trust? people who depend on activities doing wrong. >> we're separated. how do we expect the community to come together? reggie rucker and his group will never reach out to us. >> reporter: art says black on black crime still holds up. this was a meeting among the concerned to reflect and suggest. >> we need everybody, families to come together, that's the only way to stop the violence. >> reporter: a message that has held up longer than any leader. and they say they're going to continue to do their party to clean up the streets.

frank wiley, news channel 5. the republican presidential candidates talking about issues separately. cnn hosting a town hall tonight and tomorrow. ben carson said if he were president in his final year, he would replace scalia in his final year. republicans want president obama to wait for the next president to pick a replacement. marco rubio came out swinging slamming the president for his plans to visit cuba next month promising if he's president he will only visit what he called a free cuba. ted cruz also called the president's plans to visit cuba a mistake and took aim at donald trump, who has been threatening to sue cruz over tv ads calling him -- attacking him calling it ridiculous. of course tomorrow's part two of the town hall will feature donald trump, jeb bush, and our governor, john kasi krshgs hshgs ch.

leading the pac, and pack, and on the democratic side, hillary clinton leads bernie sanders but the polls show both losing to trump. rubio and kasich in the general election and shows kasich with the biggest lead over clinton by 11%. apple is fighting a federal court order tonight that would help the fbi unlock an iphone used by one of the attackers who killed 14 people in san bernardino, california. apple's ceo tim cook warns complying with the order would entail building quote a back door to the a phone, something they -- i phone something they consider too dangerous. the court isn't trying to get apple to redesign its product; they just want access to this one device. a hospital in los angeles

after they got into and disabled its computer network. the ransom was paid in bitcoins, a virtual type of payment, and used ransom encryption software, and they say that was the quickest way to unlock the system. the fbi is now investigating. and weather wise, the chill is here, the arctic air settling in. 21 akron and canton, cleave land, 21, ashtabula. and a couple flurries trying to fall here, but most of the snow is gone, and you can see the dryer air is really working its way in, so we're going to clear out your skies overnight tonight. here's what's coming up next. arctic cold, but then we turn bathroom and windy. we're going to track in some 50-degree air. i'll tell you the best day to stay outside to enjoy a little

we're still live on scene of breaking news in lorain tonight. the desperate search for a missing toddler. >> 2-year-old lana lowowther has been missing for two hours. >> and tonight, new questions about hoverboard's safety, and who is regulating and how you can get a refund. >> and two major five on your side investigations, ohio senators have a mesdzage for the feds -- message for the feds investigating a federal

. there is a massive search underway on the east side of lorain right now for a missing 2-year-old girl. >> reporter: this is 2-year-old lana lowther on the east side of lorain. police believe she may have wondered out of her home. that house is on the other side of the woods that everyone was out scouring right after everyone went door to door. just moments ago they told researchers to clear out of the woods that butts up to colorado avenue so they can bring in a chopper. right now i want to hear what her grandma was saying about her.

she has brownish/blond hair. she would be scared of you. she doesn't just go up to people. she's just a tiny little baby. we need her to come home. >> reporter: again 2-year-old lana lowther went missing for about two hours. it is very, very cold out here and police are searching this woods behind us. this is colorado avenue and these are woods next to the home where she wondered off from. police are asking for anybody who knows anything to give them a call. we're expecting a press briefing very shortly. we'll keep you updated as soon as we know more. a very desperate search for mising two-year-old lana lowther on the east side of lorain. new information on an investigation. our scripps washington borough

months looking into possible mismanagement and care with problems at the various hospital in cincinnati. there's dozen employees claim cost changes reduced access to care and raised safety concerns. the va says it has opened an investigation into the hospital. the five on your side investigation into the cleveland division of water that we brought you last night at 11:00 is getting a lot of attention from city leaders. >> that's right. they say they're willing to talk to anyone to figure out a solution to water bill problems and do have information for customers about going before a water review board. our investigation revealed 44,000 shut off notices only turned into 31 cases going before the board. water reps say some of those are repeat notices and they work on customerer is have you enhancements every day. however, we get called nearly every week from people upset with their water bills and found numerous people who had significant issues trying to get

>> the way they treat you is so unfair, so belittling, so demeaning, your frustration levels get to a point you don't know where to reach and this is why i gave you a call. >> we talked to the division about david's case and need time to research. we also asked to the utilities committee chair and is aware of problems in the department. new developments of a story we brought you last nighty 11, a local family's hoverboard explodes, sending five food flames into the air and nearly burning down their orange village home. there have been 75 fires in 24 states yet you can still go online and buy a hoverboard for a few hundred dollars. >> amazing. hom abash has more.

futuristic and they can also be very, very dangerous as we're quickly finding out. we told you about hallie's son's hoverboard exploding. she said the most frustrating thing is she couldn't get a clear picture our which boards to stay clear from because there's no specific list or recall. >> we tried to look it up. >> it's hard to assume products you buy are automatically going to buy are dangerous, right? so that's not your. >> to point. >> but when you scroll through amazon, which is where most people have been buying them, you can easily find hundreds still for sale. so how do you regulate a brand new product flying off the virtual shelves? >> it makes it a challenge for our agency. >> after reports of explosions in 24 states including ohio,

hoverboards were coming straight to people's homes from shenzen china. >> i would imagine the same rules don't take place necessarily. >> they named 13 brands that are unsafe while they collect enough scientific evidence to take more action, but even more than the fires, they're worried about this. you've likely seen this video of mike tyson falling off the hoverboard and more injury reports keep pouring in, making the need for regulation that much more urgent. >> it should have been the week before. >> reporting in cleveland, homa bash, news channel 5. >> and the abrams family is trying to get the refund promised by all refunds and have gotten a letter and promise from amazon a decision will be made by march 1st. >> you have ever been on one of those things? >> have never been. i have trouble walking, let alone balancing on one of those. >> i've never even wanted to get

>> it's just best i keep both feet on terra firma. i do have a hover clicker. >> it is powerful. let's take a look in cleveland, dry weather, we're beginning to see some clearing moving in to parts of the area and that should continue overnight 24 degrees downtown. we're going to zoom on over to the east side. look at these temps, 13, burton, 11, orwell, 13, ashtabula, and chagrin falls, 13. and this is the coolest area right now in the viewing area, and i think this is a great shot in here, east side of seeing lows in the single digits. i think greater cleveland, 12 to 14, akron, as well, and i think the clearing will come in as we head towards sunrise. we'll begin to clear the skies

a nice little clearing patch moving in to where it's the coldest. it is going to be arctic cold. there are still a couple flurries. 12 in -- ravenna. it's 32 in millersburg, so i doubt you'll see single digits tonight. winds out of the northeast, 7 miles an hour, and most of the snow has gone bye-bye, still can't rule out a couple of isolated flakes for the next hour or so. the bottom line is, is the snow is moving away and we get a snow or so of dry weather. right now on the cold side here, the front has dropped down to the ohio river, there it is, the high build, in. tomorrow should be quite a bit of sunshine and blue sky, albeit the big chill, but look the warm front begins to work in. it will arrive tomorrow night

it's going to bring a lot of wind with it but it's also going to bring some mild temps for the weekend. tonight let's do 14, partly cloudy and cold, north wind 5 to 10. kids on the bus tomorrow, single digits, dry sun, cold. 30s coming home. again, dry, sunshine, still quite cold. a few clicks below normal. 32 tomorrow, mainly sunny for greater cleveland. dry, here's akron and canton overnight tonight, i bumped those temps up a few clicks. again, 10 to 14 for the low, mainly clear clear by sunrise, 31 tomorrow. let's show you the seven-day now. friday, rainy, wine. 50. saturday's your best weekend day, 54. sunday, a few showers and 46.

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the kafs have to play the bulls and cavs have to play the bulls and they can't worry about what they can't control. >> we have to build on our foundation, doing better defensively, trying to push the ball. we're starting to slow the ball a lot more, not get stagnant when things get hard. the same thing we've been preaching from day one. and i think if we continue do that, continue to get better, we'll get better and better. >> and don't forget the cavs play on news channel 5 at 3:30, cavs in oklahoma city, followed by the post game show, also the indians broke ground with pitchers and catches reporting

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>> reporter: this is a picture of 2-year-old lana lowther, missing since 8:45 tonight. police believe she may have wondered from her home on randall street. police are searching the woods butting up against her home on california avenue on the east side of lorain two-year-old lana lowther is missing. this is a very frantic search, very active scene. we'll keep you posted on good morning cleveland. >> we hope she's found safe.

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