rape kits just reached a new milestone. and our ongoing investigation into complaints about the birth control implant e-sure reveals new evidence about a horrifying consequence. the teenager accused of opening his own medical practice and pretending to be a doctor is explaining himself in an interview. >> i don't appreciate your toast -- your tone. i don't appreciate the way you are portraying this interview to be. >> what caused this interview to walk away. >> my daughter is only two. >> my daughter says that she has seen someone grab her. >> plenty of questions need to be answered now that two-year- old lona is safe and at home. the mother, as you heard, frantic when she called 911 to report the child missing. >> the child was missing for two hours before doctors

but she didn't have any of the symptoms that you would expect to see her exposed to the freezing temperatures. derek, what do you know? >> lee, that little girl was found a little wet and cold but police say that can happen after a few minutes. certainly not hours outside. now, the question is, did somebody abduct that little girl and who? >> why he did this >> reporter: john curtis does not care. he just wants justice for his two-year-old cousin. >> i just want him to be taken into custody >> reporter: he thinks that somebody abducted lona louser, from her home before leaving her blocks away from her home. >> he probably saw many people searching the streets and thought, i've got to get rid of this kid because somebody will

>> lona's mom believed that she was abducted from the beginning. >> she has seen somebody grab her by the hand. >> that may have happened, i don't know. i have an ed soin crew outside, directly outside of the house and they didn't see that. >> police dash cam videos shows the moment they took layla into custody. >> i just threw my car in park and she put her arms up and grabbed me. >> lona was rushed to lorain mercy hospital and rainbow babies and children's in cleveland. tonight, she's home. john also tells me that his little cousin rode back from the hospital resting on his shoulder on the way home. children's services here in lorain county are conducting their own investigation.

why was no amber alert issued? >> that's a question a lot of people have been asking. police tell me that the reason there was no aall right here was because they had no suspect description, no description of a car. things unique for that. they tell me that, in this case, they don't think that an amber alert was need but they also still do not have a suspect tonight. back to you. >> what a relief she is home. >> thanks, derek. this missing child case sounds similar to a case we reported last fall. you might remember two years old rain peterson vanished from her great grandparents' home back in october. the child was found alone after 48 hours sleeping in a wooded area less than a mile from the house. in this case, rain did suffer from the exposure but was treated and returned to her great grandparents. this investigation is still ongoing. the turn bull county sheriff department has ignored our repeated requests for our dates but we did learn from the attorney general that the state lab did test evidence in

now a new break through in a 5 on your side investigation that's been ongoing for years when we started asking tough questions about thousands of untested rape kits right here in the state of ohio. the state started poring through them, testing one after another, leading to hundreds of indictments. we have more tonight on the scope of this investigation and a new milestone investigators just reached >> reporter: that's right, frank. today, we can confirm that the number of it rape kits tested has reached the 10,000 mark. it was our 10 on your side investigation that prompted the statewide testing. this week, we had a chance to speak exclusive with the ohio attorney general mike did he -- mike devine about this new benchmark. >> i can almost guarantee you that we'll solve some crimes. >> three years and 10,000 kits later, a criminal justice milestone that has a special

attorneys general mike dewine sat down with chief investigator for ron reagan go how a 5 on your side investigation helped spark changes here at home. >> because 75% of these rape kits kim out sifty of cleveland. >> one of those newly tested rape kits that allowed the victim pointly see the face of the cleveland man who broke into her room and raped her in the night. >> i was 16 years old i was in my bed. in my home. a place that was supposed to be favor. >> reporter: dna evidence brought her relief and justice 16 years later. 46 years christopher bennett was sentenced to life in prison for the rape of three teenage girls in 1999 and 2000. >> i will take responsibility.

with trying to as wasel my wall out of anything. >> we owed it to these women who had been victims and whose rape kits had never been tested. >> the date line for law enforcement to submit any remaining untested rape kits is march 21st. more than 20,000 have been submitted as part of the investigation. new developments in the battle over lead poisoning in cuyahoga county. the state supreme court shot down a request from a law firm that wanted the records of rest residences where children had elevated levels of blood in the lead. the court said that that would have forced the agencies to reveal the identities of the children. now, all new at 5:00, city of beachwood is equipping its police and fire departments with new camera systems. the city says it's using money that was seized or forfeited

to pay the $202,000 bill for 15 new police cruisers cameras and 55 body cameras for officers. the new cruiser cams will offer a 360- degree view and stream live video back to dispatchers. every officer will get a body camera that records in hd and the city is improving to optic fiber communications. and the cavs and the deadline trade shocker. anderson varejao is leaving. >> he goes to the magic. in return, the cavs got channing frye from orlando. andy basskins breaks it all down. is it good? >> it's good and interesting. andy was not playing very much

about this deal is that the cavs have tworoster spots. as guys are bought out of the reeling, like andy is about to, they will be able to get him back. joe johnson is one of the names that they are looking at. cavs lose a fan faith but they add a player that can add more offense than andy was. he is really good in open space and hit the 3 and can play center if they need to. varejao is expected to be released. remember sajowski, you know, that was an old rule where he came back. that rule is gone. andy is gone and cunningham is gone. earliest they could pick him up would be in july for the new nba year. you would not expect to see any of those guys back. mark, it may be cold, but,

lifting our spirits today. >> i heard that i was traded to steubenville for a tv meteorologist to be named later. >> very cold start to the day but the warm up is knocking on the door. 30 in cleveland and akron, 29 in canton, 27 ashtabula. you will have to wear the winter coats for the evening and the overnight. look at how close the warm air is and if we can put this into motion now, we'll show you the progress of the warmer air. it's slowly but surely moving your way. so good news. warmup on the way beginning tonight. 50s are coming for your weekend. i'll tell if you that's going to last for any extended period of time. no worries about any rain, sleet or snow. don't worry about that little icon. you are fine.

upper and low 20s. can you say 60 degrees? lee and franks? say it. >> 60 degrees. >> bring it on. >> maybe. we'll talk about that coming up. happening right now, a major announce. from the white house. president obama about to do something no u.s. president has done in nearly 90 years. chris flanagan is live in the newsroom with new information about the president's historic visit. >> president obama is going to visit cuba. he and the first lady will be there on march 21 and march 22 in what is a major milestone for cuban american relations. the agreement comes six months after that historic handshake and six months art american embassy reopened in havanna. travel restrictions to that country have been eased since. >> given the choice between going in december when, frankly, it would just kind of be a vacation down to cuba, or going now and trying to get some business done, we believe

>> the white house says that president obama will interact with members of the cuban, quote, civil society. that's a reference to activists that advocate for social causes. he says he could only travel to cuba if he could speak to groups that oppose the government. he will visit raul castro, not fidel castro. and the last u.s. president to visit cuba is calvin coolidge. she is in a tough fight for the nomination, but signs that hillary clinton will clinch the democratic nomination, and ohio will play

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developing story on 5. vice president biden added his thoughts on who should nominate for the howest court. mr. biden pushed back against the senate saying that mr. obama should wait for his successor. the vice president did acknowledge that the senate will have a say in confirming the choice. and a former supreme court justice agrees with mr. biden. sandra day o'connor says she wants us to get on with it. that's her quote, actually. let's get on with it on the road to the white house, pope francis didn't actually step foot on the u.s. soil during a visit to the mexico border. >> but he appears to have stepped right into our political fray. >> returning to rome from his visit to mexico, pope francis was asked about donald trump's wall to build a plan.

tell americans how to vote but said a person who thinks only about building walls wherever they may be and not building bridges is not christian. trump had this response to the pope's comment. >> if and when the vatican is attacked by isis, i can promise you that the pope would have only wished and prayed that donald trump would have been president. >> trump said that the trip to mexico and his message shows that the pontiff is a political leader. >> for a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful. >> another gop presidential candidate was asked. >> vatican city controls who they come in, how they come in and when. as raul, the united states has a trite do that as well. >> john kasich had much kinder words. >> the pope is a pretty

with just two days before the next vote is cast, the gop race is tightening with donald trump in a virtual tie with trultz. >> donald trump is in second place with 26%. i expect a storm of tweets any minute now. >> reporter: cruz says that the race should be about who will appoint conservative supreme court justices. and, toyed, despite senator bernie sanders showing early strength against rival hillary clinton, some key ohio democrats are standing by her side. an associated press survey of our state's 16 superdelegates found 12 support clinton and four remain uncommitted. superdelegates make up about a third of the delegates needed to clinch the nomination. mark said 60 degrees earlier. >> i think we have a nice warmup coming our way now. going to be windy. to get warm air into ohio in february, you need a lot of

going to be blustery. only have to melt some snow. once that happens, -- >> let's bring on the bathing suits. >> remember that sunshine we talked about. it is clouding up ahead of the warm front that's coming up that will bring the wind and warmth to northern ohio beginning to. it's closing in. it's closing in you have some high thin clouds. 33 degrees currently in downtown cleveland. again, thin clouds are moving overhead. they're going to thicken up gradually during the overnight hours. 31 in chagrin falls. 29 currently in chardon. brunswick at 32 degrees. same with avon lake. jackson, 32. downtown akron sitting at 30 degrees. here come those clouds it's all about the warm front. warm front coming in. that's going to bring in some clouds and, right now, we are

you to notice what's going on up here. see that right there? that right there, that's all part of this warm frontal boundary and, believe it or not, i would expect there will be some precipitation, a thin band, a thin band of a rain- slow mix that's going to -- rain-snow mix that's going to develop right here. you'll be sleeping, between 3:00 and 4:00 a.m. when it arrives but there could be a brief burst of snow followed by a little bit of rain right along that warm front. very narrow. does not even last 15, 20, 30 minutes. while you were sleeping. and then the winds arrive. and the temps here. 50 in green, 60 in the orange. i'm not going to go with 60.

but -- that's a big butt, wilma, by saturday, we are talking about 55 to 60 degrees. 29 degrees tonight. clouds thicken up. a big mix. a big band of rain-snow mix should arrive. akron canton forecast for the overnight hours. early lows, near 27. as the warm front moves n temp the begin to move up. you may see temperatures in the 30s, 36 degrees by the time you get up tomorrow morning. should be dry. breezy. good news there seven-day forecast, ready? saturday, 58. what? >> what? >> it's february. 58. thank you, el nio. >> that's not 60. >> that's not 60. somebody is going to be 60, frank. >> make it happen. >> you have to grease the palms

sunday a few showers. cooler. 55. if you expect spring to be here forever and ever and ever, no. 31 wednesday, snow. 28 thursday, snow. this is my brown face. back to frank and lee. >> a bizarre noise waking people up at night. is it a squeal, a sh eek shriek? and we are refusing to let the cleveland department of water off the hook after being

an all out knockdown brawl goes down in a texas restaurant after employees try to keep a trio of armed robbers from escaping.

in as customers, conveniently pulling out guns and hopping the counter, as you see, to steal money from the register. in their escape efforts, one of the robbers picked up a chair as a weapon hitting the owner's daughter after another dragged her by her hair. well, her brother came and picked up his own chair. they all started chasing each other around the restaurant. the results, brutal. >> my dad got hit in the face with a gun. my aunt was punched right and left by two guys. i mean they pulled her hair out of her head. >> our hearts go out to her. after all that violence, the robbers managed to escape. the owner thinks that the same group roshed them back in november. cameras captured the group's faces. a bizarre and inexplicable

and some compare it to a case for the x files. >> that's painful. it is a strange shrieking sound. this is in portland, oregon. only a few people have reported it. they ruled out several possibilities including wildlife and gas leak. for now, it is a mystery that people are just trying to cope with. an alarming new development in and investigation we first brought you three years ago. the birth control implant e- sure was believed to be connected to five fetal deaths. that number is much, much higher. and more information on the number of jobs coming here in cleveland. we'll take you inside the hilton hotel and tell you how to land a job. t sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound)

(elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk.

top stories now at 5:30. there are plenty of questions after a toddler disappears for several hours. two-year-old lena holzer was found after she disappeared from her home a good samaritan found her crawling in the snow four hours later but lena had no physical signs that she spent that much time outside and president obama plans to travel to cuba next month. the white house says he will meet with president raul castro but not fidel. mr. obama will also visit with members of, quote, cuba civil society, the nation's activist for social causes. and the ohio attorney general's office has reached a milestone.

there have been more than 3600 dna kits. mark, good news for the weekend? what's up? >> well, good news for the weekend. warmup. it's not warm yet. 2349 29 for elyria. let's show you clouds associated with that warm front, thickening up. let's show a little bit of a rain-snow mix right here, the leading edge of the warm front. that's likely going to develop father southward so we'll mention an isolated rain-snow mix well after midnight tonight. should be gone by the morning commute so you will be sleeping when this arrives, most of you, anyway. the good news is that the warmup arrives, hangs around for the weekend. bad news is that you have to bundle up this evening because

10:00 and notice, look, they begin to go up and, right here at 4:00 a.m., we have that rain- snow mix coming in. it only lasts for 15 to 30 minutes. then it's out of here. and wait until you see the warmth for the weekend. developing today in cincinnati, police say that the man shot to death by officers when he reached for a weapon was actually reaching for a pellet gun. the cincinnati police chief says that three officers fired five gunshots as he reaped for that pellet gun. at first, gaston complied and then reached for that pellet gun. cell phone video shows gaston reaching for his waist band this story right here has a lot of people talking. in just about a month, the brand new 600 room hilton convention hotel will be completed. remember, our hotel helped the

employees will be among the first welcoming guests. today, john kosting gotosick got a look inside. >> yes. >> reporter: they got the place ready for na june 1st grand opening. hilton posted on their facebook page, they will be hiring soon and they got 90,000 clicks. if you want to apply for the jobs posted online march 1st. next week, thursday, friday, saturday, they'll hold job previews which tells you about the various jobs possibly. >> not a lot of people know that we have security guards that we're going to hire or what exactly a room attendant does or what does a houseman do. we'll educate them on the jobs

they'll have paternity leave, travel benefit, health benefits, 401(k). they'll learn that we'll show them how to apply online. >> and those online applications will be starting march 1st. you company find a list of the training dates on our website. in consumer news, at 5:00, ford says its next fusion will have new pothole protection technology. the company says that the 2017 fusion v-6 sports sedan will have a shock absorber system that automatically stiffens when the sensor detect a pothole that will keep the wheel elevated instead of dropping into the whole. currently, that technology is only available in some luxury cars. if your car does not have that ability yet, it's likely that potholes are making your commute a bumpy one. go to our pothole patrol form

hold your leaders accountable. he is accused of pretending to be a doctor, even scamming an elderly woman out of thousands of dollars. >> whether she paid for me to just show up, that's up to her. next, all new at 5:00, that teen right there, talking about his busted medical practice and what medical training he has. but, first, those winning

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we have some horrifying new information on the 5 on your side investigation which started three years ago. >> now appears that the f.d.a. may have grossly underestimated the effects of the birth control implants. many women say that the implant caused them debilitating pain. some even went to capitol hill to testify. sarah, you have been exposing health problem here is with women. >> mike fitzpatrick has asked the f.d.a. to conduct a thorough review of e-sure, after an independent study reveal there is had been more than 3300 fetal deaths linked

the f.d.a. cited just five deaths among complaints from women that we found across the country who experienced severe symptoms. >> i was told that it was quick and easy and there was going to be no problem. the ovarian cyst that i developed causes pain. i can't even stand up without pain. can't sit without pain. >> reporter: fitzpatrick introduced ledges sawldz the e- 3 act. if the bill pass, it would force the food and drug administration to take e-sure off the market. for more, including a response from the manufacturer, log on to our website new information now on that florida teen arrested for impersonating a doctor. the 18-year-old who calls himself dr. love is out on bail. >> today, he gave an exclusive interview to abc news about the

matt gutman has the accused teen's perspective. >> malachi love robinson, the teen marched out of his florida clinic in behind cause. >> you have been practicing medicine without a lies offense >> reporter: it sitting down with abc news overnight released from jail on a $21,000 bail after being busted in a sting operation in because paetsch, on -- in west palm beach. >> are you doctor in anything. >> i hold a ph.d. in what? i don't feel comfortable disclosing. >> you treat people in your office. >> that's accusations >> the 18-year-old is facing serious accusations from police. 7 including grand theft and allegedly practicing medicine without a license and, last months, he proudly showed off his medical center to our abc affiliate wpdc.

the sign on the door has his in him and two crucial letters, md. >> that sign on the door was to be face. there are many degrees that hold the title of doctor. >> just because someone has a title doctor in front of their name does not necessarily imply m.d. >> have you had training? >> i have. i have shadowed many doctors >> you said your training comprises shadowing other doctors, real doctors. >> your training comprises of a lot of things. >> you were not in med school? >> exactly. >> i'm not portraying as an m.d. >> okay, but you -- >> i said that i've have i said that i'm going to school. >> but the teen who goes by dr. love says that he has food and air therapy and naturalpathy.

particular field for a while. may not have been eight years, ten years, but long enough to justify what i do. >> including treating the elderly. an 86-year-old woman in a criminal complaint said he treated her for severe storm mac pain. he paider $36,000. >> accusation are merely accusations and services you have to define that, whether she paid for me to just show up, that's up to her. >> you are not denying the fact that she paid you $3500 or so, correct? >> no, i am denying that. >> reporter: are you a frayed because it seeps like everything you say to me is either evasive or outright lie. >> i don't appreciate your tone. i don't appreciate the way you are portraying this interview to actually be. >> and then a moment we didn't expect. are you in big trouble? seems like you have spoken to

talk not only to the media but police as well. >> i don't know where you are receiving this information from but it is inaccurate. i'm sorry. i'm going to have to cut this interview short. i'm going to have to cut this interview short. >> in fact, he did, walking out the door. >> matt gutman reporting. abc news has a standing offer for the teen to come back and finish up the interview. love-robinson did maintain his innocence and even says once all of this is cleared up, he intends to open another clinic. >> we'll continue to follow that. mark johnson is a genuine meteorologist. what are the letters after his name. >> he gives a bad name to real doctors like? >> like dr. doppler. >> exactly. >> you can't even make that stuff up. i can't wait for that lifetime movie. what's going on outside? clouds are creeping in. they'll continue to thicken up but the good news here about

edge of the warm air arriving just in time for the weather weekend. not bad. let's take a look at what's going on temperatures weise. 38 in cleveland, 29 in akron and canton. it will remain cold. the warmup begins through midnight. tells are creeping up into the middle and upper 30s. i'm going to step over here to the computer because i'm going to take you back in time a few hours. let's show you what the morning low is. these are the coldest morning lows. if you joined me at 11:00 last night, i showed you where we would likely have the coldest temperature readings. i'm going to try to take you back here. let's go back about 12 hours now. now watch. watch these temps in ashtabula. chagrin falls. watch chagrin falls. uh-oh, uh-oh. it's one degree in chagrin falls for the low and look at ashtabula. 4 below zero.

elsewhere, we ended up single digits and low teens. right in the belt, ended umm real cold. 36 currently. millers being, 33. the chill is here. the wind are going to be as well. i think after midnight tonight, the warm front moves in. you will see that these are 20 miles per hour winds and even higher up here in the orange. the yellows are in the teens. right now, winds are pretty manageable, below 10 miles per hour in most spots. once the warm front aid rice, it's going to take the winds up into the 50s. some you near 60 on saturday. expect blustery conditions. here comes the cloud cover. the warm front. we have some snow showers, a little bit of rain here. our computers are suggesting some of that does reach down and we have a brief thin line of showers. between 2:00 and 4:00, it's out

temps warming up lowe freezing. what are the temps behind that warm front? wow. 30, 62. i'm not saying 60s for everybody this weekend but you get the picture. the warmup is coming. 29 tonight. clouds thicken up. a quick mix between 2:00 and 7:00 a.m. snow. should be brief. tomorrow, scattered, near 50. saturday, dry. wow. 55 to 60. winter is not done. we have a little snow and temps in the 20s and 30s next week. >> thanks, mark. >> here is what's coming up at 6:00. a 5 on your side investigation that found that our state is failing to protect those that protect us. firefighters exposed to chemicals that, down the road could cause cancer. but a program that could help pay her medical cost has fallen into a tug of war with lawmakers

northeast ohio have been flagged as structurally deficient. we'll tell you where those bridges are and why they are considered in poor conditions. first when live at 5:00 returns, there has been an increased in deadly crashes, involving distracting driving. what you need to know to talk to your kids about using their

. an important warning for parents. you need to know what your teenager, doing when they are hyped the wheel. if you don't, the consequences can be deadly as our sister station in tampa those us. a car recklessly enters traffic causing a car to slam on the brakes in pinellas park. >> reporter: after doing donuts, they speed away. police say that they are seeing more young people doing things like this, posted on social media.

>> reporter: social media star kendall jenner got into hot waters snapchatting herself while driving. even during driver's training, it's hard to get teens to put the cell phones away. >> everybody wants to show 0. >> reporter: they and there are sell apps that offer up. >> what kinds of content they might be posting any time, even while driving or not driving >> reporter: this comes weeks after a fiery crash in philadelphia killed flee young girls. >> one of her friends told me she was snapchatting throughout the night. >> one of the final snap, the app recorded them snapping their speed at 73 miles per hour. >> the fact that it'sey on there may have seemed irresponsible. >> the girls splay burned to death.

parents and taking away that availability. >> they say this could save their lives. >> that was lauren russillo reporting. that's it on live at 5:00 all new next, a 5 on your side investigation and the alarming numbers of water bill issues here in cleveland. >> i have seen on channel 5 the report and, waits a minute. no, this is exactly what's happening to me. >> you are asking the questions and we are digging to give you answers. more on what we are uncovering. and a family is pleading for information on the death of

right now, a 5 on your side investigation is finding large number of cleveland residents with huge water bills. >> and water that residents say they are not even using. so we began digging. our investigators have received numerous complaints about your water bills. now, we start off a brand new series. >> jonathan walsh is live from cleveland's west side. our coverage has sparked people to come forward? >> reporter: as a matter of fact, the guy who own this is property says that he is being charged for water that is supposedly flowing right into his business. but he says that was capped years ago. now, he is gist throwing his hands up in disgust. >> like a highway robbery. how are they going to charge me with something that i never consumed and never used >> reporter: since bought this building in 2008, water has not been connected but a water bill came two weeks ago saying he