new tonight at 6:00 we are showing you are not alone. >> investigator jonathan on pothole patrol right now. >> this weather isn't helping. >> certainly not. in fact these are just some of the complaints i have received from you the viewer. that extreme weather -- yeah the sun comes out, you put your glass on, it gets all warm and then it cools down again. then it warms up again then it cools down again. i can tell you what is not cool, big, deep damage potholes. >> it is terrible. this is a really bad one. it has been here a long time. >> jessica didn't want to use her last name. she hit this monster. >> it gets deeper. i mean it will be the size of

>> she had to replace a tire on $250. the problems don't stop there. >> now i have a bigger issue with my bumper now. it is slightly hanging because of this situation. >> she is now suing the tow company for damaging her car. that is a $1,700 repair. i drove around and found more issues along 140th. we wanted to make you aware of east 140th. he said he is putting that area and -- >> we will put it in our system and get some cold patch to that location as soon as possible. >> he said crews are address city. >> we will be releasing a comprehensive division streets repair plan. >> in the meantime drivers suffering damage are just beside

a lot of other people are also frustrated. >> now jessica tells me she will go throughout complaint process trying to get reimbursed for her damages from the city of cleveland but as we have reported in the past, that process extremely slow. i will have more details about that process and potholes all over our city and in northeast ohio in the coming months. back to you. >> and if you have a pothole you would like us to check out, let us know through our news net 5 app. once you are up here, scroll down a little bit. you see chick e click -- click here to submit information. you can tell us exactly where

once you tell us where it is, the pin will drop on it. we will go out and take a look at it. real easy to do. a traffic stop in tallmadge turns really strange after fugitive bites off his own fingerprints to try to hide his identity. the man was wanted in florida and he may have illegally sold guns connected to several murders. bob, we want to warn our viewers some of the pictures are disturbing. >> well police tell me the suspect did everything he could to conceal his identity. first lying about his name and then believe it or not, actually biting off his fingerprints. well tonight he is here in jail. we have dash cam video from the tallmadge police department showing 24-year-old kirk kelly getting out of the passenger's seat around 3:00 a.m. sunday during a traffic stop on north thomas. at that point officers didn't

for racketeering and gun and drug charges. police couldn't confirm his identity so they went to get a fingerprint scanner but during that time kelly chewed off his fingerprints. they found out he had previous mugshots and were able to figure out who he was and they were told he may have sold guns linked to as many as 15 murders in tampa. >> i can imagine that this gentleman bumped into a number of police officers over the course and -- has probably been let go and these guys really dug into it and did some fine investigative work. night. extradited back to tampa. police there only said he is part of an open investigation. back to you.

death of a five month old shot in her car seat. an arrest warrant has been issued for a second suspect, 30-year-old charles caldwell. court papers said caldwell fired a gun at the car killing her. that happened back in october. 19-year-old holmes and 62-year-old hilliard both been shooting. december. and we just received these pictures from cleveland police. they want you to take a good look here because they think these men are connected to a murder. a man was shot several times and killed last month. if you know anything, you are urged to call police. now for a quick check of our weather. we have a nice weekend ahead of us. >> not too shabby once we get through this. it is currently 28 in cleveland. 29 in akron. 28 in canton.

type cold out there. the good news is, there are no anytime soon. little isolated flurries trying to linger on the radar but they are few and far between. clouds are pretty tight as well. we will call it mainly cloudy. what about your evening? no worries y about any weather related delays for you. warmup. i will tell you the warmest day coming up right now things are just starting to rev up at the auto show. doors opened about an hour or so ago. we got some very good news for our economy. paul live inside the show. >> well like you said the doors

already look at this the crowds are building. a lot of talk here today about several major announcements by ford officials. that means good news for about 3,000 local ford workers. >> we are announcing we are investing $145 million in cleveland engine plant. >> that appears to mean job security for local workers. the new engine will be produced at the cleveland engine plant. >> it will be more powerful. it is the v6 which behaves like a v8 engine. it should be more economical also. better gas mileage. it means they will have jobs for years to come. it means that cleveland is the choice for engines for ford motor company. >> also today at the show, ford

production of the avon lake plant to build. he said that is great news for lorain county. >> ford has made the commitment to stay in lorain county to stay in northern ohio and to stay in in the state of ohio. >> ford also said today hear that these new developments will add and or save an addition 150 jobs. back to you. >> if you are looking to check out the new models out, you still head out till 10:00 tonight. doors open back up again tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. and they close again at 10:00. and you can head out there sunday as well. for details about what is going on you can check out our news net 5 app it is no secret storms -- scammers

of your hard earned money by tricking you. there is a new app out there to help you. >> one woman said she slightly panicked when she received a call from someone claiming to be the irs. the irs never calls you. her story is one over thousands. the website developed by the bbb keeps track of complaints. you can zoom in on a map of your area to see the problems your neighbors are experiencing. >> kit -- it can keep you from losing thousands of dollars. >> grow are interested in what scams are hitting your area head to our news 5 app. it is out with the old and soon to be in with the new. as the last of the mall is being torn down. we checked on the demolition's progress today.

will take until the end of next month. it will allow the expansion of the shops at parma. at least a dozen new stores have already found leases. still ahead you may say a lot of politicians are full of hot air. >> yeah. you may say they are full of something else. a community effort is under way to make sure students can get to their classes safely. remember if you see news happening text or e-mail us.

it was the political earthquake heard around the country today. chris christie throwing his endorsement behind donald trump this afternoon. the new jersey governor said there is in one better prepared to lead our country than trump.

can get so dirty can leon -- leave a smell in the air. >> you know i have covered politics all my professional life. i know sometimes politics can be dirty. some of it went even further than mud sling when i stepped into this story. hi to -- i had to clean off my shoes and hold my nose. put your foot in the metal -- he will tell you friend you have to be careful where you step. good advice too. >> i haul it right through this gate here. >> the story caught me off guard. in ohio it dropped in on me. we sent air tracker 5 to see how

well precisely enough of donald trump he said. so on his farm, he spread his word of no trump. wrote his thoughts in bull -- well in bull manure. pardon me but i'm care foul choose my words. >> i know there is a lot of folks out there that may not agree with me and that is your american right. i just voice my opinion, not yours. >> i figure head is trying to cow chip away at trump's lead. jerry doesn't waste words -- well his words are a lot of waste. the farmer doesn't tie in to the new electronic right in age but his granddaughter said we are putting you on facebook. >> it made me happy. >> we are from a rural farm things around here. [ laughter ] >> [ indiscernible ] i have raised almost everyone of

>> just off i-77 farmer jerry is writing his thoughts, 15 cows and bulls are giving it their all so don't get jerry mad at you. he will write you a letter. >> [ laughter ] now this writing in ha barnyard squall is not new to jerry. he said he did the same thing as a birthday greeting for his wife. jerry you have a way with words. for my words you can thank me with a telephone call. don't write me a letter. [ laughter ] >> great story. well we are still in the middle of went but we know the end of the school year is near. they are trying to boost attendance heading towards graduation by clearing a path in more ways than one. the safe routes to school initiative is trying to tackle missed attendance because of poor weather. this weekend volunteers will be hitting neighborhoods pleading their case that shovelling their

safety. >> hopefully we won't have to shovel too much. almost to march. >> we are almost there. we are getting there. >> maybe a little march lion roar coming our way. >> you never know. >> looks like a warmup though. >> nice warmup first. let's get to pleasant weather weekend for late february. currently downtown akron dry weather there. we are seeing a mainly cloudy sky. let's take a little tour. that was earlier today. now we will click it in and show you the time lapse. beautiful sunset. long as you have that winter apparel ready to go. we have a few little flakes. no guarantee that all of this is even reaching the ground. again we will mention an

areas. if you see a flake in the next hour or two would not be surprised. the flow is coming in out of the northwest. that is the issue. that is why we have been so chilly during the day today with highs stuck in the 20s. hold on, the northerly winds will transition to a northerly breeze soon. but not this evening. we will stay cold. 29 in elryria. 28 medina. we have middle and upper 20s in most spots. some lower 30s off to our west and south. that trend will continue to move all across northern ohio. i am thinking 40s tomorrow and thumbs up. hour. that is why we are so chilly. cleveland at 28. 28 degrees, wow. i'm ready for some 50s and 60s. hasn't even been a terrible winter. today's high 30 after a low of 24. the warm air is not that far away. it is out here but there is a little warm front right --

did you see my drawing there? that is what that is. there is a little warm boundary hear that will be moving our way over the course of the weekend. [ laughter ] that was not cow manure there folks. [ laughter ] once that high pulls east look what happens, the cold air retreats and we get a flow out of the south. look, it is a warmup coming our way. sunday should be the nicest day of the weekend to get outside. we will be enjoy bright sunshine. temperatures hopefully in the 50s in most places. enjoy it. 25 degrees tonight. a few clouds. cold and dry. by tomorrow morning we will begin to warmup. we will see 28 to 30 by sunrise tomorrow morning on the thermometer. so the warm air is beginning to creep in. tomorrow 44. breezy with a sun cloud mix. lows dipping down to 26. let's do 43 tomorrow. finally the seven day forecast

at least for a couple of days and sunday. bring it on. 40s and 50s on tuesday. 30s by thursday of next week. >> be sure to catch a brand new edition of academic challenge tomorrow night at 7:00 right here on news channel 5. this week's match up teams from archbishop, john marshall and new london. they all compete for a their solve $20,000 in grant money. academic challenge hosted by jason nicholas. all right guess what? it may not seem like it but we are 38 days away from indians opening day. >> starting on monday tickets for all games go on sale at 10:00 a.m. if you haven't been keeping track, opening day is on april 4th. it is against the boston red sox. >> can't come quickly enough.

now speak of the -- speak-ing the of a indians they are out in arizona. we have that and more coming up

could be a very good game tonight in toronto. the cavs lead the east, the raptors right behind them. meanwhile the cavs making their -- [ indiscernible ] lebron james said saying they know they want him. the cavs likely going and losing to the heat as johnson has agreed to terms with miami. he was competing for a starting spot. today he was suspended for violating the drug policy. >> time now for 60 seconds with the indians. they are still trying to figure out this out field situation. they wept -- went out and picked up will. he was also the teammate of general manager mike at princeton.

field and who will be the starting three on opening day for the indians. one of the guys that has a shot is butler. [ indiscernible ] >> well he was pretty good. he had electric stuff that night. he threw well against us a time before. i mean -- just being on the other side is the side you don't want to be on when a guy is on like that. >> indians will face the reds on tuesday in the first exhibition game of the season. today they battled it out -- the veterans did ate least at least on the -- it at least on the golf course. he sat down with me and talked about his journey.

>> all right. can't wait to see it. >> all right. >> [ indiscernible ] >> yeah. chilly tonight in the 20s. 50s by sunday. >> we will take it. not bad. >> thanks for watching. see you back here at 11:00 tonight.

tonight, right here, the bombshell endorsement. the presidential race turning personal. the new attacks leveled tonight. rubio going after trump. and chris christie tonight, now saying it's time for president trump. breaking news, the motive in the deadly rampage. the video now discovered, and the notice the gunman got 90 minutes before the shootings. the new head line about the zika outbreak, and pregnant women in the u.s. the miscarriages as well.