> live, always investigating, always on your side, news channel 5 starts now. >> if you are in the market for new wheels like this one, just maybe want to check out very sweet rides you are in luck. the auto show opens up to the public today and we have a preview for you. >> grab the door, swings open, that's what i justin [inaudible] that guy, gun in my face. >> a night out with friends turns into a nightmare for a local man. the story in his own words ahead. first a live look outside. cleveland across the shores of lake eerie. an over cast start to the morning.

you will like what's in store. hello and welcome to the saturday edition of good morning cleveland. we what we are going to get. it's a mild day on the way. we love it. >> after a week of tracking a temperatures, in time for the weekend. nearly 60 tomorrow. unbelievable for the last weekend of february. this is shaping up to be a good one. the sun is up across northeast ohio. we are off to a full start. this is the feel like temperature of what it feels richland. we are talking about the upper teens to near 30. i need you to give i weather a little bit of time. sitting just at 28 degrees. we are contending with a few flurries but they are shifting east fairly quickly.

pike, you are seeing a few flurries. they are shifting east fairly quickly. that's headed toward twins burg. if you are out and about probably noticing just those flurries. they will move out quickly from madison, you are seeing a little scattered activity. by midafternoon. we have high pressure that is building from the south. that's what is allowing for us to turn into partly to mostly sunny skies by three. we are looking at 42 degrees. going out tonight i think we could see the changing into about mostly cloudy conditions. for saturday afternoon. in the 40s. then we will talk about mid50s mid50s. 50s tomorrow. >> wait for it to warm up. thank you. a father of four now ready to enjoy a rare night out with friends but he quickly gets more than he barginned for. it could have been a lot worse if not for a twist of fate. frank wiley talked to the victim about the terrifying

he has the story you will only see here. >> reporter: he gained a limp but didn't loose his life. the 8,000 block of maryland is where a gun spared him. anthony wasn't ready for what waited outside his door. >> gun in my face. >> reporter: a stranger dragged him out, intending to kill. the gun jammed and then his body was to close to the gunman for him to aim high a bullet grazed his leg, another through his foot. his heart as loud as any gun shot. >> he shot again like two or three more times and then -- the gun jammed again. i pushed him and i just ran. >> reporter: hopped up on adrenaline he didn't know he had been shot. by the time he peeked around a corner his car zoomed past.

medics patched him together again. doctors said that an artery was near. if he leaned back on his heel he might not have been sitting here. >> hard to imagine that the suspects also got his wallet and cell phone. they are still on the loose. new this morning the city of chardei in is marking a quiet anniversary. today is four years since a shooting left several students dead. members of the community have worked to create a space to honor the teens who lost their lives. plans for a memorial park have started. the group behind the plan is working with the city to obtain land that would develop into a park with hiking trails, a playground and a dedicated space for survivors and first responders of that shooting. donations are being taken by the group. local photographer captured

pictures of elderwood avenue. johnny q took the first one here in 2014. the second one which looks dry and desolate was a few days ago. at first it may look like its getting worse but it's signs of improvement a local recycling company cleared out the trash and trees. >> this -- life after people but hopefully in time it'll come back to what it used to be and what people know it can be. >> the mayor said that those empty apartment buildings will be destroyed with in 60 days. its part of a project with the northeast ohio sewer district. if you are in the market for a new set of wheels buckle up. you are in luck. we have you covered. the 2016 cleveland auto show is back in town. meg shaw has been there all morning getting a peek. what do you have for us now? >> there is a lot of things

of a full day here at the auto show. normally they open on saturday to the public but opened last night for a few hours. today is the first full day and we have a big schedule. first i want to talk about the big announcement from friday. ford announcing it's investing $145 million to upgrade one of its plants here in cleveland. the plant produces engines that power the ford f150, the accord, the transit, the flex and the taurus. this is expected to create or retain 150 jobs locally. >> means they will have jobs for years to come. it means that cleveland is the choice for engines or motor companies. we are an important part of ford's future. >> ford said this is part of a nine billion dollar investment here in cleveland and at

this is a very good thing for ford. today the show runs from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. there is so much to do out here. enough for the family. even if you don't drive you can come out and drive, simulators get behind the wheel and feel what it feels like to drive some of these cool cars or come out and dream like i have been all morning long. coming up at 8:30 i will tell you who you can get an autograph from >> new car smell everywhere you turn there. another big convention. wizard world cleveland. the pop culture convention celebrates everything from comic books to cult tv shows. today's big draw is chris hemsworth.

unique to the convention are the russo brothers. they will take over the avengers franchise soon. through four tomorrow. thank you for starting your i'm nick foley. you have probably seen this trending on social media. the ohio farmer that is making very smelley way. >> and you will meet the 6- year-old who is getting to live out her dreams on stage after a tough health battle and we have the local weather. >> love her. weather will make you smile today. we are talking about a weekend warm up near 60. for your sunday i will show you

good morning. the sun is up across summit and stark county. we are starting off the morning with kind of a chill. give the weather time to warm up this morning. right now our temperatures into the upper 20s. lower 30s out toward millersburg, summit county 30 degrees. by midafternoon we will bump up about ten to 15 and be sitting back into the mid40s. sun and clouds throughout the afternoon. you will notice this southwest wind. 15 to 20 miles an hour for lake shore communities a breezy day. i think the winds really kick

evening. expect some wind advisories possible late tomorrow evening. today. in -- it continues to get better as we head into your sunday. is this a mistake in near 60 for your sunday afternoon. then we will start to track in a few rain tops overnight into monday. >> i love that forecast. we love this story. the feel good story of the day. new, a very special 6-year-old got the surprise of a lifetime at shaker heights ballet. hope was born with no left ventricle in her heart and needed a heart transplant. then she got that back in july of 2014. its been a long road to recovery since but today hope is doing amazing because of the special wish foundation. last fall she was able to be a ballerina for a day. now the studio she visited has create aid role in already production of peter pan just

>> something we never expected to happen. it's just -- it was her special wish to let us -- fill a dream like this. it's amazing. >> reporter: amazing indeed. she will do great. she will preform with the company on march 5th in cleveland. we head to break a look at last night's winning lottery numbers.

just about 8:16 on saturday morning. at least ten are dead and dozens hurt after a suicide bombing in afghanistan. the attacker targeted a local tr ib al leader. syria a car bomb violates the cease fire that went into effect at midnight. it was just two hours old when the bombing was reported. nobody has claimed responsibility for that bomb and it's possible it was from isis or al-qaeda. both groups weren't included in the cease fire. in iran reformists and moderate conservatives leading in the election. voters went to the poles yesterday and results show a more friendly house to pursue a domestic augend agenda. and new details coming in

deputies say the 12-year-old who is the only survivor of the shooting is related to the other victims. it happened yesterday in a rural part of the state. the gunman called an officer to say he had shot and killed his family. the officer arrived and the man locked himself in the home with the gun. after a standoff that man killed himself. neighbors say they heard the gun shots. >> we were just standing outside and heard random shooting. it sounded like they were target shooting. >> police still haven't identified the gunman or the victims. another mass shooting. this time in kansas where three people were killed and more than a dozen hurt. authorities announced they have made an arrest in connection with the case. elizabeth is in heston. >> reporter: cedrick ford,

he used to shoot his co worker is a convicted felon who couldn't legally own guns. he got the weapons from a 28- year-old kansas woman charging her with unlawfully transferring firearms. his shooting spree on thursday went across six miles and three locations, his final stop where he worked, excel. >> people are getting pushed. >> three employees were killed. the blood shed weekended ended with ford shot and killed in a gun bat well the first officer on the scene. the heston police chief. sergeant chris carter saying that his boss's actions saved lives. >> if there is gun fire we go to the gun fire many we go stop it. if you are alone you are alone. >> reporter: is that a hard thing to fight? >> nope. absolutely not.

>> reporter: with the community in mourning the fbi is on scene hunting for answers. this as we learn ford will serve -- was served with a restraining order 90 minutes before the shooting a court order to stay away from his girlfriend say he was in desperate need of mental help. officials say that while the motive appears to be domestic their investigation is continuing. abc news. also today yoko ono in the hospital this morning. this after she has been experiencing extreme flu-like symptoms. she was checked in at a new york city hospital. her people deny reports she had a stroke she will likely go home later today. she turned 83 this month. a group of supporters for

new york headquarters last night demanding she be released from her contract with sony. she ceuss dr. luke of abusing her for years. she took the produceer to court a judge denied her request to be released saying she is free to work at sony without dr. luke. stars have voiced support for her after the ruling. an ohio farmer used manure to spell out his thoughts on the presidential race. you can see the message no trump in his field. >> a know a lot of people may not agree and that's your american right. i just voice my opinion, not yours. >> and his granddaughters posted his message on facebook. you can guess.

it's not the ifers film he has done that. he also wished his wife a happy birthday in manure. moving on. it's a nice one. >> 40 degrees. near 60. >> can't beat it. breezy afternoon. look at that shot of the earth camera. overcast sky but only 9% is frozen over. this time last year. completely frozen. we have been on the mildler side of the temperatures. earlier this week i was in storm tracker 5 tracking all this snow. you can see on the side of the screen. some patches of a little bit of snow fall. those are expected to melt as the temperatures warm up above normal.

weather a little bit of time this morning. good morning. you are currently at 28 degrees out toward canton. you can see in the last four to six hours we had a little bit of moisture but it shifts across into pa. i are probably seeing a few flurries. look at that. behind all the clouds, that is clearing. that's really going touchiest in here as we head into midafternoon. we have a southerly flow. you notice the breeze. that's about 15 to 25 miles an hour. he when we talk about a south breeze it's including for that slow warm up. back into the mid40s today. 15 to 20 miles an hour.

they will stick around into your evening hours. they start to chatter as we head into tomorrow afternoon, evening. no wind advisory put in place just yet but i expect that to change. hour by hour you can see that bright sun. it moves back in as we head into 2:00. if you are stepping out and about. still want you to have that coat landy around eight but you will start to notice a few more clouds moving in late evening. this is our next storm system. it's just making its way on shore across washington. what it'll do here is move across the rockies, across the lake and this will provide us with a good area of rain as we head into overnight. early morning hours for your monday. look at these temperatures. its associated with a little bit warmer area. around midnight, going into your monday we are still at about 50 degrees. it slices through really quickly.

early morning but rain is back into the forecast for your late weekend. soak up the sunshine for your saturday afternoon. we will go with a high of 43 degrees. take a look at southwest winds, 20 to 25 miles an hour. slightly warmer tonight. 38 degrees with increasing clouds. then we will be on the warmer trend. look at that. near 60. that will be the huge talker tomorrow. 42 as we head into monday and we will see another possible 50- degree day tuesday before our next front comes in and it's dramatically going to be cool us off into the month of march. >> the up and down weather pattern continues. thank you. a cab is back in action last night hitting the road against the number two team in the eastern conference. that would be for ontoo. the team most will say has the best chance at challenging cleveland in the payoffs a team with kyle lowry. they are looking for win number 42 of the year.

who takes it and goes up and throws it down for a five point lead. james had 25 points but lowry with other plans. first the flip in the lane. that ties the game at 97. then with seconds winding down lowry steps back and gives them the lead. knocks down the tough shot. he 43 points on the night. cavaliers have missed a last second attempt by james. the raptors win it 99-297. the diamond the indians rolling on in spring training getting bad news, learning their out fielder has been suspended 80 games after testing positive for a performance enhancing drug. it's his first offense but he was supposed to add depth to the out field as brantley will beside lined for the first few weeks recovering shoulder surgery. and as for the good news, concerning the tribe it's just 37 days until opening day at

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welcome back to this saturday edition of good morning cleveland president a look at downtown. eerie. overcast day but it'll be a nice one as the temperatures continue to rise. we have several big stories for you this morning including day it would have the auto show. meg shaw will have the preview of what you will see. first we have a closer look at what we can expect today weather wise. >> i wish that auto show was outside.

it'll feel like a nice spring weekend. spring officially is 12 22 day away. it's still winter though it's mildler air. the sun is up toward akr-018 on. you can see a little patch of snow on the grass. that will start to move out as temperatures warm up throughout the weekend. have you to give the weather time. these are the feel like temperatures. 20 degrees at the airport. sitting into the mid20s. going to be warming up due to the winds, a southerly flow. 15 to 20 miles an hour. we will make an appearance all weekend long. really start to pick up tonight as you can see. they want to be in full effect. all the way into your sunday afternoon. no wind advisories put in place just yet. i think that will change as we step into your sunday afternoon. here we go.

high of 43 degrees, near 60 for the last weekend of february. that's just going to make you shake your head and smile about it as the sun will be out for most of the day and then we track in the next front. it'll provide us with a good dose of rain over night into monday. >> not asking questions. we are just going to enjoy. if you don't have plans for the afternoon you may consider going out to the ix center. today is the cleveland auto show. that's where we find meg shaw. she is surrounded by the new trucks and cars. beautiful cars, makes you want to drive out with one of them. what's going on? >> reporter: i know. you know i just got a new car not to long ago. it's so tempting out here. this acura. i'm temperaturing you what, these cars look good. this car is pretty affordable. unlike some of the ones you see

acura has one spiffy car that i want to tell you about. i'm joined live by the auto show president. we have a beautiful car behind us. >> yes. >> let's talk about it. what makes it special? >> first, this car is -- acura for 2017. went out of production in 2005. its been almost 12 years since we have seen this vehicle come back. it's $150,000. options go to 200,000 but the special part is that it'll be produced in ohio. >> they won't have a ton of them but that's a special flavor for the fact it'll be built in the state of ohio. >> reporter: and acura doesn't always have super cars like this >> family cars but they are a luxury brand. they are going to have special

this is just something that they do to promote acuras it and the technology they have. >> reporter: only 150,000. i don't know why you have such a problem with that. the one i was asking for was 3.4 million before. >> you can continue to spread the rumors that i can afford all these cars. i would love to be able to say you are right that's a nice car behind you. >> reporter: i was going to say this is another one they won't let me sit inside. i don't understand. i'm trying to pull the strings. i even is have have the president. they won't let him sit in it. >> maybe we can work out a test drive . >> reporter: if are you coming out today it runs from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. we have all of the information on our news net 5app and plus there are some brown players that you can get autographs, this is just a day for the

bring its kids -- bring the kit kids. a story you will only see here. something a local police chief said he has never seen. a fugitive goes to extremes to not get caught. we want to warn you some of the pictures are disturbing. this dash camera video shows curt kelly. they grabbed a fingerprint scanner to verify his identity but kelly bit off his fingerprints in the car. >> i have heard of people sanding them and so forth but never had a person chew their fingers off during an investigation. >> they were able to id him through previous mug shots and tattoos. on top of the other charges out of florida he now faces charges from this area including resisting arrest. a judge said there is no

border patrol agents here in northern ohio had policies encouraging racial profiling. two groups claimed there were a -- they were targeting hispanics. the justice department said that stats don't back up those claims and the judge threw out the lawsuit. a former probation officer finds himself in jail over cash and sandwhichs. michael williams was sentenced to a year after pleading guilty to br ib ery. he took payments people he was supervisorring in exchange for early probation release. he admitted to taking more than $1,500 and 15 sandwhichs. new this morning state investigators say they found no evidence of lobbying law violations at wright state. the attorney general said is that the investigate focused on if a university consultant should have registered as a lobbyist.

lack of support for ohio firefighters with cancer prompting the mayor of another city to get behind a bill in columbus. ohio is just one of 16 state that won't recognize the lynching between fighting fires and cancer. the mayor wrote this letter urging the state senate to pass the cancer legislation which would provide benefits for firefighters. it's unlikely the army corp of engineer will be able to dump sediment into lake eerie. the head of the epa hasn't reached a decision but said the corp hasn't shown him evidence that it's safe for the lake. coming up, after a rough year for the maple syrup industry sugar bushes happy about the early spring. we will share where you can learn about the syrup making process. and a lot of politicians expect ohio to listen up during the election year but they are the ones who need to listen up.

early spring this weekend with the highs returning to the mid40s today. i have upper 50s in my seven day.

double homicide. no suspects at this time. if you have information you are urged to call about this incident. i'm here to make you smile about the weather. we will see the clouds turn into partly to mostly sunny conditions. temperatures right now aren't playing nice at airport. temperatures. wind shield. 20 trees warmer air starting to millersburg. county. we are in to the upper teens. look at our highs. they make a big time come back. richland into medina. 42 to 4 had for daytime highs. you will notice the breeze that

that's what will bring the temperature down. still the mid to upper 30s. the temperature of -- 40 degrees. highs toward a akr-018 on. the last weekend of february. you can't beat it feels like 30s are still better than the 20s. thank you. now to a story that continues to generate controversy. protester also be back at it today. they want the city to stop their deer culling methods the animals trapped in culling then a bolt is put through their head. this was a protest before city council meeting earlier this month. the mayor said that it's their only option to control the deer population. today's prosecute test starts autophony in front of the city hall. downtown's newest hotel is ready to hire hundreds of workers. you have a chance to get information about the openings at the hilton hotel and it's a beautiful hotel. they are holding a company preview from two to three this afternoon.

and chat face to face with hiring manage es. also happening today the emmanuel baptist church with soup for the soul. it'll feature live gospel music, door prizes and appearances from some of our own familiar faces. that's from two to five. it's maple syrup season and lake metro parks farm park is celebrating. your family will be able to see how syrup is made from collecting the sap to being boiled in to syrup. there will also be maple syrup and crafts. the weekend continues at the park tomorrow. if you see news happening please let us know. text or e-mail us 5 tips at news net 5.com or twee, it us.

democrats go to the polls today to pick between sanders and clinton. both took swipes at each other yesterday. they continue to disagree about releasing transcripts speeches given at private donor events. southern democrats say this primary is important on the national level. >> we get -- we have democrat here too. >> if clinton is the favorite and gets a big win it could help her already strong stat news other southern states which hold super tuesday primaries next week.

side of the aisle, chris christi endorsing trump. perhaps most surprised, governor john kasich. he said he asked for the support and didn't expect to hear he supported trump. >> i was surprised. >> the governor expected to visit nashville in knoxville today. little further back for the governor in the polls but he is expected to stay in through the well. next couple of weeks in those races. a look at weather now. we were talking about it. you are up, down. got another weekend warm up. maybe not for to long. >> he are still in winter. this weekend will feel like a teaser to spring here we are talking about upper 40s and near 60 as we head into sunday. you can see that sunshine

starting off the morning with some high clouds overcast conditions. you can see the piles of snow on the left hand side in the left hand side of the screen. i was in storm tracker live. we were tracking fronts and a good amount of accumulation started to pile up. i think that starts to move out as temperatures warm up. can see a little pile of -- wet spots across roadways throughout the day. 29 degrees at the airport. akr-018 on at 30. this paints the picture on power 5. very clearly here.

works its way in. temperatures start to pick up. high pressure sitting out toward memphis and it starts to slide out toward the east and toward the carolina's as we head into tomorrow and that will let 55, near 60 for sunday afternoon. taking a look at our wind cast, wants to make an appearance and it stick around to the evening. a wind advisory may come into effect as our next front really starts to approach here.

go get the sup glasses today. you will notice the storm clouds float through. the high pressure tracks toward the east. behind that interest it says front which will produce us with a good area of moisture late evening. 50 degrees. this moves out for your early morning drive but you could see a little bit of lake effect snow. that starts to establish here. that will stick around for your monday. for saturday afternoon, love it. 43 degrees southwest breeze, 20 to 25 miles an hour. kind of mild tonight. into the upper 30s with that breeze. the feel like temperature on the skin. on the face will be feeling like we are into the mid-30s and look at this -- we are on trek of this next four days of up and down near 60 for subbed. we will see that front come

provide us with a little bit of moisture near 50 into tuesday. let's step into march. with a cooler weather pat eastern. got to take advantage. the primary less than three week away. we will see plenty of candidates in town. some think they should hear us first. >> reporter: i grew up in this city a bubbling culdron of commerce and work >> in the 50s and 60s when you drove through it was 'write to see manufacturing. >> reporter: ed persey -- he chronicles what we were.

he recalls when jobs were abu nda nt. >> large factories, smoke stacks. these are the ruins of a not so long ago time. years ago i had many family members who worked in families like this. those jobs are long gone. so are is the factory. still there are manufacturing jobs though they call for new technology and skills for the workers. they may not be as visible to the passerby because of their

they boast the new technology. cleveland has been a hard working community. desce nda nts remain. higher english indication institutions will help. one business on which cleveland builds is medicine. >> and -- sucker for growth and there seems to be no end of growth in the medical industry right now. >> what of other industries will company own es looking for fertile fields plant in cleveland? the hard working ethic is still in this city's blood line many even when the fog hangs heavy over the city hope hangs heavy as well. the national politicians know that. that's a reason for the national convention to be held in cleveland. the march primary is also coming up and republicans and democrats will both be here trying to get those votes. ohio is very important. is so too is cleveland the

so doe with and we are learning it even better. >> we need to keep looking at our one strengths. half the energy of young people. >> there is a spirit which runs through most everything we do. we are -- hard workers who take a pride in our work. other cities may have songs written about them if the songs are any good they will end up here at the rock and roll hall of fame. we are rock and rollers ourselves. we sing our own songs. songs that have words in them about conviction and strength and never say quit. that is cleveland in my ohio and your ohio. that's who we are. all of this gives rise to this. the flow of cleveland runs through my v, ins just as the river runs through this city. this is how deep are my roots as american flexes muscle to

should look to cleveland poised for work. strong in many areas, looking to be stronger. business, come grow with greater cleveland. you will find us ready for torque at the intersection of the winding river and the broad chester lake eerie. in my ohio. >> thank you. as he said we can expect to see a lot more campaigning ads leading up to the primaries on tuesday march 15th.

happy birthday to pikachu. it turns 20 today and the company released a new video celebrating two decades of pocket monsters. that was the series first name in japan where it debuted on the game boy system. the anniversary also announces

fall. expected late their year can't wait. all right. when we return on good morning cleveland surprising -- i'm sorry. i'm stepping on janesss. >> you forgot me. >> i can't forget you. >> 43 degrees today and then we are going to feel warm. look at that. 60 degrees, near 60 as we head into sunday afternoon. we are tracking our next front near 50 degrees as we head into tuesday. then we are going to be on that downward trend stepping in to the month of march. now you, nick. >> why would i step on that forecast for today with the sun and high temperatures waiting for us? when we return on good morning cleveland as i was get ahead of myself, surprising before and after photographs show a lush and green city falling falling in to december repair -- desrepair.

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news channel 5 starts now. >> if you are in the market for new things like that convertible there, check out in sweet rides, are you in -- at the cleveland auto show. continues today. we have a preview.

door swings open. the scary story in his own words ahead. first we are giving you a live look outside this morning across the shores of lake eerie. an overcast start to your saturday morning. the temperatures are expected to get mild for you. we have that forecast because -- it again as we said is that pattern of those weekend warm ups. >> once again earlier this week we were in the 20s. cooler temperature tracking snow, just in time for the weekend. that just makes you happy inside. 40s and near 60. as we head into tomorrow. you are starting off the morning with a few clouds and those clouds are across the board. should be clearing out as we head into midafternoon. these are the feel like temperatures, good morning. 22 degrees. kind of off to a chilly start. you can see inland locations

ashland, richland. they want to make an appearance and stick around all weekend long. increase into sunday. five. our live 5 radar that's a little bit of moisture. flurries moving throughout southern portions of the county in to the soland area. 271. barely can notice them out toward strong field. 77 south, moving east. fairly quickly they have transitions over toward pa. we are affecting into geneva but have moved out quickly. hour by hour get outside. enjoy it. by three we should be at our daytime high of 42, 43 degrees.

trend tonight. we have breaking news. canton police investigating an early morning double homicide. just before six this morning. when officer as lived they found two men with multiple gun shots they were pronounced dead at the scene. two suspects -- if you have information about this incident you are urged to call the police. father of four ready to enjoy a rare night out with friends quickly gets more than he barginned for. it could have been worse if not more a twist of fate. we talk to the victim about the ordeal. he has the story you will only

>> he gained a limp and a few stitches but didn't -- the 8,000 block is whereof all things a gun spared him. anthony wasn't ready for what waited outside his driver's side door. >> he pulled me out and started hitting me over the head. >> whoever it was intended to kill the gun jammed then his body was to close to the gunman for him to aim higher a bullet grazed his leg, another one ripped through his foot. his heart at the time as loud as any gun shot >> he shot is again. like two, three more times. then -- the gun jammed again. i pushed him and i just took off running. >> reporter: he didn't know he had been shot. by the time he peek add round his own car zoomed past. two thieves inside. medics stapled, se website ed and patched him together again.

near a few inches back and he might not have been here. >> hard to imagine experiencing that. frank said the suspects made off with his wallet and cell phone. they are still on the loose this morning. also the city marking a quiet anniversary. today is four years since a school shooting that left three students dead. in an example of good overcoming bad since the shooting members of the community have worked to create a space to honor the teens who lost their lives. plans for a memorial park have started. the group behind the plan is working with the city to obtain land that will be developed into a park with hiking trails a i playground and space for the survivors and first responders of the shoots. donations are being taken by the group. local photographer captured surprising before and after pictures of elderwood avenue. he took the first photograph

the second which looks dry was snapped just a few days ago. at first glance it may look like it's just getting worse but it's actually signs of improvement a local recycling company took it upon interception to clear out the trash and trees. >> you can see this -- life after people. >> hopefully in time it'll come back. >> the mayor said those empty apartment buildings will be destroyed in 60 days. if you want a new set of wheels buckle up because you are in luck. meg shaw has been there all morning long. you have new cars all round you. what do you have in store for us today?

watching i have taken you through millionaires road, car that cost 200,000, 100,000. now we are back in the land of affordable, a good old mustang. who doesn't love a nice classic. today is officially the full day of the auto show here. there is a huge line up. i want to talk about the bigga nounment from friday. ford announcing will invest $145 million to upgrade one of its plans right here in cleveland. that plant produces the engines that power the ford f150. the explorer, transit, the flex and the taurus. the good news, this is expected to create or retain 150 jobs locally. >> means that they will have jobs for years to come. it mean that cleveland is the choice for engines, for ford motor company. we are an important part of ford's future.

part of a nine billion dollar total investment. here in cleveland and in facilities across the country. look -- don't i look good in this car? i think i should take this home. it's only 50,000. >> you do look good in that car. i won't lie. you look very good in it. >> reporter: i look good in it. i will take it home. any way if you are coming up we have -- it runs 11 to 10:00 p.m. tonight. there is something for the entire family. you can get in the car you can sit in it, feel -- you can look just as good as i do in this car. come on out, bring the family. just have a good day. meg shaw. news channel 5. >> set up this bill pay. all yours just with a few quick clicks on the mouse. >> its mine now. >> through another big convention in town this weekend. wizard world cleveland. the convention celebrates

today's draw is chris hemsworth. thor. unique to the cleveland stop of this touring convention is the russo brothers. they are directors of captain america which was shot in cleveland and civil war. they will be taking over the well. wizard world opens at ten and runs through four tomorrow. thank you for starting your start with us. come cupping you have probably seen this trending on social immediatey. we will introduce to you the ohio farmer that is making his political views known in a very smelley and stinky way >> and the 6-year-old who is getting to live out her dreams on stage after a tough health battle. and jane is ssa with the electrical weather. >> you will love her. stay tuned for that. also you will love the weather for your weekend. it's the weekend warm up. we are talking 40s today near 60s tomorrow. ly have the full break down

seeing about 13 inches of snow for this season. we are still nearly 30 inches below our normal for this time of year. its been a mild winter. we are about 22 day away for the official start of spring.

teaser here for the weekend. 444 degrees. winds out of the southwest. 15 to 20 miles an hour. that will be like the feel like temperature. beach wood, the solan area. mild -- summit county. i know we were tracking the snow earlier. should see a few puddle around town as we start to see the temperatures warming up near 10. that's real for sunday. >> quite a forecast. thank you. breaking overnight. at least ten civilians are dead, dozens injured after suicide bombing in afghanistan. officials say the attacker targeted the local tr ib al leader in the eastern part of the country. in syria a car bomb violates the cease fire. it was just two hours old when the bombing was reported. nobody has claimed responsibility for the bomb and it's possible that it was from i section is or al-qaeda. both were not included in the cease fire.

moderates are leading in the elections. yesterday and early results show the president may face more friendly house to pursue his domestic addend a. friday's election was the first since their landmark nuclear deal with world powers last year. new details about the left five people dead. deputies say the 12-year-old girl who was the only survivor of the shooting is related to the other victims. it happened yesterday in a rural part of the state. the gunman called an officer he had dealt with in the past to say he had shot and killed his family. when the officer arrived that man had locked himself in the home with the gun. himself. neighbors say they heard the gun shots. >> we were just outside. we heard random shooting. shooting. >> police still haven't

yoko ono is in the hospital this morning. this after she has been experiencing extreme flu-like symptoms according to her publicist. she was checked in at a new york city hospital. she may have suffer aid stroke but her publicist denies that. he said she will likely go home later today. she turned 83 this month. it's no bull. it is bull actually. an ohio farmer used manure to spell out his thoughts on the presidential race you can see from shots the air tracker 5, the message no trump in his field a message that may take your breath away. >> i know there is a lot of people that may not agree with me and that's your american right. i just voice my opinion, not yours. >> of course his granddaughters posted his message on facebook and it went viral. this isn't the first time he

he wished his wife a happy birthday in manure. he can be negative, critical, but also positive. >> no weather. >> equal opportunity. >> i don't want him to see anything about the weather. >> we are --. >> nothing to do with manure. >> right now we are dealing temperatures kind of on the cooler side. tomorrow the mid50s. this is a quiet pattern you can see the sun is just like trying it's hardest to come out here. these clouds. you can see the clouds that are moving in from the west to the east. they are moving in fairly

you can see a little bit of high pressure starting to build here. temperatures below freezing at most spots. 31 -- good morning. you are sitting into the lower 30s. taking a look at our five live layer radar. we will start to see that clear out toward the east. also a transition in the winds owl of the south. 15 to 25 miles an hour. that's what will -- allow for the warm up from alabama all the way into atlanta. they are sitting in to the 40s and some of this -- warmer air starts to track into northeast ohio. winds today you will notice them.

especially across lake shore communities. from -- menner in to the greater cleveland area. that breeze will pick up and i think it really starts to slice through as we head into tomorrow evening. no wind advisory put in place just yet. expect me to pretty much be talking about that tomorrow morning. i think advisories will be put in place late tonight. your hour by hour. you can see a lot of sunshine. it'll be moving in here. by five we will start to see mostly cloudy conditions. i can't focus right now because we have the cutest dog in history. you need to stay tuned. we have cleveland apl and will show you -- he is just such a cute face. here is that next storm system. across the rockies and the lake and it'll provide us with wet weather overnight into monday morning. look at these temperatures, upper 40s. lower 50s. it's a quick go of things. i think by early morning it's

we will just contend with a few clouds. today, 4043 degrees. the next three to four days you can can see that up and down, weather roller coaster we will see here. 55 near 60. we will check the climate books to see if any records, near records going into tomorrow. 42 for monday. then 47 near 50 tuesday before the trend down here for a cooler weather pattern as we step into march. you are -- do not change the channel. we have the cutest dog in history. >> stay focused. >> good tease. it's a cute dog. the cavaliers back in action hitting the road the team most will say has the best chance of challenging cleveland a team with a guy by the name of kyle lowry. win number 42. looking good in the fourth.

he goes up and throws it down for a five point lead. lowry with other playersful first he drops the flip in the lane. then with just seconds winding down lowry steps back. buries the long jumper. knocks down the tough shot. he 43 points on the night that was the dagger. cavaliers miss a last second attempt. the raptors win 99-97. on the diamond the indians rolling in spring training today but bad news. learning the out fielder has been suspended. 80 games after testing positive for a performance enhancing drug. it's his first offense but a big blue considering he was supposed to add depth to the out field. it's just 37 days until opening day at progressive. you can believe it? just two days until single game

this monday that's the 29th. for all games including opening day. they go on sale at 10:00 a.m. if you haven't been keeping track opening day is on april 4th against the boston red sox. still ahead. it's the big day for the democratic candidates we will explain what is unique about the primary. >> and you heard us teasing the pet of the week. there he is. you will meet elden when we return and coming up, also another look at the auto show. we have shown you plenty of fancy cars that's an accordable one -- affordable one. the 2016 ford focus waiting for

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okay. it is time for the pet of the week. i just can't focus. this guy is just so cute we had a mistake in his name. yeah. yes we were going to bring elden. he was not available. we brought gonzo instead. he is just consider a little puppy. >> he is like a little teddy bear is he a 4-month-old terrier mix we aren't sure exactly what mix of terrier but he is just -- a tiny little ball of cute.

>> we have pup puppies not a lot but they come in. you -- it's a family who wants to spend time training him. he likes to lick faces. like i said, obedience training house breaking training. in the end it's worthwhile. best for a family that can be active. someone not at work a lot. home. and all that. you have to know when you are home you have to take them out, reward him for going potty outside and give them the energy and attention he needs. any event going on? >> we have the cleveland

april 9 april 9th you can go to the bar crawl.com and get your t-shirt. that gets you in for specials, a lot of different locations that will -- give you drink specials and the t-shirt gets you onto a shuttle so you don't have to worry about a driver. >> you will just handle weather for the rest of the show here. i love you. >> look at --. >> cleveland apl. 771-4616 and his name. >> gonzo. >> okay. >> appropriately named. he will be gone in no time. >> very quickly. >> sure. >> this block is all about tugging at the heart strings. new a special 6-year-old got the surprise of a lifetime at a shaker heights ballet studio. she was born with no left ventricle. she required a heart transplant and received that gift in july of 2014. its been a long road to recovery but today she is doing

wish foundation and last fall she was able to be a ballerina for a day. they have created a role in already production of peter pan just for her. >> something we never expected to happen. it's just -- with her ballet and a special wish to -- let us -- fill a dream like this. it's amazing. it is. hope will preform with the company on march 5th at the center in cleveland. when we return. the governor just as surprised as the rest of us at chris christi endorsing trim. what he has to stay about the new jersey governor ahead. >> and a fugitive takes great lengths to avoid going back to prison even after he has been caught. squad car. that's ahead on good morning

? a beautiful shot of downtown cleveland as you start your day. beautiful as we look across the shores of lake eerie. a preview of what you will see this year.

guest forecast. >> this is gonzo. i need to you get to cleveland apl and adopt this little guy here. he is looking for a forever home and how can you deny this face? it's not alden. it's gonzo. he is just a little puppy. so cute right? nick? nick? i have a birthday coming up. birthday coming up. thank you. get to leave hand apl and get that cute guy. weather wise across northeast ohio wake up to cooler temperatures. these are feel like temperatures. currently at 21 degrees. out toward millersburg. 26 throughout the afternoon. we will see our temperatures warming back up to the mid40s. look at these winds. they want to make an appearance. 15 to 20 miles an hour. no advisories in place just yet but i think going into tomorrow, late evening. the national weather service will start to issue advisories as our next front starts to

windy weather but it's a south breeze and that's when youinging the temperatures to go above normal for this time of year you can see the live 5 radar picking up moisture from independence. traveling at long 271. even -- across 90 -- probably seeing a few flurries but moving out fairly quickly. drying out from there, all the way in -- hour by hour, it's a perfect day to have a puppy. go adopt gonzo. 2:00 we are at 41 with mostly sunny conditions. >> that forecast of the day get out and enjoy. if you don't have any plans for the rest of the afternoon you may consider heading out to the ix center. happening today is the leave hand auto show. that's where we wind meg shaw. she has been there all morning long. we are in puppy mode here. get news to auto mode now. >> reporter: i will tell you what. there are probably a lot of cars here you that could put a puppy in.

sure if that is the thing for you. any way let's talk about the auto show. get into car penal code. today is the first full day of the auto show out here at the ix center its open from 11 to 10. on top of seeing all the pretty cars out here, ones you can't afford and ones you can. you can win a car and i'm joined live by the chairman of the auto show. tell me about this give away. >> we are give away two cars. it's a great car built from the ground up. people have to see it. if you are in the market for a car. you should put it on the list. it's an exciting car.

where you can get in and look at them? they are. he pledged when he took over of president of toyota that he would take the cars more exciting you can look at this and see it one of the most exciting ones out here. if you are in the market for a pickup truck it should be on the list too. it comes with a two year, 25,000-mile maintenance package free. roadside help. these are the two vehicles that will be give away at the show. right here is where you register. as you can see we have --. >> there are times -- not a shortage of signing up. if will be easy to do. up come in the front door and it's right here. when you come intake a second to do it. it's a simple process and what we do is we draw one name each day and give that person a key.

their key and put the key in the lock whatever key opens the door, they drive away in a car. >> reporter: my favorite game ever. you just come out and get a key. you could win. the show is open from 11 to 10. we have all the information on the news app. thank you. live at the ix center. >> thank you. you going to try to come back with a key. i know. have you -- cars that you is a ford and cars you can't. thank you. a twisted story you will only see here. something a local police chief said he has never seen a fugitive goes to extremes to not get caught we want to warn you some of the pictures disturbing. this dash camera shows curt kelly during a traffic stop. he was on the most wanted list but they don't know when they fount figure out i had face they wanted to do his fingerprints. they couldn't use it because kelly bit off his fingerprints while in the back of the cruiser.

sanding them and so forth but i have never had a person chew them off. >> they were able to id him through previous mug shots and trash and trees others. on twist of fate the gun and drug charges out of florida he is now also facing several charges including resisting arrest. federal judge said there is no evidence that united states border patrol agents here in northern ohio this policy that encourage racial profiling. profiling. the justice department said that stats don't back up the lawsuit. a former probation officer finds himself in jail over cash and sandwhichs. michael williams was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty to bribery. pres say that he took payments people he was watching in exchange for early release.

and 15 sandwhichs. new this morning state investigators say they found no evidence of lobbying law violations at wright state usual. the attorney general said the investigation focused on in people should have registeredded as a lobbiest before receiving the one million dollars to secure funding for the school. five on your side investigation into a lack of support for ohio firefighter was cancer prompting the mayor of another city to get behind a bill in columbus. ohio is one of 16 state that refused to recognize the link. they just wrote this letter urging the state senate to pass the legislation which would firefighters. coming up on good morning cleveland. after a rough year for the maple syrup industry sugar spring. we will share where can learn about the process today.

an election year. leon says they are the one who need to listen to us. >> and we are talking about sunday. possibly a 60 tree day as temperatures and winds start to warm up late weekend. we have a cooldown that's ly show you that in the seven

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good morning. waking up with some chilly temperatures. below freezing in most spots. medina at 31. it'll change here is the wind flow out of the south and it'll allow for a slow warm up as we head into midafternoon. this is a fantastic way to finish up february folks. look at this. 43 degrees at richland. we will go on 42, you are waking up to flurries. should be moving fairly quickly. 41 degrees. it gets better. this is going to be a very nice, quiet weekend.

the next front starts to approach but can you complain? 55 for your sunday afternoon to wrap up february. it just doesn't get much better. >> no complaints at all from this. now to a story that continues to generate plenty of controversy. protester also be back at it today. they want the city to stop their deer culling methods. the animals trapped and then a bolt is put through their heads. this was a protest before a city council meeting early their movement the mayor said it's their only option. today's protest starts at noon. also happening today. the emmanuel church with soup for the soul. the feast will feature live gospel music and appearances some familiar faces. janessa will we there too. it's maple syrup season.

you will be able to see how it's made from collecting the sap all the way to being boiled in syrup. there will be maple syrup and -- the weekend continues at the park tomorrow. if you see news happening please let us know. text or e-mail. 5 tips at news 5.com or wyatt

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south carolina going to the polls. both took verbal swipes at each a. the pair continues to disagree about releasing transcripts from speeches given at private donor events. meantime southern democrats say this primary is important on the national level. >> we got -- we got democrats in the south too. we want this to go all the way. hillary got to do the darn thing down here. >> south carolina republican primary was last weekend and the next match up for the gop candidate is super tuesday when 12 states will go to the polls. on the other side of the aisle new jersey governor endorsing trump. most surprised, the governor. he said they asked for christie's support and didn't expect to hear he supported trump. >> i was a little surprised. it won't affect our campaign. you know i thought we -- we

>> reporter: the governor is scheduled to visit nashville and knoxville today. we have another look at weather. we expected to have gonzo for this. >> i almost left with him. >> he to go and get back to the apl. >> i can't focus. so cute. >> hard for people to focus. it's not like what we have seen during the week. today will be a teaser. tomorrow it gets better. you can see the blue skies from the start of our show. we saw cloud coverage. overcast and now as we wrap it up. you can see that sunshine starting to move in. our temperatures, they are still on the cold side. if you are out and about this winter coat. we are into the lower 30s. beautiful shot. you can see the snow. on the left hand of the screen but be sure.

we are at 33 degrees. we will continue to warm up into the 2:00 hours. into sugar creek. lake shore from lake county into -- moisture has shifted more toward the east. look at that. that's always good news. high pressure starting to build and it'll track in here allowing us to be up partly to mostly sunny skies. you aren't seeing clouds, some of that will start to push in. wind wills be noticeable today. when you transition winds from the south that is what allows for the warm up that will continue to see. they will chatter.

15 to 20 miles an hour. they continue to pick up for the evening hours. no advisories, put in place just yet but i expect that to change as we head into sunday as our next front starts to approach. you will be on the downward trend. the temperatures not cooling off to much this is that system that will provide us with a little bit of wet weather as it crosses over the rockies into the midwest and crosses over lake eeri >>announcer:. it'll bring us a good area of moisture late evening into overnight for going into your monday. just a quick shot of rain. shouldn't be affecting your early morning drive. today enjoy it. 38 for the overnight low and on that -- sea saw here. weather roller coaster. late evening rain.

could see a little bit of snow, lake effect snow into monday afternoon. things start to die down before the next front. it's a warm one. 50 degrees for tuesday. behind that is cooler air. it'll be tracking in the upper 20s to lower 30s as we step into the month of march. nick. the ohio primary less than three week away. that means we will see plenty of candidates in town. leon thinks they should hear us first and know what makes clevelanders who they are. here is the open letter. >> reporter: i grew up in this city. cleveland pu will, sed with jobs a bubbling culdron of commerce and work. >> in the 50s and 60's when you drove through cleveland it was easy to see the manufacturing. >> reporter: ed of the western reserve historical society. he chronicles what we were. he is surrounded by items of

he recalls times when jobs were abu nda n, t. manufacturing the world's goods. >> large factories, smoke stacks, thousands of workers. >> reporter: these are stark reminders of what was. the city is peppered closed plants. these are the ruins of a not is so long ago time. victims of the winds of change. years ago i had many family members who worked in factuallies -- fact rips like -- factories like this. those jobs long gone. still there are manufacturing jobs in cleveland. though they call for new technology and new skills for the workers and not as many. the old line jobs and the old line factories like this are long gone. there are smaller manufacturing operations in greater cleveland. though they may not be as visible to the passerby because

they boast the new technology. cleveland has been a hard working community. once heavy with jobs. desce nda nts of those workers remain. generations old, hire -- higher education will help. one business is medicine. >> there seems to be no end of growth in the medical industry right now . industries? will company owners looking for cleveland? the hard working ethic is still in this city's blood line. >> even when the fog hangs heavy over the city hopes hangs heavy as well. the national politicians know that. that's one of the reasons for the republican national convention to be held in cleveland. as well the march primary is coming up and republicans and democrats will both be here trying to get those votes, ohio is very important. is so is too is cleveland.

know that. so do we and we are learning it even better. >> we need to keep looking at our own strengths. we need to sell ourselves better. half the -- tap the energy young people. >> reporter: there is a spirit that runs through most everything we do. we cleveland es are hard workers who take a pride in our work. other cities may have songs written about them. if the sole judges any good they will end up here at the rock and roll hall of fame. we are rock and rollers ourselves and we sing our own songs. songs that have words in them about conviction and strength and never say quit. that is cleveland in my ohio and your ohio. that's who we are. all of this gives rise to this. the flow of cleveland runs through my veins just as surely as the river winds its way through this city. this is how deep are my roots.

to build the 21st city it should look to cleveland poised for work. strong in many areas looking to be stronger so business, come grow with greater cleveland. you will find us ready for work at the intersection of the winding river and the broad chested lake eerie. in my ohio. >> well said. thank you. we can expect to see a lot more campaigning and ads filling the airways leading up to the primaries.

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its estimated act 26,000 remain in the wild. not as cute but they are cute in their own right. very important to the eco system. also important is this weekend weather forecast. people will love it yeah. 43 for today. even better, 55 degrees. everybody will ask where spring is. >> it'll change. we will follow the developments all day long. you can get updates on the news 5app one mop final look at the

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