. good afternoon, everybody. this is leon bibb on super tuesday. it's a pivotal day for the race for president. republican donald trump is campaigning in ohio right now. trump is scheduled to arrive any minute for a rally in columbus. >> and while ohio's primary is not in for another two weeks, today is the first day for multiple states to vote for a presidential nominee. stephanie ramos has the latest on the campaign trail. >> reporter: here's the reason

the biggest voting day of the year leading up to the general election. voters in 12 states and the u.s. territories, the democrats, are at the polls with scab 10 delegates -- 1610 gel delegates at state. >> and i think it's important we stay unified as a party. >> donald trump is a bully. i think america needs a fighter and not a bully. marco rubio is a fighter and he will fight for the principles we conservatives believe in. >> reporter: both marco rubio and ted cruz rallying to stop donald trump from sweeping up big wins. rubio making stops in minnesota and has home state of florida. cruz trying to win support on his home turf, texas. the latest polls show hillary clinton could beat trump if up against each other but loses to rubio and cruz. nomination. i haven't focussed on hillary clinton yet and i can tell you the one person hillary doesn't want to run against is me and i have that on good knowledge.

sanders making the rounds in crucial voting states. clinton hits up florida while sanders -- places votes in his home state. >> and at least one sprite. >> reporter: polls show that both donald trump and hillary clinton could win big at the end of the primary date today, especially here in virginia. stephanie ramos, alexandrea, virginia. and let's check in on that all-important weather situation. >> and here we go, leon. things are quiet now and changing through the next few hours and we're going to have a mix of rain that is changing to snow over the next 24 hours. by tomorrow, i think this storm system is out of here and here we go right now. take a look. and this is not a bad afternoon. the temperatures in the mid-40s and sunshine to start. 44 degrees and that is in downtown cleveland. the temperatures above average and we have risen to 48. so, a little surge of warmer

will come in tonight. wouldn't be surprised if many of us flirted or exceeded the 50 degrees mark through the afternoon and that is because the rain is still 90, 100 miles an hour and there that is. the interstate 7564 door and that is sliding into the east and farther north. 90 miles an hour from interstate 71 and so, i do predict that this kill come in through the afternoon. it should at this point, be rain. we have a lot going on with the system and march is coming in like a lion for some and snow across southern and central michigan. you see the heavy snow detectors and we have some thunder creeping in to western ohio. and there is a lot going on with the system. i think the rain will start at 3, 4 and we'll have the latest at 4 on the now cleveland and join us for that. fifty to 55, 60 degrees as you move through the afternoon and evening. the temperatures fall and there

the changeover to 8 or 9 and we'll let you know how much snow moves in. and cleveland police are trying to figure out if two suspected smash-and-grabs on the city's east side are connected. newschannel 5 viewers submitted photographs of a black minivan that ended said of angela mia's restaurant in east cleveland. the driver was trying three times to crash through the wall. the suspects were not able to get away the -- with the atm. the restaurant's manager said in spite of the damage, that restaurant in east cleveland is open for business today. and a second smash-and-grab also on euclid avenue was at church square pharmacy and east 79th street in euclid avenue in cleveland. and someone crashed a video in a store front and drove off with that atm. the witnesses saw a black minivan drags the the atm and that was the same description as the vehicle used in the earlier smash-and-grab attempt

anyone with information, call cleveland police, of course. >> and cleveland firefighters, in the meantime, slipped -- spent the early morning hours battling the house fire. the flames -- the fire was so intense, it spread to the house next door and meg shaw was first on the scene and is digging into what sparked this fire. >> reporter: the fire might be out here on fulton road but investigators still have a lot of work to do. cleveland fire said the flames broke out around 2:45 this morning. starting with this home. as you can see, the massive blaze swallowed the house within minutes. eventually, causing it to collapse. >> and that fire spread to the house next door. causing damage to most of the homes. and fire crews were able to put out both flames in 30 minutes. but, it didn't end there. shortly after cleveland fire

7:00, air tracker 5 spotted this heavy smoke followed by fire coming from the collapsed home and after i made a phone call, two crews made it to the the flames. anyone with information is being asked to call the cleveland fire department. meg shaw, newschannel 5. >> thank you, meg. and cleveland firefighters said that both houses were vacant and no one was hurt. an ohio teenager accused of opening fire inside a school cafeteria appeared in juvenile court. the 14-year-old denied charges of murder, felonious assault, inducing panic and making terrorist threats. and four teenagers were injured in yesterday's shooting in hamilton, ohio, near the cincinnati area and classes at the school will resume tomorrow. a wrongful death lawsuit in the chardon high school shooting on february 27th, 2012. and that is moving forward. at least the lawsuit is.

killed and a student barrellized filed a suit. five school employees and families contend the school district could have prevented the tragedy. testimony. court. >> and a privacy battle. will the new ruling help apple in the case against the fbi? on tuesday.

. a shocking report just released by the grand jury claims two roman catholic bishops in pennsylvania helped cover up abuse of hundreds of according to the report. fifty police or religious leaders were involved over a 40- a pennsylvania attorney said that no criminal charges will be filed because some abusers have died and the statute of limiting as has expired. and jurors are expected to hear more testimony from the afternoon. stalker for 75 ms. after a line. yesterday, the dancing with the courtroom witness stand. and a hotel said it was terrible but the stocker is to blame. michael david barrett pleaded guilty to stocking in 2012 and was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

the captain and the crew of a troubled ship forced to abandon another voyage. >> and we're trying to help muggsy find a forever home. muggsy is our pet-of-the-week. we'll be right back in just a muggsyndstas ready. back in a moment. >> and we're trying to do is i was going to have the dogs with me and i forgot we had the dog. we'll see muggsy and track march. when i figure out that i should try to pro-- should not try to

. >> the fbi said the data on the iphone of one of the san bernardino shooters could help them right out -- root out

maintains writing a code for that phone could compromise the security of millions of users. >> the only way we would know is to write a piece of software we view as sort of the software equivalent of cancer. >> reporter: apple shareholders are standing by. their ceo saying it's unconstitutional to develop a company to create a software that doesn't exist. >> we think the fbi's attempt to force apple to attack its own security is bad. it's bad for all of us and bad for all of us who rely on the safety and trust in our devices. >> reporter: today on capitol hill, apple's top lawyer will be answering tough questions from the house judiciary committee. apple has been criticized by some lawmakers. >> i think apple leadership risks having blood on their hands. >> reporter: a new judge's ruling on a similar and up related case of a narcoticking dealer in new york could add more credence to apple's claims that forcing the company to create new software to compromise the security of any one iphone could compromise the security of them all. that new york decision will not

san bernadino shooters; however, both cases hinge on the same colonial era law. right now. new trouble for the anthem of the seas cruise ship. the second time in a month, extreme weather is cutting its trip short and this time passengers on board are battling a snoro virus united break. he is at the high of the point of any american and probably longing for a home as well. nasa astronaut scot kelly is prepared to come home in earth orbit today. he spent nearly a year in space on the international space station. when he does touch down on earth, he will be flown to houston and he will undergo physical and specific tists to so -- tests to see how he did after a year's gurney in space. >> awesome. >> and the pictures have been amazing. he's supplied them for all of us here to see.

know, and can be negative. >> yes. >> and this is one of the cases where it's positive. >> and all of us together on this one spinning sphere hanging in space. >> third rock from the sun, right? >> and yes. >> and what is going on now, we're tracking rain first, heon and we're going to get winter into tonight and tomorrow. wet snow on the way and as we have been telling you, a lot of times with the storm system, it's about the track and we'll talk about that in just a moment. currently, the next few hours are just fine, especially points east. you have several more hours of that bad. in the mid- to upper 40s, 45 toest in downtown cleveland and across the region, running 45 to 48 or 49 in north royalton, pardon me a48, and 47 into akron and looking at temperatures approaching 50. the 5 live radar is not showing anything right now and we it turned on. we'll turn on the toledo radar,

notice the snow and that is through southern portions of michigan and there is the rain, interstate 25 and 90 miles an hour or so. and we will track this coming in. any time after 3:00 to the western suburbs of cleveland. the western sections of the newschannel 5 viewing area and we'll break that down. and this is the storm system more for chicago. the rain showers and thunder right now, creeping in to western ohio and that is quiet over the next couple. by five:00, we track rain and rain showers around, 5:00 and 7:00 and that is your changeover around 9, 10, we change over to that wet snow and that could be heavy at officially -- initially. and hour-by-hour notice, the next few hours are okay and especially 77 corridor. showers whyer coming in by 4,

the temperature -- 4:30 on the now and temperatures running 50 to 55 and this is all rain. rain. 32 degrees. there is your cold air creeping from the north and west. by 9:30, we start to change over from rain to show and -- sno and there is the snow pouring in by 11:00 tonight. it could be heavy at times after midnight and by 9:30 tomorrow morning, it's out of here and that is more of a lake affect issue where we may have say few bands setting up. and 50 today, rain arrives, snow changing over by nine. tomorrow, i should say tonight, 25 snow. that is about it. max and not a big deal. blustery, though. element. morning showers for tomorrow's

thursday and near 30. the upcoming weekend is saturday. we're here. >> and start at 2 on 98.5 ncx. >> we have another wonderful -- and as i step down, he took a liking to me. >> hi. >> that is inning yousy. his owner, unfortunately, couldn't care for him. he has that sweet face and great level. a walk outside and on a leash. hopped in the car and are you having a good day? >> 216-771-4616. that shot for awhile. muggsy, you're going to give us good ratings today, aren't you? people are going to stop watching and turn it on here turn over to channel 5.

him home. >> and he's going to be into somebody's home. there is so much joy with adopting a senior pet and that i have so much love to give. i swear, they're grateful to have a wonderful place to spend >> and he's beautiful. what a great tempt ram. and he could be good with any other pets, children of all ages. >> yes. >> and we're back to that. and stop by and see us. >> fantastic. we can't get enough of muggsy. there he is. >> and be safe. should be your home into yeah -- .

. here's the weather doctor. what do you think? >> rain will start the next few hours, changing over to snow after 9. you can see one to two inches by morning. >> okay. sounds good for us. we'll deal with it. >> and take a shot of the dog. muggsy. ten years old. he's kind of a laid back cleveland cool kind of a dog. and ten years old. i like the name muggsy. he's got class and style. >> muggsy. >> muggsy. >> and that is it for us.

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