good morning everyone. everybody has been really patient and to finish out the weekend we are going to see the warmer air tracking back in.

getting longer as spring nears. remember going to spring forward next weekend so change those clocks forward. 41 or normal for today. day time high looking at 44 to area. we are off to a fantastic start sitting in the 30s. the breeze is very light so if you want to step out and about still have that coat handy throughout the afternoon. we'll continue to see the warm up but the great news is lots more sunshine throughout your afternoon. you need to be in ashland county, 47 so near 50 towards inland locations. that breeze really starts to pick up from pepper pike into the outcome lid area, 43 degrees the warm spot across the board. if you are going to go for a nice drive go to summit county near 50 degrees. >> we start getting more daylight and warmer temperatures. can't help but get energized. thank you.

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overnight in iraq at least 47 people including 39 civilians are pronounced dead. militants drove trucks into a crowded security check point south of baghdad. many are in critical condition. a witness shared this picture on twitter to show the extent of the damage. the coast guard searching for a texas man who fell from a royal caribbean cruise ship. they are focusing on an area near the coast of key largo and florida. he fell from the 10th deck of the ship a total of about 100 feet. he has not been seen since. in california a 48-year-old woman is dead after the car she was traveling in got stuck in floodwaters. it became submerged in six feet of water after the driver went around a road block. he was able to escape but his female passenger did not make it. >> water was six to eight feet deep before we were able to get into the vehicle. took the dive team a while to

>> officials remind you if you see road locks or flooded roads do not drive into it. it does not take much to create a dangerous situation. a small plane made a force landing in an industrial park in new york. the pilot and his daughter escape with minor injuries. the parachute can help in crash landings. he deployed that shoot after the plane's engine died. the f.a.a. and ntsb are investigating. and for the first time a scuba diver in florida is talking about being sucked into a massive pipe. he was diving with a friend last summer. the pipe suddenly pulled them in and he kept tumbling through it for five minutes. it's 16-inches in diameter and a quarter mile long. it sucks half a million gallons of water a minute to cool nuclear reactors. he didn't think he would make it.

do i pull the regulator out of my mouth and just die, i contemplated. i started thinking about my family. you know? how are they going to survive without me? >> he says the pipe eventually spit him out into a pond at the nuclear plant. he's now suing the power company because the pipe was not properly marked but the company says he missed a buoy warning people to stay away. it's a night most teenagers look forward to in high school, the prom but for those who are battling cancer it can be difficult to attend and pay for that night. one local organization is trying to change that. tracy has more on how the drop group is giving teens dealing with cancer a prom to remember. >> there are plenty of purses, a supply of shoes and thousands of gorgeous gowns. every year a prom to remember organizes this, dress

remember gives teenagers a magical prom night entirely free. >> we want them to create new memories and go home with a lot of cherished times with their friends. >> before the prom comes the dress and all of the accessories. zoe just finished her cancer treatment. >> i think it's really nice all of these people are here to help us and that so many people have donated dresses of different colors, different sizes and also shoes and jewelry. they have it all. >> zoe shopping with her best friend today someone who has been by her side. >> i'm blessed to have her in my life and to just be here with her. >> it wasn't just shopping but pampering too. massage, nails, many spa services all part of the prom package for the teenagers who next month will get the night of their lives. >> i think it's a great opportunity to be a part of something like this and not feel like an out cast.

it's like i can do anything. >> so amazing. so much more than just about a prom. it's about confidence and smiling again. it's great to see. >> and love how the community came together to make them happy. >> special moment. this forecast is certainly going to be viewed as special for next week. >> it is going to be a special moment for the next three to five days across northeast ohio. milder air tracking in. we are tracking a little bit of wet weather midweek but for the next three days i need you to be outside. take pictures. send them to our social media. i was just on twitter asking you all how you feel about the warm up that's coming. seems like everybody is excited. where is the winter fans? guess we don't have any of those in northeast ohio. look at all of this grass that you can see. seeing a few spots with a little bit of snow fall but expect that to melt throughout the rest of today. we are going to be into the mid 40s but going into tomorrow

right now we are off to a fantastic start. good morning. you are currently at the freezing mark wayne county into the killbuck area, holmes county currently at 34 degrees. taking a look at our five live radars yesterday so busy tracking all of that moisture. this morning a completely different story as high pressure continues to build in. you are going to notice the winds picking up out of the south today. they are still on the light side about 5 to 10 miles per hour but really start to kick up a notch as we head into your monday. but when they come out of the south that's what's allowing for the gradual warm up. like to show this wind cast, that bubble of wind that's going to start to make it's way in here and it has a lot warmer air moving out towards st. louis, chicago and crossing over into northeast ohio. so hour by hour get outside. i think from this model it shows you a little bit more cloud coverage but we are going to be sitting under mostly to

those clouds do thicken up as we head into the 7:00 hour. where is this warmer air coming from. we have a large area of low pressure that is effecting the west coast from los angeles and it's changing our jet stream. it's going to produce windy weather out towards denver but wet weather out towards the south. advisories already put in place. i do think we'll be tracking potential for severe weather out towards the south as we head into your midweek. closer to home future cast you can see the bump up in the temperatures here. a few clouds moving through throughout your overnight but i really want to show you monday afternoon. this is 3: 00. i want you to take a late lunch maybe and sit in the 60s out towards wayne county. a little bit cooler if you could say that for the greater cleveland area 57 degrees. unbelievable here. 43 for today getting a little

mostly sunny skies, warmer air continues to track in. i promise you you didn't need the heater anymore. you can see the bump up in our temperatures for overnight lows tonight, 38 degrees. now we are on that upward trend and tuesday is going to be that talker. look at all of this sunshine we are seeing for the next three days. wednesday, thursday that wet weather starts to track in here. you know i'm an almanac fiend. love climate here. tracks in 41 this time last year on march 9. 66 expected about a 25-degree temperature difference. >> i'll be hitting golf balls that day for sure. thank you. now an alert what could be a major breakthrough in cancer research. scientists believe they have discovered a way to steer the body's immune system to kill cancers. researchers have developed a way to find a tumor's achilles

therapy to modify the t cells altered to target specific cancer cells and eventually destroy the entire tumor but it's not one size fits all. >> this is going to be different from patient to patient so if this is ever going to work there will have to be a unique approach on a patient by patient basis. >> while good in theory the team has yet to prove this treatment will work in reality let alone be affordable. human trials are at least two years away but the study is being hailed as as the significant step that could help in the development of new therapies. good news for parents with a risk of high food allergies. children exposed to peanuts early have a lower risk of developing allergies. researchers regularly exposed kids with a high-risk to peanuts for five years and put them on a year long peanut hiatus to make sure they held up. their peers who had never been

tolerate it. it is protected even if eating habits change later in life. another state is considering raising the smoking age. hawaii became the first state to up the age of 21 but a peculiar bill in california. a study found that raising the tobacco sale age to 21 would have a substantially positive impact on public health and save lives. a majority of smokers start as kids or young adults. moving to sports now the cavs string together another gem at the q in back-to-back nights and they may be getting into a groove. opening day for the indians four weeks from tomorrow. lauren has more in our morning sports report. >> the cavs hosting the celtics at the q the last meeting in the regular season. tied at 1 celtics have been on a five game win streak but they

the celtics coming out early on. cavs down by 4 but the cavs not letting up. lebron's path stopped by crowder going straight to the hoop and is swatted by lebron but the cavs down by as much as 18 in the first quarter. in the third cavs up by 2 and lebron can't chase him down. he finishes with a one handed slam. the cavs with nice ball movement cavs up by 8. filling up stats sheet. lebron takes it to the hoop with 28 points and 11 rebounds. cavs win this one 120-103. and corey kluber set to start opening day for the second straight year. indians start april 4 against

meanwhile playing yesterday at goodyear ballpark hosting the san francisco giants yesterday. things not going as planned for the indians top of the third matt duffy hits one way out there in center field. tyler nathan makes a nice catch. a 2-0 lead after three innings. bottom of the fifth still knox. carlos santana doubles on a ground ball and beats the tag. indians add another run in the fifth not to gain up at 2. top of the 8th arias scores and giants go on to win 6-2. indians taking on the brewers later today at about 3: 00. sports. >> all right lauren thank you. happening today the official start of the competitive portion of the iditarod. they held the ceremonial start

the 85 mushers competing for the title will start their 1,000-mile trek later today. they had a problem this year because there wasn't enough snow to start the race. this february was the fourth warmest on record for anchorage bringing less than two inches of snow. coming up a crime spree on a cleveland campus and two of the suspects are still on the loose. plus you could make thousands of dollars by renting out your home or apartment during the week. we've got tips for those of you considering making some extra cash. that's ahead on good morning

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hello everyone we start this 8:30 half hour with a look outside. good morning cleveland for you. overcast skies, chilly start but it's going to get better as you begin your day for sure. welcome back. we've got several developing stories this half hour including a vigil plan for a three-year-old murder victim. more on that story in just a bit but we begin with a check on the weather. >> we are starting off the morning with overcast conditions. temperatures at 31 degrees but give the weather a little bit of time. look at this. we can see a brownish greenish grass and hopefully that gets nice and green into the rest of the week with temperatures warming back up to the 60s. good morning you are at 29 into summit county. north akrin into canton

mark so off to a cool start. winds will continue to pick up out of the south throughout your afternoon. you'll notice that breeze really for monday into tuesday as our temperatures return to the 60s. but the winds will be on the chattering side and that's what's allowing for the warm up. you can see from our live five radar we are not picking up any moisture as high pressure continues to build. so a great day out towards the midwest. st. louis, chicago going to see an abundance of sunshine. you can see that kind of partial clearing here so i do think a few clouds throughout your afternoon but definitely not a show stopper here. so hour by hour be outside look at this by 3: 00 we should be at about 43 degrees. i do think inland locations you'll be into the upper 40s, a few clouds that are tracking in. so i never think it's too early to start talking about the 60s

people are going to be in flip- flops, short shirts. 66. we are forecasting and you know what, some of our mottos are call--models are calling for possibly a 70-degree day so keep you updated. >> i save my flip-flops until the 70s but i'll take the warm up for sure. two cleveland teenagers are still on the run wanted in a crime spree targeting case western reserve university students but two other armed suspects are off the streets wanted for a violent car jacking as well. derek waller was the only reporter with surveillance video of the car jacking and continues to bring us information about the arrest. >> the video is grainy but you see a dark ford escape suv that's the stolen vehicle these teens have been riding around in. one of them hops out and forces mercury. the car pulls away. nearby star. this happened around 10 last night on east 116th street.

stolen ford escape on coal fax road. a chase ensued and two of four suspects were arrested. that suv towed. >> we are assuming that the other two suspects are traveling in the mercury. >> that white mercury looks like this. the license plate number is glt4055. that group of teens is responsible for several robberies in cleveland heights and at least one more tuesday afternoon on euchlid avenue. they are trying to connect to others. the two victims were veteran case professors. >> right now in the process of putting together line ups to have the victims take a look at photographs of suspects that have been arrested. >> your case campus tonight students are keeping their guard up. >> my mom gave me pepper spray. sometimes it's sketchy having

mails and know it's not actually safe. >> we noticed a heavy police presence officers patrolling on the street and on foot. >> that makes her feel safe and me feel safe. >> something this mom is happy to see. >> i'm a proud parent and that's why i hope they catch the guys out here so i can continue to be a proud parent. >> thank you for that report derek. case western also has a safe ride home program for students who don't want to walk home alone and be aware of your surroundings no matter what time of day it is and walk with someone else if possible. happening today the canton community will come together to remember a three-year-old girl. a vigil will be held on dewalt avenue at 5:00 tonight. police say the girl was found dead in her home friday. she suffered traumatic injuries but her cause of death remains under investigation. her 22-year-old father is charged with murder and child endangering and his live in girlfriend is also facing charges.

in columbus that left a 7-year- old boy dead. another child was injured in that incident. a 4-year-old girl was with her family at the hospital after friday's shooting when they realized she too was injured. a five-year-old boy and 19-year- old man were hospitalized. an 18-year-old faces murder charges. we are 133 days from the republican national convention as it draws near you will probably start seeing ads for homes up for rent in our area. if you are thinking of listing your residence we'll share secrets to make making money during that event. stay away from listing your apartment or home for an outrageous price. the second tip, location. the closer you are to downtown the more desirable it will be. rentals in rocky river going for 9500 for the week or a condo in a savvy downtown building going for $33,000.

extreme but keep this in mind if you are contemplating a heist. that's what she lists her home for seven bedrooms she is asking $18,000. she admits the money would be great but it's more than just that. >> this is a really exciting time for the city. it's really putting cleveland in the spotlight and we were just looking to be a part of it. >> if you are considering renting out your home many realitiors are able to handle listings as well. you can also check with online services like air bnb. if you don't own your home and rent check with your landlord first. next on good morning cleveland the ramp up continues. one of the many new hotels in downtown cleveland will open it's doors this week. get a look inside ahead. plus today is the final day of the cleveland auto show. everything you need to know about the big give away that will wrap it all up next.

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good morning everyone. i'm meteorologist vanessa webb. those snow piles we saw yesterday morning are starting to lose their force here throughout the afternoon. they are going to be turning

town because temperatures are warming back up to the 40s. right now we are off to kind of a chilly start. you can see from my weather bug currently at 32 degrees but out towards the greater cleveland area we are still below freezing. the warmer air is going to start to surge in here into mid afternoon. are you ready for a little bit of sunshine? it gets even better today sandusky into kellies island. 46 look at the day time highs 10 degrees warmer than yesterday afternoon. we'll go with 44 but look at this akrin you take the cake today, 47. temperatures near 50. nick? >> loving the next few days on the way. thank you. looking for something inspirational to do today? how about shaving your head? about 160 people are expected to shave their heads today

cleveland heights community center to help raise money for childhood cancer. proceeds will benefit a hero foundation starting in honor of rebecca myer who died of brain cancer. the cleveland auto show coming to the center. you've got all days to check out the rides and show stoppers. plus also today ten finalists will be on hand at 5 to see if they will drive away on a two year lease on a hoppedda civic or toyota datomea. the community center more than 130 exhibitors will be on hand with the latest on gardening landscaping and remodeling to name a few. the show got under way yesterday and will continue today. tickets starting at $5 for adults. and ohio ranks sixth in the nation for maple syrup

product at the lucas maple syrup festival today. there will be live demonstrations wagon rides music and food including that syrup happening at the farm in lucas from noon until 4. if you see news happening please let us know. text or e-mail us or tweet us at wews.

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for senator ted cruz. he came away with two primary wins and won the conservative political action congress straw pull. 40% of attendees chose him as first choice for president. marco rubio got 30% and donald trump received 15%. john kasich earned 8%. the maryland event represents a small but vocal segment of the republican party. the only election results that people. part of supersaturday ted cruz and maine. louisiana. on the democratic side bernie sanders won in kansas and nebraska and hilary clinton louisiana. maine democrats will go to the polls today. the contest out of the way the focus on cleveland and ohio

john has a long waited hotel opening this week in democracy 2016. >> you better get a seatbelt one of the favorite sayings of governor john kasich this year and one that may apply at the republican national convention in july. if any candidate other than donald trump is to be nominated here it will involve a high level of intrigue. the q has played host to many memorable events but none could compare to the one that will play out in july as republicans try to stop donald trump. >> that camp is strong for the establishment. they are looking for a way to stop him and the only way is to deny him the nomination at the convention. >> he has to be denied a majority of the delegates party leaders getting behind different candidates in different states. >> i'd vote for marco rubio in florida, john kasich in ohio and ted cruz or which ever one has the best chance of beating

>> the black party has been dubbed as a hostile take over and alienate supporters. >> they are al auto this point choosing which of the less bad scene rose to pursue. >> nearly three quarters will be chosen not by the candidates who won them but by state party leaders. and while they are bound to the candidate on the first ballot only they are free agents after that and not bound on issues like rule changes like moving the goal line something that could come into play here. donald trump and hilary clinton lead the delegate count clearly at this point and find themselves under the microscope in this morning's political fact check. >> you are three times more likely to be able to get a mortgage if you are a white applicant than if you are black or hispanic even if you have the same credentials. >> hilary clinton set off a viral fire storm in the mortgage industry with those comments at a las vegas town

would fix the injustice. they wanted to see if she was telling the truth. >> she added an important qualifier even if you have the same credentials where her talking point goes off the rails for accuracy. >> she misspoke adding the same credentials line when there is evidence in disparities the gaps are not as drastic as clinton says to equalize for other key factors such as income and history. the truth reader rating her as false. next up this anti trump t.v. ad being heavily run by pro marco rubio in the home state of florida. >> says he would be neutral between israel and his enemies. >> painting trump as someone playing both sides pointing to comments he made in a recent town hall. he refused to pick a side

it makes this one iffy. >> if you look at his other of israel. >> saying his current words dilute his past stance rating this one as half true. another fact check. one of the selling points of cleveland landing the republican national convention was the number of new hotel a block of them opening tomorrow with the new hotel. we were the first to get a sneak peek. hidden behind a 1960s facade for decades the building now makes the same statement that it did when it opened in 1901. >> if you talk to anybody who saw the scaffolding up for a long time a lot of the folks didn't know the facade existed underneath the glass and metal that was there before. >> now after a five year transformation outside and

as a kenton hotel and more. >> 52 apartments above the hotel, the hotel goes up 7 stories. 8 through 14 are apartments from a junior one bedroom to a three bedroom two and a half bath. as of today three fourths of those are leased out. >> they are likely different in size and amenities offering showers that house the old fashion cloth tubs. the building was designed by the architect and sculpture between the soldiers and sellers monument which you can see from some of the rooms and above 9 9th street. the hotel features a living room and adds to the city's inventory different types of hotels. >> just by looking at that the meeting planner gets another perception of cleveland they do have diverse offerings and that's exciting for us.

hold opening in the administration building and the 600 room hilton convention center hotel opening june 1. enjoy your sunday. >> thank you john. cannot wait to see all of those hotels starting to open up. we are getting really close to the rnc. everyone getting ready to just unvail everything that's new about cleveland. >> right and i'm going to unvail some good weather today. >> no complaints. >> no complaints. look at lake erie not seeing any ice cover on lake ear year. just a warm start. >> great shot there. >> great shot. low clouds moving in but they are going to be pushing out towards the east into the rest of the day. want to show you this camera, floating clouds out there and the piles of snow have started to fade away and always my west ciders i haven't forgot about you. we just don't have a camera out that way. going to be working on that.

are starting to warm up. holmes county, killbuck into millers burg the warm spot at 37 degrees. west side here you go. avon lake north ridgeville west lake into southern portions of the county across the board. 31 towards the east. we are at about 29 degrees so cooler air, lake kirkland all the way into ash and upper 20s. give the weather a little bit of time to warm up today. we are going to start to see winds picking up out of the south which will help for the warm up back into the 40s. our live 5 radar not picking up any moisture. want to show you this cast, this bubble of warm air and winds that are starting to move out towards st. louis into chicago. that was going to continue to shift west to east into our direction. now hour by hour you can see the clouds they are floating in and we are going to go with that sun and cloud mix.

up as we head into the 7:00 hour. this is that area of low pressure that is changing the jet. you are going to notice throughout the week the big walker weather wise is this amount of rain and snow that is making it's way out towards california. also as this track moves in it's potential for severe weather out towards the south and i cannot rule out that possibility wednesday into thursday for us to see some of that. now temperatures across the board today you can see they are warming up. i like it. 45 out towards canton, 46 dover and new philly. clouds float through overnight and then tomorrow near lunch time, 60 degrees. doesn't get much better than that. upper 50s for the greater cleveland area. 43 with mostly sunny. a few clouds throughout your afternoon. southeast breeze 5 to 10 miles per hour. tonight 38 so on the gradual

e-mails through out of the week monday into tuesday 66, 67. remember that threat for a little bit of fund cannot be ruled out wednesday into- -thunder cannot be ruled out wednesday into thursday. going into next weekend still in the upper 50s to lower 60s. we'll be right back. i'm here at the new beautiful location just south of i-90 right here in avon. it is gorgeous here. >> we love it. we are really excited to be here. >> tell me about the new design. >> it's a two story location right on the highway. it's 76,000 square feet full of furniture matt recesses accessories just about

collections that are amish made right here in the state of ohio. dining room, bedroom, home office. design your own furniture. pick your finish. pick your hardware. very exciting. >> that is very exciting to be able to pick and choose your own options there. i couldn't help but notice all of the mattresses you have here. it's a huge selection, really a store within a store so tell me about those. >> it is a store within a store. we have three locations throughout ohio and quite a big selection. also many of which are made right here in cleveland. sealy and stearns and foster mattresses are made in medina and grand legacy are made in cleveland. >> it's so cool to hear all of these locally made products so that is really exciting and speaking more on the matt recesses i know you really like to give back to the community and you have a program called beds for cuds so tell me about that.

cleveland furniture bag which is a wonderful organization that provides services to those in need. best for kids has given 4,000 beds away over the last several years. >> so you know when you purchase a mattress you are also helping to give back to cuds in need. that is just wonderful. i can't wait to do shopping around myself today. it is gorgeous here. check it out for yourself or log onto their website for more information on levin's great prices and selections. and finally breaking news just into the news room espn reporting that peyton manning will announce his retirement tomorrow. the five time mvp he's played 18 seasons won four super bowl trips and two titles. his announcement is suppose teed happen tomorrow which would explain the big contract

thanks for joining us. a final weather a big announcement on the nfl front and the weather front. that warm up is here. >> it is here. 45 for today our lows even getting better. 61. now our team will be tracking this wet weather as it comes in here. possible for severe weather wednesday into thursday as temperatures soar here and that area of low pressure moves back in. >> all right we'll be back at

starting right now on "this week" with george stephanopoulos. split decision. ted cruz crushing the billionaire in two tates. >> wile trump takes two victories his own. >> i would love to take on ted one on one. >> is this now a two-man fight to the finish. as trump's own party revolts. >> he's a fraud. >> mitt is failed candidate. >> is the gop falling apart? plus, bernie's bounceback? >> we have path toward victory.