. good afternoon, everybody. this is leon bibb with the story. northeast ohio has a big case of spring fever, even though it's not spring. who is challenging the calendar? temperatures are into the 60s today and this sets us up for a change. enjoy the warmth before the cool front and brigs in the rain. tonight, spring's best friend.

somara theodore is here tracking the stor. >> and 60s already, leon, and a little bit of added cloud up and in comparison to yesterday and some are in the -- more in the afternoon, rainfall to the west of us. 65, cleveland; 64, elyria; 79 akron and -- 69 in akron and 66 in canton. seventy, wooster and ashtabula. 66 for us here in mansfield. and the rain chances are moving in and taking over. we'll talk about that coming up in just a few moments and talk 73 in cleveland. 71 akron-canton and we're going to beat that one and close and going to beat in mansfield, 69 and you expect that to be in the record books as well. and the clouds off of the top of that, plenty of sunshine to start and clouds moving in take over. the farther west you are, the more sunshine through the

70 degrees and 70s to come and we'll talk about your power of 5 seven-day forecast in just a moment. and in about four hours, the nfl's free agency opens and it means the first day the browns can release a troubled quarterback, johnny manziel. his brief career in cleveland has been overshadowed by controversy off of the field. nick foley has more on his future with the browns. >> reporter: leon, today at 4:00, the nfl teams like the browns can sign free agents to contracts and they can release players with no additional penalty. for the browns, that could equal cutting ties with quarterback johnny manziel. don't be surprised if it doesn't happen by the end of the day and they owe him over 4 million in salary and guaranteed money, and counting toward the salary cap. several insiders believe he will keep johnny until they find out if he will be -- by the league's most recent actions off of the field.

the policy conduct, the browns don't owe him the guaranteed money in his contract. if not, the guaranteed money will decrease the browns hold on to him longer and it would also beat out $2 million if another team chooses to trade for him. >> thank you and by the way, the organization's sports track reports the browns are between 18 and $25 million below the nfl's new salary cap for 2016. and a chagrin falls teenager is missing. the police are looking for the public's help in finding the 15- year-old and she was last seen at 12:30 yesterday afternoon. she is 5 feet in height, 135- pounds and has blue eyes and brown hair. if you have any information on her whereabouts, call chagrin falls police. elsewhere in police circles, officers in elyria are stepping up patrols near schools after another attempted abduction inner leeria and a

was offerd a ride by a man near yale avenue yesterday. the suspect is described as a white man with white hair and a beard. witnesses said he was driving an older model black car with tinted windows. a man tried to pull a 10-year- old elyria girl out of her bedroom rindy -- window. and donations are coming in and in brunswick, they -- the life of a four-year-old girl and the fire displaced 50 people. and for those who lost, dozens of volunteers at saint ambrose church in brunswick are going through stacks of donated clothing, branches, household items and food. last night, they were doing that and church leaders are asking for cash, checks, and gift cards donations. the community much brunswick holds a candlelight vigil in memory of the little girl who died in the fire in brunswick. and in that fire, investigators are going through the ashes looking for a cause.

fire; however, a discarded cigarette could have been the cause. the apartment complex has working smoke detectors but it was no the required to have a sprinkler system because of the -- fire investigators are looking into problems with the nearby heating system as a possible cause. and to the race for the white house. there were three victories for republican donald trump last night and while voters in one major state brought in an unexpected win for democrat bernie sanders. and marcy gonzalez has more. >> reporter: today, bernie sanders celebrates a major upset in michigan, winning yesterday's primaries after polling behind hillary clinton by double digits. >> and i want to take the opportunity to thank the people of michigan. >> reporter: bill sanders -- bernie sanders came away with fewer delegates because of her big win in mississippi,

to the delegate count she needs to win the democratic nomination. >> and the stakes in this election keep going higher. >> reporter: ted cruz picking up idaho. >> at this point, our campaign is beaten him not once or twice but seven times. >> reporter: the night belonged to donald trump winning michigan, mississippi, and candidates to drop out and ruin few the party. >> let's come together, folks. we're going to win. >> reporter: ohio governor john kasich insists he will win in his home state on today and turn the tide of his campaign. >> for the first time, we're starting to hear my message. >> reporter: and marco rubio hoping to have home state victim, too, despite trailing in the polls and coming in last to mississippi and michigan. [ indiscernible ] >> he is focusing on florida where democrats will be tonight

marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. and the ohio primary election is less than a week away and more than 173,000 absentee and early voting ballots have been cast. besides picking the presidential nominee, voters will decide congressional contenders and a number of local -- [ indiscernible ] and there are hundreds of local issues on the ballot throughout the state of ohio. and a group of 17-year-olds is suing ohio secretary of state in the presidential primary. they claim the ohio election manual was changeed to specifically forbid 17-year- olds from voting in the primaries. but the ohio secretary of state said the law manning 17-year- olds from primary voting has been clear for 30 years. >> and we didn't make this up. this is how it's been and there is nothing new here. this is my sixth year as secretary of state. every primary i have been

>> mean while, senator and presidential candidate bernie sanders filed a similar lawsuit in federal court and said that ohio was trying to prevent certain 17-year-olds from voting in the primary. coming up, a neighborhood rocks whole a massive explosion. and the new video of the aftermath and what meet have triggered the blast. >> chipotle closed. a restaurant forced to shut doors after another safety incident. >> and remembering nancy reagan. thousands of people are lining lady.

. there has been a setback for chipotle in the campaign to win back customers. the mexican restaurant chain has shut down a massachusetts restaurant after four employees got sick. this comes after nearby chipotle had to close after 150 customers were diagnosed with the novo virus in december. chipotle is still reeling from an e. coli outbreak at several locations in the u.s. >> and you have to have gloves and when was in there, i saw kids in gloves -- >> and everything balanced and pull everything out, start again and sanitize. they have the new protocols in place. >> and the centers for disease

appeared to be overlast month. and customers of home depot will be reimbursed. the retailer agreed to pay $19.5 million. and 50 million customers who used the checkout isles exposed their credit card information and e-mail addresses and this is tara blake. and sunshine and 70 degrees. coming up next.

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reagan. they report the public will have the first chance to come and pay respects. >> reporter: nancy and ronald reagan -- by each other's side. >> try to fine pictures through them together. not holding hands. it's almost impossible. >> reporter: after more than one decade spent apart, following the former president reunited again. >> and some caset -- her casket is lowered into the ground. she'll be close to him as can. >> reporter: and that was her most important request. she'll be buried just inches from president reagan in this area. plans long in the making. >> and we spent a lot of time and several years working with -- again to the plan for the death and funeral together. >> reporter: among the 1,000 invited guests who will attend for private service on friday, the former president george w.

michelle obama. >> this is reagan who was a woman of -- mrs. reagan was a woman of incredible strength and grace and warmly and willingly offered advice and encouragement to me as i settled into -- as i settled into my role as first lady. >> reporter: first, the public viewings are wednesday and repose. with the visit today, vips including house speaker paul ryan will get a few moments with her casket to pay their respects. the library expects thousands of people to do this thing the next few days. beatle. martin worked on the most popular beatles album. and george martin won six grammys and was inducted into the rock'n'roll hall of fame in

and a special here. astonishing news from across the globe of a solar eclipse. night and witnessed the spectacular site and let from the southern pacific areas of the world. the pilots of an alaska airlines flight are in their petting ping the and departure time so passengers can see it from 37,000 feet looking at the moon, a quarter of a million miles away. >> the solar eclipse is from beautiful pictures. >> yeah. >> but great. right? >> and we can -- . >> no, we could not. we could do 70s again today. >> oh, i'll take that, too. >> yeah, right? >> with the sunshine up there. take it. >> a little bit of both and not as much sunshine as yesterday and still today. very warm ahead of the big -- and let's look outside in this is 67 degrees.

helping to deliver on that better weather. through the morning hours, we continue to bring in the clouds. no problems overnight for us either. and clouds, i think, will hold us above that 72 that we're able to enjoy yesterday afternoon. the temperature that had not happened in years in the month of march and potential record- breaking numbers. and not only in cleveland, akron and canton and mansfield, too. a possibility for akron and canton and cleveland is high. and all the way back to 1878. mansfield residents, 69, the record in 2000 and likely to be in the record books. the reason for warmth is that nice wind. and for one last day as well. the front back west. slow moving and continuing to send moisture our way. as you can see, most of that activity is dieing out as it moves in closer to home.

area here and closer to teffin and clyde and sandusky, may see a drop or two and we'll see a small chance into the afternoon hours and this is moisture, pieces of moisture sliding east and a bigger chance for us all in the overnight hours tonight. instead, let's focus on the wonderful temperatures and that 69 downtown. 55 for your -- [ indiscernible madison. already, 70 for you here. and orowell. chagrin falls and 70 degrees, massillon. jackson township at 68. 71 in ashland and 65 in -- [ indiscernible ] wooster and 62, cooler for you issue marblehead and 66. good afternoon, avon lake. winds howling and making your way to the park. trying to have lunch and a nice walk after work and we have the

18 miles an hour. the wind speeds for cleveland. 21 in elyria. hour today, not a big problem. i think more clouds for us west and more sunshine east. hours. we'll see bigger opportunities in that forecast and it looks of this. i'm not looking at constant rain all of the time but a good chance of seeing that weather until we move to thursday night and friday. we'll be on the drier side for us, too. and because of the ample moisture and slow-moving front, we're talking as much as an inch. there is -- [ indiscernible ] and put back in the house. -- as we move toward the weekend timeframe and this is a look at the power of 5 seven- day, 60 tomorrow and remember, find us on the radio.

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