newschannel 5 at six brought to you by mr. hero. get a roman hero for only 5.75. newschannel 5 starts now. severe weather on the move in ohio triggering this tornado near dayton. it happened this afternoon and the storm moving towards us. mark johnson keeping an eye on it. >> it is because of the feisty low pressure that is causing the storms that we see moving this way to have a little spin to them and one of the spins actually reached the ground right here and there is the tornado again as captured near phillipsburg. probably an ef0 or ef1. here is what is left of the squall line, still pretty feisty, moving to the eyewitness news channel 5 viewing area headed northeast

right now we have no severe weather warnings out for anywhere in the newschannel 5 this is heavy rainfall. dangerous lightning and gusty winds above 30 miles per hour. moving out of mansfield through ashland and wooster and up towards wellington. another broke in line of cells towards lorain and back towards norwalk. northeast. should reach cleveland, akron right around 8:00 p.m. plan accordingly. look at the temperatures, mild indeed. 60s and 70s. so this evening, keep an eye out, especially 8 to 10:00 p.m. for stronger thunderstorms perhaps even wind gusts above 30 or 40. temperatures in the 50s by ten p.m. as we are still looking at more scattered showers. we will have more on this severe weather threat and did i say snow? i did. it is in my seven-day forecast coming up. tomorrow we have a chance to make a powerful statement to

and that's that the republican party is not going to allow itself to be hijacked by conservatives. >> we can really change things and marco rubio is not going to l-y-i-n with an apostrophe. >> the way to beat donald trump is to beat him at the ballot box. we have beat him 9 different times. and with just over 12 hours until the poll opens, the buckeye state a bull's-eye. the presidential candidates crisscrossing the state. akron and ravenna and donald trump and governor kaisch is giving speeches trying to sway

to the polls tomorrow. our governor, john kaisch is rallying voters in westerville. >> comes hours after he appeared with mitt romney in north canton. john kaisch was there and the two of us is trying to keep the message positive. >> indeed. taking the highest office he has been been saying. the governor locked in a tight race in ohio. leaving nothing to chance and crisscrossing the state and looking to urge the ohio voters to get out to the polls tomorrow. now the stop here in north canton and a stop this evening in westerville includes the 2012 nominee mitt romney. the rally comes as two new polls shows the race is closed kaisch up five. romney not endorsing kaisch over cruz and marco rubio but it didn't sound that way. >> unlike the other people

record, he has the kind of record that you want in washington and that's why i am convinced you will do the right thing tomorrow, agreed? >> the spirit of america is in us. that's why when we see people that divide us, that's why it is dead wrong. >> donald trump taking advantage of some kaisch troubles in pennsylvania where he is facing a court challenge to stay on the ballot there. challenge that kaisch says will win and donald trump tweeting out that they will not and basically kaisch says he if he be over. ohio is not the only important battleground state up for grabs tomorrow. so other candidates have set their sides on florida.

home-field advantage and in jacksonville rubio says that trump rally is dividing the gop and what it stands for. >> we don't have that sound for you but we do have this. now, we have it. >> it is not the home of anger or frustration. >> senator ted cruz is putting his focus on illinois, he held this rally early this morning and is scheduled to hold another one the 11:30. we will get you that. with 169 delegates up for grabs. bernie sanders had a rally and attended with mostly younger voters. a recent poll shows that bernie

clinton by 20 points in ohio but he was quick to remind the audience that he wasn't supposed to win michigan and did. he got resounding cheers for talking about supporting universal health care and raising the minimum wage and free tuition for college. as for clinton, she started off rallying with supporters. she will hold one lassie -- last event before voting. let's take a look at where the count stands. on the democrat side, hillary clinton holds a strong healed with 1231 delegates to sanders 576. for the republicans, the defendant's is in the bleed with 460 delegates and ted cruz only ninety delegates behind with 3 0 and marco rubio with a solid

163 and john kaisch is trailing with 63 delegates. we are still four minutes away from the rn c at the cube but with the increase of protests at plight events, plans are in the works to protect protestors. how do you discuss don't are conflicts of police. the natural lawyer guild will have potential force by police. police will be watching 50,000 people that are expected here in cleveland. we have seen massive liberty violation and mass arrests. they do occur in these type of settings. sometimes to have an observe there there could be action. it will work if protestors after their arrest to help delegates the legal system.

we have been covering it and you are watching. many of the problems have surrounded donald trump. and senator ted cruz told meet the press that he takes a different approach with protestors. >> when i have protestors, i engage with civility and i have had a disagreement on other topics. our partners at'sliddafact and they found a rally in 2016, cruz was debated for 24 minutes and august he talked about gay rights with actress helen heys. the exchange lasted for certain minutes. our frak finders said that engaging people that disagreed with him even if they aren't protestors. our editors at political fact

>> winning over last minute voters and that could be the determining factor to who wins ohio. today was the last day for early and absentee ballot voting. according to the cuyahoga account board of election, 849 registered votessers in the county. as of today 26500 cast of the nearly 35,000. there have been an increase in democrats requesting republican absentee ballots. >> i think this is a attribute to the excitement with donald trump and our governor being on the ballot. we are excited to see enthusiasm in cuyahoga county. bo abelieves that at the end of tomorrow, 41% of the voters will participate in the

on par with previous years. while everyone is getting fired up over the presidential race, while residents in jackson township are getting fired up over the pocket of change to their quiet neighborhood. a group of neighbors are fighting a proposal to build apartments and condominium complexes in an area zoned for sing the family homes. they have been passing around a passion and they got enough votes. >> people like this area because it is rural and single family and not 173 unit is in your back yard. >> a developer says there is more need for housing in jackson township and regardless of the out come of the vote the college won't be based. choose channel 5 at six. why will sit down with analyst

a mother faces deportation was granted a temporary stay to care for her son. >> nis clearly a controversial situation. very much so, danita. she is here illegally. officials say she can't stay here but what she wants is asylum for her son's sake as she says he is getting the medical carry needs here. this was supposed to be ricardo's last day. but sanchez suitcase packed and the trip to guatemalale purchased. perez's attorneys translates for her. >> because i'm not a bad person. >> and i am not a danger to the country. >> rather she tells me she needs to be here for her 12- year-old son that has neurological and speech disorders.

and she is with me all the time, her life is her son. >> in a last minute retrieve, the u.s. immigration and is is enforcement or ice says she can stay here until the end of the school year. >> how does that news sit with you? >> very happy. >> we reached out to isis regarding perez's case. in a statement they said their priorities are on individuals that have been apprehended while attempting to enter the u.s. perez came through the u.s. via the desert and then she had recardo. >> the classes that they can give here him ... >> if they would allow my brother i would be content. >> according to the u.s. department of homeland

deportations more than doubled between 2001 and 2013. the latest figure being 438,000 deported in 2013. for rardo, if his mom leaves that is also undocumented. still ahead on newschannel 5 at six. keeping an eye on severe weather. we will track down tire troubles. all blown out by potholes. we are asking important

nobody likes it when your car hits a pothole. it drives you nuts. but have you blown five tires in the city of cleveland because that is what one local woman is dealing with. >> jonathan, it was not that bad of a winter. >> reporter: yeah, i mean we are are talking about that is

the harsh conditions and things might melt a little bit. but then it freezes breaking up the roads. but how about this story of linda sanders from morelin hills putting up with massive repair bills after five blown out tires in two years. sanders was trying to go to a show this past weekend when a tire went into a deep ditch and i did talk to the city of cleveland and asked about a mild winter and trying to get ahead of potholes. dan ball from the mayor's office says there could be a finite amount of coal until the asphalt plants get going in april. a massive repair and pothole fan will be coming on the detailing the strategy. but for now linda has had

>> it is upsetting and i was in st. petersburg and i was amazed at how lousy the roads were and i feel like i am living in st. petersburg, really. this is shameful. that masster plan can't come soon enough because a lot of drivers don't want international and national reps this kind of stuff when we host the rn c national convention. hopefully that won't be the case. reporting live. i'm investigators jonathan walsh. mark is in and following severe weather coming up for northeast ohio. >> no severe weather warnings. wooster, the storms have arrived. the rain is at wooster high school.

football field so good news there. everybody indoors but there is the wet weather, the pavement wet. and we will zoom out, norwalk, wellington, down towards the wooster area, you can see the squall line and it curves south to coshocton. the individual cells are forming forces and combined the wind speeds. near wakeman, producing torrential rains and another one near sandusky. a pretty healthy cell of rain along the lake erie shoreline. may have some hail right along the shoreline. let's go back further south and we will take a look at the cells, look at that. hail near florence and wakeman right there.

large hail is an inch in diameter. here is hail here near rochester. some interesting air spinning a little bit. right now it doesn't appear that we have any type of major issue going on. we do have gusty winds out of wellington. potentially producing 30 to 40 miles per hour winds. everybody will get wet, the severe weather threat is low but the storms will definitely slow you down. we will track them in. here is 8:00, 9:00, here is the main line, it moves quickly by 10:00 and we are left with scattered showers after that. so the wind is between 8:00 and we will go with 10:30, 11:00 for the stronger storms and we are at. the severe weather threat dim but there could be damaging spots.

winds out of the northeast at 12 miles per hour. all in all, we are going to see lows tonight dropping down to 50s and showers and storms before midnight and a lingering shower after that. tomorrow, i think tomorrow night we begin to see more showers and storms coming in. the bull of the dray is dry. 62 and a few showers. and 60s, st. patrick's day is here. rain and snow mixed. snowflakes on sunday, a high near 41. i said snow makes. you knew winter was coming back, right? friday and sunday, flakes will fly. we are flying around now, mark. thank you. still ahead.

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our political view next. continuing our democracy 2016 coverage. a deeper look at primary day. a huge day. >> yes, it will be and professor tom sutton joining us. what can we expect. >> in ohio things are looking good for john kasich. polls are trending in his favor, and a six-point lead in some of the polls. he has the best shot and tomorrow is when it counts. i think he may take ohio. >> he has had a good kick in the last week to week-and-a- half. >> absolutely. so the polls are showing trump

showing him even or pulling ahead. kaisch and perhaps some of the events this week. >> we are looking at a live predict from the kaisch rally. let me ask you from friday with donald trump, did the chicago protest hurt him or help him? >> i think in ohio it may have helped him, particularly with the events he had saturday, in the center here it was quiet and i think for ohioans, they are saying is this really what we are looking for in a president. >> did marco rubio make the right call for asking his supporters to vote for kaisch to trump on out the correct. >> normally you go to our person and kaisch did not respond in time. rubio is being asked p we go to a contested convention this summer. you will be us tomorrow night. absolutely. all right.

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several breaking stories this monday night. on the eve of the make or break showdown, donald trump now defending himself tonight. after the fights and after the scare onstage. >> this is a love fest. >> and this question tonight. could the republican nomination be nearly wrapped up tomorrow? plus, sarah palin, and the emergency. and hillary clinton and former president bush. what led to this moment? the young officer ambushed, shot and killed. tonight, the suspect who allegedly started it all. police say his brothers recording the whole thing. and was it a fellow officer who fired the fatal shot by mistake? the severe storms. the tornado in ohio. historic flooding in the south.