always on your side, newschannel 5 starts now. >> there is less than two hours left in the battle for the buckeye state. it is a show-down between ohio's governor and the billionaire businessman. >> kaisch can't make america great. can do it. >> this country is not about us tearing one another down. >> the gop is taking on a kaisch win, not only to halt's donald trump's momentum. >> hundreds of delegates at state that john kasich is

we begin with chris flanagan at baldwin wall list university. >> it begins at 8:00 and john kasich hoping to get a win in ohio. voter turnout, high voter turnout in cleveland. we begin with john kosic, for the governor it has been a lot. >> reporter: two goals, last july, make it to new hampshire where he knew he could have an impact and when he did that five week ago the second goal make it home to ohio. should he make it out the path is a different pace. we had 1s1s vote and now it slows. enabling the candidates to reestablish themselves. john kasich is facing a challenge in pennsylvania and it will get bigger if he wins tonight and then on to utah for friday.

hands of the voters that know him. >> do you feel you will win. >> yes. do i seem like i'm nervous or uptight. i'm having a great time. >> kaisch wins ohio and his 66 delegates, it is winner take all, he can't win the nomination without a contested convention that will play out in cleveland in 125 days. chris. >> okay. john, thank. a lot on the line for the candidates that are left standing especially for the state of florida. let's look at the delegates up for grounds. for the republicans 99 delegates in florida followed by 72 in north carolina. 69 in illinois and 66 in ohio. and 52 in missouri. for the democrattings, there are 214 delegates up for grabs in florida. followed by 156 in illinois, 143 here in ohio. 107 in north carolina, 71 in

and because of the energy surrounding the presidential primary, an uptick for ballots cast. megan hickey has more on voter turnout. where is voter turnout been the highest? >> as of the last update from the board of elections, suburban voters had the highest turnouts and that is including 100,000 absentee ballots, they have to be postmarked by today or dropped off by 7:30 and i talked to plenty of voters that said they switched parties for the primaries and mostly that requested democratic ballots. >> i like our governor a lot and i honestly don't want democratic for the next 8 years ago. in my mind even though i'm a registered democrat. >> when i see a candidate that

as a country, you have to not stick with one specific party. >> now, less than an hour-and-a- half left at the polls and soon after that, we will have early numbers for you. live in cleveland, megan hickey, chris, back to you. okay. meggen, thanks. ohio election officials clearing up confusion. two spots to pick a candidate for the presidential race in 2015. the ohio republican party changed awarding delegates to a winner takes all process. those on the republican side need to fill out the first box called the delegates at large. election officials say the law still requires a second box for presidential candidates labeled district delegates. they will be totaled but won't count. the process is causing confusion. i did fill out the same name two times but again a few weeks ago i told my wife to pick her first choice and second choice because we were getting conflicting

will be removed anytime soon. it is not just the republican race that everyone has their eyes on and paying attention to. hillary clinton and bernie sanders had some relatively low key events with supporters this morning in north carolina clinton telling reporters that despite a heated ticket on the other side, she is proud of how their ticket is unfolding. >> i'm proud of the campaign that he and i have run because we have focused on the issues and that's what it has been about. not insults. as for bernie sanders, he has started his day off in chicago with a quick bite to eat and a few hand shakes and he told reporters he is confident that there will be a large voter turnout in his favor. a look at where the candidates are tonight as they wait for the polls to close. trump and clinton will be down the street from each other in palm beach florida. kaisch as we all know here behind me at baldwin wall list and ted cruz in houston and

sanders in phoenix, arizona. you still have a chance to go to the polls, 1 hour and 15 minutes. the polls close at 7:30 and keeping you updated all night long as a result start coming in. the doors open at 7:30. the event here starts at 8:00 and the governor wants the results come in will give his speech and hoping for a victory speech at baldwin wallace university. if he doesn't win ohio it is essentially ball game over. thank you very much, chris. while voting was happening on the west side, a poll worker pulled a gun after getting into an argument with other workers outside of the louisa alcott school. allen betha pulled the gun from his backpack but didn't point it at anyone.

mark johnson is talking about the chill. >> we we couldn't warm up because of the fog. these are not pufffy pillows but clouds. we are trying to get breaks in the overcast and it could continue through the evening. the good news is that the visibilities that were below a quarter of a mile for some of you, are now really improved. visibilities ten miles or greater, akron and wooster and cleveland 6 miles of visibility. look at the temperatures. cleveland and menner and astubula, milder, 57, akron and 56 in canton and 60 dover new philly and the evening timeline is chilly, all right? clouds try to thin out. we will stay mainly cloudy with temperatures falling back in the 47 to 48-degree range by ten p.m. then they begin to warm up and

that will bring rain and i will track that. looks like a soggy morning rush hour for some. danita. thank you. a week since fire tore through two buildings at the hickory hill apartments. the residents have been fighting to get the ren money and we are learning that they have won the fight. paul kiska with a new development. >> reporter: well, danita we have good news for residents here tonight. it has been a long week for those living here at hickory hill apartments and we have good news tonight. >> as firefighters fought flames that tore through hickory hill apartments in brunswick nearby apartments suffered water and smoke dang. resident jennifer showed us her apartment, everything ruined and ripped out. because she can live here she

and she says the manager won't give her an answer. i tried but he wouldn't give questions. >> mike, can you talk to us? >> you don't understand the answer no. >> in a small print it reads rent is not required if the apartment is unusable. the owner called to say they will be refunding money for everyone affected by the fire. >> i am thankful and tired of fighting with them and grateful that you interevenned. >> meanwhile i checked in with the brunswick fire department to see if they have a cause and they are still investigating. paul kiska, newschannel 5. it is do or die tonight for governor john kasich's bid for the house. all new at six, we will take

win. >> hind me in this house inspectors are going in for an electrical inspection after a newschannel 5 inspection found mistakes made by the city. we will tell you more coming up. if you see news happening

us at wews. and, of course, live at barea at the baldwin wallace university where john kasich supporters holding a watch party and it begins at 8:00 and the band setting up here. a huge day in ohio and the primary and john kasich saying he doesn't win, his bid for the white house will be over and he will be speaking to his supporters after the election results and after the 8:00 hour which he is hoping is to give

wallace university. we will have 8 to ten p.m., a two hour special and live results coming up and carrying everything here from barea. live from baldwin wallace university. a news channel 5 investigation revealed a recent mistake made by the city of cleveland. electrical work signed off that shouldn't have been and inspectors were back out there and that's where we find jonathan walsh. fill us in on what happened. >> reporter: i was told by the city there would be no inspection if i decided to grab the camera right here and walk into this house on east 112th and follow around the inspectors inside. of course i didn't like that very much. but in the interest of getting the information that this house needs, i stood outside. our camera was there as the inspectors showed up. last week we documented

wires at the house and uncovered electrical box and questionable wiring in general. we captured discussions between the homeowner and inspectors outside and after 20 minutes the inspectors left. >> now that you guys are involved, they are showing more concern. >> charlene that doesn't want to use her last name toll me the inspectors took pictures and notes as opposed to the previous look-throughs. >> i am glad that you guys are involved. in hopes that i can get some justice. >> she explained the inspectors wondered that the contractor that left the wiring unfinished would be allowed back in. >> i don't have a problem with him coming back to do the work. i want a licensed electrician with him to make sure that work is done criminal. >> from the start of all of this charlene has said that she just wants a contractor to make sure her home is safe. >> he didn't calculate everything correctly, we could blow up the house. or either cause some electrical fire.

place. >> hopefully to pass it on to one of my children, i'm hoping to get a house that works the way it's supposed to work. >> now, charlene told me one of the interesting things about this inspection today was that the inspectors asked her about working bathrooms. she said that she has them but she is not sure what that has to do with electricity. i will find out more about the inspection from the head of housing and building tomorrow, right here on newschannel 5. reporting live on the east side. i'm investigator jonathan walsh. newschannel 5. we haven't seen as many as snow as we have in winters past but road crews have a concern of a different kind. take a look. huge piles of salt. now sit unused since this winter's weather didn't warrant it and now officials are trying to figure out what to do with the leftover salt. >> we don't throw more salt on

i would much have it stored and reduce the budget and be budget conscious for the residents of the village. >> towns like orange save money on fuel and estimate $50,000 in savings for next winter and are very prepared. i like your idea of what to do. >> they should make a big pretzel and put salt on it or popcorn. >> let's just have a party. >> it's been foggy and cloudy and the fog has been thick and kept us chilly. let's take a look at what is happening in downtown akron. the time lapse showing fog in the area, skies brightning a bit. but clouds are kind of hanging tight and they will do so through the evening in the overnight. currently it is 43-degrees downtown. dry weather and a little bit of

45, it jumped up and 48 euclid and 51 bedford and 49 for parma and look at west lake and avon. 44 degrees. chilly and coat weather. if you go south, dover and new philly 50s. dry weather for now. i believe we will see rain showers out of grand rapids and sliding in towards sunrise tomorrow. in the meantime we have been stuck in the clouds and fog all day long. we are trying to get a little bit of dry air to move in from the north and west. and even from the south. it is not going to do a whole lot to you. so the chill is here. just wear the coats. 48 downtown and at hopkins airport dew point at 45. we got a light northerly breeze we didn't have winds to blow the fog around and mix the air. the fog settled in and kind of hung there. burning off from the last couple of hours.

47 has been the low. snowfall remains at 25-inches. number six, all time least snowiest winter so far for greater cleveland. from winnipeg through minneapolis moving to st. louis, the hour by hour shows not a lot of rain coming in for the morning commute. i think by afternoon we are beginning to see the sunshine. here is front. watch it move. i want to show you the front. look at the cold air, yep, that snow, this low slides towards lake erie and on friday, some of it will weaken and some of the light snow will move into your neighborhood for friday, saturday, sunday and monday. before midnight temperatures in the mid-50s by dawn. could have a predawn shower, otherwise mainly cloudy skies. tomorrow, 62, not bad. a brief morning rush hour shower and then some sunshine,

gusts above 30 miles per hour. don't forget a wind advisory. akron and canton, 39 and mostly cloudy. tomorrow if there is a shower it will be in the morning and then sun for the afternoon, 60s. thursday, a few drops of rain, lower 50s. flakes flying. 39 on friday. i heard a boo back here. sunday, i'm getting boos from all over the studio. 41, sunday with flakes. monday, flakes and 42. wow. okay. >> we don't want to hear about those flakes. we have a phrase in our newsroom, you better get behind the cavaliers, lauren, what do you say. >> cavs coming home from a four game road trip and a late game on the recap, we will hear from the latest student athlete of the week about her struggles as

and more after the break. flush. the cavs back home after having 3-1 on the road trip and taking on the mavericks at the cue and the lone blemish on the trip came last night in utah.

85 win while most of us asleep. 16 game left for the city. >> you can play some really good caliber teams and you want to try to capitalize on that. but we settled for a 3-1 record. we would have wanted to get this one tonight. we played good basketball and look forward to going back home. >> some much needed help may object way for the browns defense. jets free agents da mara davis paying a visit to barea. 97 tackles and has not missed a game since being chose in for the 2012 draft. >> becka prescott is the mcdonald student athlete of the week. has achieved in the classroom and the community but not always easy. >> i have been training since i was 6 years old is when i started to swim and in the 8th grade i tore my ac l. that was

it hurt me owe motionly and physically and i bounced back. this year i qualified for the ohio state meet and now i qualified for junior national championship. in the classroom i kept up with my studies, a 4.3gp a. i hope my peers and the people around me realize how much i love swimming and how much you can accomplish if you set your mind to it. i'm becka prescott and this week's mc's student athlete of the week. headed to ashland university where she received an academic and sports scholarship. successful. mark, people want to know first of all they are upset about the snow, they want to accumulation. >> we have been so warm, the ground is warming up. plus the temperatures friday,

40s. those two factors make it harder for snow to stick. so even though you may see snow fall to go to ground, there may be slushy, accumulation on your that. right now, it appears temperatures are warming up and the ground is warm enough that most of it will not accumulate. >> i don't have to hire you for the driveway. >> we will be back at 11:00. newschannel 5 at 6 q -- brought to you by the ohio lottery explosion game saturday

breaking news tonight. the exit polls coming in right now. what the voters are revealing already. will donald trump essentially seal the deal? >> this is the place i want to win. this is the place. >> his rivals looking to stop him tonight. all eyes on john kasich and his home state of ohio. and hillary clinton. can she finally put it away? or, another sanders surprise tonight? clinton tells us she's optimistic. >> but not confident? that's a word a lot of your supporters might want to hear >> okay, i'm confident. all. also tonight, the severe weather hitting right now in several of the states voting. now images of the tornadoes in ohio. where the storms track next. and dangerous driving for millions in the east. the alleged uber gunman.