the campaign trail. >> a startling prediction from donald trump. is our governor doing some plotting of his own >> you never know what will happen. >> after finally claiming a primary win here in ohio john kasich won't be able to win with delegates. today i am nominating chief judge to join the supreme court. a political battle is heating up this evening president obama defied republicans vowing to block his supreme court nominee and announced one any way. >> both sides agree this decision is to important to be bogged down on politics but means. >> president obama nominated he's been on the short list for years now and today he became pretty

>> the constitution and the law has been the cornerstone of my professional life. and it's the hall mark of the kind of judge i have tried to be for the past 1 years. >> president obama praised judge garland's record saying he would bring a spirit of moved did he say see and integrity to the court. the president also made it clear the message said that republicans will send if they refuse him at a hearing. >> it will indicate a process for nominating and confirming judges that is beyond repair. it will mean everything is subject to the most partisan of politics, everything. >> and just minutes after the president's announcement senate majority leader doubled down

>> of course, of course the american people should have a say in the court's direction. it is the president's constitutional right to nominate a supreme court justice and it's the senate's constitutional right to act as a check on a president and withhold its consent. >> well according to a new poll people in northeast ohio want a nominee now. 59% of those asked want the senate to move ahead with hearings, 28% say leave the decision to the next president. we continue or team coverage of the supreme court nomination at 5:15 with a live report from washington on his pedigree and what's at stake. a wind advisory right now in

>> hold onto something. yeah, indeed. the winds blowing strongly out there. cleveland, i-77 through medina, ashland richland counties. now, we did have a few showers earlier. they moved through greater cleveland, akron. they're gone. so we're going to stay dry . now, let's deal with the gusts. look at the current gusts. cleveland 40 miles per hour, elyria 40 miles per hour, a 35-mile an hour wind gust currently in akron. temperatures mild though. we've got lower 60s in a lot of spots and we will stay mild through the evening. watch the temperatures overnight tonight slowly falling into the lower 50s by 5 p.m. so leave the umbrellas at home. all and all not bad but you're going to need the winter coats coming up for the weekend.

turning to the primary election now in a recap governor john kasich won his home state? republican primary beating donald trump by 12 percentage points. >> and hillary clinton had a victory here in ohio. >> as for the democratic primary for the u.s. senate it wasn't even close former governor ted strictland won. >> and a surprise upset cuyahoga county prosecutor of 24 years lost his seat to democrat hick challenger by 11 points and we are bringing you team coverage live on 5 following up on all of those major races this evening and right now we are kicking things off with our news channel 5 john.

more than just campaigning at usual. >> yeah, after graduating from ohio state john kasich as accepted to the temple university law school. he didn't go. he choose a job working for a state senator. that law degree might come in handy going forward. >> as he took the stage last night his campaign was sending out a press release announcing the addition of four people to his national strategy council. the first of the visors that would charged with the test of developing the behind the scenes strategy. >> we're talking about the selection of the delegates, three quarters get selected not by the candidate but by the parties and so that's going to be something to influence and of course going into the convention the rules can be changed by the gop right up until the day of and even into the convention itself.

fight was the reagan ford battle in 1976. >> right now does not include blowing horns, waiving signs. >> one of the visors kasich brought in was the man who advised president ford that year. kasich who was 24 at the time was not only there but through a series of events ended up involved with ronald reagan. >> i was there at the end when he said good-bye. i was in the room and saw grown men cry. >> well, a conversation with last night's win kasich did not have to have last night with his staff there was to be one more republican debate on monday. donald trump said he would not be there which prompted kasich's team to say he then would not be there either. so that debate now on hold. well if donald trump is the

the democratic party says it is ready. they're calling on republican leadership to embrace him. trump still has a mathematical task of clinching the nomination outright. he would need 54% of the remaining delegates to reach that magic number and if he does the nation at committee already has a november. >> we're not going to make the same mistake that the other candidates made. we're ready for mr. trump, hold him accountable for the daniel that he's doing as a candidate and what he's promising to do as president. >> if we see a brokered convention in cleveland it's no guarantee for our governor. for his part ryan says he has no interest in running for president. keep in mind he was

all right and former governor ted strictland is hoping to turn the tied. after he easily won a three-way primary to face rob portman polls show the two even. a political scientist says the outcome of the presidential race may impact this ohio senate race. port man would benefit, and his race would be a lot tougher with trump as the nominee. well, it was the biggest upset of yesterday's local elections. >> tim mcginty lost his reelection to michael omally by nearly 18,000 votes. and we covered that race last night. the results surprise add lot of people. >> right and that's including the candidates very early results had mcginty in the lead but i was sent a statement

>> i think he's going to win. >> i think he'll win. >> his supporters were confident at the poll and the the prosecutor's campaign told me they were hoping for an early night. his challenger even started bracing for defeet. >> i think the community as a whole has benefitted from my campaign. >> but the tied turned against mcginty and he lost 44 to 56%. political analyst told me the results can be traced directly to recent high profile officer involved shootings in cleveland >> as far as they were concerned he did wrong and he was punished at the polls. >> protesters gathered outside his house after news of no indictment in the rice case last year. >> he's in the pocket of the police. you wouldn't have had this >> he even had a point tee placed on his head and anger

>> he tried to open the process of the grand jury. he tried to be very transparent but instead he wound up shooting himself in the foot. reforming the way the prosecutor's office handles police cases. no word on the specifics of that plan. >> thank you. meantime a federal judge is hearing arguments over changes to ohio's voting laws. at issue several modifications to requirements for absentee ballots. the state says the challenged laws reasonable, and impose little burden on voters. it's a political stand off. >> and now the ball is the court of the senate gop. the supreme court nominee will go to congress to try and meet with lawmakers. we find out what happens when he arrives and

battle next. >> only news channel 5 was there for the dramatic end to a month long investigation into a major drug trafficking ring right here in our area. our exclusive story at 5:30. >> and a new twist in identity theft. find out who authorities say criminals working with to steal your money. and it's bad enough getting sucker punched right there in the face but imagine if it happened right before your wedding day. we'll show you how a local department stepped up to

back to washington for a look on the supreme court nominee. the president promise today follow through. >> moments after he introduced the judge the senate gop followed through to block any hearings for the nominee. now, background. he once served as a clerk, worked in both the u.s. justice department and in private practice and he has been on the short list for the supreme court opening for quite some time now and let's take you

political response to this decision it was swift. >> reporter: yeah but in his announcement that democrats pulled this move in the past ended up having hearings. likely the republicans will follow suit. >> that's the president's hope. there are a couple of senators who indicate that they may break with party on this issue. so if a number of other senators follow suit it is possible that republican leadership could rethink there are position. >> all right. and the president said the judge is headed to the hill to meet with senators tomorrow. so what happens when he tries? >> well he has already been working the phones reaching out calling the senators to schedule the meetings. one of the phone calls he had today with the senate majority leader who says he wishes him well but will not hold a meeting with him. he

and said that we do expect a number of other republican senators will also refuse to hold meetings. >> there could also be political consequences for stalling on this nomination for the remainder of the president's term. >> reporter: there could be and that will largely depend on which direction public opinion goes on this issue. both sides kernel working on that already. the republican party has already formed a task force to try to block the nominee. they will go after judge garland's record in any way that they can and use the issue to attack democrats who are facing election. democrats also going to have a coordinate response trying to get public opinion on their side. >> all right. thanks a bunch. meantime the family of an inmate who died in the cuyahoga

now suing the sheriff and metro health medical center. >> and the county and hospital neglected to provide medical care before the man's death. >> that's right, she says her son robert sharp did not receive proper treatment after jail ingested drugs. sharp died in march of last year after being full cardiac arrest. the medical examiner listed the cause of death as acute intoxication by the combined effects of heroin and two other drugs. the lawsuit claims the county and hospital failed to use adequate property calls by attending to inmates who are at risk of overdosing and the family is demanding his death be investigated. >> all right. thank you. how that do holding up? >> be blew in about the same time. >> and wow, the wind at your

as long as as it's a tail wind you're already. we've seen gusts above 250 miles per hour today. so we're going to check out that. i want to show you first of all look at this, a beautiful sun set shaping up for greater cleveland and northeastern ohio. we've got some sunshine, clouds bad. now, the rain showers moved out of the area a little batch of thunder too, maybe even some small hail as those move through. i've drawn this little box here freehand. this is more like -- all right this is where we could see a few isolated showers developing before 9 o'clock and those would move towards akron and canton and youngstown, one or two or three of them, all right. i can't totally remove the threat for rain. the majority of you will be dry. through 8 p.m. wind advisory, counties in brown but don't worry mother nature does not obey county lines. so it

not here indeed. here's some of the highest wind gusts we've found look at ashtabula not in the advisory but a 51-mile an hour wind gust this afternoon, 49 miles per hour in cleveland, mid-40s for lorain and akron and 41 for mansfield. still current wind gusts right here 40 miles per hour elyria and cleveland. if you're driving on the shore way you better hold onto your wheel with two hands indeed. it's going to be gusty out there. look at the temperatures mild 62, medina, 63 akron, 60 in ashtabula and canton. here's that wave moving through. notice the clearing but again we'll watch for another isolated shower in this batch of clouds right here. the real cool air is back toward green bay and it's going to take a couple more days to get here. and by friday

flurries, a few snowflakes. let's show you hour by hour thursday. right now it looks pretty dry. mainly sunny at 11:45, so lunchtime dry but near the lakeshore it's going to be chilly, in the 40s. inland lower 50s. then we'll throw in an isolate rain shower by mid to late afternoon. so saint patrick's day you know, wearing of the green, if you will, morning mid-40s a few clouds staying cool. we'll try and keep you dry for the afternoon right around mid-day and late afternoon we'll mention an isolated shower but look at this, 38, a sign of things to come. 45 overnight tonight. a few clouds breezy and cool . still could see gusts around 30 miles an hour. should begin to tame down after 8, 9 o'clock tonight. tomorrow mid and upper 50s, clouds some sun, maybe an

57 tomorrow. you like that don't you? akron, canton, here we go tonight 41 tomorrow 57. we have that mention of an isolated rain shower. i don't want to show you the chill. the weekend's going to be combed, all right. first day of spring we got a few flakes. we'll do that when we come back next half hour. don't you dare press that button. next a woman is attacked by a man while out for a run and vowed never again. the wearable device she came up with to help her and other women protect themselves. >> and tonight at 6 only news channel 5 expose as security breach putting private medical records out there in the open,

texas mother says a frightening encounter left her inspired. >> she invented a product to help women protect themselves against an attack. she developed boobie trap bras. they have a pocket in the front where a small knife or pepper she says her goal is to empower women in case they're faced with a potential threat. >> it happened for me to move forward and i'm excited that i got away. it was not out of fear to live in fear it was to be prepared just in case. >> the bras sold online in a variety of sizes. prices range from 49 to $55. a dramatic prison escape caught on camera like a scene out of the movies. >> the video was filmed by prison guards in canada back in 2013. the footage now coming to light during a trail of one of

you can see the two men climb ago rope to get to the roof where a helicopter was waiting. it flew away but didn't get very far. the inmates were picked you up a few hours later. next a story you're only going to see right here as the fbi makes its move on a local drug trafficking ring, what they found and what a family member said after five children were found inside that home. it was a major hook in landing the rnc for cleveland, still ahead on 5 we checked in on more than a dozen hotels set to open in time for the

into in tonight's top stories what john kasich ohio primary means in the gop race

analysts agree his main accomplishment might be him being able to prevent trump from clinching the nomination. the ohio senate race pits a former democratic governor. democrats high hopes for strickland as republicans face a challenging election season. they are fighting to retain their majority in the u.s. senate and to send is gop held seats in 7 states. and the cuyahoga county prosecutor's office will have a new leader after the election. challenger michael o'malley defeated tim mcginty in the primary. there is no republican on the november ballot so o'malley will run uncontested. now, several children taken from a home nearly a dozen adults arrested on federal drug charges and a mexican restaurant raided. >> news channel 5 broke that story today as the fbi and local

you up a major drug trafficking operation. >> reporter: after months of investigating fbi agents and other law enforcement moved in on several locations including this mexican restaurant here in canton. news channel 5 was there when the alleged ringleader of a crystal meth operation was handcuffed and taken away. before the sun was up federal agents were out their first target a home on lincoln way where a man was hauled away to face federal charges. >> he was the primary importer. >> agents call crystal meth dangerous and addictive but agents told me that didn't stop him from having it shipped through the mail fed ex or ups but the fbi intercepted some of the packages. >> they conceal it, wrap it, mix it in with other items. >> agents said his wife was also arrested.

to a woman who owns a tanning salon right next store. >> a little scary, you know, it hope it doesn't affect the they just moved in probably a week ago >> most disturbing five children were removed from the home. their emotional aunt picked them up. >> do you know anything about a crystal meth operation? >> no, as far as i know i've never known that. i swear. >> throughout the morning the raids continued including at a restaurant in canton. >> potential money being stored there. evidence of the drug trafficking organization we're hoping to find there. >> they seize beside $100,000 at various spots along with 8 guns and with 11 people now facing charges the fbi believes it's put a dent in the crystal meth business. certainly and recovery he was for a car that plunged into

the rising level and strong current make it unsafe for divers. it caused a massive pile up last night preventing some people from casting their ballot in the primary but a judge ordered the poll to say stay open later to accommodate voters stuck in that traffic. let's check back in with you've been saving something for us. >> still windy >> what have i been saving? >> you said you were saving, it's not good. >> the 7-day, yeah, i'm saving that for a few minutes from now. >> okay, we can still wait. >> some folks still trying to digest their dinner. >> we've got our wind advisory until 8 p.m. but everywhere you go the winds still gusty. 40 miles per hour elyria, cleveland, mid-30s, akron to canton, these wind gusts. even ashtabula two hours ago a wind gust of 51 miles per hour. now,

and we've seen some increase in sunshine, we still have one little sprinkle right up over hartville right here in stark county right there and as i mentioned earlier a couple of other showers trying to build in western ohio. that could easily rotate into the route 30 corridor but again the threat for rain is slim. mild temperatures, windy, yes, indeed, your evening time line does include the mention of an isolated shower mainly south but notice skies partly cloudy to mainly cloudy temperatures in the lower 50s by 10 p.m. the bad news about the weekend coming up. >> okay. mark, thank you. it is a race to finish construction on a number of new hotels in the area. >> the republican national convention is closing in and the hotels booked up. we checked in on a number of them today. and you spoke to many that are leaving the booking to someone else. >> reporter: yeah, i did.

their rooms out to the convention host committee which in turn will place delegates interest groups and media in more than 16,000 rooms. some of them will be in a new downtown hotel here construct out of an old spaces with a lot of historical charm. at the new drury hotel downtown it's time to polish the floors and get ready to show the public how an old board of education building was turned into this. >> it has a certain character and people interested to see what it's all about. >> 189 rooms, one of them being an old library turned into a presidential suite all of the rooms booked for the convention most of them by the host committee. >> we expect to be open april 28th, 29th. well in advance of the convention. all rooms -- we have given them all to the rnc. >> and at the hyatt place they

>> that one week is almost equal to an entire month of revenue >> the general manager tells me their nightly rate will be at least 100 % more than their normal rate. >> some going much higher, and we don't feel that it's the right thing to do. >> the drury would not disclose how much their rooms willing for or whether there will be any special accommodations for guests but the hyatt is looking to extend their liquor service past midnight. >> the hotels i spoke to still waiting to find out who will be placed at their properties. now, i also spoke to hotels in avon, and they are booked up as well. all right still ahead this right here ever happen to you, this video has been shared

and it has police explaining how drivers should react when they're being tailgated. and the sentence is in, next find out how long a student from ohio will have to spend doing hard labor in a north korean prison camp.

today there are things to do on a windy day take some great photos. look at this, capturing the pictures off of avon lake at the power plant, the nice clouds. speaking of clouds we've got clouds here lake erie and a plane trying to land in 50 miles an hour wind gusts. cleveland from earlier today.

and some hail moving through. so nice shot there. and finally grant willis the flowers in bloom at the buckeye career center. excellent job there folks. like follow and post.

decade and a half in a prison in north korea, the 21-year old was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. he was arrested in january after admitting he tried to steal a political banner from his hotel. and the ohio supreme court says the state can try again to execute a convicted killer, bedroom was set to die by lethal injection. the court today rejected arguments that a second execution attempt would be a violation of double jeopardy rules and would be cruel and unusual punishment. bedroom was sentenced to death for raping and murdering a cleveland girl back in 1984. no new execution date has been set. video of an suv wiping out on a wisconsin highway is going viral but it is also causing a debate over which driver was in the wrong. take a look you can see the suv tailgating another

front hits the brakes known as a brake check. well the driver of the suv lost chrome and crashed into a median. what to do and not to do is something drivers instructors stress to students. >> both prayers were at fault in some way, you know, the vehicle following too closely and then the vehicle that did the brake check should have realized, okay, what are the consequences going to be if i do this brake check? >> well, police say the driver who crashed was citeded. officers trying to find the driver who did the brake check and drove off. he or she could face a reckless driving charge. an alarming new trend in identity theft. >> thieves can now rob your bank account with one simple phone call. >> thank you for calling. >> i would like to update my phone number.

>> that is is what a modern day bank robbery looks like. later he asked to order checks from a stranger's account and prosecutors say he got the information that he needed to pull it off from a bank teller. >> bank tellers have access to very confidential data and selling that to individuals on the outside who will take that information and turn it into credit cards or checks. >> the top attorney in manhattan says bank tellers often now a part of a larger identity theft he's been prosecuting crimes like this right here at least once a month. in case you heard earlier involved in a chase bank account, and that employee was fired. customers reimbursed. but attorneys say not all banks work to fight these crimes aggressively. scary stuff, right? all right time to give up the goods. you can't hold us in suspense any more. >> you want to hear about the snow. you can't handle the snow.

once. all right well it's mild for now but we're going to get increasingly cooler as we head into your weekend. look at this. here's clouds kind of giving way to some sunshine in most spots. the majority of the rain is gone but i want to show you our pour 5 live doppler net radar had a little batch of isolated thunder moving through a little bit of hail. now, it looks pretty dry, right. well, we did have a little sprinkle just a few moment ago there it goes fading away. and then canal fulton could be a sprinkle. i think the mansfield ashland area we'll see an isolated shower reforming and moving east. not a big deal not going to slow you down. the winds hold onto the wheel, all right. still gusting above 30 miles per hour in many spots. we still have our wind advisory out for greater cleveland down i-71 through medina and ashland

but we're mild again look 63 akron, ravenna sitting at 60 degrees. dew points 35, a west wind at 5 miles per hour at the courthouse. 60 ashland, 60 in freemont. up here is another front that going to take its time getting here, all right. so i think by friday morning we are chilling down. friday afternoon is going to be chilly as well. i think tomorrow for your saint patrick's day festivities we're in the mild sector again. so your hour by hour one more time if you're making plans 7:45 tomorrow dry in the 40, watch noon there you go right along the lakeshore in the 40s but lower 50s for the parade. then we get a few isolated showers in by late afternoon stuck in the lower, middle, maybe a couple of upper

not a major warm up tomorrow. mid-40s tonight, a few clouds breezy and cool. could there be another isolated shower south, yes. ashland, mansfield, maybe canton, the wews area an isolated shower before midnight. 57 tomorrow in we're lucky. clouds, some sunshine. well mention an isolated shower during the mid to late afternoon hours so hopefully that means your saint patrick's day party dry. and i love showing that. i just had to show it again. >> i got 41 tonight. friday a few flakes maybe a rain drop, not a huge issue with snow, but you're going to notice it's cold again. 39 saturday, dry some sun, 38. who wanted to have a picnic

uh-uh, as my friend fringe would say, uh-uh, sunday, isolated flakes, 39 scattered snow on monday. remember spring begins 12:30 a.m. sunday morning. monday scattered snow 39, some afternoon snow mixing with rain tuesday, middle 40s, right frank? >> that's right, uh-uh. here's what's coming up at 6. >> a sheffield lake man arrested and charged with supporting isis was in court today days before he was scheduled to go to trial. he changed his plea. we'll have the latest >> and last minute plans in the work for tomorrow's celebrations. for a bride the weeks before her wedding can be a stressful time and for one everything that

lead up to her wedding is just smooth. >> yeah, it was her local police department that came to her rescue. >> reporter: just days before their wedding this man and his fiance laughing holding hands in love and excited for the big day to come but a few days ago she wasn't laughing. >> i felt like oh my gosh the week off everything that can go wrong went wrong and i got punched in the face. >> sunday afternoon she was working and a shopper was causing a scene and she was punched multiple times. >> the victim did very well and to keep the peace and unfortunately when she did that she was hit in the face. bruising. >> like a little blood spot that hasn't gone away yet. >> a picture she shared with us shows the bruise under her eye

was able to clean it up well. >> she also has bruising near her collar bone which she says will be noticeable with her gown. police were able to arrest the suspect who is facing charges for battery on a police officer a felony offense. >> for something like this to happen through no fault of her own is just not fair. >> so to help the police officers association pulled money together. the group made a few calls to make up artists around town and were able to find an air brush artist who can conceal the bruises. >> when we can help out we try to as much as possible. >> she says she's grateful for the officers and still looking forward to the big day. >> i got emotional, my mom did, it was really caring of them. >> that's it for live on 5. coming up a big win here in

>> but now what's governor john kasich's next move. he was back on the campaign trail hoping to keep that momentum going. >> plus an exclusive involving a security breach to the state's website and medical records in the wrong hands. news channel 5

live always investigating, always on your side, news channel 5 starts now. the wind would not just let up today. while we're looking at clear skies we're still under a wind advisory. >> chief meteorologist mark johnson in the weather center right now. when will it calm down. >> if we were outside with this

all right you can do better than that. shake it up a bit. yeah, it's very windy out there especially along the shore way we've seen gusts about 50 miles per hour. still have our wind advisory, cuyahoga, lorain, medina, erie, huron, ashland, rich land counties through 8 p.m. this evening and again because you're not in the advisory does not mean you're not going to have gusty winds out there. look at the current wind gusts these you new, 45 in elyria, 45 in akron, the gusts right now in the city that will continue through the evening gradually subsiding overnight tonight. as far as the rain goes most of it is gone. we're actually seeing quite a bit of sunshine but we do have a couple of isolated sprinkles trying to develop and move towards mansfield and ashland and canton over the next couple hours. current temperatures 60s that's mild.