news channel 5 spoke with that long time cleveland resident who's literally leaving the city. >> he's fed up with a long history of problems in his community and elected officials he believes are doing nothing to fix them. kristen live on 5 downtown. you've been following this man's story for more than a year and told you, he wants people to know what city living is really like blind the greater number of witnesses of downtown. >>reporter: yeah, that's right. we hear glen thompson does not believe in cleveland. his daily live on the east side has been full of anger and fear and compliants go unresolved so he's leaving but his bankable is still attached to his long time home. josh dugger downtown cleveland is beautiful. the west shore way, beautiful. i see tree month local,

doing a whole lot. when i see my naked neighborhood -- neighborhood, nothing. .i an abandon house set on fire across the street. another one at the other end and this one right next door to his. how often do you hear gunshots around here? >> every day. heifer day. i'm waiting for one now. >>reporter: that's the new normal for glen around here in the past ten years. bullet holes in hi house. and his housebroken into just last year. we were there right after that break in as he expressed his frustration over the constant crime in city officials. major frank jackson and council men taryl pruitt. we were there when a car was set on fire feet from his house. >> give me a reason to stay frank and taryl. give me a reason. >>reporter: in the last eighth

given a reason to stay. his text messages and phone calls haven't changed anything and the violence continues. >> i have to protect my family. >>reporter: so this weekend, glen and his family moved out to the suburbs after 31 years here on kings ford. he's renting the house out. he has no choice. and the love he once had for his city and his house, is now gone. >> there's no sentimental value at not at all. >>reporter: glen lives in the fourth district, which is the most crime ridden police district in cleveland. we reached out to taryl pruitt this afternoon. breaks news we've been following all morning. a shooting spree that stretched from east to west and left two people wounded and two others including the accused gunman

was romantically linked to two of his victims. megan spoke with friends and family members to find out how everyone was connected. >>reporter: family members tell me kisha was engaged when he murdered her last night before tracking down an ex-and shooting her as well. >> i can't believe this. oh my lord. i cannot believe this. >>reporter: where policeay year-old kisha benton was shot and killed by her fiance. he was checked her phone and accusing her of cleating. >> i thought they were arguing and nothing serious. >>reporter: bufford drove 40- miles to ex-ex-girlfriend's

he watched has he shot his ex- and current boyfriend. yellow police tape is all that's left of the violent scene and the trail of blood leading into the neighbor's yard. >> came across the front patio and across here. he was trying to get away from the shooter. >>reporter: how the buy friend used the car for cover when he was shot. >> we think he came and was kneeled done on the ground. he was bleeding heavily over here. >>reporter: the couple was conscious when they arrived at the hospital. they're in serious condition. the police picked up bufford's trail on i90 where he shot himself in the head. they haven't seen him in many years. he has no arrest record in northeast ohio.

police shoot and kill a robbery suspect after he tried to attack a suspect with a knife. police say the robbery suspect held a knife to a security guard's throat before running off. officers spotted a man who matched the suspect's description and approached him. that's when police say that man pulled a knife. >> struggle ensued, shots fired by the officers and we know we southeasted from results of shots fire. >> this is a fourth time a cincinnati officer shot and killed a suspect this year. new at 5, several police departments have been waiting for this. two people arrested after a smash and grab in strongsville that could be linked to dozens of crime. paul is live with what we know.

strongsville police are trying to figure this all out. are they connect today a string of similar crimes or coppy cats? water way they're behind bars the only thing. the latest smash and grab happened here at the 7/eleven. mo was similar that other match and grabs in northeast ohio. two robbers didn't get away. >> they've been arrested, they have not been charged so we won't be releasing any names yet. we're stil out what all to charge them with. >> the gas station was open at 4:00 a.m. this morning when the driver smashed into the store with a pickup truck. four men wearing masks hauled away the atm. police were nearby on patrol and chased the suspects 20- miles till the truck crashed in cleveland. two men arrested and two more got away. police are glad some of these have been caught. >> i'm very proud of our

so far that they've put into it. on apprehending a couple suspects and recovering the a it, m. >> the key question now, are these guys connected to the string of smash and grabs? >> it's very possible. we won't be able to determine that till we're able to talk with these two guys and see what, you know, what the investigation leads to. >> now police td arrested this morning could face aggravated robbery charges, aggravated burglary charges and the list could go on. live in strongsville, paul, news channel 5. today on the road to the white house, hillary clinton chris crossing florida. >> mike is tracking the latest at 5. >> yeah, today a former republican governor is voting

summer. he's saddened and dismayed his party nominated a candidate who doesn't embrace our country's ideals of tolerance. clinton is vesting trump by 10 points. today trump tried to get back on track holding an event in detroit to lay out his plan for the u.s. economy. >> this is what i want to do for our country, i want to jump start done and it won't even been that hard. >> now, trump has been criticized for making broad sames and not announcing specific policy plans so at today's event he explained he's working on a economic plan with his daughter ivanka. it's an overhaul leaving higher

care. the son of his formal rival jeb bush is endorsing him and george p bush said it's time to get blind the nominee. >> hillary clinton responded to trump's plans in florida. she says the republican nominee is trying to do damage control with his speech today and that his economic policies would benefit rich corporations at the expense of the working class. clinton is set to deliv own economic address in detroit on thursday. there are options for voters not interested in trump or clinton. jill stein is running for the green party and gary johnson is the libertarian candidate. there's a new conservative alternative as well. republicans against trump recruited evan mcmullen to lain much an independent white house bid. top house gop aid is expected to formally enter the race

>> meteorologist at the lab, what are you cooking umm over there? >> a wonderful way to start off your workweek for a monday but we're in desperate need of a little bit of rain for the month of august. rain fall totals down about two to three inches. 85 right now for greater cleveland so slightly cooler this afternoon throughout the weekend. we saw humidity starting to drop. now a front that is making its way in is gonn that rise for your tuesday. 88 right now for akron and warm air pumping in for inland locations. seeing that moisture sliding into southern portions of ohio. we remain on the dry side but seeing a gust front is developing and noticing a few high cumulus clouds is moving

moisture will provide with a good slot of rain and when the rain moves back in and also 90 degree temperatures. >> all right, see you in a bit. hundreds of flights and thousands of angry passengers. >> that is what delta airlines is still dealing with right now after a power outage shut the airline down. even with the power back on, the ripple effect is still impacting people across the country including here in cleveland. with this after the ohio couple was kicked off the delta flight because of their religion. behind every woman's olympic woman is a man who helped her get there. that's the outrage protest people are bringing up.

news alert at 5, cancellations continues to mount for delta airlines. 650 to be exact. >> power outage in atlanta is to blame for the outage.

turning into a migraine. how are things looking right now? >>reporter: well, it doesn't look bad as you guys can see here behind me but as we all know, looks can be dissing. this lines have been very long and very short and very long. it's very short again. folks being told to go home saying their flights have been canceled. spoke with several people today and they told me that the wait time to get somebody on the phone to rebook their flight is actually five hours. >> >>reporter: walk this line and hear the same story over and over. >> i had public radio on at 10 minutes to 6 and heard about dell .t. >>reporter: meet father jay. >> asking god to help us get there. >>reporter: he along with 30 members in route to rome. their problem, their flight. >> are we gonna make it to italy? >>reporter: about 30 people back, jeffery and dawn. the rush is on for them to get

plans to rent a vehicle and drive back to daytona so not looking forward to that so instead of doing that after waiting an hour and twenty minutes on the phone, we were able to speak to somebody who got us on flights later. >>reporter: but that was just the beginning. >> we got split. >>reporter: they'll be on different flights till they connect in atlanta. >> i'm just happy to get back. >>reporter: but not everyone's story is one of >> here i have a flight that gets me home a few minutes earlier than my usual flight. >>reporter: delta's ceo posted a video online apologizing for all of this and saying they're working around the clock to make sure things are recovered and working as normal as soon as possible. reporting live in cleveland, news channel 5. >> cause for change after passengers were profiled and

cincinnati. they were flying home from paris. they were on a plane waiting to leave when they were asked to get off. the family thinks they think the flight crew felt uncomfortable because they're muslim. >> i'd taken off my sneakers and gotten my headphones on. he said gather all your belongings, you're no longer gonna be traveling on this flight. that's kind of humiliating. why were we treate criminals? >> a flight police officer questioned them and the flight took off without them. it has seen a spike in profiling incidents out there. members want the department of transportation to create guidelines for when someone needs to be removed in a plane. delta says it's investigating and doesn't approve of discrimination. the family of the so called cross kid file add lawsuit against school officials in

mohamed was arrested after bringing a home maid clock to school to show his teacher. some thought it might be a bomb and called police. she was suspended and the whole or deal prompted them to leave the country and move to quatar where the boy received a script district. what are you cooking up? little rain? >> a few storms but we really need the rain, don't you think? >> i was out today in west lake and noticing the grass looks bad. >> little crunchy out there? >> definitely but right now, tonight if you have plans, looking at crystal clear weather, great night to be out and temperatures are still very much on the rides. >> the warm side, that's lake county.

kind of could be which you for the lake down -- crunchy lake down area and two to three inches below the normal for august. moderate draught stages. temperatures very warm and hydrated throughout the evening, 85 for greater cleveland. look at that warm air pumping in. upper 80s now. slightly schooler for ark bus safety lacks ashtabula county. they're in the 50s-60 range so kind of uncomfortable. probably have that ac run and this will continue to rise, warm humid air back in full effect for your tuesday afternoon. i'm tracking on the power of 5 the last couple of hours we saw gust front that moved through. probably noticing the highs towering cumulus clouds from bedford to the orange area so

quickly here. bouncing off the lake so some cooler air, lake temperature is 75 degrees mixing in with temperatures currently in the upper 80s. that's what's allowing for that gust front to form. 5 live radar is not picking up any mis-ture for most of our viewing area but you're noticing that warm air. it is pumping in. heat concernings from dallas to new orleans. temperatures ranging in the triple digits this front that we're tracking tomorrow, you are a okay to start off your morning for your early morning commute. upper 60 to lower 70s across the board but you'll start to notice the cloud cover from the south by 1:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. then a few storms track in from route 30 corridor south to wayne county. could see heavy downpours. this once again will be on the

spots: wayne county, southern portions of stark to akron area by your late evening, we'll see that front shift more towards the north. the accumulation totals under a half an inch. that's the high side for greater cleveland. this will be a two day event with more rain entering wednesday afternoon. so very quiet conditions tonight. we'll go with nice and starry, 67. expect that pumping in here tomorrow afternoon. we will go with lower 90s for the greater cleveland area so we're gonna go on that heat streak once again by friday, 94 degrees. next, all new at 5, a prominent public figure targeted by an ambassador. mourners gathering at the hospital wiped out.

terror attack next. we sit down to discuss the pothole problem in the city. who got the jobs done

developing today in pakistan, more than 60 people killed when a suicide bomber attacked a hospital. violence started innocent activist was shot to death. mourners gathered at the hospital where his bombing was taken when the suicide bombing happened. a break away faction of the taliban claimed respondent for that attack. today, turkey continuing to crack down on any suspected of being involve inside last month's military coop.

this massive rally over the weekend in protest of the failed coop. he believed u.s. based man is behind the plot. he was a self-imposed man in pennsylvania and denied any involvement. the u.s. needs evidence of his involve. every year people come from thousands of miles away to watch the pro-football hall of fame game. in canton, this year people are pretty ticked off. how everything. plus, 39 after a teenager disappears, police are still helping for a break in the case. the new technology they're using to help people recognize the missing woman.

tens of thousands of people are now just now reaching their destination after flights were

airline outage. the airlines warned disruptions would continue through the night. delta blamed the power outage for the problem which georgia power disputes. says there was a equipment failure. aqueoused of smash and grab at a gas station where police say they broke into a bp, swiped the atm as well. police invti dozen previous smash and grabs with same memo. a shooting spree left two people wounded and two others dead including the accused gunman. police say bufford killed his

girlfriend and her new boyfriend. they survived but are in critical condition. tracy is live from the fair view police department where police released new information in that case. tracy, what did they say about it? >>reporter: well, frank, police did tell me they have people of interest in this case but they believe it will take the puck lick to -- public to help solve it. >> she disappeared without a trace. >>reporter: and now 39 years later disappearance of ivonne remains the only cold case. this is a just released picture of what she might look like today. in 1977, she was a bubbly strawberry blond teenager working a job at the gas station about to smart her senior year of high school. bill was a detective on that case all those years ago and this is a case that still haunts him.

explained they have evidence of ivo in nne talking on the phone with family and friends and helping customers till 1:30 then nothing. they believe she vanished between 1:30 and 2:00 p.m. on august 8, 1977. >> her purse was left, partially eaten lunch, cigarettes, and a book that she was reading. she's nowhere to be found. >>reporter: police told me they do have people of interest. >> couple of people of interest mean these persons or parties may be involved or responsible for this. >>reporter: police are now hoping that advancements in technology and the public's help will answer the unanswered question. >> you never close it. always hope. >>reporter: police believe that there is also a chance that she may still be alive. that's why they're reaching out to the public. anyone with information is

live in fair view park, tracy. the'view officially underway after a field'as consistency of effort led to a -- a field fiasco led to a black eye on the biggest day of the year. >> game was canceled because of the bad paint job on the gridiron. bob is digging into what in the world happened. >>reporter: fans want an ex miles away and didn't get to see one snap. the hall of fame is kicking off on investigation after a game that was supposed to be nationally televised turned into an embarrassment. instead of enjoying an nfl football game, defendant like watching paint dry but it wasn't drying. the paint left the field uneven and feeling like tar. the sticky situation made the field too dangerous for

ticking off fans as like. >> it's frustrating and upsetting. we just got off a six hour drive to canton, ohio, from indianapolis. >>reporter: these two threw in from san francisco to watch the game. >> very disappointed in the nfl to not have that ready for a game that they knew was happening. you can't imagine who could not plan that. >>reporter: fans not sure who to blame. we learned the canton district leases the stadium to the hof and hires crews to work on the field. the nfl inspects the field to make sure it's play you believe. >> we're disappointed for the fans and not the way we wanted to end the hall of fame weekend. we're getting a lot of fans from -- feed back from the fans that came and celebrated. >>reporter: they're trying to figure out what led to the fiasco. >> a review is underway and no

>>reporter: a promise to give all fans a full refund for game tickets isn't scoring many points with fans. >> travel costs, hotel, souvenirs, it just doesn't really make up for it i don't think. >> come out for the event, for the game and, you know, get the induction thing and went to a couple events but the game was the highlight of the trip; right? >>reporter: the hall of fame has posted new details on how fans can get refunds for the information it on our news net 5 app. in canton, bob jones, news channel 5. meanwhile big news coming out of browns camp today, rg3 the starting quarterback. he signed with the browns in march after four seasons with washington. the redskins released him this offseason. he'll receive his first start in the brown and orange this friday during the preseason opener at green bay. we're sending our first director andy to green bay to bring you live coverage and you

on news channel 5. and vanessa web, smiling big because of all the sunshine. >> i can't believe we're already talking act football season. these are the dog days of summer across ohio. very warm, greater cleveland, 85 degrees. good evening ashtabula, 81. look at that warm air pumping in. rich land county, akron, upper 80s across the board. that will track in here tuesday afternoon but major heat concerns from dallas to baton rouge, louisiana, where they're seeing triple digit heat and some of that warm air will track into northeast ohio starting tomorrow afternoon. what we're dealing with is high pressure that's moving west to east that retreats tomorrow and that's gonna allow for some stormy activity, also rain. so tonight, enjoy it, soak it up for the next 12 hours.

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welcome back. pretty summer like conditions across the board. upper 60s, slightly cooler for rich land county to wayne county. 63. but daytime highs warming back

greater cleveland so another pool day for kids. can you believe we're talking about the start of returning to school so kids, enjoy these hot temperatures for akron and canton, 89 degrees.

a wild fire in southern

scorching 7500-acres. christie spoke be some of the people who live in the path of this fire. >>reporter: ferocious flames terrificking through hundreds of acres of drew -- tearing through hundreds of acres of dry brush. tankerrers drop lines of retardant as it threatens homes in the valley. jesus sent his family away but decided as possible. >> i've only been here about a year and this is like my dream house. the garden, the trees, the house so, yeah, it's tough. >>reporter: hundreds of firefighters are battling the blaze, taking defensive positions around homes. residents of the summitt valley area east of cedar springs were given mandatory evacuation orders. the fire broke out around noon

quickly. the flames came dangerously close to mark's ranch. >> been through several fires but never one this close. they've all been two miles that way, one mile that way but this one is getting pretty close. >>reporter: tonight the fire continues to grow and officials say they have no containment. >> we are very concerned about structure loss. we do have ample structure assets in place to do the best we can to get in those houses. >> that reporting. the pilot fire started yesterday afternoon. the cause of fire is still unknown. now an important health alert. we talked about all types of addictions: cigarettes, drugs, alcohol, but what about our screens? >> cell phones take over more of our lives, some people develop an unhealthy attachment, it's called extreme screening. the u.s. college of colorado is offering a support group to help battle screen addiction.

hours staring at a screen but for some, it crosses a line. >> a the will have times people mistaken it for how often somebody uses .t that's not necessarily always the indication. the real indication is how much is it interfering with your relationship and keeping you way from other things you want to do. >> in many cases the addicts turns to screens for connections they are not finding socially and in extreme cases, they have to turn off the screens completely. spending time in computer or tv could be good for teens. a new study compared results from an international exam. it found teens who were gamers scored higher than average in math, reading, and science compared to teens who spend all day on social media. the researchers say this could help teachers taylor their methods to students. gamers may not be learning from their games and may just be

challenge. >> all the time we spent daying, momma, i promise this is for the greater good. you're not buying it; are you? >> no, i contribute all the time of playing anyone tendo. that's why i love math. >> of course. it worked. something like that. >> something. the weather across northeast ohio looking good. crystal clear conditions. we need water. >> is it on the way? >> tracking a little bit of rain an draught. i was out in afternoon, kind of looking pretty terrible, kind of crunchy, brownish and across the board ohio and northeast ohio under a moderate draught so track in some moisture for your tuesday and even wednesday afternoon. it's a series of fronts this week that will provide us with an equal opportunity for everyone to get a little bit of moisture here. right now, temperatures are

lake. 85 for greater cleveland to elyria. inland locations upper 80s to near 90s for akron. dew points, the relative humidity and moisture in the air, still pretty comfortable throughout the weekend. this will steadily rise throughout tomorrow afternoon. so dew points returning to that oppressive state. i amtraking a gust -- am tracking a gust front that started watching those high cumulus clouds build in the orange area that will continue to track south and east. probably noticing towering clouds but the moisture we're dealing with dry air, not allowing for moisture to really touch down in that area. radar not picking up the site of the rain fall. a few clouds working its way in from the south.

so warm conditions for tonight. across the board, we have a front that will lift to the north and watch these storms that are affecting the central planes. some of that moisture tracks your way from tuesday and wednesday afternoon. timing is everything to start off your morning, we're on the dry side. look at our lows, 60 for inland areas. after lunchtime, you'll start to break out that umbrage lacks facts and -- umbrella and notice the clouds work in by two, 3:00 p.m., good swatch of moisture and this will continue all the way to the 11:00 p.m. hour. rain fall totals just really not impressoive here. it's good-bye be spotty across some area -- gonna be spotty across some area under the inch. kick up more moisture for the afternoon. 67 for my stargazers, crystal clear weather but look at that bubble of warm air. it moves back in tomorrow

look at this, we'll go on a heat stretch once again. wednesday, thursday, friday. lower 90s. finally gonna get that cool off by saturday afternoon but tracking storms, 84. all right, thank you. coming up tonight at 6, is there a break in the case of smash and grab across northeast ohio. >> two men arrested after an attempt last night and now investigators are trying to see if they're behind a number of cases or if they were just copy ca tiny car but one texas man got creative. got smart if you will. more than 24 pounds of pot inside of the smart car. a look at all of the big moments at the rio olympics

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>> michael phelpss got back if the pool just 14 hours after winning his first metal of the rio olympics qualifying for the semifinal of the 200-meter butterfly but the best swimmer in history was less than happy with his time saying he was soar from that's night. katie ledecky was back in the water. franklin the breakout star of the london games makes her debut. the men's anymore that's ick's team wins that elusive team metal. japan, china, and russia to win a spot on the podium. the first u.s. woman to compete in a hijab. action is picking up on the drives flat forms. david hopes to metal in the synchronized platform. the women's basketball team

spain 103-63. rowing got underway after rough weather canceled competition this weekend. the u.s. women's team of 8 right back in front of the crowd. the two time defending champs won the qualifies heat. >> that will do it with tonight and a lot of people on twitter upset with the olympic games. >> it's because of the way the women athletes are being covered in the dan hicks credited hungary swimmer's husband for her performance. after her gold metal win, her husband and coach was shown on camera and hicks said there's the man responsible. >> outrage in chicago after the tribute shared this tweet referring to trap shooting bronx metalist as the wife of a

her actual name. the started detailing her husband's football record. >> social media offended after u.s. women's gymnast seen standing around on the floor talking after killing it last night. one said they might as well be standing in the middle of the mall. >> that's going to do it for live on 5. coming up tonight at 6, residents getting fed up with the city of cleveland. pothole to get fixed near his home and when they didn't respond, he decided to fix it himself. more on our exclusive. plus, giving up on a neighborhood he loved for years. one man forced to leave the city he loves.

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only on 5 tonight, cleveland residents fed up with the city. one neighbor is doing the city's job filling the pothole on his own. >> another force toda from cleveland's east side saying crime has grown so much he felt unsafe in his own home. >> cleveland residents taking matters into their own hands after complaints have gone unacknowledged. >> coverage of both stories. jonathan, you uncovered the city of cleveland a using an out dating survey. some folks are tired of it.