is so devastating to the environment. >> neighbors outraged and fearful after learning a dangerous chemical will be sprayed right behind their home. first we have breaking news now at 5:00. a construction worker killed in avon after getting hit by a dump truck. that area was shutdown after the afternoon. police say the worker was directing the dump truck as it backed up through the construction zone and was then hit. the investigation is on going. we will keep you posted as we learn new details tonight we have learned the truck driver who set off the chain reaction is facing charges. >> we spent today asking questions about the driver and that stretch of highway where all of this took place. christen is live on 5 near the scene. christen, what have you learned?

works for an out of state trucking company that just started up. this pile up happened in a heavy construction zone not far from where we are at right here. it is a zone that poses a lot of questions and we are trying to get answers. >> i just witnessed an accident. i am on i-80. >> in a split second a family trip turned into a life ending moment. 14-year-old madison creagan of new york kild turnpike. her brother seriously injured. this is the remnants of their ford f-150 truck. >> it was just a bad situation with all the weekend traffic heading home. >> state highway patrol tells us this man slammed his semi-truck into the f-150 which in turn caused this eye opening chain reaction. this car, this car, this car all damaged. in total 10 vehicles involved.

temporary wall they set up for safety to keep the eastbound vehicles away from the west was compromised and pushed out all the way into the lane. >> the pile-up happened here in this construction zone. as you see in this video we took today, slow downs and abrupt stops are common. >> because of this crash and what they did d vehicles were kind of pushed and thrown every where. it stopped that lane. under investigation as is whether he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol or whether he was texting. >> we will look at everything from brakes to his driver's log, anything and everything we can to ensure we do a thorough report. >> what we do know is that he works if a small trucking company out of illinois. that is according to this data we found from the federal motor carriers safety administration. these documents indicate the company which started up at the

crashes or fatalities. >> we reached out to the trucking company today but did not receive a response. we also locked into the driver and whether he has a criminal background. so far we did not find anything. as for the ohio turnpike they declined our request for an interview but we are still waiting for a written response about that construction zone. how long it has been active, whether there are crews working regularly there and whether there have problems. back to you. new developments now on the brutal attack of a woman found in a field at the cuyahoga valley national park. today police announced they had arrested dezay ely and charged him with attempted murder. joggers found that woman beaten and shot last month. the documents released today were full of details about how the attack went down. we have an update from the fbi

at 6:00. also tonight police need your help tracking down this man. a man drove up, demanded money and then shot him. >> they sure are scary. police tell me the shooter didn't know the victim, robert gnizak. this could have been anyone you can see behind me the restaurant is still open today. this is right past the area where he was shot and killed. robert's friends told me he was helping a friend with a sunday paper route stopped at taco bell before heading out. he could have never prepared for what happened. a man ran up to the car, took what he could.

was shot. >> the it resulted in a completely innocent person being killed. >> police are looking for the man who pulled the trigger. witnesses gave a description. it is vague but we are sharing for public safety concerns. >> a black male probably around 6 foot tall, yellow or tan pants. the person who did this is quite frankly a dangerous person. >> i want you take a close look at the drive notice anything different? there are no surveillance cameras here so police are working with that vague description and any tips that they get from you. back to you. let's check in with mark johnson. after soggy weekend you tracking more rain. >> yeah. we have more rain. we are persistent with this weather pattern. at least into wednesday.

day. rain showers are few and far between right now. your evening is not looking terrible november. if you want sunshine not likely going to see that. just some sprinkles around greater cleveland. now a wider shot does show showers and storms working their y showers and storms will invade our region. this map looks a lot worse than it is. an isolated chance through about 10:00 p.m. tonight. most of you will stay dry but notice temperatures mid 70s staying very muggy, staying cloudy through your evening hours. just pack the umbrella but it will not be a wash out.

leent protests. >> demonstrators are angry with police for shooting and killing an armed black man. >> well protesters say they won't rest till the officer involved is charged. police believe the office shoot the justified. police say smith was armed and refused to drop his weapon so the officer opened fire. the entire confrontation was captured on the officer's body camera. >> i know what i saw on the video. i know what i see still. it certainly appears to me that at the time he made that decision it was a credible and legally protected decision. >> they hope to release the video as soon as possible.

is now on administrative duty. meanwhile they are enforcing a 10:00 p.m. curfew for teenagers. right now much of louisiana is still underwater after a weekend of historic flooding. it claimed at least six lives there. >> and thousands more are displaced tonight after more than 20 inches of rain fell and around baton rouge. right now more rain is on the way. >> well the state of louisiana received torrential downpour over the weekend leading to historic flooding. as you can see behind me that flooding quite dramatic. parts of the state received over 20 inches of rain over the weekend. five people have lost their lives. this flooding is unlike

have ever seen. the governor says thousands of homes that have never flooded before are now underwater. >> it has been difficult to get people to leave their homes because they think they are safe. >> over the weekend more than 20,000 people had to be rescued from their homes and their cars. when human spirit prevails. >> first thought was to get ahold of her and pull her out. and uh -- couldn't do it from the boat so i just jumped in. eventually i felt something furry and took the dog out too. >> the governor expects disasters to be declared in

more rain is forecasted to fall which means more potential for problems. >> it will be bad but we didn't think it was going to be nothing like this. >> now as we are standing here right now the rain just began to fall again. more rain is expected through the evening. now we have always seen the coast guard helicopters. we have seen the national guard tanks. we have seen firefighters drive by with boats and of course many doing their part to try and help the state get back on their feet. here in ohio donald trump refocussing on the issues. >> this plan -- [ indiscernible ] up next trump's plan to tackle terrorism if he is elected president. and clinton on the campaign trail as well in pennsylvania.

we break doing the reason behind this sudden jump the only way to learn how to fight a fire is to get to the task at hand. we take you inside a state of the ark new training facility to make sure local fire crews are ready when the real deal happens

controversy surrounding a local marsh. a plan to get rid of the grass has neighbors saying not so fast. that is because they say it involves spraying weed near their homes. >> the museum takes care of over seeing the marsh. they want to take out all of this tall grass you see here. neighbors who live nearby don't like the way they are going about it. the cleveland museum of natural history manages the metro marsh. this marsh is filled with it.

on. wildlife officials are using these tractors to spray the marsh. -- >> the air draft that takes scomplas pushes over to the houses. >> some people with that live around here don't want any of the weed killers sprayed by them or animals. >> the other problem is the marsh in the areas where they have done this procedure before has just been devastated. it has displaced wildlife. >> a spokesperson told me the chemical is safe. it is a watered down weed killer and epa approved. >> it was devastating to me because the main reason i moved into this little neighborhood was because of the marsh.

alone and says let mother nature handle it. >> i can't imagine that it can be safe for any living creature and the marsh. what happens to those creatures when the whole area is sprayed? >> plans to spray the marsh today were canceled because of rain. i talked to the ohio epa today. they said the chemical being used out here is approved by the epa. care. they don't want that chemical drifting into their backyards. back to you. donald trump is trying to get back on track in the campaign trail and today the gop presidential nominee unveiled his plan to defeat isis. he unveiled it at youngstown state university. meanwhile clinton and joe biden made their campaign trail debut in pennsylvania. kenneth is following the race

>> hillary clinton arms out welcoming that vp help on the campaign trail in pennsylvania. clinton invites president joe biden -- [ indiscernible ] clinton's father and biden were born in the blue collar community. >> the story of them isn't unique. what is unique is the country where those stories were written. >> clinton and biden teaming up to take on trump. >> he is trying to tell cares about the middle class. give me a break. to repeat myself it is such a bunch of -- [ indiscernible ] >> the gop nominee in ohio delivered what he called foreign policy realism. trump dropped another controversial proposal. a test for immigrants to figure out their stances on issues like religious freedom, gender equality and gay rights.

admitted for immigration into our country. >> the republicans received bipartisan criticism for his proposed ban on muslims. novice is -- >> i call it extreme, extreme vetting. our country has enough problems. we don't need more. >> have some leeway in barring people from certain regions. back to you. a big rally on wall street today thanks in part to rising oil prices. prices soared 10% in just three days. the jump comes amid reports of major oil producers considering a production freeze well here is mr. rain, rain

day. >> remember drought busting rains. we have had some relief from our drought. farmers should be happy. >> yeah. >> grass is greening up. my grass needs mowed. >> [ indiscernible ] >> exactly. we have got some more much needed rain coming our way. hopefully did doesn't interrupt any activities you have. wooster it has ban cloudy day there. showers mainly during the morning hours. right now you west over wooster high school's football field there. notice clouds not much sunshine. now the rain shower activity is really fading out there. is a full few little isolated sprinkles around greater cleveland. another little isolated shower moving up north. i think the best shot at some organized rain activity through the evening hours will be west from cleveland to mansfield. during the overnight there could be an isolated thunderstorm riding north along the warm front which is just along i-70.

they are trying to move north. of course once the sun goes down you lose a lot of the energy that fuels the thunderstorms. but still a thunderstorm or two cannot be ruled out. we will show you the hour by hour and again down playing the threat for rain here. it is just an isolated chance for 11:00 p.m. for a shower or thunderstorm. the majority notice sandusky to fremont corridor better shot at some rain showers tonight. here is 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. just a hit and miss shower in a couple of spots. not widespread rain tonight. tomorrow a different story. low pressure rides over us and that will bring some wind and another round of briefly heavy rainfall for many of you. 80 medina. 82 akron. 80 canton. 81 in mentor.

71 in ashtabula. when you say dew points in the upper 60s and lower 70s that really tips the scale of mugger meter up in the high category. here is the warm front right here. this low will come riding along that front during this afternoon tomorrow. there is concentrated rain showers with that low. the best shot with rain and thupder will be tomorrow during the afternoon. could there be an isolated yes. in one or two spots. the majority of us nothing that damaging. 72 tonight. isolated thunder. again threat for rain slim. tomorrow 82. again scattered thunderstorms mainly during the afternoon. it will become breezy as well as winds could gust above 20 miles per hour at times during the afternoon. tonight 71 for akron. tomorrow 84. isolated thunder showers tonight. better chance tomorrow afternoon for the scattered variety thunderstorms and brief heavy

i will have your weekend forecast. you will be dodging more rain drops for your weekend coming up. we will be right back with more

area /? -- >> everyone tells us this all happened around 2:00hi report of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle. we are hovering over that area right now. the pedestrian was a construction worker and died as a result of the injuries. officials believe the victim was directing a dump truck as it was backing up. it is closed between chester road and detroit road. we have seen officials on scene in this area near middleton road. you can see them on the left of your screen. they were making some

was hit and no names have been released just yet. we will keep you updated here with what we learn. back to you. still to come, another reversal on the chance of a permanent new home for the gazebo where tamir rice was killed in cleveland. find out who is backing down now. a first day back to school came with some free gifts for students in cleveland. why the district had to hand out bottled water and pay for cups

the fbi today announced the arrest of man wanted for shooting a teenager in cuyahoga valley national

woman in the head several times last month. she was later found and taken to the hospital. a truck driver from georgia is facing charges in connection with a deadly crash on the ohio turnpike. investigators say 40 -year-old carter's tractor trailer slammed into nine other vehicles yesterday afternoon. a 14-year-old girl died in the collision. seven other people were injured. a botched robbe bell robbery in lorain is being blamed for the death of a local man. 49-year-old robert gnizak was killed after a suspect tried to rob him. witnesses say the killer fled on foot. right now police have a vague description of the suspect. nip with information is asked to call police. and happening now a concern for all local veterans. every september groups come together to help the men and

there may not be enough because of a warehouse fire destroyed many donations. bob, you spoke with the veterans hoping for more help from the community. >> the event which takes place at a vfw post here in akron is scheduled for september 13th. organizers told me today there is a lot of veterans. for 11 years the counsel has hosted the stand down event about 400 veterans wait in line to receive items to help them prepare for the winter. >> we try to give out boots and coats and all sorts of other needy things they may need. >> dale is a navy veteran who served in vietnam. he knows the importance of helping the men and women that served. >> there is a lot of people out there who are needy.

or -- can't find work. >> with the event less than a month away stand down has been greatly impacted by a fire that ravaged a new jersey department of defense building. donations that usually help veterans were destroyed. [ indiscernible ] from that new jersey building. >> we have got up to three and a half semiloads. >> now with that fire what has happened is there is large amount of supplies. >> stand down will move forward at the post 3383 at west waterloo water september 13th. those in wharnl -- charge are hoping those in the community will help out. >> every year it seems like the number of people that come for assistance grows every year. >> if you are watching this right now and wondering how you

do. the group accepts donations on tuesdays and wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. to noon. that is at their warehouse in akron. that is located at 140 east south street. back to you. firefighters have a new safety art laboratory to help with training and possibly save lives. a demonstration took place this morning at the burn building which was dedicated by the career of akron. the training center will help firefighters practice going into a burning building, rescue techniques and ventilating roofs. the facility is the first of it's kind in summit county. >> we can simulate basement fires, upper floor fires work can simulate same floor fires -- search and rescue again the

moveable walls. >> high school and college students will also receive training at the burn building. the gazebo where tamir rice was shot and killed may not be headed to chicago after all. we told you last week cleveland city counsel accepted donated services to dismantle it and send it out. they said they have not aee wants to gazebo to become a civil rights symbol. all right weather watch we are drying things out just in time for your evening. if you want to take a little walk, there is only a few little isolated sprinkles. one right here near lorain county. this is ground clutter. the area of showers out over the lake -- look how dry we are. we have some rain showers near

course dry weather coming our way. here is the warm front. we will draw that in. i drew it upside down. let's try it again. there is the warm front and as that warm front moves north there could been an isolated thunderstorm along that front. dry weather for the most part. 79 cleveland. 82 akron. it is very muggy outside. we you notice greater cleveland looks dry all the way through at least 9:00 p.m. the akron-canton area same story. mainly cloudy and dry through 9:00 p.m. middle 70s. staying muggy all night long. more rain coming in tomorrow. we will track that next. students in the cleveland metro school district were greeted with water bottles and paper cups. right now the district is testing the water for lead. there is no federal law that

the test anyway as a precautionary measure. 69 buildings are on the list of those being analyzed. still ahead, the first fine in two years. a new video showing some of the nearly 300 girls kidnapped from their nienl yan school in the middle of the night. their chilling message straight state with a look at what california firefighters are up against. but first these are your winning

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week's thunderstorms. it looks like a -- [ indiscernible ] we automatically think strong to damaging winds. when you send us great photos like this it really helps us identify the severe weather threat happening. here is something from 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. a little lake. look at all the bugs on this tree. i'm kind of creeped out.

there is new information for the first anytime two years on the nearly 300 girls kidnapped from their cool in nigeria. today the mother of one of those girls is demanding [ indiscernible ] in exchange for bringing those girls home. at least 218 remain missing after some escaped on their own. they claimed others died in military air strikes. over the weekend a video was released showing dozens of the girls still alive begging to be free heavy rains are leaving

moscow. the down power caused one river to burst it's banks today. weather services 3.7 inches fell athrone -- alone today. right now in california new wildfires burning out of control destroyed ten homes and forced thousands of people to be evacuated in just one day. >> this is just one fire burning in the golden state right now. >> fire crews are still assessing the damage but say hundreds of homes and structures have been destroyed. tonight those who had to evacuate are left to wonder if and when they will be able to return home. >> i don't know if our house is there. >> by the early morning people were able to see the devastation. the charred remains of homes,

smoldering from a wildfire overnight. many waiting to find out if their homes are part of the rubble. >> i'm looking on the internet and anything i can -- every couple minutes. >> the blaze swept through the town sunday destroying nearly everything in it's path forcing people act quickly with one man using water from his swimming pool not the only protect his home -- but also as shelter. >> how long were you in the pool? >> among the damage there is hope. slowly people are finding out they were spared. >> everything you can see on the whole block and my house is standing clean ever happened. >> they say it could take days before they are able to assess all of the damage. as they continue to fight the

another blaze which is now over 4,000 acres. back to you. >> after thousands of people who have been evacuated is there anyway of knowing how soon they might be able to return? >> right now fire officials aren't saying because they are still assessing that damage that they can't give us a timeline of when they will allow people to be able to go back to their homes. >> all right. thank you. chief meteorologist mark johnson. >> coming. >> [ laughter ] >> we are checking in on the flooding issues down in louisiana. we have seen the devastation and the latest is 25 inches of rain just to the west of new orleans just in about two and a half days. >> you were saying this is like

flood. when we see this we are reminded of the flood in 07. >> right. this is incredible. i will show you some small amounts of good news. this is our latest radar image. we have flood watches now. they have been expanded farther to the west. austin into corpus christi and flood watches for showers and storms that will be per basis -- persistent here for a couple of days. this is the area of flooding we have been watching. you notice there is limited activity here. we are trying to get the rainfall to slow down and allow those rivers to drain. it will take sometime. it will take a few days but there is more rain that could

really done a lot of damage. here is a live look again at wooster. you notice we are trying to see a few peaks of blue in there. it will remain mostly cloudy all night long. it is 80 degrees downtown. a cloudy sky. we have had a few sprinkles in the past hour and a half over downtown. we have 80 in euclid. 76 avon. 79 north royalton. the humidity is staying high. there is really -- the temperatures are down it stills feel like mid summer humidity. we are warming you up here where we have had quite a bit of rain this morning into early afternoon. fremont is now up to 77. they were in the lower and middle 70s most of the day. watch our radar -- watch these sprinkles and light rain showers really fading out. could be a sprinkle around

really about it. north of mansfield we have a couple of isolated sprinkles. we are dry in cedar point. that is good. notice the biggest area of rain chicago area -- looks to be moving this way. grazing toledo up to detroit so that is good news. in fact right now i am angle going to go with an isolated shower or thunderstorm threat this evening and overnight. just an isolated threat. here is the warm front pulling in tonig isolated thunder possible. we have more rain and storms coming our way. especially tuesday afternoon and some of the rain could be heavy. overnight just isolated stuff. tomorrow afternoon we have showers and scattered thunderstorms around. 1 or 2 of those storms could get a little feisty on you.

that is browns thursday. looks dry for the ball game thursday evening. i will be down there give you the forecast on the jumbo reason to. love it. 72 tonight. isolated thunder. mainly cloudy skies. tomorrow let's go with 82. it is time to take a look at what is coming up at 6:00. >> new details tonight in a hazing incident where two band die reck been suspended. what they said the new students were made to do as part of initiation. that story is ahead. trump laid out some of his foreign policy agenda this afternoon in ohio. first the latest details on today's events in rio as the

american athletes are back in action in rio. 17 gold medals are up for grabs today. >> jim is at the olympics wit latest results -- with the latest results. >> disappointment -- [ indiscernible ] costing they are win. but her scores still was good enough for the bronze. hernandez taking home silver. team usa track and field was doing well. in the 200 meter preliminaries all three american women advanced. teammates also made the cut.

emma taking home the medal. in the men's two americans qualified to move ahead. robinson is one of two americans moving on to the semifinals in the 400 meter hurdles. to the men's jump christian taylor didn't disappoint. his teammate also soared forward. team usa taking on brazil in the quarter final. michael already has a silver medal from these games. she hoping to advance as well. back to you. well that is it for live on

6:00. >> an update on the investigation. police say after revealing new evidence this summer there has been progress in finding who her killer is. our better view with her father is coming up next. plus a georgia truck driver taking vehicular homicide charges tonight after causing a serious crash on the turnpike. news channel 5 at 6:00 starts in

now at 6:00 holding on to hope for closure. >> i am convinced one day they

speaking exclusively with news channel 5 as investigators say new evidence has generated dozens of new tips. plus -- >> [ indiscernible ] >> after spending more than two decades in prison, three east cleveland men get a new chance at life. we are in court when they learn the charges in their case have be on 5 we have brand new details about the search for a child killer. the murder of amy has tugged at the hearts of people in northeast ohio. now 27 years later police say they have new clues. >> not too long ago police released details about that curtain tied to this case. since then calls have been