and the arena. all filling up fast. we are talking the tribe. the dog. answer paul carton he. -- and sir paul carton. >> good times. we are bringing you live team coverage of cleveland's big night from the air and on the ground as the city gets ready to host the most people we've seen since the caps parade and don't calling this a big night for cleveland is an understatement. >> we have three major events all happening at once. can you believe this? bringing 100,000 people to our city. the indians taking on the white sox at 7:10, and next-door at

live in concert. and if you head north to first energy stadium, it's the browns second preseason game against the falcons also at 8:00. a kicking off our live team coverage, make sure you know what you are in store for if you're going downtown tonight. people are already complaining about that parking. >> reporter: well, yes. it's a beautiful night in cleveland, and everybody is excited for these activities going on tonight but if we absolutely had to share one complaint with you, it would be the an explosion of excitement downtown. thousands of people funneling into cleveland for the browns, the indians, and the legendary paul mccartney. well so many are hyped up for a big night in the land, some say there is one thing they are so pumped about. >> it's going to get crazy. i'm grad we didn't drive. >> parking. almost everyone we talked to

>> check out the lot. most are $20 to $40, a surprise for those who didn't realize they were pulling in for a triple threat thursday. >> it was pretty high. >> but while not everything is perfect, many agreed tonight in the summer of the city scene is pretty darn close. >> you have that ev it's certainly abuzz downtown and something pretty special. >> we are right between the fields. paul mccartney starts around 8:00. there are too many people here quite yet but if you're planning on heading downtown tonight for any of these events, everyone has told me you should head out a little early and give yourself some time. news channel 5. a lot of people hoping for clear skies as they had downtown tonight.

clouds. they are dry. they are not going to make any rain for you. we've got some sunshine poking through the clouds. looking good if you come downtown. rain showers well off to the southwest and south. our viewing area at this moment pretty much drive. we straight -- we stay dry the farther north you come. a few thunderstorms here could make it into mansfield over the next three or four hours, maybe in canton after 82 in cleveland, hopkins 85. so if you're coming downtown for any of the big three events, look at this. generally in the 70s. upper 70s by 8:00 p.m., and by 8:00 p.m., lower to middle 70s. leave the rain gear at home

friday and again saturday and again on sunday. more on that coming up. sending it up to the sky for a look at traffic from air- traffic five. parking is becoming an issue. traffic may also become an issue shortly. quickly i want to point out, traffic is working correctly at the intersection of 18th street and state avenue. you can see a little confusion from the folks going through the intersection. there is construction in area. i mentioned those backups we are seeing. those are extending around dead man's curve on 90 headed westbound. so if you are headed down, be where there is heavy back up. we'll give you look at that.

area. free parking an extra train service. we sent them to see how it is looking down there. how is it looking? >> we are actually on the red line coming from the west side going east toward downtown. i can tell you this is actually one of their busiest lines just because they have plenty of free parking available at some of the stations on this side of town. we're coming up on west 117th st >> brookpark is really a busiest station. >> they see an influx of about 7000 extra riders, mostly on the red line from the west side during a typical browns game. tonight they've extended rush hour service with trains coming about every 10 minutes.

throughout 8:00 until the events get started. >> volunteers will be at the busiest stations to help with ticket sales and directions. parking is free with a round trip fare going for $5. >> it's the way to go if you don't want to pay 15 or $20 for parking downtown, especially tonight. >> i want to remind you, we are actually going away from the normal flow of downtown afternoon traffic this is like a reversed rush- hour you are seeing. plenty of seats on the train. the trains normally runs till about 12:30, but they will be monitoring conditions and if they need to extend that service, they tell me they will. news channel 5. >> of course, news channel 5, the only place you can watch the browns tonight. our coverage starts at 7:00 with our special building the browns. 7:30, check out our live pregame show followed by kick off at 8:00. after the game, stay with us for live postgame. and tonight an impressive lineup of

>> cleveland went after that convention to send a message to the world that this, right here, this is a new cleveland and the convention that is the nation. we are live where all the action happened last month with a closer look at whether the investment is actually paying off. >> reporter: very reminiscent of what it was lika three huge events. a lot of people milling around. it's what the host committee is hoping cleveland will be seeing post-rnc. >> the republican national committee has chosen cleveland. >> sending a message that cleveland had been vetted and approved. the city has played host to several smaller convention for more on the way. pulling it off without incident is another thing.

volume. i would say at least half of those were influenced by the media coverage and the possible stories. >> and just as important as a number of people each convention would bring. >> the size. currently, much larger than they were even a year ago. >> come september, there are bigger, citywide conventions like content marketing world reaching 3500 people. >> that's just one example of a show that had to leave our city after 2011 because we didn't have enough hotel rooms. now we can stay with and successfully handled a group the next couple years. >> and something in the immediate future it's eye is on is the nba all-star game which charlotte

powerful pitch. news channel 5. as we enter the home stretch for the presidential race, candidates are eyeing the first debate. we've been watching both campaigns today, and we just learned at least one of the candidates plans to start practicing debate this weekend. >> donald trump's new campaign manager says this week is a hillary clinton stand in that even resemblehe scheduled next month will be a game changer and helped trump's standings in the polls. right now he's lagging behind the clinton campaign. anywhere from five to 15 points. trump is even -- trump has even hired roger ale. it's all part of a new strategy. hillary clinton is already responding. >> donald trump has shown us who he is. he can hire and fire anybody he wants from his campaign.

>> as for clinton's debate prep, the campaign hasn't disclosed any details. a number of political analysts believe the democratic presidential nominee is preparing for every possible situation, including the possibility that trump will bring up monica lewinsky. both campaigns plan to take several stops in ohio prior to the first debate next month. trump will be in akron on monday. to attend one of these events, just go to our website. millions of dollars given to the county to tear down a home. >> the last time we checked, progress was slow to say the least. next, we continue our investigation digging into the latest demolition numbers. plus, only news channel 5 has this drone video taken moments after a deadly crash on the ohio turnpike. find out what vital clues investigators think lie in this video right here.

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continuing our two-year investigation into a $50 million county program. it's a story we are bringing you on the 5:00. the program is supposed to get rid of abandoned homes across the county, but our investigation found it got off to a slow start. live on 5 from east 23rd. you check in on that progress again today. what did you learn? >> reporter: a progress is certainly being made as we saw firsthand on east 123rd street. a street with boarded-up houses like the ones you see behind me. as you are about to hear, the program is significantly off mark from its original projections. >> that was the worst. it was really an eyesore. >> with one backhoe and a matter of 15 minutes, this abandoned home

crashing down today. the neighbor said it was there two decades and he spent a lot of time keeping a close eye on it. >> we have to make sure that nobody goes in and out. >> this is part of the demolition program, a program first announced by the former county executive ed fitzgerald in late 2014. his promise, tear down 5000 homes in three years. >> the program is moving along very well actually. >> but nearly two decades later, the county off demolished under the program. >> we are moving as fast as the cities request demolition. >> how it works is the counties essentially act as a bang giving cities money out of the program, the $50 million fund, to bulldoze homes. >> although it is going very

this is not some simple thing where you walk onto a property and knock things down. >> the hold up, according to the land bank and the county, is the lengthy legal process cities must go through before they can demolish a home like this one. curry lives on the opposite end of east 123rd from this eyesore of an area. he explains this house used to be surrounded by empty homes, all of which have been tore down over the years, and for that he is thankful. >> it's very quiet. you can actually go on the porch and my wife loves >> the county would not give me a timeframe as to win all 5000 homes will be torn down. the land bank tells me it demolishes about 20 homes per week and cleveland tears down its own homes under the umbrella of the county program. it tells me that it demolishes about 12 homes per week. news channel 5. now at 5:00, a news channel 5 exclusive. these pictures taken on sunday

drone over the scene giving investigators a new tool as they look for clues about what happened. we got a hold of the drum pictures and video and the sheriffs department talked about how often we can expect to see all of this. >> reporter: the erie county sheriff's department is using drones to investigate crashes, pile up, and that's not all. this is video recorded by a drone camera. the drone was used b 10 car pileup on the ohio turnpike. in the past, authorities have just taken pictures from the ground to investigate crashes but thanks to the new drone technology, the erie county can get a much different view of pileups like this one. the drones skyhigh view is one more tool that can help investigators determine how a crash like this one happened. >> when you are up, it's much easier to see a longer picture of skidmarks, the debris field. it's much easier for them to

for the reconstruction of the action scene, we were able to allow them to tell us what to do, where to go, what pictures to take. >> john adams with the sheriffs department told me right now they are mostly using drones to investigate crashes, but their drones can also be used for search and rescue. >> if you have a child lost in a cornfield or an elderly person, you'd put a drone up in the air, it could go it's able to pick someone out in the cold or an area much quicker. >> these machines could help s.w.a.t. team in tactical situations or standoffs in the future. >> you can save lives. you can send a drone in front of a window where you don't want an officer's face and it could look inside. you would be able to go on top of the building and circle it to see if someone is running outside of the building. >> the sheriffs department likes their drones a much they are

the s.w.a.t. team or standoffs. news channel 5. >> ask this man in the newsroom right here. >> i think it's the shoes. >> you think it is my weatherman gear? i'm ready to run on the field in support of our team tonight. >> a lot going on tonight downtown. before wings or after wings? and we have the indians playing. hundreds of thousands of people downtown. so let's get you ready to enjoy our great city. we've got some high, thin cirrus clouds. that's it. should be dry throughout the evening for whatever you want to do. for most of us, and let me show you the satellite map here, notice the serous clouds floating along the lakeshore's.

thunderstorms here. down toward hilliard and taylor, the thought of the viewing area. columbus getting some rain and thunder. dry here. should stay dry for most of us. look at this line of thunderstorms. pretty hefty storms coming in out of the indiana into western ohio. our computers suggest a lot of these are going to fade away as this trial begins to weaken. so they'll move east along the route activity will fade before 10:00 or 11:00 tonight. could there be an isolated shower? sure. that's 8:15. most of it fading away. we will mention down around route 30 maybe as far no as akron and ravenna, but i'm thinking mainly canton, wooster, you've got a small chance overnight for an isolated thunder shower. the rest of us should be dry. here you go for the evening.

we got upper 70s at 8:00 p.m. look how comfortable we are. lower middle 70s for the 10:00 p.m. time period. again, we are staying dry. tonight 67 degrees, partly cloudy. isolated thunder south. 85 tomorrow. a cloud and sunny mix. there could be an isolated mid to late afternoon storm. still some instability in the isolated thunder. isolated afternoon storms for everybody. one or two or three of them around the region. here is your 7-day. saturday a few storms heating up. 88 degrees. look at sunday. middle 70s. storms in the morning. drying out for the afternoon, but much less humidity. look at monday.

some more humidity. some relief is on the way. >> on the 5:00, we tell folks where one county health leader has issued a warning about a powerful form of heroin. it is so strong it can knock out an elephant. all new at 6:00, an exclusive news channel 5 investigation reveals a major textbook maker shredding books by the thousand. find out why and what local teachers thought of those

now to new information in a story you saw first on five. elephant heroine. the drug is called her sentinel. his 25 more times more potent than heroin and is used as a tranquilizer for large zoo animals. we told you about cases

the medical examiner now says it has been found here and has issued a public health warning. >> in an effort to stop the heroin epidemic, police announced five new indictments. police were joined by the u.s. attorney and fbi to announce that five men suspected of selling heroine used in deadly overdoses will be charged. three of those cases victims overdosed and it was deadly. two were able to be revised a bad paint job forcing the pro football hall of fame game to be canceled at the last minute. find out how the hall of fame is making it up to fans. bombshell revelations about the u.s. olympic swimmers who filed a robbery report in rio. what the police investigation uncovered about the dramatic

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our big stories at 5:30. a huge night for cleveland as the city braces for a triple band in more than 100,000 people downtown. we're less than two hours away from the first pitch. the first place indians will be wrapping up a three-game homestand with the sox tonight starting at 7:10. cleveland browns taking on the atlanta falcons and the game being played tonight right here in town stadium expected to be a mess. and if you can't make it to walk -- can't make it to watch it, watch it right here. >> and paul mccartney is performing to a sold-out crowd tonight. officials are warning plans to arrive early and allow plenty of time to navigate around downtown to find a parking spot. >> as with all of those events, let's just hope the weather stays nice they what can we expect out

we've got a few clouds, sunshine mixing in. excellent weather. we are in the lower 80s here. downtown, akron in the mid-80s. those thunderstorms. are they building toward greater cleveland to spoil to the game? the answer is no. they are actually moving off toward the east. mansfield might have to deal with maybe an isolated thunder shower this evening. crawford county, you may have to deal with an isolated thundershowers. same for ashland. the rest of the area should stay dry through midnight. do you see any problems with the weather? partly cloudy to start the game, 77 at 8:00, 11:00 p.m., down to 73. a phenomenal evening for anything and everything greater

in the meantime, care tracker five looking for those traffic trouble spots. john? >> it's time to focus on some football. as we've been telling you, the browns host the falcons tonight. a game number 2. you can catch all the action ri from the stadium. the browns defense looking to improve on last week's up-and- down performance in green bay. >> you are right. run defense is a big concern for the browns and has been the last two years. the browns in their nfl worst over the last two seasons. the trend continued in the first preseason game against the packers with this 151 yards on the ground.

defense believes the defense will improve. >> we just got to continue to get ripped. we've got a young group of guys, got a lot of guys playing together for the first time. it just comes with time. but right now we just continue to build the foundation of it. i like the direction we're headed. >> look for the defense to be tested coming up at 6:00, hear what player -- let's send it live to air tracker five. high in the sky with a close look at what is going on. hey, john. >> reporter: you know it helps if your microphone is actually turned on. as i was mentioning before hand and you could hear, some major backups we are seeing right now.

way well past almost two west 28th street. as i zoom out, you see a long line of traffic as you approach that construction zone. it's also getting compounded because there's traffic headed westbound and cars trying to get off at west 28th street. you see the right lane is completely stopped there. those are the main issues that we're seeing from from air tracker five right now. there is still a backup on the east shore way as you are headed from the eastside headed west o drive. the major backups we are seeing here on both east and the west side, but the good news is we are not seeing any accidents. >> thank you. news channel 5 is the only place you can watch the browns tonight. our coverage begins at 7:00 with our special building the browns. 7:30, check out our live pregame

speaking of football, the pro football hall of fame wants to make it up after feels fiasco canceled game between the colts in the packers. a bad paint job earlier this month left parts of the field looking a little bit like car. shortly before kickoff, the game was called off. today the hall announced fans will get a full refund for game tickets and a one night stay at museum, a picture of hall of famers, and the yearbook. fans who have tickets have mixed feelings on that offer. >> my money back is really the only thing i'm affected by because i live here area for the people that travel, i understand, but one day hotel accommodation isn't enough. you have people coming from the entire week. >> the hall of fame says it is reviewing what happened to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> folks are going to like this. the cleveland cavs shedding

he showed up on good morning america today fresh off a championship when shedding some light on a project close to his heart and ours too. for the past six years the lebron james foundation has been making a difference in the lives of our children across the state. >> so many of our kids look up to us because they relate to that. they are like, he grew up here. how did he do it? for me to be able to go back in my community and ha i feel like that helps to make a change. >> james also says students who graduate from the program will have their college tuition paid. thousands more evacuations out west at several wildfires burning in california. we take you live to the fire zone for a look at how firefighters are faring against the widely out

plus, a message from the secretary of homeland security after he toured the devastating flood damage in louisiana. the first, your winning lottery

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first it was flint, then sebring, no steubenville. an important health alert about the water. the city is distributing water because the epa says it's not safe for folks to drink. that's because the water has dangerous levels of manganese that can cause muscle weakness or tension as well as neurological

we are concerned. we all live here and consume the water ourselves, so we are doing what we can. >> it turns out even boiling the water won't make it safe, and get this, in just 24 hours, they've distributed 400 gallons of water. wildfires continue to rage in southern california. we are talking flames so severe you can see the damage from space. >> this video right here shows the current weather conditions, there's no relief in sight. we are live from one of the hardest hit areas in san bernardino county. >> reporter: red flag warnings continue to mean extreme conditions for firefighters who are now on day three of fighting this fire. the blue cut fire is still out

>> the conditions are brutal. they've been extremely hot. the weather has been over 100 degrees. today is probably the first day we've had the low 100. >> containment is low, the gusty winds and heat making it hard for firefighters to keep the fast-moving flames from destroying our land. >> really, that fire season for us, this isn't supposed to be fire season. >> evacuation order is still in place for more than 80,000 residents. this morning the fire, once again, coming dangerously close to homes and major freeway. >> this is the biggest flareup we've seen so >> north and south, different scene. the clayton fire is slowing down. 4000 people finally returning home. in san diego, a wildfire that started yesterday is under control. back in san bernardino county, even with the extreme conditions, firefighters doing whatever it takes to slow this fire down. >> i know for the majority of the guys here, the firefighters,

end. >> we have just learned that some of the mandatory evacuations in place here have been lifted in addition a major roadway from southern california to las vegas that was also shut down is now reopened. back to you. >> and i'm at the live desk with the latest on the devastating flooding in louisiana where the death toll now stands at 13. today the homeland security secretary flew down south to two or the flood ravaged parishes. we know the it promised the federal government will be there as long as it takes to help this community recover. the next move is to update the president on the situation there. he says the president already getting daily briefings. right now some 900 fema personnel are already on the ground. hundreds more expected. johnson also noted that the people of louisiana are already getting help. >> i've been a remarkably

volunteers that i see in this community and in the state. >> and here at home, we've got some rain showers. just a little bit of it. not nearly what they are seeing in louisiana. i want to show you the latest satellite and radar from that flood stricken area. look what we see now. let's take a look at it now. still more rain showers. thunderstorms from new orleans. here's the major flooding moving downstream toward the golf. it's not nearly the steady rain they saw this week and last weekend. hit and miss thunderstorms dropping heavy rain. they just do not need it. more flooding all the way back toward dallas and houston. here is our live picture. much more tranquil here. high thin clouds, serous clouds floating overhead. those don't make raindrops. here's 80 degrees right now currently at brown stadium. excellent. let's slide on over. 82 degrees there.

if you're coming downtown, 70s through the evening. should be dry with hit and miss clouds. you are not going to need that rain gear. scanning the skies not seeing showers and thunderstorms anywhere in the viewing area. we are seeing them back to the west. they are floating this way. they're floating toward the east. that could impact mansfield, ashland, wooster. a lot of these are going to fade out as they slide toward the east. we are going to stay drive further to the north. the cities to the north, you are dry. here's your our by hour. near 9:00, look at things fading out. 12:45. you are coming home from a browns victory from a great concert with paul mccartney.

a little trough still nearby and that's why we see the activity to the south. remember yesterday i told you showers and storms were most likely in the southern portions of the viewing area. that continues where we seen them -- in fact, a little further south. tomorrow isolated storms will be your weather headline primarily during the afternoon. tonight 67. isolated thunder. a mansfield, maybe canton. 85 tomorrow. a cloud and son mix. everyone in the mid to late afternoon hours may experience a little thunder shower. nothing severe coming our way. tonight 65. there's that isolated thunder threat. some relief for your weekend.

sunday a front comes through early in the morning, so your best shot at rain and thunder sunday is during the early to mid morning hours. the montrial. mainly cloudy but you'll notice a big difference in the humidity and the temperature. look at that high. 76 degrees. almost fall like. 74, low humidity, dry on tuesday. it's not until next thursday we are back into the middle 80s with a little more humidity. here's what's coming up tonight at 6:00. what happens to all of those outdated textbooks the publishing companies don't sell? >> we found out and it's not where you think would go. in our exclusive investigation, we dug into where they end up and how some local teachers say it's a waste. plus, the browns, indians, answer paul playing a concert. we take a look at the city and the busy past couple of months it's had. the first, when we return, the latest on the investigation into some of team usa's swimming

now to a developing story we've been following for you since noon today. new allegations that four u.s. swimmers are lying about being robbed in real. they say it happened on sunday. usa swimming that they were robbed at gunpoint outside the olympic village on sunday have crumbled. police saying there was no robbery. federal brazilian police searches saying at least one of the four olympic swimmers, including ryan lochte, are seen breaking down the bathroom door at a gas station then getting into a fight with a security guard. rewind to last week, and the controversial interview ryan lochte gave to news. >> he had a gun, he cocked it

i put my hands up and i was like, whatever. >> he's now saying the gun was only pointed in his direction. the 12 time olympic medalist is back in the u.s. his teammates, james feigen, jack conger, and gunnar bentz, all remain in brazil. two in a new station after being pulled from a flight bound for houston. >> they came by and took them off the plane. >> members of the io talking about forgiveness. >> let's give these kids a break. sometimes you take actions that you later regret. >> the chief of police saying they should apologize telling brazilian tv networks, the only truth is that they said they were drunk. a federal police source tells abc news that at least two of the swimmers being questioned and cooperating with authorities could get their passports back and return home to the u.s.

news to tell you about where we have just confirmed that part of the station roof collapsed at the seville fire department. it happened just before 5:00 and the shares department tells us no one was hurt in this. we are on our way and we'll bring you new details throughout the evening on news channel 5. that's a time. thank you for joining us. we will send you a head to the nida. coming up, we have an exclusive news channel 5 investigation. where do educational books go when a publishing company considers them outdated? >> they could go to local schools, but we found that is not the case. in fact, one major publisher has other plans that financially benefits them. plus, we have our eyes on the road tonight with a busy night in

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news channel 5 at 6:00 is brought to you by mr. hero. live, always investigating, always on your side. news channel 5 starts now. the triple threat marking what could be the biggest day for our city since the championship parade. our team has all the details tonight to get you ready. there's a lot of excitement and fun to be had in downtown cleveland, but not only the browns and the indians playing, but we have paul mccartney performing as well. >> all three starting within an