almost,000 energy cuss -- 8,000 energy customers. >> traffic seems to be moving okay. chief meteorologist mark johnson using the power of 5 to track those storms. >> first things first. yesterday indiana, northwest ohio, devastating tornadoes. we are not going to see that type of devastation here even though we are under a severe thunderstorm ris income yellow right now you can see there's not a lot of widespread coverage. had two warnings. ashtabula near pure pond, coshocton county. those storms have either weakened or moved away to another state. we had a cell that moved flew downtown cleveland.

some lightning and thunder, maybe gusty winds. another cell we're watching moving out of brunswick. this one has strengthened moving into ben nick's corner, grafton to litchfield. so far so good, just so watching cells through pier pont. it's weakening and moving away very, very quickly. 90 degrees akron, deminttor. then the rains came through. the soup is there. it's very warm, very humid. temps dropping down to 70. if you have a high school

keep the storm shield app on your phone. we'll have the latest throughout the evening. >> he took her away. only mon 5 a family demands answers after a 17-year-old was murder and left in an abandoned east cleveland building. news channel 5 is always investigating. we've learned the 19-year-old arrested for killing briana fluid was >> reporter: briana's family is getting ready to bury her. cheyenne smiled as she talked about her happy talkative sister briana.

>> reporter: she said the family is living in a nightmare but the community outreach has been incredible. >> it's not just her but so many other families losing people. i never thought i would be part of it. >> reporter: the suspect, 19- year-old deshawn woods had previous victims. from records, he pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and assault and failed to appear in court twice but was out until his sentencing. now she wonders if she would have been alive if he wasn't out. >> any of these decisions where somebody is not going into jail or prison now, the worst thing to happen is they commit something like an aggravated murder.

executed, there are some going on. going after any one person at one time is not feasible. >> reporter: briana's family said they will be celebrating her memory and praying for justice. >> why would you want to take someone away like that. >> reporter: briana's funeral will be held tomorrow. she was set to start her senior year of high school starting next week. first on 5, robbed at a salon, lug plug mask -- the gunman masked and on a mismghts police want to know if that man is tied to other crimes. we have video of it. the women are, understandably,

couldn't believe it. one moment they were talking and laughing and the next they were terrified. somebody is about to get hurt if the guy you see isn't captured. the usual comfort and comradery at this hair salon quickly turned into commotion when this plan walked in with a gun and ordered women to get down on the floor. >> he said give me and get down. one of my clients said is this for real? we couldn't believe it. he said, yes, it's real and the gun was like this long. i have no idea what that was. >> reporter: take a closer look. the the gunman weighed about 250 pounds a blue bandana across his face. employees and customers followed his demands. >> put the purses in the middle.

shoot inbound. >> reporter: the owner said the intruder bolted with purses getting away with money, credit cards, even car keys. >> we are living in a world that is so dangerous now. >> reporter: less than an hour before the salon robbery police believe he held up carnegie pantry and west side coney at the salon, now locking doors in the daytime. customers have to knock to come in. >> we have to take precautions now and watch out for each other. >> reporter: akron police believe the suspect may be driving an older gray pontiac grand am with tented windows.

school on edge after 24 employees got word that their jobs might be on the chopping block. that news comes two weeks into this brand-new school year. dhomonique ricks has more. >> reporter: 10 of them are at the university of cleveland preparatory school on east 40. i can schools said the cuts are just that, possibilities saying this reduction has not been finalized. they said those who may lose their job may get a 30-day notice that it could happen within the next month. an employee said that's not true saying they were told enrollment was too low and that's why they're making cuts. staffers said it's bad news for everyone. >> it's so unfortunate and most unfortunate for the kids. >> reporter: now a source tells me two i can schools, one in

supposed to open this school year that families were enrolled and at the last minute parents were told the schools were not opening until 2017. i asked i can schools if this was a factor in the layoffs and they said there was no corelation between the two schools clothing and the layoffs. campaign 2016 coverage. there's more evidence donald trump might be softening his open to the idea of not deporting all 11 million undocumented immigrants in the united states. he made the announcement days after you asked him about his immigration stance. >> reporter: what donald trump told me is he who build the law and enforce the existing laws. in a townhall last night trump said he would be allowed to

families and without incident. they would have to pay back taxes and couldn't become citizens. today the campaign dialogue shifted to race in america as the words got stronger. >> donald trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia. he is taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical republican party. >> when democratic policies fail, they are left with only this one tired argument. you're racist. you're racist. they keep saying it. it's a tired, disgusting argument. clinton painted trump as part

points to him naming stephen bannon. the comments are sure to fire up the dialogue. john kosich. no the cincinnati zoo is not back on twitter but a fake account was created. someone is posting bogus statements like that one and that one and they're both fake. if you look closely you can tell the online trolls i's in cincinnati with lower case l's. stories continuing to make headlines at 6. >> the heroin epidemic continuing to haunt the state of ohio with seven overdoses in one day. why police believe a bad batch is to blame. >> and a piece of ohio history is checking out for good.

>> plus, this sick little girl battling a rare liting disease. how one sheriff's department is using social media hoping to help her. >> if you see news happening,

for months we've reported on the overdosing of heroin. >> we're talking 32 in the city in just one day. it started on tuesday. there were at least 20 overdoses reported that night. then yesterday the number almost d due what they call bad batches. the situation is so bad that law enforcement is taking unprecedented steps to fight back. hamilton ham has -- hamilton county has a heroin task force. the issue so important governor kasich joined them. among the topics treating

to take the message to schools. >> you want to destroy your life, future, college, you do drugs and you will. >> the governor said teachers should deliver it to 1st graders, 8th graders, in addition to seniors. accidental overdoses have become a problem in the buckeye state. one third were linked to the powerful pain killer state's addiction epidemic can only be dealt with through prevention, intervention, treatment and the use of lifesaving measures such as an antidote. after 73 years of business, they have announced it has come to an end. four generations of the family

priority making it so hard for faithful customers to say good- bye. >> it's a shame. i feel like we've discovered a gem and now it will be gone. >> the community has been fantastic. this week has been all nos fail -- nostalgia. >> the italian shop is one of the longest running businesses in south euclid. a precious 6-year-old girl fighting for her life, fighting a rare form of cancer. >> she is undergoing chemo. doug hunter sat down with her in his cruiser. he is asking people top send gas -- to send gas cards to

trips. >> i found this little black puppy and i got to pet it, and i got to pet it again and got pictures. >> those who are involved with the therapy dogs, this is some of the benefits. she remembers the dogs very well. >> my oh, my. if you'd like to send madison a card, we hope you do. head over to app. >> oh, she is an angel. >> what's going on out there we are very blessed. let's take a look at what's going on outside. we have storms here and there but look at this live picture from cleveland. wow. whether it's a 1985 version of ghostbusters or the current one, i think we need to call them. look at that dark cloud.

greater cleveland just a little while back. lightning and thunder and some heavy rain. let me show you a live look at lorain. what storm? what clouds. a few clouds over lake erie. hazy sunshine over lorain. this is mentor. all in all it has been not bad as far as severe weather goes. we've weather warnings. we're in the yellow zone. slight risk. one for ashtabula county and one cell for the southern coshocton area. those warnings have expired. where's the rain right now? here's our current power of 5 radar. there's not a lot going on. if you're worried about a major

cleveland is dry now. let's zoom on in to this one, shakers heights, warrensville heights. lightning and thun different. geauga county, russell township. that's the cell, sliding on down to medina county, liverpool, brunswick. moderate to heavy rain. here's some rain in rich field in cuyahoga county. nothing that looks like this will fire up severe. here's one over the reservoir. that's the last cell, the last one for conneaut lake. so far so good.

here is the system we're watching, disorganized low pressure, going to ride up toward the bahamas, will intensify saturday into sunday. could become a weak hurricane. if it makes it into the gulf that's a wild card for early next week. more moisture for louisiana and texas. they don't need the rain. here's the front coming in threat for thunder ends. we got a lot of sunshine, slightly less humid, 80s for highs. 60s, isolated storms area byes. tomorrow highs mid to upper 80s. for greater cleveland, highs

mostly sunny skims. early storms tonight. if you have a high school football game most of you will stay dry, mainly cloudy skies. tomorrow sunshine and clouds, 85, mainly sunny and dry. let's show you the seven-day. vat day 91. holy cow. sunday near 90 with a late storm, a few storms on monday. we're still in the 80s through next week. >> we've been looking forward to this. >> speaking of football. >> the browns made a big trade today. i'm hanging with the cheerleaders. you don't look very happy. we're talking high school football. in 38 minutes we'll hear from

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euclid and glenville. you're talking about two of the best playoff coaches lear in northeast -- here in northeast ohio. jeff came over from cleveland heights two years ago and has turned this program around. i had a chance to catch up with both these guys. >> it's always good football in northeast ohio. i'm a product of this and of the best areas of football. i will always say it's going to be nice. >> we've bab targeting -- been targeting it since last year. >> he's here fort kids and he do what he needs to do. >> they play as hard as any group. i'll go to war with my guys any

here on news channel 5. 33 minutes until the high school football season starts. we'll see you at 11. >> i'll go to war with you two any day.

tonight, the new tornado threat as we come on. millimeters bracing for storms tonight. 35 reported tornadoes already. the state of emergency declared, an ef-3, tearing through a starbucks. the threat from texas, all the way north. donald trump calls hillary clinton a bigot. trump's own reacting. late today, hillary clinton firing back, asking which campaign is really promoting racist lies? and trump, moments ago, doubling down when asked if clinton is really a bigot. pulled from the troubrubble. the stunning scene. the 10-year-old girl pulled out alive. the air scare. the radar vanishing at two major american airports.