. for many people who have the holiday weekend today. highway cameras in our area show traffic moving along fairly well in this hour. it's noon and on the major highways, there appears to be no traffic tieups or major ones or mishaps. it goes on this september 6th, 2016 gig. and good afternoon,ef. i'm leon bibb. the -- afternoon, everybody. i'm leon bibb. greater cleveland is in the process of getting to that

final stretch of the uninner belt bridge construction project. there is a big step scheduled for later today and here's sarah phinney with our story. >> reporter: right now, odot can't say when the second bridge will reopen, but a spokeswoman tells us that the rest of the construction really depends on weather. let's talk about what is happening tonight. the crews will be working from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. pouring the deck, the surface and it's the seventh and final pour. it's also important to that even when the bridge opens this fall, only two of the five lanes will be used. odot needs about six weeks to unwind the detours and that means opening up ramps, redoing access from 176 north to the inner belt, and making changes on 490 and 77. >> there is a lot of work to be done after we open the bridge. and so, we do plan on having all lanes quote in the later fall. >> reporter: odot said when the

may have a better idea when exactly the second bridge will open and we'll keep you updated. sarah phinney, newschannel 5. and many thanks for your report. cleveland police are investigating another case of an attempted smash-and-grab where the would-be thieves went too far. the scene was the family dollar on east 185th street and canterbury road. and you can see an suv used to ram through the wall and door sitting inside the inside but when they raabe through -- rammed through, they went too far. the suv was stuck in the store. the thieves bail out the front window of the car and got away. the damage was significant in that family dollar store. and to the west side of cleveland, the police need help identifying the woman whose images were captured in these surveillance pictures. the woman broke through the glass door of pearl dental on airline road. once inside, she took several

like bulks of paper towels. if you know anything about either crime, call police. the smash-and-grab or this incident. either one of those. call police. and fast-moving flames rip through a house on the city's east side. this is the scene. fire crews worked quickly to get the blaze under control. the house was vacant and recently renovated. the damage was declared as a total loss. the officials are working to determine what the what sparked the fire. and let's check in on the weather how are we looking? >> and looking good on the west side. this camera explains it all. blue skies towards lorain we have ther. the fewer of five is picking up raindrops and you're on the dry side and looking a-okay. and i want to show you where the rain and heavy downpores are coming down in southern geauga county and into the

county. no lightning associated with this. the reason for this bubble of rain that we're seeing for eastern locations is due to the temperatures and greater cleveland, 92 and sudden met county, the lower 90s and most temperatures, the ambient temperature, upper 80s in spots and that cue to the dew points and to slowly rise and what evening plans and we're in the lower 80s by 9:00. and coming up, we'll track more widespread rain and temperatures falling back down to the 80s. heon. and. jason kozan will be sentenced, the man who threw eggs at a neighbor's house in

headlines in many places. jason kozan pleaded guilty to throwing eggs at a neighbor's house in euclid more than 100 times in a year. and he'll be sentenced for his crimes today. and for the presidential candidates, summer is over and the end is in site. >> and sat down for exclusive washington with the latest on american politics. >> and it's been a marathon election season. now, the sprint to the finish line. the campaign trails crowded on the tarmac in cleveland yesterday and there is hillary clinton's plane. over there, donald trump's. david muir with exclusive labor day interviews with the candidates and the running mates. clinton blasting trump saying

the claim that he didn't discuss payment for his border wall. >> and he came out saying one thing and the mexican president contradicted him almost immediately. he didn't raise it, see he did choke. >> i don't choke. she chokes. i have been given eight pluses for the job i did in mexico. >> and trump seems to be waffling on what he will do with the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the u.s. >> i'm going to make a decision, or someone will, whether it's mia or someone else. -- me or someone else. by that time, we'll have a secure >> reporter: and clinton with a litival check yesterday -- literal choke yesterday, a coughing fit. >> every time i think about trump, i get allergic. [ laughter ] boy, we have 63 days to go. >> reporter: this is as a new cnn poll shows the race in a dead heat. >> if hillary clinton thought she could coast, she better

be prepared for a close race. >> reporter: candidates are focusing on key programs today. hillary clinton is in florida where the race is tight and trump is in virginia trying to make up round. and as we continue here at the noon hour coming up tonight at 6:00, breaking details on an exclusive scripps national investigation. >> we have to stop the endless flow of secret money that is desaccording our election. >> and more disturbing twists and turns involving two clinton charities. >> the clinton foundation can not say they're in compliance with new york regulations. >> new tone, only -- new tonight on news on channel 5 at 6:00, see why the money trail has new deserving twists and turns. and families in southern ohio taking matters into their

drastic increase in the price for a life-saving allergy drug. the class-action lawsuit they filed against the makers of epipen. >> and one former cleveland browns player is following in the footsteps of rodney dangerfield. the latest on johnny manziel going back to school. >> and a singer speaking out after a tense standoff with police and his multimillion mansion. why chris brown's attorneys said he is being framed.

. new at the noon hour, a cincinnati attorney becomes the first lawyer in the country to take on the makers of the epipen. the manufacture sky rocketing price tags. the customers filed a lawsuit in hamilton county, ohio, trying to recover what they call overpayments to myellan, the manufacturer and followed the price hikes of the life- saving allergy medication devices. prices rose by 400%. the maker of epipen is offering its own generic version for $300, the half of the cost of the brand name version. and lawmakers return to work today and their to do list includes a bill to fund the federal response to zika. republicans and democrats are pointing the fingers at each other over the long-stalled bill. the director of the centers for disease control is warning his agency is almost out of money and needed to kill mosquitos and find the vaccine.

democrats have blocked once because it contains restrictions on funding for planned parenthood. democrats say they will, again, block the bill. and we're trying to help this cute kitten find a forever home. the cute cat coming up. meet our pet-of-the-week whose name is griffin, by the way. and let's check in with janessa, by the way. >> and leon, we have been dealing with manageable humidity levels, but it's off the charts right now. i will show you in the fewer of 5 wh temperatures to become more

. a native in the dayton, ohio, area, brock turner arrived at the sheriff's office this morning. he was released from a california county jail last week and served three months of a six-month sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman chime attending stanford university. the light sentence sparked national outrage. directed at the judge in california.

reical the judge who sentenced turner. >> and when you get the warrant, you will come here and see nothing, you idiots. >> social media was blowing up as millions were watching live feeds of standoffs playing outside of chris brown's multimillion mansion. the singer was arrested last week following a nine-hour standoff with the l.a.p.d. a woman accused brown of pointing a gun at her and now the singers ' lawyer is sharing with abc smoking gun where he alleges the singer was framed by that woman. the woman made up the entire story. abcs elizabeth herr has the details on chris brown. >> reporter: new allegations in the chris brown saga. this time, the singer claiming he is the victim of a seedup. >> and i can't wait until the truth comes to -- set up. >> i can't wait until the truth comes to light.

>> and the female's unknown and crying and asking for help. >> reporter: it was last tuesday morning. they respond to a 911 call and a woman was in the home of brown's and looking at a box of expensive jewelry when brown lashed out at her. >> and that is when chris came in saying i am sick of all of you people, took the gun out like this and put it in my face and said get the disputing that claim, sharing a text message allegedly support by the accuser to the friend minutes before the 911 call. the text reading this freak, chris brown s kicking me out of his house because i called his friend's jewelry fake. i am going to set him up and call the cops and say she tried to shot me and that will teach him a lesson. i the set his expletive up. >> and there was a search done. they went in and she said that there was a gun as far as i

the house. >> reporter: and brown's accuser is standing by her claims, stressing it would not make sense for her to give her phone to police if she wrote an incriminating text herself. brown, who hasn't been formally charged, is due back in court in two weeks. and johnny manziel is going back to school. the former browns quarterback is enrolled at classes at texas a& playing football there and however, while in the brown's organization, his offfield incidents led to the decision to cut him from the squad and cutting his and a half career and one involved the accident with the girlfriend and by the way, he is to be back in car this month and he's going back to texas a&m to finish classes. >> and let's check in on the weather situation. and what are you think iting?

hold the curl and guys, you're sweating all of the time. and the they want s -- 90s already. >> and that is better than the 12 below zero. >> soon enough. >> and that is my personal commentary. >> and we'll be sitting in nice, fluffy no, right? >> and you speak for yourself and summer is holding on strong. and they're starting to tower in, cross the area a sign of a slight disturbance. and 88 for cleveland. dover, new philly, in the mid- 70s and you're seeing isolated activity and making your way to portage county. you're seeing some raindrops moving throughout southern areas and that is moving east- southeast fairly quickly. tonight, we are going to

on the dry side and partly cloudy conditions and the overnight lows are in the lower 70s and that is 10 degrees cooler than last month. and i want to quickly show you here in the nights the next three days -- 90s the next three days, folks, and it brings us down by friday afternoon to about 85 degrees. so, temperatures are going to warm, sticky air in full affect the next few days here. we're on the radio, cleveland star 102 and 98.5 wncx. our favorite day tuesday and do we have a sleeper here? >> look at this and that is sweet. >> you can see. >> and just how sweet cats can get. and anxious in the new tomorrow

old. found as a stray, if i can believe it and somebody loved him, though. he's so sweet. i was going to say as the weather cools off. >> right. >> and this is a perfect last- minute warming buddy for you. and doesn't look like the weather is cooling off. >> sorry. >> and still, this guy is going to really just brighten up somebody's home. so sweet and so fun. so cute! >> if you were thinking about it. >> he's purring and snuggled up you can't stop that and he wants to rub his head. >> and you have to give down to

. what do you of course? >> lovely day -- what do you think? >> lovely day, heat and humidity in full affect. >> okay. we have a cat in the house. griffin about ever maturing to the status of cat. griffin the kitten will be smitten when i am adopted as at

. hi, i'm sarah carns. david perez is the -- david paris is the managing partner at nuremberg paris injury lawyers and does joining me for legal tuesdays to talk about why community outreach is important to his firm. thank you for being here, david. >> thank you. >> and let's here. tell me more about it. >> my law firm is rooted -- and representing exclusively feel who have been injured. >> and i know giving back to the community is so important to the firm. tell me more about that. >> we have a long history of giving back to the community. ten years ago, we challenged the staff to come up with different monthly organizations that we can support. >> and give me an example of some of the types of

autism to make a wish to furnishing medical supplies and underdeveloped areas of the united states and abroad. walking, running for different charities as well. >> and you're getting so many people involved. i heard about something that is called charity on your facebook page. tell me about that? >> the past five years, we're partners every month with a different local non-profit charity, and we will donate $2 for every friend like that we have on our facebook page. >> and that is great. i will make sure i like the facebook page. >> please do. >> and i really like that. >> and tell me why it's so important to the if early to give back into the community? >> you know, we help our clients every day in the courtroom put their lives back together. and there is so much more that needs to be done in our community. we need to give back and it's about lawyers giving back and that is what we want to do. >> and thank you so much.

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