they went several days without bus service. they called news channel 5 for help. we found derrick to find out what's his mom has a lot of reasons to be upset. reporter: yeah, she is upset because it started with a lack of service and when they added a bus stop they put it right here and that's down the street from where they live in cleveland heights and she says it is dangerous. this is right next door to a gas station where somebody got murdered a few months ago. >> they're confused. they don't have anything together. they're unorganized. reporter: ebony said the

her son's charter school is the academy in cleveland and they provided bus service for several days. east academy switched to a new bus stop. her son first had to take an rta bus to get there. this morning she says he still didn't get on. >> she stood there in the pouring rain and rolled right past him. >> had to walk back up the hill >> why today? i don't know. that's what i asked august 15th. >> so we called east academy and finally showed up in person. thomas would not answer my questions. >> what's the issue with the transportation. >> instead of talking thomas called security. here some background. east academy is a free taxpayer charter school but it's run by a company with 95% of tax

academy go asell. that's about 3 million last school year according to the most resent state audit and a resent one the academy got an f. after the confrontation the spokes person called me with an explanation saying how the sun wasn't picked up because they moved the bus stop closer to his home but expected to see him or his mother. >> he's a young black man and i need him to have his education and be have cleared up the confusion. her son now knows where to pick up the bus tomorrow morning and that's up the street near his home. news channel 5. >> new information now about a statewide effort to test old rape kits prompted by a news channel 5 exclusive investigation. a new study shows they protected new rates. researchers at the university

another sexual assault. the crime can be prevented by using dna to identify the offender. while rape kit tests cost $950 each, the report shows sexual assault cost victims $200,000 on average in medical expenses and lost earnings due to injury. now to a story you'll see only on 5. new details about a man the fbi calls dangerous and on a hunt for children. child and kidnapped another from her home. tracey has new information about how police are trying to track this predator. >> i have learned the fbi is expanding their search for a kidnapper to cities outside of cleveland and states boarderring ohio. his walk, honorrisms, the distinctive car. for months police and fbi agents have been trying to put a name to this face. tonight who he is remains a

a man the fbi believes tried to take a girl from her bedroom in february and did take a sleeping 6-year-old from her cleveland home in may. the little girl was dropped off not far from her home after being taken from her house and held captive for 17 hours in her bedroom. >> he's already attempted one abduction and already taken one child. it's a matter of time before he strikes again. we need to find him before that happens. >> and that's why i've learned search for the man who they call extremely dangerous to other cities in ohio and surrounding states. the man caught on camera agents told me casing the west 104th street neighborhood and here driving this 2002 or 2003 chevy maliu with a different color front panel in may. these images are being pushed on social media.

indianapolis, cincinnati, pittsburgh and buffalo in hopes of identifying the man before he targets another child. >> i would say he's familiar with this area enough but may not live here any longer. maybe work took him out of the area, the state. maybe he has family or friends here and that's why he travels back and knows the area well enough that when he comes back he knows the neighborhoods. >> special agent explained to me the man is a stranger to both families are extremely rare, only about 50 a year nationwide. >> usually a family member or a friend or it's a somebody that the family knows. that's not the case here. this is a complete stranger. >> this is a 20,000-dollar reward being offered in connection with this case. if you recognize the man or the car he was driving back in may, you are asked to call the fbi. in cleveland, tracey, news channel 5.

underway five weeks from today. the focus is on the presidential race. ohio being watched for another key race. this one, the u.s. senate and news channel 5 joins us all new at 5:00 and john, the gap in this one seems to be widening. >> yes. the last poll up eight points. within striking distance for the challenger. still too much of a gap for some. 2016, ohio democrats looking to win they saw opportunity in a match up between republican rob and democratic challenger ted strickland. >> the democrats thought this was strong. you let a former governor, congressman in his first term with name recognition. >> strickland's name recognition came with being governor in the downturn which they used against strickland. >> i had more money spent against me in attack adds than

>> super pack supporting strickland fighting back. they were pulling $3 million in ohio and buys as two tracking sources for the republican. >> this says that the democrats have give up and directing the resources. >> strickland takes issue with those behind the polling in the adds. >> those decisions are made in washington and i'm here in ohio. i think a lot of in washington live in a bubble. they have no idea what's going on. >> on the ground being the operative words for strickland. >> hillery's campaign and my campaign, we have over 400 paid organizers throughout ohio and right now they're out there working every day going door to door talking to people making phone calls, getting people registered. >> the ground came also strong. there may be divisions within

united behind portman. on your side, news channel 5. >> all right, john, over to the news room for the latest on the race to the white house. today both candidates trying to say they have the upper hand in trying to keep our country stay. rob is tracking the campaign trail. we know national security taking center stage. >> today donald trump laying out a plan in philadelphia that would end the military spending cuts. top generals would have a critical assignment out of the gate. hillery clinton is using that issue to slam her rival. >> they will have 30 days to submit to the oval office a plan quickly defeating a sis. we have no choice. >> because he has a secret plan to defeat a sis but the secret is he has no plan. >> we appreciate it. >> trump's campaign trying to

showing support from 88 generals. meanwhile, clinton showed 95 generals support her for president. clinton and trump will be on the same stain but not at the same time. they're expected to participate in a forum on national security issues in new york. >> lawmakers with an innovative way to punish maine governor paul lepage after he threatened a democratic lawmaker and opioid epidemic. they want to have a clause to support to the state supreme court that the governor is unfit because of temporary mental or physical disabilities. we could soon see the first muslim american to serve as a federal judge. president obama making history by nominating -- maryland to serve on the ben. muslims are applauding the choice saying it will bring

and help ensure fair administration of the law. with only a few months left, it is unlikely the nomination will go forward. >> the weather is muggy out there. >> muggy and hot and that's stirring up a few little isolated thunder showers here and there. that one fading out fast. that goes well for the tribe game. i'm thinking we're dry in downtown. few showers are fading out. legit showeran they're showing signs that they're fading out across central and southern counties as they slide south and east. here's the hartville area over towards alliance seeing isolated showers there and even one north of worster. it's 91 now in cleveland. we've dropped a degree. how about that. 92 akron. 89 in canton. 90 in mansfield, the

80s through the entire ball game. notice no mention of rain. partly cloudy, dry and humid and for everyone else near 90 degrees at 6:00. lower and middle 80s at 8:00 and by 10:00 p.m. still stuck in the 80s. we'll see if there's more heat coming our way. >> did you know 2015 so many guns were sold it was dubbed the year of the guns. >> this year we're on track to sell even more. >> you can't buy that. in my eyes they're trying >> tonight we're digging into why gun sales are skyrockets and if this national trend holds true here in ohio. >> plus parents, tonight is your chance. we'll tell you about the first in a series of open meetings about how your child's school should be evaluated. >> it was the largest hack ever on the u.s. government. 21 million people effected. that's new information about what went wrong. >> zika carrying mosquitoes on

florida lawmaker after lawmakers approved spending to

our partners reporting the university of akron sent students an alert after someone was shot a few blocks from campus. it happened three blocks from the field. one person was taken to the hospital and the gunman still on the loose. >> an indepth look at one of the worst ever cyber attacks in the country. congressional awe port is offering incite on the failures that led to the hack last year. personal information of more than 21 million current, former and perspective federal employees. now, here's what happened. according to that congressional report, the agency had been secretly monitoring the hackers online movements for months. the hacker was getting too close to critical information. all along there was a second hacker nobody knew about. the report leaves out missed opportunities to present this attack on the apm.

background checks and fingerprint records exposed. that attack was later blamed on the chinese government. they also blamed the opm saying the agency failed to have basic security controls in place. they said they disagree with much of the report and the attract did bring on accelerated change to the agency including the hiring of new cyber security experts. >> and more frustration on the hill after another failed fight for funding needed to combat the >> some lawmakers and health care leaders frustrated with the vote. so fed up, one made a bold statement on the house floor bringing 100zika carrying mosquitoes with them. >> a compassionate plea for a jar of 100 mosquitoes brought on the to the house floor as he condemned lawmakers not passing

towards combating the virus. >> members of congress would run down the hall to be tested. they would spray themselves before coming down here. this is the fear of floridians right here. >> with new zika cases in florida and fort brag, mosquito spraying vamping up across the country as the latest zika funding bill failed in the senate. democrats blocking it of an included provision that would keep money from going to planned parent hood. >> the house did its job and the senate has been political with zika funding. >> the cdc saying they're out of money to spend on zika. funding experts agree it's critical to protect the americans, especially expecting mothers. >> if funding isn't available now, then six to nine months

brain damage and a birth defect that's preventable. >> congress has until the end of the month to pass a spending bill which could include funding to fight zika or risk a potential government shut down. abc news, new york. >> mark, you guys missed it. >> you know what, it's hot as a furnace out there. it's making it hard for the ac to work. a lot elementary schools and you can't learn when it's hot. >> 94 degrees outside. it could be closer to 100 inside. that's not a learning environment. >> no, it is not a learning environment. we're going to cool down over the weekend but tomorrow another warm and muggy day. hot for some of you.

this camera. it's hot. we have sunshine and clouds mixing together and we got 88 degrees right now downtown cleveland but i tell you what, at hopkins it is still 91. we'll slide on out, 91. north 92. ten minutes ago 94. 90 litchfield. brunswick, 93. cooler lake side. 89 for aleria. 95 in jackson 91. canton 92. that's not the feels like stuff, folks. here's what it feels like. mentor feels like 105. 101 in akron. 107 degrees, the feels like temperature in fremont. we'll show you what's left of hermine continuing to sit and spin here. a very weak storm now. maximum sustained winds 30-35

the center of the storm going to slide out over sea in the next 36 hours. for us, we have a legit front, stalled front. look at the rain showers and thunderstorms moving in toward milwaukee and chicago. this front will become a cold front and slide our way tomorrow an. get ready. thursday, thunderstorms. that is your weather head line. tonight, middle 70s, wow. warm and humid all night long if there's a legit thunder shower in your neighborhood, that will be about it. we'll dry you out. 90 degrees tomorrow and scattered storms humid and hot. akron tonight, near 70. early thunder and warm tomorrow. we'll go up close to 90. depends on how much rain you get and how soon it arrives. we'll have more clouds and thunderstorms tomorrow. we may limit some of the hotter areas today. we may be in the upper 80s tomorrow with patchy clouds and scattered afternoon storms. saturday 85. here it comes, another front

down on sunday. sunday the nicest day of the weekend. 74 degrees. let's have a picnic. . >> still ahead all new at 5:00. two magazines side by side with similar titles. that's what you find when you take a closer look that has parents sharing this image again and again on social media. they are outraged. >> coming up tonight, all new at 6:00. would you be willing to register your we're digging in for the

. tonight a big chance for parents to have a say in how the state evaluates your child's school. >> it's the first of several meetings scheduled around north east, ohio. >> soon education standards here in the buck eye state will

succeeds act. also known as ssa. the ohio department of education wants to hear from parents like you starting tonight. >> signed into law last november will take the place of the no child left behind act. this law was passed to give schools more power at the state and local levels. they'll set their improving graduation rates meaning ohio will decide how the schools will be handled rather than following a nags -l standard. ohio will have until the end of the year to submit their plan to the u.s. department of the

plan, you can attend tonight's meeting here in akron at the quaker station on the university of akron's campus. it's expected to run from 6:00 to 8 p.m. in akron. news channel 5. >> officials taking drastic measures to battle an epidemic. >> plus medical marijuana officially open for ohio starts tomorrow except you can't actually buy it here just yet. doctors not sure about the rules for writing a prescription.

his car have been sent to police in michigan, indiana and pennsylvania. a 20,000-dollar reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. >> news channel 5 getting information on a student missing class because the bus never came to pick him up. he started school and they didn't provide bus service for several days. the school tells us the bus stop location was changed but they negligented to tell the boy or his >> another set back in the fight to fund against zika virus. senate democrats left a $1.1 billion bill over a provision that would prevent money from going to planned parent hood. congress has until the end of the month to approve the zika funding bill. a risk of potential government shut down. right now, only on 5 after a record breaking 2015, this year

sales. >> there's millions of background checks for gun buyer last month alone. that's an increase from the same time last year. you've been digging into the story all yearlong. >> yeah, to 16 is quickly becoming the year of the gun. in fact, fbi data shows a record number of background checks for every single month this year. as i learned today north east ohio is seeing the same spike. >> august is up $30,000 from july is usually our worst month ever and we're up $30,000 there too. >> she's the owner at a gun shop and says it's been a wild summer. gun sales are through the roof. >> people are worried about their safety. >> she says an increase in public shootings, folks are taking safety into their own hands.

children and all that. >> he's a gun owner. >> we caught him with a few pieces of metal and wanted to know why. >you can't buy enough guns because in my eyes, they're trying to take the guns away future is not clear. >> if trends don't going to way they are, volume of background checks may surpass the number. that year 23 million were conducted by the fbi. live in the news room, news channel 5. >> that has a lot of folks talking, so does this.

a judge signed an order granting immunity for prosecution to anyone who turns over drugs to an overdose. only 300 have been reported since last month alone. the hamilton county coroner says they laced heroine responsible for hundreds of deaths. ohio saves millions in tax penalties. the loan was all paid off to avoid additional interest from the state and dodge another tax hike on mothers. >> good news for travelers. expect shorter wait times at the airport. department of homeland security says they've reduced wait time throughout the country. >> this summer, 98.4% of the traveling public had a wait

across the country. 92.1% had a wait time of less than 15 minutes. >> department secretary day johnson says they have also seized a record number of guns this year. he says all of this has been possible largely because congress approved two separate funding shifts in the current budget. >> mark, what's the wait time on a cool down? >> oh my gosh, a couple more days there, frank. 92 91 dover and 90 in mansfield. let me show you some legitimate rain showers. some thunder here and there. there have been a few isolated showers trying to pop farther rest. those have really faded out. there's the legitimate

hour. i would imagine something cold with ice in it. you're at 2:00 a.m. and still at 80 degrees. sunrise and upper 70s. relief is coming. i'll show you when. >> mark, i want to tell folks about this. starting tomorrow medical machine is legal here in the new law allows people with certain medical conditions to use that drug. there's a lot of unanswered questions out there. it is expected to take a year to carve out the details. meantime, a number of local communities, seven rarely suspending sales to establish their own rules about growing and processing the drug. >> you know exercise is good for your health. did you realize it's also great

a new study in the journal of heart association found those who exercise even moderately enjoyed lower medical cost and fewer visits to the doctor. here's how it breaks down for those with heart disease. the exercisers spend 20% less than their nonexercising counterparts and that adds up to about $2,500 a year. now for a look at a picture going viral. you'll see why a father in missouri shared this photo with girl's life and boy's life magazine side by side. the girl's life cover promises articles about your dream hair, fall fashion love and ways to wake up pretty. the boys cover is all about exploring your future by becoming an astronaut or firefighter. another shared a picture with an open letter asking quote what in the name of all that is

girls? all new at 5:00. a man goes through extreme lengths and unhappy marriage. the crime he committed before telling police he had rather be in jail than with his wife. >> check this out. a boy home alone when a burglar helps himself inside through a kitchen window. find out what happens when the two came face to face. first, there it is there, mark,

. in your world of weather today, great sunrise coming in. one from aurora this morning. look at the sun peaking over the top. green grass and clouds legit. humidity out there all morning long. love this sunflower bed you can see over toward avon. beautiful day to see the

valley goat found this pigs hanging out on my porch. he stayed around because he wanted pizza. mark johnson weather on facebook. like, follow and post.

. a frightened 12-year-old came face to face with a burglar while he was at home. a man was captured using a kitchen window to break into a florida home. he helped himself to a laptop and other computer equipment plus jewelry and passports. the entire time a 12-year-old boy was home. at one point coming face to face with the intruder. >> there was a window open and if you see him in the back. he came through there and seeing the guy and running through the bedroom. >> the boy was not harmed. the burglar made off with about $1,000 worth of valuables. >> there's a manhunt underway for a man who police say shot his ex-wife, killed his son and confessed to the whole thing on facebook. listen to this. >> i don't feel no remorse for

>> no remorse. >> police say earl broadcasted this video minutes after breaking into his ex-wife's home in north carolina shooting her and his 15-year-old son. the boy later died from his injuries. >> he shot his own son. for me and my guys, it's hard for us to wrap our brain around that, hurting your own child. we're pretty angry about it. especially because of the moved into the area to escape his abuse. she had a restraining order against him but it expired last month. wal-mart shoppers on the edge of south florida found a registered sex offender making that store his home. 27-year-old jones was busted and charged with using a computer to lure a child to engage in sex while he listed

registering his main home address as this wal-mart. the manager is blown away by the news. some shoppers plan to steer clear of that retail giant until they know the coast is clear. >> i probably never will come back here unless i have no other row source. >> the sheriff's office says his debt is legal. it's up to wal-mart officials to serve him with a trespass notice in order to have him kicked off the property. >> legal, huh. well, this i out of a scary movie. a woman jogging on a trail said someone wearing a ghost faced mask jumped out and started walking toward her. seattle police say the jogger screamed and ran to a nearby market and called 911. officers serged the area but never found the masked person. it has regulars pretty spooked ! the guy is creepy.

it's now getting dark out. >> some are chalking it up to a very early halloween prank. >> the ups and downs of marriage had one bank robber begging to go to jail. 70-year-old lawrence john ripple entered a bank and handed the teller a note demanding cash. after getting the money he set had done. he told officers he had been arguing with his wife and he had rather be in jail than at home with his wife. a beachgoer discovers 130 million year old -- on the beach in australia. the woman was collecting seashells when she felt a large indentation in the sand. it turned out to be massive

a faithoologist said the tracks were probably made by a medium sized carnivore. water and sand over time keeps covering it up. that's remarkable. >that's really, really cool. >> and it's not been eroded away. >i do that. >> your giant boots. >> let's talk about what's going on. first of all, severe weather threat for today and tonight. notice the yellow and green means a small chance for a severe storm. the yellow means a slighter and higher risk. chicago has a risk of showers and storms downtown. this is for tomorrow.

marginal risk for severe storm or two with damaging winds being the main threat. we'll continue to watch as a front moves our way during the afternoon and evening. we'll watch for a strong to severe storm. thursday, could be a friday night football game impacted or thursday night football game impacted by thunder weather. here's the line of showers and storms. the front is stalled out. i'll draw that in. here's the front. it will slide our way and be knocking on the door with showers and storms. in the meantime, we have a few pop up thunderstorms earlier west of cleveland. collide toward vemilian but they faded out as quickly as they arrived. boom. gone. good news there. here toward atwater still seeing this thunder shower

28 with 90 plus degrees for greater cleveland since may, early may. notice hue dry we are. dry is relative. the humidity is almost cut it with a knife thick. so at least the rain fall will be limited once we get rid of the showers and thunderstorms. here's 11:00 p.m. tonight. we'll take you all the way through the morning commute. there we go. 3:00 a.m., 4:00 a.m., 5 a.m. morning rush. showers and thunderstorms rearriving tomorrow mainly during the afternoon and again a couple of the storms with damaging winds. here's what's left of hermine. going to slide up over nan tucket. for us, this front becomes a cold front and brings a good round of rain and stalls out and comes back north friday and slides south saturday. it's some hit and miss rain and thunder friday and again saturday with saturday the

wow, warm and muggy. should be dry tomorrow. 90 again and scattered afternoon storms. >> tracking down the bad guys. >> a new program could make it easier to keep them off our streets. all new, the important roll you could play. almost a dozen schools send students home early. they could get off early another day. >> first, apple making their iphone. but at what cost. why some of the changes have

. a smart phone with no head set jack and a revamp of the apple watch. those were the major announcement at apple's big event today.

>> expectations were running high as apple announced its new products wednesday. the most anticipated. >> it's the best iphone that we have ever created. >> apple's iphone 7 and iphone 7 plus. the water resistant cell phones come with dual cameras, longer battery life and the most talked about new feature. >> we're taking the headphones and iphone 7 and 7 plus to lightning. >> the headphone jack. instead, it comes with ear pods that connect to the lightning port. also announced completely wireless air pods. a concept it will take some users a time to get use to. >> anyone that owns the devices adapts to the change. i think you'll see the same thing happen. it's controversial for a few weeks or months but anyone who upgrades is going to have to adapt. >> apple watches also getting an upgrade.

in gps. >> you're probably wondering about the cost of the phones. the iphone 7 started at $649. the plus $769. preorders start friday, september 9th. abc news, los angeles. >it's a paperweight. and the man accused of being caught up in one of the biggest cocaine busts in north east ohio faces a judgment find out what happened inside that courtroom. news channel 5 at 6:00 begins

. if you had had the chance to help solve or stop a crime, would you? many businesses and homeowners have surveillance cameras to help keep themselves safe. >> what if police knew of a crime nearby help tracking down video. the prosecutor is starting up a program where those with cameras can voluntarily reenlister their camera with the agency. >> investigators hope this is going to help catch criminals. >> prosecutors believe if you register your security camera you could make your neighborhood safer.