. 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.

to an arrest. surveillance video helped cleveland police catch an early morning rapist. car jackings and snatch and grabs caught on tape. now prosecutors want to create a map and data base of cameras. security cameras could be used on this program. a program that's volunteer. >we want to get all of the evidence we can. >> prosecutor program. prosecutors would like homeowners and businesses to let them know if they have a camera. the program is just starting and they want to get the word out. >> we are in partnership with the police department and community groups to get this information into our data base and push it back out to law enforcement. >> they know the addresses where the cameras are and will help police get the evidence

eyes on the video. >> video surveillance is a great piece of evidence. i think it's a clear piece of evidence that can either exonerate somebody or implicate them. >> those interested the fill out the form on our web ohio city neighborhood and will be rolled out county wide. live, paul kiska, news channel 5. >> right now, police trying to track down a shooter near the university of akron. around 2:30 this afternoon one person was taken to akron general medical center and the university believes that victim was not a student. we're working to get more information for youened will bring you the latest. >> a major drug bust in

hundred pounds of cocaine into the law enforcement. two men are charged with one of the biggest cocaine busts in ohio. kristin standing by live and two men appeared in federal court and we're talking about millions of dollars in street value here. reporter: yeah, we're talking nearly $4 million. they appeared here in federal court and used an foreigns. the cameras weren't allowed inside. what your about see is the large amount of cocaine they seen last weekend. >> a whopping 200 pounds of cocaine is what you see in this photo. >> it has a street value of $2.9 million. >> officials tell us all this was inside a semihere in a fenced in lock on cleveland

these two men one 54 and the other 28 are behind bars. >> this is probably one of the largest caesers in cleveland in a decade. >> he tells us these bricks were hidden but could not elaborate as to where. the department of justice says this bust started as a tip last friday. someone told the d.e.a. a semiwith california plates was headed from baltimore to cleveland to either deliver drugs or pick up drug money. the agents found the truck here and they noticed these two men working on it and when they left in a separate car and headed down i-90, officers stopped the men for speeding and arrested them.

attorney prosecuting the case. >> that is literally significant throughout the community. >> one of the defendant's attorneys declined to talk to us today and the other could not be reached. both men appear back here in federal court next week. live in cleveland, news channel 5. >> while a major drug bust was made here, officials in cincinnati are trying to get a grip on the heroine epidemic a local judge. it would give anybody who turns in heroine or feintal a free pass. >> police say alexis of township was arrested shortly

late monday night. after he was chased down he was taken to a local hospital with dog bites. both victims are recovering. >> sheriffs are looking for a gunman who shot a man. last night, the victim was found with a wound to his leg. they're asking for help identifying the shooter. if anybody has any information you're asked to call the sheriff's department. >> a falls man spends the next five years in prison after violentl friend's baby. william joe pleaded guilty to child endangerment charges almost a year after shaking the 8 month old child. he was living with his girl friend on second street at the time when he confessed to police. according to the prosecutors office the child suffered temporary paralysis as a result of the shaking. >> students in the cleveland school district got to go home early today because it was just too darn hot to be in school. >> way too hot. according to the district they

are old and don't have air conditions. they're not sure right now if schools will be open tomorrow. >> some have closed their schools in expecting the high temperatures. we're keeping an eye on potential storms, is that true? >> that's true. another hot day tomorrow for many of you. we'll see clouds and thunderstorms that may limit the temperatures by a couple of clicks. but still, 94 degrees in that's outside. inside in nonair conditioned class room whether you get the green house effect going, 100 degrees. not good for a learning environment in any district anywhere in northern ohio. keep that in mind tomorrow. 90 and 89. 88 and currently 90 in mansfield. we've had a couple of isolated thunder showers there.

lorraine a thunder shower. boom, gone. we had a little bit of thunder and rain showers fading out. good news about dry weather for your evening activities. near 90 degrees at 6:00 and middlest at 8:00 and lower 80s at 10:00. lower heat and humidity. >a cleveland heights mother says mismanagement is forcing him to miss class. she called us for help after dealing with several days of no bus service. derrick live right now. that's just the beginning of her grievances. reporter: she says it started with a lack of transportation and then she says when the school put in a bus stop they put it in right here in east cleveland. that's several blocks down the hill from where they live in

attendance record. >> payne tells me the new bus stop is -- her son goes to east academy in cleveland. it's a publicly funded charter school. we called and then dropped by but the principal locked me out. and called security. a spokes person told me this is a resu closer to his home. they negligented to tell him or his mother. >> i was mad and had to walk back up the hill in the rain. >> they're confused and don't have anything together and unorganized. a lot of problems going on with this school. >> and the school tells me they have now fixed the issue and communicated that bus stop change to ebony and her son. the bus stop is now up that hill a little closer to their

live in east cleveland, news channel 5. >> coming up, next to the presidential race, the senate race between rob and ted is one of the more watched races in the country. there will be fewer adds for one of those candidates. we'll explain why. >> plus another week, another round of candidates for the white house we'll be greeting and meeting with voters across north east ohio. we'll tell you when and where. >> and remember the news happening, text or e-mail us tips at news net 5.com or

. ohio's race for the u.s. senate is one of the most costly contests in the country. >> strickland used millions of dollars in outside money to buy adds. john joins us now. john, some of that money now being pulled? >> yeah, the super pack helping democrats in their bid to take back the senate is pulling $3 million in add buys in ohio. they are the second super pack to do so. the pack already spent millions in ohio in an effort to help

24 republican seats up for grabs to flip the game control of the senate to tracking sources. the past two weeks have changed projection in ohio from toss up. portman held an eight point lead in one resent poll. strickland dismisses super pack decisions. >> those decisions are made in washington and i'm here in ohio and i think a lot of times people in washington live in a bubble. they have no on in the ground, on the ground. do i wish they hadn't pulled the adds? yes. i would liked to have had that kind of support. >> strickland feels the advantage is in the clinton democratic party ground game with the whole get out the vote efforts. rob. >> fascinating stuff. now presidential dominee donald trump about to speak to a crowd. this event coming before

clinton airing tonight after a trump laid out a national security policy speech in philadelphia this morning. if he wins the election, he plans on increasing spending in the military. at the same he criticized mrs. clinton and the time she spent as secretary of state. >> sometimes it seemed like there wasn't a country in the middle east that hillery clinton didn't want to invade or intervene in or topple. she's unstable. >> he also called clinton wreckless for her use of private e-mail server he says could have been hacked and we've just learned donald trump will be here in cleveland tomorrow and speak at the cleveland arts and social science academy in the afternoon. >> rob, he was just in town with hillery clinton and tonight we're learning democratic vice presidential nominee tim scene is also coming back to north eastern

told us exactly where but we know he'll be somewhere in act con tuesday. >> it's time to talk about the heat. >> 94 in cleveland, 94 yesterday and that matches 28 days of -t 0 plus. >> i think we're going to hit 30 by the end of september. we're going tomorrow. i want to cut it. yes. to ten. >> 30 days, it's in the contract. >> 50-dollar bonus. let's take a look at what's going on outside right now in akron. we have hazy sunshine in downtown akron. let me show you worster. we've got cumulous clouds and

concord looking west over. we've got some thin clouds overhead. all in all not a bad day to be outside if you love summer heat. it's still 91 in cleveland. 91 akron. 89canton. mansfield8 6. currently youngstown showers and thunderstorms we're going to watch develop, bubble up and fade. here are some moving through the county and column bee anna and most of those have gone bye bye. try to get a few here over towards san dusky at the turnpike. almost quickly as they pop, they fade it out. showers and storms currently over lower michigan. they'll slide towards the east. if one tries to stray southward, i think it would fade out. the sun has gone down and losing its energy. it's this front that's going to bring a higher threat for

area. there's a threat for isolated severe storm tomorrow afternoon and even. 950th degrees is doable for the first straight day. thursday night to friday morning with showers and storms the front stalls out. it becomes a stalled front across central and southern ohio and moves back north. saturday looks to be a very wet weather day. 76 tonight. not a cool down.

tomorrow let's bring it up. 87-90 degrees. scattered storms. if you didn't see rain today you have a better shot tomorrow. any early thunder should fade quickly. tomorrow 89 some sorts could be severe. friday one or two storms 85. 85 saturday with the front coming through. this looks to be a wet day. heavy rain potentially and sunday, here's the pay off. now we get the cooler less humid air in. 74. >> thank you, mark. >> nothing says 90-degree temperatures like football.

>we have a special and we're going to preview that with the new est member of the team

early on they'll play at 7:10 and we'll talk about that. tonight at 7:00 it's brown's count down and special preview to the season. we're joined by the newest member of the team. every morning it will be welcome to the team. i'm excited to work with you again. >> thank you. i'm excited to work with you. i want to talk about the homer they gave up last night. i'm not >> you got any baseball left in you? >> no. i would never stand there with a curve ball. no, i love baseball and i really love the indians. >> all right. let's talk about the browns because we have our special tonight. let's talk about hue jackson and his impact on the team so far. >> i think he was like a rook can i football player that's gone through preseason. he's starting to see everything a little bit different. obviously, he was a head coach

going to have the players leaving. that's the most parent thing. i always said if you believe you win he was so confident. he knew he had the young football team but he's going to put that in the guy's minds. >> there's no question he's the kind of guy you'll run through a wall for. he's definitely a player of the coach. you know where you stand. you respect him and know he's the guy that's going to tell you the truth he's been there. i tell you what, if you're a quash you have to like this guy because of the things and how he's developed. >> let's talk a little bit more about rg iii. he was named captain today and been an extension on the field. what do you like about him? >> what i like about it, i don't like where everybody's talking about this guy. can't read defenses and don't know where the slide and hasn't

what, are you his coach? only he knows that. i like rg iii. i think the thing he wants to do is prove to everybody he can still play. i think he's going to do that. the big key for him, we have to keep him healthy. that's going to be a tough, tough job with the big defensive tackle they are talking about. i think we see him stay healthy, he has got young receivers and i think we're going to do well. >> about 20 seconds left. carson on >> like him. big and strong and obviously played at north dakota. this kid can play. he wasn't second pick for nothing. >> we'll see you tonight at 7:00. we'll have the whole crew. we'll get you back here. back to you guys in the studio.

>> i don't want to break all the stadium lightbulbs like last year. >> that was a big mess. >> i missed that.

tonight, the new shooting caught on camera in a city under siege. a 71-year-old man shot while simply watering his lawn. his neighbor's camera capturing his struggle to then get help. and now the plea this evening to find the suspects. also tonight, the deadly storm. we're tracking the tropical system moving across a month's worth of rain in just hours. and the severe storms now ahead. the commander in chief test. donald trump, who once said he had a secret plan to take out isis. his big reveal tonight. and after our interview, trump saying hillary clinton doesn't look presidential, tonight, chelsea clinton, center stage, firing back. the deadly mid-air collision. two planes colliding, the second time in a week. and the spoiler. what amazon posted early today