live. always investigating. always on your side. newschannel5 starts now. >> paramedics and police working all through the night to keep two dozen people alive. i have an update on the shocking spike of heroin overdoses here in akron. why some local firefighters will not be able to show their appreciation to those who gave their lives on 9/11. first taking a live look outside. here is downtown cleveland. those are gray skies hanging above. hello and welcome to this saturday edition of good

meteorologist janessa webb. first it is muggy and then we will be affected why some rain. >> tomorrow i can promise you better weather but we are tracking severe storms. we have already seen round one. we started to see a line form out toward toledo. it has tracked toward the east affecting most of our viewing area with widespread rain. some of these goalie washer cells this morning you are probably noticing some minor flooding on our roadways continuing to slide to the east. right now affected is medicine and mentor with some -- madison and mentor with northern geauga county with a few isolated raindrops. the brunt of the moisture

definitely some minor flooding out toward geneva on the lake across 90 east. this is moving fairly quickly here. then we will see kind of a dry slot forming right now. you can see the brunt of this moisture continues to that toward the north throughout the afternoon providing us with more wet weather throughout your saturday afternoon. temperatures are still very much on e , good morning millersburg. you are in the mid-70s with upper 60s ashtabula as the rain slices through you are seeing cooler conditions. the main concern throughout the afternoon is going to be the same winds picking up a 35 miles-per-hour definitely

>> thanks, janessa. >> the heroin epidemic sweeping through the nation. whenever on community continue to feel the devastating affect. 24 overdoses happening in akron in just one day. meg shaw live in akron for us this morning. meg, what is the latest on the latest search? >> me know overdose calls have come in since 11 p.m. friday night but that is not to say it is not happening here in the city. in just nine hours 24 cases of heroin overdoses were reported. they say it is because of a bad batch of heroin. a 3-year-old wandered off while three adults were in the house being treated for overdose.

second time this week we have seen a child being infected by a drug. experts say this can have a lifelong effect on children. they are helping more children than ever before. >> sadly, there is the need for an ongoing service. it is not that you come in once . it is something that is a healing process. >> reporter: experts also tell us children who are exposed to these kinds of drugs also even into adulthood. sickened them help early is very important. -- so getting them in early is very important. a driver crashed his truck into a poll in his car catches fire. meg shaw, newschannel5 . >> thank you, meg . while the heroin epidemic is running

effects spreading to other areas as well. on the heels of a crackdown with 15 arrested. in this undercover operation, many admitted to shoplifting to help pay for the heroin habit. the latest arrest came after they tried to steal 22 pairs of jeans from a local target. >> stealing from family members and then the basically found it is easier to go to stores to commit >> the investigation has been able to recover more than $8500 of stolen goods. some cleveland firefighters are upset with the chief's refusal to let them wear commemorative 9/11 polo shirts. the chief had a response to the request and it was denied. a department spokesperson said it is out of a desire to honor

>> we look at it as we want to remember these men for the efforts that they made. if you're going to a funeral you would not go in a polo shirt. you would go in your best attire. >> so instead of the polo shirt, the chief is asking all firefighters to wear the dress uniforms to any 9/11 events this weekend. tonight cleveland will hold the largest of five free concerts promoting reproductive rights. the group is hosting the concert . the goal is to raise support for abortion rights. it starts at 8:00 at the cleveland state university hosting center -- will sting --

center. they say they will share alternate outlooks on reproductive rights. thank you so much for starting your saturday with us. i nick foley. coming up this morning, the u.s. finally has a deal with pressure on syria. we will share the details. and people are walking to a bowling alley all for the chance to become a millionaire. janessa of course has we are waking up to wet conditions. i will show you what the next round of severe storms is

good morning, everyone. i power of 5 meteorologist janessa webb. we saw the rain moves across our viewing area early. right now as we are putting on the latest, gang affected from jefferson to geneva on the lake. we are not seeing any hail, folks. but these are heavy downpours moving across ashtabula county. it is moving in and out here very quickly. we do have another round behind this moisture you are currently seeing. the big set up here is this is going to be an equal

our major concern throughout the afternoon starting around 3 pm is heavy downpours and winds up to 35 miles-per-hour. with this rain that will move through here, we could see some heavy downpours. we are going to track that minor flooding. the good news is this is a cold front making its way in. the heat and humidity we have been experiencing really cools us off a lot of activity on those radar maps. they do, janessa. one old high school student may be the busiest student around. marion place two boys varsity sports. not only is she the only female on the soccer team, but she is also the placekicker on the football team. >> i tried freshman year and they didn't believe me.

>> i think it is very impressive to be a two sport athlete in one season. >> she practices with the soccer team one hour after school and that her mom drives her to football practice. it does not affect her class work either. go ravens. thousands of people are flocking to a small ohio village for a weekly raffle. the queen of hearts jackpot at sky lanes bowling has million. no one has won for over a year. >> we pulled the king of hearts a few weeks ago and my heart stopped. it is going to be awesome. i cannot wait to see the reactions of the people that win this. >> the eventual winner must attend the drawing to win. the next is tomorrow.

and i are heading on sunday. as we head to break, here is a look at last night's winning lottery numbers.

welcome back. it is 6:15 on your saturday. the united states and russia are finalizing plans to reduce the violence in syria. the plan outlines a political transition that would end the

the secretary of state kerry said the deal could be a turning point. that everyone is happy with it. several officials say it requires too much interaction with russia. all right. janessa joins us now for another look at weather. the best part when it is so wet is you get to say gully washers a lot. >> i do. severe weather potential is very high around the 3:00 hour. we have already seen a good sport of wet weather move across east ohio this morning. the clouds are definitely intact throughout your afternoon. i do want to show you from our radar the moisture is causing our temperatures just to pull a tad bit. we are still in the mid-70s so the bubble up warm air is still in place. that is not really going to change until the cold front moves throughout the evening.

has been extremely high with oppressive air for the last week. we are in the upper 60s and lower 70s. you definitely have the ac cranking. just one more day until you will be able to open the window and get the nice, refreshing air by tomorrow afternoon. i want to show you some heavy downpours and geneva and the madison area sliding out to the east greenwich quickly. we weather pattern so if you have morning plans maybe farmers market, you will be a okay. we will not see things wrapping up until the 3:00 hour. dispatch of moisture will continue to make its way across northeast ohio. today we are under the risk of storms and the major concern is

up to 35 miles-per-hour. also, heavy downpours. i will show you here in just a moment our accumulation totals. you can see just a little bit of isolated activity throughout the rest of the morning with isolated raindrops in medina county moving in and out. we are pretty quiet around 3:00 with the band of moisture really revving up. this is 7:15. if you have dier at this widespread moisture wicking its way through. these are the yellows and the oranges. these are those gully washers make was just -- mc -- nick was just discussing. look at accumulation totals. this is up to an inch of moisture from stork -- stork --

if you are on social media, i want you to have it open all day long and i will keep you updated on these storms. today, nick, it is 88 degrees with 61 by tonight. i will show you the seven-day forecast when the refreshing cool air returns coming up. >> thank you, janessa. we are already talking about magic numbers when it comes to the indians as they win again on the round as jackson and the browns repair for the youth movement to move in. here is andy bass it with our morning sports report. >> now 5 on your side sports . >> reporter: the minessota twins high in the air. wow, what a home run for mike napoli last

with the indians bringing the magic number down to 17 with a 5-4 win in minnesota. the tigers also won last night so the indians get a little bit closer to try to win the central. tomorrow the brands open the season in philadelphia. there is 13 rookies on the active roster. tomorrow is all about getting those young guys the crucial playing time. >> making sure that takes to be a big time nfl pro player and then what it takes to win each and every week. i think we have done that. now we have got to go win. and that is where my mind is all of the time. >> reporter: and don't forget tomorrow a special hour-long edition of the browns countdown . then dawgs on the run at its

on periscope. -- live and on periscope. ohio state plays tulsa a little bit later today at 3:30 before the trip to oklahoma. the buckeyes put a lot of points on the board this time last week against bowling green. they cannot take tulsa likely. >> we have coming up this week 18 that the sound -- san jose soundly -- jose family. and the coordinator that used to coach here at ohio state. they are very solid defense. >> reporter: and the only place to watch ohio state today is right here on newschannel5. we have michigan on at noon with scholars saturday at 7:00 and then -- scarlet saturday at 7:00 and then the bristol motor speedway.

>> the mcdonald's 5 on your sidelines begins now. >> it is week three in the high school football season. welcome to mcdonald's 5 on your sidelines. she is lauren brill. and i andy baskin. we talk about a playoff preview this year and would also happened last year with solon and trees connected to logan lindsay with 44 yards on that path being to a nice field-goal attempt that is blocked. good defense by solon. we take it to the fourth quarter now with the bulldogs still down by a field goal threatening to score. that is joe cauble for the season. he continues to have a good season this year.

point. 34 seconds to go and kyle chamber completes the pass. they cannot hang on and the ball goes into the hands of the bulldogs. stow goes on to win 13-10 . lots of support last night at brunswick even so it is brunswick getting on the board first. a little zigzag before the takeoff with an early hooks up with steve to run the game up at seven. the blue devils lost their lead back with alex persky making it happen. the beavs came back and won in overtime. now we head over to westwood. here comes the demons hosting avon lake.

avon lake's taylor nelson taking it to the house. they are up 7-0. second-quarter now avon lake of 14-7 with sherman kicking off taking it from the 10 and no one is going to stop him. all of the way to the end zone with a 90 yard kickoff return. that would bring the game up to 14 with avon lake proving 2-1 on the year. >> who is that guy? we should see him later tonight. we are just the third time entry. that guy is the michigan state offensive coordinator. benedctine came out on fire and he goes on to score and the fans are pretty happy about this. the tigers coming back. 60 yards, what a job.

on offenses bonanza with 47-40. >> i like that word. bonanza. a little tie-dye action going on last night with the titans coming out strong in the second half. the extra point is no good with a 20-17 lead. they do not stumble using the environment again going for it the conversion. it is parting ways for debbie pat allen going on to win 42- 39. >> the rangers hosting olmsted right before halftime with liquid driving. finishes it off with a 6 yard touchdown run and the rangers heading into the locker room. the third quarter, what with the eagles do?

spencer breaks away and takes it to the house. the bulldogs up 28-20 going on to win 43-20. another burner getting a 3 yard run wow. 24 yards and then william junior, who are you giving that one credit to? watch this gem. that was pretty. bedford wins 32-22. >> hudson comes up for a last night game. hudson already up in the first with a bog been released to greg malley into the

try it again leaving another pass downfield but this one the kickoff by xavier smith. jackson parker started the game off on fire but once again kicked off the second time. this time dale daniels 24-24. >> plenty of games tonight with glenville and saint edward. tonight at newschannel5 at 11:00. don't forget ohio state playing tulsa a little bit later today. have a great day, everybody. the idea was to get rid of annoying bedbugs, but instead it is the workers feeling the pain and new concerns members of the public may have been exposed as well. so the city of cleveland making history again preparing for its first ever ufc event.

we start with another live look outside from our earthcam in downtown cleveland. as you begin your weekend, you will have to do with rain for sure. i nick foley and have several stories for you including an alarming increase in heroin

we have meg shaw with more. but first a check on the weather with janessa webb. we are off to a soggy start. things have started to calm down. we saw a line of storms really develop throughout your overnight hours. things are starting to dry out, but that was just round one across our viewing area. right now still be affected his ashtabula county. the great news in and out fairly quickly. also side of lake county from painesville to the mentor area. it is finally getting a little bit of a break for geauga county still chardon is in the eye of more wet weather moving your way. ashtabula to geneva-on-the-lake you can see it is moving fairly quickly finally getting us overcast skies for the rest of

of moisture really track in here by 2:00 or 3:00. we are not calling this weekend a complete washout calmly even though we are going to be tracking severe storms for your evening. look at the cool down and we are tracking shunt sign -- sunshine tomorrow after a hot and steamy wheat -- week. there seems to be no end in sight to epidemic. in the last 24 hours there was a dozen overdose calls in akron where we find meg shaw this morning following this story for us. meg, what is the latest? >> reporter: police are in akron say heroin laced with fentanyl and carfentanil is to blame. it is now responsible for 24 overdose calls in about nine hours.

police tell us the driver crashed into a pool in the parking lot of the chapel hill mall hitting a guardrail. minutes later, his truck was on fire. he was passed out when police arrived. likely, he made it out alive but is now left with serious burns. it did not stop there on friday. on canton road police found a suspected overdose victim and another brittain road. maybe the most disturbing of them all, police found a 3-year- old wandering through a neighborhood while the adults were being treated for overdoses. we did speak with police. they haven't had any overdose calls since 11:00 friday night. however, they are keeping a close eye on this terrifying situation. we will keep you updated if anything happens.

children are having some us exposure, schools are taking action to bring awareness. one district in elyria city made a 15 minute educational video they are showing two students grades four through 12 -- to students grades 4 through 12. one paramedic explained how to build it is to save lives when the >> it is just everywhere. they are becoming a bit more clever with what they mix it with. it is almost like they are fighting us. >> state lawmakers have begun calling on governor jon kasich to declare a public health emergency to free up resources for education. a north olmsted man is

the 20 year old islamic shulman hit his brother yesterday. they were are going about their marriages. the brother-in-law was not badly injures -- injured and shulman now faces assault charges. a report of road rage in westlake. thomas hard faced a handgun at another driver. he was stopped in avon and arrested for pr federal regulators are rejecting a request to charge new premiums for those unmedicated. has republicans included the hell the ohio program -- house republicans included the healthy ohio program. it undermines access to coverage. if you ever wanted to work with exotic animals, the akron

employees. they are hosting a job for today and tomorrow from 8:30 am until 11:00. a number of spots are available. a local fighting champion is preparing to take the octagon tonight. he is going to make heavyweight history tonight defending his title. the firefighter will go against auburn. there is 10 other fights on the bill and they are both men and women. is at that 7:00 which includes the fight of miocic . it will also be on pay per view. also jessica is featured. still ahead, those with samsung phones will not want to miss this story. why airlines are warning you

>> i don't think anybody knew what to expect other than something is wrong here and anyplace could be the next target. tomorrow marks 50 years since all of our lives changed. leon bibb shares his perspective on a day no one will ever forget. and the power of 5 tracking widespread rain right now with a little bit of a break. i will give you the exact timing on windstorms and heavy downpours roll through our

good morning, everyone. kicking off the start of your weekend with rain and one already moving through throughout your overnight tonight. temperatures are still on the very warm side. you will start to notice the transition in our temperatures by tomorrow afternoon. today in richland county and mansfield 84 degrees. we are doing with upper 80s for greate southerly breeze that will pick up this afternoon at 15 to 20 miles-per-hour as the front start to track in. near 90 degree weather for stark and summit counties. everyone is wondering about the osu game in tulsa. i think the weather will slice through this afternoon around 3:30 pm.

>> thank you, janessa. a routine traffic stop in wood county just removed a huge amount of pot off the streets. ohio state troopers have taking a new york mets into custody after they found 92 pounds of marijuana in his car. the value of it was over $200,000. a health scare for cleveland workers with toxic dust used to treat bedbugs have made some of them sick. there members of the public they also be exposed. they reported nausea and vomiting on february 19. a new report shows it may be due to toxic insists aside -- insecticide sprayed inside. >> we just really want people who have been in this office to know. they have a right to know.

>> the company that handled the spraying did not respond to a request for comment. security administration is helping with workers comp's claims and speaking with health experts to see what to do next. if you see this happening, you can text or email us at 5tips@newsnet.com . or you can be sure to treat us -- tweet us

welcome back. some sad news from bangladesh as 12 are confirmed dead and 20 injured after an explosion at a packaging doctor. officials say a boiler exploded. factory safety is a major concern in bangladesh. moving to politics now, the verbal sparring hillary clinton. >> reporter: said yesterday clinton could shoot somebody in public and still avoid prosecution referring to the fbi's decision not to recommend charges against clinton. trump made a similar remark about shooting someone and not losing focus -- votes while campaigning. the low flow continues on the other side as hillary

that half of donald trump supporters pull into the basket of deplorable's. clinton called those supporters homophobic and xena phobic. she also said people are looking for change because of economic anxiety. we first saw the dangers with exporting hoverboards. now we can add cell phones to the list, specifically the samsung galaxy smart seven. he customers stop using the new phone on the heels of reports of them catching fire. the aviation administration also warning passengers not to turn on or charge the phones during flight or put them in check luggage. they are recalling the galaxy note 7 phones worldwide. another problem with the batteries. janessa joining us now.

moisture today, for sure. >> yes. here we go with a nice draw this afternoon. severe weather we are tracking. we have already seen a good dose of rain move throughout our viewing area. you are going to notice the temperatures today, they are still fairly high and the muggy meter in the lower 70s. that is oppressive air that the northeast ohio. good morning, elyria with cuyahoga county at mid-70s and upper 60s with the rain currently falling for ashtabula county. it little bit of a cool down toward the east. we have isolated raindrops making its way out of lake county and that is north perry with heavy downpours heading to geneva and ashtabula with another dose of rain waking up

we are going to see kind of a dry spot that will form here across northeast ohio. this will be the next batch of tropical moisture that will move in as we head into the 2:00 or 3:00 our -- hour. we already have flash flood concerns for st. louis and portions of the central plains. this will look to the north with concerns for northeast ohio throughout concern and also straight-line winds picking up here as the moisture makes its way through. i want to show you hour by hour. at 10:30 we are okay. that is good news around 10:00 we could see a peak of sunshine from route 30 corridor into wayne county. the cloud deftly intact closer to the lake.

notice the moisture moves in once again with the heavy downpours really starting to surge in here by the 7:00 hour. by 11:00 or 12:00 tonight, we should be in the clear here. these are commissioned totals near 2 inches -- accumulative totals near 2 inches. make sure you are following me @janessawebb ca these storms could go to severe status. 61 in definitely a cooler weather pattern tracking in as the front moves through. look at this. it is not a washout weekend. sunday afternoon we are back in the 70s tracking a little rain tuesday afternoon into wednesday. temperatures back into the 70s, my style. >> thank you, janessa.

anyone old enough to remember can recall the shock felt across the country. as we prepare to remember, leon bibb takes a look back at his report on the 10th anniversary and what it was like in our newsroom. >> reporter: the day was beautiful. skies horizon to horizon the deepest of blue. a late summer day. the nation was gutted instantly change the world forever. some of this video from september 11, 2001 from the newschannel5 vault was recorded and archived by dennis cassidy. >> emotionally, it was a very hard. we knew it was our own people dying in the blazes. >> reporter: 15 years ago this newsroom was on highest priority

family and friends. who was there that day. >> reporter: that day was 9/11 2001. terrorist tried to do the same with a fourth airplane with the northeast ohio skies having the location of the hijacking of flight 93, which crashed into the pennsylvania meadow when passengers fought for control of it. it was put into th target. >> possibly toward the white house. it crashed in pennsylvania. >> reporter: the story hit cleveland when an airplane landed at cleveland hopkins airport. newschannel5 cameramen bob seeley was dispatched. >> i don't know if we expected it to blow up. >> i saw officers went up and down the stairs to get into the

what to expect other than something is wrong here. any place could be the next target. >> reporter: that playing was later to -- playing -- plane was later determined to be clean. we all wondered what could happen next and where. >> especially when it comes to a situation like 9/11. it could hit everybody. my brother was on a train that arrived at the trade towers maybe 20 first plane hit. he was okay and he walked through the city because all of the so please were shut down. -- subways were shut down. basically, the entire city walking out. you are talking 8 million people. >> reporter: newschannel5 covered the aspects of the tragic story. there is few pictures of the newsroom process.

inward. focus was on the terrorist attacks and on defensive measures of america and northeast ohio to rush help where it was needed picks up we were trying to get in contact with construction workers and local police. trying to find out when they were going and to see if we could assist them and bring the story home to northeast ohio. >> everything was happening right in front of your own eyes . you st as you could because things were happening all around. >> reporter: in my career i cannot equate 9/11 with any other day. it was a worldwide story which unfolded all around us and at the same time there was a motion which flowed through our own bodies. 15 years later it still gets me very hard right here. here in the newschannel5 newsroom we chronicled the events of a horrible day and

nerves >> you cannot help but feel the emotion. you have to check it and put it behind you and do your job. but it is still there. >> everyone was out there and all of the reporters and photographers was feeling the same fears that you were. they just have to keep them down in up to continue to do their job. >> reporter: in the minds of individuals and in the nation's images of 9/11. they will never retreat. for america, 9/11 was a turning point. the nation will never forget and neither will the journalists in the newsroom where i labor chronicling the events which have touched our times and our lives. from newschannel5, i leon bibb

we are waking up to a little bit of rain. or widespread rain and severe storms possible this afternoon. i tomorrow, 73. >> we will see you back at 8:00 after gma. >> good morning cleveland has been brought to you by precision door.

good morning, america. new this morning, turn them off. the urgent warning from the consumer product safety commission about samsung's troubled galaxy note 7. fire risk, fears they could burst in flames and don't even think about using them on an the candidates launching new attacks. >> she could walk into this arena right now and shoot somebody with 20,000 people watching. >> and this from hillary clinton. >> you could put half of trump's supporters into the basket of deplorables. >> the reaction to the candidate's comments this morning. >> dramatic rescue. the race against time. officers pulling a woman and two infants out of this burning car. >> i started hearing citizens