there's a very troubling story of a community without the suburb of cleveland does not have an ambulance. what they had was a donated squad but it just broke down. what know in the suburb? >> it's been financially strapped for a long period of time many news 5 meg shaw has been digging into the story trying to determine what this mean for residents and others who would be in need of emergency medical care. >> it's a vicious psych that we

and everybody's tired. and i know our guys are tired. they're really beat. >> that's east cleveland fire department union president thomas booth. he says he's frustrated. >> it's not just our lives that are in danger. >> they lost is sunday morning when the air tank went out. that was three days since it was donated from mayfield heights. facebook post. they are responding to 9-1-1 calls with their engine truck. it all the same equipment as an ambulance exception for a stretcher and they can't take people to the hospital. what does this mean for the residents of east cleveland? >> a very major safety concern. it's a life or death situation for them. >> they're relying on mutual aid. anyone that needs to go to the hospital with have to wait for an ambulance in the surrounding community.

it overburdens them with our problems as well. >> i did speak with the east cleveland fire chief. he says a new air tank is being shipped today. they're hoping to the part replaced and pack in service by this afternoon. we'll keep you updated on what happened. meg shaw. news channel 5. we know the name of a man accused of opening fire on i-71 causing a major shutdown yesterday. troopers tell a johnson started a police chase. it started at a rest stop may have been completely random. >> the male got out of the car to go to the restroom while the female waited in the car. when the male returned to the car he was shot approximately six times. johnson then led police on a chase that went for nearly that miles.

police say he shot himself. he's been identified as alexander l. merchant. he's listed in critical condition. the driver aaccused of killing one woman and hurting another. clark duive was likely on heroin when he hit the woman while they were changing a tire. ?? his bond was set. the woman injured in the crash is still recovering in the witness testimony start today. in the murder trial of douglas shine. she's charged with the murder of three people at the barbershop last year. he's accused of orchestrating a killing of the witness to the crime. a blaze was a house at east 100 and grove wood avenue. that's in the -- the northeast side of the city.

you can see damage. no one was inside the damage when the fire began. and fierce flames ripping through a structure in north canton. you can see the footprint left behind. it was in the 3600 block of the addison street northwest. no word if anyone was injured there. we continue following that story as well. >> here's my friend and yours. theodore looking at blue skies today. >> yes, we are. downtown thanks to bug camera. we are seeing those blue skies. quiet and downtown cleveland. change of pace. remember all the rain we got? temperatures in the 60s. all right at 68 in akron and philadelphia. you'll probably hit the 70s for the high this afternoon. one area of concern lorrain county around 57

little low. much better than what we saw this morning. we'll talk about this afternoon's high and the next best chance of rain. for now, back it you. >> many thanks. hillary clinton is back in the buckeye state of ohio today. clinton is this the toledo area. she's scheduled for a stop in akron later. the dead line to register in ohio by week. if you're interested in going to that event we have a link to rsvp. the most influential basketball player says he is with her. cleveland cavalier star lebron james announcing his endorsement of hillary clinton yesterday. the three-time nba champion wrote an op-ed. in it lebron explained why he backed clinton for

would build on the leg sif legacy of president obama. >> trump made his first public appearance since a report over the weekend that he lost nearly a billion dollars in 19 95 and could have avoided paying federal income taxes for years. more on trump and taxes. >> reporter: at his first campaign event donald trump failed to response to acquisitions that he's a tax security. >> hillary clinton's only experience involves her criminal scheme to violate federal law, engining a mass i have cover up and putting the entire nation in harm's way. >> the gop nominee did not mention the new york times report that he took a nearly billion dollar loss follow the collapse of his atlantic city casino and the airline and the plaza hotel. the huge loss could mean that

income tax. trump's campaign did comment calling the leak of the income tax return illegal. they are calling trump a genius for taking advantage of tax code but the clinton campaign has another story. >> the rigged system out. there donald trump embodies that. he didn't have to pay taxes for 20 years. >> another controversy is brewing for the trump company. according to the associated press, several former cast members coming forward and saying his behavior on that show was crude and sexist. the campaign calling those reports totally false. abc news, washington. stories continuing to make headlines at the noon hour this monday. a powerful storm is on the amuse. the latest threat for hurricane mathew and where military families are being evacuated. that deadly train crash in nnl. why investigators are having a hard time getting the

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here's tomorrow. >> take a look. these clouds. fair weather clouds out in wooster. beautiful conditions out. there i'll lel you know what the temperatures are going to be this afternoon.

the first shooting two men were hit. 15 minutes later minneapolis police officers said gunshots were heard about a block away. there they found three men and one juvenile all wounded by gunfire. right now the hospital listed in serious condition minneapolis police have arrested one person in connection to the second shooting. no arrests in the fist shooting outside the minneapolis police station. police in paris are looking for five men who robbed at gunpoint. reality tv star kim kardashian west a spokeswoman says masked men dressed as police officers broke into her room, tied her up and stole $9 million

she was badly shaken but physically unharmed. her husband kanye west was playing a concert in new york. he told the crowd he it to deal with a family emergency. now to that deadly train crash of last week in new jersey. federal investigators said one the data records was not working on the day of accident. investigators said they still could not re because those items were both dropped in the mangled mess of the wreckage. >> right now it is very dangerous to get in there to see whether there was any application of brakes >> . the train engineer told investigators he had no memory of slamming into the station at hoboken, new jersey. one person was killed and 114 others were hurt in the train karn california issue. >> a monster sorm is turning in

massive category 4 hurricane with enough power to trigger life threatening flash flooding. hey si haiti is feeling the power. taking no chances. it's already evacuating hundred of military family and elizabeth joining us now. good afternoon. >> good afternoon to you. no alerts for the u.s. but the caribbean islands as you mentioned is a different story. it's all about doing ever what could be a devastating blow from mother nature. >> with hurricane mathew on the board jamaica is boarding up windows and reenforcing winds bracing for what could have been catastrophic flooding. >> my family. i just want to know that that they are safe and secure. that's why i'm doing what i'm doing dplsm in cuba,

military to evacuate nearly 700 military families from guantanamo bay. >> the category 4 hurricane also has haiti on high alert. more than 50,000 people are still living in these makeshift tents. temporary homes and the deadly earthquake in 2010. this time around the monster storm could dump up to 40 inch of rain across haiti, cuba stocking up and preparing for a storm that could be the worst they've seen in years. >> it's been chaos. unbelievable amount of -- flashlights. you name it. >> unbelievable shopping. >> and just within the hour, u.s. ficials announce that two disaster response teams from the u.s. are now headed to jamaica with

being blamed for one fatality. a 16-year-old. for the very latest, let's check in with meteorologist. lest go ahead and take a look right now. already 140 miles an hour. it's 70 category five. this is extremely heavy stuff. it's getting ready to cross oafest pan owe la. as we head towards that's when it's bound to start heading for the u.s. as you can see here this is consensus that the models have brought us to. we will get a more definitive track. after it crosses over the island it will downgrade to category 2. more than likely weakening a bit there but that's significant category 2 as we've seen the damage that tropical storms can cause. we're not being impacted by

dried side. all the rain is kind of nice to see this break. here's a look now with the courtesy of weather bug. we've got some consume lus -- which is that fair weather cloud lower visible. as that temperature continues to rise away from the dewpoint we should start to see even more improvements there. take a look at the temperatures. it's cooler in lorraine county however you move towards akron all right approaching their high for the day at 69 degrees. 67 in hampton. right now. how you doing? hang in there. 66 degrees. taking it hour by hour.

but you saw there already near 70. i'm going with a high of 71 degrees today. those clouds you saw in those live shots in and out. really paying some visits. helping to bring some shade from the sun. notice we stay dry. the clouds really beginning to develop throughout the night. then we get some higher clouds. absolutely beautiful on the model alone. ki only imagine how gorgeous it by wednesday, still quiet but those temperatures in the 60s. so you know we are warming up. power 5 serve-day forecast. a few things you want to take away. temperatures approaching 80 by the end of the week. going to be a cool one. that's a look at your forecast. you can get all of our weather updates on the radio. stick around, we'll wrap up the show after the

>> well we appreciate you being with us here at the noon hour. for tomorrow, i'm leon bib.

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