decent altitude and the probable cause was a stall after the crew failed to maintain air speed, in other words pilot error. this according to tim lanogan, a local pilot. >> they fear the plane came down on instrument approach. they got too slow and the wings stopped producing lift because they were so slow and the aircraft departed control flight. >> reporter: a transcript shows one piled said to the ot diving, don't dive, moments before the impact. it destroyed an apartment building but carnegieingly all the residents were -- amazingly all the residents were away from home. but the crash killed both pilots and seven business executives. >> what are the human factors? we will be learning from that for years to come. >> reporter: a former captain

the company provided false weights and scrambled to change records after the crash. the president of execuflight told the ntsb it has a robust safety culture and it is up to the pilot to make sure the weight information is correct. >> the ntsb will we will be right back. looking back at their had been will go back and look at the training program and the record of the pilots. >> reporter: the ntsb's live announcement on the probable cause for the deadly plane cras ago is scheduled to take place tomorrow morning. live in akron, bob jones, newschannel5. >> thank you, bob. breaking at this hour, a rd crash on i--- a crash on i-480 is causing this huge back up near the ridge road exit. three of the four lanes of the interstate are shut down as police try to clean up the accident. right no you no word on the extent of injuries that may be from the crash but we will stay on top of that for you. >> also, breaking at this

controversy, a canadian judge denied a request made to ban the indians from using their team name tonight. an activist filed a lawsuit to keep the chiefs from using the game tonight and the chief what here but the denial came hours before the indians will be taking the field in the toronto in game three of the alcs. now more on the fatal robbery of a mr. hero sandwich shop wher shot and killed. cleveland heights police believe they arrested the person matching the description of a robber who killed sonny patel. he was helping out at the family store when a man barged in, fired a shot at patel and demanded money before taking off. no charges have been filed yet but university heights police are looking at this man as a possible suspect in a robbery there on saturday night. just after news of the arrest came out, the family released

saying... cleveland police also investigating a homicide this morning on the east side around 8:00. officers were called to the usa food mart east 123rd street where a 30-year-old man was found lying in the parking lot with a gunshot wound. according investigators the victim and the shooter got into an argument before the shooter took off. well, a the cuyahoga county sheriff's department is facing accusations he used a fake badge to get out of a traffic stop. earlier this month demir houston was pulled over by newburg heights police for going other 103 miles per hour on i-77. the officer pulled houston over, approached the car. that is when the driver flashed a badge. the officer scolded him and told him he was going to call sheriff's office but then he

july and he turned his badge and service weapon in back then. >> in cases like this the officer uses discretion. some may agree or disagree but at the end of the day it is the officer's discretion in doing so. >> the newburg heights police chief says if it were him he would have sited him but he is standing behind the officer and the office will not pursue charges related to impersonating an officer. a 74-year-old parma heights woman that pl at a concert over the summer has been charged in connection with the incident. donna chidsey turned herself into police after two counts of vehicular homicide were filed against her. she told police she hit the gas pedal instead of the brake, then backed up and hit an suv. two were killed and several others were injured. she is out on bond and expected to make her first court appearance in november. and this man is facing

couple caught him in their bedroom. police say he was arrested for the early morning break in at their home. they add when he went to snoop around in their bedroom he found them pointing a gun at him. mccrainy left his coat with a gun in it on the couch has been charged with aggravated burglary. let's get outside. on a day like today who would not want to be outside? look at this october. it will be another spectacular sunset across northern ohio. how about the headline for today, record warmth? cleveland 82 degrees at 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., tieing the record high for the day at 82 degrees set on this date in 1953 and again in 1950, or is 50 first and then 1953. you get the picture. barely a cloud in the sky. the warm breeze is coming in.

wind gusts above 20 miles per hour in several locations. it has been a breezy day and it will be a slightly breezy overnight and windy day tomorrow. you need that wind to bring this kind of heat in in october. i mean, normally it is cool in october. to get it this warm those winds need to be up there. 81 degrees at 6:00 p.m. 77 at 6:00 for canton, 78 in akron. we have low 70s arson middle 70s at 8:00 p.m. and lower and middle 70s at whatever you want to do outside, after newschannel5 at 6:00 is over, feel free! let's root on our tribe, too. we will check toronto's forecast in a couple minutes. >> we are ready for that. thank you, mark. we are just over three weeks away from election day and while a lot of voters here in ohio have already marked their ballots, candidates are still out there trying to get every vote they can in what is turning out to be a close race.

trail for the next couple of day, preparing for the next debate but bill clinton was in new hampshire this afternoon, holding two rallies. chelsea clinton, bernie sanders and michelle obama are expected to hit trail as she preps for the debate. >> and trump was off the campaign trail for most of the day but he is holding a rally. he is expected to take the stage in green bay, wisconsin, vote ares there. while trump is in wisconsin his running mate is here in ohio. the indiana governor and vice president nominee mike pence held two rallies this afternoon, one near cincinnati and one in columbus. he echoed trump's comments over the weekend saying the election is rigged and fears of voter fraud heading into november. a new poll released shows the race between trump and

closer to collectionst election day. >> hillary clinton has the lead now over donald trump, but not by much. according to the hello trump has a 4 point lead over his democratic challenger in ohio, with 48% of likely voters saying they will vote for him over hillary clinton's 44%. with gary johnson and jill stein in the mix they pulled in 4% and 2% of voters respectively. >> they asked voters about the race between rob portman and ted strictland. 56% said they plan on voting for portman to 40% for strictland. and they will face off in another debate tonight in an hour. they will go head-to-head in columbus for the second of three debate in a week. on thursday our own danita harris will be a mott rater in the -- will be a moderator in the third and final debate here in cleveland on newschannel5 at 7:00. well, now on the topic of

secretary of state john houston spoke on the subject after trump's tweets this morning. in the post trump claims there is a large scale voter fraud happening right now. houston says while he was in officers the election will certainly not be -- in office the lightening will certainly not be rigged here. >> in places like ohio we make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. >> trump went on to tweet and claim that hillary clinton not the questions for the second debate beforehand. still ahead on newschannel5 at 6:00, summit county just became the first county in the state to offer paid paternity leave for county employees. >> plus, he tried to have his grandparent's cable service turned off but he said reps on the other side of the phone mocked him and his situation.

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through terrible health issues say it has insult added to injury. >> yes. a cable company now mocking the family's case. jonathan, this has to do with cox cable? >> yes. cox told me it was unaware of the situation but meanwhile a grandson is frustrated, trying to get help for his grandmother. >> lack of care in an effort into the situation has really been disheartening. >> reporter: tony told me cox communications request to turn off cable services for his 90-year-old grandmother despite her long illnesses, summeries and recent -- surgeries and recent loss of her husband. >> she was no longer able to take care of herself. >> reporter: six months ago he stepped in to help her, examine the bills and called cox to disconnect the cable. >> i had a few reps literally laughing at me, telling me they can transfer me to a supervisor but they won't help

woman near death, no longer living at home or able to communicate. i called cox reps and they responded right away saying they are investigating what happened and have recorded lines to go back and listen to tape conversations and have to have power attorney proof to close accounts and maintain customer privacy. >> it with us in my grandfather's name and my grandmother was comp tint to sign she has never paid a bill late in her life. she has been a valued customer there for some time and i could not get anyone to listen to any reason at all. >> now, late today cox told me if tony can provide the power of attorney for misgrandfather,

will be deactivated and a refund issues. the big question is what should you do if you find yourself in a case like this? i have more about that on my newschannel5 app. new tonight, an ohio man was sentenced to death for his role in the death of his 2-year- old daughter. a cincinnati area jury convicted glen base after only one hour of deliberations back in september. base was found guilty of aggravated murder after investigators sahi was beaten and tortured before her death. at 2 years old, prosecutors say she weighed only 13 pounds at the time of her death and had belt and bite marks all over her body. base's attorney said they will appeal the death penalty sentence. this just into the newsroom now. summit county became the first county in the state to offer paid parental leave to all of its employees.

vote to offer six weeks of paid leave to county workers that have a child or adopted chide. before they received 12 weeks of unpaid leave and had to use vacation or sick time. >> it is smart work force policy. like most public entities we are looking at a big surgery of retirements as baby boomers leave the work force. this is a great recruitment tool for us. we will never compete with corporate america, nor should we, on millennial generation is looking just as much at wages and benefits. >> the new policy will cost summitcy $17,000 to -- summit county $17,000 to $20,000 a year. we know pumpkin spice- anything is all the rage when it comes to fall treats. >> yes. and it is also the season for the animals at the cleveland zoo. here is new video of the

bears having a good time munching gourds, pumpkins and all the other fall harvest goodies. just a little preview. >> one bite! >> and is this the up coming boo at the zoo celebration which is always a lot of fun. i love watches these guys destroy those before the kids in the neighborhood do! [ laughing ] >> that is right. >> i used to do a show -- i have been incredibly blessed to do a show called kazoo. it was kids at the zoo. what a cool thing. go to the zoo. it is a world class zoo if you haven't been there in a while. >> i love it. >> let's do it. how about tomorrow. >> warm weather will be the day tomorrow, as well. we could do it! let me show you this great

look at that. take a snapshot. that is incredible. great sun seths in northern ohio this time of year.-- sunsets in northern ohio. let's check in on toronto. 70 degrees. showers and thunderstorms passing to the north. the roof is pulled i believe. everything will be fine even though there is a small threat for rain around toronto this evening. we are dry here. the rain showers are pulling to the north and southeastment they are doing a roller coaster -- sliding to the southeast. they doing a roller coaster ride. 78 in akron and medina. 80 in norwalk.

today. 81 at hopkins. winds out of the south at 15 miles per hour sustained with gusts above 20 miles per hour. let me show you the sustained winds. 21-mile per hour sustained winds in mansfield with gusts to 28. it has been a breezy day and it will be breezy overnight tonight and tomorrow. it is these warm breezes that bring in record warmth. 82 at hopkins today ties the record set on this date in 1953 and 1950. missed akron area. 82 the high, 66 the low. the sunrise, sunset time, we are losing another minute-and- a-half of daylight every day. here is the ridge of low pressure sitting across the nation's midsection to the east coast, forcing the rain up and over, but a frontal pound boundary here will come riding in tomorrow night. there it goes. so, showers and thunderstorms increasing tomorrow late afternoon through the overnight

for your wednesday. it will be a little cooler, but then this low will take a turn and come right up into ohio bringing more rain for thursday. the wettest day of the week will be thursday. let me show you the front timing. this is 12:00 p.m. tomorrow. you are dry in the 70s and comfortable. rain showers coming in by the afternoon rush, 6:15ish. then lingering for a few hours into the evening. 68 overnight and mainly clear. warm and dry tomorrow. look at this, 80 to 82. thunder, more toward evening. 67 in akron-canton. this is summer. 81 tomorrow. clouds and windy with an evening thunder shower. wednesday a little cooler, late rain and 71. 60s thursday. a rainy, wet day. a few showers friday and saturday with a highs in the 50s. plenty of talk about in sports with everything coming together about now. >> i am watching the forecast. i hope the indians don't have

saturday rain. >> you better stop that stuff quick. >> let's talk about the browns for a second. hugh jackman getting helperred with questions about -- getting peppered with questions about what, you will hear. >> and the indians starting game three. more often that when we come

it is just one of those things, a freak accident you can't really control. i am trying to maintain a positive attitude the whole time. everybody was worried i would not be able to pitch at some point in the series. >> trevor bower will a strong outing tonight in game three and the indians will start ryan merit with 11 investigation under his belt in the big league. he was a lefty and stretched out in the last couple of weeks to start in arizona. but francona is not ruling out corey kluber in game four tomorrow. now newschannel5 will be in toronto here with the take on the series. >> after two games in the alcs, what are you most proud of your team.

in the middle of a cedar rapids. i mean, i have been proud of -- of a series. i mean, i have been proud of our team all year because of the way they play the game. our style -- we have to be aggressive. >> take one bow. i mean, you won five in a row. indians need to win two more in the best of 7. they are in toronto for the next two. if they need to come back home that would be saturday. the browns are still ok six try, yesterday a 2 point loss to the tennessee titans but everybody is talking about this play, hue jackson's decision to go for two when the team was down 28-19 and then failing, then went back and recovered an on side kick. >> i know everything will get questioned. i am me. people say you should have, you shouldn't have, but we did and we didn't make it. >> let's talk about the hue

it will be saturday this saturday at 11:30. you will get more insight and information as they head down to cincinnati. >> you won't kill them before they went for the two? >> they had to do it at some point. he is an aggressive point. he did what he does. >> it is okay. get ready for some baseball. >> yes. get ready for the 11:00.

tonight, breaking news. melania trump, breaking her silence, on the audio of donald trump, what he said about women. and what she's now saying about her husband. also, the fbi, the state department, and one of hillary clinton's e-mails. was there an offer of quid pro quo? also tonight, the firebomb headquarters. some calling it political terrorism. police now searching for a suspect. police officers targeted at a starbucks. >> man with a rifle, just tried to ambush us at starbucks. >> a suspect in body armor and the takedown here tonight. american troops helping the iraqis at this hour. the new and major assault on isis. u.s. airstrikes, and isis tonight, putting suicide bombers