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for the presidency. donald trump and hillary clinton crisscrossing the swing states as the clock ticks down to election day 2016. the polls in ohio open in less than eight hours. >> the candidates are trying to reach as many supporters as they can. they want to inspire them to get out and vote. both donald him -- trump and hillary clinton taking their campaign late into the night in raleigh right now. trump will be taking the stage any moment. and clinton's rally in north carolina is scheduled for 11:45. >> we have live team coverage for you to get ready for election day. how -- we begin with frank wiley . >> no rest for the weary.
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put their campaigns in overdrive. both of their planes making stops in battleground states. into going after supports from latinos, african-americans and young voters. trump is hoping to commence the middle class. here's trump today new hampshire reading a letter from the new -- new england patriots coach. >> i have always had tremendous respect for you but the toughness and perseverance you have her spayed -- hopefully tomorrow's election will result in the opportunity to make america great again. >> clinton close to wrapping up her campaign in philadelphia as we speak she thanked the president and first lady saying that have served with grace, strength and cool. the other -- the obama's in a rally in philadelphia. mrs. clinton said she is glad
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>> we've been traveling across the country separately trying to cover as much ground as possible and talk to as many voters as we can. but i'm glad we are all together in philadelphia with you.ogether >> both candidates have one more campaign stop tonight and they will wait for election results in new york will i -- where they will either give their victor confessions. >> major to the minute results before the polls close. digging into the controversy tonight. >> it's an unwritten rule followed by all the media -- major media organizations not to report the numbers and tell the polls have closed. >> its exclusive campaign data
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company called bo caster plan on sharing with you.>> a lot -- of all of the stream things this is one more.>> strange because it breaks with the self- imposed pargo that other media outlets follow out of concern that those results might influence people who have yet to cast their vote. >> it's doing something that nobody has done for many years.>> political analyst have been weary -->> followed by other networks called the state of florida for al gore before the precinct had closed and those projections were later tossed out.>> ultimately leading to the dimpled chad fiasco. >> today political science
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way to predict the impact of having real-time data. >> if one side is predicted to lose we can see that side mobilize out of anger. we could also see the side that is predicted to lose just become dejected and stay home.>> he said that while most media organizations will be waiting to report those numbers slate will be reporting the data on social media think. the u.s. supreme court will not issue an order to prevent trump's supporters from intimidating voters on election day. ohio law already per -- for bids voter intimidation. democrats sued and won court issued a restraining order and another court blocked it.>> a lot of people keeping an eye on the polls.
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the u.s. justice department -->> they will have the civil rights department out in force. they will monitor polls in 28 states plus we know those monitors will be right here in cuyahoga county as well as franklin and hamilton county an ohio. among the key things that look at our voters being subjected to different voting qualifications based on race and how voters with assisted. i will be here today and tomorrow, tomorrow night. it's been a long, long 18 months campaign. we will keep on a threat tomorrow.>> if anyone has anything to say they can say to you.>> call it in will get right on it.>> hundreds of people around the country will be working to make sure that every vote cast as a both -- vote that counts but we will
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it's a volunteer coalition to make sure there is no voter suppression, intimidation or fraud on election day. in cuyahoga county alone more than 100 volunteers, many lawyers will be stationed at polling places to help pull workers and voters.>> tomorrow i will be at the command center. and as calls come in from polling locations and precincts with various reports like perhaps they don't have enough pins -- pans we will make sure that those problems are correct that.>> the coalition has had reports from the federal government to be on the lookout for voter intimidation. there are whole lot of ohioans that decided to avoid the polls altogether on election day.>> the final numbers are in. nearly 2,000,000 people here in
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cast if you did not vote early or cannot make it to the polls tomorrow, we found out that anyone admitted to an ohio hospital after noon this past saturday can vote from their bed. there's a special ballot you need to apply for and they have to be into the county elections office by 3 pm on election day to qualify. parents of sick children who are currently in the hospital can also boat -- vote through the same program. let's check with chief meteorologist weather cooperated tomorrow?>> the weather will not suppress. we will cfu rain showers coming in by late in the day. the power of five live doppler network. when you get up early to go vote as the polls open it's in the 40s all in all, the warm up will continue tomorrow
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back to our west. we're still getting a surge of warm air. i'm thinking mid 60s. clouds coming during the day and a few of these rain showers make it in as well. if you're headed out to the polls, morning 47 but rapidly warming into the lower 60s by 11:00 a.m. morning 47 but rapidly warming into the lower 60s by 11:00 a.m. mid 60s to early to mid afternoon and times by 5:00 p.m. with a few isolated rain showers from 5:00 all the to 9:00 p.m. in the 50s. if you're watching the swing states, we are dry in new hampshire, warm in florida, a few showers for iowa into illinois and indiana and even northern ohio by late in the afternoon. dry elsewhere, nevada warm and dry as well. the swing states, whether should not impede anyone getting to the voting booth. sound top of the election night action with the news 5 app. we will have live results and
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and a live webcast starting 7:00 p.m. election night 2016 begins at 7:00 as well and we will bring you local results and will also have complete democracy 2016 coverage on news 5 and 11. are other big story tonight, the police chief has been on the hot seat for nearly 2 years and today he suddenly resigned.>> the mayor and the city director will we obtain documents that reveal disciplinary actions. the chief was suspended for trying to get autographs from stars at the hard rock casino. >> and he faced other disciplinary actions months prior to his sudden resignation this afternoon.>> the chief might've made a bad decision but does he deserve to ask to be resigned for that?
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by the sudden resignation. this notice issued by the city law director that he was leaving the force after more than 15 years he resigned following disciplinary actions outlined in these internal memos. the memos from march 2015 through october 2016 included two suspensions and warnings about issues with scheduled work hours, overtime and the chief going to the hard rock pictures. >> do i feel somebody should be held accountable for that? maybe two or three days suspension but it's disappointing that he had to resign the way it had to happen.>> the mayor and city law director would not confirm the reason for the resignation. he was set to retire at the end of the year russo says the chief is not being treated
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as for the hard rock casino, -- >> a lot of elected officials go there. if they do that it's on them to hold themselves accountable. >> we tried to reach the chief for comment that we have been unsuccessful. he will not return to active duty but will remain on paid administrative leave until his december 31 retirement date. my it's still up a little bit. it's the way you are being treated. >> she is just one of the cleveland water customers that says calling with questions about their bill was more harmful than helpful.>> what was revealed about the customer service department will leave
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hanging up on customers, rude behavior, and agree just billing mistake and it is your water bill that's paying their salary. >> it's all part of on your side investigation. ron, your findings support what water customers have been telling you.>> that's right at the cleveland water department the have taken service out of customer service. instead we
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we obtained nearly 300 pages of disciplinary records. we found one of every three violated water department policies ranging from neglect of duty, to excessive absenteeism.>> once i called and tried to make contact with the water company and was treated so rude,>> thelma davis never miss paying a single water bill. then one day her daughter found >> screaming. you have a bill for $27,000 for water. what kind of bill is that. something happen i don't know about next >> a $27,000 water bill. she trusted she could call the water department and at least get an explanation.>> that i could get one person to work directly with me to see what
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and see if the water company could resolve it. >> instead he got bounced around.>> to all different types of customer service reps, supervisors. >> for two years. >> so she finally sued in court the water department agreed to settle the case that it's taken a toll. >> my blood pressure went up and it's still up a little bit. it's the way that you treated. >> so just how rudely our customers treated? we found tape recordings revealing employees providing inaccurate billing, hanging up and repeatedly interrupting customers who helped pay more than $3 million a year in salaries for squandering of 94 customer service reps. we found others reading at desk , using cell phones for personal calls, even making inappropriate sexual advances
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and one customer service representative was overheard screaming i would have -- >> when i got the bill i almost had a heart attack. this is not -- that cannot be right. >> rita wolf had questions about her bill. it was hundreds of dollars more than usual.>> you are saying something out of the way to them and they will hang up on you or they will not allow you to speak to who you asked for.>> and there's almost no consequence for rude behavior. every one of 32 discipline employees remains on the payroll. receiving only suspended days from work but there are consequences for the water department.>> cleveland is ranked one above the lowest in
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>> andrews with jd power to must recognize customer service firm in the world. if found cleveland water department is ranked nearly dead last compared with other nationwide.>> the city of clue -- cleveland was one of the water utility nationwide that had most of the customers calling up and saying that a problem with the bill. >> we did find one that was fired but not by the water department she abandoned the workplace during a staffing emergency. they found it was an egregious act and completely disregarding the citizens of cleveland. but that did not stop cleveland water. it calls her a customer service representative pain her $40,000 a year.>> i think the relationship with the water company needs to be fixed. >> while the water department declined to respond to our investigation that more than 200 cleveland water customers did.
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customer service as terrible and 96% said they had never heard of their right to a water review board hearing. you can check it all out on our website news 5 cleveland.com. thank you sir. >> eye-opening. >> let's talk about water that will be coming tomorrow. >> it's got a hold off until mainly after 4:00 p.m. we've got a long stretch of dry weather if you want to get outside in votes were break some leaves.>> let's take a live look at downtown cleveland. a beautiful sky. a great city shining brightly. right now we are dry tonight. so you've got good news for
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commute. it will be mainly clear overnight and these clouds invade from the west during the morning. thickening clouds for the morning hours with rain arriving late. 46 akron, 50 canton him a 53 degrees with the southerly breeze and dew point of 34. we will chill down overnight tonight and the kids will need their fall coats tomorrow morning. 7:00 a.m., theories out there inland. 40 canton, cleveland area. a quick warm-up by noon and 60s. after 4:00 you've got the rain chances increasing from west to east. the end of your voting day could be a wet one and scattered showers will continue on and off as the votes are counted through the evening and the overnight. the rain moving our way and the cold front drops in. that will cool you down for wednesday.
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chillier weather day. 40s for highs on wednesday. overnight tonight 48 degrees come a clear skies staying chilly a little bit of a chill in the air and light winds. tomorrow 65 and clouds thicken up. showers after 4:00 p.m. primarily. 42 tonight and mainly clear with sweaters for the akron canton area. did 60s with late afternoon showers coming in. seven day, wednesday morning shower thursday 59. friday, for friday night football another front and more rain showers and during the evening overnight we could see a wet snowflake or ice pellets and something for saturday morning. saturdays high only 46. chilly day. finger-pointing at browns, who is to blame and who gets to ride for the
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now that the baseball season has come to a close focus turning on the cavaliers. they were off to their best start since 76, 77. lebron james player of the week. he has won the award 36 times. it's a busy week. they hosted atlanta -- they hosted lena tomorrow. despite the winds and the good start the coach wants to see more. >> we are not shooting the
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i'm pleased with their ball movement and pleased with our willingness to pass the ball but now we make shots. >> the browns are the exact opposite there zero-. >> the browns are the exact opposite there 0-9 fans are getting a little antsy finger- pointing is happening. the browns defense has struggled and today head coach hugh jackson was asked on a conference call if defensive coordinator or the other coaches, if their jobs wi in jeopardy.>> no. i say that with no question. i don't want to continue to get into those kinds of things. it's not about that at all.>> it's a short week for your browns. the hugh jackson show never changes.
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>> it's going to be interesting where ohio state lands tomorrow night. they are fifth and sixth in the poll the buckeyes are in maryland. it's really been a roller coaster ride for the -- for them. they got by northwestern and blowout nebraska the young guys are getting their feet wet.>> if anything, i guess confidence builder. experienced now. keep on getting confidence in building momentum as the season goes forward.>> michigan on the seven -- 26 will be here before you know it. we will be right back.
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