the overlin college community shaken this morning after a professor is charged with hate speech. and more drinking water. we're looking into what's being done to keep kids safe and hydrated in the classroom. we we start off with a live look at our earthcam across the lake. there's downtown cleveland, there are gray skies ahead. if you walk outside, it is a lot colder today. hello and welcome to this saturday edition of "good morning cleveland." i'm hea nick foley along side meteorologist janessa webb. janessa, is seems like just yesterday we were enjoying

>> you were. >> now we're talking about 30s, 40s and some snow. what's going on? >> we were tracking record high temperatures yesterday, and now we have a very strong cold front that's making its way through and we're going to drop about 30 to 35 degrees in some spots. so right now we are seeing the rain, it's currently flowing in many spots, but the bigger talker is our feels-like temperatures right now. no mistake here, you can see that kind of dividing line on our contours map, below the freezing mark for cuyahoga county out to the south and east of us slightly warmer, but throughout the day you're going to notice temperatures dropping, feeling like 28 degrees for mansfield. these are the actual temperatures you can see from the contours map. the darker blue is really starting to take over. so still that bubble of warm air, but really losing it quickly for dover-new philly into tuscarawas county. i want to show you where the moisture is currently flowing here.

side for most areas, but lorain to cuyahoga county, you're seeing the brunt of that moisture starting to make its way to the north. so i want to show you hour by hour. you're going to kind of see a slight break. this is not a washout afternoon. you'll see it from about 9:00 to about the 1:00 hour. we'll dry out just a tad bit. but we are tracking a transition from rain into snow by the 4:00 hour. nick. >> those evening hours going to be interesting. thank you, janessa. well, racial tensions ri college campus. just days after a professor is fired for anti-semitic media posts, another professor's home targeted with racially-charged threats. news 5's meg shaw is live on campus for us this morning with the latest developments and more on what's going on all week long. good morning, meg. >>reporter: good morning, nick. students, community members and law enforcement, they are on high alert here in overland after a professor says his home was vandalized because of his

computer science professor and his wife said they woke up after they heard someone outside their house. when they went out to look, they found items on their porch damaged along with a note that read gas, jews, die. now, according to a police report, the professor says he nor his wife have not had any recent issues with his students, their friends or even their neighbors. shortly after the incident, the cleveland chapter of the council on american isla statement. they said as americans we cannot tolerate hate and vicious attacks on our jewish neighbors who, like the muslim community, are a tiny religious minority in this country. everyone deserves to live in peace, free from violence and religious and ethnic intimidation. now, police say they are investigating this incident, but this comes just days after -- or i should say, about a week after another incident here in overland. students here on campus say they were racially profiled at

so now many students are calling for a boycott of that business. meanwhile, a lot of people are saying, no, we're still going to keep going to that business here in town. but, again, back to this professor's home, they say they are investigating the incident, so if you know anything, please call police. live in overland, meg shaw, news 5. >> that's certainly not the tension wanted in that small community. thank you, meg. it was a violent night in cleveland as well. in the span of just a few hours four people were shot, one of them is seefng on rugby road on the east side. police arrived to find a man who'd been shot several times. he died at university hospital later. a half hour later after that, a 21-year-old was shot on deece avenue. that's just a few blocks from the first shooting. right now that man is in critical condition. then at about 8:00 two more people found shot at quincy avenue and canard road. both were taken to metrohealth medical center. witnesses describe a chaotic scene. >> he pointed the gun at my

me. he shot, i ducked and ran, and that's when all these police started coming down. >> and right now we are working to find out the conditions of those last two victims and if police have any suspects in these shootings. fire crews were able to put out this massive brush fire before it got near any hoaments or buildings, thankfully. it happened at whipps legends in the hinckley region. the leaves are dry and you add it's prime conditions. it is not recommended that you do any controlled burning during this time of year. well, security guards at a first energy service center were able to use thermal imaging to capture four teens trying to steal metal wiring. the guards called 911. once officers arrived, things escalated extremely quickly. >> he shot at me. i returned. >> you and your partner are both okay? >> yeah, we're both okay. >> certainly some tense moments there. and one of the suspects was

ambulance. two of the other teens were arrested as well. the fourth still on the run this morning. >> why are they doing this? we're going to see you get in there. we're going to alert the police, we're going to catch you. so whatever you think you might be able to steal from us, it's not worth it. >> and copper theft such a big problem. first energy had been offering a $5,000 reward for information to catch other thieves. and some disturbing news now involving some of our schools. more than 100 water schools are tainted with high levels of lead. those are the results of months of 6 voluntary testing at 69 of cleveland's public schools. those tests and the water coolers brought in to replace the water that was turned off have cost the district more than $500,000. it's not yet known how much it's going to cost to replace all those water fountains and sinks. >> if after the repair we still test positive, then we'll go deeper into seeing, you know,

replaced. >> while the water was turned off during those months of testing, students who were in those schools before that should get tested for lead exposure. in the meantime, flint, michigan still dealing with its own lead crisis. the epa just announced new guidelines flint must meet before switching water sources. they include a three-month water testing period before the new source is declared safe to drink. but that source is not expected to be available to residents until next october. well, news. downtown cleveland is getting an early jump on the holiday season today. the winter wine and ale fest happening tonight at play house square. more than 30 local breweries and wineries will offer samples. lots of local restaurants also taking part. the fest runs from 7:00 to 10:00 at the theater. thanks so much for starting your saturday morning with us, i'm nick foley. coming up a bit later, vice president-ectomy mike pence

on broadway. hear what the cast of "hamilton" had to say to him. we are comparing prices so you don't have to. find if it's cheaper to shop online or at a discount members' club. and, of course, janessa has the winter-like forecast coming up for you. >> nick, we are tracking widespread rain across the power of 5, but this is tracking our first snowfall of the season. i'll give you accumulation totals and exact timing coming

janessa webb. the front is rapidly crossing over northern ohio and it's bringing us rain. but the bigger story is the cooler air behind this bad boy. it's going to continue to track here to the east, and this will be some of the coolest temperatures since last winter. so you're going to be waking up to wind chills tomorrow feeling like the teens. so here we go. winter is making a full-time comeback here as that cooler air is tracki want to show you hour by hour here. we're not going to see daytime highs jumping up too much. it's actually a big time fall in our temperatures throughout the day. so we'll go with about a high of 44 degrees which we've already seen in the last hour or so. by the noon hour still tracking that rain. it's around 4:00 to 5:00, that's when we'll mix in a little bit of snow. also a wind advisory starting

we're going to see local gusts up to about 40 miles per hour. nick. >> wow! rain, snow and some wind. good luck with that. thank you, janessa. well, warehouse clubs like sam's and costco have been the place to go to stock up on home essentials for years now. but now amazon prime joining the competition. so which one is the better deal? well, one of the top coupon bloggers in the country compared prices on 175 popular items at all three of those options. costco came out with the lowest prices overall, sam's club was se costco, but keep in mind costco's membership fee is higher as well, and amazon subscribe and save was third. >> much to our surprise, costco was still 12% less in average prices of items when we compare it to amazon subscribe and save. >> joni deemer who you heard from there says there's no single winner in this comparison. costco is best if you buy a lot of organic produce. sam's is best for services, and

low as $10. and amazon is best for convenience. it all depends on what you're looking for. well, as we head to break, here's a look at last night's winning lottery numbers. good luck, and we'll be right

time now 8:15 on your saturday morning. and the anti-donald trump movement still going strong more than a week after he was elected president.

night in downtown cleveland. the crowds did remain peaceful and disbursed shortly before 11:00. we spoke with protesters from around northeast ohio. many say they think it's important those in opposition remain visible as we head towards inauguration day. >> the strongest chant we had tonight was not my president. everybody feels very strongly that this guy is not representing us at all. >> the group's organizer says they may stage protests like this in the future in response and today president-elect trump continues meeting with gop leaders and possible cabinet members. he has meetings scheduled all day at his golf course in new jersey. among those expected to visit, mitt romney, general james mattis and co-owner of the chicago cubs bob woodson. [ applause ] [ crowd noise ] >> that's vice president-elect mike pence arriving at the

less-than-enthusiastic welcome. he saw the musical "hamilton" last night. the crowd clearly not his biggest fans. after the show is the cast addressed pence directly. >> we, sir, we are the diverse america who are alarmed and anxious that your new president will not protect us. [ crowd noise ] >> or defend us as a whole of our inalienable rights sir dixon who plays aaron burr. he goes on to thank pence for attending the show and urge him uphold the american values it examines. president obama is wrapping up his final foreign tour as commander in chief. he's in peru this morning to meet with that country's president. after that meeting he's expected to hold a town hall with young people in the area. tomorrow he'll attend an economic summit with asian leaders in lima. he'll be back at the white house early monday morning. and almost two weeks after election day, north carolina

will serve as governor next year. it's despite a recall that two candidates are less than within a percentage point of each other. democratic challenger roy cooper has the lead by about 6,600 votes, but incumbent pat mccrory is refusing to back down. he is claiming there was widespread voter fraud and is asking for another recount of provisional ballots. it could be weeks before a winner is officially declared. with snow on the way, this video might be a look at weeks. this was hibbing, minnesota yesterday after it got hit with 14 inches of snow. people digging themselves out this morning across much of minnesota, the dakotas and parts of nebraska as well. and the person responsible for this -- just kidding. janessa joins us now with a look at weather. it had to come sooner or later, right? >> we did. >> we knew we were in for this, but nothing like the 10 inches that some areas saw that we're expecting in the next 24 hours or so.

significant accumulation. could see the primary snow belt up to about two to four, but that's going to be at the most, cuyahoga county we're thinking just a good dusting. but right now, nick, we are tracking rain across most of the area, but the power of 5, we're showing you the temperature difference here. we are tracking a little bit of snow and probably seeing some ice pellets in some spots. but first let's get to our temperatures here. we've already seen our high for today, so we're on the gradually decline as this very, making its way through. with the moisture in place, the bigger weather story is behind this front, it's arctic air, so yesterday it was feeling like we were in june with record highs into the 70s. today is a good taste of winter here, feeling like we we're in december here -- we're in december here once again. 39 degrees for greater cleveland. you can see out towards millersburg almost down to the freezing mark, and the temperatures will continue to

warmer air to the east, and that's why we we're seeing -- we're seeing rainfall activity, but i want to show you where we are seeing snow that is currently falling here out towards route 30 corridor to mansfield to ashland county, kind of dealing with that wintery mix here with the front making its way through and temperatures dropping. that's why they're seeing that difference in moisture here. you can see tuscarawas county, you're dealing with scattered rainfall activity. now, as this through, the winds are a major concern, out of the west this afternoon. we're talking about 30-mile-per- hour winds, gusts picking up to about 45. so we do have that wind advisory in place for lorain, cuyahoga, lake and ashtabula county starting at 4:00. they really start to rev up throughout your overnight into sunday. i want to show you that wind cast. it's pretty much across the board, even though the advisory is not for everyone. everyone is going to notice

throughout your afternoon. so you can see hour by hour we dry out just a tad bit by the 9:00 to 10:00 hour, kind of see that lull in the weather pattern. but things start to rev up here once again, and as our temperatures fall, we're going to start to track kind of a wintery mix. now, please take note. we have a ground temperature that is still very, very warm after yesterday being in the 70s. so any snow that we do pick up accumulate just because the ground is very warm here. behind the front is much cooler air. by tomorrow morning into afternoon, that's when we might see more accumulation totals as things start to really cool off. so i want to show you our futurecast here. you can see the transition into the moisture, but as i said, around 9:00 to the 10:00 hour, things start to dry out. but very cool air in place, most spots in the upper

4:00, 5:00, some isolated activity, and then we'll start to track more widespread snowfall activity for the primary snow belt. as i said, accumulation totals are looking like, nick, up to about two to four inches for portage to geauga county. you can see just a light dusting for cuyahoga county. we'll take a look at the seven- day forecast coming up. nick. >> going to be ready for those big changes. thank you, janessa. the cavs very happy to see lineup, and the two not disappointing the faithful. another huge night on the high school gridiron as some big rivals battled it out for regional titles. here's hakeem determinish with this morning's sports report. >> good morning, everyone. how's this for starters? lebron james and j.r. smith back in the lineup last night as the cavs opened up a

cavaliers were dropping dimes all night long. irving, check him out, top of your screen here, flips it up to thompson for the throwdown. so nice let's see it twice. oh, it's beautiful. j.r. smith missed last three game because of a sprained right ankle. hustling back on defense, it's loose, cavs let him finish what he started, j.r. buries the three. welcome back j.r. smith. teammates, like, yeah that's the j.r. we like to see. kyree with finding lebron for the layup. perfect pass from kyree. remember, kids, sharing is caring. 3rd quarter, kyree from deep, i mean, deep. knocks that down. kyree25 points, 11 assists. and check out the handshake with j.r. smith. this is a thing of beauty. just intricate, awesome. cavs win is 104-81.

>> oh, it was regional championship night last night in high school football, and we kick off with a monster matchup. two-time defending state champs st. anne's facing st. ignatius for a spot in the state semifinals. st. ignatius crushed st. anne's in the final game of the regular season. last night the rematch. it went to overtime. it was wild. huge rivals, eagles and wildcats clashing at bedford high school, back and fort game. after st. ignatius recovered a punt, they capitalized. patrick ryan keeps himself. touchdown wildcats. st. ignatius in front 17-7. ensuing possession, kevin kramer to hoover, 66-yard scoring strike, three-point game. at half time. 4th quarter, 10 minutes to go, st. anne's with the football, handoff to zalesta. 10-yard touch. eagles take a 28-24 lead. st. ignatius responds. patrick ryan to mike laido, a thing of beauty.

31. st. ignatius gets the ball first in o.t. mark babinski from eight yards out. he's in. st. anne's has the answer. unfortunately st. anne's starting quarterback kevin kramer got injured in the 4th quarter, left the game. the backup is in. and it comes down to this. zurro to the end zone, and the pass is incomplete. that's it, st. ignatius defeats st. anne's 38-31 in overtime. wildcats moving on to semis. congrats to them. division 2 regional final, hudson taking on warren g. harding at twinsburg high school. 2nd quarter, bowden to hooks, touchdown strike. harding up 14-3, but hudson rallies, comes back to win it, 24-21, and hudson moving on, advancing to the state semis. division 6 regional final, undefeated cuyahoga heights against kurtland at solan high

89-yard touchdown. have a day, kid. and cuyahoga heights shuts out kurtland 17-0, advancing to the state semis. that's your morning sports, i'm hakeem dermish, have a great day. >> thank you. those championships are fun. moving on now, a 91-year- old veteran discharged from the u.s. air force in 1948 for being gay is now fighting for equality. ed spiers wants the undesirable discharge label removed from his record and to receive a military burial. after the repel of don't requested a discharge upgrade, but the air force says his paperwork was lost in a fire back in the '70s. his husband is also a veteran. he's the only one of the pair that can receive benefits because no one ever knew he was gay while he served. >> in doing so, the military, the u.s. military may send a message to other gay veterans that their service was appreciated and is recognized as equality under the law.

school veterans services clinic are working on spiers' case. no date has been set for those hearings. well, coming up this morning, november is transgender awareness month. we'll show you what the cleveland community is doing to make sure hate crime victims are never forgotten. and only on 5, a mother sounds off after the deacon of her church is charged with sexually assaulting her daughter. you're watching "good morning cleveland" on this saturday.

hello, everyone. it is now 8:30. we start this half hour with a live look outside from our earthcam. you can see there's moisture in the air, gray skies, and snow is on the way. that's right, snow is here. welcome to this saturday edition of "good morning cleveland," i'm nick foley. we've got several developing stories for you, including anti- semitic threats at oberlin college. meg shaw live there for us professor is being targeted. more on that coming up. but, first, as we said, snow in that forecast. here's meteorologist janessa webb with more. hey, janessa. >> good morning, nick, good morning, everyone. we are tracking that cooler air. it's in place and already seen some spots that are getting a few ice pellets and snowfall activity. first let's talk about this front that continues to track through here. it's causing our temperatures to really fall dramatically and that will be the case throughout your afternoon. so right now wayne county 36 degrees.

flying for ashland to richland county. let's show you on the power of 5 here. we're still seeing that kind of dividing line because temperatures are above the freezing mark for millersburg to wayne county, but that cool air in place for southern ashland county. you can see moisture is in place out to the east, but we're seeing a few kind of wintery mix here for northern medina county to southern cuyahoga county. so that's solon area. probably noticing a few ice pellets that are moving across the area. now, we're kind of going to get a little bit of a break here around that 9:00 to 10:00 hour, but you can see the back edge of this moisture wants to bring in more snowfall activity. so i want to show you our hour by hour. nick, we've already seen our high for today. we'll jump up just a few degrees by the noon hour, but the 30s, they will be in place throughout the fierveg hour. >> either way we know it's going to be cold and windy.

life after she says is she was sexually assaulted by a deacon at a cleveland church. now that mother sharing her anguish with news 5. the cuyahoga county prosecutor says the woman's daughter was sexually assaulted here at the church of the living god on buckeye road in cleveland. her daughter was just 9 1/2 at the time of the alleged attack. the church deacon, 65-year-old willie warren, jr. is charged with the crime. >> to have someone that utilizes their title to be able not only close in church, we were close literally outside of church as well. >> warren, jr. was immediately removed from his position, but the case which has been dragging through the court system for 14 months is taking its toll on the young girl. her parents say she's tried to take her own life several times. a pretrial is set for december 7th. right now observe he lin college is making national headlines and not for good reasons after one of its

semitic remarks. just days later yet another incident, putting them right back in the spotlight. news 5's meg shaw is live in oberlin for us this morning. meg, what's the story here? >>reporter: well, nick, police here in oberlin say they are now investigating a possible hate crime after a professor's home was vandalized earlier this week. according to the police report, the professor says he and his wife woke up early on thursday morning when they heard someone outside of their home. when they went to look, they found porch damaged, along with a note on a ripped white piece of paper with the words, gas, jews, die. the professor tells police he believes they were targeted due to their jewish beliefs. now, this is just the latest incident. it comes just days after the college fired one of its own professors after she made anti- semitic comments on her facebook page last march, and just one of several posts the assistant professor says was

the 9/11 terrorist attacks. she was fired by the school on tuesday. now, again, police say they are investigating this incident from the professor's home that was vandalized. so if you know anything about this, please give them a call. live in oberlin, meg shaw, news 5. >> that's certainly not the attention that small community wants. thank you, meg. well, police still searching for a hit-and-run suspect this morning. two people were hit last night on broadview road in seven hills. the driver then took off. the two victims were rushed to the hospital, and we are working to get more information on their people on the city's west side to be careful after more than a dozen carjackings and robberies in the last couple weeks. the majority of them happened thursday from early in the morning until late at night. well, these are pictures of the two men wanted in the latest carjacking on madison near west 98th street. they are considered armed and dangerous. the jury with sentencing, the man convicted of killing three people in warrensville heights will resume deliberations today. this is the same jury that

guilty earlier this month. prosecutors say shine went to chalk line's barber shop to kill a rival gang member. shine is convicted of killing him, the shop's owner and a a customer. the jury has the option to recommend the death penalty. november is transgender awareness month, and last night in cleveland hundreds gathering to march for transgender rights. the group walked silently through the streets of cleveland, carrying candles and signs with the names of trans- victims of hate crimes. randy bledsoe both who were murdered in cleveland this year. following the walk, a memorial program was held at the cleveland city hall rotunda. ohio's heroin epidemic showing no sign of stopping. this afternoon a cuyahoga falls church gathering to find a solution. community vineyard church hosting a conference for students, parents and educators. the goal is to help everyone identify the behaviors that lead to heroin addiction, and the steps that need to be taken to get someone help. it's happening from 1:00 until

location. and in akron there is a candlelight vigil for all of those children who have lost parents to heroin abuse. the vigil will also kick off a toy drive for kids impacted by drug use. following the sfts, several local bands are set to play. it just got under way until 12:30 at the vortex club. coming up donald trump names more cabinet members, backlash against several of his picks continuing to grow. gets a big tip pays back that kindness in a big way. janessa. >> the changes are on the way. i'll show you hour by hour when the snow starts to track in and more about your weekend.

good morning, everyone. we are tracking rain right now, but the bigger weather story is the cooler temperatures. you're really going to notice it today, nearly 30 to 35- degree temperature yesterday afternoon. so the front is already rapidly slicing through here, and we're going to continue to track in more moisture throughout your late afternoon. i'm going to show you that coming up. but let's talk about our temperatures right now. these are the feels-like temperatures, below the freezing mark for cuyahoga county. you can see that warm air still trying to hang on here from lake to ashtabula, currently at 39 to about 40 degrees. but as the front moves through, we're going to continue to see

so right now a few of us seeing kind of a few ice pellets across southern counties, but tomorrow, and even this evening we start to track a little bit of snow. now, this is where we're going to see the primary snow belt locations throughout your sunday. look at accumulation totals, possibly up to about two to four inches, trace amounts for greater cleveland. it's kind of hard to believe here, nick, just yesterday we were sitting in sunshine and the 70s. >> yeah, hard to belie definitely here. thank you, jan es a. the holidays are a time for family, food and gift giving. unfortunately, they're also a time for house fires. christmas trees, added electrical lights and heating elements can contribute to fires, and to keep your family safe, smoke alarms are especially important this time of year. you can pick up a free one today in olmsted township. the red cross will be handing them out at columbia park mobile homes from 8:30 this morning until 2:00 this afternoon. so really under way in about 10 minutes from now.

today. two charities will be on hand to accept donations, the first sub-zero mission helps homeless veterans stay warm during the winter. the second toys for tots helps families struggling financially put presents under the trees for the kids. that's on euclid avenue. a former cleveland brown and an important figure in local youth football will be honored today. lou grossa spent most of his career with the browns. he went on to win four nfl to nine pro bowls and ended up in the pro football hall of fame, of course, as we all know, following his football career. he settled in brea. the group named for him, lou grows a football, a statue will be unveiled in breia. coming up next, a little girl takes her parents to court. it's all in her quest to be brought back from the dead.

time now 8:44. and donald trump just named three men to top posts in his new administration. all three are reliable conservatives, and two of them are already causing this morning. at the same time trump spent tens of millions of dollars to settle long-standing lawsuits filed by thousands of disgruntled former customers of trump university. here's abc's maggie ruley. >> please swear in the witness. >> please raise your right hand. >>reporter: donald trump abruptly settled all three fraud lawsuits against the now- defunct trump university for $25 million for about 6,000 students with no admission of wrongdoing. before being elected, trump vowed he would never settle the

personal interests and his personal beliefs aside and focus on the issues that are facing the country. >>reporter: president-elect trump also busy with his transition team, filling three top positions friday. alabama senator jeff sessions as attorney general, retired lieutenant general michael flynn is national security adviser and representative michael pompeo of kansas as director of the cia. there's already blowback. sessions could face a challenging confirmation. he was blocked in the senate 30 years ago from becoming a di racially-charged comments. the aclu and the naacp have already criticized the picks. >> i am not a racist, i am not insensitive to blacks, i supported civil rights activity in my state. i have done my job with integrity, equality and fairness for all. >>reporter: michael flynn tweeted last february fear of muslims is rational. >> islam is a political ideology. it definitely hides behind this notion of it being a religion.

trump meets with mitt romney, perhaps his harshest republican critic during the campaign. now reportedly a contender for secretary of state. maggie ruley, abc news, washington. well, new video this morning of a fiery plane crash. the faa says four people were killed when their small plane crashed in elko, nevada. the plane was transporting a heart patient to the university of utah. thankfully no one on the ground, however, was injured. well, proposed airline merger creating one of the largest outfits in the country y actually being approved. the lng airlines acquisition of virgin america had been delayed by an ongoing anti-trust evaluation by the department of justice. but that review may be coming to an end by the end of the month, paving the way for the deal which would be worth $2.6 billion and create the fifth largest u.s. airline. we know that droughts can be a major part of life for people in our western states, but sometimes it's easy to lose sight of just how devastating

u.s. forest service officials say now that california's most recent drought has killed more than 102 million trees across the state since 2015. officials blame the region's five-year drought and bark beetle infestation that strikes as a result of those conditions. u.s. agricultural secretary calling on congress to help, saying more money is spent on fighting wildfires than forestry management. horror movie buffs may remember the 1950s thriller "the blob" where a giant mass terrorizes a community. well, not as scary here for folks in santa clara, but they may have felt like they were living in the movie. for a short time yesterday, a huge wall of foam taking over parts of the town after something tripped the fire alarm in an airport hangar there. since there was no actual fire put out, the foam just kept pouring out, taking over nearby streets. city firefighters say there was no threat to residents except for some possible eye irritations. somebody actually getting on bikes and running right through the foam there.

season as we move on now. nothing helps spread the cheer and festive spirit like tales of kind gestures from complete strangers. and it's even better when those gestures inspire others to pay it forward. here you go, carly esstock is a waitress in alabama. after watching a couple that shared -- after waiting on a couple that share add burger, she was beyond shockd to learn that couple left her a $330 tip and a card from an area church asking her to accept the random act used the money to help a few others before she went back into work. >> i just paid for a few simple meals. i gave them a certain amount of money and told them just to, you know, use it until it runs out. >> the pastor of the church says the random acts of kindness are more than a campaign. he says church members strive to make it a way of life, paying it forward. all right. well, we've all heard of the saying a dog is man's best friend, but there's a community in green bay, wisconsin that

that phrase. meet miss tony the neighborhood turkey. that's right, the 20-pound plus bird has been roaming the streets and yards since she was raised by humans as a baby turkey. whether it's getting comfortable on top of a car or playing with neighborhood dogs, miss toni is just part of the neighborhood. and apparently there's no where else she wants to be. >> they got too big. they took it over to the wildlife sanctuary and let it go, but the turkeys that were over there didn't want anythg it showed up in my yard. >> yeah. more good news for miss toni, none of her neighborhood friends have any plans of making her a part of thanksgiving dinner come next thursday. >> that's always nice. >> looks like she'll be roaming those streets even longer. janessa joins us now with a look at that weather. man, 70 degrees yesterday, the sun was out, even saw people in shorts, t-shirts, not so today.

it's time to put that away. i gave you enough time to enjoy record-breaking temperatures yesterday. kind of seeing a hodge-podge of different weather patterns this week, and now we're going to get down to business here. it's really going to feel like fall and winter here, it's going to quickly approach for your saturday, extending into sunday. so as nick said, yesterday feeling like june. we have stepped into december here fairly quickly. let's talk about our temperatures. we've already seen our today as this very strong cold front starts to enter here. 39 degrees for greater cleveland already, wayne county 35. you can see the 40s still taking over ashtabula into lake county. want to show you kind of the mess that's going on on our radar right now. any moisture that we're seeing, it is very much on the light side, but we're seeing kind of that mixed bag right now with temperatures dropping into the 30s. you're seeing a few ice pellets and a few flakes that are

the millersburg area, a few ice pellets through southern cuyahoga county, that's independence, pepper pike to solon, you're probably noticing that mixture of moisture. we're going to get a slight break here around the 9:00 to 10:00 hour before we start to track more widespread snow that's going to enter here for your afternoon as temperatures drop. now, i want you to take note. we are talking about a ground that is very warm after yesterday being in the 70s. any snow that we're going to accumulate. it starts to really accumulate tomorrow as temperatures drop. also winds, they are revving up. they're going to be the center of attention today, up to about 25 to 30 miles per hour coming out of the west. and we do have a wind advisory that's going to stir up here starting at 4:00 for lorain, cuyahoga county, lake and ashtabula. potential gusts to about 45 miles per hour. so lots going on, different

big story cooler temperatures, winds picking up, and we start to track our first snowfall of the season. so you can see hour by hour here, by 5:00 temperatures in the 30s. let me add one more element, not to excuse anything that's going on today, i want you to take note for tomorrow morning as you're headed to brunch and church services, please take a good look at our wind chills. we are talking about the tomorrow morning. so if you're headed to the muni lot, you better have not one, but two layers as we root on our browns for our sunday. you can see from futurecast the moisture is going to scoot out here very quickly. buts up. this is the secondary area of moisture and that lake effect snow that we're going to see. the seven-day forecast, the 40s and i'll show you what to expect for your thanksgiving day coming up, nick.

literally. thank you, janessa. coming up our exclusive five-month investigation uncovers one of the deadliest secrets of hospitals nationwide. it's not botched surgeries or risky procedures. on your side chief investigator ron regan is finding thousands of avoidable deaths are happening in hospitals across the country. >> i just describe it as half my heart died because she was my right arm, her and i were really years old. >> she had been to a local university, indiana university. >>reporter: her whole future ahead of her. >> definitely. >>reporter: that summer strep throat sent their daughter to the hospital. >> the numbers are what's hard. i'll never walk down the aisle, i'll never get to pick out a dress, i'll never hold her children. >>reporter: something went terribly wrong. >> we got a phone call.

were doing cpr on her. >>reporter: dead in bed. it's how hospitals describe dying suddenly and unexpectedly, and we found it's one of medicine's best-kept secrets. >> this sort of flies under the radar, and that's well known. >>reporter: dr. frank overdike is a nationally-recognized anesthesiologist. are hospitals fighting to keep these deaths from going public? >> certainly it does not well for the reputation from a marketing standpoint in a competitive healthcare environment to have unexplained deaths which is essentially what these are. >> that was ron regan reporting. now, it seems almost impossible to believe, but it is true, hospitals know how to save thousands of lives, but also allowing patients to die. ahead at 9:30, we'll have more on ron's full investigative

how would you like to own a piece of disneyland? we have a chance for you. california auction holding a souvenirs of disneyland auction today. it will be feature never-before- seen items from the park over the last six decades, it includes costumes, artwork and other collectibles. the auction features things that come from annette funecllo and it will benefit her fund for incurable neurological diseases. a lot of cool temperatures out there for your forecast. janessa joins us with another look at weather. we've gone from the 70s and 60s to the 20s, 30s and 40s. >> this is about a 30 to nearly 40-degree temperature drop that you're going to see throughout the weekend. tomorrow we're not hitting 40 degrees, nick, only a high of 37. as we track snow. i think we do get a break from

late evening to monday. tuesday we dry out. look at thanksgiving day, temperatures warming back up to the 40s, and we're tracking just a little bit of rain. >> unfortunately depending on what your perspective is, for me it's unfortunate this is more of what we're use, to seeing this time of year. >> oh, yeah. >> the 70s -- >> spoil. >> thanks, jan es a. almost two weeks after the election, protests rage across the country. we are hearing from demonstrators in about a trump presidency. stay with us. hi, i'm sarah carnes. if you're in the market for high-quality furniture, mattress, hot tub, even kitchen cabinets, then you gotta check out northeast factory direct.

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the oberlin college community is shaken this morning after a professor is target, with hate speech. and more cleveland schools test positive for lead in the drinking water. we are looking into what's being done to keep kids safe and hydrate, in the classroom. -- hydrate, in the classroom. we start with a live look from downtown cleveland from our earth cam. those gray skies ahead, moisture is back and certainly the chill has return, as you begin -- has returned as you begin your day and weekend. welcome to this nick foley alongside meteorologist janessa webb. we hope you enjoy, those 70s. >> bye. >> they're gone, see you later. it is cold out and it's going to stay that way for a little bit. >> yeah. we are talking about winds, rain right now transitioning into snow. winter weather is taking a hold of us here. we were in june conditions yesterday, being spoiled by record-breaking temperatures for november, and now the cooldown. what we have going on is this

slicing through here. we've already seen our high for today, so just know that there's a decrease in our temperatures throughout the afternoon. the feels-like is going to feel like we're in the mid-20s in some spots as this front starts to cross over. please take note. the front is going to continue to move here, but the winds, yeah, they're going to be chattering here. we do have an advisory in place starting about 4:00 this afternoon where we are going to see gusts lorain and ashtabula up to about 40 miles per hour. so i want to show you the breakdown here. we're going to continue to track that rain. we'll kind of see a little bit of a lull here from the 9:00 to 11:00 hour, then things rev up here once again. we'll see some scattered showers and we'll start to mix it in with rain with the winds in place. by the 6:00 hour, nick, we're only at 38 degrees. >> teeth chattering. thank you, janessa. racial tensions rising

campus just days after a professor is fireed for anti- semitic media posts, another professor target, with racially- charge, threats. news 5's meg shaw is live on campus with the latest developments for us. she's been following this story all morning long. meg, what's the latest this week? >>reporter: well, nick, students, community members and law enforcement, they are all on high alert this morning here in oberlin after a professor says his home was vandalized because of his religious beliefs. now, on thursday rn computer science professor says he and his wife woke up very early when they heard someone outside of their house. when they went to go look, they found items on their porch damaged, along with a note that read gas, jews, die. according to the police report, the professor says he nor his wife have not had any recent issues with any of his students, their friends or even their neighbors. shortly after this incident the cleveland chapter of the council on american islamic relations release, this

attacks on our jewish neighbors, who, like the muslim community are a tiny religious minority in this country. everyone deserves to live in peace, free from violence and religious and ethnic intimidation. now, police say they are looking into this crime. so if you know anything, please call them. but as i mentioned, everyone is on high alert right now, because this it incident happened just about a week after students here on campus said they were racially profile, at a local bakery here in town, many of those calling for a boycott of the business, meanwhile others are saying they will continue to support this bakery. again, a lot of high tensions here in oberlin. live in oberlin, meg shaw, news 5. >> not something you want to see anywhere, let alone a college campus. thank you, meg. well, it was a violent night in cleveland. in the span of just a few hours four people were shot, one of them is dead. the first happened around 7:00 on rugby road on the east side. police arrived to find a man who had been shot several

hospital. well, a half hour later a 21- year-old was shot on dece avenue. that's just a few blocks from the first shooting. right now that man is in critical condition. and then about 8:00 two more people found shot, this time at quincy avenue and canard road. both were taken to metrohealth medical center and witnesses describe a chaotic scene. >> he point, a gun at my brother -- he pointed a gun at my brother, then he pointd me. i ducked and ran. and then all these police start, coming down. >> we are now working to find out the conditions of those last two victims and if police have any suspects in these shootings. well, fire crews were able to put out this massive brush fire before it got near any homes or buildings. it happened at whipps legends in the hinckley reservation. november the peak wildfire season in ohio. the leaves are dry, humidity is low as well, prime conditions. it's not recommend, that you do any control, burning during this time of the year. of course the moisture we're

certainly going to help that. security guards now, moving on, able to use thermal imaging to catch four teens trying to steal metal wiring there. the guards, as they were supposed to called911. once there, things escalate, really quickly. >> you and your partner are both okay? >> yeah, we're both okay. >> one of the suspects was shot in the shoulder. he was carted off to the two of the other teens were arrested, the fourth still on the run this morning. >> we're going to see you get in there, we're going to alert the police, we're going to catch you, so whatever you think you might be able to steal from us, it's not worth it. >> copper theft is such a big problem first energy had been offering a $5,000 reward for information to catch other thieves. and some disturbing news involving some of our schools.

schools are tainted with high levels of lead. those are the results of months of voluntary testing at 69 of cleveland's public schools. those tests tests and the water coolers brought in to replace the water that was turn, off have cost the district more than $500,000. it's not yet known how much it's going to cost to replace all of those water fountains and sinks. >> if after the repair we still test positive, then we'll go deeper into seeing, you know, what, if replaceed. >> well, the water was turn, off during those months of testing. student hoss were in those schools before that should -- who was in those schools before that, should get test, for exposure as well. flint, michigan steel dealing with its own lead crisis. the epa just announce, new regulations they must meet before switching sources. it includes a three-month testing before the water is declare, safe to drink. that test is not expect, to be available to residents until

downtown cleveland is getting an early jump on the holiday season today. the winter wine and ale fest is happening tonight at play house square. more than 30 local breweries and wineries will offer samples and lots 6 local restaurants are -- lots of local restaurants are also taking part. the fest runs from 7:00 to 10:00 at the state theater. thank you so much for spending part of your saturday morning here with us. i'm nick foley. coming up a little bit later, vice president-elect mike pence ge a on broadway. hear what the cast of "hamilton" had to say to him. and we are comparing prices so you don't have to. find out if it's cheaper to shop online or at a discount members club. and as always, janessa has your local weather. janessa. >> right now, nick, on the radar, tracking rain, but it is transitioning over to snow. i'll show you exact locations

good morning, everyone. we have changes and they're coming very quickly after yesterday being sitting in that sunshine our 5 live radars is picking up that moisture earlier about an hour ago it was just purely rain here. now you can see the wintery mix here. we have snow that's currently flying across stark county into wayne county, even southern medina, you're seeing it, even solon to southern cuyahoga county. now, i do want to mention the ground is still very, very warm. we're not going to see any accumulation throughout your

the transition of our cooler temperatures as you can see the front continue to track through and that's why the moisture is currently changing. so hour by hour, you can see the drop here. we're at 40 degrees by the 3:00 hour. we'll track more widespread rain and snow by 5:00. nick. >> major changes in the last 24 hours. thank you, jan es a. well, the anti-donald trump movement still going strong more than a week after he was elected president. this latest protest coming last night in downtown cleveland. the cr and disbursed shortly before 11:00. we spoke with protesters from around northeast ohio. many say they think it's important those in opposition remain visible as we head towards inauguration day. >> the strongest chant we had tonight was not my president. everybody feels very strongly that this guy is not representing us at all. >> the group's organizers say they may stage protests like this in the future in response to specific issues. and today president-elect trump continues meeting with

cabinet members. he has meetings scheduled all day at his golf course in new jersey. among those expected to visit mitt romney, general james mattis and co-owner of the chicago cubs bob woodson. [ crowd noise ] all right. that's vice president-elect mike pence arriving at the richard rogers theater to a less-than-enthusiastic response by the crowd. he saw the musica biggest fans. after the show, the crowd actually addressed pence directly. >> we, sir, we are the diverse america who are alarmed and anxious [ inaudible ] will not protect us. [ crowd noise ] >> or defend us as a whole of our inalienable rights sir. >> that speech given by cast member brandon dix who plays

attending the show and urged him to uphold the american values it examines. concerning your voice at a play? maybe not the place you would expect. but they had a chance to do it anyway. janessa joins us with a look at weather. again, the trend here the cold is back. >> yeah. we have a lot going on weather wise, the transition here in our weather pattern after being spoiled yesterday in the 70s -- >> spoiled, yeah. >> record-breaking the cooldown, we have a dramatic cold front that's going to get your attention this morning and pretty much all weekend long. so you can see on the lens here we have rain drops that are currently flying, but now we are transitioning into a little bit of snow due to temperatures. they are on the slow decline. so this is going to feel like a december weekend across northern ohio. let's take a look at what's

degrees. holding on strong here out towards ashtabula, currently at 40. but the cooldown, the feels- like, man, you're going to need that extra layer throughout your afternoon. the feels-like temperature is going to be in the upper 20s. let's show you on our 5 live radars where that moisture is flowing here and where we're currently tracking snowflakes, from wayne county to southern medina county, kilbuck, millersburg, the solon ice pellets as temperatures are still above the freezing mark, and that's why we're not seeing that confidence of just snowfall activity or just rain. the two are mixing here due to temperatures above that freezing mark. millersburg, you're seeing a few flakes right now as this moisture continues to track to the east. so about two hours ago it was purely just rain, the front starts to make its way through, cooling us off, and that's why we're now currently seeing that

you saw that moisture, it's exiting fairly quickly, about 10:00, 11:00 we'll see kind of a little bit of a break, but we're going to get that secondary wave and things start to rev up once again. please take note. temperatures by the 5:00 hour, we are talking about the upper 30s. also let's add in the mix of this, we have a wind advisory in place for lorain county, cuyahoga, lake and ashtabula starting at 4:00 p.m. we are talking hour. now, across the board, this will be an opportunity for everyone to see the west winds picking up throughout your day, so that feels-like temperature just purely brutal here. you're seeing by 5:00 37 degrees, but when you factor in a sustained wind speed of 15 to 20 miles per hour, folks, we are talking about the 20s here. do want to show you here so you can plan accordingly, nick,

look at mansfield. that's near single-digit wind chills, 14 degrees for wayne county. >> you said it there, the feels like just brutal. thank you, janessa. well, the cavs very happy to see lebron james and j.r. smith return to the lineup and the two not disappointing the white and gold faithful. and another huge night on the high school gridiron as some big rivals battled it out for regional titles. here's hakeem with sports report. >> good morning, everyone. how's this for starters, lebron james and j.r. smith back in the starting lineup last night as the cavs opening up a three-game home stand last night hosting pistons at the q where it's always good to be a cavalier. the cavs were dropping dimes all night long. irving, check him out, top of your screen here, flips up to tristan thompson for the throwdown. so nice let's see it twice. oh, it's beautiful. j.r. smith missed the last three

hustling back on defense, it's loose, cavs let him finish what he started, j.r. buries the three. welcome back j.r. smith. teammates are, like, yeah, that's the j.r. we like to see. then kyree with another sweet pass, finding lebron for the layup. perfect pass from kyree. remember, kids, sharing is caring. 3rd quarter, kyree from deep, i mean deep, knocks that down. kyree25 points, 11 assists, and check out the handshake with j.r. smith. i mean, this is beauty. it's intricate, awesome. cavs win is 104-81. their next game is wednesday. oh, it was regional championship night last night in high school football and we kick off with a monster matchup. two-time defending state champs st. anne's facing st. ignatius for a spot in the state semifinals. st. ignatius crushed st. anne's in the final night of the

went to overtime. it was wild. huge rivals, eagles and wildcats clashing at bedford hudson valley, a back and forth game. two minutes to go in the first half. after st. ignatius recovered a punt, they capitalized. patrick ryan keeps it to himself. touchdown wildcats, st. ignatius in front 17-7. st. anne's responds just before half. kramer to hoover 66-yard scoring strike, three-point game at half time. 4th quarter, 10 minutes to go, st. anne's with the handoff to curtice zalesta, 10- yard touch. eagles take a 28-24 lead. st. ignatius responds. patrick ryan to mike ledo, a thing of beauty. 35-yard touchdown and st. ignatius retakes the lead. but we go to overtime, tied 31- 31. st. ignatius gets the ball first in o.t. mark babinski, eight yards out, he's in. st. anne's has to answer. unfortunately st. anne's starting quarterback kevin kramer got injured in the 4th quarter, left the game.

down to this. zurro to the end zone and the pass is incomplete. that's it, st. ignatius defeats st. anne's 38-31 in overtime. wildcats moving on to the state semis. congrats to them. division 2 regional final, hudson taking on warren g. harding at twinsburg high school. 2nd quarter, bowden to hooks, touchdown strike. harding up 41-3, but hudson rallies, comes back to win it 24-21, and hudson moving on, advancing to the state semis. division 6 regional final, undefeated cuyahoga heights first kiterland. cuyahoga shut out kiterland in the regular season. did the same last night. louther to drummond, 89-yard touchdown. have a day, kid. and cuyahoga heights shut out kiterland 17-0, advancing to the state semis. that's your morning sports. i'm hakeem durmish, have a great day. >> hakeem, thank you very much. well, it is almost time for

we'll introduce you to that little lady. our pet of the weekend, eleanor coming up next. you're watching "good morning

it's our favorite time, our pet of the weekend, and we have this special girl, she's sitting right now. it took us a while, so -- >> yeah. >> we try not to bother her. who do we have? >> this is eleanor. eleanor, she loves treats.

>> she likes these treats. >> look at that. come here. there you go. she is a 3-year-old terrier mix who is available for adoption at the cleveland a.p.l. >> no treats. >> come here. i know. [ laughter ] >> she's very treat motivated and she's about as sweet as they come, loves everybody. >> right. >> especially if you have treats, and she just wants to meet everybody, give them kisses. she wants to -- >> she wants to weather wall. >> hi, camera. did not like the rain this morning. probably not the snow either >> what do you think is the perfect family for her? >> anybody who just wants a real loving, mellow dog. she would get along probably with other mellow dogs. we don't know for sure. so if you have an animal at home, definitely bring them in, and she's a -- she's really great, though. she's a total snuggler.

give kisses, i can tell. >> yeah. >> what do you have going on? you guys have any events happening? >> we do. on tuesday we have tuna who is the underdog with an overbite. we'll be at the a.p.l. from 5:30 to 7:00, so come on down, get your picture taken with tuna. >> for the holidays. >> yeah, for donations to benefit the cleveland a.p.l. >> so eleanor, she's looking for a perfect family, it's the holiday season. people, you need to get down to cleveland a.p.l. for sure. >> it's a great time to find that extra family member for that you want to spend time with, like a perfect cat or dog. >> 771-4616 and she loves to give kisses, nick. >> yeah, she's already got her festive bandana, so she's ready to go. a cutie. she loves those treats. warehouse clubs like sam's and costco have been the place to go to stock up on home essentials for years, but now amazon prime is joining in on that competition. so which one is the better deal? well, one of the top coupon

items at all three of those places. costco coming out with the lowest prices overall, sam's club with second, about 5% higher than costco, but keep in mind costco's membership fee is higher. amazon subscribe and save was third. >> much to our surprise, costco is still 12% less in average price of those items when you compare it to amazon subscribe and save. >> joni deemer who you heard from there says there's no single winner costco is best if you buy a lot and want organic produce. sam's is best for services, has membership fees as low as $10 and amazon is best for convenience. well, straight ahead, coming up now, dead in bed, chief investigator ron regan uncovers the deadly secrets the medical world does not want out. what's claiming lives and the simple fix that could save them in just minutes. you're watching "good morning

it is now 9:29. we start this half hour with another live look from our earthcam. maybe not as wet as we saw earlier this morning. but those gray skies are there, and certainly the cold temperatures are here too. hello and welcome to this saturday edition of "good morning cleveland." i'm nick foley alongside meteorologist janessa webb to

wearing t-shirts -- >> spoiled. >> looking at the sunshine, not so much today. >> i had flip flops on yesterday, and now we are -- >> this is not flip flop weather. >> ladies, go ahead and put away those open-toed shoes. it's over with. we are tracking snow already. we have transition as temperatures continue to fall. you're seeing cloudy skies, but the brunt of this moisture is moving out fairly quickly. what i do want to show you on our radar, the big cooldown that cold front slicing over northern ohio. we're currently at 38 degrees. so we were talking about the 70s yesterday, about a 30 to 40- degree temperature drop here in less than 24 hours. let's show you from our 5 live radars where we're seeing a little bit of snow. this is wet flakes that we're currently seeing for wayne county to richland county. you can see that green is still rainfall for portage county to

continue to cool down, that's where we are eseing the transition of kind of -- seeing that transition of kind of a wintery mix. now, the ground surface level, we were talking about highs yesterday in the 70s, so ground level is still very warm. accumulation totals for today not going to happen here. we're talking about a very warm ground. as things cool off for your overnight, that's when we'll start talking about accumulation possibly for tomorrow afternoon. so hour by hour, you can see by the 5:00 hour we'll start to see things re temperatures in the upper 30s. nick. >> janessa, thank you. now an exclusive five-month investigation uncovers one of the deadliest seats in hospitals nation -- wide. it's not botched surgeries or risky procedures. 5 on your side ron regan joins us to find that thousands of avoidable deaths are happening in hospitals across the country. >>reporter: these are patients who are recovering so well. they're back in their own

family members. but we found far too many are dying within hours and hospitals are failing to rescue. >> i just describe it as half my heart dying when she died because she was my right arm. her and i were really close. >>reporter: amanda was just 18 years old. >> she had got accepted into a local university, indiana university. >>reporter: a future ahead her. >> very definitely. >>reporter: but that summer strep throat sent their daughter to the hospital. >> the nevers are what's hard, he'll never walk down the aisle, i'll never get to pick out a dress, i'll never hold her children. >>reporter: something [ phone ringing ] >>reporter: went terribly wrong. >> we got a phone call [ phone ringing ] >> that she was dead in bed, and they were doing cpr on her. [ bell ringing ] >>reporter: dead in bed, it's

we found it's one of medicine's best-kept secrets. >> this sort of flies under the radar, and that is well known. >>reporter: dr. frank overdike is a nationally-recognized anesthesiologist. are hospitals fighting to keep these deaths from going public? >> certainly it does not bode well for the reputation from a marketing standpoint in a competitive healthcare environment to have unexplained deaths which is essentially what these >>reporter: our five-month nationwide investigation found it's not happening during surgery or in recovery rooms, but instead here in hospital rooms and floors where complications and risks are judged the absolute lowest, often within hours of family, flowers and cards. could this have been prevented? >> absolutely. >> yeah, definitely. i mean, we feel 110% it could have been avoided.

basic technology similar to this, $25 at drug drug stores, an alarm sounds when breathing slows and oxygen in the blood stream reaches critical levels, technology both doctors and hospitals have known for decades. but instead we found lives are being left to chance. you were e -- you essentially were dying. >> yeah. i died. >>reporter: matt whitman was back in his hospital room on a retunely go for hours without being checked. a nurse later confided. >> something made me stick my head in that room and i heard you take your last breath and she was crying. >> everything was perfect, the surgery went well. >>reporter: marty's wife was back in her hospital room. >> is she told me they found -- she told me they found jean not breathing. >>reporter: so was bill. >> they found him cyanotic.

heart eventually stopped and they did a code blue. >>reporter: brain damage so severe his family made the painful decision to remove life support. this didn't have to happen. >> oh, no. this was absolutely preventible. >>reporter: preventible because we found hospitals and doctors already know what's causing so many patients to simply stop breathing. >> sometimes refer to that as the tip of the iceberg. >>reporter: dr. robert stoalting is one of the nation's experts. >> this is fix is -- this fix is available. it's available. it's out there. why isn't it being more widely embraced? >> you're right. the fix is out there. >>reporter: he chaired the anesthesiology department at a major medical school, served on the fda's drug safety committee and is president of the anesthesia patient safety foundation. >> and what we know about

breathing. >>reporter: opioids are among the most powerful painkillers used following surgery. in recent years creating an addiction epidemic in neighborhoods nationwide. but we found there's another opioid crisis inside hospitals. why? in part new pain management standards adopted 15 years ago. >> providing too much pain medication? >> well, in retrospect, too much pain medication. >>reporter: hospitals actually profit when patients are kept pain free, that's because patients grade hospitals on how well their pain is managed. higher scores mean millions in federal cash, placing patients at risk. >> the safety issue that we're dealing with is what we call a gap between what we do and what we know. >>reporter: especially deadly for an estimated 40 million americans suffering sleep

threatening by opioids. that's because many go undiagnosed. >> and ultimately it may reach a point where it can cause damage to the brain and to the heart. >> what we believe happened is that he may have fallen asleep and was unable to wake himself up because he had sleep apnea. >>reporter: and there's one more factor, increasing your risk. >> she wasn't monitored. >> because they didn't monitor her or they didn't -- i don't know, i don't know didn't know or they just assumed not to do it, but it just didn't happen. >> he had had a pulseoximter, which is the little clip on your finger, it probably would not have happened. >>reporter: but our investigation found hospitals across the country are failing to continually monitor patients. >> people are denying that it's happening, and yet every hospital i've given a talk in about the risks of opioids, they've come up to me and said,

bed from respiratory depression. >>reporter: dr. michael ramsey heads up anesthesiology at baylor medical center in dallas. >> this is something that's entirely preventible, and it's something that we need to stop. >>reporter: but it hasn't. we found as many as 50,000 have died or suffered serious brain injury over the last 10 years. it's equivalent fully loaded jetliners. >> the airline industry, if you had the equivalent of a safety issue where we knew that it was a safety issue and we even knew perhaps how to reduce the likelihood of it occurs, -- occurring, to me that gap would be closed immediately. >>reporter: a gap hospitals have failed to close for more than a decade. >> this sort of collateral damage as it were, whatever cost of doing business,

is unacceptable in our healthcare system. >>reporter: where is the pushback? >> so the pushback comes from the medical establishment and i'm way embarrassed to say. >>reporter: four full years ago, the top accrediting agency for hospitals called the joint commission found improper monitoring causes more than one in four adverse events, including death, and may actually be reported. even so, a leading foundation for healthcare technology warns patients remain at risk. >> i think there's more the joint commission could do because the healthcare delivery community listens when the joint commission speaks. >>reporter: meanwhile, the luck that saved matt whitman. >> i truly think it's criminal that this isn't used in every single -- every time a person is attached to a pain pump for an opioid that it's not

there. >>reporter: it ran out for amand, a bill and jean, plus thousands more just like them every year. >> if you have the capabilities and you have the machinery, use it. i don't want anybody to lose a loved one to something that's preventible. [ bell ringing ] >>reporter: here in ohio, university hospital's geneva medical center is the only hospital protecting patients and saving lives with continuous monitoring of all surgical patients. you can learn more about policies at both the cleek and metro health -- at the cleveland clinic and metro health by checking our website, newsnet5.com and more about these tragic and preventible medical deaths. i'm investigative reporter ron regan. >> an eye-opening look at this issue. thank you, ron. coming up this morning, november is transgender awareness month.

make sure transhate crimes victims are never forgotten. jan es a. >> we have rain transitioning over to some snow. i'll give you accumulation totals and how long the chill sticks around, all that coming

good morning, much. i'm power of 5 -- good morning, everyone. i'm power of 5 meteorologist janessa webb. we are tracking our transition from rain to snowfall in some areas.

folks yesterday temperatures in the 70s so very warm ground. any accumulation we see today is probably very minimal, probably on those grassy areas, football fields, you might see a few flakes, but the ground is still very much on the warm side. throughout your overnight through tomorrow morning, that's when we'll start to pick up some accumulation because temperatures are dropping. so i'm going to show you from our futurecast here, right now we're getting a slight break, but throughout your afternoon, temperatures drop, going to continue to see a few isolat across the area. things do start to rev up. this is around 5:00, 6:00 hour to erie and huron counties. take a good look, temperatures in the lower 30s. we'll continue to track that snowfall activity primary snow belt locations. for tomorrow we're forecasting possible accumulation up to two to four inches. nick. >> anywhere you go outside in the next few hours, you're going to feel it. thank you, janessa. the jury that is handling

convicted of killing three people in warrensville heights will resume deliberations today. this is the same jury that found 21-year-old douglas shine guilty earlier this month. prosecutors say shine went to chalk line's barber shop to kill a rival gang member. shine is convicted of killing him, the shop's owner and a customer. the jury has the option to recommend the death penalty. well, ohio's heroin epidemic showing no signs of stopping, and this afternoon a cuyahoga falls church gathering to find a solution. community vineyard church is hosting a conference for educators. the goal is to help everyone identify the behaviors that lead to heroin addiction and the steps that need to be taken to get someone help. it's happening from 1:00 to 6:00 today at the church's state road location. and in akron there's a candlelight vigil for all the children who have lost parents to heroin abuse. the vigil will also kick off a toy drive for kids impacted by drug use. following the service, several local bands set to play as well. it is now under way. it goes until 12:30 at the vortex club.

friend, but we'll introduce you to one boy who would argue turkeys made pretty good friends as well. that's straight ahead on "good

time now is 9:48. only on 5, her daughter tried to take her own life after she says she was sexually assaulted by a deacon at a cleveland church. now that mother is sharing her

the woman's daughter was sexually assaulted here at the church of the living god on buckeye road in cleveland. her daughter was just 9 1/2 at the time of the alleged attack. the church deacon, 65-year-old willie warren, jr. is charged with the crime. >> to have someone that utilizes their title to be able to track and then to hurt someone because we were not only close in church, we were close literally outside of church as well. >> warren, jr. was immediately removed om dragging through the court system for 14 months is taking its toll on that young girl. her parents say she's tried to take her own life several times. a pretrial is set for december 7th. well, november is transgender awareness month, and last night in cleveland hundreds gathering to march for transgender rights. the group walked silently through the streets of cleveland, carrying candles and signs with the names of trans- victims of hate crimes.

brandi bledsoe. both were murdered in cleveland this year. following the program, a memorial program will be held at the cleveland city hall rotunda. well, proposed airline merger creating one of the largest outfits in the country may be a step closer to actually being approved. the alaska airlines acquisition of virgin america had been delayed by an ongoing anti- trust evaluation by the department of justice. but that review may be coming to an end at the end of the month, paving the way for the deal which would be worth largest u.s. airline. we know that droughts can be a major part of life for people in our western states, but sometimes it's easy to lose sight of just how devastating these droughts can be. u.s. forest service officials say now that california's most recent drought has killed more than 102 million trees across the state since 2015. officials blame the region's five-year drought and bark beetle infestation that strikes as a result of those

saying more money is spent on fighting wildfires than forestry management. and horror movie buffs might remember the 1950s thriller "the blob" where a giant slimy mass terrorizes a community. folks in santa clara, california felt like they were living that movie for a short time area. a huge wall of foam taking over the area after something tripped a fire alarm in an airport hangar. since there was no out, taking over nearby streets. city firefighters say there was no threat to residents except for some possible eye irritation. look at that. snowstorm taking over santa clara, california. we may see some snow here, we're bracing for t. we are going to see some snow, just how much i guess is the real question. >> we're going to track some lake effect snow and we're going to see squalls persist. we're going to see heavier amounts. >> in other words, depending on

>> right. but primary snow belt, we are forecasting about two to four inches. right now you're getting a little bit of a break. we've been seeing a pretty active morning where we are tracking rain. the front came through already, so temperatures are dropping fairly quickly here. wayne county, you are seeing a few flakes that are currently flying out to that area, but we are seeing a very warm ground, folks. we were in the 70s yesterday, so any accumulation today is definitely not going might see a few flakes. temperatures, though, across the board, we're off to a very chilly start. you're going to need to layer up here. we have dropped about 30 to 40 degrees from yesterday afternoon. 38 degrees right now for cuyahoga county, upper 30s for most spots. so our 5 live radars still picking up that moisture for ashtabula county, but it's in the form of rain. we're near that 40-degree mark, so still a little bit of warmth

seeing rainfall activity. your he seeing that good-old fashioned dividing line for summit county right now where you're dealing with a few ice pellets, a wintery mix here as temperatures continue to cool off from kilbuck to millersburg, your's seeing a few breaks currently. that's what you're seeing right now from elyria to cuyahoga county. but don't get too comfortable. this moisture here is going to track in here throughout your afternoon, and we're going to start to activity. so hour by -- some snowfall activity. so hour by hour, this will not be that good old-fashioned shovellable snow, but it is our first snowfall of the season, and it becomes more widespread overnight into early morning hours. have to mention we have a wind advisory for cuyahoga, lorain, lake and ashtabula counties starting at 4:00. this will be widespread winds coming out of the west for everybody, but for those counties under that advisory,

hour, and that really doesn't subside until overnight hours. also the big talker is the chill in the air, but let's everybody come to your screen right now, look at your overnight lows. these are wind chills, and they are not playing nice tonight. by tomorrow morning when i see you and we're tracking that snow, we are talking about portions of northern ohio, yeah, near the single digits. look at mansfield, 11 degrees, so the wind chills will not be 34 for an overnight low. seven-day forecast, do want to show you thanksgiving day. we do warm up here, but we are tracking just a few rain drops, so a pretty busy weekend. nick. >> all right, janessa. we've all heard the saying a dog is man's best friend. there's a community in green bay, wisconsin that has put its own unique spin on the phrase. meet the turkey, the 20-plus pound bird has been roaming the streets and yards since she was raised by a baby turkey.

playing with neighborhood dogs, miss toni just part of the neighborhood. apparently there's no where else she wants to be. >> it got too big, they took it over to the wildlife sanctuary and let it go, but the turkeys that were over there didn't want anything to do with it, so it left. and it showed up in my yard. >> likes humans better. more good news for miss toni, none of her neighborhood friends have any plans of making her a part of thanksgiving dinner. guess she's going to stick around for a while.

all right, janessa back wus. what do we got? lots of snow and cold. have a great day, everyone. hey, it's sarah carnes with sweeties candy today. let me tell you, if you're

for the holiday season, this is the place to be oovment um's here with tom and he's going to talk about all the wide variety of candy they have here to stuff in the stockings. >> hi, sarah. >> hey. >> so, yeah, one of my favorites is just the plain old cane full of candy because i can put it on the mantle and i don't have anything else to do there. not that i'm lazy or anything. >> what else do you have? >> m&ms, candy canes, of course, we must have 24 different varieties of stick or peppermint, cherry, all different varieties of candy canes. whole candy. this one is really popular. this is for those who have not been so nice. >> oh, wow! so coal in your stocking could be a good thing. >> it can be very tasty. it's also available in chocolate too. and then, of course, everybody knows us for peeps. so peeps this year have sugar plum varieties, we've got red velvet, we got hot cocoa, we've got sugar cake, all types >> that is just crazy to me

looks really, really good. velvet peeps, you had me there. >> so it's not only just the trees and snowmen now, it's all different >> that's so fun. so what are the most popular candies for the holiday season? >> usually those items that sell under $2 which there's probably 40 different items just in the christmas -- or in the holiday section. >> so last minute shoppers because there's a lot of us out there, up until christmas eve sometimes, what can we get, when can we shop? >> well, pretty much we're open until 8:00 every night, we're the stocking stuffer items, all the small items that go in the stockings, we've got it all. we have the nostalgic stuff too. >> tell me about that. >> if you're building for gingerbread houses for roofs, all different types of stuff. >> you gotta check them out. check them out online at sweetiescandy.com or give them

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