do you see this? only news 5 is working to get this deplorable bridge cleaned up. we're talking about a busy downtown bridge that has local drivers and pedestrians fed up. >>we went to take a closer look at the detroit superior bridge and found it littered with dead animals and human feces. it is the city's job to clean and maintain the bridge. >> reporter: that r but the people who walk the detroit superior bridge say the city hasn't paid any attention to it, that's all we got involved today. >>where's my tax money? i work downtown. i walk to save money. >> reporter: an iconic bridge with a rich history tanner issued by -- tarnished by eyesores like this. >>heaven for bid i actually see

their private toilet. >> reporter: human feces, a decaying bird, trash. >>there's beer cans, liquor bottles, spoiled food, you name it. >> reporter: and the light post in disrepair. that's what paul browning and kiera debost see every day when they walk the bridge. >>you have families and nice places to go when you walk back to cleveland. >>what is my tax money being used for? >> reporter: they both say nothing has changed in more than a month. that's how long this trash has been here as well as this light pole which used it stand here. >>this is unacceptable. >> reporter: the city is supposed to keep the bridge clean and make repairs to it, so we requested an interview today with the person in charge, but in this e-mail back the

>>do something. we're paying for it. >> reporter: the light post that was sitting over here earlier today is now gone. the city told us that they've removed the post once we brought it to their attention. and they say a new post will be installed in the next couple of weeks. as for the feces, the bird, and the trash, all of that still remains. live in cleveland, i'm kristin bolts, news 5. police and investigators final moments before a chattanooga school bus crashed and wrapped around a tree. >> reporter: lee, right now the ntsb is getting ready to hold a news conference. we expect they will update where they stand in their investigation. earlier today chattanooga police brought us up to date on theirs. we now know the bus driver did not have drugs or alcohol in his system and there's no evidence to suggest the crash was

above the 35-mile-per-hour speed limit. he has been charged with vehicular homicide. five children died, six others remain in the hospital. they all attended the same school, and today the governor visited. >>you're not supposed to have classrooms with empty desks and i think the sorrow that all of us feel is incredibly deep, and i want to bring my wishes for you from people across the state. i is mourning with you. >> reporter: because the victims were so young doctors are describing a chaotic scene at the hospital. they couldn't tell them their names, they didn't have id. and that left parents waiting anxiously to find find out their kids were okay. police have not interviewed the kids on the bus, but officers have reviewed the cameras on the bus, lee. >>the tennessee tragedy has pushed the debate of seat belts on united states embassy front and center.

phrase, "seat belts save lives,." but when it comes to belts on united states embassy, some argue that is not the case. >> reporter: seat belts on large united states embassy, only six states have them right now. ohio isn't one of them and these parents want to know why. >>they could always have seat belts just like they have in roller coasters that you could just quickly release. >>i would feel safer trusting a bus and they were strapped in. >> reporter: meet jeffrey the size of the bus, we don't want need them. >> reporter: he's president of the hudson based school bus safety company training drivers in 3,000 school districts nationwide. his argument the school bus is built like a tank, extra protection just isn't need understood their huge, heavy, and they very rarely travel over 30 miles an hour. >> reporter: look at this school bus crash test.

supported with dramatic injuries images knowing what can happen to kids when they aren't buckled in. castle points find out a wear breaks out or if it crashes into water those consequences are just as bad. kids would be trapped with their seat belts on. >>if it went across the neck, they're five times more likely to die if they didn't have the seat belt. >> reporter: last november the national highway traffic safety seat belts on united states embassy, the same buckles you and i use in our cars every day. >> reporter: and a spokesperson told us their stance has led to promising discussions. it goes on to say there are real concerns about costs, but nhtsa is working with the states that mandate seat belts on united states embassy to learn ways to deal with costs. installing belts on one school bus could cost from 7,000 to $11,000, but for these parents you can't put

safety. >>whatever we can do to make sure that they get to their education and home safe, then that's what we need to do. >> reporter: chris lynn burn, news 5. >>kristin mentioned five kids that are killed riding a school bus every glory this country. compare that to the more than 800 students who don't ride a bus every year, students who walk, bus, or ride in a car. there's a focus on phones as the nation deals with distracted driving and today the administration released proposals to cut down thanks to a spike in those cases. in 2015 distracted drivers caused nearly 3500 death, about 10% of all traffic deaths, and the number's even higher this year. ohio has seen an increase. three troopers have been injured by suspected distracted drivers in three months alone. the administration has put out the call for drivers, car manufacturers and cell phone makers to work together to

drivers to simply put down cell phones while they're behind the wheel. it wants car makers to make their infotainment system incompatible with cell phones. the phones in the car systems would block the ability to text, browse the internet, watch videos or read books. all of these proposed guidelines would be voluntary, and they will take feedback for the next 60 days we have our link on our news 5 app. breaking news as the shakeup in washington continue. former presidential candidate ben carson just accepted donald trump's offer to become the next secretary of housing and urban development. >>the president-elect announced two other cabinet appointments today. both females who did not support him on the campaign

strong republican leader, but her election to join the president-elect's cabinet demonstrates a departure from previous nominees. neither were supporters of mr. trump on the campaign trail. governor haley supported marco rubio. her state of the considered an indictment of mr. trump, but after the election governor haley called mr. trump a friend now saying when the president believes you have a major contribution to make to the welfare of our nation and to our nation's standing in the world that's a calling that is horn to heed. ms. devoss an advocate for school choice was an advocate for case issue. me some doubled

mr. trump saying she was against common core though she had previously been a member of pro common core organizations, this was a key platform issue of the president-elect. >>we're going to end common core and have education, an absolute priority. >>meanwhile dr. ben carson says an announcement is forthcoming about his role in the administration and there's been some public jockeying over the head of the state department with mitt romney vying for the top role. >>our weather messy out there. a little bit of rain out there, frank, but we're getting into a dry spot. the showers are pulling north and we should see them end through a lot of the evening before the next wave comes in. this is the solid rain most likely 10, 11, midnight and after is when the rain will arrive. we've got hit

down to youngstown. canton is dry. 37 worcester, 38 for akron, canton. watch your hour-by-hour. look at the temperatures. 30s now, 40 at 8, 41 at 10, midnight and 2:00 a.m., and by the time you wake up tomorrow lower and middle 40s with lots of rain coming down. i'll tell you about your turkey day. i think it's going to be warmer and muddier coming up. with black friday approaching cargo airline that ships for amazon and dhl are still on strike but their company is fighting to end it. leaders have asked a judge for a restraining order that would force abx air pilots to end the walk-out. about 75 flights have been cancelled because of the strike. the pilots say they're striking because the carrier is understaffed and they're forced to work on days off. an ohio congressman is refusing to give up. >>he is trying to take over

mean rats and representative tim ryan being loud about his thoughts on our president-elect and his vision for the democratic party. plus donald trump's son negotiating war strategy? the latest conflict of interest scandal revealed as he transitions into power next. and remember the glory days of the shopping mall? well at 5:30 we take you inside the effort to reinvite lies a struggling city on the west -- revie take a lookize struggling -- revit ali ze a struggling city on the west side. and how your money is

in his effort to dethrone nancy policy tim ryan continues to sound off on the trump transition. >>today he focused on the president-elect's conflicts of interest saying it is time for mr. trump to meet with a team of attorneys and figure out a way to separate himself from his businesses. ryan also spoke about mr. trump's meeting with the new york times yesterday where he reversed position on several of his campaign promises.

that eventually the president-elect will need to pick a position and stick with it. >>at some point he's got to present a budget. at some point he's got to present a policy initiative that he's going to push, and we need to kind of be patient and wait and see what it exactly looks like on paper when it gets to the house of representatives. >>the house democrats are scheduled to vote on their leadership november 30th after their thanksgiving break. today "the wall journal" revealed donald trump's son was in paris last month holding private talks with diplomats, businessmen and politicians. it was a way to try to end the syrian civil war in cooperation with russia. mr. trump said during his campaign that his children would run his business and not have a role in the administration, yet in addition to this paris meeting, mr. trump's daughter

japanese's prime minister. russian a role in ending the syrian civil war has involved months of air strikes. it has repeatedly gone after rebel targets. russian air strikes will be blamed for the deaths of civilians including children. russian-backed government forces have been bombarding the aleppo. tonight there are -- the city of aleppo. tonight there are no hospitals left in the east side leaving a quarter million people without hospital care. we may already know our president-elect, but the election votes are still being counted and despite losing the electoral college, hillary clinton's lead in the popular vote continues to climb. as of today she is up by more than 2 million votes furthering her record-setting lead for a candidate who still lost in the electoral college.

california. one of the critical traditionally blue states that in the final hours of the vote count turned red in this election was wisconsin. the federal judges have struck down the state's map. they regrew legislative districts back in 2011. the judges say the new districts made it impossible for democrats to get their share of power and that it was all designed to secure republican control. now the nation's consider whether such political jerrymandid he hearing complies with the constitution. a little bit of rain but we're going to get a break before the next wave arrives. if you're traveling late tonight you'll have the bulk of the rain moving in. >>give it to us. >>let's show you the showers coming in. there's quite a wall of rainfall, fort wayne all the

louisville and that is moving our way overnight tonight. you notice we get a break with some dryer air working in. we've got a couple of showers over cleveland and ashtabula down to youngstown, akron, a few isolated showers. this main area of rain comes in tonight and then behind it we've got a few isolated lingering showers for thanksgiving day. it's not too bad all in call it. worcester, 37 in mansfield. winds out of the east primarily 7 to 15 miles per hour. 39 cleveland. there's 38 in canton, 43 millersburg. there's are likely going to be pretty close to your low temperatures tonight. temperatures will go up as the warm surge of air comes in. now, this warm front is not going to reach us, but there's warmer out -- warmer air out ahead of it.

this front does weaken as it moves by, so there's not going to be any real wind to deal with tomorrow. we've got rain tonight but then just isolated showers during your day tomorrow. rainfall totals hit and miss through the day tomorrow, generally less than 3/10s of an inch total. tonight we'll go 39, rain likely cloudy and cool with temperatures warming into the middle and lower 40s by sunrise tomorrow. tomorrow 50, cloudy, a bit warmer with isolated rain showers. we'll track the 7-day. a warm-up or a cool-down i'll tell you next. who is accused of using a grenade as the pipeline confrontation turns bloody. plus facebook responds to claims cracking down on free

. if you're tonight we are learning new information about the violence that unfolded over the do coat a access pipeline sunday. >>police are already facing criticism and now they're accused of using grenades. at least 26 protesters were hospitalized one woman's arm was so badly injure it had may need to be amputated. her father says she was hit in the arm by a concussion grenade thrown by law enforcement. >>a police officer threw a grenade that hit her in her forearm and exploded. there are many witnesses and they have shrapnel. the sheriff's office they broke their own bombs or something. it's ridiculous. >>the north dakota highway

no law enforcement were using concussion grenades, but also promised a full investigation. police at the protest did report seeing a group of protestors run toward the area of the explosion before it happened and afterwards say they found materials commonly used in making mole to have cocktails. -- molatoff cocktails. the the pipeline will contaminate its freshwater. the route also encroaches on land the u.s. government set aside for native americans in an 1851 treaty. whether by plane, train, or automobile, plenty of you have out there have travel plans in the next month. we're going to show you the best day to buy your plane tickets and which travel scams to stay away from. plus a new chance for an old hot spot? after years of losing stores and shoppers, there's

. we just learned new details about the deadly school bus crash in chattanooga, tennessee. the ntsb just healed news conference about what happened. investigators revealed the bus crashed on a road that was not part of the scheduled route. at this point, it's not clear why. the bus went off the road to the right and then to the left, and then the bus wrapped around a tree. five children died, and a dozen others are hospitalized. six in critical condition tonight. the tragedy in tennessee puts a controversial topic back into the spotlight right here in ohio. should united states embassy have seat belts. we did some digging. one expert suggested since buses are built like tanks the extra protection

just one bus would cost anywhere from 7,000 to $11,000. the shakeup in washington continuing today when president-elect donald trump announced three cabinet appointments today and we learned ben carson agreed to the job of hud secretary even after earlier saying he didn't feel he's qualified for a cabinet position. carson says tonight he now feels he can make a contribution toward, "making our today mr. trump also announced nikki haley as the u.s. ambassador. and betsy devoss to head the department of education. elyria's midway mall could use some love. the mall used to be packed. >>but in recent years not so much. several anchors stores have shut down amid competition from newer malls.

live tonight. you looked at a study that found a mall has potential to attract a new developer. >> reporter: that's right frank and lee. the 65 page study concludedded that midway mall has a lot of potential but if something isn't done to attract more hoppers a lot more -- shoppers a lot more stores could close. black friday has been called the busiest shopping day of the year. the amarry i can't midway mall will also be busy. but the concern is how busy over the rest of the year. anchor years, but this week a consultant completed a study saying there's a lot of potential for midway all. mayor holly brenda agrees. >>the property can become vibrant again. >> reporter: the goal of the study is to attract a developer who would buy the mall and invest in major improvements. the consultant envisions more outdoor accessible shopping like a park or legacy village.

needed to draw more shoppers. >>we want people to have an opportunity to shop, live, work, and play in a more dense area. >> reporter: the 65-page study concluded if nothing is done, more stores will close leaving the mall blighted. brenda believes the mall needs more variety of stores and ... >>having office space and si will work. >> reporter: more than 1,000 people work at the mall. reporting live paul kiska, news 5. more than 16 years after an akron man who was locked up for raping a woman. they connected him to the rape of a woman in august of 2000 after the victim's rape kit was tested and came back with a match for johnson. a jury found him

additional 28 years in prison. he is already serving a life sentence in the death of jacob curry who was on leave from the military at that time got into a fight and johnson shot cory. many people packing the luggage or a car to visit family thanksgivingeve one of the busiest travel days of the year. >>but this week is one of the best times to book travel for december. >> reporter: 28,0 today, but if you're already thinking about possibly traveling in december, i have some tips you'll want to know and scams to look out for. ready to trade in the wintry weather for the warmth? forget what you've heard about finding cheap flights midweek. that theory now debunked. >>looking on the weekends is when you can find the best deal

booking a room can save about 600 bucks. >>60-plus days in advance or about 7 to 13 days in advance. >> reporter: but watch out for scams that haunt travelers year after year. >>research the site very carefully that you are about to use. >> reporter: the cleveland better business bureau says some sham sites entice buyers with cheap prices. >>the lowest price isn't always the best price. stick to the companies that have been around doing this a long time. >> enjoying your get-away, fight the urge to let everyone know. >>be very careful what you post on social media. you don't want to broadcast to the world necessarily that you're not home. >> reporter: so just soak up the sun before returning to shovel the snow. the most popular spots for winter get-aways are europe and mexico. flights to mexico are actually 25% cheaper

mark johnson, holiday weekend time. >>i can see weather from mexico. they have skype now. we could all do the news from there. >>skype it from the beach. >>here's your holiday travel. let's talk. you notice that over the great lakes we've got some inclement weather. lots of rain and found portland to seattle. there may be some delays there. you're flying over the rockies with a little bit of snow. we come back to the great lakes and we've go over toward alpena, farther south, chicago, grand rapids to cleveland, it is rain and into louisville a lot of rain. toward the west over the next 8 hours or so is going to be a very slippery go thanks to the showers on the road. temperatures are generally in the 30s now. we will see a warmer air mass move in, so tonight's temperatures are going to go up.

notice by 10:00 p.m., a lot of lower 40s out there. so slightly warmer temperatures as we head through the overnight, and rain is likely especially after midnight. frank and lee. an oil spill threatens the water supply in cincinnati. now the company behind it is admitting its guilt and paying up. a subsidiary of duke energy pleaded guilty to negligent discharge for violating the clean water act during the spill. more than of deasil fuel spilled from their power plant into the ohio river back in 2014. duke must now pay a $1 million fine plus restitution. some are questioning the cost of getting in good with china. the company built a tool according to some that would censor a poll. facebook is now blocked from china. the company won't admit it built a

the official statement is that facebook has always been interested in china and is learning more about the country. ohio gives big tax breaks for movie makers to shoot films here and we are supposed to reap the benefits in the form of jobs and money, but is that really the case? there's no perfect way to figure out how beneficial this is to the state of ohio. >>our exclusive investigation reveals what happens when

still some great sunrises and sunsets even though the temperatures are going down and we even had some snow over the weekend. this is r. cocoa 8 via twitter. i'm okay with this all winter long. >>and you know what the snow

colorful leafs on some of the maple trees who refuse to drop the leafs. finally tmm 6985 beautiful morning in worcester, ohio. you are great by taking the snapshots and then sending them to me mark j. weather on twitter, you like, you follow and then you post and you may see your picture on air on news 5 at 5 tomorrow. that's thanksgiving. you'll be eating

. big movies, big stars, big promises, but is hollywood messing with your money? it's a multi million dollars mystery. >>our investigation uncovered some serious questions about a program meant to boost our economy. on your side investigator is here with her exclusive findings. >> reporter: we wanted to typed out if the ohio film tax credit creates jobs.

public officials refuse to talk to us, they censored the information. meet rick fike. he's a stunt man. >>there's nothing to it but to do it. >> reporter: who's appeared in more than 50 films. >>if you look at me long enough you'll realize the nose has been broken more than one time. >> reporter: think he's hollywood? think again. >>i'm adjust guy from a small town, madison, ohio. >> reporter: how is that possible? he points to ohio's film tax credit. >>it just has skyrocketed. >> reporter: to lure hollywood here, ohio has given away more than $150 million of your money since 2009. the deal lawmakers devised, producers get a huge

it will bring a big economic boost. so how many jobs as the credit created? good question. from the avengers to vanilla ice goes amish we got the records listing how many people were hired, but not any answers. look at this, details about ohio jobs blacked out. >>it's weird that it would be the job number information that >> reporter: even attorney donnaled zajavala couldn't understand why. the state won't show us, but they must keep track, right? >>trust me the folks that are issuing the tax credits want to know, and we've been able to pinpoint -- >> reporter: that's not true. they have told me over and over again they don't track jobs. >> reporter: even tom patten didn't know.

which manages the credit says it's not their job to track jobs. are you disappointed then? >>i am. not evaluating the program is a huge program. >> reporter: in fact, he thinks ohio should yell cut. >>i think the easiest way to understand is the hollywood hype. >> reporter: the ohio native is a tax expert. >>we're giving buckets of money over to production studios to film for a few weeks. >> reporter: there's no perfect way to figure out this is to the state of ohio. >> reporter: candy clause thinks she's come as close as you can. remember the stuff the state censored, she got some of it. they paid her study a study. so what did she find? for every dollar spent, ohio got two dollars back but measured another way the picture isn't so rosy. over four years the credit created just 854 jobs,

$38,000 per job and while some producers fulfilled promises, others didn't deliver. >>this is the draft day bands were waiting for. >> reporter: take draft day the kevin cost ner football flick said it would higher about 1800 ohio workers, but it fell about 500 short. and then there's captain america the winter soldier your money. the problem? that's 3 million more than allowed at the time. >>the state's getting a good return on their investment. >> reporter: and that's why the senate doubled the tax credit to $40 million this year. >>we don't know that we're putting people to work because they won't tell us. >>the state may not know but we can find that out. >> reporter: business has

for fike. but for the rest of these stunt performers, it's still joust part time work. >>don't quit your day job. >> reporter: we wanted to ask the state why these records are censored, but staff for david goodman, the man running the agency managing the film credit, refused to set up an interview. on your news 5. so everyone wants to know you got the pot of hitlynns ready. >>and my sweet potato pie. >>my wife, mary, she made 8 pies today. >>she just turns those out. >>they are on the table cooling off right now. so we better get done with this so i can have some pie. let's show you what's going on outside right now, in akron we've got a few sprinkles on the lens but we are drying

in summit and stark counties, cloudy skies for the most part. temperatures are chilly, it's definitely time for a coat. 39 degrees. wee widen the view 37 in euclid, 35 in orange, 34 in left lake as well as brunswick and rich field. 37 in peninsula, akron, jackson, canton, and barberton all checking in at 38 degrees. i'm thinking this is temperatures go tonight because there's warmer air working in from the south. millersburg up to 32. 41 new philly. i'm thinking temperatures will warm up into the low and middle 40s by tomorrow. first wave we have it in lake, ashtabula, even northern parts of the county. we've got a few hours of dryness for the most part before the next rain arrives.

first wave. notice dry, and then by 12:15 there could be some sleet mixing in as the wave moves in. the next band of showers comes in. notice the temperatures warming up, lower 40s there. tomorrow as you get up and put the turkey in we've got a few widely scattered showers lingering. through thursday noontime isolated showers and during the afternoon isolated showers so not a wash-out tomorrow but mitt an they're's the rain area of rain coming in between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. that area along this front, but the front weakens. this low slides up here and meanders around through tomorrow. that's why we can't totally remove the threat for an isolated shower during your thanksgiving day. tonight 37, rain likely. temperatures rising into the lower and middle 40s by sunrise. tomorrow, why not? let's do 50 degrees.

cloudy. 38 tonight for akron. rising temperatures into the 40s by sunrise, rain likely. tomorrow let's do about 50, cloudy skies. and here we go the big backyard turkey day football game. a lot of you play it. a few showers and muddy. highs near 50, lows near 39 during the evening hours, but not bad. if you're traveling to columbus saturday look at this, 38 at 10:00 a.m. as ohio takes on the m north. 41 degrees at game time at noon. it's going to be chilly. there could be isolated shower maybe a lake effect mix of rain as we head through saturday for the northern ohio region. 43 sunday should be dry, browns game looks good, 51 and then showers monday into tuesday. >>michigan, mark, michigan. improving race relations in

>>has anything changed dins the death of tamir rice. some big issues that police and the community are dealing with. and a discussion about who's getting behind the wheel on ohio roadways. first when news 5 at 5:00 returns how these walls are helping people deal with their

. after this election i think a lot of the nation feels like it needs a little therapy, maybe least one artist believes that. >>this is the result of the walls of the subway station covered in thousands of sticky notes, and the union square subway station in new york is a way for commuters to express themselves, to vent or offer words of hope following the election. >>i think that it reinforces the message that love trumps hate ultimately.

it means something to them, and i value all of them. >>even new york's governor went to the wall. his quote, one from the statue of liberty. that's our time. thanks so much for joining us. robin danita up against. has anything changed since the death of tamir rice. all new at 6 digging into the issue what we've found. a heartbreaking story tonight where emotional plea that'll pull at your heart strings. news 5 is

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from baltimore to minneapolis. protesters have hit the streets. >>we're here every day for african-americans and all types of minorities in our country. >>at issue race relations between the officers on the streets and the communities they're sworn to protect. the problem in sharp focus two years after officers shot and killed tamir rice. >>these two years have felt like hell and many sleepless nights. when i close my eyes to try to get some rest, all i my son being shot. >>tonight on news 5, we're digging deeper asking has anything changed. >>this week marks two years since 12-year-old tamir rice was shot and killed by cleveland police officers. it's a story that drew national attention and scrutiny to the city of cleveland. >>tonight we heard from some cleveland residents about their feelings on race relations, your relationships with police and