jen picciano and chef matt. i meant to check others. compete in a cleveland cooks for hunger network. >> romona: look at jen stuffing her face. >> mark: that's what it's all about right there. the composition is saturday, november 12th, by the way. >> romona: i'm going to have to get out and see that. . >>> it's time for a little useless trivia with me, mark nolan. hey, ramona. >> romona: hi, mark. >> mark: according to women's health, what percentage of women say they can't remember their natural hair color? [ laughing ] >> mark: can't even remember. >> romona: are you isn't natural? >> mark: i would never say that. >> romona: i'm going to say 30%. >> mark: you're close. it's 3%. [ bell ringing ] >> mark: there was a 3 in . >>> one pennsylvania bus driver went above and beyond to save the day for a fourth grade halloween party. >> mark: the girl was riding the bus when the tray of cupcakes she brought fell on the floor. >> romona: uh-oh. >> mark: seeing how upset she was, he went home and baked fresh cupcakes. she showed up just in time for the party. the cl

. >> getting answers at the i-x center, jen picciano, cleveland 19. >> we all went what? >> time for a consumer alert now. macy's trying to bounce back after a drop in profits. the department store chain is joining with a real estate investor to redevelop 50 store or completely remake those stores. >> the computer booking system used by major airlines has crashed. passengers at several airports reported delays in boarding. the system has been down for hours now. the last time it happened delta canceled 2,000 flights. travel experts say you need to call ahead and check on your flight before you leave the airport if you have a trip planned this weekend. millions of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors off store shelves. regulators say the alarm can stop chirping if batteries are replaced making consumers believe it is working. >> if you are making your list and checking it twice, the top toys for 2016 are out. toy insider magazine says if you have a 3-5-year-old you need to pick up a singing princess ale pretty drone for little kids. >> jeff: those drones. that would be cool

cleveland 19. >> all right, mark. thank you for that. jen picciano is down here live. she has been down here all day talking to students around camp in us this corner of the very large campus. >> it is, of course. >> i know jen spoke with some of the students about what a scary situation for anyone connected to ohio state today. >> you are right. >> and out of violence and unsettling situations comes heroism and good police work like you heard about the osu police officer able to neutralize that suspect in under thinking students saw the need to alert other students. i spoke to grace from the cleveland area and took to group texts and group chats to alert other people in her dorm and classmates telling them not to go outside because of what she heard and what she saw i heard four gunshots and looked up to see the dorm across from me and people running outside and we assumed it was a student and all panicking and a bunch of us calling parents and friends and seeing if anyone was close and nearby. we saw kids running from it and police everywhere grace says they are rely

getting answers live in columbus jen picciano, cleveland 19. >> chris: jen, thanks for that. coming up in goldenberg continues our team coverage. more student reaction from the campus. how they reacted and how they informed their friends, family and loved ones of the events going on and ultimately knew that the situation had been diffused. >> for now we will send it back to the suit on in columbus, chris tanaka, cleveland 19. >> denise: all right, chris. we will take you live to a news conference by care, the council >> we want to condemn in the strongest possible terms this and any other kind of senseless violent acts. our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the victim and all the staff and students at ohio state. >> we want to thank the columbus police department for their swift action and osu police that averted a bigger tragedy today. >> we would also like to urge everyone not to ju investigators do their job. >> responding to a senseless act of violence with hate is never a solution and we hope columbus is a place where people of all religions and ethnicities can

see a 10% cut across the board across all city services. >> getting answers in cleveland jen picciano, cleveland 19. to lakewood hospital vote we have you covered our app and nonstop election coverage on wuab cleveland channel 43 and cleveland 19 news. what a day out there. everyone excited to cast their vote. >>> starting weather wise started to change. >>> can't let rain stop you from getting to the polls. and it is raining enough to slow things down out there. you need we have colder air coming in. >> you will notice that tomorrow for sure. two parts to tonight here. we got the rain with the front itself and system itself and here you see it moving through. and stopped raining sandusky and rains letting up in lorain county and still everywhere else and showers in orwell and akron and you are dealing with here in cuyahoga county and berea and middleburg heights and strongsville out of column station. it looks like by 8:00 tonight we will have showers around. that will let up. can you still see temperatures dropping to 50 by 1 a.m. and we will deal with lake-effect rain into tomorrow morning. t

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cleveland. >> denise: yeah. voters are deciding on an income tax hike, the first in years. jen picciano is live in cleveland with details on this. it's been 35 years since the city of cleveland passed an income tax hike. mayor jackson is asking for 2 to 2 1/2% and 80% of funds generated will come from suburb nights who live and work in the city. >> the city is facing a deficit of $40 million next year. mayor jackson says passing issue 32 will erase that deficit completely and leave the city with 35 maintain and improve city services garbage collection, snow removal and city services. if they shoot it down, the mayor tells me there will be layoffs and cutbacks and elimination of services all together t. will prevent the police department from hiring more officers and affect the ability to reform the force. >> with those things able to do under the consent decree in for this year. we are covered this year. going into next year, if i have a $40 million deficit then cuts will be across the board no matter if it is consent decree or police on sweeping streets or snowplowing and recreation, i

cleveland teenager found in a vacant house. >> chris: the victim's father is speaking publicly about his son for the first time. jen picciano is live in cleveland with that story. jen? >> reporter: of course alex mullins father told me his son was helpful and resourceful and would look at youtube to figure out how to fix a car for somebody or repair at home and is really sad for the city and neighborhood to have lost a kid like him. when 16-year-old alex mullins went missing henry mullins says combed through dozens of vacant homes in the slovakia village sickened and sad by what they saw going through trash trying to find clues of what became of alex. mullins found out when his son called 911 he feared he didn't make it out of the neighborhood alive. mullins acknowledge his son wasn't perfect and had normal teenage issues and the victim's father says alex didn't have a drug problem, was soft spokenan got along with everyone. >> that was his problem. he talked to too many people anded to help. that's not a quality to have around here anymore. >> reporter: i have been in touch with cleveland police today. unfortunately there

getting answers in cleveland, jen picciano, cleveland 19. >> romona: and cleveland 19 news will election coverage from 7:00 until 11:30 on both cleveland 19 and our sister station cle 43, as well as our cleveland 19 news app. >>> and straight ahead here at 4:00. >> mark: problems at the polls. our election 2016 team coverage look, anyone who thinks you gotta make a truck heavier to make it stronger, has been workin' too long without a hard hat. meet the all-new 2017 ford super duty. they cut weight with a high-strength, military grade, aluminum alloy body and reinvested a big chunk of it to beef up the high-strength steel frame. forging the most capable heavy-duty pickup in america. this is the all-new ford super duty. >>> live from cleveland's news center, driven by don joseph toyota in kent, this is cleveland 19 news. >> romona: one northeast ohio woman says when she tried to vote at her local polling place this morning, she was told that she couldn't. you. dani carlson is getting answers in north ridgeville tonight about what happened. and, dani, did she get a chance to vote? >> repor

the victim's funeral is getting answers in downtown cleveland, jen picciano, cleveland 19. >> mark: thank you. new at 4:00, a 4-year-old boy in cleveland called his mom who called 911 today and the kid wasn't able to wake up his dad. police were called to the apartment on spring road around 1:00 this afternoon. when they got there they found the dad dead from an apparent drug overdose. no word how long he had been that way. police were called also called days ago by the same man. that time narcan was successful. >> romona: today is the second year anniversary of 12-year-old tamir rice. he was shot and killed by a cleveland police officer outside a recreation center. family and friends are commemorating his death during a 12-hour demonstration. our harry boomer is there live with what's going on right now. harry? >> reporter: romona i am standing outside the first district police station where those two officers involved in tamir's shooting work. this has been going on since about 6:00 this morning. people have been coming and going all in support of his family and for the prosecution of t

getting answers on the steps of city hall, jen picciano, cleveland 19. >> chris: thank you for that. in a few hours hillary clinton will join jay z and beyonce on stage. take a look. the doors just opened and we images. free tickets were handed out to encourage people to vote early. just how much do celebrities really influence us in voting. coming up at the bottom of the hour shanice dunning getting answers from an expert how celebrities impact elections. >> denise: i think there is one thing we can all agree on. if you are outside standing in line or whatever you are doing, it is gorgeous out there. >> chris: it will stay way, jeff tanchak how is the weather looking? >> jeff: it is and even through the weekend and even through most of next week. we are in the beginning stages, ladies and gentlemen of another extended dry spell around here. we are at 55. as the sun goes down, all right, if you are headed to a playoff football game tonight or headed anywhere out to dinner, we will be dropping in the 40s fairly early this evening, 6:00, 50 and no rain out there and clouds clear out of

. >>> in starke county, i'm jen picciano cleveland 19. >> mark: thank you, jen. >>> president-elect donald trump is continuing his work to fill key cabinet and administration positions before he takes the oath of office in january. trump began his first full workweek since winning the election and protestors continue to vent their anger at his victory. roxanna reports. >> reporter: hundreds of students took to the streets of east los angeles to protest the president. some carried signs supporting immigrants, muslims and gay people. protests come a day after the president-elect appeared on "60 minutes" and spoke about which illegal immigrants he plans to target. >> the people who have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers, we have a lot of these people, probably 2 million and could even 3:00 million. we are getting them out of our country or incarcerate them. >> as to those protesting his election? >> don't be we are going to bring our country back. certainly, don't ab frayed. >> security remains tight outside trump tower in new york where trump builds his team and cabinet. >> reince

jen picciano, cleveland 19. >> of course we are. absolutely. it's a very expensive ticket for a lot of people. some want that experience of being down here with all the fans and gates here and you can see in and get a lawn chair. why not. >> people who have tickets keep them as flat as possible and frame them the night the cleveland indians won the world series. >> absolutely. >> it is a huge affair like a giant ice cream sundae and cherry on top. cream sundae. for the boys of summer. >> jeff: we hit 80 in cleveland initially. pretty good stuff. beautiful night for the world series win and for all the celebrations afterwards. let's do this. very warm again tomorrow. if there happens to be a game 7 other than perhaps spotty showers around and we are good to go and later wednesday night that's when the more widespread rain with the front will be getting in here. here we go. 74 upped the temperature at 8:00 and dropping in the 60s. 68 at 9:00 and partly cloudy sky and 4 degrees. akron-canton 74 right now. we have high clouds out there. current tem

. >>> reporting in starke county jen picciano, cleveland 19. >>> the strike began on november 2. teachers have been working without a contract since june 30th. >>> metro health got a big grant. more than half million dollars is helping to fight infant mortality. metro will enroll up to 140 families in the program. they will partner first time parents with a registered nurse. the nurse will visit the mom to be before the baby was born and continue the visits until the little one turns 2. preterm births are the number one cause of infant death. >>> thanksgiving a week and a half away and beginning to look like christmas in downtown cleveland. crews moved the massive blue spruce into place this morning. it was a beauty. >> 45 feet tall. the tree donated by a family in brunswick lit on public square with more than 363,000 lights. november 26 during winterfest. >> denise: my favorite part is the ice rink. when they put the ice rink it is fun to skate in downtown cleveland. >> chris: puts you in the mood for the holidays. >> chris: it does. >> denise: still ahead. school bus politics.

. >> getting answers in columbus, jen picciano, cleveland 19. >> thank you for that. a lot of people still in shock that something like that could happen at ohio state university. >> denise: absolutely. new information is coming out today that there were signs from the suspect. mark nolan is at the alert desk with breaking details. artan was associated with clerics and they point to facebook postings that artan made monday minutes before the attack referencing a leader of al~qaeda in yemen. the post said "if the u.s. wanted muslims to stop carrying lone wolf attacks out make peace with the islamic state. a member of law enforcement, the initial one was not allowed to of anonymity. mark nolan, cleveland 19 news. >> denise: thank you, mark. be sure to stay with cleveland 19 news for continuing coverage of the attack at osu and take you back live to columbus at the bottom of the number. >> a new distinction for ohio. the state is at the epicenter of an overdose epidemic. >> chris: feds call ohio ground zero for and harry boomer has the latest to fight back. >> reporter:

getting answers, jen picciano, cleveland 19. >> romona: he's a cuty. so how many moms and babies does this affect? well, one-third of reproductive-age women are overweight. and when you include the ones who are obese, that to 60%. according to the cdc, 7,000 fetal deaths and nearly 3,000 heart defects can be attributed to high bmis among mothers. mark. >>> one local navy veteran has been building flags since last summer and says it's his honor. the man creates the flags with his own two hands. sia nyorkor spent some time with him in his workshop. >> there's a flag right here i'm hours crafting his pride and joy. >> a flag like this, i cut the boards down to size. and then i torch the boards and i hand carve every star. and that's what takes awhile. >> reporter: but the navy veteran tells me it doesn't feel like work. since last summer, he's been designing and creating these flags and now he can't seem to stop. >> i turned it into a little business. and i like to think that i'm -- you know, i'm promoting patriotism. >> reporter: it started as a way for

we want to inform you what you can expect from cleveland 19 news this afternoon. jen picciano and a crew on the way to columbus and the ohio state university. dan deroos is already here, working on what's going on with social media and a push our coverage forward from the big board so we'll have plenty for you this afternoon and, as we continue on cleveland 19 news at noon. we are also waiting the appearance of michael drake, who is the ohio state university president, who will be speaking soon. we want to head over to sia right now who has some breaking news. >> sia: yes, brian. you just talked a little bit about that. the lantern newspaper, that is the student newspaper. that's near the lane avenue parking garage. you may remember that they asked people to stay away from that area just a little bit ago. even though the shelter in place was lifted, that whole area, the 19th and college avenues, so, if you are in that area, they want you to go away because they are still searching. we aren't sure for what, but, it is still under investigation, so it's still an active scene in

cleveland 19. >> mark: the bill is signed and won't take effect for 30 the attack at osu. 1 hurt getting hit by the car or stabbed jen picciano was in columbus as doctors released one of the 11 victims. >> reporter: all of the victims of yesterday's attack on ohio state university campus are expected to make a full recovery including the first victim to speak at wexner medical center. the injuring professor spoke about his experience. osu attack victim william clark is relieved and ready to go home. returning to watts hall and herald the suspect's car ram into a planter and struck him sending him flying and suffered bad bruises on his legs and ankles. when he heard students screaming he knew it was more than an accident. >> people were screaming and shouting and i couldn't hear what they said but it was panic shouting. >> reporter: before he could make it to safety clark heard gunshots coming from the officer horujko. arm around him and tell him he has a lot to cope with in the days to come and he has to live with this the rest of his life. >> clark will reserve judgment for the suspect until after the investigation is comple

cleveland 19 news. >> reporter: i am jen picciano live in columbus on the scene of a very sad day on buckeye campus. i talked to alot of students today and there's shock and sadness among them and confusion as to wt why someone would carry out an act of violence on the ohio state university campus and i made contact with a lot of students, several near to the scene as it played out at watts hall on the north end of campus shortly before 10:00 this morning including a sophmore who was in the building next door mcpherson labs from lima. he says when he found out about a possible active shooter on to keep everyone safe inside. >> we started barricading the door, me and a fellow classmate in the marines sat by the door and guarded it for awhile and making sure everyone was safe and giving instruction if somebody got in what we should do and figuring out the exits and everything. >> that same student said he was alerted to this emergency situation from a fellow student through a group chat a couple minutes bef t went out. he says he certainly owes that friend a debt of gratitude because he says he may ha

jen picciano is there with one of our favorites. chef michael symon's. >> i love it. when friends like daphane and melissa come in and all these people that maybe haven't spent a lot of time in cleveland it is great to show them what i have been talking about for so long. >> reporter: daphane says you talk about it a lot. >> she says if i hear one more damn cleveland story, she will bring someone up and i saw this -- she's from cleveland. >> have you ever seen "the price is right," cleveland. >> is everybody from cleveland. >> reporter: everybody who matters. >> steve harvey and armed robberies sin yo hall. >> catch me up. >> we finally got the okay that we cool start working in the space after the insurance craziness. >> it should be chicken and oysters. >> we are working on it. it is fun. >> based in some different kind chickens and share plate vegetable section, 15-20 dishes and 6 different oyster preparations and other things. grilled oysters. oysters on the half shell. fried oysters and fun stuff. >> can you come and see chef michael symon's fabulous food show today, tomorrow and sunday. back to you. >> thank you, guys. >> strongest wins on the lakeshore north wind and inland pre

jen picciano. you know, it is already a party here in gateway plaza. and i couldn't help but think that my walk over from the station that cleveland is already to win tonight. all ready. there are people waiting in line at the gates for their standing room only position and it's only 4:00. we're four hours from game time. already i saw people at the teen shop inside progressive field stacking tons and tons of boxes of new t-shirts. i wonder when they say. we're good four hours away from first pitch. what time did you get here today? >> about 3:00. >> reporter: 3:00 this afternoon? >> yes. >> reporter: awesome. so do you expect to have first row seats for this watch party here? >> i did not. [ laughing ] >> i did not. >> reporter: so what do you want to see tonight? are you feeling good? >> oh, yeah. we're done. tonight is it. >> reporter: tonight is it. >> tonight is it. >> reporter: clearly you were not alive with the last time the indians won. but what does it mean to you as a young man that they're going for it tonight and they could possibly win the world series? >> yes. it's here it's crazy at a young age. >> reporter: yes. are you having such a good