i'm steve baskerville, cbs news. >>> pope francis left rome this morning to begin a five-day visit to mexico. en route, he'll stop in cuba to hold the first-ever meeting between a pope and a patriarch of the russian orthodox church. >> reporter: pope francis boarded his plane in rome this morning for his big trip to mexico where he'll tackle hot immigration. the streets of mexico city are bustling for last-minute stores are already selling pope francis memorabilia. mexico has the world's second largest catholic population behind brazil. he will celebrate mass on the country's southern and northern borders. workers are already putting the finishing touches on the altar for an outdoor mass in a city that borders billion pass owe, texas. melissa lopez runs a catholic charity that helps migrants are services in el paso. >> the fact he is coming here i think says a lot about him as a human being and about the direction he is wanting to push the catholic church in. >> reporter: propose francis's altar is just across the border and his mass will be available right here from el passo, texas.

meteorologist steve baskerville of our chicago station wbbm is tracking the frigid weather. bitter air, in the week, while they are setting records for warm weather in places like california, but getting back to who is affected as the weekend from international falls to the twin cities, windchills certainly should be advised of being very, very cold, from buffalo to albany, upstate new york, windchills could be anywhere from 20 to 35 below. so it's definitely the top half of the country up in the northern states affected. but from california through arizona, parts of texas, parts of the deep south, almost like spring. single-digit temperatures up in the dakotas. even colder than normal weather around places like charlotte. i'm steve baskerville, cbs news. >>> pope francis left rome this morning to begin a five-day visit to mexico. en route, he'll stop in cuba to hold the first-ever meeting between a pope and a patriarch >> reporter: pope francis boarded his plane in rome this morning for his big trip to mexico where he'll tackle hot button issues, including immigration. the

dendre baskerville and terrence rogers started fighting inside the mall. the continued fighting outside where rogers -- dendre baskerville stabbed rogers in the neck. he will be sentenced later this month. waiting for adoption are suffering in an outdated facility. the big question tonight, where is cleveland's new kennel. we sent 5 on your side investigator, joe pagonakis out. >> reporter: those who volunteer here say it's simply not enough. >> i invite them to come down here and take a walk and say are you okay with this and how long are you going to be okay. >> reporter: cleveland kennel volunteers kenneth and janine are just 200 -- one of 200 animal advocates wondering when a new kennel will be built. cages stacked on top of each other in a cramped, integrated facility. >> very depressing and archaic inside. it's not humane. the dogs ultimately are suffering. >> reporter: for several years, the city stumbled into developing a new kennel. mallory says the city better get his priorities straight. >> you get these wonderful other special projects, but thi

@they say baskerville stabbed @rogers during a fight outside @of a small entrance. @he could face 15 years-life to @prison. @>>> weather the big story, @let's get the latest on the @snow coming down. @it is getting heavier. @>> yes, we continue to get these @school closings, they are @coming in fast. @if you are just tuning in, good @morning. @hudson, green schools closing @in summit county, a lot of @closer -- closings in summit. @greg is going to be talking @totals and we are breaking it @down for you. @we are drinking coffee, getting @through it. @it is snowing downtown, too. @ironically, cuyahoga county is @not even under an advisory, @it's got to be tricky for those @of you on the west any side of @cleveland. @be sure you are allowing for @that. @do not be the -- letting your @guard down, danny will be @updating you on what's @happening on the roads. @at the bus stop, we are in the @30s. @it feels pretty decent, a @ctually. @but the temperature is part of @the issue. @hovering right around that 32 @degrees at 5:14 is why the snow @was heavy and wet. @accumulati

i'm steve baskerville, cbs news. >>> pope francis left rome this morning to begin a five-day visit to mexico. en route, he'll stop in cuba to hold the first-ever meeting between a pope and a patriarch of the russian orthodox church. the pope's visit includes a trip adriana diaz reports from el pass owe. >> reporter: pope francis boarded his plane in rome this morning for his big trip to mexico where he'll tackle hot button issues, including immigration. the streets of mexico city are bustling for last-minute preparations for the pope's visit. stores are already selling pope francis memorabilia. mexico has the world's second largest catholic population behind brazil. during his trip, the holy father will celebrate mass on the country's southern and northern borders. workers are already putting the finishing touches on the altar for an outdoor mass in juarez, a violent drug city that borders el pass owe. melissa lopez runs a catholic charity that helps migrants are services in el paso. >> the fact he is coming here i think says a lot about him as a human being and about the direction he

baskerville will be eligible for parole in 15 years. >>> west of interstate 71, they got an inch of snow so no school called off. let's look at the winter storm. for a lot of you dumping 8- inches of snow and strutthers got 12-inches and the greater alliance area 6 to 8-inches and how about new falls with 7- inches of snow. a very good winter storm for a large portion of the viewing area. i zoomed in on the power of 5 live doppler radar and tuned up the sensitivity. because i think there's some freezing drizzle out there. maybe a few light snowflakes and you can see there is some produce a little bit of precip. lorain county and portions of medina 71 and i will throw in the mention of some freezing drizzle during the evening in the first half of the overnight. i don't think it will be a good deal. run the wipers, the roadways are treated and it won't cause headaches but be noticeable. notice it. that is what i mean. 30 in cleveland. 32 in akron and temperatures will stay there. we have a cloudy sky that will stay with us and that isolated freezing drizzle threat through your evening wher

. >>> also a man received a sentence this morning after a fatal stabbing outside chapel deandre baskerville is sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years. he stabbed terrence howard to death last august. >>> and bedford police department's canine mike who you are looking at right now just got a bullet and stab-protective vest. the nonprofit group vested interest in canines donated the gear. each vest costs more than $1,000. >> laura: a basement fire in orange village is being blamed on a hover board. firefighters said thankfully the family had a fire extinguisher to use until they got there or the fire could have been much worse. scary. >> "q": all right. well, coming up right here on cleveland 19 news at noon, a man suing facebook over its birthday reminders. >> laura: and it's being touted as an uber for kids. see how this man wants to change the traditional car pool. >> "q": the police department is using a new software program to calls to 9-1-1. >> laura: facebook just hit with a class-action lawsuit over its birthday reminders. a florida man said they sen