dhomonique ricks, you profiled one cleveland business today? >> that's right, rob. i went to urban cuts barbershop as they want to make sure that the community has easy access to voter information and registration. folks can fill out their form and drop it in a box that they have inside the shop. yo an effort to make the process a little less intimidating. and what better place than a spot where folks go to congregate and of socialize? owner waverly willis says it doesn't matter who you vote for, just vote. >> it's no good to complain about something and you're not doing anything had proactive about it. i'm an action person. don't talk my ear off. doing? >> reporter: and only 66% of blacks voted in 2012. whites. different polls produce different numbers. several show only 1% to 2% of the african americans plan to vote for trump, the lowest approval rating for this demographic ever in the history of a presidential election. now clinton also working to bridge her gap with this group. the push is on tonight by both candidates to hopefully woo voter who is are black. li

dhomonique ricks is live there now. >> reporter: i have seen a lot here on west 25th street. i saw people asking other people for money. i also saw police pull over and ask a woman to move along. they say she is just one of a handful of homeless people who are causing ruckus in the area. we stopped by multiple street. every manager, same story. not everyone wanted to go on camera but the consensus was that businesses are seriously fed up. the owner of this mexican restaurant says people who dine out on the patio are often asked for money or food. he says it's impacted his business because folks will pay for their meals and quickly move on. he says there have been several times homeless people have come inside the restaurant and locked themselves in the bathroom. he says it takes a bit to oftentimes they are yelling or calling him names. a little farther down the road the manager of this import house says most of the action is concentrated near the west side market. but she, too, has seen her fair share. >> if you don't give them money, they will say, come on, you can afford i

dhomonique ricks live in parma. how many people were actually involved here? >> reporter: witnesses tell me they saw upwards of 40 people involved in four different fights at the exact same time. it is not clear how it started reports, it happened just before 3:00 on grantwood drive and west 54th street after students were released from school. a witness seen in the video trying to break up the fight says he saw innocent people who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time getting pushed to the ground. he also tells me he saw adults and students going at one another. we identified one of the parents seen in that video who admits he and his son were both involved in the fight. he says bullying and this incident stems from that. the local school board has proposed consolidating all of parma's high schools into one. parents we spoke with say they don't like that idea saying things are already bad enough. >> now you are taking the three high schools where some of these kids don't get along. they're like rivalries to an extent. then you are going to

i'm dhomonique ricks. hillary clinton and tim kaine will speak at luke easter park on cleveland's east side. sarah phinney has been there all morning and has all the about the spirit and resilience of american workers. in this this is clinton's second visit to cleveland in less than three weeks. in mid-august, she toured john marshal high school on the west side holding a rally there and this coincides with the 45th annual 11th congressional district community caucus labor day and festival. meanwhile, donald trump tweeting last night that the polls are close so crooked hillary is getting out of bed we're learning that donald trump might be getting out of bed to hit the trail. wkbn in youngstown reports he'll fly into the regional airport there and no word on what time or what exactly he'll be doing. again, clinton and kaine are expected to take the stage at 2. sarah phinney, newschannel 5. >>> and we want to take you guys live. breaking news right now and that plane you see there, that holds hillary clinto

dhomonique ricks dhom, there seems to be a push in our neck of the woods to get people more excited about voting. >> reporter: that's right guys. many black businesses are taking matters into their own hands encouraging black clientele to exercise their rights to vote. just 66% of blacks voted in 2012. compare that to 72% of white voters. >> reporter: walk into urban cuts any day of the week and fitting as there is no better place to voice your opinion than a barbershop. urban cuts owner knows a thing or two about that. >> it could get very intense because people are passionate about what's going on in their personal lives with their families. >> reporter: this sparked an idea. >> it is no good to complain about something and you're not doing anything proactive about it. so i'm an action person. don't talk my ear >> reporter: willis certainly is. creating an outlet that he hopes to make the process simple and creates conversations. >> they asked what is the box and we have the registration forms. >> reporter: they would fill them out and drop them in. allen richardson is a family man. he'

just a bit, but again still breezy as dhomonique ricks just mentioned if you're going out and about especially near the lake erie shoreline hold on to whatever you have on in case those 15 to 20 miles an hour winds do catch you. 73 in elyria, 74 in cleveland. 73 in akron. 71 in canton. a wide view of the radar shows dry conditions right now all across ohio. that means you and i will stay dry, all right? through the evening hours, rain coming our way. they will not arrive until tomorrow. whatever you want to do out and about great weather for it. the low 70s at 6:00. mid-60s at 8:00. and 60 to 63 degrees by 10:00 p.m., with just a few clouds floating in. the rain once it arrives will hang around for a little while. we'll show you that coming up. >> all right mark, thank you. >>> tensions at an all-time high in charlotte. >> an emotional plea to the violence. >> this is because it doesn't mean anything to me. >> all new at 5:00 the emotional stories of helplessness emerged as the city council faces a very tough decision. >>> two cries tonight from the family of the ohio teen killed by police. th

dhomonique ricks, newschannel5. >> that will do it for live on 5. >> let's send to the rob and danita. >> tonight we take a look at a repeated systematic failure when it comes to domestic of paper, and in one case, a gun. tonight a mother fighting for her life after she was shot in front of her children. >>> plus, the murder rise on the -- the murder rate on the rise in lorain. newschannel5 at 6:00 begins in >>> we begin tonight with a newschannel5 investigation into a seemingly broken justice system. >> for more than a year we've been tracking where safety seems to fall through the cracks on protection orders. and just last night a stark example in akron. and they were inside the house arguing. there were like four or five shots. >> an argument that happened last night between a woman and a man who she had a restraining order against. the woman was shot multiple times in front of her children. >> the accused shooter, her boyfriend, now behind bars. we've learned that man, jamarian williams has a history of domestic violence. just last month a warrant was issued for his arrest. earlie

only on 5, dhomonique ricks has spent all day digging into the reasons why. >> reporter: they are doing it on-line, on social media, and even in the form of these flashy flyers. >> got all that? >> reporter: officer frank wolters' dream became a reality three years ago. he says he loves his job, not everyone feels the same way. >>'s hard times nationwide for police officers. >> reporter: applications across the nation are down. >> it has changed considerably. >> reporter: deputy chief wayne drummond has worked for cleveland police for 23 years. >> when i took the test many moons ago i would say it was approximately 5,000 people actually took the police examination, which is quite a bit. >> reporter: cleveland police calls. they assure me the numbers are down. >> it is kind of challenging at times to get the number of recruits that we need to fill classes. >> reporter: reasons? according to some police officers, danger, increasingly tougher standards, and the most common complaint, low pay for the level of rink involved. >> it's about $45,000 coming out of the police academy. >> reporter

dhomonique ricks is track the campaign trails for us. dhom, they are both trading barbs over terrorism? >> reporter: that's right, lee. they are trying to prove they're the best candidate to fight terrorism in the u.s. a rally in north carolina, trump blamed terror in the u.s. on liberal immigration policies. >> it is just a plain fact that our current immigration system makes no determine the views of the people entering our country. we have no idea who they are, what they think. >> reporter: trump's son is also stirring things up with a tweet, "likening refugees to skittles and candy." calling it disgusting and the company that released skittles says it is an inappropriate analogy. as for hillary clinton, she is locked in on trump, accusing him of motivating isis with his >> we've heard that from former cia director who made it a very clear point when he said donald trump is being used as a recruiting sergeant for the terrorists. >> tonight, clinton may have the vote of the former president. there are reports that george w. bush's plan

our dhomonique ricks is live near where the incident took place. do you see that brickhouse? that is west 54th street and grant wood drive. neighbors tell me it started there where the brickhouse is and moved across the street. parents say it was a wild out of control incident. craig tuttle was home watching tv when -- >> it sounded like a different scream, and i heard, no, no, cussing, screaming, and i looked out the door, that was pile of kids over here, one on that side, a couple ki four kids over here. there was like four different fights going on at once. >> 911, what's the address of the emergency? >> grant wood and 54th. you have about 40 kids beating each other up. >> innocent people get knocked over, women, kids, small little girls. there was a mother on the ground. i tried to help her, and then there was a guy beating up a teenager. it was out of control. just out of control. >> so your son was involved in the fight? fight. >> yes. >> reporter: another adult seen in that video, adam smith. he says his son is being bullied. >> my son just wants to go to school and co