That is the good news. Its pretty cold out there. We have a weak cold front to our north. That will drop through. That will bring in a little bit of cloud coverage today. We talked about the chance for a few flakes. Im moving away from that as as i see the cold front weakening. We get to the upper 30s today so its still going to be a cold day. There will be a good amount of sunshine today. How are you, john . Im doing well. No accidents or issues to report on the roadways. Theres a little bit of red so were tracking cars going under the speed limit. West third street will be closedded under i90 today through the morning rush. This is a live look at our o. D. O. T. Cams, four live looks at 480. Traffic is starting to build but no issues to report. New information coming into of canton where timken steel is investigating the death of one its employees. Kenny ray junior was also one of its officers. The Department Shared a photo of him on their Facebook Page along with a post expressing sympathy for his family and friends. The fire technician was found dead sunday after checking extinguishers. The company said they are deeply saddened by the loss of a colleague. The coroner has not released the cause of death. Happening today, the rta getting ready to raise rates and cut services. Riders are not happy about these changes. Meg shaw is live for us in cleveland. A bunch of Public Meetings start today, right . Reporter they do, yes. Rta says that these Public Meetings are being held because they need to close a 7 million in a statement, the companys ceo blames the state for part of this offset budget. He said theyre not receiving enough money in funding. Theyre proposing higher fares and fewer routes. Proposed rates could range from 2. 50 to 5. Taking a look at fare cards and passes. Those could range from 12. 50 to 16. 25. This is not going over well with riders. A group plans to rally at the meeting in an effort to stop the proposed hikes. There are two Public Meetings scheduled for today. The first one starts at noon and the second one starts at 6 00 at the main office. A final decision wont take place until late april. Live in cleveland, meg shaw, news channel 5. Transparency and the Republican National convention. There will be a rally on city hall. Some are upset the public isnt involved in deciding what security equipment will be purchased for the rnc. They say citizens have a right to be informed and should be allowed to provide publi comment. Bar and Restaurant Owners with liquor permits can access a waiver allowing alcohol to be served until 4 00 a. M. During major events. Any business can apply. The hours will only be extended july 17th through the 21st. Today insurance investigators are expected in massilon to take a look at the flames started on sunday morning. Five employees were inside at the time and the they managed to get out safely. Weve eaten here many times. Weve got a lot of memories here. Its sad to hear about it, see it. The cause of the fire still under investigation. A commune community continues to rally around victims of an apartment fire. The clothing, food and other belongings were a few things lost when one of two fires went ablaze early this month affecting more than 20 families and killing a 4yearold girl. The community is trying to help any way they can. Its a very giving community and we wanted to be part of that and support the community that we live in here. By that i dont cry or i think about it. I try to forget about it. I dont like talking about it. But my familys getting through it. If you would like to help out, panninis will be open from 10 00 a. M. Until midnight. An 8yearold man was found dead in a driveway. The victim had bruises on his body. If you know anything, Cleveland Police would like to hear from you. There has been a two month investigation at healing studios. Officers busted an alleged prostitution ring. Police found several male customers inside along with two women who appeared to live there and several thousand dollars in cash. Officials are investigating possible human trafficking. A city is mourning the loss richard bond passed away yesterday morning. Details about his death havent been released. He was battling hodgkins lymphoma. Calling hours are tomorrow followed by his funeral at 7 00. Time now, 5 06. Glad you could start your week with us at news channel 5. Texting and walking, weve all done it, weve shown you numerous videos of how dangerous it could be, now one city wants to ban it. Hours before the president arrives in cuba, dozens were arrested in a violent protest. Well have details. And updates on your weather and traffic on your monday morning so we can get you up and add em on this monday. Well be back in less than breaking overnight from the live desk, north korea fired multiple short range missiles into the sea off the countrys east coast. The north is growing more it fired two Ballistic Missiles on friday. The president of the United States is in cuba with his family, something that hasnt been done in nearly 90 years. President obama taking a historic step forward to mend decades of tension. Yesterday he visited with u. S. Embassy staff. He will sit down today with cubas president. Its a historic opportunity to build ties between our two peoples and for me to lay out my vision for a future thats brighter than our past. While there are plenty of critics of the trip, the people in havana are excited about the possibility of change. Cubas problems are still in full view. Opponents were arrested during a protest. You can see the ladies in white its part of a Human Rights Concerns the president plans to discuss in a meeting with political opponents. The fbi is investigating a threatening letter sent to Donald Trumps sister. She got the letter on friday. Last week, trumps son received a threatening letter. It is not clear if the threats are from the same source. A man caught on video punching and kicking a protester at a trump rally was charged with assault with intent to injure. He was arrested on saturday. He attacked an antitrump protester. Trump says he was offended by the protesters because he was reportedly wearing a k. K. K. Outfit. Whether or not donald trump nomination is up for debate. The chairman of the rnc thinks a contested convention is no longer a hypothetical situation. Theyre preparing for the possibility. There is no definitive answer right now as to who the nominee is going to be of our party. If a candidate doesnt have 1,237 delegates required to win the nomination outright it sets up a contested situation. Nasa says two comets could be plantary twins. The smaller one could be a fragment that broke off. The bigger one will go past the earth today with the smaller one following tomorrow. This is the third closest comet flyby in history. Right now, 26 degrees in cleveland. Yesterday was the first day of spring. Youre waking up headed out the door and its freezing out there, 22 degrees in medina, 27 in akron and ravenna. Were looking at the low to mid 20s throughout many areas. As far as conditions go, its dry. We dont have to worry about snow. A cold front is dropping through. Its relatively weak. Were not seeing a lot along the boundary, just a little bit of cloud coverage. We could see a few flakes in ashtabula and lake counties. For your monday, youre going to be dry. Were going to see a good amount of sunshine in there unless you live on the east side where were expecting cloud coverage. But the temps will only rise to the upper 30s. Towards New Philadelphia you for tuesday, look at that, 10 45 a. M. , dry still, temperatures starting in the 40s so thats good news, that means well rise into the mid to upper 50s tomorrow. And then we head towards wednesday. So wednesday were starting off warmer and that afternoon will be warmer. Rain is on the way. So the sevenday forecast goes like this. Your wednesday we see the rain. Thursday we cement that warmup with temperatures reaching 61 degrees. But with that type of heating and precipitation, were more than likely going to be seeing thunderstorms for thursday into your friday. We could see damaging winds with this. So very strong winds in the wake of your thursday and friday. Then we head into your easter weekend. If youre planning on doing any Easter Egg Hunts saturday is the better day to do it. Sunday we could see rain. How are the roads, john . Were taking a live look at our o. D. O. T. Cams. Were not seeing any issues or accidents to report and things are looking good so far this morning. Theres a lot of green on the maps. Well turn on the traffic predicter to see how traffic will start to build throughout the morning. 6 45 traffic will start to build in the trouble spots around the metro curve. Theres a construction project taking place on klegg road north of lorraine road, theyll doing repairs of a water main break from midnight today until noon tomorrow. Gas prices are starting to rise. The average price for a gallon of regular gas jumped 17cents in the past two weeks to 2. 02. Gas prices in ohio are a few cents cheaper at 1. 98. The price hike is due to growing demand for gas across the country and Higher Crude Oil prices. Two black boxes recovered from the dubai flight that crashed in russia. The boxes are damaged but they have started to recover data that could answer why the jet plunged into the ground and burst into flames. All 62 people onboard were killed. The pilot tried to land during bad weather. This is a school bus that ran off the road in indiana and plunged into a ditch. This video was recorded by another driver who captured the chaos here as the students scrambled to escape. A woman tried to grab a spilled drink when she sideswiped the bus. This happened just west of fort wayne. All 27 passengers were taken to the hospital. Thankfully, everyone is expected to be okay. The team says they are ready to play. So good to hear. One texas homeowner thank follow be alive after a storm shes claiming a virgin mary statue saved her. She believes god was watching over and prevented a tree from falling on her house. New this morning, a Security Firm claims millions of Android Phone users may have been exposed to a new hack. Nearly 36 of users are vulnerable. The attack uses infected online videos to spy on your device allowing access and control to key operations. Google says if you have a Security Patch youre protected. Go ahead and admit it, weve all done it. A new bill could get you in trouble for texting and walking. Violators would face a 50 fine or possibly 15 days in jail. The bill would make it illegal to text while walking across the street or crosswalks. Youre not paying attention to where youre going. Ive been caught about to get hit by a car. Numbers show a 10 jump in pedestrian traffic deaths in the First Six Months of last year. Crossing at the crosswalk, thats where the fine would apply. That makes sense. If youre not paying attention, its a safety issue. How long will it take for that to make it to the sidewalk. People can walk into you. We see people walking into fountains. Remember that video . That happens too. Coming up, a rare birth right here in ohio. Whats making these adorable cheetah cubs so special. Plus, tis the season for sneezing. What you can expect this spring allergy season. Youre watching good morning cleveland on news channel 5. Stay with you us. Wake up in your first home. Wake up in a home youve made a bit bigger. Wake up in a home with a new address. Wake up in a home that doesnt even have an address. As your life evolves, your dream home evolves too, and protecting it takes committed support. At American Family insurance we support your dreams. See how you can save with ring video doorbell welcome back. In health news, youre probably burning more calories than you realize just by walking. Standard equations that have been used to calculate the amount of calories burned when you walk are usually wrong. The methods dont take into account different body types. Most people burn 10 to 20 more calories when walking. Spring is officially here more than 60 million americans suffer from burning, itchy eyes, runny noses. Thanks to record high temperatures in the first few months of the year, trees and plants are already blooming. Pollen season will hit earlier and harder this year. Doctors suggest using medication to treat symptoms. It didnt feel like spring has sprung much. Lets talk about temperatures. Right now were starting off in the 20s. Were going up to the 40s today with partly sunny skies. The norm for this time of year is 48 degrees. Were still falling below that. Well have 41 in cleveland today, 40 in parma. Akron, canton and alliance will all be in the low 40s. Were off to a mild start by we should warm up throughout the week. Well talk about thunderstorms coming up. Now, over to you, john. Theres a construction project on fleet avenue. There will be a lot of work being done between east 49th and broadway. This will be affecting the northern lanes. There are detours in place. For residents, that wont affect access to driveways. You will be able to access your driveway. Big picture, not seeing any issues or accidents to report. Lets head out to the odot cameras. These are four live looks at i 90, not seeing any issues out there. Traffic is starting to build a little bit. Trending today, a spectacular piece of jewelry given to a child movie star, shirley temple. It is expected to fetch up to 35 million at auction. From her father when she was 12. She died back in february 2014 at the age of 85. Bidding on this blue diamond starts april 19th. And if youve got a problem with cute videos, youll want to turn away right now. You will most likely say aww. Cheetah cubs were born prematurely at the cleveland zoo. The mother gave birth through a rare csection. The cubs will stay in the nursery for eight to 12 weeks. Dont you just want one, terrence . No, because they grow up to be dangerous. After much anticipation, the second eaglett happened in this is at the u. S. National building. The parents are named mr. President and the first lady. Were watching our own bald eagle eggs in lorraine county. This is a live feed from their nest at redwood elementary. The mom and dad are known as stars and stripes by the students there. Theyre expecting three babies in early april. Well keep monitoring that nest there. President obama not the only person traveling to cuba right now. Why a group of local College Students is heading to havana. Another wrongway crash shut down a major road over the weekend. What we learned about the driver, coming up. First, heres a look at last nights winning lottery numbers. Now at 50 00, an update on you 5 30, an update on breaking news. Cleveland firefighters have a large house fire under control. Our overnight news tracker bringing you live pictures from east 97th at lowell. There are some smoke billowing from this vacant home but much less severe than what we saw an hour ago or a half hour ago or so. But they are really dousing that building there. Well bring you more now lets check in with meteorologist somara theodore. We have good news and not so good news. Were in for a lot of sunshine today, starting with cloud cover especially east of cleveland. Otherwise, partly sunny but the not so good news is well have highs only in the upper 30s, low 40s. Were starting off with temps in the 20s this morning. You will need a jacket today. Were talking about a chance for thunderstorms during the middle of the week. Well talk more about the timing of that. For now, john, how are the roads they. Pretty much all is quiet right now in terms of traffic. Not seeing issues or accidents to report so far. Were going to turn on the traffic predicter to see how traffic will back up. After 6 15 it will back up along 71. Thats the typical trouble spot 14th where we see the traffic go down to one lane. Heading outside to our odot cameras, here are four live looks at 77, no issues to report this morning. We are learning new information this morning about the man who died at timken steel this weekend. Kenny ray junior was a fire technician at the steel plant. Reporter the Police Department said he was you new was new to the department but was well liked by his peers. Theres a post on their Facebook Page that has dozens of expressions of sympathy. He was found dead on sunday after checking extinguishers. The company said they are the coroner hasnt released a cause of death. The rta is ready to raise rates and cut services. There will be a Public Meeting scheduled for today. Many riders are not happy about whats going on. Reporter theres a group of riders and Community Allies that will rally at todays Public Meeting. The plan is to share stories on how people will be affected. The main concern is how will this affect me. Every day cash fares to range from 2. 50 to 5, excluding senior rates. Monthly passes will go up too, ranging interest 95 to 123. Rtas ceo and general manager says these proposals will affect every rta customer and says, quote, to be good must look at all possible alternatives. Your comments will help guide our final decision. In addition to these increase in fares theyre also looking at cutting routes from their service. Todays Public Meeting, there are two, one starts at noon, the second starts at 6 00 tonight. A final decision wont take place until april 26th. Live in cleveland, meg shaw, news channel 5. A Medina County community rally around the victims of a deadly apartment fire. A 4yearold girl died when flames engulfed the complex. Today, 100 of sales from paniniss in brunswick will go to the victims. A Cleveland Police officer will be in court a few hours from now. Hes accused of slamming a womans head into a car bumper. She had to get five stitches above her eye and her shoulder wases s separated. He is suspended without pay. A university of akron Football Player recovering after being shot by a former teammate. 22yearold andrew pratt was shot in the stomach but is expected to be okay. He went into an apartment at 3 00 in the morning on saturday without knocking or announcing himself. The man thought he was a burglar and shot. No charges will be filed because the men agreed the shooting was a mistake. A kayakers death is being investigated. Luke collins disappeared this weekend after kayaking with a friend. They were at West Branch State Park saturday night. They flipped into the water. Collins never resurfaced. His friend was able to make it to shore. Theyve been waiting all winter. The water temperature takes longer to warm up than the air temperature, thus problems can arise. The coroner says collins preliminary cause of death is drowning. Officials are still investigating. Were learning new information about a wrong way crash that shut down the shoreway for several hours. Cleveland police tell us 50 yearold fraser sims afeared be under the in appeared to be under the influence when he smashed headon into a van. He didnt see the other car coming around the curve after road. New this morning, toxic algae is on the move. Analogy bloom has been found in the Barberton Reservoir in summit county. The toxin levels are at a safe level right now and the waters being treated. Barberton, norton and coventry townships. Sherwin williams is expanding. The paint company is buying its rival, valspar for more than 11 billion. This will broaden the companys reach in asia and europe and in big box stores. The buyout is expected to go through by this time next year. Time now, 5 36 on your monday. Heres whats coming up. President obama beginning his first full day in cuba and a local group of college kids are right there with him. Another paris terror suspect caught. Was he already planning his next attack . Good morning and welcome back. We talked about how cold we are starting this morning, in the 20s, working our way to the upper 30s today. The good news is for your monday, even though its cold were dry. The middle of the week, that changes. Thursday, that will be the highest chance for rain. Well see thunderstorms in there as well, not only thunderstorms but possibly even damaging winds. Again, that starts wednesday night into your thursday and well start to see chances diminish as we head through your friday. For now, corrina, over to you. Right now, the first family day in cuba. This is something that has not happened in nearly 90 years. Today, president obama will be meeting with cubas president. He will also be part of an entrepreneurship summit and tonight he will be the guest of honor at a state dinner. The first family is not the only Group Visiting cuba this week. Several kids are in havana during the trip. They are studying architecture. Theyre studying the citys historic buildings. They will also learn about culture and work on a project in the harbor. Students call this a once in a lifetime opportunity. Being in this first round of people being able to have an experience and study there is really interesting and being able to make connections and hopefully future connections maybe even future Job Opportunities or anything like that can come from this interaction. At ways to redevelop an oil site before they come back home friday. As the president arrived in cuba, the cdc issued a new warning about traveling there. They said the zika virus has spread to cuba. Its a cause for concern because cuba is 90 miles from the u. S. The zika virus could hit the south by the summer. Coming up, a california girl hours from being taken away from the foster family that wants to you adopt her, but a court says they cant because shes a different nationality. The full story. Next. Thanks for waking up with us. Youre watching good morning cleveland on this monday morning. Well help you through it. Im john rutter, keeping you updated. Fleet avenue will be doing repaving between east 49th and broadway. The northern lanes will be closed. They wont be blocking residents driveways. Heading a little further west, clegg avenue will be closed theyll be doing repairs after a water main break. That will take place from midnight tonight until noon tomorrow. Checking the odot cams, taking a look at 271. No issues or accidents to report on 271. Not seeing any issues out there. Breaking news from the live desk overnight. North he korea launched north korea launched several short range missiles. They landed in the sea. It happens sometimes during south korea and u. S. Military drills. Were waiting for a comment from the obama administration. Republicans are refusing to budge on a Supreme Court nominee saying they wont vote on president obamas pick. Mitch mcconnell said the senate would not vote this year. The American People are in the middle of choosing who the next president is going to be. Have this appointment which will affect the Supreme Court for a quarter of a century. The Supreme Court continues to hear cases with just eight justices. Theyre interesting a case on capping are Interest Rates on loans. Senate republicans will feel the pressure today. Groups are rallying across the country. There will be a rally here in cleveland starting at 1 30 this afternoon. New information on a deadly robbery on the pennsylvania turnpike. A retired state trooper shot and killed a toll collector and a Security Guard on sunday morning. Clarence briggs confronted the workers and opened fire. One of the employees was on the job for just three months. Briggs took off after the shooting but was later killed a shootout in indiana left one Police Officer dead and another hurt. They were serving a search warrant for drugs when the suspect started shooting. Sergeant jordan buckley was injured and is in stable condition this morning. The suspect was killed in the shootout. His name hasnt been released. The u. S. Is sending more troops to iraq to fight isis. It comes after a rocket attack killed a marine and wounded several others. The exact number of troops being deployed is not known at this time. Europes most wanted man is sitting in i prison. He is the only survivor from the paris terrorist attacks. He was planning a new attack before he was caught. A number of weapons were found with him. Officials are working to extradite him back to paris to face charges. Another School District is newark city schools have shut off sinks and fountains in some buildings. Lead levels were at 37 times the legal limit. They are offering to test all of their students for lead poisoning. A 6yearold girl in california is being taken away from her foster family even adopt her. After four years with her current family a court ruled she will go live with extended family in utah. This started four years ago after a relative challenged the department of children and family service. California law says the little girl can only live with a native American Family. This little girl will be ripped and removed from her home. Why the courts are so afraid to make a decision that goes meant to apply to a child like lex. Family services was set to take her at 10 00 yesterday morning but had to postpone after a group of protesters blocked agents from going into the familys home. Lets turn to weather now. Taking a live look outside this morning in cleveland. Spring is usually iced coffee weather. I think you still need a hot cup this morning. Most definitely. Lets go to the temperatures. 26 degrees in cleveland. Its freezing out there. Its really, really cold, 23 in medina, 25 in canton, 27 in hell her elyria. There will be a weak cold front that will come through today. Well have a few flurries moving into the east side this morning. Outside of that, were looking at dry conditions. We push ahead in time, youll notice 10 30 a. M. , still quiet and dry. Temperatures will struggle to break the upper 30s, low 40s today. Tuesday, another dry day. Were starting off in the 40s tomorrow. Well go towards the 50s for the afternoon. Wednesday, well start to see more cloud coverage build in as we have our next weather maker approaching. Here it is on the sevenday forecast, over the next couple days well be on an increase in terms of temperatures. Thunderstorms are in the picture for your thursday. So it is going to be pretty wet. Thats wednesday night into thursday. Were also going to be seeing gusty winds. Focusing on the all important easter weekend, the best day for the Easter Egg Hunt is definitely saturday. Apple is set to release the latest creation today. This event is expected to be the event will be in a smaller venue that holds fewer reporters and guests and the headliners are expected to be a smaller version of the iphone and a smaller version of the ipad pro. Why go small . Some Market Research says theres a big demand for smaller phones so were going from smaller to bigger and bigger and now were heading back to the small phone. Twitter reaches a major milestone today. The social media site is turning 10 years old. The cofounder sent out the first tweet on march 21st, 2006. Twitter is sticking to its 140 character limit. If you hit the heart button what happens . Confetti goes flying, popping for the birthday. Big celebration. The pope is taking instagram by storm, getting 1 million followers in less than 12 hours. He sent out his first photo on the previous record was 24 hours by former soccer star, david beckham. The popes instagram handle is franciscus. H and m is getting into the bridal business. Theyre debuting three dresses made from sustainable materials. These dresses go on sale next month in 180 stores and also online. I know theyll sell out fast. 550 for a Wedding Dress . Wow. When you turn a major decision over to the internet youre asking for trouble. Oh, yeah. This group is building a 300 million Arctic Research boat and the public can vote on the name. So as of right now, boaty other names in the running include metal floaty thingy thing, its cold here, and what iceberg. Thats ridiculous. The name will be announced later this year and the boat will hit the water in 2019. Can you imagine Boaty Mcboatface written on the side . They opened themselves up to it. Last week we showed you a viral picture, this grand daughter said she is the only one that showed up for a dinner. Now hes having a special cookout and everyone is invited at a flea market they own in oklahoma. Burgers will be 2 you can get a special tshirt with that photo of him. I want to go. He deserves it. Lots of love for papa. Those cousins that didnt show up owe him a lot. A hometown olymian. Well have details. Why this super bloom is so rare, coming up. Were back in just 60 seconds more breaking news coming into the live desk. Theres been a smash and grab on clevelands east side at this rite aid on 146 and harvard. It was hit a short time ago. The atm was taken. We have crew headed there and well have more information for you soon. Check out this rare sight from death valley in california. Doesnt look like death right now. The mixture of fall and winter storms with warm sunshine is creating a massive field of for the first time in more than a decade, the usually barren land is filled with color. This is known as the super bloom. Some flowers at Higher Elevations could continue to bloom until early june. I know weve got flowers in bloom here but with the cold weather its kind of bad news. A warmup is on the way. Well talk about that in about 10 minutes. Now lets take a look at your monday. Temperatures will be in the upper 30s. In akron, canton, youre looking at the lower 40s with a good amount sunshine. Well have good amount of sunshine. We should be dry today. We have rain chances and a warmup in the forecast. Well talk about that coming up. We have to talk about march madness. The field of 16 is set. If you dont have a perfect bracket dont worry. No one does. Literally, no one. The game of the day yesterday belonged to wisconsin versus the last ohio team in the field, xavier. Final seconds, tied at 63. Wisconsin drained a 3 at the buzzer to give the badgers the upset win. The action returns thursday. Again, just 16 teams left. All the number one seeds are in. The cavs look to get back on track after getting crushed by the miami heat over the weekend. Tonight they take on the denver nuggets, tipoff at 7 00 tonight. Almost all the president ial candidates are set to speak at fox news cancelled their debate because of this conference. We have another reason to be excited about the upcoming summer olympics. One of the the athletes is from northeast ohio. Charles conwell just secured a spot on the Olympic Boxing team. He just won a match in argentina. Now hes on his way back home. Hell be flying into Cleveland Hopkins around 11 00 this morning. Next at 6 00, brand new video of a large fire in massilon. Investigators are on their way to the wendys restaurant. What has to happen today to make sure the sun comes up on the rnc, thats ahead at 6 00 we begin at 6 00 with breaking news coming into the live desk. A smash and grab at a rite aid on clevelands east side a short time ago. Were told an atm was taken. We have a crew headed there. Well have more information for you soon. Also ahead, change is on the way for rta. You how it could affect your wallet and your commute around cleveland. Families in brunswick trying to piece their lives together after a deadly apartment fire
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