Together to help them today. First, lets get a check on that forecast with somara. Id like to say spring has sprung. It has, yesterday can was the first day of spring. Its not feeling like it. Temperatures starting in the 20s today. Were looking at 29 in elyria. Its 22 degrees in New Philadelphia this morning. Heres a look at the weather setup we have for today. A cold front is on its way. Its a weak cold front so were not looking at much more of a cooldown. We have a possibility for a few flurries to come into areas east of cleveland. Well have highs in the upper 30s, so it will be a cold day. I want you to stick around. Well talk about the chance for thunderstorms and a warmup towards the middle of the week. The big picture is looking good, lots of green on the maps. Fleet Avenue Construction project, repaving between east 49th and broadway. Northern lanes are closed. Also be aware the fleet Avenue Construction affects your commute with detours in place. Residents, good news, you will still have access to your driveways. It wont affect your own property. This is four live looks from our odot cams. A little bit of volume is building 271 at chagrin and 271 at broadway as well. No major incidents to report. A large house fire is now under control on clevelands east side. This is at east 97th and lowell. The fire started around 4 30. You can see the flames engulfing the top floor and roof. It was a vacant building. Theres new information coming into the live desk about a man who died at a steel plant in canton. Saying he was a member be of their force. Kenny ray junior was new to the Preston Police department. He was well liked by his peers. They shared a post that has dozen of comments expressing sympathy for family and friends. Firefighters were called to the steel plant around 3 50 sunday. Timken steel said the fire technician was found dead after checking extinguishers. He worked as an emt and firefighter with the uniontown fire testimony. The coroner hasnt released a cause of death. The rta is getting ready to raise rates and cut services and riders are not happy about the changes. Meg shaw is live for us downtown. The rta is holding several Public Meetings on this. Reporter absolutely they are. The series starts today. Happening because they need to budget. In a statement, the companys ceo says he blames the state for part of the problem. He says theyre not receiving enough money in state funding. To close the gap theyre fewer routes. Proposed rates for every day routes could range from 2. 50 to 5. Taking a look at fare cards and passes, those could range from 12. 50 to 16. The possible changes arent going over well with riders. A group plans to rally at todays Public Meeting in an effort to stop these proposed hikes. There are two Public Meetings scheduled today. The first starts at noon, the second at 6 00 tonight. They will take place at the main office on west sixth street. A final decision on the changes wont take place until april breakdown of the proposed fares head to our news net 5 app. Meg shaw, news channel 5. Also today, a rally over transparency at the Republican National convention. They plan to hold a rally on the steps of city hall. Theyre upset the public isnt involved in what security equipment the city of cleveland will be buying for the rnc. The group argues under the 50 million federal grant for the equipment, citizens have the right to be informed and should be allowed to provide Public Comment on what the money is spent on. Today is the deadline to submit the rnc liquor permits. Bar and Restaurant Owners in northeast ohio with the liquor permit can access a waiver allowing Alcohol Service until 4 00 a. M. During major events. Kai cuyahgoa or surrounding counties can apply. A fire started at a wendys restaurant just before 10 00 sunday morning. When firefighters got there, the roof had already collapsed. Five employees were inside at the time but they all got okay. Two of my kids worked here. This was their first job. All eight of my kids have been here. Weve eaten here many times. Weve got a lot of memories here. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. A community continuing to rally around victims of a deadly Apartment Fire. The panini restaurant in brunswick is donating proceeds from sales today to the victims. There were two fires that happened earlier this month affecting more than 20 families, killing a 4yearold girl as well. The community is trying to help any way they can. Its a very giving community that and support the community that we live in here. Theres not a day that goes by that i dont cry or i think about it. I try to forget about it. I dont like talking about it. My familys getting through it. Paninis is open from 11 00 a. M. Until midnight. They will also accept cash donations. Police are investigating the death of an 80yearold man found dead in his driveway. This happened on sunday on osceola avenue. The victim had bruises on his body. If you have any information, call cleveland police. Officers bust an alleged prostitution ring at a business called healing studios. After executing a search warrant, police say they found several male customers inside appeared to live there along with several thousand dollars in cash. The city of willowwick mourning the loss of their mayor. Richard bond passed away yesterday morning. He was battling hodgkins lymphoma. Calling hours will be tomorrow at Saint Mary Church in willowwick followed by the funeral at 7 00. We appreciate you starting your week off with us on good morning cleveland. Texting and walking, weve seen numerous videos of people falling into fountains. It can be dangerous. One city wants to ban it. Plus, just hours before the president arrived in cuba, dozens arrested in a violent protest. What these ladies in white all have in common. And the latest updates on weather and traffic this monday more on that breaking news coming into the live desk. Yet another smash and grab in cleveland, this time on the citys east side. We have live pictures from the rite aid at 146th and harbor. It was hit a short time ago. The front window is smashed. Investigators are out there combing through the area. There are bricks that are scattered across the ground. Well have more information as we get it. It is something not seen in nearly 90 years, a sitting u. S. President touching down in cuba. Yesterday he visited u. S. Embassy staff and then played tourist with the first family before he sits down today with cubas president. Its a historic opportunity to forge new agreements and ties between our two peoples and for me to lay out my vision for a future thats brighter than our past. Now there are plenty of critics of the trip. The people of havana are apparently excited about the possibility of change. Cubas problems of the present are still in full view. Just before president obamas arrival, opponents of the castro regime were arrested in a protest. The ladies in white were marching to demand the release of political prisoners, most of whom are their husbands. In the race to the white house, the fbi now investigating a threatening letter sent to Donald Trumps sister. She is a judge in philadelphia. She got the letter on friday. Last week, trumps son eric received a threatening letter, urging the republican quit the race. Came from the same source. Meantime, a man caught on video punching and kicking a protesters at a trump rally now charged with assault with injury. Tony petway of tucson was arrested inside the arizona rally after he attacked an anti trump protester who was in the process of being escorted out. Trump said petway was offended by the protester because he was outfit. Whether or not donald trump will get the gop no, maam no, nomination is up for debate. They are preparing for the possibility of a contested nominee. Theres no clear indication of who the nominee will be for the party. If the candidate doesnt win the nomination upright it sets up a contested nomination. Looking ahead, two comets are making a close pass by earth. The first comet is flying by earth as we speak. It is too small to see with the naked eye. You need a powerful telescope to do that. The second comet met will fly by tomorrow. This will be the slowest fly buy since 1770 tomorrow. Sounds awesome. Hopefully we can see that. Were talking about clear skies right now for most of us. A little bit of change as we get cloud coverage moving in and there goes the chance for flurries moving toward ashtabula and lake counties this morning. This is associated with a cold its a weak cold front. Thats why we wont see an epic snowfall. Its 28 degrees in norwalk, 27 degrees in ashland and mansfield. Its a chilly start for all of us, in the 20s. Throughout the day, the good upper 30s. Were looking at lower 40s in some counties. Sunshine today. Well have rain during the middle of the week. Lets talk about today. Well have dry conditions for your monday. 6 15 p. M. , still dry, more cloud coverage coming in, so intermittent clouds and sun today. For tuesday afternoon well be in the upper 50s. Were on a warming trend. Were also an a wetter trend. Were headed towards rain chances for wednesday. Wednesday morning will be dry and quiet. Wednesday evening, into your well start to see thunderstorms with it. Highs will reach the low 60s by thursday but well see gusty winds, possibly even damaging at times. As far as the easter weekend goes, youre looking at a lovely saturday. The easter egg hunts, outdoor festivities, i would move them to saturday. Sunday we have a chance for rain. Now lets head out to air tracker 5 with john rutter. Reporter this is a look at i480 and 176, the interchange here. The lights are on the left side of the screen, i480 eastbound. Traffic is starting to build but we havent seen issues from the sky. Were not seeing issues reported here so far this morning. Taking a look elsewhere, give you an update on construction going on, theres going to be a closure west third under i90. That will be closed today through the a. M. Today north of lorraine road. Theyre doing repairs after a water main break. That will be closed from midnight today until noon tomorrow. The cement work is supposed to start in about an hour, around 7 00 this morning. Take a look at drive times, 90 eastbound, crocker to the inner belt, 12 minute ride. Back to you. You are starting to feel a little pain at the pump. The average price for a gallon of regular gas has jumped 17 cents in the past two weeks to 2. 02. Gas prices in ohio are just a few cents cheaper at 1. 98. We found prices on the east side even lower at 1. 69. The price hike is due to growing demand for gas across the country and Higher Crude Oil prices. Developing this morning, investigators are analyzing two black boxes recovered from the dubai flight that crashed in russia. 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. Youre looking at 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 as the students scrambled to escape. Police say a woman tried to grab a spilled drink when she sideswiped the bus. This happened saturday afternoon west of fort wayne. The bus was carrying a High School Basketball team. All 27 passengers taken to the hospital, thankfully everyone here expected to be okay. And the team now says they are ready to play. Good to hear. Now to texas where a homeowner is thankful to be alive after a storm ripped through her town. Shes claiming a virgin mary statue saved her. The statue stood strong, though. She believes god was watching over her and prevented the tree from falling onto her home. People are stopping by, taking photos and seeing it for themselves. A Security Firm claims millions of Android Phone users may have been exposed to a new hack. There nearly 36 nearly 36 of users are vulnerable. There could be access and control of key operations. Google says if you have a Security Patch level of october 31st, 2015 or greater are protected. A new bill introduced in new jeer new jersey to get you in trouble for texting and walking. Violators could face a 50 fine. You could spend 15 days in jail too. It would make it illegal to street in crosswalks. Even headphones are bad because youre not paying attention to where youre going. Ive been caught a couple times, about to get hit by a car. This is what spurred that call for the ban. Theres a 10 jump in pedestrian traffic deaths in the First Six Months of last year. Cars are whizzing by in a crosswalk. Dont take unnecessary risks. A rare birth right here in ohio, whats making these adorable cubs so special. Plus, tis the season for sneezing, what you can expect for your allergies this spring. Youre watching our air traffic 5 live in the sky for you, what a beautiful shot. Welcome back. 6 24. Spring is officially here. Unfortunately, so are seasonal allergies. More than 60 million americans suffer from burning, itchy eyes and running noses. Trees and plants are already blooming. That means pollen season will hit earlier and harder this year so doctors suggest using even steam to help relieve the symptoms which we do not like at all. For now, its feeling like winter here. Its most definitely feeling like winter right now. Current temperatures are in the 20s. Its 24 degrees in cleveland. Mansfield is at 27 degrees. Lets take a look at what the feel like temperatures are. It feels like 17 degrees in mansfield. Where the winds are stronger, its feeling more like the teens this morning. So its a cold start to your day. I want you to stay warm. The temperatures wont keep you very warm today. Highs reach the upper 30s today. 39 degrees for most of us, a few of us will be in the low 40s today with a lot of sunshine. Now john, hows traffic looking . Reporter 480 and 71, were seeing volume starting to build, a lot of lights coming through the interchange right now. Any tieups the report. It doesnt look like traffic is blogging down too much at this hour. Up 71 with our traffic simulator right now, this is 71 northbound, fulton to 90, its going to take about three minutes to get there at a speed of about 52 miles an hour. So far, a pretty smooth ride throughout the morning. 76 westbound, market to kennelmore lake will take you four minutes. No issues to report right now from the skies. I just have to warn you, if you have a problem with cute videos, go ahead, turn away right now. What youre about to see will definitely have you saying awww and touching your heart. These five tiny cubs were born prematurely at the cincinnati zoo. The mom gave birth to them through a rare csection. Around 12 weeks and will get round the clock care. Im so jealous of those people to get to work with them. After much anticipation, the second baby eagle happened in washington d hatched in washington, d. C. Yesterday. The bald eagles are nesting in the nations capital. The first eagle hatched friday morning. The parents are named mr. President and first lady. I love that. We are watching our own bald eagle eggs in lorraine county. This is a live feed from their nest outside redwood elementary in avon lake. The mom and dad are known as stars and stripes by the students there. Theyre expecting three babies in early april. Still ahead, president obama not the only person traveling to cuba right now. Students is also in havana. First, another wrongway crash shuts down a major road over the weekend. What we learned about the more on that breaking news coming into the live desk. Yet another smash and grab, this one on clevelands east side, the rite aid was hit about an hour ago. The front window is caved in, bricks on the ground, a at this point its not clear what was taken from inside. Well keep you updated. I like to update you on your highs for today. Youll be looking for any number you could get besides what youre seeing walking out the door this morning. Temperatures this afternoon reaching the low 40s for sandusky, 44 in ashland. Were looking at partly any skies. We have a chance for a few stray flakes this morning east of cleveland. That will be brief. Outside of that we should start to see the sunshine break through, bringing us to the low 40s in west lake and parma. The overall gist of this is the upper 30s, low 40s for today. Now, we are headed towards 61 degrees but which day is that . Youll have to stick around for that. For now, john, hows it reporter [no audio] sorry. Looks like we lost john rutter. As you saw from that shot, looks like its a smooth drive for you so far on this monday morning,. Were learning more information about the man who died at timken steel over the weekend. Sarah finney has the latest information from the live desk. Reporter the Preston PoliceDepartment Says he was new the department but already well liked by his peers. They shared a photo on their Facebook Page along with a post that has dozens of comments expressing sympathy. The fire technician was found dead sunday at the fair crest steel plant after checking extinguishers. The company said they are deeply saddened by the loss of a colleague. He worked with the Uniontown Fire Department as well. Released a cause of death. Rta is ready to raise prices and cut services, all because of a 7 million budget shortfall. Which routes stay, which will go, thats the question at a public t meeting set for question at a Public Meeting set for today. Meg shaw has details for us. Reporter a group made up of riders and allies plan to rally at todays Public Meeting. They will share stories from riders that will be affected in an effort to stop the fares from going up. The main concern is how will this affect me. Taking a look at these numbers, everyday cash fares could range from 2. 50 to 5, excluding senior rates. Monthlies passes will go up too. Those could range from 95 to 123. Rtas ceo and general manager every rta customer and says, quote, to be good stewards of public money we must look at all possible alternatives. Your comments will help guide our final decisions. Decisions. They are also looking to cut routes from their schedule. The Public Meetings will start today, the first one starts at noon and the second one starts at 6 00 tonight. All of these proposed changes wont be made final until april 26th. Live in cleveland, meg shaw, news channel 5. Also happening today, people in Medina County continue to rally around victims of a deadly Apartment Fire in brunswick. A 4yearold girl died in the fire. Two dozen families lost everything they own. Today 100 of sales from paninis in brunswick will go to the victims. Will be in court today, david mann faces assault charges. He is accused of slamming a womans head into a car bumper. He was not on duty at the time. He is suspended without pay. A university of akron Football Player recovering after being accidentally shot by a former teammate. 22yearold andrew pratt was shot in the stomach but it expected to recover. Police say pratt went into scott boyyets apartment at 3 u a. M. Sat 3 00 a. M. Saturday and he thought he was a burglar and shot him. A mans body was pulled from a lake yesterday afternoon. He was with a friend saturday the kayaks flipped in the water. The water temperature takes longer to warm up than the air temperature. Thus, problems can arise. The friend was able to make it to shore. He had to be treated for hypothermia. Were learning more information about a wrongway crash. 50yearold fraser sims appeared to be under the influence when he smashed head on into a van. He was going the wrong way on the exit ramp of west 4 45th and didnt see the car coming around the curve. Sims is in the hospital this morning with critical injuries. The driver and two passengers in the van were seriously hurt. Theyre expected to be okay. Toxic algae that threatened lake erie is on the move. An algae bloom has been found in the barberton area. The water system serves barberton, norton and coventry townships. President obama begins his first full day in cuba and a group of local College Students are there with him. Well have details. Another paris terror suspect caught. Was he already planning his next attack . Well have details ahead. Were talking a warmup on the way, but weve got to get through today. Heres a look at the day planner, a few flurries this morning east of cleveland. Well be in the upper 30s by this afternoon. Well be partly sunny but well have rain in the middle of the week. Well have details coming up later. For now, youre watching good morning cleveland. Today is no ordinary day for the sims family. Today is the day where marc sims time and dedication has paid off. And since his family has supported him from day one, shes beautiful marcs dream is more than just his achievement. Its theirs as well. Because we value your dream as much as you do, protect it with Auto Insurance from american welcome back. 6 40 and right now the first family is waking up for their first full day in cuba. This hasnt happened in nearly 90 years. Today president obama will meet cubas president. He will also be part of an entrepreneurship summit. Tonight he will be the guest of honor at a state dinner. The first family is not the only Group Visiting cuba this week. Some kent state students are also in havana. They are studying the citys Historic Buildings and they will also work on a project in the harbor. They say this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Round of people being able to have an experience and study there is really, 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. Those students will also be looking at ways to redevelop an oil site. They come back home friday. The cdc issuing a new warning about traveling there. They say the zika virus has spread to cuba. Officials say pregnant women should not travel there at all. Cuba is just 90 miles from the u. S. The National Center for Atmospheric Research says the by the summer. Coming up on the morning sprint, the only surviving now behind bars. The new developments showing what he was planning next. We are also getting ready you can catch us on facebook starting around 7 30. Well update you while youre at the office. Good morning cleveland is back with breaking news on clevelands east side. A smash and grab at the rite aid at east 146th and harvard about an hour ago. You can see the front window caved in, bricks on the ground. A taillight was left behind. Were making calls and well let you know what we find out coming up. John rutter was on the ground but now hes in the sky in air tracker 5. Hows the traffic looking . Reporter things are starting to back up, 71 near the metro curve, near the interchange with 176. You can see the typical trouble spot, a lot of traffic backing up in the left lanes. 90 inbound is also pretty heavy. In Geauga County on windsor road and old state road, theres a three car accident is what the Sheriffs Office is reporting to us here so far this morning. So this is our first accident weve seen here this morning. Updated about some construction going on fleet avenue between east 49th and broadway. The northbound lanes are going to be closed but the good news for residents, youll have accesses to your driveways. There wont be an impact in terms of that. 90 eastbound, crocker to the inner belt, 13 minutes for your drive time. Now back inside to you. The forecast is shaping up to be nice, depending on how you look at it. Its dry. We dont have to worry about snow or rain but it will be cold. A cold front is getting ready to drop through. Its not bringing a ton of precip or temperatures dropping but it is bringing in clouds and a little bit of snow flurries right here North Madison seeing those light flurries. Thats how it will be along the lake for the day, heading farther inland. It should taper off by lunchtime. Temperatures in the 20s, a very were talking about feel like temps of teens in mansfield and ashland. Its 26 degrees in canton as well as ashtabula. As we take it hour by hour, highs will rise into the upper 30s with a good amount of sunshine. A few of us could break the low 40s this afternoon. As we head through the next couple days, what youll notice is were dry for your monday, monday evening, still dry, just patchy clouds moving in. Tuesday we get to rise into the 50s by the afternoon. You can already see the clouds making their way in wednesday. Were in for a wet day ahead for wednesday. The sevenday forecast shows the rain chances increase wednesday night, thunderstorms likely on thursday. The first portion of your easter weekend pretty nice and quiet but sunday, some rain. New information coming into the live desk this morning from canton. Timken steel is investigating the death of an employee. The Preston Police department ray junior, one of its officers. They shared a photo on their Facebook Page. He was new but he was already well liked by his peers. There are dozens of comments expressing sympathy for family and friends. The fire technician was found dead sunday after checking extinguishers. He worked with the Uniontown Fire Department as well. The coroner hasnt released his cause of death. Updating a story weve been following all morning, a large house fire finally out on clevelands east side. This is at east 97th and lowell. The fire started around 4 30. The flames engulfed the top floor and roof. Its a vacant building. Now to meg shaw live in cleveland. Good morning, meg. Reporter good morning. Now in the morning sprint, higher fares and fewer routes. Those are the changes rta is proposing to offset a 7 million gap in their budget. Your voice can be heard about Public Meetings that start today. Taking a look at the proposed fares, everyday cash fares could range from 2. 50 to 5 under these new changes. And monthly passes will go up too. Those range from 95 to 123. And those arent including the major increase for paratransit customers. A final decision will be made in late april. As you can imagine, riders are not happy about the possible changes. A group actually plans to rally at todays Public Meeting. That meeting starts at noon. There is a second Public Meeting scheduled for tonight. That starts at 6 00. If you want to take a look at the breakdown of all the possible fare increases, you can head to our news net 5 app. Live in cleveland, meg shaw, news channel 5. Also today, a rally over advocates plan to hold a rally on the steps of city hall. Theyre upset the public isnt involved on what security equipment the city will buy for the rnc. The group says citizens have the right to be informed. Today is also the deadline to submit rnc liquor permits. Bar and Restaurant Owners in northeast ohio with the liquor permits can access a waiver allowing alcohol to be served until 4 00 a. M. During major events. The hours will be extended july 17th through you the 21st. Today insurance investigators will be in massilon taking a look at the damage from a fire at a wendys restaurant. The fire chief says the flames started just before 10 00 sunday morning. The restaurants roof had all employees got out safely. Officers bust an alleged prostitution ring at healing studios. The business advertised asian accupressure. Police found several male customers inside with two who there. The city of willowwick mourning the loss of their mayor. He passed away yesterday. Lymphoma. Calling hours are tomorrow from noon until 6 45 p. M. , followed by the funeral at 7 00. Weve got another reason to be excited about the upcoming summer olympics. Cleveland heights native Charles Conwell secured a spot on the u. S. Olympic boxing team. The 18yearold won his he he is on his way back home today to celebrate. Also, a rare birth at the cincinnati zoo. These five tiny, adorable cheetah cubs were born prematurely. Their mom gave birth in a rare csection. The cubs will stay in the nursery for eight the to 12 weeks. Tonight, the cavaliers get to get back on track after getting crushed by the miami heat over the weekend. They return to the q to take on the Denver Nuggets tonight at 7 00 at the q. The morning sprint rolls on in about 60 seconds. Breaking overnight from the live desk, north korea fired multiple short range projectiles into the sea off the countrys east coast. This according to south koreas military. The north growing more defiant they fired two Ballistic Missiles on friday. North korea believes these exercises are a rehearsal for invasion. Now to new information on a deadly robbery on the pennsylvania turnpike. Police say a retired state trooper shot and killed a toll collector and a Security Guard during a holdup sunday morning. Clarence briggs confronted the workers and opened fire. One of the employees was only on the job for three months. After the shooting he took off and was later killed. New details on a shootout in indiana. Deputies were serving a warrant for drugs when the suspect started shooting. Sergeant jordan buckley was injured. Hes in stable condition this morning. Europes most wanted man now s sitting in a maximum sitting in a maximum security prison. He is the only surviving terrorist from the paris attacks. Were learning he was planning a new attack before he was caught. A number of weapons were found with him. Theyre working to extradite him back to paris. Investigators are analyzing two black boxes recovered from the dubai flight that crashed in russia. Officials have started to recover data. All 62 people onboard the plane were killed. In the race to the white house, the fbi is investigating a threatening letter sent to Donald Trumps sister. She got the letter on friday. Last week, trumps son eric received a threatening letter, urging the president ial front a man caught on video punching and kicking a protester at a trump rally is charged with assault with injury. Tony petway was arrested inside saturdays rally after he attacked a protester who was being escorted out. Trump says petway was offended by the protester because he was allegedly wearing a kkk outfit. Apple set to release its latest creation today. This event is expected to be smaller than in past years. The venue holds fewer reporters and guests. The headliner is a smaller version of the iphone and a smaller version of the ipad pro. Some market Research Says theres a big demand for going back to the smaller phones. Twitter turns 10 today. The first tweet was sent out on the return of dancing with the stars returns tonight. Ginger zee is competing in the competition along with von miller with many other celebrities. Lets take a look at your hour by hour forecast. We are going to be seeing temperatures today rising to the upper 30s. A good amount of sunshine filters in. We have rain chances during the middle of the week. Lets take a look from our odot cameras, our major highways showing us different views of 271, 480 at transportation boulevard and volume is starting to build. Coming up. An incredible story, a woman loses 85 pounds in eight months. Well see you back here in 25 since 1961, Pearle Vision has been providing expert eye care. Today, we make caring for your eyes even easier. Right now, buy one pair of glasses, and get another pair free. This is genuine eye care in your neighborhood. Good morning, america. Spring snowstorm. As much as half a foot in the east. Schools closed in boston. Severe weather causing this massive waterspout. Abc news exclusive. David muir goes oneonone with president obama. His historymaking trip to cuba this morning. The first u. S. President on the island in nearly 09 years. Change is going to happen and i think raul castro understands