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Shockley is still out there. By the way hes not the only escapee making people nervous today. A sex offender arrested in treated for his arrest and it is raising a lot of questions if you can imagine tonight. Our bob jones was the first to talk to Medina Police about the escape. First of all, bob, we want people to know that this person is locked up at this hour . Reporter frank, the Violent Fugitive Task force had teams of investigators both here and akron and in cleveland searching for brooks howard. Still the Medina Police chief is clearly annoyed that he was medical center. Brooks howard is a registered wayne county sex offender. This year he was indicted on new charges, accused of sex crimes against a 10yearold girl. This guy as far as im concerned is a danger. He always has been a danger. Reporter Medina Police say after a judge lowered howards bond, he got out of jail, but he violated the terms of his bond and a warrant was issued. On saturday, officers tried to howard climbed this building and jumped from three floors. He had a broken femur and his lung had collapsed. Reporter still as body camera video shows he was able to run away. Stop running, dude, stop running. Youre going to get tased. Reporter until Police Tracked him down a few blocks away as the officer broke the finger while handcuffing howard. Put your hands behind your back. Reporter he was taken to the medical center. They thought that they would keep tabs on him after being told of the well the next thing we know, he walks out. Reporter his officers provided metro with a copy of the warrant and feels that the Hospital Police should have been guarding howard. If metro Hospital Police were doing the job, then they need to say so. Reporter the u. S. Marshal service tracked down howard on clevelands west side this afternoon, taken back to metro. This time the chief said a until his release. I dont know how many times we have to catch the same guy. Im not happy about it. Reporter and i just spoke to the metro health spokesperson. She tells a very different story. She says, never in the conversation between the dispatcher at metro and a sergeant with Medina Police was there any discussion regarding metro health agreeing to watch the prisoner. Metro health also saying tonight that all policies procedures were followed in this case. Live in akron tonight bob jones news channel 5. A news alert now at 5 00. Efforts to bring back ohios golden week have failed. Today as federal Appeals Court struck down and ordered an early week of voting, during which people could register to vote. Democrats say that dropping the golden week is just one more in the series of the republican back changes that disproportionately burdens the black voters and democratic voters. But todays ruling found that well today in the race for the white house is there an independent resurgence this year. Third Party Candidates are polling better than ever before, but is it enough . Our rob howard is tracking the latest for us from the newsroom. Rob . Reporter i believe that there are two independent candidates taking on the power house nominees donald trump and Hillary Clinton this year. One of them is close to polling high enough to be invited to be included in the president ial debates. But he is not the one asking for the invite. It is stein making the case to be included that voters deserve to be heard from all the candidates, but she has been polling around 1 now. The candidate needs to reach 15 to get that coveted debate invitation. The libertarian candidate gary johnson is closer, polling between 10 and 12 . Now, as for the major Party Candidates on abc jimmy kimmel live, answering the attacks from the republican challenger, calling her a weak candidate i dont know why they are saying this. I think that on the one hand it is a part of their strategy. And just to say all these crazy things and maybe you could get some people to believe you. On the other hand that it salutely makes no sense. Trump has repeatedly attacked clintons voice and marked the wardrobe, but that tactic might not pay off come november. A recent survey found that clinton has a 19point advantage over trump among women. Coming up in a few john kosich will be joining us. Well have his response to the republican critics who say that his campaign is hurting other republican politicians. People like rob portman. Stick around that comes up at 5 15, lee . Only at 5 00, brand new details we first told you about last week. A helicopter flew over mentor marsh spraying weed killers. Its a chemical that neighbors dont want sprayed near their home. Paul, why did this go forward despite concerns . Reporter well thats because officials in charge of spraying this chemical right here in the marsh say that the chemical is is completely safe, but not everyone agrees. Take a look at this helicopter. It sprayed weed killer over the metro marsh today. The goal is to kill this tall thick plant th native plants. Some neighbors i spoke with told me that they think that the spray drift poses a potential health risk to their family and pets. That spray called aquaneat, the same chemical used in the household spray round up. I cant imagine a herbicide like that can be safe for any living creature in the marsh. Reporter but the Cleveland Museum of Natural History told me the spray is safe and museum, they wrote that eliminating the destructive plant will allow native plants and wildlife to thrive. We would like to have the marsh back the way it used to be with the cat tails and the trees. Reporter not all neighbors are concerned about the spray. Beth brush who walked in the marsh today with her grandkids wants it restored to the way it looked before. That is the way it is suppose to be, not with it kicking every single weed out. Reporter that helicopter was out here all day in the marsh spraying aqua neat. They finished up just a short time ago. This marsh covers 700 acres. Paul kiska news channel 5. Okay, we are following some breaking news right now at 5 00. Air tracker 5, clevelands official breaking news chopper live over a fire that is along look at what he thinks. Well go to the ground first. Reporter yeah frank, were here on east 55th and marquette. You can see this huge plume of smoke behind me. Now this is a scrapyard. It is in business, and we have been here about 15 to 20 minutes. Weve heard constant explosions as firefighters try to put out these flames. You can see that smoke is just going up all over midtown cleveland right now out here. Theyre having a little bit of trouble. As far as we know we are told that there are no injuries, but we have heard constant explosions out here. This is the american iron and metal scrapyard. We were told several vehicles, again, right now you can hear those explosions and popping noises that we have been hearing since this fire sparked about 45 minutes ago here on the road blocked off here. You can see how many people are getting photos and video as this is sending a lot of smoke into the air right now. But again were going to stay out here and monitor the situation. Right now, we dont know what might have sparked this, but this is a scrapyard, it is in business. And so that much we do know. And another explosion that you just heard right now. So we were told three cars caught fire. Right now no injuries reported and a lot of firefighters on scene working to put out that fire. News channel 5. All right, be careful out there. Of course well keep you updated on the latest. Next at 5 00, a news channel 5 exclusive. We were the only local station to speak one on one with donald trump about the lingering animosity between him and our governor. If you reach out to governor kasich or will you in an effort to resolve whatever differences you have. No, i have not reached out to him at all, no. Next, trump explains how to governor or Even Campaign appearances with our republican senator. Plus, the president s message for the people of louisiana. After taking heat from many republicans for not cutting a vacation short, to visit the flood ravaged state. His head start is double dipping, digging into the major change coming to our states child care providers. The impact that they could have back with the news channel 5 exclusive. Right now donald trump is campaigning in texas, but last night he was right here in ohio holding a rally in akron. It was trumps second visit to our state in as many weeks. Our john kosich was the only local reporter to speak to him. John, can we expect to see a lot more of trump and hillary knows it. What impact will it all have on the senate race below it . When mitt romney campaigned across ohio in 2012 by his side was usually senator rob portman and sometimes governor john kasich. This year for donald trump, neither have been present. Kasich has made it clear that an endorsement for trump will not be coming. We are two companies, different values, different operations, different governor kasich to resolve whatever differences you have . No, i have not reached out to him at all. Rob portman lost in his own race over ted strickland. Have you asked him to come to these . No, i havent. What impact do you think that youll have on his race . I think that we are doing really well in ohio and that we are doing well in florida and we are doing very well in a couple of the other big swing states. I mean i need to focus on my race and i want to do well and i think that it will help rob. This weeks poll shows he is outpolling donald trump while trump trails Hillary Clinton by four points in his. Here is where donald trump could help rob portman. Governor kasich won the state, yes, but these counties in orange along the eastern border down along the ohio border are the counties that donald trump won. Traditionally the democratic counties, disenfranchise coalminers, field workers. Ted the voters with whom Donald Trumps message is resonating with, the ones that he is speaking to follows me. One of the bad things shes doing is the miners will be out of business, Steel Workers will be out of business. Our manufacturing is going to continue to leave, ill bring it all back. Reporter you can look for that to be the underlining theme for donald trump over the next 77 days here in ohio. All right, great stuff as always. But john, four years ago mitt romneys ohio focus shifted so will trump follow suit . You know, i dont get that impression because he recognizes Cuyahoga County that there were a lot of disenfranchised workers that he feels like he could win over. One of the keys to winning ohio is cutting into Hillary Clintons margin of victory. Of course on the flip side, thatll need a ground game and that is where Hillary Clinton has the advantage. Very interesting. All right, john thank you so much. All right, now we will get to president obama who says that he is heartbroken by the devastating and deadly flooding in louisiana. Visited the flood battered state for the First Time Since flooding claimed 13 lives. Leaving tens of thousands homeless. That business has turned into a political talking point. Some republicans say that he should have ended his vacation early to visit louisiana sooner, but the president today insisting both sides of the aisle are now focused on helping the state recover. When disaster strikes, thats probably one of the few you know, i guarantee you that nobody on this block, none of those first responders, no one gives a hoot whether you are a democrat or a republican. We will give you an indepth look at the president s visit and the impact of the politicians in the disaster zones. When we take you back to baton rouge, we will do it live tonight for you at 5 45. For now, frank, lee, bart . All right, thank you very much, rob. All right, looking good around these parts. Not bad, sunshine for most of the day, this is it though. The mugginess is coming back tomorrow. Soupy stuff. Soupy weather. A live look from worcester, Worcester High School looking west. A great sky. Its cirrus clouds, folks. Those are high, thin ice crystals. Theyre not big enough to make any rain, so you are dry. In fact here is your radar power of 5 dry weather everywhere you go. A little bit of ground clutter around the cleveland site. Evening weather wise. Dont worry about that. It is 80 at hopkins, 84 in brunswick for the Lorain County fair. Great weather. Weve got the high thin clouds and 80 degrees, terrific evening for you. Once again the lower 80s at 6 00. Middle and upper 70s. Then by 8 00 and 10 00 p. M. Lower 70s, still comfortable, the sky will clear out and remain pretty clear overnight. Here is the little band of the cirrus clouds that are moving through towards the northeast. Then behind it dry weather. And clear skies. Good now, where is the nearest rainfall . Here is the high. It is doing its job keeping us dry, but notice that it was here yesterday and now it is here. So the winds are shifting around to the south. Thatll take some of that air here and bring it our way for tomorrow and then notice to our west, lets draw the box around the highest moisture levels in the atmosphere. And the thunderstorms developing in this zone. They will take their time getting to us, but by thursday thunderstorms are likely area wide with one or two or three severe storms. Maybe a damaging wind gust or two for thursday. Tonight, we will go down to 57, clear skies and cooler. Tomorrow, bring it on up. How about, oh, a lot of sun. Humidity is going up. Well be in the 80s, folks, im thinking 88 degrees tomorrow for the akron and canton area. 62 tonight mainly clear. And mild as we will show you that sevenday forecast. We will show you what your weekend is looking like when we come right now firefighters have fully surrounded one of the massive fires burning through southern california, which has been burning for a week, destroying 100 homes and 200 outbuildings. But california isnt alone in this challenge. Lets take a look and notice that washington, montana, wildfires tonight. We are talking about dozens of fires that are burning out of control, forcing people from their homes. In california alone, six fires have 10,000 firefighters that are working around the clock to control them. In oregon, strong winds are blamed for fanning the flames, spreading them rapidly as well as the Invasive Species of grass that is very tender and burns rapidly. We are no longer seeing anything that is resembling a natural fire a very shortened fire return interval, returning to some sites every two to three years. All right, ill toss it back over to lee and frank. Next on 5 00, a story mark first told us about yesterday. Yeah, he did. We are talking about a lot of people right here in ohio with listerias itchy red bumps. Well take an upclose look at creepy critters that are northeast ohio. It is really moving ohio backwards. Taking state and federal grant money has been against the rules, but it is happening any way in many of ohios head start programs. Next why it is all about to we want to take you back outside as we continue to follow breaking news at clevelands official breaking news chopper. Live over uc as you can see as crews are working their best to try to control that situation. And take a look at what the flames looked like when air tracker 5 first alived on scene about half an hour ago. Our john rutter said that it was rising up above the city. We will get a live report from homa bash who is gathering live minutes. Next at 5 00 that could affect your childs education. Beginning in september, childcare providers could no longer combine the federal head start funds and state dollars to service children. It is a rule that has been on the books for years, but never enforced until now. It comes as we learn that there will be less state funding made available. Dhomonique ricks is Digging Deeper into this story. Dhomonique, this could throw Early Learning out children from lowincome families. Right now the reduction in funding is an estimated 2 million. How many years have you guys been layering . The center has been using multiple Funding Sources for over 30 years. Reporter here is how it works. Currently state and federal funds are combined or layered to create a 10plus hour day a service for children utilizing head starts. Beginning next month, layering subsidies. A move that could potentially save the state 12 million. 12 million, you know, from our perspective, it is really such a small amount of money compared to the overall stage budget. Reporter Elizabeth Newman says that the the new change is bad news for the local pre school kids. We reduce enrichment if we have to increase the childto teacher ratios. All of those things will add up to less quality. Of course. There is also the potential of shorter teaching days. The news is a tough pill for mother eva peeples to swallow. Its a hassle. Reporter she and her husband work and they try to get off early to pick up son jordan would be difficult. Now in the memo from jobs and family jobs and family services, they were made aware of the dual Payment Services when reviewing the policy. Currently the centers received 15 million in head start funds 1,500 children. Live in the newsroom Dhomonique Ricks news channel 5. Lets go back to homa bash live on the scene of breaking news. Whats the latest there, homa . Reporter yeah lee, we are at east 55th and marquette, kind of in midtown cleveland with a huge plume of smoke over this entire city just a few minutes ago and they have just in the last five minutes put out this fire. You can see that crane has been this is a scrapyard. Fire started about an hour, an hour and a half ago. Former workers were telling me that the way it started, the crane was moving a van, so when it squeezed that van to lift it to move it to a different location, it squeezed it so hard that one of the tanks inside burst. They dont know what it was, but that burst into flames, catching nearby cars on fire. The last hour weve been out here, we have been hearing put out these flames that are shooting smoke well into the sky. Now, i want you to listen to what that former worker told me that happened. The one right here, hes okay too. He is the one that blew up on it, but the crane blew up instead. Reporter now back out here live you can see the smoke is clearing from the area as we are happy to tell you that there are no injuries reported, even that man in the crane who sq luckily he was uninjured. You can see firefighters will be out here for the next little bit, putting out just the remaining flames. This is a scrapyard with a lot of Flammable Materials catching nearby cars on fire is what those explosions were that we heard over the last hour. Again, nobody injured. But we will stay out here until everything is clear. Live in Cleveland Homa bash news channel 5. Thank you, homa. Now for new information on a story you saw right here first, this bug we are talking about that it could be biting it is microscopic. Northeast ohioans are worried about the bumps that they leave behind. We sent our expert out to get details. Reporter plain uncomfortable . Oak mites might be behind that, but experts told me no need to bug out. According to the naturalists. We think of the largest numbers that are literally falling from the trees, landing on our arms or necks. Reporter they wont stick home with you. I should go back and take a shower. Reporter they eat insect larva and with sicadas out there, they might be harmless. Reporter they do not spread if youve got a bite that youre worried about, experts told me a cream or antiitch reliever should do the trick. In rocky river tara molina news channel 5. All right, i guess we should say thank you, shes got oak mites all over her. Thats what we were thinking as we were watching her. Here is how you do it, the kids come in, they have their bare arms, take some soapy water, wash the kids arms down, the legs, take the laundry, throw it in and youll be or bedbugs. All right, here we go, the heat and humidity is staying away at least for now from the Northern Ohio region. 80 degrees at cleveland. There is some heat back to the west. That will be moving our way beginning tomorrow believe it or not. 79 now in worcester and mansfield. 79 in ashtabula. To youngstown, akron sitting at 83. A little band of high cirrus clouds that are floating their way here. Clear skies, these clouds will invade during the day tomorrow. Look at all of that, moon shine, star shine, 80 at 6 00, we are into the middle and lower 60s by sunrise tomorrow. All right, mark, still ahead an indepth look at president obamas tour of flood damaged homes in louisiana. His promise to the people who lost everything. Just be positive. Thats what keeps you moving really. The first of her kind. We hear from the woman who is getting a Cancer Treatment right here in cleveland. Here is a look at your yeah, we have been telling you about the oak mites. We are getting a lot of photos in via social media of the just mysteriously appearing overnight because you bring them in on you and you go to bed and those Little Things will take a bite out of you, but they are not going to stain your house, they are going to die very quickly. This is not a major problem for you. This is red, this is white, and this is fog. Very patriotic out there, a little tree frog on gregory jams shed there. And i love this shot just be creative. Yesterday morning a few rain showers early on. Look at that rainbow as rose. A double rainbow no less. Like, follow, then post. Well have to wait a long longer before we learn the new rules for our States Charter rules. They delayed the rule that our state needs to set up a tough new evaluation system, that schools more accountable. The columbus dispatcher reports that the evaluations were suppose to start this october. But yesterdays vote said that the proposed rules were sent to the other group where they will undergo 30 days of review. We also learned that the states Largest Online Charter School can move forward with a lawsuit over an enrollment on it. The state department of education, they want that lawsuit dismissed, they are saying that the audit is necessary to determine their future funding for the electronic classrooms of thinks that they violated the agreement with the Charter School. By the way the electronic classroom would get more than 100 million from the state last year. And now an indepth look at the president s visit to flood battered louisiana. He saw firsthand the areas affected by last weeks record breaking floods. Reporter the rising waters damaged 60,000 homes with some 100,000 people in need of an assistance. Right now live in east baton rouge with the latest recovery, marcy . Reporter yeah lee and frank, this is what the president saw, home after home with every piece of furniture, every belonging, tossed to the curb. These families need to start over and many of them dont have flood insurance. From the receding flood water to everything that they destroyed. President obama getting a glimpse touring the devastation in southern louisiana. I hope that they will see that so many people have lost the walls are on the side, you know, everything. Reporter the president is talking to owners of some of this 60,000 homes that were damaged more than a week ago in the worse Natural Disaster since super storm sandy. The fast moving water blamed for 13 deaths. 30,000 rescues with 2,600 people still living in shelters. What i want the people of louisiana to know that youre not alone on this, even the whole country is going to continue to support you and help you until we get folks back in their homes. And lives will be rebuilt. While parade already comes in, a sharp contrast to femas response of katrina that president obama is also facing criticism. Donald trump who visited baton rouge last week, among those saying that the president should have cut his vacation but the governor of louisiana disagreed saying that an earlier visit would have taken away resources from the recovery effort, which is clearly still going on. Marcy gonzalez news channel 5, lee . Real quick with all the politicizing of the visit, Hillary Clinton is going to say that they are making their trip. Do people in louisiana think much of all the timelines are happening . Reporter you know, it depends on who you would talk people that would agree that maybe they could have come earlier to help bring some attention to what has been happening here, but some people that i spoke with that said they should have waited a little longer because their visit tied up traffic. People are still trying to get out and to pick up their supplies to continue their clean up process in their homes. Frank and lee . That will take a long time live from baton rouge for us tonight, thank you. We will be closer to home with a change in the air, right . The humidity will be back and the heat is coming back plus a cool morning today. A nice morning and a sweater almost, right . Yes, almost. They took that dog out. Yeah. They put on their coat. The dog neated a sweat the the dog needed a sweater. The clouds are moving through. They are not going to spoil your evening, whatever you have planned outside, things are looking good. Here is the high that has brought us the sunshine, slowly moving that way. Moisture building to our west that will arrive on thursday. Tomorrow the humidity. So sunny and humid your weather headline for your wednesday. So we are dry for one more day. And lets nail it all down. Heres some high thin clouds floating through a little band right here, all right. Theyre going to continue to move off that way. So no worries there. And then we are clearing out, back towards cincinnati, toledo, all the way back to chicago. Then the other round of clouds and thunderstorms are building to our west, st. Louis, all the way over here to minneapolis. Will eventually move our way. Yeah, it just goes out of control. Out of control. So those storms will move their way for thursday afternoon. 80 in elyria, 80 in norwalk. Weve got 81, a comfortable degree in mentor. 83 in akron, 79 for shockton. To worcester, here is the dew points. Now notice they inched up just a little bit. Yesterdays dew points were in the lower 50s. We still point in rivenna. 50s are pretty comfortable, but we have increased the humidity slightly today. Tomorrow, dew points are in the 60s. Again, muggy. Weed pollen is low, ive added in oak mites. Because they are microscopic almost like pollen. High, high oak mite, not pollen, but oak mite infestation out there. Tropical storm. Maximum sustained winds are 65 miles per hour. Hell go this way and spin out harmlessly into the atlantic. We are still watching this loose area of clouds. Some circulation here. If this does form into some sort of a tropical storm, then it could easily impact the u. S. Mainland some time in florida and up to the carolina this weekend or early next week. So dont book your trips. 57 tonight. Clear skies and cooler. Tomorrow, lets show 87 degrees. Lots of sunshine. Humidity is low to start your day, but then the increasing chance is throughout the the afternoon. Im thinking 62 tonight for akron. 88 tomorrow, sunny skies, yes, definitely turning muggier especially during the afternoon that youre really going to notice humidity will be going up. So here is 87 for thursday. Friday it is 83. Im sorry, storms are likely thursday, not too friday. Then the weekends cooling down sunday. Nice weather weekend, frank and lee. We will take it. Thank you, mark. Here is whats coming up at 6 00. Thieves swiping car parts and scrapping them for fast cash. Its happening to drivers in northeast ohio. We are digging into what is being doing to combat this costly crime. Coming to the rescue. A local Animal Shelter is helping the fourlegged providers who were caught up in the flooding of louisiana. Meet some of the animals put up for adoption. The potential game changer in Cancer Treatments. The closer look at of Proton Therapy when live on now all new at 5 00, turns out that people in our state have a brand new option when it comes to Cancer Treatments. It is available right here in cleveland. They have the story of a young woman who is paving the way for other patients. Melissa henney was 15 years old when she was treated at nine years lathe it returned, only this time it is cancerous. Now shes back at University Hospitals fighting a very different battle. Every day Melissa Henney slips on this mask. She is not technically a super hero, but she might as well be. Or be positive and that is what will keep you moving really. It is her eighth time behind the mask with a laser that was pointed in her head as she enemy with their remarkable bravery. It is a scary thing, but i never really had time to let it catch up with me. Reporter she has cancer and that at just 24 years old she is fighting it in a way that no one else in ohio has before. Youll be the first one. Im like oh, you know, yeah ohio. It is like oh and that is the targeted radio therapy. Melissa has a tumor that was removed surgically and a risk that it could occur from cells that were left behind. By using these beams, we were able to eliminate a lot of the unnecessary dose that would have gone to her brain. Reporter that means more dose to the tumor area itself and left to the the surrounding healthy tissues and organs, reducing the risk from their longterm affects. The first treatment was nd right next to your face and you are kind of like peeking out a little bit. But i mean that im really close to my face and everything and that everything is going to be okay. Reporter dr. Manser tells me that melissas prognosis is good. Shell have 23 total radiation treatment with the proton beam and then finish out the chemo therapy. She is looking forward to getting it all done to move on with her life and hopefully never have to do it again. In the studio news channel 5. We sure wish her well. Thats it for live on 5 00. Whats going on at 6 00 . An honest obituary is shedding light for drug addicts. A family making a powerful plea tonight. They are sharing their story only with news channel 5. Could a dietary supplement lead to a heroin relapse . A new warning about an addictive medication that anyone could buy. A fiery explosion in cleveland. Smokes seen for miles. We are live on the scene wi news channel 8 at 6 00 starts several cars caught fire on clevelands east side. Clevelands official breaking and 5 00 and now at 6 00. We are learning more about exactly what happened. News channel 5 homa bash is live on scene. Homa, you spoke to some witnesses there . Reporter yeah, we did. They heard the same thing we did over the last hour, explosions coming out of this scrapyard that is still currently in business. Now, we want you to take a look back here. That fire is mostly out now. Cleveland firefighters on scene, mopping up the hot spots. But i want to show video we shot over the last hour. Youll see these huge flames and smoke filling up the sky all over midtown cleveland. That huge black plume of smoke. This happened at a scrapyard called american iron and metal on east 55th and marquette right off clevelands east side. We were getting calls from all over as people saw that huge plume of smoke over the sky during their evening commute. Down here we kept hearing small explosion after small explosion