thanks for being with us bright and is still dark and early. 5 00 a. M. on this saturday morning. a lot of you want to know when are we going to crawl nglike temperatures. i think everybody is looking at that forecast next week going come on. come on. reporter we have to get. snow around today, not a lot, just a little bit. snow showers all the way into this evening, but tomorrow is going to be a better day and a mer week ahead. ill tell what you, you are going to love the extended forecast. but as we look at radar right now, you can see there are light snow re across the area. temperatures at freezing mark. we are going to see the temperatures gently rise into the middle 30s through your most part. and as we take a look at the forecast through the day, light snow, snow showers, rain maybe mixing with some snow as we to the middle 30s there, 35 degrees will be your temperature there. we are going to see a beautiful warm up in the cast and all the way in the 60s. kerry, thank you so much. we start out in canton this morning where Police Charged a living girlfriend with the death of a 3yearold girl. police are investigating the his live in ica bender, is also charged with child endangering. Bernie Sanders brings his campaign back to cleveland today, he is holding a Community Conversation at church this afternoon. that is where we find channel 3s Alyssa Raymond this morning. good morning alyssa. reporter good morning maureen. this will be sanderss third time to northeast ohio ahead of the primary on march 15th. in his second visit in less than 10 days, the event here begins around 2 00 this afternoon. they are calling it a Community Conversation and it is by invitation only. sanders will stop at one of his new Campaign Offices first, his downtown Cleveland Office opened last week and last thursday sanders told a big he can win the buckeye state. sanders said his campaign is fighting for an economy that works for all, not just for the 1 . i would say 89 of the people in ohio didnt even know who Bernie Sanders was let alone what i stood for. in the last week or 10 days there were three National Polls having us in the lead over Hillary Clinton. i think it is fair to say all over the country we have a lot of momentum. reporter a real a recent survey shows the tight race between sanders and Hillary Clinton. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton will both speak at the 2016 legacy dinner in columbus the sunday before the primary, so next sunday and this will be the first time the two appeared together in ohio. meaning the winner gets all the delegates and that means we can expect to see many more candidates in ohio and especially northeast ohio over the next 10 days. they clearly know how important ohio is to win thanks alyssa. im hopeful maybe some people, now that i am leaving the campaign trail. with that dr. Ben carson officially steps away from the campaign trail. he announced his decision during a Political Action conference in dc. and now that ben carson has officially dropped out, the gop field is down to four and it is going to be a busy weekend for both sides of the aisle. six states, including kansas and kentucky hold primaries or caulk cusses today and tomorrow, followed by four on tuesday. candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders face off in their next debate. that one is taking place in flint, michigan a city recovering from a water crisis involving lead poisoning. we are 135 days away from the rnc. some Party Members are bracing for the possibility of a brokered or contested convention. it would happen if none of the gop candidates got the 1237 nomination. but one gop candidate believes will happen. in my view a brokered convention aint going to happen. and if the washington deal nomination from the people, i think it would be a disaster. the last time it was contested was 1976 when president gerald ford fought off Ronald Reagan for the nomination in kansas city. continues to prepare for the rnc. city leaders are looking to buy 2,000 sets of riot gear, including riot control suits, collapsible baton and his money to pay for the gear. the money would come from a 50 million federal grant specifically for the convention. still ahead this morning, a knife found, reportedly recovered from near o. J. simpsons home. brand new photos released from a fatal plane crash. we are going to show you those you want to feel connected. Informed, included, inspired. So, when important things happen, were here. Your local tv and radio broadcasters. Americas number one source for news, weather and information. On every screen in your life. We are broadcasters, always here for you, wherever here may be. Text tv to 52886. Tell washington welcome back. new details to report this morning on the knife reportedly property years ago. is inconsistent with Nicole Brown Simpson and ronald goldmans murders. a former lapd officer turned the knife over to detectives recently. that officer claims he was working offduty on a movie shoot near simpsons home years ago when a construction worker gave him the knife. a jury acquitted simpson of all charges in the murders in 1995. he is currently serving time on an unrelated conviction. sad news to share with you this morning. Country Singer joey peek has passed away. she was diagnosed with cancer in 2014. she was 40 years old. members of congress visited flip yesterday to see families affected by the ongoing water crisis. this is the third visit by city where lead from aging water pipes has leached into tap water. Congress Hopes the trip will help keep pressure on congress to act on stalled legislation aimed at helping the city. what is happening in flint challenges the nation. this is a tragedy of such magnitude, because it breaks the bond that people have with the government to be there on issues like the safety of the water our children drink, the air they breathe, the safety of their food. meanwhile crews began digging up Service Lines in the city and the initiative designed to remove and replace all the contaminated Service Lines. this morning we are learning more about the fatal plane crash in akron. we have shown you images from far away and across the street. of impact. for the first time the faa is showing channel 3 what they saw when they arrived on scene. photo after photo showing the dismantled plane and the duplexs it hit. engines and wheels and cars in the pathway of the crash. all in all this crash took nine two pilots. sales of existing homes edged up slightly in january, backed in part by a rise in first time home buyers. millennials are finally entering the housing market. nbcs diana reports, they are still unpacking boxes, but alex and melissa cruz say they are already committed to their new atlanta home longterm. to me you know, once we got married, i just wanted our own place, something to call our own. our own family. reporter they had been married barely six months, but the two attorneys began looking for a home a year ago. knowing that finding the right home and qualifying if a mortgage would both be stuff. wing he knew that it would be a little bit difficult. i had no idea how intense the underwriting process and how much they really dig into everything in your life. reporter obtaining a mortgage is the number one financial priority for millennials according to a new report by scott trade. higher than retirement and healthcare. everyone is faced with the same hurdles, specifically to the millennials a lot of it is still establishing credit. reporter damian cook helped alice and alex and melissa to qualify. melissa had Student Loans and in the end they had to take her off the mortgage. she still has an ownership position in the house, she is just not obligated on the note of the mortgage. house in the right location with the right schools but. we are definitely the youngest people in the neighborhood. reporter hopefully not for long. just ahead, new flicks hitting the box office. we are going to preview those for you. and a way to get rid of existing technology. now heres kerry with a check of the forecast. reporter a messy saturday but a much better sunday and a much better week ahead. we are going to see a huge warm up. right now 27 degrees. those temperatures are going to slowly climb into the middle 30s. but just around the corner it is going to feel like springtime. the complete forecast coming up thanks for being with us. maybe a movie night is in your a couple of films this weekend include the tina fey flick whiskey tango fox trot. you folks here are all the unmarried childless personnel in this bureau. for those of you who are behind the scenes, there are opportunities to be on camera. kim are you going to speak joining in . listen up. iraq two is happening. in this comedy, tina fey is a journalist covering the taliban in afghanistan and pakistan. reviews are mixed. Rotten Tomatoes has given it a i have three items on the docket. first we need to acknowledge the elephant in the room. happy birthday. utopia isnt just a movie for the kids, this is getting a 10 out of 10 for the critics. this is about a city and a new Police Officer who wants to prove her self on the job. critics say it is funny, smart and takes social commentary on too. i dont know if kids would get the elephant in the room but how fun to maybe take the kids out and be entertained yourself. today what do you think . good movie day . tomorrow you can get out and take a hike. i didnt mean that in the literal bad sense but in the week ahead, i have great news. nice, warm temperatures. i want to see how high these are going to go. it is identification to be able to bring good news. forecast but it sure is nice to be able to talk about the good ones. right now 27 degrees and cloudy skies. snow showers arriving here in the next little while. it is not going to produce a great deal of snow. as the sun gets up, we are going to see snow in defiance and over toward toledo. as we move through the next day or so, you are going to see the temperatures rising very slowly today into the middle 30s. we might see rain, mixing in with that snow. this afternoon cooler air begins to slide into northerly winds here later on this afternoon and evening. could see light accumulation before midnight and cloudy skies and all that begins to clear out by tomorrow afternoon on your sunday. we are going to see the sun it is going to turn out to be a really nice day for sunday but just wait until next week we are going to see beautiful weather. clouds to the south, nice warm temperatures. and on the west coast a lot of rain, heavy rain on the west coast if you are going to be traveling around. lets show you the forecast, not too bad once we get past today. 36 for a High Temperature. less than an inch accumulation on the grassy areas. the pavement is going to stay clear. early on snow showers lingering about. we could see light accumulation as well, but then that snow ends and for your sunday it is going to turn out to be a really nice day. 42 for the High Temperature and your Window Nation 7day forecast is going to show a remarkable warm up for monday. 60. 62 on tuesday, 60 on wednesday, thunderstorms there on toward the end of the week and even going to see the temperatures holding really nice in the 50s all the way through. spring is here. thank you kerry. at t plans to start selling you Cable Television over the internet. this fall it will start selling cablelike bundles through a new app. the service is called directtv now and you simply need to access the internet. no details on pricing yet, but at t says it will be cheaper than current directtv bundles. chickfila wants you to put down your cell phone and enjoy a textfree meal. the fast food clain is offering customers a cell phone coup. this is a box for families to eating. anyone able to go a whole meal without picking up their phone heres your week in review. it played out like something from law order. an abduction at gunpoint. two suspects reportedly take Charles Barnes keys, get inside his home, command his mother. i was laying on the couch. he said if you dont im going to shoot you like i did your son. i was afraid i was going to break down. reporter we are watching as the car appears to be being taken away by a tow truck and it is indeed barnes car. the medical examiner has identified the car found in a trunk yesterday as Charles Barnes jr. i dont know what brought all this on. a lot into john kennedy, you know, the assassination. drinking sunday night when he used joyces phone to call the feds and say quote i want to kill president obama, wants to his kill Hillary Clinton, wants federal charges not little state charges. as of tonight hes got his wish he is federally charged with threatening the president. cops drive around here all the time because of this pervert. reporter parents remain on edge and alert in lorraine after another mother called police on friday. this womans teenage daughter was getting ready for school when she saw a man outside her window either zipping or unzipping his pants. this. we think he is from the area and we think people somebody knows him. goodbye to tonya johnson, firefighter, mother, wife, friend. i wouldnt be here right now if it wasnt for her. she taught me to be a better man. i love you all the days of my life mommy as you would say to me, fly high. donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. the bullying, the greed, the showing off. the absurd third grade theatrics. we are going to go to the convention and im going to be a nominee. congratulations to chuck kyle. the long time and great head coach at st. Ignacious in football. he has been inducted into the National Federation hall of fame. great teacher and coach. after the break, we hear from the dispatcher about the dramatic moments leading up to a major crash on the inner belt yesterday. but first lets check in with alyssa who is previewing a Bernie Sanders event. hi alyssa. reporter good morning maureen. candidates are hoping to spend time in ohio. coming up Bernie Sanderss event. good morning. thanks so much for being with us on this saturday morning. all of you early risers at 5 30 a. M. , we have a little bit of snow still in the forecast. but that spring, that springlike forecast is just on the horizon. Kerry Coleman is in for us and kerry, weve got to get through this weekend it sounds like. at least today. today snow showers around not much in the way of driving problems or accumulation. i dont think that is going to be a big deal. tomorrow the sun returns. we will see a big warm up on the way, well show you that in the extended forecast very shortly. it is going to be a terrific week when it comes to temperatures. you can see the snow showers just approaching here from the west. lorraine county has some, findley, defiance, toledo. light snows right now. temperatures gradually get up in the middle 30s. we could mix some of that snow with rain in the afternoon. in the mid to upper 20s to around 30 degrees. the light snow will continue through most of the day today. most of it will be melting when it hits the pavement. during the course of the night tonight, you could see some accumulation as well. coming up you are going to see beautiful temperatures in the 60s. warmer weather than what we have been seeing the last couple of days is going to stick around for a long time. thanks kerry. Bernie Sanders returns to northeast ohio today. he was invited to lead a Community Conversation at the church this afternoon. that is where we find channel 3s Alyssa Raymond this morning. a lot of crowds will be headed out there to see bernie live. reporter im sure eventually. there is not a Single Person out in the parking lot so far this morning. we want everyone to know this event today is invitation only. but this will be the third time standers will be in northeast ohio ahead of the primary on march 15th. the second time in less than 10 days. 2 00 this afternoon. sanders will stop at one of his new Campaign Offices first. last thursday sanders brought his campaign to berea. he told a big crowd he can win the buckeye state. sanders says his campaign is fighting for an economy that works for all, not just the 1 . i would say 80 or nine of the people in ohio didnt know who Bernie Sanders was let alone what i stood for. in the last week or 10 days polls have us in the lead over Hillary Clinton. i think it is fair to say all over this country we have a lot of momentum. a recent survey conducted shows a tight race between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. percentage point. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton will speak at the 2016 legacy dinner in columbus the sunday before the primary. this will be the first time the two appeared together in ohio and ohio is a winner take allstate meaning the primary winner gets all the delegates. we should expect to see a lot more candidates over the next 10 days here in northeast ohio. ohio is always a hot spot for them. Police Continue to investigate this morning after a wrong way driver slammed into another car. this happened early yet morning on the yesterday morning on the i90 split. now we are hearing from the dispatcher who called 911 after a plow truck driver saw the crash. he and the driver worked as a team. they were communicating the i communicated to the police dispatcher. and they were able to get on the scene pretty quickly. this is the third wrong way crash in the area in the last month. some are proposing putting spike strips down. meanwhile the stowe teen accused of killing a kent state student will be tried as an adult. a judge set 17yearold cream lings bond. he is accused of shooting and killing 18yearold nick massa last month. akron and kent state last night, it was a good one. good morning, cavs and celtics at the q tonight. theres days off to stir the pot. it was finally back to basketball for the cavs, beating the wiz c. R. bard last night without the wizards last night without kevin love. most of the players from the 75 76 team honored at halftime. lebron honored them with defense and the throw downs. the cavs up 147 early. lebron 19 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists. he didnt play in the fourth quarter. irving had 21, a good shooting night. hits the triple for a 15point lead. cavs up 20 after three. they win 10883. they have won two straight the celtics in town tonight. the browns another busy day yesterday. first this comes as no surprise. alex shiner stepping away as president of the cleveland browns. clearly not part of the future, hadnt seen him in a long time. a part of the hue jackson hiring process. we need wins. shiner will step away as of march 31. he will serve as a consultant for the team until the end of the year. brian has been suspended by the nfl. brian violated the leagues policy on performance enhancing substances. he was arrested on christmas day. his former teammate Beyonce Saunders following a traffic stop found marijuana and a loaded handgun in sanderss car. released. lets talk indians now, Cactus League as they took on the white sox yesterday. they didnt play the reds finally. trevor bower with the start two innings, two earned runs, two homers, two strikeouts, two walks. 2012 first round pick an rbi single hitting. 429 early on. a 55 tie indians 02. The tournament comes to cleveland next week but some business to finish up for you next weekend. akron hosting kent state. out for revenge, how about the junior . johnson tips out to a 7 point lead. he had 20 points and 17 rebounds. 10 with under 2 to jackson puts the game away. wins 7460. finished the season 247. Kent state is the five seed and will host Bowling Green on monday night. tomorrow night dont miss sports tonight. we get set for the mack tournament. we are talking browns, indians, cavs, plus ohio state wrestling. dont miss sports tomorrow night right here on channel 3 at 11 35. hope you have a great weekend everybody. just ahead, money man matt granite introduces us to the light hub. it is not going to be exactly perfect on your saturday, but it is going to get closer to perfection as we head toward sunday and the week beyond it is going to feel really comfortable. that gently warm up into the mid30s. You want to feel connected, at one with your world. 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Tell washington we are getting a look at cedar points new raven coaster. construction crews placed the final piece friday. this ride breaks a total of 10 world records, including the longest, tallest and fastest dive coaster. cedar point opens for the season on may 7th. mark your calendars. another sure sign warmer days are ahead. stricklands frozen custard is back open in akron. stricklands is celebrating a big milestone too, 80 years in business. the local mainstay opened back in 1936. im allred if i ice cream season. i never really stopped. we are going to see a nice warm up though. it is going to feel like ice cream weather as we head toward the middle of the week. super warm compared to what we have today. 27 is the current temperature. temperatures will generally rise on southerly breezes in the middle 30s today. we are not going to see a lot of precipitation but this clipper system coming on by, doesnt have a lot of moisture to work with it. it is moving fairly quickly. maybe an inch on the grassy surfaces maybe more after sunset tonight when it is allowed to set up just a little bit more. as we move through time, you can see the clouds there, maybe rain mix wkyc that snow just a little bit during the course of the afternoon on your saturday. that snow fed a little bit by maybe some of the lake moisture there, on northerly winds but not a great deal of enhancement there. we are going to see the snow come to an end during the tomorrow afternoon we are going to see sunshine across the area and we are going to see winds shift to the south. and by monday morning not quite as chilly as this morning, well see the upper 30s low 40s. if you are going to be traveling around the country today not bad. look at these temperatures denver 71, dallas 79. kind of wet there on the west coast we are talking about a lot of rain all the way from los angeles all the way up toward seattle. some of the rain is going to be on the heavy side. as we look at the forecast, not all that bad, if you can get past today 36 for the High Temperature. we are going to see snow showers not much in the way of accumulation again mainly on the grassy areas that may mix with rain later on today. during the course of tonight early snow maybe an inch or snow for accumulation if that. and then that snow is going to come to an end during the course of the middle of tonight and tomorrow. the sun is going to come out. 42 your high. your 7day forecast is going to show you a remarkable warm up look at that monday, 60. 62 on tuesday. 60 degrees on wednesday. and then even the 50s behind the system could see showers and thunderstorms behind there for wednesday and thursday. not all that cold even behind the system so that is a great extended forecast if you ask me. kerry yeah i like those temperatures. thanks so much. you can now access all your gadgets from 15 feet away. money man matt granite shows us the life hub. let me guess, you are watching us right now. you probably have one of 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1 in 3 americans consume sugary drinks at least once a day, according to a new survey from the cdc. younger adults were most likely to drink these beverages which contain nearly 8 teaspoons of sugar per serving. a new study shows lowering prices on Healthy Foods could actually help decrease deaths from heart attack and stroke. researchers wanted to see how price changes would impact measures. they found a 10 cut in prices could lower cardiovascular disease of the in the year of prevent more than half a Million Deaths from Heart Disease and more than 600,000 heart attacks and strokes. chances are you have probably heard chocolate is poisonous to dogs. but did you know that a common sweetener can be even more dangerous . nickel has the story. reporter she found a container of gum in my gym bag and ate all the gum in it, 25 to 30 pieces. we kind of told her okay you are going to have a belly ache now. reporter an hour later it was much worse. she tried to walk and would fall over. reporter her daughter remembered reading sugarfree gum contained something toxic to dogs. dancer started to have a really bad seizure. dropped to dangerously low blood levels. reporter dr. Reagan wells cared for dancer. she received support for her liver. reporter often times when dogs are boys sonned theyll also suffer liver failure. we waited for that 72hour mark to happen and just prayed, and she made it. reporter two weeks later dance soldier still on medication to support her liver. they learned a big lesson. it is toxic to dogs. reporter she wants to make sure others are aware of the danger by posting this video on facebook. it is like a child. when you have a toddler, you keep your cabinets locked, you keep medicines up, you keep bleaches and poisons away from your kids. really the same thing needs to be done if you are going to take on the responsibility of having a dog. after the break, a 3year olds death ruled a homicide in canton. who police have in custody this good morning alyssa. reporter good morning. president ial hopefuls are trying to lock up support. coming up what Bernie Sanders plans to do here later this thanks for being with us at 6 00 a. M. on this saturday. the first weekend of march and it is feeling very cold. it is funny we went through february feeling very warm. now snow for the first weekend of march. carry . reporter it is not going to last very long. it is going to be a much nicer day tomorrow. beyond very warm, unseasonably warm. we have flurries out there. it is hard to see at progressive field