it will have on you. first, were checking your drive. roads are dry. were driving with windows down and Everything Else these days. thats great. i love this type of weather. right now we only have one incident to tell you about. 271 northbound, an accident reported near broadway and forbes. you need to make sure as youre going under the forbes road bridge, you should go over to the left. were not seeing any delays in that area because of that incident. in fact, were seeing green on the traffic map all throughout the north. that means normal drive times. to the south, you have the green light to go. lynna, back to you. thanks. it is a game of numbers when it comes to the president ial race, and a lot of delegates were up for grabs yesterday. overnight, we learned donald trump has won in ohio and mississippi. ted cruz took improvised ted cruz took idaho. Hillary Clinton easily won mississippi, but in a stunner, she came in second in michigan. clinton had a big lead over Bernie Sanders in the polls, but then she ended up narrowly losing the election. so all eyes turn to florida and right here in ohio ahead of next weeks primary, Governor John Kasich says hes confident hell win here. when lynna and i talked with donald trump yesterday, the front runner said he needs ohio to win. we asked trump his specific plan to bring jobs here to the buckeye state. well, i would bring them back from china, japan. i would bring our industry back. youre losing a lot of business to mexico. ohio is losing a lot of business to mexico. we would bring your jobs back, bring our companies back. were going to lower taxes substantially. i have a major tax cut for everybody. the people are getting a major you will see. things will be it will be like magic. it will be a great thing. and while we were talking to donald trump, we also asked him about a running mate. should he get the nomination. trump said he would consider Governor John Kasich as vp. kasich sat down with tom berras and responded to trumps comment. donald trump made the statement that he would be glad to consider you as a prospective vice president. im not im governor of ohio. im going to be president or remain governor as ohio. im really not interested in anything like that, but maybe i should consider him if i become the nominee, which i think we have a good chance of getting. okay. well, donald calls us back today. you can see the full interview. Bernie Sanders filed a lawsuit to allow 17yearolds who turn 18 before the general election to vote in the primary next week. sanders claims republican ohio secretary of state is blocking young minority voters, but houston said he has not changed the law. a judge will have to rule on the interpretation of ohios election rules. time now, 5 04. police are asking for your help looking for a missing girl. this is 15yearold mckayla barrett. she has been missing since yesterday midafternoon. they say she was wearing a black hoodie, black shirt and shoes. a former Euclid High School guidance counselor has been indicted on charges for a relationship with a student. one count of tampering with evidence and four counts of its said she began an inappropriate road trip relationship in december. the Public Square weve known for years changed. roads closed to make way for a 50 million renovation. Tiffany Tarpley joins us live with a look at the progress in the past year. tiffany. well, lynna, they want to make sure this space is ready before the Republican National convention this summer. as you know, Public Square was pretty much known as the well, they want to change that. they want to turn it into a green space thats walkable and can be used year round. lets show you some of the work thats happening behind these barricades. im told progress is being made daily. you can see the design emerging from the ground here. the design shows a fountain that will turn into an ice skating rink in the winter. there will be a cafe on the met with some opposition, but those involved with the project believe this is a symbol of clevelands transformation. for a lot of people that work downtown or stay downtown. this is the front yard or backyard. the public space has a different meaning. if we didnt do this, i think we would be limiting the growth of the city. and so the good news here this morning, ive learned that the project is on track to be complete june 1st. of course the Republican National convention is in july. coming up in the next half hour, theres still a lot of work to do. i will let you know what theyre going to be going over these next few months to make sure everything is readily. Tiffany Tarpley, channel 3 news. everything is on schedule, tiffany, thank you. sales of vehicles in Northern Ohio soared for the month of february. its reported a 17 jump in the big autoshow gave sales a boost. the increase meet most expectations. theyre expecting single digit growth. the best selling brand was chevrolet, followed by ford. honda came in third. the mid american conference basketball tournament starts on monday. that means millions of dollars for local restaurants, hotels, and entertainment. a kent state study says the fourday event had a 14million dollars economic impact. they signed a deal last year to hold the tournament at the q until 2023. kids love and eat these things up. we have an important recall for all of you parents. well tell you why these pouches are being recalled this morning. plus, ohio is the next big thing in president ial primaries. well find out why the candidates are turning their attention to us and get a recap were tracking another warm day. welcome to wednesday. its going to be fantastic. around 70 degrees. breezy, partly sunny skies. unbelievable. keep it coming, right. we do have rain to track. stick around. im going to let you know when it moves in. its a beautiful view as you wake up. 5 11 right now. big surprise this morning. in the president ial campaign, donald trump nominated but Bernie Sanders is getting a lot of attention after he takes the state of michigan. tracy potts has more on how he did it and what this means going forward. if he could do well in michigan, it could mean good news for Bernie Sanders in ohio. well see what happens. however, the key has been, going into this, could Bernie Sanders win a state with a large minority population. didnt happen in south carolina. did not happen in nevada, but as of this morning we know the answer is yes. frankly, we believe that our strongest areas are yet to happen. Bernie Sanders with new confidence after an unexpected win in michigan. thank you, he tweeted. the polls were wrong. even sanders didnt see it coming. he won with nearly a third of the black vote. Hillary Clinton didnt mention her mississippi win or michigan loss last night. she picked up more delegates than sanders and our poll shows she beat donald trump by 13 points in november. donald trump. trump one michigan, mississippi, and as of this morning, hawaii. were down to 4. I really want to close things out. hes hoping to do things in florida on tuesday with ted cruz he won idaho. we know were closing the gap in state after state after state. florida could be it for marco rubio. his best finish on tuesday, third. hey i need everyones vote right now. lets not get into that. i cant lose any votes. john kasich insists hell win ohio. now, that basically means that it looks like were shaping up to have a twoman race between trump and cruz, the way the numbers are looking right now. in our polls, 610 voters said they think trump is hurting the to win. he won three out of four contests yesterday. the candidates also focus on what else did the poll say about that. so that was interesting. i mentioned clinton beating trump by 13 points in the general election. these are hypothetical matchups, of course. same thing with cruz. sanders would beat trump in our poll. clinton would also beat cruz. not quite as much, but she would beat him. most interesting thing, she would only tie with rubio. hes the one that comes closest to meeting Hillary Clinton but he seems to be nowhere close to getting his own nomination. cant even win his own party. thank you, tracy. as we look ahead, were starting to see more visitors coming to our city. National Media is setting up before the primary. boy, are we showing off. its like this all the time in march. exactly right. wink, wink. it is beautiful. another fabulous weight wait this morning. temperatures are mild. its really lovely as youre waking up. just a light jacket will work. in fact, you wont be wearing a jacket later on today as we warm up. its going to be a thursday soaker. well talk about it. dont forget about the time change on sunday. sunday. i will continue to remind you all day long. cloud cover increases a little today. well have partly sunny skies through the morning and through a lot of the afternoon, actually. pretty similar to yesterday. were all starting off well above normal. most of you are waking up in the 50s. this is impressive. record today, low 70s. were getting closer to it today. well hold on to the sunshine long enough. rain is to the west. i dont think were going to have to think of any wet weather until tonight. this is 9 30 this morning. the cloud cover. temperatures are 60 degrees. were into the 60s and around 70degree this is afternoon. partly sunny 2 30 today. as we get into this evening, more cloud cover and eventually those rain chances. to bed. winding down. hopefully sitting down to relax a little bit yourself. and then through tomorrow mornings drive and through the day tomorrow, its periodic rain. at times i think its going to be heavy too. this is going to slow you down and think ahead. look at this. 3 30. it is just pouring. weve got temperatures in the 50s and 60s. this is only going to be rain and things dry out as we head into friday. heres a look at your Window Nation forecast. it will cool off behind the front as we gradually bring back the sunshine into the low 50s. then were back into the 60s for the weekend. saturdays look like it should be mainly dry. for sure. i will tell you with the high of 64, get those kids out and do something fun. head to metro park and take in a little hike. we spring ahead and then were 60s, upper 50s. its looking like we trend towards temperatures that are well above normal. 5 17, here is a look at your commute. ford. bass ford. good morning to you. we take a look at the traffic map. were seeing slow traffic in loraine county, 90 east as youre moving toward the turnpike approaching aleeringing approach approaching elyria. those people are driving a little slow. our incident were continuing at broadway avenue, your right lane remains blocked because of drive times that remain normal. john and lynna, back to you. a former marine expected of shooting an idaho pastor is under arrest. police hopped a flight to washington, dc. maureen is here following the story and the morning news feed. we first told you about this yesterday. the u. S. Secret service arrested kyle odom. he spot pastor Tim Reddington and flew to d. C. To toss documents onto the white house lawn. it included a manifesto that mentioned congress and israel. he also wrote that he was a mashen. the man is in Critical Condition this morning. Sir George Martin was the beatles producer. he passed away at 90. beatle and is credited for giving them a shot in liverpool. he played piano on some of the recordings and was awarded with knighthood in 1995. go go squeeze, theyre recalling their apple sauce. theyre recalling pouches with the best buy dates between december 2015 and march 2017. no illnesses have been reported. if you have one of the pouches, go to the companys website and fill out a replacement voucher. Sheriff Deputies in santa fe, new mexico arrested a naked woman over the weekend. she threw items out of her car and led police on a high speed pursuit. the driver is a 51yearold woman who didnt stop when and drove at speeds over 100 miles per hour. she got out of her car and ran naked from police. shes blurred out. here she comes toward the camera, and then under arrest. so this video is coming out just one day after we saw another naked woman on top of the highway that tied up traffic for two hours. she was dancing on top of a semi truck until deputies talked her down. hopefully we have no more copy cat crimes in this one, especially locally. so was she throwing the clothes out the window . you know, were going to have to investigate that one. and then she looked like she was throwing f bombs. im just going to stay home from now on. okay. the world is scaring me. it is. still ahead, money man matt granite has more savings for us. wont be scary. this time he has a website that 5 24 right now. how much green will you spend on your green for st. 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Com is where they have you covered. i have you covered. back to you. after school were isnt this nice . this is so many of your yards. this is a photo from one of you that weve actually been inserting in our weather computer as backdrops because theyre that pretty. keep them coming in, by the way. right around 70 today. its going to be partly sunny skies. were 50s in most spots. 44 degrees is the normal high. most of you are way above that. lynna, on the travel map, you can see its to our west. i will let you know when it moves in exactly, coming up. 5 30. video youve got to see in california. a reporter narrowly escapes being hit by a car and his emotional reaction when it was over. lynna, soon enough were going to see a new Public Square here in downtown cleveland. coming up, i will let you know the work thats ahead over the 5 30 right now. time for the morning rush. this morning all eyes are on ohio and florida as the president ial race continues to heat up. a big surprise late last night. Bernie Sanders pulled out a win. it was a close one. Bernie Sanders with 49. 8 . clinton with 48. 2 . wins in mississippi, mississippi, and hawaii. ted cruz took idaho. mckayla barret has not been seen since yesterday afternoon. she was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black pants, if you have any information on where she could be, call police. tiffany . reporter john, the plan to transform Public Square is under way. theres still a lot of work to do. heres whats going to be happening over the next several months. theres a team laying down the surface as well as the surface of the county. the cafe next to the tower is still being built. and the foliage. plants, flowers, grass, will be here in the spring, including the underground utility work. this is a 50 million project. im told once everything is done, imperial will reopen to bus traffic. coming up on 5 32, were tracking more warm weather today. breezy, it has a springfield. youre halfway through the week. partly sunny skies. the record in the low 70s. that was actually set back in the 1800s. well see. if we hold on to sunshine long enough. yesterday we hit 72 officially at hopkins. were pretty much in the 50s. were waking up. get the coffee going. pack those lunches. isnt everything a little easier when the weather is like this. it really has been great. windows open. so many of you, were hoping everything looks okay. dani . right now ive been keeping track of 271 north. i spoke to police. they said there was an accident in the area and fuel spilled out on the highway. odot has shut down the right lane so they can clean up that fuel. Bedford Police has cleared the season. were waiting for odot to shut down. see how long that will be closed. we know 271 north slows down during the morning. dont forget, we always have that construction at state route 8. If youre planning to drive 271. john and lynna, back to you. all right. dani. thank you. our election coverage continues now. were less than a week away from ohios primary election. already more than 173,000 voters have cast their ballots during early voting. voters have until this saturday at noon to request an absentee ballot. they can return it by mail as 14th. polls will be open from 6 30 a. M. to 7 30 p. M. john kasich made a big push on home turf. the polls show the governor under a lot of pressure to pull out a win over donald trump. the Home Court Advantage will be his, and he can win the we got fighting words from Hillary Clinton last night in ohio. not geared at her opponents but rather a local company. the president ial candidate spoke and said if elected, she would take tax breaks away from companies that took their jobs overseas. she called out the eaton corporation. now theyre shutting down a factory eliminating more than 100 jobs, moving that work out of the country. to top it off, they gave their ceo a payout worth more than 11 million. clinton also said as president she would work to fix the lead problem plaguing many cities. not once did she mention Donald Trumps name in her speech. we have more coverage on our website, wkyc. Com, including our interviews with john kasich and donald trump. it can all be found right there. time right now is 5 34. suspect after a man was shot in cleveland. not far from the clinton rally last night. it happened near east 36th and community college. police say a man was shot in the abdomen and taken to the medical center. police in loraine have someone in custody. this all happened monday during a fight outside of her home near g street and massachusetts avenue. everyone tried to run inside to safety, but a bullet ricocheted off the front door and hit the little girl. the girls grandmother said it happened very quickly. and then they started running up closer. the closer they got, the closer you could hear the bullets flying. it was really scary. i hope these guys get caught. police say theyre still looking for more suspects. maureen . thank you. topping the morning news feed, the body of former first Lady Nancy Reagan will lie in repose today. taken from her Los Angeles Home to the president ial library. shell lie in repose for two days before her funeral on friday. the widow of Ronald Reagan died on monday. she was 94. shell be buried next to her husband that died in 2004. as work continues to stop zika, sexual transmission of the virus is more common than previously thought. the World Heatlh Organization says theres increasing evidence that a spike in birth defects is caused by zika. the virus is still mainly spreadly mosquito bites. the outbreak was declared as a global emergency. some really scary moments for a San Francisco reporter standing in a 711 parking lot giving a live report. an accident sent a driver off the road, almost slamming into take a look. the the reporter is crediting the photographer for yelling get out of the way. both men were shaken up, but said they were grateful to be okay. i would like to thank chip. thanks, buddy. youre already. youre already. thats scary. its all right. the the reporter had not been able to reach his wife on the phone. he was hoping she didnt hear the news from someone else first. you know friends are watching, and theyre texting her probably. hey, is he okay. thats amazing that they are okay. you think about that when we do these live shots on the side of the road. you wonder if thats part of the distraction that may lead to the crash. the main thing is everybody is okay. still ahead, are you traveling for spring break . what the tsa is recommending for travelers when it comes to time of arrival. and could it be another summer of decisions for lebron james. a new report out this morning asking the question, could lebron leave cleveland again . coming up on 5 41, Allegiant Airline is adding service between akron and orlando, florida. the yearround flight will operate twice weekly starting next month. and the tsa is gearing up for a surge of spring break travelers. theyre asking flyers to arrive early as the average wait time at checkpoints has nearly doubled in the last year. more travelers are expected this year compared to last with month. the tsa says you should print your boarding pass early. pack small amounts of liquids and remember to empty your pockets to help get through security a lot faster. hollie. thank you, lynna. this one, im telling you, it really has us laughing. the video is just starting to trend. its a kid that knows the best way to crash a wedding. take a look at what a fouryear old does when the bride is about to have her special moment down the aisle. told you. so thats the brides nephew who thinks hes going to hitch a ride on the train of her dress. right . thats fun. wedding guests seemed amused after the gasping and shock. the brides friend says the rest of the wedding was perfect. love kids. they do the darnedest things, john. its so sudden. right. thats fantastic. love it. all right. has the new Business Year starts today for the nfl, does Johnny Manziel have just hours left with the browns . maybe days . longer . conflicting reports on the releasing of manziel. some say it will happen quickly, but Espns Adam Schefter says it makes sense for the browns to hold on to manziel for a while. first, see if he has any value and, second, the browns could get bonus money back. well see what happens at 4 00 p. M. free agency will be watched close by with lebron james. could he leave cleveland again. it seems like just yesterday we were reading the Sports Illustrated article of lebron coming home. he said he wanted to bring a championship to cleveland. what if he cant. lebron joked with the media about his trip to miami to see dwyane wade. im okay to leave when i want to leave. last one to leave the gym. thank you. whether its a workout with wade or find another team, lebron is free to go. this is coming up after a report on nbcs pro basketball talk. Com said associates close to james say the cavs better not take lebron for granted or put too much weight on his shoulders or he could bolt. the way to this entire team is on lebrons shoulders, but you could argue he wanted it that way. it was different in miami. lebron won championships there because bosh and wade accepted their roles for the greater good. bosh became more of a defensive player. wade let lebron have control. have kyrie and love accepted their roles . i say no. this team still has chemistry issues. lebron left south beach because the chances of winning another championship there dried up. we know lebron sends all kinds of messages and tweets, but is he doing it to leave hints or motivate his team to get better. i dont know. but i wouldnt be surprised. standing in his way of winning another championship is a very good Golden State Team and a team here at times is not very good. tweet me your thoughts at john wkyc. i would love to hear from you. i think thats going to create a lot of chatter, john. just saying. okay. weve got headlines for you here today. its another warm one. wednesday, halfway there. its feeling like spring again. its going to be really rainy for tomorrow. so thats probably the next big headline. were changing that time ahead an hour on sunday. we have a lot to talk about. well get to it with a look at a plan today. thats lovely. its going to be dry through today. 9 00 a. M. , were already mid 60s at lunch. 70s should be very doable today. it could end up with 70s. we could have a high for a record high for this date. well see. long we they would sunshine. so they would hold the sunshine. we should only be in the 40s for a high. were trending way above normal. its 54 degrees right now. akron, canton, 49. upper 40s in wooster. most of you are in upper 40s and low to mid50s. rain to the west. this is not going to have an impact on us until tonight. i think its going to be later tonight. most of you should probably be home for today and winding down and kids in bed and things like that. 10 00 a. M. this morning. you will see partly sunny skies. we see a few sprinkles that show up over the lake. were not expecting any of that to make it to the surface. 3 00 this afternoon, it looks okay. 6 00 this evening, we start to notice more cloud cover. then tonight, this is 11 00. weve got the rain showing up. especially west. it continues to spread eastward after midnight. were going to have scattered rain on the morning drive tomorrow. at times throughout the day, were planning on rain moderate this takes us through the day tomorrow. 4 in the afternoon, its still raining. so its going to be an all day kind of thing. thursday soaker really does apply. we dry things out friday. we start out with a lot of overcast skies and transfer sunshine and slightly cooler. as you take a look at the Window Nation. were still talking highs on friday. its still above normal. 60s this weekend. right now, a little bit of change. most of saturday looks like it should be dry with rain chances moving in saturday night into sunday. so well keep an eye on that one in case it changes. you do spring ahead on sunday, 50s and 60s into next week. doggone weather time. 5 47. meet max. okay. so this is max on the last snowy day all snuggled up. amile, thank you so much for the creativity, so money. love the book. thats our mantra. it cease true to life. totally. i love it. channel 3 is committed to improving literacy. did you know reading out loud to kids is essential to their growth and development, according to experts. researchers found just over a third of parents say they read to their kids for at least 15 minutes a day. reading should start at birth to promote healthy brain development, build literacy skills and prepare them for the start of school. an iconic appliance has announced a change. bull able to buy a smaller kitchen aid mixer. it has a bowl size of 3quarts. thats 3 lighter and shorter. so it has to be cheaper. kind of . it will cost you 399. ben and jerrys is expected to reveal a new flavor today. yesterday the Company Revealed two of its three newest flavors of ice cream, brownie batter core and cookies and cream cheesecake core. they want to keep their flavor launch funky and fresh. snap chat was created to socialize with friends, but now companies are taking advantage of it. its 5 49. coming up, ways to save. speaking of funky and fresh, matt shows us how to tell if a product review is authentic or fake. more food options. were going to show you the local restaurants that are signing up to join us at Progressive Field. dani look at that. im gaining weight just looking at it. right now, were looking good. normal drive times, if you take prepared to move over between Broadway Forbes because of accident cleanup. hopefully they can get this cleared before 6 30 a. M. when the traffic picks up. nbcs the carmichael show returns for its Second Season starting tonight. get as special preview after the voice before moving to its regular time sundays at 9 00 this weekend. rod carmichael stars in the series thats based on his own experiences with his family in north carolina. hollie will be talking with Amber Stevens west who played maxine on the show later this morning. how about that . Progressive Field will have options. the indians are partnering with more restaurants. theyre adding nachos, sandwiches, and hand crafted pizzas from dantes infern know. then you can wash it down with craft beers. yes, please. you know, no offense to march, but i really want baseball to get here. then nba playoffs. lets just call it april 1st. sounds good to me. how does this sound . theres one app you really need to see. matt granite shows us a site that spots fake product reviews. great to be with you alongside one of the coolest free apps and websites i have ever used. if you shop online like i to, you probably live and breathe user reviews. the problem, not only are a huge percentage of those companies are giving out freebies to get reviews written. its a disgusting world of deals if you dont play your cards carefully. i screen through everything i can. one of the favorite website us use to analyze reviews is called www. Fakespot. 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Com, a great review. i rely on those reviews. you do. and then you normally think, well, who did they get fives from . well give hollie a five. shes a ten. youre a ten. i love you both. i love you. its great. this is the thing. were tracking rain. its to the west as we take a look at whats going to happen through the course of the next several hours. i dont think much in the way of wet weather today. chances are 20 or less. if you see a sprinkle, its going to be not something thats pretty common. in fact, most of you will see sunshine throughout the day. its not until tonight and later tonight that we start to notice the rain moving in. this is 11 30 p. M. so youre home. winding things down. and then overnight and tomorrow, pretty much a soaker of a thursday. so we are going to be tracking a lot of wet weather. thats going to be slowdowns before we start to dry things out again on friday. in the meantime, i think its going to be as warm as can be. 70 degrees, partly sunny skies, well see if those warm temperatures stick around. hollie, thank you. Public Square renovations started and well have a live update with tiffany. plus, all the results from the primary elections overnight and why Bernie Sanders is suing ohios secretary of state. 5 57, a look at the National Media already setting up ahead of ohios primary over on the east 9th street peer. Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, only one guys done more hell do for america what hes done for us. Create jobs. Four hundred thousand jobs here in ohio. Brought em back from mexico and china. Turned our deficit into a surplus. More jobs . An america that works . New day for america is responsible for the content hello cleveland. hello, ohio. one of my dreams was to make sure that cleveland could rise. and we look forward to going to ohio. were in the middle of march madness. and more madness is coming our way. all eyes are on ohio and florida this morning as the race for the nomination continues to heat up