Buddy. It wasnt bad at all. Well in the 40s. Pretty strong south wind and rain moving in tonight and temperatures dropping again. Lets go to the headlines. Notice the cloud cover now. No more sun for you. We have an alert for light rain and wind gusts over 30. Is it will be windy tomorrow with Early Morning light rain diminishing to drizzle and get cold enough for wednesday with snow showers and flurries. Theres your alert tonight. It wont be a big rain producer and it will be a light rain and enough to make the roads damp. Watch out for the wind gusting over 30 and seeing it develop here. This trend will continue this evening fort wayne, indiana. Here you see current temperatures low to mid40s and it wont support snow or cloud cover over downtown cleveland. Coming up at about 5 16. Denise, all right jeff thank you. The massive winter storm is headed to scene. This is drone footage of the jersey shore. At least 27 deaths are blamed on the bad weather. Some of the people hardest hits are not out of the woods yet. The clean up is underway and may take awhile in parts of d. C. And parts of the side streets are impassable. New york is bouncing back faster and Scott Mcclain has a progress report. It is a tail of two cities in blizzard. New york is bouncing back quickly. Things are not entirely normal but a lot of city is operating well. It is a different story in washington where the mayor warns the district will deal with snow all week. While we have made progress theres more to do. Management calls the comparison unfair. I would say are the roads clear and schools open and safe situation for those getting there and thats mayor deblasios call. D. C. Schools are closed and federal buildings are shutdown and the house of representatives canceled votes for the wheel week. D. C. s mayor says she will ask for federal help to dig out and across the region pooling water on roads likely to refreeze overnight is creating a hazard and black ice and air travelers are feeling the pain as airports slowly return to life. 12,000 flights have been canceled including a thousand today. 8 cancellations and they been rolling and cancellations are over and i am thrilled to get back to new orleans. Hi a forced vacation in d. C so it was good. It wasnt too bad. Scott mcclain reporting. We may not know how much snow fell in washington, d. C. And jeff tanchak will explain why coming up at 5 30. Today is an emotional day for Canton Police officer ryan davis. He is in houston, texas to pick a successor to his k9 partner jethro killed by a burglary suspect. It is bittersweet. A little nervous. The story of k9 jethro and officer davis made national headlines. Police say jethro was shot several times last month when he and davis responded to a burglary. Thousands packed the civic center for the police dogs funeral. Jethros legacy is to remind us that bravery and devotion can travel on four legs and loyalty playful nudge of a wet nose. Denise the Nonprofit Group k9 for cops took note of jethros tragic death and worked with the k9 Houston Academy in texas to dedicate a fully trained k9 to Canton Police. The fact that someone would take an animals life like that, it hurts. Every time i hear that it is a lump in my throat. All the k9s at the academy are handpicked and trainers go to europe once a month. After intense screening and medical check they select the top dogs and bring them to the states. They go through a very intense selection testing and they have to pass certain things for us. Denise amazing isnt it. Officer davis is in training and will work with his new k9 and learn commands in german or hungarian. He chooses. Harry boomer went to canton to see how the community is supporting the Police Department during this emotional time. We will have that story coming up in our next half hour. Dan well his Snarky Facebook posts helped put brimfield on the map. Former police chief david oliver penned a book full of rants of crime in his small town. Last january he retired from the force after being accused of sexual harassment. Cleveland 19 Denise Zarrella spent the day in Portage County where the former chief went before a judge. Denise . Denise dan, can i tell you there were wide eyes in the courtroom today as Patrol Officer crystal casterline described many ways she was sexually harassed by former police chief david oliver. He faced other charges for holding an illegal gun sale and count 2, simple assault how do you plead. No contest. Reporter one by one the former Brimfield Police chief david oliver pleads no contest to four misdemeanor charges attempted theft in office, Sexual Assault and unlawful restraint and unlawful use of property and charges, a far cry from the heroic chief when he was a facebook sensation and nationally recognized author of the book no hopes allowed and crystal casterline says she was punched, pinched and shoved by her police chief. I was bitten, punched and stabbed oliver during altercations trying to get him off me. His almost daily unmented physical advances and attacks were meant with adamant verbal responses that i didnt like it, want it or enjoy it. Reporter in the end judge oliver to 24 months probation and order him to pay over 1,700 to the court and oliver was stripped of his ability to serve as Police Officer in the state of ohio ever again. Law enforcement, you become the mope you wrote about in your book. Do you realize that . Despite the no contest plea oliver says he was innocent. I was not sure the jury would believe one soul prior Police Officer over three or four who would testify in written statements with an agenda. I wouldnt risk it. All right. We talked to chief oliver outside the courthouse and says he will reactivate chief Oliver Facebook page and post information about this case as well as information about the brimfield Police Department that he said will be eyeopening and will make people very, very surprised and he will start dan and denise . Not over. Thank you, denise. Investigators in berea are working to determine the cause of the fire this morning. Cleveland 19 cameras were there as smoke was still pouring out of the house on lincoln avenue near columbus. Firefighters had a tough time getting the fire put out because it was inside the walls. No one was home at the time. Thats the good news. Crews from North Olmsted and brook park and airport helped battle the flames. In Mahoning County the e. P. A. Suspended the license of water superintendent james bates and put on administrative leave. Tests show elevated levels of lead in the water system and that went public last week. Local schools were shutdown this week. Bates is under criminal investigation facing accusations that he falsified reports. The ohio e. P. A. Says see spring failed to properly notify provide timely and accurate information. Denise all right. We want to take a live look at cloverleaf. 77 and 480. It is smooth sailing out there. I am sure clear skies are helping everyone in their journey to get where they are going and we want to remind you to download the cleveland 19 news mobile app and tap the traffic tab to get the latest on the go. It will be an interesting night at the q and not because cavs are playing under their new head coach. Mark schwab is joining us live. Mark, it has to do how we landed love . Love . Remember kevin love used to play for minnesota timberwolves. He played them four times today. This is the fourth time and it is kind of new and not really. Played them. And a former cavalier taken on. It was the first pick and cavs lucked out and won the lottery. Wiggins was sent in the kevin love trade with the players and ever since wiggins has been chippy is not the right word. He averages 31 points a game when he plays the cavaliers and has a chip on his shoulder against them. Kevin love not the same way. I have been asked that question a number of time going home. And definitely another game and playing in the western conference and where i grew up and see them twice and now it is i guess pick that apart by seeing the tickets we have there i think it will take a little bit for it to become a different game and relatively fresh where its been now. All right, guys. Intrigue into tonights game. It is australia day. Yeah. Yeah. You know. Grab the veggie mart sandwich. And dan. Speaking of that, mark, this is ironic, a special wake up for Matthew Dellavedova fans cleveland coffee partnered with deli for gday mate. They will donate 10 of gday mate sales to all faiths pantry, a cleveland based organization that delivers groceries to clients with limited mobility and i am told it tastes nothing like kangaroo. I am willing to try it support deli and cleveland. He is a big name. Winwin. Love deli. The blizzard took a toll on businesses. Coming up financial winners and live from clevelands newscenter driven by Don Joseph Toyota in kent. This is cleveland 19 news. You know, air travel is still being impacted by the big at hopkins some flights to washington, d. C. , newark, new jersey have been canceled and delayed. Right now almost half the flights scheduled to leave Newark Airport have been canceled. As the snow piled up on the east coast, so did the losses for businesses all weekend long. Experts put the Financial Impact at nearly 850 million. Restaurants and theaters and other Entertainment Venues took the biggest hit from the massive weekend storm and analysts say they shifted their spending and stocked up and cleaned out Grocery Stores in some areas and others spent the time shopping online or renting movies and even looking for love. Yes. The dating app happen reported 342 jump in use during saturday s big snowstorm in philadelphia. Dan you have to use your time somehow i guess. We know who will play in will take on Denver Broncos at levi stadium in santa clara california. If you want to go to the game, you better have deep pockets. According to ticket price tracker seat peek the average resale price to the ticket to the february game about 5,178. Thats it. Thats for a single ticket. A pair of club seats near mid field sold for 12,100 making them the most expensive seats soso far and luxury suites are selling for half million dollars. Wow. Well, listen. If you are like the rest of us, why shell out big bucks if you can catch the game free of charge. Super bowl 50 kicks off sunday right here on cleveland 19. We will be here for you. Come on in, grab the popcorn and wings and enjoy it with us. It will set up to be a good game. I am tired of tom brady. Sorry. Please. That game, my gosh. When a finish. And the night game blow out. Lets look at the wind direction and speed. Notice it is out of the south about 15, 18mileanhour wind in sandusky and mansfield. It will be a windy night and windy day tomorrow as the front comes through. Clouds moved in after the sunshine. Starting to get sprinkles and pockets of light rain beginning to cross the border into ohio. Thats the main front. So i think what will happen here is we will get a wave of light rain later this evening and then a break and another round of showers with the front itself tomorrow morning. 43 tomorrow morning and right now we dont drop in temperature. We will drop in temperature and go back up and here the rain and changing to snow in colder air in iowa. 7 00, headed to the cavs game here, you will be dry. By 10 00 got some light showers here. Remember, it will be windy as this happens and perhaps a break for a time overnight and here comes another wave with the actual front itself tomorrow morning at 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning for the commute you will have some light showers and kids headed off to School Tomorrow morning and less than. 1 of rain it looks like, though and it is not a big system. Look at the temperatures. Right around 40 at 7 00 and we actually climb. Future view has us low to mid40s tomorrow morning and then note the colder air coming in and drop in temperature through the day as the front passes. Windy night, 38 and 7 a. M. South wind and spotty showers for you tomorrow cloudy and areas of drizzle and winds will be gusting over 30 tomorrow and a temperature drop 38 at 7 a. M. And 36 at lunch with drizzle. 5 00, 32 and a windy, cloudy sky at that time. Tomorrow. It gets cold enough tomorrow and wednesday for flurries and lakeeffect snow east of cleveland. And light snow thursday and windy and light snow showers on friday and then warms up saturday and alert on sunday for light rain at that time. Guys, back to you. Thank you, jeff. We have an Important Health alert coming up. Big differences between women and men when it comes to heart dan odot is adopting a policy for barriers on bridges thanks to randy and sharon budd. Ohio will consider putting fancying on bridges being built or undergoing major renovations. You might remember teenagers seriously hurt sharon budd in 2014 by throwing a rock off a pennsylvania overpass smashing through the uniontown womans windshield. Budd lost eyesight in one eye and suffered brain damage. Cleveland 19 news health alert, a first statement for a heart attack for women can be more dangerous in women than men. The American Heart Association says women often have different causes and risk factors including conditions like high Blood Pressure and diabetes. There can be key gender differences when it comes to symptoms. It to feel and discomfort in the chest area and neck and jaw, back, upper stomach and can be in either arm or shoulder. This is the first time the association has ever put out a statement on heart attacks in women and they also say black and historic women have more risk factors such as diabetes and obesity at the time of their heart attack. Dan coming up next cleveland 19 with continuing coverage of campaign 2016. We are live in iowa ahead of tonights big democratic town hall. Jeff here we go. Roof camera, cloudy sky. Warm enough for light rain tonight. I will answer the question how denise well today marks one week before Iowa Caucuses and tonight the democrat candidates will have the opportunity to make closing arguments to voters for the town hall. It is a big week in iowa. Karen cafea joins us. And what we can expect at tonights town hall. Absolutely. A lot at stake tonight and final week and it is crunch time in iowa. It is a much tighter democratic race than really anyone anticipated. Even as late as one month ago. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders, three Democratic Candidates will be here at Drake University for this town hall event tonight and all be hoping to make a convincing pitch to voters. They have been stumping through iowa at that frantic final countdown pace. America who get to send a message to the world. And the objective assessment would tell you that the energy, the excitement is with our campaign. Tonight Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders stop in des moines for a town hall with iowa voters and an opportunity to deliver closing arguments before the same audience. Start your count. A week ahead of the Iowa Caucuses is anyones guess. A cnn poll of polls, an average of major surveys with iowa caucus goers finds sanders leading by it 2 points and clinton held a solid lead and something president obama acknowledged in an interview with politco today. Hillary clinton came in with the both privilege and burden of being perceived as the frontrunner. And looking at the bright shiny object that people thats a disadvantage. Meanwhile sanders this weekend drew a comparison with the president s contest in 2008. He was unrealistic and ideas in the sky and he did not have the experience that was needed. You know what, people of iowa saw through those attacks then and they will see through those attacks again. In this final stretch setting up a dynamic not whats been happening in the republican race establishment versus the outside. Now tonight we will not get a chance to see the candidates side by side as we would in a debate and it is a different format in the town hall. Each candidate will get a different one and by former governor Martin Omalley and Hillary Clinton will go third and take questions from audience members and undecided voters and university at 9 p. M. Eastern time. Dan deroos, back to you. Denise during the q a period is a chance to poke jabs at one another hillary and bernie are likely to see that and what do we see from Martin Omalley who is virtually an unknown . Absolutely. This will be the big opportunity for him. We have seen him struggle for speaking time on the debate stage. Looking at the polls now, we have to be realistic about where he stands in this race and less for him than it will be for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders trying to pull support from him. If you look at the poll of polls two Percentage Points from clinton and sanders and omalley has 4 . And 4 in iowa could make a difference and you might see Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders speaking tonight indirectly to the omalley your second choice next monday if it looks like your next choice is not viable in the contest and that may be part of the strategy tonight for two frontrunners running neckandneck in iowa. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders. Many people here know iowa was my home state. I covered the 2000 Iowa Caucuses and i know when you are going through and journalists and explain for the people of ohio that dont get to see the madness and craze and candidates tripping over themselves and everywhere you turn, a candidate is making a stop somewhere and they are all centering on the state. What has it been like there in the next few days. Absolutely, man. It is a process. You have to think the voters of iowa have been dealing with this for months and most of us parachute in for the next few months and it is exciting and opportunity to be up close and personal with democrats and republicans and the universities are no strangers to hosting the events and exciting to see Democratic Candidates coming to campus with signs and who they are supporting. This is the epicenter of the political universe in the next week or so counting down to next monday and you cannot turn on the tv without seeing a campaign ad from a candidate in the race and seeing this republicans are all over the race and marco rubio and exciting time for iowans and they take the process seriously as you know, dan. Yes, we do. It is snowing there, karen. Please try to get indoors and warmth and hot cocoa. Thank you. Thank you so much. All righty. Take care. We will continue to bring you the latest from the campaign trail and iowa on cleveland 19 updates on the go with our free app. Click on election 2016 tab. Dozens of cleveland Police Officers are set to retire this spring. We want to know will it impact the safety of the city in the Upcoming Republican National Convention and find out what reporter Paul Orlousky uncovered tonight at 6 00. We have been following the story of a cantons officer travel to texas to select a partner following the shooting death of his partner jethro. In canton how the community is supporting the Police Department during this emotional time. We look forward to getting another k9 in the unit. It will be good for canton. Everybody is on board with the painstaking process of getting another police dog to replace beloved jethro killed in the line of duty. You have to be careful picking dogs and well bred and go through the right process to get the right dog. Street from the Canton Police k9 jethro wasnt just another dog. He was an integral part of the Police Community and folks in canton say do whatever you have to do to make sure the match is just right. These guys will be partners and life and death situations. Yes. They are involved with the family and involved with the kids. It is important to pick a good temperament. I actually happen to know the Police Officers mom. She is a friend of mine. The tragedy of losing k9 jethro touches people in canton in a personal way. It is a setback to the community having to start the process over again. It is a process thats worth it to get the right dog. You dont want anybody by your side to protect you and the proper training and adequate partner as far as the dog goes, it has been handled well. After the right dog is selected lots of training and bonding have to take place new partner take a bite out of crime. In canton, harry boomer, cleveland 19. Obviously here at cleveland 19 we feel fortunate we have been given an inside look to the trip to houston and we have a producer down there as well as sia nyorkor is there at k9 houston and an incredible process. She has done a wonderful job of keeping us and you informed of the entire thing and has a great blog and they go out when officer davis goes out to meet the new dogs we get an update. Here are some of the three he is looking at k9 joker, k9 and an incredible process they have allowed us to be part of and no one can replace k9 jethro but obviously officer davis is a trained professional and he wants a new partner. Very neat we have been able to go with the new process and can lets get over to the weather. Denise there will we go. Dap, thanks. What do you do with a massive winter storm. Jeff time lapse. Denise time lapse style. Chase higgins recorded this from the warmth of his home in pott, maryland. The 15yearold put his phone in his living room window at about 1 00, friday afternoon. Thats as the storm was hitting the d. C. Area. Jeff he is a weather geek. Denise he left it in the night. Thats what he captured. We may not know how much snow fell in d. C. Over the weekend because the snow measuring device at Reagan National airport was buried in the blizzard. How about that. Jeff yeah. You know what, there was a report that came out people are questioning the exact snow total in washington. But the thing is, i will explain if we can take the ipad here. The way we take weather observations every hour and sometimes in between and during the hour with active weather going on and this is located at every single airport Automated Service observation system this record temperatures dewpoint pressure for the pilots, cloud ceiling and rain gauge on here. Thats what we use. Theres a lot of these observations that are taking automatically. The way you are supposed to do it, lets go to the graphic. It measures snowfall not technical at all. Not scientific. And thats what you do. The observer at each of the airports is supposed to go out, every hour, measure the snow, wipe off the plywood usually until the next hour and take the measurement and record it and thats your official snow total. Some are questioning that. Maybe the observer taking the wrong observation and sometimes theres blowing and drifting. All our weather different weather elements we have least accurate is typically snowfall. You get blowing and drifting snow. You look at the snow totals hopkins 8. 4 for the season. D. C under 19 inches and baltimore 30 inches and Weather Service is actually looking into this. We will see if they actually change the washington, d. C. Official snow total. No matter how you look at it, they got a ton of snow over the weekend. 43 current temperature akroncanton and downtown cleveland 46 degrees. A south wind at 13. It will be a windy night. Temperatures going up and midnight in cleveland light rain around and windy like i mentioned throughout the night and tomorrow as this front comes through. An alert for that and enough to make the roads damp and nothing too heavy. Windy and drizzle and after 7 00 in the morning and cold enough for some flurries and areas of light snow by wednesday. By wednesday we have the alert out and wind gusts over 30. Here you see it on future view between 7 00 and 10 00 and the first wave of rain. By morning thats when we will get the second wave and this is a brief period of steadier rain before diminishing to drizzle and temperatures will slowly fall and more on the 7day forecast coming up in a few minutes. Denise . Denise all right, jeff. Thanks. A local couple in trouble after officers found their toddler stuck in a toilet. Himself. Denise all right we have an update on breaking news we told you about at the beginning of the show. The standoff on the west side of cleveland. This is west 127th near triscuit. A guy is holed up in the house and has been threatening a woman. These are live pictures from the scene. The guy is refusing to come out im sure. Working with them and no shots were fired or anything like that. A police standoff. We are there and we will continue to monitor the situation. The swat team is there and bring you more information as soon as we get it. Dan a cleveland 19 news updaylight. A former dealer at the horseshoe casino has been sentenced for stealing from the house. The judge gave Randall White 18 months probation plus 250 hours of community service. He must also pay back the 700 he admitted taking. A canton couple is facing charges after a toddler they left home alone became stuck in a toilet. Denise heartbreaking. A neighbor called police after hearing the little one crying more than 30 minutes. Sean and justice are charged with child endangerment. The little boy used the toilet and fell in. Chance left him to go shopping. In the house. Romona coming up at 6 00 choosing a new partner. Our crews travel to texas as an officer makes a decision who will take place of fallen k9 jethro. Live at the q before tonights game. We will hear from the team as they deal with a big coaching change. Denise well, we have not had a bad winter so far. Some are sick of the snow and cold and yuck. If these dreary days have you down there are easy you ways can you beat winter. It is estimated at least 12 million americans suffer from a depression called Seasonal Affective Disorder with an imbalance from lack of sunlight triggering fatigue and difficult concentrating and cravings for gain. Modify your diet and exercise and invest in a light box mimics outdoor light and be with family. Laughter and togetherness are great therapy for the winter blues. Denise absolutely. Ice skating. All that good stuff. Today would have helped your mood improve with the sunshine and warmer weather, jeff. Jeff now we have cloud cover so everybody can get depressed again. It will be a cloudy day. A little light rain on the way tonight and early tomorrow morning and diminish to a mist and windy as well tonight and tomorrow. I will pull out the planner for tomorrow, 38 is your morning high and we will see a drop in temperature. And lunch drizzle, windy and 36. Plan on that for your lunch and 5 00, cloudy, windy and 32. It gets cold enough and nothing in fact, wednesday right around 30. Thats a little chilly and cold enough for some flurries and lakeeffect snow on the lakeshore and east. Not enough to have an alert for that. At least not now. Windy thursday and light snow and back up to 38 degrees and then friday we will get lakeeffect. Morning snow showers and windy and 31. These are little guys. Little shots of snow and or rain. Saturday we warm back up to 48 and some sprinkles in the afternoon. Light rain saturday night and sunday. We will see light rain as well. An alert here sunday. That rain could be steadier. 43. And even next monday around 40. In general, other than wednesday there and friday. Temperatures will be averaging above normal it looks like especially headed into the forecast. Normally in the 20s. For a high we should be around 35. 20s at night. It is hotter. Live. I could be wrong. Wrong. I keep getting sick. We want to say thank you to lorena for our view of the day. Check out the geisen joying sunshine on the half frozen pond Cuyahoga Falls and email photos to pics cleveland19. Com. Its the ultimate experience for trekkies. It is happening here in cleveland. Now its time for the buzz sponsored by National Carpet mill outlet. In todays buzz are you craving meatloaf . I love meatloaf. A new tour music to the ears of star trek fans. Star trek is entering a new entertainment frontier. The concert hall part of the 50th anniversary of the sci fi franchise star trek, the ultimate voyage featuring live music from the original tv series and later see we we wills and films and while tv and movie scenes play on the screens. People will see and hear things and you will become aware of how important music is to denise sounds kind of cool. The american tour kicked off and clevelands state theater friday march 11th. Tickets start at 10. If you are more of a star wars fan you can get a piece of the original trilogy because luke sky wackers blaster was going up for auction. The proper laser gun is the same one markhamel used in Empire Strikes back and hits the bid is 200,000 and i think it will go for quite more than that mouth. Dan meatloaf will take the stage in northfield. Tickets go on sale friday at 10 00a. M locked up for a crime he claims he didnt commit. I love from clevelands newscenter, cleveland 19 news starts now. Mark breaking news at 6 00. A standoff in cleveland. Its going on at west 127th and triscuit. A Police Source telling us a man refuses to come out and officers responding to a domestic incident. We will keep watching this and