Quijano good evening. I am Elaine Quijano with a western edition of the broadcast. Fbi director james comey makes a much anticipated trip to capitol hill tomorrow. He will testify about what the fbi has learned about possible russian interference in the president ial election. Comey is also expected to be questioned about President Trumps explosive and yet to be proven claim that president obama had him wiretapped. The president spent the weekend in florida. Errol barnett is there lets just grow up. Appearing on face the nation, Democratic House leader nancy pelosi slammed the Trump Administration for refusing to retract the president s unsubstantiated wiretap claim. The justice department, the fbi has to really clear this. Because otherwise this administration has decided they with impunity can say anything. Fbi director james comey and nsa director mike rogers will be asked for any available proof when they testify in front of the House Intelligence Committee on monday. Wiretaps cove
Districts that historically elected African Americans and they raise the rate of minority voters in the district. Two in particular. The first which serves voters in the coastal plains. The board of commissioners chair says it will also have an effect on people in the mountains. Itll affect us because the 12th district, which counts like a snake, impacts the sent district. If they have the redistribute there will be presum bli more in the tenth district that does touch part of asheville. Justin its nothing new. The democratics over did it in 2004. And the federal court said you cant do that. Justin thats something that will have to be fixed calling it if win for everyone. You want your vote to matter. The way they drew the district they purposefully made peoples vote not matter because it made it such a high minority voter representation in the districts. You have to spread everything out and give everybody a chance. Justin not everyone is happy with the decision. The gop chairman of t
Live from clevelands niece niece clevelands news center, cleveland 19 news starts right now. Denise remember this . You were bundled up and schools were closey because of the bone chilling temperatures. Last year at this time we were below zero here in cleveland. What a difference a year makes. Tomorrow we can make a run at 65. Romona dont break out the shorts and sandals just yet. Jeff has his jacket off. Jeff maybe one day you can bust out the shorts. By the way, on february 20th last year we had 17 below zero. A little different story this year. There is a wind advisory for the western counties. We have a 51 gust in sandusky and 46 in cleveland and check out these temperatures and because of the strong south wind wind lets hit the button. 57 lakewood and it is near 60 in euclid. Now, the headlines go like this. It remains windy overnight and tomorrow and unseasonably warm. As ramona just mentioned we will make a run at the 60s tomorrow. Then with the wind shift tomorrow night and su
We may be getting a change. When students were punished by making them stand outside in the cold, parents were upset. Sia nyorkor went to Brimfield Elementary School near kent to get the answers. Reporter jennifer says students need discipline but not in this way. I am all for discipline and children. They need those, the boundaries that discipline provides but they should expect certain disciplines. When you give them something that they have thats outside of that, i think it makes them feel unsafe. Reporter wednesday recess monitors in kent made students stand outside as punishment for behavior on the playground. The students were already outside for recess but a concerned parent tells cleveland 19 students were made to stand in a line and told to stand still for over 15 minutes. On wednesday there was snow and temperatures were in the lower 30s and some places below freezing. I wouldnt like it. I would go talk to them and expect something was done and whoever made the decision to do
Will show you conditions, nothing now. And road conditions, we have had our eyes peeled for the odot trucks. We have seen them out today and spending the whole day getting ready for whats ahead tonight. Reporter odot trucks line up in medina. Crews have been working for 157 straight hours. Mother nature pummeled the Medina County area with snow and wind gusts thats made keeping roads clear and safe a challenge and now we are in for another Winter Weather special. We have some crews working now pushing back the gores and shoulders and keeping roads wet by treating them. At 10 00 to midnight we will ramp up and fully staffed with 80 crews in cuyahoga and geauga county. Reporter as you just heard they will have a full staff on tonight. 80 crews working 12hour shifts until they get the roads cleatly clear. As jeff was talking about everyone is getting prepared for what could be a tough morning commute. In downtown Cleveland Denise zarrella, cleveland 19. Romona you can get live radar to tr