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WEWS Good Morning Cleveland March 20, 2016

Another day or two. And winter wants to hold grip of this and not get to spring just yet. And we have officially moved into the Spring Season and our temperatures are about feeling like it and across the board, slightly warmer the last hour at the airport and currently at 33 degrees and that is as you make your way inland into wane county. Stark, summit. Were below the freezing mark and temperatures definitely below normal for this time of the year. And you can see from the live 5 radars were picking up the spring snow across stark, medina, wane county and into summit count. The heavier bands in darker blue. And those are just light flurries into the massileon area and this will move out into late morning and you can see by 11, we should be sitting under mostly cloudy conditions. Were going to have a second round as temperatures move up 40s into akron and canton. Were transitioning into rain. By 5 00 p. M. , we should be a okay and everybody sitting under mostly cloudy conditions. The overnight lows, theyre still on the chilly side, nick. And were looking at highs into the mid30s today and lows into the lower 20s. In my sevenday, i will show you when the upper 50s and lower 60s return. And thank you. We want to start with breaking news this morning from vaven ravenna. The search for a missing kayaker has become a recovery effort at west branch state park. The spokesperson of the department of Natural Resources told newschannel 5 that two men in their 20s went missing last night after the kysacks kayaks capsized. Recovery efforts resume this morning after being suspended last night. And cuba is being ready getting ready for a historic visit from the u. S. President today. President obama will be the first sitting president to step foot in cuba in over 90 years. The trick comes after between havana and washington, including the easing of travel restrictions and that is why another group of americans is getting a chance to visit cuba as well. Meg shaw has more on why some kent state student students are heading to havana today. I and this is an amazing opportunity for these students. Excuse me, and theyll be among the First Americans to be able to travel and study in cuba. And they will be working on a flight on havana harbor across from the most historic part of havana and they will spend five days studying the site. In addition, dedicate time to learn more about the cuban culture and historic buildings. One student said this trip is a truly once in a lifetime opportunity. I am excited to put myself in that location and enjoy and not take for granted every moment that we have there and realty now, were cubas an not there yet and theyre experiencing the genuine rebirth of havana. And to also further the relationship with students, they will be looking for ways to redevelop the oil site theyll be studying. The group took off this morning and they will return this friday and the best of luck to nick. Thank you. Sure. And while the relations between the u. S. And cuba are improving, the amount of cubans fleeing the island nation months. Yesterday, the coast guard had to rescue a group of migrants after the 30foot boat was stranded off of the florida coast. Nine died during their 22 days at sea and 18 were rescued. They were taken to cozumel, mexico, by a cruise ship in the area. And new information about a bad wrongway crash that shut down parts of the shoreway yesterday and we now know the name of the Driver Police believe caused that crash. Cleveland police tell us 50 yearold frazier sims appeared to be under the influence when vehicle and he was going the wrong way near the exit ramp of west 145th and didnt see the other car coming around the curb. Its an all too familiar story for anthony win who was in another alcoholrelated wrong way crash earlier this. Month. Ask. And when two people hit head on and [ indiscernible ] fatality. Luckily for everyone involved, no fatalities in this most recent crash and sims remains hospitalized with critical injuries. The driver and two passengers in the other vehicle sustained serious injuries and are expected to survive. Yet. And Hudson Police identified the two bodies found in a home off of ravena road. The 53yearold steven byce and his 42yearold wife christy died from gunshot wounds. Investigators are looking into this as a possible murder suicide, believing he shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself. And its been over four months since Hurricane Joaquin thousands of homes in South Carolina alone. Today, around 20 volunteers in conjunction with the United Methodist church in doylestown will head to South Carolina for a week to rebuild many of the homes in need of work. They will sleep on church floors and et cetera in a church kitchen. The group will pay for its own trip to help. And its been three months since a Richmond Heights Police Officer was shot in the line of duty. This is video from the scene of the shooting that injured the officer in december. He is recovering slowly but his medical bills are quickly stacking up. To help the family out, there is a benefit at the willoughby brewing company. The sea of blue fund raiser starts at noon until 5. There will be a penny social, music, and guest speakers. And people thank you so much. Coming up this morning, controversy surrounding Donald Trumps campaign. And this time because of the actions of his Campaign Manager. What he did ahead. And an ohio woman will be her dream of becoming a marine today. Her story is next and janessa has weather. And we have some spring snow and temperatures on the chilly side and in my sevenday, i will show you the upper 50s and 60s and some rain. Good morning, everybody. Im power of 5 meteorologist and this is in Summit County. We have a bit of accumulation on grassy areas and roadways. Theyre definitely wet this morning as the system is providing us with a little bit of flurry across northeast ohio and not playing nice this morning are the windchills. Look at this. 29 degrees. Upper 20s in most locations. We are dealing with that northeast breeze about 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour. 24 so bitter cold and still biting down into northeast ohio. Now, the daytime highs today, were into the upper 30s and lower 40s in most spots and a few flakes flying into the afternoon. Well transition into a little bit of rain as we head into the 3 00 hour. And 38 degrees toward pebble pike and beachwood, the warm spots into stark and Summit County. A high of 41. Anyone who has been out the last few days knows its cold and thank you. This morning, a bill that senate is stirring up lots the lows of controversies. Supporters said it protects a lot of Civil Liberties and others call it discrimination against gays and lesbians. Its to protect faithbased organizations because of their religious beliefs. Its house if house bill 757 is signed into law, it could cost georgia big bucks. Like indiana and georgia before it, bills often result in boycotts. And this legislation stands and if its law, it will have a Significant Impact on the business and i think it will have Significant Impact on other businesses in the state. And businesses operating in georgia are already taking action. The nfl released a statement saying this could impact atlantas aboutid for the 2019 super bowl. A local woman determined to become a marine is one step closer to serving our country. And he was first denied the opportunity to she was denied the opportunity to join she took her case to the white house and has been cleared for training. And its finally right there and i have so many of my supporters that are youre going. Youre going and there is a lot of reassurance and im starting to get really excited because i can finally do what i wanted to do for see long. And you bet. She leaves today for the Marine Corps Training in paris island, South Carolina and we wish her the best. And as we go to break, this is a look at last nights winning lottery numbers. Welcome back. Just about 10 15 now. And new this morning out of spain, at least 14 students killed in a bus crash there and it was carrying 57 people, mostly students from the uk on a trip to the fireworks festival and witnesses said it hit highway railings, tried to correct and veered into oncoming traffic. The bus driver is in police custody. And in indiana, another bus crash involving students. All 27 people on this bus were injured, though none seriously, thankfully. Most of them were players on a High School Basketball team. Police say the driver spilled a drink on herself and caused a rollover crash. The team was heading to the the Indiana High School Athletic Association said a makeup date will be announced for that game. And there is still no formal claim of responsibility this morning for a deadly suicide blast that killed five people in turkey. The attack happening yesterday in istanbul on a main pedestrian shopping street. Among those killed, two dual nationality israeli americans and dozens of others were injured in theplast. And the white house is condemning the attack as many suspect the islamic estate or kurdish militants are behind the bombing. And one day after tracking down europes most wanted man, the willing jousting to get him back faces charges to face charges is underway. Salah abdeslam admitted to interrogators yesterday that he backed out of blowing himself up outside of the stawedde france with other staadde france. And hes fighting extradition to france. And this morning, candidates attention on the southwest this weekend. Several states in that region are part of the next round of primaries. While in arizona, Bernie Sanders reflected on his recent loss in ohio. Disappointing, to be honest with you. And it was in ohio. I had hoped that we had an outside shot at winning ohio and losing there by 15 points was a disappointment. Sanders outlook on the rest of the race was more optimistic saying as the west coast continues to go to the polls in the coming weeks, he expects his delegate count to climb steadily. And more controversy following donald trump and his bid for the republican nomination. And his Campaign Manager appeared to grab a protestor buthe calor yesterday at a rally in tucson and captured on video. Trumps team claims the man was yanked by someone to his left and sources say the protestor was asked twice before to leave. Protestor was accused of assaulting a reporter at a previous rally. And a Massachusetts Woman is letting it be known that shes no fan of donald trump even after her death. She was against the republican front runner, she sput she put it in her obituary. She thought the Trump Campaign was a new ball game in politics but not in a good way and asked friends and family not to vote for him in her memory. And who thought this was her last way to get her vote in. She was not the first person whose obituary made an election statement. Last year, one for a man in North Carolina asked people not to vote for Hillary Clinton. And back here at home, the city of cleveland is furiously working to get ready for this summers Republican National convention. Tens of thousands of out of teeners will descend upon the city for the rnc and theyre going to need help finding as our own paul kiska found out, cleveland has a plan in place to help them out. Reporter big crowds and a Party Atmosphere downtown for september paddys day. Were expecting it for rnc in july. Thousands of out of up tooers descend on downtown cleveland. Volunteers are needed to present the city in the best light possible. Reporter destination clevelands Jennifer Kramer told me that theyre looking for thousands of volunteers to be greeters in airports and hotels and they need volunteers to help conventiongoers find their way to landmarks and neighborhoods like ohio city and University Circle and volunteers called way finders. [ indiscernible ] no. I dont know. You want to get to little italy . Absolutely. We found people from northeast ohio today. Not exactly sure about some locations and imagine out of towners. Have signed up. And volunteers will have to go to a training seminar. We need volunteers to come down and help people understand the New Cleveland story and showcase their pride and help them get around and make them feel weekend. And looking forward to it. Pope francis has been on instagram for less than 24 hours and has gotten more than 1 million followers. The first photo shows him kneeling in prayer. The Company Message said pray for me in nine languages. The instagram suddenly franciscas. And speaking of the pope, hes having a busy sunday. Francis celebrated the beginning of holly week by blessing palm branches in olive square. Palm sunday is on the way to chastise World Leaders he said are ignoring the is iran refugee crisis and compared the plight of the Syrian People to jesus before the crucifixion. And with that story. Hard to imagine a week from easter. Going to be nice weather for easter and we have to get through chilly weather before that and, even though its the official start of spring. And that is not about the start but the finish. And give spring in some time to change over here and winter really wants to keep a grip across northeast ohio this morning. You can see from the weather bug there that that is 35 degrees for downtown cleveland and cooler if you make your way inland into locations. You can see the great webcam here in Summit County and that is snow and accumulating on grassy surfaces. The temperatures only into the lower 30s and if youre out and about, probably some slick spots and take your time. And a little bit of warmer air toward the county. And good morning, youre at 36 degrees. Making your way up towards the west. And into the east. Lake geauga, Ashtabula County and into portage. Into 32 degrees and still below freezing. And that cooler air is tracking in. And this storm system is sagging from southern portions of into northeast ohio and light flurries were there and heavier bands can be found into stark and Summit County and into massillon and youre seeing a bit of accumulating snow and that should transition out of here into late morning from strongsville, the Greater Cleveland area and that is on the light side and you can see a dry slot forming into lack county from madison and into geneva on the lake. Hour, the temperatures are not going to be bumping up too much and still about 10 to 15 degrees below our normal for this time of the year and under cloudy skies for most of the day. I do think that we start to see showing you here on the future cast working in about 3 00 and its going to transition into some rain. The temperatures bump back into the 40s from rain county and mansfield. You can see from the west, sandusky across the island and elyria and into downtown cleveland. Wake, geauga and ashtabula. And youre on the clear. This moisture is confined to inland locations. If you have plans tonight around six, lets step out there and that is a chilly one. All of that moisture are back into there and daytime highs today of 37 degrees and have the winter coat handy. Cranking the her again tonight and not feeling like spring and 26 degrees. On that why upward trend, though, i expect more sunshine for monday and who have a front entering on wednesday and. More cooler air and into easter nick . Thank you. And the browns continue their so much for a new quarterback by bringing in a former overall pick. And the cavs pay a visit to the old stomping grounds and lauren has the details in both report. Signal caller ongoing. Yesterday, another step in that process. And the redskin quarterback turned agent, rg3 drafted back in 2012. The second overall pick and the impressive rookie season with the redskins going 106 and making the playoffs and however, the good times didnt last and injury after injury and had a major impact on the career and until he lost. And the cousin drafted in the sports round and in the 2012 draft. And the redskins lost to dallas. The browns clearly looking at as many options as possible at the position. And the cavs in miami last night free to take on the heat, the second of backtoback road games on friday night. They beat the magic in orlando. The cavs going 20 on the start of the road trip and not happening. Not close. And im not giving to lebron and the old teammate wade. Lebron to wade and wade gives it back to lebron and cavs by 3. The defense not great last night. Late First Quarter and right up in richardson and pulls up. At 25 and 17 and overall, having a good night and hitting the loader in the lane and heat up by 21 and the 21st and with 20,000 points. A single franchise and that is big. 101 and did try to make sense and what went wrong as and that is it for morning sports. And thank you. The other big stories this morning from sports, the upsets happening in this years ncaa basketball tournament and prompting. That some fans not handling it at all. Like this poor kentucky band member as they lost to indiana and the saxophone girl as she is come to known and the meltdown is a result of kentucky losing to five seed indiana and not so bad. Try being a 15seed michigan state. And a twoside and more pain. And the runways dark overnight. The los angeles airport shut off the pylon lights as it celebrated earth hour. The worlds wide event with cities to turn out the lights for one hour from 8 30 to 1 30 local time to highlight the g

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