good morning, and let's get to it. the temperatures are the weather headline this week. 58 degrees in cleveland and 55 in elyria and waking up to 52 in akron and i have to give that. 49 in medina and that is a warm start. and we which closer to breaking record. and we have a game changer in play and radio. now, we seem to be quiet and clouds are creeping in and we look at the bigger picture and we haveium head -- rain heading our way and for now, what you need to know about the wednesday is that we're seeing temperatures near 70 degrees and more clouds than sun. >> and we're looking just fine on our roads this morning. no major incidents or accidents and that is nice and comfortable. and taking i live look here and into canton, the city is doing some replacement work there and tonight, until 6:00 a.m. and keep that in mind. the best part heading to a live look this morning at 90 and that is quiet. not a lot of cars out there and over to you. and to the latest on the devastating fire that destroyed apartments in brunswick. >> and this morning, the community is coming together to help the families that lost everything. sarah phinney is on the scene as it happened and this morning, she's where supplies are being gathered. good morning. >> reporter: and good morning, an incredible outpouring of support and i know it's dark right now, but this is where hundreds have been dropping off locations since the fire happened on monday night. and behind the walls are piles of blankets and clothing, tables filled with food and a countless number of volunteers going through the items last night. everything is going to feed at least 50 people who lost their home in that fire, a few minutes away from here. that blaze consulted a four- year-old girl -- killed a four- weighing heavily on volunteers. >> and we made an appeal to the residents and -- [ indiscernible ] any of the information. we have -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: and saint ambrose is asking for donations of cash or checks or gift cards have are the victims of the fire and there is a candle light vigil plans for the young girl's family who lost the life and that is scheduled for 8:45 at the apartments. sarah phinney, newschannel 5. and. breaking overnight from the live desk. within person sent to the hospital and another taken away in a crash. this is near the intersection of derby shire ride. and the driver of the car is out and walking when police got there, but the other driver was stuck because of -- because of damage to the door. firefighters got them out and what charges the driver of the car is facing. >> and new ice chapel 5 uncovering new information about the guidance councilor accused of having sex with the student and now, she's out of a job and an announce mouse tipster alerted the school. >> it was wrong and that is on. difference. and it's wrong and shouldn't have occurred. >> smith has been with the district for 10 years. the entire time, she had a clean record and is facing four counts of sexual battery now and it's possible she could lose her license as well. and we have new information on a teacher being investigated. the board of education accepted teacher's resignation and we don't know much about what happened but that he's accused of inappropriate behavior. and you don't have school today in because of a big fight and dozens of officers were called in and in the end, six feel were taken away in handcuffs and they're giving students a chance to calm down. we don't know what caused the fight at this point. and details about a north royalton man accused of killing a woman in his home last month. and now chasing charge -- facing charges of murder, wreckless homicide, assault and tampering with evidence. he shot crystal shaver at his home and is set to be arraigned tomorrow. and in cleveland, the car stolen by the police chief's son is found and someone took the car from this gas station on lake landham boulevard over the weekend. the police say that williams' jr. left it running. someone ran in and took off. and -- [ indiscernible ] his brief career with the browns has him -- by scandal and controversy and is this the sent taxiing as many people expect? it may not be as clear cut is as you think. nick foley is joining us now with what we might see when the free agency gets underway. >> reporter: the free agency gets underway at 4:00. the teams can sign contracts with free agents and teams can release players as the new year officially begins. and don't be surprised if the day ends and johnny manziel is a member of the browns. as of today, they owe him $2.1 million in guaranteed salary for his careers and they owe him around $2 million in a prorated signing bonus and equals more than 7 million that is if cleveland released him. and they're predicted to have starting cap. and why not beat the cap hit and be done with manziel? several insiders believe the browns will hold on to johnny going to be suspended by the league and if that happens, the browns don't owe him the guaranteed money in his contract and that is big. we're waiting to see if a texas grand jury will recommend processing charges against him in a domestic assault case involving his ex-girlfriend. thank you. i'm terrence lee. >> and i'm jackie fernandez. coming up, chief-and-'s future is looking for ice. >> and new documents just filed in the -- his family could be seeing a settlement. >> and guess what, warm side as well and we could be breaking to talk about that and the first forecast. . good morning, and welcome back. take a look. that is where we're heading today. seventy degrees for a high and another warm day on tap and close to breaking records. we'll talk about the record later and right now, this is what you're walking out of the door to and 58 in cleveland; 49, medina and ashland. 52 in ashtabula and that is warm out there where the clouds are not as much in the picture. and we are getting cold spots. forty toward new philadelphia and where we do have the clouds working as the heat shield and we're still in the 60s and this is a look at the radar. and i am showing you this. and right now, we're dry and clear. first, the clouds move in and then the rain and we'll talk about the timing on the rain in a few more minutes and for now, how are the roads? for you. and talks between rice's family and the city of cleveland. the 12-year-old's family filed a wrongful death suit against the city after she was hot -- he was shot and killed by the city. the district judge sent the case to a new judge yesterday and a meeting date has not been set yet. and this morning for you, an ohio officer accused of making an inappropriate comment about a black lives matter activist is off of the job. the former officer has been fired. he posted's comment love the happy ending about the suicide. and the department said the policy. since 1994. baltimore. one of the officers charged in the death of freddie gray is colleague. officer william porter was the first of six officers to go to the trial for gray's death and that ended in a hung jury. suffering a spinal injury from being transported in the police van. he was handcuffed and shackled and buckled in with the seatbelt. and 4:42. almost and on this tuesday, wednesday morning and we have sad news. the man known as the fifth beatle died. we're looking back at his life. >> and one of the wildest nights yet for primary results. and what the unexpected wins mean into our own primary. >> and we'll check weather and traffic together. . welcome back, 4:44. and breaking overnight from the ballistic missiles. the news agency saying its target was 870 miles away. this could be a violation of the united nation's resolutions. department will look at the incident. and overnight, a big win for sanders in michigan, earning him 65 more delegates. his total, 571. still, far behind hillary clinton who is at 1,221 delegates after her win in mississippi and on the gop side, donald trump showing a powerful win in mississippi and hawaii. and ted cruz taking idaho, bringing his count to 347 and marco rubio trailing behind has 54. >> and this is the win in michigan. hillary clinton plays the front runner and played that part during the visit to cleveland. here she is at a rally yesterday at cuyahoga community college to applause there and she focused on looking forward to the general election and president. >> and i want to stand here in cleveland and tell you that as your president, i am so fortunate enough to be in that office next year. you're going to tackle this lead problem everywhere our children are at risk. >> she spoke for exactly 20 minutes and she'll be back in cleveland on saturday where she's scheduled to appear at the olivette baptist church. and bernie sanders campaign filing a lawsuit against the secretary of state john houston and it was a movement stteenagers to allow them to vote. it says state laws allow them to vote in presidential primaries if they're 18 at the time of the general election in november . >> and because i'm not 18 yet, i turn 18 in june, by the way, enough to be allowed to vote in a primary. >> the teens say ohio's specifically forbid 17-year- olds from voting in the primaries. houston said the law banning 17- year-olds from primary voting has been clear for 30 years. and cleveland is on the rebound. we all heard that before, right? now, there is a new report offering proof. >> and the report said that cleveland leads the way in job growth, compared to -- [ indiscernible ] and looking into the report this morning. all of this -- at the rnc convention? >> the good news is, yes. the author of the study said that this momentum will last far beyond the convention this summer and that is because healthcare in cleveland is leading the way in that job growth. and plus -- the cleveland area engaged many jobs. growth since 1997, and that money is coming from healthcare and from places like university hospitals and the world renowned cleveland clinic. >> and keeping people alive is not going to go and they're in a good position to be advantaged in a global economy. >> and the author tells us that this is benefiting other areas of our economy like construction and finance. the jobs in our cities. live in cleveland -- [ indiscernible ] thank you and we're having difficulty and take it away. >> and the year was 1878. and i eagein they were waking up to a morning similar to this and reached a high of 73 and we could match that record today. right now, 58 degrees in cleveland and 49 in medina; 59, millersburg and warm in menner at 57 degrees and go west, freemont, 56 degrees there and again, as we head throughout hit 70 degrees and mainly cloudy, though and a lot of clouds coming in to play and we have the next weather system approaching from the west and on that offchance somara may not be right, we could see temperatures around 73 degrees and we would break the record and notice how the clouds are starting to filter in and behind that, we have a chance for rain and talk about the timing on the rain. that does vary and this is looking like a threat for us this morning and that is north of lake erie and kind of missing us. and we could see some stray showers out in lake county or ashtabula and keep going, 8:00 p.m. tonight and that is when we see the first round of showers and by thursday, everybody. we're going to be covered in rain and should pick up a few inches. and we'll talk more accumulation as we are closer. for the most part, your thursday is looking like a wet day. the power of five seven-day forecast keeps us pretty mild. degrees today and that rain and friday. for the weekend and then it looks like the top of next week. you like that? >> i really like that and i everybody about. this is at 271 and broadway in the city of bedford this dispatch. they have the right lane blocked on 271. this involving a diesel spill and we'll get more information as the morning goes. the right lane blocked and two lanes of travel are open. and this morning, 71 and 77. you're trouble free and heading outside to 71 and 480 and a few lone lecars out there, a nice start to your wednesday morning besides that one crash i told you about. and over to you. new for you this morning, the man known as the fifth beatle died. he was a bench producer and credited with discovery them before ringo star was a number and -- member. and he played the piano and he was inducted into the rock'n'roll hall of fame in 1999. a cause of death is not released. he was 90 years old. and this morning, heart- stopping video. a reporter in california, as you saw there, they were covering a train derailment when they were nearly run over by the car. and that car crashed and was reporter there. and the photographer spotted what was go about to go down and yells for him to get out of the way in time. amazingly no one was seriously hurt here. and in pittsburgh, a car landed on the roof of a supermarket. you heard that right. this giant eagle sits below city streets and that is how it happened. a gas line was hit, too and the store had to be evacuated as a precaution. and 4:51, still ahead with all the drama and presidential race, local races are taking a back seat. senate race in ohio and getting lots of celebrity tag. >> and in texas, lots of damage to clean up after severe storms and we need voters who want safer gun laws and who are disappointed in leaders who stand in their way to remember come election time. i share president obama's outrage. it's time we had leaders with the courage to stand up to the nra. i'm p.g. sittenfeld. in the senate, i'll fight for commonsense gun safety, criminal background checks, ban assault weapons. i approve this message because ted strickland will never stand up to the nra. . good morning, everybody. and let's take a tour of northeast ohio and see what you will be doing today in mansfield. how about 64? 68 degrees in norwalk; vermilion, 66 degrees for a 66 and that is a mild forecast. i'm going 70. 67 in parma. 68 in sullen and this looks good. akron, canton, alliance you're in the 70s today and mostly cloudy skies out there and temperatures just unbelievably warm for this time of the year and should be sticking around for a couple of days. >> and we do have that early morning troubles on the wednesday morning commute. the right lane is blocked away and broadway avenue. a descent spill after an accident there and that is on the map. let's show you what this spot is looking like on our odot cameras and 271 again and you see the right lane blocked there and odot took over the scene and the two lanes are travelling, though, and are back open. one lane is closed off. and severe weather taking a toll in northern texas. >> and that cleanout starts this morning after several tornado touchdowns and take a look. dozens of buildings and homes destroyed and trees and power the only death reported from the storms was a boater whose canoe cap sized. >> and the impact continued after the twitters ended and screen. the picture of the school bus stuck in high waters and made its way and six students and the driver had to be rescued from this and they were put on another bus and made it to school on time. >> reporter: 4:56 right now, the missouri democrats working hard to stop an anti-lgbt bill from passing. more on the effort just ahead. >> and possible causes of a brunswick apartment fire that killed a young girl. more on the investigation ahead . new at 5, a community coming together after a devastating apartment fire and what investigators now think started that blaze. >> and the nfl's new league year starts today. the speculation that the browns may not. >> and first, breaking overnight from the live desk. in girl is 15-year-old mikala barrett and police need your help finding her. and she hasn't been seen since 12:30 yesterday afternoon, when friends say she walked away from school and think she was going to get lunch. she's five feet tall, 135 pounds, blue eyes, black hair and dressed all in black. and. one person sent to the hospital and another taken away in handcuffs after this crash in north randall and this is on niles road involving a car and suv. the driver of the car is out and the other driver was stuck because of damage to the door. the firefighters got them out alert and talking and it's unclear what charges the driver and now for a check on the forecast. and possibly record-breaking tomorrow. >> and bossibly. it's march 9th and 43 degrees and we have tested the norms. 47 degrees in medina. , 57 in cleveland and good morning, 51 and these are feels like temperatures. feels like 45 degrees in canton and before spring. still in winter. 52 degrees is what it feels like in ashtabula and as for highs, 70 today and meaning -- south of cleveland, it can be higher than that and mostly cloudy and this is why i need to you stick around. we have some rain on the way and check it out. i will let you know the timing on the rain and how it can impact your thursday. for now, let's go ahead and get a check on the roads. >> and i'm not seeing delays on 90 and 271, 480 looking okay at least in this spot near the inner belt and let's go south there to bedford. 271 northbound, the right lane is blocked. and right on broadway avenue

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