Transcripts For WEWS Good Morning Cleveland At 5am 20161025

Transcripts For WEWS Good Morning Cleveland At 5am 20161025



it's not all that bad. temperatures will dip a little bit more over the next couple of hours. a chilly if not cold start but all of us should be right around that 50-degree mark by noon today. highs will continue to struggle. we're supposed to be around 60. we're going to be lucky to reach the lower 50s. it stays dry today but tomorrow into thursday chances for rain start to up. we're going to talk more about that coming up in just a couple of minutes. >> all right. thanks so much jd. still a little bit of that slowdown on 271. just below 303. we had an earlier accident. police telling me that should be cleared out soon. other drive times looking okay. still 13 minutes for you. if your commute takes you to the inner belt bridge. let's check on the akron area. haven't seen any big issues be besides that one crash. >> kristen it is here. one of the biggest in cleveland history is tonight and the excitement is just building. >> yeah. the cavs championship banner will be raised and then just moments later the first pitch of the world series will be thrown. this is an incredible day. live downtown with -- getting ready for hundreds of thousands of fans here. good morning. everybody watching i want you to picture this with me, okay? 70,000 fans here at the actual arena and ballpark for the world series and the cavs home opener. but then add on top of that people making their way downtown because they want to be a part of this. this is wonderful for our city and they want to experience it all. it's going be a little busy. the city has a plan and experts say hosting the rnc >> our local law enforcement has accomplished a lot oflingages between local, state and federal law enforcement. they've run a lot of tactical maneuvers. they've had special -- they've had access to specialized equipment. >> now the rta says it's ready too. they've expanded service for all of these extra people coming downtown. they're also putting more staff at rta stations. kicking off all of the action tonight, former outfielder and tribe legend kenny laufton. the man of steel nerves is going to take the mound for the indians. he and the team united and prepared for victory here. >> i don't know if it's the group of guys. we're able to hand adversity and we realize that's the kind of baseball we need to play to be successful. the world series in 1948. so it's been a little while; right? from that team only one player still alive. 95-year-old eddie robinson many news 5 meg shaw is live at progressive and meg, he's really hopeful for tonight and for the overall series. >> yeah. the former first baseman says he thinks this year's team has what it takes to do what his team did 68 years ago. >> eddie robinson played team won the world series. he calls it the highlight of his career. nearly seven decades later, he says he's ready to seat tribe win another championship. >> i think this is a kind of cleveland team that can win. >> during a phone conversation with us he praised indians manager. >> francona just did a marvelous job managing that team. he's a really good manager. for their perseverance as we know some of the team's best players haven't seen the field during this world series run. >> but believe in him and they believed in themselves and they won. >> but as any long-time baseball fan will tell you, just like the autumn leaves the game can change in an instant. >> a lot of strange things can happen in a series. >> reporter: yeah. as we know you just saw bower walking off anything cohappen. if the series goes to six games and playing back here in cleveland he would consider coming back but if not he will cheering loudly from his texas home. live at progressive field. meg shaw. >> thank you. and also cheering from his home in maine is steven king the famous author rally cleveland indians? go tribe. jackie and terrence can i get an amen? he knows what's up. >> he knows cleveland indians that we have it and the cubs are going to be left in misery. >> sorry, cubs. going down. >> we love steven king. >> we will check in with you a little bit later. >> some of our other top stories this morning. >> a shocking find near the zoo. more information. >> just got off the phone with north olmstead police. two men are being held for questioning. no sharks have been filed yet. a man's body was found saturday afternoon by a woman picking mushrooms under the west 25l1 thstreet bridge. although the man was found near the metro park zoo, investigators stress it is not connected to the zoo. on monday, cleveland police reached out to north olmstead detectives thinkinged city. again a dispatcher just telling me there are two men being held for questioning. the coroner has not released a cause of death but they do not think it was natural. sther expected to meet with the prosecutor sometime today. we'll be keeping you updated. terrence? >> all right. thank you. right now the sheriff's office is trying to track down a burglar breaking into homes in high-price neighborhoods. they believe of the homes are outfitted with full security systems but that has not stopped him. >> we feel violated personally. there was a lot of things that he did get of my wife's personal july jewelry. my neighbor saw him coming through the door. >> fortunately the man's neighbor was unable to track down the suspect. police say it is important homeowners continue to secondary front storm door and additional dead bolts. >> new this morning for you the former head of chicago public schools who once led cleveland schools will be sentenced in april. he faces up to seven and a half years in prison as part of a plea agreement. for steering more than $20 million. she was the ceo from 199 # until 2006. lakewood hospital is coming down. the report is part of the plans to open an outpatient health center. the work on that garage will have an impact on traffic near bell and also detroit avenue. and signs have been posted for you. the emergency room at lakewood hospital will stay open during this project. well today we are learning our state has some the lowest funding for child protective services in the u.s. >> it's when the need for those cps caseworkers overrun. far more cases than the state recommended maximum of 126789 their case numbers are growing ever day and a major part because of the state's heroin epidemic. parents are strung out on drugs unable to take care of their kids. >> the next logical step is to look at these invisible victims who are the children coming into our system when their parents cannot >> 2017 is a state budget year. some state lawmakers are calling for cps funding increases. >> 5:09 right now. a check of that forecast, jd. >> 5:09. it's cold in some areas but not as windy. there's a little bit of a reprieve. today in the breeze dwri category. keeping the wind speed around 10 to 12 miles an hour all through this afternoon and thru this evening. talk more about game one of the world series and track some rain chances coming bit. guys? >> thank you. our title tuesday coverage continues with a wish granted. how lebron's comments became a reality. >> why civil rights activists calling for an investigation into a just a horrible accident at an museum park. four people were killed when thunder rivers rapids malfunctioned. somehow two people were thrown from it. two others were caught figure out exactly how this happened. diswhrnchts absolutely horrifying. civil rights activists in mississippi are calling for an motivation tboo a high school because there was an incident inside the lockerroom involving an african-american football player and a group of white students. listen to this, folks. parents of this student say their son was assaulted by fellow bliers put a lasso rope around his neck. and earlier this year, that same group of players confederate flags in their calms. >> calling federal investigators to rule this a racial hate crime. no child should walk down the hall or in the lockerroom and be accosted with a noose around their neck. this is 2016, not 1916. >> and nobody has been charged or disciplined but at least 20 students have been interviewed. the football coach says one player has been kicked off the >> well now to a new poll showing young voters are shifting towardings hillary clinton. she has a 13% lead in white voters between 18 to 30 years old compared to trump and she also has a 2-1 margin in young voters likely to hit the polls. at the university of chicago. and this poll just the latest showing the numbers are down. but trump calls these polls phony saying they were created to surpress the poor for him. he's going to be campaigning in says he's winning. well you can add wrapper jz to the list of supporters for clinton. he's going to have get out and vote concert. clinton has received help from actors such as miley cyrus. katy perry and others to get young voters to the polls. but jd, no o word if beyonce is going to be there. >> that's what we all wanted know. 5:15 and this title tuesday. good morning to you. thank you for waking up with us this morning. here's what you should know in the forecast. it's a cold start for many areas. not so much but outlying areas it's a bit on the cold side. mixing for the afternoon. tracking rain chances for wednesday and into thursday. and that may impact game two of the world series. this morning, one of the reasons why we're seeing some milder temperatures so to speak in parts of cleefnltd and up toward northeast sections of ohio. place this time of year they act like a blanket. if you slept all night long without a blanket it could be chilly. the clouds were here. that's where we have the upper 40s going on but for the rest ofs it's middle 30s. a little chilly as you step outside. make sure you have the jacket. hour by hour temperatures in metro cleveland i think right around the lower 50s many. a colder start but most of us back on track here being close it mark. north to northwest winds make it feel a little bit chilly this afternoon. speaking of chilly, game one tonight of the world series at progressive field. temperatures in the 40s for us. a lighter wind out of the north at about 5 to 10 miles an hour. so forecast highs for many of us today should be in the 50s. maybe get stuck in the upper 40s around the area and a north breeze at 10 to 20 miles an hour. want to see things warm up a little bit? it's not much but we'll take the weekend. we'll talk more about those rain chances in just a little bit. >> all right. jd we're looking pretty good on the highway. four live looks of 71. no issues in the or southbound lanes and i just checked those drive times. fullton to 90. stil a 3 minute commute. that's a one lane normally that was one lane as you parked at the bridge. now we're at two lanes. that's good news for folks heading also some ramps that are open around the inner belt bridge. we're back open. west 14th and carnegie. no issues for you. the inner belt bridge open in both directions. those folks heading to the game today or games; right? the cavs and the tribe too. can't forget about your cavs. you're going to have better access but congestion might be an issue later. ride the rta. it's always an option for you. >> we're too excited. we're representing the cavs and indians this morning. because the excitement just continues to build this morning as we countdown to one of the most historic nights in cleveland. live downtown. >> hey. >> hello. hey, guys. so -- let's talk about le brob here. what right? yes. okay. the king told reporters the only thing that would make the championship celebration and the indian hosting the world series game one even better would be ice cream. one company says lebron you're right. so it is sending a semitruck to cleveland and it is going to give out free ice let's stay in line with the sweet theme and talk about kyrie irving. he's going to give it to his dad. he lost his mom when he was young. they are very close. they formed an extremely close bond. his dad was there right beside him when he signed with our team. now, moving on here we've got even more cavs coverage for you while the fa might notice this new banner from nike immortalizing his game-winning shot. it's just around the corner from lebron's banner. you're going to want to check that out. so jackie, terrence did you hear that story about the free ice cream? i mean, that's sounding like a pretty good deal to me. all because it was inspired by lebron. thank you, lebron. >> thank you, lebron. shaq. he played for the cavs that one year. he's going to be at barley house. maybe there'll be a krispy kreme truck and the ice cream truck while we enjoy the wins and this lovely food. >> dream world. >> do you have your costume yet? halloween is less than a week away. the one costume that's no longer on the top of the list. >> plus two stores in texas are teaming up for a strange deal. wh but wait. i've got a deal for you that could save you 65% off of all of those tois. target will offer 50% offer a different toy starting november 1st and they're going to do this every off the kids wish list and another 5 if you use the target debit card. >> nice. i hope dinosaurs are on sale. my nephew is obsessed right now. two businesses in texas are joining forces for a deal of their own. buy a ring, get a gun. the entire store will be on sale on special and from one glass counter to another, they partner with lsg >> who doesn't want to get a shotgun or a rifle and in the process capture the love of their life? [ laughter ] >> the idea, of course, is word play on shotgun wedding. get it? the sat male may not show up but they say it's not surprising for texas. >> only in texas. i want to know f that cowboy's hat comes with a deal many i love that hat. in the richfield area we're lo slight slowdown. we're wac to red. we had an earlier accident just below 303 but it looks like we're getting better. some improvement there and we are fully open on inner belt bridge. hopefully that will help. heading outside, no issues along 77 and pershing. flowing just fine. >> some might have a little frost on the pumpkins this morning. areas. 35 in medina. sam value for mapsfield. 34 degrees. meanwhile cleveland is at 49 n. the mote rewe'll warm quick and sooner but most of us are only going to be in the upper 40s it not the lower 50s. still blow where we should be for this time of year. there is a small warm up plus a small chance for rain too. we'll talk more about that as the morning goes on. guys? >> this halloween you were going to be seen more superhero princesses. >> princesses are not the top costume. national retail federation says the top five costumes are animals, character from batman, which character? >> any way suicide squad or star wars and witches. rounding out the top five. americans will pay $3 billion on their costumes. >> , you know, i'm so happy to see princesses that are not on the top of the list. feel -- the empowerment message is getting across. now they want to be the super heroes. >> look at that. princesses have a lot of power too. just ask kate. >> kate middleton he means. >> there you go. she's a one namer. 5:26. are you getting ready to head downtown tonight? we'll tell you what you should void and list of the pregame festivities you can enjoy with that free ice cream. >> giving the triable some world series the -- sent to progressive field. but before we go, let's show you last night's winning lotto numbers. first there was tj. >> cleveland we got candy, baby. >> thent -- then the monster. >> and finally the cavs. >> cleveland this is for you. >> the indians look to continue their magical season. >> the indians have won the american league pennant a world series. >> extending cleveland's championship run and ending their 68-year drought. >> champagne showers for everybody sks right? we have live team coverage for you all morning long on title tuesday. biggest day in history for cleveland sports. ? [ music ] >> oh, yeah. it's cleveland. flying atop terminal tower. all lit up for the world series and thousands of people are expected to be at progressive field for the world series and the q. our news 5 weather and traffic team have you prepared for the big night. we want to start with meteorologist jdrudd. >> wouldn't it be fun to threw a little bit in to make this -- >> no. >> all right. fine. i guess the resounding answer is no. here's what to expect if you happen to know somebody if you lucky enough. temperatures in the 40s. it's more of the same for tomorrow night for game two however the wrinkle is a few showers into that forecast for tomorrow night. it will be dry tonight though. so no need for any kind of rain ponchos there. forecast today 45. which ily degrees to start the day. 50 by noon. a little more in the way of sunshine. take the sunglasses as you >> all right. thanks so much. make sure we follow me if you don't on facebook. wews. i just posted information about the parking restrictions right around the q because the game. just in a good mood today; right? good news is that the inner belt bridge is fully open but 77 north to 90 east back to one lane. keep that in mind. 77 to 271 we're looking pretty good. average speed. let's head outside and check on the views. no issues on highways. 480 at west 220th. east and westbound lanes look good. over to you. >> special day for our fans. you know, in cleveland and northeast ohio. the day that will go down in history. >> truer words were never spoken. we know it's going to be an amazing night. you know it too. they hang their championship banner. >> the epic world series clash will quick off between our indians and the cubs. >> she is live near progressive field. pure madness there tonight. >> oh my goodness. yes. it's going to be. it even feels exciting right now. i'm like the only person out here. anyway, really huge day for cleveland. really part of a huge year for town this title tuesday. are we ready? silly question. of course, we're ready. you mentioned all of those crowds, ters rans. 70,000 people in just a matter of hours are going to be here at progressive field for the worltdz and the q for the cavs opener. now if you're going to either game, you're definitely going to want to get here early. the indians start at 8:08. the cavs at 7:30 but a whole lot of festivities. the concert starts at 3:00. the road show starts at the 6:00. gates open at 5:30. fans should be in their seats to see the pregame the indians really hoping to bring the first baseball championship since 1948. only one man left standing from that. we spoke with him, okay? that championship 1948 team. news 5 meg shaw caught up with him and joins us live from progressive field with his story. good mornin 95-year-old robinson lives in texas with his wife. they are huge ranger fans. they never miss a game but he says he still roots for cleveland and playing and winning as a tribe player was the highlight of his career. >> and the 1948 world series is all over. >> the '48 season was a season to remember. >> eddie robinson played 13 seasons with the mlb, says winning the world series with cleveland will always stick out. >> we were up, we were down and -- but we prevailed. >> he was a first baseman. celebrations these days are quite different than what he remembers. >> it's a very different picture. >> he still vistledly recalls riding down euclid nafn convertibles. >> the parade was he believes he's seen it all but -- >> and every year something happens that i haven't seen before. that's what makes it such a wonderful game. >> reporter: now i don't know it about you guys but i love looking at that 1948 footage. i want another parade just like that. but let's start with game one and let's get a w. coming up in the next half hour see what he thinks of this year's team and the world series. >> meg, i love that story. thank you so much. and you know when the indians won that world series back in 148, they did it against the boston braves. so a little good luck the mascot sent some of the dirt from that field. do you see him there? digging it up. digging up that dirt and mailing it to progressive field. ed dwaps say it's going to be placed in their feller exhibit. every little bit helps. we'll take it. wearing red will do it. >> a little dirt never hurt nobody. that's right. [ laughter ] >> all right. well, let's get to the other top stories. new developments on a story we brought to you earlier. several people are being held in for a shocking find. live with brand new information. >> police believe the man was olmstead. his body was found wrapped. a woman picking mushrooms made the gruesome discovery. cleveland police got in touch with north olmstead detectives. the investigation into the identity led police to a suspect. in about a half hour ago i was on with sphachers and two men are now being held for questioning. no charges have been filed because of that police are not releasing the coroner has not ruled a cause of death but they don't believe it's natural. there's more to the story. we're expecting to learn more information today and we'll keep you upstated. download our app. in the tech center. thank you. up next for you, do you want -- well, there is an uber for that. >> trying to bring a little luck to progressive mid-50s across the wider area. still cool overall. supposed to be right around 60. we fall just shy of that. how do we get there? today. temperatures, sky condition, wind all in here. plan your day out. not as windy today. around 10 miles an hour. so highs should be in the 50s. check out traffic now with kristen. >> all right. thanks so much. highways looking goods for the most part behind me. we are certainly getting busier out there in the east and westbound lanes. talking a bility the parking restrictions because the tribes are playing. >> up next for you on last active roster >> . a freak accident. hurt his angle and why tonight's game is extra >> a police chase. take a look at this video. overnight news tracker saw police chasing a suspect down east 55th. it lasted 10 minutes and ended in a vai vacant lot. police tell us two suspects are in custody and are believed to be involved in a recent string of armed robberies. right now as you saw officers are using canines to search for a third suspect. we're going to keep you shooting police officers and then documenting the whole scaim escape on facebook. michael advance is responsible for four serious crimes. the u.s. marshal join this search. they were shot in the foot and leg while responding to a shooting. they returned fire but investigators say this suspect managed to get away by stealing a police car. he carjacked a woman and shot her. >> get down, get down. so i been shot. >> police say he shot a fifth person early monday morning. also during an attempted carjacking. authorities consider that man you see on your screen to be armed robbery and extremely dangerous. >> new developments hon the national guard bonus scandal. television trying to inform soldiers that an appeals process is available. the appeals process can relieve soldiers of having to pay $15,000 or more. solders have been ordered to repay enlistment bonuses. it paid out bonuses in all 50 states. they're cop demming the policy and calling for federal action. >> bad news for any who relies on obama care. health care premiums under the affordable cake will spike 20% for the benchmark silver plan. it will cost nearly $300 a month. this jump is being blamed and reduce their presence on the exchanges. most consumers will not notice the price difference because about 86% of enrollees receive subsidies. >> take you live out to progressive field. you see it looks nice but looks are deceiving. meteorologist jd rudd has the answer you want to know. i really need a fashion forecast. how many layers should i wear? will i be freezing? i need help. >> that's exactly it. if you're sitting around you're going to need some kind of warmth. a few layers if not heavier coat for some. in the 40s during that game tonight. so if you get cold easily, keep that in mind. no radar to show you. the clouds that we have over the greater cleveland metro area. keeping our temperature up just a little bit and check this out. down to the south in this. a frost advisory in place. a little bit cold to say the least. most areas south of akron canton area. i think we will warm up as the afternoon goes on but that's relatively speaking. highs today only in the upper 40s to lower 50s. about the same as yesterday. i do think we see more in the way of sunshine today and less wind. so it won't feel as cool but still, a north to miles an hour. here's that game one forecast for tonight. temperatures sticking around in the low to middle 40s with we'll call this. the wind out of the north at 5 to 10. dress in layers. now there's a chance for showers for tomorrow night's game by the back half. we're talking the last few innings. those rain chances start to go up. rain looks likely for us on thursday. here's a quick breakdown of how that transpires. wednesday night. it gets a little bit closer to us. that's you're chance for rain. and that rain will widespread cover the area as we go into thursday. temperatures though should warm a little bit. we'll talk more about that coming up here in just a bit. check traffic with kristen. >> thanks. a pretty smooth ride. no issue on the highways. you're looking rite now at progressive field. we do have the parking restrictions in place today and tomorrow because the world series. game one and then we've got the as well. keep this in mind. all of these areas we have the details on my facebook page. but you're not going to be able to park there. ride the rta. they're running an hour after the final pitch of the game. your commute on 71 looking good. fulton to 90. let's check on 71 right now. 71 and no issues for you. we're starting to get a little bit busier out there. a little bit over to you. >> concern ourselves with 40, 50, 60 years ago. now, if you win it makes for a cool story. >> tr ri keeping his team focused for the team's first world series appearance in 19 years. >> let's go back out to news 5. karina it has some extra special meaning for one player in particular. >> yeah. jason in spotlight tonight. he grew up in chicago as a native there. grew up rooting for the cubs. so he says he knows what this series means to both of these teams. and it's going to be kind of interesting to see him take the field, to see how he fares tonight for game one of the world series because he's recovering from this freak accident here. he rolled his ankle while hugging after they clinched the world series berth. it was kind of an thankfully he should be good to go for tonight's game. we're so excited. some really big news for you here. on the active roster. here's been working his way back from a forearm injury. he hasn't pitched in the postseason because of that. he's going to be replacing cody anderson. animals at progressive field? hoping to bring our tribe some good luck. >> that's right. yes, animals at progressive field. you know, there's actually a team that is worse than cleveland. we're used to being the underdogs but chicago, they haven't won a title in more than a hundred years. they attribute this curse to the billy goat. >> yeah. legend has it a fan tried to bring his pet game to the game. he wasn't allowed in and supposedly put a curse on the team. so yesterday, indians fans hopes it will follow them. goats to the field. >> i can't with this one. all right. this is a sign of things to many co. we found some indian shirts for sale at lids with the words champion ornd the world series logo. so i really do think is a >> up next, a city in crisis. help finally on the way to one of hardest hit areas hit hard by foreclosures. >> a scary trendy cleveland is seeing more cases of dog abuse. good morning cleveland back in fos advisory in place. it's a chilly start to the morning as you get the kids off to the bus stop. 30s for some locals. only in the low 50s for this afternoon. still below average. rain sneaks into the forecast. i'll tell you more about that in a couple of minutes. >> thanks. 2716789 still looking pretty slow from 77 to 303. we had an earlier accident involving a semi. i just spoke with richfield police. they say yes it's starring to get better but it hasn't caught up yet. traffic is flowing okay. we've been following those for an hour or so. kind of comes and go but this is a construction zone. that's part of the reason why it's a little bit slow. let's look at our 90 right at kettleworth. over to you. >> right now loraine is a city in crisis. really still hasn't recovered. the city is now getting help from the state. more than a million dollars to demolish vacant homes. planning to tear down 30 homes in the next two months. after months of protests and heated meetings seven hills finally has a plan population. in a unanimous vote they have a deer program. bow hunting. they have been rally against this calling it inhumane. they wanted birth control or relocation. >> there's also a spike. dog abuse cases. in fact the cleveland apl says they are seeing twice as many cases as they did this time last year. other shelters say they were taking in more dogs. there isn't one specific reason. dog fighting. as well as hording. >> there's some of these cases these are neglect cases involving multiples of animals in one home. >> another trend here people leaving their dogs at a vacant home to protect the property. animal control say that's not illegal as long as nominee mike pence will be campaigning in ohio today. he plans to visit swanton, spring feel field and toledo. they are in a virtual dead heat. if you plan on voting and mailing in your ballot make sure you got the right postdamage. it's going to take more than just one first class stamp. it will be 68 cents. you're going to more opportunities to vote earl in person. local boards of elections are open until 6:00 in the evening during the week and weekend. early voting starts this weekend as well. >> next at 6:00 for you showing his support. the famed author rooting for then we have other news happening as well am possible break in a really bizarre case here. what police are telling us about the body they found near the zoo. >> caught on camera. and the security measures you can take to keep your family safe. let's take a live look outside right now. we know you all want day forecast. without a moment wasted let's go to jd with that. >> good morning, everyone. it's cold in some areas. you're heading out to grab the paper, walk the dog, walk yourself, whatever it may be, look at some of the readings. it may happen. i don't know how these things work. who am i to judge? there's a frost advisory here for our far southern counties. now it's not that cold in cleveland metro. 49 right now.

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