Transcripts For WEWS Good Morning Cleveland At 5am 20161103

Its thursday, november 3. A tough morning. But were going to help you get through it. We are so proud of our indians. Way to go, what a season, we have one problem outside. Heavy rain overnight, creating some issues on the roads. It created some issues for the game last night, too. This is a live look outside from Storm Tracker 5. The roads a little slick this morning. Lets head over to power 5 meteorologist, j. D. Rudd. 5 01, good morning. The rain has moved out. The heavy stuff at least. Showers dotting the Greater Cleveland area, and to the west of new philly. Those are continuing to work their way off to the east this morning. Watch this batch here, too, on the west side oche the lake. That will likely affect us around 7 00 or 8 00 this morning. Chances for rain this morning, im going to keep those likely, quickly tapering off as we head toward the lunch hour. The rest of the afternoon should be on the dry side and a lot cooler than yesterday. Rest of the afternoon. What a change. Kristen. Absolutely. We had some minor incidents this morning. Traffic is light, were not in the middle of that rush hour. Could change. Current speeds right now, im pretty okay with what im seeing right here and our drive times are still low on 90, 77, and 71. Were not seeing anything like 67Miles Per Hour. As we look at our radar on the news 5 traffic map, mostly concerned right now on 90 cars going 65, 64. And lets pull up that view of 90 and 77. Just to show you what most of our highways are looking like. A blurry view for you as you see the rain drops on our camera lens. Well check in with Storm Tracker 5 in just a little bit, over to you guys. Cleveland, he brought the battle last nighted, what a game. And you know, our baseball season may have come to an end. Proud this morning. Yes, they are. Thousands packed downtown to support the team. Glued to screens for that game. It was a nail biter. Nick, good morning, how are you feeling . Yeah, its a little bittersweet, staying still for many of us. The lights shining bright behind me, fitting, because the lights still shining bright for the city of dleef land as well. Getting to this point victory. Obviously not the outcome so many of us had expected or hope for. Another feather in the cap for north east ohio, and like we had seen, in these eight playoff games the last two months, it was packed houses. Once again, a packed downtown, fans uniting tonight inside the stadium or just outside jamming bars and restaurants to be part of this atmosphere. The tribe playoff run, part of another big economic shot in the arm for this city. Millions pumped back into the die hard indians fans trying to come to grips with falling short, just so close to a championship. But also, able to see the future through the tears. Theres no bad in it. Hall is amazing. He has come to his own. Its okay. It is okay. See, there you go. Looking positive. Looking on the bright side. It will be a couple see how much of an impact Economic Impact that these playoff games made on the region. Its safe to say, it is in the millions for sure. Reporting downtown, nick foley for news 5. Now that the world series is over, the nation turning attention back to the election, just days away now. Your sarah finney is monitoring it. They are making one final push both candidates are trying to get as much face time with voters as possible. The visits tomorrow come as a new poll shows donald trump taking the lead over Hillary Clinton in ohio. Previous polls had the candidates in a virtual tie. Clinton, enlisting star power to rally voters. Jayz will perform at the Center Friday night encouraging people to vote. The free ticket in high demand. Those long lines wrapping up trump will be in southwestern ohio. Its one of three rallies he is holding friday. If you feel like trump and clinton, you are correct, get this, Time Magazine found that the candidates are sewer gats have been making four visits per week to ohio. I believe that. Coming up, ill tell you about these victory celebrations both candidates are playing. News 5. Police are looking for someone who attacked a tribe fan visiting from florida. The plane says the man was stealing his wallet and iphone. If you saw anything, give police a call. Also new for you, students at Heritage College and Heritage Institute are upset about this letter, announcing the school is suddenly closing middleburg heights. The school says enrollment numbers are too low and they do not have enough money to continue operating. No word if students will be getting refunds. Richmond Heights Police and the fbi looking for this man. He robbed a dollar bank on wilson wills road. Officials say he passed a threatening note to the teller and it said he had a weapon. The teller though didnt see information leading to his arrest. A chase in akron leads to a major drug bust. And police are calling this a monster cocaine hit. Thats an estimated 20,000 doses with a street value of more than amillion dollars. Police found a suspicious man on 16th. He led officers on a chase before crashing the car and jumping 30 feet off of a bridge. Officers found the large stash of cocaine inside his car. I dont think this person could be doing individual selling of 11kilos to individuals. I feel like this would be an individual who is supplying mid level dealers around akron. The suspect was released from hospital and he is now in the Summit County jail on drug charges. Some really good news i want to tell you about. We are learning a toddler and teenager who were shot this full recovery. 19yearold, graves, is listed in fair condition. He and a 19 month old girl, along with their mother, and another threeyearold were riding in a car near lee and harvard roads whether shots were fired into the car. One of the gunmen was wearing a halloween mask. So far, no arrests. A third juror in the trial is dismissed and will be placed charged with the murder of three people in warrensville heights. The judge did not give a reason, but earlier this month, a juror was replaced after shrines daughter approached her and spoke to her about the case. Another juror was dismissed the same day. Jurors are expected to start deliberations later this morning. A startling nee dr. Steven evans says as many as overdoses. More than 00 people die across the u. S. Every single day. Eight from ohio with two or three each week coming from lorain county. Another startling number for you this morning from the National Insurance crime bureau. According to a new report. Ohio ranks fourth nationwide for auto thefts because too many folks leave their keys in their cars. Over 8,000 were reported within a 3year span. And 2,0 Cleveland Metro area. The most popular day of the year, christmas eve. I love that. 5 09. Good morning to you, watching the radar picture, temperatures in the 60s to start the day. A few smatterings of rain showers. The big heavy stuff is gone. However, im watching one little area here on the Northwest Side of the lake. That will move to the south and southeast and likely impact the keep your eyes out for that. Temperatures in the 50s. A breezy wind. The temperature time line actually showing us how things will fall through the day today. Well come back with your weekend forecast in a bit. Coming up this morning, jackpot denied. A new york woman says she won millions at a slot machine, while sheonly offered a steak dinner. And new clues to a mystery. What happened to a Malaysia Airlines flighted. Now to new information about the breaking news we told you about earlier. Two u. S. Service members killed overnight in afghanistan. Two others with Afghan Forces to drive the taliban from a city in the northern part of the country. Nato is not releasing the names of those killed. Now calling the burning of a black church a hate crime. Now theres an 11,000 reward for information leading to a conviction. Firefighters say it was set on purpose tuesday night, damaging 80 of the hope well baptist church. There were no injuries, but trump, on an exterior wall of the 111yearold building. The reason we labeled it a hate crime, we feel that the quote placed on the church was basically an intimidation of someones right to vote whatever way they choose to vote. So that would be considered a hate crime. The police chief says they are talking to a possible person of interest. Meantime, Donald Trumps president ial Campaign Says they are saddened for the members of this community and condemn speaking of donald trump, his wife, melania, is hitting the campaign trail, five days before the election. She is expected to give her first major speech. What she hopes to accomplish as first lady. If her husband is elected. We have new details about the two iowa officers shot and killed while sitting in their patrol cars. Officer Justin Martin was 24, Sergeant Tony beminio was 38. He leaves behind a wife and children. We are also learning the suspect, scott greene, had been in trouble with the law recently. He is already facing charges for abusing his mother and he was kicked out of a Football Game for flying a Confederate Flag during the national anthem. Its been more than two years since the disappearance of flight mh370, now, there are new details from the Australian Team leading the search. The plane spiraled into the ocean at increasing the wing flap was not deployed before the crash. That is a sign no one was in the control of the aircraft during its final moments. What caused the plane with 239 people on board to suddenly lose control, well, that is still a mystery. If you think our rain was heavy overnight, check out this new video from a missouri math teacher. Oh my gosh, yeah, this is a hailstorm. Some hail the size of golf i know. Those things are no joke. No reports of any major damage or injures, but jayz, scary stuff. My old stomping grounds outside of the k. C. Metro area, they were getting warnings. My phone was going off from those. Somewhat rare. We know how it can be with the temperatures we had yesterday. Temperatures in the 70s. Now today it is a much different story. We do have some rain showers, caused problems on some of the roads this morning. Heres a closer look at whats going on around cleveland and up the interstate here toward the area. Right along the lake shore, we have a few showers over the lake right now, which are moving their way off to the east. Meanwhile, ill keep my eyes on what is developing here. This will cross the lake and impact the area this morning. Putting a storm track on there. The computer estimates at the Maple Heights area at 7 32, if that shower can hold together if it passes over the area. Further down to the south, down to canton to new philly, those continue to go off to the east. Perhaps a slowdown on that stretch of roadway if you are southbound this morning. Please, be careful on the roadways. Heres the hour by hour outlook. Allowing those rain chances to linger. I think we dry out, but stay mostly cloudy. The temperatures are not going falling. You throw in that northwest breeze, it will wind up feeling much cooler. 20 degrees cooler. That is today, 20 degrees cooler than it was yesterday. What about rain chances once we get beyond . A slim shot tomorrow outside of that, we go dry for a few days, including the weekend. If youre already thinking about the weekend, heres an early look. Well come back and check out the full sevenday forecast in a bit. Pulled up a view here, 71 in clark, just showing the shine on the highways. That is what youre goirchg to be dealing with. A lot of them are slick because of that overnight rain. 90 on the east side, but monitoring 77. Especially the new philly, canton area. Ive been tracking speeds way too fast there. . 2 miles an hour. 65 still slow it down. We have some still, you want to go under the speed limit if you can. Go the speed limit, 60 is the speed limit. Lets check in with Storm Tracker 5 heading south. So not too bad, but still slick. You can make these busy on 90. Well be checking in throughout the morning. We had a couple minor no major accidents on the highways. In orderstromb is preventing recently, a longtime customer asked to reconsider selling her products. She supports her president ial candidate, which she says is full of hate speech and she doesnt think it recommends the sprand brand value st. By offering the clothing line. Conservative radio sorry. Sean admitted he mistakenly read a fake news show, Michelle Obama scrubbed okay, so imagine youre at a casino machine and think you won a huge jackpot. This happened to one unemployed mother of four, and come on, now. Now she plans to take that casino to court. Her name is katrina bookman. She thought she had hit the jackpot pressure blaze says at the very least, should win the maximum allowed on the machine, with just 6500. A lot of people agree. Yeah. Well up next, a womans fight with cancer. Why the new study says numbers will keep going up. And a little girl decides to thank a Police Officer. What he does in return he never expected. Youre watching good morning good morning, during hurricane matthew, First Responders made sure everyone stayed safe. One second grader noticed their hard work. Lilly wrote a letter saying, i want to say thank you for helping keep a safe and cleaning up the mess the hurricane made. First responders wanted to return the favor. Special plaque. That means a lot, you know, we had two officers killed in iowa, and you have a sevenyear old here that cares about Police Officers and you have grown people that dont. She hopes her actions will inspire more people to do more acts of kindness for others in the community. I hope so as well. All right, over to you, j. D. 5 24. Watching the rain showers that we have. The heaviest rain pulled its way out of the area, although still some lingering effects, not just on the roadway, but some reports of Power Outages being blamed on the weather in the greater area. Still watching a shower we have off to the north, northwest. Thats going to arrive at 7 00. I still say plan on a wet commute out this morning. Heres the sevenday forecast. Todays temperatures are falling as we head more into we should stay dry. Good news for the browns. Good news for all of us. You fall back saturday night. Which means you gain an hour of sleep. Can you say gain an hour of sleep . 15, 17 times. All right, our current speeds have been tracking them, seeing cars if cars your average speed. 90 eastbound into the inner belt, 12 minutes. Normally, were at 13 to minutes. Our road weather index showing how wet we are on 90 both directions, slow it down along the lake shore and i want to remind you, those nightly lane restrictions started last night. State route 18 between 77. Down to one lane. The time frame, 6 00 p. M. To 6 00 a. M. And thats going to be going on through the middle of the month. Lets check in Storm Tracker 5. We were on 271 south. Same story right now. Dealing with. J. D. Says were going to see that throughout the morning. Noticing ponding along 90. No poring to report. Karina. Lets talk some health headlines. Childhood obesity is a serious problem, we know that, right . But where does it all start . From lunches to p. E. Classes, many have been blaming schools, but new Research Suggests on average, a childs bmi only increased during Summer Vacation and stayed stable during the message, Pay Attention to your kids diet and activity level when they are away from school. And while Breast Cancer Awareness Month is over, it claims the most lives of all female cancer deaths. The number of women dying worldwide from cancer expected to rise to 5. 5 million by 2030. This is according to a new report from the american cancer society. The biggest leap in deaths from cancer is expected to come from low and middle income adopting riskier habits like smoking and poor diets. Just ahead, annie get your gun, how the election is swaying firearm sales. Plus, incredible video you will not want to miss. What happens when a surfer gets dangerously close to a powerful set of teeth. And as we head to break, heres a look at last nights winning lottery number ofs. News 5, good morning cleveland starts now. They need to walk with their head held high, because they left nothing on the field. Playing to the final pitch. The indians battle back, giving everything they have. Why the future is so bright for the tribe. And the than a week now until the president ial election. Both candidates turn their attention to ohio once again. This morning, the big story, the weather. Rain caused a delay in the game, could cause some problems this morning for your commute. Wet roads, standing water, we have Team Coverage for you. Storm tracker 5 watching the roads for us. Lets start things off with meteorologist, j. D. Rudd tracking this rain. The good news that we have the big, heavy rain is done for. We had some strong showers earlier. Even some rumbles of thunder. Still some lingering areas of showers around new philly, which will continue to move to the east. Still watching what is happening here on the north side of the lake as that moves down to the south and southeast. Should impact the cleveland area at 7 00 this morning. So, you may have some issues on the roads as you head out later on. Ill allow the around, otherwise its the collude di sky, if not falling temperatures as we go through the day and the wind will emple be breezy, it will feel like a much different season. 77. This is that batch moving through here, making its way to the new philly area. Keeping a close eye on you, our drive times not too too bad at this time. So you can kind of make up a lot of highways are slick. Your commute on 71, not seeing a huge issue here, at least as you make your way into the city. Still at a three minute ride. Sarah, over to you. Just wet weather is causing Power Outages. Now, there are 3300 people without power. Mostly in broad view heights. It does look like crews arrived there investigating. Well keep an eye on it. You guys got nothing to hang your heads low about. Use this as an inspiration and get ready for next year. Absolutely, some powerful its like to come back from a loss and make things count. They made it all the way to game seven. Even managed it to push it into extra innings. Live with why cleveland should be proud of the tribe. Good morning, nick. Not the easiest mornings after, especially when another championship was close. Eventually, the discussion will go back to how cleveland remains on the National Stage and this momentum is not letting up. Just like we have seen, bars, restaurant, downtown packed as so many got together to watch a game. We are talking hundreds o and thousands of people, including many from other cities, pumping millions of dollars into the downtown economy. We watch this team come within million come pared to the dogs. Fans were certainly disappointed. Others understanding the city is on quite a run. We have years to come. Ronnie is going to come back next year. Its fun, buddy, you know its fu the browns. It took more than 50 years to get our first major sports title in cleveland. Now we played for two in five months. Cant beat that and just a sign of whats to come for cleveland. Reporting outside of downtown cleveland, news 5, back to you. Thank you. I want to meet that guy. That was wonderful. Seems like a good time. Even with a tough loss, the indians players are holding their head high. As they absolutely should. Being shorthanded. Remember, they lost carlos, also danny salazar. That was in september. And then after that, there was that local beat writer who said, indian season was done. Nope, they proved everyone wrong by getting to game seven of the world series. Not too shabby. The shortstop cannot wait until next year. That was a short season. It was fun. I believe in the we have a great chemistry. And the indians will get star outfilter back. Every member of their amazing bullpen will be back. So while today, it might be tough. But the temperature is certainly bright. Breaking overnight in the rush to get out of the city overnight, there was an stent, driver in 00uron. People Left Progressive and the area. The cop was taken to cleveland clinic. Were told he has minor injuries. Now the world series is on the next big event for the nation is the election. The president ial candidates have five days to rally voters and both are focusing on northeast ohio. Lets look at last Minute Campaign events. Ohio voters have seen about 200 miles apart, trump has a packed schedule with three rallies in three states. His second stop is in wilmington, ohio, a small city northeast of cincinnati. And the visit comes as a new poll shows him leading clinton in ohio. The previous polls show the polls neck in neck. Jayz is head leaning the learning more about how each candidate may have a victory. According to the washington post, trump will be at a hilton billion room. Clinton is expeblght the to be at a fire works celebration over the hues son, you may remember in 2012, mitt fireworks. Those never went off. Anything thels . Ill be back in 15 minutes. Thank you. Up next, a warning for anyone who uses energy drink. The ingredient that could damage your liver. And a stie bus crashes into a home. The newly release video of chaos inside. First, here is todays tech bites. Facebook has far exceeded quarterly revenue of 7 billion. That is a 56 rise over the same period last year. 1. 8billion people use facebook every month. And finally, Company Executive says that new feature may be offered in developing area, at least at first, t woarcht be available to u. S. Drivers. Call lars and with the map. Easier to specify. They can stream music, or overedder food deliveries, but most importantly is faster than the previous one. Youll use the food delivery. It is 5 41. Im j. D. Rudd. Kristen and myself are talking about this rain, trying to time it out. It may arrive between 7 00 and 8 00. So it could snarl your morning traffic commute. Meanwhile, showers on going right now, just around and south of new philly. Those will continue to push their way off to the east. Heres the hourly outlook for warm as the last couple of days. Be ready for that change when you step outside. How about those roads now . Lets check in with them right now. Storm tracker 5 out and about on 480. This is wow, its weird to stand next to a fedex truck. This is by the airport. Im safe, im safe, everybody. But no, Storm Tracker 5 noticing some of the highways are starting to dry out. That is the good news, at least some improvement in an hour ago. Make sure those Energy Drinks, you cant get through the day without. May actually be killing your liver. This all according to a study in the british medical journal. A man showed up to the hospital in liver failure with acute hepatitis. He got the hepatitis from drinking five or six Energy Drinks a day. Those drinks each contain 200 more than the recommended daily its a big nono. Up next, a chaotic protest. College students try to storm a protest in louisiana. And beyonce at the Country Music awards . How the crowd reacted to the surprise performance. I dont want to ruin your morning, but cubs fans are celebrating in chicago. Now we havent found any reports of major damage from the live desk. We did find this. Take a look at this guy bringing down the street light, oh my goodness, there it goes into the crowd. Police got ahold of it. U. S. A. Today reports there have been several light poles and cars broken into and damage to area businesses. But they are partying. It kind of hurts to see. Yeah, thats okay. Were survivors and still proud of our team. Right now, we want to update you on a case in iowa right now. The suspect has been arrested. 46yearold, Scott Michael greene turned himself in after an Early Morning man hunt. He has not been charged, but that could happen today. People are remembering officer beminio. In south carolina, a murder trial for a former Police Officer who shot and killed walter scott will move forward. A judge denying a motion to dismiss the indictment against michael schrager. Schrager shot scott as he ran from a traffic stop last year. Donald trump putting his family to work in the final days of his campaign. For melania, is giving a campaign speech. She is expected to talk about her experience immigrating to the United States and how she went through the normal channels to get here. It will be the first time weve heard from melania since she defended her husbands leaked audio tape. Police in louisiana are still trying to sort out a scene of student protesters. You can see new orleans, trying to bust into a building hosting a senate debate. The school for letting a candidate with ties to the kkk on to campus for that debate. The situation got so out of control, police started pepper spraying the crowd. The university tweeted out, no students were arrested. A man in texas cut himself on raiser blades attached to this donald trump sign at a polling place. Campaign signs are not allowed, but whoever put this one, lines the bottom with blades. When a worker went to go remove it, he the cuts werent that bad. But the Texas Rangers are now investigating this. As we head closer to election day, gun sales are absolutely soaring. Gun manufacture says it has seen a 66 increase in its Third Quarter earnings compared to the same time last year. Now gun sales appear to be up all across the Industry Based administration. This may be contributing to major spike in sales were seeing. A fouryear court battle between hulk hogan are over as part of the settlement. The Media Company will pay 31 million in cash. Hogan sued gawker. He already filed for bankruptcy and the companys assets have been sold. We have to see this video of an out of oven nerving. The camera inside the bus caught the driver swerving to avoid that pickup truck, but it hit it anyway and smashed right through that house. Two people were inside. They were hurt. The bus driver has minor injuries and thankfully, no passengers on the bus. All right, it is 5 49. Lets take a live look outside. J. D. Rudd is tracking a soggy start to the morning. A little damp. The rain was really coming down 1 30, folks were heading away from the stadium, now things have quiet. There is rain activity on the radar south of the canton area. Thats going to continue and new activity to the northwest. Thats the theme for today. Damp and much cooler. Temperatures slipping into the 50s. Breezy today, the wind out of the northwest at 10 to 20 miles an hour. Rain showers should come to an end around midd the 11 00, 12 00 hour. Heres what we know right now. This is what i mean with the showers up the road from us. Crossing over the lake as we speak right now. Should arrive in the area after 7 00, 7 30 or so this morning. One little shower here, so you folks are getting a light shower. This is what well keep on. Watch the track so you can see it. Arrive. The computer is estimating it to be around 7 47. Right around at drive time for most folks. Those continue to cruise off to the east, just be careful. The computer forecast model agreeing to pull showers out of here. The temperatures steady, if not falling for most areas. Right now, were in the 60s. That wind is going to feel cooler. Theres the temperature trend. So heres what to efect. Temperatures in the 50s. We are noticing improvements, but you may have come across ponding. As we take a look at 90 and columbia. Lets take a look at those travel times. Still pretty low. Havent seen any issues. 8 minute commute, 63 Miles Per Hour if your commute takes you to downtown. An 8 minute ride, 63, same story there. A little bit too fast. A 12 minute ride. Slow it down on 90. Obviously, it was one of the biggest nights in baseball. Music right here on news 5. This started with an emotional surprise. Randy travis. Randy travis making his first appearance since a massive stroke in 2013, then, music superstar, beyonce and randy jackson. . [ music ] . As far as the awards, garth brooks took hold entertainer of the year. And Chris Stapleton won an award. Congratulations to all of them. Im showing not a a shark swimming too close to surfers. This is in australia. You see that shark there . And one surfer pedals into a wave on top of it. Moments later, the shark swims away, thank goodness, no one was hurt. Probably wouldnt be showing you the video. Up next, a new solution, what could soon be on the ace of pain just this center. And childhood obesity. The new study pointing fingers. Good morning cleveland back in right it is 5 55. Im j. D. , good Product Placement for you. Its a weather alert for you. Now through 10 00 in the morning. Be aware of slippery spots, just slow it down and be careful as you head off this morning. Check out how things us. Sevenday forecast wise, let me get that called up for you. What well expect over the next couple of days. Temperature will stay in the 50s to 60s. Here it is right here. Highs today are slipping. They hit our high for today which was 64 degrees. Tomorrow, 54. The weekend looks good. You gain that hour of sleep that you lost staying up last night. I love hearing that. From the radar. No accidents, majorly on the highways. Thats the good news, we are starting to dry hot. Lets check on our view and looking at 90, i believe, and i believe this is right at 7. And traffic is just fine. Parking in the Justice Center could get easier. Exploring the option of building a parking deck on the existing lot. It will be able to ho that part of downtown. Most of the parking is taken by the convention center. The project will perform brought before the city council for discussion. Students of Heritage College trying to figure out what is next for them. The school abruptly announced it was closing all ten of its campuses, including one in middleburg heights. The school saying it just didnt have enough cash to keep running as a business. Many students now out the money advisers to assist them either in transferring over credit. Classes will continue today in lewisville. Despite teachers continuing their strike. Teachers started picketing yesterday morning. 108 are striking. The union hopes to resolve the traffic dispute quickly. Glf next at 6 00, an arsonist targets the church. What he spray painted on the bu an incredible amount of news 5, good morning cleveland starts now. They left nothing on the field. Thats all the things we ever ask them to do, they tried until there was nothing left. Calling it one of the history. Cleveland putting up one heck of a fight. They may be down, but our city is beaming with pride. Absolutely. And now our focus turning back to the president ial election. Its just five days away. The candidates making their final push here in the buckeye state. And our state leading the way in car thefts because of one simple mistake. How you can prevent it from happening. Good morning and thanks for lee. You know what, were all here to help you get through it. Still rallying together. Some Early Morning rain leaving some slick roads out there. Were taking a live look from Storm Tracker 5. Be careful if youre heading out. Weve seen some ponding on the roadways. The ponding fits the mood today. Somber, a bit. Well pick our spirits up. Rain showers on the power of 5 weather radar this morning. The bies is around new philly, which is moving its way off to the east. Along the north side of the lake, that will move to the south, southeast. In the next hour to 90 minutes, should impact the Greater Cleveland area. So bare that in mind as you head out later this morning. Temperatures will be warmer than they will be when you head home. Use caution on those roadways this morning. We had a number of issues. Right, kristen . Absolutely