terrace apartments where 42-year-old kevin mcqueen was shot. >> i got a call, a telephone call. get to the hospital right away. >> his mom tells me how it happened. mcqueen's friends were rushing him to the hospital, speeding in fact. police noticed the mini van and pulled them over. >> he said they made them get out of the van and for a good 15 minutes if it wasn't 20he and they searched them. they went to the van and searched my son. >> now, murphy that is run question for the officers. >> why was it so long it took my son to get not hospital? in those 15 minutes could have meant saving his life. >> the answer isn't so simple. i reached out to police. a police report reports they administered first aid but waiting until a commanding the department has body camera view from the incident but can't release it. they say because mcqueen's death is still an active hppedz investigation. >> why can't i see it? i want to see t. i want to know what happened. i need to know what happened? >> so i can have peace and i need to know the real story. >> and we reached out to cleveland police to find out when that body camera video will be made public. they said not until this homicide case has through the full judicial system. reporting outside the second district headquarters. news 5. giving a break to sex offenders. a knew proposal could make it easier to get off the list if they have a low risk of committing another crime. it would still be a system with several tiers but they would be allowed to change their status. according to dayton daily news a committee is set to vote later this unique. state lawmakers would still have to pass that two high profile projects planned for cleveland were supposed to be underway by now. there's no sign the work is getting off the ground. news 5 spent today trying to find out where the projects stand. >> the two projects involved mixed eutions that look to transfer two plarlts. it remains surface parking lots. >> the signs if -- the signs promote the project month. it's to close 500 apartments and execkive office space, restaurants and more. the project that would bring the gap between gateway and east 4th street. >> to fill the streets with people. we will not have any blank space, any debt spots. >> it was to begin before the rnc buzz as of today there is nothing. was the same argument by a different developer for another series of parking lots along west 6th street. one year ago this month they announced their plans for the space. >> there'll be dog parkts and outdoor kitchens and roof stop gardens and all of the modern amenities available. >> the plan was for construction to be underway by now on phase one along st. claire that would set for next summer. but as of today construction here also yet to begin. we reached out to stark enterprised for plans and reasons for the delays but we did not hear back from either. the reality is large private projects have many moving parts relating to financing that can delay the time line. we'll continue to stay on top of the progress and news 5. well tonight there's a hustle in washington, d.c. as the nation prepares for a new president and the white house prepares for the transition. >> live on news 56789 just over an hour ago president obama started his first news conference since length day. rob power is following developments from the live desk. >> that news conference just about president obama and about to head on the final overseas trip and he says he will spend that time reassuring our allies. presiden conversations with trump the president-elect expressed he is committed to nato. the president added while he's on his trip he's enforce that mr. trump wants to remare core relationships with our a list. you're recall during the election that candidate trump questioned the value of some of the nato allies. president obama also touched on the transition of power saying he urged trump to find trusted aides help. this office is bigger than any one person and that's why assuring a smooth transition so important. >> mr. trump is already named our nc chair as his chief of staff and steve bannoon an execkive chairman of briet part news. >> six days since americans lectded him as our next president. the protest that crimes tied to the voting results. news 5 in the newsroom with the president elect response for our targeting minority group leon. >> we have seen cases from california to maryland of hate crimes and violence breaking out since trump's election. it's been tracking more than 300 cases. almost all involving black and gay victims. supporters in florida an investigation at a high school where someone posted signs labeling different water foundations for different races. and at the university of pennsylvania a textbook being looked into by the fbi. president-elect trump was asked to respond to these cases during an improve last night. >> i am so saddened to hear that and i say stop it. if it helps i will say it right to the cameras. stop it. >> mr. trump also tried to reassure those protesting his elections telling them not to be afraid and promising to bring the country back together again. some groups though have vowed to protest daily until his inauguration day. and these reports of harassment since election day. the fbi reveals 2015 saw a reporting to police. last year the reports jumped by more than 6%. fbi says there were 257 incidents in 2015 after 2014 saw 154 such cases and the number of cases in 2015 is second only to the surge in hey cites following the 9/11 attacks in 9-1-1. part of the spike could be an north carolina in reporting or better tracking by law enforcement. >> all right. send it over to the live desk where our chief meteorologist has an update on the devastating earthquake. >> right. right now people are dealing with aftershocks in that small country in the southern hemisphere following two powerful earthquakes. a 7.8 quake struck about 6 a.m. yesterday morning then a 6.2 quake hit less than ho 2002 hours later. there were reports of two people dead. and locals are stranded with no power. >> knocked me out of bed. things fell on the room that i was standing in, the hotel is now condemned. i can't return. >> get me out. this is -- it's hard. sorry. now new disee minister visited. navy ships have been deployed to deliver supplies. >> a beautiful sunset once again. sun going down right now. across northern ohio. and one more night. you should get a glimpse of a nearly full supermoon. the moon was full this morning. technically about 6:30 so you know we're a few hours on the backside of it. it's still going to look full 50 in canton. it's 58 and mansfield at 49. if you're going out and about. coats jackets for you. we are going to stay dry. we got a little bit of clearing coming in but it's not going to totally clear out. we will get cold though. falling down, falling down. we're talking 38 degrees by 6 a.m. some of you in the middle 30s as we get up and go. mild air going to hang around. we may flirt with 70 degrees this week. again, i'll show you when coming up. >> all right. thank you. if seems just one threat after another. >> now students are getting a free day. next on news 5 at 5:00 one local high school ended classes earlier because of a threat shared on social media and we learn it wasn't the first time these students have been threatened. >> a grieving family refusing to give up on justice. family members after a live killer returns home. >> only news 5 as a one on one with amanda bare ri about putting her life together after -- and ariel some fence moments this morning -- tense moments this morning. the school had to be locked down. tracy, place have launched an investigation into the incident that happened last week. >> reporter: that's right. it's one possibility, but tonight, either the police department or the school department is able -- is able to connect the two. racially in-- racially insensitive posts went viral. three anonymous cancel threats this morning -- bomb threats this morning. they're working to see if the two are connected. qwe had a social media situation. we handled it last week. all parties involved received disciplinary policies. last week. there is a possibility that it could be linked? >> reporter: school officials locked down the building and then students and staff were sent home. a team of police and their canines converged on the school and went through it room by room. >> there was a recommendation to do a full sweep of the high school, and that could only occur if no one was in the building. we made a decision to do an early dismissal. >> reporter: now, the school will be in session at high school tomorrow. news 5? awe'll have to wait until the end of the month to qin an attempt to win, they may -- athe trial continues for an walter scott in 2015. an investigator for the defense taking the stand today claiming scott was able to grab the officer's stanging before the shooting -- stun gun before the video. he was shot in the back while running away. if convicted, he could face up to 30 years to life in prison. ai don't know about you, but this guy grabbed my attention qby friday, we could touch 70 degrees. qyou'll touch his attention when you say snow. qbut you know, this time of year when you get -- qi just shivered a bit. qwhen you get cold, you're going to get warm right after it. we've been holding it off as long as we could. i love look agent our sunset shots. i'm going to show it to you one more time. it's going down quickly here. we're losing about 2 minutes of daylight per day until the 21st of december. so let's enjoy the and again, the surge of mild air coming in is a zonal pattern. there is no sign of interwintertime -- wintertime. why? the jet stream is moving from west to east here and there's no dip. here's winter. here's cold over the border in canada. but because the air is coming southerly intrusion of this yet. yet. probably sunday. sunday. we're going to hold this front back for a while. fun need to get yard work done -- do you have ur done? qmostly. qall of the shrubbery trimmed? >> maybe not all of it. qget it done, folks, because the cool is coming. 36 degrees tonight, partly cloudy and it's going to be chilly. tomorrow, let's bring it on up. why not? 58. a cloud sun mix. akron canton, 35 tonight. chilly. tomorrow, for mid-november, 57. we'll take it. let me show you the 7 day. go, frank. 70. uh-oh. rain. this is a rain-snow mix with some lake-effect snow carrying into monday. this may be too warm here. lower and middle 40s. it's coming. i'm telling you. astill ahead, all new at 5:00, he is a presidential appointment ruffling a lot of on, the steve advisor? aall new, weeks after the investigation, we are still waiting for changes at a meant al health facility in horrific -- mental health facility in >> reporter: we have our teacher of the week. students to do the same. we're going to surprise the new teacher this week. come on. our joy and excitement is all because we get into need a special education educator in south euclid that is making her students fall in love with everyday learning qshe is so caring and really cares about our families and the students she works with. >> reporter: a woman with infectious smile. we would like to congratulate you. [ cheering ] >> reporter: we would like to present you with an award for all that you do. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. >> we would like to present with you this certificate from aren't -- aren't the only ones grateful. >> whatever she sets out to do, she always does. there's no end to how much she can give or how much she is willing to give to other children. >> hi qcongratulations from all of us at news 5? >> reporter: if would you like to nominate a deserving www.newsnet5.com. aall right. scammers out in full force qthey are targeting your parents. some victims losing thousands of dollars. next on 5, the important advice to make sure someone you love isn't taken aon a mission to spread holiday cheer. aa mother want answers after a van rushing kevin mcqueen was being rushed to the hospital. he was bleeding heavily while officers searched that week. our investigator is revealing how this traffic stop may have contributed to his death atwo high profile projects were delayed. they were to transform two of downtown's biggest surface between gateway and east 4th street. right now, no word on when they will resume. atense moments this morning. thaws because the high school was placed on lock down after they received three anonymous bomb threats. they were sent home early. as police continue to investigate the incident, no word if all three threats are even connected. aa consumer alert for people of a certain age, the better surge in a sweepstakes scam. qthey are being duped out of thousands of dollars. we spoke with a man whose fort -- mother fell victim to the scam >> reporter: she lost $6,000 of her life savings. the real himmity -- legitimate sweepstakes don't make calls qhe won $1 million. qare you serious? >> i swear to you >> reporter: publishers clearinghouse delivers prizes to winners front doors, but someone is calling people telling them they won $1 million in the clearinghouse sweepstakes. they have to pay taxes before they can claim the prize qthe scam is still doing very well in the cleveland area and victimized a lot of people? >> reporter: i asked sue, president of the local better gets the phone numbers. she told me telemarketers sell lists qit could also be technology, and they're using auto dialers who randomly dial numbers. qher excitement was she thought she was going to be able to give it to us. >> reporter: the warning came too late for the 82-year-old mother. she sent $6300 because she thought the caller was genuine qyou know, it's hard for her to swallow that pill that she wa wrong and made a mistake. she had been had >> reporter: the better business bureau has these tips much it's a federal law you don't have to pay a fee in advance. if you get a call, call the bbb. never give out personal information like credit card numbers. >> i feel horrible that there's people out there that just take so much time and effort to steal from the elderly, people that don't have it. better business bureau told me this afternoon that they can come in from anywhere. they have been coming from the 876 area code. that's jamaica. live downtown. news 5 awe are just 6 weeks away from christmas. one group wants to make sure our troops get in the holiday spirit qimportant stuff, the association collecting 100 trees getting ready to ship them we learned more about it from sugar pines. >> reporter: lee and frank, the farm here isn't just sending trees. it's also sending money from donations. there's a little field across the way known as the feel good field. they're you'll find the charlie brown christmas trees. they're free, but donations are being accepted and money will be used to ship trees just like i think it's important to do what we can. >> reporter: jane is not new to giving back. she and her husband know the importance of paying it forward. >> i can't imagine what it feels like to be the one that's gone >> reporter: the cause also is close to home. >> my father was a veteran. >> people love them >> reporter: sugar pines is a handful of growers donating to >> it costs more to ship is it overseas than it does to grow one. about $150 or $160 per tree to ship. >> reporter: that's the discount price. collectively, all of the growers will raise upwards of $15,000, all of which i'm told goes toward shipping. here is just one of many trees that has been delivered over the years. she says oftentimes they receive letters of thanks like this one reading in part, such time of year. they are all 6 feet tall and are en route to akron. >> from there, they go to kuwait and then from there, they get to different military bases. >> reporter: when the men and women open up their boxes, they'll find more than just a tree inside. they'll find ownerments, handcrafted cards as well as letters from ohio. news 5. aall right. thank you, you -- qno way. he's chewed up two computer cords and he loves cardboard boxes. he'll find whatever box he can find, whether it's a cereal box or whatever and start chewing on it anybody want a dog? here we go. a live look downtown cleveland. twilight over cleveland. it's already down to 47 in -- 49 in alliance. zoom on out. there's -- oh, euclid at 48. orange at 48. 52 in westlake. so the point is, it's sweater weather definitely. clouds are streaming our way, but we don't have any major disruption to this weather pattern for another couple days. in fact, we're going to stay on the warm side of things. i'm thinking all the way i'm thinking some of you will see 70 degrees saturday. in the meantime, we'll have more on that coming up. here's your hour by hour. watch these temperatures falling down quickly. winds stay light. inside we stay partly cloudy all night long with overnight lows in the middle and upper 30s. nice recovery tomorrow. again, we track a little bit of snow in our 7-day forecast. i said the s word coming up. aright now, wildfires are burning through north carolina. than 14,000 acres. hundreds of residents have been evacuated. it's an uphill bottle. firefighters are fighting california-type wildfires in north carolina. authorities suspect arson. >> it is the same story on the other side of the country. fast moving brush fires north of los angeles. fewer characterize using choppers trying -- fire crews using choppers. that fire started as a brushfire but quickly spread to 5 acres in about it didn't take long at all. as of right now, no injuries or evacuations have been reported. asurvivor story, amend a berry spent a decade captive. they never gave up hope. >> i knew somebody was searching for me. if they would have given up, i would have given up. >> our explosive interview -- exclusive interview of how ain my world of weather, it's all about you and wildlife. look at this. a pheasant at the boat ramp. a fire sight. blends right in with moon. this one from kerry in wooster. great shot there. another shot that's coming over the cornfield in perez perriesville. the moon is rising. nobody -- amanda mentioned she loves being a stay-at-home mom. she enjoys spending time with her family and friends. amark johnson, people are you say warm weather is not gone yet. >> not yet. we're going to keep it all week long. peaking with 70 degrees on friday. get that yard work done because there is cold on the horizon coming our way. clouds in and out right now over downtown akron. a great skyline shot there. should be dry through the evening hours. here's your radar. showers off into west virginia and maryland. they're sliding toward the north and east. so they ou us. we'll keep some of the clouds that the low pressure along the east coast is producing. it's sliding our way. it's clouds in and out during the evening hours. your evening, cool and dry. we're talking 50s at 5:00. at 7:00, you're 58 to 50 degrees. then 48047 degrees. 6:45 p.m., look at these temperatures dropping down. temperatures in the 30s inland. 32 in wooster. this is 10:30. let's get you into tuesday morning. here's 12:30 a.m. you're chilly inland. you're going to wake up in the 30s everywhere except along the shoreline. you saw the showers in maryland from this low pressure. it's going to ride up along the east coast. some of the clouds we're seeing over us are from that low. this high is doing its jo as far as rainfall goes. here's a fronted, but don't wor -- front, but don't worry about it. it's going to fade away. it doesn't want to come in. you may see a brief shower that will arrive wednesday, maybe a brief shower during the morning commute, but that will do it. that is not an arctic cold front coming in. we don't have any arctic fronts coming our way until this weekend. so warmer for now. that's your weather headline. we're going to stay mild. 36 overnight tonight. it's november. overnight lows often in the 30s. but when you can get a high warming up to 58, any complaints? i'm liking that. a sun cloud mix. staying mild and dry. tonight for akron, 35. saturday night into sunday, we'll have to deal with scattered snow showers. do i think it will be a big no. it doesn't look like it. but there will be lake-effect snow sunday, even into monday that made deposit a knew u. few inches for -- a few inches for some spots. 55 saturday. 43 on sunday. let me show you that 7 day one more time. we're going to stay warm wednesday with an isolated shower. 55, 63 only thursday. there you go frank and lee. 70 degrees on friday. >> thank you, mark ait's time qa huge barn fire turns into a devastating loss. more than 22,000 chickens killed as the fire quickly spread this morning. >> an online effort to help a golden retriever suck in the middle of the woods. one local animal hospital says it's the worst they've ever seen afirst when 5 at a clock returns, we look at one of the two administration appointments that president elect donald adonald trump making a lot of noise after making an announce. one was -- qsteve bannon was appointed chief strategist. we explain why while nationalists are celebrating elevating steve ban on. they are concerned about his ties to the right. he was brought on as ceo of the trump campaign. he came in from bright bart reputation. his long time mission is to take down establishment wing of the republican party qif you're planning to take the country back, it's going to be people who want to fight. andrew breitbart was all about the fight. we call ourselves the fight one is paul ryan. e-mails obtained by the hill newspaper show bannon giving orders to his staff to try to take him down saying the game is to have ryan gone by spring. bannon is a former navy officer and goldman sachs banker is covered by controversy in his private life. in 2007, his ex-wife accused him of domestic violence. he said in court he doesn't like raise their kids to be whiny bats and he didn't want the girls going to school with jews, but his camp said he never says it qi pledge to every citizen of our land that i will be president for all americans. >> reporter: now with bannon in the white house, critics questioning his inclusive vision. washington. aand that's it for news 5 at 5:00. what's going on at 6:00? a shelter for the mentally ill- being neglected. >> it's supposed to be there for people who need them. there are questions about the conditions inside. we first reported on the conditions weeks ago, and the state is still allowing the shelter to operate. next at 6:00, we're getting a new look inside abreaking news just into the newsroom, an arrest has been made in connection with the assault of a police officer. news 5 at 6:00 starts in 2 abreaking at this hour, u.s. marshals made a connection with an assault of a police officer. >> frank joins you us now with the latest >> reporter: a 20-year-old is prosecutors say he has been conducted to -- connected to several crimes. one of them investigators say involved a theft of a police cruiser earlier this month. investigators say he led police on a chase in a stolen car before one of the tires blew. when an officer approached him. he slammed the officer on to his back, and then he got in the police car and took off. just a few blocks down the road, officers found that cruiser abandoned. investigators say something else they're looking into, the possible connection with a number of other crimes across the cleveland area just the past two weeks. one of them could involve the shooting of a 19 month old child. aa shelter in disarray, the home supposed to help people in need but conditions are barely livable. qi'm begging for them to do something. aweeks after an investigation revealing the problem, the