40s for highs today. 20s and upper teens as you wake up this morning. its not as cold as it has been the past few mornings. winds are southeast about 5 miles per hour. windchill is not an issue. we are tracking wet weather but everything is to the west. what impact will it have . i will let you know. we are not through with the bitter cold yet either. here is the commute. its only thursday but were looking great. no problems or accidents. we are seeing some stop and go traffic to 71 southbound but as you look outside at the camera people are just driving slow. and people are traveling now are just going slow. other than that we are good to go. New this morning dont worry about checking tickets. there were no Powerball Jackpot winners in last nights drawing. get ready to buy more tickets because saturdays drying will be an estimated 675 million. that is a largest jackpot of any lottery game in us history. last night numbers were two, 11, for he seven, 62, and 63. the powerball number was 17. pestcontrol Company Terminix has released its annual ranking of top us cities plagued by bedbugs. five ohio cities make the list. the Cleveland Akron area ranked third on the list. lets go to will for the latest. in the wrong direction. cleveland was sixth and last year fit and now third were moving in the wrong direction. detroit in philadelphia ranked the worst but as you mentioned there are five cities in ohio that rank on the list. dating is number five with columbus cincinnati toledo ranking in the top 12. the numbers have been on the rise because of increasing International Travel in this continuation of pesticide because of health concerns. Cuyahoga County has a task force that been fighting the bug since 2011 fielding about a dozen calls a day. hotels dorms hospitals hospitals the epa has them doit yourself advice. you can use to get them off your clothing hot blow dryer plastic bag in the sun or you can use the freezer but the there for four days with temperatures set at zero. is important to note bedbugs while they are creepy but they are just a nuisance as far as research. Theyve not been tied to any health side effects of carrying disease. state troopers at Cleveland Police are searching for two men involved in an overnight chase. it began around 2 am on clevelands west side when state troopers tried to pull over a suspicious vehicle. the suspect stopped at east at e. 72nd st. And union which then ran from the van which was stolen. Birkeland teenager with missing is speaking out about her abduction on dr. phil. today is part two of the interview. hes getting on the teenager side but her parents side as well. the girls mother linda and her fianci listen at first but after a montage with the girls biological father said both got let me tell you something. and you can leave if you want but we put this knowledge. thank you very much. catch the entire interview at 5 pm on channel 3 followed by the news at 6. naacp official does request release grand jury transcripts in the tamir rice case. the local chapter president mike nelson and other members present at the request a prosecutor to mcginty yesterday. the group once mcginty to petition the judge to release the transcripts. last night prosecutor mcginty responded to the request . He said this office has always been extremely careful not to release any grand jury testimony and to comply with the law. every time police use of the force to kill a citizen an independent investigation will be conducted and we will make the results public. These investigative reports are not grand jury secrets. The public actually happens. a grand jury decided not to bring charges against the officers involved nine days ago. with a followup to our breaking news from yesterday. and escaped lorraine inmate has turned himself in. gregory, broke out of a minimum security jail for nonviolent offenders. he escaped by eric hitting himself in a room and smashing a window with a padlock. search dogs lost his trail official did not give any details on his surrender. he start to escape and vandalism. three people were arrested in clevelands latest smash and grab. police were controlling yesterday morning when they noticed a van smashed into the right front door. they arrested christopher freeman, gerald will williams and all manner facing several charges. Cleveland Municipal Court judge angela stokes twentyyear career has officially come to an end. yesterday by Disciplinary Panel after a deal was reached in december. She said she would retire and never seek election again if the Ohio Supreme Court disciplinary counsel dropped a complaint made against her. she was accused of mistreating staff and those coming before her bench in 2014. the new year brings new policy for paramedics. is a record wear bulletproof vest while on duty. First Responders are partners with police and can be a dangerous job. they have carried body armor in the vehicles but were not required to wear them at all times until now. there are some exceptions such as if a worker is in playstation, hospital or courtroom. its a historic time for the city of Maple Heights. the citys were in its first female and africanamerican mayor. Annette Mcmillan blackwell was elected in november they swore another newly elected Council Making headlines today for some awkward moments on the show. we will show you two of them that had people talking. republicans are holding a special ceremony to get rid of obamacare. there is more than just that issue in the bill. what the president promises he will do coming up. It is thursday. Weekend is almost here. we are mild. 45 degrees expected today. partly cloudy with winds of the south at five. full forecast coming up. republicans are holding an enrollment ceremony to get rid of obamacare. after dozens of attempts the bill is headed to the president s desk where it will go nowhere. tracie potts has the latest from washington. reporter good morning they finally got it done but clearly president barack obama will not sign off to get rid of his Signature Healthcare program. it looks like republicans on capitol hill dont have enough votes to override. but they are calling this a win. the motion is adopted. reporter republicans are celebrating after finally sending the president an ultimatum. A bill to repeal obama care. this marks a significant step in the fight for patient centered health care for all reporter democrats called political theater and a waste of time everyone knows is will take about a nanosecond for the president to veto. exercising their constitutional right and power to legislate is never wasted. if youre fighting for principles you believe in. reporter the bill would strip millions from planned parenthood after conservatives argued taxpayer should not fund a group that performs abortions. people have waited for years for this moment to destroy a bill to put 22 Million People out of reach of medical care. reporter there do not appear to be enough votes in the house or senate to override the president s veto. this will require a republican president. we will do much better. reporter republicans are promising to outlet a replacement Healthcare Plan i the end of the year. but the reality is the plan if it comes out this year probably will not get a final vote before president leaves office. i know its part of the process but what is the point of sending it if they know he reporter a couple of things. its clearly symbolic. and its a Campaign Promise and paul ryan said in the statement afterwards that republicans are trying to keep their Campaign Promise to their base. we want to hold onto their base. but also they are trying to build momentum and lay the groundwork if in fact we have a republican president next year to do it for real. get ready for a roller coaster. who was on board . seatbelts fastened. wait until you see. were all about safety. a live look at the science center. i will say the winds are fairly calm. but its a beautiful view of the city. clear to partly cloudy. great visibility. the numbers will be creeping up chilly. but it will feel better later. i that the gloves and hat might be in the bookbag for coming home. rain showers and more cold weather coming in next week. today looks lovely. its going to be warmer. 40 at noon and 45 at 5 pm. even this morning we see a big difference with most of you in the 20s as you are waking up. upper teens to low 20s. the coldest we will be this morning is a good gauge of how to go about getting the kids out the door and yourself for that matter. we are getting hints at milder air. 40s to the south and west and we will tap into some of that. 42 memphis. all of that is moving in our general direction today. its going to feel nice this afternoon. i mentioned rain and we are tracking it tomorrow. today we stay dry. we have a lot of moisture in the west and southwest. it wont be an allday sucker on friday but we will have with weather moving in. Today its mainly clear to partly cloudy. dry this evening and dry overnight. even as wake up tomorrow we will be overcast but dry for the commute. it is midtolate morning into the afternoon that we start seeing scattered showers tomorrow. this is 2 pm friday. everything is green. we will be 40s to around 50 for highs tomorrow. here is the sevenday forecast. enjoy the sunshine and 45 degrees today. saturday should be okay and overcast but 52. sunday we have scattered rain showers changing to scattered snow. 40s for highs early and then we fall into the 30s and 20s by sunday night. 20s for highs monday and tuesday and teens with another shot of cold air mid week next week. literally 18 degrees for the High Temperature wednesday with scattered snow. lets check traffic. Good morning. we have green light on the roads. were looking good to the south. same picture to the north. if youre leaving the house within the next few minutes you have a great commute. here is 71 act 82 in strongsville. fine. lets keep it that way through the morning. coming up we will move to concorde township to let you know when and where the road is closing. you can get traffic updates every 10 minutes on the roads brittany into our partners nwt a. M. nwt a. M. Us Intelligence aircraft have been deployed from japan following north koreas declaration it tested a Hydrogen Bomb. japans government says they cannot verify it has a Hydrogen Bomb. North korea issued an announcement yesterday claiming to have successfully tested the Hydrogen Bomb for the first time. the claim is the grid with widespread condemnation and skepticism. el nio storms are burying parts of california underwater. several people were trapped in cars in san diego by high water that was nearly up to the windows. rescue some of them. heavy rain led to more than 100 crashes. further north high winds toward the water tank in half toward down trees and flipped over at least one home. a confession from joe biden. he regrets every day not running for president. but the Vice President admitted in a tv interview that it was the right decision for his family. he also said the Democratic Party has good candidates. hillary clinton, Bernie Sanders and former computer martin omalley. the peoples Choice Awards were last night and its not the winners that everyone is talking about. check out what happened when the group from the talk were accepting their award for favorite daytime tv hosting team. a man comes up and steals the moment. youre not pulling a steve harvey up here. no, sir. Sharon Osbourne . she kicked the young man off the stage. no word on how the stage crasher was able to get up and get past security. Dakota johnson was accepting her award for favorite dramatic Movie Actress for the popular 50s 50 shades of gray while getting a hug from the presenter Leslie Merritt she her dress broke. she handled the wardrobe malfunction in the best possible way by saying its not like no one has seen her topless. but that is a crop top. i guess were not allowed to show how it broke. that might be too much. still ahead why this time of year is not the best time to go on a diet. The ones one snack you should reach for macys is cutting jobs and Closing Stores with the retailer says a disappointing 2015 in terms of sales and earnings. northeast ohio stores are on the chopping block. chapel hill and Summit County and midway mall. the plant closed 36 stores the spring November December were rough for the chain. shopper say they wish they didnt have to happen. it doesnt help our mall any at all. we have so many vacant spots already. it is sad. the retailer is macysnot giving up. there cutting costs by 400 the new year Womens Health is banning the phrases in response to a readers survey. they found readers like covers use toned strong and sexy but the word shrink and giant armband. the Magazine Editor say their goal is to pump you up and never make you feel bad. if you have not been sticking to your diet it may not be your fault january may not be the best time to start a diet. you can blame evolution. british researchers say animals and humans have an evolutionary urge to maintain body fat in the winter months. when natural food sources are scarce. a cause modern foods are full of sugar and flavor the temptation to eat is stronger than ever new years we give you an excuse. healthy snacks can be tough to come by especially at work. the wkyc vending machine is called the wheel of death. its getting a makeover. hunger often hits hardest between lunch and going home. nutritionists suggest keeping a bag of walnuts at your desk. the protein and fiber will make it to dinner. unlike chips and candy which soon leave you sleepy and hungry. Research Also found snacking on seven 7 kn each day can improve your concentration and bring efficiency. walmarts are one of the foods that they match the appearance of the body part they help. they look a little bit like the brain. like cauliflower. i love walnuts. i dont know what you can use that piece of information for today. i will pass it on. a moment and use my brain. it makes sense eating protein would help you longer than easier snacks. sunshine and 40s. there is a lot going on in the travel map. we are tracking rain and will see some what weather later friday. the forecast coming up. more manziel drama this morning. the development that shows where Johnny Football was for part of this past weekend. if you have an old vehicle and not sure what to do with it, or even a lawnmower you can use it to help give back to terminix is released and report citing the top us cities as far as bedbugs are concerned in cleveland moves up the list. we were third this year. detroit and philadelphia are worse. Dayton Columbus cincinnati and toledo were in the top 12. the number is rising because of International Travel is increasing and theyve been with the pesticide ddt because of health concerns. Cuyahoga County board of health has a bedbug task force that since 2011. they get about a dozen calls a day. there found in places of high turnover and much of the things them into your home. we will tell you something to do to spot them and give them. with the world financial street. it started with the asian markets taking a dive overnight. the Shanghai Exchange in china was suspended after dropping more than 7 in early trading. that caused the rest of the asian markets to drop. 423 points. in hong kong the market was off by 580 points and now we see the stretch all the way to wall street the dow futures are trading 395 points lower. opening bell is for hours away and this after two Institute Point drop yesterday. there were no jackpot winning powerball tickets sold for last nights drawing. the numbers drawn were 2, 11, 4 the powerball number is 17. with the power play multiplier of three. the next drawing will be saturday and that means a jackpot will roll over to an estimated 675 million. the largest jackpot ever. how many of you are playing . its going to be a good one. we have a lot of sunshine today. 45 the High Temperature. yesterday we get 39 and it felt great. calm winds out of the southeast at 5. Temperatures upper teens to low 20s. its been improving through the week and we will continue with the milder weather into the first part of the weekend. what we are tracking first is some wet weather for tomorrow. you can see everything is west of year. when does the rain arrive . ahead coming up. first lets check traffic. good morning. when it comes to traffic we are clear. No accidents and were not tracking any delays. those of you travel through concorde township. Reilly road closes between 9 am and to get 30 p. M. because the storm covert installation. at this is simple detoured to get around. take more lee road or 84. I will tweet this out and put this on the wkyc. Com traffic blog. Cleveland Police are looking into how a 16yearold boy was shot last night. it happened behind an abandoned house on e. 93rd st. Leave group of kids were playing with a lot of ground when it went off instructed teenager. he was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. Maple Heights police are Apartment Building on the road. a shot outside the Apart