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but overall i dont think its going to complicate you too much and not for too long. basically about half an inch to an inch later on this morning burt it is a quick moving system and will move out. one thing taking a long time to move these temperatures. we just made it20 degrees for a for elyria. heres how it breaks down by the noontime hour all of us are at or above freezing. well get rid of the snow through midday. im tracking a late day chance for flurries to move in mainly along the lake shore. by the 5 00 hour most of us should be well into the middle 30s. were looking pretty good this monday morning. president s day. remember its going to be a light traffic day. or were anticipating it to be light because the kids are out of school and a lot of people dont have to go to work this morning. heres a picture on 77 at grant avenue as youre coming into and out of downtown. again, wet roads, so watch for that. and for those of you who take the east shoreway into downtown heres a picture at dead mans curve and everyone getting by just fine. coming up, well take like at the drive to the west. the mayor of madison village in lake county wants to shut down the Police Department and use a neighboring communitys police force. find out more about this will ujek joins us monday is the issue here. reporter he said after the revenues went flat in state cuts that the budget is just over 1 million. thats not enough to get all the work done. they have three fulltime police officers. the rest of that work being done by parttime officers as well as nearby madison township covering the duties on the weekends. in an open letter the mayor said his Police Department is already understaffed they would need six more officers which would cost 800,000 or 70 of the budget. they already have a police tax he wants to dissolve the Police Department partner with madison township full time. he says that would save 100,000. some residents are concerned worth what the changes could mean. my certain is my concern is that the township if they merge is way by the lake which is im guessing 4 miles away. which would take some time if we place a call. reporter we werent able to reach the mayor or police chief but were going to continue to follow this story. a lorain man under arrest for shooting a dog several times. the morning journal reports it started with an argument over a 5dollar bet in a card game. 31yearold man is accused of firing several shots at the dog inside its cage. then threatening other people with the gun. the dog had to be put down. johnson is in the lorain city jail. officials continue to investigate a deadly crash yesterday morning. Brooklyn Police say it happened wrong way. a 48yearold man was driving east in the westbound lanes of i 480 killing a 20yearold woman. the other driver is en the hospital no word on his condition the part of the highway was shut down. so far we have no information on charges against the driver. later this morning Metro Health Medical Center opens a new Emergency Department in university heights. starting at 8 00 a. M. the Health Center at severance circle will offer 24 hour Emergency Care 7 days a week. trauma cases will be handled at the main campus. another er will open in parma brecksville. the morning news feed. reporter former president george w. Bush is ethan couching the campaign trail to stump for his brother jeb. at first jeb distanced himself from the familys president ial lunging. barbara bush underhim in New Hampshire and george w. Appears the former president is also hoping to bolster support in South Carolina where he won 53 2000. police in the San Francisco area are asking for the publics help after two people walking on the Golden Gate Bridge were hit with blow darts. they were struck in the leg on friday afternoon. the darts are being tested to make sure they were not coated in chemicals. and the search continues for the suspect. california coastline. a man was strand on a reef and the cliff was just too steep to climb. lifeguards had to swim through the rough waters to reach him and then use a crane to lift him up. lifeguards in california say weekend. so a lot of us can say weve been late to work. some of you maybe even skippedy day but a 69yearold spanish he hadnt shown up to work for at least six years. he worked in Civil Service overseeing construction of a Water Treatment plant and his absence was only discovered, get this, after the deputy mayor tried to give him an ab ward for 20 years of loyal and dedicated service. the man now faces a fine of around 30,000 which would be one year of his salary. and they started this investigation back in 2010, this is when they discovered it. they know that hes missed six years of work theyre thinking it could be as many as 14. well, looking traffic is really bad so its taken him 14 years to come in. well, i mean that cough just lingers. they told him to stay home if youre not feeling well. this is unbelievable. it is unbelievable who missed this . i mean, he missed all those birthday cakes. all christmas parties. protecting your tax return what the experts say you should stealing your money. its money monday. most of us have credit cards but are you taking advantage of them. easy move you can take to help build your credit. we have some wintry weather moving through. some light snow showers and yes, well see the ouch tonight for some sunshine a see the opportunity for some sunshine a little bit later and warmer temperatures this morning were helping you get smart when it comes to your credit and Financial Plan ter is here and you say its as easy as three steps. step one. step one is to keep an eye out for warning signs. able to pay off your credit card every month, youre juggling, just to make the minimum payments. are you getting behind the curve. check your Credit Report you can do this for free. yes, you can you want to check it once a year. www. Annual Credit Report. Com is a free site you can go to where the three agencies, one of them will happily provide you with that. grow your credit score. make certain that youre only charging what you can pay off every month. you want to be able to pay it off continue to grow that payment history and two, over time try to extend the amount you have available in credit make certain youre paying that off. a lot of people think im going to cut out all my credit card that doesnt necessarily help. your credit score is based on history the amount of time you have your credit outstanding. thank you so much. and weve just started tax season and already the irs is dealing with an job slaught of fraudulent tax returns. traced back to last years Security Breaches where millions of Social Security numbers were stolen they use the number to file a fake return. the irs says theres more security this year to detect a real return from a fake one. theyll also saying if youre looking for a refund because of this extra security it will take a few days longer. i think wed rather be safer. well, kids are out of school today for this president s day. olga, lot of kid want to go sledding going to warm up, though, huh . not quite as brutally cold as we were for saturday and sunday but today for president s day i think were going to keep it quite close to the freezing mark. but things are going to be changing in the extended forecast. right now we have Winter Weather advisories across much of the middle south right now. were going to see a little bit of action mainly across the southern counties and off toward the east as this system passes through. but for most of us this morning snow falling right now. the temperatures are chilly. although many locations have pushed out of the teens and close to 20 degrees still feeling like Single Digits across much of the region. but with the south and southeasterly wind moving in, were going to see some improvements to the forecast. at least a bit of a warmup over the next couple days. so the morning scattered snow showers will be coming to an end. watch for a second round of snow moving in. we have more of an opportunity to get some accumulation with that one. and then the warmup later on this week and into the weekend looking pretty good. so if youre stepping out bundle up. temperatures are in the 20 for most of the morning. then well pass that freezing mark midday. hold off on some of st. Snow flurries and bring back a chance later on tonight. future view breaks it down this way. 6 00 doesnt look too bad. warm front, moisture will bring that midnight hour and into tuesday morning. depending upon track, this could be all snow, and for some could even pass to the east and could be smaller accumulations but right now were going with anywhere between one and 4 inches by wednesday morning. so for most of us getting back into the routine temperatures should stabilize pretty seasonable levels. so for today were look at a forecast that takes us to the middle range to upper 30s by late day. then looking at the extended forecast with the southerly wind to pull in a little bit more moisture but i think well hold off on the rain opportunity until we get to friday. look at the 40s moving in. once we hit the 40s i think its going to look like a pretty decent weekend. were looking ate pretty good commute. we take a look to the south and 77, u. S. 30, 62 they all look great. route8 looks great between the central interchange and 271 all the way through no problems north and south. be prepared for wet roads to the north because of those snow showers. heres the picture on i90 at columbia road and westlake where its a quiet commute. everyone getting by just fine. heres the picture on 71 at rin road where again slick driving conditions but again, its a pretty good commute heading into downtown from the west. on 71 north between 480 and 490, 8 minutes. so john, we do have normal drive times throughout the region. it is 65 00. time for the biggest winners and losers. something a little different with this being random acts of kindness my biggest winners community. but first my biggest loser could use a lesson on kindness. happened over the weekend fighting for the ball going to let the frustration get the best of him. right there hes going to take the player and slam his head to the court. thats brown of wisconsin and that hurt. stone was just given a technical foul. thats not being a good sport. by the way diamond stone is a wisconsin native. yeah, watch this again. going to push his head to the court. stones team fitting they lost by 13 points. here we go. my biggest winners are two classrooms from brokesville broad view heights fourth grade and the kids work the together to collect donations for the homeless. they were collected by Cleveland Police officers. the officers will then make sure the donations get into the right hands. the effort was led by two brothers. jack and alex who are in the two classrooms. so how about that . great job of leadership and the kid spread kindness to people they dont even know. and thanks to brandy for sending in the picture and this wonderful story. if youd like to nominate your champion or all star send me the picture and story. email us, or tweet them to me at john wkyc another act of kindness will be honored tomorrow for biggest winners. thats so great to hear. we can all learn a lesson from you today. great job to their parents, too. yes. time now 6 17. a battle is brewing over who will replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. we take you live to washington for a look at why some say president obama should not make that decision. weather out your window, this was taken at brandy wine thanks to don. look at all the people there, theyre having a great night. teachers may not like it, but chatting in class could actually be gad for students. a new study of College Students showed that when they talk to their peers more during classes they felt a greater sense of belonging and the mr. They chatted the more they enjoyed the class. lets talk about this one. expect more fallout from the u unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. republicans are insisting that president barack obama hold off and let the next president name a successor. but were already hearing some of the names that who the replacement could be. tracie potts following the developments this morning from washington. reporter were going to show you some of those possible replacements but this is really between the president and republicans. already replacing scalia could tilt the balance of this court and republicans are concerned about that because there are still some key issues outstanding. i plan to fulfill my Constitutional Responsibilities to nominate a successor. reporter the white house says that wont happen this week while congress is on break but with flags at half staff were already seeing possible candidates mentioned to replace Justice Antonin Scalia. thats his prerogative he has every right to do it. thats his prerogative but we dont have to confirm him and we wont. reporter theyre in the midlands of the term and more cases to hear between now and without conservative scalia cases could end up in a tie t funding no parental conservative person. reporter dem cats insist the country should not have to wait nearly a year for the next decide. he was elected. he has the right to nominate another Supreme Court justice. i dont think the public will look kindly on republican actions to try to thwart what he is supposed to be able to do. reporter now, t republicans not only battling the president theyre battling each other, too. this brand new ad out by ted cruz hes running it in South Carolina. and in this ad he argues that iffy lect donald trump cant be trusted to select the next Supreme Court justice because he believes Donald Trumps record is too close to clinton and sanders and the democrats. the fighting is going to get fierce. you know, im also reminded that Justice David souder became more liberal over time so you never really know what youre really going to get. but lets talk about the possible nominees on both sides of the party who are they . reporter well, for example, Sri Srinivasan and he is on the yorker called him a nominee in waiting. previously unanimously confirmed by this Republican Senate two years ago. so thats the one who they think they might be able to get through. there are others who have had republican support on that court and others. for example, paul watt out of california. the california judge is african american. there is a woman, so clearly theyre looking atdy vessity here. but you brought u up a really good point for people who dont have much of a record, sometimes that can be tricky because they cant really get a sense of whether theyre leaning more liberal or conservative and as you noted souder was one of those. fascinating to watch. pope francis continues his trip in mexico today. he visits a southern part of the country. but yesterday he celebrated mass for hundreds of thousands mexico city. the pope spoke out against the drug trade and associated violence. its essential its a central theme t. Francis also kissed and blessed dozens of Sick Children at a pediatric hospital. one trend continues for another year. women are better at trading stocks than men. the info here from an online Investment Advisor says men make more trades s they open themselves up to more risk and higher fees. now, when you look at the total picture men trade by about 30 more than women. guys, the ladies are making more money. [laughter] per average. he said it. all right. olga says were going to i would like you to look at my 40 1k. coal ga has a warmup i think were looking forward to this. absolutely we have a National Forecast that looks pretty good for the middle of february. west you get a really good break. 70s and 80s going across the Desert Southwest into southern california. but there are a few trouble spots. mainly around the mid portion of the nation overcast skies for chicago. storm system moving through the carolinas and up into the mid atlantic but the temperatures are not too bad. at least for now. things will be changing. coming up at 6 30 if your plans have you traveling on the ohio turnpike there are some changes happening. why youll want to make sure you have cash with you beer you hit the road. we are following developing news in the morning news feed. this the second former nazi guard is reportedly dead. and a new mexico rental car company back open after suspected bomb was found underneath a car. right now 63 07 im john and. im lynna lai. olga is in she has your forecast coming up. first heres whats happening as we start in columbus. today the restaurant where a man attacked several people with a machete is set to reopen he injured several he was shot and killed by police after hellionened at them with a knife. the owner anticipates a large crowd so hes bringing in extra help. the case remains under investigation. Chelsea Clinton is come tug today for a get out the vote event. shell be at clevelands Community Center on kinsman avenue. the event is already at capacity. her local Campaign Office just opened in lake wad yesterday. heads up if you plan to travel on the turnpike you credit card. from 9 00 a. M. until 4 00 p. M. the ohio turnpike will be upgrades the Police Department<\/a> and use a neighboring communitys police force. find out more about this will ujek joins us monday is the issue here. reporter he said after the revenues went flat in state cuts that the budget is just over 1 million. thats not enough to get all the work done. they have three fulltime police officers. the rest of that work being done by parttime officers as well as nearby madison township covering the duties on the weekends. in an open letter the mayor said his Police Department<\/a> is already understaffed they would need six more officers which would cost 800,000 or 70 of the budget. they already have a police tax he wants to dissolve the Police Department<\/a> partner with madison township full time. he says that would save 100,000. some residents are concerned worth what the changes could mean. my certain is my concern is that the township if they merge is way by the lake which is im guessing 4 miles away. which would take some time if we place a call. reporter we werent able to reach the mayor or police chief but were going to continue to follow this story. a lorain man under arrest for shooting a dog several times. the morning journal reports it started with an argument over a 5dollar bet in a card game. 31yearold man is accused of firing several shots at the dog inside its cage. then threatening other people with the gun. the dog had to be put down. johnson is in the lorain city jail. officials continue to investigate a deadly crash yesterday morning. Brooklyn Police<\/a> say it happened wrong way. a 48yearold man was driving east in the westbound lanes of i 480 killing a 20yearold woman. the other driver is en the hospital no word on his condition the part of the highway was shut down. so far we have no information on charges against the driver. later this morning Metro Health Medical Center<\/a> opens a new Emergency Department<\/a> in university heights. starting at 8 00 a. M. the Health Center<\/a> at severance circle will offer 24 hour Emergency Care<\/a> 7 days a week. trauma cases will be handled at the main campus. another er will open in parma brecksville. the morning news feed. reporter former president george w. Bush is ethan couching the campaign trail to stump for his brother jeb. at first jeb distanced himself from the familys president ial lunging. barbara bush underhim in New Hampshire<\/a> and george w. Appears the former president is also hoping to bolster support in South Carolina<\/a> where he won 53 2000. police in the San Francisco<\/a> area are asking for the publics help after two people walking on the Golden Gate Bridge<\/a> were hit with blow darts. they were struck in the leg on friday afternoon. the darts are being tested to make sure they were not coated in chemicals. and the search continues for the suspect. california coastline. a man was strand on a reef and the cliff was just too steep to climb. lifeguards had to swim through the rough waters to reach him and then use a crane to lift him up. lifeguards in california say weekend. so a lot of us can say weve been late to work. some of you maybe even skippedy day but a 69yearold spanish he hadnt shown up to work for at least six years. he worked in Civil Service<\/a> overseeing construction of a Water Treatment<\/a> plant and his absence was only discovered, get this, after the deputy mayor tried to give him an ab ward for 20 years of loyal and dedicated service. the man now faces a fine of around 30,000 which would be one year of his salary. and they started this investigation back in 2010, this is when they discovered it. they know that hes missed six years of work theyre thinking it could be as many as 14. well, looking traffic is really bad so its taken him 14 years to come in. well, i mean that cough just lingers. they told him to stay home if youre not feeling well. this is unbelievable. it is unbelievable who missed this . i mean, he missed all those birthday cakes. all christmas parties. protecting your tax return what the experts say you should stealing your money. its money monday. most of us have credit cards but are you taking advantage of them. easy move you can take to help build your credit. we have some wintry weather moving through. some light snow showers and yes, well see the ouch tonight for some sunshine a see the opportunity for some sunshine a little bit later and warmer temperatures this morning were helping you get smart when it comes to your credit and Financial Plan<\/a> ter is here and you say its as easy as three steps. step one. step one is to keep an eye out for warning signs. able to pay off your credit card every month, youre juggling, just to make the minimum payments. are you getting behind the curve. check your Credit Report<\/a> you can do this for free. yes, you can you want to check it once a year. www. Annual Credit Report<\/a>. Com is a free site you can go to where the three agencies, one of them will happily provide you with that. grow your credit score. make certain that youre only charging what you can pay off every month. you want to be able to pay it off continue to grow that payment history and two, over time try to extend the amount you have available in credit make certain youre paying that off. a lot of people think im going to cut out all my credit card that doesnt necessarily help. your credit score is based on history the amount of time you have your credit outstanding. thank you so much. and weve just started tax season and already the irs is dealing with an job slaught of fraudulent tax returns. traced back to last years Security Breaches<\/a> where millions of Social Security<\/a> numbers were stolen they use the number to file a fake return. the irs says theres more security this year to detect a real return from a fake one. theyll also saying if youre looking for a refund because of this extra security it will take a few days longer. i think wed rather be safer. well, kids are out of school today for this president s day. olga, lot of kid want to go sledding going to warm up, though, huh . not quite as brutally cold as we were for saturday and sunday but today for president s day i think were going to keep it quite close to the freezing mark. but things are going to be changing in the extended forecast. right now we have Winter Weather<\/a> advisories across much of the middle south right now. were going to see a little bit of action mainly across the southern counties and off toward the east as this system passes through. but for most of us this morning snow falling right now. the temperatures are chilly. although many locations have pushed out of the teens and close to 20 degrees still feeling like Single Digits<\/a> across much of the region. but with the south and southeasterly wind moving in, were going to see some improvements to the forecast. at least a bit of a warmup over the next couple days. so the morning scattered snow showers will be coming to an end. watch for a second round of snow moving in. we have more of an opportunity to get some accumulation with that one. and then the warmup later on this week and into the weekend looking pretty good. so if youre stepping out bundle up. temperatures are in the 20 for most of the morning. then well pass that freezing mark midday. hold off on some of st. Snow flurries and bring back a chance later on tonight. future view breaks it down this way. 6 00 doesnt look too bad. warm front, moisture will bring that midnight hour and into tuesday morning. depending upon track, this could be all snow, and for some could even pass to the east and could be smaller accumulations but right now were going with anywhere between one and 4 inches by wednesday morning. so for most of us getting back into the routine temperatures should stabilize pretty seasonable levels. so for today were look at a forecast that takes us to the middle range to upper 30s by late day. then looking at the extended forecast with the southerly wind to pull in a little bit more moisture but i think well hold off on the rain opportunity until we get to friday. look at the 40s moving in. once we hit the 40s i think its going to look like a pretty decent weekend. were looking ate pretty good commute. we take a look to the south and 77, u. S. 30, 62 they all look great. route8 looks great between the central interchange and 271 all the way through no problems north and south. be prepared for wet roads to the north because of those snow showers. heres the picture on i90 at columbia road and westlake where its a quiet commute. everyone getting by just fine. heres the picture on 71 at rin road where again slick driving conditions but again, its a pretty good commute heading into downtown from the west. on 71 north between 480 and 490, 8 minutes. so john, we do have normal drive times throughout the region. it is 65 00. time for the biggest winners and losers. something a little different with this being random acts of kindness my biggest winners community. but first my biggest loser could use a lesson on kindness. happened over the weekend fighting for the ball going to let the frustration get the best of him. right there hes going to take the player and slam his head to the court. thats brown of wisconsin and that hurt. stone was just given a technical foul. thats not being a good sport. by the way diamond stone is a wisconsin native. yeah, watch this again. going to push his head to the court. stones team fitting they lost by 13 points. here we go. my biggest winners are two classrooms from brokesville broad view heights fourth grade and the kids work the together to collect donations for the homeless. they were collected by Cleveland Police<\/a> officers. the officers will then make sure the donations get into the right hands. the effort was led by two brothers. jack and alex who are in the two classrooms. so how about that . great job of leadership and the kid spread kindness to people they dont even know. and thanks to brandy for sending in the picture and this wonderful story. if youd like to nominate your champion or all star send me the picture and story. email us, or tweet them to me at john wkyc another act of kindness will be honored tomorrow for biggest winners. thats so great to hear. we can all learn a lesson from you today. great job to their parents, too. yes. time now 6 17. a battle is brewing over who will replace Supreme Court<\/a> Justice Antonin Scalia<\/a>. we take you live to washington for a look at why some say president obama should not make that decision. weather out your window, this was taken at brandy wine thanks to don. look at all the people there, theyre having a great night. teachers may not like it, but chatting in class could actually be gad for students. a new study of College Students<\/a> showed that when they talk to their peers more during classes they felt a greater sense of belonging and the mr. They chatted the more they enjoyed the class. lets talk about this one. expect more fallout from the u unexpected death of Supreme Court<\/a> Justice Antonin Scalia<\/a>. republicans are insisting that president barack obama hold off and let the next president name a successor. but were already hearing some of the names that who the replacement could be. tracie potts following the developments this morning from washington. reporter were going to show you some of those possible replacements but this is really between the president and republicans. already replacing scalia could tilt the balance of this court and republicans are concerned about that because there are still some key issues outstanding. i plan to fulfill my Constitutional Responsibilities<\/a> to nominate a successor. reporter the white house says that wont happen this week while congress is on break but with flags at half staff were already seeing possible candidates mentioned to replace Justice Antonin Scalia<\/a>. thats his prerogative he has every right to do it. thats his prerogative but we dont have to confirm him and we wont. reporter theyre in the midlands of the term and more cases to hear between now and without conservative scalia cases could end up in a tie t funding no parental conservative person. reporter dem cats insist the country should not have to wait nearly a year for the next decide. he was elected. he has the right to nominate another Supreme Court<\/a> justice. i dont think the public will look kindly on republican actions to try to thwart what he is supposed to be able to do. reporter now, t republicans not only battling the president theyre battling each other, too. this brand new ad out by ted cruz hes running it in South Carolina<\/a>. and in this ad he argues that iffy lect donald trump cant be trusted to select the next Supreme Court<\/a> justice because he believes Donald Trumps<\/a> record is too close to clinton and sanders and the democrats. the fighting is going to get fierce. you know, im also reminded that Justice David<\/a> souder became more liberal over time so you never really know what youre really going to get. but lets talk about the possible nominees on both sides of the party who are they . reporter well, for example, Sri Srinivasan<\/a> and he is on the yorker called him a nominee in waiting. previously unanimously confirmed by this Republican Senate<\/a> two years ago. so thats the one who they think they might be able to get through. there are others who have had republican support on that court and others. for example, paul watt out of california. the california judge is african american. there is a woman, so clearly theyre looking atdy vessity here. but you brought u up a really good point for people who dont have much of a record, sometimes that can be tricky because they cant really get a sense of whether theyre leaning more liberal or conservative and as you noted souder was one of those. fascinating to watch. pope francis continues his trip in mexico today. he visits a southern part of the country. but yesterday he celebrated mass for hundreds of thousands mexico city. the pope spoke out against the drug trade and associated violence. its essential its a central theme t. Francis also kissed and blessed dozens of Sick Children<\/a> at a pediatric hospital. one trend continues for another year. women are better at trading stocks than men. the info here from an online Investment Advisor<\/a> says men make more trades s they open themselves up to more risk and higher fees. now, when you look at the total picture men trade by about 30 more than women. guys, the ladies are making more money. [laughter] per average. he said it. all right. olga says were going to i would like you to look at my 40 1k. coal ga has a warmup i think were looking forward to this. absolutely we have a National Forecast<\/a> that looks pretty good for the middle of february. west you get a really good break. 70s and 80s going across the Desert Southwest<\/a> into southern california. but there are a few trouble spots. mainly around the mid portion of the nation overcast skies for chicago. storm system moving through the carolinas and up into the mid atlantic but the temperatures are not too bad. at least for now. things will be changing. coming up at 6 30 if your plans have you traveling on the ohio turnpike there are some changes happening. why youll want to make sure you have cash with you beer you hit the road. we are following developing news in the morning news feed. this the second former nazi guard is reportedly dead. and a new mexico rental car company back open after suspected bomb was found underneath a car. right now 63 07 im john and. im lynna lai. olga is in she has your forecast coming up. first heres whats happening as we start in columbus. today the restaurant where a man attacked several people with a machete is set to reopen he injured several he was shot and killed by police after hellionened at them with a knife. the owner anticipates a large crowd so hes bringing in extra help. the case remains under investigation. Chelsea Clinton<\/a> is come tug today for a get out the vote event. shell be at clevelands Community Center<\/a> on kinsman avenue. the event is already at capacity. her local Campaign Office<\/a> just opened in lake wad yesterday. heads up if you plan to travel on the turnpike you credit card. from 9 00 a. M. until 4 00 p. M. the ohio turnpike will be upgrades the Technology Network<\/a> which means credit cards will be unavailable at all booths. in addition, access to the ohio turnpike website will also be down until 4 00 this afternoon. that can be tough if youre in line and youre like i dont have any cash. i know, coins, please. lets talk weather and olga is in for hollie. temperatures across the region this morning. not quite as cold as saturday and sunday but it is still quite chilly. light snow moving through. you can see that on the satellite view. most of that is lifting up toward the north and off toward the east. but well continue to see a little bit of that light snow. going into the 10 00 a. M. hour. then midday well start to clear things out a little bit. the chilly temperatures are going to stick around. take us a while to get to the freezing point. round about 12 00, 1 00. then into the afternoon it looks like well see a little bit of an improvement. the weather planner takes the temperatures out of the 20s and 30s later on today. well take a look at the traffic map at this time. 6 32 we do have an accident near the university of akron on allen street at east exchange street. no reports of road closures so driving around that area. at the rest of the traffic map. for those of you unfortunately, you do have to go to work this morning we dont see any big delays. i was tracking slow traffic on the turnpike east. in north and as you can see those drive times are fairly normal turnpike east and west. we were tracking slow traffic 71 north into the interbelt bridge. typically where we start seeing the slowing at this time of day b. Between the turnpike and 490 on 71 its 14 minutes headed north and 15 minutes headed south. so those are normal drive tiles. when crew hit the roads tune in to wtan, 1100 total traffic theyll have updates for you every 10 minutes. also on the road while odot has been on snow duty construction season is just around the corner. this morning Tiffany Tarpley<\/a> joins us lye with a run odots six biggest projects for this year, hi tiffany. to money and out of geauga and cuyahoga counties the interbelt bridge project. for years weve been dodging orange barrels and squeezing through tight lanes to make way for a nearly 273 million commute into or out of bridge. the biggest change thats going to happen this year is the entire bridge both directions will be open in the fall. so all of the construction that youve seen downtown over the past 56 years is going to start wrapping up a little bit on those bridge projects. reporter but theres always a but, the existing ramp closures and lane restrictions in the downtown area will remain. next, get ready for the west shoreway to shut down. thats just a way for us to help keep the project on track and do the work as safely as possible. reporter for approximately 30 days in late summer, all lanes in both directions will be closed as they work to create a 40 million scenic boulevard. o crews are still working on the detours. okay, lets get to the third thing on the list. the opportunity corridor. creating a boulevard that will connect 490 at east 55th to university circle. this year there will be more restrictions and closures along east 105th street between quebec and chester. the time lines for those, still being worked out. reporter so as you see there a lot of changes ahead here in 2016. i did say there was six projects so coming up ill have a list of three more that are just Getting Started<\/a> this year. live here in cleveland, Tiffany Tarpley<\/a> channel 3 news. now, to youngstown where two escape ease from a mental hospital. two men attack two Staff Members<\/a> then escaped in a stolen car. 22yearold degenerative young was at the hospital in connection with attempted 23yearold chad vanhorn was found not guilty overarm by reason of insanity. now, heres maureen with your morning news feed. reporter were following developing news in the morning news feed a man wholeyed most of his life in akron and was suspected of being a nazi is now dead. he was 91 years old and reported by died on thursday buried on saturday in croatia. he was born in present day croatia allegedly served with nazi ss. he never faced trial and always denied his involvement. much more on this throughout the day. authorities shut down a rental car facility near the airport after an explosive device was found under a car. police say the car was returned overnight and when a mechanic put it on the lift, he saw the device. the building was evacuated and police say the item was but was deemed safe. reopened. for lent . turns out almost every state is different. google took a look at the top searches for lent and giving up in ohio, number 1 thing is to give up meat. that seems normal s right . other states not so normal the in idaho theyre giving up netflix. kansas giving up makeup. oklahoma is giving up fear for lent. massachusetts giving up instagram and oregon will not be on facebook. so lucky for you i dont live in kansas so i wont be giving up makeup and you wont have to oh, come on. up, youve seen it. you are a natural beauty. oh, sure, thanks, lynna. tips on your desk. lets give up fear. what is that . maybe theyre well, tornado season coming up. thats part of it for oklahoma. still up to come. lets check in with matt granite. a little static there. we definitely have a forecast on the chilly side today. overcast, no sunshine, but at least the light snow is finally on its way out. we do have some big changes to come in that long range forecast. wall street closed today for president s day but the nikkei in japan rebounded with a big swing into podstive territory. the market there jumped 1069 point or just over 7 . this, of course, was after a week of major selloffs. right now the european markets are taking this and running with it theyre up right now. we should talk gas Prices National<\/a> average dropped 1. 69. here in cleveland 1. 54. up a nickel from last week. so our prices have gone up. a year ago we were paying 2. 26. oh, wow. thats a drop of almost a dollar. president s day also means lots of deals. and not just mattresses. no, not just mattresses. not just furniture. a few major surprises that actually put today on par with black friday. reporter seriously, retailers are that desperate. take a look. before we get to the less predictable buys. you heard lynna allude to it furniture, vehicles, a lot of the auto show incentives are running rampant which means great deals. certain appliances, as well as the surprises. i call them surprises because they dont usually drop this time of year. bikes this is usually a great buy in september but diamond back bikes up to 60 off. another piece of savings. apple watches 100 off. that link wkyc. Com where youll also find a 49 inch top of the line toshiba tv for 279. thats insane. also on the website, a reminder hd down loads, 1 3 from amazon. you can own them on the spot which moons you do not need tyranny round. just download them and kids have something to do. other than staying active and enjoy life. so guys, wkyc. Com got a very high profile bonus deal on its way in just about 12 minutes. definitely with sticking around for. lets send it over to olga. hey, there, we have some pretty good news in the weather department. we have to get through the flurries this morning. another shot at some snow tomorrow, but beyond that sitting pretty as we head into right now on the satellite and radar view pretty uneventful most of the action to the south. the north system over chicago, heading into the great lakes, thats what weve got our eye on right now because parts of it will be filtering in and sliding off more east and crossing us later on in the forecast for tonight and into tomorrow. and that could impact some of our eastern counties. right now, though, we are feeling like Single Digits<\/a> mostly around the board. couple of locations where the temperatures have just now started to pop up. the closer we get towards sun rise. 21 for downtown. 18 in youngstown. with our weather headlines were looking at the scattered morning snow showers only. and then were going to become able to see that second round of snow later on tonight. warm up is on the way. the wait. we have about the middle 20 through moat e most of the morning. then 30 most of the morning. i think well hold off on most of the moisture. then a round of snow coming in later tonight. there is a possibility that this could track farther to the east. if it tracks just enough to the east well get more snow. if it tracks all the way to the snow well get very, very little. this bears watching over the next 10 hours. for most of the day on tuesday looking pretty good into the evening. and then well start to break up some of this cloud cover. for today bundle up chilly out there. middle 30s for most of us with the morning snow moving out feeling much colder than that all day long. with the southerly winds watch when the temperatures go up theyre going to keep going up. overnight not too much of a dip in the tells. starting off pretty mild early on your wednesday morning, as well. once we clear out. the warmup begins through friday and into the weekend. oh, time now for dog gone weather. this is ozzie a six month old lab ra doodle and if ozzy looks a little excited because this is him playing in the snow. for the very first time. oh, we also dont know who sent us this picture. there wasnt a name attached. look at that face. looks like a bear. he really does. so cute. boy, he is so cute. heres a look at some of the stories trending online this morning the superhero film deadpool came live at the box office. it brought in 135 million blowing out last years february debut of 85 million the marvel comic stars Ryan Reynolds<\/a> as a foul mouthed superhero. sees not happy there but maybe shell be happy tonight taylor swift expected to have a good night tonight at the grammy award. she has 7 nominations including album of the year for 199 and record and song suv the year for blank space. Kendrick Lamar<\/a> has the most nominations, 11. the weekend has 7 nominations including some for their hit cant feel my face. tonight the show will honor recently passed artists like david bowie and glenn frey. Sports Illustrated<\/a> swim suit hits the stand this morning. three didnt women grace the body type shall i read slower, john. thats plus sized model and respond rouse and hailey clawson. even more diversity in the advertisements. offyearold Nicole Griffin<\/a> the oldest woman to appear. i have inside information for you. theyre going to be on the today show. very good. i read the promo. thats how i know that. after the break well have your morning run. right now lets check in with will. one local mayor said its time to get rid of the police it is 6 51. well woman back to the morning rush olgas in for hollie and dani has another look at the records. heres will with how one village wants to consolidate the police force. reporter the mayor of madison village wants to shut down the Police Department<\/a> there and combine forces with a neighboring community. he says after revenue has gone flat and state cuts really force the their budget to just over 1 million which he says isnt enough. currently they have three full time police officers. rest of the work is done by parttime workers and nearby madison township covering the duties on the weekend. in an open letter he says Police Department<\/a> already understaffed and it w cost upwards of 800,000 to bring it up to full staff which would be he want to dissolve the Police Department<\/a> partner with madison township full time. he said it would save 100,000. the body of Justice Antonin Scalia<\/a> arrived in virginia just a few hours ago. in the meantime republicans insist president barack obama hold off and let the next president name a zestor. replace the very conservative scalia could tilt the balance on the court. republicans fear it could make this court more liberal and at this point key cases are still undecided those could end up in a tie. names of possible replacement are being tossed around washington. also, its unclear when that nomination will take place. president barack obama in Southeast Asian<\/a> leaders are meeting in california today in a gathering of the association of the Southeast Asian<\/a> nations. secretary of state john kerry will be there while the group talks about several issues including security, trade, and climate change. back here at home the register tour vote in the march 15 primary is tomorrow. all party are encouraging voters to register and make their voice heard. vote by mail and early voting for the primary will start this wednesday. well, john, it may not feel like it but the height of construction season here in northeast ohio is just around the corner at 6 30 i told you about three big projects here are three more. the first one is odot crews plan to widen i 271 between the Summit County<\/a> line add bedford. as well as Oakwood Village<\/a> starting in the certainly. starting in the fall theres also a plan to widen i773 lanes in each direction between oaks road and the turnpike in brecksville and ridgefield. thirdly construction on the second section of the opportunity corridor in cleveland is expected to begin in the spring. and at some pint there will be major road closures on east now, lets get a look at whats next on the today show. good morning im jeff ross en coming up. special series step in or step off. youre in a Grocery Store<\/a> youre at the checkout line you see this. a mom, telling her daughter to steal chocolate. then, the daughter actually does it. sticks it in her jacket and walks out. do you Say Something<\/a> to the mom and confront her . do you Say Something<\/a> to the store manager . our hidden cameras are rolling. you know how we do it. you got to see the reactions we got when we ran the scenario over and over again. all coming up here on today. we will be looking forward to that report as we take a look at the traffic map. pretty light day. remember its president s day so the kids are out of school and many dont have to work. accident report on the east side east 9030 at harvard avenue. no road closures. our drive times on 71 and the jenings normal. 9minutes from 71 and the jenings a 5 minute commute. we feel for you if youre off, lucky you. its going to be nicer today than its been in quite a few. well hit above freezing today and tomorrow. well move in some snow showers i think we can get heavier snow for tuesday night. oh, here we go. reporter Microsoft Surface<\/a> 150 off today. oh, wow. reporter 150. witness also a lenovo tab 265. look for article with the top 10 president s day deals. your bonuses are there, savings are there. tomorrow how to turn your whole im ready. can i borrow 200 bucks. crime. yes, i am. next is the today show. thats hot. you step off. [laughter] most of us will be back have a good day. Good morning. Paying respects. The body of Supreme Court<\/a> Justice Antonin Scalia<\/a> arrived in virginia overnight. While the battle to who should fill his seat is already in full swing. We have a president. He was elected. He has the right to nominate another Supreme Court<\/a> stice. The lame duck president in an Election Year<\/a> is not going to be able to tip the balance of the Supreme Court<\/a>. This morning, the epic once in a generation fight over the direction of the court and the country. 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