>> jeff: all right, dan, we have seen a wave of snow come through this afternoon. most of it light and mainly affecting areas south and east as this little disturbance comes through. let's go to ford first alert doppler radar and can you see what we are talking about here. doesn't look like we have much left out over the lake and a few light snow showers early this evening steadier stuff through akron and wayne county and approaching canton. look at this over downtown seeing some breaks. that's not a big thing leading to cold temperatures with the clearing sky and light wind and sunshine and light wind tomorrow and much warmer on friday. winds. 28 in cleveland and down to 25 in ashtabula. dropping into the single digits here tonight. i will have more on that warm up coming up at about 5:19. dan, over to you. >> dan: looking forward to it. up the heater in their homes. >> denise: if your home is not in top shape you could be putting your family at risk for carbon monoxide poisoning. >> dan: last night in east cleveland 13 children and 2 adults were rushed to the hospital after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide. the victims were lethargic and not unconscious. five of the children were later treatment. >> denise: right now, the tenants are pointing the finger at the landlord in this case saying he is to blame. property owner today. we will have that part of the story coming up tonight at 6:00. >> dan: and we have questions that you need the answers to part of our cle curious program. we want to really know what are some of the questions you have. and many of the people have the same questions. we have been looking at this, really, the basics. let's get this right here. the first question is what do you do if your co2 goes off this looks big and we will talk about it. first of all, turn off your appliances where the combustion comes from from co and call a qualified technician and the exact moment it happens open up windows and doors to get fresh air in there. the next question we want to get to, how long does it take for co to dissipate. that question is not real easy to answer except for the fact we can tell you carbon monoxide is slightly lighter than air t. will dissipate if appliances are off and you get windows and doors open and it depends how big your home is. let's get to one last question. do furnace repair technicians, people have to be licensed? it appears to be one of the cleveland. first of all, everyone must hold heating ventilation work in ohio. denise? >> denise: so important. thanks, dan. now at 5:00 charges filed against the man accused of murdering his teenage girlfriend. police tell us crystal shaver was shot inside her boyfriend's cove drive condo yesterday. jeff grenier called 911 after the shooting. he is now charged with murder and is expected to be in court tomorrow. and a hospital security guard is expected to make a full recovery after being stabbed multiple times by a patient. denise zarrella spent the day in akron digging deeper into how something like this could happen in the first place. denise, talk about a close call for that guard. >> reporter: it really was and fortunate to hear he is expected to be okay. we just found out osha is opening up their own investigation into exactly what happened here. the workplace safety aspect of this. a man with mental problems being transferred to this facility had two knives on him. we are told that information wasn't being released yet. this was the scene last night at saint thomas hospital not long after police say a 33-year-old mental patient stabbed an unarmed security guard. police say 33-year-old andrew wallace was transported from akron general hospital to the psyche ward here when the attack happened. police say wallace had two knives on him and not saying how he got them. 54-year-old art bell cher , jr. was stabbed in the neck and stomach and rushed to akron general hospital. a suma health person spokesperson said they would not do on-camera interviews but released a statement "we are pleased to report officer belcher is in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery. suma health is conducting a full the statement said the family of belcher extends their warmest thanks to all and asks for privacy. >> akron police were not doing on-cameras interviews either. wallace was homeless and arrest odd the spot and charged with felonious assault and ended up spending the night in jail instead of the hospital. >> and wallace will appear in akron municipal court tomorrow and formally charged with felonious assault and for now, he is in the summit county jail on $100,000 bond. reporting live in front of saint thomas hospital, denise zarrella, cleveland 19. >> thank you, denise. >> dan: breaking news following an internal review of the ohio e.p.a. they have fired two employees and demoted another due to the water crisis in sebring. employees failed to ensure data was given to the field office to help conduct their review. the levels of lead in the drinking water in the mahoning community and a manager in the northeast district office will be demoted for not raising the issue to management and test results from 15 sabering homes show lead levels are below acceptable levels. we have new details on flint, michigan drinking water and a report finds people who live there paid the highest residential water rates in the u.s. last year. the food and water watch group checked 500 of the largest water systems in the country and found flint residents paid 864 a year for water service, nearly double the national average and they still had to deal with the lead problem. >> denise: incredible. >> pope francis is showing support for migrants on his last day in mexico celebrating mass in a mexican border town where many mexicans risked their lives trying to enter the united adrianna diaz has the latest from jaurez, mexico. >> reporter: pope francis was fist to visit across from el paso, texas. the pope met with prisoners and later celebrates mass before 200,000, 50 yards from the u.s. border. people started pouring in before dawn to get a good spot. some came on foot from texas. more than 50,000 people crossed this border between el paso and jaurez every day. some want to see the pope and won't risk leaving the u.s >> i would love to be there with my fellow mexicans says there devout catholic. she can't. she is undocumented and lived in el paso, texas for 26 years and asked us not to use her name. my kids and i feel all alone here, she said. her husband was deported 13 years ago and haven't seen each two and a half miles away in jaurez. she cried speaking about her divided family. >> does the pope's visit give you help? >> yes, she said. above all else, i have my faith. some american-born children of undocumented immigrants are crossing the border on their own to see the pope. this little boy's sign says he wants to be a priest. >> reporter: adrianna diaz, jaurez. >> denise: and the pope is headed to the vatican after that mass in jaurez. >> dan: early voting starts today for the ohio primary officially march 15th. can you either go to your board of elections or request a ballot application on the board of elections web site and can you get those applications at your local public library. those low oil prices might be here for awhile. they agreed to freeze oil production at january levels but countries did it as well. iran does not agree saying the economic sanctions were just lifted and it is looking to boost production and not cut back. earlier today, word of the possible deal sent stock markets higher. the dow gained 222 points at one point. the nasdaq jumped 98 closing up 257 points. that is a good day for the market. >> denise: absolutely. >> dan: coming up next on cleveland 19 news is ikea scrapping plans for you shopping in ohio. and an investigation into back taxes owed by brook park finance director. apple refusing to help the f.b.i. in a terror investigation. we have a special guest joining us in studio to talk about why apple won't comply. a live look at traffic now. look at that. >> sunshine and smooth sailing on our local highways. expecting loved ones home. check out the latest traffic conditions by downloading our cleveland 19 news app and >> denise: your dreams of shopping at an ikea store down the street are on hold now. the swedish furniture company scrapped plans to build in brooklyn. ikea says the 16-acre site isn't right for them. they are not giving up on northeast ohio currently. are in pittsburgh, canton, michigan and near cincinnati. quick reaction to a cleveland 19 investigation into back taxes owed by a brook park city councilwoman. >> the debate spilled over to the floor of the city council meeting tuesday night and people in brook park calling for her resignation. paul orlousky is following that debate. >> channel 2 uncovered behavior relating to the. >> and questioning the appointment of julie mccormick to head up the city council finance committee despite income and property taxes. >> this negligent behavior acceptable for someone who is a chairperson of a finance committee that oversees $20 million. >> reporter: we found records that shows mccormick didn't pay traffic tickets and had her license forfeited last june and no evidence she drove. drove to a recent council meeting and due in court in march over unpaid city income taxes and then her property taxes. we reported she owed over $6,500 in back property taxes and questioned her about it. >> we are on a payment plan. it is being taken care of. >> reporter: since the report two weeks ago on-line records show the amount owed has gone up by $400 and no progress is being made on the debt. >> will you see she has made no consistent payments of the property tax and has been assessed a penalty in every half. >> my personal finances, that really has nothing to do with anything here. it shouldn't be brought up. >> you said you wanted what was best for the city of brook park. if that is true, then you will make the right decision for the city and will you step down from your position in council effective immediately. >> reporter: it is ironic at a meeting where she introduced legislation encouraging the public to speak they did. paul orlousky, cleveland 19. tech giant apple to help the f.b.i. unlock a cell phone owned by one of the people responsible for the san bernardino terror attack. the f.b.i. said it tried to unlock the phone themselves for two months without success. the judge's order requires apple to disable a feature that wipes the phone's data after 10 incorrect pass words. that would lift the f.b.i -- that would let them try millions of password combinations without threatening data on the phone. right now apple is refusing to help. >> denise: you think it is simple but dr. brian krupp is a professor at bw and joining us to talk about why apple will not comply. it seems simple to us like the rest of the world. here is the phone and give them the data. it doesn't work that way? >> no. encryption standard that apple applies to this product is made so there is not a back door. it up, it is hard to go back. >> dan: hard to go back for the government, for apple? or anybody can jump in the back door and get any information? >> hard to go back in from policy. once we open this up and how do you say we will take that method away and what if it gets in the wrong hands for malicious intent. >> denise: so you are saying hackers will most likely get ahold of it and do more damage potentially. >> absolutely. we have seen this movie play out before. the information from the government falls into the wrong hands and that can be exploited by malicious users. >> dan: is this apple's attempt at being ethical and saying they want to protect all apple users or is it the hacker thing. >> i think that's part of it from a ethics standpoint and the other thing not to miss out on this, this is apple's brand. they don't put back doors into the products. once they do this, you have to think from a business standpoint what impact it has. >> going forward do you think this could potentially end up changing the industry? will the government come down with new regulations to change the products in the future. >> it's definitely an interesting point to see what happens in this space. if apple does put in a back door and government agencies access the data you would think other companies would fall in line and do the same. it is really an important part in this realm. >> and i am seeing on social media as people talk about this, it is backlash and apple taking a beating saying this is a terrorist investigation and you should absolutely help them. >> right. that's part of the issue. it is not just a small crime. it is a terrorist act that that data and the public opinion will sway towards that. >> all right. hopefully, in this case it would possibly prevent future attacks. so much more to it. thank you for your time, sir. >> thank you, brian. >> jeff: you will get a sense of the drier air especially along the lakeshore. we have sunshine in downtown cleveland and still leftover mainly light snow showers here rolling through geauga, ashtabula county and across the akron-canton area and see this in the next couple of hours and dry the rest of the night. >> clouds will break up with the drier air. that's not such a good thing. it will lead to pretty cold night around here dropping in the single digits. you can see we are at 28 and 30s to the west and 50s in missouri. that's the warmer air coming in on friday. and we are down to 9 degrees in cleveland akron-canton, you are falling to 8 degrees. tomorrow, though, sunny to partly cloudy and 33. that's still pretty chilly and tomorrow night we will warm in temperature. check this out. 33 tomorrow. just like that we warm in the 50s on friday but it will come with strong winds. i am expecting wind gusts over 40 miles an hour. not a lot of rain friday. saturday is looking dry and 50. this is the morning high. temperatures could drop during the afternoon and not that much. next system on sunday and that's going to bring us some rain. so alert for friday. and that's going to be because of the winds here. 40mile-an-hour gusts out of the south and sprinkles in the afternoon and look at that. we will start the snow melt warming to 55 degrees and friday night we drop to 47. windy day on saturday and then but there you go. we are falling into the 40s saturday night 40 and thin sunday an alert for rain. 49 will be the high on sunday and then it will turn colder next week. 36 monday and 44 tuesday and we will have to watch an east coast storm wednesday, thursday time frame. we may be impacted by that or could stay to the east of us. we will have to see. >> dan: 55 may be warm enough to have people playing hooky on friday. >> denise: i bet the of two will you go golfing. >> dan: we will be at work. >> denise: if the snow melts fast enough. that daily starbucks habit may be worse for you than you the new study found some flavored coffee drinks contain more sugar than a can of soda, as much as 25-teaspoons per drink. that's three times more sugar than one can of pop and more than three times the maximum adult daily intake recommended by the american heart association. starbucks says it has committed to reduce the added sugar in its indulgent drinks by 25% by the end of 2020. some just taste like pure sugar. >> denise: i'm fine. i get my pike and my cream. that's it. you know? >> dan: there you go. just coffee and a little bit of cream. up next we will go live to south carolina ahead of tonight's republican town hall. >> denise: and the candidates will be answering questions directly from voters. plus should toddlers be screened for autism? why one local doctor disagrees no. >> all right. feazel roof camera west sunset time 6:03. watch out for the sun glare in spots. that's an issue. >> denise: should toddlers be screened for autism? a national panel of primary care experts says no. one local doctor disagrees with this finding. we will tell you why coming up. >> dan: time to talk politics. voters in south carolina are running out of time to make up their decision, to make up their minds in the republican presidential primary which is saturday, and then democrats a week later. >> denise: over the next two nights they will get a chance to hear from the republican candidates directly. ryan nobles is live in tonight's town hall. >> reporter: hey, dan and denise, tonight we will hear from marco rubio, ted cruz and ben carson in tonight's cnn town hall. they will answer questions directly from voters. and it comes at a time when this race in south carolina is getting ugly. the war of words is ramping up. >> i think a great many south carolinians are concerned that donald trump is not prepared to be commander in chief. in a state known for being respectful two candidates on stage wednesday night are no longer a holding back. >> i have been saying for awhile ted will do and say anything to get reelected. >> reporter: marco rubio and ted cruz spent the day hammering each other and what appears to be a fight for second place. polls show donald trump with a wide lead and the frontrunner is spending his time trying to run up the score. >> i have been in business and than cruz. i have never dealt with anybody who lied so much. >> trump is ahead by a lot. there's a pretty big pool of voters who say they will never support him. as a result, cruz and rubio are accusing each other of being like trump. >> that is a result of the fact that both campaigns, the only thing they can do is engage in insults and attacks. >> the cruz and rubio will be battling the stage and they will spend quite a bit of time talking about each other. >> what we have seen in the last few weeks is disturbing and i can't say i have paid that much attention to it. >> in this race it is apparent. >> a fierce battle, something south carolina voters will have to navigate before making a final decision. as we mentioned, tonight cruz, rubio and carson. and tomorrow night down the road trump leading in the polls and cnn starts at 8:00. dan and denise? >> we have to sit back and laugh back and forth tearing apart each candidate and trump and cruise threatening. i will sue you. >> and people think it is childish. a cease and desist letter went out today and explain what happens and where this goes now. >> yeah. you are right, dan. this is kind of the back and forth insider baseball fodder that the average voter doesn't care for. at the core of this issue there's an ad playing in south carolina which attacks donald trump's position on abortion and shows a clip from him on meet the press from quite a long time ago talking about being very pro choice and donald trump claims ted cruz is not giving voters an accurate assessment of where he stands on abortion and sent this letter telling them to take the i am not taking the ad off the air and sue us. we will have to wait and see and it did result in donald trump sending another statement in which he said i may sue you over your canadian birthplace only time will ted, teddy and that's the language in south carolina. >> always interesting with the two. all right. we finally heard from south carolina governor nikki haley and popular in south carolina and finally endorsed marco rubio. how much will that help him? will it give them the boost they need because she is behind in the polls. >> it will be interesting denise and to dan's point with the back and forth over lawsuits and who said what may not matter all that much to voters and this is tanning and i believe wrap their hands around. niki haley, some polls show she has 80% support of republicans the endorsement quite awhile and not only will she put her support behind marco rubio she will go on the campaign trail with him and encourage republicans to vote for him. let's be honest, we are talking about the battle for second place. polls show donald trump with a wide lead. if marco rubio can eclipse ted cruz and come in second, that could be a big boost for his campaign going forward and reshape the conversation going forward about which of these republicans is the best alternative to donald trump going forward. >> dan: maybe a little strategy by governor haley holding onto the endorsement mentioned as a possible vp candidate. >> reporter: i think regardless who she endorsed, many people view her as a strong potential pick for the second slot on the ticket. you know, from what everyone is saying she weighed this decision up until the last minute and got a personal pitch from george w. campaign earlier in the week and it is clear she wants to get behind the winner and she thinks it is marco rubio. >> denise: all right. we will check back with you soon. >> john kasich will make his return tonight. the ohio governor is tote to appear on the late show with stephen colbert. he was on the show in november when colbert grilled the governor on marijuana legalization. you can catch the late show after cleveland 19 news at 11:00 here on cbs 19. >> standing on your box there. >> denise: i am standing on the box there and compared to mr. 6'4" and i have 3-inch heels on. you are a tall man and handsome man as you all tell us. >> jeff: thank you very much, i appreciate it. >> and most loved man giving us 55 degrees on friday. >> jeff: it will melt a lot of snow. you can get back on your bike. we have leftover light snow south and east of cleveland. this is not adding up to much, that disturbance that came through. other spots we are seeing the sunshine now in cleveland. but look, it is pretty cold 25 ashtabula, 28 cleveland and we still have 35 in dover new philly and clouds breaking up. actually, the city skyline will look a lot like this one tonight. still leftover light snow at 7:00 and looks like it is moving out. mostly cloudy at 9:00 and partly cloudy and 16. single digit temperatures for a lot of spots outside of the city limits. and there you see clouds breaking up in downtown cleveland. very cold tonight and the sun will shine tomorrow after the cold start and much, much warmer on friday. it will come with strong winds. this is the next alert day for winds out of the south over 40 miles an hour and that's what will get the temperature up. during the afternoon and we will get ready for a pretty warm weekend as well. sunny to partly cloudy and chilly tomorrow and 33 the temperature. sunny to partly cloudy akron-canton and only around 30 during the afternoon. here is a look at the planner tomorrow. 10 degrees at 7:00 a.m. that's a cold start. but sunshine at lunch. 27 and clouds start to come in and 30 at 5:00 tomorrow and warm tomorrow night and there's 55 on friday. but with windy conditions. i are have more on the 7-day forecast over the weekend coming up. dan, over to you. >> on tuesday, the u.s. preventive service task force issued their recommendation statement for universal autism screening for toddlers and the task force found little harm in screening all toddlers and stopped short of recommending universal screening that more research needs to be done. clinic says there's a benefit to screening all children at a young age. >> we know early intervention can be extremely important for young children and maximize development and growth and minimize the impact of autism symptoms and if we can identify children earlier while brains are growing and developing rapidly we have a better chance to make a difference in their lives and future. >> dr. frazier says autism isn't rare anymore with approximately 2% of the population diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. screening involves a short questionnaire filled out by parents regarding their parents social behaviors and the task force is concerned about the possibility of too much screening or false-positives. >> dr. frazier says in his experience kids who are screened early, even if they are not diagnosed with autism can be diagnosed with other disorders behavioral disorders or anxiety. simple things like buying groceries can be a struggle for parents of a special needs child. every family has to grocery shop. it is something we have to do several times a week. if you have a child with a disability that really does make the every day trip to the store very difficult. one retailer is coming to the rescue with special carts designed to make shopping >> dan: shopping can be a real struggle for parents and caregivers of special needs children. >> denise: help is on the way. target is rolling out a new type of shopping cart in stores nationwide next month. >> dan: reporter christine is in a target in northridge, california one of the first stores to get the new carts. >> come on. let's go. >> reporter: for darleen, a quick trip to the store can be stressful when she is with her daughter bella. >> first sit down and then cookies. >> bella has downs and autism. >> and 60-pound 8-year-old bella outgrew the cart and the back of the cart isn't functional either. >> she would try to throw everything off the cart and out and she would try to climb out. >> it didn't make for an enjoy able or successful shopping >> i got used to it. >> a retailer, a favorite among moms, target is telling special needs family, you don't have to make do. stores nationwide will carry caroline's cart, a shopping cart designed for those with special needs. @>> many kids can step into caroline's cart on their own and those who ride a wheelchair can be in it so parents don't have to maneuver a wheelchair and cart. caroline calls it a game changer for special needs family. >> she likes it. she likes to be in view of everything. >> reporter: carts will be in all stores by march 19th. this northridge target has been testing theirs for months now. >> rodrigo who says shopping with bella can be enjoyable and hopes more retailers follow target's lead. >> i can finally bring bella with me everywhere. doesn't like to stay home. this is a great way to include families with special needs. >> isn't that fantastic. caroline's cart is the brainchild of an alabama mother of three. it is named after caroline with special needs. her mother came up with the idea after struggling to maneuver a wheelchair and traditional grocery cart at the same time. >> i had my 2-year-old son with me. i had caroline in her wheelchair and i remember her so desperately struggling. a 2-year-old and shopping cart and i thought there's a huge gap in the market. and i thought what would help me and i sat down and jotted out on paper and pencil a design of a shopping cart that not only would benefit caroline but many children as well. her favorite feature is caroline's cart can turn to a dime even loaded with groceries. because the cart holds up to 250 pounds it is not just made for children special needs adults and elderly are able to take advantage on that very special cart. >> dan: that's one of the things simple and way past due. >> absolutely. >> you think of all the moms out there just like her struggling. it is a great invention. >> still ahead, local elementary school doing something special for our troops. >> romona: coming up at 6:00, 15 people rushed to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning. we tracked down the landlord to get some answers. what you need to do to protect yourself from this silent danger. disappointing news for people who wanted a local ikea. >> denise: did you know today is random acts of kindness across the u.s. >> dan: nothing random about students at valley vista in north royalton have done for our troops? shanice dunning has the story. >> reporter: inside valley vista north royalton students are hard at work packing up items they brought in for the troops. they have their work cut out for them. in just a few weeks, the school with 415 students brought in half a ton of canned food, toiletries, snacks and other items for troops overseas. >> each package is filled and finished off with hand made cards. >> i wrote thank you for serving. you know, it means a lot to everyone. >> and paper hooks based off this children's book. >> so this story is about a boy makes a paper hug for him. >> the liaison will heap to get supplies to the troops in iraq. he says military commanders have told him the cards mean more than the students may ever know. >> and they carry them in their backpacks wherever theyingly valley vista makes a point to support the military every year and this time they have learned a good lesson on giving. >> it is really nice to see we are helping our troops that are helping us and saving us. >> in north royalton shanice dunning, cleveland 19. out of the mouths of babes. smart kids. our view of the day from jennifer morrison in lewisville. temperatures will be warming up later this week, we are still nowhere near pool weather. >> don't be so sure. you could take a jump in there. >> okay. >> i will watch you guys. go ahead. we'll call jennifer and they will be over friday to take a dip. >> have a margarita ready. >> jeff: all right. let's look at the 7-day forecast and let's talk about the warm up. >> not tomorrow, though. it will be chilly and a cold start and very cold start to the day. single digits to 10:00 because the sky is clearing. mostly sunny tomorrow and 33. it will be warmer tonight. and temperatures holding steady if not going up a few notches throughout the night. >> very windy friday, 55. and well, there you have it with over 40mile-an-hour gusts, though. you could see sprinkles during the afternoon. i have an alert for the wind that we will be seeing. >> and over the weekend, 50 degrees on saturday. but it will be the morning high temperatures dropping in the 40s. saturday night warm 40 and alert sunday for the next system. rain on sunday. snow melt friday through sunday and it turns colder monday 36 and above average tuesday and 44. we will have to watch an east coast storm wednesday. how will it effect us if at all? we'll keep an update on that as well with the first alert weather app and 10 day forecast and make sure you customize it to your neighborhood. dan? >> you may remember last week we told you about the 200,000 swag bags. now it's time for "the buzz" sponsored by national carpet mill outlet. in "the buzz" a lawsuit filed over those pricey oscar swag bags. >> denise: news of a hollywood death known as patriarch of punky brewster. actor george gains died at the age of 98. he had a long acting career and stints on hawaii 5-0 quincy and general hospital. the grammys paid off for performers in more ways than one. lionel richie spotify rose over 100% following an all-star tribute to his music and three-time alabama shakes spotify streams went up 89%. >> denise: fantastic. the academy is going to court over those $1,200,000 unauthorized oscar gift bags. the pricey prize packs were pretty over the top including a vampire breast lift, marijuana vaporizer and $250 worth of toilet paper. the academy says the questionable gifts are giving the awards bad media coverage and infringing on their trademark. >> a perfect way to fix this. just give me the bags. i'll take them. >> denise: woo think they have >> dan: ridiculous. >> denise: a local high school going high-tech with robot teachers. >> mark: now at 6:00 we head to brooklyn and find out what it means now that ikea will not set up shop there jeff? >> jeff: snow moving out, clouds breaking up equaling a very cold night. high drama at the hospital. how a guardented up getting stabbed in akron. live from cleveland's newscenter, cleveland 19 news starts now. 15 people rushed to the hospital as carbon monoxide filled their home. >> she was so panicky trying to get the little ones out of the house. >> today we ask tough questions about what happened here and victim to the silent danger in your home. >> mark: 9 of 15 victims are out of the hospital now. >> romona: a mother is still being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning and 5 children at a special medical facility in pittsburgh. family members tell us 15 children and two sisters live in this east cleveland home and the furnace broke a week ago and the landlord sent someone to make repairs yesterday. >> the question is, who is the landlord and did he send a repairman to the hospital. >> they were sleeping and waking up. some was crying and in pain. some of them was just walking around just dizzy. >> we are told that was the scene last night inside this home in east cleveland. the family who lives here tells us the furnace was broken. someone came to fix it and everyone who lived here, two