i'm chris flanagan, lee. >>> right now police are still looking for the person who stole an suv from a gas station with a three-year-old girl still in the backseat. it happened when her uncle left newschannel 5 obtained this exclusive video from the gas greer leave the car to go inside and that's when this man in a white t-shirt moves off and fortunately that girl was half hour. a driver spotted her walking through the snow in the middle of broadway. paramedics checked her out and took her to dinner. she was reunited with her mother. the man is charged about child endangerment and his car is missing. police are trying to check down if you see it call police. >>> on the second stop to the road to white house voters had their distinguished role in going first. >> who they want to represent in the 2016 presidential race the new hampshire primary. our john kosic spent all morning riding along with governor kaisch and we have a look at the rest of the candidates. marcy. >> frank andlee, a lot of excitement and a couple of hours left before the results start coming in. >> reporter: the pol

chris flanagan is breaking it all down. >> yeah lee, that's right. just hours ago jones appeared in court on charges including the murder of a police officer. according to wbns-tv jones pleaded not g. additional charges also filed against him for another case. investigators say that last month jones shot and killed danville police officer thomas catrell. shortly before the shooting jones' ex-girlfriend warned police that jones was looking to, "kill a cop." >>> we have brand new information on the two felons who are awol from a cleveland correctional facility. officials at the house just addressed that escape. the oriana house operates the lavell tucker and jeffers escaped. it's believed the pair snuck that pool ball in to the dorms of the common area. it's not a jail or prison, but secured. the felons can go out in to the community after being there for 30 days. many more jobs outside the facility. now during sentencing they are often given a choice by a judge to enroll here or go to jail. >> these are treated like probation violations, so the court,

chris flanagan is here with the just released numbers. chris. >> reporter: the testing system many have complained the testing system is flawed and not a fair portrayal of their school's performance. significant was the number of schools that earned scores for perfect performance. got c's. cleveland schools receiving a d, akron also earning a d, parma got a c, mentor c as well, and lorain earned a d. the good news, district students and teachers are all exempt from consequences tied to scores on these cards as ohio transitions to new standards and tests throughout the school year. >> miami university says it's wrapping up pledging early this year while investigators look into complains of hazing. there are 21 complaints so far from more than a dozen fraternities and sororities all the complaints are connected to the initiation process. it's all pledging. so far there have been no official suspensions. >>> meantime today education officials from across the state join national experts at a summit to come one solutions to sex assaults on clo

flanagan is at the live desk with the razor thin results. >> 49.8% victory for hillary clinton to 49.6 bernie sanders success. even though he didn't win the number game sanders considers himself a victor in iowa. the fact that the race was so tight when clinton was front-runner proves he can shake things up in the upcoming primaries. >> this campaign has a very forceful way starting way back and coming to a virtual tie and we will fight here in new hampshire and look forward to winning here. >> less than one percent went to martin o'maley that dropped out of the race following his poor showing in iowa. the republican race in iowa may have come as a surprise certainly to donald trump at least. hours after promising a victory. donald trump learned he came in second to texas senator ted cruz and above marco rubio. cruz 28% and donald trump at 24 and rubio with 23. the first place finish proving that cruz has a powerful grass roots movement and strong reports from evangelical. >> it is breath taking to see what happen when is so many americans stand up and decide that they are fed up with

. >> chris flanagan joins us in the newsroom with the new developments. >> frank, lee that crash, the video shows what happened after the crash. we're seeing for the first time strangers jumping in the water to help out. here is the chopper plunging into the water. it happened feet from shore. you can see witnesses diving into that murky water to rescue that family, plus the pilot. one by one they all did surface from the water. but a 15-year-old boy could not free himself from his seatbelt. he remains in critical condition. one of the rescuers says it was a pretty harrowing order daily. >> we were able to slightly cut through, and it took a long time, six or seven minutes. >> the helicopter, a single engine five-seat aircraft was built in 1979. the tour company not commenting on the crash. ntsb investigators are on scene right now. the navy is actually helping in the recovery process. frank, lee. >> all right, thank you, chris. >>> our own governor has gone viral. >> the press ramping up for governor kasich's white house bid. now a tender moment with one of his supporters that brough

chris flanagan is live in the newsroom with new information about the president's historic visit. >> president obama is going to visit cuba. he and the first lady will be there on march 21 and march 22 in what is a major milestone for cuban american relations. the agreement comes six months after that historic handshake and six months art american embassy reopened in havanna. travel restrictions to that country have been eased since. >> given the choice between going in december when, frankly, it would just kind of be a vacation down to cuba, or going now and trying to get some business done, we believe >> the white house says that president obama will interact with members of the cuban, quote, civil society. that's a reference to activists that advocate for social causes. he says he could only travel to cuba if he could speak to groups that oppose the government. he will visit raul castro, not fidel castro. and the last u.s. president to visit cuba is calvin coolidge. >>> she is in a tough fight for the nomination, but signs that hillary clinton will clinch the democratic nomination

live in the news ram, chris flanagan. frank. >>> and if you are registered to vote already or not today is your last chance to get that form to the post office and early voting begins tomorrow. if you are new to the privilege of casting a ballot there is changes. same day voting registration is done. if you want to cast an absentee ballot you will have 28 days. that window begins tomorrow. the change eliminated the so- called golden week when people could register and cast a ballot at the same time. involves early voting hours. an agreement expanded in the weekday hours until 7:00 p.m. during the 4th week of early voting in the primary. in november early voters will get one extra sunday during the 3rd week of early voting. and finally a law passed in 2014 restricted who could mail applications and when. now, only the secretary of state can send such applications for general elections and only if the legislature directs the money for it. lee. >>> developing. a touching tribute to a fallen supreme court justice. as the poli

chris flanagan is at the desk with the information. >> reporter: the judge says she changed her mind after speaking with scalia's doctor confirming that the justice had a history of heart disease. the 79-year-old scalia visited that doctor in washington d.c. two days in a row before going scalia died in his sleep at a resort ranch. the judge says that medical history and the lack of any signs of foul played meant the justice died of natural causes and no autopsy would be necessary. write national causes heart attack. scalia's family objected to an autopsy says it was unnecessary. >>> and the passing of justice scalia has set into motion a political battle in washington. our leon bibb has more. lawmakers did not waste anytime floating the gauntlet. >> reporter: with the vacancy coming in the stakes are high. all three branches of the government are up for grabs. senate, republicans did not waste anytime suggesting that president obama should not in their estimation waste his time. majority leader mitch mcconnell says the senate won consider any nominees submitted by the lame duck pres

. >>> and another candidate chris flanagan has more with the race on the white house. >> we learned that jim gilmor has ended his long shot campaign for president and meanwhile our governor john kaisch is taking his message to south carolina air waves releasing two ads center oned his goals and one hundred days if elected president. the owner of home depot is now >>> i don't know. i know there is people interested and the events are bigger and the people are interested. and we will see. >>> and even more good news for his campaign, they are announcing today that it had bringing in more than $900,000 online. donald trump, the only republican candidate not in south carolina today. bernie sanders and hillary clinton meet again tonight at a dinner in minnesota. lee. >>> with our governor becoming a stronger contender, john kaisch is becoming a target. political ads have not made their way here but it is soon. class harder. >> our editor read and there's a $1.5 billion increase. but governor kaisch plans cut income taxes by .188 billion during the same two years. and an economist said to keep

flanagan is live in the newsroom with information. >> no longer undisputed democratic front runner. tonight's debate in milwaukee could help hillary clinton get back on track. despite her new hampshire a key endorsement today the black caucus political action committee will back her bid for the white house. clinton receiving 90% in the vote by the board. bernie sanders did not receive any votes. >> clinton's rival took his campaign to hard lam tuesday. the challenge for banders will be capturing the african-american vote. that's a key piece of electorate in south carolina. month. >>> still ahead, all the new at 5:00, good chance you saw gravitational waves on your meter today. forward. >>> the standoff is over. we have charges being filed oregon. >>> cold in my world of weather today. bold and angry by the lake. by the way, no lifeguard on duty. i don't blame him or her. >> this is what squalls mean. localized areas of heavy snow. they can be a few miles wide. this is via twitter. this is dover, new philadelphia via grant willis. sunset, beautiful there. we've had over a foot of sno

live in the newsroom, chris flanagan. back to lee and frank. >>> former president bill clinton and daughter chelsea are hitting the road. mr. clinton is hosting a get out the vote event in cincinnati on friday. chelsea will be in cleveland on monday encouraging supporters to vote in ohio's primary. >>> ohio voters head to the polls march 15th but the deadline to register to vote is next week. if you moved, got married, or have until next tuesday to get a new registration form mailed to you from your local board of elections. >>> new developments now on 5. a john carroll university employee has been indicted on grand theft charges in connection with a jewel heist. the 36-year-old is accused of stealing seven sapphires from the cleveland museum of natural history. he pleaded not guilty. they were worth more than $80,000. they have not been recovered. >>> environmental officials just issued another violation to sebring in connection with the village's contaminated tap water. the epa says sebring officials fade to communicate

chris flanagan is like with information. >>> two of the convicts are captured saturday morning after a man in san francisco alerted police officers that he saw the stolen van they were using. we have the video of the two men being taken to jail. early sunday morning. the other fugitive 43-year-old back tan wong was taken to custody friday morning in sanna anta near la after he asked a worker to call the police. we received the 911 call. take a listen. >>> santa ana police. 911. >> hi. i'm calling about buck wong. he wants to turn himself. he is scared and he asked me to call. >> he is not armed or anything. he just wants to turn himself in. >> that's okay. tell him not to be afraid. we appreciate that he is i need him to understand that i have a lot of police officers on the way. and i need him when he sees them, i will need him probably to keep his hands up. >> and the day before wong turned himself in the jail's english teacher was arrested. she may have helped them by giving them a google map. one of the fugitives took her english class even though he spoke given was a tip-off. >>