The constitution and the law has been the cornerstone of my professional life. And its the hall mark of the kind of judge i have tried to be for the past 1 years. President obama praised judge garlands record saying he would bring a spirit of moved did he say see and integrity to the court. The president also made it clear the message said that republicans will send if they refuse him at a hearing. It will indicate a process for nominating and confirming judges that is beyond repair. It will mean everything is subject to the most partisan of politics, everything. And just minutes after the president s Announcement Senate majority leader doubled down of course, of course the American People should have a say in the courts direction. It is the president s constitutional right to nominate a Supreme Court justice and its the senates constitutional right to act as a check on a president and withhold its consent. Well according to a new poll people in northeast ohio want a nominee now. 59 of those asked want the senate to move ahead with hearings, 28 say leave the decision to the next president. We continue or Team Coverage of the Supreme Court nomination at 5 15 with a live report from washington on his pedigree and whats at stake. A wind advisory right now in hold onto something. Yeah, indeed. The winds blowing strongly out there. Cleveland, i77 through medina, Ashland Richland counties. Now, we did have a few showers earlier. They moved through Greater Cleveland, akron. Theyre gone. So were going to stay dry. Now, lets deal with the gusts. Look at the current gusts. Cleveland 40 Miles Per Hour, elyria 40 Miles Per Hour, a 35mile an hour wind gust currently in akron. Temperatures mild though. Weve got lower 60s in a lot of spots and we will stay mild through the evening. Watch the temperatures overnight tonight slowly falling into the lower 50s by 5 p. M. So leave the umbrellas at home. All and all not bad but youre going to need the winter coats coming up for the weekend. Turning to the primary election now in a recap Governor John Kasich won his home state . Republican primary beating donald trump by 12 percentage points. And Hillary Clinton had a victory here in ohio. As for the democratic primary for the u. S. Senate it wasnt even close former governor ted strictland won. And a surprise upset Cuyahoga County prosecutor of 24 years lost his seat to democrat hick challenger by 11 points and we are bringing you Team Coverage live on 5 following up on all of those major races this evening and right now we are kicking things off with our news channel 5 john. More than just campaigning at usual. Yeah, after graduating from ohio state john kasich as accepted to the Temple University law school. He didnt go. He choose a job working for a state senator. That law degree might come in handy going forward. As he took the stage last night his campaign was sending out a press release announcing the addition of four people to his National Strategy council. The first of the visors that would charged with the test of developing the behind the scenes strategy. Were talking about the selection of the delegates, three quarters get selected not by the candidate but by the parties and so thats going to be something to influence and of course going into the convention the rules can be changed by the gop right up until the day of and even into the convention itself. Fight was the reagan ford battle in 1976. Right now does not include blowing horns, waiving signs. One of the visors kasich brought in was the man who advised president ford that year. Kasich who was 24 at the time was not only there but through a series of events ended up involved with ronald reagan. I was there at the end when he said goodbye. I was in the room and saw grown men cry. Well, a conversation with last nights win kasich did not have to have last night with his staff there was to be one more Republican Debate on monday. Donald trump said he would not be there which prompted kasichs team to say he then would not be there either. So that debate now on hold. Well if donald trump is the the Democratic Party says it is ready. Theyre calling on Republican Leadership to embrace him. Trump still has a mathematical task of clinching the nomination outright. He would need 54 of the remaining delegates to reach that magic number and if he does the nation at committee already has a november. Were not going to make the same mistake that the other candidates made. Were ready for mr. Trump, hold him accountable for the daniel that hes doing as a candidate and what hes promising to do as president. If we see a brokered convention in cleveland its no guarantee for our governor. For his part ryan says he has no interest in running for president. Keep in mind he was all right and former governor ted strictland is hoping to turn the tied. After he easily won a threeway primary to face rob portman polls show the two even. A political scientist says the outcome of the president ial race may impact this Ohio Senate Race. Port man would benefit, and his race would be a lot tougher with trump as the nominee. Well, it was the biggest upset of yesterdays local elections. Tim mcginty lost his reelection to Michael Omally by nearly 18,000 votes. And we covered that race last night. The results surprise add lot of people. Right and thats including the candidates very early results had mcginty in the lead but i was sent a statement i think hes going to win. I think hell win. His supporters were confident at the poll and the the prosecutors campaign told me they were hoping for an early night. His challenger even started bracing for defeet. I think the community as a whole has benefitted from my campaign. But the tied turned against mcginty and he lost 44 to 56 . Political analyst told me the results can be traced directly to recent high profile officer involved shootings in cleveland as far as they were concerned he did wrong and he was punished at the polls. Protesters gathered outside his house after news of no indictment in the rice case last year. Hes in the pocket of the police. You wouldnt have had this he even had a point tee placed on his head and anger he tried to open the process of the grand jury. He tried to be very transparent but instead he wound up shooting himself in the foot. Reforming the way the Prosecutors Office handles police cases. No word on the specifics of that plan. Thank you. Meantime a federal judge is hearing arguments over changes to ohios voting laws. At issue several modifications to requirements for absentee ballots. The state says the challenged laws reasonable, and impose little burden on voters. Its a political stand off. And now the ball is the court of the senate gop. The Supreme Court nominee will go to congress to try and meet with lawmakers. We find out what happens when he arrives and battle next. Only news channel 5 was there for the dramatic end to a month long investigation into a major Drug Trafficking ring right here in our area. Our exclusive story at 5 30. And a new twist in Identity Theft. Find out who Authorities Say criminals working with to steal your money. And its bad enough getting sucker punched right there in the face but imagine if it happened right before your wedding day. Well show you how a local department stepped up to back to washington for a look on the Supreme Court nominee. The president promise today follow through. Moments after he introduced the judge the senate gop followed through to block any hearings for the nominee. Now, background. He once served as a clerk, worked in both the u. S. Justice department and in private practice and he has been on the short list for the Supreme Court opening for quite some time now and lets take you political response to this decision it was swift. Reporter yeah but in his announcement that democrats pulled this move in the past ended up having hearings. Likely the republicans will follow suit. Thats the president s hope. There are a couple of senators who indicate that they may break with party on this issue. So if a number of other senators follow suit it is possible that Republican Leadership could rethink there are position. All right. And the president said the judge is headed to the hill to meet with senators tomorrow. So what happens when he tries . Well he has already been working the phones reaching out calling the senators to schedule the meetings. One of the phone calls he had today with the Senate Majority leader who says he wishes him well but will not hold a meeting with him. He and said that we do expect a number of other republican senators will also refuse to hold meetings. There could also be political consequences for stalling on this nomination for the remainder of the president s term. Reporter there could be and that will largely depend on which direction Public Opinion goes on this issue. Both sides kernel working on that already. The Republican Party has already formed a task force to try to block the nominee. They will go after judge garlands record in any way that they can and use the issue to attack democrats who are facing election. Democrats also going to have a coordinate response trying to get Public Opinion on their side. All right. Thanks a bunch. Meantime the family of an inmate who died in the cuyahoga now suing the sheriff and metro Health Medical center. And the county and hospital neglected to provide medical care before the mans death. Thats right, she says her son robert sharp did not receive proper treatment after jail ingested drugs. Sharp died in march of last year after being full cardiac arrest. The medical examiner listed the cause of death as acute intoxication by the combined effects of heroin and two other drugs. The lawsuit claims the county and hospital failed to use adequate property calls by attending to inmates who are at risk of overdosing and the family is demanding his death be investigated. All right. Thank you. How that do holding up . Be blew in about the same time. And wow, the wind at your as long as as its a tail wind youre already. Weve seen gusts above 250 Miles Per Hour today. So were going to check out that. I want to show you first of all look at this, a beautiful sun set shaping up for Greater Cleveland and northeastern ohio. Weve got some sunshine, clouds bad. Now, the rain showers moved out of the area a little batch of thunder too, maybe even some small hail as those move through. Ive drawn this little box here freehand. This is more like all right this is where we could see a few isolated showers developing before 9 oclock and those would move towards akron and canton and youngstown, one or two or three of them, all right. I cant totally remove the threat for rain. The majority of you will be dry. Through 8 p. M. Wind advisory, counties in brown but dont worry Mother Nature does not obey county lines. So it not here indeed. Heres some of the highest wind gusts weve found look at ashtabula not in the advisory but a 51mile an hour wind gust this afternoon, 49 Miles Per Hour in cleveland, mid40s for lorain and akron and 41 for mansfield. Still current wind gusts right here 40 Miles Per Hour elyria and cleveland. If youre driving on the shore way you better hold onto your wheel with two hands indeed. Its going to be gusty out there. Look at the temperatures mild 62, medina, 63 akron, 60 in ashtabula and canton. Heres that wave moving through. Notice the clearing but again well watch for another isolated shower in this batch of clouds right here. The real cool air is back toward green bay and its going to take a couple more days to get here. And by friday flurries, a few snowflakes. Lets show you hour by hour thursday. Right now it looks pretty dry. Mainly sunny at 11 45, so lunchtime dry but near the lakeshore its going to be chilly, in the 40s. Inland lower 50s. Then well throw in an isolate rain shower by mid to Late Afternoon. So Saint Patricks day you know, wearing of the green, if you will, morning mid40s a few clouds staying cool. Well try and keep you dry for the afternoon right around midday and Late Afternoon well mention an isolated shower but look at this, 38, a sign of things to come. 45 overnight tonight. A few clouds breezy and cool. Still could see gusts around 30 miles an hour. Should begin to tame down after 8, 9 oclock tonight. Tomorrow mid and upper 50s, clouds some sun, maybe an 57 tomorrow. You like that dont you . Akron, canton, here we go tonight 41 tomorrow 57. We have that mention of an isolated rain shower. I dont want to show you the chill. The weekends going to be combed, all right. First day of spring we got a few flakes. Well do that when we come back next half hour. Dont you dare press that button. Next a woman is attacked by a man while out for a run and vowed never again. The wearable device she came up with to help her and other women protect themselves. And tonight at 6 only news channel 5 expose as Security Breach putting private medical records out there in the open, texas mother says a frightening encounter left her inspired. She invented a product to help women protect themselves against an attack. She developed boobie trap bras. They have a pocket in the front where a small knife or pepper she says her goal is to empower women in case theyre faced with a potential threat. It happened for me to move forward and im excited that i got away. It was not out of fear to live in fear it was to be prepared just in case. The bras sold online in a variety of sizes. Prices range from 49 to 55. A dramatic prison escape caught on camera like a scene out of the movies. The video was filmed by Prison Guards in canada back in 2013. The footage now coming to light during a trail of one of you can see the two men climb ago rope to get to the roof where a helicopter was waiting. It flew away but didnt get very far. The inmates were picked you up a few hours later. Next a story youre only going to see right here as the fbi makes its move on a local Drug Trafficking ring, what they found and what a Family Member said after five children were found inside that home. It was a major hook in landing the rnc for cleveland, still ahead on 5 we checked in on more than a dozen hotels set to open in time for the into in tonights top stories what John Kasich Ohio primary means in the gop race analysts agree his main accomplishment might be him being able to prevent trump from clinching the nomination. The Ohio Senate Race pits a former democratic governor. Democrats high hopes for strickland as republicans face a challenging election season. They are fighting to retain their majority in the u. S. Senate and to send is gop held seats in 7 states. And the Cuyahoga CountyProsecutors Office will have a new leader after the election. Challenger Michael Omalley defeated tim mcginty in the primary. There is no republican on the November Ballot so omalley will run uncontested. Now, several children taken from a home nearly a dozen adults arrested on federal drug charges and a Mexican Restaurant raided. News channel 5 broke that story today as the fbi and local you up a major Drug Trafficking operation. Reporter after months of investigating fbi agents and other Law Enforcement moved in on several locations including this Mexican Restaurant here in canton. News channel 5 was there when the alleged ringleader of a crystal meth operation was handcuffed and taken away. Before the sun was up federal agents were out their first target a home on lincoln way where a man was hauled away to face federal charges. He was the primary importer. Agents call crystal meth dangerous and addictive but agents told me that didnt stop him from having it shipped through the mail fed ex or ups but the fbi intercepted some of the packages. They conceal it, wrap it, mix it in with other items. Agents said his wife was also arrested. To a woman who owns a tanning salon right next store. A little scary, you know, it hope it doesnt affect the they just moved in probably a week ago most disturbing five children were removed from the home. Their emotional aunt picked them up. Do you know anything about a crystal meth operation . No, as far as i know ive never known that. I swear. Throughout the morning the raids continued including at a restaurant in canton. Potential money being stored there. Evidence of the Drug Trafficking organization were hoping to find there. They seize beside 100,000 at various spots along with 8 guns and with 11 people now facing charges the fbi believes its put a dent in the crystal meth business. Certainly and recovery he was for a car that plunged into the rising level and strong current make it unsafe for divers. It caused a massive pile up last night preventing some peo