>> and the branch came right through the roof in between all three of them. >> reporter: the trees on homes, cars, powerlines. it is something that people are dealing with all across greater cleveland as we'll check out the damage at two homes that were cut in half. another day and another round of storms as we continue to track activity across northeast ohio. right now we're keeping tabs on the flash flood watch across several counties in our area. it won't be lifted for days. >> reporter: well that's the hear, of course, after a week full of powerful thunderstorms that have brought down giant trees. some of them hundreds of years old. and they knocked out power to thousands. let's kick off the live team coverage with meteorologist tara blake and a deeper look at the flash flood watches. >> currently no severe weather in place or flash flood watch will begin saturday afternoon. but dark ominous clouds, you're in the counties sitting just outside of worcester will be some strong showers and

power of 5:00 and show you the heaviest rainfall rates upwards of two inches per hour. that's torrential rainfall. that's certainly going to be impacting any of those evening plans. right now headed towards shreve is a one-hour funk. you're seeing heavier rain as they head towards worcester, smithville, and orville. continuing on watching eerie county. good news over cedar point, starting to really find much lighter rain in place and about half of an inch per hour. ruggle beach is seeing an increase of moderate rain. but this is continuing to move over the lake and away from home. though toledo, you have an increase. we're not seeing that in our viewing area, but the showers and thunderstorms are packing a punch here as they march east over elmore. fremont will be next. this may just skirt the

to the north and east, so a lot of this energy is back and over lake erie rather than on top of us. but keeping a close eye on the storms as they continue to fire with the day's heating and your lake breeze. remember though this weekend, showers and thunderstorms will be widespread. that's what we have your flash flood watch three to five inches localized flooding is expected here tonight. it's going to be a bit more scattered in nature as temperatures are in the 80s. but we will keep you they impact the evening plans. guys? and now all new at 5:00 as we would race for the next round. the clean up is still happening after the powerful storms slammed us yesterday, leaving a trail of damage. paul kiska is live on 5:00 where two homes were pact -- live on 5 where two homes were practically sliced by down trees. >> reporter: yeah, very lucky people here that there were no serious injuries. this house across the street landed on the front of the house and had one come through the back of the house.

right through it. their neighbors across the street a similar deal, only a little bit worse. this huge oak tree was sliced right through the bedroom where the kids sleep at night. but fortunately this storm would hit in the afternoon. >> reporter: the pictures tell the story of just how fierce the wind was on elmwood road in west lake. this huge oak tree crushed the house of tim housley. >> >> my wife said you need to come home, the house is gone, extensive and the tree's crater massive. talk about a close call, listen to this. >> my wife was home with two friends watching the olympics. wind came, the tree came down, and a branch came right through the roof in between all three of them. >> reporter: way to cross the street. another close call. this time the tree split the house crushing the rooms of the homeowners two babies. but the family was in the living room at the top.

are counting their blessings today. across west lake, bay village, and other communities, it will be a long weekend of cleaning up. and coming up at 6:00 here on news channel 5, more pictures from this wild storm that you've got to see. live in west lake paul kiska news channel 5. now to a new channel 5 exclusive, a scary storm made even more more terrifying for an elderly couple in northeast ohio. mike brookbank shows us that the couple was trapped by their own trees. >> reporter: the walkway to the front door of the cleveland heights home now clear, but that wasn't the case just a couple days ago. the couple who owned the home were trapped inside after tuesday's microburst. those 80 miles per hour winds tore through nancy flooding's

the storm. >> we lost five major 200-year- old trees and a couple of others. >> reporter: those trees keeping her and her husband hostage in their own home. >> huge branches were wedged against the the entry ways. >> reporter: nancy and her husband were stuck inside for a couple of days until a tree removal service could come out and cut their way to them. >> we could finally get out of our house, which is a plus. >> reporter: nancy calmed her nerves with one of her favorite pasttimes. >> the stress of the impact hasn't set in yet, but nancy is prepared for what is to come. >> once everything is all cleaned up, that's probably when the melt down will come. >> reporter: nancy and her husband have only lived here since november. with all the previous landscaping now out of here because of the storms, they are staying positive and saying they can now style this their

you know, news channel 5 is always investigating. today letting cleveland public power know about a major communication problem out there. at the height of last night's storms, thousands of people on the west side lost power. news channel 5 staffers tried to get information on the phone, but only reached busy signals and disconnected numbers. plus the link for customers to report an outage online was broken. cpd told us they were not aware of the broken link and their overloaded. we just checked though and that broken link has been fixed. go ahead and check out the storm shield app to find out if there are any chances of watches or warnings in your community. storm shield also offers audible alerts, live interactive radar, and immediate updates on weather conditions across greater cleveland. a federal judge blocked an ohio law that has been allowed to take money from planned parenthood. ruling such laws are unconstitutional.

support things like hiv test and cancer screenings from going to place that will perform or promote abortions. but planned parenthood is fighting and claiming that they would violate their rights. the law was initially set to take effect in may. today in the race for the white house, hillary clinton throws down the gauntlet, releasing her 2016 tax returns, something donald trump has been putting off. for his part trump is trying to keep the piece within the republican party and make up lost ground in a key battlegrou >> reporter: donald trump is horse correcting. >> he's a good guy. >> reporter: trump even writing what appears to be a factual correction, saying that the tweet he saw on television was a hostage playing in geneva, switzerland, not the plane carrying the $400 million of cash going to iran. two days after his own campaign tried to set the record straight on this public video, trump told supporters a different story.

iran. >> reporter: trump's poll numbers have been in freefall after a week of high-profile gasps on a fallen soldier and members of his own party. the latest poll showing hillary clinton up by 15 points. >> good morning. >> reporter: clinton on the trail pouncing on trump's weakness. >> we need to stand up as a country and say that donald trump doesn't repres >> reporter: her vp pick is doubting trump on cbs. all of this leading several republicans to do what they say is a first. going on the record to support hillary clinton. a member of president reagan's administration writing "trump is unfit to be the president of the united states. him having access to nuclear codes is unnerving. for the first time in my life

president." >> reporter: when asked about females in his cabinet, he suggested his daughter ivonka, which is probably not legal. abc news, washington. as you probably noticed that politics is spilling onto facebook, causing some users to lose friends because they are going on unfriending sprees following heated debates on this year's polarizing presidential election. facebook says that during july the month of the national conventis than one billion political posts, comments, shares, reactions. was it self-defense or murder? >> that's the debate raging in south carolina after this 911 call. >> i'm going outside in the neighbor. >> next the rest of the call from the man now charged with murder after shooting someone to death. and what the victim's mother thinks about the

by an officer. what she did that investigators say set the officer off and what his boss is saying about the officer's behavior. a different police department is getting high-tech help and avoiding accessible force from officers. we'll take you inside their virtual reality training program. plus, swine flu is back. we have new information about two new cases of the flu strain here in ohio. find out where the cost of

and today the victim's mother is sharing her grief as newly released 911 tapes that wi the gunman's start. here is abc. kouren-rodney thomas was fatally shot while leaving a house party early sunday. just moments after police say 39-year-old chad copley fired at him from his garage, killing thomas as he walked by. just moments after police say this 911 call came in from copley's house.

them out. >> they don't call a group of white boys hoodlums. race may have been a factor in the shooting. >> before they would have a life. >> reporter: they did not find any weapon >> there are some black males outside my house. >> now copley is charged with first-degree murder. thomas' mother calling for justice. >> race did play a park and it has to end. well tonight an investigation is underway after a shocking video emerged in

disturbing. all of this happened after a woman was arrested for drug -- drunk driving. she refused a breathalyzer, so they planned to draw blood from her and when they turned violent. you see it right there as they grab her and she tries to elbow him. he responded by slamming her into the chair and punching her head. the incident happened five months ago after asking questions. the officer was suspended. that is where they are getting off the streets, into the simulators. make training safer and more effective too, especially when it will come to the use of force. they feel that real life stress. >> if we train our guys under stress to have better communication skills that they will be better in handling the problems when they would

>> they will contain what will be happening in the officer's actions as they would have 100 different scenarios to start with. and two children are sick tonight after coming into contact with their affected pings. it is a new version of the flu virus known as the variant of age three and two and their symptoms are similar to the flu viruses. and they normally circulate marijuana use making roads into the mainstream over the past years, a new poll shows that almost 13% of the americans say that they would smoke pot. and that is nearly double the amount reported in the last three years. the study also found cannabis to be the most commonly used elicit drugs. right now the recreational use is legal in several western states. well, lee with a week like this you're looking forward to the weekend.

looking forward to it. >> if you were hoping that the weekend would be free and cheer of rain, think again. more will be coming as we do now have a -- we do now have a flash flood watch. we could see three to five inches of rainfall. so if you have had enough of the rain this week, go ahead and shove the curtains. you're going to see a lot more headed our way. the good news about this afternoon, the thunderstorms are popping, but they are not nearly as strong as what we had yesterday at this time. take a look we have been watching the rainfall moving towards you and it has arrived. a great picture here with the wetlands, certainly the wet roadways in place for us. any friday night practices for football. they are likely going to be moving out or indoors because of the wet weather in place. again, these are scattered across northeast ohio. we want to zoom in to that activity over worcester as they have greatly decreesed showerers and thunderstorms at one time producing upwards of

lot lighter now. watching the activity towards lodi. and it looked as though that it will still be expected to hit lodi. you may see a bit of the small hail. you can lodi now. and maybe if it holds together that it will be next as well. strong showers and thunderstorms are moving off to the north and to the east. we could hold it together. this is going to try and move towards cleveland, but a lot of this activity as it continues to move to the north and to the east is weakening a bit for us. but this line has intensified recently, so we are watching this for some strong

better, but it is increasing again in huron as we would seat showers and thunderstorms moving east. activity is picking up right now during the heat of the day. we would decrease the percentage just a lit -- percentages just a little bit as the heat are in action. but we do have the potential for the showers and thunderstorms, we will keep -- keep you updated. as for now we are good to go? cleveland. to see flooding, flash flood watch starting on saturday afternoon until 8:00 on sunday. that is 3-5 inches. in addition to the flooding we would have a marginal risk that is under flight, but still a risk of seeing severe weather, highlighted darker green is a risk of damaging winds. let's time out those storms for any plans for you. scattered activity that weakens here through 7:00. temperatures are going to drop tonight only into the upper

lower 90s that had be possible for your saturday, but scattered to numerous in the afternoon and evening. and then the other push on sunday with the official front. we do have that risk of seeing severe weather on sunday as well and notice those heavier rainfall for us here on saturday evening into sunday morning. and then it does weaken on sunday night with only a small chance for monday and tuesday and with so much moisture that it has been tapped into, you feel that mugginess. the numbers are at two to three inches in total. we will take a look at your power five seven-day forecast coming up in just minutes as we would track their storms yet

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director andy baskin will be roaming the sidelines tonight. one of the story lines, andy heading into the game rgiii. he'll be with the first team offense. >> reporter: well, i've got to tell you it will be an exciting night for the entire browns team. hugh jackson will get a chance to lead his team out on the field for the first time. but you're right, the big story going into this thing is rg iii, robert griffin iii. he was named the starting quarterback. there's no drama when it comes to who will be season. robert griffin iii has an opportunity tonight to lead this team and set the stage for the rest of the season. what will he do with that opportunity? well we're going to find out at 8:00. >> every day we come out here, you work hard, we try to execute the offense to the best of your ability. and so you know, it's everything, an every day thing, there's never a day off or a sense of relief. >> reporter: i had the chance to talk to hugh jackson about

would play in tonight's game. it'll be interesting to see how that plays out in the beginning of the game. he could go maybe a good portion of the first quarter as they want to get him out after having a little bit of confidence, ready to run this team. joe thomas will be the only guy who is really going to play a limited amount of time tonight. they just want to keep him fresh and get him game ready. we're excited to be here inlambeau tonight. we'll send it back to you guys in cleveland. >> all right, can't wait. it has been a week of severe weather at home, but we're not alone under the wrath of mother nature. we'll show you the mess that storms are making across the country after our local forecast next. plus, another day of the world's best athletes, what do they do? going for the gold in rio. we'll break down the competition and who is going away with gold so far when we

our top stories as we brace for more storms tonight. the clean up from this week's storm is still underway. two homes were basically sliced in half by trees from yesterday's storms in west lake. no injuries from those storms were reported. >> and in a scary situation for the cleveland heights couple as they were trapped in their home for a couple of days there after trees fell in front of every doorway to their home. the couple also lost power. thankfully that the neighbors were able them. the tree company tied up their -- cut up their trees today. news 5 is always investigating letting cleveland power know about a major communication problem. thousands of people on the west side lost power at the height of the storms yesterday. we only reached busy signals and disconnected numbers. we just checked and that broken link has now been fixed. all right, check in with meteorologist tara blake. what's the latest? >> first the rain, dark clouds,

give us a little light rain, but the dark clouds and storms are again away from the area. pop-up showers and thunderstorms are evident here on the power 5 doppler network. in lorain it's rather light. all that activity again over the lake, but farther south of lorain the potential of showers and thunderstorms to be moving in. we are watching a strong line of showers and storms forming now and intensifying. you can see coming up next, some of those numbers for you. 5:57 is willard. heavy rainfall with this. actually let's put on and see if we are noticing any other issues, maybe a little bit of hail within the strong line of showers and storms, also showing darker greens. that's good. we don't want to see any purples. that's when we could see the potential for bigger hail.

thunderstorms as well as very heavy, heavy rainfall impacting us driving here on the west side. we do have a concern for later today. we expect showers and storms out of the forecast. we'll have the dark clouds here in huron this afternoon. look at those storm clouds and a look at your weekend flooding concerns that will be coming up next. over to you. >> we're not the only ones feeling the wrath of mother rescued from the floodwaters in louisiana. >> right now that state is under a state of emergency. and through other parts of the country. >> reporter: a tense day of rescues in louisiana and mississippi. torrential rain is leading to flash flooding, trapping people in homes and cars. >> you know, don't panic. i'll be here for you. i'll get you the waters to rescue you. >> reporter: at least one

rivers are approaching their record levels and the governor of louisiana is declaring a state of emergency. >> this is amazing to me. how do you know that they would get this bad out here? >> and also from florida to wisconsin and to minnesota, the roads and homes are under water. >> i'm devastating. i don't know what will happen now. >> reporter: back with three inches of rain that will be falling in an hour. they warn that the risk isn't over yet. >> is a -- it is threatening situation. >> this weekend potentially life threatening conditions in other parts of the country because of excessive heat and the temperatures and the high humidity that will be expected to feel hotter than 100 degrees in much of the northeast. marcy gonzalez abc news new york. well even rio is not immuned from the nasty weather out there today and the host city of the 2016 olympics would have a rainy and foggy start to the day and look at that as it

the major event includes men's tennis and several swimming races and the u.s. women's volleyball on the recap of the latest event in about 20 minutes. tonight all new at 5:00, the story that is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth. that's why when you walk into the store that you go wow. >> we have this latest stop on my ohio that will take you to a place to let loose your inner child. and don't bother worrying aut spoiling your dinner. >> sweet deal. so is this your wedding lottery

two rain delays last night for the tribe. there is a possibility for strong thunderstorms yet again during game time.

about a 40% chance for that thunderstorm activity for us here as we will see temperatures in the 80 very humid and warm air mass and that you could get wet. possible delays, maybe even some real issues because that we are looking at showers and thunderstorms that will be trying to march in as a strong line that will get closer and closer and that we are quiet as you can see it at 90 degrees. we are seeing sunshine and added clouds out there. thesst heading to the east. we'll see if they could hold together and try to push into cuyahoga and that could be impacting some of those downtown plans. over to you.

now for a story that will touch your heart and catch your taste buds. >> it's the latest to leon bibb. this week the story inspired leon to do exactly what his mother taught him not to do. leon join you ate your candy before your dinner? >> well not just candy, but candy from the biggest candy warehouse on this continent. this is a mild ohio story about well a real sugar daddy. >> a mascot as sweet as candy, the largest candy store in north america. >> reporter: the fact that you are greeted by a dancing lollipop with movement enough to capture your child's attention is enough to tell you

mr. lollipop is the official greeter. now i think that i have touched your heart. this is a story about a place where you can get your fill on candy. >> yes, i love candy. >> sugar daddies? laffy taffy. >> now you are talking the language the real comfort food. kids aren't into meat and potatoes with beef gravy, no, they like stuff filled with sugar and sparkles. while in this place there will be enough to hold grown ups too. >> that's why when you walk into the store that you will go wow. he ought to know that he owns bac's candy company in cleveland. the largest seller of hundreds of candies in north america. from this warehouse of sugars and caramels and chocolates and soda pops, which are usually hard to find, ba sweeties ship out to stores, whether big chains or mom and pops. >> all the brands that you kind

them here. >> reporter: so much candy that it takes big equipment to man handle it in. and so much candy that they stack it to the ceiling. if i'm a kid just let me at it. >> how much candy comes in here? >> oh thousands of pounds a day. >> salt water taffy for an order. >> the very mention of candy will put a tickle in your taste buds. this is kid country. kids and candy, they are a winning combination. here are a couple of girls that are shopping in the store. all smiles. i call them the giggle sisters. a lot of giggles, huh? >> yes. >> i know girls, this candy shop will bring up the giggles in everybody, even tom shyman giggled, but it wasn't all sugar and spice in the beginning. in 1982 when he walked away from a good job and tried his hand at becoming a mr. lollipop of sorts. >> actually i don't think i made any money the first two years. >> but you're doing okay now.

there. >> life is sweet. >> life is sweet. >> the sweeties are selling more in candy. and the older set will walk the aisles, remembering the corner candy store that used to be penny candy or two for a penny or those days are gone. but many of the sweets are still around. strolling through here we'll put you back to when you were a kid. grubbing through grandma's candy dish. >> i can vial dish, yes. >> that's what you're selling? >> oh yes, absolutely memories. >> you have all kinds of soda pops right here. of course, you have candy. more than half a million pounds of candy. biggest shop in north america. talk about a kid in the candy shop. and that is me. i bet that it is also you. you know, that's how it all starts, of course. you buy candy and then 40 years later you're still together. >> you're still buying candy.

would push through. but nah that's for a different kind of candy man. give me kit candy. what ba sweeties sells. call him real sugar dad -- call him a real sugar daddy. >> where did you get that from? >> out of the truck. >> reporter: well when it comes in daily by the truckloads you need to keep your chompers going. to the kid, but mom and pa come in too remembering their own childhoods at the candy store. they say never let the kid in you get away. if it got away come in here and you're a kid again. i'll take one of them and one of them. give me two of them. now that's real comfort food. of course we come with gifts too.

somebody has to do it he says chomping on a bit of banana salt water taffy. i threw in some strawberry and cream water taffy too or i was going to keep them all to myself. but there's a sweet side to my thinking, so i'm selling candy. [ laughter ] five cents a piece, but maybe i'll give them a break a penny a piece like the old days. >> that taffy though, we a good place to look for hard- to-find candies too. a zag nut there. >> huh? [ laughter ] >> i don't care what it is called, but i'll eat it. [ laughter ] >> you got it. >> i'm not sharing anymore. >> a lot more smiles when it comes to weather. yesterday we were in the thick of it with strong showers and

network. but a much better ride home this afternoon and evening. that's not nice. here is a look at some dark clouds for you, but the lake county including east ciders, you are rather quiet. it is the west side that is noticing an increase for showers and thunderstorm activity. and kind of them stringing together to cause some real heavy downpours. let's focus in for it here in medina and they are seeing impacting driving on 71. we do expect to add plenty of lightning classes with this activity, but we are putting it on that it did not look like we were seeing any hail or extreme wind. no severe weather with this hail either. that just means it is showing you the indication of any hail. if it does fall that it will be very small and heavier rainfall over orville. so akron you're going to see an increase in half an hour from now.

the radar up. we wanted to make sure we were prepared here into the afternoon and evening and if those storms fired up so you would know exactly where they were towards willard and new london. but currently no hail with that particular area, but here where exactly are we at? and this with a little bit of hail for us. even if we could put on that tracker for you. they will show you where this is going. and as we rainfall for this and the potential for a little bit of hail for some of their locations, new pittsburgh at 6:29 you'll see those showers and thunderstorms headed towards union washington at 6:06. and chattfield at 6:51 noticing a bit of hail in this point and with this thunderstorm that will be headed towards willard. and also watching a bit of hail that will be falling a little bit further west at home as well. and that it will be the level,

to read these that they will be very small. you'll need an extra pair of glasses. and that excuse me at 6:23. so just to give you an idea of where the heaviest rainfall is as well with a bit of hail with some of these thunderstorms that they will be really at a hot point of the day. and that they were popping up, shifting north and east. and let's take a look at some of the cloud cover that we have noticed with a great shot. and this afternoon and th here in port huron with the heavy rainfall and hour by hour and storm chances anywhere from a 40% to 50% chance for the evening. if you do have plans on heading out, that we will be awaiting a cold front that is not even really going to clear the area until sunday. we will need to go through those three rounds of showers and thunderstorms, which is why we do have that flash flood watch in effect starting on saturday afternoon. in addition to the flooding that we also have the risk for severe weather and damaging

impressive, but a much better story yesterday. temperatures are not dropping too much yesterday in the upper 70s. that's a negative. but looking at some activity in the morning that it will be more in the afternoon with the day heating up again, especially into the evening hours with saturday at 6:00 and showers and thunderstorms in place, same stories for your sunday. we'll take a look at your seven- day forecast in just minutes. for now, frank and lee? conditions here in northeast ohio were not exactly at their best perseid meteor showers. take a look at this video from west virginia. a phenomenal scene. the annual meteor shower could be seen in clear conditions that is across the northern hemisphere. it is known to create some of the brightest shooting stars. those pictures are beautiful. >> breathtaking, right? >> yes. of course we are keeping a close watch on the other line of storms that will be making their way across the state. >> it comes after they are still trying to clean up from

coming up tonight at 6:00 we would speak with the older couple who said they were trapped inside their home because of all the trees that came down around their yard. plus, ten firefighters who were just fired because of a budget cut are about to get their jobs back. we'll have more on the money that the canton fire department was just given to save those jobs for now. but first on live at 5:00 returns, another day of historic winds and major upsets as the olympic games in rio

big spoiler alert. time to hit the mute button if you don't want to hear the results. it's been a major stunner this afternoon. the u.s. women's soccer team lost and was eliminated in the quarter finals. >> yeah, now to swimming. swimming is about to wrap up and runners are competing on the track for the first time. jim ryan breaks it all down. >> reporter: the women's soccer

states. the americans defending gold medal champs that were favored to win gold, but instead they were eliminated 5-4 by sweden. the sweeds scored first. then alex morgan tied things up in the eighth. but outmaneuvered hope solo for the win. the u.s. soccer team goes home without a medal. in basketball the u.s. women's team beat the the undefeated canadians. u.s. women have ve one day after becoming the first african american to win an individual gold medal in swimming, simone manuel was back in the free style preliminaries, advancing with the 11th fastest time. american abbey weitzeil also advanced. michelle carter broke the 19- meter mark with a 19.01. in men's quarter final tennis, 22nd ranked american

champ andy murray of britain 6- 0, 4-5, 7-6. murray could become the first tennis player to win back-to-back singles gold medal. u.s. archer brady ellison advanced to the quarter finals. he outshot fellow american zach garrett, 6-4. simone biles is still basking in the glow of her gold medal performance thursday. she put on a master class in the the art of gymnastics, but simone is not resting. >> beam and floor are not a where i'm at. hopefully to continue that in the finals, but it could still be a little bit better. >> reporter: indeed it is not easy being green. they still haven't solved that problem with the green algae in the water. it is disrupting the olympic schedule. >> we have the sentences this morning, that training session was canceled because we need to have the water infused to clean

what we have been saying all along that the water doesn't offer any health to the athletes. >> reporter: jim ryan abc news rio de janeiro brazil. that'll do it for live at 5:00. we'll send it to lee and leon for a look at 6:00. >> well frank, strong storms are firing up across ohio again. some of them are headed our way. we are keeping an eye on the weather of course. and what has been a stormy week may continue through the weekend. we'll have the latest coming is suspended indefinitely as allegations of hazing at a summer camp have one local school concerned about student safety. news channel 5 at 6:00 starts in two minutes. home ? ? so get a full tank of freedom, ? ? drive the american road ?

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rain, lightning, wind, it's been on and off and back on again throughout the week. some storms are bringing heavy damage to several communities. we're going to see a lot more of it heading into the weekend. meteorologist tara blake is keeping an eye on the power of 5 radar. >> showers and thunderstorms have erupted again, but the intensity is not there in compar seeing yesterday at this time. dark clouds in place over lorain county. just a bit of light rain will be falling. >> we've got an audio problem there. we're going to fix that as she gets rewired with audio, we'll get back to weather in just a moment. right now we press o. megan hick key is talking about the weather -- megan hickey is talking about weather as they start to make their way across the area.