of lorain are concerned about safety after changes to traffic signals. why some of them are coming down coming up john. >> tiffany, hasn't been done in decades. hear from the ohio in a the that grabbed a medal in rio. we'll talk about that this morning. 6:38 this morning. yesterday we hit 81. mid 80s for highs today. good morning to you. 16 days into august. he's scat herred showers and storms in the forecast. scattered is the key word. it's a passing thousander chance. better opportunities later today. here's how we plotted it out on the menu. humid and breezy in the afternoon hours. winds out of the south starting 10 to 15. increasing up to 15 to 25 miles per hour later on. mid 80s for highs staying humid. we've got a lot of moisture,

same storm system producing severe weather south. we showed you that video out of indianapolis with the tornado yesterday. we're expecting rain. we could absolutely see heavier downpours as the showers track off east and northeast. those of you west of cleveland, lorain seeing wet weather over toward sandusky. we'll track closely. we always work close when roads to the west are wet. >> we'll we'll look at 501 to see if we're seeing slow downs. to the south 77 and 62 looking good. 30 no problems i was tracking slow traffic 222 eastbound approaching chef field, that's all cleared out. to the -- sheffield, that's all the cleared out.

accidents through the region. back to you. >> thank you. cleveland students headed back the class this morning. there's 34 trouble brewing behind the scenes. >> alyssa raymond joins us life with what this mean -- live with what this means for teachers. >> reporter: these teachers don't have they worked knowing their current one would expire july 1st, and it did. this is because teachers are paid based on student performance. since the district implemented this several years ago, they haven't come up with a full payment plan. we spoke to cleveland schools ceo before news act the strike becoming public. here's what he had to say about

opening schools should not be an event. it should be a routine. they've got schedules, kids grouped in classes i've been in classrooms they're teaching, learning. that's what i want to see. >> the district says it has a contingency plan in place to minimize the impact if teaches end up striking next week. we'll reach out to the district as well as the teachers union earlier alyssa raymond channel 3 news. new developments in the hazing investigation of the marching band. the superintendent posted more on the website yesterday f. students were pushed in a lake at night without knowing if they could skin.

director were put on administrative leave. it will district is searching for an interim director and hopes to have one instated soon. in lorain whether to keep traffic lights in the city is at center of the debate. >> tiffany, for some, it simply comes down to safety. >> reporter: with days before the academic career beginning here in -- year in lorain, those that want to try to stop the process want to before it's too late. with each passing day, the concern over these flashing traffic lights grows. >> i hope the light does come back. it's going to cause a lot of hectic if hit don't. >> amanda works across from the intersection. she's not only worried about the

the street but tales potential for car crashes. >> i haven't seen none yet, but it's been close enough. >> a lady drove through the stop sign, didn't realize the lights were taken out, didn't see the sign. she hit a car. >> the councilman oversees the south side of the city. he's troubled act certain intersections like 31st and clinton where lights are bad. >> lights can be removed there's certain street lights that need to stay because they're by schools, parks. saving a dollar doesn't mean we need to put someone's life in danger. >> be careful crossing the street. >> reporter: now i spoke to lorain public safety director who tells me this had nothing to do with saving money. it's all about the study and keeping up with current standards. next half hour, i'll let you know what a group of local

make sure their voices are heard. live in lorain, channel 3 news. >> we'll see you then. thanks tiffany. police are investigating the death of a construction worker hit and killed in avon around 2:00 yesterday afternoon. police belief the worker was -- believe the worker was directing a dump truck back to the construction zone, and the truck hit him. the victim's name is released. a person is charged in connection with a crash that killed a young girl. carter crashed into nine vehicles in a construction zone in erie sunday. a 14-year-old was killed in the crash, seven others injured. more than a month after she was left to die in the cuyahoga national park, a woman helped the fbi identify the man that shot her several times in the head and face.

including attempted murder. the victim's testimony, along with nearby surveillance video, led agents to him. justice has been served for three men that spent two decades in prison for a crime they didn't commit. they were convicted in 1996. yesterday the judge dismissed the 36 case against the three. they were all set free last year. turning to politics now. candidate trump made a stop in the buckeye state yesterday and spoke at a rally to talk about his plan to test immigrants. >> i call it extreme vetting. our country has enough problems. >> trump would require everyone entering the u.s. to believe in religious freedom, gender equality, gay rights. he would use government

interviews with friends to check their answers. . it was a huge night for the university of akron at the rio olympics. new paris ohio native murray coming home with the bronze from the men's 800-meter race. he's the first u.s. medalist in th00 we caught up with him after the race. >> awesome. support has been great. sure my phone is ricking off rick -- ringing off the hook now. can't wait to get home to ohio, akron. to see my buddies and thank them for support. haven't got to see anyone in person yet can't wait to get home and see

homecoming. barber come competed for team canada and didn't win a medal. he finished in 10th. >> let's go to women's 400-meter. american allison felix won silver. she lost to miller of the bahamas. she drove toward the finish line to win the gold. felix 's second place finish helped her become decorated u.s. female track winning her second olympic med delineate. simone biles shot at five olympic medals came to an end. she wound uptaking the bronze. there on the balance beam event, an awkward landing for for her. hernan does -- hernan says won silver. cleanup continues in louisiana.

country are helping after historic flooding. find out how much olympians let taxed for winning a medal. >> hey holly. >> great tuesday to you. more scattered showers and storms in the forecast. it's humid and going to get breezy this afternoon. as you wake up, winds 5 to 15 miles per hour sustained. i think they'll increase to 15 to 25, gusts as high as 30 this afternoon. you better take umbrellas if you're getting r make sure you have them. many of you waking up with dry weather as we take a live look at our beautiful skyline. it's dry downtown. follow us on twitter at wkyc issue. let us know what you are wake up to, what's going on, you're going to school for the first time since summer break.

she's one of the wealthiest women in politics. combined income: thirty million dollars. tours the world on private jets. protected by armed guards for thirty years. but she doesn't believe in your right to keep a gun at home for self-defense. "i fully appreciate how hard life is out of touch hypocrite. she'd leave you defenseless. the nra political victory fund is responsible

explain that to me again please. alright, here's the deal. i'm gonna pretend i'm with the irs. i'm gonna say you owe back taxes and threaten you with jail time. that'll scare you into giving me a whole bunch of your money. i also need your social security number, too,

us. that's why we're here. dedicated to protecting ohio families against frauds and scams.

. 5:13 now. in the new twist in the fate of the gazebo where rice was shot. a cleveland councilman said it was expected to be displayed at the stoney island arts bank in chicago. a museum spokesperson now says despot discussions, no decision has been made. the death toll c rise in louisiana. flood waters rolls through the state. at least seven have been killed, more than 20,000 rescued since the torrential rains hit thursday. president obama issued a major disaster declaration to provide federal aid. many roads underwater. several homes have been destroyed. first of ohio red cross workers leave for louisiana this morning at 9:00. police have arrested one

large wildfire burn ago cross the california county. this 40-year-old was charged with arson accused of setting the clayton fire and several others. clayton fire burned over 4,000-acres so far and destroyed homes and businesses. guantanamo bay prisoners have been released in the large pest release of detainees obama administration. this comes six months after president obama released his plan. detainees are still at guantanamo according to the report. uncle sam is reaching for gold too. for every gold medal, olympians are taxed $9,900 the $25,000 for gold, $15,000

bronze. some call this victory tax. let's think act michael phelps. his -- act michael phelps. his income tax comes to $55,000 for gold medals and silver. he'll have to pay his tax bill here. >> danielle? . >> good morning. your dime -- normal drive times and no accidents. i want to prepare you for road closures. just west of state road is closed through mid october because of a bridge replacement project. your detour state toburg tore to -- to burger to west 44th street. i-90 has work going on before

we look at summer fun kids. >> bus stop kids and it's still summer fun at my house. it depends on obviously the district. welcome back to school if it's back for you today. summer fun. we have a very high uv index. filtered sunshine. make sure you have the sunscreen. let's chat about back to school. we want to show off smiles. you're beautiful. we love it. we'd be honored to pictures. we'd love to share them, instagram photos, first day of school with all of our channel 3 family and viewers. use the hashtag back to school 3. get them on twitter, instagram, whatever works. let's get a check on headlines today. umbrella will work for sure. make sure you have it in case. can't hurt a thing by grabbing

hopkins now. 5:17 the current time. in case you're back in back to school sort of routine this morning. takes time to get use to, right? lunches and backpacks ready to go. 79 at 9:00, 84 lunchtime. can't rule out a passing shower this morning. i think we'll get a lull and have more scattered showers and storm chance this is afternoon and evening. over the next 12 hours in the computer forecast, we pick up on is later in the day. this morning, some of you may see wet weather. some of you already are. a lot more getting closer to us today as anticipated. the rain prevalent to our west. this is tracking east and northeast. not a due east motion. we're not expecting all of you to see the rain. scattered showers, lakeshore, cuyahoga down if i.

no storms, nothing severe. i'm happy to report that. it's humid again. these dew points are well into 260s 26 -- into the 60s and close 2070 anything over 60 degrees, we say it's feeling muggy. upper 60s to around 70, humid weather. tracking future view hour by hour. 5:30 this morning, few passing showers. we get a break and see more activity into the afternoon and tonight. a decent chance today. let's look at forecast. this is how long this sticks around. i think tomorrow it's going to be a bit more isolated. we'll drop back percentages to about 30%. thursday should be a dry day. friday mainly dry just isolated chances. back up to 40% for the weekend. . time now for access to today's summer game schedule brought to you by cleveland clinic. triple jump and discuss in track and field.

in the pool, men's spring board diving semi finals. that's your access to today's summer game schedule brought to you by cleveland clinic providing access to number one

? ? ava, your bike is fixed. thanks mom! ? ? dad to captain ava: don't go too far! remember when we were children,

protecting us? giving us the confidence to believe. at american family insurance, we'd like to be there protecting you, and the dreams you pursue, today. insure carefully, dream fearlessly. have you seen rob portman's ads saying he's leading the fight against opioids? well here's what he's not telling you: rob portman actually voted against the funding needed for the program. that's right, portman voted against the funding. rob portman voted twice for budgets that threatened cuts to drug treatment programs. rob portman: can't trust him to tell the truth, can't trust him to be for ohio.

. it is 5:23. track now jumping into the history books. >> maureen kyle has more from the institute. >> when you're waffling track and field events, -- watching track and field event, you're watching same events they competeed in years ago.

eight in rio. >> what's the most difficult in terms of skill when it comes to track and field? which event? >> actually the word is it's shot put. >> when an athlete holds the weighted ball, spins and throws as far as he or she can. >> being able to generate huge forces in that area is pretty difficult. >> little did nathan know, my track and to shot put in fourth grade. >> i forget. >> that's pretty good. >> let's do this. let's come a little closer to here. let's move this foot forward. other one where you had it. good. we'll put this into your chin and raise this arm up a little bit. >> it's kind of a spin around. >> you're going to pull this in

>> this? >> yep. >> there's more to hit than that i don't want to get too far ahead of you. >> we'll start with this. >> i'm going to move back just in case. >> you are -- you should. >> probably better than when i was nine. >> yeah. that wasn't too bad actually. pretty >> who knew? >> best performance by an athlete brought to you by mercedes benz in bedford. hernandez was steady in her performance. she never saw slip by simone biles. add another silver. hernandez helping team u.s.a. stack up medals in gymnastics.

mercedes benz of bedford. >> this microphone team is -- this time is so good. >> yes. >> biles slips. >> he was disappointed about her slip. >> she's still amazing. >> right. we take that for granted. taking for granted have. >> let's not forget how beautiful our weather has been this summer. >> that's true. >> we continue to track more showers and thunderstorms. i think we're going to have scattered wet weather today. hopefully we'll get sunshine in there too. upper 70s at 9:00, 84 at lunchtime. we slip back to around 08. -- around 08. -- 80.

up let you know best chances today and what to expect the rest of your work and school week. >> thanks holly. cleveland teachers on strike. we have the latest on the decision few hours before students head to class hotels hacked. find out which are affected here

. good morning. first in your morning rush. the first day of school for most cleveland students collided with news about a possible teacher strike. the cleveland teachers union made the announcement late last night. the district has been working on a new deal since last november. their current contract expired on july 1st. the district says it's unfortunate that the teacher's

a strike instead of resolving few remaining items. if teachers strike next week, it would affect 40,000 cleveland students. the district says they have a contingency plan in place if this does end up happening in order to minimize the impact. lena. >> all right. we're learning more about the deadly shooting at a taco bell drive through. police believe the killer was trying to rob two people restaurant. 49-year-old robert was shot and killed. a witness who heard the shots says he hopes they catch a suspect soon. this is a good town to live in. now we're just fearing for our life. we have to watch our back at the drive throughs. police do not have a good description of the suspect but consider him armed and dangerous. >> with the november election three months away, the board of

temporary workers. they're holding a job fair on euclid 10:00 to 2:00. data entry, proofing ballots and customer service are included in the jobs. if you go, dress professionally and bring copies of your resume. >> hey john. hopefully breakfast is underway waffles, pancakes, something nice and hearty for the first day of school for some. scattered showers and th welcome back to the new school year and welcome back to more humidity today. it's really humid as we wake up. mid 80s for highs. better opportunity of showers and thunderstorms later. passing showers and maybe few rumble this is morning we'll show you in a minute. upper 730s 7 -- upper 70s at lunch. footballing back to low 80s at 5:00. overcast sky, showers around. when you look at the big

west. zooming in, notice the movement north and east. it's brushing by cleveland at this point. those of you west in lorain county, in sandusky, you're indeed seeing showers. they're just showers, no thunderstorms. dew points 65 plus. we're close to 70 degrees. as we look at future view here, not only this morning with a few passing showers but in the afternoon, we see scattered showers and thunderstorms. not all that's why having the umbrellas is the best bet. for your commute as danielle will tell you, you never know when you hit the wet roads. have the guard up. >> right. as you see the rain moving in, watch for wet roads if traveling west. here's the picture i-90 at the turnpike. as we see here, not seeing heavy downpours or wet roads here. in fact, drive times are normal

i-90 between 611 and turnpike. nine minutes headed east and west. we are okay. before you hit the road, tune in to 1100 total traffic. they'll have updates every ten minutes. we'll look at a new road closure on summit county near i-76. back to you. >> thank you. 5:34 now. topping morning news feed, a man has been charged in the shooting deaths in 35-year-oldmorel is charged with -- old morel. he hit a bicyclist three miles from the shooting. charges were upgraded late last night after police recovered a revolver at his brook land home and clothes similar to those worn in the surveillance video

taken steps to cut ties to the past. it will remove the word confederate from one of the university halls. officials say there's been a lot of debate over the years but it reached a tipping point in june of last year in wake of charleston massacre. hotels in washington d.c. may have been hit by was nut the place at 20 locations across the country including marriott, hyatt and westin. the only one in ohio so far is the one in cincinnati. customers who notice anything suspicious on their accounts should contact the cards issuer

photo taken 10 years ago the that's 9-year-old ledecky getting a poster signed by michael phelps. 10 years later t olympic athletes decided to recreate the photo. this time phelps is the one smiling getting ledecky's autograph. it's a great way to end the games for both of them. >> both of them are worth a lot of money. great pictures. it's been exciting for team u.s.a. we also go for the gold. there's an online tool helping use pers learn more about their favorite sport. >> good morning. i'm your meteorologist. you've watched the games here on channel 3. maybe you've been inspired to try to get a gold medal. maybe you want to be the olympian in tokyo in four years or next in eight years. nbc has a special site to help you connected with groups that

go to nbc olympics.com /goldmap. pick a sport that interests you. for instance, maybe you saw the fencing competition and are interesting. when you click on learn more, it will show you videos, instructions on all about fencing. rules, how it's done, and here is the best part of this website. for every single sport, it allows you to find a club andle organization, a school nearby wh does that sport. for instance, for fencing, two locations in areas that will set you on that goal to start that trip to your gold medal in the next olympic games. check it out. nbc olympics /goldmap. 5:37 now. new presidential plans. donald trump's ohio visit is

tracey pots has more in a live report from washington. josh gordon has a the change of attitude this time in training camp. are you buying it? you'll hear his words coming up

>> tracey poted is live and has the new numbers for us first. she joins us is this morning. hi tracey. >> reporter: good morning. we'll have new numbers later in the morning when nbc's survey monkey poll comes out. i can tell you this. we've seen consistently in the polling donald trump and hillary clinton have problems with favorable. unfavorable numbers are high. that's one of the reasons they're concentrating again today on hillary clinton is back in battleground pennsylvania signing up new voters she's got an 11 point lead there. donald trump is gaining on white uneducated voters. in joe biden's town scranton, she marked trump's national security plan. >> sometimes he won't tell anyone what he'll do because he wants to keep his plan, quote, secret.

he has no plan. >> biden says terrorists are repeating trump's claim that president obama founded isis. >> if my son were still in iraq, and i said all those were there, the threat to their life has gone up a couple clicks. >> we must screen attitudes. if we don't control the numbers, we can't perform adequate screening. >> trump rally in wisconsin today. tim kaine is back in north carolina. >> this is going to be a close race, i project. >> clinton in pennsylvania. all statings could go either -- all states could go either way. new mexico is where mike pence is today trying to get

electoral votes. how's the map looking this morning? >> reporter: well interestingly, everybody is crunching numbers behind the scenes. right now looks like hillary clinton has the significant lead of 114. there's 76 in the battleground states we often talk about. >> we'll see how this turns out over the next few weeks and months. thank you so much. let's talk weather danielle. >> i'm here. good morning. >> a lot of green stuff on your map. >> green, weather. people think i do weather i can't take holly's territory. i show you how weather impactings traffic. even though we have -- impacts the traffic. even though we have the rain from the west, we're seeing an accident-free ride. question lays on barbara road in -- you'll see delays on

it's not expected to reopen until 6:30 thursday morning because of a bridge demolition project. detour 261 to norton road. that's going to add a few minutes to your drive make sure you adjust. now over to holly. we're taking a good look at dog gone weather s. he driving? >> ollie is driving. let me explain. carrie and scott of heights were neighbors. we should go out some time. this is ollie driving mom's vw bug with the top down. you should see the look on john and lena's face as they stair at this picture. >> do you keep his license? >> look at posture, one paw on the wheel. >> cruising for chicks. >> right. very handsome fella.

>> ollie, i don't blame you. see you around my friend. let's go ahead and get a look at your forecast. more showers and thunderstorms. tops may go up as owe posed to down. -- as opposed to down. passing shower chances this morning. i'll show you what i mean. 79 at 9:00 it's really muggy. temperatures mid hopkins. 5:45 we'll end up in the 80s for highs. 84-86 in there. better opportunity for scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. with frontal system is smack over top of us then. we fluctuate from sun to showers and thunderstorms. we could get downpours later on.

that helps out. lots of rain to our west. the thing is, it's not tracking due east. if you look at this, you might go, we're going to get rain in a little bit. not necessarily. it's tracking north and east. a lot is moving up over the lake as a result. we've had showers in lorain county. they are just rain showers. sandusky, you've seen wet weather cleveland, akron, cantonh those of dew points this morning. partly sunny skies. getting in the afternoon and evening we'll see more coverage with showers, thunderstorms, a pretty good chance of wet weather today. i think as we head into the overnight hours, similar to the pattern we've had lately. things kind of fade. we'll see showers around tomorrow early south. then it looks like chances tomorrow will be pretty

lose the opportunity for rain even into the middle of your week. we never take a percentage out in your seven day. even at a 20% chance thursday, the possibility is there. today all the way up to 70 remain silent. highs in 70 -- 70%. highs inthe 80s for the weekend. otherwise partly sunny time now for access to today's summer game schedule brought to you by cleveland clinic. the men's triple jump and women's discuss in track and field. semi finals in men's water polo. in the pool, men's spring board diving semi finals. that's your access to the summer game schedule brought to you by cleveland clinic, providing

a month after 9/11, i got a call from david and he told me he was going into the national guard. he was sent to iraq to be a gunner on a humvee. and three soldiers got out, and the sound of their boots as they came up those stairs will, will stay with me the rest of my life. you have moments when you really don't want to live anymore, it's a fate that i would not wish on anybody, not anybody. when i saw donald trump attack another gold star mother, i felt such a sense of outrage.

the sense of emptiness, that only losing a child can bring. those people should be honored and treated with kindness for the rest of their life, and i don't think that donald trump will ever understand that.

. 5:50 right now. after bringing the cavs a championship, lebron james is giving back to his community as always. the lebron james family foundation will host more than

families. for the we are family reunion at cedar point today. kids are part of wheels for education and i promise program to offer students mentoring and support. lebron will be on hand to welcome a new class of students into the program. >> very nice. if i can use this logic, indians lost to the sox yesterday. no big deal for time being. white sox are here the next three. this is based on what decision teams play in. indians lose record to 12 and 17. where indians have gotten rich is against teams in their own division 31 and 16 against central. that's important down the stretch. if indians play had the well against their own division, no one is going to catch them. the tribe 46 games to go. 29 in the division. corey pitches tonight. then the return of danny fell thursday night. indians lead by five games.

josh gordon to brown's practice. he can be a big weapon? the brown's offense. that's a big if. it's if he can stay clean. i'm surprised he's getting another chance. we've seen it before. talent overcomes suspension after suspension in the nfl. listen to yesterday. . >> every opportunity to be out there. [ inaudible ] >> he says he's definitely taking it seriously. i hope he keeps that mentality not only during preseason but the rest of the season. josh gordon has it. he's never taken his nfl career seriously. one failed drug test after another, one suspension after

difference this time. this is going to come down to josh gordon and only gordon on how seriously he takes his job this time. tweet me your thoughts @john wkyc. more controversy in the olympics. finish of women's 400-meters. miller of the bahamas holds off felix by diving over the finish line. this causes an uproar in social media. some say that's not how you win others say the winner crosses the line first period. your head and torso are what matters. that has to cross first. the difference was seven tenths of a second the finish is called the golden dive. felix gets the silver making her the most decorated woman in u.s. track and field history with

by rules it's legal. tech tuesday, black friday. everything is colliding today. >> yes. supposedly you're even more amped up with this deal. >> i was amped up, then i toned it down a little. . >> wow. ? >> awesome sound. what in the world people? >> i thought those were air fresheners. >> some thought they were holograms. what in the world? a blue tooth speaker meets fm radio meets hands free streaming for your phone and under $15 price point. take a look at what john was eyeing. it has the air freshener look. it also looks like something

it's blue tooth l.e.d. speeder in a jar. it's crystal clear audio streaming. i want to draw attention to the fact this is probably the best rated product i have ever seen. it also has a $70 mrsp i knocked down to $14.99. would i pay $70 for it? no. would i pay $50 probably. would i bay $30? yes. it's $14.99. >> wow. >> amazing sound. it's streaming from here. i can go through. things just got hotter. wkyc.com. you want to check this out. big fan. >> i like that.

. >> make it stop. >> good news you can play music of your choice. i don't know why that wouldn't be. >> i hope we didn't pay for licensing for that today's top stories are ahead. >> let's check with alyssa. >> good morning. cleveland teachers plan to strike. news broke late last night after the first day of school for solution. as a fan coming to olympic games, to compete in a variety of events is pretty cool. cool doesn't describe the journey of one american's journey here to rio. that's coming up at 6:00. and surprise cash. why teachers in one district will all get an extra $500. we're trying to make sure

you. slowing for 80 and 77. we'll check drive times on 480. >> checking showers and thunderstorms. i'll let you know when chances are at their highest. we'll see right after this. today's medal count brought to you by university hospital. united states with 75 medals. you'll notice they did not win a gold medal yesterday snapping a streak that goes back to summer games of beijing in 2008.

when people ask me what it's like to win an olympic medal, i tell them, "you already know." the medals you've earned are all around you.

your gold. and liberty mutual insures them all. liberty mutual is proud to insure every team usa medal won in rio, just like we protect the medals you've earned in life. liberty stands with you.

. good morning. right now at 6:00, first day of school for most students is in the books. that's the good news. coming up, why the union believes it's more complicated than people think. >> concerns over safety here in lorain after the future of more than 30 traffic signals now in