. 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

being made. all right tiffany. olympic super fans from opening ceremonies to athletes. a man on the trip of a lifetime shares his rio experience. >> winds kicking up in lorain county. we've got sustained winds 10 to 15. we'll see them up to 15 to 25 with showers thunderstorms possible for all of you as you wake up this tuesday. passing showers here and there with chances even higher belief it or not later today. can't rule out any point. very muggy throughout the day. 80s at lunch and filtered sunshine. around 80 with scattered showers and storms later on. big view shows a lot of wet weather tracking east northeast. it's not a due east motion.

of. we're seeing showers through lorain county and lake shore cuyahoga county. islands getting wet into sandusky. no thunderstorms. yes, we've got rain in spots. this is going to slow you down. absolutely a allow extra time due to wet roads. a lot of you heading back to school, first time in several months. takes getting use to. traffic heavier i'm sure with back to schoolers on the road. tracking in the the hours, scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the day. danielle has a look at the roads and rains and what impact that's having. >> even though we see rain to the west, not seeing accidents. it's accident and delay free ride. i was tracking slow traffic 480 west near 77. it's all in all slow traffic. here's the picture at

check drive time 480 at state road. it's a 13 minute commute, typically eight minute drive. we're seeing the five minute delay. make sure you adjust as you are traveling. heading up 77 north from 480, it's your normal commute. adds cleveland students head back to class for a new school year. this morning, trouble brewing behind the scene wills. >> the teacher's union announced last night we have the explanation to all of this. alyssa? >> these teachers don't have a contract. they've been working on a contract for past ten months now knowing their current one would expire july 1st. it d. according to cleveland.com, negotiations on this contract are more complicated compared to other districts because cleveland teachers are paid based on

haven't been able to come up with a complete pay plan to follow. we spoke to cleveland schools ceo before news about the strike became public. here's what he had to say about the new school year. >> i tell my team all the time, opening schools should not be an event. it should be routine. i've seen schools ready, students grouped in classes. they're teaching and learning. that's what i want to see. >> if a strike happens, it would impact 40 40,000 students. there's a plan in place to minimize the impact by the district. >> all right. thank you. new developments in the hazing allegations involving the streetsboro high school marching band the school superintendent says students were pushed into a lake

wrapped in plastic wrap to trees or knocked in skits at band camp. the allegations initially came to light last week the band director and assistant band director were put on administrative leave. the district says they're currently searching for interim band director. after investigating a death from a dump truck that hit a man yesterday. troopers say carter crash into nine vehicles in a construction zone in erie county sunday. a 146-year-old new york girl was killed in the crash. seven others were hurt. changes is inevitable but

in lorain, whether to keep traffic lites in the city is center of a debate. >> tiffany joins us this morning. for some, it's all about safety. >> with days until the academic year begins, children start walking to schools, some are against some of those traffic signals coming down. they're going to take their fight here to city hall to try and stop this process before it's too late. >> with each passing 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 -- if hit don't. >> amanda works across from this intersection. she's not only worried about the children from the housing development that need to cross the street but also potential of car crashes. >> i haven't seen none yet, but it's been close enough. >> a lady drove through the stop

were taken out, didn't see the sign. she hit a car. >> the councilman oversees thele south side of the city. -- the south side of the city. he's troubled about areas lights are already bad. >> lights can be removed which is understandable. certain street lights need to stay because they're by schools, parks. saving a dollar doesn't mean we have to put someone's danger. >> be careful crossing the street. >> reporter: i spoke to lorain public safety director that said this has nothing to do with money but rather a study and keeping up with current standards. coming up, i'll let you know what's happening here and now on the streets of lorain. residents will make sure vices are heard. channel -- sure their voices are heard. channel 3 news.

louisiana as water rises in the state the torrential rain hit thursday. president obama issued a major disaster declaration to provide federal aid. many roads remain husband water. hundreds of homes have been destroyed. first of several groups in northeast ohio red cross workers leave this morning at 9:00. time now 6:08. the city of akron shined in rio last night. hero coming home with an olympic medal. a man on a vacation of a lifetime shares insider photos of the athletes. good morning. take a look. maryland there, they camped on

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among the hundreds of thousands of people attending the olympic games, one fan stands out. >> this super fan is from texas. he is quite possibly having the best location in his life. will has more from rio. >> it's just been a lot of planning. i've been planning this trip three years. all the pieces of the puzzle

>> i was student body president when she went to winter olympics. >> he supports athletics. >> when she qualified, we knew it would be an amazing experience. opening ceremonies, sat in warren buffett seats. after that, parade olympians. we walked out and got to the front row. >> jumped in my arms. next day ping-pong. that night we heard walsh was playing. had to go there, sat front row, met that dream team. next day, toured olympic village. sarah took me around. one of her roommates is thrasher. got to hold the first gold medal of the games. like held it in my hands. unbelievable. later we were going out, u.s. gymnastics team

got to go to djokovic match got a tennis ball from his doubles match. unreal. got to go to rugby, meet the team. met jordan and rest of the team yesterday. jenna bush from the today show. i need to meet phelps. he's the last one i need to meet. >> come on where's michael phelps? will has more coming >> that includes a long distance runner who's the cross country coach at st. eds. that will be fun too. . that guy was chasing pokemon. >> better, olympic athletes. >> exactly. we could get use to winning in northeast, ohio.

university of akron. akron native murphy coming home with a bronze after he placed in men's 800-meters race. the 21-year-old is the first u.s. medalist in the 800-meter since 1992. it was his best personal time. now to women's balance beams. biles shot at five gold medals came to an end. she ended uptaking bronze because of this awkwarddi her teammate laurie hernandez won silver. biles is in the floor exercise finals today. we would love to see your olympic moments. share your photos of your family and friends watching the game with us on wkyc facebook page or e-mail us @wkyc.com. we may use your picture on the

traffic reporting goes to danielle. >> and wearing gold. >> yeah. . good morning. of course my goal is to give you the gold medal so you can make it through your traffic commute in the morning and get where you need to go on time. holly is tracking rain coming in from the west. i'm tracking how its impacts your commute. so far, no accidents. here's the picture in the yet there. just use caution as you are traveling. don't forget in summit county, barbara road is shut down under i-76. not expected to reopen until 6:30 thursday because of the bridge demolition project. 261 no northton road. back to you. >> going to talk forecast first. we have another humid day. humid morning on our hands.

i get excited you have a cute outfit on heading out to school today most of you are dry. there are showers she'll show you. high uv index today. filtered sun and also scattered showers and thunderstorms. have the umbrellas ready as you head out. showers and thunderstorms again. yes, it looks like we'll stay unsettled on and off through this week. temperatures well in the 70s. hopkins mid-70s 6:17. it's breezy too today. winds sustained 10 to 15. they'll pick up 15 to 25 as we head into the afternoon out of the south with scattered showers and thunderstorms even more likely as we get into the afternoon and evening. computer forecast over the next several hours, passing shower or thunderstorm this is morning. otherwise more chances later today. there's a lot of rain, a lot of moisture showing up on radar. much of which is situated to our

but to the northeast. we'll zoom in. areas west seeing wet weather. with this northeast motion, a lot of it ends up over the lake. it is just rain showers. that's good news. we don't have thunderstorms. could see storms later today. heavier downpours will be a possible. dew points well into the 60s if not 70 muggy, sticky, stuffy. all those hour by hour, 10:30 this morning is what you're looking at behind me. otherwise filtered sunshine. by 3:30, pretty active. nice amount of showers and thunderstorms possible. that continues into tonight and dinner. maybe not the most ideal night for grilling out or eating on your patio. looks like shower and thunderstorm chances continue into this evening. let's get a look. window nation seven-day forecast and we're planning on a middle of the week that includes more isolated rain chances.

back into the middle 80s friday and weekend. looks like scattered storm chances outside of that. partly cloudy skies. time now for access to today's summer game schedule brought to you by today's number one hospital cleveland clinic. men's triple jump and diskeses and tracking and field. finals. providing you access to number

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hernandez was close to winning gold. she never saw the slip by biles because she was in the back room practicing routine. hernandez added another silver helping the u.s. stack up medal medals.. all right time for my biggest winners and sports. for biggest losers, texas rangers regained the best record in the american league. they must work on their celebrations before the playoffs. take a look at this. adrian beltre was given the intire view after the grand slam to get the win over oakland. two teammates tried to give him a gatorade shower. bad job by them. they couldn't catch him. he picked up a broom. they missed him again.

bay with the broom. he started sweeping the mound. if he's out there with a broom, might as well do something good no. fun in texas. they show them how to celebrate in october. here's my biggest winner. this is 9-year-old pat, a record holder in archery. he started doing this when he was 2 years old. how about that? he qfi tournament in louisville where he finished eight. he currently holds three straight records. i want to give you an idea of his accuracy. he hit a ring size of a half dollar from 30 feet away. that's amazing. congratulations to him. thanks to james for sending in the story. they saw the olympics, said let's talk archery.

that's fantastic. send me your pictures or story e-mail them to me or tweet me @john wkyc.com. 56 out of 60 hits. he's nine. >> that's a future olympian there. >> i think, yeah. in a fewer yous, we'll be talking about him on the big stage. >> following him here first. >> this is common sense looking at your forecast the i want to point out the national weather service issued a beach hazard. thunderstorms in the forecast, typically winds winds and high waves. not ideal swimming day at the lake. ashtabula, lake and cuyahoga county, rip currents included in that. if you're still on summer break stay away from beaches today. you know what, it's a good day to cozy up, find something fun to watch and do crafts inside. we have scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast through the day. a few passing showers so far this morning.

travel map. we look at forecast highs. plenty of 90s showing up to our east. we'll see how long this rainy weather sticks around. . all right holly. 6:26. major hotel breach. credit card data stole african-american several big chain hotels throughout the down trip what you need to know this morning. >> the treasure hunter's dream.

david was proud to be an american soldier. and i know i'm prejudiced because he was my son, but i don't think he had a mean bone in his body. there is not a day that i don't think about david.

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. right now 6:30. welcome back everyone. i'm john anderson. >> i'm lena. holly is tracking your forecast in a minute. here's a look at stories we're following. a new twist in the fate of the gazebo where rice was shot. a chicago museum official says they have no agreement to display the gazebo. a cleveland councilman said last week i displayed at the arts bank in chicago. a museum spokesperson says despite discussion, no decision has been made. we're learning more about the deadly shooting at a taco bell drive-through. 49-year-old49-year-old robert g. was shot

men that spent two decades in prison for a crime they didn't commit. they were known as east cleveland three and convicted of murder in 1996. yesterday a judge dismissed the case against the three. they were all set free last year and we just got this. a brand new nbc news poll shows hillary clinton leading trump by nine points nationally. the numbers haven't changed much since last week. both candidas unfavorable ratings. clinton's rating is 59% while trump's is 64%. the national weather service issued a beach hazard statement that says a combination of wind and large we haves including rip currents have made hit unsafe to swim in ash lieu -- ashtabula

this >> you really do you go on vacation and hear warnings quite often. same for us. stay away from beaches today. not goings to be an ideal day by any stretch of the imagination with scattered showers and thunderstorms storms, high winds in the forecast. wins pick up 15 to 25 this afternoon. gusts as high as 30. you're all in the mix for seeing scattered showers and storms. mid 80s we'll hover in 70s this morning. feel that humidity. it's really sticky. dew points are up there internship we have filtered sunshine. we'll have -- are up there? we have filtered sunshine. a lot of questions about things like cedar point today. i wouldn't cancel plans. better have the rain gear. there are showers that are

outdoors. be aware. right now everything we're seeing is rain. there are no thunderstorms. it's raining to the west of cleveland. we're even seeing showers over into cuyahoga county at this point. roads wet in spots. danielle picks up from here. looking at the drive. >> 6:33 now. we are tracking rain showers from the west. it's still an accident free ride give yourself extra time this morning because of the wet roads. i don't want you to get accident. we're seeing slowing on the shore way that remains closed at lake. five minute delay heading west. also slowing 71 north before the inner belt bridge. it clears once you get to the inner belt. you see a beautiful picture here. about a two to three minute delay heading to inner belt. wentzel is shut down until mid

replacement project. john and 4lena, back to you. >> thank you. most cleveland students return to school yesterday. this morning, one day in, word about a possible teacher strike spread quickly throughout the district. >> alyssa raymond joins us. now how school leaders are responding to that. >> john and lena, cleveland teacher's union announced it intends to district and teacher's union have been working on a new deal since last november. cleveland teachers say they're working under a deal that expired on july 1st. the school district says they've spent hundreds of hours in bargainings. it's unfortunate the teacher's union put efforts toward a strike instead of working toward few remaining items, they say.

today. the school district does have a plan in place and continuing to look at that plan in case teachers end up striking next week to minimize that impact. if teachers do end up striking, it will impact 40,000 students. that's attendance and enrollment at the cleveland metro school district. we'll check in with the district today as well as the union to find out >> thank you. new search efforts ramp up this morning to find a lost nazi gold train. >> the train went missing in 1945. the legend has been drawing treasure hunters toft area for deck -- to the area for decade with no luck. two men claimed to have located it using radar technology.

d.c. may have been hit by hackers. hotel operator at hei says malware was put in place. the problem has been corrected in cincinnati it's safe to use cards at hotels. customer that's notice anything suspicious on their account, contact the directory. directs -- directly. two olympians from the university of akron competed on the world's biggest stage last night in rio. >> will is live in rio now a good day to be there will. >> reporter: good morning guys. absolutely great day. what an interesting night at track and field last night.

for gold medals, raining and first american since 1992 to win this event. he finished with bronze in the when's 800-meter. he ran the race of his life. 142.93 behind kenya and algeria. he knew in the final stretch he could kick it in and win a medal. he didn'tw the flag around him. >> it's been great. my family here is super excited. i can't wait to be back home in ohio dayton, madison and see everybody and thank them. the last month has been amazing leading up to this i haven't got to see anybody in person yesterday. i can't wait to go home and see ever. see -- see everybody. sean barber had a

all athletes delayed delayed because of rain. he finished ninth. we move into another full day of buckeye action beginning with someone you may recognize. this guy is a coach for st. ed high school track and cross country. nate brannon competes for team canada in the men's 1500-meter race. it's his third olympics. you may recognize i'm going to talk to him shortly. you'll get updates throughout the morning. also an ohio native in the long jump for specialty of three track and field events she's doing won't be until thursday. the 4 e 4 4 by 100 she

today. sarah and i will keep you updated on their progress. we got one last night. let's take it two in a row guys. >> i'm amazed how much impact the rain having. you continually about rain delays with the summer olympics. >> you really don't. >> it's interesting how some events are some affected and some aren't i feel bad for my colleague who last week the rowing got cancelled like two or three times or postponed. every morning she got up at take the long bus ride back. last night she was out this for track and field they got delayed again. any time she's going to an event, be warned. again i'm there, it's like crock work l. >> you have a busy day. >> she started the rain jacket business down there that's

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thunderstorms. we've been talkings about that beach hazard statement in place. lake shore, ashtabula, lake county. showers and storms in the infrastructure high winds. rip currents and high waves are going to be adager. this is not a beach day. keep it inside if you're going to be around home and get a drive in the neighborhood. get out and have mid 80s by lunchtimeh sustained winds by this afternoon, -- by lunchtime. sustained winds this afternoon as high adds 80. filtered sunshine in there. there's a lot showing up. you can see the rain is much closer to us compared to yesterday. areas light drizzle around this morning. this morning seeing rain showers. noticing through lorain and

through the rain, north ohm stead and west side of cleveland, even east lake shore, seeing these showers. a light shower with a springle -- a sprinkle happening at this moment. it's very muggy. that stays through the day. better opportunity of showers and thunderstorms comes later in the afternoon and into the dinner get physiciangetting -- getting the kids from school. we're talking chances on the seven-day forecast. middle 80s today. low 80s through the middle of the week. back to middle 80s with more storm chances over the weekend. . time now for access to today's summer game schedule brought to you by the number one hospital, cleveland clinic. men's triple jump and women's

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

on minimizing the impact if the strike does end up happening. they have a contingency plan for next week, they say. >> people who live here in are lain are taking their -- in lorain are taking their fight to city hall. they're opposed to city traffic lights coming down. the director here in the city says change are made to keep up with current resent did some are concerned ant safety. others are circulating peaces. those signals their understudy to decide if they'll ultimately stay or go. all right at thisny. the school superintendent says students were push into a lake at night without knowing if they

wraps to trees. the band director and assistant director were put on an administrative leave. a job fair today at offices in euclid from 10:00 do 2:00. includes data entry, proofing ballots and customer service. work could last several weeks of months. dress professionally, bring several copies your resume if you go. downtown cleveland. 90 east downtown is two to three minute delay. holly? >> danielle, it's 6:54. we're tracking more humidity.

winds out of the southwest 10 to 15. they'll increase 15 to 35, gusts as high as 30 this afternoon. we have more showers and storms in the forecast tomorrow. more asian lated. better opportunity today for wet weather. hopefully we'll see drier weather midweek. more storms possible with partly sunny skies. otherwise over the weekend. thank you. today's medal count you by university hospital. we do know the men's basketball team will now play argentina in the quarter finals tomorrow. our coverage from rio on the "today" show. >> love the drum roll. nick, such a sweet job. one of the best luggage sales today you'll see until the end of the year.

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good morning. diving for gold. an incredible photo finish wins the women's 400 meters. >> it will be a dive by miller for the line. >> allyson felix edged out of the gold by a desperated they making her the most decorated female track star in u.s. history. >> oh boy. >> in gymnastics, a bobble on the beam dashes simone biles's chance of winning a record five gold medals in rio. laurie hernandez haking silver. biles settling for bronze. she'll have one more shot at gold "today," tuesday, august