. here at 6:00, going to be a busy summer night for cleveland. thousands make their way to downtown. >> browns play the first preseason game at stadium. indians hit the mound at progressive field. it's night number two for paul mccartney rocking out at the q. >> we have a good idea what we can guess what the traffic is going to be like what about the weather? let's get answers now from holly. >> thanks. good morning. outsideout here on the back back deck at channel 3. as far as chances of rain, only 30%.

cover. quite beautiful. hope you can pick that up on your television. it's still dark. we're 40 minutes from the sunrise that you can see. definitely lovely as can be and dry outside here. we did see a few sprinkles when we walked out. everything looking okay. we should have sunshine and partly cloudy skies through a lot of your day. best chance of showers and thunderstorms later south of cleveland. if you're headed to describe game, browns, to mccartney. your commute into the city will be dry. low to mid 80s for highs. quiet as we talk satellite and radar outside partly cloudy conditions. there you have it john. going to be a great day. i'll look ahead to the weekend. we're forecasting a decent chance of thunderstorms at some point. i'll let you know when that is. >> rain continues. let's talk about tonight now.

falcons. hughes jackson is there offensive line is hurting. joe thomas out with a bad back. quarterback austin davis still recovering from the concussion. we've got the brown's preseason game downtown cleveland. indians play paul mccartney concert downtown. >> great buzz downtown. tiffany joins us live this morning. the best advice is get downtown early. >> it sure is lynna and john. if you work downtown, best advice for you to get out of downtown early. you're going to get caught up in that traffic. there's going to be parking restrictions as well before and after the game. when it comes to first energy stadium, there's a new screening process.

tonight, nfl believes it will get through the gates quicker. you're looking at nfl.com, a new graphic. you can keep your keys and coins in your pockets. you'll have to put everything that can't fit in your pockets into a clear plastic bag. ladies, you can carry a small clutch purse. brown's fans that like to tailgate before the game, the eastern lot opens at morning. police will not allow vehicles to line up or stage on the shoreway ahead of the game. there's a lot more information you need to know if you're headed to that game tonight. we're going to post that link on wkyc.com about the changes. again, talking about changes to traffic. for more on that going to turn over to danielle. >> good morning tiffany and good morning to all of you waking up. because of the game tonight, there are going to be parking restrictions in downtown

be paying up. don't do that if you come to downtown, be aware it's reduced to one lane each direction. the shore way is closed at lake avenue. no access to clifton boulevard to the eastbound shore way. you'll need to detour lake avenue where the exit ramp is converted to two way use. other than, that for those of you leaving now, normal drive times on o if you commute richmond height, it is shut down near the cuyahoga county airport because of water line repairs until 9:00 a.m. your detour is bishop road. your next traffic check in 15 minutes. . that was ryan lochte giving his account to the "today" show

robbery. >> this morning, big questions suddenly raised about the incident with lochte and teammates on streets of rio last waked. two swimmers with lochte were removed from the u.s. bound plane by brazilian authorities. >> the attorney for jack and hunter says they were questioned by brazilian police then released. they've been ordered not to leave brazil until they testify about the robbery. lochte said he was with gunpoint as they returned to olympic village. lochte arrived back in u.s. yesterday. new evidence will evidence is said -- new evidence is said not to support the swimmer's stories. a new interim band director is hired after the band was sidelined last week. allegations are that students were pushed into a lake at night

the band director and assistant director are on administrative leave as the school board investigation continues. at last night's meeting, the president reiterated zero tolerance for hazing as students and parents lobbied for directors to get jobs back. three mens will be sentenced today for robbing four people in cleveland's little italy including pistol whipping of the holy rosary church. he and other victims have been invited to speak before the sentencing this morning. we'll be there. look for updates on wkyc.com. time is 6:06. same sports, many different languages. . >> how smart phones are helping the olympic athletes navigate rio. hi greg. >> reporter: good morning. i'm live downtown in public

fountain -- coming alive from fountains and even shopping at farmer's markets. it's all happening today in downtown cleveland. i'll tell you more coming up. >> that was fantastic. we've got weather out your window. if you have a minute, take a look at your television. steve and cindy sent this to us. there are pumpkins in their yard ready to pick already. that's what they said. actually in the e-mail me. thank you steve and cindy. those look amazing. it is 6:07.

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>> things can get lost in translation. just ask will live in brazil. fortunately there's technology. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. it's one big melting pot here. it's a beautiful site. people from all over the world coming together cheering on their country with a lot of passion. as you mentioned, a lot of languages going on. technology is trying to keep up. things like google translate this all started with me use this to get by out here. you know what, it's got good and bad. take a look.

. >> any -- my name is will. how are you today? >> i am fine. the book is on the table. >> you didn't need the app. [ speaking foreign language ] >> texico catching fire lyrics. i don't think that's what you're trying to say. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> cnh fight holidays in portuguese.

>> yeah. [ speaking foreign language ] >> woohoo. >> picture of a bankruptcy attorney today talking about you leaving to go to the mall. should i bother you too much for this phone. as for yourself, if this is a picture of a bankruptcy attorney -- is >> so the reason this all came about, there was a couple of us trying to use google translate. the camera wasn't rolling for the first one. it said what google thought was fuzzy wuzzy bear at ohio state. when you're trying to do basic things like get around, it works well. trying to have a conversation

>> that's when you go to the universal language of dance. >> you did that perfectly. >> i was trying to do interpret the dance. the other thing that works, i fell back on italian roots a little. the latin origin can understand. that got me by a little bit. >> you're exactly right. thanks so much . >> very good. we're going to keep this in english. u.s. sweep. history made in women's 100-meter hurdles. gold medal final. >> u.s. became the first country to take the top three spots in the event. it's a sweep. brianna rollins won gold on her 25th birthday. ali wins silver christy caplin

usain bolt won his heat. he won 100-meters and aiming for eighth olympic gold going after the 200-meter title. allege heats in rio had to -- athletes in rio had to practice in less than favorable conditions. an athlete showed this photo of a large rodent crawling behind a toilet in the gym. that athlete said they believe the rodent lived under the gym floor and came up to d the rodent was much larger than a rat but smaller than a cabbarra. you may remember them on the golf courses? whatever. >> you can't drink out of the diving pool. that's green. >> it's blue now. it was green and there were amoeba things floating in the

. >> oh my goodness. okay. let's really go to traffic right now at 6:15. get my mind together for this. we're dealing with patchy fog. normal drive times not affected. we have road closures to tell you about. ashland county, between county road 956 and 926 closed because of an accident. 1101. in rich mand heights, richmond road shut down because of water line repairs and expected to reopen at 9:00 a.m. detour bishop road. don't forget when you hit the roads, tube in to 1100 -- tune

>> thanks. there's a bit of a breeze 5 to 10 miles per hour sustained. that helps mix the atmosphere enough to keep hit away. we hope that's the case. we're going to see sunshine. partly to mostly cloudy sky. can't rule out isolated shower or storm mainly south for the best chances. all of you have at least a small possibility of seeing that happen today. once we get past spotty fog that does form this morning, looks like we'll be in decent shape in the afternoon and by noontime, close to 08. -- to 80. 6:17 now by the way. you're getting through the first week of school. so many started back. 83 to 85 for the high today. again, chances for showers and thunderstorms will be fairly isolated. we're going to track. what we're tracking over the next 12 hours is a fantastic looking thursday. we'll transition from partly to mostly cloudy sky this is morning.

much of today. on radar, it is quiet. can't rule out a sprinkle. we've had a couple close to the lake shore this morning. almost like little dots. they're not causing much in the way of any make. that's for sure. as we look ahead, what you'll notice past this morning is that we start to see chances more to our south and west. so, if you're headed to the tribe game or browns or paul mccartney, looks like commute with chances remaining south and southwest. nice start to our friday. more shower and storm chances tomorrow later in the day again. here's your window nation assad. same on saturday. -- nation seven-day forecast. >> sunday the front moves in. scattered showers and thunderstorms likely then the cool down. time for access to today's

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great job. to nominate your all star, send me your picture and story. tweet them to me @johnwkyc. >> we're expecting a big announcement from cedar point today. our expert ryan has the inside scoop. there's been buzz about this for the past few weeks. >> actually the past couple months dating back to february. cedar point announced two of the water park which made everybody assume we were going to get a much needed expansion. there's been nothing added since 2012. this made it more obvious. members of media got a flip flop in the mail. areas were cleared where we're expecting the soak city expansion. with the announcement comes in officially at 10:00 this morning. we'll have details on wkyc.com. for those of you thinking this

what they do with that after the ride closes, i don't think we're going to get any of those details until that ride is long closed. >> stick around on our wkyc facebook. >> we have detail there is. we think we know what's coming. >> thanks. we have a look at your local forecast which includes sunshine and isolated showers or thunderstorm chances. i've got to say so far so on. keep us ohed as you wake up and get the day underway. travel map is looking uneventful in general. can't rule out passing shower or sprinkle. most the chances should be to our south today. that's going to work out lovely for everything we have going on this evening. a pretty warm day. in the 80s around here. greg is out this morning. what do you have going on? >> hollie, with temperatures in the 80s, what a perfect spot to

the wading pool, fountains, grab a drink and lunch. live in downtown cleveland this morning. we'll introduce you to this brand new spot in our city coming up. . greg, here's your chance to see this concert. four tickets to the august 29th show. good luck. ??

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. good morning. welcome back. >> hollie has the forecast coming up in a minute. first, stories we're following this morning. donald trump is looking to make a stop in akron next week. ohio.com reports the campaign is working hard to make this happen monday or tuesday. the campaign is looking for a venue that can hold between 4,000-8,000 people. trump made a stop in and stark county last week. hillary clinton was in town yesterday and spoke at a high school. marcia fudge was among the others there. she talked about trump's plan to give tax breaks to the wealthy. death toll climbing from floods in louisiana. 13 have died since friday. 6,000 are still in shelters. jay johnson will get a

today and the recovery efforts. help is on the way from northeast ohio. the akron canton food bank saw the great need this louisiana and sprung into action. they saw the images of the baton rouge food bank under four feet of water. the food bank is sending supplies. they're asking the public to help as well for ways to give. check out the story on wkyc.com and searchey tonight downtown will be crowded with three big events. >> going to be a busy night. this morning, we have cloud cover, partly to mostly cloudy skies. fog has not happened downtown which is great. great visibility and cloud cover to start off. we're also looking for sunshine today. we still have isolated shower and storm chances too. they're only 30%.

decent amount of sun threats today. going to be warm. highs low to mid-80s. we'll plan it out after cloud cover burns off this morning. we'll transition to partly cloudy sky. we are expecting those low to middle 80s. later today, the somehower and storm chances mainly south. to -- the shower and storm chances mainly south. i think we'll be in good shape for downtown and commutes. what about the weekend ? it's getting up. it does include storms. we'll let you know which day highest chances are. >> a number of weddings going on this weekend. they'll be looking forward to that forecast. right now we start here 71. 76 medina county. typically when we see patchy fog, we see this camera. not big follow here. not impacting your commute in

between county road 956 and 926. that's because of an overnight crash. your detour is township road 1 101. now tracking delays or slow traffic, northfield or warrensville heights before it dead ends. also slowing 71 north to the interbelt bridge. we look at the drive time between 480 and 490. it is a nine me fans notice changes before the game begins. >> tiffany is live downtown this morning. there's a new screening process this season. >> reporter: you're going to see changes at all nfl stadium across the board. they say it's about efficiency, safety, security. you may have been able to go in but you had to take out the change from pockets, maybe take off keys from your pockets.

phone and camera above your head. not only that but you'll carry the stuff you can't fit in your pockets into a clear, plastic bag. that's not larger than 12 inches tall, 12 inches wide or thick. or just a one gallon plastic storage bag. this information is on our website, wkyc.com and our mobile app we have to have lot dos and don'ts of tailgating >> that's right. nfl is getting the message out, think airport. a lot of changes changes are tsa related. thank you very much. >> all right. more unanimous 500 -- more than 500 passengers and crew were evacuated off a ship after a fire broke out. s about half on board have been

dehydration. the fire continues to burn thousands of acres in southern california this morning. the fire in san bernardino county scorched 25,000 ache hers before it began tuesday morning. it is zero percent contained. . the gold medal for elyria. >> will is back live from rio with what we need to know. hi will. >> reporter: good morning guys. you mentioned a gold medal coming back to ohio. start with 2003 high school graduate from elyria high school and former medalists taking gold in 400 relay in london.

long jump of 7.17-meters. she'll be back on the track again today in her third event where she's looking to repeat in the 4 by 100 relay. she says it's nice to have the hard work pay off. >> i'm really, really happy because it's the biggest meet for track and field. to be able to put together a perfect performance today and come out with a gold, i can't ask for anything >> the u.s. men's basketball team. kyrie was good. show down for spain coming up. just five shots off the lead, toledo native and women's golfers are getting ready 206 -- ready to

coach from st. ed's high school. they move on to semi finals tonight. the same will be running for canada at 8:45. rachel adams and u.s.a. women's volleyball team plays today in semi final. they've been dominant thus far. a win today insures at least a silver medal with finals played saturday. there's a lot of medals coming our way w home the bronze and now kiona bringing the gold. she's going back looking for more hardware tonight. it's beginning to look like a good week for the buckeye state. >> love it. making us proud. >> going to be a fun homecoming.

up next, greg is live with new attractions at public square. >> first, let's check with matt granite. what do you have today? >> $10 to prevent your next high-tech meltdown. first, hollie, any meltdowns weather wise? >> i'm going to keep it stress free. cloud cover this morning, patchy fog. otherwise, going to see sunshine. then just isolated storm chances. i think mainly south outside of that, great shape. all things happening downtown, you're going to have beautiful commutes in the city this evening. paul welcome cartny, all the sports going on. we have been asking for your photos. here we have some more back to school beauties for your old -- for your molly and tyler. you look fabulous.

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. good morning everybody. i'm live in public square this morning. boy has this fountains, a place to stay cool. land art. look crawled in this week. snails and frogs playing in the water. this isn't a place just to hang out and stay cool. there's a lot more to do in public square. it's a gathering place for entire cleveland community. they've got a restaurant in this square. they've got games and tables set up outside.

done here. enjoy -- little fun here. enjoy table tennis, a competition. grab your food and drinks including alcoholic beverages and take them outside right here into the square they've got the table set up. go as far as this barrier and enjoy a nice lunch or breakfast outside. with the land art out here, we've also got the north union farmer's market. they're out here today as well. that starts at afternoon. a great place to grab fruits, vegetables, ohio maple syrup. maybe even flowers for your coworkers or someone back home. on a beautiful day like this, there's no better place to come down here than the farmer's market and of course the square. throughout the year, they're planning other events as well. there's a stage set up off to my rights. you'll find live music here.

great place. bring a blanket, grab your lunch and bring it here to downtown cleveland. it's been a long renovation. a lot has changed if you have not had a chance to come down and see new public square. you've got to check it out. beautiful morning like this. they've got breakfast too. great place to grab food and fresh pour over coffee which they make with a robotic machine. i'm geeked out i've got to tell you. great place to come down. really proud to square has become here. >> they keep adding stuff too. i was just there a couple weeks ago. already it looks different. >> it does. they're always changing and making it look fresh. you never know. come down. different experience every time. >> how long until he jumps in the puddles ? >> 10 seconds. as soon as we're off? we'll stay with you if you want us too.

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she's beautiful. she's a sweetty i'm told. most of you partly to mostly cloudy skies. we're expecting to transition to sunshine. how cute are they? probably pool time if you're still on summer break. going to be a good day for it. we do expect to see sun. we've got the patchy fog and cloud this is morning. then isolated -- clouds this morning. >> then isolated shower and storm chances. you're in the 20 to the south. everything -- best opportunity later is to the south. there's so much going on downtown. share your experience with us on facebook twitter, instagram. let us know-how festivities are. a warm day. forecast over the next 12 hours showing the transition to a lot of sunshine on our computer forecast.

day. we have cloud cover. couple of sprinkles earlier, no big deal no. storms to worry about this morning. we look at future view and track next several hours, you'll notice we see the mix of clouds and sun. as we get to the evening, most pretty clear. shower and storm chances to the west. we're in good shape for everything going on in cleveland tonight. it looks like we'll quickly see the chances fade even south overnight. they're going to be isolated to scattered. let's see what happens. here's your window nation seven-day forecast. 6:48 now in case you're trying to get kids out if door. low to mid 80s highs today, tomorrow, showers and thunderstorms possible but not likely. we are going to see sunshine too. saturday as well. mid to upper 80s. sunday we have got the front moving in. we've been talking throughout

shower and storm chance for the weekend and cool us down. next week, it's looking really nice. highs inthe 70s monday and tuesday, lows in the 50s. time now for access to today's summer game schedule brought to you by cleveland clinic. men's 400 takes center stage in track and field. in diving, women's semi finals gets underway. we go extreme in a round of men's bmx raying. that's -- racing. that's your access brought to

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. all right. 6:52. welcome back to your morning rush. hollie has a forecast coming up. >> tiffany has more on the busy evening downtown. new details in the alleged robbery of u.s. swimmer ryan lochte and three teammates. two were removed by their plane last night authorities, questioned and released. a judge ordered them not to leave brazil until they testified about the robbery. lochte arrived back in the u.s. yesterday. the "today" show will have more on this after our newscast. the brown's first preseason home game is tonight against the falcons. head coach jackson hasn't said how long start hers could go i'm thinking rgiii would see more playing time. he has to.

the hamstring injury. offensive line is hurting as thomas is out with a bad back. tiffany? >> reporter: it's important for fans to know there's a new screening process for game across all of nfl at all stadiums about efficiency, safety, security. one of the things we know that's changing is you're going to have to put your stuff in a clear, plastic bag. there are also you like to tailgate before the game. you can only use propane to grill, can't share a space with friends, can't walk across. >> tonight, going to be busy

how to get around it, turning now to danielle. >> thank you tiffany. we're going to focus on delays we're seeing now 480 eastbound. about a 3-5 minute delay. slowing into downtown, 90 east, 71 north and 7 north. a 3- 5 minute delay getting off east 55 t. don't forget richmond heights. shut down between highland road and cur water line repays. 6:54. checking that forecast, sit thursday, friday eve. big day in cleveland. paul mccartney, browns, indian i think we'll see sunshine. chances for showers and thunderstorms isolated mainly south later today. that means great for driving in downtown cleveland. low to mid 80s for highs. isolated chances tomorrow, saturday.

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afscme is responsible for the content of this advertising. good morning. clean sweep. team usa takes gold, silver and bronze in the women's 100 meter hurdles. a first in olympic history. kerri walsh jennings and april ross fashion to win bronze in beach volleyball. and hot water? two of ryan lochte's teammates abruptly pulled from a plane as they were on their way home from rio. detained for hours before being released overnight. officials now questioning the accounts of four swimmers who claim they were victims of a robbery. does their story hold up? what ryan told me in an exclusive conversation, "today,"