. right now at 6:00, video into our newsroom of tornadoes in ohio. we'll let you know what's next for people that live in these areas. starting today, bera and ohmstead police departments are work together to help addicts get rid of that problem. i'll tell you about it coming up. >> coming to cleveland. when and where to audition for

heavy rain overnight. nothing severe. this morning, people that live in other parts of ohio and indiana will be cleaning up after powerful storms. tiffany is here now with a closer look at the damage. tiffany? >> we've been getting a better look of that damage thanks to social media. all morning we've been showing you this video posted on youtube. this is from defiance county the next county over we're also getting new video into newsroom. let's show you that and give you a better look up close. this is paulding county. this is the same storm that rolled through indiana before making its way here. a dozen were injured. eight tornadoes reported near coke moe, indiana, 40 miles north of indianapolis.

blown over like a piece of paper. people were inside at the time but amazingly nobody was injured. now we know the national weather service is going to have to come to ohio and indiana as we were talking before to assess this damage and determine what category of tornado this was. >> typical procedureif today. then we'll have reports to pass along to you. we'll check back in with tiffany too. social media amazing we're able to get video and images today with everything going on. storms in the forecast today. this is your early heads up. it's not storming now as you wake up. i want to make that clear. there's always stress and anxiety for your commutes and drives. we're getting to work and school

hot, humid. late day thunderstorm chances, left over showers. we'll end up close to 90 degrees today. heat index values make it feel like low 90s. most of it is out of here literally. we zoom in to the east. most is quickly moving away. the vast majority is waking up to dry weather including ashtabula. we zoom out, a cold front to the west. strong to severe storms today as the front approach this is hot, humid air. speaking of humidity, dew points are back in the 70 plus range. we are really feeling that stuffiness. my best advice getting little ones ready for school, dress light. it could get tricky with storms today. >> i want to let you know about this closure that just came up.

so you know where it is. burton route 44 south of butternut road is closed because of a fallen tree. that's because of the storm damage we saw. use caution. i'm going to work on detours and get that to you at dani wkyc. canton, we have a ramp closure causing all in all slow traffic u.s. 30. that ramp u.s. 30 westbound, cherry avenue closed for bridge repairs until monday. your detour to is going to u.s. 30 west to harrison. you hop back on 243. normal drive times on our highway. east 105th is shut down because of water problems. that's because of rain yesterday. take east 93rd as a detour option. lynn narcs back to you. -- lynna, back to you. >> there's a new approach helping drug addicts that wanted

it's caused police assistant and recovery mission. >> good morning to you. >> instead of arresting their way out of the problem, the police departments are trying to help addicts get clean. >> they can go to one of the two police stations and ask for help. they won't be arrested or charged. the program will be sta officer last year. the bera and ohmstead township are first two communities to offer it. lodi was the first community to adopt the program. the ten programs are statewide. if accepted into the program, addicts will take recovery and rehabilitation facilities for 28 programs. there's no cost for the community to attend. this is the thing police

their community going in the right direction. >> thanks jasmine. later today, governor kasich will join leaders from nine neighbors states to talk about the epidemic. he'll speak at a summit in since since for more than 60 overdoses are reported in the past two days. summit is aimed at improving cooperation across state borders and battling drug abuse from prescriptionai ohio is among the five states with highest number of overdose deaths in 2014. canton police are investigating after a violent day yesterday. two separate shootings happened less than two miles from each other. two were shot near canton's east side. police say it happened around 7:30 p.m. no word or any details on those injuries. meanwhile, earlier in the day, a young mother was shot driving south on i-77.

highway for several hours during the rush hour commute. she was struck in the hand and grazed in the head. her gyres were not life -- her injuries were not life threatening. police do not believe these were related no. arrests made in either case. an akron man will spend time behind bars for making his own fireworks. akron police responded to his home for domestic incidents. while questions him, they discovered over a thousand homemade fireworks. the bomb squad was called in to help secure the scene. one of the victims convicted of throwing chunks of concrete will be released from prison. the 19-year-old and three other teen boys hit the vehicle char ron and her husband were driving in causing brain trauma to bud the judge says mcgee met the

bud has undergone numerous surgeries since attack in 2014. the man who shot and killed canton police canine jethro will spend time behind bars. he pleaded guilty to two cases. he originally pleaded not guilty to all charges. he shot the german shepherd several times during a robbery earlier this rise in italy after the devastating earthquake on tuesday. at least 247 people have been killed. hundreds more injured in the quake which struck central italy about 4:00 in the morning their time. one of the hardest hit towns was in central italy. exhausted search parties are looking for people and bodies

at&t is waving calls and text messages to italy including land lines as well. the company says they'll wave the international fees until the end of the day tomorrow. 6:09 now. topping the morning news feed an attack on the college campus in afghanistan ends this morning leaving 10 debted and 10 -- 10 dead and dozens wounded. the money values in education -- symbol of american values in education no group has claimed responsibility yet. well, it was a bumpy landing for the world's largest aircraft. the blimp air shift called air lander 10 took a nose dive on the second test flights both were not hurt.

continuer, airplane. it is able to stay aloft for days at a time. it was developed for u.s. surveillance in afghanistan. crews are trying to determine what caused the bumpy landing another huge step for scientists. european scientists spotted an earth-like planet orbiting the sun's closest neighbor. they say it has the same mass as earth and is only 4.3 light years away. the discove c finding more planets in the universe that could sustain life. businesses get a little help from the king. we'll have a look at premiere of lebron james' new tv show. it's their first cleveland area show in 25 years. your chance to win a four pack of tickets to see them hollie. . >> come on. are you serious? this is kind of fun.

>> we're flashing forward to your commute later today. that could be the tricky one. showers and thunderstorms, some could be strong to severe. we're forecasting highs 90 degrees plus. heat index values in mid to upper 90s today. a sizzler on the way for sure. 70s and muggy. sunrise in morning. i'll let the exact one 6:47. yesty today's record high is 97 back in 1948. we'll see breaks in the cloud corr there. lots to chat about.

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our big announcement last night on america's got talent. auditions for season 12 held here in cleveland. start brushing up on your act. big day is december 10th. we have all info including a link to sign wkyc.com. local businesses will getting a boost thanks to lebron james. the season premiere was last night. lebron james, maverick and local businesses are competing for a chance to open a store

neighborhood. a premiere party took place in cleveland last night. all right. we had quite a show. some thunderstorms, danielle getting reports of damage. it happened overnight. it was literally between midnight and 2:00 a.m. we had the line move through here. we'll start you off with the bus stop forecast. nothing was severe in northeast ohio. we could see some of that later today. like your early heads gusty winds and older trees, still problems with damage. we're getting to that. 70s, taking the rain gear today. we're going to see the possibility of storms later. be on the lookout for strong to severe storms. kind of a heads up, moms, dads, practices, football this evening and things like that.

partly sunny skies. midday in the middle 80s. 90 with scattered storms, better opportunities as we get to early evening hours. some could be strong to severe over next 12 hours. general stretch of hazy skies transitions to sunshine. storms later on today i do think with the cold front approaching plus heat and humidity we have in place, ingredients are there. it's all coming that potential of some of these being strong to severe. things quiet from overnight. it's like a little family, i love it. we were wake together. it's super uneventful with the exception of sprinkles to the east. dew points have been so impressive, 70 plus in most spots. anything 60 and higher feels humid. when you get to 70 degrees dew

ago. it's feeling tropical. with the humidity in place and with eat today and front approaching, i think scattered showers and thunderstorms especially later. this is 3:30. pretty uneventful. here we are early evening. this is a snapshot at 6:30 with showers and thunderstorms move through. things fade in the evening hours. we clear out in time it's looking absolutely lovely as we forecast a nice weather weekend. here's your window nation seven day. today's highs around 90 it will feel hotter with heat index values upper 90s. dress as cool as you can for the bus stop. heading to work today, welcome back to school if this is your first day. low 80s tomorrow. mid to upper 80s over the weekend. asian lated storm chances late sunday. -- isolated storm chances late

you should, it's time to cool off. it's 6:18. time for a check of your drive. . hi there. we start to the east. i have two reports of fallen trees the first one shut down state route 44 south of butternut road and geauga county. this is because of a fallen tree. this is near the pleasant hill golf course. use detour lake road to get around that closure. in sharp don, hoot fallen free reported. use caution. no word opp a road closure here. i'm going to call and check to see if you can bypass the fallen tree. downtown cleveland, reports of high water on the inner belt near 77 that is blocking your right lane. here's a picture of 90 at 77.

here's a picture of the spot near east 27th street. normal drive times in this area. lynn narcs back -- lynna, back to you. lay better day travel warning. why the holiday weekend could be the deadliest on the road in years. keyless car theft. what you may want to do the next time you pull into a gas station. >> thanks lynna. time to weather out your window. you know what, this is funny i had t saw this eastern wood around my garden. that's a type of bird. thank you for enlightening our bird knowledge this morning. jackie, sweet of you. calling this bird buddy. how sweet is that? keep them coming. we love your pictures. we're happy you let us be a part

. keyless cars that start with a push of a button are a target for thieves. since vehicles with this feature don't require a key, some may get out of their car without turning the engine off. someone lurking nearby can drive off with the vehicle running. gas stations are a hot spot for these. drivers are encouraged to turn it off even if exiting for a short time. for the second year in a row, summer months prove to be led i did. now the council is warning people this labor day could be one of the most dangerous. maureen kyle explains why. >> in first six months, 19,000 were killed in car crashes.

the national safety council is concerned as we head to labor day weekend. people believe this labor day will be the deadliest since 2009. there are a few reasons they think this is happening. first stronger economy and lower gas prices the safety council survived more than 1,000 teenage drivers. 35% admit to using social media. 21% admit to using video chat while driving. this is coming out and auto makers debate what rules and regulations should be required for autonomous vehicles. most of all, be safe over the weekend. back to you. >> great advice. being safe is applying to our weather forecast. we're tracking potential of strong to severe thunderstorms late per. as you wake up, it is calm. boy, is it warm and muggy? temperatures in 70s. dew points 70 plus. going to be 90 degrees or so for

values mid to upper 90s. that's what it will feel like. on the travel map, tracking a cold front to our west. going to be the trigger moving to heat and humidity. we'll see scattered storms later today. 6:26 now. hope solo is suspended y. u.s. soccer is punishing the super star goalie and how long she'll have to sit out. chance to see todo at the hard rock august 31st. be the third caller now to this is the first show in 25 years.

good to have you with us at 6:30 now. i'm lynna. john is off this week. hollie has your forecast in a little bit. as you're waking up, here are stories we're following. ohio congress members want the pentagon to build a missile site in the state. the letter said they'd welcome it to camp in portage county. it's estimated it could support

employ up to 850 full time workers. in june, the missile defense agency conducted a hearing on potential environmental effects of a missile defense site in revenna. the mayor wants to spend $2 million to build the playfield on the east side. he hopes it would get dirt bikers off the street andnt controlled environment. the city councilman opposes the idea say it can city needs to spend money fixing up parks instead of building something new. we had heavy rainfall overnight. let's stoned hollie. a snapshot later today. potential of showers and thunderstorms. going to be hot. already really muggy.

part. upper 70s at 9:00, 84 at noon. should be dry through midday. we get into these showers and thunderstorms scattered late afternoon into early this evening. around 90 degrees today. some of these could be toronto severe. overnight as lynna mentioned, a line of heavy rain we had thunderstorms, nothing severe f. you're not dealing with storms now. as we zoom in, most of that rain over theor so it's nice to know there's none of that to worry about. we're going to expand and show you we've got the cold front. heat and humidity going to be working into today. showers and thunderstorms scattered, likely later. some could be strong to severe. early heads up. look how humid it is. dew points in the 70s. we're feeling it danielle. those commutes home could get tricky because of this weather. >> fu for that heads up.

currently. seeing slowing 71 north to the inner belt bridge. that adds a minute or two to your commute. east of ravenna road is still open. cei is on the scene because of the fallen tree there. looks like power lines came down. wooden road is open. state route 44 in geauga remains closed because of a fallen tree. golf course. go ahead and take east 93rd as a detour option 36789 back -- east 93rd as a backup option. >> thank you. this is the same storm we saw here in northeast ohio last night. >> we saw that heavy rain overnight. it's now dry here in downtown

like before it got here to our area. this is from paulding county. video of a tornado there. in northwest ohio along the indiana border, a funnel cloud swirling there. good news, no injuries reported n. indiana, about a dozen were hurt. nothing serious. officials say howard and montgomery counties were hit hardest there. >> stuff flying through funnel cloud coming. got in the hallway, took cover. building fell on us, and it was over. >> people believe doing, that heeding warnings, doing the right thing, taking shelter, likely saved a lot of lives. >> wow. thanks so much tiffany. .

donald trump held a large campaign rally in jackson, mississippi last night in the city for the african-american population is 80%. trump escalated his attacks on hillary clinton instead of calling rejection instead of her bigotry, as he called it. he in recent days directly labeled clinton, a quote, bigot. a woman behind trump gasped at the com. who sees people of color only votes not human beings worthy of a better future. she's going to do nothing for african-americans. she's going to do nothing -- >> today trump will meet with members of hispanic and african-american groups at trump tower and then travel to new

trump campaign to go to the inner city to reach urban voters. hillary clinton is spending time out west for a fund-raiser event in california she issued a statement on the skyrocketing costs of the allergy drug epi pen it can be the difference between life and death. there's no justification for these price hikes. in her statement, clinton called the price hikes outrageous and urged reduce the price of the severe allergy treatment. if you're one of the misdemeanors of americans who filed for an -- one of the millions of americans who filed for extension, the deadline is fast approaching. with every tax deadline comes the threat of identity theft. this is simple as filing a return and claiming a refund under your social security number before you do. in 2014, the scam cost the

millions of taxpayers untold makes. getting the situation resolved and getting your refund can take months or more. >> they're taking funds that would normally be sent to the taxpayer diverting to own bank account. first tip is file first. >> okay. so experts also remind anyone filing to remember the irs will not ask for any personal information over the phone or by e-mail. 6:37 now. and topping the morning news feed. indiana governor mike pence will survey damage one day after tornadoes hit parts of the state wednesday. the republican nominee for vice president will take a break from the campaign trail to focus on his current job. mike pence returned to indiana after tornadoes struck the central part of the state. this morning, he will hit some of the hardest hit areas to tour some of that damage.

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star prince will soon be able to tour his private estates and studio we learned it will be open for public tours starting october 6th. the 65,000 square feet complex is in the minneapolis suburb. prince's sister says opening up paisley park is something prince always wanted to do. tickets go on sale friday. . 6:39 now. we have 2 -- have the day trending stories. matt gran -- granite, what's ahead? >> we can't hear you matt. >> i sat on my microphone pack like an idiot. it turned off. i ruined television today. coming up, making sure your wallet isn't ruined. holt lee, i messed this up. >> -- hollie, i messed this up.

things happen. it's all good. 90 for the high today. hot and humid weather. dressing as cool as we can heading to work and school and tracking potential for strong to severe thunderstorms. i'll fill you in as we track hourly coming up. we've got back to school. this has been so much fun over the past couple weeks. we loved these picture miss on the first back to school. share photos on instagram. using thehashtag back to school

a look at what's trending? hope solo has been suspended six

her team lost in the olympics. >> let me pull up her twitter account. she tweeted this overnight in response to her suspension. it says in part, i could not be the player i am without being the person i am even when i haven't made the best choices or said the right things. she will appeal the suspension. the goalkeeper called the swedish women's soccer team, quote, cowards after the heavily favored u.s. team lost in the olympics. immediately beginning solo will not be available until february of 2017. >> hollie, take a look at this. red bag is mine. good luck. can you imagine the dilemma? team great britain brought home 57 medals from rio and 900 identical bags.

home. can you imagine? several athletes tweeted about the mess that went viral. it made for a few laughs for sure. athletes agreed the issue was a fantastic problem to have. a for awesome attitude. take a look at this what do you think that is? >> a giant worth $100 million. it's been under ten years. a fishermen in the philippines found the 75-pound said to be the biggest ever. he had no idea about the value. he's superstitious and kept it under his bed for good luck. then he had a house fire.

historian's' office. jaws dropped there. >> what matt could do with $100 million. >> whew. here's the thing. you do not need to have that amount of money to take advantage of an item i tested on the consumer show back in january. when you think of audio, headphones, streaming, they're always around. they've been that way forever. one company changed the shape meaning new head leans will never fall off. take a look. they're water resistant and fold better because of new designs. this company not paying us to say nice things about them is lowest price full featured pair of headphones i've ever seen under $30. blue tooth, water resistant. amy put them to the test.

speakers. pretty good. >> i mentioned the shape makes them stay on. head to wkyc for our test. hollie, you can move, groove, do anything you want and they don't fall off, ever. >> puck fall but they won't fall off of you. >> or anyone. >> right. if you and i did that, we would be on social media she i'm telling you. >> i'm really interested for running. >> you can run, move. we put everything through the test. they're perfectly fine. why am i still on the screen? you're probably jumping for joy at the bus top. for most cases, rain has stopped. could have showers and thunderstorms as we are leaving school today. we're in the 70s.

start today. dew points high, humidity is way up there. taking a look at headlines. we're going to have to watch out for strong storms later today with heat and humidity. a front on the way. this is the way it works out as we plan our day. up every 70s 9:00, 90 for the high today. stretch over 1 hours goes hazy skies to partly sunny, storm chances later in the day. some of these storms could end up strong to severe. this col interact with. it's our lifting mechanism later today as we zoom in now. showers and locally heavy rain from overnight. thunderstorms have moved out of here. you know what, most of you are waking up to completely dry weather with exception of extreme eastern ashtabula counties. seeing a couple sprinkles. dew points 70 plus range. it's very muggy. stuffy, sticky, all of the above.

today. we look on future view hour by hour seems quiet as we get into late afternoon and this will evening. this is a snapshot at 7:00 tonight. scattered showers and thunderstorms likely some could be on the strong to severe side. we'll keep you informed with the latest. window nation seven-day forecast is always about the timing. going to be perfection for tgif. highs in the pretty warm weekend. mid to upper 80s for highs. we'll sneak pool time in here and talk more 80s as we head to next week. this is how she keeps cool eating fudge sickles. karen in akron sent in bella. it's national dog day. dog gone weather has a new meaning today >> bell laxer it's your day. thanks so much hollie.

you hid out the door. let's check in with tiffany. >> tornadoes touched down in ohio and indiana. we'll let you know what's happening in both those areas

. topping off the morning rush. i'm jasmine monroe. ohmstead and bera are teaming together to stop addictions with the new group perry addicts can go to two stations

arrested or charged. the program was started by a police chief last year. it's the first two cuyahoga counties to offer it. there are 10 programs statewide. if accepted into the program, addicts will be taken to recovery and rehabilitation facility. this is free to the community. . >> tiffany? >> we know today members of the national weather service will be in indiana and ohio to assess the damage after a tornado there yesterday. we're going to show you this video from the internet. . >> state route 24, tornado on the ground. almost hit that church. tornado on the ground. >> austin blair recorded this video, posted on youtube. it's from northwest ohio. there was also tornadoes reported in indiana. people were there overnight

homes and businesses also destroyed. people without power. the good news in both states. no reports of serious injuries. thank you. movie crews hard at work around northeast ohio filming a movie about jeffrey calmer titleled -- jeffrey dahmer dahmer ." he grew up near akron. no release date has been set so far. rescue crews in hitly are racing to rescue survivors. this is aerial video snowing the devastation. 240 have been killed. that number of dead and missing was uncertain given temperature thousands of vacationers in the

the last quake in italy was 2009 where 300 were killed. the today show will have more after our newsroom. >> thank you. wet road and possibly road closures because of fallen trees and rain. i tweeted those out at wkyc.com. one is 105th quincy avenue impassable because of high water. detour east 23rd. we're slowing cleveland on 71, 90 east, and 77 north. about a five minute delay. thanks. we're checking out the forecast heads up for what could be a tricky commute for scattered storms. shot humid otherwise, 90 the high today. mid to upper 90s. you in general make sure you dress as cool as you can for the

>> time for a bonus deal. home renovation savings. what projects pay off. i'll tweet that out at 10:00 this mornings. tomorrow, liquid gold. >> all right. love it. >> i got her covered.

good morning. death toll rises. at least 247 killed in that powerful earthquake in central italy. residents desperately trying to dig out more survivors where their bare hands. me hope. fighting words. donald trump goes after hillary clinton questioning her true intentions when it comes to minority voters. >> hillary clinton is a bigot. >> this as she dismisses claims that clinton foundation donors were given special access to her when she was secretary of state. >> what trump has said is ridiculous. my work as secretary of state was not influenced by any outside forces.