new overnight hurricane hermine has made landfall when the national guard is on standby. another preseason game for the browns and another loss. there confidence -- they are confident. they are competent at progressive field indians with 4 1/2 games lead with 30 games to go we will talk about postseason tickets with the indians have planned for you we have amazing stunning spectacular fabulous terrific holiday weekend ahead. how many adjectives? it's going to be something else. today is the one we could still see left over sprinkle to the east in ashtabula. it's only a 20% chance so will keep in there until about 9 am and then we will see an

afternoon and this evening. 71 at lunchtime and mid-70s for the high so trending cooler but in a comfortable way. this is picture-perfect weather. most of you are waking up to 50s. 59 ashtabula. they are quite common except for downtown. high-pressure will build in with little cloud cover expected as it takes over for the weekend which means a lot of on only tomorrow and sunday but into monday as well. there were some showers overnight but most of that has faded away. you can be confident it is dry but we will continue to track and let you know if we see any rain through this morning. it is still possible. we're watching the roads

all the roads are looking good but there are some overnight issues to be aware of. abby avenue abby avenue, tremont closed until 6 am twins griffen road and west 11th for construction purposes. toward lake county we have smooth traffic toward the south toward parma. and toward downtown cleveland the inner belt bridge is closed so use 490 and 77 instead. we're doing construction and oversight -- overhead sign work. west 44th west of lorain avenue in ohio city could delay you because of a fallen tree. we yesterday route 82 enabled further south to route eight ramp on 271 trying to get onto route 8 closed until 6 am. everything we opens at six some of the construction concerns

new overnight three people were sent to the hospital last night after a car was hit running a red light vehicles crossed saint clair one another vehicle ran the light. that car was clipped on its back end and spun out of control. it went half a block before stopping between two utiliity pole >> no word if any drugs or alcohol were factors in the crash. we are tracking the more than a decade. hermine made landfall about 1:30 this morning. tiffany tarpley has the latest. the governor is calling this a life-threatening storm >> reporter: is a category one hurricane that made landfall along the gulf coast south of tallahassee. right now hermine is weakening as it moves into southern georgia but already leaving a

to about 75 miles per hour from 80. streets are flooded, trees are down, power is out. governor scott urged residents to take shelter and 51 counties are under state of emergency. national guard is on standby to help residents once the storm passed over. coming up we will let you know how far the storm will go. florida and georgia are not the only places in the -- in the storm's path. police are investigating after a stronger police car was involved in a crash with a u- haul van. this happened near west 41st in lorain. police were chasing the van and no word on what caused the crash. police have not released any details but we'll following. last week akron police were trained and equipped with

then they have saved two lives. tuesday in separate incidents akron officers responded to suspected heroin overdoses. two men were revived by narcan which all 35 patrol cars began carrying last friday. officer john turnure helped to save one of the men and told us he is happy to have yet another tool to save lives. another case of narcan to the rescue caught on dashcam video by the ohio patrol. troopers refined to a car on the side of 75 near cincinnati. two men were locked inside overdosing. troopers smashed the windows and a nurse driving by pulled over to help. paramedics arrived on scene administered naloxone which is the generic name for narcan both men are now recovering. the driver was later charged

joe biden and donald trump making a trip to the buckeye state. vice president joe biden stopped in parma yesterday on behalf of hillary clinton. he talked to blue-collar workers at agm planes. his event was delayed by more than one hour partly because he made a stop to sample goodies at rudy's bakery. a local business on by ukrainian immigrants. in southern ohio donald trump visited wilmington city devastated by losing a big freight company. he pledged to bring jobs back. >> we're going to bring back your jobs. which we have to have back and we want them back soon. we're going to negotiate fair trade deals that put american workers back to work and that

illegal immigrants who take jobs from here in ohio. the cleveland browns wrapped up the preseason last night against chicago with another loss. they finished 0-4. will ujek joins us from firstenergy stadium with more. >> reporter: it was time to get serious a couple weeks ago this is a season that can we get some more preseason games? the browns probably could use it and it comes to be expected to have going on and new players and coaches but the fans were hoping to see more out of the browns. now it is time to get serious. it is the real thing. the offensive starters played for the entire first quarter. rg three -- argie 3. josh gordon three catches and 29

patrick murray is the only kicker missed a 31 yard field goal attempt. brown scored zero points in the final three quarters. there is when 21-7. despite the losing record argie 3 says the team knows preseason is not about trying to get wins. >> the guys know the real bullets are flying in the regular-season that is when accounts. we've taken this approach in the preseason to work out some of the kinks and now we can >> reporter: fans sounding out. with all of the new faces this should have been expected. tony says there is always next century. and browns fans hoping to not say there is always next year but there is always next week and next week is philadelphia. all eyes were on 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick last night.

he made national headlines for sitting during the us national anthem. last night he was spotted kneeling along the sidelines during the banner -- the anthem. he has refused to stand for the anthem because he will not quote show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. topping our morning news brock turner is scheduled to be released from prison today. the 20-year-old was sentenced in june to six months in prison for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman at the time there was a lot of outrage by many who thought the sentence was too lenient. he is being let out early because of good behavior. he was also sentenced to three years probation and has to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. authorities in florida say they have found zika in infected mosquitoes for the first time.

surprising after dozens of nontravel related zika infections were diagnosed in people in miami-dade county. until now they had not been able to find mosquitoes with the virus. officials say they will continue to spray trap and educate the public. a rocket scheduled for launch this weekend exploded on the launchpad in florida yesterday. the spacex rocket was unmanned and going through a test en shaking people and buildings miles away. no one at cape canaveral was hurt. all eyes will be in the sky this weekend. find out when the cleveland air show kicks off. let's hope the skies are full of baseballs flying out of

homestand against miami and houston. the weather looks great. happy to report that we could see some stray showers this morning but it improves as the day continues. the full forecast coming up. ?

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opened its doors and to celebrate it is throwing a 90s style birthday bash this weekend. it starts saturday from 3-7 pm with live music food trucks games and more. over the years it has welcomed 10 million visitors and brought into billion dollars to be, -- two $2 billion into the area economy. have been roaring over the shores as they prepare for this year's cleveland national air show. the fan favorites practice some of the amazing highflying moves yesterday and you can check out all the fighter aircraft when the air show takes off tomorrow morning at burke lakefront airport. we have more on the labor day weekend tradition on wkyc.com.

to be a gorgeous morning. yes a few sprinkles but nothing that will create much of a problem. it will be isolated. looking at the bus stop forecast if you have school today you are excited for couple tonight. we have the long holiday weekend and a no some schools are out today as well. temperatures are generally in the 50s and 60s closer to the lake shore. we hold the chance of a sprinkle through cancel it for the rest of the day. this afternoon and this evening we should have lots of sunshine. 74 is the high so still trending cooler. we see the stretch a partly cloudy skies and is not even picking up on any rain chances. amazing weather for the holiday weekend. it's going to be perfect for

have. we are tracking hermine which is the biggest weather story. it made landfall overnight. with 80 mile-per-hour wind. it was a category one hurricane. it is still considered a category one with winds at 75. the track is something that we will watch closely throughout this weekend because it is going to go up the mid-atlantic coast and georgia and the carolinas and impacts as we t keep up-to-date with the latest. i expect within the next short time this will be downgraded to a tropical storm but that's not to say the rain will not be devastating. high-pressure building at home. with that means is we will push away the cloud cover and push away the shower chances and we're going to see a lot of sunshine through the weekend. in the meantime we have some stragglers.

seeing a few spotty showers approaching orwell right now. very late in intensity. as we track on future view you will see these showers they'd through the morning and then we clear out for the evening. it looks clear and lovely into tomorrow and in through monday. here is the seven-day forecast. it's going to be beautiful sunshine even into next week. highs upper 70s to near 80 tomorrow and sunday and then mid-80s monday. upper 80s next week as many of you get back into your routine greg is at the ballpark checking out the drive. good morning.

morning in terms of the drive. the major roads looking good. a few delays maybe for the early drivers. you might have to go around some construction as it there was some road work overnight. abby avenue is closed between scranton and west 11th. inner belt bridge is closed as well until 6 am. they are completed construction work doing some overnight. a fallen tree on west 44th north of lorain avenue and in macedonia the on-ramp is closed for resurfacing until 6 am. i'm also doing some geek fix. a special at this morning for those of you heading out on the lake this weekend. i learned about this from the captain of the cleveland metroparks taxi on the east

a free version and a paid version. i have the free version installed on my ipad but it works great if you have the pro version for $10 because you remove the advertising banner on the bottom. here is how it works. it allows you to zoom in into downtown cleveland and you can see dots. all of those dogs are ships that are docked around the lake. commercial vessels anything from modica queen to one of the big freighters coming in. a can individually click on these ships and things. find out its exact location and the name of the ship and then if you click on details it will actually tell you where the ship is from and for some of these ships and many of them it will give you the photograph of what the ship looks like as the ships are moving you can track them live. this is important for anyone that is planning to go kayaking or paddleboarding on the

run into one of the big freighters or you want to see if there is one coming. you get a live gps you of all of the traffic on the river and the like. many folks on the water this weekend. vessel finder is the app you want to have. i recommend it. >> that is a great idea. you have to love technology. the holiday weekend homestand. john is back with the latest from progressive tribe continues to play at

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good morning. indians homestand continues tonight. miami marlins are here and our good friend joel is with us to talk about the week. slider is sleeping

let's talk starting tonight. we don't get to see the marlins much. >> jose fernandez pitching tomorrow. we have a big weekend with two dollars budweiser's and one dollar dogs all night and fireworks for all fans. morrow jersey night and another fireworks show and key bank kids sunday. >> this is where you want to be. every team in the majors things if we can be in first place in september it is waiting for us. that was the goal all year >> 75% of division leaders on september 1 when the division. we're in a good spot. 42-23 at home third best in baseball. 13-8 when crowds or 30,000 or more. we've had a great run it has been fun. >> some of the guys had

ballpark is full the energy and electricity of the fans helps them on the field. >> with the new renovations it feels more intimate so when you get a good crowd and here it is loud and feels like fans on top of the guys and they feed off of it. >> reporter: we could not -- it's better the than being four and half back. we're looking forward to a great run. potential cy young winner for the second time. first place and hold off the tigers it sounds like the weather is good. for interview going to the game tonight it's going to be fabulous. partly cloudy skies with temperatures in the upper 60s for first pitch and mid-60s around the end of the game.

we have a few sprinkles possible this morning but we are going to end up seeing lots of sunshine is afternoon on the travel map the biggest headline is hermine making landfall in florida overnight. it is still a category one hurricane with sustained winds of 75 miles per hour but it is weakening and we will keep you updated. hurricane hermine making landfall. the latest coming up. jetblue makes up. parents are upset after the airline almost lost their most

we start your morning rush with an update on hermine as it

georgia. it made landfall around 1:30 as a hurricane south of tallahassee. it is starting to weekend and it could move as far up the east coast as boston. people are already dealing with flooding power outages and other damage. this is the first hurricane to hit florida since 2005. coming up jay gray will join us live from savannah georgia with an update. books for the browns. losing the fourth straight. it's usually the fourth game where you get your starters a look at other guys that might be cut. that was not the case for the browns last night as they hosted chicago bears. there were still trying to get reps and for the number one team and did not help out against the bears second string. they lose 21-7. robert griffin

had a few grams three 429 yards. patrick murray the only kicker on the roster missed a 31 yard field goal attempt. coming up here's what rg3 said. many of you will be checking out the air show were planning a cookout. today we could still see hit or miss sprinkles this morning but otherwise we end up partly to mostly sunny this afternoon. 50s now and upper 60s at nine. mid-70s for the high today. high pressure will build in and that is going to push out the cloud cover and rain chances and bring us back to lots of sunshine for labor day weekend. as we zoom in this morning most of you are dry but there are a

right now just a few of those moving through ashtabula county and notice as we get closer in approaching middlefield. it is hit and miss. rain around mentor. these are small in the scheme of things but our present. we continue with chances through the morning and then these will fade and we end up with a mostly sunny afternoon. it's looking like it's going to work out warrior weekend. and the full forecast coming up. now let's check traffic. there is even a bit of a chill in the air at the ballpark. what a beautiful way to start the morning. the roadways are looking good. the good news the abbey avenue area continues closed until 6

west 11th. but the inner belt bridge has reopened early for construction & work which has been completed. we had a fallen tree on west 41st -- 44th st. north of lorraine -- lorain but that has cleared. resurfacing work from 271 onto state route 8 continues closed until 6 am. jared fogle says he is suing one of his victim's parents or her quote destructive behavior. he says the parents of the girl who was sickly found in a child pornography scheme fought and abused alcohol in front of her and then abuse led to his

pornography and sex with a minor. officials in ohio busted three people for trying to smuggle $1 million worth of crystal meth into the state more than 16 pounds of meth were seized in hamilton county which is the biggest bust to date. the product comes from a super lab in mexico and averages between 125 $125 $250 per gram. there's been a sp with heroin and now crystal meth. a bittersweet day in dallas as the top officer is set to retire after more than three decades. chief of police david brown announced his retirement yesterday. he help steer the city through the killings of five officers during a july protest march brown ends a 16 year tenure leading the nation's seventh- largest municipal police force.

morning for the federal government to investigate a mother's worst nightmare. and airline allowed young boys to get on the wrong flight last month. five-year-old angie martinez we've been by from what should have been an uneventful jetblue flight from dominican republic to new york kennedy airport. flying alone for the first time his mom paid the airline extra $100 to have an employee get andy on and off of the when she arrived at the airport someone else's son was given to her while her son ended up in boston. both kids are safe this morning while jetblue launches its own investigation. we will know more about our country's financial -- health going into the election. bureau of labor statistics release job numbers for august most economists predict the figure will show about 180,000

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let's go to holly who is not just tracking hermine but also our weather we will get to the latest coordinates on the because we will see many changes now that it is weakening. local first and that means a few showers for some. others hardly cloudy skies. sunrise at 6:55. normal high is 79 but we will be mid-70s again today. trending a bit cooler. most of you in the 50s as you wake up and 60s closer to the

maybe you are off today or running errands and getting things planned for the big holiday weekend. for the next 12 hours we see partly to mostly sunny skies and the stray showers chances limited this morning. if you're concerned about tonight's weather and going to the tribe game it could be beautiful. 60s with partly cloudy skies maybe a sweatshirt or something light in case you ge the game. but it's going to be comfortable. a great holiday weekend. and most importantly we're tracking hurricane hermine with wins at 75 miles per hour. the national hurricane center will downgrade this to a tropical storm shortly as it continues to weaken now that it is overland. is moving north northeast at 14 with numerous tornado watch is out for northern florida and georgia.

the general track takes this up the east coast and will have an impact on georgia and the atlantic carolinas. flooding and devastating flooding potential as the storm continues to move up the coast. you want to keep up-to-date with the latest. many of you are traveling this weekend. we're looking great as we continue through our day. more sunshine this afternoon and lots of sunshine tomorrow into next week. and we warm back up into the 80s. now doggone weather. this cat is 12 years old. a wonderful senior gentlemen. his owner had to go to a nursing home so he was brought in and looking for a new home.

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lake county you are looking good. a lot of traffic into downtown tonight for the tribe game. the marlins are team we don't get to see much with them in the national league but the big homestand continues with indians with a foreign half- game lead and 30 games to games behind. kansas city has lost some ground so the royals might have been a real threat and they are now 7/2 -- seven and half games out. the big weekend series now that we're in september we start talking about october baseball. it's okay for the indians to

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from the hurricane to a tropical storm. the latest on hermine and what is next for the people in its path. why was winless in the preseason confident going into the regular season? we're thinking postseason with the indians. indians versus marlins this weekend and a party at napa late for a great cause. the forecast coming up.