witnesses cry people jumping from the second-floor to safety. what else we learned about the fire on th who won and who sparked the most of it on social media from the debate last night? champagne flies as the indians celebrate the first trip to the postseason in three years. breaking news out of cleveland. three people were injured in an apartment fire and taken to the

>> tiffany tarpley is live on scene getting the latest >> reporter: within the last hour we have seen additional investigators arrive at the scene. we are along clifton near west 112. this is an apartment building and let's show you up close what it looked like. you can see how the windows on the second floor were smashed and investigators are trying to piece is together. this morning and three people are being treated at metrohealth medical center. 2 suffered critical injuries and another had minor injury. all of them are adults. witnesses described them jumping from the second-floor of the apartment building >> i heard the noise of glass shattering and next thing you know the guy jumped out the window. he was filled with black smoke

he said help me. >> reporter: witnesses are seeing -- this is a live look at the scene. red cross just arrived as well. we will learn more about this later today. everything is still under investigation but they should be releasing more information soon. a cool fall morning that we end up mild and sunny. you will notice the winds today. winds out of the southwest and that southwest flow will warm us into the 70s. but it will be noticeable. 10-20 miles per hour with gusts

right now grab the light fall jacket as we have 40s and 50s out the door. but the headline is definitely going to be the wind today. no advisories at this point but we are tracking sunshine. it rises at 7:20. after today than we have rain. we are clear as can be today. but that changes fast tomorrow. the wind will kick up today. we will have two hands on the wheel. we start in westlake because some you might encountered lumley road being closed at the railroad crossing. they are crossing -- performing crossing repairs through september 10. so that area will be closed

detour options. other than that we are green on the traffic map. the big talk today is about the presidential debate and we're monitoring the reaction trump went at it over issues of trade, racial tension and foreign-policy. tracie potts has more from hofstra university. >> reporter: hillary clinton on what came out. and donald trump on what did not. bill clinton's infidelity. >> resected to mention that? >> the first debate exposed competing views on creating jobs. clinton investment in infrastructure and clean

all talk and no action. >> trump tax imports and lower business taxes. >> trumped up trickle-down. it did not work -- trump challenged to release his tax returns >> when she releases her 33,000 emails that had been deleted. >> reporter: there is something he is hiding. >> reporter: trump was unapologetic for helping does business. >> to the thousands people you have stiffed over the course of your business, do they not deserve some kind of apology? >> i take advantage of the laws of the nation. >> reporter: unapologetic for backing stop and frisk and for questioning his birth -- president barack obama's birthplace. >> reporter: linton double down on what trump said about women. >> he's called him -- women pics slobs and dogs. >> i said toughest to rosie o'donnell i think everyone would agree she deserved it. >> reporter: the question for both campaigns is to either

undecided voters? today it is back to battlegrounds and back to the base. national voter registration day and hillary clinton in north carolina and donald trump is in florida. with 100 million people expected to watch the debates there were certainly plenty who reacted on social top moments that had people talking. >> reporter: the number of people talking about this was equivalent to what we see on a super bowl or major sporting event. there were nearly 5,000,000 people who used the hashtag debate night or debate 2016. we want to show you some of the top twitter moments. number one was when trump said he had a good temperaments. second was when he made comments about stop and frisk and the third top moment for

twitter tracks all of the database he coming in and also found the most top -- tweeted topic during the first debate is the economy cut foreign affairs energy and the environment terrorism and guns. they also broke down who people were talking about. 62% of the comments were about trump and 38% were about hillary. he sought many of the co hashtag she won was one of the top trending hashtags with 13,000. you don't even have to leave the car to register to vote today. cuyahoga county board of elections has set up six drive through registration locations as part of national voter registration day. an ohio if you are not registered or if you change your name or address you have

bill clinton will be at the academy here in cleveland for voter registry should tonight from 5-7 vice president nominee mike pence will make a campaign stop in columbiana county tomorrow. time to break out the bubbly . history made in detroit as the indians clinch american league central division. it's too bad the indians cannot do it home detroit might be the next base plate -- best place they won 7-4. it's the most wins against detroit in a single season since 1959 according to espn staff. the first divisional title since 2007. now might be the time to get some rest and we to see who they will play in the postseason. but there is still a race for home-field advantage. they trail boston by one game and texas by half a game. they have something still to play for this week. but it is the cleveland indians

twitter for sale? which companies want to buy and how much they could pay for it. cash or credit? which form of payment is now the most popular. we have a look at the forecast. sunshine on the way today but it will be windy.

more people are paying with plastic for the first time ever but card payments have surpassed cash payments worldwide. and was say the shift is happened gradually over the past debt gains as technology like mobile payment made it easier for people to pay with credit. twitter might have more potential suitors. dizzy and microsoft my be interested in buying the social media platform which is struggling to grow revenue. it could happen next month or two. is the might be especially interest in the move into streaming live sporting events. and twitter ceo is on disney's board of directors. >> how much money we're putting on credit cards this year worldwide is $23 trillion. >> that's a lot. >> how much of that comes from women? >> i don't know but if you only

boy. >> that's mostly women. we don't carry cash. >> i carry cash. >> you are a guy. >> i still have a wallet. >> and you are a man. >> i don't know what that means. >> let us know what you think on twitter. the bus stop forecast. 40s and 50s right now. of morning. and great sleeping weather. we have big smiles. sun rises at 7:20. normal high is 69 and we will be above that today. winds out of the southwest and we expect a windy tuesday. and more rain tracking after yesterday.

as the day goes on. this afternoon is when it will start to notice it. wind gusts as hot as 30 or 35. -- as high as 30 or 35. we are going to see a nice spike in the numbers. most of you are 5-10 miles per hour sustained winds right now. we have a lot of sunshine on the way. 67 it lunchtime which is where we should be. low 70s today so it really is going to be pretty. grab your sunglasses and leave umbrellas at home today. it won't be necessary. it will be a sunday -- sunny windy stretch. we have clear skies but then what happens next is an upper-

this will have an impact on our weather not only getting into the middle of the week but as this parks itself on top of us we're talking rain chances for several days. today looks great. mostly sunny this afternoon as you are running errands or coming home from work. you will need sunglasses. and even tonight and to start wednesday i think we are dry. it's a later tomorrow that we start to see counterclockwise flow and here comes the shower chances around dinner tomorrow and for the next several days. this pattern is staying in place. and a change from yesterday. i think we will have some shower chances over this weekend as well. not a washout and for that matter no day will be a washout but scattered showers possible starting late tomorrow through

we start in summit county because i want to prepare those of you who take state route 18. it's going to be reduced to one lane heading east as approaching the montrose area. state route 18 east 77 for pavement work. so it give yourself extra time if you have to go this route. it's from 9 am until 9 pm. the traffic map right now looks great. except on 71 n. as you approach innerbelt bridge. here is the picture at w. 25th st. you can see the backup traffic around the curve. the drive thomas 71 between 480

commute even with the backed up traffic. time now for the biggest winners and losers. just winners today. i would change careers and do this if you guaranteed i would not get hurt. it's unusual race. this is the wingsuit flying gold cup final in china. you get great reviews and then you need guts to do like this. they launch themselves off of mountains. the french team won the championship covering the course and 30 seconds. they are incredible. >> this is where toward you please do not attempt this at home. this is not for the faint of heart. if you guaranteed me i would not be hurt i might try it.

-- local teams tomorrow. to nominate your checking or all-star semi the picture and story. -- send me the picture and story. >> it's not like how to train your dragon. i have kids. more on the debates. we go live to washington for reaction. this is a sunny sky.

after last night's first presidential debate. for 90 minutes hillary clinton and donald trump went and forth on various issues. >> tracie potts is live with more. >> reporter: we cannot wait to see the final numbers but let's talk about moments in the debate. the top tweeted moment and top facebook moment when donald

obviously there has been debate between the candidates about that particular issue. another moment that hillary clinton has new web and when she went after donald trump on women and how some of the things he has said about women and he had to defend himself. all discussion between them on temperament and all this surrounding the issues that were discussed. jobs and trade and not interesting about the controversy of the foundations >> let's talk about lester holt as well. he is getting a lot of scrutiny this morning from being the moderator. some people likened him to a substitute teacher trying to control an unruly classroom. >> reporter: who wants to be in that seat? some people on social media say he did the job and others say

debate. it was a tough job and you will not go in and control donald trump or hillary clinton. making headlines is teachers and chicago voted to authorize a strike during a contract talk. teachers could strike as soon as mid-october. 95% of the voting members supported the move in eating once cost of living wa pension contributions and better healthcare. the last major strike from chicago teachers was in 2012. let's check on the forecast. we transition to bright and windy conditions today. get the light jackets out for the kids because we're in the 40s and 50s now. a crisp autumn morning and we

low 70s and sunshine. but the wind will become noticeable this afternoon. it's -- you'll start to feel the difference in the wind later today. the full forecast coming up. drastic measures. one of the largest school districts cut jobs and close schools in the area. why a contender was forced to leave last night's debate and how she made sure her voice

welcome back. holly has your forecast coming up in a few minutes. first tiffany tarpley is following breaking news of th morning apartment fire. >> reporter: remember there was additional investigators i told you about last half-hour and looks like they have already gone through the building. we saw the flashlights for the windows. at this point we are trying to figure out how the fire started and we're waiting on word to find out how the victims are doing.

just before 3:30. witnesses described heavy flames and also heard glass breaking and one woman said she saw two people jumping from the second- floor. three people total were injured and two of them suffered critical injuries and another suffered minor injuries. we rx more about the condition later. the driver who hit and killed an ohio state trooper will be in court today. joshua gaspar is cartwright with aggravated vehicular homicide in the death of trooper kenneth velez. his attorney plans to present a doctor's report that says he was not high on drugs at the time of the crash. his attorney says he had taken a prescribed dose of methadone as part of treatment for an addiction to painkillers and he's in jail on $500,000 bond.

in parma. department education says the school needs to cut $15 million from the budget over the next two years but many fear this will calm at the expense of the quality of education for the children. the school where they got a proposal that would include merging into one high school and it would have only eight elementary schools under the plan. we're tracking some rain again. it is on the way. we will see it through the rest of the week. today we end up sunny and windy. this is a day to get out and enjoy and do the outdoor things before we start to see chances for rain. upper 50s at 9:00. 67 at noon and 72 at 5 am. -- 5 pm. the wind will grab your attention today. it's calm right now but given

southwest 15-25 miles per hour. gusts could be as high as 30+ miles per hour. you will feel it and thankfully they are coming out of the southwest and they will warm us up. it steffi lee ottoman the air this tuesday morning. light jackets and sunglasses are what you will need. we are tracking a lot of sunshine and is up at 7:20 this morning. a beautida next on the agenda is more rain. not today but wait until see the rest of the week. a bright sunrise. >> you are on the highways the heaviest tracking -- traffic is 71 n. -- traffic is 71 n. stop and go traffic but it clears out once you get to the innerbelt bridge.

71 turns into 90. eastbound and westbound look great but again traffic is picking up so here is the drivetime on 71 n. and south between strongsville and downtown. normal drive times and we're seeing normal drive times all around. and tune into every 10 minutes. i will release my tax returns against my lawyer's wishes when she releases her 33,000 emails that have been deleted.

countries and negotiates a peace deal and cease-fire, a release of dissidents and opening of opportunities in nations around the world or even spends 11 hours testifying in front of congressional committee he can talk to me about stamina. >> nominees for president met for the first debate last night touching on the issues that have surrounded this campaign. debate making headlines across the country this morning with to take closer look at what was said last night. >> we're joined by dexter groveland. they give for being with us. >> what are your biggest takeaways? >> i think the clearest take away is that mr. trump made decisions that will come back to haunt him.

hillary the not workroom as well as he does and when that people don't follow the issues closely and forget about them. and so was a clear theme he wants to take and continues to had. other than that i don't think he did much. i know the earlier pulsing to suggest it was fairly one-sided. it was very one-sided in her favor >> i remember in college debate are as important as your body language. let's look through the body language. >> how does that perceived? >> what he's tried to do in some ways he is a leader. he is aggressive and a bully. i don't think you can across well unless you already are a

hillary person which case that might be a reactivation a position you otherwise hold. remember historically hillary is unlikely a candidate as we've had because of her negative opinions system with. there's a perception she's not well-liked. i think she came across as far more likable and did a lot of preparation and was very comfortable in the moment. that could all change second debate but last night he did not look comfortable. >> you think it will change any minds? >> it seems to change some minds on the undecided. the reports on the undecided voters went back 90% in favor of hillary. research suggests overall these to let -- these debates have only a small impact

debate has sway the election in a major way. this one was surprising ability one of those but i don't think it's going to change anything about the debate if you get them bleeding donald trump you still believe in donald trump. but the middle -- >> did they get more important is because election? >> it becomes less important. the first debate tends to set a tone. you can overcome some through analysis of the reference what the elections and pull data. the top trending stories coming up. >> we're talking safety savings.

tuesday. lots of sunshine on the way but a lot of wind today as well. and then we talk about rain. in the meantime highs of 72 today. the major light fall jacket but not this afternoon. but you will be sunglasses all day. we look ahead to some or rain in the forecast in a moment. we have a lo biggest social media moments

the debate was a hot social media topic. or than 5 million tweets sent during the broadcast >> some moments got people's attention more than others. maureen kyle has what is trending.

few minutes. when politics and humor collide you are sure to get some viral moments like this one. this twitter handle one of the top trending handles overnight the republican nominee was sniffling so much it led to instant means and more than 3000 followers. nothing mean but more pictures of trump with breathe right strips. . let's move to the hillary moment that is getting everyone talking. it's being dumped as the hillary shimmy. she did this shoulder shake in response to him when he said he is a much better temperament. this dance quickly went viral with the hashtag hillary shimmied trending on every social media platform. people are commenting that this is the hottest dance of the season. you will see the hillary shimmy

another moment that that attention is when green party nominee jill stein was escorted from hofstra university and not allowed in the debate hall she said she live tweeted about the debate using the hashtag occupy debate. you can see on her twitter page she offered up some solutions to the issues she was seeing --'s respond to some of lester holt's questions a spot it to criticism of some of the things that hillary and trump are both saying. she got in on the debate even though she was the actual debate. and many of these tweets or retweeted and favorite it hundreds of times. the clinton shimmy. >> come on that you can do it. does matt shimmy? >> i don't understand. >> that is a seizure. >> first of all if you watch me

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the wind will increase by midday. beautiful sunshine this tuesday. it's going to be a great autumn day. highs in the low 70s which is above where we should be. today we will do better with the southwest winds and sunshine galore. just terrific. it's going to change the rest of the week. today's focus will become the wind then we shift to upper level low. it is far and avoid from us that what happens is it makes itself situated late tomorrow and the meantime we have to clear skies today this evening and to start wednesday. and we have partly cloudy skies and we see sunshine tomorrow initially. then more cloud cover increases and notice tomorrow late afternoon through dinnertime we start to see rain chances.

counterclockwise flow because of the upper level low that will be in place. and thursday morning we have some rain chances around. this is a change from yesterday home we talked about the weekend. now i'm going to keep rain chances in because it looks like this is going to stay point late tomorrow for the remainder of the week and into the weekend. seasonal as far as temperatures. a washout but we are going to have on and off shower chances because of that low in place. we have been and charlotte waiting for treats. they watch every day and finn

-- chardon not charlotte. >> the info you need coming up. witnesses described people jumping from the second floor to escape the fire in cleveland. coming up what we have learned about their injuries.

with the fire on cleveland's west side that send three people to the hospital. the apartment building is across the way and investigators are on scene. is ready for 3:30 this morning unclip the near west 112. neighbors thought at least two people jumped from the second floor to safety. according to ems three are in -- 2 are in critical and one isn't with minor injuries. clinton phase off in the first debate last night of the issues that were addressed for taxes, race, fighting terrorism and nuclear power. both nominees looks at the outcome of the election if the other candidate wins. election day is weeks away in the polls show it's very close. the next president debate is sunday, october 9. today show picks up on debate coverage coming up.

to meet for their debate next week coming up on the today show. udot a leader car to register but today. cuyahoga county board of elections has set up six drive the registration locations as part of national voter registration day. an ohio you need to register or update your name or address and you have until october 11. let's celebrate today because we are going to the postseason. indians are the central division champions after defeating the tigers 7-4. they can try to win home-field advantage still in the last week of the regular season. they trail boston by one game and taxes by half a game. there are still some things to play for. perhaps another parade. if you're planning to head into downtown that's where the slowdowns are 71 n. started

see the stop and go traffic. drivetime 71 n. from 480 is a seven minute delay. also slowing on 90 east and 77 n. also slowing on 90 east and 77 n. about a five-minute delay. 25 minutes until the sun comes up and it's going to be bright and windy. sunshine today with highs in the low 70s but the winds will pick up out of the south and west. shower chances picking up for the rest of the week. most of tomorrow is dry early and then we have rain chances late and on enough chances for the remainder of the week. good morning. bonus deal today at 10 am followed and social media. seven dollar led deal selling out as we speak. tomorrow a secret stores don't want you to hear.

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good morning. face to face. hand to hand combat. donald trump and hillary clinton go after each other in a spirited first debate. >> all talk, no action. >> there's something he's hiding. >> attacking each other's record. >> hillary has experience, but it's bad experience. >> and getting personal. >> this is a man who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs. >> did either candidate move the needle? we'll ask our decision 2016 team and the vice presidential candidates tim kaine and mike pence weighing in live today, tuesday, september 27th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer