this channel 3 newscast is made possible by windows direct and you will say i love my wind yoatsz and now channel 3 -- windows. and now channel 3 today. >> it's not black friday but the people have been camping out because it's the first day of early voting here in ohio. coming up, what you need to know if you want ballot today. lynna. >> all right. a party divided. donald trump announces the shackels are off as he goes of fellow republicans and hillary clinton. and samsung loss we calculate how much the galaxy note 7 recall will cost the company. hollie. >> thank you and how about a warm sunny october day. that's what we have this wednesday. it's going to end up mid to upper 70s for highs.

6:00 sharp right u now. 57 at hopkins and it -- right now. 57 at hopkins and it looks amazing. not as chilly is the big story as you wake up. yesterday at this same time we have had frost advisories in place. not the case today and we will be close to 06 by 9 -- 60 by 9 and 70 at lunch today. 76 it 5. so, just fantastic. 40s inland and 50s i mean this is seasonal to above normal for this time of the morning. and as we track on future view it's going to be in the clear to sunny skies through the morning into the afternoon acold front is on the way. this is going to set this stage for what happens once you go to bed tonight. we are still dry this evening. this is 7:30. and then we get into the evening and it look like it will be after midnight that some showers start to move through. just rain showers and it's not going to be anything that's too big of a deal but i think we will wake up to some wet weather for tomorrow. and it colls down too we will talk about how cool but first

no need forum bellas today just sunglasses. >> reporter: that's amazing --for umbrellas today just sunglass rs. >> reporter: that's amazing. when's going on is we are hearing. >>reporter: that 422 eastbound is reportedly block at chagrin river road because of a accident in that area. we are seeing slowing so stop and go traffic here u.s. 422 as you are approaching the 306. so we look at the drive time on 422 between 271 and 306 get by it's about a 5-minute delay. other than that we are looking great on the traffic map. normal drive times everywhere else. john and lynna back to you. early vowing -- voting begins in ohio and people are lined up to cast their ballots. >> camping out in fact. tiffany tarpley joins us live with the campers. the polls open in couple hours from now. >> reporter: they do. they open at 8:00 this morning but you can see the campers are

they are ready to get energized for today. now, these are not the only people who plan to do the early voting. let's take you inside hillary clinton's headquarters in downtown cleveland on superior. these people are gathering because they actually plan to march from there on superior to here on euclid to the board of elections today. we are told that should get started around 6:30 this morning. but election workers have been preparing for this day for months early voting general election is on tuesday november 8th and the very first voter here in cuyahoga county today will not be one of the comepers. it will be veteran janis lasko who won a essay contest to get honor. >> i serve in the knave crane -- navy and -- i served in the navy and marine corps and my father served in world war ii to represent veterans this is what we fought for and this is important.

here they also felt it was important to be out here today. we know one of the clinton campaign organizers is out here as well this morning. but john it's important to note that today the cuyahoga county board of elections will be mailing 180,000 ballots for the people who want to fill out the ballots at home. and mail them back in. >> big number right there. all right thank you so much. we are also getting more information about president obama's visit to cleveland this week. the president will hillary clinton at burke lakefront airport on friday. tickets are required tort event. they will be available wednesday and thursday at the corner of east 30th and euclid near the cuyahoga county board of elections. hillary clinton is under fire this morning after wikileaks exposed more hacked e- mails that are said to be from her campaign chairman. they foesed con -- focused on her position on the keystone he pipeline and how they could

political. former vice president al gore appeared alongside clinton at campaign event in miami yesterday. gore told floridians how much their vote counts saying, you can consider me exhibit a of that truth. and on the republican side donald trump is proclapping the shackels are off. yesterday -- proclaiming that the shackels are off. yesterday he he lashed out at ranking members of the republican party that won't support him and lashed out at hillary clinton so nice the shackels have been taken a new poll from is -- from usa today shows 26% of elected top republicans refuse tone doors trump -- refusing to endorse trump. controversy over connection between donald trump and the sheriff's office. it started with a photo posted on the front page of the summit county shield news later -- letterch the s.w.a.t. team posed with trump during a campaign stop in the area. some say it looks like an

public site and it looks like a endorsement. >> the wan way to-- the one way to publicly say here they are guys so they can have something to show their families. >> so the sheriff you saw him there says while the photo was a point of pride in the work it was not intended as an endorsement adding he is a democrat and won't personly be supporting trump in november. the mother and grandmother of a teen who died from a sentenced today. prosecutors say the grandmother brenda frye delivered the drugs and the mother heather frye used the heroin with her son and a friend. 16-year-old andrew frye was found dead in the green hotel room last april. both pled guilty to involuntary manslaughterch friend and brenda frye's boyfriend who supplied the hair wane pled guilty. man shot and killed by westlake police was carrying an air pistol.

examining weather 25 -year-old devan desnoyers drew the gun e fled from a -- robbery and hit a officer's cruiser two officers fired shots e later died at the hospital. police say he may be tied to three other robberies of pain pills at ccs stores. -- cvs stores. now here's maureen with the morning news feed. >> reporter: topping the morning news feed hurricane cholera there's 300 cases and 20 people died according to the health ministry. haiti has seen more than 10,000 deaths from the disease after the her the quake in 20 -- earthquake in 2010. haitian government has sanitation efforts in police to make sure cholera doesn't spread. world health organization is sending vaccination and other aid. a 4-year-old girl kidnapped from her florida home is rue enighted with her family --

her father careied her into the airport. she disappeared early saturday setting off a nationwide search she was found in tennessee with a family friend who changed his name to wild west hog. investigators say rebecca doesn't appear to be hurt. samsung made a dig be-- big decision about the galaxy note 7 they will end production of the phone. fires linked to the phone's battery prompted a recall. reports then surfaced of replacement phones with either the original or replacements to turn off the phone and return it. the recall is expected to cost as much as 17 billion dollars. by now you probably have seen this. the broadcast team at tbs showed cleveland burning in reference to the burning cuyahoga railroad but the picture is from a river in moscow that caught fire last year after an oil pipeline burst. the image caused a fire storm

network is saying that they regret the use of the image. tbs released a statement saying "cleveland is a great city and we greet the use of the image and we look forward to putting the focus back on an exciting alcs. so the big question is that from if -- enough from tbs we have a lot angry viewers who messageed us and said this is not fair and they wouldn't have do this to boston. >> that's th they didn't say i am sorry. i don't call it an apology they can't say -- didn't say i am sorry or i apologize feeling bad is not the same as saying i am sorry. >> reporter: wool see how they treat us -- we will see how they treat us during the next series. >> check out our city take water tour. >> we will take you around. , pens ought dinners. >> -- expense all the dinners.

>> that's right. >> they should buy cleveland dinner the entire city. >> wow. >> that's bigga big bill but they can afford it. some doctors are warning patients to stop taking a popular supplement. >> and training a puppy with a purpose. our service dog radar is here to show us what she learned so far. and what he can learn to help a wounded veteran. oh, boy hollie. >> he is getting so big i bet he is another 5 to 7 since we last saw him. and we are happy to see you this morning. we are looking at a gorgeous day. hope you are ready for it. lots of sunshine. 7:36rise today. and we are planning on -- sun-- 7:36 sunrise today. we are planning highs in the 70s. grab the sunglasses as you

6:13 right now. those calcium supplements millions of people take for bone health could be hur -- hurting the heart a10 year study found they may raise the risk of plaque buildup in the arteries. researchers at johns hopkins university say the supplement often causes calcium levels to surge but people who consume high a calcium through diet -- amounts of calcium through diet

hh greg is the latest store to announce it will not open on thanksgiving day. electronics chain wants myees to spend the day with their -- employees to spend the day with their families. last week mall of america said they would close on thanksgiving. other stores that won't open burlington coat factory costco and lowe's and tj maxx. >> and this might be the new trend we may hear about other stores. >> are closing. >> true. >> let's go over to ho. little bit warmer today. >> yeah. it's really going to be a very mild october day. for sure. let's get you out to the bus stop and i think around 50 is a pretty good estimate. maybe a light fall jacket this morning. but for wednesday, october 12th, i mean we are talking about well into the 70s for highs. so, 64 is the normal high. and i think we will end up a good 10 to even 15 degrees above that today. showers to track and then another cool down so we have

though. and i think that we will be pretty close to 60 by 9 and into the low 70 range by noontime today. recess amazing for you kids. at school hop play you get outside a little bit for gym class. 76 the high and still beautifuland sunny at 5. and the stretch is just amazing many we warm up so -- amazing. we warm up so fast. remember yesterday we talked about the mild air ahead of the cold front. here it is. it's comfortable over northeast ohio in the region in general. see big difference from yesterday at this same time when we had frost advisories and 30s on the maps. this morning 40s and 50s. so it's feeling much more like it should. and hello, sunshine. it is going to be the buzz phrase today. you take the sunglasses and get ready for a fabulous middle of the week forecast. cold front to the west and there are some showers associated with it. so let's do tracking as we go

this is 10:30 this morning clear. clear through afternoon. after school time is going to be great. i am telling you this is the day to hit the pumpkin patch and get great pictures and kids won't have to be bundled up and then we look into the evening hours and we start to see the approach of the front with showers. 11:0011:30 there's west of --cloveland. once you are -- cleveland. once you are sleep we see scattered showers and by the rn starting to clear. it's going to be cooler. you will notice from 70s today to highs in the upper 50s tomorrow. friday is a big day. cleveland indians style and we are sunny for the high the game is not until 8:08 so it will be cool and it will be breezy but the important thing is it's going to be dry. temperatures will be in the 40s and 50s throughout the game. upper 60s saturday warming into the 70s end of the weekend and

check of your drive. >>wkyc traffic is brought to you by mike bass ford. >> reporter: hi right now your biggest traffic problems is u.s. 422 eastbound in bainbridge and solon because we have a accident at shah green river road. i've been tracking this for the past few minutes and since pretty much before 6 a.m. actually. stopped traffic 6 miles per hour. i did just speak to solon police and they 422 eastbound so if you know someone who takes that area give them a call because this is a detour that you can take you can try bainbridge road as a detour option to get around that. we are not sure how long u.s. 422 eastbound will be blocked. but i will continue to update you of course on air and online as well as on twitter at daniw kyc.

and bainbridge. >> thanks. time for my biggest winners and losers today in sports. and if you look at the box score you think tim tebow what losing day in his arizona fall league debut. it was tough start to the season. he played 5 innings for the mets fall team the scottsdale scorpions. he went 0 for 3 at the plate including this swing where the ball end up in front of the plate and he thought it was fouled and didn't run so the box score for him 0 for 3 groundouts and what you won't find is his savech the other part of the story. here's the cell phone photoshowing him comforting a man who what seizure while getting his autograph. man started to shaking but thibault-- pee bow put his -- tebow put his hand on the man to keep him call and he did it until paramedics arrived when the man came to he told tebow he is a georgia fan.

florida. the honesty comes out. >> okay. >> by the way they had 912 fans for the game, they average 300. >> wow. >> already triple. my other biggest winners are the twinsburg ac girls u15 soccer team played in the ohio travel cup tournament this past weekend in low die and won the -- lodi and won the division. this was a great effort and huge soccer tournament. congratulations to the whole team and coaches nick and and tom. my thanks to awed are a for send ding audra consider for audra for sending in the pictures. e-mail your pictures and stories or tweet them to me at john wkyc. that's the thanks you get thank you for cask my life but -- for cask my life but go george -- saving my life but go georgia. >> nice save. he is just a puppy with a purpose for now.

certified service dog. we are going to learn what goes into all his training. look at that face hollie. >> oh my goodness. can't get enough. what a sweetheart. okay and we have got a great weather out your window photo to share. we are calling this one take time to smell the flowers. jody sent this in of her granddaughter jocelyn. smelling the flowers on a sunny

all right welcome back. our buddy is back. >> radar is here along with frank thanks for coming back. >> thanks for having us. >> he looks bigger. >> he is a monster and he is 26 >> 26 pounds. >> we watched during the commercial break the little bit of time and how he is paying attention he seems like he's quick study here. >> he is. i mean one of the smartest puppies i've seen. he is right on it every time he focuses in on me when we are training and he is going to be easy to train. >> yeah. >> what can he do so far. >> right now we are working on basic puppy skills. the proper puppy manners walking on a leash sitting in front of us. so with the service dogs they

heel so they look at the veteran this way and the veteran focuses on them and being attacks splash backs circle or block he can do it all from this position so this is what we mainly work on in the beginning the front command. >> how much training is case dar getting per day. >> radar is training all day. you know it's a puppy and they have 15 minutes and they are done. but you know it's constant throughout the day. he is learning how to i lights around you know he doesn't care. so, he is going to be able to go anywhere he wants and just settle in. >> that's amazing. he was so ram bunks the first time -- rambunctious the first time and look at him. soon he will be pared with a veteran. >> yes. >> which has specific needs would you tailor your training of radar. >> yes. >> to the needs. >> each dog we place each veteran is different so you know some veterans don't need

bedroom lights to wake them up from the nightmares and some may want the dog to lay on him so when he wakes up they know where they are at. so each veteran is different on how we train the dog and we do the basics in advance training and task training for the dogs so once it gets to the task training each vet what job they want the dog to do for them. so when radar hits the job part. >> wow i am amazed because before the show all he wanted was this toy. >> that's it. >> and this is what he wanted to plaan and yet he is so well behaved he is just going to wait for you next command. >> absolutely. i am standing up so i got the presence of you know who is in charge here and being a puppy still he can take off at any second but this is him and what he has been doing. he is an a -- awesome puppy. >> we will continue to follow radar and you and the great work you are doing. we are going to have a bark back bark together with the today show puppy charlie coming up in the next half-hour.

hollie. >> that's going to be fun. >> charlie and radar will talk. >> they will have a doggy conference. did you see him -- conversation. did you see him perk up. >> he is adorable. >> okay. sunshine and we have got puppies in studio and can this day get better? we are talking highs in the mid to upper 70s and we are currently 40s and 50s as you wake up. on the travel map there's a cold front i am tracking. it's going to bring the chance of showers and i am going to let you know when that happens but in the meantime, only here but across so much of the country this october 12th. get out and enjoy. grab the sunglasses as you heave. you will need them today. >> reporter: early voting begins in ohio today. and these people are waiting. [audio not understandable] >> reporter: early voting begins in ohio today and these people are going to cast their

when the polls open sorry john i heard hollie in my ear. >> that's all right tiffany. and also one of the stories we are following bye, bye billy. >> we will tell you what we know about nbc's plans to part ways with the today show host.

> welcome back to the show i am john anderson. >> i am lynna lai. hollie has the forecast in a bit but as you wake up here's what's happening. two former east ceeiveland police officers -- cleveland police officer will face a judge for the pretrial hearing they were charged with kidnapping and felony assault for a beating of a prisoner in their custody. they accused of beating jesse

cleveland street performers may have to pack up their instruments and microphones and head home earlier than they are used to. city council finance commit's approved a mesh -- committee approved a measure to allow the performance 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. monday through thursday and 10 to 10 friday through saturday after complaints from downtown residents. full council votes on monday. nature's bin announced they are going out of business. the lakewood store employs 35 people trainees with either intellectual orifice disabilities. learning skills they could put to use in the community. the mom and pop style store used to supply the greatest variety of organic food and healthy products on the west side, but sales dropped especially since whole foods moved in down the street. in weather some of you told us you are ready for snow. i am ready for the change of season. others the cool is nice but if you are just holding onto

>> sunshine. >> yeah lots of sun and it's going to warm up just like you mentioned. we are talking highs approaching 80 degrees today. mid to upper 70s had not be a problem. we hit 68 degrees yesterday and 7:35 sunrise time is going to be a stunner. we are planning on 70 by lunch and i think 76 at hopkins todayshould be very easy go for us to meted and it's not as chilly -- meet and right now it's not as chilly. a lot of you were in 40s and 50s and much more seasonal to above normal now. locking ahead, there's a -- looking ahead, there's a front to track and it's not going to impact us today. leave the umbrellas at home. we have clear skies into the afternoon. getting into the evening we see the leading edge of the cold front and i think as you go to bed tonight it's when we will see the chances for rain move in. this is literally 2 a.m. we have shower chances. want to get to traffic danielle has been tracking a serious

east side. >> reporter: yes i have. 422 eastbound in solon or between solon and bainbridge we have lin on this since a little before 6 a.m. i am getting tweets from you guys hearing this is a pretty serious accident. what we do know and have confirmed is the accident is on u.s. 422 eastbound at chagrin river road. life flight is in the area. you see stopped traffic in this area so between solon and bainbridge solan police have shut down 422 eastbound to assist in life flight getting in the area. for those of you who take this route, you can take bainbridge road at the detour give yourself extra time because you know when highways shut down that means the roads near the highways back up too. so, be careful this morning as you are traveling. other than that we are seeing a little slowing on 71 north into downtown cleveland. the delay is only about 1 minutes. now back to you. >> thank you. after months of campaigning

on the presidential election and much more. >> tf any tarpley joins us live this morning -- tiffany tarpley joins us live this morning. early voting begins in ohio today. >> reporter: we are across from the cuyahoga county board of elections and the polls will be opening a couple hours from now. what you are looking at are the campers we have seen all morning. they are drinking their coffee and eating their bagels and a few more people joined them but more people will be joining them today. let's go ahead and inside the clinton campaign headquarters in downtown cleveland. these are the people who will be marching through the streets here to the cuyahoga board of elects. they will do that within the next 10 or 15 minutes but the board of elections says this is the super bowl and they have been gearing up for this for months. cyber security is the top priority of course they don't want to have to worry about any hacking so they have been on top of that this entire time. they have put in new security

course, they he wanted to stay that way. if you are interested in early voting the polls open at 8 today this morning but it runs through november 7th so you have several weeks and you have the general election on november 8th. >> all right thanks so much tiffany. on the campaign trail both can panes are in ohio this week and donald trump will be back in the buckeye state tomorrow. the republican presidential nominee will be at a rally in cincti leaders are refusing to back the gop's candidate. in a report released overnight usa today says 26% of republican governors and members of congress are refusing to endorse trump. and president obama will visit clinton will visit cleveland to campaign for hillary clinton friday at burke lakefront airport. his visit comes as clinton faces scrutiny about newly

a federal judge ordered a one day extension for voter registration in florida. voters now have until 5 p.m. today. democrats asked for more time because of hurricane matthew. many people were displaced and postal services were suspended. florida governor rick scott originally denied the request and a hearing is set for today to consider an even longer extension. people who live in north carolina are still feeling the effects of hurricane matthew. officials are warning the week goes on. more than 2,000 people have been rescued since matthew hit over the weekend. miles of highway are still closed because of the flooding. hundreds of thousands of people in north carolina don't have four and it's estimated -- they don't have power and it is estimated it could take until sunday to get everyone restored. local man was killed helping with the hurricane cleanup efforts in florida. steve barna from garrettville

company what large log rolled ontop of him. he was part a cleanup crew from chagrin falls. the man accused of shooting two palm springs police officers during a stand off over weekend will be charged later today. police were responding to a domestic disturbance call when 26-year-old john felix opened fire. he killed officers jose vega and leslie zerebny. there's enough evidence to charge him with murder makinghim eligible for the death penalty. two townhomes were destroyed when a gas leak caused an explosion in northern illinois. look at the video. this happened in romeoville about 25 miles southwest of chicago. no one was home during the explosion. two workers with the gas company were injured. at last check one was in serious condition. the families who lived there are displayed. billy bush is reportedly

today show exit. -- terms of his today show exit. he was the other person making lewd comments about women during a access hollywood shoot e joined the today show over the summer to cohost the -- he joined the today show over the summer to cohost the 9:00 hour. even though he apologized the backlash on social media was too much. nbc said in a state that he no -- statement there's no excuse for his language and behavior and a lot of the viewership is women so they have to be and when a cohost is part of a big news story that's sensitive. >> they wanted to take time on this decision some thought they would make it right away but they wanted to look at fg and this is the decision. thanks so much. time is 6:38. and, of course, we are going to introduce radar to the today's show puppy with a purpose coming up in few minutes. >> but first matt granite with what's ahead in the ways to save. >> reporter: today one app automatically invest all of

grow. >> all right. thanks so much matt. we are checking on sunshine and it's going to be plentiful and warm. highs well into the 70s and 40s and 50s as you wake up. 7:35, 7:36 for therise it will set at -- therise. it will set at 6 -- the sunrise. it will set at 6:50. we will add 8 to 10 degrees this wednesday from yesterday. we will see how long the warm weather last and we are tracking rain. i will fill you in coming up and cover boy cosmetic giant uncovers the first ever male

6:42 right now. mcdonald's is holding back on promoting its iconic spokesperson. >> and cover girl now has its first ever cover boy. maureen kyle has trending stories online. >> reporter: that's right. ronald mcdonald has been around face and we see him everywhere. but now that the famous spokesperson will keep a low profile thanks to the clown hoaxes popping up. mcdonald's says franchises are being thoughtful with the appearances for the time being so the hamburger chain wouldn't say what the new limitations on ronald will be but you won't see him out in the community as much. so, cover girl has the first

take a look at this face. he is the new spokesperson for cover girl. he is a makeup artist and he has been trending online this morning. this is one of the stories that you will see all over the place. his face is now going to be famous. let's move onto the knee issue. it's not just nfl players taking a knee during the national anthem going viral is video of a national anthem singer taking a knee. this is a sacramen game. she made it through the song but right at the end got down on one knee. she said she did this during a sacramento kings game and took to social media to explain why and says in part this embodies the conflict most feel and felt she needed to speak up in the injustice felt by fellow americans this started to pop overnight. you will start to see this video pretty much everywhere. it will be interesting to see ifanybody else takes after what

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tonight early tomorrow. and another cool down. so it's typical of what we get this time of the year. a lot of fluctuations in ought up um. 6:-- autumn. 76 is the plan for the high at hopkins today. some of you may end up in the upper 70s. records in the mid-80s. that's not going to happen today. but we are going to see a load of sunshine all the way through it's up at 7:36 and you know we are under an hour away. make sure to grab the sunglasses you will need them for the ut this cold front and we said ahead of it we have this beautiful surge of mild air and that's what's moved in overnight while you were asleep and what we are seeing not only regionally but locally this morning. 40s and 50s. a nice start to the day. maybe a little light jacket for the kid at the bus stop a sweatshirt maybe a fleece and they will be cozy as can be and it will be in the book bag after school today. by recess it will be in the book bag. they will be all about no

to. cold front to the west. we are tracking that as we get into tonight and especially early tomorrow we will have a chance for showers but in the meantime, a lot of clear sunny skies today. 70s and i mean just lovely as can be. i am telling you, this is the pumpkin patch day if you are thinking maybe after school we can get a few pictures and going to the playground for a little bit getting outside for a little. by midnight we see the overcast chances and they continue through early tomorrow before we clear things out a bit and cool off. so we have the 70s today and we are back into the upper 50s for highs by tomorrow. it will be noticeably cooler for sure. but we will end up seeing sunshine before the day is through. friday looks amazing 60. sunny and breezy cool for the indians game but it will be dry that's the big deal. we are upper 60s saturday and

the end of the weekend early next week. frankie after his last swim of the summer. and we appreciate this cookie and so does radar who is so snugeled in john's arms. >> radar is fantastic. radar has another family and this one is in new york. the today show launched the puppy with a purpose project. >> we want trough buddy -- introduce our -- we want to introduce our buddy radar to our counterpart good morning. >> good morning. >> hi charlie. >> come on say hi. >> say hi to him bud. >> how are you? >> we are good how are things with charlie? >> things with charlie are awesome we are so lucky to have olivia here and charlie's made so much progress.

come. >> yeah. charlie is working on his basic obedience laying the foundation for a service dog for a veteran similar to radar and he is 15 weeks right now and tripled in size since he started. and he is just loving life and loves to be here every day. >> you know olivia in just a handful of weeks radar has gone from going rambunctious in the studio to having laser focus. it's amazing so what kind of progress are you ex charlie what's the next step for charlie? >> next step for charlie is learning three foundation service dog task we can combine and expand to do anything theveteran needs so he will learn how to retrievepush and tug and then order pizza that's the fourth one. >> okay. >> and charlie the really cool things about charlie is he is a

personality when he is in play mode but when he is in work mode he is very focused just like radar and makes wonderful icon tact and is able to -- eye contact and is able to handle the distractions and everything on the show. >> carson we love it when radar comes to see us. what it's like with charlie around the set all the time. >> you know it's so cool and what's fun is the guests that come on the today show i mean they are here in this iconic plaza and on the show and that's cool but now they come into the orange room where i and my roommate charlie and they make a beeline and go for charlie and take selfies and charlie met more famous people than any of us. and they are more excited to see carly than to be on show. it really i mean, i guess as you know with radar it's like bringing a pet into your family. >> right. >> all the wonderful things that pets bring to our families. so, but like olivia said, he's tripled in size. i don't know if you've seen radar get bigger. >> yeah. >> charlie is huge.

thank you so much. radar you want to say bye. >> any time. >> say bye to radar. >> bye. >> say bye radar. >> radar will be napping here soon. all right. thanks so much. >> awesome. >> thank you. >> i think so. all this attention. >> 6:51 right now. all the info to know before you head out. the morning rush is next. >> we are going to check in with tiffany right now. >> reporter: early voting begins in ohio today and coming up, i will let you know when

>> reporter: we start your morning rush with early voting beginning here today in ohio. we are outside the cuyahoga board of election. some of these people have been here all night waiting to cast their ballots but this is a live picture over on superior here in cleveland. these people are on their way they are marching to cuyahoga board of elects because they want to be one of the first to cast their ballots.

campaign. now of course early voting runs through november 7th. the general election is november 8th. the polls open today at 8 in the morning. back to you. the mother and grandmother of an akron teen who died from heroin overdose will be prosecute. the grandmother delivered the drugs and the mother heather frye used the heroin with her son and friend. 16-year-old andrew frye was fo both pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter. investigators say a man shot and killed by westlake policewas carrying an air pistol. boaro of investigation is examining weather devan desnoyers drew the gun during confrontation. police say he fled from robbery as a cvs and hate officer's cruiser. two officers fired shots. he later died at the hospital. police say he may be tied to

u count deputies need help identifying a burglary the investigators say saturday night before 8 he rang a doorbell at a home on bob white trail in green. the security system captured him before he forced his way inside. if you think you know who he is call the summit county sheriff office. now here's what the today show is working on. >> the creepy clown sightingsspreading across country prompted a famous clown to keep a lower profile. mcdonnel's says it is going to be much more thoughtful about appearances made by ronald mcdonald athlete for the time being. coming up this morning on today we will show you how the clown craze is sweeping the entire globe with one police department in america even creating a public service announcement. >> thank you joe. the biggest traffic alert

bainbridge. a serious crash at chagrin river road. 422 eastbound blocks near some center rote road. give yourself extra time because it will probably be a lot of traffic jams in the area. slowing into downtown on 90 east 71 north and 77 north. those delays 1 to 2 minutes. >> thanks so much. as we check out your forecast we are planning on a just totally amazing awesome wednesday. lots and lots of sunshine and it's up at 7:36 this morning. looking ahead tracking some scattered rain showers i don't think it will be until after you go to bed soa midnight and tomorrow scattered rain cooler front moves through and we will know it. upper 50s. 60 and we are dry on friday all day. you know what that means? we are dry for the tribe game 8:08. >> oh, yeah.

>> i don't care he is so cute. >> he doesn't shed as much as slider though. i go home and are covered in that stuff. >> thank you so much for being with us and our fren from the today show are next. >> have a great day. >> takes for watching channel 3 news take channel 3 news and weather wherever you go text wkyc to 25543 now to down load

good morning. unshackled. donald trump goes on a tirade against his own party ripping fellow republicans, including house speaker paul ryan. >> i don't want his support. i don't care about his support. president obama going off on um >> you just have to be a decent human being to say that's not right. >> as hillary clinton's team deals with a new round of hacked e-mails. investigators now trying to figure out who was behind it. was it intentional? the fbi now investigating after a small plane crashed and burst into flames in connecticut. one passenger killed, the pilot hospitalized, but reportedly saying it was not an accident. not loving it. mcdonald's announces a big