that's in cleveland. police, fire, first responders and even some military members were also there to wish the students well for the new school year. >> it's b it felt good to be back. >> as we planned the summer, that's one thing we wanted for our students as they came back. we wanted them to feel wanted and feel the community greet them. >> chris: i love that enthusiasm. the principal says it is important for the students to realize the entire community is behind them when they get back to school. kids strive for the a and get it in the class. >> denise: it is so important. lakewood and three brand new schools will greet the students there. grant, lincoln and roosevelt elementary have a brand new building. i have been watching those things going up. they are gorgeous. the facilities are part of a $100 million master plan. the buildings will be dedicated later this week. really nice to see the progress in lakewood and new school buildings and makes a difference for kids going into the brand new school an

this was breaking on cleveland 19 this morning. the two sides reached an agreement after 21 straight hours of bargaining. the teacher's union had a strike for thursday but the deal teachers in the classroom. a vote will happen after teachers have a chance to review the details. >> chris: so kids will be going to school and a good chance of rain and recess in the next couple of days. >> denise: let's check in with jeff. he has the latest. >> jeff: tomorrow we will have rain around and tomorrow we could see showers and a few rumbles of thunder. the next few hours perfect. 78 and we have high clouds overspread the area mainly along the lakeshore inland. dover new philly 91 and we dropped to 84 in cleveland combination of cloud cover and lake breeze and ashtabula 77 degrees and not as sunny as earlier today. clouds are increasing. we have rain and thunder tomorrow and a noticeable cooldown. when we get to thursday, this front will have behind it. so we have the tribe game 7:10, first pitch 80 degrees. later on in the late innings about

hillary clinton was in cleveland yelled. >> romona: back to our busy day in cleveland. the browns play their first home game of the preseason. >> mark: we wonder is this still a browns town or champion cavs and indians change feelings. shelby miller is live at the muni lot now. shelby? >> reporter: hey, that is a great question. we went around town and asked people. first i want to show you ti it is getting more crowded in the muni lot. a few more motor homes came in and people are tailgating and some are parking and walking over to the stadium. that gentleman there you see he has on a cavs shirt. browns. so the question is are people still rooting for the browns above all over teams? >> yes. >> that's not what everybody said. >> a diehard. the tribe in first place. now a fresh start for the cleveland browns. >> i think if you think the parade was big for the cavs, if the browns ever win, hold on. twice as many people show up for that one. >> diehard browns fans came to the muni lot to tailgate ahead of the preseason home opener. >> the rest of the lot was empty through

i just spoke to cleveland police. they say an update on this fatal crash that john and lynna told you about a minute or two ago, this is closed at east 1 16th street because of that overnight crash. you can detour buckeye road to get around in middleburg heights, we have an accident reported on bagley road at old oak boulevard. no road closures because of this one. coming up at 6:15, i will debt you around those new road closures on i-76 in akron. >> dany, thank you -- dani, thank you. here in ohio we have the battleground state. hi john and lynna. hillary clinton is expected to speak at john marshall high school on cleveland's west side around 1:15 this afternoon. it is open to the public, but you needed to rsvp. expect to see those big blue campaign buses again all around cleveland. this visit comes just about 3.5 weeks after she made a surprise stop in cleveland heights. her running mate, tim kaine, joined her last time like he'll be campaigning in iowa this time, not ohio. clinton is coming from pennsylvania where

first alert traffic on cleveland >>> live from cleveland's newscenter driven by don joseph toyota in kent, this is cleveland 19 news. >> sara: the countdown is on for the cleveland komen race for the cure. there are so many different teams that take to it for special reasons and for special people. >> chris: absolutely. catherine bosley brings attention to a different team with a different side of breast cancer. >> reporter: this is a different team carol's rat remarkable spirit and determination showing what a forever fighter is made of. >> real small pieces. >> carol jones of strongsville is a busy late. grandmother and mother of five and wife to jim for 35 years and big on good things life has to offer and not enough to let breast cancer stop her. >> i tell everyone i am a tough old broad. >> a forever fighter she is at 69-years-old. came two years ago and words her daughter, biggest survivor will never forget. >> when they said the words treatable not curable sends a bad feeling through you. >> reporter: especially bad despite getting mammograms regularly and she has dense breast

the worst moved through cleveland. on the east side cleveland heights and bedford, munson and middlefield around 6:00 as it tracks to the east behind that. just a little bit of light rain. then it is just isolated showers the rest of the night. i think the heaviest stuff is spotty showers here and there and then eventually we will see some fog developing, i think, overnight. out the door forecast, it is raining right now, just some spotty showers, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 and generally in the 70s. dan, back to you. >> dan: thank you, jeff. >>> you can track the latest conditions for northeast ohio with cleveland 19 news first er phone or tablet. >>> after months of negotiations with the teachers union and school district and the two sides are at odds and teachers are now threatening a strike. >> denise: this was breaking news we brought last night. school started last week but bickett signs could go up by labor day. denise zarrella is live. what's the sticking points in the talks right now, denise? >> reporter: denise, accordi

right now we check in with kenny crumptonig and rit here in cleveland we come back with b the cleveland cycle works for the clevelandh local motorcycling totally awesome kicking it with kenny the fox eight stork report welcoming cleveland's own f savannas grandfather you can upload your babies picture under a fox eight news in the morning hello hello there you go. will good thing that microsoft we were talking about it's been a while my name is wayne. we check in to kenny crumpton while come back from vacation will come back. while come back.w about you guys as you guys make motorcycles and keep cleveland on it which is really cool you make some we have local manufacturing wherever were ever understand the start from scratch right here it literally pencil and paper. >> it all starts with a sketch and that is the development wednesday and is working with an motor enhancement in the developmentt and he literally is one man they can do just about think also .ca cross is the teeth of the computer it is an old bike yes so we started with a classic designs and models. but they have modern dig

cleveland city council. little tax space, almost no economic development and a drop in local services. members voted to begin negotiations once more last night. not everyone thinks merging with cleveland is the way out. >> stop making this -- i need east cleveland to go. east cleveland can't come back. you don't have the creative individual leading the city. >> despite this moving forward now in the hands of cleveland one east cleveland council member told us they really need cleveland could still deny this. they need something else lined up if that's the case. coming up at 6:50, we'll hear from -- i'll give you the response from east cleveland mayor gary norton who issued a statement after last night's emergency meeting. >> we'll see you then. >>> now we're days from a possible teacher strike in cleveland. we understand the biggest issue in contract are talks are the evaluated. student test scores play a big role n. akron, teachers are paid based on seniority and education f. a deal is not reached, teachers

getting answers in cleveland heights, shanice dunning, cleveland 19. >> we are offering charging station for those without power tonight. can you plug into our live truck loca lutheran east high school across from severance in cleveland heights and dan deroos is live with continuing team coverage. dan? >> reporter: hello, tiffani. that's severance town center and mayfield road. across from me we have our live truck and denise wheatley stopped by because? >> because my cousin tagged me on facebook because of the charging station. >> reporter: what are we charging for you right now? >> right now my ipad and my daughter's lap top. i charged my phone in the car. we didn't have those gadgets yesterday. >> reporter: you were watching tv at 9:30 and heard the storm come through. >> yes. the power went out about 9:59 and it's been out since then, even my job as well. >> dan: you work at a salon not far from here? >> no power at w it is a struggle. >> dan: we will give you the bill for what you are charging. we will submit the bill to cleveland heights. we will be here through 6:30. denise said t

>> a heated meeting as east cleveland tries again to become part of the city of cleveland. >> a black woman killed by a white man, why her friends say it was not r >> remembering gene wilder who died today at the age of 83. >>> and cutting the cost in half, the maker of the epipen responds to public outcry with a new version of the lifesaving drug. >> this is channel 3 news at 11:00. >> she was hit by a man who ran a red light who then got out of his car and shot her with a rifle. pearl was remembered in cleveland just hours after the man police say killed her faced a judge. >>> good evening, i'm mitch mitch. sarah is off tonight. >>> chris tye is here with a story that stretches from solon to cleveland. >> just after 7:00 saturday morning deb pearl was heading in for an early shift at work on a route through solon she had driven through countless times when changed everything. >>> weighing in on her life, her memory and why this gun man may have picked her. >> this is not about race. we're going about an animal that killed my sister. >>reporter: she was a sister and a co-worker, she

what a beautiful night in downtown cleveland. the sun is shining and visitors are in town for the games and rock hall and we will tell you what's going on here at the rock 'n roll hall of fame. they have great exhibits and there's still summer jams and tell about you. >> chris: yep. but we will start things out with the browns of course. their preseason home opener kick off three hours away. already we are seeing people in the brown and orange walking the streets down here. it will be a big night even though it won't count technically. >> denise: it won't. we are playing atlanta falcons at firstenergy stadium. you know what that means. tailgating big time. this is cleveland. this is what we live for. i have my orange on in honor the browns. shelby miller is among the tailgaters she was out there talking with folks. shelby, this is your first tailgating experience. what do you think? >> reporter: the music is good at least, denise. that's one thing. can't help but dance out here today. aside from that, it is kind of empty. right n

we contacted the cleveland police about the recordings. jackson and others hope officers step up patrols. >>> and to new video into the newsroom leave night. akron firefighters battling that fire is in the roof, but it's not clear if anyone was working in the building at the time. according to the plain dealer, nobody was injured. >>> and johnny manziel will be in court for his domestic violence case. the nfl free agent is charged with a misdemeanor after the ex- girlfriend reported he assaulted her in january. she said he hit her during an argument at a hotel in dallas. he could face a year in jail if lebron james and the foundation are treating 5,000 kids to a day of fun at theatre park. they're part of his i promise program. this is the second year they're going. last year, lebron announced high school graduates in the program could get a full scholarship to the university of akron. >>> and a hometown guy is now an olympic medalist. that is clayson murphy there. he's from paris, a small town in stark county. >> yes. and last night, he t

now cleveland 19 is investigating her boyfriend. now paul orlousky is getting answers have been able to vote for her. first tonight streets burrow high school has named a replacement for a suspended marching band director. >> romona: this after some students were involved in hazing, but not everyone is happy with the superintendent's decision. sara goldenburg is getting answers on why that is from portage county. >> a lot of developments out of the school board meeting in streets burrow at the interim building. i can tell you that band tomorrow. take a look behind me. these are students and parents out here in support of the band director and the assistant director hoping they will get their jobs back. in the meantime i can tell you they did approve an interim band director who was the former band director at kent state. this is temporary and we are seeing he will be making about $190 a day to fill in. filled the room holding up signs in support of gretchen we ever and shane e llsworth. they interviewed a dozen students and con offi

go to cleveland 19.com and get out the vote. this krn has legs. by the way, he was in the locker room today in santa clara laughing laughing and joking with the media. everyone is moving forward. as people weigh in, obviously, i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. he wears it like a crown. "make america great again". but trump made his shirts in bangladesh. his ties in china. jobs to 12 different countries. so don't believe the hat. you can't make america great again, if you don't make things in america. >> denise: it is a story you probably saw on your facebook mcdone willed thats. >> romona: she is hanging up her apron after 32 years. >> it was nice. i was happy. i have all of my friends here. >> romona: she is precious. more than 100 co, woulders and regular -- co-workers and regular customers came out to wish her well. she served close to 1 million pound of fries. for appreciation she will get free meals for the rest of her life. that's dedication. >> romona: sure is. what do we got? >> jeff: upper 60s to start things off tomorrow. w

will make it internationally and bands regular standards here in cleveland and we try to get cleveland locals. >> it is easy to have something on a weekend that's a staple. wade oval wednesday, what is the genesis for trying to make something happen on a mid week night. >> this is our party in the park. cleveland remembers the party in the park around town and a thing we do after work and neighborhood residents walk in and we get people from the northeast ohio and wednesday is hump day. people want an event in the middle of the week. we don't compete with weekend traffic. we like to do something mid week. we startt and went to a 5:00 show and 6:00 you can get your picnic going and my family is coming out. one of my family members all the way from ashtabula. we will have a picnic and it is a family free event. >> denise: you have a lot going on besides this at university circle. tell us about other attractions. >> our institutions are open. cleveland museum of art and the botanical garden and natural and we have a dozen cultural museums and highest concentration. and we will have that h

cleveland 19 news forecast app. can you track the storms affecting your neighborhood, live radar on your phone. >>> sending p >> some were photo shopped they were absolutely amazing. dan deroos over at the big board from earlier today. >> dan: some look out of a movie scene. >> and first thing touching on firstenergy power outage map. i think we broke it and storms came through. zero people without power. we know that's not possible. at one point that number was as high as 57,000 and a new system councilman zack reed, he was in his councilman's office and take a look at the storm. that is a shelf cloud that many saw out over the lake in westlake, lakewood, downtown. that's what it looked like when it came through. if you attach us, if you link us to your pictures. this is a picture saying this was the storm just about to hit geneva 12 minutes ago. can powerful as beth has been saying. a lot of pictures coming in. tagus at cleveland 19 news and these pictures from jerry ling. what an incredible picture. if you were s

chris tanaka cleveland 19. >> the count town is on for cleveland race for the cure. it's this saturday. it's the time when incredible stories come out of 69-year-old carol jones in strongville. despite always getting her mammograms, she was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. she was told she had three to said otherwise. taking part in the race for the third year as one of the top fundraising teams.3 >> the race is actually hope for all women. not just women who are survivors or who are forever fighters or who have cancer in their families because all women -- no women knows when it's going to strike. >> carol says there is no history of breast cancer iner family. her hope now of beating it is with the medical trials she is now taking part in and catherine bosley will have more at the story on 5:00. >>> cleveland's race for the cure is this saturday and as your honorary chair you will meet some great people who are celebrating life and their accomplishments beating cancer. >> still to come here on cleveland 19 news at 4:00. >> donald trump stumps in the in californ

getting answers in cleveland jen picciano, cleveland 19. >> chris: jen, thanks for that. >>> another homicide investigation in east cleveland. the medical examiner identified the victim as 17-year-old breanna fluitt killed at first and hayden avenues. police were responding to reports of gunfire when they found her body. account for funeral expenses. >>> also in east cleveland police and p.c.r. investigating a homicide at the forest hill apartment complex. officers were called to the section 8 housing at 14,000 terrace road at 9:30 this morning. the victim is female and no other information is being released. >> denise: a lorain man facing murder charges accused of killing his own mother. police gave this mug shot. his name police believe he stabbed his mother kimberly and investigators are not discussing a positive motive. >>> a $1 million bond for a woman in court this morning. elisabeth scott pleaded not guilty. her boyfriend was killed and justin blackburn also in the home suffered a sprained ankle. >>> we are also learning details a woman crashed her car into a crowd of people.

teacher strike in cleveland. we understand the biggest issue in contract talks is the way teachers evaluated which impacts how they get paid. cleveland the only district in the state which experience and education do not count. student test scores play a big role. in akron, teachers are paid on seniority and education. teachers could be walking the picket >>> on the political front, hillary clinton coming back to campaign in cleveland. she'll distress a labor day crowd at the 11th district congressional parade and picnic. clinton's top aid has announced she will separate from her husband, form her congressman weaner after he was once again texts to a woman. he was shirtless below the waste. one picture the 4-year-old son was laying next to him. this is weaner's third sexting scandal. >>> it is his biggest tv ad by yet. the spot will run ine polls. he's expected to make a major announcement tomorrow in arizona. libertarian presidential nominee gary johnson will be on the november ballot in ohio. he'll appear as an

students return back to school today in cleveland. we talk about cleveland. we have cleveland's east side near harvard avenue. north of harvard waiting for that to clear out. no road closures because of that. use caution. in terms of slow traffic. we were tracking 422 eastbound near 91 sew land. that cleared out. slow position 71 north. before the inner belt bridge. not seeing the stop and go traffic west 25th street. we're clear here. we look at the drive time 71 490. it's your normal nine minute commute. normal drive times throughout the region. when you hit the roads, send to partners at 1100 total traffic. holly? >> normal is good. we like that. as we head back to school, in a lot of cases still on summer vacation. majority of you off this week. we are looking wet again. would you believe we have more scattered showers in the forecast. 81 yesterday officially and rain to report at this morning. not looking like a lot of sunshine. i think it will be showers and possible storms, scattered. grab your umbrellas. no matter what is going on for monday, you'll n

kent, this is cleveland 19 news. to build a park for dirt bike riders has come to a screeching halt. they proposed a multimillion-dollar park after complaint of bikers in neighborhoods. >> carl monday was the first to ebbing -- to expose the dirt bike dill lem ma. the push ran out of gas. >> they are loud and dangerous. atv's and dirt bikes and the engines are roaring up and the city's solution is a $2 million motorcross track at the playground knees east 73 -- near east 73rd. the dirt bike legislation was in for a rough ride when it went before city council. before the city invests two million in the new park he wants assurances. riders who use the streets will be ticketed. >> i would like to see some commitment from the recklessness of people riding atv and dirt bikes on our city sidewalks and streets jay he is not ready to surrender his vote, not when they failed to fix a rec center. >> the for these babies to be able to recreate when it is 90 degrees outside and they can't go in a water park. >> they need to hire

. >>> live from cleveland's news center, we're getting answers for you. cleveland 19 news starts now. >>> no arrests right now in the -- at 4:00 in the death of two men found dead inside a canton home today. >> romona: a neighbor called 911 and said a woman with her hands tied up with a zip tie man was covered in blood. denise zarrella has been getting answers at 4:00 and joins us now. denise. >> denise: yes. we spent a good deal of time in the neighborhood where this happened where people who live there tell me they're really nervous to be there now knowing that the killer or killers are out there. we were there as police were out there gathering evidence and trying to figure out and piece together exactly what happened here. crime scene investigators gather were found dead. family members gather quietly nearby staring blankly at the house where a woman with her hands bound with a zip tie ran from at around 9:00 this morning. she told the neighbors she found a man covered in blood. police say two men were found shot inside. 35-year-old joshua weatherspoo

>> and everything i am was born in cleveland. >> uh-huh. >> and is born of cleveland. and so it's nice to come back and all of my sensibilities that, you know, maybe sometimes in new york, they went huh? >> yeah. >> and it's nice to not have a kind red spirit in a community. other than that, it's school not to pick up the phone and have it be a long-distance call to my parents. >> right. >> and it's just to drop the >> and -- . >> of all of the great things? >> al. >> and a little present. >> and we're back. >> yes. >> and well, well? >> and we have the inard. >> and buckeyes. >> and this is going to have to weight a bit. >> and christmas story. wait until after the show. >> and -- . >> thank you very much. >> yeah. >> and that is awe some and this is working -- . >> and good for you. welcome back to cleveland and we have a great forecast for you. >> and a great looking forecast. sunshine for today and isolated activity. saturday, more storm in store for your sunday afternoon. >> and all right, let's go to the traffic maps. unfortunately, we have a two- car crash. and

mentor to cleveland is looking good, too. akron to cleveland is just perfect. no big problems there. look at this, though. this is a big happened starting yesterday and it's unfolding more today. this is 77 north headed towards 76 and 77. this would held you off north and west. you cannot take that ramp closed there. that's where they're working right now. the youngstown exit is still open. the last of the ramps in the central enter change in akron will close today. the ramp will close at 6:00, and i-277. they say it will take a little time for everyone to get used to all the changes. >> it doesn't matter what the closure is. it's just the first week to two weeks to feel it out and see how to get around things. >> this work is all part of a $15 million bridge project. the entire project is scheduled to be completed by late july of 2017. guys. >> tia: thank you so much. i don't know about you, but in problem. you see this all the time, and my neighbors complain about it. they always complain about it, but so far nothing has been done about it. cleveland city cou

cleveland heights got hit the hardest. so did mentor. we'll be tracking through that this evening eyeing to see what storms we get tonight. lot of people. downed trees and wires. >> mark: denise zarrella is joining us out there with how some are coping out there. denise. >> denise: mark, i want to show you the roots of the gigantic tree that came down in front of lutheran high east last night. take a look at this. i'm standing right next to it to give you an idea of the scale of it. gigantic trees like this down all over the cleveland heights area. maybe not quite as one. this was a real biggy causing thousands of power outages in the area. diedra urbee shows us the food probably damaged in her refrigerator. thousands of power knocked out. >> a lot of thunder, rain, trees falling, a blackout. it was something. >> reporter: a tree branch speared the garage behind her home. kind enough to think of their neighbors. >> there's not going to be power, so i got a cooler and ice and took it to neighbors that don't have power, so that would be he

the zip who sprinted to an . >>> new at 6:30, cleveland teachers are ready to strike. what does it mean for students and parents? i am looking into what happens large fire tears through a popular alliance feed and supply store and what i am learning about the business from the live desk. >> and get you ready to roll out on all of this and this is janessa webb with the forecast. >> and good morning, everybody. off to a fantastic start. the high sirouse clouds taking over downtown cleveland and into western locations, eerie, huron county and lorain and temperatures across the board, though, we're in the for greater cleveland. and let's he show you the brunt of the moisture in the morning and tracking to the north. you can see a few raindrops entering northern portions of cuyahoga county and i think this goes through downtown cleveland and the back edge of the moisture and that is moving quickly here and we tracking that this afternoon can go to severe or under a marginal risk for severe storms this day of tracking stormy activity and some widespread rain again. >>> and t

maybe one of cleveland's best kept secrets, the cleveland museum of art. >> brian: it's free and it's fabulous. coming up, we show you how to deserves and make it the number one ranked free museum in the united states of america. >> samantha: if you're just waking up with us, time is 6:39 on this beautiful wednesday morning. here's your bus stop forecast. mid-60s, maybe you grab like a light jacket or a little sweater or something. you don't need it all day, because the walk home today from the bus stop, well, it's going to be a little bit hot. i don't expect any showers this morning or this afternoon. that will change overnight. we'll talk a i the first alert forecast after the break. >> tia: up next, how you can win free tickets to the geauga the enamel on my teeth was weakening. the whiteness wasn't there as much, my teeth didn't look as healthy as others. my dentist said that pronamel would help protect my teeth. pronamel is giving me the confidence to know that i'm doing the right thing so it's nice to know that it was as simple as that. new meta daily heart health. it's clinical

cleveland browns fan? >> all right. the first alert we have it tomorrow night and again thursday afternoon as the next system approaches. details when i return. >> get breaking news and weather now on the cleveland 19 news app what super poligrip does for me is it keeps the food out. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures nically proven to seal out more food particles. >>> live from cleveland's newscenter driven by don joseph toyota in kent this is cleveland 19 news. >> romona: there's a lot of construction around the nationality bridge. >>> we are not talking about the bridge itself. instead, the areas around it. going on. paul orlousky got busy on the story. much of the attention focused on the innerbelt on the deck surface adding five lines of smooth traffic flow. what's more, going beneath and besides the bridge taking shape and over here on the towpath trail and over the viaduct and and other stones dot the towpath with markers and path. >>> original high-level crossing of the cuyahoga river in

right around 70 or so downtown cleveland at 7:00 a.m. or in the greater cleveland area. we got this spotty stuff around. that will be the story tonight and tomorrow and again on friday afternoon. but then the storm risk will be going up saturday, saturday night with the next front. big cooldown starts on sunday getting into next week. yellow alert on saturday for more organized or scattered showers and storms popping up by afternoon there. could see some heavy rains and active at times we will, of course, keep you posted on that situation. mark, back to you. >> mark: jeff, thanks. >>> we haven't talked to political analyst dr. jason johnson in a little while. we wanted to get his take after the trump campaign shakeup. >> romona: jason, thanks for joining us. what do you think of trump adding stephen bannen who is described as a street fighter and attack dog this late in the team usa said we need a couple more swimmers to help out ryan f phelps -- michael phelps, we would see that as a problem. you're this far in the game. you're this far in the olympics. you shouldn't be

worst areas are still cleveland and cleveland heights. cleveland currently 726 customers that do not have power. cleveland height currently 2,427. that has gone down and down. at 4:30 that was in the 4,000 now 2,427. so we are improving, and they hope to have all power restored by 6:00 this evening. let's go to the traffic maps now and take a look around and see how it's moving on the highways. that is a good sign this morning. still early, 6:20, but we're moving towards friday, and we like to see that on a thursday morning commute. it gets hard as the week goes on, right? there's your drive times. they are all in the green. coming up, we have your west side commute at 6:33. >> tia: another mentor. every where else in my life i say mentor. so when i see it, i have a slight pause to say it's not mentor but mentor. >> brian: i think it's because a place, but also what one person can do for another. even here we say mentor. >> tia: that's what you would say no matter what? >> brian: yeah, no matter what. >> tia: that's interesting. young kid

cleveland 19. >> romona: thank you, paul. what about those who are out and about driving when school buses are taking kids to school. what about the basic rules when you do and don't have to stop for a bus? tiffani tucker is getting the >> reporter: who can forget this shocking varied io four years ago. she was caught on camera swerving on to a sidewalk to pass a school bus packed with kids. the cleveland woman had to hold a sign that said idiot, pay a fine and also had her license suspended for a month. this video may be extreme, but just a reminder of how patient some drivers can be. >> take it easy. you don't want to hurt anybody. it is not worth it. >> it is definitely worth a others can be in danger because of reckless drivers. we wanted to know if clevelanders knew what to do when it comes to school bus safety. >> romona: do you know the ohio law when it comes to stopping for school buses? do you know what to do? >> when the sign comes out you stop. until the sign goes back in. >> you stop at least 10 feet away when you

cleveland might be checking the collective breath post cleveland. they're collecting leaves for future conventions as a result of cleveland's job well done. when rnc chair announced in july of 2014. >> the republican national committee chose cleveland. >> reporter: it sent the message to the rest of the world that cleveland was vetted and approved. since the balloons dropped four weeks ago, the city played host to smaller conventions with more on the way. planning the rnc was one thing and pulling it off without >> and since the rnc, 60 new leads came in and 10 came in the last week. and i would say at least half of those were influenced by the media coverage and positive stories about cleveland. >> reporter: and as important as the number of leads is the number of people each convention would bring. >> the size of the piece of the business we're looking at are larger than a year ago. >> reporter: now hilton hotel has been the major recipient of the first wave of conventions, including one this weekend, bringing it 800 one next with 1,000. come sept

getting answers in downtown cleveland i'm jen picciano cleveland 19. >> mark: thank you, jen. >> there's money involved if you help the lorain police department track down and track down a suspect there this afternoon. the reward has gone up to $15,000 total. they are looking for information that points them to the identity and event wall arrest, the man connected to the murder at the taco bell happening more than a rocket gnizak was in the drive-through when he was killed. call police if you know who is responsible. >>> you probably heard about this story over the weekend. quite a scare in parma heights. a car drove onto the dance floor. this story is unfolding. denise zarrella is getting answers live with the latest. hey, denise. >> and mark, hey, i am going to walk you through this. >> police say a woman accidentally, it appears hit the gas instead of the brakes came flying through the dance floor and went pretty much in a circle and landed in the parking spot here where she started right now. police say it appears to be a terrible accident. >> this is a picture police say was taken 8

a possible teacher strike now just starting to get on the radar of cleveland students and cleveland parents. picket lines could go up at this and all other cleveland schools on friday unless a deal gets hammered out. there is a difficult issue on the table and with the big school levy on the ballot in november, there is much, much at stake. as cleveland students went homeland, parents starting to worry about a possible strike. chanel concerned for her three sons. how important they don't go on strike? >> it's very important. it's very important. we already going through a lot in cleveland. >> reporter: the big issue teacher evaluations. now test scores play a big role in how teachers get paid. teachers think too big. in previous interviews both sides union and schools optimistic of getting a deal done. >> when our compensation and our potential staff for layoff evaluations, it's critical for our members that they can have faith and confidence that the system is fair. >> that is where real problem solving is required. and where the parties have to come up with solutions for things that didn'

it was an emergency meeting and he was cleveland last night. this time without any recommendations, attach. they want to be clear. the earlier one wasn't as it was portrayed. >> with me, it was a list of demands, but it wasn't a demand. it was recommendations some of council members had. >> they are asking for public input on the matter. there will be a meeting to discuss the move forward. >> we're learning new details about a local veteran accused of shooting a woman after a car crash. matthew is now charged with murder. the former marine shot 53-year- old, debbie pearl, with an ar15 rifle after their cars crashed. neighbors and friends say he struggled with mental health issues after to two tours in if someone was messing with him, like a guy pick a fight, you'll get pummeled. >> facing a felony charge for carrying a concealed weapon last may. he's being held on a $1 million bond. >>> let's talk about the number of heroin overdoses in our state. they continue to go up at a really scary rate. >> one organization in cleveland is seeing the need

it's windy in cleveland. downtown, 91, akron, could not, 87 and a partly cloudy sky and there you see the clouds trying to form andll form into thunderstorms. 91 at cleveland hopkins airport. 6:00, mid 80s as the storms could be around. 84 at 7:00, and 8:00 temperaturs at 82 and that heat index betwen 95 and 100. in fact, you guys akron, 99. it's a wait-and-see attitude right now. we're keeping a very close eye n the radar. we're going to be doing little hits of course throughout the newscast here. chris, back to you. storms caused damage in six counties. the worst just north of defianc. several homes damaged, some roas were closed because of debris. one person even suffered some minor injuries. power was still out this morning for dozens of customers, but crews got the juice back on by this afternoon. >> and dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed in indiana, but no one was seriously hurt. >> yeah, indiana governor and gp vice presidential nomineeik hardest hit city. with winds up to 165 miles per hour. >>

it's right here on cleveland 19. we get it started at 7:00 tonight with "tailgate 19" followed by the game at 8:00 and complete postgame coverage right after that. >> nichole: time is 6:09. president obama is dedicating something twice the size of >> tia: coming up, more legal issues for ryan lochte. the usa swimmer is being asked to return to rio, but he may not go and we'll tell you how he can get away with it. sam. >> samantha: thanks so much, tia. time now 10 after 6:00. it's 71 degrees in cleveland. it feels phenomenal outside. a little humid, but that should improve through the day. we take a closer look at the weekend coming up after the break. >>> there's no way to arrest our way outf >> nichole: we get a closer look at what local police are >>> welcome back. the numbers are startling. 300 people died from an overdose so far this year in cuyahoga county, and in such mitt county there's been 59 fatal overdoses. we tell you how police are tries new ways to combat in epidemic. last night was the first safe passa

and not cleveland. and they'll use the information from several government agencies. >>> and you have taken your phone and accidentally dropped it in water and maybe a toilet? >> never. >> and it happened to the best of us. apple could be another rescue. they're hinting that plans for a waterproof or water-resistant phone. they were recently granted a patent for an underwater feature and apple is expected to announce the latest version you who are making a smoothy for breakfast. and bananas are in danger of being wiped out. >> there is a fungus threatening banana plantations around the world and led to 50% loss in crop. the bananas rot before they reach the customer. >> and the university of california saying that it could weep out the banana tree is in five to 10 years. the scientists are trying to modify the plan to -- plant to make it resistant to that fungus. >>> while you can. >>> good morning, 5:44. and breaking from the live from las vegas. the final riviera casino issue themon tee carlo coming -

getting answers in lakewood today, jen picciano cleveland 19. >> tiffani: clean up in cleveland heights continues after the last two days of storms. still 1,000 people are without electricity and shanice dunning reports the lack of power may cause preparation problems for a popular festival. >> reporter: a banner hangs across mayfield roads in cleveland heights to mark the start of a 56 year tradition. property for 56 years. we are proud of it. >> reporter: marguerite is cochairman of the greek festival at saint constantine and helen greek orthodox cathedral. this year it's been tough. >> very stressful. >> reporter: the cathedral hasn't had power three days. >> we had two freezers full of food. >> they start cooking months before the fest and the power outage caused them to move thousands of items into this refrigeratorred truck. >> our frozen because we make such large quantities. every item we make 7,000 orders. >> reporter: luckily power came on this afternoon and not for everyone. city officials say the electric company is striving to get the power back on for 1200 people who didn'

sweeties candy company in cleveland. the largest seller of hundreds of candies in north america sugars and terminals and soda pops are usually hard to find, b.a. sweeties ships out to stores with a big chains or mom-and- pop's sixpack all of those brands you cannot find anywhere else, we've got them here. >> reporter: so much candy it takes big equipment just to manhandle it in and so much candy they stuck it to the ceiling. if i'm a kid, just let me add it. >> thousands of pounds a day. put a tickle in your taste buds. this is kid country. she is and county are a winning combination. here are a couple of girls shopping in the candy store. i call them the giggle sisters. i know, girls. this candy shop will bring out the giggles and everyone. but it wasn't all sugar and spice at in 1982, when he walked away from a good job and tried his hand at becoming a mr. lollipop . >> actually, i don't think i made any money the first two years. i in doing all right. life is sweet. >> reporter: his b.a. sweeties selling more candy. h

mentor to cleveland is 28 minutes, akron to cleveland is 37 minutes. we'll keep an eye on this all morning long, and we will make sure you know about trouble spots. >> tia: any minute now most kids are waking up to get up for school. i know you're dreading it. cleveland school kids are on the brink of the second day of school, but the teachers are threatening to walk off the j-o-b this morning. authorized the strike as contract negotiations underway since november have stalled according to the union, sin they're putting out a strike notice. nichole vrsansky is getting answers for us this morning. >> nichole: a lot of questions we still have this morning, but we know that we are waiting for the cleveland teachers union to issue a statement. they will do it later today. teachers have worked without a contract since june 30th, and a spokesperson from cleveland schools told us late last night that's where we stand right now. we're working to get new details on where the negotiations stand and what will happen next. guys. >> brian: thank you so much. if you

you can register on our website, cleveland 19.com, plus you will get a cleveland 19 t-shirt, head band and other goodies. >> live from the first alert weather center, your hour by hour forecast. >> jeff: another nice night. tomorrow the humidity will go up afternoon. you will feel that and then look what happens by thursday. it is oppressive. so all of a sudden we will get into a muggy stretch and that's the fuel for these showers and storms. tomorrow night and then again on thursday afternoon yellow alerts. there could be a severe storm in there or two especially on tuesday. not expecting anything widespread. we will get some rain and thunder, and some of that rain could be heavy especially on thursday. you are dry most of the day tomorrow. by the time we get to 8:00 this will be the first wave of rain and thunder. this may even move in earlier. some models have it moving in by late afternoon. by 11:00 tomorrow night you will have rain and thunder around. and then there is a break when we get to thursday morning. and enter the cold front. this will be here during the afternoon and eve

by 1827, july 4th, the first boat from akron to cleveland got through the canal port in cleveland. by 1832, the entire system was complete from cleveland all the way to the ohio river. it made a tremendous difference. for the nation, it allowed us to start to rationalize our economy. it allowed us to have internal trade. prior to that, all the seaboard states depended on exporting in terms of making money and delivering goods and services. so this actually helped america expand westward. by doing so, i mentioned new york city became the financial capital of the country. ohio rises from a wilderness to be the third most populous and third richest state in the union by the 1860s. canal life was a slow paced life. canals, boats generally went about 4, 5 miles an hour. i was standing next to a rock right now, and there were numerous locks to allow the boats to basically navigate the terrain and the topography. these became water elevators that lifted or lowers the boats as they made their journey. cramped quarters. oftentimes, you would find cattle and people sleeping in the same boat.

. >>> live from cleveland's news center, we're getting answers for you. cleveland 19 news starts now. >>> indiana governor mike pence stepped off the campaign trail today to tour the tornado damage in his home this as folks in northwest ohio clean up after nasty weather rolled through there. >>> and here at home, we are under a red alert as we brace for what could be some potentially severe weather in northeast ohio. on a day like today, we're watching the weather for you because the potential is there. >> romona: yes. jeff tanchak is at the weather center right now with your first alert forecast. >> jeff: yes. i'm glad dan said the word potential because we are hot and into this air. but so far -- you know this has happened a couple times this summer. we have a cold front. we're expecting severe weather. it doesn't develop into explosive thunderstorms. right now we are dry still. we have some scattered showers to the north of us. that's the cold front. but we're in a situation where things could change very rapidly here where all of a sudden these thunde

we'll be right back. >> first alert traffic on cleveland 19 news is sponsored >>> live from cleveland's news center, driven by don joseph toyota in kent, this is cleveland 19 news. >>> operation backpack may have wrapped up last week but all of us here at cleveland 19 weren't ready to stop just yet. >> mark: not quite yet. our staff got involved in the action and wanted to meet a family and help fulfill their need. cleveland 19 laura demaria got to meet a veteran and her daughter and see the difference a gift can truly make. rodriguez for her girls. yvonne was diagnosed with a brain tumor. gets around with a cane because of a leg injury and unable to work because of her health. but the cost for the two growing girls just keep piling up. >> it can be heavy, but, like i said, you have to focus on what you have instead of what you don't have. >> reporter: she just moved back home to cleveland. she's going through a divorce and she's here with the volunteers of america and veterans affairs for help with a home and >> i want them to be safe. i want them to be happy. i want them to be able to

. >> and good morning, cleveland. it's finally friday and you're here to get your weekend started off right. >> and let's get a check of your forecast. good morning, janessa. >> and gearing. off to skies across northeast ohio and the temperatures are cool this morning. 62 and hopkins and dew points there. down, calmed winds and a calm start across the area and we tracking isolated storms and rain thought your afternoon. and right now, greater cleveland downtown and lower 70s. and going to be organized toward northwestern locations and in our severe weather threat for chicago and the central plains. some of that activity here slices in from northeast ohio and you can see the hour-by- hour by the 2:00 and try to track a few raindrops on the isolated side. kristen. >> and thank you, janessa. >>> and zooming on out of the downtown area, i want to remind you we have some work happening here and 9:00 to 2:30 p.m., this is 71 northbound and the left lane is going to be closed. and let's go to geauga county. and 422 westbound

afternoon in cleveland. but stay away from the water on lake erie beaches. the national weather service issued a swimming risk advisory. this includes beaches in ashtabula, if cuyahoga, erie, lake and lorain counties. you see the waves there, the conditions include dangerous waves and also possible rip currents. >>> a mix of clouds and sun all day. some areas even saw a little bit of rain. but the headline much lower humidity. it's about time. beth mcleod has a look at our beth, it feels great outside. >> beth: yeah, it does. you can definitely tell the difference. it's breezy along the lake where you can see closer to inland and certain areas. not so bumpy, but definitely we have a little issue out there. the roof cam doing its job. a beautiful day. it's not showing the winds, definitely howling today, awfully gusty out there today, a small craft advisory still in effect for tonight and for a good portion of tomorrow as we're going to stick with those gusts, wind gust upwards of 35, 40 miles per hour. headi

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. >> hillary came to cleveland. the democratic presidential nominee holding a tax fairness campaign event. the john marshall high school and talked about her opponent. >> he is still the insults gold star families, demeans women and mocks people with disabilities and thinks he knows more about isis than our generals. >> romona: while here, clinton also talked about the emphasis she saw on technology and the hope she saw for cleveland's future. >> denise zarrella was there and has reaction. >> we talked to them today and hillary clinton's speech on everything from jobs to health some say the message they received was personal. >> democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton took to the stage at john marshall high school to the cheers of supporters. >> she had just toured the high school and used it to launch making the internet available to all students. >> i want to thank the people of cleveland for investing in a high school that is really all about the future. >> supporters in the audience were excited to hear

cleveland is suing to block that. >>> all right a lot of people up in arms about this in cleveland. another power grabby the state? >> absolutely. i think the young man was absolutely on point. we live in the city, we pay taxes in the city so we should be able to work in the city. let local affairs be. this is something we have a small portion of these billions of dollars being spent in an area where they sufferer poverty. we are trying to make sure that those folks are not left behind. so absolutely. they want to make sure they have an opportunity to work on the jobs. you will create havoc if you bring people from outside and continue to work on these projects. it's going to be a recipe for disaster. so mayor jac doing something that not just himself he believes in, but this entire community is behind him on this. >> does the city of cleveland want to be that isolationist or do they believe in regionalism? you know else there is a lot of impoverished people. but with 20% of the jobs automatically allocated they must go to cleveland residents. it discriminates against living have th