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Paul tonight there could be upwards of 100,000 people attending the big events tonight we had a small taste of cause last night with just the concerte and indians game some thought of children, it usuallyof took 30 took two hours the closer you go to the queue and Progressive Field last night the tighter traffic dont forget about construction on the sure way which could back up as well we caught up with people with mixed emotions about the clouds downtown awful. Awful we went almost an hour and traffic coming down here. E i love to see cleveland topping. This is close. Its fun to see the corn on and everything so happy and healthy done here. There is no trouble. It is a love fest. It will be a lovefest again tonight if you dont want to sit in traffic take public and grab since the start of charges in the arrests in the connectionar. Freeman and a series of robberies in little italy they pleaded guilty to robbery and other chargesey possible if you are the Photos Police say they robbed for a mid december including a priest who was pistolw whipped is. A cleveland mother calling forhe changes after her five yearold dgh run bus dropped off then melts from a home she was having him from her first day of school in cleveland on monday. Her parents were goingn to the core of the night telephone call frm ae loved one thing they had he the bus driver dropped her off the warm spot. Concoction made it home safe and im not still searching for are planning a funeral, but it does not tell me what steps you are taking to ensure it does not happen again. U they say they are trying to figure out why the child was all wrong postas the first day of school. Hillary clinton focusing on the economy during the Campaign Stop at John Marshall high school in cleveland yesterday. P she met with students meeting and robotic cars and three d printers should call for more spendingc said the plan would help the wealthy. Donald trump is not needed tax cut i dont need one. Itsa time for the wealthiest americans, whoever you are, as well as corporations on wall street to pay your fair share in taxes. Us oyo been successful n this country becausee of clinton met with some supporters after that. Six minutes after 8 00 oclock is your time. Still ahead . Mis pulled off of their flights home. Via personal judge has more questions over the alleged told up. Penny, faces a fire erupts workers ship forcing passengers and crews to evacuate. In good morning, everyone. Temperatures on the way this weekend. We talk about that. N some of this will go to the good morning, everyone. Fairly quiet us are in euclid a shower in Richmond Heights earlier. No skies but starting to clear out. The humidity just a little bit lower than yesterday. Sit a quick shower ot in chardon for the most part quiet with temperatures in upper 60s future lower 70s and strangers for summer. It will below normal even though this had a fair amount of grief that so great thats how much the deficit was before the rain startedti last tuesday akron startinge well above normal for the monthl of august here hersef forecast we keep an eye on storms near chicago. More showers out in youngstown in the middle of augusto mostly sunny pa fog where we do clear out 66 and then w middle 80s and warmer. Seventytwo on monday middle 70s tuesday and wednesday a chance of a shower next tuesday0 we will send it back to you guys. Picking and went while thousands waiting for the flooding two and many wonder to end many wonder where they will livein when it ends. One manss three quarters of a stunt is underwater. Many homes will need to be demolished but puma is looking into housing objects Housing Options for those crews expecting another difficult day out there threatening hundreds of homes flames of march 25000 acres so far and it is not clear how many buildings have been destroyed. Federal investigators trying to figure out what sparked massive fire on a cruise ship coast of san juanff when it quickly spread more w than 500 people were forced to abandon ship. Many people use the ships rescue boat while the coast guardle and private boats helped get people to safety. Speaking out about the brutal murder of his father and stepmother in florida they were killed inre a gruesome stabbing attack monday. Here is my with the latest. T stevens received the heartbreaking call about his father yesterday investigators say his father was killed in a random crimeatnv outside a south florida home. That on his way home we stopped about a block short shorter first parents lived andd my dad like to sit in the garage he walked into the garage assaulted my stepmom and colder 19 yearold sophomore at Florida State university. O at some. The neighbor just came over trying to stop with at the neighbor who tried to up his father was also injured in the attack buttoto was able to get y from police. They found him on top of my dad. Stephen say the suspect was biting his fathers face when they arrived. Them out as homicide injured to kill someone elseh is going to e your dresser on the water he was really excited about it. W heit said is that is finally where he wantedat to be in lif . With the boat and fishingi in hs free time. That was always history a stream he worked his entire life to get there. R he could not hae been a happier or more kind by. Suspect. Is in the hospital getting medical Attention Police believe he may have been under the influence of bath salts. He is not yet been formally charged. They may have filed false reports because the stories that much. One of the helps you deal with with jail time. We will see that happen. We are getting plugged in hazing recently in the news we heard about the Streets Program with those allegations and a local team a that may be involvd in something as well we are hearing about it. The problem is is it is troubling is we once knew as we once knew it was . N the 80s it was the thing to do you just did it t and accepted a zerotolerance policy. Is it still a problem in 2016 . Taking your thoughts and comments needs to be set its gone way way out of town out of g hand. The lead late in the shower and. My name is friday and i am these kids hazing and stuff yacht it the audit of his own try to get an education all that crazy stuff alone. The person says hazing is sort of a way of life isnt it . We expectf working fireman firemen are policeman because macn creating those bonds are things that are producer are different degrees of hazingnde and it sounds liket was light of the front the boss laughed and said that is easing treat others with respect. What a shame says kelly. We appreciate your thoughts problem and 2016 . Obviously weve seen a couple is not as widespread thank you for the discussion. We appreciate the info. Eighteen minutes on the 8 00 oclock on this thursday morning coming up . Another clutch . What went wrong this time inside the Washington Monument that left the worker trapped . Plus, probably a move over. He oncem with new man posed was posed for more coversn there never. That he a sneakre peek at ths weekends first ever festival of the art. We check in with him welcome back to fox8 news in the morning. Heading back to co class kids allds across northeast ohio. Ortheas they are looking good. T this is allison whos startingl kindergarten and garrett whos going into second grade. Kindergart awesome. E. Got a little attitude. Wes shes got some sass. S bring. Those books. Se look how cute. Ch zachary is off to 6th grade atot Old Brooklyn Community middlecol schooel while nathan is starting 3rd grade. Ho you look darling. And good luck. Cant tell their brothers. And this is hailee. His is hai she started kindergarten last week. Hailee is the niece of alicia jones who works here. E. She does a lot of different things. Very cute. E does a lot have cute. Cute. First day of school and the date idea. A. First day of kindergarten. Hud. D. Ihud. We want more. You can share your pictures witr us by emailing us ate your pict tips fox8. Com or submit them right on our website just look for the link under seen on tv. My son started his first dayfir today. Had to go to thea front door ths morning take the photos. Hotos. You did take the photos. Photo he is a sophomore now and i thought he would be buts. E he dd it. Hee will be a seniors and. Two more years youve got timme. Time. Plentys like that. T. Both in high school i cant believe it. I absolutely cant. I will be a direct. Looking for patty harkin sending her daughter off to college. It goes so fast. And scott saboll kids are still are st in elementary school. My son is in sixth grade my my daughter in third grade. Ra getting older. Olde take a look at the weather and need to keep a close eye on this area of rain near columbus orbu chicago that willo track nearr columbus. Col afternoon. E well be in between a few pockets of thunder he weather. He dont pick it will affect r. Us o much we will still stayy generally lower 80s mainly dry. A few stormsms well to the sout. Tonight full moon partiallyn paa clear outll fog tomorrow mornin. 66 the overnight low. Back middle 80s on friday. Next fred 8comes in late saturdy this is the one we talked about a week and a half ago a big pattern shiftwe talkeweek and a couple of months. H rain and storms late saturday lt night to early sunday look atk t these high temperatures for saturday up intoes the 80s look at the push of 70degree air that will be coming in here on n sunday take a look at the eightg day from sunday through most off next week. We havent had consecutive days in the 70s sits fourth of julyul weekend. Check that out looking pretty september weather monday and onn tuesday. Back to you guys. All right. Thank you very much scott. Ott. Pull out that brown and orange. E its time for the first Cleveland Browns preseason home game. Jessica dill is live at first la Energy Stadium in her orange ana brown with a preview tonightnd against the falcons. Ons. Good morning. Rning. Good morning everyone. Incredible weyo get to talk abo the Cleveland Browns again itagn will be a busy night downtown many places that will be busy wb also have an indians gameusy as well as the second Paul Mccartney concert. Oncert. Definitely busy first energynerg talk about the browns. Wns. It will be crazy it will be funn and were actually starting offa with a little bit of drama. Lly r the game is at 8 00 p. M. P. M. Browns defensive back Kwaun Williams has been suspended and fined for multiple violations of team rules. F team ru be he has been told by an because of that the cornerbacktc will appeal his two game suspension and one game fine as for tonights preseason game coach hue jackson keeping quiet about who will play. Jackson knows he has to navigate a fine line between getting the team ready to play for the regular season to guardingng qu injury and to evaluating talentg we trying to build a team like you said about trying tog to evaluate the team and alsohe teo trying to teach the team how to win and do things the right way. But at the know what preseason games are about about getting ready. And evaluating the team getting ready for the regular season. Tonights game and and if you do want to tailgate today takingodg off her work and heading to them muni lot early today there are a couple of rules ill tell you about that coming upple in thex halfhour. Half we look fohrwaordur. To that. Thanks so much appreciate it. Re. All right. Moving on to other big headlined on this thursday morning. Receiving praise for putting veterans to work. Ir is the Ohio Department of Veterans Services honored fire officialss for their continued support. Eiri yesterday the organizationnued o toured the fire department, and handed out challenge coins tocho the firefighters saying akron is the beacon of what Fire Departments should be. Ins the firefighte what we need to do for the veterans across the state. Tate i am very impressed with the the programs that go on here for that stand on its wonderful to see communityo wrap their arms around of the veterans. Mm wrap ohio is home to almost 900 thousand veterans. A New Residence hall at Case Western Reserve University willl be named in honor of the late congresswoman stephanie tubbso jones. The universitys board ofs boaf trustees approved the decision tuesday. Tubbs jones a case graduate became the first African American woman to represent ohie in congress. Aneurysm. There will be a formal naming ceremony during this years homecoming celebration, in midwe october. Cedar point is preparing to mak an announcement later thistoents morning, about the 2017 season. The mean streak will be giving its final ride next month, and,. The me the park ies reportedly alreadyd making plans to replace the wooden coaster. Cedar point added the valravn this spring and it replaced the mantis last year with the rougarou. Ar p stay with fox8 on air and onlin at fox8. Com as the announcement comes down at ten this morning. E snd for me personally i know where i come from growing up in the innercity and akron ohio and ii know that challenges than kids have. Andchal for our society to becos great as it should i think itn starts from the ground up and it starts in our communities ourniu ownr communities using ourng our resources using our knowledge. He said and his celebrity canri but what makes a difference is when kit sexually see someone working to help there communityu and the people andni it. T. Talked about his foundation lasa night on the daily show two days after hosting 5000 families at cedar point. Those kids made cea promise tops stay in school and work hard and if they dont thats when lebroe steps in. If you miss school they will getwill a phone call say very importantp to theort classroom and are very important to your friends and family we need t yoo u in schooh school i say we need you to read the books we need you to stay in the classroom listen to your teachers it also times because i know kids try to get slick andad try to miss a couple of days of school. They want a message from brronslebr james. O so i show up at the school andoa be like i know what youre trying. The best guidance counselor in life ever. El foundation have the option of af full scholarship to the university of akron. Have to do what they are told io there you go. What an opportunity. Rtuni. Thats awesome. So great opportunity. Y. Coming up if you love a good banana make the most of it. It. Thats because they could be extinct in a few years. Usextin n find out whats killing off the healthy snack. W plus were giving a vegetable go to a spicy twist this morning. Get your tomatoes ready for this recipe box, coming up. Icy twisti good morning kenny. Good morning stacey. Were talking aboutt the Arts Festival happening and the flats east bank. Theyre equal over 150 artists representing 13 states right here in cleveland. H whenin cle vwe come back a lot w you. This customer wants a Checking Account what can a bank do . Oh, just him the illusion of free checking. The illusion . Bury the fees in the fine print. You know for minimum balance and monthly maintenance. Hell never notice. At huntington, we have asteriskfree checking. Theres no minimum balance required and no monthly maintenance fees. What you see is what you get. Or give the illusion of asteriskfree checking. No illusions. No surprise fees. Welcome to huntington. Welcome back to fox 8 news in the morning. On this thursday morning. Friday. All right. I right. Bad news for employees at cisco employees were just given pink slips. T the internet gear maker has beek struggling since more of its corporate customers started relying on Remote Data Centers for their computing needs. R hass the layoffs will affect about wf seven percent of the san jose companys 74 thousand workers. Uber has launched a legal battle against new rules requiringsan e ubuiring london taxi drivers to learn english. Starting october first londontoo will require drivers from non English Speaking countries tongt pass a language exam before securing a private hire permit. The city says drivers have to be able to communicate in english,s for safety reasons. Testing english skills but calls the two hour exam unnecessary and theyve filed a lawsuit over the new rule. F the Washington Monument will be closed again today, because ofst ongoing trouble with elevators. R it stopped twice over thes. E weekend, but was back ins back i operation on monday. It shutdown again last night,aga because of a broken cable. A Park Service Worker was inside at the time but wasnt hurt. Technicians are once again, trying to fix the elevator. He e. Banana lovers listen up. Scientists are warning a fungusn new Research Shows three fungal diseases are destroying banana trees. The fungi are being blamed for a 40 percent drop in banana trevests this year. Plant pathologists say the global banana industry could bes gone in five to ten years, if nothing is done. Try could to fight it, growers need to apply fungicide up to 50 times a year. Y fungi theyve got to get their handsns on us. Because i love bananas. S. Just as fast as they went in mcdonald is now removing fitness trackers from childrens happyes meals, after reports of skin irritation. From childrr the Company Recently added theeh step it trackers with the mealse to encourage kids to be active each day. Six different wrist worn versions were being offereds before the irritation reports surfaced. One woman claims her child was burned after wearing thes were i efore the irrita tracker, for just eight minutes. Model fabio has appeared on the cenovels throughout his career. But now hes been upstaged by a california model. One minute ill be a highlander and then the next minute ill jump into this military outfit then for another shoot ill be this contemporary guy. A ghland ll jumhi jason baca says he has been featured on 476 covers thats ten more than fabio. He says to get ready for the bae camera, he does pushups before a shoot. Camera, he as wayne does before a morning g show. Show. By the way, modeling for romance novels is a side job. He also works a nine to five office job. The wayr romancejo that would be nice. Ot this is waynes morning routine. The pushups and flexing and stretching. Pushups a thats funny. Actually hiding your eyes. We dont need to see that. Because im the best for thet a perfect day the weather isis cooperating and awesome artwork kenny and a great cause. Rating e im still laughing at wayne dawson and hism stil rituals. Not many people know wayne was on then cover 17 times. Wayne dawson ebony man. Already. Speaking of other stellar events were talkilng about the art festival happening of at the flats east bank. The festival of the arts. The reason why this is so significant that biggest artsrt festival in the city ofy of cleveland we have great arteat t festivals happening around thes city byhappenin g tarrying to mi signature event starts tonight with the program proceedss buill school in africa for children and this yearn tacking on theio clevelands will ofn the arts. From easels to paint tot to instruments everything those kids need. D. Hanging out with daryl andl and george these guys are based inen ridaida. A. 13 different states will be represented. At this festival of of the arts. Arts daryl come on over. Er how are. You . . Doing well thanks. Good morning. 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I have to get out there. Th a whole world to explore. Lore i know. Still to come this morning. Simple and tasty. A recipepl that will use up your farmers marketrmert but first a reminder season 20e2 of fox8s friday night touchdow0 is set to kickoff next friday. Be sure to join jt pj and theine commissioner dan coughlin forcom the season premiere on friday,mi august 26th at 11 p. M. Rightssio here on fox8. Well be right back. . . Offering the most powerful turbo 4cylinder engine in its class the cadillac ats. Every moment accelerated. During summers best, get this lowmileage lease on this cadillac ats from around 279 per month, [music playing] hello there. Welme bacack. Looking for something to make with all those heirloom tomatoem youve got piled high in your kitchen right now . Atoee how about some salsa. Michael swann, executive chef at the Intercontinental Hotel is here to share a recipeel swann,t the with us. Us good morning. First time on with us. It is. New to the city. Four months. Absolutely a wonderful city great food city. Tell us about they are such beautiful colors you can just chop them up and throws them ia salad. Show you a that a bit about the heirloom tomato. The whole secret is the seeds for governor actually a thirdgenerationisecret isf basa whats happening is they takeake them extract the seeds out and drying them and replace them every year. Year what that does give them out of unique flavor profileth the waya tomatoes tasted when you were a kid t theyve really tastedly tt intense and strong flavoravor profiles. And also gives them unique colors you see thiss is a tigeri striped stripe this is a green striped s theres a lot of different ones. Sunburst greend and yellow. W. Beautiful. The taste is the difference. Let me put some together ill il make it is also for you real quick i have some of the baby cherry heirloom tomatoes as well that i will add to the salsa but let me justd had a few of these up. 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S [music playing] taylor swift is pitching in to help flood victims in louisiana. The singer donated one millionop dollars for flood relief. Lp flo 20 thousand residents have been displaced by heavy rains in parts of south louisiana and 13 people have died. In a statement swift called the in a tatemeeartbreaking andibeen encouraged others to help out. We like to see that star stuff up and set a good example. S im not surprised. Good morning to you good morning. Its thursday good morning its friday you. Ou august 18 were more thanre mon halfway through the month ofe mo august kids gettingf ready foraf back to school been a busy week so far. Im todd meany. Sc been e good morning. Good morning. Im stefani schaefer. One more alarm ring away fromawy the weekend. If youre going downtown tonighi leave early. A preview of some of the big events happening in cleveland. E. You name it its going on downtown morego than 100,000 d downtown tonight for all ofll of these events. Nts. Its great. Its awesome. Great to see that. Kids are at school takingt schog supplies to school what happensh when they forget something atapg home but at already there . Ady do you rush right out to help . L . Doing more harm than good by doing that the message onesage schoolon has and its going virl kind of funny. V v as the kids get ready to head to school what are you packing in their lunch . H . Kind o t rea coming up chef rocco whalen share his unique sandwich creations. Plus, find out how your sandwich creation could win you 25 thousand dollars. Ic were talking about this kind of a cool thing. Nice. Getting some ideas i through the uncomfortables and my sonso lunch today. I do that when i leave for porr sometimes bring them with me. Those are good there reallyere y great. Check and for a look at ourour forecast today a little bit of a reprieve from the rain. 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