Have a lot of fun plan for you but before we get to all of that working to get a would indicate a check of the weather and the forecastfothr at the a damper on our day. Good morning every body temperature here at fox eight 159 the rain is actually thinning out a bit we havent had any rain in canada for the better partd of the last couple of hours that will start to change as of the breaks in the rain will be shortlived storm fox and radar showing the breake replace these breaks with more showers this win goes all the way back to st. Louis we do have quite a bit of time before we completely with this rain out of hereame probably yor most of the deck while feedback that wouldve been bad b mac here is the rain heres the breaks and more rain coming later on. Have to say the last time the indians won the world serieses of 95 and 97 i was pregnant with times im not pregnant we are winning this year go tribe are right the accident we had 77 north bound athlete that is gone but boy it was a doozy lets take a peek we had shot video out there earlier this morning on 77 it involved a semi and a car we do have the video he just you just told me they didnd we got it there we car was actually underneath that thel semi and eventually was able to drive away the carr was put up on a flatbed truck and they took that out of theirut no word on the condition of the driver but boy it really did a number on traffic this morningofiv it was very stl and still it was very heavy outut there we can assure youyo what it looks like right now im 77 it looks like we have another accident in the area i but it is off to the site and its not blocking so all the lanes open 77 northboundki up by delays this is the peak of 480 spammers are cars occurs trying to get onto the jennings freewaypae a lot of folks using it as an alternate because at least it was moving but it is still pretty jammed up for 80 eastbound train to get onto the jennings also from 271 he getting over 277 on 480 westbound begins in you continually a 4030 minute commute overnds 69 minutes on 77 northbound by most of that you can see 34 minutes between wellington for 80 minutes from 480 into downtown is i actually Getting Better the accident 77 northbound athlete is gone all lanes are now openg what a morning patty thanks at three minutes after a four months ago the cavaliers brought that championship here to our city turning decades of heartbreak into such af happiness and excitement for our town so true and now your Cleveland Indians and lets add another title as the head into the world series were taught in the first time in 19 the indians and getting on the board first on a ticket to the highlights now mike napoli blasting a double off the wall in left Francisco Mindoro coming all the way around from first meantime rookie pitcher ryan merit was on point to tie the first 10 batters he faced allowing just two hits and fourt in the Third InningsCarlos Santana home of the third coco crisp and deep in the fourthna to extend the lead to three zip once merit left the bullpen brian shaw pitching and ending andrew milleror the series mvp before cody island would say that the indians win game five three zip. John tell gentle touch more from toronto. On our way night in the toronto young ryan merit was only 11 majorleague innings indians into the world series outstanding from the jump of the offense got into the act and then it was time for some bubbly. Should that set more running the World Service at the limited taken right now all the students ever weve got four more to go crazy because the jobs been is been able to do with the staff certain circumstances we need somebody behind the plate th game and be able to control the t finish and hes done a hell of a job. Is an Incredible Team effortdi from theater to the Coaching Staff to our team and Player Development as guarding the front office is a real organizational accomplishment to be here we came outut here to do our thing and maybe it is there great teamou we tip our hats to themte the mud but there only for games that we won we fun and enjoy the moment dont try to do too much be yourselfa trust in your team the indians will have a whole bunch of days it to relax and get ready for the world seriesc to matter if its the cubs or the dodgers but it starts next tuesday at Progressive Field in cleveland with the indians in toronto so exciting jt thinks its so much and what a night 19 years now and making cleveland fans are celebrating necessity of champions when a checkck in with stacy fry who picks up that part of our team coverageiks. A good morning how can we not believe in this team to matter what was thrown at them these guys are stepped up with a kind of toughness and resiliency that people in the city can understandably have a trophy to prove it. Rp there it is the alcs trophy arriving in cleveland with the rest of the teami a heros final step on the way to the World Series Game one at home forer the first time in franchise history friends are over the moment it may seem like may see michael getting used to thishie the collective cheer that erupted shock notec just of the city but everywhere cleveland bands i have that have longingly waited for this dayay. Iso 95 and 97 world serieser but to see it this year with this team with this managerer and the way we won cleveland is truly. This is the new are about to happen from the cityod i want to pack some of the cubs and the world series and i want to do it right and which revealedd catapano weight tied at two apiece against the dodgers they play again tonight as for world series tickets the very limited number of them for home games go on saleer 10 00 oclock this money should just stop be met, emac and they went would like that and now the upper resale not even minutes of the indianses are singing of the moments to be moments before their logisticsi of the tickets sell out on the itll be even more than that over 600 for standing room only just imagine what its been a be like. And if its against the cubst can even imagine what this prices will look like and somebody sent me a text yesterday and said can i have some free world series tickets are you kidding me likei you need to ask will just get stacks of them we dont get them. We can say a time and time again the indianse are going to the world series of course which means now we have a great excuse to go out and shopopch to check in with jessia diehl who is doing just about issues that takes a or parkcie with a look at all of that good looking fresh merchandise. Hey you guys good morning a rough job for me i had to wake up and come shopping not too too bad right now because they were so crazy last night we are hoping morewe shipments will come and i have the person to aski it so good to see you againee we were together for the cavs prorated so here we are againo now how does it feel to bel back and have another wonderful thing for cleveland estimate epic is just as exciting or even more exciting i dont think anybody really anticipated the indians really and theke it this fart excitement last night in the store wast absolutely to the roof it was awesome. We have video avatar lis get in here because of it that a lot sold out last night i think the big question now this morning as everyone is wondering when can i get stuff when can i get my shirtise but they dont have the right size do you have the answer may be. Ie. Think i have the answer will be h getting more stuff in here later this morning as well all of our stores and then well get shipments and throughout then day and throughout the weekend as we so we will replenish we just dont have an exact the time of when these things will arrivevehe but we are sure were more of the locker room teachers were getting the unofficial locker room had more of the world series gearare so we will have everything stockedyt up your by later today. One last question i heard something exciting about saturday with happening on saturday. Saturday will have a special guest atnin our crocker parked exporting the location will have kinnear oftenhe hear from 11 00 a. M. Until 1 00 p. M. Doing an autograph signing1 . Itll be really coolc cant wait to have them and hear. Ineluctably love him thank youou so much and good luck stay safe today as the lines get long againg that you get your gear in Mckinney Lupton lofton on saturday we love kenny lofton throwback to number two smalls and a medium. Ow you wanted it you know what we want clevelands brand gear twenty of that hey we were mining all morning long fox eight is the only place you can watch the indians in the world series p right here again you extensive coverage as of the indians look to bring yet another championship to cleveland in 2016 so exciting here and thank you for joining us for all the excitement today 11 minutesou after 8 00 oclock still ahead on fox eight news in the morning fighting for the final word. Fighting to keep work they donald trump Hillary Clinton facing off for the final time before votersdd head to the polls the recap or for the most talked about moments from last night coming upr on morning of champions continues a check that out right there the larry obrien and the cop will make room for also the ufc heavyweight belt also coming up on the morning showhe. Good morning everybody look at the rain continues it is thinning out a little it wont be long before a we see more steady rainfall temperature is a study in the upper 50s and 60s0s a day when we come back pay here we are all right were talking about the circus when we come back well have to show you guys of ringling bros. And Barnum Bailey good morning everybody really notdy so much of a great day weatherwise o but the indians in the world series and weve got the calder cup. We got the larry obrien trophy here you know weve done whether with famous people weve done the weather with famous mascots never in the history of television have we actually done whether with famous in championship trophies you guys okay with that. T. Will were connected to the forecast year and see what happens you dont talk a lotse just let their static movementst illustrated that the overall weather as we look at rain ere in east laket and it really are you serious new testament i cant believe this we went over this before the break and that they still got to do their thingthth its unbelievable just what you do when you deal with a lot of this all the time divas will get to the eight day and will handle this with their 6252th letter to use all of the place which is rainfall. The eight take your saturday temperatures will be in the upper 40s lower 50s up for the start of the game assuming its around thats kind of always unbelievable guys got a deal with these pre madonnas over here but hey ill deal with it because of the championship trophya back to you guys. Absolutely gorgeous this is making headlines on this thursday mornings facing off on the debate stage for the last time hn before november election and select the base the contest was anything but friendly Andrew Spencer has a look at the most talked about moments from last nights debate t. The two candidates started by focusing on the questions but the issues it started to bleed out as the two turn to more personal attacks. What goes around the crocodile cheers about how terrible it is a. Youou talk to you dont get anything done at times donald, and Hillary Clinton seemed word. He has all the debate Moderator Chris Wallace tried to get the candidates to stop talking over each otherdet this is an open dispatch specific question want to pay for a flight there is no evidence a very good word in the high rank. Even when he succeeded the punch is kept comingng. Room monitoring the rate of that brought osama bin ladens of the selection i will look at at the timee. Thank you now ordinarily we would be talking about that debate nrd there are so many otr things to talk about thats for sure were talking about the Cleveland Browns a a lot of stuff going on of course were talking triedre this morning on Facebook Edwin sent to what id like to see the indians play the cubs can sing it all along space bar as long cubs 108 euros cleveland 68 of course our tribe will be winning it all i agree this as its an Indian Summer because boy is a hot clevelandu. Whitaker tribe i went the indians are to be able to pay chicagoi a lot of things hi my they went through all the champagne there was none left appreciate the comment so far this plugged in a lot of talk about the tribe coming upo. So exciting is wonderful. Nineteen minutes after 8 00 n are for sure will be part of this one is pretty interesting. Good morning every time in the newsroom is a circus were hanging out with a couple of clowns of the maps from the talk about how to wayneof good morning you guys how are you. I am great will introduce yourselves. Okay you guys a couple of clowns were talking about the greater show. Ringling brothers i get a little nervous. Tell me about your whole do herett you see im an alien should add a space this kind of like a lady gaga type kind of like that good here get here im not classically trained so were going to have aliens in the show as well as traditional clowns at. Exactly is amazing we have the main county horse took. And we have to have with very nice. About the dopey henchmen we have a career in music trust mee. You guys usually give the families an opportunity to bring your kids right now before traditionally have early access. We are here be here we have we have all these clowns i couldnt say special and then we are we are hatchets before we go the circus with india that there are 23rd through 23rd look at the sky only come back will we come back lots to show you welcome back fox eight news in the morning we are celebrating Cleveland Indians were also talking basketball this morning because next week the Cleveland Cavaliers will start a brandnew seasonk speaking of trophies and there it is the larry obrien trophy, then competition answer for the y rds larry larry obrien. How is yourr summer been. Im talking everywhere there on talking everywhere mary goes ive been going and we becamemeali great friends n. Just talk a little bit you and larry hanging outt exactly i hope the word dont get out about ittl i was a bin that we are talking a championship the cleveland for a long time has been about of a lot of jokes people talk about cleveland so ive been everywhere and i see people wearing indian stuff cap stuff peoplee are proud to wear cleveland stuff its a great time to be a sports fan in cleveland. This isnt the actual trophyhe let lebron is holding righth there this is a d1 hes it the one right there hes holding and that we been this tour pretty much all for pretty much all over ohio pretty muchrc and its a great time to get fans a chance to embrace larry like we have. Not when folks see the obrien trophy what are their reactions. Its unreal theyre looking at it like they ask a lot of questions of like is that the true theory here exactly we go to a run down 14 and a half pounds this is from tiffanysd but pretty much from tiffanys and just every nba team they could to keep. Now talk about the origin of this trophy wife to call the larry obrien trophy the larry obrien trophy is it because you knowhy what when they make even after that. Them as something i didnt know. I got you okaysot outside you guys keep it is looking good if you do you mind if i pick it up i promise is it okay can i pick it up i just want to pick it up to see how heavy it there we go now for this tour the fans you cant do that he included off i got some pop runs on there but anyway this is irate man so the bottom line is the trophy is going around the state of ohio androro we got other stopso make absolutely soon wed been been to akronly you know we had over 1,000 people there so tomorrow will be at Youngstown State University from 3 00 p. M. Until 7 00 p. M. If you want to come out there take pictures. 7 and the final stop isn going to be monday at the rock n roll hall of fame. Talk about tuesdayon happenings faq. The homeni opener game starts at g a ring ceremony been a ceremony starts at 730 we advise people to get on the level constant across the street from t the queue. Whiz khalifa tmd is putting on a concert for us and cavaliers are getting the Championship Ring and been as its going down next question what sizes this jacket. Is a here is xl you want oneizs. He admire you my daughter and my soninlaw graduating tore i appreciate you men. Fox eight news in the morning after decades of losing it is our time once again clevelandes. And celebration continues this morning with the man who started it all were talking about ufc heavyweight champion hes been a be here in the studio and richard the scotshe welcome back to fox8 news in the morning. You know its raining outside. He is a handsome man. Som yes he is. S. S going to he i be a good day dest all of the rain we want to update youe it has been really l super busy morning on theth roadways on this thursdayursda morning the accident i 77. 77. This is near fleet is clear. 90 jammed up to. In both directions this morning quite a morning. E a mornig. A little bit of rain see whate happens when it snows. Its such a great day. It truly is. The cavs are never going to goig speak to any us again. Saw security running around. Ing. Lebron can good job. Wayne dawsonoo after all. All. Its funny. Speaking of a. J. Colby thee t handsome one. Lake View Intermediate School for you. That is right scott sabolntermeo the forecast with the trophy and the forecast has never looked so good i would say. Were down here lake of viewof v Intermediate School students are stoked. Right guys . Bulldogs going a couple of of students will help with the forecast in just a minute. De i can tell theyre a little nervous. Nergainain so am i. Lets so am i have a look whats on right now storm Doppler Radar showing some showery weather out there. We even have rutmbhlesere of thu ndearlier this morning. Ea god was showing you lightning tracker hundreds under the crown to groundn lightning strike. I the rain showers expected out undoubtedly but in most of northwest ohio seeing heaviernga rain to this point but even so its not some sprinkles ju here in stilln our neck of the whats. T meanwhile will show you some of the numbers temperature wise close to 60 in cleveland. Nd. 57 akron canton. 58 at western. C and youngstown checks in at at 56 degrees. Well check the forecastst for today. Y. Ababout where we aree are now. Steady rain. Well have some breaks by noono and then moreon rain will asseme tonight down to 47. O 47. Showers in windy. In cooler will have gusty north winds in there cool at 15 to 20 miles mil an hour. Thats a chilly breeze. Eze. Tomorrow wont be as warm showers early then drier in the evening with cloudy skies and sa northwest winds 10 to 15 miles m an hour. Hour. Highs in the low 50s. 5 what ab0sout as we get into theo next several days through the weekend . . For that were going to go toweea sixth grader here. Re this is cameron and cameron will give you theor weekend. Goahead its all yours. Say hi to the folks. K hello. Fine job. Saturday will be clouds andand mixed sunshine. Hin lake driven shower may be somesr softail over the snow belt m counties if possible. P High Temperature of 48 degrees. O sunday mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a shower. Ower High Temperature a little bitre monday partly cloudy skies. S. Cool. High temperature will bebe 56 degrees. I think you could do that for a living. A liv nicely donein and here is tobyg. Shell give you the rest of the shell. E and he tuesday mostly sunny skies. It will be a cool and pleasant autumn day. The highoan will be 58 degrees. Wednesday partly sunny skies and not as cool. Nesday partly the High Temperature will return to a nearnormal 62 degrees. Thursday partly sunny skies with a chance for a few showers. Highs will be fairly mild in the mid 60s. Nicely done toby. Y. One ty lets hear it for your colleagues here. What a great job. Much more coming up for you here in still in an home of the bulldogs. They are great. Fantastic. If youre just making up and you dont know youre living under a for the first time in 19 years,r rowe ar the Cleveland Indians are heading to the world series. They got enough run support to n back another strong pitchingougu performance, to punch their ticket to the fall classic. Pe amazing. Rookie ryan merritt retired the first ten batters he faced in toronto. Ookie ryan mer he was phenomenal last night. He allowed just two hits in four and one Third Innings. The tribe extended an early one zip lead, with solo homers byity Carlos Santana in the third and coco crisp in the fourth. Nt the bullpen didnt allow a run, as the indians won the clincherh the bullpen didnt allow a run,s as the indians won the clincher, three zip, taking the series four games to one. Won theun, i love that. At. Im honored that were going to the world series. Becauseor to do it with we alwaa said if weys could do it with ts group it would be so special this is as close to a family feel as you can get in a professional setting. I cant wait to see what its like in cleveland, honestly. I think its going to be a lot of fun. Ike in cle the basketball championship. The crowds for the playoff gamef at home have been special, as you would expect them to be. Im looking forward to seeing how they react. Its going to be a lot of fun. Lw while this will be the indians first trip to the world seriesh in 19 years, they havent won ia since 1948. Vent big deal for us. A reminder for you. You the only place you can watch thh indians in the world series ises tell them away and. Tuesdayy night will bring your b extensive coverage as they lookk to bring another championship to cleveland in 2016. 16. Still to come this hour Kenny Crumpton c. Good morning. Good morning. We have a really cool look at this little guy he is going crazy. Lo when we come back lots to show you guys with the ringling [music playing] making breakfast or brushing your teeth or get ready run to yourb screen this is a really neat thing. Thing were. Talking champions baby. B and energy and a vibe in the studio it is just palpable it s crazy to be here and see all of these trophies and were looking at one more. A thing missing is the morning show. We need the morning show emmy and there. Couple of them. G m we think you got a c night came in today because he started all of this. Is the reason why were heree today. Y. Ing you. Iell one more trngophy to pick up in thats the world series trophy. Well add that up there soon and then you hear way for the superl bowld d for that will be there. Lets toss to kenny now. That could happen. Yes. Good morning you guys. Ys. We are very proud of our Cleveland Indians. Which is whyof were wearing thg shirt. T he is happy because youll be able to get out of town these guys are in town. Gu you wouldnt be able to wait. Ys the circus is here 20 a thirdus andhere 20 he is here with hiss how many docs do we have . A couple this morning but we we have 21 all together into anto a giant pigs youll see and show. Show. Over 700 pounds each. 21 dogs into pigs. Out of this world. What are you going to show us . She came from a rescue. Come here zoe. S hold it. T. Hold it. Hol hands. Hands. Good. Good girl. Way to go. Up. Up. Good boy. A little bit faster. Come here. Hes all right. Come heree jack. Ck jackson. Come here jack. Good boy. Good boy. Come this my. Go jackson. Come here. Od come this my. Om good boy. E here good boy. Hold it. Hold it. Look at that. Good boy. Jackson up. Pick up your feet. Take them up jackson. Jackson. Jp. Jackson. Up. Hold it. All right. Good boy. Alght. Tricks for treats. Ts. There you go. Whats really cool is most of of your dogs are rescues. Scues most of the dougie will see in the show come from towns andns rescues across the country. As well as rescuing to giant that is something. Ething we can look forward to seeing this in the show as well. And many other things. Thank you so much appreciaterec that. Out of this world were of thewe ringling brothers barnum and bailey circus with jacksonin and maria and great dogs and staffst want to think these guys for waking upp. For coming out this morning. N were going to goin back to youu guys. In theheg studio. Udi thats amazing. My dogs dont do that. Ha they dont even listen. Sten. Thats amazing. Its impressive thats for sure really exciting here. Re. That is for sure. The fun is continuing ining hopefully so is our good luck. R check it out. Heavyweight champion here to to talk about that magic taking over our town this year and hiss wish for the indians. Dian so exciting but before we had to break were going to ask how is h the weekend. Eken it is friday eve aj and studentd from lakeview intermediatenterme school will have the answer for you when we come back. L wil celebrating a championship city. Grace is here. Hi grace. Grace will be doingce th ies het school home of the bulldogs inon still and weve got our forecast for you and our body our cellise s this year usuallyual carrying around the strings buts youll be doing the forecast. Tr lets see what will happen today. Today steady rain with noono breaks and more breaks in the evening. G. Evening. High today will be 60 degrees in the wind will be northeast andn north that 10 to 15 miles per showers and it will be cooler. The high is 47 degrees. Egrees and the wind will be north 15 t5 20 Miles Per Hour with higher gusts. Tomorrow the high will be 50 to. With early showers in the morning and it will be drier inn the evening with clouds. Good job grace. Nicely done. Lets hear it for grace. Coming back to you guys. Santana. Santana. A. Ball game. Me the indians have won the America League pennant and cleveland for the sixth time ever you willw have a world series. The indians are the champions of the American League. Special moments are so fresh in our minds. Mo its really exciting to see from the sign on the cross and that the Cleveland Indians are american they champions headeda to the world series for the First Time Since 1997. We had our next guests to thank for kicking up thisgu wind in or city. The monsters in the counsel counseling it all. Ounseling all. He became the heavyweightvyweigt champion. And of course he is here with moree on what life has been like after defending his title and what he thinks about cleveland becoming a city of champions. Im happy the city has something to be p its amazing. Its ama where were you last night . Zing. I was running in and out trying to do staffs put stuff away myw wifeay got to do this. Youve been here all your life. E what do you think about theut th thing were doing with these champions. N it is fate state i guess. 2016 so much going on and like e something to be proud of. D of. We have so long. We were hoping for one championship. We have you we haveering for ony obrien trophy and the indians. N well have thatdi to theyre gog to win it. It. You called this do you rememberm tweeting about this . Dong a we have his tweet becaush tweeted this. Here we go. Go when the indians win the worldrd series in the fall. You knew this. I when they were down three and one t you right now we are good. D when you want that was one of the first things that you said cleveland here is your championshipe first things tha s when all of us really took notice of and felt that pride. E. What was that like for you . You . That has to be such an emotional moment when you think about it. Get goosebumps thinking about it tearyeyed. Um cleveland in defending itfirst i wasnt as emotional as the first time bute i was looking on lo youtube someone had like showing it and i started crying it was just so and i st i must support. You called out cleveland that tt moment. The first thing that you said when you got the microphone. Andmomto that made all of us reu feel so proud. Its t the want to make fun of it buttt when they come here they love it. Can you go anywhere . I do get recognize. I am blessed. Never going to be an gratefulral for this. S. So happy to have so much support andd so happy. P the fans and everything i am luy. Y. Y. You had a chance to enjoy and a lot of experiences with the indians. Two days are the day after i got back from brazil i was like hitt the ball. You were knocking it out there. Way to go. We need a power hitter friendly next year. The cavaliers of course you you kicked off the parade theye they really embraced you so have both tea you look at this table and you saidlot the first to get all of these trophies together this isi really an exciting thing for our city. One more and thent f the brownsa doing so hot this year but coach has gotin the right game planht going. Gam hanging in every game. We joke about the browns that they are making progress. Not going their way right now but watching them and they are and a lot of injuries. That coaches doing it. I love that coach. Ch you made a prediction that comes true. Next year theyll surprise a lot of people. Year goahead. D. What is next . . Goah enjoy the holidays were the first time in a long time whichm is great. We do that but probablye in a li april of next year hopefully. Dont want to take off too longn ill be training at of stuff but i just want to like and enjoylla exactly want to relax a little bit. Ctly want those guys get a year off. They take that long . Get rusty that way. Ay dont mind taking six months sis off. Off you are the. Champion you can do what you want. I wish. Thank you for coming and always so graciously give you a call ge the night before and you are sheer. Thank you so much for having me. Clevelands own. Ank you so from all of us here at fox8 inon the cavs we wish the Cleveland Indians good luck in the world series. H ies. New at Steak N Shake 24 meals under four dollars. With handcrafted steakburgers, allbeef footlongs and fresh guacamole made from scratch. New at Steak N Shake [music playing] [music playing] just a little tease for you this morning of that remake of the cult classic rocky horror eight tonight. It stars laverne cox, Victoria Justice and adam lambert. And as always the show relies on audience interaction. The cedarlee theater in Cleveland Heights will be hosting a viewing party for the event. The show starts at eight so cedar lee managers are reminding visitors to arrive early. Dies on the cedarleel by the way, our own jessica dila and todyd meany are scheduled to be at the event tonight. ,sid say hello to them when they aree there. Ther what is your attire going to bee like . Most of the castt end up in ther underwear. But i will not be. I will be wearing probably can get my hands on an indianinn shirt i will wear and indiansans shirt. Those are always fun im sure you have a blast. A good timethose are al bringins rubber gloves. T everything that goes with theh cult classic that is the rocky horror picture show. Ic good morning everyone it is what everyone is talking about now. All right. T. All rght. Cleveland indians are the American League champions after finishing off the toronto blue jays. Aft ys. I love the little finger. Go tribe. The game ended with a picture perfect catch. E game ended now the 22. A swing and a pop up. And a p u. First base side, foul ground playable. S perez, santana. Round santana makes the catch. The indians have won the American League pennant. Much better to have him callingl thaint then the cbs guys by the way. Th g the indians won three to zero. Uy such an exciting days the highlight said a live report but first well check in with a. J. Colby celebratinger the indians win as well down ann still ldakeview good morning aj. Read. Good morning guys here