The indians manager. I was in the shower and when i got out of the shower, my phone was blowing up. And chris was like call me, and you could have given me a lot of guesses. And i wouldnt have probably got this one. Reporter no, that is for sure. I mentioned the other night that you could actually consider swapping tomlin and bower anyway. They werent going to do , tell you is it is not a huge concern he pitches game two. The question then becomes on monday, even though they say he can pitch, how effective will he be . On his throwing hand, this will be an issue. This is another issue for this team to deal with. They have been dealing with issues all year long. This should motivate them to keep plugging away and try to get wins and theyll try that tonight in game one. Live at Progressive Field. As terry said a moment ago, in so many words, you never know. Thank you. And tribe fans, of course, are flooding downtown for tonights big game and tonight Monica Robbins joins us live. We look at how local businesses are cashing in. Hi, monica. Reporter absolutely. 2016 definitely the year of 216, from the caves to the monsters to the rnc, and now the indians in a championship run, absolutely businesses and the city benefiting the question is by how much so what is the Economic Impact week the cavs playoffs and the indians . Both are definitely money ball, but according to destination cleveland, during this playoff, before the finals, each cavs game brought in about 3. 6 million per game. And the benefit to this city and taxes alone, they got the assist of more than 9 27,000 the films. So how about those indians . Each game is expected to bring in about 1. 8 million per game, and the taxes the city collects, the city will catch about 16 6,000 per game. So why the big difference . Ticket prices, prime seats during the cavs playoffs shot up several hundred dollars. And a seat behind home plate runs about 235, rd stub hub. And we have sellout crowds at 35,000 people and dont forget, the monsters are playing tonight. Theyre raising the calder up banner at the q. And this Economic Impact, priceless because of the viewership were getting. Remember, it is global viewership in making destination cleveland definitely a place for a lot of people to come visit. But the big question tonight, what is the weather going to be reporter i think it is important for us to point out, monica has on a long sleeved t shirt. I have on a coat, a scarf and sunglasses. So one of us is more prepared than the other. I think youre tougher than i am. I think thats what is going on here. We have a beautiful night happening. Not a cloud in the sky overhead and the temperatures have been a little crisp. It is seasonable, but definitely cool. Right now were at 62 degrees in downtown cleveland. Upper 50s farther ut evening, you can see how temperatures will be fading. Well be back into the low 50s, so i see a lot of indians coats passing by, people with their blankets and hats. That is good stuff because you will need them if youre going to be outside for the next, what, four, five hours certainly. Clear skies will continue and the winds will remain light. The winds are not expected to be much of a factor in tonights game, but tomorrows game could not be more different as for as the weather goes. The wind will be coming from a completely different direction. Well talk all about take coming up in your full forecast coming up. Looking awful cool out there. And our continuing coverage of the indians chasing a championship continues right now on wkyc. Com. There you will find an extensive guide to all things indians. And a blast rocked a neighborhood in port clinton this morning. It was so strong it could be felt a half mile away, and it sent four pe hospital. And were life in port clinton where an investigation is underway. Andrew, good evening to you. Reporter good evening to you. We wont know the cause of this blast for another few days at least, but what the investigators are telling us is what neighbors had been telling them, they had been smelling gs and the couple in that home where the blast took place had actually been turning on their heat recently. Pictures from the beacon, east harbor road in port clinton destroyed two homes. Google earth show had they looked like before with each inhabited by couples in their 60s. The investigators say a blast in the home to the right caused a fire that burned the one to the left while also shooting debris across the street and rattling homes a half mile away. Reporter everything happened at once. I saw a roof go up and then just sprinkling pieces, and i felt a buts hit me in my chest. Reporter the neighbors next door say it knocked them off their feet. It was like a tornado. It literally was. Reporter the police pulled the couple from the rubble of the home of the blast. They were taken by life flight. The other couple was also taken to the hospital and released. This afternoon investigators were able to retrieve a number of personal items from their home, including their cats, in a sad scene few here have ever witnessed. When i pulled up, i have never seen anything like this other than the tornado in 2010 for the amount of damage and i was kind of comparing this to that for this house to be completely leveled. For me to get here and tell me there are four people still alive, theyre very fortunate and blessed that they are alive. Reporter the road here has been closed for most of the day. As you can see, it remains closed here tonight. The state Fire Marshals Office is investigating this. Although they do not suspect necessarily this was arson, they tell me they do not rule it out either. And channel 3 news. Donald trump on the campaign trail today in North Carolina. Once again he defended himself against charges he groped women and made unwanted sexual advances. At a rally in greensboro, he tilt Hillary Clinton campaign. Theyre all false, totally invented, fiction, all 100 totally and completely fabricated. I never met this person, these people, i dont know who they are. This comes on the same day as a former contestant on the apprentice came forward saying she met with trump back in 2007 and he kissed her. She told him to, quote, get real, end quote. In cleveland today, president obama was in town to the president speaking at the airport criticized trumps character and questioned the republicans who still support him. We called clinton strong and qualified and said trump does not have the knowledge or temperament to be president of the united states. I notice her opponent, he seems to be in the middle of the game making excuses all the losing. And it is always interesting to me to see folks who talk tough, but they dont act tough. The president s appearance began after early voting began in ohio. He asked the supporters to get to the polls right away. Also tonight a drag racing driver facing several charges in connection with the death of a man in a wheelchair. This happened at about 11 35 last night at west 25th and meyer avenue. When the man was trying to crose dragged a block and a half during a drag race. And parnell has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and assault. The police say she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Another driver was involved in the crash but were told that person ran from the scene. And next at 6 00, a major announcement in the case of the Samsung Galaxy note 7 and well tell you where the federal government says phone also be banned effective tomorrow. Plus, if you work in it goes to voters next month and we spoke to mayor jackson on what happens if that proposal fails. Those stories and more when channel 3 news at 6 00 returns after break. Rob portman endorsed donald trump even with his history of degrading women. Portman stood by trump even after seeing trump brag about sexual assault. Then portman panicked and o . Ted strickland im Ted Strickland a man attacked me in a parking garage. Tried to stab me with an 8inch knife. But i carry a pistol. I fight back. Thats why im still here. Every woman has a right to defend herself with a gun if she chooses. Hillary clinton disagrees with that. Dont let politicians take away your right to own a gun. Donald trump supports my right to own a gun. Coming up at 6 30 on nbc nightly news with lester holt, days after Hurricane Matthew hit North Carolina hard, parts of the state remain under water. Well get an upclose look. Here is a preview. North carolina, the damage is catastrophic. Over the last several days we have toured several different communities, but here the water level has ricin up to risen up to 12 feet in spots. It is unclear that if in this Historic Town people will return. The storm has long lasted, but the damage will be felt for many, many years. Well have a full report on beginning at noon tomorrow, youll be banned from taking a Samsung Galaxy note 7 on any u. S. Flight. This decision from the u. S. Transportation department and the Officials Say it is bus of the nearly 100 incidents of the devices overheating and the faa previously urged the travelers not to turn on the phones or charge them during the flight. On monday, samsung announced it was halting production after some of the phone replacements started. Two big issues the cleveland residents are voting on. You heard a lot about the school levy renewal and not much about a proposed income tax hike. Our Political Correspondent spoke with mayor Frank Jackson about benefits if it wins and painful cuts if it loses. Sprouting. This would be the first income tax hike in 35 years, from 2 to 2. 5 . It would bring in 84 million next year and 40 million to balance the budget and fill in a huge hole. Our survey found people saying thumbs down or wanting more specifics. If the income vote were today you walled say yes, no . I would say no. They shouldnt go up. If it went up, what was it going to do for me . Was it going to add something beneficial to the community . Reporter it would pay improvement costs, hiring 63 officers neck year, a violence prevention strategy, including rec programs, hiring more building inspectors and worker force the lead Abatement Program to catch up. But with all of the new jobs and development downtown, even the mayor asks were ill doing all cash. How can you be so prosperous and dont have any money . Reporter the answer, the loss of 150 million over the last five years because of state funding cuts. Were now forced to do what we did not want to do as a last resort. Reporter the mayor avoiding scare tactics but painting a grim picture if voters say no. Were talking about hundreds of layoffs, hundreds of lay offs, and were talking about services and elimination of some services. Reporter the Business Community backed this, but the Campaign Donations are not exactly pouring in. You do what you need to do with what you have. Reporter so expect a big final push if this fails. Every cleveland resident will feel it and clevelands comeback ride could hit a big, big bot hole. A big selling point to clevelanders, suburbanites would actually pay this kind of taxation without representation. And the school levy winning and the tax trailing by winnable. And wkyc. Comment and mayor jackson likes to call this the jim brown issue baugh because it is issue 32, jim browns issue. They are separate, but they could be sold as a package deal. Theyre being called crucial to the citys future and they could be partnered in the way voters think of them and there is no organized opposition to either one of them. We here at channel 3 are dedicated to making a difference in northeast ohio. You can help us out in this mission on october 22 when we participate in more than a dozen Different CommunityService Projects across the region. If you love books and help want to raise the local literacy rate. Join us at the book bank. It is less than a year old but is already making a major impact on cleveland youngsters. More kids will get more access to books and the face, it is going to come down if not be eradicated completely. So hopefully volunteering at the book bank is going to make sure that kids get the resources that they need. That would be nice. And the Cleveland Kids Book Bank is one of the many projects you can participate in on this years make a difference day. You can learn more about how you can participate by visiting our web site, wkyc. Com. It is now 6 17. I. Betsy k. Channeling jackie o. Earlier tonight. You took the glasses off. Reporter i still have them. Theyre kind of holding back some fly away hair. I look kind of like a dork because the sun is going down and i still have my sunglasses on. If you like it, russ mitchell, i annual on it. Youre so cool, you can wear your sun dallass at night. Reporter i think i heard a song about that once. Lets talk about just how cool it is going be because were going the see te above average and here is why. The big picture shows these beautiful skies. Actually if you look on the southern horizon, you can see the high, thin clouds. And then well to the west of us, theres a whole lot more cloud cover that is all associated with a frontal system that is coming later on sunday. So in the meantime, what is ahead of that frontal system, thankfully, a lot of warm air, and those warmer temperatures are coming in for the weekend and i think theyre going to well be in the 40s past the midnight hour and once we get the day started, temperatures are likely to be in the mid and upper 40s with sunny skies. The increase of the clouds. Look at the temperatures, though. Low 70s. You can see the mid 70s sticking around. Beautiful weather for tomorrows alcs game. By the evening, were still hanging out right around 70 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. Lets talk more about sunday with that front coming in. Well be in the upper low 60s to start. It will be a warmer start. Through the afternoon it will be warm as well. By 6 00 p. M. , we start to bring shower chances into the area. Well have scattered rain and then thing also start to fade. Well have a frontal system waffling become and forth over us. Tomorrow, 75 degrees and partly cloudy for game two of the alcs here in cleveland. Just fantastic weather. We dont need a dome. We dont need a dome temperatures that will be nice. If youre going to be out on the boat, waves at two feet or less. As far as your sevenday forecast goes, and im not sure if my computer is stuck back there in the station or if it is just my display that is stuck, okay, the sevenday forecast is up. Excellent. Thank you. We do have the temperatures tomorrow that we will be in the 70s and we stay in the 70s, everybody. It looks like it will be fantastic. Those coming sunday night into monday. We get a break and coming back on wednesday into thursday and it is not until friday of next week that things start to settle down a little bit. We have a whole posse of tribe [ cheering ] reporter absolutely. Now, just a few minutes ago, actually a blue jays fan came up and assaulted me pack cry, so hopefully you guys are going to take care of that in the stadium. Definitely. Lets go in to Progressive Field now. Baseball. And for the first time in nine years we are getting set for the alcs right here in downtown cleveland. Well hear from the indians. Well hear from the blue jays. If you missed it earlier in the show, big news on trevor bower. Progressive field ready to rock. Game one of the alcs, the first pitch at 8 08. It is the first time the American Championship series is in cleveland since 2007 and the entire city ready to go. Hi, everyone. Im live with you from Progressive Field. This is the First Time Ever the indians and the blue jays are meeting up in the playoffs, and it is the perfect ar and youre at home. You need to win this game tonight. So if youre looking for an edge, how about Derry Francona . I mean, he has been unbelievable in the playoffs, but both of these teams have won six straight. Theyre both hot. The indians coming off the sweep of the red sox. How do the indians handle adversity. They were up in every game against the red sox. What if they get down . They can handle that. A lot of people think the jay also win this series, but there has. They are close. They really, really love each other, and they love playing baseball together and they want more. Not getting to the playoffs, winning the world series, and for us to, you know, be in this opportunity to get there, were all happy with it. Were enjoying this. Were having fun with it. But we have to take one game at a time here and try to win this series for that. Pitching game one with russ at home. He was great against boston. He was the fifth different pitcher in indians pitcher to start game one. The previous four were 04. Lets change history tonight. He faces a tough jays lineup and theres a lot of storylines. Of course you have mark that pirro and these two teams had great battles in 2016. The indians won four out of and estrada pitches for them. The blue jays were 1116 in september but they have been hot of late. We have been really swinging it well this past week just to get to this point and our pitching has been really good, continues to be really good and our bullpen has picked it up a notch, too. So really it is all coming together. Cleveland has been hot too. Were bringing out the tale of the tape and i want to remind you the jays have played one more game. They have the wild card win over boston. And one roster note, jimenez is not on the roster. Ryan merit, the pitcher, is on the roster. Speaking of pitching, if you missed it at the top of the show. Trevor bauer will not pitch in game two. He will go in toronto for game three. He cut his hand while working on a drone. He had 10 stitches on his pinky finger that is his threing hand. Tomlin will start game two. The brown also try to get their first win of the year. They are in tennessee. Situation. Josh mcgown is out. He will not play. Theyre not rushing to get him back. And well, the way things are going this year, you might just see hogan out there. And joe hayden dealing with a groin injury. He did not practice today. He is questionable. He suffered the injury yesterday, so well see if hayden is out there on sunday. A couple more notes for you, russ. The cavs preseason game in chicago and the monsters raise the banner at the q. Back to you. Andth on a scale of one to 10, 10 being a big deal, this is about a five, right . Reporter i think so. You have to be concerned with an injury on the pitching hand. The indians say it is in the a concern, but still, i might believe them. And thank you for watching. Well all coming back here at 7 00. Well a man attacked me in a parking garage. Tried to stab me with an 8inch knife. But i carry a pistol. I fight back. Thats why im still here. Every woman has a right to defend herself with a gun if she chooses. Hillary clinton disagrees with that. Dont let politicians take away your right to own a gun. Breaking news tonight, its an nbc news exclusive. Russian revenge. Nbc news has learned the cia is poised for a major unprecedented operation, targeting putin. Tonight inside the covert plan to embarrass the russian. Also breaking, more accusers say assaulted by donald trump, including a contestant from the apprentice. He began my shoulder and began kissing me again very aggressively. Trump calling his accusers liars looking for fame. Also a doctors outrage. Why an African American physician says a delta attendant barred her from helping a sick passenger. And young girls