Take extra precaution as you are driving around. That rain is heavy and it is just a wild way to start our saturday morning. Thanks so much for being with us. We want to prepare you. I will say when i was on my way in, i was surprised as how heavy that rain was and i personally hydroplaned on the highway. Pretty scary. You are driving along and all of a sudden you get up close to the lakeshore and bam you hi slow down for sure. Dont hit those brakes in terms of an emergency brake but ease off the gas a little bit and dont make any radical moves out there and you are going to be okay. But there are some really big gully washers out there. 71 degrees over at hopkins and cloudy skies. We still have rain and thunderstorms downtown, and you can expect that today. Sadly enough, it is going to be a soggy saturday, warm and humid conditions though. With showers and thunderstorms as we look at the radar, look at the band of thunderstorms moving across cleveland off to the east into lake county, ashtabula counties, those showers and thunderstorms and they are zipping along to the northeast at a pretty good clip. Just light showers behind that. But later on this morning and later on this afternoon, you are going to see the showers and thunderstorms once again and look how warm and muggy it is. In the everyone for the most part across the area and off to the lake yes, a choppy day with a strong southerly breeze at 15 knots. When this rain will end. Maureen . Now to our top story. The man suspected of being on drugs when he hit and killed a state trooper on i90 is scheduled to be in court this morning. Meanwhile, his family, his friends and people who didnt even know him are paying tribute. Channel 3s alist sa raymond is kennethville liz kenneth, have liz veliz is being remembered. His youngest son, cristian, plays football and chose to take the field last night as a tribute to his dad. Off the field, fans from both teams shed family of badge 511 with blue and despite this tragic loss for this community, these young men played their hearts out and achieved their first victory since 2014. I know my dad would be proud. My familys here and im so proud to have all my brothers and sisters here with me. Last year and last night, they ended up winning 5413. An emotional roller coaster for sure. And before the game, there was a balloon release, and officers stood by, just like they did during the procession earlier yesterday afternoon. Veliz was taken from the Cuyahoga County medical Examiners Office to lorraine county funeral home. Ohio state Highway Patrol, lorraine, cleveland, elyria amherst and avon police all accompanied the procession. And as we mentioned the man police say is responsible for the crash that killed trooper veliz is expected to be in court this morning. So coming up at 5 30, well have more details about what we know about him and what charges faces. Troopers were putting up American Flag in the exact spot where this tragic accident happened. Thank you for that update. New this morning a suspect in fort worth, texas has been shot and killed after shooting and wounding two officers who responded to a reported suicide. Authorities say arriving officers were told there was a witness in a shed. Officials say the person in the shed opened fire when officers tried to go in last night. A Cleveland Police officer has been indicted in the 2015 shng teenager. Allen beaufort is facing charges in the death of brandon jones. Beaufort was indicted friday on charges of negligent homicide and will remain on restricted duty within cleveland, pending the verdict of the case. Brandons mother says it is a long road to justice but she is willing to fight. I didnt want it rushed. Because it is so important to that is what we have to do. Reporter attorneys on the case tell us they believe the amount of publicity on recent Police Shooting cases of unarmed black men have helped raise awareness for the grand jury to make this decision. On the campaign trail, donald trump tried to put to rest one controversy but stirred up a few others. The republican con ceded, for the first time, that president obama was, indeed, born in the united states. But he falsely claimed Hillary Clinton started the birther rumors. Brian mooar brings us the latest from washington. Reporter in miami donald trump told supporters if Hillary Clinton wants to get rid of guns, she should start by disarming her own secret service detail. Take their guns away. She doesnt want guns. Lets see what happens to her. Reporter he cast his opponent as a divider. For all americans. A list to which he was adding a new name. Reporter president obama was born in the united states, period. Reporter abruptly reversing course after five years of questioning the president s birthplace, trump created a new controversy, falsely claiming Hillary Clinton started the Birther Movement back in 2008. Taping a segment for mondays tonight slow, clinton and jimmy fallon laughed off her discussed the serious side of campaigning. It is a constant balance. How do you keep the energy and positive spirit . Taking seriously what you need to. Reporter a challenge for both candidates with the race for the white house tightening. Brian mooar, nbc news, washington. Big money is making its way to akron. The city received almost 10 the socalled tying grant will spur downtown development. It grew to almost 100 million in kent. Students at the university of akron are excited for the changes. They should fix the sidewalks and walking paths. I see a lot of people falling every day. I think they should build up the main street area to make it look like how kent state looks or down at ohio state. Reporter the Akron Fire Department also got 4. 5 million to hire an additional 25 fire medics. The safer grant will ease the manpower burdens brought on by the opioid crisis. We take a look at two volunteers in one city keeping streetcar rides alive. Plus a final farewell to the mean streak. How one man said goodbye to his its been more than 60 years since street cars disappeared from the twin cities but the streetcar story chugs on thanks to some volunteers. We are introduced to two of them with a pretty good story of their own. Reporter the only th is a 1915 streetcar with a 20 yearold driver. Rarer still, a 20yearold driver with 20 years of experience. I was told my first trolley ride was when i was about two weeks old. This is an air brake and im applying power to the motor. Reporter andy jacob is the which operates the trolley line. I have friends when i started volunteering they would come ride and see me in the seat and say you do this . Reporter one mile left of what once was a 500mile twin city streetcar system. One straight mile to a dead end. Meaning someone needs to back the trolley up. Reporter back and forth. In the front driving north and in the back driving south. Jerry olsen, andys grandpa. From the old generation to the younger generation. Reporter from as far back as andy can remember, he has been joining his grandpa on the trolley. Where andy learned that his streetcar motor man too,. I think grandpa is probably smiling. When i finally became 18 it was like finally now i can do this for real. Reporter and then he did, which put andy exactly where he needed to be. On the worst of jerrys. 1915 streetcar was being readied for towing by its 1953 model. Jerry was fitting the coupler when the 22opportunity street car suddenly moved forward. I almost lost this hand. Reporter what they missed was the grandson. I was standing behind him. Reporter who calmly stayed by the side of his grandpa. Consciousness. We talked until the paramedics came. Reporter after a week in the hospital, several more in a care facility, and with ongoing therapy, jerry and his surgically rebuilt hand are back at the controls. My favorite days are when i can work with them. Reporter closer than ever are jerry and andy. A great young man. Reporter no finer compliment from a stoi proud 81yearold grandpa reassuming his place on the family line. Just ahead, one final ride. Find out why one man is really going to miss cedar points mean streak. And going wireless. It is not a new concept. But when it comes to headphones, why it is becoming more and more popular. And kerry is here with a check of the rainy forecast for rain last . Ill be along to take a look. His favorite is cedar parks mean streak. Since the coaster opened in 1991 he has ridden it more than 16,000 times. That would be like stretching angeles eight times. About an hour ill do 10 rides or so. He even goes by the name mean streak henry and keeps a spreadsheet. 90 in one day and 25 in another day, which is 115 in two days. After retiring, mean streak henry have spent every summer traveling from new york to stay at a campground near the park. She wont each ride mean streak. Reporter ride ago lone hasnt stopped him. Each day the park is opened he proudly marches to mean streak. And it hasnt bothered him one bit since he approaches his 74th birthday. Keeps me in shape. Keeps my back in shape. Sit forward in your seat a little bit and follow the track streak will be nothing but a memory as cedar point dismid atlanticles the ride. Closing the ride is never easy because we know there are people who love the ride. In order to build new attractions, change areas of the park we have to make that hard decision. Reporter as for the nickname henry says it will stay with him forever. Thank you ryan, for that least the sign, when they dismantle it, come on. Henry needs that sign that says mean streak. Absolutely. Give him one of those chairs. Right a seat or something. Reporter so he can sit there at home with a big picture of mean streak and enjoy the memories. Very cool. It is rainy if you are headed out anytime soon. It depends on where you are right . Yeah down south of cleveland, not by much. Not much rain right now. Lake slower and off to the east in lake county, Ashtabula County, the northern parts, there are heavy showers and thunderstorms and it will be this way through much of the day today. The rain will come and go and at times, it will be on the heavy side. But take a look at what we have out there right now. It is a muggy 71 degrees, dew point at 68. Tropical air in place. You can see where the showers and thunderstorms are, right along the lake into lake county, maybe stretch of Ashtabula County and some of the rain is on the heavy side. Very vivid lightning as well. Nice to see a nighttime thunderstorm. If you think that is all the rain, think again. That is coming. That is just ahead of a cold front that will very slowly make its way across our area. But just ahead of that, we are talking about southerly winds and that is bringing up all this tropical moisture, so warm and humid conditions for today on sunday, well see that front come on through and the showers and thunderstorms will gradually come to an end. You can see temperaturewise, coolish at charleston, 71, detroit 68 degrees and nearly 70 degrees for the nations capital. As we move through time, by this afternoon, well once again that good chance of showers and thunderstorms across the area. Again warm and muggy conditions for us. By sunday in the afternoon, we are going to remain mostly cloudy, in the afternoon. But the rain should come to an end by the middle of the day. As we head toward monday morning we should be, generally, rainfree and through the rest of the day today, look at the chances of thunderstorms throughout the day. So it is going to be a soggy, at least, start to the weekend anyway. 78 degrees for the high techture. Showers and temperature. If you are getting rain you overnight some of the rain could be on the heavy side. For tomorrow, sunday, a chance of thunderstorm, but that is mainly in the morning. 76 for the high, in Window Nations 7day forecast, drying out on monday, a chance of a shower tuesday. The rest of the week looks nice. Temperatures still above average. You know what . Im glad. I want it to stay as warm as possible. Im hoping for another winter like we had last year. Uber is now driving cars. It is happening in pittsburgh. Customers who order an uber there will be offered a chance to ride in one of the new cars for free. There will be a driver and engineer in the front seat to monitor the cars performance and take over if something goes wrong. Apple created buzz with the announcement of their new iphone 7 with no head phone jack. But Wireless Headphones have passing sales of wired sets. How to go wireless on any budget. Reporter untangling head phone wires may one day go the way of rewinding videotapes. Wireless headphones are the best bet. Reporter your best bet is to go toward the sport variety. The wrap around the head. Reporter in that category models score life and water resistance. And urban ears offer stylish comfort and wireless controls. Untethered individual ear buds will run you between 150 and 300. Apples new air pods offer a microphone and special chip to improve connection and sound. Samsungs ear buds have a carrying case charger and jurors, you want to look at ones that start at 200 and they are going to go up to about 400. It will filter voices through. Reporter as willis technology evolves, traditional ear buds will still have fans, as long as they still have a place to plug them mark barger, nbc news. After the break, we take a look at a political battle brewing in one ohio town. Plus the voice is back. What we can expect as new judges take their seats. Saturday morning september 17th. Almost at the end of september, there a reflection in one of the puddals rest behind from this rainstorm. Did that thunder and lightning wake you up because of Mother Nature being the natural alarm clock. We are going to check in with kerry coleman. Reporter good morning. Those thunderstorms could catch your attention quickly with some of those loud booms of thunder and vivid lightning out there. But also the he driving in that can make for tricky conditions. We saw a lot of puddling this morning, 71 degrees, very muggy conditions out there and we are going to continue in this tropical air mass for the next day and a half or so. So a soggy saturday. Good chance of rain throughout. Warm and humid, showers and thunderstorms at just about anytime and overnight tonight. This batch of rain we saw this morning, the thunder and lightning, that is just the beginning. As we look at the extended of showers and thunderstorms throughout the day tonight and into tomorrow. 70s throughout most of the area right now and again, warm and humid conditions, off to the lake it will be a stormy day as well. Two footers out there or better and especially with the gusty thunderstorms and again showers and thunderstorms likely just about anytime today. And again, when will that rain end . Ill be along with the answer maureen. Thank you so much. Now to our big story here. The man that police say is responsible for causing a accident that killed a state trooper is scheduled to be in court this morning. Channel 3s Alyssa Raymond joins us with what he is up against. Reporter good morning. His name is joshua gas super. He is 37 years old from Columbia Station and police say he was driving under the influence of drugs when he hit and killed trooper Kenneth Veliz on i90. Gas superis charged with vehicular homicide and is morning. According to the Highway Patrol gas they are hit veliz after swerving to avoid another vehicle. Police arrested him on the scene. They gave him a sobriety test and veliz was conducting a routine traffic stop mere the mckinley avenue exit near lakewood. A procession for veliz, the father of three, happened yesterday afternoon. Close friends of his describe him as a great person who was dedicated to his job. Coworker, the godfather to my son. My parents loved him like a son, he was there at all our family activities. He was support. He was the anchor. My kids loved him, they call him uncle kenny. Unreal. Reporter tonight velizs visitation will be wednesday. Veliz was honored at his youngest sons Football Game last night. More on that, coming up at 6 00. Touching tribute. Thank you. A second victim in the ashland murder has been identified. 29yearold Elizabeth Griffith had been missing since august 16th, she was last seen near the walmart on u. S. 250 in ashland. The man indicted in her murder sean great was arraigned friday. Bond was set at 1 million dollars. Any questions about the terms no, sounds fair. Great is being held at the Ashland County jail and authorities are working to identify the third woman he is suspected of killing. Bernie sanders will campaign for his former rival right here in northeast ohio. Sanders will make stops in it is a pitch to young voters who supported sanders but who the Clinton Campaign has not been able to sway. Cities and streets everywhere sometimes named after famous people. In these politically charged times those places can garner attention. We went to the town of clinton and to trump avenue. Reporter welcome to clinton, ohio. A quiet villag and erie canal. Weaving up and down the streets, youll notice something. No hillary signs. My neighbor has trump sides in her yard. Everything is just peachy keen. Reporter the democratic nominee may share her last name with the town but thats about it. In fact the only clinton sign i saw was at the village hall. When it comes to supporting hillary, mums the word. About it. Reporter on the other side of stark county in canton there is trump avenue. The busy road connects cantons east side to route 30. It is not as pretty as clinton, the road is bumpy and there is no trump tower. I havent decided. Reporter vinnie owns a small business, trying to make it in a tough economy. One thing is who is going to do good for this country and small busine reporter what about his employees . Im going with hillary. Going with somebody thats got common sense. Reporter ouch. When she drives down trump avenue she only has one thing on her mind. Let me get out this neighborhood. Reporter sorry donald. Reporting from the akron canton mobile newsroom, channel 3 news. Still ahead this morning, the indians were back home for a huge series with the tigers, number down two spots. Did they get the job done . Good morning. Indians and tigers at Progressive Field again today. The indians getting close to putting the tigers away in october baseball. They strike first in this three game series, beating detroit for the 12th time in and lead the tigers by seven games in the central. Just a great night at the ballpark last night, close to 30 through people, start of a 9 game home hand. It really was a party. Pop fly, upton loses it, it bounces up over the wall. Indians up 20. To the fifth, left, tworun shot, bounces into the parking garage. His 34th for the year. Corey humming along. Upton crushes a homer in the sixth, for three runs. He would go seven innings though. The ravens have won seven of their last eight in cleveland. The browns boat the ravens in baltimore last season led by the legs of larry. In the Fourth Quarter they won, and then in overtime. Gets his boy back, josh mccollum. Ready to be reunited. I would look forward to getting out there with him and ex high level. That is how we were able to establish a rhythm last year, so just draw on that and utilize that to help us and help this offense play at a high level. It is saturday. Obviously a big day of college football. Akron on the road at Marshall Kent state at home this afternoon and the big one tonight. Ohio state and oklahoma. Ill have a preview at 6 00. A beautiful harvest moon rose in the sky last night. It was just gorgeous if you were out right about 7 00, 7 30 you could see the beautiful orange color as it rose from the horizon. Gorgeous. You said it will be visible the clouds. You think it will be too cloudy to see . Yeah. Last night i saw it. Tonight showers and thunderstorms, tomorrow night. Maybe . Yeah. It will be big and brit. Just a little less bright. 71 degrees right now, cloudy skies, showers and thunderstorms around. Dew point is muggy out there, 68 degrees, calm winds, and we 64 relative humidity. And we will see showers and thunderstorms at just about anytime today and you can see them there across lake, ashtabula counties, zipping off toward the northeast at a pretty good clip. That is just the start of the rain, here comes a big batch of moisture. Northwestern ohio is headed this way just ahead of a cold front that will take its old sweet ti sunday. And until that happens, youve got a really good chance of showers and thunderstorms with all this moisture coming up from the south just ahead of that and it will be muggy today, tonight and into about the first half of your sunday. Temperaturewise, minneapolis 62. A little cooler, drier there on the other side of the front. Charleston, South Carolina 71 degrees. And what you can expect through the next little while, 6 00 tonight, more showers and thunderstorms, and again those 70s. And then for sunday, sunday afternoon and evening, notice the clouds are sticking around just a bit but the rain, predominantly is gone, and well continue to dry things out into monday morning. We will see temperatures on the mild side there in the 60s to get you started and you will see showers and storms at any time and the temperatures in the warm and muggy range. Lets slow you the forecast temperature today. Showers and thunderstorms a good bet at just about anytime. We are going to say 80 chance of the rain, 90 chance tonight. 68 for a low temperature. And some of the rain could be on the heavy side. Starting off showers and thunderstorms slowly clearing skies in the afternoon. Your Window Nation 7day forecast, well show you the next chance of rain after tomorrow on tuesday. Only about 1 in 3 chances for warm for wednesday, thursday and friday. Still summer. We have a pool. I have not closed the pool yet. Im tempted to keep it open for a little while longer. My neighbors will think im kreysig that is not crazy. It is nice and warm. Crazy. That is not crazy. The new fall season starts monday night. That means the season premiere for nbcs the voice. Major changes with two new faces in the mark barger tells us about it. Miley cyrus had mentoring experience on the voice. So did alicia keys. But joining the show as coaches has been a different experience. We talk about how we didnt expect it to be so emotional. This double dose of female coaches is not only a first. I feel like we are starting over again. The new business also bring a different vibe. Nurturing and we really get just like that instinct. That chick thing where you just want to make people feel comfortable. Me and miley didnt really know each other too much. It has been cool to see how similar we are. They say it was less the shows competitive aspect. Youve got a friend in all of us and hopefully a coach in me. The mental storing that attracted them. I love the arrangement portion, taking the artist and helping to really cr going to fit them best. I dont care what team wins, i care about what artist wins and who deserves to win, and who needs to win and then what theyll do when they win. The journey to find the voice winner continues monday night. Mark barger, nbc news. All right. Coming up this morning, Sarah Shipman introduces us to a woman who is seeing possible how she is helping other women the average age of a homeless person is 9 years old. My dream is to help kids living on the streets with education. Charles whats up man . Whoa how can we help . Ah man wait, is that a basketball player . Yes wow my hearts about to jump out my chest man. Charles you ought to be proud man. Im just extremely grateful they were here giving them some encouragement thats something that these kids are going to remember for a lifetime. Women are changing the world. Or at least part of it. This woman sees possible female leaders and helps them have it all. Sarah shipman has her story in todays sarahs circle. I needed a safe space to go with other women who are changing the world. Reporter her advice helps the most seasoned professional women find purpose now. I saw the movie sybil. Do you remember that movie . I saw that movie when i was 6 or 7, and wanted to jump through the screen and help put her back together. Literally, im a little girl and im going i can do there. I can help her. Idea for flourish first come about . When my life couldnt be more blessed and i still felt like something was missing, there were other Women Leaders out there that felt the same way. That is what made me create flourish, it has come full circle back to that little girl who just wants to wrap her arms around Women Leaders. Reporter after a career of banking and marketing success, rachael dedicated her life to helping other women have it all withou the word flourish, itself, means to grow. And it is her conferences in cleveland and three other cities. Go away for a day and begin to ask yourself, am i living a life of purpose . What is it that i love to do . What makes me happy . Reporter rachaels husband, jim, isler Business Partner and best friend. And family is her lifeline. My grandfather was a share cropper and my grandmother gave she was able to teach my mom and her brothers and sisters the Core Principles of family, of education, the great equalizer. Because of those principles of faith, of family and of education. My grandmother only made it to the eighth grade. So it isnt about really these titles and your place in an organization, it is about how you take your purpose and create subsequently impact in the world around you. What future do you want to see for women in northeast ohio . You know, 50 years after im gone, what will i have left behind. And for me, it is really important that the work that i do is changing the lives of women. That is what i would love to see happen, to touch and transform the lives of millions of women. And thats what im going to do. Im going to do it. A flourish conference in chicago next week. If you are interested you can learn more at wkyc. Com sarahs circle. Donald trump is changing his stance on where president obama was born. More on that, coming up. The man accused of hitting and killing a ohio state rain moved through earlier today. Maybe the lightning the thunder woke you up in the middle of the night. We are tracking sort of a stormy forecast for you this weekend. Thanks so much for being with us at 6 00 a. M. , just about, on kerry coleman, who is keeping an eye on the weather for us. There were moments overnight that it was really coming down hard . It really was. There is nothing like a nighttime thunderstorm but when you have to drive through it, a little bit different matter. A lot of ponding off onto the east. 71 degrees and it is a muggy 71, with the dew point there at 67 degrees. And it is going to turn out to be a soggy saturday for you. The warm and humid stuff is going to stick nd with showers and thunderstorms a good bet until then. As we look at radar, look at the batch of thunderstorms, tracking off into lake erie and across portions of lake county, Ashtabula County. That is just the start of it. There is a lot more rain to the west of us, headed this way. And we are going to have that chance for showers and thunderstorms at about anytime today and overnight tonight into sunday. Those temperatures muggy, 60s and 70s here across the area