Through carroll, far northeast tuscarawas and southern stark counties headed off toward the north and east so columbiana and mahoning counties, heads up. We are also tracking a slug of rain coming from the i75 corridor. That is moving toward tiffin and into the mt. Vernon area. If this rain holds together, it will move into tiffin just after 12 30 or so. So, we are kind of just in and out of these scattered showers d i dont think we will see a ton of thunderstorm activity, but there may be a few rumbles of thunder in conjunction with the showers. Temperatures only, in quotation marks there, only, copping out in the lower 80s today. Thats a big improvement, right, over the 90s from last week. But it is still pretty sticky out there. We will talk about how long this we have in terms of rain chances. Theres more rain forecast in southern louisiana where flooding has left thousands of people in shelters. Over the weekend there were more than 20,000 water rescues. Don champion getting answers from baton rouge. Three days after the water started rising, there are still homes submerged in baton rouge. The day family lost everything. It looks like an island. Things are disappearing, the cars are disappearing under the water. Flood wer thousands in the region. Local forecasters compared the storm that dumped about 20 inches of rain over the weekend to a hurricane without wind. The deluge kept helicopters busy in the air while National Guard troops helped stranded victims on the ground. In all, crews rescued more than 20,000 people. Volunteers in small boats also did their part. Im so glad yall are doing this. Are yall firemen or something . My wife might disagree with that statement. Reporter people said places that had never seen flooding before are now under water. This area here is the Meeting Point where boats are carrying victims to dry land. The water came within six inches of flooding walt zweifles home. It was just anxiety producing at the least. 10,000 people spent sunday night in shelters across baton rouge, concern now grows in communities to the south of the city where have been ordered. Tia they spent nearly two decades in prison for a crime prosecutors now say they didnt commit. The socalled East Cleveland three had their day in court today. Paula orlousky was there as their nightmare came to an end. Paul, they were very excited. Paula they really were. Their families were. They always had a lot of family support. The courtroom burst into applause as the judge told and louis glover that they were free to go. The courtroom was packed with family members in anticipation that prosecutors would drop the charges and thats what happened. The case had gone back and forth between this court and the court of appeals. Given a decision earlier this year, prosecutors were basically left with a decision, basically only one choice. Either retry the men or drop the charges. Heres the reaction from the crowd and then from one of the three. So you are all free to go. We will call your c. S. R. Fi [applause] i just thank god that the truth finally set us free. Im grateful for everybody who believed in me, believed in the case, believed in everything, man, and helped to fight a good fight. It was long fight. A long battle. Brian hard to imagine being in their shoes. Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys reached agreement last week to dismiss the case without prejudice. That means that the case can be refiled but when asked if court if they would refile, an case said no, we will not refile. In a few months its likely an additional filing will be made dismissing it with prejudice. It was based on witness identification and with holding of evidence by a many follower prosecutor. We will explore that coming up at 4 00. Brian well the rainy day is not going to dampen the spirits of some Cleveland School students. Of course they are getting fired up for the first day of school and they the first day. Sia nyorkor experienced it first hand. [applause] when students showed up for the first day of school at wade park, they were greeted with cheers and high fives. [applause] describe it to me. How are you feeling now . Its exciting. It felt good to be back. Sia First Responders from students well for the coming school year. It feels good to like be welcomed by a lot of people and by the teachers and all the teachers and they just congratulating you and stuff t feels good. The principal dr. Lee buddy jr. Says its important for the students to know that Community Leaders support them. So as we planned this summer, that was one thing we wanted for our students just to have as they came back to make them really feel wanted and rea just feel the community embrace them. We are happy for our students to be back. One of the things that i realized is that its important to know that theres a village really supporting them and we are part of that village. And so we just want to continue to cheer them on. Tia wow. I wish i had a welcome like that. Well, streetsboro superintendent band director to get the marching band back on the field. He suspended the directors and the program last week after reports of hazing at band camp. Hes encouraging band members to continue to practice their instruments until school resumes. Brian Memorial Services for former congressman steven latourette. He died earlier this month. He served northeast ohio in various capacities from 1989 until 2014. Charity is accepting donations to help a sevenyearold boy who was trying to sell his teddy bear to buy food. This is just heart breaking. A Franklin Police officer found him in front of a drugstore. The child said he hadnt eaten for days. While that officer took him to get something to eat, other officers went to his home. They found his siblings living in filth, his mom claims on facebook that they just caught her home on a bad day and is threatening to now sue the police. She and her husband plead not charges. Well, cleveland police, they are investigating a man shot on the citys west side. A suspect ran into his home on lawn avenue off of west 65th and started shooting. The 25yearold victim was shot in the head. Brian republican nominee donald trump will be speaking at Youngstown State University this afternoon. Ohio is critical to trumps campaign. The Mahoning CountyRepublican Party chair says it has newly registered republicans who want to hear what trump has to say. Trump last appeared in the Mahoning Valley in march. Trumps opponent, the democratic nominee, hillary clinton, appeared in youngstown last month. She has her sights set on ohio, too, making a Campaign Stop in cleveland this week, she will be at jon Marshall High School on wednesday. Tia coming up, a new study shows new parents are putting conditions. Despite years of warnings. What you need to know in our health alert. Thats next. Brian and you might want to steer clear of this woman. Hear what police said when someone turned her in for her driving. Tia and you can register to win four tickets and v. I. P. Wrist bands to rob zombie and korn at Blossom Music Center on august 24. Sign up on cleveland19. Com. Brian welcome back. We have a health alert now for new parents. A recent study says many parents are really taking risks when putting their babies to bed. The American Academy of pediatrics recommends that babies be placed on their backs on firm sleep surfaces with no loose blankets or stuffed animals or pillows or those bumper pads. All this to avoid sudden infant death. Doctors say the findings also show that most parents are not aware of the dangers of stuffed animals and blankets in their childs crib. Tia a lowfat diet rich in fruits and vegetables designedded to reduce high Blood Pressure appears to prevent gout, too. Doctors at Jones Hopkins say it can be as effective as medication in lowering uric acid and preventing gout flareups. Brian doctors overseas are reporting that cancer now outranks Heart Disease as the main cause of death. Health officials in europe say prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease has led to a large decrease in the dozen countries. Tia well before you tell your child to stop playing video games, you may want to listen to this. Some gamers actually do better in school. A recent study shows playing video games can help improve math, reading, science and test scores. The aussie researcher who did the study says video games could improve how some subjects are actually taught. Brian interesting. Straight ahead on cleveland 19 news, crooks ripping off your gift card without you even knowing. See how they are getting it done it, next. Samantha quite the dreary day out there. Lets take a live look outside from high atop our feazel roof camera. Time now 13 minutes after 12 00. It is 78 . And it is extra cloudy outside. Some of you are even seeing a little rain. Ill track it for you and we will look ahead to the rest of the week, coming up after the tia welcome back. Gift cards are easy presents, right . But criminals have figured out how to drain the cards before you can even use them. Brian julie watts getting answers on how exactly this is happening. It was rejecting the card and he didnt understand why. Reporter neither did Alex Stevenson when she tried to use it was actually a Birthday Gift from my sister. Reporter the 200 card she just received for her birthday had a zero balance. A surprise to the teacher who hadnt even taken it out of its wrapper until she got to the store. And shes not alone. This card most likely was in the store for a period of time. Reporter the chief from the Police Department says for years criminals were copying the numbers off gift cards on public displays and returning them to the rack. Attention service desk. They wait untilhe activated then drain the balance, sometimes even before the recipient has received their gift. One of the tricks of the trade zebra stickers that can be used to cover up scratchedoff security panels so the buyer doesnt realize the cards been tampered with. We would love for stores to remove them from public access. Criminals are also getting the numbers through data brooches and hacking into said the card was drained the day after it was purchased. The safist place to buy gift cards is directly from the retailer and, you should ask for gift cards that are kept behind the counter. After we contacted best buy, they gave alex a new 200 gift card. Samantha welcome barks many time now 12 18. And it is one dreary monday. We have not cloudy skies and even a little rain out there. Most of this is pretty light stuff from cleveland back to the west. Starts to pick up in intensity down around columbiana and mahoning counties. I want to switch to a wider view and show you the culprit for this rain. This is an area of low pressure and its associated fronts that will be lifting north today and into tomorrow. And this system will keep rain chances in the forecast off and on, not a constant rain, but all the way into late tomorrow. Thunderstorms. So, lets go through futureview. I want to help you plan the rest of your afternoon because we have a baseball game to get through, right . But, Mother Nature seems to have other plans. A 1 10 first pitch at Progressive Field and well have showers continuing to move through this afternoon. Again, this is a futureview model taking us into tonight. Heres 2 00. Still got scattered showers. Maybe even a few rumbles of thunder. I think by the evening commute, most of us should start it see drying conditions and theres home this evening, so, after 4 00, 5 00, 6 00, you may not see any rain. Even through 10 00 tonight. Dry conditions there. But after midnight, additional hit or miss showers, maybe even a yoa few thunderstorms are possible. We will drop down to about 70 overnight. Its been comfortable temperature wise. Upper 70s for most of us. I expect similar weather tomorrow. Upper 70s, lower 80s. Starting off with a look at the morning tomorrow, just clouds around. Maybe a few showers. But, the chance of rain is much better tomorrow afternoon. After lunchtime, i expect more scattered showers and thunderstorms to develop. We just cannot get away from this rain, right . We had on again off again showers all weekend and we are kind of stuck with it today and tomorrow, as well. So, two weatheralert days there in a row. Today, tomorrow for the potential of inconvenient weather. By wednesday, just spotty stuff i dont expect any widespread shower activity on wednesday. Right now it looks like rain should be pretty isolated. But another alert day there on thursday as we look for more scattered showers and thunderstorms to develop. Pick day of the week is going to be friday. Looks like we will be dry as we round out the workweek. Temperatures in the mid 80s. But guys, the weekend is where things get a little bit complicated. Well have this front moving through and right now, it looks like the rain moves in saturday but if that front were to pick up a little bit of steam, saturday would be the rainy day and sunday would look good. So, we really have to keep a close eye on that forecast so keep checking back with us as we get new weather data and we make any changes necessary. Brian shifting around, clouds are moving. Samantha you never know. Tia oh, boy. I have a question. Brian yes . Tia do you know this song. . You used to call me on my cell im he a big fan. Tia are you . Brian no. Tia speaking of drake, he had a celebrity guest at his concert over the weekend. Ohio, if you dont make some noise [shouting] tia perfect timing, right . Because that is hotline bling. Lebron james joined the rapper on stage saturday night just for that tune. Drake broke into his hit song pop style as the nba finals m. V. P. Danced around the stage. Lyrics in james honor reciting bronni ronnie had to handle his his way. Thats my way of rapping. He was cheering against the raptors. That is so true. Brian you probably have that panic moment when your cell phone dies. U. S. B. Charging stations are popping up everywhere but not all are safe. Coming up tomorrow morning, a new report shows the security risks that comes with charging your phone in a public place. Because ive definitely charged my phone. Right at the q. Ive charged it before. We arent done yet on cleveland 19 us a in the noon. Brian as a parent, it can be very difficult to teach your kid to drive. I no he this. But this video of a moms driving lesson is downright, well, its hilarious and we will i got shot down over vietnam and spent eleven months in a pow camp. What donald trump said about our members of the military being captured is a disgrace. Hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werent captured. When you fly over enemy territory, the odds might be against you being able to come home. Donald trump doesnt understand the weight of sending americans into harms way. Hes unfit to be president. Tia this story is crazy. A pennsylvania driver wont toe the line. She cant. Shes using her toes to steer her car. Her hands were busy texting. We arent making this up. Another motorist called out the driver, jotted down the license plate and phoned police. But police said they would have an arrest. Brian oh, my gosh. Tia nasty. Brian glad shes not teaching her daughter to drive. Teaching your kids to drive can be nerve wracking and sometimes hilarious. Change your mind, just go. Just do it. Oh, [laughter] right turn [shouting] mom mom mom mom mom t im turning im turning michelle mcsweeny decided to teach her 23yearold daughter how to drive. The steering wheels on the other side because they are in ireland. Despite only moving slowly around a parking lot in dublin, both mom and daughter went from hysteria to anger while megan struggled with depth perception. Her mom struggled with trying not to swear at her child. Shes 23, remember. She said she gave her a lesson in 2015, took her nearly a year to recover. Lessons to the professionals from now on. Samantha thats funny. Tia professional psychologist. Brian turn turn turn tia crazy. Brian the hand brake must be the emergency break. Samantha your driving lessons didnt look like that . Tia no. My instructor yelled so profusely, i wasnt like that. I wasnt nervous but i stole the car at a very young age. Brian you what . Tia dont tell nobody. Went on a few joy rides. Sorrom brian how about that. Learn something new every day. Samantha checking the satellite and radar, we have showers brian Chicago Police . Samantha these are lifting off toward the east northeast. Take your umbrella. You may need it sometime this afternoon. By the evening commute we should be good to go. Brian i taught drivers ed. I did. I was in the car with your kids driving around. Here in cleveland. Chloe i am literally Holding Adams getoutofjailfree card. Victor all you have to do is hand over those journal pages to me. Youll be free. Free from looking over your will come and take your child away from you. Chloe [ sighs ] dont play me, victor. Victor you know that dylan mcavoy is annoyingly persistent. If he pursues this case, finds out about you and my role in setting up adam, you know what will happen, dont you . But i can make all this go away