More than 5,000 Power Outages in cuyahoga county. Most are in cleveland heights. Crews spent yesterday clearing large trees and limbs away so the lines could be repaired. First energy is hoping to have power restored by 6 00 tonight. The power is back on in most of menor and lake county. Lets check with holly whos tracking more rain in the forecast. Couldnt get rain for the longest time. Now getting plenty of it. It always happens over an inch at hopkins. Its still so dark you cant tell. Were 30 minutes from sunrise. Were seeing breaks in the cloud cover out here. I think its going to be some sunshine again today. Also some showers and thunderstorms especially as we get into the afternoon and evening. That heat is really firing up. Heres a look at the day. Were already well into the 70s. It is so muggy out. That hasnt changed at all. Scattered storm chances. Satellite and radar show quiet weather overall regionally. As we zoom in, what youre going to see is a few showers to the east. L
Youre going to have wet roads to deal with. Danny is tracking that. Rain showers for sure like yesterday on and off, a part of the forecast. Upper 60s range, really muggy air. We track out future view. Through this morning and into the afternoon, scattered showers. 1 30 today, a lot of coverage west and east side even into akron. That continues on and the evening. Plenty of breaks too. Danny has a look at your commute. Cleveland schools going back. Thats right. Going back for you. Look for school buses. On the traffic map, we are good. No accidents or major delays. For those that take the west shoreway, another round of closures state route eastbound to westbound 45th close the next four months for pavement replacement. Route 2 or west 45th, take west 49th to state route 2 west to Edgewater Drive to state route 2 east. Im tweeting these out dani wkyc. Thank you. Three men that served time in prison are hoping to see justice today. Trial set to begin this morning. This is the day these
Is the fiscal cliff already here . Church bells will ring 26 times for the victims in sandsy hook. One week after the terrible tragedy. Friday, december 21st. Starting point begins right now. Good morning, a Major Political blow for House Speaker john boehner, one that will affect his position. House republicans abandons him, and it forced the speaker to cancel a vote on plan b which would have extended bush tax cuts on incomes below 1 million. Congressional correspondent dana bash there was and watched it unfold. Walk us through what happened . It really was stunning. That is the perfect word, soledad. I was watching all day, talking to republicans to try and figure out if the speaker had the votes. Really hard to imagine he was so far out. So far out on this being a strategy. Republicans want to prove that they wont let things go up. I was watching earlier votes. Watching the Speakers Team on the floor, trying to twist arms and trying to get republican votes, and clear from the expre
Welcome to cnn news room, im miguel marquez, in for fredricka witfield. The National Rifle association is standing tough on its opposition to new gun laws in the aftermath of the newtown massacre. The groups ceo went on tv to defend his calls for armed guards in every u. S. School. Cnns Barbara Starr is with us, the nra has been criticized for not talking about any limitations on guns and calling for armed guards in schools and for not taking questions from reporters. Yeah, miguel and all of that they seem to be sticking to their line. On the sunday talk shows, wayne la pierre, the chief executive officer. The public face of the National Rifle association, made clear on nbcs meet the press, his organization will continue to oppose legislationed ed adding new revikss to those weapons or the highcapacity ammunition magazines. Enter la pierre had a definite view about where he thinks responsibility for some of these issues lie. Have a listen. I know theres a media machine in this country
Going nowhere. Holiday travel on hold as a wet and nasty winter storm slams the northeast and strands thousands of airline passengers. And tornado terror, this christmas twisters fury captured on camera as it tosses a pickup truck like a toy. And just five days until the fiscal cliff. President obama catching a flight back to washington where theres doubt that a deal can get done in time. Good morning, everybody, for a thursday morning. Very early, 5 00 a. M. On the east coast. Welcome to early start. Im alina cho. Im drew griffin. John and zoraida are off today. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. A deadly winter storm system slamming the northeast after hammering the nations heartland. Look at this radar, system serious snowmaker. Its packing destructive winds, six states under winter storm warnings right now. Pennsylvania, new york, massachusetts, New Hampshire, vermont and maine. All could see a foot of snow or more. More than 200,000 customers spanning several states already without power