Welcome to good morning cleveland. We are beginning talking about the rain. We have a lot of it that has continued throughout the evening. We have looking at winds and flooding concerns in geauga lake. The behinds will continue to per hour. The area of low pressure is moving through quickly but it is still in the forecast throughout the day. The day time highs have fallen another 10 degrees, kristin, only a high of 54 today. Thank you, janessa. We are accidentfree on the highways in northeast ohio but the legend at the top of the map showing the traffic indicator. Yellows and greens. Greens means we are wet and the yellow is extra windy. Be careful us take it slow. 0 over the bridge closed 90 over the bridge closed until 6 00 a. M. Here is a live look at 71. Still slick out there. Kristin, thank you. We are a little more than two weeks away from the president ial election. Again, it is really hitting the cam payback trails hard with so little time left. In cleveland. The president ial candidates are still paying a lot of attention to us in northeast ohio. Reporter that is right. The recent polls show they are tied here in the buckeye state. With 18 days left before the election they are trying to get as much face time as possible with voters. They will be here at the directionc rec center. Early voting started yesterday. Later clintons running mate tim underscoring the importance of ahead, saying donald trump cannot be president without the state and the ohio voters have the election in the palm of their hands. Trump making another stop in ohio tomorrow. He is expected to hold a rally with mike pence saturday at 7 00 p. M. You can register for tickets on his campaign website. His speech in the toledo area thursday is making a lot of election if he wins. Clinton cease event is at 4 30. Doors open at 2 30. It is nasty out here this morning. Good thing it is indoors. Sarah phinney, newschannel5. Well, thousands of ohioans casting their votes for the election and sharing their votes on social media. But did you know posting a selfie with your ballot can get you in serious trouble. It completed ballot in a photo and the board of elections tells they will be on the lookout. Today friends and family will remember bill mayhle. His father started the popular mayhles chocolates. The 85yearold died wednesday after a brief illness. His funeral is saturday at st. With clevelands kent to look at supervisor training. A draft of the new force policy was released. Can we will check in on that and get an update on their progress. The driver accused of killing a woman and hurting another in a hitandrun will be in month today. Prosecutors say he was likely women on i480 when they were changing a tire. A woman was armed. Have been more than 16 years old. Police are warning everyone to stay alert. Have a good handle on your own personal safety. Make sure you are aware of your surroundings. Dont be texting or looking at your phone or anything like that, that you know what is going on around you and also, travel in groups when possible. The victim was taken to the hospital for her facial injuries. If you have information call police. We have new information on a story we first told you about earlier this week. Leadville high school got in trouble for using an ineligible player in games. He is still not allowed to take the field for the rest of the season. Their record is back to 53. Well, buellers market in brunswick is closing its doors for good today. An indoor Entertainment System laser tag and drive gokarts, as well. It will be opening next spring. Employees will be allowed to transfer to other stores and customers are urged to shop at their medina locations. Still ahead on good morning cleveland, the sweet smell of sickness . Nearly two dozen passengers on a plane come down with a mystery illness. This sensations other half, ryan merritt and his fianci talking about their up coming wedding and how generous fans are saying thanks for the big win. Welcome back. We are starting to look here again at the rainy picture outside. We are looking at the area of low pressure pressing out of here, north and east. You can see the day time highs for this time of year. 55 for greater cleveland. Inland locations will be in the upper 50s. The big question today is High School Football. This will be a close call here. I know we are strong and tough across northeast ohio, but we are talking about a soggy field and rain still in the forecast for around that halftime hour after the game by 10 00 we should be drying out. Well, the highways are wet this morning. Janessa has been talking about it. The wind may be an issue for the high profile vehicles. Slow it down and i will have an update on Construction Projects that may get in your way in just a little bit. Well, from the California Penal League to the world series, charlie sheen, also known as rick vaughn league fame fans calling out for him to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Sheen tweeted if called upon i will be honored but the indians will announce plans when the major league allows them to. We will see. Well, we are talking about ryan merritt, the 24 yearold rookie that led the ryan and his fianci, sarah, were shocked when they heard their wedding wish list wassing viral and it says so much about the cleveland fans. It is awesome. Everybody is so nice and supportive. It is cool that they care about ryans personal life besides his career. Ryan says he is grateful to have sarah along for this wild ride. They will tie the not congratulations to them. 4 52 on your friday. Next up, the notorious mexican drug lord gets new marching orders from a judge. Then, snoopy gets the ax. The iconic peanuts gang gets the boot. Excuse me me in breaking news an earthquake hits western japan. The quake is said to be a 6. 2 magnitude but at this point no immediate reports of extensive damage or tunisia warning issued, as well. The race for the white house is no joke. After three fiery debates the president ial candidates try to get a few laughs at the traditional al Smith Charity dinner. There was some laughter and boos too as he took a few jabs at himself and his rival, Hillary Clinton. After listen to hillary rattle on, and on, and on, i dont think so badly of Rosie Odonnell anymore. In fact, i am actually starting to like rosie a lot. Liberty and they see a proud symbol of our history as a nation of immigrants, a beacon of hope for people around the world. Donald looks at the statue of liberty and sees a 4. Well, it is worth knowing here they both shook hands after the event. That is something they didnt do at the final debate. Hillary clinton ditching the familiar pantsuit for a pink gown. She looked lovely. Epublican u. S. Sen. Rob portman and democratic former gov. Ted strickland facing off one more time in the fight to be your senator. In the loss of 350,000 ohio jobs to everything else, supreme court, gun control, the heroin epidemic and even the president ial race was covered. Donald trump is unfit to be president. He has mocked disabled people. Of war and gold star families. He has called women pigs and worse. Words matter. I have not been able to support my republican nominee for president. When Hillary Clinton called half of Donald Trumps supporters deplorable and said they were irredeemable and racy, strictland didnt stand a federal judge is clearing the way for mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo guzman to be extradited to the u. S. He can be extradited in january or february. The leader of the cartel has escaped twice from maximum Security Prisons in mexico, most repeatedly in 2015. His lawyers have ten days to appeal to higher courts. Today members of the cdc airlines jet to los angeles. Police and hazmat teams were waiting at the gate at lax. Spirit airlines said passengers asked for a doctor during the flight while the pilot kept flying to l. A. Look outside live this friday morning outside. Look at the trees blowing in the wind, janessa webb, are we seeing those crazy you have been asking for the cooler weather. I have not, for the record. You are trying to hold on to summer. Autumn is here, my friend. She just called in he out. Fall is here, corrina [ laughing ] right now we are waking up to cloudy skies and rain on the scattered side across northern ohio. You can see the big band of moisture that continues to lift north and east. It is a steady stream of moisture throughout your afternoon here. The heaviest bands of rain currently are hitting Richland County to shelby, the weller area, you are seeing heavier downpours. No lightning associated with it as the cooler air starts to track in. Good morning, killbuck to millersburg area, you are seeing the darker green and band of yellow, that is the high winds tracking north and east. Two areas of the madison lake county, you are seeing heavy doses of rain. Also, the winds are stirring up this morning out of the northeast 15 to 20 miles per hour. This shows you our windcast here. It continues to be in full affect throughout your friday afternoon and it will start to let up for your saturday. Temperatures across the board, the thermometer not budging too much this afternoon. We have the arctic air starting to make its way in as the cold front approaches here. Are in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Good morning, greater cleveland, 57 degrees. Coshocton to dover new philly currently 52 to 55. Hourbyhour lets bring it inside this afternoon. The rain stays in the forecast. We will hope for a partial clearing here as High School Football starts to end the game around 9 00 or 10 00. We are looking forward to drier weather for your saturday. Accumulation totals yesterday, we we flooding and ponding on our roadways. It is still a concern this afternoon. You can soo he from the route 30 corridor, you could see another half an inch to an inch of accumulation. Kristin . Wow. Yes, another soggy start here on our friday morning. At least it is friday. We have that to celebrate. Our weather traffic cadeor showing green and yellow. The green means with rewet and the yellow means yes, it is windy out there. They are good greg ready to open the innerbelt bridge bridge. 90 eastbound to 490 expect various lane closures and 90 eastbound until over the bridge you are closed, the detour is 490 to 7 north. We are wet out there. Give yourself plenty of time before you head to work today. Kristin, it is so sad. Met life and snoopy parting ways. The Insurance Company the dropping all members of the peanuts crew from its ads and will replace the characters with a socalled clean, modern esthetic look. Met life will use an m in blue and green as its logo. Now to a story we told you about earlier this week. Bob dylan finally prize in literature, sort of. Yesterday his facebook website had the headline winner of the no belle prize in literature. We checked this morning and the headline isnt there anymore. No word on whether he will attend the prize ceremony in sweden this december. All right. Good morning to you. We appreciate you starting your day with us here at newschannel5. Still ahead, feeling the affects of a local crisis. The businesses directly impact by the drug. And a special honor for a good morning, everyone. Another soggy afternoon and the cooler air is making its way back in. It is a little too soon to start focusing on the weekend. But drier and the temperatures bounce back into the upper 50s to lower 60s next week. And tracking more rain by late next week. Hopefully it wont be a rough commute like yesterday. We we had a handful of accidents. Yellow on the maps showing we are extra windy. Be careful, especially on 90 east and west of cleveland. We have the traffic restrictions in place around the innerbelt bridge. Talk about. On and off ramps on 90. Heading outside for a odot view, the rain drops have been on the cameras this morning. This is 71 at badgley. Stilling a very slick commute. Changing her plea. The grandmother in elyria that overdosed behind the wheel of her drug with her grandson in the car pleads guilty to endangerment. She is now taking random drug tests. Here is another example of how the heroin epidemic is hitting everyone. It is impacting police and First Responders and even Emergency Rooms but Funeral Homes are seeing the affects of the crisis firsthand. One director says he has been working his new job for just over a year and of the 100 or so families he has helped 15 i have been here 30 years. If we had one death per year related to a drug overoverdose, we thought that was a lot. It is 4 57 on your friday. Take a look at what is coming up for you at 5 00, an ohio Sheriffs Office releasing this picture of a suspect they have been trying to capture for a long time now. They say he is getting a lilling who the now is calling on for help. And why your next bottle of wine could cost you some money. Now at 5 00, ohio is one tossup in the president ial elections. Now a man in ohio is trying to change that. And we hear from a man whose camera was rolling in willoughby during an incident. And in less than a week the world series will begin right here in cleveland. It is very real, my friend. It will start with a ceremonial first pitch. We are looking into who could be picked to throw it. And outside the rain is still falling this morning. It doesnt look like it will let up any time soon. We have meteorologist janessa webb that is tracking it all. Good morning, everyone. Flood concerns not an issue this morning across northeast ohio but our temperatures across the board cooling off to the west. 52 degrees toward norwalk. Elyria good morning, 53 degrees and cleveland a little warmer at 57. The moisture continues to flow in north and east
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