killbuck area and ashtabula is on the radar with a good dose of rain currently coming down. also winds coming in there out of the northeast, in affect throughout the afternoon at 15 to 20 miles per hour. on social media people are asking we work outside. do we need the umbrella? yes, all day long we are tracking potential for minor flooding going into the noon hour. you can see highs back in the mid 50s. kristin? >> a rough start to your friday morning. we are dealing with winds in addition to all that rain. the wind speeds are shown in the yellow here. as we track the speeds on the east side, 66 miles per hour in the euclid area. some cars going fast. this is 90 at bishop. a slick commute. be extra careful. give yourself plenty of time to get to work. nick, back to you. janessa told you about some of the rough weather. we are keeping a close eye on it at the live desk. the power outages have been adding up for first energy customers. we are seeing the outages jump. nearly 1,200 are without power, most of them the outages are sporadic throughout the area. corrina? >> thank you, nick. the presidential candidates have just 18 days now to win over undecided voters. >> and with ohio being a key state. both sides are focusing on our area. donald trump will be here tomorrow and hillary clinton is set to speak a few hours from now. sarah phinney is live from tri- c. good morning. >> reporter: clinton will be here to encourage voters to get the early voting started last week. the event is open to the public. doors open at 2:30 and the speech is expected to begin at 4:30. trump was in the toledo area thursday declaring he would accept the results of the election if he wins. tomorrow he and mike pence are expected to hold a rally at the rif center. it starts at 7:00. you can only get two tickets and before coming to cleveland saturday he will hold a rally in virginia. doors open at 2:30 at the tri-c rec center and clint is expected to spieling at 4:30. >> thank you, sarah. the vice president will also be making a visit to cleveland, soon. monday he will be speaking at huntington intervention center and will be talking about the push to increase cancer research and funding, the second time this year the vice president has been to cleveland to talk about this initiative. a deadly officer-involved shooting caught on camera. the witness noticed something happening in the willoughby parking lot and started the camera rolling. happened after he received a tip. >> it was crazy. everything happened so fast. i was driving by and noticed the officers here trying to use force. >> police say he gave them a fake id and threw a stolen car into reverse and hit a motorcycle cop. that is when officers shot him. he died at the hospital and the officer he hit has minor earlier this year will face six years in prison. the officer shot mccullen webb after the stabbing was justified. he stabbed officer tim harlin when he was sitting in his car. he refused to drop his knife so they shot him. a suspected gang member believed to have played a part in more than 50 smash-and- grabs. this smash-and-grabs. he is facing charges of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. a mayfield high school community will come together to remember one of its on. they are holding a vigil for sonny patel from 5:30 to 6:30. he was shot and killed while working at his family's in hero restaurant. right now. also happening today good year will launch a new blimp. it will be christened by savannah james, lebron's wife. it is set for 4:00 p.m. at the good year hanger in mogadore. well, the cleveland ceo is named the educator of the year in urban youth. cleveland was picked because of making progress after being hit hard after the recession. speaking of cleveland's winning ways, earlier this week we told you the new lebron james banner would be put up by today. but, hey, all that rain we have been getting pushed it back. the new banner will be going up tomorrow. it will have a patch with a championship trophy on the back knowing who the indians will play in the world series. the cubs won a late one in l.a. overnight, putting them ahead of the dodgers in the nlcs. >> no matter who they will be playing, game one of the world series will be here in cleveland on tuesday. >> it will kick off with the ceremonial first pitch which has many asking who will get to throw it out? have been making suggestions on social media. we have seen suggestions ranging from lebron james to drew carey, be you by far the most popular option is charlie sheen, aka wild thing. a lot of fans like that idea here in the studio. he said if he is asked he would be honored. the mlb would have to give him the go ahead. who do you think should throw janessa webb is letting us know. >> i am ready. do you have a good throwing arm, janessa? >> i am seeing you throw the little stress ball we have in here. you struggle a little bit. >> not today, terrence! >> hey! soggy conditions for the kids at the back up this morning and windy weather. parents, have the kids layered up. the day time highs have really fallen off the mark. shoes. it will be soggy. heavy rain at time even in the evening commute still tracking rain. i am terrence lee. >> and i am corrina pysa. thank you for joining utilization this morning. there are a lot of perks to living in a big city. more diversity, better night life, more restaurant, be you some of the perks could actually be bad for your health. >> donald really as healthy as >> well, a big change from what we are used to hearing from both of the candidates. more of them roasting each you may know this but donald trump and hillary clinton apparently don't really like each other too much. >> the latest proof when a catholic fundraiser where candidates trade lighthearted jabs. only this year at the al smith memorial dinner the jabs turned into a real comedy central the black tie audience booed. >> here she is tonight in public, pretending not to hate catholics. >> because this is a friendly dinner for such a great cause, donald, if at any time you don't like what i am saying, feel free to stand up and shout wrong while i am talking. >> at the end of the dinner, both the candidates were able during the debates. you see it there. they actually shook hands. >> you have been labeled a racist, you have been called a sexist. how do you respond to that? >> i am the least racist person you have ever met. >> well, that is video there of donald trump walking out of an interview with a columbus tv station. he was speaking with that reporter about his economic subject, or at least tried to. as you saw he interrupted that interview abruptly. now to a developing story. defective takata airbags are being blamed for another death. a 50th woman died in california, part of the largest airbag recall in history. a milwaukee police officer shot and killed a black man setting off vi an unrelated crime. officer dominique hagen brown is charged with sexual assault. a man says brown picked him up at a bar two days after the deadly shooting. that night he was repeatedly assaulted and eventually dropped off at a emergency room. police say they found text messages from other men shows brown offered them money for sex. he has been off-duty since the feature a tribute to trayvon martin. the song is called angel down, in response to the epidemic of young african-americans being murdered in this country. her in you album is out right now. she will be on "good morning america" this morning. well, living in downtown cleveland has become trendy, again. 66% of people worldwide are expected to live in big cities by 2050 but city living can be stressful. studies show people that live suffer anxiety and moodies orders. to fight that experts suggest going to a park that can cut your depression, ditching the car and walking or biking to work and being aware of what is around you. that can give you a sense of control. the weather not really helping with moods out there. it can give you the blues when it rains like this. >> how can you be sad. we are the city of champions. >> yes. a little rain. it won't get us down. it is a friday. we are stepping into the weekend with cooler temperatures and the rain is in place this morning. it will continue to stir in here throughout the afternoon. you can see that elongated moisture making its way north and east across northeast ohio. we still have a flash flood watch for a few counties in our area. you can see from coshocton to tuscarawas county, the flash flood watch is until noon today as moisture start to track in here. i want to show you where we are seeing scattered showers right now. the bulk of that in richland county making its way into the mansfield area. you can see the darker greens from millersburg to killbuck. no lightning associated with this. it is heavy downpours as the stream of moisture makes its way in. it is making its way in north to east. ashtabula, you are on my radar this morning. morning really chattering out of the northeast at 15 to 20 miles per hour. so, kids headed to the bus stop, have them layered up and have the umbrella handy as a cooler weather pattern tracks in for the bulk of it have day. remember yesterday we were in the 60s. with reweighing completely good- bye to that as the front continues to make its way through. good morning, elyria, 53 degrees. lake county lower 50s. the cooler air even from wayne to stark and summit county currently at 55 degrees. planning your afternoon hour-by- hour, a little rain. it won't stop us here. we are concerned about outdoor evening plans for high school football. it looks like at halftime things will dry out a little saturday. here is odot, 221 at 422. a blurry view. all the rain drops showing it will be a rough ride on your way in. at least not a lot of company on the road ways. we have traffic restrictions in place. 90 eastbound over the brim is closed until 6:00 a.m. and 90 eastbound, if you are coming in from the west side we have restrictions in place and ramp closures. west 41st street the on-ramp and the offramp at west 26th street. tens of thousands are of gay men are seeing abolished laws, punishing them for private homosexual acts. teraing law, from allen teraing who was convicted of homosexual activity and later committing suicide. well, ahead juans sharing their votes on social media. but did you know posting a selfie with your ballot can get you in a lot of trouble? ballot selfies can be illegal in ohio if you include your completed ballot in the photo. the reason for the law, a fear of voto bribery. >> that was smoke detector how you voted, to get a reward or compensated in some manner. >> if you want to take a voter booth selfie, make sure it is with a blank ballot. well, the indians really did call upon a rookie to help get them to the world series. you know what, he delivered. >> absolutely. now cleveland fans are showing ryan merritt and his bride some love. and started buying him gifts. they were shocked when they heard the wish list was going viral and they say it really says a lot about cleveland fans. >> they are awesome. everybody is so nice and supportive. >> it is cool that they care about ryan's personal life besides his career. >> imagine throwing the world series into planning. ryan said he is grateful to have his beautiful fianci by his side through all of this investigators up next, a haunted house's skeleton a little too life-like. the creepy discovery in wisconsin. >> and the wayne county deputies have an aggressive animal in their hands. this is the incorrect video here, but up next, they will tell you about the unusual an eye out for. "good morning cleveland" we welcome back. well, we are seeing rain and strong winds affecting our drive times today. here is a look at the drive times. remember the drive times dealing with because of the accidents? knock on wood -- is this wood? oh, okay! [ laughing ] let's head outside and look at the wet roads. this is the akron area. janessa, you can tell it is still wet. >> for a friday -- you have to be happy it is friday morning, but the winds they are whipping. it will be a soggy one. we are almost to the weekend, folks. i promise you things are going to get better here. a northeast breeze is kicking you will really notice that throughout the afternoon. look at the icons here. a lot of rain in store throughout the lunch hour. we will start to see things drying out a tad bit. it will be widely scattered by 5:00. we have high school football happening tonight. we could see a few rain drops lingering. the bigger weather story, don't you dare walk outside without a coat this morning. highs only in the mid 50s. >> it is chilly. drinkers out there. you will soon be paying more for your favorite bottle. wine prices are on the rise after floods, a drought and icy weather battered crops really around the world. still, the quality of the 2016 crop is good for the second straight year. italy, by the way, is the top wine producer. coming up next at 5:30, a smell is being blamed for sickening more than a dozen people on a plane. more on what it could be from. >> and both presidential candidates are headed our way. their chances of moving the polls this close to election day. >> and as we head to break, here is a look at last night's winning lottery numbers. now at 5:30, the presidential candidates are coming to ohio. >> and the glenville football team, good news and what it means for the overall record. >> and our area getting hit hard overnight with heavy rain. we have more video here from playhouse square. cars taking it slow on the slick roads and trees blowing, as well. still wet out there, janessa. i want you to get up and give yourself a little extra time. our roadways have a lot of water on them and ponding going on. you need to wake up and give yourself an extra time across northeast ohio as the moisture continues to really flow through here. the low making its way north and east. we are seeing the heavier bands for richland county and ashtabula, keeping our eye on that. this is that upper level trough bringing in the cooler air along with the cold front well you can see the cooler air. corrina has been waiting for this. omaha with 2 degrees. sitting at the freezing mark from chicago the mid 40s. the cooler air will seep into northeast ohio as the front continues to pass through. hour-by-hour folks, it will be a soggy one. we have waved good-bye to the upper 70s this week, even the 60s yesterday. affect. >> all right. we are ready for it. janessa, the weather indicator showing traffic, yes, you will be dealing with slick roads. that is what the green mean os the maps on most of the highways. 71 north about 57 miles per hour. 90 as you approach the innerbelt bridge, 90 west out of the city 62 miles per hour and tracking the same speed going into the city as well. we have a closure happening until 6:00 a.m. this morning. 90 eastbound over the innerbelt bridge bridge. come monday 90 east and 71 north into the city, yes, you will be two lanes. that is great. and an odot view outside, checking four live looks of 480, showing a pretty slick commute so far but we are getting a little more company on the roadways. be careful and slow it down. janessa was telling you about the rough weather northeast ohio. firstenergy reporting 400,000 without power. >> thank you, nick. we are a little more than two weeks away from the presidential election. >> and the candidates are really hitting the campaign trail hard with so little time left, sarah phinney is live in cleveland this morning. sarah, both hillary clinton and trump are still paying a lot of atnt ohio. >> reporter: that they are, terrence. a recent poll shows clinton and trump are tied in the buckeye state. with 18 days left until the election they are trying to get as much fate time as possible with voters. clinton will be here at the tri- c rec center at 4:30. doors open at 2:30. she is expected to urge ohioans to go out and vote. early voting started yesterday. tim kaine was in the columbus importance of ohio, saying donald trump cannot be president without the state and voters have the election in the palm of their hands. trump will be in ohio tomorrow following a stop in toledo on thursday. you can register for tickets on his campaign sit live outside the tri-c rec center, sarah phinney, station stays. >> thousands of ohioans are casting their votes and sharing those votes on social media but did you know posting a selfie with a ballot can get you in serious trouble because it is illegal if you include the completed ballot in the photo. the cuyahoga county board of elections will be on the look out for this, they tell us. blank ballots are tear game to the polls, too. well, here at newschannel5 there are several steps for cleveland's kent to create with the justice department. another phase is supposed to be completed today. a few month a draft of the new force of use policy was released. it is on the newschannel5 app. we will check with the monitoring team and get an update on progress today. the driver accused of killing one woman and hurting ot clark justin is facing several charges. prosecutors say he was likely on heroin when he hit the two women on i-480 when they were changing a tire. new information. glenville high school will not have to forfeit two football wins after all. this he won an appeal with the ohio athletic association. they got in trouble for using an ineligible player in the take the field but glenville's record is now back to 5-3. ing up next on "good morning cleveland", th nearly two dozen parms on a plane come down with a mysterious illness. >> well, that is ryan merritt and his fianci talking about their up coming wedding and how fans are saying thank you for good morning. waking um to rainy and windy conditions here this morning across northeast ohio. we are looking at a day time high of 55 today. a cooler weather pattern in place. in our odot view, showing that we are blurry out there because all that rain, is rain drops are flowing here at 176 crestline avenue. give yourself plenty of time before you get where you need to go. i will give you a check of the drive time in a bit. back to you. from the california penal league to the world series, charlie sheen, also known at ryan vaughn from major league fame, responding to calls for him to throw out first pitch at game one of the world series at progressive field. sheen tweeted if called upon i would be honored. we asked the indians. they said they will announce plans as soon as major league baseball lets them. we will standby for that. well, cleveland fans are showing serious love for the rookie that helped pitch them to the world series. >> we are talking about ryan merritt. the 24-year-old is about to get fans found their wedding registry and started buying them gifts. they were shocked when they heard their wish list had gone viral and they say it say as lot about cleveland fans. >> they are awesome. everybody is so nice, so supportive. >> it is cool that they care about ryan's personal life besides his career. >> ryan says he is grateful to have sarah along for this wild ride. they will tie the knot in january. > states -- a notorious drug lord gets marching orders from a judge. >> and the peanuts gang gets the advertising boot. >> you are watching "good morning cleveland" on police in new brunswick need your help. people have had convertors their facebook page. they need your help. if you know anything, contact the new brunswick police. well, the presidential candidates last night tried to get a few laughs at a traditional charity dinner. donald trump was up first. there was some laughter and boos, too. he took a few jabs at himself, and of course, hillary clinton. >> after listening to hillary rattle on, and on, and on, i don't think so badly of rosie o'donnell anymore. in fact, i am actually starting to like rosie a lot. >> people look at the statue of 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. this morning they both shook hands, too, after the event, something they didn't do in the final debate. corrina, hillary clinton ditched the normal pantsuit and had a pink gown on. >> good for her. epublican u.s. sen. rob portman and democratic former gov. ted strickland facing off one last time in the fight to become your next senator. newschannel5's own danita harris moderated the debate. they covered everything from filling posts on the sport to gun control, the heroin epidemic and the presidential debate. >> donald trump is unfit to be president. he has mocked disabled people. he has made fun of prisoner's of war and gold star families. he has called women pigs and worse. >> i believe words matter. extraordinary step not to support donald trump for president but when hillary clinton called half of donald trump's supporters deplorable, irredeemable, ted strictland didn't stand up for them. he still has not. >> now it is up to them to decide. a federal judge clears the way for mexican drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzman to be extradited to the united states. he can or february. he has escaped twice from maximum security prisons in next. he has ten days to appeal to higher courts. today members of the cdc are going over a spirit airlines jet when 20 passengers got sick after a sweet smell inside the cabin of plane yesterday. none of them were hospitalized were waiting at the gate. spirit airlines said other passengers asked for a doctor during the flight but the pilot kept flying to los angeles. it is 5:48. let's check in with meteorologist janessa webb. >> a little hope. you don't see rain drops on the pavement there. >> they are coming down, janessa. >> the grass is wet, okay? >> the grass is still wet. we have been dealing with a lot of moisture for the last 24 hours and it will continue. layer up. don't go outside without a coat. day time highs, folks, are back in the 50s. we are awaiting the arrival of the next cold front. it will really cool us off. for the kick-off to the weekend, you can see the elongated moisture continuing to track in north and east. we still have a flash flood watch for a few of our counties. tuscarawas to the coshocton area until noon. then you are seeing the dover/new philly and tuscarawas. the darker greens and yellows, that is the heavier bands of moisture that continues to lift to the north and east. i have my eye on millersburg to killbuck. you are seeing a good amount of moisture moves across highway 82. so for the early morning commute you are seeing a lot of wet weather for southern locations. as the moisture makes its way across northeast ohio, east lake to the mentor area, you are seeing the here so heavier downpours. winds are kicking up a notch, folks. they will be in your forecast throughout the afternoon. they are coming out of the northeast at 15 to 20 miles per hour as the front tracks in, so stirring up windy conditions. right now across the board we are in the mid 50s for greater cleveland. hey, good morning! wayne county currently at 52. handy throughout the day -- umbrellas handy throughout the day. we are not in the clear just yet. we are dealing with minor flooding and some ponding in some areas. you can see from our models here forecasting possibly another inch of accumulation for stark into summit county. lighter amounts for ashtabula. kristin this. >> you mentioned the slick highways. all of them are blanketed with the wet weather this morning. we got a report in shaker heights of traffic lights not working at warrenville center road and chagrin. treat that as a four way stop. despite the wet weather the s let's look at our view of 711 here at 480-6789 you can -- 71 here at 480. yes, you can see from the blurry view it is still raining. as of yet no accidents. it is the end of an era. met life and snoopy is parting ways. they are dropping all members of the peanuts crew from its ad and replacing the character with a look. and snoopy is gone in his world war i pilot gear and instead they will use an m as its logo. bob dylan finally acknowledging his nobel peace prize, sort of. he didn't address the honor with a written statement, but yesterday his facebook and website had the headline winner of the nobel prize in not up on his website anymore and there is still no worden a whether he will go to the nobel prize ceremony in december. coming up, feeling the affects of a heroin crisis. the local businesses directly good morning, everyone. we have 52 for richland and wayne counties and lower 50s throughout the afternoon. there is a constant wind speed of 15 to 20 miles per hour, so the feel-like temperature folks greater cleveland 55 degrees. slightly warmer for akron- canton mid 50s. >> janessa, thank you. just got an update from shaker heights police about the traffic lights that were not working in warrensville, center road and chagrin. the good news is the generators kicked in. this area should be okay. the lights should be working. if it is not treat it as a four way stop. here are live looks at 76 in akron. weather the cleveland area has been dealing with. yes, all the highways are wet and all of us are dealing with it throughout the day. a cleveland contractor is defending itself against claims of sloppy work. surveillance cameras caught multiple cars driving into one of their construction ditches. look at this. this is part of a repaving project on west 130th street. drivers say there was no caution tape but per followed the rules and it is not their fault drivers weren't paying attention. they say if anyone has a damage report to file take it up with perk. we have the contact info on our newschannel5 app. a wayne county man died in a tragic accident. rhett farmer slipped on the side of a silo and was trapped. firefighters were able to recover his body. people have been trapped in silos and -- 9000 people have died -- 900 people have died in silos and most of them died in under a minute. funeral homes are seeing the affects of the heroin epidemic firsthand. one funeral director says he has worked his new job for just over a year and of the 100 or were there because of heroin or drug addictions. >> i have been a funeral director for 30 years. when i started if we had one death a year related to a drug overdose, we thought that was a lot. >> he just helped someone that died from a heroin overdose last week. a woman beat in the face with a gun and robbed in tremont. now police need your help trying to find the pair that did it. the 39-year-old woman was walking home from was attacked after midnight across from lincoln park. she says the armed robbers could not be more than 16 years old. they knocked her to the ground, hit and pistol whipped her in the face, took her purse, backpack, phone and $2,000 worth of stuff. cleveland police alerting people to stay alert. >> have a good handle on your personal safety. be aware of your surroundings. don't be texting or looking at travel in groups when possible. >> the victim was taken to the hospital for her facial injuries. if you have any information call police. well, do you want to spin the wheel or turn over some letter in the. >> the wheel of fortune mobile is rolling. they will be at the hard rock casino from 6:00 to 10:00. it is also there from noon to 4:00. you have to be 21 or over to attend well, next at 6:00, mother nature not cooperating. a special honor for a cleveland champion gets delayed. >> and "wine" about it. why your favorite wine can take a bite out of your wallet. good morning, everyone. we are tracking rain on the power of 5. look at the future- cast. we are seeing the heavier bands move across your area this morning to afternoon. you can see from wayne county, stark and summit, we are forecasting another half to an inch of accumulation in that area. you can see things are pretty steady all the way to the noon hour, but the good news, western locations from kellies you are seeing a break around 1:00. you can see it more on the isolated side in certain locations. akron to southern portage county, northern starke county, you will start to see just a few rain drops to the 4:00 hour. and things really start to clear out from the route 30 corridor to mansfield and wayne county. for your evening it won't be a washout. things will be looking up but cooler air is making its way