here comes the wet weather. this is 2 30 today. maybe youre on the way to get the kids from school at this time. plan on wet roads and slowdowns as a result. and the showers continue into your friday evening, especially to the east by later this evening, becoming more scattered as we head into the overnight hours. theres more to this story. weve got snow before the weekend is threw. were going to talk about all that. greg dee is here with Team Coverage. talking about your commute, dani, some part of the roads are still dry. so far theyre looking good. the biggest Traffic Alert remains from last night. a water main break from last night. right near Friendship Baptist church. we shot some video of it. this morning east 55th remains closed because of this 12inch water main break. its closed between hawthorne and quincy as well as Central Avenue. its going to be closed until the Water Department decides area back up. detours are posted so if you travel in this area, be driver. new this morning, Cleveland Police are looking for the person who fired several shots outside of a gas station on the citys west side. it happened at the shell 55th 55th street. police were called there around 11 30. they found ten shell casings, including one that appeared to be from a rifle. there were no reports of anyone hurt. a town that was once the center for manufacturing is facing more layoffs this morning. they will be laying off 200 workers in lorraine. will ujek joins us. they have a 2. 3 million short this plant going idle is the last thing they wanted to hear at this point. 200 employees will be laid off in a series of layoffs that will stagger over a few months. theyre expecting to get them done by the first quarters end. the company said the plant had a tough year due to the Energy Consumer demand. layoffs are not easy. you can take a proactive approach that will help you land on your feet. number one, negotiate an exit story. some employers will agree to portray the layoff as you leaving, even though they mark it as a layoff and helps out your resume. number two, check on your resume. you dont want it to lapse between jobs. see if theres outplacement help. if you going on unemployment, apply quickly. also, dont be afraid to put it out there on facebook. as far as it goes in lorraine, the chief executive officer says hes hoping hell be able to get things back up and going here. all right. thanks so much, will. Police Need Help to find whoever hit a woman while she was walking to work and dragged her at least 60 feet before leaving the scene. a van hit 61yearold jean 61 yearold jeannie stuckky. now, her daughter is hanging flyers in the area, asking for tips to find whoever did this. i am beyond disgusted and angry that you could hit a woman who is a mother, who is a grandmother and just leave her laying there. a Good Samaritan helped her and called police. shes now in stable condition at the intensive care unit. investigators are asking anyone with information to call police. a gas man is to thank for on tuesday, diane abramsome noticed three of her alpacas had fallen in a pond. save them. the rescuer saw her go in. he crawled on the ice on his stomach and used a rope to pull her out of the pond. her alpacas unfortunately did not survive, but the woman says shes grateful the man risked his life for her. tomorrow, you can get a free dental exam and cleaning. the dental school will provide exams, cleanings, xrays until noon. we have the address right there on your screen. the Free Services are available to adults 18 and older. you do not need to have an event. heres lynna with a look at the morning news feed. we begin with two men charges. they will face a judge today. both are refugees from iraq, and both are accused of lying their alleged ties to terrorist organizations. a 24yearold man was arrested in houston, charged with trying to provide Material Support to isis. another man was arrested in sacramento charged with making a false statement involving international terrorism. the texas trooper indicted on charges of his arrest of sandra bland has been released on bond. hes been charged with lying. she reportedly committed suicide in her jail cell. he faces up to one year in prison and a hefty fine. campbells soup is the first to disclose the presence of genetically modified ingredients. theyre calling for the government to make a uniformed labeling system mandatory. campbells products contain products with gmo products. a look at some of the cool gadgets coming out of the Consumer Electronics show. a flight forced to make an emergency landing. what may have led to a passenger becoming unruly, even attacking other people on a plane. tracking your forecast for this friday. conditions look pretty good this morning. upper 20s as youre headed out the door. a lot of cloud cover, but today. by the end of it, though, were going to see the showers. i think by lunchtime they start evening drive. were in the 40s for a high. take the umbrellas as you leave. ialert has you covered. 6 07. dont you go anywhere. weve got Team Coverage of not only todays rain but then whats next for the weekend. breaking news coming in. Just Announced, cleveland councilman Joe Zimmermann is resigning to become the president of global cleveland. now, global cleveland is a Nonprofit Agency aimed at attracting people from around the world to work in cleveland. hes been a member for 18 years. represents district 3, including downtown, the flats, treemont and other neighborhoods. city council will appoint his replacement when he steps down in march. new video this morning. its a cell phone video showing a passenger being carried off a plane. it happened on the American Airlines flight from chicago to new york. the plane had to make an unruly and assaulted passengers. she may have suffered from a medical condition. thousands of Tech Companies are showing off their latest gadgets. they prove you never know what you might need, like maybe the sketchers game kicks that include a memory game for kids. tore skiers, the smart ski vest that inflates on impact. and the new version of a selfie stick. it clips to the brim of your hat. you can say its not a selfie stick. its a clip thing. they came up with a great name. clip a phone. it will be much more low budget than similar projects like the go pro. this one will go for 20. clip a phone. very fancy name. yeah. i wonder what it does. holly . that pretty much says it all. thats the perfect name. friday is in the air and our brains, is my summary on that. i so wish it was saturday right now. john, stop. youre loving every minute of this. we have a lot to chat about in your forecast. greg and i are talking about a lot of things, starting with the rain to track today. well get to snow on sunday. in the meantime, in between all of that, a spotty shower tomorrow. speaking of saturday. first things first, thats your friday. its going to be a lot of overcast. totally dry. were expecting the rain late morning and midday. so around lunchtime. 42 at noon. well be mid40s for highs today. it is going to end up wet. so what you need to make sure is that youre grabbing that umbrella as you leave today. you will need it inevitably. you can see the showers. and theyre to the west and southwest. we still have several hours before they arrive. near 30 degrees around here. 40s and 50s to the southwest. again, super mild today. were expecting highs in the mid40 rank. and by 11 30 this morning, the rain showers begin. mainly west of cleveland at this point and they all spread eastward throughout the afternoon. i think getting the kids from school, coming home from work, dinner plans tonight, maybe youre going to the show with the kids. youre going to have wet roads around. and this will continue into tonight especially east, becoming more scattered as we get into the overnight hours and early tomorrow and we get a little bit of a lull in between. a lot of overcast skies tomorrow, but its really going to be a mild day. were forecasting upper 40s to low 50s for highs. as we get into later tomorrow into the evening, we start to talk rain into early sunday. this is where it gets really interesting, greg. its all about the track of area of low pressure. as we track it out of the ohio river valley, tracking back up toward northeast ohio, well heading right over cleveland. most of saturday looks wet. i think areas of rain during late in the day as holly was speaking and saturday night and then sunday is the time to watch. as the area of low pressure pulls away, colder air starts northwest. and that rain in green starts changing to the snow in the blues there. you see midday sunday, 1 00, watch that rain right in northeast ohio. the eastern areas, the snow belt county by then still getting rain, but back to the west, sandusky over toward toledo. thats snow falling sunday, midday. and well continue to track the snow as we go through the afternoon. now, i think this is going to be a quick hit. accumulation should be light. an inch or two is possible in some spots. it could be a heavy wet snow on the on set. then that storm system moves sunday night. the jet stream dips to the south. look at these temperatures on tuesday. highs only back in the 20s for cleveland, akron, and mansfield. the door. temperatures in the upper 20s it is 6 15. so make sure youre grabbing the winter coats and also, like i said, umbrellas and the book bag, window nation, 7day forecast, 40s for highs today. and rain will be developing towards lunch. so plan on wet weather. tomorrow, a possibility of a shower, but, like i said, a lot of the day itself will be dry. greg just told you tomorrow night into sunday, we have the rain. then we get the transition over to snow. temperatures will be falling. its going to stay pretty chilly into next week with 20s for highs, lows in the teens. scattered snow showers, lake effect snows this week. winter is by no means over. 6 16, lets check your drive. good morning to you. welcome to your friday. if youre hitting the roads, were looking great. i480 at granger road. east. were all green on our in fact, were all green on the area. lets let that traffic map catch back up. were looking great. all the accidents ive been cleared too. remember, east 55th street is closed tease hawthorne avenue and quincy avenue because of last nights water main break. its expected to be closed for the next few hours. also, Central Avenue is closed between east 49th and east 55 55th on clevelands east side because of that same water main break. well tweet out information are posted. if you travel in this area, give yourself extra time. john, back to you. thank you. it is 6 17. time for the biggest winners and its friday. were all in a good mood. this is all about respect for one of the best. kobe bryant hit another big milestone. bryant became only the third nba player to score 33,000 hes behind only Kareem Abdul Jabbar and gary malone. have you seen the latest all star voting ha just came out that just came out yesterday . kobe is number one. he has 1. 2 million votes. thats a tribute and respect. lebron is third. i dont think lebron will mind. everyone vote for kobe. how about this group . the canton soccer team. they won the championship. they had an undefeated season. they played five games in two days. thats a lot of running. it sure is. i got tired just writing that sentence. this team will be back and be a force in the spring led by their coach drago. if you would like to nominate your champion or allstar, send me an email or tweet them to me. five soccer matches if two days. exhausted. go back to sleep. time now is 6 19. u. S. Markets settling down this morning, but a bit of a different story overseas. we have the latest on how the overseas markets are affecting us. ahead in a live report. holly . thanks lynna. 6 19. were calling this snow and flowers. this is what happens when you get mild december weather combined with winter reality. linda from garfield heights, keep it coming. thank you for the picture. get another cup of coffee. Welcome aboard my starship. Ahoy, mateys its full of things i love. Like me brave crew. And my fellow Space Adventures and free of things i dont. Like aliens. Just like eye patches. And when its time to refuel, i eat chex cereal. Its full of stuff we pirates need. No artificial flavors, and its glutenfree. Excelsior eat up, me hearties keep it down im exploring the galaxy. Arrrr, thats not even a real spaceship. welcome back. its 6 22. huge drops over the last few days. it seems like the markets are settling down on this friday of things got off to a bumpy start overseas. good morning, edward. good morning, john and lynna. we can put it in football terms. the New York Stock Exchange for the first days of 2016, its kind of like the browns season. its expected to rebound, according to political analysts, kind of like the redskins season is going this year. this is all because of whats happening in china. the markets have stabilized. the government strengthened the currency which had been devalued this week. Chinese Markets were down 7 but rallied on friday, finishing up 2 . now, there may be a Silver Lining for u. S. Markets. inflation data is due out tomorrow. theyre expected to show a slight pickup but overall fairly stable. as it stabilized, today the experts say the New York Stock Exchange should see a little thats what the futures are showing at this moment. well have to see exactly what happens when the bell rings at 9 30 eastern time. edward lawrence. back to you. lets hope we see the rebound faster than the browns. were still waiting. thanks so much, edward. all right. the retailer known for selling those colorful yoga pants is accused of stealing the design. theyve been selling the sophia striped yoga pants. theyre also sold by a new jersey company. the owner says she is not seeking legal action since athletea has dropped the style. i went in to buy kristin a present. i was so lost. they helped me. like going into victorias secret. i love you, lynna, and you, john. its 170 degrees in here right now. the reality is its only 29 degrees outside. im staying in here. door is that way. get a little breath of fresh air, john. we have 42 by noon and mid40s by this afternoon. i know youve heard rumors of of all the weather coming our way this weekend were going to start it off with rain today. although it is dry, take your umbrellas. you will need them. i think by midday well see the showers move in. on the travel map, you can see all the wet weather. this is what were tracking by friday. into the afternoon, coming home from school, work, friday evening plans. scattered wet roads, definitely a part of the day. as we take a look at highs across the country. snowy in denver. chicago is going to be rainy and 41 today. if you happen to be flying through places like atlanta much more on the possibility of snow in our own forecast coming up, first, heres tiffany. holly, were live in brook park at one of the Luckiest Lottery locations in the state. were talking powerball and historic jackpot. coming up, well show you what you can buy with 700 million and why you shouldnt start lynna. all right. tiffany. and were three days away from the golden golden globes. make sure you stick with us sunday evening, starting with starting with news at 5 00. dont miss the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards at 8 00 right now its 6 30. welcome back. im john anderson. im lynna lai. we start with breaking news. Just Announced this morning. joe simmerman is resigning from city council to become the president of global cleveland. its a Nonprofit Agency aimed at attracting people throughout the world to come and live and work in cleveland and our region. hes been a member of city council for 18 years and represents district three, which includes downtown and the near west side. replacement when he steps down in march. 200 workers are being laid off from the steel plant in lorraine. they will temporarily idle their rolling mill operation, citing a decline in the Energy Market and consumer demand. this morning, more details on lakewood hospitals future. it will stop its Inpatient Services next month. the Cleveland Clinic says they will no longer keep patients who need an overnight stay there, starting february 5th. the current Emergency Department will remain open and available until a new Family Health center opens there in 2018. all right. lets talk about weather. weekend is just about here. we have little bit of everything to keep an eye on. its really true. thank you, john and lynna. were going to track rain. right now its dry as youre waking up. i want to stress that. through the morning drive, youre not going to have any wet roads to deal with. your friday. theres a whole lot of rain. i think it arrives at lunchtime. fair game is noon and beyond for the vast majority of you. if youre west of cleveland, you maye see it by 11 00 this morning. its going to be overcast until then. 9 00. were holding at 29 degrees in hopkins. mid40s for highs today. it will be rain today. this is 11 00 a. M. were starting to see the showers west and then they do spread eastward by 3 00 this afternoon. a very busy time with getting the kids from school. we have the wet roads to deal with. were talking snow by the end of the weekend. well chat more about that coming up. good morning. good morning to all of you. dont forget when that rain moves in in the afternoon, you can always check wkyc for your latest traffic information. right now, were looking great on the roads. no accidents or delays. remember, that water main break at east 55th and central travels in this area, call them to let them know its closed because of last nights 12inch water main break. east 55th is closed between hawthorne avenue and quincy afternoon and Central Avenue