Good morning, sam. Samantha good morning, guys. Its 6 00 on the nose, and we have a little rain to track for you on the holiday map. Right now its completely dry. You can see on my map there is nothing going on in northeast ohio. As i take you through time, you notice that rain does move in our direction. If youre traveling this morning out towards pittsburgh or d. C. , taking that pennsylvania turnpike, youll be just fine, 77 southbound. We look good. 90 west and towards columbus and eventually cincinnati is where the rain is. Maybe youre taking 90 farther and youre headed out towards indiana. Look at that. A lot of rain and maybe wintery precipitation. I have the map stopped right now at 8 00 in the morning, so travel through the Morning Hours will be just fine. Look, heres midday. Rain will be approaching us from the west and southwest, and it might even start off as a little sleet mixed with rain, but with later today, i do not expect any travel issues from this. Its just going to be rain. It may slow you down a little bit in the afternoon. Heres 4 00. Some sam roberts scattered showers are possible. Look at 9 00, laura. If you drive around here tonight, you will definitely run into rain. Over to you. Laura all right. The best tip i can tell you is to get on the road before 10 00 a. M. This morning if you the later you wait into the day today not only are you tangling with that weather that sam is talking about but more traffic. Between about 11 00 and 6 00 is when you see that heightened traffic. Out there on the roads this morning, we have no troubles for you. You are moving smooth as silk out there and no big problems. I heard the accident in twinsburg was a rollover and has cleared out of the way. Water main break in brunswick. North olmstead is 17 minutes there. From mentor 29 minutes for you, and akron to cleveland perfectly ontime commute, 37 minutes there. Today is one of the busiest travel day of the year. Aaa says peak congestion is at 3 00 in the afternoon. Here are a few tips. If youre driving, youre joined with 43. 5 million more americansor thats an increase of about 2 over last year. You can thank lower gas prices for all this congestion, but by now most of us know we should make sure we have a good car battery and our tires need to pass the penny test. Plus, buckle up, and put up the distractions like the cell phone. Here are lesserknown tips aaa and lifehacker reminds us of. Follow the two second roll for following distance. In front of you passes that object, make sure you dont pass another two seconds. Turn oyour headlights. Youre more visible during the daytime with headlights on. Informant, life hacker says youre 32 less likely to be in a collision. Adjust your side mirrors so your car is not visible in your mirrors to decrease your blind spot. In the next half hour, we have the top reasons why aaa will likely be drivers this Holiday Drive and some tips to make sure youre not one of the ones that gets stuck. Tngz tia you mentioned the lower gas prices. Ohio drivers will enjoy some of the cheapest fuel in the midwest. Aaa has it at 2 a gallon. In indiana, kentucky and michigan are around 2 bucks, but in pennsylvania or new york, cents more. Brian before you hit the road, a major minivan recall to tell you about. Toyota is recalling 834,000 Toyota Sienna minivans because the sliding doors can open while its moving from the model years 2011 to 2016. Toyota will fix it for free. Theyll be in touch with you. You should get a letter. Tia thats pretty dangerous. When you check the list busiest airports of the day before thanksgiving, Cleveland Hopkins is not on it. Brian that doesnt mean youll breeze right through this deal, right . Youre not getting through security quickly. Denise zarrella gets answers for you this morning and continues our team coverage. D. Denise its a very busy day here, but right now its 6 00 a. M. And ive got great news for you. The tsa line here pretty much there and getting right up to the security checkpoint. There is, obviously, a lot of additional staff here today because things have been moving along so, so smoothly. The airport had told us that they were wellprepared and had a lot of extra people here including Customer Service and law enforcement. You should also expect, though, at some point during today longer lines at the ticket counters and there are three security checkpoints they have here. Youre encouraged to arrive at least two hours before your talked to one man heading to arizona today. Hes from cleveland going to arizona for thanksgiving. He said he got here two hours early, and this was just easy breezy, and hes got two hours to wait to get on the plane. Well, i got here two hours early, and im sitting here waiting. My flight doesnt leave until 7 20. Its awesome. I mean, get here early. Thats what i always say, yeah. Hustling and worried you will make the plane. I did read about the tsa app. They have an app i downloaded, and it has good information about delays. No delays here right now. It should give you uptodate information on the tsa checkpoint wait times. Unfortunately, it hasnt been updated since yesterday. We will keep monitoring that to let you know whether its worth taking a look at it. In the next half hour two very important tips if you travel were asking questions and getting answers at Cleveland HopkinsInternational Airport. Denise zarrella, cleveland 19. Brian thanks so much. Of course, we track thanksgiving travel over the next few days. You can do that on your phone by downloading the free cleveland 19 mobile app. Tia we are getting answers this morning about a Homicide Investigation. This happened in Garfield Heights last night. A 29yearold man was shot and killed there. Police are still looking for the person behind the gun. Now, police have yet to release another 20yearold man was grazed by a bullet. Investigators tell us an argument broke out inside the skills barbershop on tourney road when the shooting happened. We have calls out to Garfield Heights police. When we get new information, we will certainly update you. Today cleveland 19 gets a first look at the dash cams. A grant paid for 275 dash cams to be have both body cameras and cameras inside their cruisers. You can look for our story on this this afternoon at 4 00 and also on cleveland19. Com. Brian 6 08 on your wednesday morning. A lot of people have seen this story and plenty have had something to say on the cleveland 19 facebook page. Its sadly a story of addiction. Another reminder of the deadly heroin epidemic that is shaking many families to their core including this one. A little boy in cleveland could the 4yearold told his mom over the phone he thought his father was sleeping. She immediately called 911 as she sensed something was wrong. When paramedics arrived he was pronounced dead of an apparent overdose. The little boy wasnt hurt. Two days early they are revived dunaway with a dose of narcan. They couldnt bring him back this ti so far theres been 385 heroin or fentanyl fatal overdoses this year through october 7th. That was the last day information was available. Compare that to 228 last year. The medical examiner expects the final number this year to be at least 500 deaths. Tia two years ago today we found out 12yearold tamir rice died of a gunshot wound fired by a Cleveland Police officer. We told you his mother, samaria rice, is continuing to fight for she made a statement about tamirs death. Im sure theyre still disturbed after two years. Ill be disturbed for the rest of my life, because that was my baby. Tia rice also had a list of demands for Cleveland City leaders including taking funding from Cleveland Police and putting some of it towards Cleveland City schools. The city settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the rice family earlier this year worth 6 million. Brian we told you about this yesterday and promised to show you the downtown higbee building christmas display. Here it is. Its set up for the holidays. Its part of the 5th annual higbee holidays which is now the Jack Cleveland casino. Sirqu emusic cal spectacular is coming to the center on december logon to cleveland19. Com contests and enter to win for two tickets. We have some crucial information this morning. A lot dietitian will put a game plan together for us. Pray to god, please get me out of here. I knew for me id probably end up in jail or dead. This former olympic athlete explains how the two years he spent in foster care is now impacting hed ohio kids. Sam. Samantha thanks so much, tia. Your travel forecast if youre headed to the east out north and down towards atlanta, we look quiet the first half of the day. Big slug of rain and snow from minneapolis south to houston, and then the Pacific Northwest also looking like a rocky travel area today. Your local travel forecast after the break. Brian another Police Investigators say led up to this vrsansky at the alert desk. New developments in a police Wayne State University campus in detroit. We have aerial footage of the scene. You can see the heavy police presence. A Wayne State UniversityPolice Officer was shot in the head identified at 29yearold colin rose. As of midnight the officer was out of surgery and in critical condition. Authorities say they have a person of interest now in custody. Rose works in a k9 unit investigating possible car thefts near campus when he was shot. Youll probably see this video on facebook or twitter this morning. The video touted as the high he is profile mannequin challenge ever. Ellen tweeted it last night. Her and her fellow president ial freedom participants in the white house taking part. Tom hanks, Kareem Abduljabbar and Bruce Springsteen took place. We did our own challenge here in i think it gives them a run for the money. What do you think . Brian absolutely. No. We couldnt even see Kareem Abduljabbars head. They didnt lift up the phone high enough. Tia we did well. This next story proves that really if you put your mind to something anything can happen considering the circumstances. From homelessness to olympian, one local man haven the gorten his roots. An platform to raise awareness by adoption. Sia nyorkor is here and spent time with him when he was home, and she has this story. Sia absolutely. November is National Adoption awareness month, but ohio native oo iles talks about it 24 7. He shares being in foster care and how thankful he is for your foster parents. He says when he thinks about the two years he spent in foster i pray to god, please get me out of here, because i knew for me id probably end up in jail or dead. Sia at the age of 8, a couple adopted him and his twin sister after years of people trying to separate them. Instead of adopting one or the other, they wanted both of us. They took us how we were, and they just loved us. So, man, we get really blessed in our situation. Sia giving them the family ey years later, hes living in his dream. The 26yearold rugby player spent the summer competing in rio as a member of the u. S. Olympic mens rugby team. Soon after he came home to tend to other matters close to his heart. Mentoring foster kids at local schools in northeast ohio. He tells me they relate to him because of where he came from. A lot of them keep stuff and just need just need advice . General. Sia his mother is proud of his accomplishments but especially this one as it relates to the entire family. The kids are really my family, so i dont assimilate to the term adoption. Were all family and all blood. Reporter for carlin that feeling is mutual, one he would like every foster child to know. Its not where you start but how you finish. Taken me through a lot, and its important for people to be inspired and hear and see the things that i had to endure and overcome. Foster care is real. Sia the foundation for foster children says nationwide 500,000 children and youth in the foster care system through samantha good morning to you. Before you hit the road before thanksgiving, pack the car, right . Whoever is lucky enough to be handed that task this morning, you got to bundle up. We are in the 30s in cleveland, but with the breeze factored in it feels cooler. If you pack the car in akron this morning, good morning to you. It is 30, and were running at about 22 in new philly, 24 out in wayne county. Definitely a chill in the air. Of our area, no rain at all, but there is some cloud cover along the lakeshore and out to the west. I think clouds will continue to build through the morning. Youll also notice a little pink and white popping up out west towards toledo. That is most likely not making it down to the ground. The air is very dry, so when rain initially tries to move towards us, it will have a tough time making it down to the in the day. Heres a wide map. If you travel this morning east of cleveland, youre good. No problems at all. West in indiana down to the south in kentucky and farther west into Eastern Illinois there are showers, and theres a little wintery precipitation that actually is making it down to the ground to our north. That stayed up north. They have some snow, so if youre going that way, please be careful. Again, this system is headed in our general direction for later for my local travelers going to grandmas house today in canton or out in ashtabula, youre going to be fine this morning. We dont have any rain around here until this afternoon. I do think it will be scattered as first, and there may be a little sleet that mixes in 1 00 onward, but the sleet is brief. This is mostly a rain event. Again, around 1 00 would be the earliest onset, and then onagain offagain rain into the afternoon. Steadiest rains will fall chance is high this evening running at about 80 . So if you have family coming in to town, let them know if theyre coming in late tonight, they are going to be driving through some rain. Some showers might even hang around through early tomorrow morning, but it would be very, very light rain. Most of thanksgiving is cloudy with a little drizzle possible. Upper 40s on turkey day. Decent thanksgiving and could be sunnier, but thats okay. It we have more rain on the way, though, for friday. Light rainshowers are possible through the day. Could even see a wintery mix on your saturday. I dont think everybody will see it, but especially along the lakeshore and east of cleveland. Then by sunday we finally get the sunshine we need. Laura let it come back. Sam, right now im using the waze app, which were both big fans of, right . Can we switch to the waze app so and give everyone great information about how to get around town today and also leave out. This will give you fantastic tips on the road. You hear about accidents. You hear about reroutes. You can put in your destination and use it as a navigation system. If youre out there right now, no problems at all for you. Now we can switch over to the tips that i have that come in to us from waze. Today, unfortunately, wednesday is your worst day of travel around thanksgiving time. Better off if you leave before 10 00th lets talk about your return. Sunday, a very, very, very busy travel time. Monday would be a little better if you can stand to wait until monday or leaving saturday. You definitely want to avoid the 11 00 in the morning to 6 00 in the evening time of travel. Youre at a 240 increase in traffic jams, 100 increase in accident alert and 69 increase in hazard alerts. Thats going to be a busy time there. We have more tips coming up brian welcome back. The Powerball Jackpot is a monster. Up to 359 million for the drawing. Its the 18th largest in u. S. History. We will have the winning numbers 11 11 00. Thanksgiving day means for a lot of people a big day to watch so will football. I might watch a little. As the coaches get the game plan together, you should put one together, too, so you dont overeat. Tia our dietitian says the game plan should involve breakfast. Skipping it may cause you to consume more calories at dinner. Pay attention to your Portion Sizes and try to use a smaller plate. Simperman says to slow down eating to give your stomach a chance to tell your bayne its actually full, and that generally takes about 20 minutes. Brian i dont know about that. Tia what dont you know . Brian im going to overeat anyway, right . 6 26. A quick look at the rad dar shows things quiet right now. Mother nature must stay home on the busiest travel day of the year. What you can expect on the road and in the air. Brian good morning, everyone. This is live on 480. If youre on the roads you may be one of the 48 Million People expected to travel at least 50 miles for the thanksgiving holiday. Tia heres a live look at hopkins airport this morning if you fly to your destination. Better throw some patience into your carryon bag. A record 27 Million People are expected to fly between now and sunday. Now. Brian in our effort to keep you completely covered, we have you ahead of the storm this morning. A system moving in from the west is going to affect your Holiday Travel plans later today. Tia we have Live Team Coverage for todays busy travel day. Brian Denise Zarrella is at cle. We begin with the first alert forecast, and our meteorologist sam roberts. Hey, sam. Samantha good morning. And good morning if youre just rolling out of bed. Itsle thanksgiving, thanksgiving eve. No rain to drive through in our local area. If youre traveling south or east, youll be fine. Those who travel west this morning need to take it a little bit slower. You can see on the wide map here im showing you northwest ohio. I dont have any reports of wintery precipitation from 75 east, but i have a little report of mixed precip around defiance. Most of this pink stuff that you see here is lifting off towards the north and east. I think most of this misses us, and plus the air here is really dry. So i think anything that does come in initially is going to have a tough time making it down to the ground. This what i think will be moving in later. You can see