Following this morning. A Police Officer has been shot and killed in washington state. This is still a developing situation for police there. We will be updating you every ten minutes. Good morning. Thursday. It is december 1st. Here we go. Im brian duffy. Tia im tia ewing. The other big story will hit you right in the face when you open the front door. After a few days in the 60s, the temperature is dropping like a rock this brian sam, driving in this morning it looked a little glazy to me. Samantha we had that rain last night and very early this morning. There is some wintery precipitation outside, so you may notice like sheen on the roads, if you will, but i dont think it will slow you down too much or be dangerous, anything like that. So it is safe to send your Young Drivers out on the roads this morning. Just watch out for the light precipitation that we do have. 6 01. With temperatures above freezing, of course, thats why i dont expect any major issues from this. Some light wintery mix or light rain or snow moving through the area. A lot is coming down. What is making it to the ground is light flurries or sleet. It moves into Summit County and stark county. Headsup in canton. You may see light snow flurries or a brief, wintery mix early this morning. Again, brief is the keyword here throughout its also going to be cold today and very, very windy with the wind factored in today, high temperatures this afternoon in the 40s. Look at that. We feel like were in the 20s and 30s all day. At 3 00 this afternoon, laura. Its going to feel like 32 degrees. God bless you, tia. We need to get you something warm so you dont get sick. It is cold out there, and a weekend forecast is coming up at that one. Always thinking about the weekends. We think about the morning commute right now. If you head out there on the road, we have a goodlooking drive for you. 6 03 right now. Early birds, this is what youre used to. 480 and 77 and 71 and 176, all of them right on time. No slowdowns or accidents or brokendowns. 60 Miles Per Hour over the turnpike. 77, no problems. We had construction along 77 yester t report. Doesnt look like thats out there today. That was in the fairlawn area yesterday. Drive times still look good. 19 minutes from strongsville, and north olmstead, mentor and akron all running in the green, too. The akron commute, we take the drive at 6 19. Police in beachwood want everyone to be careful on their drive into work. Someone is driving their car into the back of victims cars and then stealing the car when opened the door full and then had got into pushed me on the ground, and then got into the car and sped off. Tia horrible human beings. Sorry. Brian the 79yearold described how her car was stone on tuesday night. She was rearended by a black suv. Police heard a similar story from another woman when se called 911. Hit from me behind. I got out to check the damage, and then the person jumped in my car and drove away. Brian Beachwood Police recovered the first victims car, but theyre still searching for the dark blue 2006 mercedes. Coming up at 6 33 this morning. We hear from police and get their advice as to what you should do if you find yourself in a situation like this. Tia tragedy in eastern tennessee this morning. Thousands of people are waking when you look at the screen. They wonder if their homes were spared by devastating wildfires there. Seven people are confirm dead. Gatlin burg is the epicenter of destruction from these fires, but more than 15,000 acres of forest in the Great Smoky Mountains have also burned. Huge news for thousands of People Living in northeast ohio. The controversial nexxus pipeline has been approved by the federal gove this is a map of where this highpowered natural gas pipeline will go through. It will transport gas from ohio into canada which could lead to Natural Gas Prices going up. Construction is set to start sometime next year. Brian president elect donald trump will visit ohio today to make his first public appearance since election day. This is part of his thank you tour. He will make stops in indiana, and then cincinnati today. Team. This is reverend darrell scott. He spoke at the rnc. He tweeted last night to thank the president elect for being selected. Tim ryan did not win the vote to become the minority house leader. He hoped to replace nancy pelosi but she was reelected. Ryan has been an ohio congressman for 13 years and will continue his duties in the 13 tia were asking questions this morning about an investigation at elyria city schools. A special needs teacher resigned after allegations of having an improper relationship with a student. This is according to the elyria chronicle telegraham. Whether we get answers, you can look for them first on the cleveland 19 mobile news ann. Shannon lewis pled guilty to stealing more than 13,000 from the mentor youth cheerleading court. Brian we know all of the names of the 11 people attacked on monday on campus at the ohio state university. Two of the victims were from northeast ohio. Take a look at your screen. Most of the victims range in age from 19 to 29. The two oldest victims, a 48yearold University Traffic officer and a 68yearold professor. Three victims were treated for broken bones, one had a possible internal injury. One of the victims was an army veteran we told you about yesterday. He helped to protect other students when he confronted the attacker. Tia we know just how much closing Public Square could cost the rta. 2. 6 million per year. Last month the city announced superior avenue through Public Square will remain permanently closed to through traffic. Rerouting around the square is a big expenditure for rta at a time when it already faces the i find it incredulous that was announced without any discussion with city council. We are parties, too. We are supposed to have a council liaison, which i dont believe we have. Tia the city councilman brian commons. Zack reed says there is the potential the feds will fine the city for breach of contract, and that could be another 12 million loss. Brian how about . Cleveland indians president was executive of the year. Welldeserved, i believe. Hes climbed the front office ladder since 1999. This was his first year as team president. Also, good news for baseball here. Weve been watching this. There will not be a player strike, at least not now as a new contract agreement between the players and owners was reached last night. Also, a big honor for jim brown. Sports illustrated will hohn her whim the muhammad ali legacy brown teamed up with muhammad ali and basketball stars bill russell and Kareem Abduljabbar to protest the vietnam war. Theres jabar right there. They became key members some believe of the civil rights movement. Tia a loot of people believe that. Great honor for him. Also tonight the Ohio High School state basketball championships begin at the shoe in columbus. Cuyahoga heights, st. Ingacius is archbishop and Canton Central catholic all get their shots at state championships. I hope they all win. The National WeatherService Confirms five people died when at least 13 tornadoes formed in alabama, louisiana, mississippi, and tennessee yesterday. The small town of rosalee, alabama was hardesthit and today the focus is cleaning up. Cold, sam. Samantha very cold and windy. So if you do any holiday decorating today, dress warmly. I would watch out for that wind, if youre going to be putting up lights on the gutters and anything like that. This is the forecast. 30s in the morning and low 40s in the afternoon, and it will feel in the 30s all day long. Yes, december is here. Watch out for that brief wintery mix as well. A closer look at todays forecast and we lk the weekend after the break. Tia ahead, we get answers on how local photographers are providing comfort and hope to local kids with every single flash. Brian next, a Police Officer tragically shot and kill overnight in tacoma, washington. We update you on the search for welcome back. The time is 6 13. Im Denise Zarrella. We have new information coming in that we got in moments ago about the breaking news out of tacoma, washington. Hours ago we told you that a Police Officer in tacoma, washington was shot multiple times and died. 45 years old. He was responding to a Domestic Violence call at this home, where we learned there was at least one woman . And two childrn home at the time. The suspect barricades himself inside the house and shot the officer during peace negotiations. They say the suspect may have escaped while they were removing the officer. Thousands of people gathered in cha peck coon wednesday evening to pay trip but to member team that died. We know the cause of the crash. The plane apparently ran out of fuel. The aircraft carrying the team crashed on tuesday killing 71 of the 77 people who were on board. Tia, brian. Tia thank you so much, denise. They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. Makeup artist, professional photographers for a group of little ones at Cleveland Clinic thanks to flashes of hope. They set up photo shoots for hospital. They make it convenient. Sia nyorkor was there for some of the closeups, and theyre fant fantastic. Sia this organization is nothing short of amazing, and they make the students and the kids feel so good during some of their most difficult times. Skylar doesnt normally get her picture taken. I just feel different because i have to i had to get chem so i feel different because i dont do my hair, and i always loved to do my hair. Sia the 10yearold has cancer, and today is different thanks to flashes of hope. I feel special. Sia the organization was founded in cleveland 15 years ago. The goal is to photograph every child with cancer until every child is cured. Photographers come in once a month and set up a studio alongside stylists. Touched by cancer in some way. I know my father died from cancer. So its just a way to get back and connect with him. Sia after the shoot they send the kids photos free of charge. 14yearold jane says it made her feel so good, she came back for the second year in a row. It makes you feel different about yourself, because, like, usually you go through every day feeling bad. So looking at the pictures, it makes you feel really good. This shoots are one of the best kinds of medicine. It makes them look absolutely beautiful, which is what they are. The parents appreciate it just as much as the kids, even on the darkest days. I dont call it a tragedy. I call it a transformation in our lives, and so we make sia i just love this story. Its such a great organization. Its run entirely by volunteers and on donation. You can make a support by going to marks and making certain purchases on things. We have a link on the website with the list of things on our website at cleveland19. Com. Samantha that was a wonderful story. Thank you, sia. Time is now 6 17. Were off to a dry start in the city of cleveland. Its cold were in the upper 30s, and when you factor in the wind, sustained 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour right now, it feels even colder than that. So do bundle up on your way out the door. You probably just stay bundled up all day, because it will feel like this even through the afternoon. Cloudy skies across most of the area, and you notice a few returns actually popping up on the radar. Now, most of this is not hitting the ground, but i do have reports that some of it is. This kind of wintery mix moves off to the east, it may make contact with the ground. Shouldnt slow you down or accumulate or anything like that. Temperatures are well above freezing, so im not concerned about major issues on the roads but just be aware its out there. Let me know what you see in elyria, medina, akron, wayne county. You can tweet me samrobertswx or email me. I would love to see what y on the bus stops this morning. That wintery mix is go to keep in the forecast throughout the day. I dont think it will do it constantly. Some of you may not even see it. This will be very hitormiss and brief when it pops up. Most of the day just cloudy and windy. It will look like it did yesterday, not going to feel like it, though. 37 at 7 00. 41 midday, and then an afternoon high today of 43. All day long. Just stay bundled up, okay . Big, heavy coat today. Mid30s overnight and mostly cloudy skies and that spotty wintery mix may condition into the night. Its also quite breezy. We enter this pattern of just cloudy, cold weather, right . Its december and time to get cold. So snuggle up. I dont know. 33 tomorrow night. Its cold. 42 during the day tomorrow with a chance for winter where i mix nothing major and maybe light accumulations later in the day tomorrow. Wintery mix is possible east of cleveland on saturday. Most of us get through the day dry, and then sunday is your next first alert weather day. We have wintery mix for all areas on sunday. Cold, laura, and then we may see a little sunshine by monday. Let it peek out a little bit. Okay. Out there on the roads this morning, it has been an easy one. Weve had no major accidents out there all morning long. Headed out the door right now. Its one of the benefits if you get out the door early. Just about 6 20 on your clock right now. Just hit it. 77 nobody is 50 Miles Per Hour in the north of 490. For akron, youre also smooth sailing through here. 77 coming from akron toward canton towards akron right now through green. 55 Miles Per Hour on time, and outbound you look good, too. Heres part of the drive. See all those green and trucks heading to work or wherever they go this morning, goodlooking commutes all the way around. Drive times from mentor to cleveland 28 minutes, and canton and elyria and strongsville in the green as well. The west side commute coming up at 6 33. Guys. Tia time is 6 20. We have a very special guest this morning in the weather center. Yes, we do. Get used to seeing him. Youll see a lot of him as we move ahead right here on brian from snowplow to no plow, that story is coming up my goal was to finally get in shape. Not to be focusing on my moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis. So i made a decision to talk to my dermatologist about humira. Humira works inside my body to target and help block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to my symptoms. In clinical trials, most adults taking humira and many saw 75 and even 90 clearance in just 4 months. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, ask about humira, the 1 prescribed biologic by dermatologists. Clearer skin is possible. Brian id say the days of truck. A snowplow caught on fire on the side of the road in maine. Firefighters got it out and no one was hurt. The truck, though, is a total loss. Four, three, two, one. Tia look at how beautiful that is. December 1st, the Christmas Season has officially arrived in new york city. The big city last night was the rockefeller treelighting ceremony. Some 50,000 colored lights coveh brian. Brian i follow the tree on twitter. Its funny. It has good ones. It was making fun of hoda kotb. It says, she tweeted out to the tree, hi gorgeous, xo. The tree tweeted back, not now, hoda. Youre drunk. Tia i hope that wasnt true. Brian theyre just playing. Ive been named better home and magazine on my murdered family members. Its all in fun. Just in time now for the full smack of the face of winter, we have reinforcements ko amming into the cleveland 19 first alert forecast. Tia what a transition. Lets go to sam and our new chief meteorologist jord done nicholas. I was here at 11 00 tonight, and i have a little bed behind the weather wall and slept all night here. This is great. Samantha lc morning. Youll be back later today . Ill be back at noon. Its great to be here on the morning show. This is a great time to be at cleveland 19. Im trying to figure out how the Christmas Tree actually tweets. Samantha i dont know. It doesnt have thumbs. With its little branches. I dont know. Little pine needles type into the phone. Speaking of things on your morning that folks that have the cleveland 19 first alert weather app we dont want to necessarily talk about me coming on board. We want to give you something, too. This is awesome. You were tracking the snow out there this morning. Samantha theres some light snow. Its nothing crazy, so dont wake up and hear snow and go, oh, my gosh. Its snowing. Not anything like that. Of course, we do have the capability now. Here we are on your tv screen. We can send you personalized alerts, so it looks like whats popping up on the screen right now, which is our webcam. You see that snow moving through. The cool thing is nobody else can do this. Its just us to send alerts. We target actually areas. Right now akron canton and wooster getting light snow. Obviously, watch sam in the morning and how about rolling over and looking at the phone and say, thats what the weather looks like. I know whats happening before you get out of bed. This is a great time to be here. Cant wait to work with you, jeff and the entire team. Im an addition, so pumped for that. Im going to bed. Samantha youre not done yet, 7 20 were back. You have to stick around. Brian we have to work him to death. Samantha hazing. Tia a little hazed. Cleveland apl has 200 more animals on their hands after what they called a seizure of pet like theyve never seen before. Brian wait until you see this story. Breaking news, the search for a man wanted and killing a local man and another woman, we have new this. Is. Everything. Honey bunches of oats. Its all of this, this, this, and this. He mother of all cereals. Its that, and that, and all of that. Its the most cerealriffic cereal. In all of history. Yeah, its that good. Honey bunches of oats. Brian we continue to track breaking news out of ravenna as the search for a man armed and dangerous continues this morning. Thats David Calhoun jr. He shot two people and killed one of them. Denise we talked to a police a short time ago, and they didnt tell us or w