Take extra precaution as you are driving around. That rain is heavy and it is just a wild way to start our saturday morning. Thanks so much for being with us. We want to prepare you. I will say when i was on my way in, i was surprised as how heavy that rain was and i personally hydroplaned on the highway. Pretty scary. You are driving along and all of a sudden you get up close to the lakeshore and bam you hi slow down for sure. Dont hit those brakes in terms of an emergency brake but ease off the gas a little bit and dont make any radical moves out there and you are going to be okay. But there are some really big gully washers out there. 71 degrees over at hopkins and cloudy skies. We still have rain and thunderstorms downtown, and you can expect that today. Sadly enough, it is going to be a soggy saturday, warm and humid conditions though. With showers and thunderstorms as we look at the radar, look at the band of thunderstorms moving across cleveland off to the east into lake county,
Thunderstorm there, in fact you will see thunderstorms out on the lake. And it is going to be choppy there with winds out of the south at about 15 knots. When can we shut off the rain . Maureen, it will eventually, but not today. Thanks for that update. Now to our top story we have been following. The man, suspected of being on drugs whether he hit and killed a state trooper on i90 is scheduled to be in court this morning. Meanwhile, his family, his friends and people who dont even know him are tribute. Channel 3s Alyssa Raymond joins us with a look at how trooper Kenneth Veliz is being remembered. Reporter good morning maureen, velizs family and friends say he was an amazing person and questions catted to his job. No one probably knew this better than the ones who looked up on to him most, his three children. His youngest son, Christian Veliz plays football for his team last night as a trib beauty to his dad. Off the field fans from both teams showed support for the family with blue.
Colorado State Rep. Matt Gray (D) was trying to pick up his two kids from an after-school program when he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.