Thanks so much, maureen. I think we should, fingers crossed, be able to keep it as dry as we can through the morning. Were tracking showers and thunderstorms for all of you today. Well be around 80 for a high. Really, all day showing the possibility of a passing shower. Perhaps a few rumbles of thunder. Mid70s at 9 00, 80 degrees at 5 00 today. Yesterday we hit 88. The truth is most of you are waking up here at 6 00 a. M. The last way. Weve got a lot of cloud cover. As we zoom in, were seeing some showers. What weve noted here over the past hour now is that weve seen a lot more over the lake. Some are indeed pushing inland. Thankfully no thunderstorms, just some light rain showers in most cases. Wet roads will slow you down. We all know how it works. As we track ahead on future view, well see chances not only this morning but into the work today and speaking of all of that, make sure youre packing your umbrellas and grabbing them and taking them out the door for you. Well get a look at your commute right now. Danielle, some wet roads . And be careful. Were not tracking any accidents right now. But in barberton, we have just a little bit of hazard at an intersection in north van buren avenue and robinson, your traffic lights are not working. Make sure you ea fourway stop. We dont want anyone to get hurt in that area. Of course we have our typical construction throughout the region, but were not seeing increased delays because of the construction. Whatever delay you typically see because of that construction, thats what youre seeing right now. I was tracking slow traffic before the inner belt, but that has all cleared out. So i would say, john, normal drive times. That sounds good. All right. New this morning, Cleveland Police are investigating a shooting on the citys east side. This was the scene on east 61 61st and superior. Led to the shooting. The man was taken to university hospital. No word yet on his condition this morning. A 29yearold man accused of shooting and killing a woman on a sowell road over the weekend will be in court today. Hes been charged with murder. Police say he ran a red light and hit debra pearls car. His suv flipped several times and then got out of his car and shot families are both expected to be in the courtroom today. To canton now where police are searching for the suspect who killed two men yesterday morning. It happened in the 2400 block of midway avenue. Police say the 911 call came in from a neighbor. When they arrived, they found two men had been shot and killed in the house. Police say there were also three children inside the home. They were taken to the hospital as a precaution. It is almost 6 04. Devastating affects of drug abuse. A proactive push began to try to change that. Tiffany tarpley joins us live from akron. Tiffany, some believe that a bag can make a difference. John and lynna, we know about those events hosted by Law Enforcement agencies. You can take your own medication to them. They will dispose of it for you. Well, now, this bag will help you do it yourself. Lets go ahead and show you how this works. Basically you place your pills in it. Add some water. Then you dispose of it. Its safe for the landfill after that. What this does is keeps prescription pills out of the wrong hands. Not only your children, but weve heard about how prescription opioid drug abuse can lead to other drugs like heroin. So lets go ahead and slow you information about whats happening today. The effort begins at 9 00 this morning at the Summit CountyPublic Health building. Akron. Theyre expecting to get about 40,000 of these bags. Thats whats been donated. And we also are available at acme pharmacy locations right here in the greater akron area. So really just one step out of many to try and help prevent this heroin addiction. Another important step. Thank you. Big news for all the beer lovers out there. The law that put a beer cap on levels in ohio that means breweries can serve beer with content over the cap. They lifted the cap for 190 breweries here in ohio. Heres lynna with your morning news feed. Charges have been filed against five Police Officers involved in the shooting death of a 17yearold. This move follows a report from Laquan Mcdonald was shot 16 times in 2015. Dash cam video appears to contradict the report. Jason van who shot Mcdonald Donald trump will travel to mexico to meet with that countrys president. He invited both trump he has harshly criticized trumps promise to build a wall on the border and make mexico pay for it. After the meeting, trump will fly to arizona to give a speech on immigration. Back here at home, Kent State University making a big change to one of his dining halls. It becomes the First University in the country to feature an entirely gluten free menu. Kent state says a number of year. So it created a certified gluten free dining hall. Its estimated 43 million americans have an allergy or sensitivity to gluten, which is a protein found in wheat, rye, and barrelly. Move over uber. How google plans to get involved with ride sharing and how they want to help commuters. Maureen . I guess were going to go to hollie. We have a look at your commute forecast. Well go from the video there to what to expect traveling around today. I think there could be some scattered wet roads at times. Over my shoulder you can see the forecast. Its going to be hit and miss. Enough that you better be taking those umbrellas and listen to mom and dad headed to that bus stop this morning. Were already seeing a few showers. Im going to show you where. Were going to track through the day. Well end up close to 80 for its a long one for a lot of google may be moving in on ubers turf. Theyre working on plans to expand a carpooling Program Involving it it aims to make fares low enough to make riders avoid taxis. That would only be in the San Francisco area for now. If its successful, look for it to expand into other cities. A growing number of hepatitis a cases are linked to strawberries imported from egypt are expected to be carrying the virus. They stopped using them after learning about the potential issue. 6 12. Lets get a check on that weather. Hollie is tracking a potential of rain. We, some of you are seeing wet yes, some of you are seeing wet weather. Well start with getting you to the bus stop. I recommend taking those umbrellas. Even if its not raining at this point, have book bags. Mainly 60s to low 70s this morning. 60s at our coolest point. Checking on some headlines here. We have scattered wet weather today and the best news of all is the Holiday Weekend ahead. Thats looking really amazing. 6 12 your time check. Well continue to see chances for showers really at any time. Its not limited to just this morning into the afternoon, upper 70s at lunch. Well be 80 the high today. We hit 88 yesterday. But it will be seasonal. We should be right around 80 for a high. Were seeing a lot of overcast skies, a few peaks of sun. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. You get the idea. Most of you are waking up to cloud cover. Most of you are zooming in. Theres more numerous showers across the lake. Well get a little closer. I will step out of the way here. From clevelands east side and into lake mentor getting rained on. Painesville, were seeing showers. Well continue to have these on and off throughout the day. A lot going on in the tropics. Weve been telling you all about it. We have the tropical depression off the coast of carolinas. This is moving away. This is a very busy time of year. Peak of the atlantic Hurricane Season is september 10th. Were offfully close to that. Its were awfully close to that. This is number 9 in the gulf of west and east coast potential there. Were talking about hurricane madeleine impacting hawaii. As we track the rest of the day, on and off showers, possible thunderstorms. Look at the afternoon and evening drive. There could be slowdowns as a result. I think a few leftover sprinkles as we move into your thursday. Then we get into the labor day heres your Window Nation safed. Tomorrows chances go down to about 30 . Then were sunshine galore. Bring it on. 70s in pleasant for friday and saturday. A little warmer, still nice. Sunday into early next week, were low 60s low 80s for highs. Heres a look at your traffic. Hi there. Were midway through the week. Im going to help you make it at columbia road in west lake. As you can see, drivers getting by just fine here. Were all green in that area. We actually are all green on all of our highways to the west. 71, 480, turnpike looking great. Were looking good on the mayor roadways i had traffic data for. Hollie is tracking that rain for you. So watch on 90 or 2, be careful as you other traveling as youre traveling. No reports in the southern south south, were all green. No accidents there. Coming up at 6 30, i will let you know the gas prices if youre like me and almost on e. 22cents from a year ago. Thats good there. All right, danielle. Time for my biggest winners and biggest losers in sports. When you have a play like the one turned in by zach mcallister. If you thought the game of hack check this out. Here we go. Indians protecting a lead against the twins. Here goes to line drive. Off his leg and into the glove. A little hacky sack group. He planned it. You start to wonder, are the bounces going their way. Is this a special season . Can i go there yet . Great play. Today could be the time to ask for that new hacky sack game. Indians got off to a tough season, losing their first four the lefty grove Junior Division championship, the 12 yearolds used team work and sports pan teamwork and sportsmanship. Congratulations on coming back never give up. If you would like to nominate your champion or allstar. Send me your picture and story. Email them to me or tweet them to me. If you start off 04 and you start thinking, well, maybe we just dont have it. Not that team. Stuck with it. Right. Maybe a little hacky sack will help everybody. I like that. 6 17. Mark your calendars. What you need to apples new iphone release even if youre not an iphone user. The annual pancake flip is setting up. Do it, mo. Reporter im so good at this, you guys. Im usually working in the morning, so i dont usually make pancakes, but im going to do it for the united way. Well tell you how 5 can go a really long way, especially if youre headed downtown. Maureen, you have to wait before you flip. Thats when you flip. Weather out your window. Weve got a gorgeous, stunning sunset from tammy in willoughby. Thanks for sending your all right. Whether youre an apple or android user, its time to look at the value. The timing is key. Even if youre not interested in that new iphone weve been telling you about for six years, it feels like that, at least, the new iphone takes the down. And that depends on what your device is worth. Bear with me for a moment. Take a look at your reminder that by this time next week, whether you have an apple or android, your device will most likely be worth less. How is this possible. The new iphone 7 gets rid of the headphone jack, its a deterrent and many will go from apple to samsung. Thats w thats what theyre planning for. That means if youre considering an upgrade or buyback, my favorite way to get paid or more importantly find out what your phone is worth, go to flipsy flipsy. Com. It includes independent offers. 20 plus offers all added up. The key, though, get your buyback offer today, whether you have an apple or samsung for both of these families of once apple announced their product, your value is up to 30 less next week than it is now. Lock in the offer. You dont need to agree to it or send your phone back. Lock in the offer now while its still worth more. So its an aggregate website . You get all of it in one spot . Yes. Mo is making it happen. Working for a good cause. Reporter do you trust me. Lets see how these pancakes turn out. Im going to pour here. Okay. Really, theres going to be a bunch of us making pancakes in Public Square today. Anybody who works downtown, make sure you walk through Public Square. 5 can get you a pancake breakfast. Im here with the ceo of our local united way. Thank you for coming. Hey, we love the pancake flip. Its near and dear to our hearts. Tell me about who this helps. This helps about half a Million People in northeast ohio and the Greater Cleveland area through our system of agencies out there. Were delighted to be able to kick off the campaign in this way. 5 you get the pancakes, the orange juice, sausage. Coffee, thats important. You told me the numbers of who face on it. Who does this go to help. What kind of neighbors of ours. Its Touching Every life of northeast ohio. We understand the chronically poor. We understand the affects of poverty out there, but we also understand the working poor as well. There are people trying to do the best they can, but they need an extra hand, need a helping hand. Working single mothers, children that need wrap around right. 211 program, which is receiving calls from 300,000 people every year. Sending them out to the agencies and helping them provide the assistance they need. We have a very generous community. Yes. How much do you expect to raise starting today . Well, last year we raised 40. 5 million in. This is a great idea. We all need to join hand in hand and offer a helping hand to other people. Im getting the whistle that were burning the pancakes. Augie, thank you so much for taking the time. Everybody, come on out, we didnt burn the pancakes. Hollie, i know youre more of an expert at this. They look great. I will bring these back for you. Theyre huge you get a 5. Its a great cause. Maureen is going to treat you well. And you look great in the hat. So lets take a lock at your forecast take a look at your forecast today. Were trying to keep them away. Dont let it stop you. Its going to be scattered today. Yesterday we were in the upper 80s. Today wont be as warm. Were going to have the unsettled weather. As we take a look at the National Travel map, couple of tropical depressions. We have a hurricane approaching. Hawaii. Its really something as we approach the peak of the Hurricane Season. More of that is coming up. Punishing the parents instead of the kids. Rolling out reversus suspensions for student who is get in trouble. And chris brown released from jail. What the singers latest arrest im john anderson. Im lynna lai. Heres stories were following. Two akron men have been charged for the shooting of a woman in the national park. They were indicted on attempted murder and other charges. Court documents say the two tried to kill a woman on july 3 head. Now, if convicted, they could face up to 30 years in prison. A memorial for the victims of serial killer Anthony Sowell faces another delay. There was supposed to be a memorial but its been postponed. There was supposed to be a memorial, but it was postponed. The victims families say it will help a deal was reached and now it goes to the board. Both sides say the deal is fair and good for kids and teachers. Good to hear. All right. Time to check in with hollie and the weather. We hear you, hollie. First of all, theres a train. Its really loud. I start to dork out when you hear the planes practicing for the air show. There. Yeah, you will be hearing them zip around, im sure at the very least by tomorrow and maybe even today. The train. So weve got a lot of overcast skies. Were checking out sky conditions. Its not raining here at channel 3, but some of you are seeing showers. The chance of scattered showers and storms today, that is your wednesday in a nutshell. So, its the last day of august. Can you get over it . Ye well be around 80 for a high. Well take you through and were planning on highs around 80 later. The upper 70s through lunchtime. Notice through the day weve got chances for rain. A lot of you as we look at the wide radar view, we have just a lot of overcast skies like we have here at channel 3. As we zoom in, we start to notice theres a lot of showers that are over the lake and some are shore, ashtabula, seeing some of that light rain. No thunderstorms as youre waking up, which is fabulous news. We could see storms before the day is through. Were going to look ahead to the Labor Day Weekend coming up. Well see if the weather is going to cooperate downtown. First, lets get a look at your drive. Thank you so much, hollie. Good morning to all of you. Were looking at the traffic map, still, no accidents to report. Were seeing the typical slowing into downtown on 90 east from the i had a camera in the area, but it sort of went out. Its only about a minute delay into the inner belt bridge. So no problems there. If you want cheaper gas, center street, the average price, valero, 1. 99. 1. 97 on south arlington road. Go to wkyc. Com for the lowest gas prices near you. Wow. Havent seen that in a long time. What year is it . Exactly. Okay. Very good. Thank you. 6 34. With heroin and drug abuse on the rise, theres a push happening today that could help fight the problem. Tiffany tarpley joins us live this morning. Tiffany, it also is inteat awareness day. Reporter and, john and lynna, as we all know, theres so many families here in northeast ohio who know the negative affects of overdose and drug abuse. Here theyre going to be launching a new problem trying to prevent this. Lets go ahead and show you how theyre doing that. This is a pouch that theyre going to be passing out. They have thousands of these. Theyre used to safely get rid of old prescription pills. You can pour water into the bag, and the drugs, those drugs dissolve. The bag is sealed. You can throw it away in your trash can. No problems at a landfill. So often drug abuse begins with pills in a medicine cabinet. They may go on to the streets to get heroin or over illegal drugs. Coming up, i will let you know when the new Program Launches here today in akron. Well see 6 35. Three northeast ohio men are among 111 federal inmates whose sentences have been cut short. Now, this is part of president obamas push to phase out sentences for drug sentences. Sentence reduced to 30 years. Hal mincy was sentenced to 20 2001. Hes now set to get out of prison in december. And eddie davis of bedford was sentenced to 20 years for intending to distribute cocaine. Hell also be released in december. Odot will be hosting a Public Meeting on improving safety on i90 at the route 3 interchan