Maybe a sprinkle passing by. I think 5 at noon and 52 at noon and around 3 this afternoon 57. On future view we see the chances for rain but they are 20 to 30 . So, i dont know if i would go the umbrella route today. Take your jacket with you and just be prepared for maybe a few rain drops here and there even into the evening. As we get into tonight, and your thursday, we start to clear the way for warmer weather and sunshine. And then a going to happen over weekend, friday we hit 70. 40s on saturday and 30s and lake snow on sunday. That requires explaining. I get it. I will do just that coming up. Right now lets check the drive danielle has look at how things are moving so far good morning to you. Reporter good morning hollie and as you can see we are green on the traffic map at 6 01. No problems out there no accidents and all the ram taps were closed are opened. Traveling into downtown but from the west, looks great on the west shore way. No problems there. All green from the west into downtown on 71 north 90 east and jennings all normal for those of you coming into downtown from the west. On 77 into downtown 7 minute commute between 480 and i90 and east shore way looks great between the euclid spur and dead mans curve and 11 minute ride so john and lynna we are a okay out there. All right thanks danielle. Lets head out right now. We have seen antitrump protests cross the country for the last few days. And akron has joined in the demonstration. Tiffany tarpley joins us live with the story and hundreds of people showed up for this one. Reporter john and lynna what a deference a few hours can make here. Difference a few hours can make here. They estimate more than a thousand people were involved in the demonstration and march that began right here in Highland Square. Lets go ahead and show you what it looked like last night it began with the social media posts thats what brought people here a mile long march and demonstration. People chanting and Holding Signs against a trump administration. What they believe is intolerance. So you might be wondering why would they start this protest at 11 at night. Well, they say they wanted the first and second shift workers here as well as students. And no matter the time of day we are going voices will be heard and we want to make sure that the point gets across we dont stop and neither should anyone else who wants change. Reporter all right. And so you can see we are back out here this morning just a few hours later. Pretty quiet compared to what it was like out there overnight. But you know john this was a way a lot of protesters say they were able to share some of the stories and ideas. A lot of them unsure exactly where to go from here. Thank you. A somber day in akron today as the Community Remembers fallen officer Justin Winebrenner today marks two years since was shot and killed while trying to stop a man who opened fire in a local tavern. His killer kenan ivery was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Major traffic news. Cleveland is proposing to keep the stretch of superior avenue through Public Square closed for good. The 600 foot piece of superior is closed years for Public Square renovation. If mayor Frank Jacksons plan gets federal approval the rta needs to find alternate routes for the 40,000 bus passengers who use the part of superior every day. Peoples input was you know maybe we it would be nice if there were no traffic on Public Square at all. So the city will spend the next 10 to 14 days working on transit administration. Its unclear how much this late in the game modification would cost and how much of an inconvenience it would be to downtown drivers and bus riders. Question for you. Should parents be held responsible when their children have parties that involve underage drinking . Weigh in on the instant poll midding to wkyy. Com vote now theres a law that goes into effect next month and the city of amhurst allows parents charged for kids underage drink even if they didnt know. The morning journal reports city council wanted to close a loophole in the former law allowing parents to say they didnt know teens were Drinking Alcohol in their basement even though neighbors called with complaints. Under the new law parents can face arrest and be charged with a misdemeanor. City council is hoping it will crackdown on underage drinking parties and there you see the 56 saying yeah. In education news the state of ohio will officially take over the lorain city schools next year after the district received failing grades on the state report cards. District leaders say the takeover will take place between april and august. Meantime, the state released graduation requirements and that is causing some condition among School Leaders across the state. Beginning with a class of 2018, students must earn at least 18 points using state tests. Superintendents from some districts estimated a third or more of current juniors are at risk of nod grat not graduating because of the new requirements. We continue to follow an ohio bill providing workers comp benefits to for fighters for certain cancers. There will be a fire firefighters for certain cancers there will be a hearing today on the bill. The Senate Passed the bill earlier and its moving through the house. Research shows that firefighters are three times they are exposed to at fire scenes. Opponents say its nearly impossible to prove whether the cancer was caused by the job. Indians just missed winning the world series but now the post season awards keep rolling in. Indians manager Terry Francona was a run away winner for manager of the year and picked up the honor in the American League with landslide victory and got first place votes on 22 of the 30 ballots. He could have taken all of the first place votes e led the inned he le 94 wins a improvement of 13 despite losing Brantley Salazar to the the season he won in 2013 with the indians. Tonight corey kluber is in the final 3 for the cy young award that will be announced shortly after 6 p. M. Time right now is shortly after 6 a. M. 6 07. A message from senator mccain to the president ehe lect. Why he is sending donald president elect. Why he is sending donald trump a warning about russia. Here in cleveland. Tom hanks plans to give back to the city next month. Hey holie. 5 08 a great wednesday morning. You halfway there a. We have a pretty easy weather day. Its a little cooler but by cooler we are above normal. Highs mid to upper 50s. 40s as you wake up. And passing shower chance and we have so much to talk about. Ginormous warmup and then snow. So, we will 6 11. Senator mccain sent a warning letter to president elect trump warning him about getting close to russia. Maureen kyle is following that story and more in the morning news feed. Reporter yeah john mccain taking a strong stance here. Pledged better u. S. Russian relations in a phone call to donald trump. Mccain wrote the letter saying in summary that putin is not trustworthy and we shouldnt put any faith in a man who pledged his countrys tyranny murdered political opponents and attempted to undermine americas elections he ended by saying america is at its greatest when it stands against tyranny. More than 200 people were wild fires scorching the southeast. People are being exposed to poor air quality and heavy smoke. Its not the just People Living near the fires. The governor says wind are carrying the pollution to cities miles away. So far its the fires burned more than 80,000 acres in 6 states. Helicopters and naval ships were sent in to get residents and tourists out of a small new idea sland town for days it has been cut off by landslide 7. 8 magnitude quake rocked the country. Two people were killed. Tom hanks says he wants to save cleveland not that we need saving but he wants to help the film and tv industry. Hanks will speak at two events sponsored by the Greater ClevelandFilm Commission he will speak at fundraiser and make appearance at Cuyahoga Community college speaking to communities and educators and he has a special place in his hearca the great lakes shares spear festival and my parents saw him in taming of the clue san said he was slew and said he was hilarious she said she watched him and knew he would be a big star because he was so entang. I believe she discovered him correct. Reporter correct she might entanning. Reporter i believe she i believe she discovered him correct. Reporter correct. I just had to text them. I need to be accurate. We should mention that fund with tom hanks and our onerous mitch neil so now russ can be the inside track to getting him on the show here. Thats right. We are counting on you russ. Come onerous help us out. He is awake because he wants to see the forecast. Confirm with a tweet please. We are waiting. We have 40s as we head out to the bus stop which is mild anll cooler than we have been. Cads jacket sore sweatshirt at the bus stop works. We should be 30s this time of the morning and we are not so we will take it and run with it again. We have got a passing shower chance today a weak front moving through. We are still talking the warmup for tomorrow and friday before the weekend and the rain and snow and cold which we will get through week we are november 16th halfway through the month and 57 with a mix of clouds and sunshine and its looking pretty okay. Like i said about a 20 to 30 chance of a shower. You are all going trend a little cooler than we have been with the front and the cloud cover thats resulting from it. Most showers are over the lake right now. We are seeing a few of them trying to move inland but most of that is not making it to the surface. Truth be told. Even on future view as we show the little showers here at s happen. I think more overcast than anything else. Peaks of sunshine is how we should describe wednesday. Tomorrow we clear the skies. Window nation 7day forecast lots of sunshine for your thursday. And friday, too, look at those highs. 60s to near 70. And its going to be amazing. As we close out the work and school week. And here comes the weekend. And in november. So, upper 40s on saturday. And strong cold front moving through breezy we will have behind it, we will have lake effect showers developing. More than likely later in the day. So we will have a mix of rain and snow initially and then right now it appears saturday night, into sunday, we will see a transition to all lakeeffect snow. This is not going to impact everyone of you. Its lakeeffect the cold front will you will see colder air and but sunday is the day that we could end up with another blustery snowy kind of you know situation especially if your ar you could be talking a little bit of accumulation and it depends on how this comes together. And we will keep you posted. Thats a promise. We warm back up by the middle of next week. We are 40s tuesday and 50s by next wednesday. So you hang in there. 6 16 heres a check of your drive. Wkyc traffic is brought to you by mike bass ford get a great deal and great deal more at mike bass ford. Hi hope you are having a great wednesday. On the roadways. Still no accidents and normal drive times pretty much to the south we are all green and same to the north. Heres 271 at Mayfield Road and Mayfield Heights where you can see traffic is getting by just fine. And all of the cameras i am drawing on here of the north and southbound side of the highway look great so for those of you who take 271 between warrensville hides and Willoughby Hills 12 minutes north and south so aokay. Thank you. Ti and biggest losers in sports and winners today you will see. This is unbelievable. Unless you went to the school at the Ohio University or central michigan, chances are you missed this game and catch and this is one of the best you will see. Look at this. Game is tied at 20. Late in the fourth. Check out the one handed catch by central michigans tyler. I got replays and we had 12 to grab the nose of the football and haul it in great throw by quarterback to put the ball in the area he he could still catch it. Plus look at this angle right here. Thats amazing. Oh my gosh. Central michigan won because of that touchdown. 2720 and they are now bowl eligible. Wow. Cant remember i saw a catch as good as that one. Here with the biggest winners because we are including the horse. This is trisha and r ribbons and awards trisha has won. They were named grand champion of the division at the Summit County fair. And as far as the equestrian she missed a perfect score by one point. She qualified to compete at ohio state fair. Congratulations and my thanks to a very proud grandma patty for sending in the photo. Grandma patty. Yep. If you want to nominate a champion or all star sen the mail morningshow wkyc. Com or tweet them at john wkyc. Great number of awards right there too. Appreciate grandma patty. That was almost Odell Beckham junior. I think it was better. He had the nose of the ball. Athink if he cant get and i think if he cant get the nose i dont know if he can make the catch but to wrap around i mean we are going on the parking lot after the show and lynna is going to make the catch. Right. The one word that lebron james said made him lose all respect for knicks president phil jackson. The best and worst days to visit friends and family this thanksgiving season hollie can you imagine a worse day to see family . No. Actually. Sounds weird. Its to see the the inlaws. Thank you for straightening that out. Thank you lynna this is why we need you in our life and then some. Look at your tv the this is peace be a calm serenity now. We have a picture from dixie and sandusky its called fishing on the huron pier this is where she was. We are on we are talking about the snow over the weekend. And kid all across northeast ohio are getting ready. Youre watc all right travel news here 569 23a million more people will travel this thanksgiving compared to last year. We first told you that make travel plans. They say the best time to leave is this sunday. November 20th at 6 a. M. Now that might not be realistic for people who have to work but the worst time to leave of course is wednesday afternoon the day before thanksgiving. Best day to come home is friday after thanksgiving worst day toreturn home is saturday. Nfl players were on capitol hill yesterday to talk about how they can help close racial divide. Between police and minorities. Four players including josh mccowan and Andrew Hawkins met with members of the congressional black caucus. Mccould you one was the only white nfl player involved and told espn he wanted to listen because he comes from a different background and the first step is understanding. Turning to another headline in cleveland sports lebron james is not happy about yeah. So jackson was the head coach of Michael Jordan the guy lebron idleized and jackson used the word posse to describe lebrons Business Association saying he has demanded special treatment and departure from miami was a slap in the facelebron said he lost respect a posse not the what he or his family standser for said we see success we have but then theres always someone that have to go as african americans. That is a quote. Phil jackson was talking to e is spn when he made the e espn when he made the comments. A slap in the face not to us. No but. When he lept left miami. When he left left my am y. When he left miami because miami. When he left miami because he doesnt want people to leave its called free agency. Its bitter so. He is. Have you seen the knicks they are better lets say they are better but come on they are the knicks. Its going to be easy today its wednesday we are halfway through the week over the hump on the way to a short week next week i am sure many of you with the thanksgiving holiday. 50s for highs cooler than we have been but above normal. More overcast skies and really weak front moving through which is causing a few sprinkles over the lake. Most of us will end up dry today with a 20 to 30 an of a shower. And its pretty uneventful on the travel map a lot of warm weather to show off john and lynna. We will get into that before we talk snow. Thanks. New release Apple Unveils a pricey gift in time for the holidays. And this one doesnt have any buttons keys or even a plug. And star wars secrets. Kerry fisher dishes on her intense affair with one of her its 6 30 welcome back. I am john anderson. I am lynna lai. Hollie has forecast coming up in a bit but first the stories we are working on a Fairview Park man face federal charges after tweeting a threat to assassinate president elect donald trumpch. Zachary benson posted the tweet the morning after the election. Benson told authorities he did it out of frustration for apology jetic and a hearing is set for tomorrow. Oberlin college fired a professor of rhetoric and composition the post made on the personal Facebook Page have been delay the threatted but she shared inflammatory comments and videos. The board of directors says the statements are not protected under academic freedom. She said she will issue a statement later today. Westlake police are asking for help after vandals caused thousands of dollars in damage. Police believe the vandals are using slingshots and marbles to break windows of businesses and cars. Anyone with information is asked to call west lake police. Lets go over to hollie for a look at the forecast for today. Yeah. We are at wednesday. We are halfway there and you know its hard to believe its november 16th. Halfway through this month and its been so mild. With highs expected mid to upper 50s. This is still above normal. We should be about 50 degrees with lows in the 30s and right now you are waking up to 40s. We will be low 50s at lunchtime today and i think about 57 is where we end up. We have got this weak front moving through and more overcast skies and peeks of sunshine probably the best way to describe it today and the smallshower chances. On future view into the afternoon this is 3 00 and we are seeing a few sprinkles po will not see any rain drops today. But, odds very high that a lot of you will see snowflakes by the weekend. I will discuss it coming up. Because i know you want to hear about it and we have a big warmu