Update on the situation there. But first. Romona cnn claims Law Enforcement sources believe the attacker was inspired by isis. The sources cite the facebook posting the suspect made on monday. Investigators are inspecting his computer and cell phone and talking to family and other associates. But as jen picciano found, some people are holding off on judgment about the suspects ties. Jen. Reporter yes, ramona. All but three from yesterdays attacks have been released from the hospital and sent home, including an engineering and science professor who actually took to this table here at wechsler Medical Center to speak about his experience. He says he was returning to his office at watts hall. This is Professor William clark monday morning when he heard a large shout and he also heard a car. That suspects car hit a planter. And that same car then clipped him and sent him flying in the air. He suffered some pretty severe he then said that he saw the attacker get out of the car and he heard other people shouting and he made a move to go towards the building to safety but he says before he even made it into the building and head into the basement, he did hear those fatal shots fired. And professor clark says he has a message for officer horujko who put an end to it all. If he was here i would put my arm around him and tell him he has days to manycome. He did the right thing. Thats what he was trained to do and thats what he did. And who knows. There was a lot of people Walking Around between classes. Who knows what other damage this young man would have done. And my understanding is that he was challenged three times to put the knife down and advanced towards the officer and i dont think he had much choice. Jen so, again, professor clark is one of the victims who has been released along with another victim who provided a well bring you those details coming up at 5 00 as well as what professor clark had to say about the suspect. Well send it back to you in the studio. For now reporting live in columbus, im jen picciano getting answers. Dan thanks, jen. On social media the hashtag winning out is buckeye strong. One of the messages being reiterated on campus. A lot going on on campus that were fortunate to be able to show you as students try to get back to rita. This is in the student union. Theyve put up these big blocks of paper that people can come in and share their thoughts. She said i was at the ohio union today for a big brotherbig sister set up in the lobby. A small outlet for students, the community for something so tragic and scary to happen on campus. A lot of people posting pictures of that. And a lot of people commenting on the comments made by the president dr. Clark there at in the face of adversity. Really, really a message of strength. And as far as the professor that was speaking there, people already commenting on here. This woman saying thank you Professor William clark for withholding judgment of the deceased student and the circumstances. You are a testament to buckeye strong saying he wouldnt pass judgment until all of the facts were out about the suspect in this case. That buckeye strong is really in not just here in ohio but around the country. Getting answers in the answer center, dan deroos, ramona, back to you. Romona dan, thank you. Speaking of buckeye strong, the Ohio State University will be holding an event this evening for Community Members following yesterdays attack. It will be at 7 00 p. M. At saint john arena. We will have a live report from there. Thats beginning at 6 00 during our newscast. And this story is still developing. Look for updates through the plus keep connected through the story through the social media changes. Always watching, always tracking. Now your first alert forecast. Jeff tanchak here. And what a day. Many spots topping the 60 degree mark out there. Not a record. But we did come close. Over night and tomorrow weve got more rain on the way. And this is going to be phase two with this system. I have the alert going from 1 00 a. M. To about 7 00 p. M. Toow and thats going to mean wet travel, especially for your morning commute. Right now were not seeing much on the radar, but im expecting rain to develop here around chicago and indiana. As the night wears on, we have moisture that will be coming in from the south. And that will be the over night rain. 59 akroncanton. Southwest wind at 11. Not nearly as windy as what we dealt with over night and early this morning where we did get damage reported. 60 in downtown cleveland. South wind at 13. All right, the headlines very warm tonight. We have the over night rain that will be developing. Still warm tomorrow. One more day with showers around. And then it turns colder on thursday. Windy. A little bit of lakeeffect rain will be developing as well. Forecast details later on in the halfhour. Mark. Mark jeff, thanks. So high, gusty winds really the problem over night leaving a heck of a mess in the wake in a lot ofpo Catherine Bosley joining us now with a look at what was going on in cleveland. Catherine. Look at that. Reporter well, you know, indeed the damage is scattered. But what you see behind me here, whats left of this vacant building on the west side on maywood gives you a pretty good idea of the power of some of the winds from last night. Some scary moments over night with winds Strong Enough to bring down an entire wall of this abandoned building waking some neighbors up in a bit of a panic. Waking up it was like, boom, reporter connie lives right next to the building that they were hoping would be taken down soon. Oh, my good. Look at all of this. Im glad nobody was hurt. I hope there was no animals in there. Reporter no one hurt here either but damage as a tree toppled on to a house. Also on the east side, kinsman and east 7 third. Check out this mess. A chunk of facade of the church ripped away crashing to the ground. And cleanup along downtown after the street was covered in glass when cable used in construction was snapped by the wind and smashed out a number of windows. The road reopened just in time for rush hour. And with all of that, of course, comes power outages. Last i talked with first energy, theres still about a thousand homes and businesses in the dark, mostly on the east side. But im also told within the next couple of hours, everybody should have their power restored. Cleveland 19. Well, there is a new law on the books that may prevent the number of drunk driving deaths. Its legislation that takes the wheel out of the hand of serious dui offenders. I had my license since i served the time in 1984. Reporter it began when we noticed jerry got an Impaired Driving he had been convicted in 1984 killing three people driving drunk on brookpark road. He got out of jail in just over a year and immediately got a new license. Since then, hes gotten nine more duis. He was not alone. Ohio law said the drivers license suspension begins at the time of sentencing. So dozens of inmates arrested by police were sitting in jail cells at the same time they were working off their suspensions. They would get out and immediately get a new license. Last year we brought the issue to state representatives who you did that we realized that people were able to get their license back when they were released from prison after an aggravated vehicular homicide offense. Reporter baker and manning began a statewide campaign for a change in the law that began more than a year ago by talking to judges. We looked into it, and sure enough the suspension is concurrent with the prison sentence. So i said i dont think most people realize think they would support that. Reporter next they went to the legislators. Many of whom were unaware. And won unanimous support that makes an important change in the law. It says very simply that the suspension will begin at the day that you are released from prison. Reporter youre not working off your suspension while youre locked off. Thats right. Reporter the governor has already signed the bill. The speaker of the ohio house put his signature on it and the getting answers, paul orlousky, cleveland 19. Romona while it has been signed, the bill wont take effect for 30 days. Notification to people in the Legal Community about the changes will also be sent out. Cbs news has learned that former labor secretary elaine chow is president elect Donald Trumps to be transportation secretary. Chow served under president george w. Bush and is married to Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and georgia congressman was nominated to lead health and human services. They both have years of experience in washington. The louisville teacher strike is over but no progress is made. The Teacher Union voted to return to the classroom tomorrow with the one clause it wanted removed remains. The union wanted a no retaliation clause in the contract that would prevent reprisals against any teacher, student, parent or Community Member for what they did before still ahead here at 4 00. Romona Wildfires Force Evacuations in tennessee. We have one mans wild escape. Live from clevelands news center, driven by Don Joseph Toyota in kent, this is cleveland 19 news. Romona hotels and homes are destroyed in gatlinburg and wildfires there. More than 14,000 have been forced to evacuate. Everything is burning around us. Every cabin, everything. Romona this video showing this mans escape down the mountain during these wildfires. Its going viral now. Michael posted the video to his Facebook Page and it already has more than 3 million views. He says he was able to escape. Wow. At the aquiu leave behind more than 10,000 of them but the aquarium is closed today. Jeff. Jeff all right. Yes, we continue to monitor that situation. They did get a little bit of rain yesterday, but it wasnt enough to really stop those fires. So they continue to deal with that horrific situation there. Around here we are dry. We have some cloud cover around. This is the front thats going to come through tomorrow afternoon. And we think at that time we system. This is going to be phase two coming up. And also eventually a cooldown. But we got some more rain that will be developing here over night. Nothing in the area right now. So youre good to go for the drive and anything that you have planned this evening. Look at the temperature. 60 degrees. Loving it. And even out to the west, we still have temps well in the 50s. A little cooler tomorrow. One more warm day before the temperature drop as we get into thursday. Here is a look at future view were dry. Were going to hold steady, i think, in the mid 50s and generally a mostly cloudy sky. Watch what happens over night heading into the morning drive tomorrow. Here is 7 00 a. M. Showers around. Not particularly heavy. But enough to give you a wet morning commute. And kids heading off to the bus stop, youre going to be encountering some showers. And the risk is going to be there pretty much throughout the day. Remember in my first weather hit, we have the alert going all evening. Here is a look at the rainfall. And this is through the afternoon tomorrow. Its not much. It looks like most areas around a tenth of an inch or so. Well see what develops. The heaviest rain should stay to the south of us with this system. But by thursday as that cooler air rushes in, well get into a little lakeeffect rain there. Okay. Tonight over night rain develops. And its going to be very warm. Look at the low temperature. 53 in cleveland. Akroncant s and a low of 49. Tomorrow mostly cloudy, showers around throughout the day. It looks like the best opportunity will be actually in the morning. And one more warm one out there. 60 degrees for the high. Tomorrow night well start to see that cooler air come in. Here you see the planner, 7 00 a. M. , showers, 53. Noon, 56. And a risk of some showers. Mainly light rain. Temperatures dropping a little night. Now, on thursday mainly along the lakeshore were going to see some lakeeffect rain developing and cooler. 43. I do have an alert on friday for a winter mix. This will be a little lakeeffect. 41. And saturday a winter feel with some minor snow showers. Were not expecting any accumulation out of this. But some light lakeeffect 36. Saturday night 29. Monday 47, dry. And we could see some morning rain on tuesday. 47. Okay. Im in the First Alert Weather Center here. If you follow us on social media, you know that this guy is coming to join us. Mr. Jason nicholas, happy to have you. Anchor great to be here. And finally let the cat out of the bag. Its been a few months ive been underneath desks and we have a great weather team. Im looking forward to working with you every night. Ive long admired your stuff as a meteorologist and i want to learn and were going to teach each other and have a great time. Jeff ive been getting a lot of people asking me are you leaving . No. Im not going. He and i are going to be working together here. Its a new era in weather here at cleveland 19. And were going to be dominating the weather here in this market and bring you the best coverage that we can. Anchor and any fights we have between you and i are going to bff i promise. Jeff yes. Anchor maybe put them on facebook or instagram. Jeff thats right. Anchor with the cell phone, the mobile alerts, best in the area. Obviously. Jeff there it is. Welcome, jason. Jeff you asked us earlier throw us a curve ball because you have to get back into the swing of things. So here is your curve ball. If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be . Oh, my gosh. [ laughing ]. Anchor you know, i feel bad they lose their leaves. They do color very nicely with the different bright colors. But ive always been jealous of the evergreens. Because you have your leaves and your needles all year. Jeff okay. I think hes back into the swing of things. What do you guys thing . Awful. Jeff welcome Jason Nicholas. Youll start doing the news next week. Monday, december 5th. And, mark and ramona and harry, great to join you guys too. Romona oh, its good having you. [ laughing ] romona like i do all of the guys. [ laughing ] romona and hes going to join ramonas room. I love that. Anchor cant wait to come in the room. Mark you can get him for that deciduous comment. You say deciduous. I say conifer. [ laughing ] Cuyahoga County has announced the scam squad. Reporter the scam squad goes after people who spends their time being unsuspecting of the elderly most often of their life savings. Scammers who are calling folks, theyre professionals. They are organized crime figures. They have got scripts. Theyve got employees. They do this for a living. Reporter now a scam squad to reduce scams against Senior Citizens has been put together. The task force is made up among others, the aarp, the cuyahoga affairs, which Sheryl Harris runs. If we all network and were all talking to each other and all sharing information that were really going to get a better outcome both in the investigation. Reporter director harris got a call for help just this morning. She got a call from what she thought was her grandson. Someone sounding like he had been crying and said i really need some help. Im in jail. Let me put you on the line with the public defender. Reporter it was a scam. Luckily she didnt fall for it. If theres a problem that youre panicking about and an instant solution that gets offered to you within that same communication, thats where you really need to step back. Because that is where scams happen in that little bubble of panic around you. Reporter more than 2. 6 billion is scammed from seniors every year. The scam squad also asks them to post these consumer alert cards where gift cards are displayed. They wanteo cards. Gift cards. Or in money wires. Those are two payment forms that no legitimate Government Agency ever accepts. Reporter now, Sheryl Harris says when confronted with youve got to take care of this right now kind of scenario, she says take a deep breath, dont send any money, dont buy any gift cards. And please check with family and police to verify the emergency is real. Cleveland 19 romona already, harry, thank you. Trending today on cleveland 19 news at 4 00. Welcome back. Its time to find out whats trending and where some goggles are. Romona and its a case of a hungry, hungry hippo or maybe hes angry. South africa was driving across a bridge at a National Park when he saw the hippo on the bridge. He assumed it was used to humans because there were people walking nearby. He was wrong. [ laughing ] mark the hippo charged the truck leaving significant damage. The hippo tried to bite the truck and then walked away as if that never happened. Well, rudolph with your nose so bright, wont you get my pizza right. Dominoes pizza is japan says its training reindeer. To deliver pizza in one of japans coldest snowiest regions. From what we can tell, the delivery mans job is safe. The trainers seem to be having trouble reigning in these drivers. [ laughing ] i need my goggles. Mark weve all done it. Admit it. Little aiden walker searching for the lost goggles before jumping into the pool. Se finds them on top of his head. Even when he touches them, he realizes where they are and jumps in. Romona how cute is he . Mark smart guy. Coming up here at 4 00. Your job is to break people up and have a nice day. Romona why this woman is going viral now. And the president s pad is all decked out and ready for the christmas holiday. We break down the decor by the . . eeeeohmumohweh hush my darling. dont fear my darling. hush my darling. man snoring dont fear my darling. the lion sleeps tonight. woman snoring take the roar out of snore, yet another innovation,. One of the victims in the ohio state attack spoke publicly for the first time today. Romona William Clark is a math and science professor at watts hall. He was struck by the attackers vehicle and a few minutes later he heard three shots fired. Clark suffered severe cuts and bruises. He was dismissed from the hospital this afternoon. Three other rvictims rema hospi hospitalized. High winds ripped down wires and caused a couple of buildings to collapse. Gusts topped 50 Miles Per Hour early this morning. Most of the electricity has been returned to homes and businesses but crews