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Hi, I'm AJ Apiciti. You're in T. Human. Game six tonight, Guardians Reds for the weekend, got the marathon. Big Day Sunday, two, of the USS Cleveland being commissioned. There's a lot going on. It happens on Saturday. It had a lot going on. Carmen Angelo, with all the news coming up. Plus, we'll follow up on that small plane crash in Akron there near Portage Lakes and all coming up. It's just after 7. News Radio, W.T.A.m. 1100. Cleveland's morning news with Wills and Snydy. There's spill, Willis. Thanks for being there. Traffic update. Your drive now. Here's Pat. Thank you, Bill. From the Elk and Elk Traffic Center for an injury lawyer dedicated to every client every day, call 1-800-Elk, Ohio. Emergency repair work has the Jennings North closed down for the next couple weeks in between 480 and West Side in between 480 and West Side, heading towards the inner belt. 77 North is extra busy. There was an accident on 77 north at Harvard. Looks like that is out of the way already, but slow traffic between 480 and Grant, and then again, as you approach 490. 90 still looks good, east side and west side, heading towards the inner belt, and things are moving okay on the bridge downtown. Next traffic. Update in 9 minutes at 710. Pat Butler, W-T-A-M traffic on 1,100 a.m. and 106.9 FM. Sunshine, followed by increasing clouds here on our Friday. Can't rule out a stray shower. Most areas stay dry. Temperatures starting to warm up. We'll reach the upper 60s this afternoon. 43 North Ridgeville, 44. It's a severe weather station. That's Cleveland 3 News Meteoraldas. Matt Wins. Sports check. Mike Snyder. Good morning, Bill. Caves can close out the series of the win over the Pistons in tonight's game six. Guardians host Tito's Reds, and the Brown's schedule is out. We'll take a look at it. Coming up at 715. Dow did get above 50,000 yesterday. Futures, though, looks like a lower open for 930. We'll get a Bloomberg money update in about 7. And what's the early spend from us and them on President Trump and she over the last couple days in China? Air Force One bringing President Trump home. Highheart's Roy O'Neill coming up at 720. He walks through all that. 702. Let's get to the news now, Carmen Angela. And good morning to you, Bill. A quiet Akron neighborhood rocked about 345 yesterday afternoon when a small plane, which had just taken off from the... nearby Akron Fulton Airport crashed into a home on Canterbury Circle in that city. A young family was able to get out of the home after the plane struck, killing its two occupants. Colton Wadado says he frantically grabbed his young children and got them out of the house. Just a loud bang, almost like a train, I guess, is the best way I can describe it, kind of hit the house, and it just, everything just shook. And I just ran upstairs, and I grabbed both. Both my oldest and my youngest out of their crib and out of their bed and just ran outside with them. Ladato, his wife and kids not harmed. The names of the victims on board the 1963 Piper Cherokee have not been released. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will now determine the cause of that crash. A teenager accused of nearly killing a flag football referees now been smacked with attempted murder at charge and two counts of felonious assault and one count of tampering with evidence are contained in an indictment handed up to 19-year-old Timothy Rubel. He's accused of plowing into referee Brian Williams May 3rd in the Brookside Reservation of the Cleveland Metro Parks after getting into what investigators called an unprovoked dispute with a number of referees. Rubel was accused of plowing into Williams causing a traumatic brain injury. He's free on bond and will be in. court the 28th of May. President Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping told him China is not helping Iran with weapons. He said he's not going to give military equipment. That's a big statement. He said that today. That's a big statement. He said that strongly. But at the same time, he said, you know, they buy a lot of their oil there. I'd like to keep doing that. He'd like to see Hormos straight open.

In an interview with Fox's Sean Hannity after his bilateral summit, Trump said she wants to see a U.S. Iran deal and offered his help if needed. On the economic front, Trump said she agreed to buy 200 passenger jets from Boeing. Trump summarized the meeting as very good. South Carolina's attorney general says his office wants to retry Alex Murdoch quickly after Murdoch's murder convictions were overturned. In Wednesday's ruling, the South Carolina Supreme Court said a county clerk improperly influenced the jury in Murdoch's original trial. A.G. Alan Wilson said his state is up to the job and will push for a speedy trial. Murdoch was convicted in the killings of his wife and son in March of 2023. The case has been the subject of books, podcasts, and documentaries. I'm Mark Mayfield. In arraignment yesterday for a man charged in this week's stabbing of Sheriff Thomas Ballinger and Sergeant Dan Brumey, Ballinger and Brumey were responding to a report of a suspected person Tuesday in Congress Township when the suspect, Chad Palmer reportedly attacked them with a knife. Palmer appeared in court via video yesterday with not guilty, please entered on his behalf on charges including attempted murder. A new buyer has now emerged for a Northeast Ohio mall. The Loring County Port Authority has accepted an offer from IRG, Industrial Realty Group, to purchase the Midway Mall in Illyria. Reports say IRG will pay $15.8 million for the property with plans to transform the location into mixed-use development. IRG also owns several other properties in Northeast Ohio and also leases the I-X Center from the city of Cleveland. The Port Authority had accepted a $17 million. dollar offer two years ago from industrial commercial properties, but that fell through after ICP did not like what it found in a review of the property. I'm Brian Nengel. Commissioning ceremonies will be held tomorrow for the new USS Cleveland. The warship arrived at Cleveland's North Coast Yard last weekend, and after commissioning, we'll head for what will be its home port in Florida. Tomorrow's event will mark the first time that a warship has been commissioned in the state of Ohio. The course is set for Sunday's University Hospital's Cleveland Marathon, and this year's race will take runners through a number of cities' neighborhoods, plus a part of Lakewood. J-Tool is the Marathons Director of Operations. He says this year's marathon course goes all over the map. The first part is downtown, and then we take them into the North Coast Harbor and the Flat East Bank. Then we send them up into Tremont for a loop through Tremont and seeing the Christmas Storyhouse and stuff like that. And then on their way back to the city to get the crossover Lorraine Carnegie Bridge. The marathon goes off to Lake Avenue past Lakewood Park, then the turnaround and back again. Tool says Lakewood had to be left out of the course in recent years due to construction, but it's back this year. For the latest deadlines, at the top and bottom of the hour, set a preset on the free IHeart Radio app to WTAM 1100. I'm Carmen Angelo. Cleveland's morning news with Wills and Snyder is on your smart speaker. That's all the morning news, traffic, weather, and sports. Just tell it to play WTAM 1100 on IART Radio.

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That was one of the most memorable nights. I know really in my career covering sports, that was after LeBron had really taken down the Pistons in Game 5, and that dramatic finish with him. And then we came back here to Cleveland. It was a Saturday night, and the town was rocking. And that was when Joe Tate with a great call that the Pistons were booby-trapped, when Boobie Gibson had all those threes, and the Cavs blew out Detroit in Game 6 and went on to the conference finals now, or to the NBA finals. Now, this is for a trip to the conference. conference finals, but I think it would feel pretty much just as good if the Cavs could knock out Detroit tonight. The opportunity is there. But as Kenny Atkinson said, you cannot take a thing for granted just because you have a three-two leave. I've been in this position before and have lost this next game, this game six. And then that puts a lot of pressure on you in game seven, especially if you've got to go on the road. And then, you know. And obviously take energy from you if you end up advancing. Yeah, see, there's two parts to that. Okay, you don't want to go back to Detroit, right? But the other thing is, as Kenny says, if you don't win tonight and you've got to win that game seven, I mean, what's left when you go to the next round? Now you've got a chance to kind of give yourself a break. Although, regardless of what happens tonight, there will be a game Sunday. As the Cavaliers, if they win, they'll play in New York with game one of the finals, and that's the preference, right, over game seven. against Detroit. Tonight, 7 o'clock tip. Cavs, Pistons, hear it, a 100.7. WMMS get warmed up for the game with the D-Man. Dennis Manilov doing sports line from Rocket Arena. Special edition begins at 3. NBA's official review of the final two minutes of the Cavs win in Game 5 said Jared Allen did not commit a foul on Assure Thompson in the final second. Guardians had a day off yesterday. They're back at it tonight. A big weekend series with the Reds, and that means Tito's in town. 710 first pitch tonight. Tanner Bybee will throw it. You can hear it right here and free on the I-Heart. radio app. Get Biby some runs. He's still looking for win number one. Brown's schedule release has them playing game number one at Jacksonville. That's going to be a real problem for scooter in picking who wins that one. And then they meet Baker Mayfield the following week in Tampa before coming home to host Carolina. And then their only primetime game the following Thursday, October 1st, when they will take on the Steelers. They certainly are under the radar with this schedule. All one o'clock kickoffs. And pretty much, they're pretty much in the eastern or central time zone for every. game. The schedule is really, it's there for the taking for the Browns to have a good year. Kevin Spansky and his Falcons come to town December 13th. NFL season begins September 9th, a Super Bowl rematch when the Seahawks hosts the Patriots. Playoff hockey at Rocket Arena last night, game one of the North Division final. Monsters fall to Toronto 5-2. Game 2 is tomorrow night at 7. And after one round of the PGA, Scotty Sheffler, the defending champ, he heads a list of seven who shared the league. at 3 under. Rory four over in his opening round. Home of the cabs and guarding is Mike Snyder. W.TAM Sports. And 720 now. W.T.A.M. Traffic. Here's Pat Butler. Thank you, Bill. From the Elkenau Traffic Center for an injury lawyer dedicated to every client every day. Call 1-800, Elk, Ohio.

Emergency repair work underway for the next couple weeks, at least. The Jennings North is closed down in between 480 and West 14th. 77 North is extra slow. From Harvard up to 490, things are really jammed up, and then you slow down again at East 30th, where it's down to one lane. Getting a little busy with roadwork on the west side on 90 East at West Boulevard. If you spot any problems, let us know. 216-988-88. This report is brought to you by the American Legion Department of Ohio. The American Legion Department of Ohio builds tomorrow's leaders through scholarships, youth programs, and character-building opportunities. When you support the Legion, you support Ohio's future. Learn more at Ohiolegion.com. Next traffic update in 9 minutes at 7.30. Pat Butler, W-T-I-M traffic on 1,100 a.m. and 106.9. Hold on. But the price of gas, most of us are getting side hustles. Pat's is Saturday night on MMS, the rock and roll stuff, right? Yeah, we're not on this weekend, though. Oh, way to go. Why don't you on tomorrow? The two hours to midnight shows. Because there's a big festival going on in Columbus this weekend. Sonic Temple? We can't do a show? Well, Alan Cox is already down there, and I'm going to go down there in the next couple days. Well, I mean, what are you people doing on FM? You think that's in the budget? Snites and I are working all the time. You think that's in the budget? You got one show, and you gets in your way for doing. You got one two-hour show to do a week with five other guys, and you can't pull it up. Well, I think we would need some sponsors to make that happen. I'm going to promote it here. Okay, thank you. I'm trying to help you. back next weekend. Well, I'll do it. Okay. Come in tomorrow night. I'll play my stuff. All right. The one chance I had to promote this thing. I'll shoot a text to Rob Anthony. We'll get it worked out. I'll do that. What's that pay, by the way? It pays zero. Rob, thank you. Okay. I got Motley crew tickets to give away at 7. Oh, nice. Okay, very good. Enjoy your weekend, not working then. Thank you. All right. That's a bit that worked well. Weather, Cleveland, 3 News, forecast for meteorologist Matt Wend, Sunshine. Nice. 60s today. The rain will be in for the weekend. Got 43 right now at your severe weather station. News Radio W.T.A.m. 1100. High hearts, Rory O'Neill will join me next. President Trump on Air Force One heading back from China. Get some early spin on what happened over the last couple days. Coming up at 7.30, Carmen Angelo with the news falling up on yesterday in Akron here first, right? Yeah, and Bill, federal investigators are now leading the investigation into that deadly plane crash in Akron about 3.45 yesterday afternoon. President Trump and China's Xi Jinping wrap up a summit in Beijing, and legendary soul artist Clarence Carter has passed away. We don't want them to have a nuclear weapon. We want the streets open. We're closing it now. They closed it, then we close it on top of them. But we want the streets open. A little bit of President Trump talking to the media after wrapping up the meeting with Xi Jinping and Air Force One now bringing him back. Bringing I heart's Roy O'Neill. Give me an early read. What's the takeer the spin from us and them on what went on? It looked great. Not so sure, though, about is there any meat on the bone here? What was the real takeaway from this? It's great that the two leaders meet. They seem to be cordial, seemed to like one another. It was a great way to show off Beijing and the beautiful gardens of the beautiful...

rooms, but what do they have to show for it so far? Not too much. We got a report that maybe Boeing will be able to sell about 200 planes to China, having gotten all the nitty gritty on it, but Boeing, I think, was expecting that order to be closer to 500 planes. So let's see what happens in the next few months when she then travels to Washington, hopefully in September. Iran's still a problem, and the straight, of course, that was a part of the discussions. And oh, by the way, keep your hands off Taiwan. Well, right. And that's what's interesting, too. You know, the White House will say, look, we are in lockstep on Iran. We want the strait reopen. We want to deny Iran getting ever getting a nuclear weapon. China and the U.S. agree. But China and President Xi Jinping clearly much more interested in the U.S. and its relationship with Taiwan saying that it is central to the relationship between the two countries. And any misstep could cause big problems in the years ahead. All right. That and so much more this week. job putting together a week and review on the iHeart radio app and you can catch it over the weekend what might you be working on my friend well we'll talk to john decker the white house correspondent traveling with the president there in uh Beijing so we'll talk to him plus Charities are struggling right now. They're getting squeezed because there's a lot more demand. The donations are drying up and a lot of federal money that normally would go to charities has also been canceled in recent years. So it's a tough time for charities out there. A good point. I work with many and I've heard and seen that for myself. Even putting stuff on hold, you know, like there's a review on a grant all the sudden. Wait a minute. We were counting on this money and you said we were going to get it now, now maybe not. It really is a problem. You're right. And imagine the cost of operating of food bank these days. It's just, you know, even the gas to fill the truck is getting so much more expensive. Good points. All right. A little more in-depth on the week and review. Check it out. Follow Rory O'Neill on the IHeart Radio app. Great work all week. Thank you so much. Talk to you Monday. Thanks, Bill. Talk to you there.

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This report brought to you by Pro Life Across America. Dow futures lower this morning. We got above 50,000 though, yesterday as the Dow closed up 370 points. Cavs Pistons, game six tonight, Rocket Arena. Guardian's got the Reds for the weekend lot going on. Mike Snyder's taking sports too coming up at 745. Let's plug into the stories. Bring in Carmen Angelo first, and investigators now looking at what happened, huh? Yes, they are, Bill. The National Transportation Safety Board and also investigators from the FAA are heading up the probe into that plane crash yesterday on Canterbury Circle in a quiet Akron neighborhood. A 1963 Piper Cherokee slammed into a home about 3.45 yesterday, while a mother and father and their two young sleeping children were inside the structure. Neighbor Christy Gold on what she heard before the plane fell out of the sky. You just heard a real quick whining of it, like it was like revving. And then all of a sudden, boom, and an explosion. And our house shook. The two occupants on board the aircraft were killed after taking off from Akron Fulton Airport about four miles away. Their names have not been released. A Kiahoga County grand jury handing up an indictment to a man accused of intentionally hitting a flag football referee with his car. Incident happened May 3rd at the Cleveland Metro Park's Brookside Reservation. Timothy Rubel is now charged with attempted murder, felonious assault, and tampering with evidence. Referee Brian Williams was left with a traumatic brain injury. Briamban, he's due in court, May 28th. President Trump wrapping up a two-day summit with Chinese leaders in which they discussed giving American companies greater access to the Chinese economy, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and finding a path forward on Taiwan. More now from Fox News Radio's Edward Lawrence. In China, the president says that he secured a commitment for China to buy 200 Boeing jets. Also, guarantees that China will buy more agriculture and live up to commitments in buying soybeans from American farmers. The president positioning the U.S. to make sure that China refuses to help Iran and pressures to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump saying bringing executives with him was a success. The two world leaders held a bilateral tea, then moved to a working lunch to finalize deliverables. So China experts calling this a... success just because the indication that President Xi Jinping now promises to open the Chinese market potentially to all U.S. businesses. President Xi Jinping could visit the White House in September following an invite from President Trump during that summit. The Yale School of Medicine being accused of racial discrimination in how it selects its applicants. On Thursday, the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department set a year-long probe in the Yale showed the schools of mission department intentionally selected applicants based on their race. Testimony is now over in the trial that is pitting Tech Titans, Elon Musk, and Sam Altman against one another. More now on that.

that story from our Rory O'Neill. Elon Musk is suing OpenAI, a company he co-founded, along with its CEO, Sam Altman, and company president Greg Brockman. Elon Musk argues that Sam Altman reneged on a promise to keep Open AI non-profit, and the $38 billion he donated was misused for commercial purposes. But Sam Altman claims he made no such promise. Jury deliberations start Monday, but their verdict is only advisory, meaning the judge has final say on liability. I'm Rory O'Neill. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani says he's, quote, in the middle of making a very, very full and complete recovery. He returned to hosting the Rudy Giuliani show after being hospitalized earlier this month for viral pneumonia. Carnival Cruise Line says one of its passengers has died after jumping from a balcony into the Atlantic Ocean. A carnival spokesperson says the male passenger apparently climbed over his stateroom balcony on Wednesday and jumped overboard while the ship was en route to the Bahamas. Soul music legend Clarence Carter has died. Carter had a long string of R&B hits from the late 60s to the early 80s, including classics like Slip Away, Stroken, and Backdoor Santa. His biggest hit was the 1970 gold record, patches, which you heard right there. It was also a top 10 hit on the pop charts. Carter, who was born blind, continued to record albums into his 80s. Rolling Stone says Clarence Carter died Thursday following a battle with cancer. He was 90 years old. For the latest deadlines at the top and bottom of the hour, so to preset on the free Eyeheart Radio app to WTAM 1100. I'm Carmen Angelo. When you check in for the news at the top of this is W295 DE Cleveland. Harden, top of the key, bounced up. Oh, a no-look bounce from the... For the equity you've built up in that home of years over the years, could be $200,000 of equity available. That's a national average, by the way, an estimate. A union home mortgage can help you tap into that for whatever else you might need. This bill wills for union home mortgage. Go to UHM.com. Get your cash estimate today. Union home mortgage, turning your home's equity into cash into your pocket. Union Home Mortgage Corporation Equal Opportunity Housing Lender, NMLS number 2229, licensed in Ohio, RMLA, 80283-37000. UHM dot com. News you can use on your money with the latest this morning from Bloomberg. And Union Home Mortgage brings you this Bloomberg money update. This is a Bloomberg Money Minute. Honda and Nissan have essentially traded places since plans to combine. The two companies collapsed dramatically last year. Back then, Nissan was bleeding cash, and Honda was seen as a white night. Their tie up fell apart over Nissan's resistance to demands from Honda. Where one year on, and there are signs Nissan's restructuring is taking root, while Honda posted its first annual loss since it was founded in 1948. Industry observers say this may set the stage for a potential restart of talks on more even terms. Checking on your money a sell-off for stocks this morning.

Futures are lower as the artificial intelligence-fueled rally of late takes a break. This week's hotter than expected inflation data weighing on shares. And AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon announced a rare joint venture that aims to make satellite capabilities more widely available to mobile phone customers. The initiative will ultimately give customers wireless access when there's little to no cell service. Courtney Donahoeh, Bloomberg Radio. We're going up for the weekend, 459. Price to Beat at the pump. Game six tonight. Reds, too, for the weekend. Mike Snyder's sports for you in less than five. Let's take your drive here. WTAM 1100 traffic now. Cleveland's morning news is Bill Wilson. Here's Pat Bowman. Thank you, Bill. From the Elkenau Traffic Center for an injury lawyer dedicated to every client every day, call 1-800-Eilk, Ohio. If you're coming up from the Akron Canton Airport this morning, there's a left-lane accident, 77-north in between Arlington and 27-7. And delays getting into downtown. Emergency repair work has the Jennings North closed from 480 up to West 14th. 77 North. is extra slow, pretty much the whole way from 480 up to the inner belt. 480 east is slowing down between the Jennings and 77. 71 North is just starting to fill in around the metro health curve and roadwork slows down 90 east on the west side in between Detroit and McKinley. This report is brought to you by Summit Racing equipment. Summit Racing has the parts, tools, and accessories to keep your ride summer road trip ready. You'll find everything for pre-trip maintenance and essentials like emergency roadside kits. ShopSummitracing.com and enroll in the rewards program to get more power in every purchase. Next traffic in 8 minutes at 7.50. Pat Butler, W-T-A-M. Traffic on 1,100 a.m. and 106.9. Let's talk some while. They're bringing Cleveland 3 News, meteorald as Matt went. So yesterday morning, Mike and I were doing the show from Firestone at the Guardians Golf Outing. It was chilly. I did not play, but I saw people, and it was kind of sprinkling. It was, you know, like 41, wind chill, probably 30. And then last evening was the first night of our chapel church men's golf outing at the beautiful ridgetop. And so we tee off like at 5.30. It's cold. I mean, it's windy. And then that sun starts to set, and it's like it's mid-May here. What's going on? Mm-hmm. Yeah, and sun versus shade may has made a big difference last couple days as well. Yeah. You know, I'll tell you, things are changing today. We don't have to deal with cool or frost risk or poor golf mornings anymore. That warmer air is going to start to work in today. Now, today's a transition day bill. So we'll have temperatures to get in the upper 60s, which is still below average, but we'll take it. Interval of clouds will work through kind of a cloudy afternoon stray sprinkle. And then this weekend we're there. That humidity builds in. You'll be complaining about it in the afternoon Saturday. Saturday Sunday. Temperatures up near 80. We will have some scattered storms this weekend, but most hours will be dry and very summer-like Saturday Sunday. So we got summer like weather. And next weekend, of course, Memorial Day, right? So it's... Yeah. About time. Yeah, and it looks good leading up to that, too. We'll get a front that comes through with lower humidity. Might have some rain around next weekend just for a day or two, but overall, not bad. 1070s and 80s for Memorial Day. You running the marathon? I am not. No, ever since my injury a couple years ago, but the runners are going to stay hydrated. They haven't been training in this humidity that's coming. So, yeah. It's going to be a big change on their bodies. Big weekend. Guardians Reds for the weekend on the Cleveland Marathon. I've got the USS Cleveland on Lake Erie. There's a lot going. Of course, calves in all game six tonight. So a big weekend. All right. Hey, Matt, thanks much. Have a good weekend, pal. All right, you too, Bill.

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I like the guy's voice. That's well done. I like that. That's energy. I like that. Hey, I can hear it right. Yes. Yeah, good. I like that. I like that. All right. You're in the finals. I like that. All right. We'll pick a couple of winners. We'll have two winners. 945. We'll announce them. And so you've got a chance. On the air radio, I have just to push a little talk about Mike and leave us your best entry, if you will. Good luck. More on the Cavs with Jim Jay Jones, too, coming up at 820. Game 6 tonight is big. Yeah, Bill. You know, and May 15th, there's historic night in Cleveland Sports. It was on this date in 1981 that Lenny Barker threw the perfect game. Cavs have been perfect at home all year. They need to stay that way tonight. If they do that, they'll be on to the Eastern finals. After rallying to win game five to take a three-two lead, Donovan Mitchell said, well, hey, it's no time to do any celebrating just now. I think the biggest thing is just not get too high, get too low. At the end of the day, it's three two. A series is not over. By any means necessary, I think that was the message portrayed in here. Like, it was great to get it on the road. Yay, whoopty do, but like we got to protect home court. Yeah, you do that tonight. You're on to the Eastern Finals to meet the Knicks on Sunday. If you don't, you're back in Detroit for game seven on Sunday. Take care of the ball. And, you know, we break everything down in basketball, but sometimes it's just simply making shots. And the Cavaliers hopefully will get it done from outside. Actually, Detroit, percentage-wise, has shot the three ball better than the Cavs in this series. Make that a different story tonight for the Cavaliers on their home floor. It is a 7 o'clock tip tonight. We will, you can hear the game on 100.7 WMMS, but we've got expanded pregame coverage right here on WTAM with the D-Man. Dennis Maniloff doing a special Cavs Sportsline edition starting at three leading up to that opening tip tonight. NBA's review of the final two minutes of game five says Jared Allen did not foul as Sart Thompson in the final second of the fourth quarter. Guardians in action tonight first of three with Tito's Reds at 710. Tanner by beyond the mound for Cleveland still looking for win number one, and you can hear that game right here and free on the IHeart Radio. Have Guardians at 24 and 21 lead the Central as they end of the weekend. Rather 23 and 21, but they're in last place in the NL Central. Brown's schedule has them opening at Jacksonville on September 13th. Week 2, they're on the road again to meet Baker and the Buccaneers in Tampa before coming home on a September 27th home opener against Carolina. Following Thursday, their only primetime game when... the Steelers come to town. Kevin Stepansky and the Falcons visit December 13th. With the exception of that Pittsburgh game, every game is on a Sunday with a 1 o'clock kickoff. Dion Bernie Sanders says his son, Brown's quarterback Shador, went through hell last year during the pre-draft and rookie season with the team. Dion on the Barbershop YouTube show cited untruthful reporting about his son. He says he likes new coach Todd Munkin, calling Munkin a straight shooter, and primetime plans to visit Cleveland to meet Munkin. Munkin's big decision, of course, going into the new season, who will be the starting quarterback? Will it be Shador or Watson? Golf round one of the PGA in the books, Cotty Cephler, one of seven at 300 sharing the lead in hockey. Monsters drop game one of their North Division final, falling to Toronto 5-2. Game two is tomorrow night at Rocket Arena. Home of the Cavs and the Guardians. Mike Snyder, W. T.A.m. Sports. I'm seeing different headlines. There's so many news stories going on. Different headlines about this and other virus. We'll talk to a

Dr. Joe Galaudi about that from I Heart 24-7 our doc in just a minute. 750 news radio, WTAM, 1100. Cleveland's morning news with Wills and Staddy. This is Bill Wills. Thanks for being there. Let's check your drive. Traffic, Pat Butler. Thank you, Bill. From the Elkenalk Traffic Center for an injury lawyer dedicated to every client every day, call 1-800 Elk, Ohio. Coming up from the Akronkent Airport this morning, there is a left-lane accident slowing things down on 77 North in between Arlington and 277. And delays getting into downtown Cleveland, roadwork from... the next couple weeks now you've got the jennings north shut down between 480 and west 14th so 77 north is solid from 480 all the way up to the inner belt 480 east is extra busy in between the jennings and 77 71 north is just starting to fill in around the metro health curve and then roadwork on the west side slows down 90 eastbound in between detroit and mckinley this report is brought to you by patiti garden center at Hi, I'm AJ Petiti. Shop Petiti Garden Centers now for Buy One Get One Free on annual hanging baskets. Plus 50% off lilac shrubs, azaleas, knockout roses, and select Arborvite. Petitis were locally grown and family-owned. Next traffic update in nine minutes at 8 a.m. Pat Butler, W-T-A-M traffic on 1100 and 106.9 FM. Sunshine, nice fun. Really, today, the best of the next three looks like. Warmer temperatures, though, as Cleveland 3 News Meteorale, as Matt Wince, says, we'll feel more humidity tomorrow and Sunday. Sunshine today, though, in upper 60s for the afternoon. 46th, right now at your severe weather station. News talking sports, news radio, W-T-A-M-1100, FM 106.9, with us on the iHeart Radio app, streaming on the laptop. Thanks for being there. Carmen Ansel working on the 8 o'clock news. Uh, Pat's been talking about this problem on the Jennings. You just talked to Odon about it? Yeah, I talked to Brent Kovacs with ODOT. And Bill, he's saying it's a matter of safety over a matter of convenience as they have closed that portion of 176 headed into downtown Cleveland. Two occupants of a small plane killed when it falls out of the sky in an Akron neighborhood Thursday. And a boisterous suspect makes his first court appearance on charges that he stabbed the Wayne County Sheriff and a deputy. Those stories coming up at 8 on News Radio WTAM 1100. So many things going on. on including this hunter virus uh bringing dr joe galati we talked to several times on medical issues on the ihard 24-7 hotline with me this morning doc good morning hey bill good morning happy friday there everybody and to you my friend we say virus obviously with what happened here a few years ago we all want to know a little bit more uh so where are we at on this story what is it how do we know about it who's got it where what's going on Well, you know, I think the basic line is that there's here in the United States, there is onto virus and it is by, you'll contracted by rodent droppings, rodent urine and saliva. And the key thing here is that it is not contagious.

So if you are working in a barn or working in a house or an attic and you get exposed to it, it's, it's, you know, potentially can be a fatal infection, but it is not contagious. That is the sort of the US version here. What the news is all about is the Andes virus strain of hanta virus with the cruise ship that was in Argentina, South America. And that's where this particular strain is. This is the strain that typically is spread, you know, again, by the rodent droppings, et cetera. But there clearly is a mechanism that you can spread it person to. person. Now the CDC and World Health realized that it is poorly spread person to person, but clearly on the ship. People were exposed and a number of people have contracted it and, you know, a few have died. So that is it. But to think that this is going to create widespread havoc across America, I just don't think this is going to be the case at all. You mentioned the strains. So similar with other viruses like COVID, there are different strains of a virus the same with this then? Yes, for sure. And there are several of these onto viruses around the world that are, you know, certainly U.S.-based, the ones in South America. There are some that are more in Southeast Asia. But the Andes is the only one that can be spread person to person. And again, I think the big alarm here is that there is almost an established. playbook that a lot of people on social media, even in traditional news, are falling back and saying, oh, here we go with COVID-19 again. And, of course, that just brings up such bad feelings. And, you know, there is still a fair amount of distrust with the government with regard to these health issues. So it's confusing, you know, rightfully so. Well, thanks for breaking it down for us. That's what I wanted to get you for a couple minutes. Dr. Gilgalani. Thanks so much. Have good weekend, too, by the way. Okay, you as well. Look up his podcast, too, your health first. Really good information he shares all the time. CDC is monitoring. They say 41 people with that Honda virus after being on that cruise ship. Several of them out in Nebraska. They don't have to be there, but I guess they just want to be there for... for their own reasons as far as making sure they're healthy. 756. W.T.A.m. 1100. Your human experience is personal. These events. In my world right now. Sharing the world's experiences. In Iran. The blockade gas prices keeps us connected. Historic day for Northeast Ohio. Check in office. It's happening all over the place. With W.T.A.M. 1100. Guaranteed human. Hello. I'm Robert Smigle. I did lots of things. Cartoons on SNL. Conan stuff. Triumph the insult comic.

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