right now on news channel 8 at 5:30. historic changes being made in the bay air. a med -- bay area. a medical marijuana dispensary is on the horizon but already a patient is reaping the benefits. >> history made this morning as the first patient registered with the state of florida marijuana. a long time neurologist prescribed it to a brain injury victim. the company who made it plans to open a dispensary later this month. and that's where we find melanie. >> it will officially be open for business in just days. as for that patient today we were there as he received his prescription. >> for rupert murdoch life has

has been a struggle for the last few days. his wife says she's heartbroken after showing him in pain. he was nearly killed in a car accident in 2014. they tell us they're hoping for a miracle in this medical marijuana spray. >> if its okay for grandma and grandpa it should be okay for everyone else. >> at first they were gensz medical marijuana and -- against medical wanted nothing to do with it. after a time they decided that all the pills he had to take also controlled his life. >> with a brain injury you lose so much of yourself and we're hoping that you know when he can come off the medication that is he's on that he will get to feeling more like himself, start having more memories. >> a company called surterra their putices makes the

in hillsborough county. lisa avery has been treating richard for the past two years and is excited to see the results. >> we've tried many things and it finally became aavailable so we jumped at the chance. >> and ultimately she's hoping this treatment will take the place of six medications that richard murphy is taking. in order for her to prescribe this she had to complete a special cour with the state. and she has to have a three- month relationship at the very least with her patient. josh? >> it would be nice if he could get off those medications but is this new prescription covered by insurance? >> that's the drawback. it's not covered for insurance. it runs anywhere from $55 to $255 for a 45-day supply. but patients are hoping to get

something new and a little bit they say more organic. >> thanks so much. birth defects related to the zika virus are leading to a new abortion stance. the state's department of health offers free zika testing for pregnant women at county health departments. and the reaction from marco rubio. he claims to be against abortions for all women including those affected with the virus. he says all human life is worthy of protection under the law. planned planned parenthood says that marco rup you is -- marco rubio is out of touch. the new ceo of the wounded

are coming. he told the florida times union it's part of a restructuring. they faced allegations of wasteful spending this year. they say that details will be released in september. some jobs and executive salaries will be cut. the charity employs 600 people. a hoerpt tour pilot -- horpt tour pilot -- helicopter tour charges. deputies say it was flying so low that had a semi truck passed by there would have been a collision. the man said he flew that low because he had a heavy load of passengers. they explained to deputies that their procedures for matters like that do not include flying close to traffic. take a look at this video

falls off the boat. you've no doubt seen that show if you've been. but this is right before the major finale. luckily that character manages to fall backwards into the deck. one of the chipmoneyings making -- chipmunks making sheer he was okay there. many kids riding the bus. worried. it's time to get schooled. you'll want to make sure you're watching this lindsey mastis shows us how kids can survive and escape a school bus crash. >> rescue crewings are creating a -- crews are creating a nightmare scenario. they're taking this bus and flipping it over on the this car. to survive the initial crash tampa fire rescue training chief susan tammy urges kids to

for busses without seat belts. >> the most important thing children can do is sit and don't stand up and walk around. >> after a crash rescue crews race to the scene until then kids should follow the bus driver's instructions or look to older calmer kids. >> the most important thing is to remain calm, consider the others, you know, consider teammates, the buddy system. be responsible for one another on your exit. >> don't another kid. >> correct. >> as the bus balances on top of the car firefighters need to stabilize it before rescuing kids. kids are used to going down the center aisle but when it's on its side you have to be careful not to step on the glass and go through. i'm trying to make sure i'm on the metal part or the upper part of the bus. look before you exit. jumping out the top hatch could

drop. some crashes can cause fuel leaks and fires. in those cases. >> any way that you can get out is your best option. >> you'll want to get out right away if the bus is sinking in water. similar to what happened after a school bus crashed into a large pond last year. >> remember some kids may not be able to swim. >> once outside watch out for traffic. get to safety, and stick together. don't leave even if it's with a parent unless school >> this can an emotional and chaotic scene and without a good count of how many people on the bus we don't know if people are missing. >> kids should remember that being brave doesn't mean there won't be tears. >> it's okay to cry. >> in tampa lindsey mastis news channel 8. >> for the next two weeks everywhere you look you're going to see something olympic related especially here on news

>> coming up we talk with paige a sailor from clearwater and 100% of her events in the much maligned water. how she feels about thachlt that's straight ahead. stay with us. an active 48-hour period here for showers and a few thunderstorms. we'll see if that carries on for tomorrow's forecast in that

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it's fun to look around and see what kind of rainfall we came up with in many of our locations more than an inch. one thing's for sure the locations have cooler numbers on them. 78 degrees. about a quarter inch in sun city plaza.

river. temperature here # 8 degrees. polk county seeing lesser amounts than folks on coastal areas. four, five inches in some of the northern areas. in particular along the coastline. a foot plus rain not too far away. as you move farther inland you get letszer amounts. as we watch in effect for levy, her nan do -- hernando, citrus, and pasco counties. we chase that area of low pressure away from us. 4.17 inches tampa international. last week we were below. an impressive total. it added up in a couple of days.

heavier to the east. higher reflecktivity here. goes down to indian river county. fairly quiet at the moment. need a little break from the rain here. light to moderate shower activity. you can see some of the inland areas light to moderate stuff. 82 degrees at noon tomorrow. the early rain chance like we saw today. doesn't mean you will see rain right where you possibility is there. closer to the coast bert chance of seeing showers especially heavy rain. 78 for brandon. it's a pleasure to show you these numbers. don't like to show you the flooding but it's nice to see the temperatures. in the 70s for august not too bad. this area of pressure across the north helping to create the instability.

area that tend to add up to higher totals. this is the broad area of low pressure that's helping to drive that flow and take advantage of that warm gulf air and turn it into rain. that's what we've seen the last 24 hours and beyond. the forecast for the short term says light rain for the evening hours that's fine. a chance to dry out a little bit. showers start to redevelop especially north of the bay much like friday. north of the chance of showers. 85 for tuesday. note the rain chance at 70% on that day. 88 degrees for wednesday and slowly the rain chances back up as the area of low pressure backs away from us. thursday and especially friday afternoon shower and thunderstorm chances. we have this atmospheric moisture around but that's what we expect in august. >> all right thank you much.

so far the u.s. is leading in the medal count and team usa is making history in other ways. reporter jack joins us live. hey jack. >> hey, you know after a big opening weekend the u.s. is primed to win more medals tonight. swimming and gymnastics dominate primetime but it was a fencer who made history today. for the american woman competed in the olympics wearing a hi jab. she said her sport helps her encourage people. >> i'm just looking forward to representing myself, my community, and also my country. >> in basketball team usa was dominant again. the women topped the 100 point

day in an easy win over spain. ahead tonight the men's gymnastics team has a strong shot at a medal in the team competition trailing only chai nachlt a big -- china. >> you can be the greatest team in the world but if you don't fight for your brothers then you're not going chemistry, that special moment. and this team is full of brotherhood we're trying to use it. >> that is a motivated gymnastics team. also tonight diving o ton docket. u.s. -- on the docket u.s. send david to the board. should be a great night of coverage. >> i was glued to my tv yesterday. and tonight is another big night for swimming so i know

>> michael phelps in another semifinal tonight as he goes on a quest for a 20th gold medal. four finals that u.s. swimmers are a part of. just keep it right here on wfla. >> john not a problem. >> clearwater native and bull paige is sailing on the women's radio this week. she placed 15th earlier and 2nd she's ranked 7th right now. we have an exclusive interview. >> you're competing in the lay ser radio. >> it's the single-handed or female boat. >> i thought it was way for complicated. >> how often have you been here what do you think? >> my first time was in 2007 and since then my coach and i devoted all -- devoted all of our time since 2013.

big issue what's your take? >> the famous question. you know, first i want to give it to brazil. they have done an amazing job at cleaning up the water over time. i've seen a huge improoucht and it doesn't -- improvement. it doesn't affect us when we're sailing. it's a media thing. it doesn't affect the athletes at all. i learned a lot about keeping it to the racing. focuon there's a loft stuff that -- the press t inspirational things, you can get distracted. i'm focused on having a beautiful performance. >> how do you handle medal hopes? >> i was asked that the other day. what i think about is me sailing good. i imagine myself on the race course executing the stuff i trained the last few years.

what my focus on is going out there and having people from my country being proud. >> last question. anything to say to the folks back home in clearwater and florida rooting for you this week? >> keep your fingers crossed. give me all your good luck. and i'm going to do my best to support and make everybody proud back home. >> paul ryan is reporting from rio for the next couple of weeks. you can catch his live reports everrn 8. a local sports note. the buccaneers first preseason game is this thursday. can you believe it? news channel 8 your official buc station will bring you the first game from philadelphia. we will broadcast it on great 38. starts at 7:00 p.m. this thursday night. >> i'm so glad it's football season. i love lucy an american classic. >> an iconic statue.

sill ball's home -- lucille ball's town for so long. >> and you can join us on great 38 every night from 8:00 to 9:00 we hope to see you there. good afternoon. coming up tonight the global meltdown that stranded delta airlines passengers around the globe. a lot from here in rio too including my conversation with motionly charged medal win. all the days big stores when we see you back here tonight for

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school is. his family is now suing the school. police arrested him for having a hoax bomb in school which turned out to be a homemade clock. fires burning in san bernardino. the pilot fire is only 5% contained. it's now 4500 acres threatening silverwood lake california. there are evacuations in place and are involved:. a town in upstate new york replaced a statue that became noun as scary lucy. this is the -- known as scarry lucy. >> this is the old one it's supposed to look like actress lucille ball. this is the new one. it's much better. the star of i love lucy was

the original statue was put up 7 years ago. the sculptor who put up the new statue says it captures her confidence. . stacey and keith here with what we're wokking on. >> water everywhere in pasco county tonight. >> some of the areas hardest hit and when we can expect some relief. new developments in what the fbi is doing in hopes of finding the killer. ralph heath is no longer welcome here after a lawsuit by his own family. but what about the n ?? government investigations that you paid for? it was the biggest talker during the olympic this weekend what were those red splotches on michael fell p's arms? it comes from cupping. i'll tell you about it coming

right now on news channel 8 at 6:00. heavy rain causing major flooding we are live in the hardest hit area. and decades investigations into a bird sang ware founder. we're on it because you paid for it. a trend among rio athletes. >> i'm stacie schaible. >> i'm keith cate thanks for joining us tonight. we begin with the rainy weather. tampa bay is waterlogged now. this is what it looks like in parts of pasco county.

of days creating flooding and a good time for kids who like to jump in it. first to steve in the weather center. >> we have an area of low pressure in the northern part of the gulf of mexico. lots of atmospheric moisture that's what's produced the rain. some impressive totals the last couple of days. this is a view right now from clearwater beach at over -- frenchies. heavy rain has fallen since midnight. citrus county has seen the most rain. the bulk of the heavier rains shifting to the east coast. but those are some impressive numbers. almost two inches in tampa. over that in downtown st. petersburg. as we look at the estimates