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online at wfla.com and of course the news channel 8 app. also breaking tonight, a fire at the omar mosque from tampa this month has been ruled as an arson. investigators first thought the fire started because of a small refrigerator that was plugged into a faulty electrical cord. well now the state fire marshal says that gasoline is actually to blame. they tested samples taken from the scene and they found gas was used as an a st. petersburg woman is lucky. she stopped to help a disabled driver on the howard franklin bridge when another driver hit her patrol car and then hit another car as well. chip osowski is live for us. this is a story that could have ended very differently. >> reporter: it certainly could have, rob. officer brittany becker was on her way home early this morning

stranded motorist, never treatmenting that -- never dreaming that the act could have taken her life. police telling us kirsten martinez was driving a 2013 mercedes when she hit the police cruiser and two other cars. two of the cars burst into flames. the latest of the string of crashes that should have never happened because drivers are required to move over emergency vehicles and all too often they do not. >> if you are traveling on a highway with multiple lanes, you must move over. >> reporter: they posted this video hoping to educate drivers, but it seems that many don't know about the law or don't care. in may a driver hit a road ranger on the howard franklin. omar duncan suffered serious injuries in that crash. shortly after his supervisor told news channel 8 close calls

>> i've gotten hit twice now. yeah, i've gotten hit twice. same thing. aggressive driving and somebody rear ended me. >> hurt? >> both times, yes, i was. >> reporter: and in february roger perez was driving a tow truck for lou's total car care was hit and killed on the bridge trying to pick up a car. yolanda fernandez with st. pete pd says even law, moving over is simply the common courtesy. >> not only the law, but it is common sense. if someone is on the side of the road with a broken down car, just give them some room, move over, give them that lane because you never know that somebody could step out into traffic, cause a serious injury. let's face it, a lot of people aren't paying attention. >> reporter: if you are not paying attention, be prepared to pay up. a ticket for not moving over for emergency vehicles will get

and three points on your license. back to you. >> not to mention that it is much safer to do that. chip osowski reporting live for us, thanks. today, st. petersburg police come to find a way to help with the city's homeless population. they attended the meeting to see what solutions they have come up with. >> reporter: bob has called the streets of this st. pete home for the last 24 years. >> once you get so far the totem pole, you know, financially and you burn all your bridges, brother it is tough to get back up to an even keel, it really is. >> reporter: all he wants is a job. he is one of countless people the group celebrate outreach wants to help. they held a community forum on saturday. they are a partnership of st. pete area's faith based congregation and individuals. >> just regular people that are committed to this with a passion. >> reporter: their mission to

and the community. >> that's huge and a huge task, but we're in it one day at a time. >> reporter: also in it for the long run, officer rich who has been with st. pete pd, helping them by taking to the streets, finding them badges, getting them to detox. but one of the major obstacles, spice. >> it is a two-prong approach if you want to help that i've got another squad officer that will be on out there that i hate to say it, but jail is the answer. >> reporter: also a part of the converon a program of their catholic charities. >> can a conversation like this do something? >> absolutely. >> they can bring the right players together. >> reporter: will meetings like this help those who need it? >> is it all talk and no action or action? >> it is political. it all depends on who wants to come out of the wallet. >> reporter: in st. petersburg, news channel 8. >> st. pete works with police hand in hand as well. it is an effort to get the

services, a bed, and a recovery program. now to the very latest on the zika virus in miami, there is now a new area under a travel warning and it includes south beach. five new cases are now confirmed to have come from the 1.5-square mile area. now despite the new travel warning from the cdc, miami beach officials and business owners are not very worried about this. the mayor admitting today that the presence of the zika virus is not ideal for tourism, however says that they do not expe t impact. >> there is not a panic going on here by any means. there's people going by with a skate border. there's a lot happening. people love miami beach. but we cannot down play this. we must focus on this and eradicate this. if we work together and we get our governor to work with us, we can get this done. >> you've heard the mayor mentioning governor rick scott. he's accusing governor scott of, "playing politics by withholding information from city and county leaders about these new zika cases."

local transmissions of zika in florida is 36. water logged louisiana continuing tonight to try to dig itself out from the devastating floods. i mean you can see it here from the video. thousands of people would pick through what's left of their homes today. others are trying to kind of rebury their relatives whose caskets have been unearthed because of all the flooding. take a look at what we are talking about here happening in 15 cemeteries across seven parishes in louisiana. maybe even more really. officials don't know yet how many graves and tubes have been damaged. by the way president obama will visit the devastated area on tuesday. and now to a different problem in california, firefighters there are very optimistic that they are going to make more progress today against this very massive wildfire. the blue cut fire has burned through several square miles, but now 80% contained, which is great news. california's forestry department says that firefighters are extremely

a mop up phase. 7,000 people are still under the evacuation order at the height of the fire though, that number was 82,000. still to come on news channel 8 at 6:00. a four-week old kitten is found on the side of the road. well now this little one is on the other road. the road to recovery. the story is next. just a very few isolated showers and storms inland this evening. we'll look ahead to the second half of the weekend and get you updated on the very busy

a four-week old kitten is doing much better after being found on the side of the road of new port richey, but how did it get there? mary mcguire went to pasco county to see how it happened. >> reporter: her name means

tell that the short life is anything, but pretty. >> she is only four weeks old. we don't know if it is a traumatic injury or some sort of an infection. >> reporter: yesterday the four- week-old kitten was found on the side in new port richey with a terrible infected tumor on her eye. in recent months, they've been seeing more and more abandoned animals just like >> it breaks our hearts every time we see it unfortunately. we're glad that we are here to help the ones that do come into the shelter. >> they don't know exactly hashy ended up on the side of the road, but the discovery comes after multiple cats have been found dead on the howard franklin bridge since may, possibly tossed out of the moving vehicle. >> throw it away at the spca and their humane society and to animal control and verses something on the side of the road where they do not have a chance. >> reporter: the staff are just

it into their care and time. to get the extensive medical treatment that they need. in pasco county i'm mary mcguire news channel 8. >> they just sent us the update from the spca. bellisima had surgery, check her out. she's doing absolutely great. doctors say the surgery was successful and she's in recovery right now giving her a thumbs up. the olympics are coming to a close tonight and tomorrow and that is all that is left. i me here. but there are still a few more wins. they are looking to add even more tonight. what you can expect to see tonight when we come back. we'll have that and more coming up. you're watching the station that is always on your side. well, when you have copd, it can be hard to breathe.

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and more medals today, an athletic milestone to tell you about. team u.s.a. has a dominating lead in the medal count. competition wraps up tomorrow. i hate to say that. brian morgan gives us a look back at what we're going to see tonight. >> and there's your olympic gold medalist. fo comes from the united states. >> reporter: jorgensen broke the barrier, the first ever triathlon gold for team u.s.a. stevenson fought hard, but lost a split decision in boxing. he's taking home silver. the women's indoor volleyball team defeated netherlands to take bronze. on this ultimate day of olympic competition, we are learning that gymnast simone biles has

and -- has been chosen to carry the stars and stripes in tomorrow's closing ceremonies. the americans are looking to go the distance in track. men in the 1500 and 5000. women in the high jump and 800. >> you get the team's spirit behind you. it pushes you on. >> reporter: both men and women are hoping to help the u.s. medal count in the four by 400 relay. brian mooar nbc news, rio. >> u.s. olympian ryan krausser was born in a town called boring, oregon, i kid you not. he set a new olympic record in the shot put earning his first gold medal. paul ryan caught up with him. he's a big guy listed as six- feet seven. since the games began, he has gotten bigger. >> i have gained weight in the olympic village. they really load up your plate with a lot of bacon.

one thing? >> yes, you hold out your plate and you think that you'll get two to three strips, but here you get a quarter pound of bacon. >> as the shot putt winner. >> he had two ncaa championships. now, he can add a gold medal to that. pretty awesome. the united states continuing to dominate with 111 medals now. every category, 40 gold, 36 silver, 35 bronze. china is a distant second with a total of 68. for the u.s. it has been an awesome olympics so far. a quiet day today, with one of the few showers and storms that are still around this evening out from lakeland auto mall here. we've got some sunshine in lakeland, still hot. closer to the coast earlier

a few of our showers and storms make their way on through the area. those came through pretty quickly with the on shore flow. and then it started to push inland with this prevailing easterly wind, westerly wind, excuse me working on through the day today. we've got a source issue here, still showing you the camera. rpm forecast model shows that the showers and storms are wrapping up as we head on through the second part of the day today. there we go. and as we head on evening hours, that wraps up. mostly clear skies through the overnight hours. a quiet start to their sunday. that's when we'll see some sunshine. you can't rule out a stray shower with that flow. early part of the day tomorrow and then into the afternoon hours is when we're going to see the limited coverage of the showers and storms pushing inland, only expecting the isolated storms about a 20% rain chance through the second half of the weekend. also for monday just about a 20% rain chance. the plume of moisture will move thrown tuesday when we will see

through the second part of the workweek. early tomorrow morning, some isolated storms around by lunchtime. your high temperatures are tomorrow in the afternoon. back in action this evening for our second pre-season game up in jacksonville. partly cloudy skies. just a stray storm that will be expected with the temperatures in the mid-80s. tropics are getting busy at this time of the year. we do have a fiona tropical storm that is weakening likely into a depres tomorrow. 60% chance of developing into a tropical system. yet another tropical wave coming off africa. that is a 70% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next five days. here is fiona heading up towards bermuda weakening over the next few days. only limited concern with that, just some rain. for bermuda, 99 in eldo where the forecast models will take the lesser areas, perhaps into the caribbean. that's something we'll watch very closely over the next five to ten days or so.

with plenty of sunshine. still hot. we're at 89 degrees. the wind out of the west at 9 miles per hour. it is 91 in plante city. 88 in sarasota. 90 degrees in venice. your forecast high temperatures over the next five days with limited rain chances. we'll get plenty of heat expecting above average temperatures in the low 90s over the next five days. tonight we'll see mostly clear skies staying mild. low temperatures drop down to 79 degrees. for tomorrow a forecast high temperature of storms moving inland for the second part of the day. 20% chance for rain on monday, ten had back up to 40% by tuesday. rod? >> all right, thank you very much. the next nfl pre-season game is is here. the bucs are taking on the jaguars tonight. kickoff, in fact, is less than an hour away. dan lucas is in jacksonville

good evening from jacksonville. the bucs and the jaguars will kick off in an hour from now. behind me only a few stragglers left for warm up. the special teams guys are kicking some field goals on our end. but i'll tell you in the second game you'll see the ar not much though. the position battles continue. that's what cutter really wants to see. the receivers get another chance to impress beginning with dye the first kick returner tonight. last week kenny bell fumbled the opening kickoff. he needs to make the most of his chances tonight, but there's a leader in the clubhouse for the first spot in the 4-6 depth charts. >> still a work in progress. i think russell shepherd has

group, been the most consistent. we know he's a good special teams players -- players as well. we still need to battle in there. i think that it is still a tight group. it's sort of, there's a pecking order right now. but there is still time. >> reporter: there's some questions unanswered in this offensive line the center evan smith, joe holly. that's an open position. donovan smith had the flu the other had to slide over and play his spot. he comes back into the left guard position tonight. so the o-line is still trying to come together. hi a chance to sit down with the right guard. this is the second preseason. he's an entrenched member of the offensive line. i asked him if the line can make the offense even better this year. >> i think our offense last year took some pretty good strives, but i think that, you know, another year we can do more strives and be even more impressive.

but it is really about execution for us. i think that moving forward we will be very successful offensively. >> you need doug to have another big year for you. dreamers can throw for 10,000 yards and all these touchdowns. but you want a 1,000-yard guy because that's the o-line's badge. >> that is exactly right. as many yards as doug could get, that is really how, you know, we can measure how well we're doing. yeah, we're going to try to get doug a lot of yards this year. ball and take guys out of the game. so i think that doug is going to impress some people. >> reporter: all right news channel 8 your official bucs station presenting the bucs and jaguars tonight at 7:30. don't forget the game will broadcast on great 38 satellite providers right there on your screen. rod, we're not going to see doug martin tonight. i don't think that he's going

week. as a precaution they will probably sit him out tonight. but still you heard them, they want to run the ball. they want to try to do it again tonight. >> all right, go bucs. >> thanks, dan, we appreciate it. >> we'll take a little break

a final look at our forecast tonight. >> reverse weather pattern and the showers and storms start earlier, then push inland earlier. same old story for tomorrow. you'll also notice the limited rain chance, high a 20% chance for rain. second half of the weekend right into the start of the workweek on monday we'll keep the temperatures in the low 90s without more of that rain to cool us off. a little plume of moisture on tuesday though. that's where we'll see the rain chances back up to 40%. even through the middle part of the week on wednesday, thursday, the rain chances are still a little bit limited. >> we like that though. it's not bad, although it is just hot. >> thank you very much. thank you for joining us. nbc nightly news is next. normally you can join us on

the bucs verses the jags, which starts in about an hour. we're back here after the olympics. have a fantastic evening. on this saturday night, nbc news exclusive. ryan lochte with matt lauer admitting his tale about being robbed in rio isn't the whole truth. golden team usa. zika zone. growing worries after that virus is found in a popular destination for tourists. the measure some are taking to protect themselves in miami beach. faces of war. the symbol of an unending conflict. more on the desperate plight of so many syrian children with no way out.