. right now on news channel 8, first at 4. >> now, four headlines at 4:00, number 1, campus creeper, we have video that police want to talk to. >> number 2, noise complaints people making a racket over loud music. and wear taking you to raymond james. >> and this is a twist to a tasty frozen tweet. i'll explain coming up. i'm josh benson. >> and i'm stacie schaible, and we want to go to the traffic and here's our meteorologist

we're talking about. we're watching the first tropical storm gaston and invest 99l. the national hurricane center has dropped the development chances to 70%. that's still highly high chances. this is working its way over hispaniola. the national center is displaced to the north a bit. as you head into the next couple of days, you can see most of our forecast models bringing this towards south florida by the end of this weekend and we see a few of the tracks brings it closer to the west of florida and to the gulf and some don't develop it. we'll be watching this very closely still and see if we have any rain out of this system. we'll take a look at the

tracking storms over hispaniola. to the north we're seeing a little bit of a circulation. we're facing a lot of wind shear right now and also fairly dry. >> a that's why we have not seen it develop quite yet. hurricane hunters are out there right now investigating it. tropical storm gaston we'll look at that as well. it's expected to restrengthen into a hurricane, we're certain of the path on it's staying away from land and florida as well. we'll have more on your full weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. thank you. 8 is on your side with a warning by police for a campus creeper. >> a man exposed himself twice and the department have released surveillance video with him. it may be the same man from last year. >> the man is entering the argo

are clear, it appears the creep certificate trying to conceal his identity. the police got the call a week ago, a man exposing himself out of the juniper poplar dining hall. another call through the fresh foods dining area at the argo center. 14 minutes there was a report of a man running naked in the beer parking garage and students are witness it, but one of the places that he was at was somewhere that i had been a little bit before it happened, so, i was, it's creepy. >> usf police now believe this may be the same guy who did the same thing last year. so, take a close look at this video. see how he walks, see how he's dressed. if he looks familiar, police would like to hear from you.

florida, i'm chip osowski, news channel 8. deputies are keeping an eye on a pasco county school after they posted a gun online. that was at sun lake high school, the picture was a joke that got out of hand. if this had happened a meant from now, if that law goes into effect. that student will face criminal charges. the teen and her parents have since apologized for that twitter picture. homeowners and business chambers today, they're at odds at tampa's noise ordinance. people told city council members that the noise is so loud that they can hear the lyrics in their home. bar owners say it will prevent them from playing any music outside. >> we're here to take care of these problems. i'm in the here to criticize

taste of this and hear what it's like. people don't want to hear this noise, you know. >> they'll go ahead with the ordinance and they said come up with a workshop and hammer out a compromise between the two groups. they wanted to make sure american heroes were not forgotten. three veterans were going to sarasota. no one was headed to the funeral. deputies heard that and they felt it was their duty to honor these heroes. >> this country has been in a lot of conflicts around the country. these men go and fight for us and it's a small thing we can do to show respect at their funeral. >> there was a flag that was given to a deputy after that funeral. right now first at 4, the

air traffic control center. the faa stopped departure at the airports this afternoon. it's unclear how many flights were affected. the death toll in central italy from the earthquake has risen to 241 and they're working tirelessly to find more survivors. a camera captured a moment where they found a child, ruins and they pulled her out and she was amazingly uninjured. today we got a tour through some of the features at raymond james stadium. we checked out one of the hall of fame club and we got a look at the giant new scoreboards and officials tell us it's all about the experience. >> so, in all told, 31,000 square feet of video space, there are fans, the best fans

excitement when they come to an event, all events at raymond james stadium. >> the bucks play the cleveland browns tomorrow night at 8:00. still ahead, ford is recalling more than 100,000 cars trucks and suvs, that's some that can stall for no reason. we will have details coming up. an incredible video of a tornado, as it rips through homes and tosses them around.

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for a stall. and the next is ford escape utility vehicles, they need to recalibrate the power windows on those suvs. amazon is looking to step up the grocery game. they could plan a click and collect service. possible locations maybe in northern california or amazon's hometown of seattle. it will let customers bu online or go to a designated area to pick it up. and uber, drivers can sign up for retirement accounts through uber online. it's for uber drivers who are self-employed. this isn't being offered in florida just yet. weddings are meant to be an

guest, the celebrations ca expensive. the average cost of a wedding gift can cost $200 depending on your relationship with the bride and groom. mary maloney has ways that wedding guests can save money. >> once you get that big invite plan to spend money. 41% of invited guests give a gift regardless of whether they go to the wedding or not. those polled said more, on average $195 and the budget is $89 and if it is a co- worker getting married they'll spend less, $63. >> the times are changing when it comes to gift giving and while yes, the couple puts together a registry for a reason, there are a lot of couples who really would prefer cash. >> to save you some cash, share a hotel room or split the cost of a bigger gift with a couple of people. that way you can enjoy the

wallet. for consumer watch, i'm mary maloney. thinking of buying things, 21% of social media users consider specifically how a activity and purchase will look to friends and family on social media before they buy. why is that? 8 on your side has answers to that. jonathan sellers, always great to have you on the show. >> glad to be back. >> this is something real, is social media envy after affecting purchases? >> it really is. it co we as business owners and as consumers want social media to kind of give us that word of mouth experience. we see our friends there enjoying a vacation, a new product, it tells us that might be good for us. as the business, that's good. we are seeing people considering before making a purchase, will this be a cool thing on social media. that was a little surprising to

suit i'm thinking how i would look on session social before buying it. >> you're planning a vacation, you're planning, maybe you can get these cool expeditions and shots of expeditions, shots on instagram. >> isn't social media supposed to tailor the products to you? >> i think it does, i think it comes down from a personal perspective, you have to not let yourself get caught it, keeping up with the jones', it's such a big thing, be honest with yourself, are you buying it -- >> to impress or to enjoy it. >> who is most likely to be affected by this social envy? >> maybe not so surprisingly but basically millenials are twice as likely as baby boomers who have used it, who have been jealous of a friend or to have considered what the reaction would be before making a purchase.

social media envy is affecting you or it's a part of this. >> when you are making a purchase, what are you doing, are you planning your instagram feed or are you thinking about you want to enjoy this. it's a matter of perspective. it's a slight perspective. some people might baseball fine. >> it's a fascinating study. >> it really is, i didn't expect this one. julie we'll send it over for a ch >> thank you, josh. things look nice onat frenchie's this afternoon. there are fair weather cumulus clouds. a different sight across parts of the midwest. check out this impressive tornado video caught on camera this week in ohio. you can see a funnel cloud just tear through a mobile home destroying the building, tossing pieces well high into

reported injuries and fatalities with that storm. definitely thankful about that, and for us the rest of tonight it looks quiet, the rain chances are limited so far, probably with high pressure and drier air around. partly cloudy skies still warm at 9pm, and when you wake up tomorrow morning, expect partly cloudy conditions and temperatures in the upper 70s, we'll top up in the low 90s bringing our rain chances to 30% or so. with less rain nd clouds around today, temperatures have been sky high, 93 so far in tampa. it's 93 in plant city, we're still sitting at 85 in wimauma, it's pretty close a comes the board. you can see -- across the board. you can see there are small showers west of sebring. a few in crews ville. we haven't seen much.

southeast. that's probably the reason that our showers and thunderstorms have started up so late in the day. we'll see a few more likely through the late afternoon and evening hours for tonight. tomorrow morning dry start for the day and we'll bring in 30% chance of rain for the afternoon. we'll see showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening hours. saturday morning a dry start to the day and we'll see scattered showers into the afternoon and 40% chance of rain on saturday. we're invest 99l, this is an area of investigation, not quite organized enough to be classified as a depression or storm. our forecast model as you can see not quite in consensus just yet but generally bringing this towards the bahamas or towards south florida by the end of the weekend. this is curving to the gulf, we'll have to see how west it goes. there's a 70% chance of development right now. at the moment, it's encountering a lot of shear but

will start to enter a favorable environment. at this point expect higher rain chance as we head into sunday into tuesday, with deeper moisture around. at 66 years old bruce springsteen is showing no signs of slowing down. >> the boss and the east street banned played in his hometown of new jersey. threur be exact. that's the longest show he's ever played in the u.s., and a bit of boss trivia it was on this day 1975 he released his hit born to run which launched that jersey singer into superstardom. jennifer lawrence is the

the rock johnson is the biggest earning male actor answer raked in $65 million this year. >> just this year. >> yeah, chump change. >> and a chance to see a classic hollywood musical on the big screen. >> shall we dance? the king and i are returning to theatres for its 60th annivey, and getting to know you. >> getting to know you -- >> it will be sunday august 28th and wednesday august 31st. check fathom events for details. >> yeah, it's been like a year. leslie jones is on attack again. the snl and ghost buster star's website was taken down and after hackers posted her

site including naked photos and her driver's license number and other things. jeremy renner is getting animated. he's getting the lead territory of a fox called swiftie. animals are trying to save the arctic. it is the voices of alec baldwin and jame dock wallace. the next thing, it's kind of gross, we'll show you how far a sneeze travels if you don't block it or stop it. >> do you have to do that. >> we warned you though. it's not your traditional banana split, but i have to tell you after a couple of bites it's delicious, i'll show

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thing. uh-oh. he goes home as a plant, first he's in, there he was safe. rays win 4-3. they polished off the red sox 2-1 this afternoon. that drops the red sox a half game a to the bluejays al east. the bucks are ready to hit the field at raymond james stadium. they've been talkiab their own fans for a change. it finally happens tomorrow night when the bucks host the cleveland browns. >> it will be exciting to play in front of the home crowd, that's for sure. the new stadium with the scoreboard and hall that, the players are excited to see it. that part would be good. typically preseason game, we're excited to be home for the next two games.

sister move. a little drama -- roster move. a little drama for the cleveland browns. they don't want to deal -- bucks. >> no such drama. >> the last couple of games before we get into the season here, this is going to be crunch time. >> i've called this third game the dress rehearsal. their cutter doesn't like that term. you don't game plan for this game. what this game starters get into the full half and into the second half. we'll see james winston in the third quarter. the big thing is to get those starters out of the game healthy because the game next week, we're not going to see the big names play to finish out the roster, get all of the big names you know out of there healthy. >> opening day --

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number 1 the drugmaker behind the life allergy shot is caving and plans to make the epipen more affordable. the company myran created it and it created a firestorm when it raised the price from 2009 to the current price of $600. the orlando nightclub shooting victims will not have to deal with the cost hospital care. they will not bill survivors or families for medical services. most of those were taken to orlando hospital in june, after omar mateen killed 49 people. starbucks was accused of underfilling the ice drinks. >> they list the cups in ounces and does not list how much

and the case in illinois has yet to be settled. a tore through kokomo of indiana -- kokomo, indiana. mike presence, the vice presidential running candidate is surveying the damage there today. a foyer fighter is in critical condition, th officials tell us the cause of this fire is unknown at this time. but, a firefighter in critical condition injured in this situation. we have a crew on the way to this scene and we'll bring you updates as soon as we get them into the newsroom. now, we'll track the tropics with julie phillips. we're tracking a decent amount of activity, two areas we're watching at this point.

development from the 2pm update from the national hurricane center. you can see the area of thunderstorms are ragged at this point the center is over hispaniola and it's still disorganized which is why we don't have a named system for the tropical depression just yet. this is off to the west and in the bahamas or south florida this weekend, we'll have to see where it's not even a defined system yet. it's tough for the models to get a grasp of where it's going. we'll have to watch it closely at this point. the waters are plenty warm in the gulf. if it moves into the gulf it would strengthen quite rapidly at this point. we're keeping a close eye at this point and we're watching gaston and that will stay out to sea with no threat to land.

determine if that storm is going to affect florida, we're keeping tabs on it. >> that's not stopping people worrying about the primary. we have more on that story. >> reporter: the august primary is five days away, but plans are being discussed and it's a big if, if severe weather impacts voting. tropical storm fay wreaked havoc of flooding. >> i had to deliver mail ballots and pick them up through swamp buggies and boats. we got a ballot to everyone who wanted one. >> rick scott said he's in contact with the secretary of state and emergency management director talking about any

reporting in tallahassee, i'm matt galka. zika in your backyard. >> right now standing water is the biggest concern when it comes to fighting mosquitos fighting the zika virus, they're getting 200 calls per day since governor rick scott announced a non-travel zika case in that area. they tell people to dump containers, and plants like quarter of an inch of water in order to breed. >> it's important to break the life cycle and get out of draining the sources of standing water or cover them so the adults can't lay their eggs once a week. >> i butchered that name, bromiliads. you can kill larva like in the crevasses of plants.

you can find them in most plant and garden stores. right now there's more trouble for ryan lochte. while he wants to forget what happened or didn't happen at the gas station in rio, the justice department is not for getting, he's summoned to testify over his claim that he and three teammates were robbed at gun point he could serve a one to six- month sentence in brazil. u.s. soccer goalie was accused of unacceptable conduct

calling people cowards. a potentially habitable planet, proximate ma b is 2.4 light years away that's roughly 24 trillion miles and they believe it could sustain liquid water. it's one of the biggest astronomic al discovers of the century. today is national banana split day. >> to celebrate, they're bringing we sent aa anthony allred to see how this works. >> reporter: as the workers prepare for another day of sprinkles cupcakes at south florida, you should know it's national banana split day around the country. >> at sprinkles we decided how can we incorporate banana splits in our day.

topped it with go nash and a cherry. >> christie gray came to buy a birthday cupcake, but by the time it was all over, she left with a lot more. >> i had to get a cupcake for my boyfriend's birthday, what better place to do it than sprinkles. >> her boyfriend's birthday is the same day that we celebrate national banana split day. >> she had to try split cupcake and before she knew it it disappeared before her eyes. >> i had the banana split cupcake. it tasted like banana bread banana, it was light fluffy and very good. it was delicious. >> and when i confronted the management about their banana split cupcake, outrage. >> you have cherries,

need? >> if you are running low in cash, be nextible they're -- flexible. >> if you can do a split, you can get a banana split. >> i decided to try this nonfrozen treat. i can't wait to try it. >> oh! >> with >> in tampa anthony allred, news channel 8. now, it's time for tomorrow's weather and traffic on the 8s. i want to talk about some road work that kicks off tonight and goes into tomorrow morning. here's what you need to know. it's a big closure, milk dill

and you can take bay shore because bay shore has extremely light traffic overnight. it's all going to be shut down. it should reopen sometime tomorrow morning, what they're doing is water main repair work on mcdill. >> it will be more humid as we expected, so if you're up between 4:00 a.m. and watching weather and traffic on the 8s, mid-70s mostly back to you. you can cathole and less lee every morning on the 8s starting at 4:00 a.m. coffee in your dna. some people handle caffeine better than others. >> you want to stick around for the 8 on your side stories. the humane society brings in dogs from out of state to save them. rescuers say local dogs are paying the price.

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life looks good. now, for today's send it to stacy. >> where we -- stacie, i love this captioning, one bird squawking at the been? clever. from that bird to this pic, jackie took this picture last night. she wanted to capture the cool cloud formation that she found. and this is a lovely picture of her darling dog who was named after the angel raphael, unknowingly when she got him at 8 weeks old she would be diagnosed a week later.

cancer-free and he's been right by her side the entire journey. this is miss bryce enjoying the sunshine and that looks nice in the pool. >> a pool within a pool. you can send it to stacie by tweeting the hashtag and you can send them on my wfla facebook page. with julie phillips. >> sunshine back into the mid- 90s. >> you would rather be there than working? >> i didn't say that josh. >> i'm trying to clarify, just checking. >> and the weekend we're looking forward to that, right? here's what it looks like. we'll break it down for you. saturday looks like a typical summer day, about a 40% chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms temperatures getting back to the low to mid-

maybe a few degrees cooler, a little extra cloud cover and potentially with deeper moisture around, we'll up the rain chances for 50% for sunday. we're keeping a close eye on the tropical system for you. mid-70s, we'll top out in the low 90s tomorrow morning, we'll have a 40% chance of rain, most of the rain will be during the afternoon, early evening hours and we're heading to the bucks game, friday james, 84 degrees, there's a chance we could see showers and thunderstorms especially during the tailgate. 93 in plant city and 92 in brooksville. we're sitting at 90 in weeki wachee and bradenton. on the radar quiet right now, it's slightly drier air that's rolled in. we have seen a little high pressure building in, it's limited the amount of rain we're seeing.

any showers will quickly push into the gulf as we head into the evening hours. tomorrow morning partly cloudy skies and temperatures above average, and saturday morning it should be quiet. scattered storms friday afternoon, saturday morning looks quiet and as we head into saturday afternoon, a 40% chance of rain back into the forecast for us. so rain chances the next several days. we'll trend them a little bit up as we head into the end of this weekend, and especially next week just because uncertainty of where that tropical disturbance is going to go. we could see deeper tropical moisture indefinitely. that could easily change as you know. this is invest 99l, this is north of port-au-prince, this is the bulk of the activity, it's situated right over hispaniola, a good deal south of that area, that we're starting to watch.

if it looks better organized. at this point it is not an official tropical system, it's an area of investigation with a 70% chance of development. here's a look at current models potentially bringing it into the gulf at the start of next week. at this point it's facing a lot of shear, but conditions could become favorable to that system. temperatures may come down a bit as those rain chances go back up. your medical report first at 4. have you ever wondered how far a sneeze travels? >> i have wondered that, but i'm not sure i'm ready form the video, but it's a little gross. take a look, it's a great reminder of just how quickly and far how one jeremy sneeze can spread. the largest droplets settle

sneezer, small ones may link ner the air and travel 26 feet. if you have the sniffles, sneeze into your arm or tissue, and don't keep reminding us of that video. >> i got that whole thing in the face. >> she's six months and not sick. >> you're right. your dna could determine how european researchers found a gene that shows how much caffeine people can tolerate. some people the caffeine stays inside longer. we'll be back with more on first at 4. next, when her monthly water bill jumped from $133 to $500, she knew she "better call

now, printing those adorable first day of school photos. most of us take digital photos and post them online. printing is still important. and 8 on your side has answers

jeanine mccloud of cloud 9 studios. this is a topic that was close to my heart. i was a scrapbooker and i love doing it and documenting it, but i don't print pictures any more. this is great. >> this is great. >> he's 3 months old. >> you printed this off line, right? >> yes, these are cute apps that we have found with ti my daughter, yes, adorable. >> right. >> yeah, and these apps make it really easy to put everything in one spot. >> yes. >> tell us about the apps that you like. >> very found three apps that i find to be easy to use, quick and you can get the pictures off of your phone and into print within a week. the first one is artifact uprising and that's a little book. they have late of different books, different sizes and the nice thing is, you can easily

pictures that you want, send it to print and then you're good. >> these are five by five, they're square, if you're an instagram person, they're perfect. >> and then nice art paper. >> if you like square, then it makes it very easy to do. >> they're very artsy aren't they? >> yes. >> and the feel of the paper has a nice quality. then something fun if you like to put pictures on ur these are nine little magnets, it's called sticky nine, from instagram or digital file you can upload these pictures from your phone to nine little magnets, you can stick them on your fridge and you have a nice uncluttered way to see your family and surround them every day. >> i spend money on scrapbooking and this is a less expensive option. >> because it's easy you'll do.

those pictures. >> back to you josh. >> thank you very much. apple is issuing a global security update after the discovery of powerful spy wear, the spy wear can take complete control of your iphone hand set and could compromise a iphone after a tap of a finger. they fixed that insecurity after hearing about it. autonomy kicks off the self- driving in singapore, and uber hopes to start its self-driving in a few weeks. a lion enclosure. >> a woman in portland has her dog dressed like a king of beasts.

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let's look at what's trending online today. >> a woman got very creative with an ugly fence. the city of portland made her put up the fence this willow tree from excavators from the backyard, and protecting the tree. she dressed her mastiff as a lion. his owner claims they're still working on the courage and bravery part. he doesn't seem to mind the will go and passers by they seem to appreciate the costume.

name. in the comics, tony stark is getting place bid a girl and in the a man. iron man doesn't work for her. iron woman seemed old-fashioned and iron maiden, that didn't seem right so, it's iron heart. >> that looks good. to see what's trending right now, between newscasts you can go to wfla.com. >> we have much coming your way. news channel 5 about keith and jen starts right now. tension in the tropics, a system could be moving our way. we have the latest forecast track just ahead. >> and no more noise and no more fu. they square off -- neighbors square off with tampa bar

homeowners about water bills, shannon beaning ingets answers in the county. we're playing the waiting game with a tropical wave creeping closer to florida. how far will it get and how far will it go. steve jerve is tracking this thing. but, it's up in the air, isn't it steve. >> it's hard for the analyze. it's easier to grab on to that spot and say this is where it goes. it doesn't have a clear center of circulation or a formed tropical cyclone. what it has is thunderstorms across hispaniola which is in the dominican republic and haiti at the moment. a lot of thunderstorms are widely red, the red color, the cooler cloud tops in the aread