with havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isn't. mom? have you see my iguana? the labor day sale is on now, at havertys. life looks good. right now on news channel 8 at 5:30. good evening i'm jennifer leigh. >> and i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us. >> while battling a fire in hernando county. he suffered a heat-related emergency. here's a look in brooksville from eagle 8hd, this is what's left of a double wide mobile home. the firefighter is in critical, but stable condition at dade city hospital. we'll bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. now, zika in your backyard. >> standing water creates

fighting mosquitos and the zika virus, they're hitting 200 calls per day ever since a non- related travel case was confirmed in that area. jamal joined us now, what advice are they giving people. >> it's impossible to get rid of all standing water like the crevices of plants but there are things that you can use kill the larvae. >> mosquito control has been busy since a case of the mosquito advise was confirmed in the county. the biggest complaint standing water. >> it's important to try to break the mosquito life cycle and get out there and drain the sources of standing water so the adults can't get in there to lay their eggs once a week. >> they tried to respond to a call within 48 hours, but happy

proactive, more people are draining containers these days, but it's the smaller spaces that still pose a threat, like the crevices of plants that can hold water for days. >> these plants would be a popular place to lay eggs. >> and saint pete is full of you would see around your house. he uses ecofriendly products, both kill mosquitos and are harmless to lizards and frogs that eat mosquito larvae, we don't want to kill those, if we use a strong pesticide, it will killer the mosquitos and kill them, another mosquito will lay eggs and the natural predators will be gone.

reasonable price in any plant or garden or hardware store and these can last around your home for two weeks. >> there are good items there. what about people who live near ditches and swamps, these larger bodies of water, should they be concerned about those. >> experts tell me you should not be concerned about ditches and swamps. that type of mosquito don't like they prefer small areas like buckets and contagious that's why they ask you to keep dumping them. as zika fears rise, bats are welcome guests, they're pushing to get more bat boxes in the state. bat boxes are man made houses like the ones you see for birds. most are capable of housing 50

bat can eat as many as 1,000 mosquitos and other flying insects in an hour. some people have thought they would never have thought of getting a bat blocks but they will. >> it's a great way to eliminate the problem. >> while we're sleeping bats will be eating it mosquitos, i'm for it. >> experts admit it's difficult to gauge the effectiveness of bat boxes but if we get more bats, there will be fewer mosquitos. there's a disturbance that could affect florida, steve jerve has a look at what's brewing in the tropics, has this thing grown in size? >> a large area of low pressure, it's not officially anything, in terms of a tropical cyclone yet. aircraft are in there to determine if there is enough of a circulation to call this

than it was. the potential stretchingening of invest 99l. and this is gaston. you can see this relative to us. this is north of haiti, you can see the exposed lower level of circulation and the thunderstorms that are much farther on the outside of the center of circulation that would indicate wind shear and dry air which the system has been encountering, we'll look at the air flying out of mcdill and tam tampa that are measuring the low level of circulation, it looks like they're flying over and seeing if they can find that low level of circulation, the 24-mile wind gust. this will continue to move to the west. this has been the track of spaghetti models trending west. this was basically over the florida peninsula and without a center of circulation, it's

going to go. that's why you're sees a divergence of opinion with these spaghetti models and it's offering opinions that change day-to-day. this is something we'll have to watch for in the weekend and into later part of next week. you can track the weather any time. it's a free download and you can find that in your app store. and an amazing gesture to shooting heal. they will not have to i pa are to the costs they received that devastating day. the regional medical center and florida hospital will not bill any of 494 patients for the care after their shooting. and beal show you how much this gesture means to some of the victims coming up at 6. if you're one of the millions of americans who filed an extension on tax this is

tax deadline comes a multi- million-dollar threat, identity theft. it's simply as a theft filing a return and filing a return under your social security before you do. if that happens, getting your refund can take months or more. >> they are taking those funds that would normally be sent to the taxpayers and diverting them to their own bank account. >> the best advice, get your taxes done early, if you th your identity might have been stolen no matter what time of year, contact the irs right away. >> well, today we get schooled on diversity as a classroom subject. gene ramirez asks whether race, sexuality and gender issues belong in the classroom. >> these are social issues, whether or not they belong in the classroom is a question to ask.

understanding the problems. >> protests tied to race relations and controversy surrounding sexual identity. chances are your kids were exposed to it this summer. >> it's a fact, it's reality, anything that's real should be talked about. >> grandfather of nine believes it's learning opportunities for the classroom. but, tara striker sees them as distractions. >> i don't think it should be interfering with dr >> hillsboro schools says it dot does not affect the african- american studies program and the lbgt issue is not part of the florida standards and they need required parent petition. they are touchy topics for different age groups. >> he doesn't want to discuss with the third grader he sees the value for high school

treat others and be productive citizens. >> for now, these are issues mostly discussed at home and out of classwork shops. >> getting curriculum changed and creating culturally responsive and curriculum that's responsive to current events, there's red tape in school districts and we recognize that. >> a department of education in california included lbgt as part of those curriculum, they'll learn types of families, the older students will learn about cases in the supreme court ruling, that's news channel 8. >> they risked their lives fighting for freedom, they were faced with being buried alone without a send off. >> see how county deputies made sure a trio of american veterans were -- >> what did or department happen in rio. the brazil's justice department

yet. >> you're watching news channel 8, the station that's always on

is being summoned back to rio, they want him to come back to give a hearing and talk about his claim that he was robbed at gun point. if he doesn't go to the hearing he won't have a penalty. he will be approached to have a

the u.s. soccer goalie is suspended for six months. solo called the soccer team cowards. she is saddened by the federation's announcement. three veterans were laid to rest in sarasota and sadly no one was coming to their funeral. >> they had no friends or family to attend. attend. and they explain this selfless act. >> they jumped at the chance and it's the least they could do. for some of them it meant a lot. >> sarasota cemetery is the eternal home of heroes, these men gave so much and deserved to be honored, sadly some die

one was available to attend their funeral. >> we had to go down there and give them the honor and respect that were due to them. >> they volunteered to take time out of the their day and stand in the heat and recognize these heroes they had never met. >> it was awesome. >> they joined patriot guard leaders like kim mcfarland. they paid homage because no one should be buried alone. >> some people do pass without having anne passed before the we don't know why they don't have anybody around. but, we're there for them. >> many of there's deputies are veterans themselves, they felt it was their duty to be there. colonel hoffman's story is unique. his remains were not found

>> these heroes gave so much to us and this was a way to say thank you. the sheriff's office was presented with one of the flags that was in the service yesterday, and the sheriff's office plans to proudly wave their flag over at the aviation hanger. thank you john, what a great story. you can se sections of manatee county, 85 degrees, blue sky, no rainfall, lots of sunshine today, high pressure dominating the weather pressure to suppress the shower activity. crystal river 90 degrees, 40% relative humiddist it, temperatures 89 degrees, temperatures will be in the 90s, 94 at tampa international one degree shy of the record

again, high school football is back. isolated if rain here for kick off time. friday night halftime, stray showers and warm temperatures obviously, a small chance of seeing a shower develop if you're lucky enough to see an earlier shower, it may help to drop the temperatures, saturday 92 degrees and 90 for sunday, we'll see a slight increase of showers potentially tropical to the south. right now the only moisture is farther south, high pressure is dominated around the area and it will help to suppress the shower activity, and thunderstorms offshore, that's a sarasota right now, inland showers as well. it looks like around arcadia, those two are falling apart. we had a shower passover in downtown sarasota, that dropped the temperature and it's into the gulf of mexico, 9pm, 83

and 92, and it's 94 degrees at tampa international, that was one degree, that is hour high for the day. a dew point of 68 degrees, isn't that refreshing, the dew points in the 60s, it's a little cooler in st. petersburg, this is helping to provide slightly cool temperatures. we do not have a west coast sea breeze today. if you're watching on the beaches, it's hot there, we don't see a breeze, helping to provide lower temperatures. there's hardly any clouds across the southeast thanks to the ridge of high pressure, farther south where the ridge has less influence, it's almost like a classic is it your testimony day farther south, look how quiet it is through brooksville through inverness. the area of investigation, 99l,

now, this has changed quite a bit in 24 hours, as we talked about two days ago every time we look at this map this will change until the computer models can get a fix on the circulation. we'll continue to see divergent opinions as to where that could go. gaston was a hurricane and went back to tropical storm status. the forecast is it's moving off in a northe term. short term and long term it, quiet to start the day, partly cloudy and lots of sunshine 30% chances of rain tomorrow. a 30% chance of rain for tomorrow. northern spots around 20%. as we get into saturday morning, some clouds around normal temperatures, season al levels at 40%, and southern areas as we get into the weekend. it's higher for saturday, this

organization, potential organization of that invest farther to the south. anything on the florida it can get into monday and tuesday next week. it's all contingent of how this develops and has a great effect on the tampa bay weather. >> we'll stay tuned in. >> thank you. keyless cars may be a target we'll explain that. when you buy a box of twinkies, you would expect yummy goodness, you'll never guess what officers found during a traffic stop. and you can watch julie every night from 8 to 9:00.

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a man is trying to hide his stash of drugs was trying to get creative, but he got caught anyway. he was pulled over for speeding and he brought out the canine because he was behaving

twinkies. they caught a nine year veteran of the force feeding confidential information to gang members. they confiscated drugs, weapons and gambling machines and an alligator. keyless cars may be a target for thieves with a push of a button. some people may get t engine off and someone can drive off with the vehicle since it is still running. drivers are urged to turn the vehicle off even if you're exiting for a short time. the lone elevator that takes you to the top of the 555- foot washington monument needs renovations, they hope the shut

as 9 months. >> it's easier to take that it may close down foreclose to a year than having it close down periodically. we don't know when it will happen. >> it's the first time it's been updated for nearly 20 years. there's no timetable for when that work will begin. >> it's time to update it. >> yeah. news at 6 is coming up. we're getting a brand-new look of a guy too much on the usu campus. and the suspected flasher and why he's done this before. a fight over the zika virus in washington and what wreck scott plans to do now, when congress gets back after the break. and an amazing gesture for the victims of the orlando shooting, some hospitals will

hear from the survivors. should humane society be taking on dogs from other places when there's a problem

it's a storm everyone in tampa bay is watching. we'll bring you the latest often its track. >> it's one less thing for pulls victims to worry about in the pain healing process. >> a burden that's been lifted. >> animal shelter overcrowding, why some rescues blame the humane society. i'm keith cate. >> and i'm stacie schaible.

the latest on the storm that could impact florida. it keeps changing on us because it's not well organized, right steve. >> that's right, we're trying to get a fix on this thing. the hunters are in the aircraft to see what's going on in this system. the serpent is difficult to determine and it will get better in the next 24 hours. all the thunderstorms are south and east of the center itself as you look at the cooler tops and on the enhanced satellite imagery. you can see in the next 24 hours, the system will move to the northwest. i like using the visible imagery. we're using our light of the -- losing the light of the day. it shows the center of circulation north of the island of hispaniola and cuba is on the left side of the screen. that's an area undergoing wind shear and dry air in the atmosphere above.