now at 4:30, spraying is officially underway in miami. the chemical now being used to kill mosquitoes killing the zika virus. george zimmerman in trouble again. what led to him getting punched at a sanford restaurant. and today kicks off the tax free shopping holiday weekend. we'll run down some of the deals on school supplies. good morning thanks for joining us for abcactionnews on this friday i'm dan shaffer. >> and i'm deiah riley. a motorcyclist is recovering after a road rage shooting in tampa. >> it led to an argument between the two men involved. witnesses say while one man was going back to his motorcycle the second man shot him in the back. the victim now recovering at st. joseph hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. police say they arrested the

29-year-oldee ezekiel henson of tampa. george zimmerman is back in the news again, this time for confrontation at a central florida restaurant. we are hearing the 911 call he made for help. why zimmerman was reportedly punched. >> got punched in the face and called me a bleep. >> reporter: that is george zimmerman's voice, yet again, on a 911 call, this time to report a battery at gator's riverside grill sunday in sanford. he didn't want to give his name to the operator but a friend with him did, and described the alleged attack. >> george zimmerman and i were sitting at a restaurant here eating and four or five guys came up to us and attacked george. >> reporter: witnesses tell us zimmerman was overheard bragging about killing trayvon martin in sanford, florida in

regulars at the restaurant went over to him. >> the guy punched me in the face and broke my glasses. >> reporter: in the 7-minute call zimmerman kept asking police where they were. y'all don't have anybody here yet? >> reporter: police finally pulled over a car leaving the restaurant. the man who allegedly punched him has not been arrested. zimmerman asked for paramedics. >> do you need a paramemedic to check you out? >> yes, i don't know where bleeding from. >> zimmerman told 911 his alleged attacker even threatened to kill him multiple times. police say zimmerman was not the addresser. an unarmed black therapist who was shot by a police officer while trying to protect his client is suing. charles kinzie filed a lawsuit. the suit claims the officer used excessive force. kinzie's autistic client was

truck. kinzie was trying to coax him back to the group home where he lived. the officer shot kinzie by accident, the officer was aiming for the patient. the officer is now on administrative leave after that shooting in we are learning the alleged gunman charged in the charleston church massacre is recovering after an attack in jail. another inmate assaulted dylann roof near the shower. there was no weapon used and roof is expect to be okay. roof is facing charges for murdering nine black church members during bible study last year. there is no evidence that the vicious murder of a florida woman in london is related to terrorism. the 19-year-old man, born in somalia, fatally stabbed 64- year-old darlene horton in london on wednesday. the attacker also wounded five others. police now say the suspect has mental problems. horton's husband, rick wagner, had just finished a summer teaching program for florida state. the money from one orlando fund could soon be distributed.

to families of people who died and to those injured. money will also be given to people who managed to escape the club uninjured. right now there is $23 million in the fund but the amount is expected to increase even more before the money is distributed. 4:34 now. aerial spraying is underway in miami to kill mosquitoes that carry the zika virus. the aerial missions will continue for the next several weeks. spraying got underway yesterday in a neighborhood mosquitoes have transmitted zika to 15 people. the chemical kills mosquitoes and is safe for humans but authorities advise people with allergies to stay indoors during the early morning. >> the type of droplet used a very, very small droplet that stays in the air for longer period of time, so it has a better kill of the adult mosquitoes. >> there are currently no effective vaccines or

all the heavy rain we have been talking about there getting a breakdown toward south florida. most of the thunderstorms fired toward the west. for us, quiet now, but we have coastal showers that will try to make it inland here and i think it will as we head into the morning commute. certainly not what we had yesterday with the torrential downpours steady throughout the morning. 80 degrees right now, we are clear and going to be looking at partly to mostly cloudy skies with about of showers and storms. want to get a look right now at your morning commute. this is the sunshine skyway bridge this morning, no problems out there to report, janel is watching her traffic cameras and will have a full look coming up in just a moment. now to the latest in the presidential election. a new national poll finds hillary clinton now has one of her largest leads yet over donald trump.

has declared his support for trump. >> reporter: donald trump campaigns today through speaker paul ryan's home state of wisconsin, yet he still refused to endorse ryan for reelection in congress. although he did say, paul ryan is a good guy actually. no he is a good guy. and ryan, while he stands by his endorsement of trump, still has his own concerns. >> he has had a pretty strange run since the convention. you would think we ought to be focusing on hillary clinton and all of >> reporter: trump's running mate mike pence is left doing damage control. issuing a blanket endorsement for all republicans in congress seeking reelection. hillary clinton, staying on message during a campaign stop in las vegas. bashing trump and his business practices. >> he has cheated contractors. i take that personally. i've met people who were destroyed by donald trump. so take a look at what he has done, not what he says. >> reporter: president obama took the gop nominee to task

rigged election nonsense. >> if mr. trump is up 10 or 15 points on election day and ends up losing then maybe he can raise some questions. that doesn't seem to be the case at the moment. >> reporter: trump just can't seem to escape this week's controversies. next trump gaffe has been a trending topic on twitter overnight. 4:37. happening today former florida governor charlie crist meeting with concerned bay area citizens. he is scheduled to host a round table discussion with senior citizens at 11:00 this morning at the public library in gulfport. also happening today, the pasco sheriff's office will hold an active shooter drill that starts at 10:00 this morning at river ridge high school in new port richey. the sheriff's office says it is all part of training. today kicks off the tax free holiday weekend.

know about this year. one of the biggest changes, computers are absent from the tax free list this year. and this year you only have three days to shop for the tax free holiday from friday to sunday. last year it was 10 days. another big difference this year, you won't pay taxes on clothing $60 or less. last year you could buy $100 worth of clothes tax free. for everything go to our website abcactionnews.com. as you are getting ready for the school year and are shopping for back supplies, remember our back to school supply drive is now underway. this year abcactionnews is teaming up with hudson's furniture to double your donations. dropoff your donated supplies at a local hudson's furniture store any of them in the bay area before next friday. 4:38. a connecticut home explodes, with at least seven people inside. we have an update on injuries and the investigation into that blast. it is world breastfeeding

newborns in public. don't look now but the rays are getting hot. they have won two in a troe beat kansas city again. how they did it, coming up in sports.

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the victims's credit cards after killing the teens. police revealing there are two crime scenes but are still not talking about a possible motive. an ohio sex offender is facing charges after a woman he allegedly attacked died from her injuries. christopher amos protected her grandchildren. he stabbed the grandmother in the chest and her 7-year-old grandson in the shoulder. she confronted him after he rapidly lured the children the alleyway. her 8-year-old granddaughter wasn't hurt. her grandson has since recovered. investigators say men stole dozens of cars by using laptop computers. police aresisted michael arsy and jessie salia. they are accused of stealing more than 30 jeans in the houston area in the last six months. they turned the cars on using pirated software and laptops and drove off.

mexico. the concerning part of all this, there is not much car owners can do to protect themselves from crimes like this. the products you probably have under your kitchen cabinet right now pose a new danger to kids. bleach and ammonia sprays a lot of us use to clean can pose a real threat to our children's eyes. kids between 1 and 2 years old are more likely to get eye burns. the burns can ultimately lead to a liar risk of glaucoma in adulthood. it is a reminder for parents right now reach of children. a 10-year-old with more than 50,000 instagram follow soldiers getting a lot of praise for a recent post. he says society is too focused on materialism. he posted the video after some kids made fun of his shoes. >> so you know i told the kid it is not about what i have on my feet, it is about what i have inside my head. no matter what i'm wearing no matter what i have on, it is about my information, the knowledgeable things in life.

going to fit you 20 years from now. >> so true. >> he speaks the truth. >> amen. >> he is not just any 10-year- old. he is the youngest motivational speaker around and was nominated for entrepreneur of the video. he hopes this video teaches kids everywhere they shouldn't listen to what others have to say. attendance at parks is down sea world stock plunged to an all time low yeer on a number of things, including a drop of tourists from latin america and tropical storm colin. the company did not mention the animal rights activism or the lingering impact from the documentary black fish. sea world is the parent company of busch gardens. a job fair just for you in lakeland. sykes enterprises says you can catch pokemon and a job all at

215 south lake avenue in lakeland runs from 9:30 this morning until 3:30 this afternoon. a cuban cigar roller is trying to beat his own record for the world's longest cigar. he wants to make one longer than 9264-foot long one he made five years ago. the 67-year-old started making the cigar tuesday and hopes to have it finished by next friday. he has held the guinness world record for longest hand rolled cigar since 2001. breastfeeding week the department of health is hosting a celebration. new moms are encouraged to breastfeed and offer peer support at medical clinics in the county. support for breastfeeding is needed in many places including hospitals, work sites and birth centers. breastfeeding weekends august 7. the city of philadelphia is making an unusual plea to residents. don't swim in garbage

it into a makeshift pool. the problem isn't the dumpster per se, it is that using hydrant water could make it not available to firefighters in case of an emergency. >> looks like fun though. and it is hot. have you seen the pickup trucks with the lining as well? that is fun as well. we have coastal showers out this morning. we are going to get a little wet, i think, by the time we get into the morning commute here, but not the torrential downpours we had yesterday. this pattern is in fact i think by tomorrow morning a repeat of yesterday, pretty likely here along the coast. we will have to deal with very heavy rainfall. the weekend doesn't look all that great. not going to rain every minute, but it is going to be murky tomorrow, showers and storms throughout the day, 60, 70% coverage continuing into sunday as well. so timing here not the best, but we are in the midst of our

the rain slowly approaching. by the way, the heaviest of which will be to the north. the reason for that, we have a disturbance that will enhance our rainfall, especially across the nature coast. keep that in mind. the further south you go less activity, which is sometimes in reverse. but because of that feature up to the north, we are going toett continue to see a spin as well with an upper disturbance. we'll monitor that this time of year. anything that persists for longer time, we have to take a look at here. so let's check in on forecast, we'll show you there in the upper 80s, we'll stay through the weekend. and we'll have rain chances around 60% continuing through the early part of next week. overnight lows the upper 70s. i want to get a look right now your morning commute. i-275 at 54th avenue north. no problems on there particular stretch, but janel will have a look at your full morning commute coming up in just a moment. you want to be extra careful on the roads tonight if you plan on going out and drinking.

do wolf pack patrols to crack down on impaired drivers. targeting sarasota, manatee, hardy and highlands counties. the crack down will start at 9:00 tonight and last until 5:00 saturday morning. tampa's comic con starts today. as many as 35,000 people could visit each day it is open. runs until midnight today and wraps up on sunday. actor norman redus of the there and charlie cox who plays the super hero daredevil in the netflix slow. jenna coleman the actress who plays clara oswald will be there today. the bucs are a week away from the first game of the season. tonight the rays start a series

coach says things to get a rise out of his players you would be wrong. he hopes players appreciate the honesty, because he start talking out of both sides of your mouth you lose credibility with the team. one question again thursday about the jenkins swap on the depth chart, cutter cut into question. that is, it is not meant to light a fire under a player, he says it is simply and going forward he spelled it out in black and white. >> our number one mantra is to compete. that is what we are doing. when you are competing, you are going to have guys ahead of other guys at different times. wouldn't you want that at every position? to elevate the whole team? that is what competition does. you know, where a guy was picked, how much money a guy was making, i could care less

bosses and they might care and say hey do this, but i haven't got that call yet. florida state is ranked fourth with conference rival clemson a strong second behind number one alabama. maybe the surprise is oklahoma ranked ahead of fsu but the sooners, and florida state and buckeyes are ranked tight. the trop. a the royals thursday. bottom of the 8th. rays down. not anymore. brad miller a three-run homer to win it. a strikeout on second and third and the rays split their series with kc, the final there 3-2. that is your morning sports update. enjoy your day. an oregon family wakes up to find their home in disarray. they later see on their home surveillance system a strange

makeup ever rummaging through their home. the drug charges that woman is now facing. apple is now joining other tech companies by rewarding hackers. the big money apple will pay to hackers who find security flaws

a little light out there, a lot of cloud cover out there this morning. that will result in showers for the coast and inland thunderstorms. we'll talk more about that when i see you in the next hour. 4:55. we continue to follow a story a lot of people are talking about on social >> somebody punched george zimmerman at a central florida restaurant. what led up to his latest confrontation and we'll run down his history of legal trouble. kids are getting ready to head back to school. big changes in the works for a dangerous road in polk county where a 17-year-old student was hit and killed by a car last may. the effort underway by the

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restaurant that led to this 911 call. and breaking news. tampa police want your help right now to find a missing child. this is 12-year-old malik beard. he hasn't been seen since last night. he argued with his mom before he vanished. he usually hangs out in the belmont heights area. if you see him, call police immediately. on a friday as we check in, like yesterday not as concentrated. we have a few offshore showers that wl long boat key getting in on that. five miles away, in the next 15, 20 minutes we'll be seeing wet roads along the coast here. but again, not as significant. and when we look offshore the thunderstorms not really getting going. a few coastal showers this morning but we will transition into plenty of afternoon thunderstorms coverage, 50% for today and going a little bit higher as we head into the upcoming weekend.