here. of course it should be fall but it's not. we're in the midst of our wet season. sunrise 6:58. by pickup time you'll need umbrellas. any time this time of year despite the fact it won't rain in the morning you'll need that rain gear by the afternoon. so typical pattern setting up, 50% coverage i think for today. that will be showers and storms in the afternoon. warmer temperature. back to near 90 degrees this afternoon. some areas in fact going into the low 90s with the additional sunshine there. so finally, we're our summer pattern here which of course has been missing, some areas to the north upwards of 10 inches in the last few days. so thankfully just in time we squeezed it out dry at least on the roads. dry roads for the first day of school for many students. corey dierdorff is at the bus depot in largo where many buses have already left. others are getting ready to leave. so kids, they are coming for you. if you're waiting at the school bus stops there. also, just a good tip. remind your students, parents,

while they are waiting at the bus stop. that tip just came in from hillsborough county sheriff's deputies. it's a good reminder to let the kids know. might want to leave early, a lot more school buses and cars are on the road. we have a situation in pinellas park, railroad crossing arm is stuck down and it's causing a -- pretty big problems here. 62nd avenue is blocked now at 49th street north. seeing some delays here. you might want to try to take park boulevard or even 54th avenue this. hopefully they will have this fixed. csx crews are actually on their way working to get that arm in the upright position so that cars can go by. we'll watch it and let you know as soon as this opens here and of course on twitter @tampabaytraffic. a lot of folks are up early now getting a very early start. you don't want to be late for the first day of school. >> my brother and i waited for the second week of the school year for that to happen when we

it's back to school for a number of districts. >> we have team coverage to kick off the school year. our lauren rozyla is standing by with a first look at all new renovations at one pinellas county school. >> first hillsborough county with ryan smith on how one of the largest school districts in the country is preparing for this. ryan, good morning. >> good morning. so much to look forward to on this first day of school for so main students at book -- many students at washington, we expected more than 500 students to walk through the front doors in one hour. and staff prepared for a turnaround year. that comes with fresh leadership. this marks principal jaime girding's first year in the school. she's been in the district many years now but says the biggest barrier for this year is fighting the misconception of working at a "failing school."

f-grade and known as high needs. >> if students don't feel our excitement and don't feel our passion and if we don't create a culture where they are excited to be here then we can't teach them the reading, the writing, the math and science so. theyave to feel excited and warm and welcomed. >> reporter: breakfast starts here around 7:00 this morning so that is when we think we'll see some of the parents dropping off their here at booker t washington. in the next half-hour we talk to staff members about what they are doing. all brand new this year to improve student interest outside of the classroom. for now live in tampa, ryan smith, abc action news. >> can i hear the echo of pop tarts all over the bay area this morning. students preparing to

brand new building. >> largo high school is completely revamped. abc action news reporter lauren rozyla is there. students will start arriving soon to the brand new building. a lot to be excited about this morning. >> reporter: this used to be one of the oldest most outdated schools in pinellas county built in 1957. look at it now. all that packer blue light out here to celebrate the of school this. will be the first thing kids see when they pull up. administrators opened the campus to students and alumni for the first time this weekend and many of the kids that you see here spent all of last year in temporary portables just waiting for the construction to be finished. gone are the broken old air conditioners and pipes. now students say they are really excited about all the changes. >> we have this new campus. it's like eye-opening basically.

almost. >> i was told with some folks in the -- in the government, local government this is going to be the most important construction of the next 50 years. >> reporter: the new school costs $63 million and took about three years total to plan and build to get to this point. back out here live. kids will be arriving within the next couple of hours and we've already seen a couple of teachers trickling in getting ready for the first day of school. coming up in our next -- we are going to be talking to you about an amazing new program that just is launching this year at largo high school that will allow kids to graduate and get well-paying jobs right out of high school. reporting live in largo, lauren rozyla, abc action news. 6:05. as you prepare to head out the door we want to remind you we have all the resources you need to start this school year off

abcactionnews.com/backtoschool. we have helpful tools like five tips to calm back-to-school nerves and chaos at the home. a so-called failure factory school in pinellas county getting help from an unusual source, a church. clergy members from st. peter's cathedral are adopting 10 classrooms at campbell park elementary school in st. pete. students at the predominantly poor school have some of the worst grades in the the goal is to show love and support for teachers and students. happening today -- the department of transportation is reminding parents that safe cars save lives. so the d.o.t is doing free safety checks on vehicles. checking tires, car seats and your vehicle against a database to see if there are any recalls. this is happening at the hillsborough county tax collectors office on mlk boulevard in tampa. runs from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. we're learning new

ferguson, missouri, overnight. a few dozen protesters gathered to mark the second anniversary of michael brown's death. the car speeding down a busy street struck one of the protesters who had walked into the middle of the road. the man hit so hard reportedly flew into the air and had his shoes knocked off. witnesses say several protesters then pulled out guns and began chasing and firing at the female driver. officers say the woman is now cooperating with them and they believe she didn't see the protester in the street and didn't mean to hit him. it's not known how bad the protester's injuries are morning. police don't believe anyone else was hit in the gunfire. we've got a crime alert. police say a man may be involved in a burglary spree in south tampa hitting more than 20 homes. investigators say this is who they are looking for, they are hoping this surveillance from the latest break-in could help them crack this case. they want to know if you recognize this guy. they say he may be working with two others. the break-in spree has been going on since march. if you know who he is call

posted this video to our facebook page so you can share it and get the word out. still to come -- on abc action news -- a university of central florida student is caught cheating, now she's suing her school! the punishment she claims was too harsh and it was not what she expected. >> expect to see more ads popping up on facebook. the one benefit the web site says those advertisements have to you. >> a surprising number of people living in florida are not protected against flooding. the to see how at risk your home is. >> most inspirational teacher would have been ellen davis, 10th grade, a drama teacher. great woman, loved her. very inspiring. learned a lot from her. >> well, i wouldn't be sitting here today without my tv production teacher in high

schaffer. he gave me a career.

6:11 on this back-to-school wednesday. mostly dry, looking fantastic. a couple of isolated sprinkle but those are even done at this point so you should be just fine for the bus stop early on. sunrise 6:58 and temperatures in the upper 70s. we'll have some afternoon

50% today. we'll track that for you in the next couple of minutes. 6:12. a university of central florida student is now suing the school over her punishment for cheating. >> the student accused of sneaking out her cell phone during a test in february. the school banned her if attending classes for two semesters. she says it's too harsh. the student says the professor and department head originally told her the punishment would be just a failing grade in the class. >> seems like you're morards than usual on facebook -- more ads than usual on facebook you're right. facebook is making sure you see them. they are blocking ad blockers but only for the desktop version of its service. facebook insists the ads can be still useful. but changes don't affectle mobile app which brings the bulk of the advertising revenue. a punta gorda police officer accidentally kills a 73- year-old woman during a demonstration. the latest on what happened

>> a manatee show. one way to put it. stopping traffic on the courtney campbell causeway. the reason that this sight is

developing story -- we've learned it was a 73-year-old community volunteer and librarian shot and killed by a punta gorda police officer during a citizens academy.

this as a tragic accident. a live look outside the police department here where the investigation is underway. police say the scenario in which she was killed is used to demonstrate the decisionmaking process to use lethal force in role play. mary knowlton was a librarian with the scott county public library and also known to be very active in the abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is live in punta gorda this morning and will have a live update later this hour. after the rain you've seen recently you may have pulled out your insurance policy to see if you have flood coverage. in pasco county we've seen overflowing streets, street flooding from ponds. we talked to the director of emergency service that's says most of the people that filed claims last year did not have flood coverage. according to the insurance information institute

homeowners have flood insurance. they strongly encourage everyone living in florida to get it. there's a way to find out how at risk your home is, go to floodsmart.gov. that site will also show you how much you'll pay for flood insurance. most of us are under the influence of this last low so you could get flooding from any stalled system. we had that of course last august with the front. and then recently with the area of low pressure that didn't want to move, at this point slowly inching towards the west, look at the chunk drier air here, we're now beginning to see this low loosening its grip but the heavy rain by the way continues to the north. for us it's going to be a much drier pattern ahead. transitioning into afternoon summer thunderstorms, typical for this time of year. that residual tropical moisture still going to crank out 50% to 60% as far as the storms but they will be in the afternoon as opposed to the steady heavy rain. as the low heads west towards

typical pattern. more sunshine and back to upper 80s to around 90. yesterday we had a high of 81. day before that low 80s. atypical for this time of year. of course you can only do that this time of year with rainfall. in hurricane development expected in the next five days. that is good news. the low itself that parks itself, we're monitoring that for tropical development. it could have been a depression, it was not but gave us a rainfall that 50% to 60% through the end of the week. then back to 40% coverage for the weekend. so the weekend looks fantastic saturday and sunday with plenty of sunshine. so we're back to school today. it's a short week. only three days to ease the kids in. >> you know how nervous you used to get first day of school? >> the earliest time i got up was 5:30. >> wow. the school buses, they are leaving. they are heading out there, corey dierdorff has been parked out of the bus depot in largo

several buses already on the road. the rest of them getting ready to leave and that means that the rest of us should all leave a little earlier because a lot pore cars and buses on the roads. slow down through the school zones, put the devices down, kids are excited, they might dart out in the roads so you want to be aware and alert. always stop for school buses unless there's a concrete barrier and you're driving in the opposite direction. it's always a good an update on the pinellas park problem. a railroad crossing arm was stuck down. i have reports it's been fixed but my maps are still showing some slowdowns in the area. so if your morning drive takes you through this intersection make sure you give yourself extra time to get through all the traffic. back to you. $2.4 billion will soon go to the fight against bluegreen

>> the florida senate announcing the plan. officials will use the money to buy land south of lake okochobee and turn night reservoirs. that is where they will send contaminated water from the lakes so it can be cleaned and released to the everglades. right now the lakewater is flowing east and west into nearby rivers. we're now a little closer to finding out what exactly caused a cargo ship to sink near the bahamas last october. search crews recovered el faro's black box. now it's expected to be be back on land this friday. the ntsb will go through the data to fi happened. and why that ship sank. el faro took off from jacksonville, headed to puerto rico when it went down. the accident killed all 33 crew members. the rare sight literally stopping sight on the courtney campbell causeway tuesday night. >> all that splashing there, and that is what is called a manatee mating ball. it's drawing dozens of people out of their cars, they got phones in hand, all trying to catch a glimpse of this. for good reason. officials say this is a sight that you can only see every

it involves up to seven male manatees all vying for a female, a single female's attention and get this, can last up to three weeks. in the - >> great cool experience to see it. i hear it's a once in a lifetime for most people. they don't get the opportunity to see it. pretty neat and pretty cool for the little man here to see it as well. >> next on abc action news at 6:00 -- a newborn making a surprise arrival. the unusual place doctors had to rush to when that baby just couldn't wait. still looking at manatees. i guess we'll get to that in a second. >> there's the baby. >> at 6:30 -- hillsborough county is revealing an all new plan to fix traffic problems after failed attempts to raise taxes. the way they want to pay for this proposal. >> i should have said a human baby, not a manatee baby. it's what i should have said. experts recommending new sleep guidelines for your kids, that is just one of the stories we had to help you adjust to the

news/backtoschool. >> first new details on the killing of a man in north carolina, shot while leaving a house party. this morning the 911 call made by the suspected shooter is being released. details in today's "gma first look." >> reporter: newly released 911 calls placed just moments before a fatal shooting. >> reporter: officials saying they believe the caller who never left his name is the man who shot and killed 20-year-old corun rodney thomas as he left a party in the neighborhood early sunday. >> reporter: police say 39-year- old chad cameron copley fired a shotgun from inside his garage around 12:30 a.m. hitting thomas who was just

>> reporter: now copley has been charged with murder and we'll have more on the investigation coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your gma first look, abc

welcome back. a california couple is celebrating the birthday of

special. the baby was born in the toilet. andrea and joshua whalen went to the hospital early monday morning when andrea went into labor. they waited for the normal natural labor to progress joshua helped his wife get up to go to the bathroom. that is when the couple got a surprise, the baby was born right there in the toilet. dad grabbed the baby girl out, doctors and nurses rushed in to help. she gave birth to an 8 pound 3 ounce baby girl, with mom and baby >> what? >> that is something else. all right, we're looking dry out there there morning. with mostly clear skies and temperatures in the mid and upper 70s. titan doppler radar looking much better and dry at this point. you're not going to need the umbrellas yet but by later this afternoon temperature approaching 90, so nice and warm but we'll have about 50% coverage of storms. we'll talk more about that in detail coming up at the bottom of the hour.

the tampa side of the courtney campbell causeway, just saw a school bus drive by. you'll see those on the roads this morning. coming up, we're going to check in with captain al. coming up -- new leadership in a hillsborough county school. a live look at students return to class for the year. straight ahead, the improvements the district is planning to make as we continue our complete coverage. >> schools on guard against the zika virus. the steps staff members are

z22whz zi0z

6:30. today's a big day for students and parents. we have team coverage of the first day of school. >> several counties starting classes today, ryan smith is in hillsborough.

a program to help get graduates paid. completeback to school coverage. everything you need to know to get the kids out the door for the first time. >> including a look at traffic and weather together. janelle, it's not raining but are you watching any problems? >> janelle is looking good, there are a couple of problems out there. she'll get to that in a second. look at titan doppler radar. in fact breaking weather news. look at the sky to the eastern sigh. you can see orange and red. our sun is going to be seen this morning. an incredible set of days with very little of it, now we're dry, get the sunshine, back into our summer afternoon thunderstorm pattern. it's still going to rain but rain when it should be, in the afternoon and into the evening. mid to upper 70s now so if your packing up the kids to go to school pack the umbrellas, for later on, especially any time after 2:00, 3:00 we'll begin to see the showers and storms bubbling up. by the way with the sunshine our temperatures will be in the upper 80s today as opposed to

days. low 80s. just in time for back-to- school, drying out. most of the roadways are dry. corey dierdorff is stationed for us at the bus depot in largo. a lot of buses have already left so kids are -- kids are waiting. a lot of buses already on the roads in hillsborough as well. you may want to leave a little early, maybe 10 to 15 minutes before you did over the summer. we have a crash to tell you about in hillsborough county u.s. 301, partially blocked at harney road. near not seeing a huge slowdown but you may want to give yourself extra time through there. also checking out the bridges, this is what it looks like on the howard frankland, wide open here. let's check your drive times across all three. looking great, courtney campbell just nine minutes, six minutes on the howard frankland and seven minutes across the

action air 1, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. back to school day it is for sure. we thought we had an accident in the vicinity of northeast high school in st. pete. 62nd avenue north. nothing there, everything's moving smoothly. no cars in the parking lot yet. i-275 over the top of gandy boulevard, the headlights you see is southbound 275 coming from the howard frankland, perhaps towards downtown st. pete. no delays whatsoever. be safe. a lot of kids out there. speaking of lots of kids, hundreds of thousands of kids, it's back-to-school today for one of the country's biggest school districts. >> starting the year with a new plan for improvement. >> we're going to check with abc action news reporter ryan smith in hillsborough county continuing our back-to-school coverage. live at booker t washington elementary school where kids will start the day within the next half-hour or so. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning. that is exactly right.

here on this first day of school. at booker t washington elementary school. 550 students already enrolled for the school year but officials say it's typical for a lot of parents here to sign up their children on the first day. booker t washington expecting even more students in attendance after the first bell. the new principal this year telling us partnering with parents is key in turning around the f-grade school. they've started some pretty clever ways to do that includinaf for parents and students to take part in like couponing and gardening. but jaime girding says it starts with school pride, the new principal says embracing its roots as an historic landmark in the community is also key. >> i want the kids to be able to know all about that history. i want them to feel part of the pride in what the school represents. as booker t washington, the first african-american school

so it starts with those pieces. >> reporter: doors open here at booker t washington at 7:00 for early morning breakfast. so in just about a half-hour we're going to see a flood of students and parents for dropoff. live in tampa, ryan smith, abc action news. continuing back-to-school team coverage in pinellas county where students are going from a crumbling old school to a brand new one. >> abc action news reporter lauren rozyla is live outside largo high school with a look at the new building and also the new programs that could put high school graduates in well paying jobs right out of school. good morning, lauren. >> reporter: good morning. i'm in the center of this beautiful new campus. people already arriving for this first day of school. this is video of the beautiful

of the art technology centers but administrators will tell you they are the most proud of launching new technology programs this year. that includes welding and automotive. students who graduate here get a certification and that almost guarantees them a local job paying well above $10 an hour. >> seizing more opportunities to be able to -- move on after high school. it's very important for us, for kids to have the skills to be successful. on school. >> reporter: there's already a huge demand for welders and automotive techs in pinellas county. back here live we found out that manufacturers and industry professionals have already signed on to help mentor some of the kids and hopefully one day hire them into the local jobs. reporting live in largo, lauren rozyla, abc action news. we want to see your back-to-

year. i shared it at the risk of a -- them being upset with me. the humidity got to them. but we want to encourage you to share your pictures too. on my page or search abcactionnews.com. we have useful resources to help you start the school year off right like a list of phone numbers to call if something is wrong with your child's school bus. it's all at abcactionnews.com/backtoschool. you can also find that on our mobile app. with students heading back zika virus. school nurses are being trained to recognize symptoms. many school districts including hillsborough county will be giving teachers some handouts that their students can take home that explain the zika dangers to families. schools are also doing their best to eliminate standing water on their campuses. happening today -- you have a chance to learn about an all new plan to improve traffic in hillsborough county. congested roads a problem so

commissioners are giving details of a proposal to use 1/3 of tax revenue growth for transportation. it would improve roads, bridges and public transit. there's a public workshop where you can learn more, in the county center on kennedy. the new plan would keep tax rates the same. team usa remains at the top of the medal count in rio as we showed you at 5:30 -- michael phelps helping the u.s. take home two morgo here's the count now. 26 medals for the u.s. china next with 17. they are followed by japan with 14. russia with 12. australia with nine medals. the american women's gymnastics team known as the final five showed why they are the best in the world. they won the team event for a second straight olympics finishing more than eight points ahead of silver medalist china. considered a blowout in the

completing an olympic feat that has been done, just one other time in history. last night katie ledecky won gold in the 200-meter freestyle. if she can win next one she can be the second woman to capture three long style events in the single olympics. good luck to her. to keep people safe from shootings, it takes a horribly wrong turn. what we learn about the woman who lost her life. live at the scene of the ? teacher teacher can you teach me? >> when i was little the a-team was very popular. that tv show. my dad painted the back of our van with the m-team and all our names. we would always take our first day of school pictures standing right in front of it. we just thought it was the best thing ever. until we got to about high school. then it was kind of like -- oh

the u.s. department of justice is going to hold a news conference about its investigation into the baltimore police department. there the justice department did release an advanced copy of the report. here are things that are contained it in. it finds that baltimore police routinely discriminate against

misconduct. authorities launched the report after last year's death of freddie gray. he died after suffering a broken neck while in police custody. here's a live look in pinellas county, one of several bay area counties heading back to school this morning. the fresh start kids there are getting with upgrades to one building on campus. z22pfz zy6z

first day of school for a lot of students in the bay area so the tip of the morning, slow down and leave early. we're already seeing some delays at 275, at busch, eight minutes now from here to downtown tampa. i-4 also looking crowded as you head right through ybor city. the rest of i-4 starting all the way back in the lakeland area, not too bad, only taking 25 minutes to get into downtown tampa. 16 minutes from county line road to 75 and 9 minutes from 75 to action air 1, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we heard about an accident at u.s. 301 and harney road a little northwest of tampa executive airport. i am just arriving now and if you move the camera a little to the right, south along u.s. 301 we should see it. i understand it's in the grass there. you can see southbound 301 headed to i-4, no problems but i understand a serious accident

city. we'll be headed there next. here's ivan with the forecast. we're going to see more sunshine today than we've seen in quite some time. along with that, how about that, not raining at this hour. in fact the torrents of rain with us the last couple of days are gone at this point. just off-shore showers so we're in pretty good shape. we're going to continue to see some rainfall, just it will fall when it typically normally does this time of year, in the afternoon. that area of low pressure continues to move away the one that was stalled pretty mu all the moisture in, that is beginning to move away. that is certainly excellent news. still residual tropical moisture so the thunderstorms that do fire today and we'll see some. we'll have potential to bring down good downpours through the afternoon and into the evening as everything pushes back west. that will continue to be the case as he head through tomorrow. look at this, with the sunshine that we'll have, temperatures approaching 90 degrees, we'll have some low 90s here so unlike yesterday we're not going to be stuck in the low 80s. coverage as far as the rainfall

we'll keep the temperatures in the lower 90s and heading into the weekend if you're already planning ahead looking fantastic for both saturday and sunday, plenty of sun early and then we'll fire the afternoon summer thunderstorms. tragedy in the police department, how did a citizen training exercise end with a 73- year-old woman dead in punta gorda? >> in the last 30 minutes we've learned more about the woman. her name is mary k abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is live outside the punta gorda police department where dozens of people watched the tragic scene. a demonstration that went

let's go to democracy 2016 -- we're having audio problems. donald trump begins two days of campaigning events in florida but he's heading to south florida for a rally in sunrise first. >> tomorrow night he'll appear at the silver spurs arena in kissimmee. yesterday democrats accused trump of inciting violence when he said second amendment supporters could take action to stop hillary clinton. later he said he meant gun rights advocates could use their power on election day to elect him. house speaker wins in a landslide. that might be a bad sign for donald trump. voters naming him winner of the wisconsin republican primary by 84%. he easily defeated businessman paul nealan who trump praised. trump finally endorsed ryan late last week. yesterday hillary clinton finished two days of campaigning in florida by visiting a medical center in miami. that treated people with zika. clinton called on congress to pass a bill to provide funding to fight the virus. you may be one of the six

dangerous water. that is according to a new study from harvard. researchers finding toxic chemicals in drinking water in 13 states including right here in florida. the tested water sources for industrial chemicals that are linked to cancer and other health problems. california graduate students have come one a way to fight drunk driving, using temporary tattoos to do that. one student wanted to do something to help after her roommate was hit by a drunk driver. so she and several other students at uc started working on an idea. they came up with these temporary tattoos, they have a chip in them that measures the blood alcohol level from sweat and then uses bluetooth to send that information to your smartphone. >> i was looking for something that is wearable, easy to wear it but also easy to carry and easy to remove. >> the students say testing sweat is more accurate than testing someone's breath.

starting today walmart is tripling the number of bay area stores offering its on-line grocery pickup service. the free service is now available at 11 local stores, allows to you choose your pickup time and order from 30,000 groceries on-line or by using the walmart app. you pick up your free- throwseries at your local walmart curbside without getting out of your car. good news for american airlines passengers. i just bought a ticket last night and didn't select airline. entertainment now free for all domestic flights. the airline saying it's making an investment in its customers. happening today, a restaurant that specializes in ramen noodles is officially opening in st. pete. it's called buy a ramen the owners call it a ramen bar and

it's 6:00. as your morning sprint now counts you down to "good morning, america." >> let's head to abc action news reporter rodney dunigan, we had technical issues earlier. he's live at the accidental shooting in punta gorda. what is happening now? >> reporter: the victim in this case along with more than 30 others were actually participating in a citizens academy when all of this happened. apparently that officer was in a role play situation, he shoot have had a unfortunately it was a live round. that woman was shot and killed. this was a simulation and live role play. the victim identified as mary knowlton, according to her facebook page, was a librarian with the scott county public library system and also known to be very active in the community.

witnessed that shooting. the officer involved in this incident has been placed on administrative leave. the fdle is investigating this case. we'll be here throughout the morning gathering more information. you can see this is a very active scene. investigators still trying to determine exactly what happened. we'll be out here to bring you more information as we get it this morning. for now reporting live in punta gorda, rodney dunigan, abc action news. >> we apologize for problems there. we check with in lauren rozyla, she's outside a school there that is getting a major upgrade. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, the upgrade are already here. this is a beautifully new rebuilt largo high school. kids are already here arriving as the bell is just about to ring. this used to be the most outdated school in pinellas county but look at it now, the original largo high school

students who spent the last year in portables this is a huge welcome change. the new school is also launching several tech programs this year in automotive and welding that will give kids opportunities to make money owflt high school. back to you. students will start filtering in booker t washington any minute now. a lot of excitement for the first day of school and get this, a lot of change coming to booker t washington. new leadership is determined to make this a turnaround year for the tampa school. new principal jaime girding including new clubs and activities for parents and students to participate in, together like after school gardening and even coupon clipping. all new methods to improve student achievement on this first day of school. reporting in hillsborough county, i'm ryan smith for abc action news. now let's go to abc action news reporter lauren rozyla in pinellas county. >> we just checked in with lauren.

improve traffic in hillsborough county. commissioners are giving the first details on a proposal to use 1/3 of tax revenue growth for transportation. learn more at a public workshop, 1:30 at the county center on kennedy. we're going to show you this too. tampa police want to you see this man. detectives say he may have burglarized more than 20 south tampa homes since march. he may be working with two other men too. if you recognize him, call crime stoppers, you may be eligible nor a reward. if you're looking for a job there's a hiring happening in northport today. it's a window supplier and door supplier. a hiring event will be at the goodwill in tamiami trail in north port this afternoon. organizers say no appointment is necessary. we're checking the drive in pinellas county.

from bridge-to-bridge. if you're heading to the veterans expressway it's starting to slow a little, typical this time of morning, 26 minutes from 54 to 275. 21 minutes just to get from van dyke to 275. captain al is flying over a crash in dover, what is happening? >> reporter: good morning. appears to be a very serious accident, perhaps a fatality on mlk, a little east of forks road, they have mlk closed both directions, i suspect it's going to be like this for a while. you it's just one thing you see. also on either side, they have the whole area blocked off. two vehicles, suv and little pickup are involved, so keep it in mind. mlk is going to be closed, either 60 or i-4. much drier out there. in fact no rainfall, we're in pretty good shape until the afternoon and then we'll begin to see showers and thunderstorms developing. we're talking about the 50% chance for later today.

out the door for the first day of school.

good morning, america. donald trump defending himself after a comment being called a threat against hillary clinton. >> if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. although the second amendment people, maybe there is, i don't know. >> trump says he was not suggesting v facing her own troubles overnight. a new batch of her e-mails made public. breaking overnight a former librarian killed by police in front of a horrified crowd. shot while volunteering for a demonstration at a police safety event. the latest on what officers say was a terrible accident. flash flood danger. a woman rescued after a car barrels into a bridge. now more monsoon rain hitting the southwest and a dangerous heat wave moving east.