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comments@captioncolorado.com. breaking overnight, a suspect is in custody after a situation in pinellas county. what happened before the man reportedly started firing shots in a mobile home park? officials worry that zika is spreading to more mosquitoes in florida. a tourist hot spot may be the new ground zero. breaking news in west tampa. investigators are investigating a deadly shooting. thank you for joining us on this friday. man who appears to have died from a gunshot wound. police don't have information or a motive or a suspect. we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. a little light out there on the surging moon as we check in on temperatures in the upper 70s to around 80. the rain chances are going to be going lower the next few days. one of the headlines here is we check in on the forecast
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coastal showers and afternoon storms reverse the pattern and will switch things around. we'll talk about that on the futurecast and yes, the tropics as we expect are becoming more active. a lot of good cover out there with temps at 92 for the daytime high and feeling closer to a hundred. the rain chances are around 30%. let's head over to check on the early commute. it is friday. >> we immediate it. >> we should -- we made it. >> we the drive is looking good on kennedy around mcdill. traffic is up to speed with no crashes or breakdowns. if anything does happen to slow you down, we'll let you know about it right here and of course on twitter at tampa bay traffic. we are checking your drive on i-4. this is what it looks like at the polk parkway. you will run into some flashing lights when you get around park and plant city. however, no road blocks there. just the crashes in the
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pinellas county. we have reports of a crash here. i've been checking our cameras around the pinellas area. not causing any problems. checking your drive on 275 starting all the way back at the apex at 75. four minutes from bush to i-4 and just five minutes if you are starting off in downtown tampa heading to the howard frankland. deiah? >> thanks, janelle. brea tear through a boat at the west shore yaht club. firefighters say the boat is badly damaged. they are still on the scene right now assessing the extent of the damage. we'll keep you up to date if we get any new information. it's 5:02. i'm trying. all right. trying to switch the mike on there. sorry about that. the zika virus continues to spread through mosquitoes and
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women to avoid traveling to miami and miami beach. just yesterday, there were two new travel cases of the zika virus, both outside of the immediate wynnewood area of miami where all of the other nontravel-related cases have been found so far. lindsay, they've got to be scrambling trying to keep this contained. >> reporter: absolutely. you can imagine right now it is their number one priority. look, if there is a war away that could be a huge blow. the tourism industry in miami- dade is the number one money- maker. let's talk about the two brand new cases. multiple sources and reputable, i should say, media outlets like the "new york times" and "washington post" reports that the two cases were transmitted on miami beach. that's about 7 miles from the wynnewood district. they cited a health official as their source, but at a news
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fast. >> but nothing, and i repeat, nothing has been confirmed from the florida department of health, by the cdc, or by the county. we have not had any confirmation. these are two cases. i know there's been talk about some kind of clusters. there's no cluster. >> reporter: we do expect to hear more today about those two new cases and if, in fact, they were your best defense if you can handle it in the heat, wear long pants and shirts. stay inside as much as you can. often important to note, zika has not been transmitted through mosquitoes anywhere in the bay area. you've probably heard about the research going on right now nor a zika vaccine -- now for a zika vaccine. in baltimore, they are looking for volunteers to help with the
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news. we're getting our first look now of a man accused of molesting a girl in a swimming pool. jose pena is accused of grabbing a girl under the age of 12 monday. deputies say he began to rub up against her. she swam away, but then he grabbed her again and molested her. breaking news that we brought you last night. a suspect is now in custody after a s.w.a.t. situation that started with shots fired in pinellas county. into custody last night. they say he barricaded himself inside of his trailer on 66th street then fired three shots. detectives say he wasarguing with his wife and has -- he was arguing with his wife and has mental health issues. >> deputies had never been to that mobile home park. when you start ingrim
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indiscriminately start firing off rounds, somebody could get hurt. a high school student is spending his morning in jail without bond after deputies say he stabbed his mother and younger brother while on vacation. the double stabbing in siesta keys. police have charged 16-year-old gus with two counts of attempted second degree murder for the attack. he was visiting from massachusetts. now we're hearing from neighbors in his hometown who can't believe it. >> the brief, you know, encounters that i've had with him, i would never think that he would do such a thing. >> it seems mom called 911 after the attack. she and her 14-year-old son are in the hospital with serious injuries. authorities say they should survive. american swimmers jack conger and gunner bentz are on a plane after finally being allowed to return home. brazilian police pulled them off a plane yesterday for
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robbery. brazilian police do want lochte and feigen indicted for a crime for fabricating a story of men dressed as police robbing them. instead, the four players vandalized a rest room. there was an argument between the swimmers and the security guards. they reportedly demanded money to one legal expert believes this will end without think serious harm done. >> it is the kind of thing that the brazilians will extract a pound of flesh politically and let that be known through the news media. >> one member of the ioc is urging forgiveness. overnight, the us olympic committee apologized to the host nation for the admitted act of vandalism. the athletes enthusiasm
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tv network that the only truth is they were drunk. the sources say the brazilian government is lying about what happened. a rocket lit up florida's space coast carrying two air force satellites into orbit. the military says the satellites include imagine equipment to detect the size and status of objects near earth's orbit. they will be used to detect and warn of an impending collision in space. astronauts are preparing to conduct a space walk like this one outside of the international space station. it starts at 8:05 and the astronauts will begin installing the first of two docking stations. they are important as space ex and boeing plan to launch manned spacecrafts to the iss and will use them to dock with the station starting sometime next year. today, governor rick scott will be in tampa to talk about jobs.
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he will make the announcement at 10:00 this morning. we'll bring you any news you can use on this. keep it here. the web site gawker will officially shut down next week. the sale was forced by a $140 million verdict against gawker that forced it into bankruptcy. the site invaded hulk hogan's privacy when it posted video of him having sex with a friend's wife. right now, a tampa man is getting behind the wheel with a trailer full of donations. micah neil went to high school in baton rouge, an area covered in floodwater. he decided this week he wouldn't sit back and do nothing. so he began collecting donations. before he knew it, two trailers were full of clothes, food, water, toys, and more.
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house anymore. >> he expects to arrive in baton rouge sometime this afternoon. some of the people who donated goods say they know that the people of louisiana would help us some day if disaster strikes. looking good out there right now on a friday here. showers and storms later this afternoon with coverage diminishing today. it will be dry this morning with temperatures in the upper 70s. we'll talk about the weekend forecast and changes in our pattern coming up in a few minutes. coming up, a shooting outside of a milwaukee police station. it's what the shooter did next, though that is the real surprise here. >> one dad learns the hard way not to eat his kids' food. why he had to call 911 after eating what he found in the
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welcome back. 5:14. a man was shot and killed just outside of a police station in milwaukee last night. police say that victim got into a fight with two men in a van outside police headquarters. one man pulled a gun and shot him. he later died. the two men in the van walked into the police station and turned themselves in and surrendered their gun to police. a dad in omaha is blaming his kids for hallucinating after eating four brownies. police entered the house he was crawling up the stairs laying insults at the family cat. the 51-year-old started feeling sick after eating brownies in
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had used earlier that day. he started feeling bad and so she called the kids and said what was in the brownies? >> we put two and two together. i said call the kids and tell them i had two brownies and ask them how high i'm gonna get. >> they didn't respond. he called 911. police did come to the house, but they didn't arrest him or take him to the hospital even when he started cat. he says he's okay now but he stands by what he said to the cat. [ laughter ] >> oh, bad kitty. good kitty. that was something else there. temperatures in the upper 70s right now. clear skies out there looking good with highs today back in the 90s. we're going to do that with a few afternoon thunderstorms. the coverage over the next few days is going down for us yesterday still and today with the easterly flow pushing the storms towards the coast by
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looking good and a lot of sunshine. in fact, we have sunshine with the almost fool moon out there. we have yesterday's sturgeon moon for this time of year. there's the futurecast with more scattered showers and thunderstorms. then things wind down. we'll switch things around for tomorrow. our prevailing wind flow will be from the south and west. that will push a little moisture through the morning hours and that tends to produce the morning coastal showers. see how everything is other way, right, for the weekend here? rain chances are on the lower side. this is, of course, fiona here. not looking all that organized. this is the brand new advisory that continues headed off to the north and west. as it does so, it should weaken. this may be optimistic here. this thing may dissipate before it even gets to the point here. either way, it may be hooking north. however, this feature here that we've been talking about, that
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tropical cyclone. that one is going to take a southerly track. that is one that may be an issue heading into next week. plenty of time to watch it and we'll have more activity coming off there. this is the time of year we may pick off just two storms coming up in the next week or so as fiona has been with us the last few days. 92 for tampa. 88 for st. pete today. we'll do that with rain chances around 30%. we'll keep it that way through the weekend. inland the case through the early part of next week. at least on monday. it is friday. let's check on the commute. so far, it has been quiet, right? >> typically, it is on a friday morning. >> school's back, right? >> school's back. it could get crowded later on. corey dierdorff is checking on the roads for us. right now, he's on the veterans expressway. he didn't do a lot of work last night. a lot of times they only do work through thursday morning on the veterans expressway.
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but no slowdowns just about seven minutes from waters to 275 on the veterans expressway. checking your bridges this morning. this is what it looks like on the tampa side of the courtney causeway. less than ten minutes to get across all three bridges. since we don't have any crashes or breakdowns, let's avoid this area in ybor city. 50th street is closed between eighth and ninth avenue. eighth avenue is closed as well. this is going to last for couple of weeks. keep that in mind. also, we have construction going on 113th street north between park boulevard and eighth avenue north. expect congestion, especially around morning and afternoon rush hours. dan? i just remember looking back at it and seeing its teeth. >> cute animals attack. you'll never believe which
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teens. [sobbing ] >> ahead on abc action news, we help a tampa family reunite two years after they were torn apart because of the cuban government. >> first at 5:19, we're getting a look at the future of automobiles and twitter announcing a major crackdown. kendis gibson and diane macedo have more. in today's tech bytes, twitter is crack down terrorists suspending more than a quarter million accounts. >> this follows a string of recent attacks around the world. twitter has increased daily suspensions by more than 80%. uber has announced a rollout of a fleet of self- driving cars. >> they are still working on making the cars fully driverless, so they come with human backup drivers to handle any unexpected situation. >> this weekend, mercedes
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welcome back. 5:24. police many one pennsylvania county are urging people to make sure their pets are all vaccinated from rabies. >> this comes after a rabid fox bit everything in sight including a person. a man is being treated for rabies. his wife saw the fox attacking a pillow near his kids, and when he went to scare it off, it turned and bit him into a finger. it even ran into a home before it was cornered by animal control officers. >> they had to use a get him out of the house. he was very combative. >> the fox is confirmed to have rabies. it is important to make sure all of your pets are up to date with the vaccine because it could save their lives. from a rabid fox to otters behaving badly. two teens were attacked by otters. >> they are so cute. even though they are known to be aggressive, they rare a attack. two boys were swimming in a lake when all of a sudden,
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towards them and started biting. >> every time it would go under, i knew it was about to attack. it was so terrible. it was the scariest thing in my life. >> it just kept getting at you and wouldn't stop. it was just painful. >> the boys were taken to the hospital to be checked out and given rabies shots. wildlife experts say otters are extremely protective and not afraid to defend their territory. students at the university of south after a flasher is spotted several times on campus. ahead in the live report, i'll detail exactly what campus police are warning students and staff this morning. >> a teenager is accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill his classmates. why one of the potential victims was so surprised. good morning, everybody. we are watching your roads. the camera is just turning on us at i-275 at roosevelt running smoothly right now. coming up, we'll check your
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the campaign trail. why he said he made offensive comments, ahead. >> a flasher on campus. usf students are on alert after spotting a naked man. good morning, thanks for waking up with us on this friday. >> where do you go from there? traffic and weather together. only us, right? [ laughter ] >> traffic is looking great, so if you are heading out, there are really no issues out there. that's a good thing. >> weather-wise, it's forecast, you'll get into drier times here. it still may be warm and humid. it is august here. temps right now in tampa at 78. feels warmer in the temperature with the humid out there. we'll be doing okay through the midday hour. by 12:00, around 90 degrees. feels like 95, afternoon thunderstorms between 2:00 and 5:00. the pattern will take the
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