at 9:00 -- we begin in italy where a deadly 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck overnight. >> right now rescue crews are digging deep into this rubble to try to find any signs of life. we head to lindsay logue now breaking situation all morning. >> the death toll has changed in the past hour? >> reporter: the earthquake struck 3:30 in the morning. nearly everyone was asleep at the time. many died when homes crumpled around them. at least 150 people are still

beautiful buildings that once stood talled and strong have been reduced to rubble. nothing more than dust and piles of broken concrete. this is amatrice, the mayor there says most of his town is wiped out. the better picture from the sky shows blocks of buildings leveled. >> the electricity is gone. can't see anything. some people grabbed their phones and we made our way down the stairs to the garden. >> reporter: as the day goes on in central italy we've seen people in their pajamas and family pets buried feet under the rubble being pulled to stretchers. to safety. but it hasn't been easy. the region is remote and mountainous, troops haven't even made it to every affected area. there are already reports of landslides and bridges on verge of collapse not to mention the roads in town are blocked. it's taken a bulldozer hours just to clear a path. the quake was so strong people

felt it too. at the vatican wednesday morning -- >> we pray together for our brothers and sisters. >> the pope led a prayer for victims and families. and italy's prime minister is headed to the disaster zone later today. >> reporter: in a statement to his country he said the priority right now is rescuing survivors. saying no family, no city will be left alone. >> reporter: live still of the people there at the rubble. you can see the bulldozers at the bares of -- base of one of these buildings, still looking for people. witnesses say rescuers are going from house-to-house, calling for anyone that may be trapped. if there is no answer sadly they thuft move on. another powerful earthquake in central myanmar. this is a map of the u.s.

away in bangkok, thailand. the epicenter located 30 miles to the southeast of the ancient capital. reports say that the quake severely damaged a number of buddhist temples there. to a developing story now from st. petersburg -- police say two people were shot at bay vista park. the call came in 3:00 this morning. anchor james tully has been live at the scene all morning. james, several hours have passed since the shoo to piece things together? >> reporter: after six hours crews are wrapping up and the call coming in after 3:00 a.m. two men shot at bay vista park in st. pete. they are still alive, both being treatedded. no other suspects have been named at this hour. the men both in their late 20s. while we don't know what led to the shooting officials here tell me no one -- this should be common knowledge, should be

per city ordinance they can be cited for being here after dark. the latest from here proves it. wrapping things up and piecing together what led to the two being shot. no other suspects named. they are both alive, being treated and recovering. when we learn more we'll bring it to you on air and on-line. live in st. pete, james tully, abc action news. just in -- some sadness to pass founder and pastor of st. lawrence catholic parish for 49 years has died this morning. he died in his home, he was 87 years old. abc action news is sending a crew and we'll bring you latest on "the now tampa bay" at 4:00. 9:05. warm and humid, not as hot this afternoon. we have temperatures now in the lower 80s. we should be about 90, 91 for

i don't think we're going to see that today. more cloud cover and northeast wind will continue to bring showers and storms. notice over my shoulder already firing along 95. that is that northeast wind that is going to continue to allow for the showers and storms to develop and propagate towards the west so they arrive on the beaches later on this evening. so typical summer pattern setting up with hot and humid conditions, p.m. storms and of course the tropics. less than two hours away from hurricane hunters departing to investigate that tropical w temperatures today in the lower 90s. 10:00, 84 and storms. pretty good shape and nothing unusual. let's check the morning commute. it was a busy morning. a couple crashes but maybe just a lot of volume on the roads. and we still have slowdowns here through ybor city on i-4 as you head into tampa. still taking about 20 minutes to make the drive from 75 to

again no crashes there. just a lot of heavy volume. checking on the average speed, looking for the slow spot, veterans expressway is winning this contest, 26 the average speed there. 38 on 275 from fletcher to i-4, and 70 the average speed on i- 75 from bruce b downs to i-4. back to you. we want to go back to pinellas county now. overnight fire forced people out of their homes. investigators are trying to figure out what started this fire at the station sqre street in clearwater. you can see the fire there. it started in the 12th floor unit on the -- on the 12th floor. a viewer also shared cell phone video as the flames were still burning before 11:30 last night. firefighters got there and not the flames out in minutes and crews say nobody was hurt. people said at first they thought it was a drill and then saw the flames. >> it kind of looked like a bonfire except the sticks and

-- like the balcony, a flower pot or -- two flower pots actually. >> after nearly two hours they were all allowed to go home. firefighters are still investigating. we have an update on the massive apartment fire in maryland earlier this month. overnight police identified the two children killed in the explosion. officials say an 8-year-old and 3-year-old both boys are among the seven people killed. the explosion at the flower branch apartments shook homes more than a mile away. some people rert natural gas before the explosion. officials also had been called to the building on july 25th by residents who reported smelling gas. new information now, the father of the south florida man who allegedly bit a man's face after killing him and his wife says his son's organs are failing. dr. haroff says his son's liver is failing possible due to chemical poisoning.

chemicals in the garage of john and michelle stevens. there are more tests being done if he was under the influence of other drugs. back in florida pinellas county investigators are trying to figure out how this car ended up in a retention pond. overnight detectives said they believed that car was stolen. neighbors say they heard a loud crash 4:30 in the afternoon in tarpon springs. they came out an saw the back of the red car slowly sinking. one woman said she saw a young woman standing near the car with the minutes before it went into the water. tarpon springs firefighters jumped into the water, got through the top of the sun roof to look for anybody inside. they say the car was empty. one neighbor said he considered to jump into the water himself when it first happened. >> i was thinking if i seen somebody i would go in and see if i could help them but if i didn't see anybody i wasn't going in there because the gators in there are five, six feet long. >> deputies say the car doesn't belong to anyone who lives in the community. they did get in touch with the

information comes out. to the latest on the spread of the zika virus. yesterday the florida department of health announcing it's investigating five new locally transmitted cases in florida. these are people who got it by a mosquito bite here in florida. and includes one in pinellas county. officials have documented exactly location of where the transmission occurred. today rick scott will be in taa county leaders. bob buckhorn is warning that the city can't wait any longer to take action against the spread of the zika virus. where's the clothes? >> caught with her pants down literally. still to come -- an officer pulls over a half-naked woman but you won't believe what happened to the friend that came to pick her up from the police station. plus, a cake controversy at california bakery. why one of the cake designs is

reactions on social media.

two bombings at a hotel in southern thailand killed one hotel employee, injured 29 others. that area of the country is increasingly the scene of attacks by islamic insurgents. both bombs were planted inside cars. the first one exploded in the hotel parking lot. the second one 20 minutes later in overnight turkey launched a major operation to clear islamic militants out of a syrian town just out of its border. it's in a strategic location that lies at the western bank of the euphrates river that crosses into syria. turkey hopes freeing the town will allow aid workers to return and lessen the number of

9:13. an unusual fight caught on camera inside an oregon starbucks. you see a man wearing only his underwear tries to leave the starbucks but then is confronted by another man, thrown to the ground. they wrestle each other on the ground, customers in the starbucks say they quickly found places to hide fearing that situation would escalate and put them in danger. >> i was gunning for the bathroom. i was not sure what was going on. for all i know i could have been a crazy manac. >> a third man in the starbucks breaks up the fight and investigators still trying to figure out what the two men were fighting about but both were taken away by police in handcuffs. new this morning, police in michigan pulled over a woman for drunk driving only to find she was not wearing any pants. >> officers are used to responding to unusual calls but this one left the officer a little baffled. >> where are your clothes? where is her pants? >> right here. >> why are your pants down

pants were on the floor of the car. when asked how much she drank the woman responded too much, just take me to jail already. they did. it gets even stranger. when the woman called her friend for a ride home from the police station her friend also got arrested for dui and guess what? she was not wearing - >> are you wearing any clothes under the shirt? >> also pantless. the moral of the story, friends don't let friends dre and half naked. a mess after a taxi drives up on a busy sidewalk in san francisco. this horrific crash happened yesterday at a popular news stand in shoeshine station. two men working were taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. the driver of the taxi also hospitalized. police are now trying to figure out why the driver lost control and ended up on the sidewalk. from rio to knocko -- the olympic flag is already in the

the tokyo governor brought it back by plane yesterday after receiving it from the closing ceremonies sunday in rio. preparations are already underway in tokyo. construction on the main stadium should start the end of this year. tokyo last hosted the olympics in 1964. an update on your 7-day forecast. >> a lot of folks asking about the tropics. we'll check in on conditions from yesterday to today. quite a difference i think as far as the coming in from -- honeymoon island. gorgeous shot. how romantic is that? very nice. indeed. that was after the storms by the way. we had nasty ones, really most of us stayed dry but the ones that fired up, we talked about this yesterday, holding on until after sunset and then they really get going. upwards of 50, 60 miles per hour wind gusts. long gone but the pattern is

already doing that in fact and then continue to move to the beaches by later this evening. similar pattern to yesterday and the next few days really not much difference as we look at futurecast. plan your afternoon and evening, by 2:00, 3:00, already seeing isolated storms across the inland sections, then everything heads to the gulf. then we'll repeat as we head through tomorrow, once again. here's the tropical wave, gaston is not going to bother low pressure is bringing very heavy rainfall to the islands. hurricane hunters are going to investigate this system at 11:00 so we'll have a better idea of whether or not we have a tropical depression. in fact the visible satellite, sometimes you can pick out the low level center but i don't see anything. in fact under the canopy of thunderstorms we could have a depression under there. that is why the plane has to fly in and let us know that. that would of course make it

buckets there. in fact some pockets of 3 to 5- inch totals. steering currents, area i high pressure to the north. not going to curve out to sea, it's going to sneak in under this high. this is like a cog, it can't really go north so it will head west. the question is how will it arrive when it gets to the bahamas this weekend? will it be a tropical storm? a big rain event? or some wind. leaning towards the wind, look at the conditions, 58 to eventually temperature. that is conducive for not just development but you can go to very explosive development. this has to be watched very closely especially for south florida. the wind shear is another factor. it's very low. the forecast hasn't changed that much. it continues to hang to the north and west. what it doesn't show you, the intensity we're looking at. that is still to be determined. in fact i've put both you and the gfs -- the european and

morning. put this in motion and you can see they are in pretty good agreement saturday into the midday hours. still good agreement. then sunday through the overnight of saturday and look at the euro there making landfall in south florida. the gfs stays behind and we continue with the clock, by the time we get to sunday night it's already west of florida. and the gfs has it east of florida so huge differences here. this is just the position, there's huge differences as well in the intensity with the euro being th two so a lot to work through. the hurricane hunters help because they get that data. we punch that into the computer models and they tend to eventually come together here. 92 today. 95 or 98 the heat index this afternoon. we'll continue with rain chances around 40% and again we'll watch the weekend depending on the tropics. 9:19. unexpected check showing up in the mail. hard to know what to keep and what to toss in the trash. john matarese shows us what to

action settlement or scam that could cost you hundreds of dollars. >> reporter: these days there are so many class action settlements that could bring you money such as money back from overpriced tuna fish, moldy washing machines and lots of other products. but how do you know if offers of free money are real or if you could be falling for a scam? now everyone with a brain knows a check in the mail from an african prince wanting to share his fortune with you is but today's scammers are more sophisticated. is this check real? or bogus? the consumer federation of america says watch for these signs in un -- an unexpected check is phony. only a partial payment. you have to send money to get the rest. requires to you wire funds by western union or the company name on the check and company name on the envelope are different. signs of a real check? it's a settlement from a class action suit. for less than $100.

from the doesn't is that stink file -- fake checks that fool even savvy people. the consumer federation says beware of checks and letters showing legitimate logos. they often claim you've been chosen to be a mystery shopper and are all fake. fall for it? and you'll say doesn't that stink? no one will send you money in advance to do mystery shopping. bottom line, if a check shows up unannounced in your mailbox make sure there are no strings attached if you cash it. sometimes cashing a check means you go don't want, so you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese. abc action news. first i was shocked. then i was surprised and then i thought well, you can't make everyone happy. >> a playful cake creation quickly turns into a heated debate. why a bakery never imagined the sweet treat will uncover so many layers of controversy. >> good morning. i'm lissette campos with your "positively tampa bay."

working women state conference, it's happening here in the tampa bay area.

9:24. a california bakery is responding to major on-line backlash after they made this cake that you see here. that was a ken doll wearing a pink dress.

the cake was a special request and was happy to make it now pictures posted on-line of that cake stirred up a real life lgbtq he debate. >> they start with the but the egg milk. >> reporter: at the kitchen carefully crafted cakes and desserts are made everyday. except a special birthday request came with a problem on social media. >> i comments. >> the comments turned critical based on the post by a bakery owner. she said some people took the playful image and turned it into a real life lgbt debate. >> at first i was shocked. then i was surprised and then i thought well, you can't make evan happy. >> reporter: the person who bought the cake who asked not to be on camera said it was for her friend. never imagining a sweet surprise would turn sour.

pick on a cake. >> reporter: today ashley nelson came to pick a cake of her own and added another layer to the conversation. >> i feel like people should be free to be who they are and -- without having to worry about what other people think, and like -- i think it's awesome. >> reporter: she says the controversy now is generating a nationwide response with some customers even stopping by to applaud the bakery. >> i'm really grateful that people have supported us, and come out and colors. so to speak. >> the bakery owner says she did lose some followers on facebook due to the controversy but she says overall the response has been positive. >> she gained some followers as

breaking now -- the death toll in italy continues to climb after that powerful earthquake leveled several remote towns. we're going to take to you the impact zone still ahead. >> republican presidential nominee donald trump set to speak this afternoon in tampa. passionate supporters gathering early here at the fairgrounds to make sure they get in. ahead in a live report why they say trump is the right person to lead the country. good morning. thank you for joining us for abc action news at 9:30. >> i'm dan shaffer. the latest on the devastating earthquake in central italy in a second. lindsay logue with new developments. >> first with the forecast. >> afternoon thunderstorms, a lot of sunshine, temperatures now in the low 80s. already feels like 90s in spots. just don't think we'll be 110 like we were yesterday although already getting up there with the low to mid-90s, with the feels-like by the time we get to 4:00, showers and storms.

along 95, brevard county getting in on that, that will continue to develop as it heads towards the coast later today. more on that in futurecast and another update on the tropics coming up. 9:31. back to the breaking news. a powerful earthquake in italy striking overnight while people were sleeping. the damage widespread, entire communities wiped out. >> amatrice is a mountainous area 100 rome. the entire region that felt and took the brunt of the devastation from the quake, it's not heavily populated and not a huge tourists destination. still though the death toll is now at 37 -- actually it's changed. >> 63. >> more than 100 people are still missing. it's expected to climb as the day goes on. >> lindsay logue is keeping a close eye on the situation. >> we were talking earlier the death toll just climbed in the past half-hour.

trapped. this is a long process. they are going house-to-house, city to city and they are double, triple checking to make sure they've located all survivors. we did see incredible moments earlier, people and pets pulled alive from the rubble. but still so many others at this hour are unaccounted for. this area in central italy is quite remote mountainous, and not everyone could get they needed. the prime minister says the towns are wiped out with buildings dating to the middle ages is destroyed. the first earthquake struck after 3:30 a.m., followed by 40 aftershocks the next three hours and often times they are just as devastating as the initial quake. back to you. to democracy 2016 -- the state of florida once again in the national political spot. spotlight. >> donald trump is hours away

area. abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is out there live now. >> donald trump seems to be focusing on voters here in the bay area a lot lately. >> reporter: that's right. it's his fourth trip in fact to the bay area. supporters got up pretty early this morning, about 6:00 to make sure they got into this event. the gates here open at 10:00 this morning and of course donald trump is set to speak at 1:00. many of the folks we spoke with this morning are passionate about getting donald elected to office. >> he actually understands us. he actually speaks like we do. >> i know he's the only one that can change america. we need him. >> reporter: donald trump supporters vocal in their backing of the republican presidential nominee wednesday morning. >> the guy doesn't need power. he doesn't need prestige. doesn't need a title. he's been there, done that. he's interested in actually doing the job. >> reporter: a line of vehicles parked outside the florida

opened. everyone here making sure they get in. >> he's refreshing. he's got good ideas. there's propaganda. people don't understand. >> reporter: at this point we have not been given the exact nature of what trump will speak about but immigration has been a key talking point at many of his speeches and may be again today. >> the immigration -- he's the only one that can take care of that. we need borders. >> reporter: however, last nigh news trump said there could be a "softening on his stance." he has stated in the past he wants to deport the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the united states and build a wall along the u.s./mexico border. >> he wants to be elected so i think he's like trying to balance himself out right now and doing the right thing. >> reporter: trump understands that the -- understands that we can achieve on our own.

prosper and we just need to keep the government the heck out of our way. >> reporter: this visit is yet another example of the importance of the state of florida in this year's election as a battleground state. we have a crew in the event and we'll stay up to date. head to abcactionnews.com and we will have much more later on this evening on our evening newscasts. for now reporting live from the state fairgrounds, rodney dunigan, abc action news. protesters are planning these are demonstrations from his last stop yesterday in austin, texas. groups in florida are calling trump's softening on immigration insincere. they are opposed to his plans to build a wall along the southern boardser. on the democratic side questions raised about who got access to hillary clinton when she was secretary of state. the associated press is reporting over half the people who made large donations to the clinton foundation met with or had phone discussions with clinton.

the report adds to the perception that donations were key to gaining facetime with the now democratic nominee. a warning to hear from winter haven police before your phone rings. officials say a man with an indian accent is calling people telling them they are under investigation. no threats have been made but police want to you know these are fake and don't make these types of phone calls. if you get one call winter haven police. a man said he was out of $400 after trying to sell his i-phone 6, he met someone on the offer up app. they met near busch boulevard and florida avenue where the funny money was exchanged. $100 bills looked authentic and even passed the pen test used to count for count irfit bills and police are now investigating. commissioners are changing some of the towing rules in pinellas county. >> the goal is to save lives. the board of commissioners approved the changes. what is different now, towing companies cannot toe a car

alcohol withoutrin consent from the business owner. they want to assure people that choose not to drink and drive their vehicles won't be towed if they leave them behind. the rule is in place from 9:00 a.m. to noon the next day. commissioners hope it will help stop drinking and driving. >> you don't want to get the perception it's safe to park there. it's just the additional layer of written authorization needs to be obtained by a owner before the car can just be towed. >> there are other changes to the ordinance. if you are towed you now have the option to pay with a debit or credit card. >> toeing pheeses will be discussed at another meeting. new food options at tampa international airport. >> two new restaurants are opening there today. there's a ribbon-cutting for pf chiang's and hard rock cafe.

outdoor terraces off the main terminal. today's ribbon-cutting set for 2:00, will feature a chinese dragon chance and ceremonial group guitar smash. gloal global stock markets are mixed now. coming up, piles of trash outside this florida home caught the attention of law enforcement. but it's what officers found inside that was even more disturbing. what was behind the fr to handle $100,000. i never had that kind of money. >> the 8 o-year-old woman took o-year-old federal government

new developments, the north carolina highway patrol is urging the public not to jump to conclusions in the deadly shooting of a hearing impaired driver by a state trooper. officials want the public to wait until independent and internal investigations are complete before making assumptions. relatives of 29-year-old daniel harris of charlotte said yesterday that harris was

understand the officer's commands. harris was killed last friday. meanwhile the national association of the deaf says the organization doesn't keep statistics on violent interactions involving deaf people and law enforcement. today a top army general scheduled to answer questions about why he should not be disqualified for oversatisfying sergeant bowe bergdahl's case. general robert abrahams admits he destroyed letters he received from supporters and critic of bergdahl. he's the four-star decided to send the case to a court-martial instead of a lower tribunal. bergdahl is charged with desertion from walking away from his post in afghanistan in 2009 and was held captive by the taliban for five years. two women from idaho seen smoking weed in their house with a 3-year-old sitting in between them. this facebook post gone viral shows the two adults passing a joint in front of the kid. then blowing clouds of smoke into the toddler's face. the two women were arrested for child endangerment. investigators are working on

adults in the video, a man and another woman. the five-minute video was posted on facebook saturday, since gone viral with several comments. an 80-year-old woman can finally sleep easy after spending decades fighting to get the money that she was owed. wanda whiter moved to washington, dc in 1996 but couldn't find work as a paralegal and ended up homeless living in a shelter. eventually she qualified for social security but disputed the amount and returned the checks her situation but says they were all ignored. >> i know i'm entitled to this. i know somebody is -- excuse the vernacular, screwing me here. >> for years she carried three suitcases full of documents to prove the government was wrong. a few months ago a social worker pored over the papers and realized that she was right. last week a check for $100,000

apartment and get a second chance at life. 9:44. heartbreaking story from south florida. police find seven children ages 2 to 9 hungry and living in filthy conditions in this miami gardens home. you can see piles of trash outside the house but investigators say what was inside was even worse. officials say some of the kids were lying on a mattress covered in roaches and appeared to not have eaten in days. they found rats running the home. police arrested four parents, two couples living in the house. three tested positive for marijuana and cocaine. the children are currently in foster care. this is classic florida living. a woman spotted a gator wandering through an office parking lot on fletcher avenue in tampa and snapped the pictures. we suspect the gator was just crossing the parking lot to get to the nearby river. no one bothered the gator, he went about business as usual.

>> doing what a gator does. >> walking the parking lot? >> one body of water to the next. >> have you had close encounters? >> yes, i live in florida! one right outside my house. >> i was on horseback which of course is a problem and one just came out of the lake. while we were -- >> did it spook the horse? >> yes, i had to hold for dear life. it was quite an experience. we didn't go back to watering hole ever again. let's check on conditions. it's a nice shot of the beach. looking fantastic, in fact we had great weather. look at this, this sunset from andrew yesterday on the social media. beautiful colors. we had some thunderstorms yesterday of course. not that many but the ones that did fire were quite spectacular.

andrew saying last night's sunset was spectacular. certainly was. probably going to get it again today. we'll get the sunset but likely the clouds. always very interesting when there are fewer thunderstorms around, you really get the structure there. 84 tampa. already feels like 95. we're going again but i think today won't be 110 like it was yesterday. it will still be hot and humid and then we'll get back into the afternoon thunderstorms, which by the way with the pattern here they start along 95, titusville getting in showers and storms, the cape, no launch this morning. that would be an issue for the rest of us, clouds by 2:00, 3:00. we'll see showers and storms rolling in. then dissipating by the evening. repeat tomorrow. no significant change in the pattern here. we'll put this in motion and you can see a close-up shot of the county, wherever you may be. by 8:00, 9:00 we're done and rains around 4:00 to 7:00.

antilles and eventually puerto rico, hurricane hunters will giver us more information as we head through 11:00. more at 4:00 and 5:00. 92 today with a mix of sun and clouds. showers and storms the next few days. nothing unusual, typical setup of the summer pattern. as we go through the end of the week into the weekend. saturday is fine. sunday we'll wait and see what the disturbance in the atlantic decides to do. otherwise upper 80s to around 90. convocation of professional women from around the state. it's happening right here in tampa bay. >> coming up on "positively tampa bay," why thousands are

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the fourth annual working women state conference is set for september 9th and 10th right here in the tampa bay area. the theme this year is strength and resilience. speakers coming in from around the country to motivate, educated and inspire. the keynote speakers include brandy caminar, celebrity brand strategist. actress alexis cara and deborah memming injury from the brand ideal image. meming er. >> i want to welcome jessica ravelli from working women of tampa bay and tamika benjamin, president and ceo of the swim digital group. thank you for coming in. it's a super busy time for you. tell us what folks can expect in two weeks? >> first let me say thank you so much for emseeing, you are amazing for tampa bay. we're so glad to have you with us again this year.

it's our fourth year. as you mentioned we have fantastic speakers from around the country. three of them from coming from l.a. so that is an extra special treat. two of the women you mentioned, alexis and brandi are hometown girls who are now in l.a. but super excited to come home to hear to tampa bay. we're at ferguson hall which is a beautiful venue and the straz. >> are tickets till available? >> working women conference, workingwomenconference.com is where you get them. you mentioned the theme of resilience. we want the women understand that it's all about being strong and resilient and overcoming challenges. what we've done is created a morning program all about that. it's all individual stories of women that have overcome things. melissa dome was just here last week i believe. >> yes. >> we have dr. tomlin, deputy mayor. >> we know that bedtimes will

you attended the conference last year. what was it about the experience last year that moved you? >> i think first of all it's important to know that there are women's conferences and then there is this conference. the energy, the empowerment, the battery recharge and the power that you feel when you leave is -- it's indescribable. you walk in feeling i'm going to this conference to do the basic, ne quick tips. seven things you need -- and the basics that most people would go to a conference to learn and to get. but you walk out feeling 10 times more powerful. you understand the strength in women, the strength in the camaraderie that women have. you understand the unbelievable network that i'm so lucky to have. this community is so lucky to have, with the working women of tampa bay, with jessica. you walk out just ready, to

>> it's true. you walk away knowing how strong you are. you can be. so here's the information if you would like to join us. we would love to have you. it starts september 9th, at the straz center for the performing arts. for details and tickets go to

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ph.d captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 comments@captioncolorado.com good wednesday morning. we really appreciate you joining us today right here on "tampa bay's morning blend" another busy but good show. >> yes. >> carlie's having a hard time today. she's having a hard time, but it's all in fun, of course. >> it really is. we have the tampa gator club in house in our kitchen this morning. their big event as promised. the gators, it's now their turn.