watching weather. any issues out there so far? >> no, no big deal. >> we're all anxious to learn about the tropics? >> no problems to report at this point. instead, we'll let you know that, hey, it's friday. eric's sending us in a nice picture to let us know that, yeah, we do have to look forward to a nice day. a nice smile on that dolphin. titan doppler radar is clear across our region. we'll back it up 12 hours or so and watch most of the storms yesterday stay off to our south. right now, we've got steamy conditions. it is 78 in tampa. 79 in clear water. st. peters with 77 degrees. winds continuing out of the north and northeast. that will bring the showers from inland to along the coast later on. taking a look at the forecast for today. we'll look for scattered showers in the afternoon. high of about 92. we'll watch that mercury zoom

we'll start to see some of the showers inland and push back toward the coast by later on. if you are pushing off to work on this friday morning, we've got your traffic and weather together. janelle's here. it's been quiet so far. >> yeah. usually friday mornings are quiet. i don't want to jinx it just yet. a lot of the construction from overnight has cleared, so we're looking good on all of the major roadways. we are starting off in pinellas county. this is i-275 right at gandy. about 67 the average the sunshine freeway. let's get a check of the drive times across the bridges. we are all under ten minutes. the courtney campbell at 8. the howard frankland is running at 8. deiah? it is 5:31 right now. you've heard the warnings over and over again. lock your car doors to prevent theft. hillsborough county deputies say crooks are using what they find inside of the unlocked cars to break into homes. rodney dunningan is live this

troubling news. rodney, how did this thing pull off? >> reporter: deiah, this is a simple scam. the crooks find a car with an unlocked car door, walk inside and grab the garage door opener. they will use this to open the garage then simply walk right inside of the home. in fact, we spoke with one victim whose home was broken into as she and her family, including a small baby, were asleep inside. >> you just think about how differently things turned out. we're thankful for that but yeah, definitely feeling vulnerable and violated. >> reporter: as you can imagine, she would. in the most recent case, both family's cars were stolen. across the bay area, you can see crooks in action night after night doing this exact same thing. criminals are targeting new neighborhoods under construction where people feel safe. back out here live this

year, investigators say they've looked into about 2,000 car break-ins, and cars were unlocked in half of those cases. so make sure you lock those cars. rodney dunningan, abc action news. a substitute teacher is off the job for now after a 5- year-old student said he choked her. sebring police say the student goes to kindergarten learning center. take a look at the picture her parents took on monday afternoon after the 5-year-old told her mom what happened earlier that day. those are red marks behind the girl's ear. >> she said he walked up and grabbed my neck and choked me. >> for her to come home and say a story like that is shocking. that story didn't change no matter how many people she told it to. >> the florida department of children and families is investigating the allegations. the deputy superintendent of the school district says the

their schools as they wait for the results of the investigation. the fight over whether to release 911 calls from the pulse nightclub shooting is heading back to state court. federal court lacks jurisdiction over this case, the judge ruled. the media wanted the city of orlando to release the 911 calls and communications police had with the gunman omar mateen. the city says the recordings are exempt under public records law. mateen was killed by police in june after a lengthy standoff in a mass shooting that killed 49 people and wounded 53 others. meanwhile, the wounded victims are overwhelmed by the kindness of the hospitals that treated them. we told you just yesterday the hospitals are donating all of their medical services for victims that they treated that night. you think that sometimes all hospitals want is money. it really shows that the community has come together. there's hate every dids where, but there's so much love in orlando.

million in medical bills added up from the shooting. two months later, many victims worried about how had he would pay for those bills. they are now relieved. some of those who have more serious injuries have not been able to go back to work. as more and more zika cases are detected in the bay area and across the state, governor rick scott isn't willing to wait think longer for federal assistance. he's planning a trip to washington d.c. in less than two weeks to meet with members of congress the day they return from recess. he hopes that will make anywhere top priority. since the start of that recess, zika has moved in to florida. health officials have found 43 cases. earlier, scott authorized $26 million in state funds for prevention and preparedness. all but $3 million of that has already been spent. the florida department of health says the only place where zika is being spread in florida is limited to two spots in miami-dade county. two cases with are reported in

pinellas county. the health department is still investigating those cases. we'll pass along those findings when we finish. staff members from both donald trump and hillary clinton's campaigns were at the white house yesterday for their first transition meeting. >> president obama wants to minimize any disruptions when he leaves office in january. tomorrow, clinton is expected to receive her classified intelligence briefings. trump received his last week. each major party candidate gets one. it gives the candidates a broad look at the national securi threats and challenges facing the country before he or she assumes office. meanwhile, trump continued his attack on hillary clinton yesterday at a rally in new hampshire. he called the connection between her family's charitable foundation and state department "watergate all over again." clinton rolled out a new ad campaign linking trump to white supremacists.

the bay area. senator marco rubio decided to run for re-election after dropping out of the presidential race. he says it's crucial that conservatives vote in the primary. he's scheduled to meet with supporters at courier field in plant city at 11:15 this morning. many voters are not waiting until tuesday to vote in the primary. in hillsborough county, over 90,000 people have early voted or voted by mail. in every county, tomorrow will be voting ends on sundayd. the bolts are inviting you to a good party outside amalie arena this afternoon. there's going to be free food, live music, give aways, and of course an appearance by thunder bug. the first 100 people in line will receive a $25pdq gift

bucs to shine in front of the hometown fans. >> they shine bright and the bucs are playing the first home pre-season game. the opponent tonight is the cleveland browns. you can expect most starters to play over half of that time. they usually use the third pre- season game. kickoff is scheduled for 8:00. if you are headed there at any point, there is one change that you do need to know about. this is a live look right now at security measures are expanding now to all stadium events, including usf games, the outback bowl and monster jam series. if your bag is larger than a small clutch bag, it has to be see through. this one has to sting a little bit for the rays. matt moore nearly pulled off a no hitter against the dodgers. he took his no-hit bid into the

the rays traded moore to the giants earlier this month. came this close. it's 5:38 right now. we're keeping a close eye on what could become hermine. right now, it is just invest 99l. it is a tropical wave that's loosely defined down here. these are the hurricane spaghetti models looking like it's moving farther off to the west. good news for us, potentially northern gulf coast where they have just been socked in with rain for quite a while. we'll keep an eye on this and let you know about any potential development, any potential wobbles and any potential problems and we'll have all of that for you right here on abcactionnews.com. 78 about 6:00. we'll watch those temperatures rise gradually. by later on this afternoon, you could see some rain.

come back after the break. also coming up, a serious scare at an orlando mall. what people mistook for gunshots is sending everyone into a frenzy. >> poem swimmer ryan lochte is now -- olympic swimmer ryan lochte is now facing controversy. one new company is standing by

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78 degrees in tampa. 77 in st. peters. on the pinellas side near gandy boulevard, no big problems. traffic and weather details are just moments away. authorities in arizona hope a bigger reward will lead to the arrest of a serial shooter in the phoenix area. several law enforcement agencies are now teaming up to offer a $75,000 reward for information. since the first shooting on march 17th, shooter has struck. prosecutors stress the person who provides that information will not get into trouble. shoppers at the florida mall in orlando got quite a scare after an inspection of a new restaurant sent them scrambling for safety. police say the news popping prompted the crowd out of the mall mistaking the noise for gunfire. joey if a tone's now hot dog kiosk was there. the fire test involved popping

fire alarm. four people were injured but not seriously when crowds started racing out of the mall. today in tampa, it is sports friday. cultural venues are teaming up once a month to show you what the city has to offer. from 4:00 to 10:00 tonight, you can enjoy free or discounted admissions to places like museums and theaters, plus food and drink deals at participating businesses. a map of the stops is f fourthfriday.com. we could get a couple of showers on the fourth hour of the afternoon, and we're keeping our weather-weary eyes down to the south as everybody is looking at invest 99l. we're saying that a lot lately. doesn't have a name yet and doesn't have a number. this could be hermine. for right now, folks at the national weather service in tampa bay are tweeting out the latest picture. i mean, this is cuba. this is right around where the

as a matter of fact, there's a couple of items that we need to talk about first before we even get to that. i mean, there is a disturbance in the northern part of the gulf right now that the folks at the national hurricane center is saying has a 10% chance of development. not worried about that, nor are we worried about gaston, which is big and bold like gaston in the movie. not going to cause much of a problem. it may get stronger this weekend, too, as it decorates us all with antlers. invest 99l may get a name this weekend but again, very loosely defined and not going to be our storm. looks like we're still going to get those easterly winds today. easterly winds that brought showers yesterday and have brought us the very mild temperatures for today. starting off right now in the 70s across hillsborough county. 75 for temple terrace and fish

pinellas park. also seeing about a 74-degree startoff for east lake and olds marsh. those are your current temperatures for right now. not a problem as you start off. it will be getting warmer later, though. temperatures rising rapidly through the morning up to 86 by 10:00, 90 by noon. 91 by about 2:00. that's when the showers start. here is a look at florida's most accurate day planner as far as we go through the futurecast. watching the storms pull across from the east. tailgating, there could be showers through 6:00 across tampa as well. here is a look at the forecast for tonight's game at ray jay. 86 degrees at kickoff time should be mostly cloudy throughout the contest, but it gets wetter through the weekend. again, still seeing those easterly winds but more atmospheric moisture means a little bit better rain chance through the afternoon and early evening on saturday. sunday looks to be wetter as well. 30% chance of showers today, up to 50% for saturday.

weekend forecast, we'll see mostly sunny skies early, mainly afternoon storms on both saturday and sunday. then things begin to change. 70% chance of showers on monday and tuesday, and all of this, of course, is depending upon what that storm does just a little farther down to our south. it doesn't have any kind of direction right now. >> right. >> no real way to tell where it's going to go. still keeping an "on it and you directing the traffic off to work. >> what we know right now on the roads, it's pretty clear right now. we're starting off in the brandon area checking out i-75 right at state route 60. the other major roads, let's go ahead and take a look at the map. brandon boulevard heading up to i-75. just a tad slow, people trying to get onto the interstate and a little bit slow up on mlk as well, again, through the

looking great. we are still in the green, just 22 minutes to get from county line road into downtown. seven minutes from 75 to 275. if you are heading to the veterans expressway, you are still in good shape as well. no crashes or breakdowns and construction from overnight has cleared. 18 minutes from 54 down to 275. deiah? >> thanks, janelle. ryan lochte is now facing charges in rio. brazilian police a police report. yesterday, they summoned the olympic swimmer back to rio to give testimony. the charge comes days after lochte admitted that his original story about being held at gunpoint was exaggerated. rio police previously recommended lochte and james feigen be charged but feigen donated roughly $11,000 to a brazilian charity to avoid prosecution and was allowed to leave the country. lochte managed to score a

brothers cough drops. he will appear in several ads. the company says just as pine brothers is forgiving on your throat, the company is asking the public to forgive lochte. the ceo of myland pharmaceuticals says lowering the price of epi pens is not an option but we found an alternative for you. there are generic investigations available. consumer reports noting that prescription to the pharmacist and they can fill it with the generic if you ask for it. the devices have the same medicine but a slightly different delivery. adrena click has two caps to remove instead of one. infant building block sets have been recalled. the alex, jr. baby builder first pops and first snaps are being recalled.

choking hazard. safety first step recalling 20,000 strollers. the company is recalling the step and go travel systems because the car seat part could fall out. the strollers are sold at babies r us and wal-mart.com. finally, the makers of m&m branded jewelry are recalling trinkets because of high lead levels that could make your children sick. it recalls 50,000 earrings, bracelets and ri stores including the one in orlando. we posted product information on the abc action news mobile app. still ahead, uber is offering you much more than a ride. the new door-to-door service is coming to the bay area that will have you opening the app for a completely different reason. >> and garth brooks is coming to orlando for the first time in nearly two decades. what time do you need to be ready to snag your tickets this morning when they go on sale

coming up on five minutes before 6:00 right now. time for florida's most accurate forecast and a look ahead from temperatures that are right now in the mid to upper 70s. we're going to go into the

with a chula will top out at 90 degrees. here's a look at florida's most accurate day planner taking 78 degrees and partly cloudy skies up to 92 by later on. we'll see a 30% chance of showers. i'll let you know when the best chance for the rain to fall will be when we come back at the top of the hour. guys? ? [music] ? it's been a long time but garth brooks is coming to orlando tore the first time in 18 years. last year, the country music legend canceled three tell pa shows because of the stanley cup finals. tickets go on sale at 10:00 this morning at all ticketmaster locations. >> also, tickets are going on sale at 10:00 this morning for

up to play amalie arena december 9th. one dollar from each ticket will be donated to charity. uber eats should be in tampa soon according to the web site. the ride-sharing service is still in negotiations with transportation commissioners because of the operations in hillsborough county. that doesn't seem to have slowed down the plans to are expansion. uber eats has drivers up food for you at local restaurants. guns at two bay area high schools just this week. >> families in italy now saying their final good-byes to those killed in an earthquake. we're getting new numbers on the massive amount of money

captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 comments@captioncolorado.com now at 6:00, a mother stunned by what her 5-year-old daughter said a substitute teacher did to her. what's next as the investigation moves forward? >> first, tracking a strom. we're waiting to find out how it's going to impact the bay area. >> it's down, yeah. it really is loosely defined. as a matter of fact, let's go ahead and take a look right now. as we see from the latest satellite view, this area is ill defined basically off the northern coast of cuba. if it gets its act together, it looks as though we'll track cuba and tear this aparity. it's farther west for us. good news for us.

waterlogged. as for us today, we're starting off with temperatures in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees. winds still out of the north and northeast. they will stay that way through the day. as we expect, about a 30% chance of showers. showers will begin by 2:00 inland, pull back toward the coast and yeah, they could impact the folks tailgating for the bucs/browns game. we'll take a look at that in a little bit. a lot of folks heading ou afternoon. things right now are not so bad. >> add that game on top of a friday rush hour, and that's going to be a mess. avoid that area if you are not heading out to the game. watching i-275 over in pinellas. the cops are out. slow down and be careful out there. looks like someone just got a ticket there at roosevelt boulevard. otherwise, traffic is flowing