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

the interstates looking great. almost 70 the average speed there. 72, don't get a ticket and 275 over in pinellas. 67 is the average speed there. dan? >> she said, mom, you won't believe what this man did to me. >> bay area kindergartener afraid to go back to school. she says her substitute teacher choked her to the point she couldn't breathe. right now. they talked to us about the allegations and shared a picture about the bruises on their daughter's neck. lindsay logue has been following the story. what's next for this teacher? >> reporter: we're still waiting to find out who the teacher is. it should be in an official police report we expect to get later this morning. we know the teacher was filling in, in the kindergarten learning center in sebring.

parents her substitute teacher choked her for no reason. she told her parents she couldn't breathe, and her mom took this photo that shows the bruises behind her little girl's ears. she says her daughter is afraid to go back to school. we know that the girl's parents are meeting again with police later this morning. again, we expect to learn more about that teacher this morning as well. deiah? >> thanks, lindsay. a pasco county high schooler is in trouble after tweeting this picture you see right there. if you look closely it shows a gun inside of a backpack with a message "if one more person makes fun of how i talk again." that student is suspended for ten days. the sheriff's office tells us the teen claims she was just joking, but beginning october 1st, a new state law goes into effect where similar threats, even those unintended could

schools. in pinellas county, a 15-year- old had a loaded gun on him on campus at lakewood high school. a probation officer is serving search warrants for his arrest when he found it tuesday under the teen's clothing. the student is facing third degree felony charges. this morning, we're getting a bird's eye look at some of the damage caused by wednesday's devastating earthquake in central italy. more strong after-shocks rocked that region just as people it's noon there now. the new tremors causing already damaged buildings to collapse. 267 people are confirmed dead. search teams are still looking for more victims. the first funerals are happening today. italy's prime minister canceling taxes for people living in the wake-ravaged area and authorized over $56 million in emergency aid for survivors. >> back here at home, families

for those whose homes aren't destroyed or still flooded, they are returning opinion officials are asking everyone not to turn on the air conditioning to keep mold from spreading. they are asking you to deep clean and let the area dry out for a few days. the red cross is now saying donations are not filling the needs there. right now, they received only about a third of the more than an estimated $30 million necessary to get people their feet. more than 115,000 people have filed for assistance. veronica knows this because her cousin is one of those people. his home is filled with more than 6 feet of water. she posted a simple message on facebook asking for donations dropping off food, clothing, or more. >> don't worry about sizes, gender, or whether you think they may or may not need it. they have nothing.

to louisiana at the end of next week. to donate or to provide a trailer, head to abcactionnews.com and click on this story for contact information. a 70-year-old florida woman is accused of nearly drowning her dog at a daytona beach area. a witness said that woman had a dog on the leash. as it was trying to get out of the water, she kept pulling the dog back in. the dog eventually lost consciousness. witnesses raced over and performed cpr on the dog. the dog is expected the dog's owner, though,facing animal cruelty charges. today, senator marco rubio is coming to the bay area to ask supporters to vote in next tuesday's primary election. he decided to run for re- election after dropping out of the presidential race. he says it's crucial conservatives vote early or on election day. he's set to meet and greet at plant city at 11:15 this morning. many voters are waiting

over 90,000 have already voted early or voted by mail in hillsborough county. in every bay area county, tomorrow will be your last day to vote early. voting ends on sunday in pinellas and hillsborough. a mural that people have covered with messages about their dreams and aspirations is getting its big debut in tampa today. the mural is called the "before i die" wall. these kinds of walls have been popping up country. this one is the first in our area. there will be an unveiling of the finished product today at 4:30. tickets are $25 for the reception and refreshment with proceeds going to charities. that wall will then be moved to a permanent spot next year. also in tampa bay, it is sports friday. cultural venues and restaurants and bars are teaming up once a month to show you what the city has to offer.

you can enjoy deals at participating businesses. you can get more information on sportsfridaytampa.com. st. pete is rolling out the food trucks from 6:00 until 10:00 along the waterfront where the future marine discovery center will be on eighth avenue. it will feature nine different trucks. admission and parking are free. still to come on abc action bath in the sink of a police department. the sad conditions troopers found him in and the touching steps they took to comfort him. >> they said it was kids so i have to go to jail. >> police arrested a mom after she admitted to pep are spraying children out-- pepper sprague spraying kids outside of a high school and why she

. 10 minutes after 6:00 right now. take a look at this picture right here. it is going viral. a trooper in west virginia is washing a toddler in a sink at the state police barracks after finding that baby bear in a car covered in involvement and in a soiled diaper. >> they arrested the boy's mother for drunk driving. she was so intoxicated, she

all the while, her son was sitting in an improper car seat in just a diaper. the trooper in the photo says he had to do something to comfort that child. >> i'm a father myself. i couldn't let him just sit in his own urine, feces, and involvement. so i went ahead and drew a bath in the sink of the detachment and was able to clean him up a little bit and get him feeling a little bit better. >> judging by the smile on the baby's working. >> a lot of people are praising the officer for going above and beyond. >> they gave him a teddy bear and now he's with a legal guardian. good news there and of course i know a lot of parents are getting kids ready for school right now much more attuned to what's going on. here's your school day grade. it looks like an a for today.

high of 92. we'll see dry conditions early as you head the kids out to the bus stop. i have a complete look at your action forecast coming up after the break. also coming up, a new discovery less than a mile from where two nuns were found dead. getting new insight into the mysterious crime. >> i just wanted to get home to my family, and to see that now, you >> turns out there was a group of people inside when that starbuck's collapsed. the person they are crediting for keeping them all safe,

it's 6:15. new information this morning after two nuns were found dead in their home. >> police now say they believe the nuns were the victim of a robbery. it was on a deck excluded street that the missing car was found. officers aren't saying how the nuns died only that it was not a shooting. the nuns worked as nurse practitioners at a clinic for the poor. police have not found a motive. a mother is defending her decision to pepper spray students outside of an atlanta high school. >> she said she used that pepper spray to get several

two sons. the school district says foursteins had to be -- for students had to be treated. she says she wouldn't have had to use the pepper spray if the school resource officers were there. >> there were officers there, they were just on the other side. >> since the incident, she pleaded not guilty to a disorderly conduct charge. a number of families in central indiana are stuck in temporary shelters after wednesday's powerful the red cross is giving them a safe place to stay. governor pence stopped by to tour the shelter. the red cross is providing food and medical assistance this morning. we showed you this video right here. keep watching. that's that starbuck's that collapsed there. we're now finding out there were more than 20 people hiding inside of the bathrooms during the collapse. amazingly, nobody was hurt and the bathroom stayed in tact. one of the women inside says a

she went back to the scene yesterday and just so happened that that manager was also there leading to one emotional reunion. >> thank you. you were awesome. >> thank you. >> i know you are a young guy. you a little younger than your mom probably, but i appreciate it. we didn't realize what we'd got noon, did we? >> the woman says she got a tornado warning on her phone but didn't think much of it until the manager told everybody to take that's a great reminder of our storm shield app. >> it is a great pre-minder to keep that storm -- reminder to keep that storm shield app active on your phone. whenever there is a storm threatening, the best place to be is an interior room with no windows. those folks did the right thing and lived to tell about it to have that reunion. we're living to tell about a great looking friday. steamy, sticky and potentially stormy with the showers showing

watching for what could be hermine. also, a disturbance up in the northern part of the gulf, which is bringing more rain into louisiana. the national hurricane center says that has about a 10% chance of development. looks like gaston may get stronger this weekend but continue pretty much out over open water. this one, invest 99l may get a name this weekend. it could be hermine. it looks at this point like this is a weakening storm and looks like for the will stay to the west of us. we'll have more on the hurricane track and show you the spaghetti plots. right now, we zoom in closer to home and see the showers and storms that left us with mostly clear skies right now. 79 degrees in sarasota. 77 in winter haven. we're looking at just about 78 degrees currently in tampa. most everyone else in the mid to upper 70s. we'll go through the day today and pick those temperatures up

then we'll see the showers start to build inland by about 2:00 or so. then it will pull farther back toward the coast. how will it affect this sort of activity, tailgating? there will be all kinds of tailgating all around west tampa on the side streets and parking lots and up by raymond james stadium. game starts at 8:00. stale gating can start as early as you can get out there. by 2:00, 4:00, through much of the afternoon, we have that 30% chance of scattered storms. nothing that's going to wash out your plans, but you may want to keep a tarp or poncho handy. by the time you head into a game, skies should clear looking for a temperature kickoff of about 86 degrees. looking for a 92-degree high tomorrow. about a 60% chance on sunday and we'll ramp those rain chances up. no matter what happens with hermine, looks like we're going

monday into tuesday. we will keep you updated and i am tweeting out at bill logan wfts all of the information you need about the storms as they ramp up through the weekend. friday is usually not a big ramp up traffic day. >> it's been quiet out there, and no crashes and breakdowns. we're taking a live look through downtown tampa. starting monday, we are embarking on a major road and infrastructure project happening in southern tampa around channelside. that construction will last 18 to 24 months. it's going to be great but getting there will cause headaches. we are starting with a closure on monday. this is the kickoff of the project. morgan street will be closed lasting through december. so your alternates there, florida through jackson up to

around this. i posted more on twitter at tampa bay traffic. still ahead, a man is separated from a faithful dog that stayed by his side while run something 80 miles. the desperate measures to get that animal back. >> first, a grieving family in arizona is suing a shooting range owner after a little girl accidentally killed her father with an uzi. lindsay davis has the details in today's gma first look. >> reporter: the family of the arizona shooting instructor accidentally shot and killed by a 9-year-old girl is filing a lawsuit against the shooting range where he worked. >> they say it was an unsafe, dangerous environment that ultimately got my dad killed. >> reporter: the lawsuit claims the firearm the girl was using was not as safe or an appropriate weapon to entrust to a 9-year-old girl, which caused her to lose control of the weapon when firing. >> go head and give me one shot. all right. >> reporter: the accident

2014. 39-year-old charles baca was teaching this girl how to shoot a fully automatic uzi. the firearm's recoil caused the girl to lose control. a stray bullet struck him in the head. we'll have more on the story coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your gma first look, i'm lindsay davis, abc news, new

take a look at this picture right here opinion an australian marathon runner is calling that reunion with a special, cute dog a miracle. these two first met when the stray dog spotted then ran alongside the marathon runner for about 80 miles. >> that dog ran alongside dion leonard across china's goby desert. the runner decided to adopt the dog and take her back to the uk, but first, the dog wait in quarantine in china. unfortunately she zschau got loose and ran away. heartbroken, leonard flew back to china to find her. they spent several days searching for her. just when he was giving up hope, he got a call that someone found her. >> that was probably one of the best nights of my life last night when we walked through the door and saw her. she hasn't left his sight sents.

a leash so this doesn't happen again. >> yes, those tracking chips come in handy. we're tracking your morning commute. as we take a look at your commutercast for you this morning, starting off at about 78 degrees and 88 by lunchtime. your commute home could be on the wet side as we top out at 92 degrees. i'll give you a look at why it's going to be a wetter weekend ahead after the break. you've heard the warning before. lock those car doors. now hillsborough county deputies say crooks are using what's inside of your car to break into your home. ahead, i'll break it all down and send out the warning that you need to hear about this morning opinion >> also coming up at 6:30, the changes in the works to make sure training exercises at law enforcement offices are safe

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now at 6:30, the push to get more transparency on the pulse nightclub shooting is taking a big step forward. who's now in charge of the decision on whether to re >> here's a live look at the renovated stadium as the bucs make the pre-season debut at home tonight. coming up, the changes making their debut. >> on the other side of the marquee, big changes. a crime trend that could

might be making. no big issues on the roads? >> looking pretty good on the roads right now. we have some issues to discuss like this. tropical storm invest 99l that we've been talking about for a few days. we've been lamenting that this is not a very organized storm, and that makes it difficult to forecast. still at this point, not very well defined. it doesn't have a number, doesn' off to the west slowly at about 10 to 13 miles per hour. the spaghetti models have taken a little more of a jog west. for the most part this is going out into the middle of the gulf if it even stays together. of course, we're looking at better chances of rain today and an even wetter saturday into sunday because we've got

storm system. it's not going to affect us directly until next week. maybe getting stormy on monday and tuesday, but for right now, nothing to worry about except for the temperatures ramping up into the 70s. this morning, we'll be about 88 this afternoon with the chance of thunderstorms as the kids head home in the big yellow bus. still about a half hour away from sunrise so the lights are on. do we have any flashing lights out there? >> it's been quiet all morning. so it's been a nice drive for the friday morning commute. let's hope it stays that way. we're starting off on the howard frankland bridge. even though there are still cars out there, it's taking just six minutes to get across. a check on the drive on i-75 at fowler, a lot of cars out there. traffic is up to speed right now in both directions. checking your drive on i-4, we're still in the green if you

lakeland area heading into tampa. that drive will take about you 23 minutes. 15 minutes from county line road to 75 and eight minutes from 75 to 275. captain n.o.w. checking out the parkway -- captain al checking out the parkway for us. what's going on? >> i had a friend at the airport tell me about a lot of police activity on the sun coast southbound before it loops there. you can see there a wrecker has arrived. must have been a vehicle off the road of a number of sheriff's deputies are up here. right now, there's only about four, and that's good. so it's moved off to the side. i believe it was this the roadway earlier. you can see the two lanes back down as they merge with the veterans. then onto hillsborough. no problems beyond that. just this visual delay you'll see up here on the north end. now back to the desk. an alarming trend as

crooks are now using the garage door openers they find in the homes. >> and we understand they are targeting area where's new homes are being built. >> reporter: you are right about that deiah. the investigators say the criminals target the neighborhoods because folks just move in and feel safe. the latest scam works sim um. the crooks look for a car that's been left unlocked. they grab the opener, open the garage door and simply walk inside. we actually spoke with the victim who not only had her home broken into but two cars stolen. >> we just saved up to buy this clunker and finally just got a new van, and that happened. >> reporter: sad news for that family. home surveillance cameras across the bay area show crooks

deputies investigate more than 2,000 car break-ins and more than half of the cars were left unlocked. back out here live this morning, thankfully in nun of the cases, none of the homeowners or families were injured or harmed in any of the crimes. this is yet another reminder to lock the car doors. rodney dunningan, abc action news. the fight over whether to release 911 calls from the pulse nightclub shooting is heading back to state court. a u.s. that the federal court lacks jurisdiction in the case. now a florida court must decide. the media wants the city of orlando to release the 911 calls as well as the conversation the police had with the gunman. mateen was killed by police in june after a lengthy standoff in that massive shooting that kaled 49 people and wounded 53

that killed a 73-year-old woman could now be responsible for changes nationwide. an officer accidentally killed that woman who trollen tiered. the chief wants to ban live firearms from being used inform demonstrations and wants deadly weapons to be stored separately from other weapons. despite the request, the chief says he has no plans to resign. the country is preparing for a new administration. representatives for trump and clinton campaigns met at the prowse. is t. is a process to eliminate any disruptions when the current president leaves office in january. hillary clinton had her briefing at the fbi's new york offices. donald trump received his last week. the briefings give candidates a broad look at the national security threats and challenges facing the country before the november election. meanwhile, trump is

saying this new clinton tv ad portrays him as a racist who sympathizes with and is endorsed by the kkk. trump calls the ad "revolting" adding clinton is trying to distract voters from her own scanned ams. the bucs tonight against the cleveland browns. if you are going to the game, you will see more than just new players. the bucs are also debuting the brand new state-of-the-art scoreboards at each end zone. they are t the nfl. there's also new video ribbons that run all day long. you can expect most starters to play more than half the game tonight. kickoff is set for 8:00. there's one other change you need to know about. they are expanding security to all of the events at the stadium. if your bag is larger than a

see through. coming up this morning, a scorned lover sends a woman a terrifying package in the mail. the weeks of harassment it's a part of. >> tossing axes while tossing back drinks is apparently a new trend and why one business says

6:41. a nightmare scenario for my co- anchor. >> absolutely. >> what if the post office delivered a package to you and you opened it up and there was a snake inside. >> once i came to, i would have something to say. a wisconsin woman's ex- boyfriend mailed help a live ball python. it -- mailed her a live ball python. it is not venomous but it is still a snake. eric billows is being charged with stalking. he sent threatening letters to that'll teach him. if axes don't sound dangerous enough when you are throwing them, how about adding alcohol some. >> the owner of urban axes says it's kind of like darts. you see dart boards at bars all of the time. this is bigger and then insist they have strict safety rules. anybody who wants to participate wants to sign a waiver, and they say all of the

of the night. is the cough yeah on this morning at your house? a finding that may explain why

good morning, everybody. we're starting off in bradenton. we have reports of a crash on state route 70. let's look at the map rear at

301 as well. westbound state route 70 is looking good right here at this intersection but slow on 60th street east, so keep that in mind if your morning drive takes you through that intersection. all right. opening up our cameras and taking a look at one of the busiest areas during the morning commute. 275 and bush, not too bad right now. i just checked your drive times. just about eight minutes to get from here down to 275. it typically takes about minutes longer. we're in the yellow on the veterans expressway. you might see a visual delay happening at van dyke with police activity. the leroy selmon expressway looking great, still in the green six minutes from 75 into downtown. captain al, good morning. good morning, janelle. we're wrapping up here

and head east while u.s. 41 and 56 left to right looking north to 54. so that's a busy section of traffic right there between 54 and 56 and at perform just behind it. the good news is throughout this, we haven't found any accidents, breakdowns or any lanes are being compromised. keep that seat belt fastened. >> if you have to be somewhere at 7:00, you have 14 minutes to get there. we're keepin cracking over the horizon. you are starting to see the sun brightening up the skies a little bit. here we go wall street black and white pictures showing an ill-defined center of circulation around this invest that still doesn't have a number and doesn't have a name. it could be hermine. here is the wide convergence and where it's going to head. some taking it out of the gulf

northern gulf coast. nothing's for sure because it is so ill-defined. we look at the thermometer, 78 in tampa, 77 in st. petersburg. clear water at 79 degrees. we'll have folks out there doing some tailgating later on across west tampa as the bucks and browns get ready to play at 8:00. by 8:00, it should be about 83, 84 degrees for the kickoff, but it's going to steamy for the afternoon and potentially stormy as well. we've got about a 30% chance of the showers working through the afternoon, gradually dissipating by about 6:30 or 7:00. the game should not be a problem, but we could have some rain as folks are pre-gaming, if you will. 89 degrees is your gulf water temperature. expect winds out of the northeast at about 10 knots today.

chop. for the boaters, a high tight coming up and the sun will set at 7:56. here is a look at florida's most accurate seven-day forecast. up to 50% chance for showers saturday. even monday and tuesday of next week, it all depends on what happens in the tropi. we'll see rain chances up to 70% as we begin the next workweek. we'll keep you updated throughout the weekend online at abcactionnews.com. deiah. new developments today in the rising costs of the life- saving epi pen for people with allergies. the pharmaceutical company myland is announcing it plans to increase the value of a coupon it offers to give people $300 off the $600 cost.

a cheaper alternative. this is the adrenaclick. there are others in available. you can take your interruption to the pharmacist and have him. with the same potency. a consumer alert this morning. recalls for families with children. starting with th makers are recalling more than 90,000 of the alex, jr. baby boomer first pops and first snaps. small parts in the toy set can cause a choking hazard. plus, safety first, step and go recalling 20,000 strollers. the company recalling the step and go travel systems because the car seat part could fall out. strollers are sold at babies r

because of high led levels that could make you sick. they were sold in stores including orlando. for product information, go to abc action news app. boon popping caused a crowd to run out of an orlando area mall because they mistook that noise for it happened as former insac bay menner -- it happened as a former insync member staged that opening. if you can't function without your coffee, blame your genes. >> researchers in europe identified a genetic link to coffee drinking and regulates the breakdown of coffee in our bodies. for some people like me, it's

caffeine doesn't hang around. surprisingly, these are the same people shown to have high are rates of coffee drinking. >> one month caffeine free. uber could soon launch its new delivery food service in the bay area. it's called uber eats. right now, uber is involved in the association over regulations. uber, as you know, had threatened to pull out of the tampa park. right now, there's no word on east. the added caffeine helps. the government and auto industry has spent billions of dollars getting vehicles ready to communicate with each other, but now the way they communicate could be in jeopardy. cable tv companies and high-tech industries want a large share of the radio

communicate for super fast intercept. it launches in st. peters burg b. is expected to be a printing lab that will help students manufacture and design models. the skills will help them get jobs in the tech industry. the lab cost $5,000 to build. the tampa bay lightning begin training camp in just about a mont bolts are inviting you to celebrate. they are hosting a party outside amalie arena starting at 4:3037 free food, live -- starting at 4:30. free food, live music, and the first hundred well get a pdg. matt morris nearly pulled

ninth inning. the rays traded matt moore to the giants earlier this month. ? [music] ? >> for the first time in 18 years, garth brooks is coming to orlando. last year, the country music legend had to cancel three tampa shows because of the stanley cup finals. tickets from the october eighth concert at the amway center go on le for years, you watched comedian wayne brady on your abc action station on "whose line is it anyway"? brady is kicking off the carpet's red carpet series. his show start as 8:00. tickets are still available. admissions to busch gardens is not included or required. the red carpet series is a separately ticketed event.

morning america." >> still getting a lot of attention this morning, a tinned kindergarten says a substitute teacher choked her for no reason. she seed at one mother-in-law am she couldn't breathe. this is her ear you are looking claims. you've heard the warnings over and over again, lock your car door to prevent theft. now hillsborough county deputies are using what they find in the unlocked cars to break into homes. they are grabbing garage door openers, opening the garage, and just walking right in. during a recent robbery, the entire family was inside asleep. time is running out if you

tomorrow is the last day for early voting. the tampa bay bucks play the first pre-season home game against the cleveland browns. we'll show you a live look at the stadium. it is the first chance for fans to see the bucs' new state-of- the-art scoreboard. see the warning, everybody. we're watching two crashes in bradenton. the first one street easing slowdowns southbound on 60th. the other one is closer to 301. this is at eastbound state route 70 right after 15th street east. looks like this could be in the clearing stages of the traffic that just disappeared on me. let's check in with action air one's captain al. good morning. >> reporter: take a look at i-4 as it proceeds westbound

forbes road. no problems to speak of. i-75 is good as well. here's bill with the forecast. temperatures right now in the mid to upper 07s. we'll take them in through the lower 90s before we see that rain come later on this afternoon. how about that bucs forecast? looks like kickoff will be about 85 degrees and plenty steamy once we get past some of those showers early in the wisconsin woman receives the surprise of her life during a trip to the movies. before the film, there wasn't a trailer. instead, lea saw a video with this long time boyfriend. she knew immediately he was proposing and because he's such a good planner, she's leaving

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good morning, america. breaking overnight. major security breach at an airport. >> apparently, somebody jumped in a truck on the runway out there. >> a man jumps a fence, fleeing police, steals a struck and then crashing it into a plane. the investigation how this could happen. fighting words. donald trump and hillary clinton trade blows, accusing each other of racism as trump wavers on immigration again. and hillary attacks the man running his campaign. trump's campaign manager joins us live. murder mystery in mississippi. two beloved nuns found dead. killed in their home. no suspect or motive. now a massive manhunt underway the community on edge. race against time. the hero police officer rushing to the scene to pull a passenger