pasco county a bullet struck a sleeping baby in port richey. i'm deiah riley. >> i'm dan shaffer. thank you for joining us on this monday. that shooting happened in the 67300 block of westcott in port richey. deputies say someone fired several rounds into the home 11:30 last night. one round went into a bedroom where the 1-year-old girl was sleeping. a bullet hit her in the wrist. she's in the doctors believe that wound was not life threatening. to a traffic alert, a major construction project gets underway near amalie arena. the road improvement project could impact your commute for the next year. crews started prepping the area on friday. the entire intersection of channelside drive and morgan street could be blocked off. this $35 million project will turn channelside drive into a two-way road. the roads will also be more like a grid, should be easier for drivers.

onstreet parking spots and more bike lanes. how to get around it? there's a web site for this. we've got a link on abcactionnews.com. the florida department of transportation will give folks another update on the controversial tampa bay express project tonight. a meeting from 5:30 to 7:30 at the saunders library on nebraska avenue. another meeting thursday. the meetings will focus on the proposed changes to the i-275 and i-4 interchange and changes to 275 and bearss avenue. let's look at part of the morning commute. state road 60 west of bayport. pretty quiet now. janelle is watching the cameras and will have a full look in 30 minutes. here's ivan with a look at the forecast. pretty quiet. clear skies, 79 in tampa,

no issues with the bus stop forecast as far as wet roads or rain, but by afternoon, 3:00, numerous showers and thunderstorms developing with temperatures in the upper 80s. more on the storm coverage and of course the increasing rain chances the neck few days coming up. pinellas county opened up three sandbag sites yesterday. the city of gulfport has one as well. st. pete will open two more this morning. with predictions of heavy rainfall for several days many picking up sandbags this weekend. if your area regularly floods it's a good idea to head out and pick up sandbags soon before the heavier rounds of rain hit later this week. we have a full list of locations on abcactionnews.com and our facebook page. we could learn more about the death of a tampa police officer, fred arnold iii died while scuba diving in nevada.

went wrong in lake mead there's no question of how many lives he helped. >> reporter: in his official police photo you can catch a glimpse, of what many describe as the warm heart of fred arnold iii some on display for tv cameras in the show "rookies." >> he was approachable. quiet but his laugh was infectious. once he laughed it would brighten up whatever. >> reporter: shamika's daughter is one of the hundreds of teens mentored biable old through the years. she said he made a huge difference in her life. >> she wanted to give up. a couple of times or whatever but he was always there, basically like -- a father figure but also a male police officer figure.

continue to pursee her career. >> reporter: his determination to see her succeed worked. she's in college now studying to become a police officer. even without officer arnold to keep pushing her and so many other young people she knows he's leaving a lasting legacy. >> i believe this planet is going to grow. he planted a lot of seeds and a lot of young people and individuals' lives to. the memory of him and also what he instilled in them. a mother in pinellas county is accused of leaving her kids alone in a hotel room while she crashed a party. investigators say the 10 and 13- year-old were left alone six hours. claudia acosta was drinking and they eventually started to look around the resort looking for mom because they were hungry. security guards say they called a deputy when she forced her

threatened bar staff. search crews found the body of a man in a plant in southwest florida yesterday. all the workers were evacuated but people living in nearby neighborhoods didn't have to leave their homes. the cause of the explosion is still under investigation. a false alarm. at the airport. police say no shots fired but there were several loud noises. the airport shut down the central term investigation. people ran when they heard the noises pouring into the streets and on tarmacs. this caused a brief stoppage on the south runway, at l.a.x. a woman says a simple gadget could be the key to preventing hot car deaths. she calls it the umbilical cord -- you put a child in the seat the cord connects to the handle and back seat car. if the driver gets out of the

he plans to sell it for $9.99. after a year of negative headlines amazon decidessed to make weekends longer and expanding with a 30-hour work woke. instead of 9:00 to 5:00, they will work fewer hours. feeding tampa bay will be giving mosquito repellent to there's more job fairs. one is today. they need to fill almost 300 open positions. hourly jobs at restaurants and shops. they need servers, cashiers, cooks, supervisors and more. in democracy 2016 -- donald trump's campaign says he still wants to build a wall but

up in the air. >> plus more criticism of hillary clinton surrounding favors and special treatment for donors while secretary of state. adrienne bankert has the latest. >> reporter: after much speculation on whether republican presidential candidate donald trump was softening on immigration trump tweeting on sunday -- >> reporter: his campaign insisted the plan will be fair -- >> you put this issue at the center of this presidential campaign you heard the word "humanely" again. >> reporter: this weekend a firm response. they will still build that wall. >> no amnesty. no citizenship. no more sanctuary cities. >> reporter: this weekend in iowa trumprin vieting the family of sarah roux, a woman killed by a drunk driver in the country illegally who posted

us down. they had him, let him go. >> we will use immigration law to prevent crimes and we will not wait. until some innocent american has been harmed or killed. >> reporter: clinton spent sunday campaigning in the hamptons as another round of e- mails obtained by abc news revealed more questions about whether clinton foundation donors received preferential treatment and political favors while clinton was secretary of state. there was one mo i tweet from donald trump sunday this. time challenging hillary clinton about her health once again. saying that both candidates should release detailed medical records. abc news, washington. have you ever heard someone say if trump moves the election i'm moving to canada? or if clinton wins i'm leaving the country?

their word. coming up -- a deadly stabbing on the campus of an ivy league university. what police say happened just before the deadly attack. >> a teacher in georgia is in trouble for having 10-year- olds play a slavery game. a grandparent talks about the disturbing details. >> chris archer gets a big win thanks to the rays hitting a few home runs in houston.

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4:43. investigators say a man driving a bus full of people driving to help people in louisiana with the floods was in the coun illegally and it crashed into two people. a fire chief was killed along with a passenger in a car that was hit by the bus. dozens of people were taken to the hospital. this crash is still under investigation. authorities plan to charge the bus driver with negligent homicide and also reckless driving. the owner of the bus company could also face charges. two brothers are in a chicago jail charged with killing a mother pushing a stroller. the victim was the cousin of bulls star dwyane wade. the two suspects are seen here

his 226-year-old brother darwin. both on parole for either theft or gun charges. it's believed she was not the intended target. she was on her way to register her kids in school when caught in the crossfire. she was 32 years old and leaves behind four children. a chicago hip hop artist robbed at gun point. hi he says he went to report the robbery and chicago police were rude to him and didn't help him. a police spokesman later apologized saying -- we were disappointed with how mr. smith was treated. the robber got away with his wallet and $3. the 49ers quarterback colin capper neck says he will continue -- kaepernick says he will continue to sit during the national anthem. and there will be a team

from the the protests. >> reporter: 49ers quarterback kaepernick's act of protest setting off a firestorm. he's sitting alone friday as the national anthem played before a preseason game. kaepernick saying he will continue to sit in silent protest of what he calls systemic racism in this country. >> it's not something that should be hidden and should be talked about. these conversations need to happen. i think it's something that ca >> reporter: some outraged fans burning his number 7 jersey. accusing him of disrespecting the armed forces. other nfl players speaking out like giants star victor cruz. >> the fact is the flag. you have to respect the flag and you have to stand up with your teammates. it's bigger than just you in my opinion. >> reporter: the baltimore ravens reynolds who deferred military service for the nfl. >> i'm so humbled for them keeping the game for me. that have given their lives so i can play on the field.

>> reporter: the 49ers coach chip kelly says 28-year-old will face no repercussions. a teacher in the atlanta area is facing disciplinary action after making fifth grade students play a slavery game in her class. the teacher says he was trying to engage her students in the study of slavery and the underground railroad. the point of the dice game, for the grandmother of the only african-american student in the class is upset. she says the game was demeaning and hurtful to her 10-year-old granddaughter. >> one thing that really got her was the move that she had to make was when she met a stranger. and that stranger turned out to be a bad guy and they told her to go back into slavery where she would be beaten.

officials where she was not informed in advance and it was not approved by the school district. checking the tropics. >> yes, the tropics and the local forecast. we'll be in good shape today. some afternoon thunderstorms but nothing usual. what we had yesterday pretty much a copy of today. tampa 79. clear skies with temperatures in the lower 80s but we'll take to you cuba. where the area of low pressure is. you can see here's the low in way up to florida. we're going to get that easterly fetch and have waves of rainfall over the next few days. i think today will be -- if you can call it the drier of the coming days as it won't be as steady. we'll have plenty of sunshine early, then get the thunderstorms developing through the afternoon and into evening. now beginning tomorrow heavier rainfall begins to approach as that moisture comes on in. from the tropical depression which by the way a new track is coming up in a few minutes. here's the low, once it makes that turn towards the florida

gauge on the forecast here but what we're thinking now, this is going to be more of a rain event and wind event. that could change -- more rain than wind. stronger winds are for thursday. several inches of rain possible for our area. the low still to the south. we'll begin to see again th into wednesday, playoff rainfall on the way. for today, showers and storms beginning to develop. they will get going pretty quickly. they are not going to be late- day event so by 1:00, 2:00 we're already seeing rainfall and numerous storms throughout the evening. let's look at the morning commute. i-4 at macintosh road. not a lot of traffic. janelle is watching the traffic cameras and will have a full

what the bucs head coach said about the players he just cut and rays bats got to work in houston. john sabol has the highlights. >> reporter: good morning. thank you for joining us. now that the third preseason game is behind the buccaneers time for jason and the head coach to start trimming the rosters. they said goodbye to 12 players yesterday. amon wright, jeremiah george, former usf wide receiver andre davis. also punter jacob shum. and johnson as well. this is the coach's first time cutting players as head coach in the nfl which makes the moves even tougher. >> i'm not really looking forward to that. i'm anxiously looking forward

guys we have here, they've given us what we asked them to. they've worked hard but this is a business so we're going to have to say goodbye to a few guys this week. by the end of the week a few more. it's not going to be -- it's not the fun part by any means. >> more cuts will come by the end of this week. rays sweeping the astros yesterday. they wanted chris archer, archer entered yesterday not only leading the american league sporting a 3-2 career record against houston including two complete games. he got big support early. rays up 3-0 in the fourth, better make it 4, bailey with the rbi double off the wall. 4-0 good guys but in the fourth, jason castro up the middle, that plates home carlos correa. all of a sudden 4-3. same score in the eighth, matt delphi at

we have a problem. 2-1 dinger to give the rays breathing room. delphi's first time in that uniform. acquired in july. somebody's been lifting. look where dickerson hits this, drills the second deck facade, three-run shot, rays win 10-4 and avoided the sweep of houston. chris archer getting it done and getting the win, seven coming up -- major new research on teens and concussions. the one thing they can do to heal faster. >> taking a selfie wasn't the wildest thing a man did when a bear wandered into his backyard. video of the confrontation

good morning. on a monday. starting nice and dry. a lot of clouds. mostly cloudy by the time we get into the afternoon, a number of showers and storms will get going early. they will be numerous, i think

80s by 7:00. 454. a man confronts a bear in new hampshire we don't recommend this. >> they say he was trying to steal a bird feeder. >> hey, no. hey. hey! no, no, this stays here. >> he's brave. i might have just let the bear have it, you know? jason alexander says he's seen bears passing through before but still in shock over this most recent encounter. he's lucky. >> he >> he says ok, you can have it back. coming up -- the price of progress. new construction projects could transform downtown tampa but they could also cause traffic headaches. >> all that work starts today and could cause big problems for anyone driving around amalie arena. we'll tell you what is shut down and how to get around the

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drive last night. one of the bullets went through the front bedroom where the baby was sleeping. the bullet hit the little girl in her wrist. she's in the hospital now. her wound is not life threatening. we have calls into the sheriff's office, we're trying to find out more information on who might have been involved and also what led up to the shooting. abc action news anchor james tully is on scene, working to get new information. we'll go live to him in about 30 minutes. more breaking news from belgium where we're learning reports of an explosion overnight in brussels are likely false. officials investigating the incident at the criminology institute telling us it's more likely an arson attack on a crime lab. the investigators think it was probably a criminal act, not a terrorist attack. right now there's no confirmation of any bomb. the original reports said a car drove through a barrier about eight hours ago followed by an explosion and damage to the building. no one was hurt. back here in the states a scare at the los angeles international airport after reports of a shooter. this morning police say they found no gunman or any shots