wrong man. >> a 9/11-themed commercial coming up that will have you thinking, "what were they thinking. ." >> ivan starts us off with a look at what seems to be a it nice day. >> i think we'll be great today. despite the rain chances coming back. we've had quite a dry week for this time of year. upper 70s around 80 right now. we're mostly clear out there and feeling nice. not as cool out there. we've been in the 60s the last we've been north of 69. by this afternoon, we'll have a little more activity as far as showers and thunderstorms. so i think not just manatee. moving a little farther north now so all of us getting a little 30% rain chance. that 85 has got to feel like 90 by 10:00. then we'll get into the low 90s by the afternoon, which will make it feel like it's in

beginning to develop. by 7:00, that will be the window for thunderstorm activity. coverage is about 30%. similar forecast for the weekend. we'll time that out for you. first, bill logan is here with a check on traffic. >> yep, we've got traffic for enthusiasm morning. things are look going so far. we are clear coming across the howard frankland bridge. this is highway 60 coming off the bridge. this is the other side of downtown heading in toward the interchange. there are no problems. we this is ongoing. scott street from seventh avenue over to orange. that's been closed for a while and wide open on the veterans expressway this morning. no delays getting in from van dyke all the way down to 275. looks like you have about a 13- minute trip. average speed at 61 miles per hour. as you look at those toll roads around the region, everyone is up to speed.

a crossing guard is a hero for standing her ground to protect young children in the intersection. the video is jaw dropping. lindsay logue has more on the video. >> reporter: it is incredibly shocking to watch. the intersection is just feet students were headed for the day thursday. then this happened. a young girl pulled out her cell phone and hit record. you can see the driver of the tan vehicle is leaving the school repeatedly bumps miller and ignores her orders to not turn left out of the school. miller wasn't injured but the driver did eventually get past her. >> then the car backed up,

along with the car. >> reporter: deputy as rested the driver for misdemeanor battery. she told deputies she is a former law enforcement officer from arizona. she said she recently had brain surgery and because of her handicap can only turn left. deputies have a reminder for drivers that they want to you treat crossing guards like any other law enforcement officer. that's a talk their >> absolutely. a woman is behind bars accused of hiring a hitman of murdering her ex-husband. deputies say she wanted her ex killed so she could get custody of her children. police got a call that leahy wanted her ex-husband murdered. they say leahy unlowingly hired

she's facing coming up at 5:30. the man accused of a deadly shooting at a lakeland dollar store is expected in court. victor mann, jr. was with a friend with a man trying to sell something. when hsn chased him, he shot morrow. countries around the world are condemning north korea. we first told about you this test last night at 11:00. president obama has been briefed on the situation. the white house says it is consulting with our partners and allies to enjoy north korea faces consequences. france is demanding the united nations security council acts.

situation. the north could face additional economic sanctions for the tests. prisons are on high alert right now. a nationwide prison strike is planned for today. earlier this week, hundreds of prisoners in the panhandle rioted. the home's correctional institution went into lockdown. hundreds of inmattes took on dorm rooms. officers believe the riot is connected to that strike. prisoners say they are protesting against inhumane violent treatment. a drunk passenger acts up on a flight forcing a pilot to divert a flight headed to orlando. the flight landed in boston. the pilot requested that police meet the aircraft to arrest the passenger. >> we have an abusive passenger who is highly unpredictable. as a result, we'll need to notify the police. >> customs and border protection agents arrested the

held with interfering with the flight crew. schools are some of the biggest breeding grounds for schools. the biggest hot spot is the water fountain. hand washing and using soap and water is the best way to get rid of those germs. also make sure kids get enough sleep, exercise, and eat a healthy diet. good news for researchers say if your baby is still having trouble falling aleap at six months old, it's time to try the quiet out method. babies wen 6 and 16 months old either let the babies cry or responded immediately. three months after starting the intervention, the researchers found babies in the quiet out group were falling asleep almost 15 minutes faster than babies whose parents immediately responded.

pensacola. trump tied with hillary clinton in florida. >> both are taking time to get ready for the first debate on september 26th. trump's running mate thinks the billionaire will do fine. >> we're preparing in a very traditional way. my running mate is a masterful debater. he did a tremendous job in that forum. i'm confident he's goi with the himself well. >> on the democratic side of things, chelsea clinton is out on the campaign trail with her mother after giving birth to her second child in june. chelsea says she will do everything she can to ensure hillary clinton wins that election. >> we have a lot of work to do between now and october 11th, the registration deadline here

as much as possible. >> the democrats are focused on pennsylvania, another key battleground state. former president bill clinton will attend a rally in pittsburgh today. president obama is going to campaign for hillary clinton next tuesday in philadelphia. in two days, the nation will pause to remember those killed in the 9/11 terror attacks. tampa fire rescue is holding its 9/11 this morning. you are welcome to join mayor buck horn, city council members and first responders for the ceremony that begins at 9:00 at tampa firefighters museum. a mattress store's 9/11- themed commercial has people outraged. miracle maltiers wanted to advertise the weekend sale, but the video you are saying of two towers of mattresses collapsing while the store manager says we will never forget is upsetting and shocking.

threats and is apologizing. >> it is stupid. it was a stupid idea that we sent out. we apologize for our stupidity, and we really hope you forgive us for what we've done. >> for now, miracle mattress says it will donate 30% of the sales to the 9/11 foundation. the owner issued an apology to all victims and families of pe he's disgusted and incensed by the commercial made by his company. one florida university will be giving instant slips to local high school students later today. representatives from bethune cook university will be on hand at gibbs high school from 9:00 until noon. they will accept some students right there on the spot and tell them if they qualify for a scholarship at the exact same time. representatives want to talk to

least a 2.7gpa. all right. so we're looking pretty good out there and the forecast of showers and thunderstorms as we head through this afternoon and into the weekend. nothing unusual. just getting back to where we should have been all week, right, with the dry air on top of us. it's been hard to make the clouds and storms with high temps in the low 90s. the feels-like temps in the triple digits once again. the weekend forecast a right now. coming up, one of the country's biggest banks is at the center of the scandal. coming up, what employees are doing without customers' consent. >> and a federal agent shot during a school shooting, but they weren't shot by the

. welcome back. time right now is 5:14. a 14-year-old girl in west texas shot another student at a local high school police have not released a motive for yesterday's shooting. that wounded student ran outside for help and another accidentally shot a homeland security officer in that. an alaskan oil pipeline could come to an end in the united states. a federal judge is expected to

it to be built from north dakota. wells fargo is accused of fraud on a massive scale involving thousands of employees and hundreds of thousands of bank accounts. the consumer financial protection bureau and los angeles city attorney accusing thousands of wells fargo employees of widespread illegal sales practices. those included secretly using customer information credit card accounts. sometimes it caused extra fees. all done so employees could meet aggressive sales goals. many of those customers had no idea these accounts even existed. >> i have another account. -- if i have another account, i'd be putting more money in that account. >> i do look into my account so i know what's there and what shouldn't be there. >> wells fargo is firing more than 5,000 employees in

scheme. it spans at least five years. the bank has not admitted nor denied wrongdoing. they say money will automatically be put back into the bank account of those affected. the federal government is fining wells fargo $185 million. it's 16 minutes after 5:00 a.m. here we are in great shape and dry so far. heading into the weekend we'll talk about that in detail in titan doppler radar is scanning the tampa bay area. widen out the shot as we've been doing the last several days, right? we begin to see showers. this east flow has been quite persistent. it's been too dry from polk county to the north. i-4 to the north, very little in the way of rainfall. now we moisten things up until the dry air results in rainfall

look at this, rainfall now. this is pretty much what we've had. anywhere from a quarter to half an inch in four days this time of year. we can multiply that ten fold to a typical afternoon. for today, we'll get rain chances back to the south and for all of us here. so plan accordingly as we get a little rain back here between 4:00 to 7:00. it will be warm and temps in the 90s this afternoon. it will feel about 100-plus with the humidity out there. pretty similar set. no big changes. afternoon showers and storms and morning sunshine. that's the way it will shape up as we head through today. like yesterday, we had a lot more green setting up for the afternoon, farther north and the thunderstorms as well. i must say this is the kind of forecast that's a bit of a snoozer in the weather center

early next week. low 90s in the afternoon, rain coverage about 30 to 40. again you can plan with the clock through the afternoon and into the evening. let's check the commute here. >> i love snoozer weekend forecasts. really good. your green blobs are bad for rain. our green blobs are good. so far, we're see nothing blobs of traffic woes out on the roads right good, although we still have the one incident downtown we'll let you know about. also we have an accident at dell mabry. look going coming across the frankland bridge. the only fly in the ointment is just a little slow on the courtney campbell right now into rocky point taking about nine minutes.

are doing good. details about any problems on the road will be forthcoming on the tweeter machine. back to you. lugging a helmet ash can be a hassle if you -- around can be a hassle if you are renting bicycles. the helmet is designed to be purchased from a vending machine at a bike share station. despite its paper makeup, the maker says it can with stand weight dropped from 3 feet. it doesn't meet safety requirements but that could change. the country goes crazy for a little girl who went crazy for cotton candy straight

[unintelligible] >> isn't she cute? check this out. this 3-year-old girl has become an internet sensation after a video of her eating cotton candy at a mariners game was posted online. take a look at those eyes.

girl because of the priceless reaction to the sweet treat. she was at the game with her dad when the jumbotron captured her reaction and then the cameras came back again and again and again. her dad says his daughter doesn't realize how famous she has become. he shows the youngster hitting the car seat after the sugar rush. the same thing happens to me. >> too cute. a school district nebraska is working to figure out how a child ended up locked alone on the bus after the driver finished up the route. >> that's the child's mother who burst into tears after finding her child. it took four hours to find her child. home ha school officials say a contracted driver failed to follow procedure by not checking the bus before leaving

is furious after she says it took 3 1/2 hours for the about us to bring her son home from school. her 5-year-old son didn't come home at the normal time. she kept calling the bus company and her son arrived after 6:00 that evening. the driver has been fired. coming up this morning, urine, feces and involvement left on the floor. we'll hear from a student who says the apartment complex left her disgusting situations. a manatee county woman is under arrest charged in a murder for hire plot. why authorities say she reportedly contacted them, who she wanted did, and also why. good morning, st. petersburg. things are looking good on 275 right around fifth avenue by the trop. traffic is starting to pick up here in about a half hour. we've got your traffic all morning long at tampa bay

a woman set to appear in front of a judge today after hiring an undercover cop to

the details we expect later today coming up. a man tries to save his sinking boat using a plastic cup but finally has to call for help. we'll show you how the coast guard rescued that man. >> you need a bigger cup. [ laughter ] good morning. thanks for waking up with us on this friday. looks like janelle rough night. oh, we missed that one. >> what? >> bad joke. >> she had a long weekend. [ laughter ] let's get to the weather here and let you recover there and answer all of the tweets and facebook posts and all of that stuff. upper 70s right now. clear skies out there that's nice, hot, and humid already. you can feel the humidity by the afternoon. 80 in st. pete.