and this morning. feels like temperatures in the upper 80s. 81 tampa. mostly clear skies, calm winds, setting the stage for a very steamy morning. 82 in st. pete. the rest of us in the mid to upper 70s. when you factor in the tropical humidity still feels like 90 degrees along the coast. it will set the stage for a hot and humid afternoon but also thunderstorms. we'll get them starting 11:00, 12:00, then everything pushing east on a westerly flow so to 4:00 is our window for showers and storms with plenty of sunshine through the morning. we're checking your live drive here. driving around the roads trying to figure out if there are any problems out there. so far so good on this monday morning. we have this one little incident that we are watching on i-75 northbound just before you get to i-4. we have what used to be a vehicle fire. now a semi truck off to the side, not really causing any

on i-75 just before you get to i-4. let's check the average speeds now. still looking good on the interstates this morning. all in the green. breaking this mornin york city area. nearby elizabeth, new jersey, authorities discovered five explosive devices overnight in a backpack near a train station. abc action news anchor james tully joining us in the studio. one of the devices was detonated. >> that's right. but unlike the large blast that happened the other night, saturday night in new york city that injured 29 people on the west side of manhattan no one was hurt when this latest device went off. it happened as a police drone was inspecting the backpack it was in.

>> that was just after midnight. as a precaution new jersey transit just tweeted that they are suspending train services on the busy northeast corridor and north jersey coastline. no arrests have been made after the latest discovery of explosive devices and while there's no indication it's connected to saturday's blast in manhattan the fbi has five people in custody questioning them about it. no one this morning the mayor of elizabeth, new jersey is discussing the latest explosion as tensions clearly running high in the area. >> the robots that were going in to disarm it cut a wire and it exploded. i don't know the technological aspect of that. i know there are other devices, i don't know what they are made up of. >> at this time none of the incidents were linked to terrorism but the fbi is continuing to investigate. back to you.

stabbing at a minnesota mall. isis-linked news agency says the attacker who stabbed nine people is a soldier of the islamic state. authorities haven't identified the man who was killed by an off-duty police officer but the star tribune of minneapolis says his father identified him as tahil adon. ahmed adon said his son was born in somalia and listened in the u.s. 15 years. at least one attacker mentied >> said nothing, just walked straight towards me. i just got back from like basic training from georgia. i looked at the guy and i'm like ok -- i fist fought this guy and didn't know he had a knife. >> fbi is looking into claims about isis about its ties to the attack but currently there's no evidence they were involved in the planning. presidential candidates spoke briefly about the attacks. >> i think it's important to

incident like this. that's why it's critical to support the first responders, the investigators who are looking into this trying to determine what did happen. i think it's always wiser to wait until you have information before making conclusions. >> it's a terrible thing that is going on in our world and our country and we are going to get tough and smaran [ cheering and applause ] >> investigators have not said who is behind the explosion in new york and the potential attacks in new jersey. 5:04. investigators say they found traces of tnt on debris from the egyptair flight that crashed in may. they are not sure where the tnt came from but do believe the crash may have been an inside job. egyptair flight 804 crashed

killing all 66 people on board. a top syrian diplomat claims there's a link between the u.s. government and isis. it comes after u.s. military airstrike appears to have hit syrian government forces. members of isis attacked the same area later. the u.s. called it a mistake. the american ambassador to the u.n. also said the syrian diplomats' claims are ridiculous. we should learn more this morning about what appears to be the horrible accidental shooting death of a child in south tampa. tampa police were called out to the clipper bay ap around 4:30 sunday afternoon. for a report of a child shot. when they got there they found a 17-month-old shot and killed, investigators -- neighbors rather, several told investigators that this was a little girl and they have been hearing that the child may have gotten hold of a gun and shot herself. right now tampa police are releasing no details about how the shooting happened or the names of anyone involved. now to an amber alert in

>> authorities say they were forcefully kidnapped by their mother who took the kids from their legal guardian. we'll show you a picture now of 38-year-old stacey williams, 29- year-old ryan williams may be traveling with her. they are both known drug users. officials say stacey took her kids, 1-year-old mason and 3- year-old ryland after attacking they're legal guardian who lives in lecanto. officials say she may be taking them to west virginia. could be possibly driving a 2004 ford pe our abc action news facebook page so you can go there and spread the word. breaking news from sarasota -- police say someone in a car shot a man who was smoking outside his house, that bullet hit joseph roberts in the chest. he went to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. detectives say they are working to get a better description of the suspect. we're launching our eighth annual taking action against domestic violence awareness campaign today. we're all wearing purple, the

for the next six weeks you'll see special reports including our big reveal of the person we selected as our officer of the year. new this year we're recognizing everyday heroes, people who don't necessarily work in domestic violence related positions but took action anyway. if you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence we posted a list of resources on our web site along with more about our campaign. go to abcactionnews.com/dv. goveor winwood later today where a zika travel individualsry was placed a month ago. the cdc may lift that advisory today after the area has gone 45 days with no ongoing active transmission of the virus. polk county school officials will present their plan to turn five failing schools around today. denison, kathleen, lake alfred, adare, boone and westwood middle schools all the targets of turnaround plans. today school officials will provide a progress report and talk about how to get the

we've got a heads up for parents now. there's a new warning you may want to ask your child's pediatrician about when you take your child in for a cough. american academy of pediatrics recommend pediatricians stop prescribing codeine for kids to relieve coughs. the academy says there's growing evidence it causes deadly breathing reactions. recent studies show it's still commonly prescribed despite the risks and lack of evidence that it works to bolts could change the way meteorologists define lightning. the organization announcing the world's longest lightning bolt stretched nearly 200 miles in oklahoma back in 2007. the longest continuous lightning flash wagon was 7.74 seconds spotted in france in 2012. lightning is currently defined as a series of electrical processes taking place within just one second.

want to change the definition from within a second to continuously. plenty of lightning for us today. by lunchtime in fact temperature in the mid-80s. waking up with warm and humid conditions setting the stage for plenty of activity by the time we head home as well. temperatures this afternoon approaching 90 but will feel closer to 100 with the humidity. extended forecast coming up. coming up, a disputed party and critics? >> 5:09. a man who says he received a warning about his phone after it burned him is suing.

5:13. the indian army says 17 soldiers and rebels were killed when the camp kashmir. lockdowns and curfews were ordered across large parts of the area. at least 85 people were killed in the past 72 days in clashes between protesters and security forces. kashmir is divided among pakistan, india and china in a long running territorial dispute. pro-putin party united russia looks like it's going to

district races. also leading the race for 225 seats chosen by voters nationwide. after the 2011 vote caused street process over perceived fraud and rigging, this time more parties were able to participate this time around and even a handful of kremlin critics were allowed to run, however there's still reports of voter fraud. jonathan strobel's lawyer says his second degree burns when his cell phone exploded in had is pocket. he wants $13,000 in compensation. there's currently recalls because of numerous reports of them catching fire. he said he received notice of the explosions hours after the problem. after a hot weekend we're going to see if the hot weather is going to continue. >> take a guess.

both of you. another hot and humid day. if you want cool weather either stay here and wait a month, right? or go up to the north where fall is actually happening. in fact fall begins this thursday for us. 81 in tampa. feels like close to 90 in st. pete. with hoe 80s along the coast, mid and upper 70s further across the interior where we're going to have showers and thunderstorms of course today. in fact tropical air mass from where we are at the that means once the showers and storms get going we have the potential for pretty good downpours here, not all of us will see them but the ones of us that do will be getting quite wet by the afternoon. we'll watch futurecast and put it in motion and see with the westerly steering flow that will move the showers from the coast across the interior as they continue to develop, talk about thunderstorms, with lightning as well. and again the potential for quick 1 to 2 inches, again just localized but this is the kind

for with the tropics on top of us. tropical storm karl, and then 80% probability of this tropical feature, wave off africa but it's karl we're playing close attention to. it's a mess now. very ragged storm, wind shear, dry air but we think it's going to get its act together and the models are in decent agreement that by the time we get into the end of the week we talked about this last week -- we're looking at a hurricane. in fact the latest forecast has it as a cat 2 bermuda friday night. we'll watch it closely. and keep checking back with us. this afternoon our temperatures upper 80s to around 90 but it will feel like about 100 plus with that humidity. you can already feel it outside. rain coverage staying about the same through the week here. 40%. dry air may try owork in but right now holding at 40, pretty average for this time of year. let's check on the monday morning commute with janelle. we are starting off across the bridges.

working today. matt is driving for us across the howard frankland, it's taking just 7 minutes to get across in both directions from pinellas into hillsborough county and hillsborough into pinellas. so no crashes or breakdowns on the bridges. in fact even the sunshine skyway looking great this morning. just 9 minutes to get from toll booth to toll booth. we're still watching this one camera here, i-75 northbound before you get to i-4 around mlk we have this truck that caught fire a little earlier. so we still have emergency crews out lights. so far no delays. i-75 for the most part up to speed. here's a look at the drive on i- 4 looking great here if you're heading out the door in the lakeland area trying to get into downtown tampa, that drive is only going to take you about 22 minutes. your drive on 275 starting all the way back at the apex, the intersection with i-75, 13 minutes to make that drive all the way up to i-4 and down there at the bottom just 5

howard frankland bridge. 5:17. still ahead -- the big winners at last night's emmys and one of the funniest moments. >> three shark attacks in a single day. ahead, which florida beach seemed to be teeming with sharks this weekend. >> first, owners in the new apple i-phone 7 say the phone is making a strange noise. diane macedo and kendis gibson have the details in today's "tech bytes." >> reporter: in today's "tech bytes" -- a possible glitch for the new i-phones. some users say a seems to start when there's a heavy processer work load like for video games. >> not with all of them, no comment from apple which started to distribute the 7s this weekend. the ride hailing service lyft now in san francisco and phoenix with driverless cars. >> the co-founder expects them to rely on self-driving vehicles in the next five years. >> emmys all night on twitter thanks to the megahit "game of

"snl"'s leslie jones joked about her twitter hack telling the emmy accountants they are protecting something now that no one wants to steal. they should protect her twitter account instead. >> she made desperate pleas for help.

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you know you can make $12 driving for uber. >> i did not know that but it's great. i have to get downtown to the emmys. >> are you nominated? >> i am, yeah. >> wow. what's that like? >> it's nice. nice. >> you think you can win? >> there's a lot of competition and -- probably not. >> here's what i know, if you run a positive campaign the voters ultimately will make the right choice. >> my psychic -- >> jimmy, that was a joke. [ laughter ] get out of the car. >> recognize that guy? former florida governor jeb bush was pretty good, made a cameo in the opening skit. made an uber driver giving jimmy a ride to the show. there are plenty of funny and uncomfortable moments as host. if you couldn't stay up for the whole thing here's a look at some of the winners. >> the emmy goes to -- >> "game of thrones" took home the emmy for best drama series a second year in a row. the big winner in a comedy

year, "veep," that show had 16 nominations, in fact the "veep" star won the emmy for outstanding leading actress in a comedy. >> acting awards specifically for drama, lead actor in a drama series went to rami malek. and drama, went to tatiana maslany. "people series and "shark tank" won as well. congratulations to them. coming up -- an amber alert from citrus county. authorities say a mom went on the attack to kidnap her kids. where they may be headed and why deputies believe these kids may be in danger. >> you think your neighbors are bad? wait until you hear what one

and it prompted evacuations and police >> i-275 to downtown tampa looking great now. we have more construction coming.

donald trump heading to southwest florida today. who he's hoping to win over to win the sunshine state. plus the high profile support hillary clinton is getting on the campaign trail. >> two toddlers kidnapped from their home in citrus county. why authorities say they are now asking for your help. three shark attacks in one day on a florida beach. what the victims all had in common straight ahead. an this monday morning. i'm deiah riley. >> i'm dan shaffer. a hot weekend. did yard work yesterday, brutally hot. >> the lines are short at disney. >> that's true. >> the reason it was hot obviously but lacking thunderstorms. we have not had a lot of that. without that this time of year we're in trouble. i think today, some tropical air on top of us will set the stage for a little widespread

not talking everybody's going to get rain but it's better than we have been. in fact right now we're mostly clear and calm. winds coming from the west and that will push some showers as they continue to develop through the mid-morning hour. we're going to be dry this morning and by the afternoon we'll get into thunderstorms which will cool us off and we need that because look at the current feels-like. this is afternoon, right? 88 and 89. current. feels-like temperature in the upper steamer out there. by the afternoon with this moisture here we'll have plenty of showers and storms to get going. notice the orange hue, would that be nice if it got pulled in here? it's not a cold front, it's not going to cool us off or dry us out as far as humidity but we could tap into that a little bittened that will lower our rain chances which again would keep us hotter through the middle part of the week.