land o' lakes residents could learn more about a suspicious device found in their neighborhood recently. ahead, what authorities want to know and a big reward they are offering. >> florida leaders still waiting on month to fight the zika virus and even though congress says they have an agreement a vote still didn't happen last night. >> self-driving cars should become much safer before they hit the roads in big numbers. we'll tell what you the federal government is doing today. good morning a morning. i'm deiah riley. >> i'm dan shaffer. it's tuesday and let's check traffic and weather together as you rush out the door. >> so far so good, no major crashes or breakdowns. >> must be all the self-driving cars out there, goodness. that would be excellent. then deiah riley wouldn't have to pick me up in the morning. it's good news for everyone all around. let's check in on titan doppler radar as we look outside, you can see that hue out there. a little sultry. look at the moon and you can

it is a tropical air mass on top of us. with the northwesterly flow we have showers. they are not the meanest- looking but an indication of what i think will be a little more widespread as we head through the later morning hours. then everything pushes to the east as it happened yesterday with showers and storms developing. coverage about 30%. with temperatures this afternoon once again going from the 70s, still low 80s on the coast. we'll get back to 90 and we had feels-like temperatures yesterday ll i think we'll do that again today. it's so tropical out there. you can certainly do that even when temperatures are right at 90 you'll go into the triple digits. so that's what we have today. changes in the extended forecast. we'll talk about the tropics as well, a newly formed tropical depression, coming up. let's check with janelle and see how the roads are shaping up. we're getting word of a crash in pinellas on u.s. 19 and 54th. we're getting more details.

great here through downtown, just five minutes from here to the howard frankland bridge. checking the average speeds, so far so good, still early out there, not a lot of cars on the road. we're still in the green on the veterans expressway heading southbound, a lot of the construction has wrapped up. so roads are clearing out now. 275 southbound looking great. i-75 looking great as well. i-4 also looking good from lakeland all the way into downtown tampa. that drive is going to take you about 22 minutes. 15 minutes from county line ad twitter @tampabaytraffic for the latest on the crash we're hearing about in pinellas. it's 5:32. more than $1 billion in federal funds to fight the zika virus still have more hurdles to clear before anyone sees any of the money. congressional leaders worked late into the night monday but a vote was once again postponed. abc action news anchor james tully is live now in tarpon springs where a public discussion on zika prevention is set for today. a lot of people there want to

be delayed. >> reporter: a lot of frustrating reasons. it's not as if both sides of the aisle don't have motivation to get this done. the zika funding is actually the last measure that has to pass before congress can take off for the election day. we're told agreement is in place but there's some unrelated controversies that are holding this up. things you probably wouldn't believe unless he i told you. like a pesticide regulation controversy and limitations on how many hours truckers can drive. meanwhile florida currently has 835 active cases of zika- infected people including 86 pregnant women. senator bill nelson took the floor yesterday 12ur7b8g9 house to get this done expressing frustration that the issues are holding up the zika prevention funds. >> as a result we here at the last minute at the last hour

funding bill are now all wound around the axle again. >> reporter: one way to put it. nelson added his fellow senators passed the zika funding bill last may -- last may. by an overwhelming margin, 89- 11. later this morning at the tarpon springs campus there's going to be another roundtable discussion. officials will be here. they will take questions from the public and try and answer them. as wal dc. live in tarpon springs, james tully, abc action news. meanwhile an effort to protect homeless people from the zika virus is happening today in tampa. there's a free zika education event this morning at 11:30 at the faith cafe on clearview avenue. it will be free meals and first 100 people get zika prevention kits that includes repellent,

kit. a house guest ends up dead. police say officer john tripp heard a house party, neighbors say they heard a man screaming and found the man unconscious. police are not saying right now how that man died. a toddler shot to death with a relative's gun taking place. 17-month-old amaya shaffy died sunday. the shooting happened in the family's apartment on south lois avenue not far from macdill air force base. the parentto hospital with a single gunshot wound. officers are still trying to figure out the circumstances of the shooting. to the latest on the new york bomb attack. the prime suspect, ahmad rahami mad is still in the hospital after being wounded in a shootout with police. he's charged with attempted murder for shooting two officers, held on $5.2 million bail. he's suspected of setting off bombs that exploded saturday on a new jersey boardwalk and manhattan neighborhood injuring

police to him. more bombs were found in his apartment. >> if he made frequent trips to afghanistan investigators in particular, the fbi are going to have to figure out who he visited and what were the -- was the real purpose of his trip. >> rahami is a naturalized american citizen born in afghanistan. federal prosecutors say they are still weighing what charges he will face. learning more about the investigators say carey ogborn tried to use bitcoin to buy bombmaking materials on-line but the seller turned out to be an undercover fbi agent who sent the man fake explosives. ogborn allegedly said he wanted to blow up a truck in an apartment building. now facing 10 years in brirch. pasco county detectives are planning to meet with families in land o' lakes who live near the location where a suspicious package was found.

information about the device and why everything played out the way it did that day. someone found the package two weeks ago near the intersection of collier parkway and rothic drive. that intersection was blocked for hours as several agencies investigated the sheriff's office says the device had mortar shells in it that was classified as fireworks. >> the lack of information that was provided to us is somewhat disconcerting. you like to know what is going on >> a $3,000 reward is being offered now for information that leads to an arrest in this case. local deputies need your help to catch an armed robber and hope you recognize the man we're about to show you. he robbed this circle k gas station on spirit lake road in winter havennarily sunday morning. deputies say he showed the clerk a weapon before demanding money from the registers. the the clerks cooperated,

raspy voice. a club is still privately owned but the city of thinking of buying it and turning it into a permanent memorial for the pulse nightclub shooters. a fence will have artwork for the victims. and parking has been an issue and business owners in surrounding lots of having cars towed if they are illegally parked. 5:38. self driving ca the roads but lawmakers are worried. maybe you are as well about driverless cars share the road with you the department of transportation is releasing guidelines for testing and deployment of automated vehicles. new guidelines detail how the vehicles should perform along with a model for state policies including a 15-point safety assessment. the obama administration says the federal government rather than states should be in charge of regulating self-driving cars since these vehicles are essentially controlled by

getting old ker mean losing -- older can mean losing some vision but there are things you can do now. when you get your eyes checked make sure your eyes eyes are die lated and check for disease regularly. know if your family has a history of eye disease. avoid smoking. research blames it for a host of eye problems. also diet rich in fruits and vegetables is cr omega 3 fatty acids also can help save your vision. shooting a new tv series can soon be occurring in hillsborough county. commissioners voting today to give the discovery channel up to $85,000 in incentives to film 10 episodes of a series called "kevin loves science," discovery has yet to announce that show. fwc officers getting to work later today to try to

police say the owner of the yacht grounded it after having one too many drinks. the owner was given a chance to remove it but missed sunday's deadline and faces several criminal charges for abandoning the yacht. showers for the coast. they will continue to move in across hernando, pasco and eventually pinellas as well. not amnt get downpours and inland thunderstorms. temperatures about 90 degrees. we'll talk more about that and potentially dry air coming in, in our direction coming up. 5:40. also coming up -- >> i will not be peer pressured in by the political correct crowd. >> a sign at a minnesota restaurant triggers protests but the owner refuses to back

break. a scary scene at a bank being

5:44. pippa middleton, you know she's the sister of the duchess of cambridge is adding another title to her name. author. >> she just released a cookbook designed to keep you healthy. it's called "heartfelt," 100 recipes low in salt and sugar.

after she found out that, after a close friend died last year at age 31. proceeds benefit the british heart foundation. however, pippa admitted she demint create all the recipes in the -- deminted she didn't create all the recipes in the book. admitted. only tried about 80%. >> were tho fresh? i believe so. >> she doesn't know if they are good or not so don't get too excited. titan doppler radar looking, well, not quiet. showers beginning to develop off-shore. in fact honeymoon island just got clipped with showers as they moved through. again these are not going to be intense but just an indication of our flow off the water. northwesterly flow. which for now will bring us morning showers and afternoon thunderstorms but eventually you keep tapping into that and

of dry air to our north and west. little disturbance may pull that down a little. that will lower rain chances through the middle part of the week, for now i think we're still with the tropical air mass and still going to be looking at the showers and thunderstorms. the kind of air mass you step outside and it's sunny and all of a sudden the showers really pop up here. very quickly. and tropical in nature as far as how much rain could fall in a short amount of time. we'll go with that. coverage though despite the air mass only about 30% to 40% for today. so keep it in mind. not all of us getting wet. it will be of the scattered variety through the remainder of today. notice how the storms continue to head south and east. they don't steer themselves, they depend on upper level winds and that's what we have going here. we have karl, tropical storm eventually going becoming a hurricane and threatening bermuda. and lisa, another specter off

this is the time of year, we're past peak but can still get storms in the deep tropics, in the eastern atlantic. there's the track if you're interested in karl, a cat 2 hurricane approaching bermuda by friday night with 105 mile- per-hour winds. that is something for them to deal with. 90 degrees for us through the afternoon. it will feel like 100 degrees with the tropical air mass here and we'll keep it into the upper 80s to around 90. fall begins by the way 10:21 eastern on thursday. then for us rain chances 40% with afternoon storms and heat and humidity. >> i like the art there. the pumpkins -- >> fall leaves. >> and sand. >> we do get change in color even here. with the maples, they change a little. >> one or two leaves here and there. >> you have to look closely, yeah. maybe use a filter on your phone. we have a stalled car i should say, stalled abandoned

from i-275 to bearss. a couple of police, a lot of police activity here. traffic still pretty light oso not causing delays, use caution, slow down as you pass through that police activity. i'll let you know as soon as it clears. an update on the crash we told but in pinellas, u.s. 19 at 54th avenue south. i'm not seeing any major delays here. a little bit of a slowdown on 54th, you might want to give yourself extra time if your morning drive takes yo let's check your average speeds through st. pete. looking great here. 5:48. a customer at a bank in alabama wasted no time broking that store from a bank robber. eric dial who has a concealed carry permit says as soon as he realized what was happening he

or not. i was trying to save my life too. because bank robbers, my first reaction was save my life. >> dial missed, the man who robbed the bank ran out with the money. luckily no one was hurt. and police officers did catch their suspect right outside the bank. look at the sign here over my shoulder. that is outside of a minnesota restaurant and ice cream parlor. has people in t "muslims get out." despite protests the owner is not backing down. >> i'm not changing anything at this time. i will not be peer pressured in by the political correct crowd that -- to not say what i feel. >> some of the things that you have said today would be interpreted as racist. >> people can -- that's the whole problem with america. everything is racism.

>> police had to be called to the restaurant when someone tried to remove the sign. people who live there say they are ashamed of the controversy. >> i was in tears. because this area is great. it's a great community. i don't want people to think it's hateful. >> the business owner told tv stations he originally wanted to write muslim extremists on the sign but ran out of letters. coming up old street vendor goes back to work to help his family after a tragedy. >> thanks to generous strangers he could soon retire this time for good. >> traveling by pumpkin is not just nor cinderella. ahead, we'll show you the

welcome back. 5:53. we have plane considered under threat in manila in the philippines. turns out a false alarm, airport officials say the pilot accidentally sent a distress call before landing. waking up in the 70s and low 80s along the coast. the bus stop looks pretty good save for some isolated coastal showers along the immediate coast. them we'll get pack into sunshine. then a break and the afternoon inland thunderstorms once again today, coverage 30%.

89, our typical high but because of all the humidity it will feel closer to 100 this afternoon. you remember the viral story of the boy who was caught on camera sneaking into his neighbor's garage to steal hugs from their dog? you remember this video. we have a happy update to the the story. that boy was hugging his neighbor's dog because his own dog had passed away. after a lot of pressure from the public and a lot of begging we assume and pleading from the boy himself his mom is finally giving in. the boy has a puppy of his own to to a story of a hard working grandfather in chicago. >> the age of 89 he returns to life as a street vendor to support his family. salonso sanchez' daughter sadly died a few weeks fifty two, he and his wife found themselves with two grandsons to support so he returned to work selling fruit popsicles. a picture of him pushing a heavy vendors cart went viral and the gofundme page was set

mr. sanchez will get his check tomorrow and hopefully it will be enough to retire him this time for good. a small townwisconsin town had an unusual race over the weekend. >> it was a pumpkin race they used hollowed out gourds for a makeshift shift boat race. one contestant says the idea is to make the pumpkin as buoyant as possible. >> the lighter the better. got to paddle it. >> local restaurants sponsor each crew. the team that carved their - former quarterback tim tebow already has one of the

sales spiked hours after he started practice in port st. lucie. even tebow says he's unsure but how this baseball thing is going to play out. for me success is going to be defined by giving it everything i have and being the best i can be and pursuing this with everything i have. >> tebow is wearing number 15 as a mets player. the same number he wore at the university of florida. big changes coming to the area around amalie arena. coming up peek at the plans and had you they might affect you. >> also people are upset with waste being dumped in tampa bay. they say there's a better way. one idea a leader is presenting

at 6:00 -- all new look at the future of downtown tampa. >> the two billion dollar plan bringing huge changes to channelside and the popular business that will be torn down in the process. first this morning -- breaking news from overnight. an american airlines flight makes an emergency landing in tampa international airport. >> authorities not telling us much of anything else but we're making calls and we'll bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. ivan has a look at the forecast. >> we've got a couple of morning coastal with. otherwise we're in pretty good shape. then we'll be followed by inland afternoon thunderstorms. we'll fly in closer and show you what is happenings a the showers continue to move in, northwest to southeast. that's our flow. in fact we've got an few already across portions of honeymoon island getting into pinellas, dunedin, a couple of sprinkles but that is about it. not amounting to much. then we'll get into our afternoon storms. tarpon springs, good morning, 79 right now. as we check in with temperatures generally in the

humidity a little lower this morning. not as oppressive but that will change this afternoon, with 84, close to 90 degrees. that will feel like about 100 with afternoon thunderstorms, coverage today 30% as everything moves west-to-east. i think that's the orientation. we're watching the roads. so far so good, we had a crash in pinellas backups. the incident we talked about at 275 and northbound exit to bearss, stalled van, has already cleared so we're looking great on i-275. right at bearss, up to speed in both directions from the apex all the way down to i-4. this is what it looks like on i-4 at 301 traffic still pretty light, we are not seeing any delays from lakeland all the way into downtown tampa. that drive is taking just about 20 minutes or so. your drive on the veterans