and weather. not much going on. it's a good thing. checking with live drive -- as far as weather is concerned, a couple of showers. zooming in closer, in fact we're back here and checking in on the titan doppler radar and you can see we have those morning coastal showers we've been talking motion and you can see it's not making that much progress but eventually looking at showers across palm harbor say around 7:00, 8:00. it's not going to amount to much. i don't think it will be as widespread. in fact as we've had it the last several days. we have dry air that will limit rain coverage so i think interior counties will see the most coverage. there it will be only 20% so mostly dry today, upper 70s to lower 80s. that dry air by the way is up above, several thousand feet. here below we're still looking at humidity.

and the 80s will feel like 90s and you get the idea. 90 degrees for -- between 1:00 and 4:00 and that is the window for showers and storms. rain coverage only 20% so looking pretty good here so far weatherwise. the morning commute, nice start and hopefully will continue that way. looking great on the roads, no crashes no breakdowns. live drive -- we have live pictures from i-4 around i-75 heading back into tampa. later on this will become of the busiest areas of traffic but right now things look great there. smooth ride from lakeland all the way into downtown tampa on i-4. checking the drive on i- 275 at gandy in pinellas county, looking great from the sunshine skyway all the way to the howard frankland bridge. your drive times on some of the major roads not too bad, in the yellow on u.s. 19 southbound between tampa road and eastbay. 11 minutes that is mainly due to the traffic lights.

and 4 minutes on dale mabry from fletcher to waters. it's coming up now on 5:32. breaking news overnight -- deputies in hillsborough county are investigating a shooting right now. it happened along east fowler avenue in thonotosassa. they are not releasing very many details now, only that it was drug related and the injuries are not life threatening and they are in contact with everybody involved. deputies found a sebring man dead on his kitchen floor and now searching for the people he recently hired to help him do work around his house. he was 95 years old, name dominick demundo, found dead off his home monday in wellington drive in sebring. authorities doing a welfare check discovered his body. the sheriff has very little information about the investigation. breaking information from charlotte. protesters and rioters took over the streets after a deadly shooting of a black man by police. abc action news reporter lindsay logue is in the studio and tracking the violence.

long ago. >> wrapped up in some places, starting in others. violence spilled on to a major highway, i-85 where protesters and looters shut it down. traffic at a standstill for miles. protesters are setting fires in the streets and looting trucks that are stuck on the highway. one truck driver told a news station in charlie that police emptied her truck and are -- charlotte that police emptied her truck and are burning everything inside. police shot and killed a man. they say he had a gun, posed imminent threat to officers. anry crowd gathered near where the shooting happened. and looted. police responded with tear gas to keep the crowds at a distance. >> there is something going on across this nation that needs to be addressed. throwing of water bottles and destroying city vehicles i don't condone that. by no means. but as far as my child, my

worrd about them. >> my brother. >> something has to be done. >> 12 officers were injured during clashes with the protesters overnight. on facebook a woman who says she's scott's daughter claimed her father was unarmed at the time of the shooting. despite police saying they recovered the gun he was holding when they shot him. 5:34. a little scare at a pasco county hospital when an explosion prompted preparations for evacuation. a fire alarm went of 5:30 yesterday afternoon. the fire rescue chief telling us there was a small explosion in the hospital's industrial air conditioning unit. that shut down the ac throughout the entire hospital. original reports also stated the power was out from that explosion but that was not true. pasco county eoc fire rescue, sheriff's office, county government officials, all responded in case evacuations were needed. fortunately 8:30 the air was fixed and the hospital officials gave the all-clear.

hours. so it got warm in there. a lot of people were sweaty and stuff but it seems to be up and running now and everything is cooling off in there and seems to be back to normal. the hospital told us all their systems are up and running and that they have no issues at this time. >> for two hours all incoming patients were diverted to other hospitals. crews working to figure out what caused that explosion. just last month you remember a lightning strike sparked a brief fire and power hospital in hudson. 200 patients were evacuated. and it reopened five days later. finding out more water testing is going to be done today near the massive sinkhole with radioactive water. now the company that many say didn't alert the public quickly enough is on aapology tour. adam winer is live in downtown tampa with more on what is happening there today. >> reporter: good morning. is the water in hillsborough county going to be affected?

demanding an answer from this -- this company mosaic in their meeting later today may also demand that same apology that two of mosaic's top executives gave to polk county commissioners yesterday. the phosphate company admitted they should have let the public know immediately this giant hole opened up under a pond of toxic water that is used in the fertilizer manufacturing process. instead it was several weeks before the public found out and in 215 million gallons of radioactive water seeped into the area's aquifer in the new rails area. mosaic hired an independent company to test peoples' water, so far they've tested 20 private wells. they are scheduled to visit another 27 today and we could get results back as soon as today for that first batch. live in tampa, adam winer. abc action news.

bombs in two states is facing criminal charges in two states this morning. investigators say ahmed khan rahami planted a bomb that injured 31 people in the new york chelsea neighborhood saturday. he was arrested monday after a shootout with police. he's accused of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction along with other charges. investigators say he planted a second bomb in chelsea that didn't detonate. another bomb exploded harmlessly in a seaside town in new jersey and another set of explosives left in a tr elizabeth, new jersey. the last bomb was discovered by a homeless plan and his friend. they found the backpack with explosives in it and both men being hailed as heroes. >> i am glad i was able to realize what the situation was and react in such a way that thank good ntsb no one got hurt. >> as soon as they saw what was inside they went to police. lee parker who you saw there picked up the backback he said because he really needs one.

blue shopping bag. dozens of countries around the world agreed to take in 360,000 refugees from various countries. president obama hosted the 50- country global summit that made that decision. that number is double the number of refugees that were accepted last year. however, the united nations says it's not enough. the organization says more than one million refugees need to be resettled. in democracy 2016 the campaign trail today after taking yesterday off to prepare for next week's debate. >> clinton will attend a rally in orlando this afternoon where she plans to discuss her economic plan. you should expect to see a lot of clinton campaign ads the next seven weeks. abc news reporting she will spend more than $36 million on tv ads here in florida compared to trump's $700,000. prominent democrats who support clinton continue to bash trump as a failed businessman. >> the last thing america wants

run another financial scam on each of them. if elected donald trump will be the scammer in chief. trump is a fraud. >> meanwhile trump and his foundation may have violated federal tax law. "the washington post" is reporting more than $250,000 from the charity was used to settle various lawsuits against trump's business interests. trump continued to hit clinton hard during campaign rallies yesterday in north carolina. th clinton caring more about special interests than what it best for the country. >> she calls the patriotic americans who support our campaign, many cops and soldiers, deplorable and unredeemable. [jeering] >> has she ever talked that way

and gays overseas? no. >> today trump will be campaigning in the key battleground state of ohio. meanwhile the nra launched a $5 million ad campaign in battleground states in support of trump. his commercial portraying a home break-in ending with the words "don't let hillary leave you defenseless." for a month the florida attorney general has been under intense scrutiny for accepting a $25,000 donation from trump while staffers investigated trump university. yesterday bondy said the donation was >> i would never ever trade any campaign donation, that's absurd for -- for -- for some type of favor to anyone. >> bondy says out of the 800,000 consumer complaints her service received in the past six years she says only three were about trump university. bondy says she won't resign over the controversy. some things just go

eiah. dogs and fire trucks. the puppy was eventually returned to its family. morning clouds and coastal showers. that's about it today. dry air helps us out here. cash washing time next few days. ve upper 70s this morning and 90, still hot and humid at the surface but up above that dry air gets us down to 20% as far as thunderstorms. more on that in the extended forecast coming up a little girl takes a shine

5:45. on this early wednesday morning. a miami construction worker is in critical but stable condition now for being struck by lightning. he was working on the top floor of the large building you saw tuesday afternoon when a storm moved in. the project manager told a local tv station he ordered workers to evacuate but it was too late. that victim was awake and talking on the way to the hospital so that is a good sign. he's expected to recover. a farm in kentucky is the scene of a rare birth.

double take. here's why. calf was born there with two heads. the calf can stand with assistance but that doesn't bother the farmer's daughter who adopted it as a pet. >> he has two heads but i'm ok with that. >> i say she was lucky to live and our 5-year-old says that's her name, lucky. >> lucky is drawing a lot of attention to the farm. people coming from all over just to get a look at her. sadly though two headed calves don't live v one that lived for 40 years so they said that is a goal for lucky. >> good lesson for the little girl there on accepting all. >> you were raised on a farm? >> absolutely, we didn't have two-headed calves but i would have been fine i think with one. showers this morning along the coast. pinellas, you will get clipped

couple of days. even lower rain chances, they have not been astronomical but with the dry air and area of low pressure, counterclockwise flow will be pulling the dry air over us. not going to be dry at the surface. it's still going to be hot and humid but up above and showers and storms try to get going they will be limited next few days. we're talking 20% coverage. much lower than the average which is about 30% to 40% this time of year. tropics still busy this time of year. karl and lisa are out there. we'll talk about kar there's the low continuing to provide us with about 20% to 30% rain chances the next tu days. it's not going to shut off the rain chances but do a number on it. as we look at futurecast, high resolution model, this one usually blows up things a little more so than they end up being. look at this, even this model not depicting much in the way of showers and storms.

land masses. sure, it's been impacting cabo verde but it's headed to the north as it will intensify. karl has been a mess the last few days. very disorganized, dry air, strong winds up above. it limits intensity. now back to a tropical depression and won't even hit bermuda or near bermuda as a hurricane now. it's going to move through this weekend as a tropical storm. gusty winds, rainfall but certainly not the life threatening situation that we had been look at there with the cat 2. for us it's in because as i mentioned we're still humid at the surface so summer continue despite the fact that today's the last full day. fall begins officially tomorrow at 10:21 eastern time. our first weekend of fall 30% rain chances in the afternoon. summer thunderstorms with highs near 90. that's not atypical. it's pretty much where we should be, upper 80s around tampa. it will be a while.

we should wear orange. >> we should, it will be a while though. you have time to figure out what you're going to wear. howard frankland bridge here, no crashes or breakdowns on your drive across the bay this morning. it's taking just six minutes to get from pinellas to hillsborough county. on the howard frankland. all three bridges looking great. i-275 and busch typically one of the busiest spots for the morning drive but right now th tail-lights towards downtown tampa. average speeds on some majors. still in the green. 5:49. this is a shocking ad on craigslist. has parents in wisconsin on edge.

sale are forest glen elementary school." it says "hundreds to choose from." the sheriff's office is looking into the post. the school alerted parents and is adding extra safety measures. craigslist has take than ad down. police looking for a person that dressed a mannequin as a kkk member, placed it on a building rooftop in a town in vermont and posed it in a nazi salute. that town has a history of ra it was the last town in vermont in fact to close its government for mlk day. it happened in 2001. fedex beat wall street expectations in the latest quarter. now the shipping giant is making plans for the busy holiday season. the company expects to hire more than 50,000 seasonal workers. fedex is forecasting another record holiday shipping season. macy's department store meantime says they are going to

holiday season. about the same number as last year. the new employees will work at macy's or bloomingdale's, call centers and shipping facilities. several other retailers already announced their hiring plans for the season. kohl's expects to hire $69,000 temporary workers. target adding more than 70,000. 5:51. who is going home now on "dancing with the stars"? >> a woman in hillsborough county set to break a record. her inspiring 29,000 mile

upper 70s this morning. rain coverage lower the next several days down to 20%. we'll talk more about that coming up. 5:54. "dancing with the stars." he tried to avoid becoming the first star eliminated this season. >> he avoided elimination, instead jake t-austin got the boot. the disney star says he's sad his fans won't see him dance anymore. >> i did this for the fans. to show them that anything is possible. i tried something that i really wasn't comfortable with. i've never done before.

that i did it. and it was for them. >> jake also made a prediction on who he thinks will win this season. he says it's olympic gammist lori hernandez who is going to walk away with the mirror ball trophy. "dancing with the stars" returns monday night on abc action news station. it's not halloween and the white house already has the perfect christmas tree. it will be decorated for the blue room this year. don't worry though, it won't be cut down for at least anothe i did see a sign yesterday in tampa says christmas trees. >> too soon. not even halloween yet. not even october. >> i know. world record could be set this morning in thonotosassa. >> cyclists demand that cokeer

1928. she suffered a traumatic brain injury five years ago when a car hit her while bicycling. coming up -- violent protests break out after the second deadly police shooting of a black man in a week. in charlotte the injuries and damage from overnight. >> the hunt for who murdered an elderly man in his home. the workers this highlands county man recently hired who

riots, fires, tear gas after police shooting death. >> we'll show you the new video from overnight that we just pull off the satellite feeds there. unrest on for hours last night. in fact there's still some now. >> we'll update with lindsay logue in a moment. first traffic and weather together. it's the last day of summer. >> hope you're ready for fall. it's coming. in two months. >> it's really hot. >> you're going to need the ac still for several more weeks. we'll talk about the forecast today. although there is a nice bonus for rs 10:21. starts with dry air moving its way in. not going to lower humidity but rain chance also be a little lower so we'll have a little more sunshine. it's not bad, as we check in on titan doppler radar. seeing the morning coastal showers with the northwesterly flow continuing. in fact some of these as i've mentioned will clip pinellas county in the next hour but will weaken heading further inland. then thunderstorms will get going but they will be having a hard time with dry air continuing to filter in from

probably not much tomorrow so we're down to 20% today and perhaps even a little bit lower tomorrow which is nice, first day of fall we get that. two days of lower rain chances, we'll talk more about karl and lisa, temperatures now in the upper 70s to around 80 with mostly clear skies and our temperatures by the afternoon, will be approaching 90 degrees which is average for this time of year. we'll get to point. if you're going to work now you should have no problems. matt is in pinellas county heading to dunedin. a lot of construction, cones out there so be careful of that if you're heading out the door. checking the cameras, i-275 at ashley in downtown tampa. your drive here looks great. just five minutes to get from here to the howard frankland bridge. and checking your drive on i-4,