talking about the debate. fact checks coming up momentarily. i'm deiah riley. >> i'm dan shaffer. let's fact-check the forecast and your drive to work. >> driving to work looks great. i checked this all morning long. no crashes or breakdowns. looking good. >> let's not jinx things. things looking good weatherwise as well. we had showers and storms closer to the coastline but now as we look at temperatures across the area it's pretty comfortable out there. 74 lutz 69 and brandon 70. to the north in citrus county similar temperatures, near 70 degrees, homosassa 69. inverness at 72. in polk county, if you're heading out the door maybe for a nice bike ride this morning, nice and dry. 71 in winter haven. lakeland 72. polk city at 69. as we move through the day our best chances for rain before noon are going to be closer to the coastline. and then after noon we're going

storms moving inland through the day. so it's a west-to-east pattern, if you happen to be checking your stormshield app during the day just know that if you have rain to your west it's likely headed in your direction. we'll be making it to highs near 90 degrees today. janelle, how are the roads? good so far but things can change quickly. so far so good. keep our fingers crossed. matt is behind the wheel of the live drive cam on dale mabry around linebaugh heading south not a lot of cars on the road now. dealing with lights on dale mabry but no crashes or breakdowns to get in the way. we're also watching the cameras in pinellas county, i-275 around 4th street before you get to the howard frankland. we saw a man walking in the northbound lanes, just a little while ago. looks like police arrived and helped him get out of the roadway but a little bit scary situation out there for the cars. looks like it's cleared. a smooth ride all the way

your drive times on the veterans expressway, we're in the green, 17 minutes from 54 to 275. 6 minutes from waters to 275. 5:32. to the presidential debate. partners at politifact evaluating and fact-checking the back and forth between the candidates. >> anchor james tully joins us now. first up we start with a closer look at what donald trump said about his tax returns last night. >> reporter: since 1980 all candidates released their returns although they are not legally retired to do so. his refusal to release his thus far and last night donald trump said voters already have plenty of information about his finances. >> you will learn more about donald trump by going down to the federal elections where i fileled a 104-page essentially financial statement of sorts. >> politifact rated the

support his argument that the financial disclosure allows people to learn more than they would from a tax form. experts say the rurnses would offer valuable details on the types of taxes he paid, income producing assets and show had you how much he gave to charity. hillary clinton also went after trump on his refusal to release his taxes. here's what she said last night. >> or maybe he doesn't want the american people, all of you watching tonight, to know he's paid nothing in federal taxes because the only years that anybody's ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn over to state authorities when trying to get a casino license and showed he didn't pay federal income tax. >> politifact says the statement contains an element of truth but ignores critical facts. they rate it mostly false. the element of truth? there are public records about some of trump's taxes that show he didn't pay federal income

records including information from three other years in the 1970s when trump did faye federal pay federal income taxes. trump says he's under audit and will release the tax returns when that is complete. more on the next hour. issues that effect all of us. if you're about to leave we suggest you might want to set the dvr. back to you. 5:34. it's back to the campaign trail for the candidates last night's debate. donald trump will make his first post-debate appearance here. he will appear at the melbourne airport tonight at 7:00. a key reason trump likely chose melbourne, brevard is a republican dominated county. democratic vice presidential president tim kaine will wrap up three days of campaigning in florida today. yesterday he spoke to supporters in lakeland before heading to orlando to meet with

bilingual is scheduled to visit a south orlando neighborhood with a growing puerto rican population. hillary clinton will make her first post debate appearance in north carolina this afternoon, a swing state crucial to whipping the white house. she'll be at a community college in raleigh. she'll be back in florida on friday. governor rick scott will get a firsthand look at the mosaic sinkhole today. this comes a day after making change to pollution notification laws forcing companies to tell neighbors about accidents earlier. today the governor will get a briefing on how the company plans to do a better job. dep and mosaic say they are still successfully collecting and containing that contaminated water from the aquifer. right now 125 tests of nearby wells have been completed, over 300 tests still scheduled. the miami marlins paid a special emotional tribute to

night. fernandez died in eight booing accident over the weekend. fernandez died in a boating accident over the weekend. the crowd applauds. the team all wearing fernandez' number 16 gathered around the mound to honor the late pitcher. fernandez graduated from high school in tampa. he just announced days before his death his girlfriend pregnant. he and two friends died sunday after crashing into a jetty near miami beach. a former verizon wireless technician in alabama is accused of selling customers' confidential information. this happened between 2009 and 2014. he allegedly used the company eights computers to obtain customers' private call records as well as data showing where the phones were and then selling that information to an unnamed private investigator. court records don't say how many customer records were sold

on car insurance a good driving record is not all you have to worry about. a new study suggests income plays a more important role. it shows companies loser lower premiums to affluent drivers with accidents or violations than drivers with a clean record who have a moderate income. the study says it happens 70% of the time. a trade group main danes that income is not a factor. maintains. jetblue adding a new route between los angeles and orlando. the airline will fly a daily round cities beginning january 5th. with the new route the airline adds to its presence in orlando where it now flies non-stop to more than two dozen destinations. a new study says high school students not getting enough exercise. in a study published in pediatrics researchers followed 50010th graders 10 years and found fewer than 9% were

high school graduation. 5:37. jury selection is today in a massive lawsuit against a florida home builder. dozens of people living in the san matera in palm beach gardens in south florida accuse coulter homes of shoddy craftsmanship. they claim coulter did faulty electric and plumbing work. also roofs, glass doors and windows all leak. coulter homes built homes in sarasota, st. petersburg and fort myers. taking action for you. we're helping you find the right credit card. nerd wallet says there are three times, once that improve credit. ones that save money on interest and ones that help you earn rewards. and don't forget to find the ones with the lowest interest rates and check to see if there are any annual fees. a cat 4 at this noon making landfall in taiwan this morning. the third major storm to hit in two weeks. typhoon maggie is expected to dump heavy rain over much of the island.

businesses and schools are closed. they also have closed airports and the stock market in taiwan. i'll update the tropics and storm that could have an impact on our weather coming up in a bit. as far as our weather goes today, looking pretty typical. slight chance for rain closer to the coastline and the first half of the day and our typical afternoon showers and thunderstorms moving inland through the afternoon. we'll be topping out today near 90 degrees. so plenty of sunshine, humidity throughout the day as well. i'll have the 7-day forecast coming up in a bit. it's 5:39. still to come -- a big fight brewing over the citrus county animal shelter. why protesters are planning to demonstrate today. a dog caught on camera escaping from an animal

good tuesday morning. thank you for joining us on abc. shay ryan in for ivan, with a look at the forecast. 5:43 now. hillsborough schools are holding the first of three transportation town hall meetings tonight and hope all transportation employees attend. tonight's meeting is 6:00 at middleton high school. and there will also be meetings next month. citrus county animal lovers demanding changes be made at the county's animal shelter. they claim healthy dogs and

one was featured as a pet of the week recently. the citrus county commissioners are set to discuss how the shelter conducts euthanasia this afternoon. animal advocates plan to protest in front of the courthouse before speaking at the county commission meeting. now to a canine jail break in california caught on camera. when alarms went off earlier this month at the apple valley animal shelter workers worried someone was breaking in, when staff looked at the surveillance video they saw this gal acquired german shepherd breaking out. she not only imagined to get out of the kennel but got through three doors including one with a hand that will had to be turned. ginger eventually found and not far from her previous home. >> one smart dog. as far as the weather is concerned, this is great weather if you do need to walk your dog this morning. on a leash.

we had showers overnight, a few thunderstorms close tomoon child and into the tarpon springs area. honeymoon island. but we're dry now. good time for a bike ride or walk. by noon i do think we'll start to see showers and storms bubbling up but you can see 8:00 in the morning nice and dry still. some of the previous models showing an isolated shower or two along the coastline part of the day. now they are pulling back on that. by noon we start to see that developing. then moving inland through the afternoon where they become more widespread and a little stronger. and away from the coastline there at least through sunset. so we're looking at hit or miss showers and storms, off and on through the day. most moving from west-to-east. about 30% coverage overall. tomorrow morning we start to see the showers again setting up across the coastline. not real strong, pretty

because of that west-to-east flow. looking at the tropics. we've got this tropical wave, i'm keeping a close eye on it because of the general direction that it is headed in. it may develop into a numbered or named storm. it would be matthew, over the next day or so. the general movement is to the west northwest and then as it gets around the dominican republic and haiti it is likely to make a direction change and head off to the north. if that happens it looks like we'll be in the clear but if it doesn't and it head farther west then we may have concerns with this storm, potentially impacting our state. so again we'll keep a close eye on it but at this time it's too early to tell. we should know more by the end of the week or into the weekend. over the next couple of days, typical weather trend. highs near 90 degrees, we're going to see a decent. a showers and storms through the afternoons with that slight chance for a coastal shower early in the day. by thursday though we have a cool front that is approaching

going to see some drier air settling in. it will be most noticeable in the mornings with temperatures in the low 70s. lower humidity through the day allowing for fewer showers and storms in the afternoons. this weekend is looking beautiful. starting off saturday morning at 71 degrees and then topping out at 86 again afternoons are still going to be hot and steamy, but not as steam which as what we've had the several months. it's looking great on the roads. matt behind the wheel of the live drive cam, on the howard frankland bridge where traffic starting to pick up just a little bit but you're still looking at just six minutes to get across the howard frankland, a clear ride across the sunshine skyway and the gandy and courtney campbell also looking good this morning. look outside and this is i-75 around state road 60 so this is in the brandon area. all the major roads in your

looks great all the way back from apollo beach to i-4. buckle up, we're going to take a virtual drive along i-4 from 75 to 275. your drive is looking great this morning. all the traffic indicators in the green, even at the junction where it has potential to get little messy we're still looking good, all clear. here's a live picture of what that looks like. that drive is going to take just seven minutes. 5:48. a double dose of "dirty dining" this morning. we begin >> state inspectors found something not so finger licking good. live roaches near the food. on friday, september 23rd our i- team uncovered the kentucky fried chicken on east college avenue had to temporarily shut down after inspectors saw 18 live and dead roaches near the prep table, ice machine, hot holding units and the fountain machine. they also found roach droppings inside the restaurant. kfc spokesperson lori ebberen

part -- meanwhile food specials oh brady at beef obbrady's. wednesday september 21st. inspectors at west polk street saw a dozen live roaches crawling in the kitchen. it was not the first time this restaurant was shut down either. in february of this year inspectors temporarily closed this same location after discovering rodents in the kitchen. heather boggs, vice president of marketing for beef obrady's sent a stadium --

abcactionnews.com/dining. 5:49. a little girl makes a request for lots of presents for her birthday. >> none were for her. who she helped, ahead. >> a disgusting surprise on many local beaches. which areas are dealing with a gross smell and dead fish now. how long will it take to clean

5:52. there's a slight chance of a shower or storm in the first half of the day closer to the coastline. most of the storms won't be bubbling up until right about noon and all areas will have a chance of rain at that point. the showers and storms will be moving inland through the afternoon so the morning commute more likely to be affected along the i-75 corridor than what we're going to have for the morning drive. in fact now all roads are dry. dan? back to you. 5:53. now an unpleasant surprise for you, for some on the beaches. red tide bloom spreading hitting manatee and sarasota counties especially hard. the algae is killing hundreds of fish and plans you have to hit the beach. on anna maria island the stench is gagging beach goers. it's safe to swim but you don't want to touch the dead fish. if you have trouble breathing you also want to stay away. fish and wildlife officials say a recent red tide took a full

would rather give presents than receive them for her 9th birthday. >> it's what payton burrows did for her local animal shelter. for her birthday she asked for pet food, pet toys and leashes so she can donate them to the shelter. also raised more than $100. payton says she wants to help animals because they help us. >> they help people. like if someone is blind they can help them go the right way. danger. >> payton says it felt so good to help the animals she wants to do it again for her next birthday. good for her. crews in portland are working against the clock now trying to save a house from sinking. >> a floating home started to sink two years ago even though it was supposed to last almost 100 years. a contractor built an entirely new float system for this house

tall fir trees. the diver had to guide the floats under the home which was a delicate job because the home weighs 36,000 pounds. the project by the way costs about $70,000. "sports illustrated" paying tribute to the memory of arnold palm we are a cover story titled "king of kings." it's the 12th time palmer braced the cover of "sports illustrated." many remember him for seven victories in majors and remember the drink. a mixture of lemonade and iced tea on the golf course with him in a thermos, becoming known as the arnold palmer. edith trainor hold a world record for dead liftings. >> even more jaw dropping? she's 95 years old. she says she started to lift weights just four years ago. a month later set a world record for her age deadlifting

break another record during hillsborough county's annual senior games, the competition starts at 8:00. good luck to her. go we break down the debate including two specific moments you are talking about most on- line now. behind the scenes reaction from the candidates afterwards. >> parents in tarpon springs on edge following reports of a man touching a child at a popular department store. ahead in a live re detail the exact warning that

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>> at 6:00, the story everyone is talking about. hillary clinton and donald trump going head-to-head in their first presidential debate. >> what you didn't see on the debate stage including a complaint from trump and the most memorable moments breaking a new record. >> thank you for joining us on abc action news on this early tuesday morning. >> we've been monitoring social media overnight. we're reading comments. a lot of people are weighing in on who they think won the debate last night. most agree though that neither candidate moved the needle in one way >> we'll have the biggest moments in a bit and fact- checking what was said. first what you need to know about traffic and weather together. >> i was sleeping. we had to be up early but traffic looks great now. >> the weather is looking pretty great as well. 76 degrees in tampa now. 69 in brooksville. we are dry. we had some overnight showers and storms so you may have seen a flash of lightning or rumble of thunder in the middle of the night but things are looking pretty good now. 68 in bartow.

have west-to-east moving showers and storms so we will even have a slight chance for something to develop closer to the coast, before noon. most of the storms are not going to develop until about noon and then continue to press inland through the day. we're going to top out near 90 so that means plenty of sunshine, heat and humidity. so pretty typical day and seems like so far this has been an above average commute. >> it's been very quiet. let's hope it matt is driving behind the wheel of our live drive cam looking for trouble spots. so far so good. right now he's on the courtney campbell causeway, traffic pretty light still this time of morning, still dark. hopefully you will get to work on time. we're not seeing delays out there. let's check the traffic cameras across the bay area, this is what it looks like, i-275 at gandy in pinellas county. up to speed in both directions,