bearss avenue to i-4, now about a 15 minute commute. out towards pinellas from downtown, looks great on 275. look at this, i-4 through ybor city, starting to hit the brakes and 275 coming away from bearss. and just approaching i-4 here, southbound on 75, getting slow. and now hernando county just past cortez boulevard. and looks like that's off to the shoulder. and we've got this one, u.s. 41 at shell point road but it's off to the side. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, the government order that make sea world end their shows. >>> and a 13-year-old shot and killed by police. >>> plus, a run-away moon wreaks havoc in china. where it came from and how it got loose. you're watching news channel 8 - marco. - polo. - marco. - polo. marco. marco? marco? but it's not a game when our senator doesn't show up. i'm patrick murphy. solving problems means showing up. showing independence. and working together. it's why i worked to protect women's health care and worked with both p

what we're looking at is 275 at bearss. looks like it's the bearss avenue exit from northbound 275. and looks like the two left lanes are taken away at this point here with police activity. and a tow truck onscene. hopefully it will wrap up soon. but you can exit and there are absolutely no delays. here's where it's located drive on 75. no delays there in and out of pasco county. and that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> okay, thank you. >>> straight ahead, here on news channel 8, a story that's going to warm your heart this morning. >> yeah, it involves dreams coming true. a high school senior with special needs gets to putted a big smile on his mother's face thanks to the football team. don't miss it. we are back in less than three > for parents of families with special need, the bad days can sometimes outweigh the good. and when you pile on the other stresses of life, it can be overwhelming. in detroit, the football sees that firsthand every week. their water boy, a senior with special needs was not only able to realize his dream but brought h

. >>> 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. th

bearss remains heavy until hillsborough avenue and we're clocking in at 10 minutes from bearss avenue to i-4 this morning. good news final until pasco county. it looks like authorities have cleared the roadway from this earlier crash along ridge road at airway boulevard. that's about two miles east of little road and earlier overnight fatal accident did have that roadway shut down for quite some time this morning. but all your eastbound lanes are now able to get by through that area. watch out for this wreck along roosevelt bou street. this is just east of u.s. 19, a little west of 49th street. some very heavy traffic there as you make your way east and westbound along roosevelt. >>laura: thank you. just about 15 minutes way from the top of the hour now and i have the distinct honor today of tossing to charley belcher. hello of the welcome back. >>charley: you drew the short straw. "good day." how are you this morning? >>laura: well. what about you? >>charley: i'm rested. i'm rested, back and recharged. no particular reason other than i had time off. i used time off. i was able to sle

bearss avenue down to i-4, just 21 minutes. and out to the howard frankland bridge, just jump minutes away from if downtown. and let's go ahead and look here at where we're seeing congestion away from 301 westbound i-4 through ybor, away from south tampa, southbound on 75, and of course, little bit of slowing on the howard frankland bridge but not too bad. and a crash southbound 275 past 54th avenue south. everything is off to the shoulder. not seeing a slow down there in the area. and we have a collision state road 52 right at 75. traffic. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you so much. >>> what you need to know before you walk out the doorer is next. >> including the high cost of cleaning up after hurricane hermine. the damage estimates coming in from one county. >>> and a bullet riddled car in a lakeland neighborhood. why officers opened fire during a traffic stop. you're watching news channel 8 >>> a gun battle in lakeland. officers open fire on a suspect during a traffic stop. >> mary mcguire is live with a look at how this

and 275 at bearss, no delays there. traffic. back to gene and gayle. >>> right now, questions about an officer involved shooting in lakeland. it started as a traffic stop that turned into a gun battle between a convicted felon and drug task force officers. >> and as news channel 8's peter bernard reports, the suspect has a rap sheet at least a hundred pages long. >> reporter: his name is francis perry, 32 years old. he just got out of prison march and cops say he has already violated numerous laws since then. a bullet-riddled dodge challenger. shell casings flew. polk county sheriff judd told us four law enforcement officers surrounded him. >> he shoots out of the passenger side of the vehicle up by several agencies who target wanted felons. >> we shot back because he shot at us. and we shot at him a lot. >> reporter: cops dragged him from the car, performed cpr and called an ambulance. police chiefs joined the sheriff saying how glad they are every one of them avoid being shot. >> these officers have families to go home to. and

bearss avenue to i-4, only a 10 minute commute. and let's take a live look at the howard frankland bridge. wonderful drive here. and also i-4 right around kathleen road, that acnt roadway but still a good drive throughout polk county. and new accident, county line road west of 75 and we have a collision here. this is at the pasco hillsborough county line. it is tying up lanes on county line road but no delays yet. and we still have an accident to the side of the roadway, northbound 75 in palmetto right before you get to 275. and overall, a great drive on the sunshine skyway bridge. only about 10 minutes between each of the toll plazas and frankland bridge. courtney campbell causeway up to speed as well. that's a look at weather and traffic. back the to gene and gayle. >> thank you. >>> calling all college student, if you are applying for financial aid, you will want to stick around for this. >> which application is out early. >>> plus, been smelling funky? could be your clothes. why your washer could be to blame. that's next on new

and also here, bearss avenue to i-4, roughly a 10 minute drive time. and looking good on ulmerton, seminole boulevard to 275, 14 minutes. and southern sarasota county in the venice area, looking fantastic as well. only six minutes to cross the howard frankland bridge. maybe seven across the courtney campbell causeway. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. finds itself in the middle of the presidential campaign. >>> and protesters face off with police. the city on high alert after a deadly officer involved shooting and where things stand this morning. a box is where you keep things safe. who wants that? i'm moving forward. new oikos greek nonfat yogurt helps keep me going. now with all-natural ingredients with vitamin d and 12 grams of protein. >>> overnight protesters clash with police in charlotte, north carolina. >> hundreds fill the streets in a stand-off with police in riot gear. this follows a deadly officer involved shooting. meredyth censullo is monitoring the developments and joys us now live. >> reporter: yeah

and bearss avenue to i-4, up to nine minutes and that's good. let's take a live look. here's the bridge, wonderful drive. and then here's more vehicles on the roadway but we're still at 55, 60 miles per hour here southbound 275 at hillsborough avenue. and as you move into downtown good. and also on the veterans expressway, ehrlich to 275, a nine minute commute. and sun coast parkway looks good as well. and that's weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >>> the 2016 heart walk is right around the corner and news channel 8 is committed to raising $100,000 but we need your help. fuccillo kia is again generously matching the first $50,000 we raise so every dollar you donate really counts as two. the sidewalk november 12th raymond james stadium. go to wfla.com/heartwalk for details. >>> self-driving taxis are on the road right now. but would you climb into the backseat of one? >> yeah. still ahead, 8 on your side asks whether people are ready for the new way to travel. the rules of an informal poll coming up. >>> and new information revealed in the shooting o

and look at the bottom area here, 32 minutes bearss avenue to i-4. and traffic right now, this is the howard frankland bridge. it looks good. and let's move over to the other camera. 32 minutes here. that's it. right. you can see it 275 southbound. that's right at bird street. >> crawling along. >> thank you. >>> and thank you for joining us. have a great tuesday. >> and we will stay on top of the stories throughout the day for you. >> catch our updates during the you love all-day breakfast. but you don't love that you can't get all your favorites. but now you can get more of what you love. so you can find something else to not love. like hearing the sound of your own voice. with all day breakfast. >>> good morning. face to face. hand to hand combat. donald trump and hillary clinton go after each other in a spirited first debate. >> all talk, no action. >> there's something he's hiding. >> attacking each other's record. >> hillary has experience, but it's bad experience. >> and getting personal. >> this is a man who has called women pigs, slobs and d

hey, it's 26 minutes bearss avenue to i-4 southbound on 275. that's heading into downtown. and also ybor starting to hit the brakes but the veterans expressway looks good. a live look at the traffic out there. and look at that, that's westbound i-4 starting to get slow through ybor. >> yeah, not too bad. >> thank you. >>> thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. >>> we will stay on top of the you. catch our updates during the "today" show. >> and another hour of local more questions than answers about the suspect in the bombing attacks in new york and new jersey. ahmad rahami hospitalized this morning after a shoot-out with police. investigators focusing on his trips overseas and the possible motive for the terror spree. his father speaking out to nbc news. >> did you know that your son was doing this? >> no. no. >> you had no idea. >> no idea. >> the very latest on the investigation. >>> blame game in the wake of the bombings. donald trump and hillary clinton accuse each other of making the country less safe. >> hillary clinton's decisions overseas have left us wi

bearss avenue to i-4, southbound 275. starting to get busy. down to about 14 minutes here. still a great drive to the howard frankland bridge from downtown. and 275 southbound starting to build. and that's typical forker this time of the morning. and that's where the accident is over on the howard frankland bridge. and off to the shoulder. no delays. and then we've got a depression in the roadway eastbound martin luther king past himes. and now the right lane is there. and also this is an area that's got a lot of including st. joe's down the street. ray man james close to the there. if you're traveling eastbound for your morning commute, go ahead and take columbus or hillsborough instead. that's weather and traffic. and now back to gayle and paul. >> look up. look up. >>> all right, a catfish falls from the sky. what would you do? >> what happened next and where one woman believes the fish came from. >>> and major questions surrounding hillary rodham she stumbled at the 9/11 ceremony and how it's impacting her campaign schedule. you're watching news channel 8 i'm hillary cl

looks like hopping on 275 from bearss, slowing down a little bit. this bearss on-ramp here. and traffic from bearss down bridge. still activity. an earlier accident. and activity on the shoulders but no delays just yet. a little bit slower come in off of bearss. let's look at travel times. bearss avenue down to i-4, half an hour. and i showed you on the camera. westbound i-4 through ybor city and the slowing on the howard frankland bridge is just off the bridge. and a pothole tying up the right lane eastbound, martin luther king past himes. and an accident south u.s. 19 >>> great fall day. we have a great crowd kicking off the morning in rockefeller plaza. nice to have you along as york city. >>> let's begin this half-hour. today's headlines. an overnight fire destroyed a florida mosque that was attended by the orlando nightclub shooter. investigators say evidence, including video from the scene, reveals the fire was set intentionally. officials say they will mott speck legislaulate about a poss motive. >>> president obama meets today with paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, and the

h bearss avenue at 22nd street. plan extra time. i already touched on this. u.s. 19 clear at 82nd avenue north. >>laura: angelina jolie is bringing in the big guns to handle the aftermath of her divorce. she hired a crisis manager. she brought in judy smith to handle the details in the divorce negotiations. smith inspired carrie "scandal." smith has worked with michael vick, paula deen and monica lewinsky. ? and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air? >>laura: lady gaga confirmed she'll be the headliner during the super bowl half-time show. she did the national anthem earlier in year. super bowl 51 will be in houston february >>russell: it's probably going to be an amazing show. >>laura: i'll bet it will be, too. >>russell: all right. charley? always puts on an amazing show as well. good morning, my friend. >>charley: if you only saw the show we put on in between the show. that's sometimes the best show. it's friday. that means it's another time for a "good day" pep rally and that brings us to tampa catholic high school. everybody is excited. the ki

and in fact, it's going to take 24 minutes from bearss down to the junction southbound. northbound, not really affected. and let's talk about clearwater. we have an injury accident. heads up. king road at lake view road, good drive across the bay area bridges. someone dell road at galloway road. that is blocking some lanes and injuries involved just outside the lakeland area in county. and also westbound i-4 into the junction, you saw from the camera shot i showed you southbound 75. and remember southbound macdill only one lane getting by at azeele due to a hole in the roadway. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> all right, thank you, leslee. >>> a story you will no doubt see trending today. olympic gold medalist ryan lochte made his "dancing with the stars" debut last night and things got tense. his performance. two people were arrested after rushing the stage after the olympic swimmer finished his routine. the cameras didn't show the incident and the show quickly went to commercial weak as the show's security dealt with the protes

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 green, 18 minutes from 54 to 275. and down there at the bottom just seven minutes to get from waters to 275. >>> 6:01. we get a look today at the future of downtown tampa. >> jeff vinick's long awaited plans for the channelside district around amalie arena are finally being unveiled today. abc action news reporter adam winer is live with a preview. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this entire area going to be unrecognizable. totally one of the big changes, going to be behind me. instead of this area, picture a nice big office building. that's just one of the big changes coming to the redevelopment of this entire channelside drive neighborhood. the team is going to be going over plans with the port tampa bay board later this morning showing off $2 billion wort

it is backed up from bearss avenue down to the interchange. right now that's about a 22 minute trip and that is continuing to build just a few minutes ago, it was 19 minutes and now 22 so expect it to get even busier as the morning continues. westbound willow bend parkway at u.s. 41, reports of complete road block in the westbound direction here. just west of u.s. 41, it's county line road. we're seeing heavy traffic there as well and watch out for the very dos down heading out through clearwater along keene road south of gulf to bay. an injury accident. >>russell: we need to check in with walter allen. he's working for charle today think. good morning. >>walter: it is a sweet assignment. good morning to you. how much do you know about the donut? >>russell: how much do i know about the donut? you mean like besides that i eat them? >>walter: yeah. i think there's so much that i don't know about the donut. >>russell: are you going to tell us? >>walter: let's talk about it. yes. so a donut is a fried ring or globule. now i have to look up what gl

right now 20 minutes bearss avenue down to i-4. it's usually not that busy. let's move over and take a look. that's where the accident is located. it's extra heavy. once you get past busch back up to speed. sad news in a motorcyclist. all the northbound lanes on u.s. 19 at state road 52 are blocked. let me show you this picture. if you look closely you can see a lot of activity out there and the crash there too. i want yo you to take little road northbound instead. that's a look at weather and traffic. now back to paul and gayle. >> leslee, thank you. >>> unique program for students at one pinellas county school teaching kids a whole lot more than just the three r's. take a look. >> [screams] >> with i'm one of the kids who graduated from the school, it's saint paul's independent school. i started off the special speaker series where graduates come and incorporate what we learned in life and sharing it with the next generation. that's something their teachers do every single day. >> the teachers really help a lot. they guide me through all these life lessons.

and 275 southbound bearss avenue to i-4, looking at a 23 minute commute. so really it was great a while ago but getting heavy. ander is hills, state road 54, i have an accident here. this accident is in lanes and also we've got injuries involved so a slow down approaching that intersection. and also keep in mind here, westbound martin luther king, we have a lane taken away here right at highlands avenue. should re-open later today but road work going on. and 13 minutes through ybor expressway looks good. >> thank you. >>> sometimes we can all use a moment to take a deep breath and enjoy something beautiful in life like this. look closely. >> a baby dolphin. >> we want to thank lauren clark for sending us the video of the little guy playing in tampa bay. lauren captured the great images from st. pete yesterday. right along the sea wall. a peaceful setting and a great catch. thank you for sharing. and i did up load the video on my facebook page. ideas for the baby dolphin. >> interesting options on there. you will have to go on gayle's page to read that. why

we still have delay bearss to i-4 about 19 minutes through that stretch. pinellas county drivers authorities clearing up a very serious accident. bay flight was on scene. they have since left. and lanes are reopening along reports of should reopened within next 5 minutes or so. but right now you can still take u.s. 19 as one of your alternates county road one. ooern tampa road to avoid cure will you road. another slow spot for drivers southbound 49th street, past the bay side bridge. past roosevelt. reports of a lane blocked with rescue on the scene. southbound 49th street just past roosevelt. >>> all right. courtney. thank you. >> it's been nearly two weeks since hurricane hermine came ashore near big bend area of our state. it was our northern citrus, hernando parts pasco that took hardest brunt of the storm. now they say they are being forgotten. ken suarez in hudson with one family's story. how they are trying to recover. good morning, ken. >> well you know this morning they were doing real badly now doing much better. because, the community is coming

travel types southbound 275, bumper to bump frer bearss avenue down to i-4. >>russell: here is one. dirtiest place in the bathrooms. it's not the toilet, not the shower. jen will tell us. >>laura: and steer clear of traffic trouble. kelly cowen tells us what the problem is. good morning. >> good morning to you guys. that was quite a tease, russell. in the last hour i was telling you that i had a song suggestion for everybody this morning. all drivers in south tampa, song suggestion, put on "take it easy" this morning before you hit the there are a couple of trouble (russell- welcome back to good day tampa bay. >>russell: welcome. it's 7:30. to work on some roads this morning. >>laura: some area roads are crumbling and rain is only expected to make things worse. good morning. >>reporter: good morning to you guys. yeah, now that traffic is starting to pick up, we're starting to see a lot of these merges that are having to happen because an entire lane is shut down here because of a great big pot hole. i'll step out so you can take a look at the lane closure. this is between azeale and

it is looking a little heavy here. 28 minutes from bearss avenue to i-4. we don't have any crashes with lane blockage but of course, we have that congestion. so plan a few extra minutes if you have to head out the dave? >>dve: oh, not a good sunday for bucs fans. the team lost horribly to the cardinals in arizona. cards went up early. at the half, they're leading 24-0. the bucs did manage to get on the boards. we told you there was something good with -- about it. final score 40-7. we brought kevin o'donnell in to talk about it, talk about what went wrong, don't went right and don't you blame this on me me. >> you get the losses. walter gets the wins. this was the curse of the cardinals. two florida state quarterbacks lose to cardinal teams. it's in the cards. that's all i've got to say. >>dave: wins ston former florida state. wow. >> 103 points again florida state quarterbacks this weekend. >>dave: my goodness. >> bad numbers. >>dave: so obviously one of the things we had wro >> we said it was going to be a measuring stick game. cardinals are a superior t

in an update to the abandoned vehicle we showed you in the last report, it was on that bearss exit ramp. looks like that's been cleared and now fdot turned the cameras back around. by the way, travel lanes are looking pretty good, running up to speed here, heading northbound from the intersection to bearss. it should only take two westbound along i-4 between the area of the connector and 275 and 11 minutes is the drive from i-4 to 275 taking 75 northbound. >>russell: american airlines flight is forced to make an emergency landing at tampa international was due to a malfunction with the landing gear. shayla reaves is live at the airport where we're starting to hear from some passengers. this must have been scary. >>reporter: oh, absolutely. we're hearing from passengers who some were emotional as they spoke with us about the events unfolding on their american airlines flight. this is flight number 574 from phoenix, arizona to tampa international airport. here is some video captured passenger kendall stall. he was one of the passengers who spoke with us once they made it to baggage claim

southbound 275 from bearss avenue to i-4, jamming up. a 14 minute trip southbound from bruce b downs to i-4. >>russell: cooler pair of cleats. the fashionable foot wear some nfl players were wearing yet. >>laura: and kelly is at amalie arena. good morning. >> we're cooling it down here at amalie arena as the bolts gear up for their new season and of course, every great season starts with a great foundation. we're making ice here on the rink. stay with us. tampa bay is amazing. ere, i even take care of my mom here. but you know what? i could use a hand. hey! we hear you! it's why a-a-r-p is supporting family caregivers like you with free tools and resources. and we're making our community an even better place to live, work and play for people of all ages. if you don't think "this is right for me" when you think a-a-r-p, then you don't know "aarp." (russell- new this morning, a robbery >>russell: welcome. new this morning, a robbery at a burger king at the corner of gunn highway and lynn. oon -- the robber got inside, took cash and ran off

bearss a two-day to i-4, southbound lanes completely blocked on i-75 past fowler. you are diverted off. take 301 or 275 out of pasco instead. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you. >>> halloween is just around the corner. >> and you can kick-off the spooky celebration with your adoption, there's excitement in store at ray jay. >>> we're back. ray jay is going to the dogs. get ready for the you must love dogs halloween fest that kicks off tomorrow at raymond james stadium. >> and look at this little guy. looks like puppies from all over the bay area are getting time. >> a costume contest there. a lot of vendors and rescues. it's a benefit the humane society of pinellas too so it's a good cause. >> a few pictures from last year. about 2,000 people showed up. more are expected this year. there will be a national pet unit there for vaccinations and immunizations. and a fire safety demonstration and you can adopt a new four- legged friend like sissy. >> sissy has a little boyfriend named buddy. she is a litt adoption. if someone adopts her. >> that's right. package deal.

and bearss into downtown on 275 looks great. back to gene and gayle. >>> reaction is pouring in over apple's new iphone 7. >> yeah, good and bad. a welcome at what is new and what is missing in the new smart phone. >>> and if you want to connect with me with story ideas, please do. police found some huge alligators. if you want to see them, check it out on facebook. i up loaded it to facebook and >>> apple unveiled a big change and it's not what is in the new iphone, that's raising eyebrows, it's what's not. the headphone shmack is being speaker. the company says it will give you a stereo sound. and there's water-proof casing and a higher quality camera. the iphone 7 itself starts at $649. the earbuds cost an additional $160. >> just like a boom box but don't go walking around with it on your shoulder. >>> all right, well sony couldn't let apple have the spotlight and all the fun. they had their own big announcement to make. that's the new play gamers will see the play station 4 pro on store shelves november 10th. this system ca

coming away from bearss and pockets and through the particular area. still holding on to a great drive on the howard frankland bridge. dade city, still got the crash but not affecting congestion. old lakeland highway at morningside drive. and i-4, mcintosh road, slow- sarasota at university. back to gene and gayle. >> all right, thank you so much, leslee lacey. >>> a scary warning about exploding washing machines. >> the brand under scrutiny and what you need to know. >>> and shopping early for the holidays. new numbers are out on how many people are already looking for the perfect gifts. it's 6:20. you're watching news channel 8 today. vo: we asked women in pinellas county woman 2: backwards. woman 3: out-of-touch... woman 4: that's 3 words. vo: david jolly shares donald trump's backwards agenda for women. jolly opposes a woman's right to choose and voted to defund planned parenthood and deny women access to basic health care like mammograms and cancer screenings. woman 5: i have 3 words for david jolly... not for women. vo: house majority pac is resp

southbound 275 is jammed as drivers try to avoid that area heavier times here. 37 minutes to get from bearss to i-4. >>> it is almost 8:02. you know, looking a the skytower radar we've got a couple little showers popping pick up they are back toward coastline. this is not much. and it just kind of comes in waves. by time we hit 11, 12, we're going to see more of these little coastal showers and storms fire up. eventually shift inland. to be honest forecast today is was like yesterday with the 40 percent rain chances. and then you've got mid to upper yajts for high temperatures. >> hurricane matthew is almost a major hurricane. the pressure continuing to fall. the wind speeds are now up to 105 miles per hour. moving west southwest at 14. that was a forecast direction. west southwest. now it's going to move back to the west and then eventually turn hard north over the weekend. we'll dissect more on this track >>> all right. dave, thank you. peaceful protests are what some high school students are doing. regardless, the superintendent of schools says enough is enough and is demanding these stud

and bearss avenue to i-4, that's only about 10 minutes on 275. so good drive overall. and the bay area bridges as mentioned before still up to speed. no delays on the sunshine skyway bridge. everything looks great across the water. back to gene and gayle. >> leslee, thank you. >>> out of control wildfires strike another city in california. >> the damage done and where the fires broke out. >>> plus, in the wake of the first presidential debate, donald trump and hillary rodham clinton are hitting the campaign trail hard. which presidential candidate is in the bay area today. that's next here on news >>> in your vote, green party presidential candidate jill stein will be in the bay area this morning. the event is scheduled to start at 6:30 tonight. campaign in iowa and wisconsin today. you can expect to see more trump ads in the coming days. trump is planning a major investment in advertising from now through election day. trump told supporters that his campaign raised close to $18 million following monday's presidential debate. trump told rally attendees tuesday night th

and 275 from bearss avenue into downtown tampa, just a 10 minute commute leaving the house soon. and across the water, no delays on the howard frankland bridge, courtney campbell causeway up the speed. sunshine skyway bridge looks good and so does the gandy bridge. i'd look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. she's a slob. she ate like a pig. a person who's flat chested is very hard to be a 10. does she have a good body? no. does she have a fat [expletive]? absolutely. >> a shooting at a south carolina elementary school. the latest on the teenage suspect and the call he made minutes before the shooting. that's had just ahead. >>> and uber stays street legal. we will tell you about t l night deal that will keep the ride sharing drivers on the streets of hillsborough county. >>> honoring a legend. these are live pictures from jerusalem where the former israeli president will be remembered today. some of the world's most powerful people will pay their respects. we will tell you who just ahead. >>> good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm gayle guyardo. >> and i'm g

now bearss avenue to i-4, still holding on to an 11 minute commute. but i expect that to get busier. and the back-up southbound. once you get past it, you are back up to speed. i-4, no delays there. and a collision in lanes northbound 301 at big bend road the northbound side. i-75 looks good. bay shore boulevard, well, no shocker here, whenever there's a big storm that comes in, it the ends to flood. it is closed down. and flooding around channelside and florida. and i've got reports from tampa police department, it's hard to get by. portions are impassable by ausually. and then puddling along -- by roadway. if you can stay home, that's a good idea. sunshine skyw bridge completely closed down. tough take i-75 to loop around. sunshine skyway bridge is closed. not able to get by there. and we have a little problems down here in the sarasota county area. northbound 75 at state road 70, lanes blocked. there's a wrecker onscene, disabled vehicle. to the south in the north port area, the right lane taken earlier. the fire is out. one lane still blocked just

travel times from bearss to i-4 along 275 southbound up to about 22 minutes and just for a frame of reference, normal this will time of morning, it takes about 16 minutes. that will give you an idea of get a little more as we get on throughout the morning. hopefully the lanes clear. meantime out of pinellas, we have another big wreck to let you know about. southbound lanes of u.s. 19 are all shut down, complete shutdown southbound at 82nd avenue north so that's in the area of park. and it looks like your best work around in the southbound direction is 49th street north. we're seeing on other data points a lot of red in the area. >>jennifer: hands full this morning so we're going to check in with charley belcher now. good morning. >>charley: now you've got your hands full. you have me. >>jennifer: i love it. >>charley: happy friday. it's friday. that means it's time for another fox 13 "good day" pep rally. welcome to tampa catholic high school! oh, yeah. home of the crusaders. that means it's also time to start voting for -- not yet, next week's pep rally schools. i can tell you one thing. we'

finally in red here southbound 275, 22 minutes from bearss to i-4. >>> all right. >>> all right. thank you, vanessa. hillsborough county takes a historic step in an effort to protect animals. commissioners thursday improved it is move that hopefully will keep abuse evers away from innocent thes. high time for something like this, right, jen? >> yeah absolutely it is, russell. a hillsborough county again is first in the state to do something like this. county commissioners overwhelmingly approved a new registry preventing convicted animals abusers from being able to adopt a new pet. it doesn't stop there though. they can't work with animals either. and places that sell animals along with the registry before adopting out an animal. it took while to get to this point. it was pushed back for changes. but now, as part of the registry, places that sell dogs will have a person signed affidavit saying they've never been convicted. clerks will check registry if they have, will know notify county to send animal control officer to get that animal. shelters will have to do it immediately. th

so keep this in traffic here. 275 right around bearss avenue. traffic looks great on the interstates. now back to gayle and paul. >> thank you so much. >>> well, there's a new miss america this morning. >> wait until you hear her name. still ahead, we will tell you who got the crown. >>> and it may be the american dream but millennials will have to dream a little bit longer to own a home. coming up, why more millennials with me with story ideas, please do on facebook and twitter. by the way, i just up loaded something that's going viral this morning. a young guy who got the first job at target. he does have journal of the first week, a day in the life. and you have to see some of the things -- >> going there right now. >>> turning this morning to an an age gap in homeownership. turns out millennials are not buying homes. a study shows a drop in homeownership for all ages. but the biggest one we're talking about, it's too difficult to get a mortgage and that's forcing the millennials to rent. more americans putting off retirement, a bank rate sur

beginning right oar bearss down to past hillsborough avenue. in area of fowler clocking in about eight miles per hour. now veterans expressway actually much better shape most of the span until you hit hillsborough avenue. bit heavy down towards 275. but still, 60 miles per hour in area of gunn highway. that is pretty good for veterans expressway. now casey road and gunn highway is big problem spot morning in carrollwood. traffic is backed up in the southeast direction of gunn highway. a tow truck has on scene here. but we're seeing some stacked up traffic alongs southeast gunn highway at casey road plan for live look here at 275, on the northbound side of the howard frankland bridge. east end of bridge, about 11 minutes for you in between fourth street and kennedy. >>> almost 8th:17. some local elementary schools have been ranked among the nation's healthiest. and see if your childs school made list an actor. and singer and "american idol." say nothing of a heart throb. now harry conic, jr. is talk show ohios. charley belcher shows us what harr

and 275 bearss avenue to i-4, looking at 10 minutes here. and let's take a live look at the fishing pier by the can sunshine skyway bridge. nice drive between pinellas and manatee counties. no delays. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you, leslee. morning. six bay area school districts are closed today due to tropical storm hermine. they are hillsborough, pinellas, pasco, hernando, citrus and manatee public schools. hillsborough district offices are also closed. all usf campuses are closed. hillsborough community college campuses and st. leo university closed. and also closed, western michigan university tampa bay and pasco hernando state college. >>> and we continue our coge hermine with a hospital evacuation happening in the middle of the storm. more than 200 patients including 12 on ventilators had to be moved after a fire knocked out the power. >> that had to be a scary situation. at this hour, regional medical center bayonet point is not fully operational. news channel 8's meredyth censullo is live a

bearss avenue to i-4, nine >>> a traffic stop turns into a shootout between a convicted felon and officers. >> we shot back. because he shot at us. and we shot at him a lot. >> still ahead, the suspect shot is no stranger to crime. >>> hurricane hermine's high price tag jumps in one bay area county. new numbers this morning for just how much damage the storm cause when had it flooded hundreds of homes. >>> good the thursday morning. welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm gene ramirez. >> and i'm gayle guyardo. let's turn things over to leigh spann on this thursday morning. it's nice that we're seeing this stretch of dry weather. >> yeah, not only dry in the fact that the rain chances are low but lower humidity so it feels more comfortable.

and also 275 into tampa from bearss to downtown, nine minutes. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. now back to gayle and paul. >>> there's a new miss america this morning. >> there is? >> yes. >> who got the crown. >>> and it may be the american dream but mill to dream a little bit longer to own a home. why more millennials aren't buying homes. and how about them buccaneers beating the falcons 31-24? watch the play of the day. >> you got to see it. >> yeah, can't get enough of the buc's when they win. it's 4:20. and you're watching news channel 8 today. every woman's fashion secret. but what's no secret is how much they hurt. the foot care experts at amope new gelactiv insoles almost invisible, and made of ultra-thin concentrated gel. they even fit into slender shoes. so the only thing you feel is improved comfort. share the secret of looking great, and feeling good. new gelactiv for all kinds of women's shoes. from amope. %f0 >>> turning now to an 8 on your de in homeownership. it turns out millennials are not buying homes. a study s

bearss avenue minute commute. if you don't want to sit in the back-up, take nebraska instead. it's not too bad at this point. and also quick reminder, bay shore boulevard closed down here between plat and bay to bay. also seeing flooding in the northbound lanes of manhattan from the base up to gandy boulevard. and also moving over here, just reminting you, access is restricted to shore achers and snell island. a lot of flooding in the area. and the sunshine skyway bridge is still closed. not good news here. instead of the sunshine skyway bridge, take i-75. make your way around. but hopefully you will just stay at home and not get out into this nasty weather out there. all right, let's take a look here. travel times elsewhere, we have a good drive on the howard frankland bridge and the courtney campbell causeway, both up to speed. let's go ahead and i want to remind you about, excuse me, pasco county sheriff tweeted out a it's at u.s. 19 and ranch road. that's up in pasco county. a lot of flooding in that area. and also around channelside, in downtown tampa. seeing flooding the

and then there's karl which bearss at least a little bit of watching. 45miles per hour and it's slowly gaining strength, becoming about a 60 miles per hour storm on sunday. 70miles per hour storm on tuesday evening. it's still a long way away. we will just watch it for sure. now locally, it feels tropical. our humidity is high for this time of the year. it's not oppressive. that's july and august. but it's uncomfortable which will lead to showers, the first few popping up around noon. much better rain chances east evening. at 4:38 in weather and traffic on the 8s, i will have the eight-day temperature trend for you. i know it's early. >>> it is early but it's a nice commute. after a feeling it will change later today but right now, it looks good. on 275, not seeing any delays in hillsborough county. and up to speed on 75 despite the construction here at university parkway and on the interstate. it's right at the manatee/sarasota county line. in bradenton, 49th avenue at 26th street, we have a colln. great. and of course, construction tying up all lanes here, old pasco road from state r

we are on the heavier side heading into the interchange, 27 minutes from bearss. give yourself 18 to get to bruce b. downs to i-4 taking 75. >>> there is an two missing toddlers, every law enforcement officials in the state looking for those two children, one-year-old mason williams and two-year-old -- their mother stacy williams burst into the home and took them. when the guardian tried to take 911, she said williams grabbed ground and hit her face. license number is on your screen and headed for virginia. fox 13, is going to update you. >>> multiple incidents in new york, new jersey and minnesota. right now they don't believe any of the incidents are linked. investigations are just beginning and fbi will be busy. last night in new jersey, backpack containing several pipe bombs exploded near a train station in new jersey. bomb squad robot cutting into it. other went out near a train station. other incident in new jersey pipe bomb explosion in jersey bomb timed to go off just as runners were going off near the can. >> and 11 hours after the bomb in new jersey ther

southbound 275, hitting the brakes, typical stop and go traffic starting from bearss. this is right at fowler to about hillsborough avenue. and let's look at the howard frankland bridge. it's not that bad coming into tampa. slow but it's really not that bad. probably take about 10 minutes to cross it. ybor city, sticky here, thick westbound 301 to 275, 17 minutes. >> all right. >>> the zika virus continues to spread here in the bay area. that makes eight in the county. 74 in tote the in the bay area. for more, wfla.com. >>> this morning on "today's take," julianne moore on her new role that has her teaming up with george clooney and the stars of "brother nature" and find out which showed up for breakfast at my house. all that and more coming up. >> announcer: fro nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, tamron hall, and billy bush live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> it is the official start to the weekend for college kids. thursday morning, september 8th, 2016. billy, tamron and al. "today's take" begins. al and hi a phenomenal day yesterday. we're goin

still a little bit slow away from bearss. heavy through hillsborough, especially in the right lane here. and in the distance when you hook up with 275. not too bad on fowler. better on 75 and a crash busch at himes to look for. >> thank you. >>> a clearwater man is in critical condition this morning after he was hit by a car while trying to cross the street. this happened just before 6:00 investigators say the 56-year- old man was not using the crosswalk. the crash shut down parts of both roads for hours. >>> this morning on today's take, oscar winner kate winslet opens up with being bully and how she got her sweet revenge. >>> and nick jonas on the big screen like you've never seen him before. all that and more coming up now. >> announc: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, tamron hall, and billy bush. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on this thursday morning, september 22nd, first day of fall. billy bush with al and tamron. >> 10:21 a.m.? that's when fall arrives. >> watch wha

and it takes about 20 minutes to go from bearss avenue to i- 4. and what you just saw informs the middle of the back up. this is typical. let's go ahead and look at travel time, i-4 through ybor slow too. >>> so far it's been a nice morning. here's the way it looks from pete beach. on the east coast, things are more unsettled the. the low pressure will drift north and west and it will increase our rain chance today and tomorrow to 60% with highs at 89 degrees. . >>> this morning on "today's take," lochte bum-rushed in the ballroom. two men storm the stage, one is tackled by >>> all that and more coming up now. >>> frombc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, tamron hall, and billy bush. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. september 13th, 2016. if you forgot the year. i'm billy. tamron is here. al is not here. my niece's birthday. 17 years old. >> is she a "dancing with the stars" fan? ryan lochte made his debut last night on "dancing with the stars." tamron, things took -- >> i thought ab

meanwhile, bearss avenue to i- 4, almost at a half hour here southbound 275. so coming away from the northern apex, moving into and also very heavy through ybor city, 301 to 275, 16 minutes. veterans expressway, not too bad. i mean, sometimes it's in the red here. ehrlich to 275, about a 14 minute commute. now also taking ai quick look here, this was the slow traffic through brandon. and again, an accident right there northbound 75 right at ? >> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, zodiac chaos. >> may 23rd, 1990. >> i hate to break it to you, you're a taurus now. >> what? >> fallout over the to the astrological sign. how aing about dollar industry is being rocked from above. >> then going green. the royal family takes in the spectacular sights on their whirlwind tour of the pacific northwest as prince minneapolis/st. paul awilliam a the dutchess of cambridge are treated to a toe-tapping performance. >> and ice cream overrated? about which foods may not be worth all the hype. today, wednesday, september 28th, 2016. >> look where we are. you're missing out. >> buen

nine minutes i-4 to bearss, 275 northbound. i-4 westbound, give yourself eight minutes from 75 dotown and tour minutes beee 75 northbound. >>laura: school is cancelled today for most bay area counties even though the weather isn't bad now, it could be this afternoon by the time school would be letting out. public schools in sarasota and polk counties will remain open. outdoor activities, though, like sports have been cancelled. >>russell: as florida prepares for hermine to make landfall, >>laura: first responders are busy dealing with evacuations and their job got more complicated last night. >>russell: an electrical fire at bayonet regional center and they needed help movinged of upte o where things stand right now. good morning. >>reportder:ooorning to you. we can tell you all of the patients are out of the building and staff and security, they're workg this morning. right now we're outside of regional medical center at bayonet point after a masrtov 9. all 209 patients from this building. i want to take you to some video capt

southbound give yourself 14 machines to travel from bearss northbound. >>> you know a lot of us love to speculate about what goes on behind the scenes in the world of secret military organizations. what's it like being a navy seal and what happens when politics gets involved. and how have things changed since terrorism has become part of our daily lives in this world. well there's a new book out called tier one. it's co-authored by brian andrews and jeffery wilson. jeff lives in tampa. he joins us this morning to talk about the book. good to see you ma i want to tell everybody although tier one is just out amazon best seller and number one best selling military thriller on amazon since it's release. congratulations. >> thanks. that's got to be nice have in your pocket. lot of fun. let's go do a quick synapsis. give me a synapsis of book tier one. there will be more of these tier one what we did brian and i together, my co-author we tried to create a new guy. a new hero a new team that sort of designed for the world we talking about. it's a different world. we're looking for a hero th

these interstates heading into the interchange from bearss, we're in the red. 27 minutes is the drive. 18 the time between 75 and the interchange along i-4 westbound and 21, give yourself that amount of time between the selmon and i-4 heading northbound on 75. >>russell: research department tells me it's the cedar and shell rock rivers that run through cedar rapids, iowa. there it is. all right. brad pitt turns the tables. living with angelina jolie. >>laura: plus coming to the rescue. a group of strangers help save a child's life and ken is on that story. good morning, ken. what a story. >>reporter: good morning. what's really amazing about this story is how that little girl's life was actually saved. just proves you have good samaritans, all the same good intengs -- intentions and you can do amazing things. jen, what are you up to morning? >>jennifer: this is a really cool concept. one of its kind here in florida. a non for profit mobile market providing food for families across tampa bay to families of low income situations. we'll take a look inside this (laura- welcome back to goo

it's 27 minutes to get from bearss avenue to i-4 so maybe an extra minute or two out the door if you have to head downtown. >>laura: federal prosecutors made opening statements in the bridgegate trial and they started with a bang. >>russell: they say that governor chris christie knew about the lane closures at the george washington bridge and purposely did nothing about it. two of his former confidants are accused of causing gridlock by closing down lanes in 2013. prosecutors say it was to punish the mayor of that town for not endorsing christie's the closures two days after they started. ho however, christie said he didn't know about it. prosecutors say a former ally of christie will testify that he told him about the plan to close the lanes. >>laura: las vegas police made an arrest in the shooting at the city's international airport. last night someone opened fire on a man and woman inside a parking garage. both had just arrived back from a flight when they were attacked and gunman had a relationship with the woman. both victims are expected to be okay. >>russell: kelloggs recallin

as you make your way from bearss avenue to i-4 right now, that's clocking in at 18 minutes through that stretch. problem spot for pinellas county drivers, had hes cue heading to an accident along starkey road at 86th avenue north, just north of park boulevard. right now no big delays reported, just heavy traffic in starkey. >>laura: thank you. it's charley time. hello. good morning. >>charley: look at that. the ratings were through the roof yesterday when you and i were on screen together. >>laura: i know. dynamic duo. >>charley: they decided to put us back here again this morning. how are you? >>laura: doing good. what about you? >>charley: i'm good. by the way, i didn't tell you yesterday, and i probably should have just to stay in the rhythm of the pep rallies, normally on wednesday i announce whoever won the vote for the pep that's where we will be friday. because of hurricane hermine, you'll remember, bloomingdale high school had to be postponed and then last week, of course, we were at 5a high school because bloomingdale needed more time to prepare so we'll be at bloomingdale high