we are joined by gabriela santos and dan shaffer.ugust was a so-so month for stocks and september the worst month since 1928. should investors be more cautious than they are right now? >> this has been a good few months and it's justified by better economic data earnings going forward. as we approach september and talk more about an upcoming fed rate hike. we are telling our clients we don't have to be scared of a rate hike. a rate hike would and good thing because it means the economy is solid enough to justify raising rates. gary: anthony mentioned september and august. can we look back at history where a market is so controlled by the fed, when we think about looking back and thinking ahead? >> i go back hundreds of years in markets. put this into 1928. that's where the federal reserve is now. they manipulated the markets during the 20s and it got out of control. in late 1928 and '29 $lot of investors were shorting the market. a lot of these top guys are hedging and covering their portfolios, or they are not fully disposed. bern m

. >> i'm james tully sitting in for dan shaffer for the second day. tracking traffic and weather, are things looking okay? >> yeah, things are looking otherwise, we're looking good, clear and dry with the wind coming out of the southeast today. that will favor, again, the late day thunderstorms. hear that thunder out there? things will transpire the same today. we'll have little pockets here but mostly clear this morning. we're not going to have too much with the fog. we'll climb our way out of the 70s, 80s, and back to the lower 09s with the afternoon -- lower 90s with the afternoon sh it takes a while for the east coast winds to get here and when it does, we'll watch that more closely. janelle? >> reporter: some of the construction i mentioned is right on hillsborough avenue underneath the veterans. corey dierdorff is driving the express car right now. traffic is light this morning. not really causing any major delays. looks like the veterans is down to one lane there. the construction on the veterans. if you drive that road all of the time, you kno

i'm deiah riley. >> i'm dan shaffer. ivan and janelle joining us to get ready for the day with traffic and weather together. >> looks pretty good on the roads. >> that is always good. >> and it's not monday. so there's that. it's tuesday and we're almost there, mid-part of the week, right? it's fine -- and soon enough will be friday. temperatures in the 80s, clear skies, calm winds. it is sultry outdoors, very humid as you would expect on the latter days of august here. they call it the dog days. 81 apollo beach, 82 tampa.

. >> i'm dan shaffer. investigators say adam hillary's murder came after a date with this woman he met on- line. abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is live outside the polk county courthouse. >> investigators say the plan was pretty well thought out. >> reporter: it was. it turns out the four suspects have a long history of trouble with the law. now the victim's fa heartbreaking loss. >> my brother meant so much more more to us than what little stuff they wanted. >> reporter: angel cruz can't understand it, 27-year-old brother adam hillary gone, taken is police say by a robber's bullet. >> we're going to be strong. >> reporter: 18-year-old haley bustos, joshua ellington, gary investigators say hillary met bustos on the dating app plenty of fish. after casing the apartment investigators said she told the three men what was inside. they went back to the home forcing hillary to his knees before shooting him in the head and stealing electronics. the police report even stated two of the suspects laughed as

. >>> i'm dan shaffer. >> i'm sarina fazan. deiah riley has the morning off. first, caroline sine, a well teacher is dead. the victim police say of a drunk driver. >> that driver, brice macleod, facing upgraded charges this morning. abc action news reporter rodney dunigan live at the pinellas park police department. this case has taken a major turn. >> reporter: it certainly has. in fact the police department holding a press conference at 9:30 this morning to give us the latest details on this case. meanwhile, loved ones of those victims are simply left to deal with it all. >> we will get through this, we'll help the children get through this. >> reporter: plenty of questions, not enough answers for family, friends and co- workers of pinellas county teacher caroline sine. heart broken over her death. >> it's difficult but it's something you learn to do the more years you're in this position. you learn this is part of what you do. you become a family. you take care of each other. >> reporter: came caroline sine's boyfriend sean hankins bayfront hospital. brice

i'm deiah riley. >> i'm dan shaffer. those stop stories in a minute. first ivan. >> yes, our tropical depression out there west of cuba. a lot of sunshine today. we got time to watch this times will be quite dramatic, with frequent-like and heavy rain not associated today with the tropical depression. hot and humid today, 92. 80 degrees by 10:00, by then things will have wound down but between 1:00 and 7:00, our window for numerous showers and storms to develop today and yes our tropical moisture will continue to increase the next few days courtesy of this tropical feature, a depression. likely to become a tropical storm tonight and then head in our direction with pretty good rainfall. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. >>> turning to a developing story -- we're following from pasco county. a 1-year-old baby shot by -- in a drive-by shooting in port richey. this morning deputies are looking for clues to lead them to the shoorlt and they might have some. >> pasco county deputies are telling us the mother is a known gang member. we also want to

. >>> thank you for joining us >> i'm dan shaffer. in pasco county people hoping for the best, preparing for the worst as floodwaters inch closer to their homes. >> abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is live in new port richey. a retention pond we've seen all morning long is causing big problems for people out there. >> reporter: the heavy rain we've gotten this morning certainly not helping things. i want to point some things out. look down the street and see the barriers, they were put up yesterday to show where the the water extending halfway down the block. it's getting deeper. if you look down you can see we're estimating this is about 6 to 7 inches just on this road here. if you look there, that is the retention pond, that is causing this problem. many folks are in fear they will be forced to leave soon. with every raindrop, concern this could possibly get. >> along iron bark drive an overflowing retention pond blamed for all this. in this neighborhood it is something they've dealt with before. >> the retention pond overflo

i'm deiah riley. >> and i'm james tully in for dan shaffer. exciting day for kids all across the bay area. maybe more so for the parents. kids officially back in school. send your facebook pictures if you have good ones of your kids at the bus stop. i put one on my facebook page. i have a bowl cut. it's never in style. just something i had for way too long. >> we want to see those pictures. it was pretty nice this morning. >> i did you see the pink sky in the shot? gorgeous stuff. now we're getting into where we should be here. more typical pattern with the temperatures in tampa now at 80 degrees. feels like 85, so the dew points out there, humidity still with us, the moisture still with us. we're just going back to, basically last week, afternoon showers and thunderstorms as opposed to the all day rain situation here. 78 st. pete. 81 is the feels-like. in fact the actual temperatures now going north of 830. i think we'll go above 90 while. also this, titan doppler radar not picking up anything across tampa bay area. just clouds off-shore and

i'm dan shaffer. >> good morning, i'm deiah riley. in turkey, eight police officers are dead after truck bomb attacks in southeastern turkey at police headquarters. >> so far, no immediate claim for responsibility. >>> in italy, the death toll from an earthquake rises to 267. rescue efforts continue, but it has been a day and a half since >>> a kindergartener says a substitute teacher choked her. >> mom, you won't believe what this man did to me. >> reporter: victoria couldn't believe what her 5-year-old told her monday. she took this picture of the bruise behind her ear after her daughter claimed the sub did that. >> she said he grabbed my neck and choked me. she said, i couldn't breathe. >> reporter: mom and dad immediately called department and they are looking into the little girl's statement. mom says her daughter told her the substitute teacher was upeat at another student and that she was simply doing their work. >> if i put my hands around somebody's neck, i go to jail that minute. i don't understand how a grown man can do it.

. >> i'm dan shaffer. thank you for joining us on this monday. that shooting happened in the 67300 block of westcott in port richey. deputies say someone fired several rounds into the home 11:30 last night. one round went into a bedroom where the 1-year-old girl was sleeping. a bullet hit her in the wrist. she's in the doctors believe that wound was not life threatening. >>> to a traffic alert, a major construction project gets underway near amalie arena. the road improvement project could impact your commute for the next year. crews started prepping the area on friday. the entire intersection of channelside drive and morgan street could be blocked off. this $35 million project will turn channelside drive into a two-way road. the roads will also be more like a grid, should be easier for drivers. onstreet parking spots and more bike lanes. how to get around it? there's a web site for this. we've got a link on abcactionnews.com. >>> the florida department of transportation will give folks another update on the controversial tampa bay express projec

. >> i'm james tully sitting in for dan shaffer for the second day. tracking traffic and weather, are things looking okay? >> yeah, things are looking

i'm dan shaffer. >> good morning, i'm deiah riley. we start with the latest on the zika virus. >> it has reportedly jumped from maybeland miami county to there are a handful of cases that were likely transmitted locally. yesterday, the florida department of health only confirmed that two more people contract the virus locally in miami-dade county. that two more people contracted the virus locally in miami-dade county. before this, the only known cases were north of downtown miami. sources are being warned to avoid the area. >> we asked the about the wynnewood walls because i heard from a friend that it's pretty there. she said i wouldn't go there because of the zika and not even the locals are going there. >> we have travel guidelines for pregnant women to be announced as soon as today. >>> federal health officials are looking for volunteers to be infected with zika this winter when mosquitoes are not volunteers to be studied in baltimore. vaccines are also being researched by a pennsylvania- based company. >>> today, there will be a

. >>> good morning thanks for joining us for abcactionnews on this friday i'm dan shaffer. >> and i'm deiah riley. >>> a motorcyclist is recovering after a road rage shooting in tampa. >> it led to an argument between the two men involved. witnesses say while one man was going back to his motorcycle the second man shot him in the back. the victim now recovering at st. joseph hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. police say they arrested the 29-year-oldee ezekiel henson of tampa. >>> george zimmerman is back in the news again, this time for confrontation at a central florida restaurant. we are hearing the 911 call he made for help. why zimmerman was reportedly punched. >> got punched in the face and called me a bleep. >> reporter: that is george zimmerman's voice, yet again, on a 911 call, this time to report a battery at gator's riverside grill sunday in sanford. he didn't want to give his name to the operator but a friend with him did, and described the alleged attack. >> george zimmerman and i were sitting at a restaurant here eating and four or five guys came up to us and att

i'm james tully sitting in for dan shaffer on this back-to- school wednesday. >> good morning. i'm deiah riley. we got your back-to-school coverage coming up. first we start with breaking news. an update in charlotte county. a punta gorda police officer accidentally shot and killed a woman during a citizens academy. it happened at police headquarters during a role- playing scenario. the woman killed is 73-year-old one of two people randomly picked to simulate a shoot/don't shoot scenario. >> our entire police department and all our city leaders are absolutely devastated for everyone involved in this unimaginable event. >> the officer involved hasn't been identified yet but is now on administrative leave pending an investigation by the florida department of law enforcement. >>> a sarasota couple traveled to orlando to mark what would have been birthday. crosses are installed where her body was found have been stolen. a sarasota couple hopes this one will stay here and be a constant memorial for caylee on her birthday. >> happy birthday! >> reporter: no birthday cake, no candles,

i'm dan shaffer. >> deiah riley has the morning off. we start situation at jfk airport. >> there were reports of gunshots but now we're learning the reports were unfounded. police evacuated two terminals after multiple people said they heard shots fired near the departure area. officers swarmed to the scene, guns drawn. they say the evacuations were just a precaution. >>> this morning a pinellas county music teacher remains in critical condition after police say a drunk driver ran a red light and slammed into her car. sean hawkins are in critical condition at bayfront hospital. police arrested bryce mcinclude. they say that mccloud ran a red light at park boulevard yesterday morning, charged with dui causing serious injuries. mccloud is no stranger to local law enforcement. he has two prior dui convictions in manatee county and was arrested in hillsborough county for driving with an open container. >>> ivan cabrera with florida's most >> good morning. 79 degrees. we'll be 88 by lunchtime with the afternoon thunderstorms developing. our

thank you for joining us this tuesday, i'm dan shaffer. >> i'm sarina fazan. deiah riley has the morning off. we we will get an update on the case against the suspected drunk driver in a few hours. police say carolina was taken the boyfriend -- caroline sine so e died. her broand sean hankins is still fighting for his life. >> we're very remorseful to hear about what happened. >> a judge raised bond to $50,000 saying brice mccloud is a threat. >>> a school bus came within inches of running over an 11- year-old boy in manatee county. that bus did run over the child's backpack while the boy was still wearing it. the florida highway patrol says it happened in the school bus loading area. investigators say the boy fell in the right rear tire of the hisbackpack. he was treated for minor injuries at the scene. his family later took him to the hospital. >>> red light cameras can bring a lot of money for cities and officials stress they are a public safety measure. it's all up for debate. the bradenton city council will be decide going to they keep them. marisela burg

. >> i'm dan shaffer along with ivan and janelle to get you started on this monday. >> monday already? >> i know. seems like it was just friday. >> just like that. friday will get here soon is everyone back in school? sarasota getting back today. a nice long stretch. it's warm and humid. you would think we would get thunderstorms this afternoon but dry air on top of us will limit that so i don't think we'll get much. just like yesterday, 20% coverage, if anything pops across the interior counties. but by tomorrow we'll get the northeast know returning off the atlantic ocean, that increasing our rain chances and allow for a little more cloud cover so the temperatures won't be as hot. i think today 95 for the afternoon high. 105 the heat index. that's what happens this time of year. with the humidity. we'll hope for thunderstorms tomorrow. i think we'll get back to 40%. >>> so far so good on the roads. we're starting over in pinellas county, 275, this is just south of roosevelt, look how wide open the lanes are.

. >> thank you for joining us on this tuesday, i'm dan shaffer. >> i'm deiah riley. first we're updating a story brought as breaking news at 11:00. the florida highway patrol believes a bicyclist turned into the path of traffic on dale mabry last night. they believe he was riding in the median before he turned into moving lanes near sligh. two cars hit him. the bicyclist died at the scene. in? in central florida a argument between a police officer and

i'm dan shaffer. >> i'm deiah riley. residents at first thought it was a drill and then saw the flames. >> it looked like a bonfire except the sticks and material balcony, a flower pot or two flower pots actually. >> people were allowed back in after a nearly two-hour wait. firefighters are still investigating the cause of the fire. >>> and look at the flames from miami-dade county. there was an explosion at a florida power and light substation, knocked out power to 10,000 people yesterday. power is now restored. >>> breaking news from st. petersburg, police say a shooting victim showed up at the hospital 3:00 a.m. today. they believe someone shot him and another person park this morning. we also have breaking news from bradenton. investigators now looking for a man who was babysitting a 10- month-old in the hours before that baby died. investigators say eric patrick near neary has active warrants. he was looking after two children. the baby died at the hospital. down donald buckley, he hasn't been seen since the weekend

thank you for joining us on this early tuesday, i'm dan shaffer. today's primary election day. election officials want everyone to vote. and to make the process run smoothly check your polling place before you leave your house. you can find your polling place on-line, remember to bring a valid photo id. if you are voting by mail your ballot must reach the supervisor of elections office by 7:00 tonight. you can drop it off at certain elections offices. >>> in the republican primary marco rubio. the only one to state in the race against the former presidential hopeful. >> and patrick murphy from jupiter, according to the "the wall street journal" he's getting money from a superpac. congressman allen grayson is further left and represents the orlando area. hays campaign tarnished by his ex-wife's domestic violence. pam keith from miami is a lane attorney and former naval officer. >>> another race to watch. house district 13. david jolley was running for the senate but changed his mind before the filing deadline. challenged by mark bircher who endorsed donald trump. >> get more on

. >>> good morning, i'm james tully sitting in for dan shaffer. >> i'm deiah riley. [ all talking at once ] [ laughter ] >> we want to check in with these two to get you out the door. any problems on the road so far? >> no major problems out there so you are looking good are heading out right now. >> i'll tell you what, it's just like yesterday. in fact, a little more sunshine with clouds by the afternoon but back into this summer pattern here with afternoon thunderstorms. certainly, you usually can't escape it. not everyone will see the rain right. that's why we call it scattered. the coverage will be about 50%. it moves out toward the west as it did yesterday. the tree down in sarasota as and that's the way it will remain. by the afternoon, we'll go back into the low 90s. 1:00, so recess is looking good. lunch outside looks good. hot, right? it will feel like a hundred. we'll get back into the afternoon thunderstorms. so for the classroom, we'll see what we've got going on here. blue skies in the morning and by the afternoon, about 91. i'll give it a "b" and have more of a con an "

i'm dan shaffer. >> i'm deiah riley. residents at first thought it was a drill and then saw the flames. >> it looked like a bonfire except the sticks and material

i'm dan shaffer. >> good morning, i'm deiah riley. we're hearing from who rescued a 71-year-old man after he drove into a pond in palm harbor. >> the teen part of a family of five who was driving on highlands boulevard in palm harbor heading to sunday dinner at a relative's house. they heard a loud splash. me got closer to a nearby -- they got closer to a nearby pond and saw a car sinking. the passer by told his mom to stop the car and get out. >> i had adrenaline going, i had to save this man. he was very emotional and crying and very thankful. i mean -- i am of course grateful that i could do that for him but i mean i don't want any, like -- he doesn't need to thank me. it's just a good thing. glad i could do it for him. >> another person passing by was a hospice nurse and stopped at the scene. she stayed by the victim's side until paramedics arrived. highway patrol says daniel vinovich of holiday control when he had severe muscle spasms in his back and neck. he was not seriously hurt. >>> fire forces people out of their homes at te

i'm james tully sitting in for dan shaffer. >> i'm deiah riley. it's a big day for both and parents this morning. we're going to go live to our crews in the feel in a moment -- field in a moment but first we get you out the door. janelle? >> big situation in pinellas park. we'll get to that in a moment. you're going to want to hear this. >> it's not weather-relate sod we're in better shape than the last couple of days. with the downpours. if you look, at the very top left corner of the screen that is it. that is where the showers are, heaviest rain so we're now just mostly cloudy, some sunshine in the morning as well and then back to our typical afternoon here. of course it should be fall but it's not. we're in the midst of our wet season. sunrise 6:58. by pickup time you'll need umbrellas. any time this time of year despite the fact it won't rain in the morning you'll need that rain gear by the afternoon. so typical pattern setting up, 50% coverage i think for today. that will be showers and storms in the afternoon. warmer temperature. back to ne

. >> or call dan shaffer. >>> >> that's right. >>> no one has been mowing lawns unless you're way across our eastern counties. most of us have been water logged and unfortunately we have more heavy rain on the way for this morning. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. >>> i have a 21-year-old on the other side that was gasping for air. she couldn't speak. >> a birthday party ends in disaster web kids as young as 6 years old are poisoned by marijuana-laced candy. how the security guard at the event thinks the tainted treats made it through the door. >> there's the driver's seat. here i am on the bus, not a soul on the bus. >> a central florida man's usual bus route home from work takes a bizarre and scary turn how long that man was locked in z22q3z zy6z to an end. ivan and janelle checking weather and traffic in a minute. >>> meanwhile happening today -- dade city could become the 16th community in florida to ban fracking. commissioners are holding the second and final public hearing on the issue. they will vote on an ordinance that would prohibit the process. opponents say fracki

. >> i'm dan shaffer. ivan and janelle joining us to get ready for the day with traffic and weather together. >> looks pretty good on the roads. >> that is always good. >> and it's not monday. so there's that. it's tuesday and we're almost there, mid-part of the week, right? it's fine -- and soon enough will be friday. temperatures in the 80s, clear skies, calm winds. it is sultry outdoors, very humid as you would expect on the latter days of august here. they call it the dog days. 81 apollo beach, 82 tampa. upper 70s but doesn't feel like that. it feels like well into the 80s with the humidity. by the way a few showers in the other direction as a northeast flow now takes over and that will get us back to where we have not been the last couple of days, afternoon thunderstorms have returned. janelle is excited about that, 4:00 to 7:00, getting back to pretty hefty storms by late-day as the northeast flow will favor that, 100 to 105 feels like. there's the fetch from the northeast. we'll talk more about that

lead authorities to the person that is tossing cats out of mo joining us on this wednesday, i'm dan shaffer. >> good morning, i'm deiah riley. dead cats have been turning up on the bridge since april. the only description authorities have, the animals are being thrown from a truck. >> michael paluska explains why an arrest in the case could save more than just cat lives. >> what is next? >> reporter: mary beth saw her first cat in april, then may. always in the far left lane in the northbound hump of the howard frankland bridge. >> he was lying there and just because there was nothing i could do. >> reporter: the cats are not swimming two miles to get to the middle of the span of the howard frankland bridge. >> reporter: dan hester founded the nonprofit meow now and putting up his own money, $5,000 to try and catch this cat killer. >> somebody or somebodies know what is going on. >> reporter: florida highway patrol estimates seven cats have been found on the stretch. a handful of others rescued like this kitten saved last week claudeette watched in horror as the cat was tossed out the windo

thank you for joining us on this early tuesday, i'm dan shaffer. today's primary election day. election officials want everyone to vote. and to make the process run smoothly check your polling place before you leave your house. you can find your polling place on-line, remember to bring a valid photo id. if you are voting by mail your ballot must reach the supervisor of elections office by 7:00 tonight. you can drop it off at certain elections offices. >>> in the republican primary

thank you for jo this wednesday, i'm dan shaffer. >> i'm deiah riley. we start with the latest on storm preparations. hurricane watch extends from the northern part of our area all the way to panama city. governor scott visited tampa yesterday to check on storm preparations. he says 8,000 national guard troops are standing by to help. the emergency operations center already upgraded its alert level. in pasco county, inmates from the county jail helped fill evacuate. the county had pumps going from last week to prevent the flooding many neighborhoods have already seen. it will be decided tonight if local school districts will be closed. >> hopefully we won't have a hurricane, knock on wood and hopefully it's the worst weather we're going to get this year. but we're going to have storm surge, we're going to have rain. we're going to have tornadoes and rip currents. everyone has to be prepared. >> this year there are additional concerns due to the zika virus. that storm could leave behind standing water where mosquitos can breed. >> we've got to go out int

i'm dan shaffer. >> good morning, i'm deiah riley. floodwaters are inching closer and closer to homes in pasco county. >> as reporter marisela burgos shows us a new round of rain is making homeowners worried. >> every time it rains you have >> reporter: matthew knows that's how he will feel tomorrow. >> if it rains tonight like it did last night the water will be at my front door when i get up in the morning. we probably won't be able to get out. >> reporter: he can't afford for that to happen, the street in front of his house is impassable. crews pumped water out most of the day. >> they've been doing it all day. i just wish they didn't stop. >> reporter: pacific pacific is expected to hit -- with even more rain. >> we did tactical planning in preparation for what may happen overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. >> reporter: roughly 40 people on standby in case it gets bad and coming in earlier than usual tuesday regardless of what happens. kevin guthrie, director of emergency services admits it was not in good shape last year

i'm dan shaffer. >> good morning, i'm deiah riley. in turkey, eight police officers are dead after truck bomb attacks in southeastern turkey at police headquarters. >> so far, no immediate claim for responsibility. >>> in italy, the death toll from an earthquake rises to 267. rescue efforts continue, but it has been a day and a half since

. >>> good morning thanks for joining us for abcactionnews on this friday i'm dan shaffer. >> and i'm deiah riley. >>> a motorcyclist is recovering after a road rage shooting in tampa. >> it led to an argument between the two men involved. witnesses say while one man was going back to his motorcycle the second man shot him in the back. the victim now recovering at st. joseph hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. police say they arrested the

lead authorities to the person that is tossing cats out of mo joining us on this wednesday, i'm dan shaffer. >> good morning, i'm deiah riley. dead cats have been turning up on the bridge since april. the only description authorities have, the animals are being thrown from a truck. >> michael paluska explains why an arrest in the case could save more than just cat lives. >> what is next? >> reporter: mary beth saw her first cat in april, then may. always in the far left lane in the northbound hump of the howard frankland bridge. >> he was lying there and just

i'm dan shaffer. >> good morning, i'm deiah riley. we start with the latest on the zika virus. >> it has reportedly jumped from maybeland miami county to

i'm dan shaffer. >> i'm deiah riley. we start with a search for that escapee. >> deputies say joe canchola slipped out of a cruiser while handcuffed. the sheriff says he and his off. deputies spotted the men a block away and learned cantrolla was wanted for probation on a drug charge. he was put in a squad car but as the friend was questioned investigators believe he somehow rolled down the window and climbed out. >> there's a lot of kids around here so -- having my son i would be a little worried that someone is on the loose that obviously doesn't care about other people. >> de don't try to stop him yourself, instead call 911 immediately. >>> historic flooding in louisiana damages 60,000 homes and the number is expected to rise. the red cross is calling the flooding the nation's worst disaster since superstorm sandy in 2012. >> president obama is headed to baton rouge tomorrow to survey the flooding firsthand. the devastation is too close to home for many in the bay area. waters forcing relatives and >> kera mashek is s

. >> i'm dan shaffer. thank you for joining us on this monday. that shooting happened in the 67300 block of westcott in port richey. deputies say someone fired several rounds into the home 11:30 last night. one round went into a bedroom where the 1-year-old girl was sleeping. a bullet hit her in the wrist. she's in the doctors believe that wound was not life threatening. >>> to a traffic alert, a major construction project gets underway near amalie arena. the road improvement project could impact your commute for the next year. crews started prepping the area on friday. the entire intersection of channelside drive and morgan street could be blocked off. this $35 million project will turn channelside drive into a two-way road. the roads will also be more like a grid, should be easier for drivers.

thank you for joining us this tuesday, i'm dan shaffer. >> i'm sarina fazan. deiah riley has the morning off. we we will get an update on the case against the suspected drunk driver in a few hours. police say carolina was taken

i'm james tully sitting in for dan shaffer on this back-to- school wednesday. >> good morning. i'm deiah riley. we got your back-to-school coverage coming up. first we start with breaking news. an update in charlotte county. a punta gorda police officer accidentally shot and killed a woman during a citizens academy. it happened at police headquarters during a role- playing scenario. the woman killed is 73-year-old

i'm dan shaffer. >> good morning, i'm deiah riley. floodwaters are inching closer and closer to homes in pasco county. >> as reporter marisela burgos shows us a new round of rain is making homeowners worried. >> every time it rains you have

i'm dan shaffer. >> good morning, i'm deiah riley. we're hearing from who rescued a 71-year-old man after he drove into a pond in palm harbor. >> the teen part of a family of five who was driving on highlands boulevard in palm harbor heading to sunday dinner at a relative's house. they heard a loud splash. me got closer to a nearby -- they got closer to a nearby pond and saw a car sinking. the passer by told his mom to stop the car and get out.

thank you for jo this wednesday, i'm dan shaffer. >> i'm deiah riley. we start with the latest on storm preparations. hurricane watch extends from the northern part of our area all the way to panama city. governor scott visited tampa yesterday to check on storm preparations. he says 8,000 national guard troops are standing by to help. the emergency operations center already upgraded its alert level. in pasco county, inmates from the county jail helped fill

i'm dan shaffer. >> deiah riley has the morning off. we start situation at jfk airport. >> there were reports of gunshots but now we're learning the reports were unfounded. police evacuated two terminals after multiple people said they heard shots fired near the departure area. officers swarmed to the scene, guns drawn. they say the evacuations were just a precaution. >>> this morning a pinellas county music teacher remains in critical condition after police say a drunk driver ran a red light and slammed into her car.

i'm dan shaffer. >> i'm deiah riley, of course. it's friday. the weekend is just around the corner and you have go >> the weekend will be fine. we have more moisture into the atmosphere. definitely a better weekend than we were nichely opening. look outside right now from the end of 66th street on anna maria island showing the beautiful blue-green waters and looking at some nice, puffy clouds out there. i want to remind you guys about something very important. we've been watching the web this morning. already those birthday greetings are coming in. >> happy birthday. >> denis phillips turns what, 39 today? >> 29. >> i think he has suspenders that old. [ laughter ] >> wish him a happy birthday if you are going to be on the web. a lot of people are. i think denis' birthday present is tt will remain nice and calm down here with that area of low pressure just kind of a tropical wave right now. hermine not getting organized. it doesn't have a number, doesn't have a name, doesn't have a center of circulation. they canceled the flight with the hurrica

. >> i'm james tully sitting in for dan shaffer. >> at the weather center, we have a lot of sunshine and looking good for the weekend. let's break it down for you here. a lot of sunshine. we'll ha again as they did yesterday. what else? well, we've got the storms through the weekend. no surprise there. if you are planning ahead saturday and sunday, and who isn't, right? we'll have abundant sunday for the early afternoon. then 4:00, 5:00 we'll see the storms popping today and through the weekend as withle. look at the numbers now. the feels-like temp is approaching 90 degrees. certainly getting into triple digits later this afternoon. titan topler radar is quiet evening hours once again with more thunderstorms. we'll have the extended seven- day forecast in a few minutes. >>> we're also following breaking news right now in thonotosassa. a school bus accident. we don't know if any kids are involved. we don't know anything yet, just that it happened in thonotosassa. there is a car that was involved that hit the bus head on. the driver is injured. we've got a crew setting up right now. a

i'm dan shaffer. >> good morning, i'm deiah riley. all eyes are on ivan and the storm and how it can affect us. >> we take you outside and show you what's going on as far as quiet weather right now. i'llha just missed it coming up. as we check in on conditions right now 81 degrees. 82 in clearwater. we're doing it with plenty of humidity making it feel like it's in the 90s already at this early hour. titan doppler looking good for now. you see the showers continuing to stream in. that will be the flow off the atlantic and into the gulf as the thunderstorms will develop east of us and continue pushing to the west. happens, sometimes we get the stronger storm as long the coast as we have the last couple of days. we'll have more on the extended forecast and of course an update on that tropical wave down in the crimean. >>> 9:31. take a look at your screen here. this man could be the key to solving several indecent exposure cases. >> the man was on the last week, a person of interest who may have information about a guy who's been flashin

. >> i'm dan shaffer. the latest on the devastating earthquake in central italy in a second. lindsay logue with new developments. >> first with the forecast. >> afternoon thunderstorms, a lot of sunshine, temperatures now in the low 80s. already feels like 90s in spots. just don't think we'll be 110 like we were yesterday although already getting up there with the low to mid-90s, with the feels-like by the time we get to 4:00, showers and storms. along 95, brevard county getting in on that, that will continue to develop as it heads towards the coast later today. more on that in futurecast and another update on the tropics coming up. >>> 9:31. back to the breaking news. a powerful earthquake in italy striking overnight while people were sleeping. the damage widespread, entire communities wiped out. >> amatrice is a mountainous area 100 rome. the entire region that felt and took the brunt of the devastation from the quake, it's not heavily populated and not a huge tourists destination. still though the death toll is now at 37 -- actually it's changed. >> 63. >> more than 100 pe

i'm dan shaffer along with meteorologist ivan cabrera. folks along the coast of florida bracing for what will eventually be a tropical storm. the path takes it north of the bay area but that could mean upshore winds and a lot of rain. >> a lot of wind as well. we head through thursday, the concern now for flooding, certainly over the next couple of days, we really have already started to set the stage, had it not b few days we would be in much better shape but it's going to pour again this afternoon. by the time the actual storm gets here we would have had significant rainfall throughout the area. so on top of that we're talking about more rain upwards of 6 inches plus across the coast. 35 mile-per-hour winds, that will likely happen later today. hurricane hunters have been flying in and around this throughout the day. the pressure still high, winds have one but that will likely change as it continues to head north, becoming more favorable. in fact the track and intensity forecast hasn't changed much. 45 to 65 mile-per-hour winds. we have