well this fsu student is now awake. we'll bring you the latest on his condition and what investigators are waiting on. >>> at the university of north carolina, the controversial bathroom bill has been blocked. first we are going to get a check on our forecast with ed bloodsworth. >> good morning. not a bad start if you are getting ready to got out the door and got your weekend plans underway. where ever you are traveling to in tampa bay this morning you should have a dry commute. temperatures seasonably warm in the 70s and a few low 80s out there. with 81 in st. pete. 79 in tampa. and 74 this morning in apollo beach. our weather watcher wendy in degrees this morning. we are still keeping our eyes on the tropics. we have that tropical wave sitting over the southern b ahamas. still not very organized at all. it looks to stay fairly weak as it generally heads towards the southern gulf of mexico. latest run of the forecast m odels actually take this further to the west. development chances come down overnight. a weaker syst

. >>> you may remember him as the well this fsu student is now awake. we'll bring you the latest on his condition and what investigators are waiting on. >>> at the university of north carolina, the controversial bathroom bill has been blocked. we'll get to that and more in just a moment. first, less get -- let's get a check on your forecast with ed bloodsworth. >> it is the weekend. it is finally here. for the most part not too bad. although by tomorrow i think we'll start to need those umbrellas a little bit re we are starting off with a lot of scattered cloudiness. we'll have a few more clouds than we typically see this time of year. also this big area of red you see there, that's that tropical wave. invess 99 we have been watching all week long. lates run of the forecast models just came in a few the chance of this forming has come down to 240%. regardless of what it becomes it will have an affect in our area of deeper tropical moisture. that will lead to higher rain chances. especially as you start rolling towards money and -- monday and tuesday. 81

((brian loftus)) >> coming up we'll look at the disturbing case of a fsu student who killed then ate the face of one his victims. ((michelle mortensen)) ((michelle mortensen)) >> plus obamacare loses a major sponosor that could put the program in jeopardy. we'll tell you who dropped out next on good day./// ((you're watching the valley's news leader... with brian loftus, kirsten for seniors like barbara, social security makes a difference every month. but for the wall street types who've given congressman joe heck's campaigns over $500,000, social security could mean billions of dollars in fees. that's what privatizing social security means and why joe heck and wall street support it. under heck's privatization plan, retirement security gets risked on the stock market. and the wall street types supporting joe heck make billions. whose side are you on? senate majority pac is responsible demetria obilor. this is 8 news now good day)) ((michelle mortensen)) of florida... a florida state college student is accused of brutally murdering a couple... then eating one victim's face. a witness

have seen but models do indicate will approach the folks up in tallahassee, you have kids that go to fsu think are hurricane kate that knocked out power in 90% of tallahassee. it will not be another one but like it in. and computer models show the storm ting a accelerating northeast. it will not be where it hangs around it will move along. we're not expecting hurricane if you have that tropical storm warning in effect as well. anclote to indian pass. two high tides the one midafternoon tomorrow and the one tomorrow night double times with surge. similar to tropical storm collin. higher storm surges in citrus. if you're watching us and the river as the storm passes well to the area. more we can talk about. and that's coming up at 520. >> manatee, hernando they will be lowed and citrus and pasco. if you missed those. >>> huge tree fell on a house in tampa. this on 13th street north. and the family hanging out in her bedroom when they heard a noise and a massive limb from a tree came crashing through the roof. >> it felt like an earthquake. it holy holy name hit my 5-yeard daughter i had to

. >>> this is adam hillary is a father and a huge fan of fsu. >> it seems like a random act but it seems so planned out. >> you information about what happened inside of his apartment . documents describing a well thought out plot to rob adam hillary. it year-old on the dating app. they went bowling and spent time in his apartment where she was able to see all of his belongings. it seems like that's what she was intending to do. the mac they believe she was casing his home hillary than was dropped off and drove home. it was here, when police say that they planned their robbery. going back to the home a banged his knees were award shot him in the head -- ward shot him in the head. gray and warner laughed about him begging for his life. they say they will be surprised if those men have committed robberies like this in the past >> we're going to be strong but no one has a clue. maybe because of this happening, if there are other victims they will as well. >> all for folks that had been charged with hillary's murder had everything ranging from burglary to grant thefts. also other robberies.

the fsu student is charged with two counts of murder and an attempted murder for attacking a neighbor who tried to step in and protect the couple. this is moments after the attack. he walked out of a restaurant in jupiter but after he left the restaurant he walked about four miles and saw a couple sits inside their garage and for and kill john steves and his wife michelle. days earlier he told his mother he has superpowers and is immortal. >> there is a petition growing against busch gardens after they did away with the student discount. $50, good for the entire school year but the park says there was not enough interest and they stopped offering it, but now a but time is running out because they would be valid from the start of the school year which is this monday. and if you were in downtown tampa tonight you might have seen something special. >> a marriage proposal that lit up the night sky, and also lit up the side of the building there. look at that, the words "will you marry me, rosie? she say no after, that and their frnd, a local film maker recorded the whole thing. >> we capt

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. >>> this is adam hillary is a father and a huge fan of fsu. >> it seems like a random act but it seems so planned out. >> you information about what happened inside of his apartment . documents describing a well thought out plot to rob adam hillary. it year-old on the dating app. they went bowling and spent time in his apartment where she was able to see all of his belongings. it seems like that's what she was intending to do. the mac they believe she was casing his home hillary than was dropped off and drove home. it was here, when police say that they planned their robbery. going back to the home a banged

tonight fsu's president said there are no words to express our heart ache. her husbandrd london for the summer. it was their last night in the city. the couple due to fly home to tallahassee today. the man injuring five others in a stabbing spree. shown in the video on the ground being restrained was mentally unstable. no ties to terrorism, no sign of radicalization, police said. >> at this time we believe this is a spontaneous attack and that the victims were selected at random. terrorism. you said it was chaos. >> it was chaos. because nobody knew what was going on. >> reporter: tonight praise for the action of police on scene in just six minutes. the suspect quickly spotted, tased, and restrained. sadly too late for a florida family now grieving for a wife and mother. kelly cobiella, nbc news, london. >>> as miami deals with a home grown zika outbreak, the cdc said today that more than now been diagnosed with the virus after catching it overseas. including 479 pregnant women. at his news conference, president obama sharply criticized congress for going on

maybe the surprise is oklahoma ranked ahead of fsu but the sooners, and florida state and buckeyes are ranked tight. >>> the trop. a the royals thursday. bottom of the 8th. rays down. not anymore. brad miller a three-run homer to win it. a strikeout on second and third and the rays split their series with kc, the final there 3-2. >>> that is your morning sports update. enjoy your day. >>> an oregon family wakes up to find their home in disarray. they later see on their home surveillance system a strange makeup ever rummaging through their home. the drug charges that woman is now facing. >>> apple is now joining other tech companies by rewarding hackers. the big money apple will pay to hackers who find security flaws >>> a little light out there, a lot of cloud cover out there this morning. that will result in showers for the coast and inland thunderstorms. we'll talk more about that when i see you in the next hour. >>> 4:55. we continue to follow a story a lot of people are talking about on social >> somebody punched george zimmerman at a central florida restaurant. what led up to his

wagner, the husband of the victim is a psychology professor at fsu. the university putting out a statement saying there are no words to express our heartache over this terrible tragedy. we are shocked. this senseless violence has touched our own fsu family, dan. >> there are no words. >> no, alex, thank you. incredibly sad. also just totally random. >>> i t are dealing with a massive and high-tech car theft ring. this surveillance video shows 1 of 100 heists in houston. authorities say hackers got into the vehicles electronically and they have a pair of suspects in custody and abc's david kerley has the latest. david, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. it has been a mystery this rash of car thefts but have seen this video and they're finding an unlocked car and getting in with their laptop and able to manipulate the software and able a man carrying a laptop gets into an unlocked grand cherokee and looks like he plugged something into the car and soon the headlights come on, the car backs out and it is gone in less than four minutes.

. >>> the fsu student accused of a gruesome double murder in palm beach county is in critical condition this morning. his lifer and lungs are failing, possibly from chemical poisoning. investigators believe it comes from whatever he drank in his victim's garage. you may remember deputies had to pull him from one of the victims as he bit off pieces of flesh if the victim's face. working for thousands of people in miami-dade county yesterday afternoon. thanks to this fire at a substation. police say just after the explosion, 27,000 people lost power. most of them had service restored within an hour or less. luckily, no one injured. >>> a california officer killed a man when he fired i-75 time, all of it caught on camera. the investigation continues as the sheriff's department tries to figure ou fired so many rounds. the victim who is still unidentified apparently threatened people with a knife just outside a market. the officers involve ready all on administrative leave this morning. >>> and an atlanta gas station shoot-out with a victim caught in the cross fire, again, all on camera. fir

getting great grades at fsu. in a fraternity. i think it sums up that all of us, none of this makes sense. there's not one thing in this case that seems to make sense. >> they haven't figured out a motive. they're looking to see if he was on drugs at the time. the initial blood test showed no signs of any drugs. but testing for less common drugs, that could take time. bankruptcy -- they paid $135 million for gawker. what the sale means for the future is unclear right now. gawker's owner was forced to place his empire into chapter 11 and then sold it to satisfy the $140 million jury verdict. he sued gawker for invasion of of him having sex of his then wife former best friend >>> deputies are asking for your help to identify the man right there. the man you see there smashed in the front door of a jewelry store. instead of taking jewelry, he made off with two cash law enforcement tonight. a woman playing pokemon go was robbed last night. she was playing when a man came up behind her, grabbed her purse, pulled her to the ground, tha

the new picture emerging of the fsu student accused of this gruesome crime. >> good morning. the howard frankland all lanes back open after a serious rollover crash earlier this morning. >>> two people found shot in this bay area public library parking lot. what police are saying. i'm lindsay logue, that is at 6:00. >> plus, a florida college student accused of killing a couple and mauling one of their faces. new information on that suspect's condition. >> the search is on now for the school. the last place he was spotted. >>> thank you for joining us on this wednesday morning. >> we're covering a new effort to solve a strange case. cats ending up dead on the howard frankland bridge. >> we're watching a wreck too, is everything clear? >> we just got word. you can see it now that all the lanes are back open. we'll have a live report -- or live pictures from corey coming up. >>> meanwhile not raining. that is good. >> dry roads are always a good thing for the commute. let's look at the temperatures too. a degree or two lower across much of the area than what it was yesterday mo

we'll tell you how they handled the arrest of an fsu student. >>> we begin at 11:00 tonight with a news alert out of clear water where a pedestrian has been hit and killed. investigators are at the scene on roosevelt boulevard and more gan street. we're awaiting details on what may have led to the crash. witnesses tell us this is a busy stretch of highway, there was no crosswalk in the area. for now, eastbound roosevelt are closed so you may want to avoid that area. >>> would you be able to tell if this money is real or fake? a man got fooled by some counterfeit cash. somebody paid him in fake $100 bills after he listed his iphone for sale on a popular app. crystal, those bills look pretty convincing. >>reporter: they really do. now, this seller did pretty much everything right except follow his gut instinct. the meet up site, burger king. a busy public restaurant with surveillance cameras. mark thought it was the perfect spot to sell his iphone. >>man: it was a safe place, it was still daylight. >>reporter: saturday, he posted a brand new iph within minutes, a man named joseph was send

. >> rudolf hopes his new friend and family can attend an fsu football game some time this evening. >te it and he didn't even know and it probably means so much to that little boy. >> he models what to do for the students. >> talk to their students and get, set them straight on that. some other friends there. >>> the 5 at 6:30 is next.  ♪ . >>> here we go, it is an exclamation point. this is a surprise to a lot of people. donald trump meeting with mexico's president today. in mexico. >> he tweeted said he accepted the invitation, and from the rundown you can see this is the hottest story at 6:30. we know you guys have thoughts about this. we invite you to tweet us now, join the conversation, let us know what you think but use the #5at630 >> do you think it was a win? >> in general. >>> meantime, immigration has been couldn't she beens issue. he says he's the reaso

. >> reporter: that's why usf and many other college campuses around the state like uf and fsu along with universities across the country are tapping into cutting edge technology, using safety app. usf has messenger. >> something that the students and parent cans opt into. it's real time updates. >> reporter: and the guardian app where students can set a timer as they walk back to their dorm. and if they don't turn off the timer when they arrive, it sends a signal to police. and of course, there's this. high-tech cameras everywhere all over, capturing images that the police department then by the way, also there are self- defense courses designed by women for women. and the courses are once a week where general self-defense classes are taking place. and ladies and gentlemen are also learning a lot. >>> time now for weather and traffic on the 8s. leigh has an eye on the tropics. >> that's right. today we start to notice an increase in moisture levels. nothing out of the ordinary quite yet but it may feel more steamy. 80degrees at 8:00 still mostly sunny. although a few showers may dev

s the similarities between this case and the one involves this young man, fsu student austin harrouff. he's the one accused in the violent and random murder of a martin county couple earlier this month. that was the one where they found him bieth the man's face. although investigators is are waiting for des results, the sheriff says both men dmron >>> in less than 12 hours voters head to the polls. tomorrow state primary races as kro the bay area. polling locations are set up and ready for you. voters will decide on who they want to represent their party in races for the u.s. house and senate as well as state and local races. a lot of races on the ballots for you. you also get to vote on whether you want to see a tax break r for no who install solar panels. the polls open at 7:00 a.m. check your precinct location on your voter registration card, and don't f >>> coming up, an employee's refusal to several two customers goes viral. >> that's because those customers were local police officers. >>> i feel like nobody deserves the right to tell somebody they can't be served because of who

the 64-year-old was the wife of an fsu professor, teaching in london for the summer. the couple, due to return home to tallahassee today. >> i realized, i looked at my arm and i saw that she was bleeding and then i realized that he stabbed me, also. >> reporter: the second american, a man, was also tonight, is recovering. that suspect is being identified as a 19-year-old norwegian of somali origin. in a city on edge following a wave of european terror attacks, london police quickly made it clear, they believe the attacker has mental health issues. >> i emphasize that so far we have found no evidence of radicalization. >> reporter: london police put more officers on the streets today, joining the growing number of heavily armed police on patrol, as brace for a terror attack that they say is not a question of if, but when. david? >> alex marquardt with us again tonight. thank, alex. >>> back here at home now, and to the severe storms on the move at this hour. this funnel cloud spotted above new orleans late today. at least three buildings collap collapsing. rescue teams

future gadgets graduate and donovan livingston spoke at fayetteville, he has a personal connection to fsu and not just because he is from fayetteville but his father is also an alumni of the school. in part of his encouraging presentation donovan talked about a letter he wrote to himself during his freshman year of college.>> i freshman year of college and it was a letter to me in the future. i wrote about how you should be at a job now, a profound leader in your field, and an obama happened and i had to go back to the drawing board. >> donovan is seeking his phd at unc greensboro and i have a feeling he will make something of himself.>> he is entertaining and he will go speaker.>> so we have a heat advisory.>> yes. you don't have to pay attention to who exactly is under the heat advisory and who is not, it will be a hot day tomorrow with the index values in the triple digits and yes some of us are in the heat advisory in this is a map that shows you where the national weather service thinks will have heat index values 105 to 109. this is for most of us but again it will be hot everybody.

. >> the fsu student accused of stabbing a couple and biting a man's face could get death. he is charged with murder and attempted murder. blood tests show no sign of drugs. but it will take longer to test for other drugs. he has no criminal histo restaurant 45 minutes before the attack. he does not appear to be angry but reports said he had an argument with his dad before he stormed out. >>> new at 6:00, catching the bad guys a crime is about to get quicker by hours. and the court launched a program called e warrants. and warrant is over. how that works. the rongest time when they needed a warrant, it would take five hours to get it. now with the program it is a click away. >> from a cop killer to a child killer. the notorious cases call for the rush of arrest and warrants. and there is no rushing the process. the work was tedious and getting the work n a case like a homicide, time is the enemy. trace evidence and witnesses and all sorts of things are affected by the amount of time to get a search warrant to get to a premises. >> this week that changed. >> it is just crazy

sheriff notes the similarities between this case and the one involving that fsu student he's accused violent random murder martin county couple. investigators still wait for test results both men demonstrated incredible strength high pain tolerance winter haven detectives are searching for this oil thief. this man walked into the walmart on cypress gardens boulevard nearly two weeks ago. then he loaded up a cart with about 20 jugs of oil. worth more than $550. then he strolled on past the registers who so if you recognize him, call police. >>> well whether or not this tropical depression will turn into a tropical storm is up in air. but we do know tampa bay's in for some rain. how the bucs moved their final preseason ge to keep the fans and the players fe. moreai equa places for mosquitos to breed. why some officials are concerned the extra rainfall could cause a zika virus outbreak. and jim weber is here. depression number 9. we expect to see tm intensifying in gulf of mexico. we will have more on that and bright house networks keeps you connected with standard tv and lightning 50 i

donovan livingston has a personal connection to fsu, not just because he's from fayetteville but his father is an alum at the school. donovan talked about a letter he wrote to himself years ago. >> i wrote a letter to myself here in my fresh map college. i wrote about the first black president now i have to go back to the drawing board. >>> all right. do we have any ph.ds in the house? >> not quite yet. i'm working on it. no, i'm not. >> that's good. yeah. >> i think that's about it. >>> so it will be hot today. mostly clear skies right now, and let's take a look at what's happening. plenty of energy with the sunshine today. let's take a look at the temperatures. 70s in the most part, 74 in holly springs. 76 in hillsboro, and it's going to be a great day to head to the pool. however, the middle of the afternoon, temperatures will climb. 10:00 a.m., 85, and 5:00, 96. we have a heat advisory in effect for today. it will feel like 105 or hotter but we do have changes in the weather pattern for the end of the week, and we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. brian has a look at the

. >>> the fsu student accused of a murder is charged with first degree murder. he stabbed the couple. by the time they arrived he was biting the man's face a neighbor who tried to intervene was stabbed. he was released from the hospital yesterday. for the first time we're seeing video of him we have more. >> this video of a cap wearing is released. this is an hour before a double murder and a third attempted murder. his mother said he left the restaurant after he got into an argument with his father. but here the video from inside duffy's shows that he is moving normally and calm not the crazed he walked three miles. he came into the steven's garage, attacking michelle and john stephens. john fought back but he beat him to death and was caught chewing on his face as the deputies arrived. the blood tests have come back negative. >> and can you only do so much. and deep into the blood make sure there is nothing in there missed. >> and the parents have issued a statement expressing their condolences, his mother said he had been acting strangely for a week claiming

many other colleges around the state, like uf, and fsu are tapping into cutting edge technology. using safety apps. >> it's something that the students and the parents can opt into, it's realtime updates. >> reporter: there's also the guardian app, where, for example, students can set a timer as they're walking back to their dorm, and if they don't turn off the timer when they arrive, it sends a to police. of course, there's this. high-tech cameras everywhere, all over. capturing images that the police department then sends out on facebook, twitter, and instagram. >> there are also self-defense courses designed by women for women. these courses are offered once a week. and they go over general self- defense issues. >>> coming up, there are so many music services out there. >> there really are. apple music. at some point, there's too many, they have to stop? wrong, amazon now wants to get into the mix. we're going to tell you their price for a subscription coming up. >> plus two weeks of tennis battles starts today. nearly 1 billion people are expected to be in attendance. how org

off pieces of his face. " this is a young man, as far as we can tell, who was getting great grades at fsu, was care of himself. i'm sure by now you all have looked at some of his youtube videos. he seems to have worked out. been a good kid. that's what makes this so difficult for all of us to process " there is no motive at this time... and no evidence the suspect knew the victims. republican presidential nominee donald trump-- will receive his first classified intellegence briefing tomorrow. the move-- a controversial one... as top democrats have argued that trumwo responsibly handle the sensitive information. for more than 60-years....the nominees of the two major parties have received classified intelligence briefings from top government officials. a decision aimed at facilitating a smooth transition from candidate to commander in chief. republican vice presidential nominee-- mike pence will be in henderson tomorrow. he is set to apprear at town hall-style event. pence was just in northern nevada two weeks ago.... holding rallies in both reno and carson city. flooding ravaged parts of

fsu football player and i had tears streaming down my face. travis rudolph wide receiver at florida state and self-other f.s.u. players visited my son's >> she goes on to say i'm want exactly sure what made that incredibly kind man share a lunch table with my son, i am happy to say it will not soon be forgotten. i didn't have to worry if my sweet boy ate lunch alone because he sat across from someone who is a hero in many eyes. travis rudolph, thank you so much. you made this mom happy and fans for life. >> when i saw that child alone it tugs at your heart and you say thank goodness someone went over to. >> mark: a d-1 football player. a million things school, football and what will i do next and maybe sits down with the kid sitting by himself. >> romona: shows his heart. we have a lot of people in the world like that. they don't often get the attention. dan you have reaction on social media. >> as you can imagine when you look at the mom's post itself and not talking about this is g everybody picked it up and look at the mom's post, it has be

>>> an fsu student with no criminal record stabs and kills a couple and then bites the dead man's face. >>> that's what landed him behind bars. arrested for killing the very alligator that harassed his horses and >>man: none of this make sense. there's just not one thing in this case that seems to make sense. >>> a normal college student on a random rampage. tonight, he's accused of killing an innocent couple in a bizarre and gruesome murder. >>> a local invention that's taking the parenting world by storm and giving infants a safer >>> good evening, i'm kelly ring. >> i'm mark wilson, thanks for joining us. first upat 10:00, there's a new story that a man is furious for facing charges for killing an alligator on his property. the state attorney's office has filed charges against him. evan is live. sort this out for us. it seems this guy is charged and a lot of other people are, too. what's behind it? >>reporter: mark, he says the alligator was a few feet away from his horses when he pulled the trigger. fwc says you can't just shoot an on the night of tuesday, june 21st, he went too fa