and it's going to be around gandy boulevard and 275. now i saw a little bit of a delay here a few moments ago around gandy on 275 but that has cleared up. none the lexer a vehicle fire in the area. polk city, still delays which is nonwealth avenue right at dean still road. so be on the look out for that and the delays are southbound on state road 33. 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. get more choices you love, now with all day breakfast. les per hour. this is a look at the storm as it churns in the caribbean. >> and the outer bands of matthew are hammering haiti right now. these are images just coming in to our newsroom of all the flooding in kingston, jamaica caused by the storm. f0 these are images just coming into the newspaper of fooding in kingston. >>> good morning. welcome to news channel 8 matthew. so we want to get straight to storm team 8 meteorologist leigh spann. >> yeah, it's still a cat

toll road over gandy boulevard. take a look. this is what gandy boulevard in tampa looks like right now. >> this is what the elevated lane would look like leading to the expressway. abc action news reporter rodney is live right now with some concerns about this project. >>> well, a number of business owners in this area are concerned about what this road project could mean for their bottom lines. in fact, i spoke with one business owner who was pretty much concerned about this. hit him hard. >> it took 30, 40% of my sales right off the top. >> and this project now aims to move all of the traffic off of gandy boulevard in tampa, especially during rush hour, by moving it to an elevated toll road. construction is expected to bring a few added traffic headaches before finally bringing some relief that it promises. drivers tell us they are ready it's terrible. it's bumper to bumper. if i wasn't born and raised down here, i wouldn't know all the back streets to get around it, but to anybody that has to sit on gandy to commute, i defin

closed between gandy and fair oaks, closed in both directions. this won't reopen until the end of the day on thursday. in the meantime, you want to use himes or dale around the construction. >> thanks, janelle. >>> police in california say a homeless woman was spotted walking with a human skull on a stick. it wasn't a halloween prop. it was a real skull. she led police to a homeless camp where they found the rest of the remains. >>> a grieving colorado family went missing for several days. a v.a. hospital is taking responsibility for what happened. anthony san do voluntary's -- sandoval's remains were returned after five days. the remains were mixed with someone else's. >> i know, he was letting me know that i had to go find him. >> she kept telling me the next day, we have to find your dad. we have to find your dad. he's telling me he is not where he is afraid. he is not where he is supposed to be. >> the hospital is taking full responsibility for the mistake and reviewing procedures to make sure it doesn't happen again. >>> if you drive a picku

the plan will add an elevated toll lane over gandy boulevard. abc action is live this morning along gandy. what exactly are they worried about? >> well, dan, traffic, or at least the lack thereof, during construction. we spoke with one business owner who believes he'll see his profits cut by at least 30% during construction. >> i've never been for or against it. i think that it could be good. it's gonna hurt. will i get all my business back? i hope. >> he certainly hopes so. up traffic issues in this area. the elevated lanes will run for 1.6 miles from the foot of the gandy bridge connecting to the expressway, essentially connecting brandon to u.s. 19 nonstop. now, unfornl gnatly -- unfortunately, area businesses will have to deal with the pain of this construction. this construction project is expected to last about three years. a number of drivers are happy to hear about at 6 a.m. >> thanks, rodney. >>> four minutes after 5:00. we are getting our first look this morning at the man accused of a deadly hit and run that killed a hillsboro county

and the second was on the tampa side of the gandy bridge. a motorcycle and vehicle collided in the eastbound lanes. sadly, you can see the debris still left in the roadway as the investigation continues. the motorcyclist died in this accident. we are making calls and getting more information on both of the crashes and as soon as we get just a few seconds. leslee, tell us about this. >> i'll tell you what, we have some good news, there's never good news with fatal accidents but as far as the commute, both of the accidents have cleared. and this is the gandy. it cleared earlier. right now, the selmon expressway. and i just got off the phone with fhp and watched it on the camera, cleared from lanes. it was affecting the upper deck and a little on the lower deck falkenburg and traffic looks good on the gandy as well. that's where that was located earlier. and palm palm harbor now, u.s. 19 up to speed, about a 12 minute commute to tampa road. and on u.s. 41 through land o'lakes, red lights but a great drive there. no delays. in and out of pasco c

two major accidents earlier this morning on the gandy expressway. those have cleared but now monday morning is still just as busy. let's start in pinellas county. there is an accident in st. petersburg. this one was just reported along haines road and it is right near 60th avenue north. you do have a lane blocked there. now, southwest of there in kenneth city there is a crash here blocking one lane eastbound on 54th avenue north, and this is just after 68th street north. so give yourself a little extra time there. you se in hillsborough county you can see that i-4 is looking a lot better after an accident just about 20 minutes ago. it was blocking three lanes and only one lane was getting by in the westbound direction at mlk boulevard. nine minutes from 75 to 275. as we go live we see speeds are looking better and traffic hasn't picked up just yet. so i-4 back to normal as you head into tampa. let's go back to our maps and check out polk county. now, there haven't been any if you are traveling around the lakeland area we haven't picked up along bart

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we are live at the goodwill on gandy boulevard right here in st. petersburg because you can get just about any costume that you can create in your mind. use your imagination. you can purchase some of the accessories here. you can purchase brand new stuff in a bag or old stuff, too. be creative. >>reporter: we're a week away. i walk through the door and i'm looking around and i'm thinking, wow. there's still a lot left. usually by this time, a lot is gone but there's still plenty of time. >> there's still a week left. we have a warehouse in the back and there's still stuff ready to be rolled out. >>reporter: no kidding. >> you can find anything. >>reporter: there's so many stores. >> uh-huh. >>reporter: you can get different accessories, whether you want to decorate the house, be creative with costumes. the aisle he's new items. >> right f. you're the person who is not that creative or doesn't want to come up with your own idea, we do have a lot of prepackaged costumes and they're far cheaper than like the popup halloween stores that you see that co

. >> his shop has been at gandy and del mabry for 33 years. that time, he's endured two major road projects, each of them taking a major toll on his right off the top. >> the most recent project aims to take all of this traffic off gandy boulevard in tampa, especially during rush hour, but moving to these elevated toll roads. >> when it's finished, the elevated lanes will run almost two miles from the foot of the bridge to the expressway, connecting brandon to u.s. 19 nonstop. >> it's terrible. it's bumper to bumper. >> business owners worry the construction traffic will keep customers away entirely. >> i've never been for or against it. i think that it could be good. it's going to hurt. will i get all my business back? i hope. >> in tampa, i'm cameron, abc action news. >>> it is 4:48 right now. a bus driver died and 43 other people were injured when a tour bus they were in crashed into a semitruck outside atlanta. most of the injured were elderly. investigators confirmed the truck was stopped to turn left. it was a trailer blocking lanes that

are tampa we are seeing some of that traffic piup but our drive times 17 minutes on 275 north from gandy to i-4. the courtney campbell and gandy bridge also in the green and up mild temperatures on this friday morning. warm, partly sunny skies through the afternoon, staying dry, and the best part it's sticking around for your weekend as well. so coming up i am going to break down the details, how hot those temperatures will be in the afternoon and what you can expect for halloween. that's all coming up in just a hillary clinton: far too many families today don't earn what they need and don't have the opportunities they deserve. i believe families deserve quality education for their kids, childcare they can trust and afford, equal pay for women, and jobs they can really live on. people ask me what will be different if i'm president? well kids and families have been the passion of my life and they will be the and all ose changes take energy. at duke energy, we're changing too, giving you new ways to control your power use and stay in the know... ...for smarter energy choices every day. >>>

macdill is closed in both directions between gandy and fair oaks. himes and take that or dale mabry depending on where you are coming from and where you are going. as far as the interstates, i-4 and i-75 toward downtown tampa are the slowest spots. >>> good morning. we are looking nice and cool. 40s in the nature coast. they will recover. mid- to upper-60s along the water here. we will be about 83 for the afternoon hi. humidity is still in check. the east wind is going to continue to bring us more humidity and that will, in turn, set up the higher temperatures the next few days. upper 60s by tomorrow morning, not as cool and down right warm with 86 and higher humidity. the combination will make it feel not like fall. not like we have been through the weekend at all. we will continue with mid-80s through the end of the week. overnight temperatures not as cool into the 60s. course, a lot of folks heading out saturday night, sunday night, halloween on monday. it will be the last full weekend of daylight time. back to eastern time there. so, we will hav

a crash at i-275 and gandy had most of 275 in st. pete blocked overnight. this is the scene earlier this morning. it possible fatal crash, we're still working to get more details on exactly what happened and who was involved. but all of that crash scene has been cleared and if you're heading out the door right now traffic is flowing nice lease at 275 and gandy. this is up to speed in both directions, 70 from bridge-to- bridge. we have one crash still in the reports of roadblock, this is just east of 275 but again, 275 in that area looking great. i-275 in hillsborough county right through downtown tampa up to speed in both directions. back to you. >>> almost 6:02. democracy 2016 -- there's one line everyone's talking about. the most from last night's debate. >> so >> you promise you will accept the result of this election? >> i will look at it at the time. >> i'm not looking at anything now. i'll look at it at the time. >> the loser concedes to the winner and the country comes together in part for the good of the country. are you saying you're not prepared t

claiming to offer unlimited data plans. 10news reporter sarah hollenbeck is at a tampa t-mobile store at gandy and dale mabry. sarah, t-mobile is now forced to fork over millions of bucks. yes, 48 million in fines. the problem is t- mobile didn't tell it's customers about throttling their data. the fcc now cracking down on t-mobile for not clearly telling its unlimited plan customers that after using 26 gigabytes . they'll experience slower speeds. the agency says they've done better since june of 2015... but even then t- mobile simply posted a notice in teeny tiny print on their website. unlimited data plans are one big its customer base to become the no. 3 wireless provider with 52.5 million customers. coming up at 5- 30....how can you be reimbursed? are you getting your money back? i'm digging into it now and will have an answer for you. allison... seven million dollars. that's how much damage port officials believe hurricane matthew caused to port canaveral. as of right now, reports show there were up to 3 million dollars in damage to buildings and possibly another four million in damage t

about eight minutes to get less than ten across the courtney campbell and the gandy this morning. >> thanks, janelle. >>> still ahead, we can't make this stuff up. the new concern about sexism and pet halloween costumes. >> reporter: in techbytes fake apple accessories on amazon. >> nine out of ten of the chargers were fake and possibly unsafe. amazon is no longer carrying the products. amazon is not named in the nintendo switch. the handheld console is the successor to the wii u. it launches in march. no official word on price but it is expected to be around $300. >> kodak is switching the focus to smartphones with the new extra. >> it features a 20 megapixel camera. no date when it will be >>> you know, just this week we told you about professional clowns complaining that the creepy clown phenomenon is hurting their business. now a clown in pennsylvania was a target of car thieves. >> police on a chase. the puppet and clown makeup from the car were gone and the thief hasn't told police where they went. she is known professionally as jo jo the clown. jingles the monkey has been part

, their service would slow down. 10news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live at the t-mobile store at gandy and dale mabry in tampa. sarah, will customers see any of that money? no, and that's why so many people are talking about it this morning. t-mobile is offering customers a 20% discount on a phone accessory and an extra 4gb of data for their plan -- but not everyone will qualify and those who do will find out over the next 2 months. the country's 3rd biggest service provider is in hot water with the fcc. they aren't in trouble for limiting your data, but insted: not telling data if you use too much. customers tell us they're ticked-- many of them chose to go with t-mobile specifically because of their unlimited data plan. so what can you do without going on a data diet? the easiest way is to cot whenever possible so you don't use cellular data. also turn off app notifications. here's what i'm digging into next-- what if you don't have tmobile and you have at&t, verizon, sprint or another provider.... this still impacts you too, what you need to know about unlimited data---at 6-30. ian.

i-275 near gandy, no issues. janelle martinez has live traffic updates at 5:00. >>> tonight the world series gets underway. tom korun has the morning sports update. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. game one of the world series gets upped way in cleveland. the cubs sending jon lester to cleveland going with corey cluv er. joe maddon says it brought back memories, the same speech he gave rays memories in the play- offs. live in the present moment. >> i think we all have a tremendous amount of respect for history, that has happened before us or not happened before us but you go in room, very young, impacted -- we are impacted by our city. they will be in the moment. that's what we have done. that's all i preach. >> reporter: tampa bay lightning continue the six day road trip with a a stop in toronto. the media was interested in talking about stamkos new contract than the game itself. >> people are entitled to do with the team that drafted me and brought me up as an 18-year- old kid. my second home now. like i s

gandys beach, 73. hammonton, blue berry country checking in at 68.atellite and radar as i mentioned all morning, this front will come through harmless enough. it will produce a couple of clouds that's about it. all the precipitation stays up here, vermont new hampshire, new england. maybe it gets as far south in the lehigh valley tomorrow morning. maybe a spotty shower, outside of that, the front comes through dry. the weather pattern we'll see this week is the southeastern ridge. the winds blow clockwise around the area of high pressure. these southern breezes. these are really, really warm. it tams into the heat and drives it east and everybody east of the mississippi river will benefit with warmer temperatures. you can see the pattern taking shape. this is the water vapor loop you can see how everything is moving west to east. actually this looks like it's pushing north like that. there's no cold air, this is bottled up in this week. this is all pacific air running across the county. this will drive it east. dallas is 83 degrees, they will top out

and, we also have a closer happening this week, just north of dandy between gandy and fair oaks. and, it would be closed during the day and overnight. and it's going to be like this until thursday. morgan. and, they're hoping to have that reopened by the end of the day on tuesday. and, overnight tonight, expect closures eastbound. and, on board to 77, it's possible they could have those completely shut down. and, just make sure if you're traveling in those overnight hours, we've yourself enough time to make those detours. for more on that, actually you are fo >>> thank you. taking action for you, it is our mission. listening to things that concern you the most. you want to hear the good questions with everything from jobs to making ends meet. and, let's go to -- just go to abcactionnews.com. and tell us what you are curious about. >>> how good is our technology? >> questions about a way to get what is different, why some. could be dangerous and, the way that it could make your life a >>> i want you to take a look at this, soon, this new vehicle will be moving your around downtown

. >>> tampa police are investigating a fatal crash that shut down half the gandy bridge. the accident happened late last night in the eastbound lanes. it involved a motorcycle and eastbound lanes are shut down after the crash. they have since reopened. >>> pinellas county deputies say two men are facing multiple charges after a crash in palm harbor saturday night. deputies say they spotted the driver, anthony lockinour weaving in and out of traffic. they tried stopping him but he kept going and crashed into a pickup truck. he tried to keep going but the car broke down later. deputies arrested lockinour and his passenger, kyle smith. investigators say they found a stolen packets of synthetic marijuana in the car. >>> for the first time we have a description of the car that hit and killed a woman in sarasota last week. florida highway patrol believes it's a light-colored pt crews we are a sun roof with damage to the right side. lynn taylor was walking near her home in sarasota when she was hit and killed. the driver did not stop. if you have any information on the case, con

the drive through pinellas county on 275 is looking good at 275 and gandy. up to speed from bridge to bridge. the drive on the veterans, we are in the green, 16 minutes from 54 to 275. deiah? >> thanks, janelle. >>> happening right now, tampa police are searching for the suspect behind a cold-hearted murder. a woman's lifeless body left lying in the middle of a street. abc action news rodney dunigan is live at tpd headquarters this morning. arrest? >> reporter: deiah, police tell us they have a number of potential leads. they do not believe the murder was random. in fact, meaning, it possibly could have been personal and that the killer may have known the victim. late last night tampa police identified the victim as latoya smith. she was found yesterday afternoon lying in the middle of the street in the 2100 block of west flora street. community are shaken. >> it is very concerning to be in this neighborhood. i lived here my life, 22 years. so, i mean, i have never seen that happen this serious. >> now, investigators will be back in the neighborhood gatherin

i-275 at gandy boulevard, the big bridge looking good there. we will check the in 15 minutes. >>> volcano that erupted in western mexico is highly active. local residents who evacuated their home will remain in shelters. that is after the break. >>> today is national taco day. some local restaurants offering deals and one place holding a happy hour all day long. that is up after the break. >> can the gators be at full strength at quarterback against lsu this weekend? we will talk about that in >>> welcome back. a volcano is still highly active spewing out lava and ash. hundreds that evacuated their homes will remain in shelters this volcano is one of the most active in mexico and all of central america. >>> a teacher in georgia is off the job. she called michelle obama a gorilla. parents were stunned when they heard about the post. the school said the employee was fired because racism and discrimination will not be tolerated. >> a school in houston, texas, is expected to reopen today following a bat infestation. it was so bad administrators had

let's take a live look here at 275 and gandy boulevard. traffic looks very good throughout pinellas county, el even on the bay area bridges. more vehicles out here. we are closer to rush hour but a good gayle. >> looking all right, leslee. thank you. >>> bat tery powered cars for kids, you remember those zooming around the neighborhood. >> now there's a problem with those kiddie cars. coming up an 8 on your side alert that parents need to hear. he's gus! he's gus! he's gus! he's gus! gus bilirakis. gus bilirakis! gus is for us. for us. all of us. and he gets things done. and he gets things done. rty... to stop flood insurance hikes. he's protecting our veterans... and our seniors. and he's fighting to keep america safe. gus is for us. gus is always for us. gus is for us. for us! all of us! vote gus bilirakis for congress. i'm gus bilirakis, >>> in an 8 on your side alert, a ride for kids can catch on fire. it is the polaris battery operated kids vehicles. the problem is with a relay on the circuit board that can fail causing it over heat.

this is a live look west of the gandy bridge. not a lot going on out there. janelle martinez will have a live look at your traffic coming up momentarily. she is monitoring a crash on the selmon. >>> the bucs prepare to take on the oakland raiders at ray jay and the lightning have the day >> rush it like we did today, those guys are doing a good job because, you know, you don't rush for 250 whatever it is if you are not blocking somebody. >> good morning, did we just hear dirk koetter day the bucs ran yesterday? they combined for nearly 250 yards on the ground. the bucs 34-17 win against the 49ers. that had to make doug martin out smiling. fourth straight game he missed. the buccaneers struggled in the first quarter. training in the second. winston scrambles. tampa bay touchdown. 49ers lead cut to 14-7. you heard dirk talk about the running game. what a game for jacquizz four. bucs eventually hit a field goal so it's 14-10. under a minute to go. winston stays in the pocket. it's caught by russell shepherd. bucs take a lead into the break. bucs lead after a fie

less than 10 minutes across the courtney campbell, howard frankland and the gandy bridge. >>> 19 minutes after 5:00. living in florida, we know the importance of sunscreen. experts say there are three big mistakes we are making. one california woman found the solution, a sunscreen machine. booth so it gives a full layer of sunscreen. the three biggest things we do wrong, we don't put on enough, don't wait long enough for it to absorb and don't reapply. >>> still ahead, man gets attacked by a bear then takes a selfie video. why officials believe the bear attacked. >> facebook unveileth using it as a black market for illegal items. >> reporter: in tech bite, facebook taking the wraps off the shopping feature. >> it's called marketplace. people are already using it to sell things that violate facebook policies including drugs, animals and adult services. >>> google unveils smartphones. leaked. it will have a 12 megapixel rear camera. ford is bringing back a classic. the brown could is making a return -- bronco is making a return in 2018. you can expect a more high-tech version compared to t

and the gandy, bay side, all of the bay area bridges look great right now. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to candace and gene. ha already some people have christmas on their minds. >> a look at shopping trends that may mean better gifts under the tree. >>> and connect with me with story ideas. check out my facebook page or send me a tweet. time now is 5:50. you're watching news channel 8 >>> a look at the holiday shopping trends. looks like people plan to to spend more on gifts this year but plan to be more frugal about it. shoppers are looking for deals. 81% say they plan to check online before hitting the stores in hopes of finding the >>> the big shake-up as mcdonald's as the fast food giant struggles to help sales. for the first time, executives from outside companies are being brought in for top jobs and mcdonald's is moving the headquarters from the suburbs to downtown chicago. >>> flying this holiday season may have you making some extra stops. >> that's right. in the next half hour, why it's getting more and more difficult to fi

and gandy bridge is back open a. a deadly motorcycle accident shut down all eastbound lanes of that road. that was for about eight hours overnight. tampa police say that another motorcycle and car crashed into one another about 10 o'clock last night. right now we are still waiting for an >> the family of a woman hit and killed could soon get justice. last week lynn taylor was hit while crossing gulf gate drive in sarasota. and driver took off. fhp has little to go or they had until now. investigators release a description of the vehicle they complooef believe was involved in krar troopers are look for white or light color chrysler pt cruiser that may have damage to right flont side. anyone with information is asked >> i don't know if you have be outside yet but a little chill in the air. question is how long will these fall temperatures last. dave's back in just a few minutes with skytower radar forecast plus n elderly couple gets a wonderful surprise. again is live now with their touching story. hey jen. >> here she

. >> the most region project aims to take this traffic off of gandy traffic especially during rush hour and moving it to the elevated toll roads. when it's finished, the elevated toll roads will run almost 2 miles connecting brandy to u.s. 19 nonstop. stomach it is terrible, bumper- to-bumper. >> business owners like crossan are afraid this will keep customers away entirely. >> i have never been for or i think it could be good. it will hurt. will i get all of my business back? i hope. >> in tampa, i am cameron polom, abc action news. >>> there are a few sprinkles trying to work their way into the area but they are not going to hold together to cause you any problems 40 morning commute. as you wake up morning, we are looking at temperatures are 70 degrees. it will be nice and dry out there and a bit humid. that will stick with us 30 afternoon where it will be warm and humid at 87 degrees. that will be the high. no weather-related issues to speak of, at least for the next 24 hours or so. i will tell you what is expected over the next seven days and just a little bit. >>> they say everythi

in pinellas county your hottest spots right now, gandy boulevard as you head east towards the bridge so passing fourth street and mlk where all that construction is you're down to 13 miles per hour and then u.s. 19 that intersection is down to 30 miles per hour so that is a slower spot as well and in hillsboro county, one of your hotspots is actually veterans expres south passing memorial highway. your drive time isn't really affected by those slower speeds though you're at 11 minutes from around van dyke road down to memorial or the sun coast parkway down to the tampa airport. let's go live to 275 across the how you and frankland bridge. i meant to show you you this earlier. fhp has reported some debris in the northbound lanes on the pinellas side so just north of fourth street. i'm not seeing slower speeds from this and hopefully a road ranger is able to get that for rush hour. back to our maps in downtown tampa a heads up. there is some sewer pipeline work going on along havana avenue and this is something new that started yesterday. you only have one northbound lane open at mlk s

and about seven across the gandy, bay side, up to speed as well. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you, leslee lacey. >>> the 2016 heart walk is right around the corner and news channel 8 is committed to raising $100,000. fuccillo kia is matching the first $50,000 we raise so every dollar you donate really counts as two. the walk is november 12th at raymond james stadium. go to wfla.com/heartwalk for details. >>> so if are blowing up your phone, you are not alone. >> yeah, a lot of those happening lately. more callers ignoring the do not call list. what you can do to stop the calls. >>> first, trump's hotel near the white house is vandalized. what someone spray painted on a wall and how hillary rodham clinton is defending trump. you're watching news channel 8 >>> we're back. police in washington, d.c. are looking for who vandalized donald trump's new hotel near the white house. someone spray painted black lives matter on an outside wall and also no justice no peace on the side entrance. hillary rodham

. >>> the other deadly crash happened on the tampa side of the gandy bridge. police tell us a motorcye the motorcyclist died. we are waiting on police to release more information. >>> well, the time right now is 5:38. >> really comfortable out. there i know it was on the chilly side sunday morning and for most of us, it will still feel cool this morning. but it's going to be warmer than yesterday morning and then warm up faster. the hour-by-hour forecast, around 60 at 7:00 a.m. but some of us still in the 50s 61 degrees at 8:00. after that, 71 at 11:00. 77 at 1:00. and an afternoon high of 81. this is really close to average for late october. this is one of the best weather day, pleasant. as the week goes on, a gradual warm-up and increase in humidity but only a slim rain chance starting on thursday. and the eight-day temperature trend, yeah, the a-okay from emoji man. average is 83. today we are 81. we make it to 83 tomorrow. and up to 85 wednesday and thursday. we will check in now with traffic >>> it's a very unusual -- yes, going the to see it behind me. e

. >>> the other deadly crash happened on the tampa side of the gandy bridge. police tell us a motorcycle and vehicle collided in eastbound lanes. the motorcyclist died. we are waiting on police to release more information. >>> well, the time right now is 4:38. and boy, it's refreshing. i come back to cold air. >> just refreshing is a good word. yesterday morning i would say it was a little chilly and now we're several degrees warmer so just in the refreshing category. let me take you hour-by-hour and show you how quickly it warms up. 60 degrees at 7:00 a.m. 67 at 10:00. by noon, 74. i mean the perfect weather to get outside, blue skies. this time of year is awesome. and we're close to average for late october. we will see a gradual increase in temperatures and humidity through the end of the week but it's gradual. not much rain. only slim rain chances starting on thursday. and emoji man says this is a a aokay hang -- is a-okay. leslee has a check on the traffic situat construction over there. it's overnight construction. let's go ahead and take a look. we're h

. >> or that driver and all eastbound lanes here on the gandy are frau closed fright -- now closed right now. your -- are asked to avoid the area entirely. >>> it's the eve before the first ballots will be cast in the presidential election. >> early voting starts in many florida counties tomorrow. as kera meshak tells us tonight, that's why so many groups are out making the round encouraging voters to get to the polls. >> reporter: with hands raised in worship, the grown up of christians gatt -- group of christians gather for sunday night service. ? ? the message here the christian responsibility to vote in this election. >> things you cannot do is not vote at all. in our view, that's a sin. for a free american with this wonderful right that many people in the world don't have, to just cast it aside. you just can't do that. >> reporter: bishop jackson's group is crossing through five battleground states including florida and the coming days. this tour stressing every vote matters. and to take advantage of the opportunities to start making your voice heard when early >> don't wait. don't

(vanessa/ we're also keeping an eye on a fatal crash on the gandy bridge. a car and a motorcycle ran into each other. all eastbound lanes were closed investigated. we're not getting many specifics on this crash either... like the name of the person who died, and what led-up to the crash accident... but we'll update you as soon as we get more information. information.get more you as soon as we get more information. (jen more proof of how important our area is in this presidential election. one of the candidates will visit tampa again today. donald trump will hold a rally at the "midflorida credit union amphitheatre," at the florida state fairgrounds, this evening. the rally should start at seven... doors will open at four. trump spent too. he held a rally in naples... telling supporters he's leading in the national polls. but latest polls suggest differently... including, here in florida... where hillary clinton has a narrow lead. ((jen)) so, with the race so close, every vote really counts. (vanessa) that's why some people are willing to line-up today... wh

mcdill avenue, portions will be blocked just north of gandy through thursday afternoon. so it will be routed to hinds and you can take dill avery. we got overnight construction or southbound side you will see one leg taken away and you can get across it. that is a look at the roadways for tomorrow morning. what about weather, lee? >> it is such beautiful fall weather every morning getting that extra pep and it will be the same tomorrow morning as you get the day started pleasantly cooled and temperatures in the low 70s before four and 7:00 a.m. be sure to see us tomorrow on new channel 8. >>> you can catc leslie every weekly morning at 4:30 a.m. >>> some people drink green tea because it is healthy but a local professor says it can prevent cancer and we will tell you why after the break. >>> you will want to stick around for these 8 on your side stories. >>> they say solar energy is free and wait until you find out how much the solar amendment on this ballot is costing and who is paying for it. >>> today i am following up on mammogram records and today i tracked down the

six the howard frankland and seven across the gandy bridge. >>> we are cool to say the least. brooksville 49. tampa 61. largo 64. as we head through the day, lots of sunshine. a high and our rain chances rain below 10% through the week as the temperatures climb with the humidity. yeah, it will be steamy by thursday. >>> remember, early voting begins in eight tampa bay area counties in just 5 minutes. the polls open at 7:00. the remaining three counties start saturday. you can find the earliest location and times and dates in an article on our www.abcactionnews.com. >> mr. president, do you think the cubs will win? [ indiscernible ] >> that is comedian bill murray at the white house doing a mock news conference about the chicago cubs. there is hillary clinton's reaction when her press secretary got the moment. >> president obama congratulated the team on twitter. more on the match-up on "good morning america." >> a long time. >> keep up to date on our mobile app, facebook and on >>> goo >>> good morning, america. hillary clinton opens up a double-digit lead in our new >> i thin

elevated toll lanes will run 1.6-miles from the gandy bridge. essentially connecting brandon to u.s. 19 nonstop. but this isn't problem-free. area business owners fear less traffic during construction will hurt their bottom line. >> my concern is how long it will take to do it and with customers trying to get in. >> business own percent drivers will have to pack patience n entire construction project is expect today last at least three years. reporting from tampa, rodney, abc action news. >>> 06:00. a deputy after the job and facing charges after investigators say he pawned his service weapon. authorities say steven smith sold his glob for $255 to the they also say he stole a bottle of hydrocodone he was supposed to destroy. >> two officers were shot in boston on wednesday night. we are told that domestic disturbance he were responding to may have started as an argument over a thermostat. police say 33-year-old curt was allegedly threatening his roommate with a knife. they may have been fighting over thermostat, but there were likely other issue

. >>> tampa police are investigating a fatal crash that shut down half the gandy bridge late last night. that accident happened in the eastbound lanes involving a motorcycle and another vehicle. the eastbound lanes were shut down until 3:30 this morning. >>> for the first time we have a description of a car that killed a woman in sarasota last week. the florida highway patrol believes it's a light colored pt cruiser with a sun roof. it may have damage to the side. she was walking near her home when she was hit and killed. the driver did not stop. if you have any information on the case, contact crimestoppers or the florida highway patrol. >>> a developing and tragic story. we are tracking new information in one of california's deadliest wrecks. 13 people were killed and 31 hurted when a tour bus returning to los angeles from a casino trip slammed into the back of a semi early yesterday. at the time a road crew slowed down traffic on the highway. authorities say the bus was causing it to plow about 15 feet into the trailer. california highway patrol says the bus was inspected in april an

that is right at gandy in the northbound lanes. we're hope to go see relief since the cars have moved out of the way. we are seeing major backups on i-75 southbound. we have a crash that just passed state road 70 and the backup extends all the way to elington. your drive on i-4, pretty slow. 40 minutes from county line >>> good morning. we're looking at veterans memorial highway. traffic eastbound getting heavy. southbound veterans, not so bad as it merges with 275. keep it safe out there. now to weather. >>> i'll take it from here and update on hurricane matthew. moving slowly to the north. look at these clusters of thunderstorms associated with matthew, and that means the heavy rain has commenced across haiti, and of course we have the storm headed up to the north, so we'll have wind on top of what's already happening which is the heavy rain. the track hasn't changed. we'll get a new update at 11:00. this is the latest thinking here. by the time we get into thursday and friday, for us there will be gusty winds but on the drier si

gandys beach, 40. glassboro, 40 and cinnaminson, 41. satellite and radar we'll see sunshine from start to finish, high pressure in control kind of skirting on by across the p-a/new york state line. high pressure, the air starts to sink. 1:00 p.m., 62. 3:00 p.m., 65. same number by 5:00 p.m. that's the high of 67 degrees, lots of sunshine, jackets required this morning, comfortable weekend overall and then the summer-like temperatures arrive next week. i'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in just a bit. gray. >> look forward to it, criminals, thank you so much. >> new this morning, a fire forces three generations of a family from their philadelphia home including a 100-year-old woman. that fire happened in the are 1500 block of west pike street in nicetown before midnight. the 100-year-old woman started yelling for help. her granddaughter just returned home from a night shift as a nurse. she credits her grandmother's alertness with saving the entire family. >> she saved my life by screaming help and alert

pair of 3s in gandys beach. satellite and radar fortunately we've lost the wind. it's not as bad as yesterday, yesterday we had the biting wind. temperatures in the 50s. >> reporter: today we see sunshine, a phew clouds approaching from the west. accuweather says we'll see more sun than clouds today. with the winds out of the southwest it's a warmer breeze, it will get us up to 69 degrees, overall it looks like a nice day, as a matter of fact it's better for tomorrow. here's what we're watching over the next few days, summer like weekend, some numbers could push 80 degrees, it looks that warm. we're tracking showers and we have chilly weather returning just in time for the trick or treaters. when i come back in just a few minutes i'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> thank you for the update. >>> ten days before the election and the campaign has rocked with another bombshell. e-mails are once again haunting hillary clinton and this morning hillary clinton and donald trump are responding to the new fbi investigation. abc news' ch

seven minutes to cross the gandy bridge. >>> we are making phone calls right now to find out more about the man shot and killed by a hillsborough county deputy. so far deputies have notified the man who witnesses say through a brick at deputy. it started when authorities say the man was involved in a three- car crash in riverview and took off and tried to carjack three people. when that failed, he reportedly tried to break into several homes to hide from deputies. one of the homeowners said he watched the man throw a brick at the deputy's head and the deputy fired his weapon. >> he went right to the cop car. he was trying to get out. barely had the door open. that's when he threw the brick cop would be behind his window. >> that deputy, stewart gray, a 24 year veteran shot and killed the man. investigators are trying to find out more about the man and why he was desperate to get away. >>> new this morning, pasco county sheriff's office is investigating a death investigation in hudson. deputies say they found two people deed inside. they are identified as claudette good suicide but they

pete without getting on the howard frankland and the courtney campbell or the gandy. dan maci turn - matics. >> fox 13 news. >> tickets are $10. www.myfoxtampabay.com. >>> it rarely happens, someone has their stuff stolen they may get it back. coming up how a woman's quick thinking son used technology that we have to help his mom get her stuff back and arrest the thieves. how he did it a beautiful day. back in the mid80s. a nice might to walk around the neighbor. staying a i there is a cold front on the way. we'll talk about that in a moment. >>> we have been showing pictures. check this out. getting ready for halloween. be safe out on the roads a busy when powerful people need someone to do their dirty work, they hire bob buesing. how far will he go? buesing fought to foreclose assisted-living retirement homes, threatening local seniors with homelessness. then, buesing defended wells fargo against charges of helping a ponzi-schemer swindle millions. buesing's firm was even accused of overbilling local schools , now, buesing's running for senate. how far will bob bues

gandys beach, 49. hammonton, 37. cinnaminson 40. dover, 40 degrees. now that the sun is starting to rise, the numbers will moderate quickly, but it is crisp out there this morning. satellite and radar we're clear as a whistle up and down the entire southeastern seaboard. last weekend we had the hurricane coming up the east coast moving out to sea off the coast of the carolinas. this weekend it's a different story. all the stormy weather is out across the western united states where it will stay wednesday and thursday of next week. the next five to six days look really, really good. it's 72 in dallas. 63 in memphis, louis, 63 degrees. sunshine today, and same thing sunday maybe a little bit more in the way of clouds, we'll say sun and clouds, you get the idea, a nice weekend overall. this front drops in monday morning, maybe it brings a shower to the far northwestern suburbs, outside of that the seven-day forecast is dry until we get the following weekend. short term looks good, today, sunny, philadelphia, 67 degrees after a morning low of 44, 46. read

eight minutes in the green on the gandy bridge. the drive on i-4 is looking great. wide open in polk city, i-4, about, let's see what we have here, 37 minutes to get from lakeland to downtown. let's check in with action air 1. captain al, good janelle. speaking of bridges, the bayside from gulf to bay down south joining at 49th street, there was an accident further ahead in front of the courthouse complex before you got to ulmerton. it moved out of the way 10 minutes ago. residual backup being throttled by the traffic lights. now 49th street is clear to ulmerton. ulmerton is getting busy out to 275-6789 here is ivan with the forecast. >>> looks good. chilly readings this morning. in the 40s across the nature coast. we are warming up now a little bit. it will warm up later on today. hanging on to 50s. by this afternoon, we will climb up to the low 80s. the warm jest day we had the last couple of days and along with this, higher humidity as well. the next few days not as comfortable and will not feel like fall with temperatures around 86. we will do that with more moi

pete, 275 and gandy, up to speed in both directions. traffic is clearing out nicely following this morning's commute. checking the drive time on the u.s. 19 slow tampa road to east bay. 20 minutes 54 to 275. in the red on dale mabry, seven minutes fletcher to waters. >>> let's head out to the beach. one last beach day. the weekend will be a little too cold for that. by the afternoon, we will warm things up. the breeze will keep it on the chillier side. by the way, doing any boating this weekend, small craft advisory continues in effect our big cold front is scheduled for arrival tonight. 70 in tampa, clearwater. low 70s in st. pete. otherwise mid-60s. nice and cool start. there is the front that will separate us from some very chilly temperatures up to the north and west. not much of a moisture contrast here. i'm not expecting much in the way of showers. i think a few clouds will be the closer to the water temperature, 80 degrees, the milder you will be. we won't escape it. there is the small craft advisory for tomorrow with the chop mo

not too bad across the gandy bridge, eight minutes. >>> if you're coming into tampa you need the shades. that sun is out there and will be with us throughout the day today. very few clouds. gorgeous looking fantastic. upper 60s. a lot of us in the low to mid- 60s this morning. we'll begin to warm up so by lunch we'll be in the low 80s. then add 20 degrees to the numbers and we'll get the daytime highs for today. obviously we're still well out ahead of the cold front that will bring us that cool air for the weekend. there it is, 20s now in denver. not going to be that cold here of course but by the time the air mass arrives we'll moderate upper 80s once again. the front comes in quietly friday nights, no rain but you'll feel it with the breeze coming in saturday morning. by then temperatures already in the 50s and low 60s. highs only in the 70 with very low humidity. gorgeous for the weekend. then continuing into early next >>> and >>> and we are outside in times square and we have a great audience with us on this thursday. yes, we do. [ applause ] and, george, why don't you get us start

gandys beach, 48. sea isle city, 58 and atlantic city, presently 59.atellite and radar there you go, nothing going on, high pressure sitting over top of us, another nice day in the work. forecast for today, let us say mostly sunny, combination of sun and clouds, 67 degrees by 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m., 70. by 5:00 p.m., 72. we'll top out around 73. nydia? >> chris, thank you. >>> new this morning, investigators say an early-morning house fire in the frankford section of philadelphia looks suspicious. the action cam was at the scene the 1300 block of dire street. firefighters were called to the block after 3:15 a.m. when they arrived they found three separate fires inside the home. crews put out the fire quickly. there were no injuries. firefighters had to extinguish small fires in separate locations inside a house three blocks from the latest fires. >>> medics were unable to save the person in this crash. the car flipped on its roof at 4:30 a.m. the driver's identity has not been released. >>> hundreds of thousands of septa riders could be forced to look for

and signs all over the city, julian grimes vandalized signs from downtown and east to as north as gandy wonderful. he is charged with criminal mischief and looking at another five cases to connect him to. he may be responsible for more graffiti. if you recognize the photos, they would like to you give them a call. >>> and can you shop while you comment on facebook. section that will be easier to buy and sell items. they tried to market it was not a hit. facebook said some 450 million people use the site, the groups feature, to buy and sell items locally, i know what i'm looking at you look they're on your facebook page. >>> next, a possible breakthrough in the fight against hiv. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. 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. do you treat women with respect? vo: we asked women in pinellas county to describe congressman david jolly in one word: woman 1: dangerous. woman 2: backw

issue and of course key keep you posted if we learn any additional details report thing live here off gandy boulevard shayla reeves, fox 13 news. all right shayla, thank you. >> a massive fire destroyed an overnight. >> flames engulfed the big deals super center. at 40 the street and hillsborough avenue about 9 o'clock last night. 4 people were inside at the time. but they got out safely. a one point there were some concerns the roof would collapse. back up was called in. it took crews about three hours to get it under control. fire marshal is now investigating. >>> a man i say kuf a killing his daughter by throwing her off a bridge could find out if he's facing first degree murder charges today. jonchuck toss phoebe over. in 2015. jonchuck was ruled mentally incompetent in april. since then he's rnd going treatment later today doctors will reevaluate his company takens. nt clear if jonchuck will actually be it the a. that tourt appearance. we're learning more about relationship between tampa cab drivers and the public transportation commission. >> members of the ptc are calling for investi

fortescue gandys beach area, 2. avalon stone harbor, 2 1/2. cape may and the villas, we're seeing 3, 4, 4 1/2 inches of rain. this is within the past 24 hours, you can imagine the kind of rain the folks saw down to the south where the hurricane came onshore. rainfall totals, we have ponding on roads take it easy this morning. skies will brighten up a bit this afternoon. we'll have a gusty breeze. the afternoon looks really, really nice believe it or not. this is matthew, the center of the storm is off the coast of cape hatteras and working due east. it will pull this moisture with it. flash flooding for southern kent county. here's riverview, harrington, watch the areas that flood during a heavy rain event. low lying areas, smaller creeks and streams. we've seen a lot of water in the last 6 to ten hours. the remnants of matthew continue to work out to sea, it's lifting farther to the north, the center of the storm is right here. the storm center is here, it will continue to pull east later this afternoon. take a look at the peak wind gusts ove