pushing 70 right now all the way down to the howard franklin bridge. and looking a the drive in tampa, looking great as well. some slick roads out there. so just use caution when you are driving around. all right, we do have some standing water reported in manatee, just want to go through a few of these, 57th avenue west at u.s. 41. johnson--at morgan johnson road. a few others posted on twitter. >>> thanks. it is a car crash that leaves you with more questions and answers. deputies say that a father tried to kill his 2 david metz -year-old son. 29 david metz -year-old nathan was high on cocaine when he slam intoed a parked car going 70 miles per hour, inside of the re-david metz mains of the white car, his 2 david metz -year-old >> i heard a youngster crying, but didn't see it at first and then finally saw the toddler, the baby 's head, and saw dad hitting it as if he was annoyed by the crying that was happening. >> investigators say that the man told them he tried to kill his son because being a father is a big responsibility and he didn't think he w

. >>> the idea to add only to the howard -- on to the howard franklin bridge. breaking news. and, that home is destroyed in >>> happening right now. we are live at the howard franklin bridge., pretty soon you could weigh in on a brand-new bridge. >> yes. i have bryn?i have two pictures. this one that you see on the left side, this is what the bridge looks like. and, this is what they are proposing that it would be. were the big red x is. and, the northbound part we drive on. and, this would build a whole new bridge. plus they have that using the traffic. -- easing the traffic. and, if you're worried about a big mess in the meantime, they say, that you shouldn't be. the current bridge would not be shut down until the new one is ready to go across. and that won't happen until maybe 2024. public hearings begin in less than two weeks. you can look at the pictures there's breaking news in the presidential race. ted cruz is back in the headlines saying that he will vote for donald trump. less than an hour ago, he announced that he is supporting trump. he is keeping his promise to su

. >>> an update on the howard franklin bridge. and a brand-new bridge that could soon replace it. we are just getting these new pictures for florida's bridge that is there now. a and, this is what they want to get rid of. then, in its place they would build a whole new bridge. they say that the current bridge is getting older. but before any of this happens there is a chance to get more information on this plan. and, the first one will be tuesday night in st. petersburg and marriott. >>> well, continuing coverage after the family releases new video of the man shot and killed by police. in this video, you can hear the victim's wife. pleading with police. and then, we want to warn you considered graphic. be >> don't shoot him. don't shoot him. he has no weapons. did you shoot him? >> they say that he had a gun. the mayor and the police chief saying that eris also body camera?camera video of the shooting but they are not releasing it to the public. >> the intent is to get it out and release it so that it can be consumed and fully understood. >> protest continued for the third night i

. >>> a live look 275 and the howard franklin bridge. waves are still strong in the area but all seems quiet and thankfully traffic is moving by fine. a live look how tropical storm hermine is impacting those in north carolina next. >>> download the new abc action news app for your mobile phone and tablet. >> hermine posing a big issue for sea turtles across the state. in naples, seven nests have been destroyed by the storm surge. many others under water. there is nothing anyone can do to prevent the nests from being wiped out. >> our goal is to be overprepared and underwheel manied when it comes to the counties in north carolina tonight as they now start to deal with what is tropical storm hermine. the governor there asking for people in low-lying areas to stay off the roads. a live picture of north carolina. you see the winds and rains starting to pick up there. the surf is up as well. and the tide is coming in. >>> now to this story out of south florida tonight. a large overnight story gutting dollar mansion. firefighters confronted l

it will better prepare the students who will one day take over the transportation work howard franklin bridge and i-4 will be put to the test on a real roadway before drivers pay up. >> we certainly intend this to be a world wide destination. and testing facility not only to keep florida at the edge of the tolling innovation, but also antonymous technology. university in lakeland. on it track there will be multiple lanes simulateinga toll road. it will give the dot a better idea of what technology is needed growing traffic congestion. >> you're going to hear a lot about what happens in this test track gets finished and w where driverless cars will be tested. at place than a tech-savvy university to put the future of florida's roadways to a test. >> we can see the dollars - - . >> the students of our state who will one day enter the transportation work force will get to learn first hand what it takes to keep florida moving forward. >> this test facility will provide a unique platform to better prepare our students. >> d torks is wasting no time revving up the project. start in the spring. >> w

howard frankland bridge. . >> we have a news alert right now in the howard franklin bridge. there's an accident slowing down southbound traffic in the pin fella side of the bridge. one car right there spun out of control. there are two lanes of traffic getting by. left of the screen. it is slow-going. if you're heading to the water at saint pete. you could still get by but you may want to allow yourself more time. >> georgia judge has ruled against her boyfriend, finding him legally responsible for her death in 2015. nick gordon was never joining now. he was never even there. >> his absence is why the judge ruled in favor of bobby christina's family. this is the second court hearing. as a result, found him contempt. the fulton county superior court judge, failure to respond to legal inquiries by gordon and his attorney. and especially considering he had no problem talking about the case in a recent interview with dr. phil. >> when this defendant appeared in the dr. phil show, he talked extensively. and when dr. phil asked him, what about the lawsuit. i ignored it. maybe you c

. >> this is the howard franklin bridge. and a little hazy, you see the cloud cover and, you see some rain on the radar. >> hillsboro and nose county has seen its share we can see -- but you can see, but there is also some sunshine. it hasn't been a complete washout. that's where we have got some heavy downpours. it's going to go to the north where we have quite a bit of lightning. and, we have quite a bit of heavy rain and thunderstorms. so again, with lightning indoors. you can see, they are getting the heavy rain in the lightning moving offshore and that's where all of this is heading but there's some rain around the bluff. and it's although scattered showers and storms that have been developing and land across the highlands and the -- inland, across the highlands. so if you are checking your mobile device, your app on your mobile device as you are out and about, and as far as temperatures the rain has helped to keep things a little bit more reasonable and most of our temperatures are feeling back to the 90s. not bad as f

that is the howard franklin bridge. it looks like the only thing we have to complain about, is the traffic. the weather looks great. >> i have a much better place that you would like to be right now. take a look at this, the clearwater hiett beach camera. -- hiett -- the showers and storms have been very isolated. we had a little bit here in pascoe county around greenfield, south of shady hills. and we had some hit or miss rain. and, this is not anything that is going to have any major impact on you have your heading around town tonight. and, just pick up the kids. things are looking great out there overall. major bridges. and throughout the night, we will see a mix of sun and cloud from sunset although, there still will be chances for isolated showers is towards -- showers and storms. and overnight we will be on the dry side. the rain chances overall are coming down. i will show you what will happen with the timing of the rain as we go into the weekend which i know that you are authority making plans. >> i am. >> >>> c

and a howard franklin bridge. one senator says it time to put what they are getting into. shayla reeves is live on the story. andshayla it looks looks like everybody has a little confused even though that are developing it. this senator says he voted for now saying ahad known nor he would not. good morning. >>> yeah, good morning to you. you're absolutely right. and we're learning more information about what idea is prompting this senator to ask a few more questions about it. i want to take you right to this letter. tis or part of a letter sent by senator jack written to the florida department of transportation district secretary paul stein man. this letter was written and dated for yesterday. and expressed concern about taking current lanes on howard frankland and turning them into toll lanes. now the district 20 senator wrote in part, "this will be an immediate impedestrian incident environment uniting entire tampa region now not time take take current lanes who use bridge to get to work and do not want to the have their commute times increased. now howard frankland brid

will take look at some major roadway we have got live lock involvment howard franklin bridge this will be area of hump. those are saint pete bound lanes heads up for drivers we some debris reported that way. closer to pinellas side so be careful as you cross water here. meantime, it looks about an 11 minute drive northbound. coming into inter change from mlk. looking very clear here northbound 75 just 5-minute drive from i-four. are still at odds offer zika funding. ahead hour the sticking points congress tries to pass a bill to help florida fight the virus. >> but first, we are in saint petersberg getting obedience lesson. at the dog training club. well he will tell us how to give z23wlz z5yz >> good day tampa bay. coming you saint pete persberg dog training club of saint petersberg the old em club of its kind in pinellas county not for profit organization run by volunteers. and you come do everything from basic obedience puppy obedience even if they are an just basic skills all of the way fancy agility training like you see on tv once in while. p. k. is here talk about agility and yo

a little slow and go over the howard franklin bridge. that is typically where you are hitting the brakes. and also, a motorcycle crash. northbound us 19. >>> the search is on for these two children. one year old and three year old rhineland were taken violently williams in the white 2004 expedition. he race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. donald trump is a phony, a fraud. i can't vote for donald trump given the things that he said. trump should not be supported. i believe he's disqualified himself to be president. >>> good morning, everybody. it is 8:30 on "today." it is a monday morning. september 19, 2016. we've got rain out on our plaza. >> it's not nice out here. we'll talk more about that in a second. >> it's rainy but at least it is sticky and hot, too. . >>> coming up, a guide for expectant moms like me to help whether you should exercise when you're pregnant, should you dye your hair. we'll ask a doctor instead of what i do, which is google. >>> then, nick jonas is here. he's dominated the music world but he's also really s

and courtney campbell, howard franklin and the gandy bridge are picking up rain extending down towards seminole. they need any rain but they picked up about an inch of rain. that's the way that this will shape up. we're going to continue to see scattered showers across the area butn my mind i expect that we will probably more than likely see the bulk of the rain arriving after lunchtime. let's take this as we go look at most of the area you can see the moisture. typically, initially the water vapor it is because it is brown. that's the way we had it last week. will all of a sudden we have gone from a very dry atmosphere to a juice atmosphere. you can thank the folks who do not want any more rain. it is this tropical wave and interestingly enough this is a wave that we have been tracking all the way off of africa. and a couple of weeks ago those models were showing it into a hurricane. what's interesting is, and never develops but it did make our rains tonight and again on wednesday. we will see a little spin going right up the eastern side. and, there is that little spin and it's going

. >>> typical slowing across the bay area bridges and the howard franklin bridge into tampa, you're going to slow down before the . brakes there. out in brooksville, we had an earlier accident involving a school bus that is good news there. you can get by. and pretty heavy still. 16 minutes. >>> all right. thank you. happening today, governor rick scott will visit the scene of this massive sink hole in polk county that sent contaminated water into our water system that is the video of the sink plant for a tour around 11:30 this morning. i'm david jolly and i approve this message. since we're going to be friends huck. let me show you how washington really works. members of congress spend too much time pushing back against the current system. and they don't do enough for our veterans. david jolly has opened his seminole office to veterans. and they don't get we can prevent terrorism and protect the constitution congressman david jolly you are making too much sense. we've got unfinished business huck. >>> we're back now 8:30 on a tuesday morning, september 27th, 2016. got a very nice crowd o

howard franklin bridge looks good. >>> an suv going 60 miles an hour slammed into an auto supply store at u.s. 19 and sunset road. the vehicle was going southbound on 19 where the road is six lanes. it crossed the median, up and over the driver and divider and hit a pole and fire hydrant and then the business. vehicle and taken to the >> it's going to be so fun, and so good. >>> good morning, everybody. it's 8:30. it's friday, september 16th. it is a beautiful morning here on our plaza. we're so glad to have everybody along. charlie's here. >> coming up, you need convincing to actually take time off work. or maybe you want to go somewhere but you can't quite well, some companies are now paying their employees to go on vacation. >> charlie's staring at miley a little too long. >>> you can't watch football without something delicious to eat. we've got billy coming to the rescue with two recipes perfect for the weekend games. >>> got a baby on the way? we're here with preparations with all kinds of nursery ideas. >> we don't have babies on way. by the way, you're about to find out, they d

so it's on moving across the courtney campbell bridge and in the direction of the howard franklin. if you look at polk county most of the area is drive at least was dry rain -- light rain if you are planning on taking a walk, this is going to stick around. after sunset we will see this lightning up. and, this is what you are seeing as you are going through that camera. it is moving from the northeast to the southwest so, if you are checking the rain you know which direction it is heading. take a look at that futurecast. brings most of the rain to an end by about 8 pm that we will have a few scattered showers will not be completely dry. but shortly after sunset we dry out and overnight we are nice and dry. this morning we started off with a low deck of clouds the tomorrow morning it will be much brighter. and also temperatures are a few degrees lower than what we have seen lately. we have drier air moving in from the north and, take a look at what this does. tomorrow at noon, it's completely dry. we have a little moisture that is building. we have drying of air that we will really l

bridges. looks clear right now across the howard frankland. it's taking seven minutes to get across the howard franklin. your drive on 275 right at fouler looks great as well. your drive all the way on 275 from pasco through i-4 looking good. let's look at the average speeds on the veterans. some of the interstates, the veterans and the green and all that has cleared. 275 and 75 up to speed this morning. >>> take a look at this. a driver hit's someone's parked car head on. the driver drives off as though nothing happened. cameras may have caught the crime, but police need your help to catch that driver. abc action news reporter lindsay logue is live at tampa police headquarters with details. lindsay? >> reporter: dan, good morning to you. tampa police know where the crime happened. they know when the crime happened, but what they don't know is who's behind the wheel of the vehicle that slammed into a parked suv. you can see it right here. the cameras are just too far away, but they do catch that vehicle pulling away. take a better look at this video. we can show you more of this. it happened wednesday

good drive on the howard franklin bridge. just to the right it have there where it meets one courtney campbell. coming off the veterans expressway southbound where it's orange there on the left, that's memorial highway. very heavy as you link up with 275. look at this. 19 minutes pierce avenue to i- 4. >> a lot going on. >> take it easy out there. it's friday >> thanks for joining us. outrage and unrest. demonstrators take to the streets in charlotte for the third straight night. protesters ignoring a new curfew, demanding that footage of a deadly police shooting be made pub >> release the video! release the video! >> while in oklahoma, the officer involved in a fatal shooting there now charged with manslaughter and turns herself in overnight. >>> set for the showdown? it's crunch time as hillary he clinton and donald trump prep for the highest stakes moment of the campaign yet -- the first debate just three days away. clinton holding mock sessions behind closed doors, as trump tries out his new attack lines on the trail.

. >> so we made it and howard franklin was - - there was no rain, but it was nasty and the seas were, you know - - . the water was washing bridge. but i gotta tell you, applause to you guys because you've been doing such an incredible job. this has been a frustrating storm, i think, to cover and also be a part of because it's a lot of hurry up and wait storms hurricane. >> you saw that i was watching your forecast, you know yowrks guys were chat about storm making landfall.... (the storm made landfall around 1-30 this morning just east of "st. marks" in the big bend area... with winds around 80 miles per hour.) dave toss to anchors... crash on i-75 in north we have reporters all over the bay area this morning, covering the storm. overnight. and fox 13's josh cascio has been up there in the middle of it in citrus county. here's his report from homosassa... from just a few hours ago: one of the worst areas right now is hudson beach up in pasco county. fox 13's shayla reaves is up there right now... with the latest fox 13's walter allen is out assessing the damages as well this morning he's out on ben t. davis beach in tampa... wh