looking great right here at i- 75 and the leroy selmon expressway. if you are getting ready to across the bay, we'll check your drive times and tell you how long it's taking to get across theridges. y22pvy yy6y >>> we are continuing to follow an absolutely heartbreaking case right now in st. peters where police say a -- st. petersburg where police say a 6-year-old killed his newborn sister. we're looking at the tragedy. >>> good morning, thank you for starting your friday with us. we have a lot of news to get to this morning. >> we do, bufirst, let's look at another day of weather and traffic. buses are on the road. >> another day so we should be used to it. the lines back up with people drop dropping kids off. she's monitoring. look at this six-hour loop that continued through the night. upwards of 3:00 a.m., it was still raining. just in time right for the morning, we're drying out. we'll have a few clouds out there, but that will be it. those will be gone and we'll get back into full sunshine this morning through midday. i think the lunch outside

we're seeing a bit of a slowdown on the leroy selmon expressway into downtown. that's just about a minute slow mabry to channelside. >>> 6:38. coming up, bolting to the finish. the achievement the fastest man in the world accomplished last >>> team usa is now in triple digits. 100 medals, 42 more than china, fifth place with 36. >> the u.s. did medal in the 200 meter race. usain bolt easily claiming another gold. for the bronze, though, three runners were separated by 6 thousandth of a second. a few minutes ago, they said this olympic race. >>> winning gold and tying the olympic record in the decathlon, the first american to repeat as olympic champion in this event since 1952. >>> 19 minutes until 7:00. still ahead, a cheesy trend for weddings. the way some couples are phasing out traditional cakes. the face of tragedy. the way police officers rallied >>> good morning, everybody. good morning, pinellas county. we are checking out 275 all through st. pete looking great. still up to speed, these taillights you see right there are heading south towards the sunshine

looking great on the leroy selmon expressway. six minutes from i-75 into downtown. dan? crime on a turtle. the reason the people, though, who police say admitted to it are not facing animal cruelty charges. >>> and a cobra escape raising concerns for one community. what was nearby that made this search so urgent? >>> first, at 6:22, there is growing outrage over a high school athlete's sentence after being charged with sexual assault. the petition is calling for the judge's removal. it's a story you'll see on gma. >> reporter: gma's first look, thousands of online petitioners are calling for the removal of the judge who sentenced 18-year-old david becker to probation instead of prison time after he was charged with sexually assaulting two classmates. at a plea hearing in june, judge thomas estes siding with becker's lawyers who argued becker had already suffered due to his actions. becker was arrested in april after two 18-year-old girls told police they'd been went to sleep in a bed with him. according to police documents, each said they woke up at separate times to bec

the leroy selmon expressway looking great, still in the green six minutes from 75 into downtown. captain al, good morning. >>> good morning, janelle. we're wrapping up here and head east while u.s. 41 and 56 left to right looking north to 54. so that's a busy section of traffic right there between 54 and 56 and at perform just behind it. the good news is throughout this, we haven't found any accidents, breakdowns or any lanes are being compromised. keep that seat belt fastened. >> if you have to be somewhere at 7:00, you have 14 minutes to get there. we're keepin cracking over the horizon. you are starting to see the sun brightening up the skies a little bit. here we go wall street black and white pictures showing an ill-defined center of circulation around this invest that still doesn't have a number and doesn't have a name. it could be hermine. here is the wide convergence and where it's going to head. some taking it out of the gulf northern gulf coast. nothing's for sure because it is so ill-defined. we look at the thermometer, 78 in tampa, 77 in st. petersburg. clear water at