. >>> the loews don cesar here at saint pete beach. temperatures have fallen because of the rain. 84 degrees lakewood ranch. not a bad view. always abby view from here. cooler temperatures. classic florida summer sky. that easterly flow. everything moving east to west across the area. that has been the overall flow. like yesterday across the region. at 7:00 a.m. 23 celsius. 85 degrees at noon. 90 at 4:00 p.m. mostly sunny skies. warmer temperatures. even in the winter. paul mueller a nice shot. here in tampa, danny got a nice shot as well. sever pictures coming in here. a shelf cloud. in one coming in on twitter. look at the guys here scaling the wall with some dark skies there in the background. hope you guys didn't take any chances if any lightning ve in. our rainfall, 5.56 inches. this is the tampa international airport. this is for august, so far. that is an inch-and-a-half above normal. always good to see the surplus during the rainy season. we hate to see the deficits that lead to droughts. but that is not our problem at the mome

you can see loews don cesar. this is in the southern sections of manatee county. temperatures at least have been cooler today. we topped out at 81 degrees for a high. in venice, dark skies too. 19 one-hundredths. not yielding a whole lot of rain as you will see on the radar, but temperatures are down a little bit. the dark skies. plenty of those around the area. highs on the cooler side. this could help destabilize the atmosphere. temperatures coming ashore, we are looking at this area of low pressure. heavier thunderstorms on florida's east coast. you can see north to south, of the counties further to the north. crystal river. some of the darker skies we have seen on the cameras. you can see the showers drying up in pinellas county. getting a little more lively in the interior sections of hillsborough, manatee. falling apart at this point. showers east of lake placid at this point. most of the activity has been around portions of highlands county. 76 degrees at 7:00 a.m. isolated rain possible. 87 degrees maybe a bit tomorrow. 77 largo. seminole. lutz. all over t

. >> here is a view from the loews don cesar. blue sky, high clouds. certainly no rainfall. otherwise, we would see much cooler numbers there. lake club, lakewood ranch, 86 degrees. southwest wind. nice view here. we raise the camera up when we install the hd camera. nissan of venice here, 85 degrees. southern part county. the temperatures are warm. not yet cooled off by the showers and the storms. there is your weekend forecast. 93 degrees. less rain around, a steamy afternoon. about a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. in other words, about a 30% chance on saturday, 40% on sunday. afternoon, evening hours so low 90s are likely. especially on saturday. 82 degrees at 9:00 p.m. still a lingering shower. showed you radar, there is some activity there. 87 degrees temple terrace. inverness, 88. 89 sarasota. now back to the west. most of our activity is the classic florida with an easterly flow. the east coast sea breeze collides with the west coast sea breeze in this area here. we expected it to. now it is co, the brandon area. pushing to the downtown region. making a lot

the loews don cesar, overcast. dark looking clouds north of the don. they are drifting off very quickly to the west in the gulf of mexico. the flow has been from the east and the southeast. dark clouds at hula bay. 84 degrees in tampa. south of the gande. and, down in venice, there is your downpour. 78 degrees. pretty good rain is falling right now. reduced visibility. and of course, the rain is adding up. showers continue to develop as i mentioned. and almost as you look at this, the flow of the tropical depression does help to influence the overall flow across the state. and that is also helping to enhance the amount of showers. rain chances for the tropical depression. possible tropical storm as well to our west. we can still see effects from it. there's the activity in hernando county lifting to the north. you can see around palm harbor. tarpon springs. bartow. central sections of polk county. lifting from generally south to current temperatures, 87, seminole. saint pete mid 80s . there is roughly where the tropical depression is located. a lot of

but the humidity clearly will be there. 82 degrees at saint the loews don cesar. winds will increase from the south over the coming days here. the next two days especially as the tropical system remain to the west. freedom plaza in sun city center. overcast conditions. 80 degrees with a northeast wind. at hula bay. 80 degrees as well with an east wind at 4 miles an hour. 82% humidity. bucs are playing tomorrow night. redskins, 80 degrees for this game. and note the possibility of seeing some passing showers that could be quite heavy at certainly is there. bring that rain slicker slicker that says tampa bay bucs. you can see some of the northern counties, western sections of citrus county. also a few showers have developed. a few thunderstorms south of palm harbor. north of clearwater. and they are slowly drifting it looks like to the northwest. decent downpours here. looks like around, gillette, ellington area. venice, all the way engelwood and north port. 4:00 p.m., 85 degrees. temperatures will be on the cooler side. you can see where we are relative to the cent

at the loews don cesar, awaiting some showers. the northeasterly flow adds a little extra heat. highs 92 to 93. in the tropics as we talked about the top of the multiple areas including tropical storm gaston, but get this. 95 degrees for a high temperature today. tied a record set in 1989. so we did tie a record today. and it felt like it. the dew points have been running in the upper 70s . a very uncomfortable day. 93, 92 forecast highs. that is not changing any time soon. a few showers and thunderstorms drifting down to the west. lake county moving toward sections of hernando county. you can see around the northeast portions of hillsborough county, those are drifting to the north as well. or the south. and these two across the northern part of polk county moving in the same direction. the northeast flow has taken over. these are the thunderstorms you saw in the hula bay camera pushing toward saint petersburg. hopefully, you will pick up more showers in pinellas county. folk ins downtown saint pete look for that moving across the bay. these shower sarasota, they are pretty quie

st.pete beach right around the loews don cesar and the northern portion of the sunshine skyway bridge, lightning and rain and rain as far south as manatee and sarasota as well. and no w the clouds and rain, temperatures won't warm up much. we start around 77 at 7:00. 80 at 10:00. 85 by 3:00 p.m. and the bigger story will be today. hopefully you have the bucks rain slicker. downpours possible. 80degrees when it starts at 8:00 p.m. and notice the rainfall potential between now and basically when the game starts, up to the an inch to 1.5 inches widespread. which means pockets could see more or less. but it's saturating the ground for the heaviest rain thursday through friday. and that's where we could see multiple inches of rain and the potential is high. it will keep our mid-80s today, tomorrow and friday. and labor day weekend, we dry out and warm up. we will check with traffic on the 8s because we know wet roads are a big problem. >>> they are. because they translate to crashes out there and we see more incidents when it's wet. we do have an accident 275, northbound between roosevelt

dropped the temperature at the loews don cesar. you can see the clouds developing in the afternoon heat. this was probably late morning. so we started with blue sky. led to showers an thunderstorms that moved quickly across the area. freedom plaza, temperature rain cooled. one tenth of an inch of rain there. nissan, 84 degrees with a northwest wind. no rainfall. a few clouds left around there. tied the record set in 1989. that record high of 95 degrees. it was warmer inland. of course, the heat indexes up around 100 degrees today. it is summertime. remnants of fiona here. tropical storm gaston, invest, 99. what we are most interested in. investigated by hurricane aircraft. this moment, but it may get a bit more organized. and potentially strengthen into a name storm closer to southeast florida. the most important look is the look at the spaghetti models that move it toward southeast florida. 45 miles an hour winds in its disorganized state. moving west at 16. in three or four days it should be a better environment for strengthening

from center city, that's a view looking from the loews hotel in center city. view that we'll see plenty of sunshine during the day today. the heat wave continues. it just won't be the extreme heat we've seen lately, into the low 90s this afternoon. you can see on the seven-day forecast, low 90s today, but it is upper 80s tomorrow afternoon. so the heat wave breaks. we are going to be hovering right near the low 90s right on toward the weekend before we get cooler conditions as we head into next week. the temperatures will finally be coming down. but they will still be near typical august levels over the next seven days. so the extreme heat that we've seen the last few days will take a break and then it gets more comfortable as we go into this afternoon. you'll still have to deal with the steaminess this morning. >> seven minutes before 5:00 right now. this morning, camden police need your help. do you recognize this guy? he and another man are wanted for burglary. next on nbc 10 news at 5:00, hear what they broke into and what police say they stole. hase.polic

celebrate in philly by taking your dog to breakfast from 8:30 to 10:30 at loews hotel.'re hosting a bark breakfast to benefit the pennsylvania spcs. we'd love to see your pooch pictures on twitter. tag us at nbc philadelphia and use the hash tag national dog day. >>> philly is celebrating with free adoptions. the animal care and control team is waving fees on all dogs and the pennsylvania spca is reducing the cost of adoptions. stop into any of the shelter's locations. nbc 10 is committed to clearing the shelters. >>> and dogs and their inmate trainers are celebrating a new leash on life this morning. >> she said leash. >> leash. >> philadelphia's department of prisons celebrated the most recent class to complete this one-of-a-kind re-entry program. new leash on life pairs unwant shelter animals with inmates. the men and women train the dogs for three months, teaching them to behave and socialize. in turn, the participants take workshops on life management skills and job preparation. >> it will test your patience, which was never a strength for me or half of these guys,

alix: what does that mean for loew's whose earnings come out tomorrow?> we expect lowe's and home depot grow at similar rates. we probably so that in the second quarter. lowe's have been an underperformer versus home depot for some time but it's starting to catch up. overtime, they should grow at similar rates. still ahead, etf's have taken them more money in the last six weeks than the rest of the year combined. a closer look at the investment and emerging. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: live from london and new york, i'm mark barton -- vonnie: i'm vonnie quinn. taken in more money in the last few weeks than the rest of the year combined. let's go to julie hyman. julie: thank you. eric, let's dive right in -- why have we seen such a big flow pick up an etf's particularly at a time when biting overall in stocks has been dropping? at the end of july, we talked about flows. it's this goldilocks environment. you've got brexit behind you and the city economic news but not too good. fear ofreally just know the fed and nobody is thinking they will raise before the

the loews don cesar on st. pete beach already 91 and it's not the storms reaching the beach. you still have time before it starts to cool down. currently 87 in brooksville. and 90 in sarasota. and 90 in wimauma. 84 in auburndale. the storms are starting as we expected over on the east coast and starting to move in. so orlando, kissimmee, some lightning strikes. far eastern portions of i-4. and then into lakeland, and the i-4 communities in polk county, thonotosassa area. otherwise, the heat continues. 93 today and tomorrow. 92 friday, saturday. and 91 on sunday. of course, tropics also heating up. we've got a lot of the interest going on. we have tropical storm gaston. and we also have this area near puerto rico with an 80% chance of developing. now gaston we're not too concerned about. yes, it's going to become a hurricane but it stays out to sea. more on the possible impact we could see from the ar puerto rico coming up. >> thank you. >>> gnu brand new information coming from a devastating earthquake that rocked italy earlier today. the earthquake has displaced more than a

and a beautiful picture if the loews don cesar on st. pete beach with the sun coming up right now. lake club in lakewood ranch, a beautiful start, you're at 78 degrees. just a few clouds through the morning. 88degrees by noon. and 92 by 4:00 p.m. yes, it's in the storms, about a 40% rain chance start inland and push toward the coast. and i expect similar conditions tomorrow morning, sunshine, afternoon storms and a high of 92. >>> all right, if you're planning to go into manatee county from hillsborough or pinellas, rough news for you. look at the red, down to 14 miles per hour. that's the average. it gets very, very slow and stop and go. and this is due to an accident just before u.s. 301. it's tying up lanes. coming off the sunshine skyway bridge, take 19 or u.s. 41, one of the exits before you get to 75. that should help out. and let's take a live look now as we move to the cameras, more vehicles on the road, this is 275 southbound away from downtown tampa. right around ashley. let's move over to the other camera, look at this, howard frankland bridge, starting to get busy. and

. >> we also have numbers from loewes. what do they tell us about where the consumer is now?r mixed bag. home depot had great numbers yesterday, they see consumers investing in their home. they still feel their home is an asset. they come out today, a disappointed. they have not been able to capture that tailwind of spending coming from consumers. there is the market of winners and losers right now. not every retailer will be succeeded because the consumer, while they are still spending, it is still modest and very targeted. >> cathay pacific posting profits of lunch 82%, missing estimates. the largest airline was battered by losses from jet fuel hedges. passenger yields fell from competition from chinese airlines. >> yields are declining. jet fuel hedges are mounting. how do you reverse this massive slide in earnings? >> the big issue is that we are facing quite a soft world economic environment. we see the china restructuring going on. seeing strong are u.s. vis-a-vis other currencies, dollars so the market is a bit challenging, not just in the u.s. and europe. airlines dem

josh lipton is in loews all to . >> reporter: tim cook is hosting this fundraiser on his own accord.will be joined by lisa jackson, she, of course, is apple's vp of environment policy and social initiatives. for these two executives it's really a way to passaic sure they have a friend in the white house if hillary clinton does win in november. >> if they can host a fundraiser that is a great way to ingrtiate themselves with a future party leader and to ensure if they have concerns legislative or other policy concerns in washington, that those concerns will get a fair hearing. so really this is all about access. about ensuring cordial relations so that they are in a position to call in this chit should the need arise. >> reporter: cook by helping to raise money for clinton is backing silicone valley's preferred candidate here, the tech industry has donated $3.3 million to clinton through june, according to crowd pack. trump has received just $117,000. earlier this summer clinton did unveil a series of proposals for tech. she says she's going to push for affordable internet access for

this is a look from the loews don cesar where people are eating ice cream. if they're on the beach today. 89degrees and it's not even actually coming in calm basically. so at noon, maybe a couple spotty showers. meaning dotting on the radar. most still dry and partly cloudy at 88 degrees. by 4:00 p.m., 92 degrees. and then 86 degrees by 7:00 p.m. the rain coming to an en, about a 40% rain chance during the middle afternoon hours. 88degrees in tampa right now. 89 in sarasota. 82347 sebring. and 86 degrees in brooksville. now i'll fa humidity. now it is still very hot out there, the humidity makes it feel like 100 in plant city. 106 in fish hawk. and this is down from this time yesterday. we ticked that humidity down just a smidge. obviously, still late august. but you might be able to notice a small difference. and we are continuing to warm up quickly this morning with an easterly breeze so the first few showers come through about 2:00 p.m., east to west, pushing toward the coast. again, about a 40% rain chance about 7:00 p.m. and doing the same thing tomorro

. >>> the loews don cesar shows a beautiful sunrise on st. pete 80degrees there. otherwise, just passing clouds this morning. really a gorgeous morning. the freedom plaza in sun city center. and 75 degrees through the day. 88degrees at noon. 29 at 4:00 p.m. and rain chances will go up after lunchtime between about 4:00. and just a few hours ago, the hurricane hunters left out of tampa and they are currently investigating 99l over near puerto rico. found a flight level wind of about 38 miles per hour. yesterday they flew into it and didn't find organization, just with the hurricane hunters. >>> and looking at traffic right now, we have an accident that's tying up lane westbound at wesley chapel boulevard. that's not too far away from 75. a slow down in the area. let's take a look at travel times through ybor, hitting the brakes, 301 to 275. and veterans expressway, slow and go ehrlich to 275, about 18 minutes. >> thank you. >>> and thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. >> and we will stay on top of the breaking news of the day, weather, traffic, catch

street between market and chestnut, noon to 6:00, they will have it shut down right before before loews. if you are down stop by. tonight they have smooth jazz summer nights taking over penns landing. that will throw extra volume on i-95. keep that in mine heading up and over bennie or walt whitman coming through pens landing area trying to get to the shore. tonight's snoop dog and business cleve a cross the river here, big weekend for summer concerts. camden has been hitting it out of the park here as they took concerts from south philadelphia with the dnc. i love 90's tomorrow, come on karen and lauren, salt and pepper, vanilla ice. >> we tweet that had one. >> yes. >> we're salt and pepper. >> yes. that is in honor of you tomorrow there. a lot of role up and over bennie a and whitman and keep that in mind if you are going to the shore and using ben franklin, concert goers will be right alongside it, back over to you guys. >>> police are on the hunt foreman behind a series of violent crimes in juniata, investigators think this man might have sexually assaulted four women killing one o

. >> i like home depot and loews lowe's. >> numbers in house r housing, construction last june and numbersecently, decent enough. people definitely putting money towards the house. tjs put up good numbers and numbers from home depot. not bad. in-line and impressive. >> target, a sell call by josh on the desk. why? i mean, everybody else is a buy. you're the only sell. debate this. >> listen, company's fine. had a nice rebound off the brexit lows. should not have been beaten up as much as it was earlier this spring. so we gained about two-thirds of the loss, say. but the charts kind of a mess. nothing is happening here. and when you think about what the company essentially have doing, competing with walmart. it's just not -- a great business, that i think people are excited about right now. so this is not a name i want to have taking up space in my portfolio. >> someone take the other side? >> trading at a 3% discount to walmart. totally lagged walmart by 16% year to date. the ceo is in there restructuring, taking longer than expected. people are frustrated, myself included. have to said a

i think that the oklahoma sacramento is closer to the issue like go loew cal government and has a better grip of what's going on. i've also in the past proposed the jail to school pipeline concept paper. and perhaps we should reconsider that in some later date. i do support sending this letter as i do think that perhaps we should start sending our sack reports to each and every department that are of concern in the future. thank you. castro: thank you -- >> i've still got something to say. doubting that african-american americans are harder on african-american students than other teachers, that's documented in the empirical literature quite literally. on the point that gosh, why didn't we bring this up earlier? the -- the point there is that, well, they were presenting the report to us for the first time and there was never a statement that we were going to endorse their recommendations. i think commissioner clad ni is right that we should routinely send sack reports to the right agency. but it's quite another thing for the commission to be endorsing the recommendation of one of the sack

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you can look from the loews don cesar. see that billing cloud way off? that's a shower sitting over the key. it's 48 at st. pete beach. and we will show you the shower. there it is, just popped up within the last five te so. rain chances around 20 to 30%. best chances inland for today. >>> that looked like a baby shower. didn't it? all right, a look at the bridges. we've got a slow-and-go drive across the howard frankland bridge into tampa. nothing out of the ordinary there. and 275 bearss to i-4, about 30 minutes southbound. back to you, gene. >> thank you. >>> breaking news overnight, a condo fire in paul harbor. the flames broke out at a unit on coral landings boulevard. damage. investigators trying to figure out what started the fire. for more, wfla.com. >>> this morning on "today's take," ryan lochte speaks out and puppy love. meet the newest member of the "today" show family and i have one word for you. all of that and more coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, tamron hall, and billy bush live from studio

check this out at the loews don cesar on st. pete beach, since rain in this location, 75 degrees. it has to do with the tropical depression in the gulf of mexico. it's spinning tropical moisture our way. again, pinellas county, indated with rain. there's a flood advisory in effect. and look how much rain in the last six hours. close to 3 inches in southern parts but 1 to 2 to the north. inland areas less rain but still coming down. i mean, all of eastern hillsborough county into polk county now. and throughout manatee county as well. and there's tropical depression as it gets closer, we do have tropical storm warning for citrus, hernando and pasco county late thursday and friday. that system will come onshore. tomorrow is going to be wet and stormy too. >>> all right, looking at traffic right now. very wet out there. we are heavy in many areas. and right now, standing water, folks. this is in pinellas county. and this is actually right at the southbound 275 exit ramp to 54th avenue south. and it is closed due to that. and also northbound 54th avenue ramp, it has water, not able to