north florida. stops include panama city, tallahassee, and jacksonville. and another presidential candidate will be in the bay area today. ?green party candidate "jill stein" is stopping in ybor city. she's scheduled to speak at the cuban club on seventh avenue. stein is expected to address several ?local issues... including the sewage discharge in pinellas county the mosaic sinkhole in polk county, and the zika outbreak. she speaks to the media at six... and the public at 7-30. a voting controversy is brewing in st. petersburg. it's all over one community's voting location. mayor rick kriseman and african american community leaders want tbr petersburg. the idea is to increase convenience and voter turnout. it's a minority community, and primarily democratic. but pinellas county supervisor of elections, deborah clark... who is a republican... refuses to do it. she says there's already five early voting locations throughout the county... and 41% of registered voters use the mail- in addition to kriseman, the other community leaders pushing for this polling

wally olson/president of north florida packer backerswe've got a gigantic tailgate party with probably 400 people. with packer polka music, that kind of stuff, beer and brats. wally is originally from oconomowoc, (nat) now he runs the rapidly expanding north florida packer backers fan packers fan you are always a packers fan. even if you move from wisconsin you still want to root for the packers and be with fellow packer fans. fans.tom smith member of lambeau south fan clubwe love it, it's fun to go to every game and watch it together because everyone is so much, i think we're almost more obnoxious about the packers because we're not home. it's a connection to home that we don't have when we're not there. it makes you feel part of a family away from family. that's it for now from jacksonville but stay tuned right here on cbs 58. in about a half hour earl arms back, he talked to packers hall of famer leroy butler and team president and ceo mark murphy. std a gathering of community leaders in milwaukee's sherman park neighborhood...it's called "300 strong"...which offers support to local

three to 6 inches expected to parts of north florida and southern georgia. winds are 40 miles per hour. this isn't going to get much more organized. it's going to weaken over land. there are tropical storm warnings for parts of the coast of north florida and southern georgia. we have clear skies. in boston it is 65 degrees. southwrl to pick up that humidity. so it's been so crisp and fall-like the past few mornings. it's still fairly comfortable this morning. but we are going to notice the humidity creeping up as the day wears on. 60 right now in worcester. lower 60s in the north shore. there's that busy southwesterly wind. could gust over 20 miles per hour at times today. it is with us all day long. also notice through the morning that's our brighter time period afternoon. but that wind is bringing up more humid air, so the humidity coming up a little bit ahead of this frontal boundary. notice along the front, not a widespread area of rain. there are just a few showers. as we get into the afternoon hours, there will be more developing. but the nature of the

great how you doing what do we know about this storm state of emergency in three states, florida georgia, as well as north carolina how dangerous is it just downgrade obviously to tropical storm. >> well, look, first of all, it is first hurricane hit florida in -- first hurricane sit that area since 1966. during 1966, alma was there, a create or two hurricane, very unusual place to hit real tough to hit it in that bend over there right up the eastern see bored cape hatteras by tomorrow, you folks that are living east of the -- evidently ci, i-95, you are going to receive gusts 60, 70, 80 miles an hour tornadic activity 6 to 10 inches of rain running from west of savannah to hatteras, then things get really tricky, because the storm i don't know what the hurricane center is going to do with status, but that storm will reacquire hurricane winds right offshore. so this thing could stall within 100 miles of atlantic city two or three days, will never go back onshore again, once it gets back over -- sandy went out came back in, but what this is going to do, is stay just offshore, and keep piling every tide hig

and north know that are in the pipeline between florida and north carolina. >> this is the first one and finally it begins. >> the department of state said it takes this seriously but florida cannot fully participate in multistate cross checks because of differences in public records laws. eric shows us how we have a problem that goes beyond florida. >> a 2012 pew study found a staggering number of people registered in more than one and 68 thousand registered in three states. while others say voter fraud is rare and the names of possible double voters are really just clerical errors on coincidences the cases are shocking. in wisconsin robert monroe sentenced to jail a few months ago after charged with 13 counts of election fraud. prosecutors say he voted twice in the 2012 presidential roadways. first by absentee ballot in indiana where using an indiana driver's license he voted in person. in maryland a democratic candidate for congress was caught. party officials said she illegally voted twice in two states. in california, people voted twice in the presidential primary

however popular north florida destinations are benefiting. travel is up at daytona beach and tallahassee. >>> taking action for you now. you're looking for a job? head on over to tampa international airport. starting friday through saturday, police will be hosting a job fair for dispatchers and essentialists. you'll be able to fill out applications and be pre- interviewed right on there. for more information head to our website abcactionnews.com. >>> the university of tampa setting up another record, enrollment is up for the 20th straight year. more than 8,300 grad and undergrads enrolling this year. that's up from about 300 from last year. and it has tripled the amount of students from 20 years ago. >>> former florida governor jeb bush has taken up teaching. he has several plans to visit harvard this fall and will be serving as a guest instructor. he'll be speaking on education issues under the program on governance. thursday he's set to deliver his first lecture this fall at the university. >>> an amazing reunion eight years in the making.

. >> that means wet roads from north florida to the carolina as well from kansas to missouri and in the rockies. >> storms and lightning could cause airport delays in denver and miami. >>> from arizona new details after a man drove into a group of police officers. >> the attack was caught on surveillance video. you can see the red car rev its engines and plow right into the officers. two in serious condition the other was able to avoid serious injury. the police chief says it could have been much worse. >> these officers could have easily been god that we're not planning three funerals right now. this is a violent, cowardly act on our police officers and it's simply unacceptable. >> the suspect is identified as 44-year-old mark payne. police say he may have been impaired by drugs or alcohol at the time. >>> a university of north carolina student is going public with allegations that a football player at that school raped her while she was drunk and that the university mishandled her case. delaney robinson held a news linebacker allen artis assaulted her. robin says when she reported it

in north florida. four year old "elijah rose"... 1 year old "emirie"... and three year old "cayden pochatko." the siblings were last seen with 26 year old "tiffany po-chat- ko". it's still not clear if that's they're mother. they were last see in fernandina beach, just north of jacksonville. a florida amber alert is in effect this morning... for ?two missing siblings. officials in citrus county of the kids. and they released this photo of the kids... take a good look at them. this is three year old "rylan williams" and one-year-old "mason williams." officials believe they're heading to west virginia or ohio with 38-year-old stacey williams and her husband "ryan willams." deputies say the couple has a volatile relationship and are known drug users... which could put the children in danger. we spoke to a former neighbor that said deputies were ?frequently at the family home... and things ?did get violent: deputies say the williams family may be traveling in a 2000, white, ford expedition with ?this florida tag... d-n-s-c-6-2. again -- officials believe they

he has a rally scheduled in north florida. it takes place at seven tonight at the pensacola bay center. doors open at four p-m. you can r-s-v-p for free tickets on the trump website... if you feel like making the road trip. and campaign stop in pensacola. he was also there back in january. the trump campaign says the panhandle is really important to them right now... because of all the military families there. a big birthday celebration is taking place today in brandon. and it's been more than a ?century in the making. "iva lee haygood bell" is turning 105! she was born back in 19-11n alpharetta, georgia... and later moved to tampa with her family. she was married for 56 years... until her husband passed away. iva now lives with her daughter in brandon. for her health? she's never felt better. in fact... she claims she's ?never taken medicine in her life: bell admits she has no secret formula to long life. but she never drank alcohol, and never ?smoked... even 19-30s. her only vice? coffee. she's actually been drinking it... s

although it has weakeneded to a tropical storm, it is still drenching portions of central and north florida. florida, where 49 people have been affected by local transmission from zee rah, the state's governor is bracing for impact. >>> trump's policy is proving even more difficult than he expected. >> polls show supporters of both candidates are more motivated by fear than excitement about the person they are supporting. >> that's why this election feels so depressing to people. >> we're like the big bully that keeps getting beat up. did you ever see that? the big bully that keeps getting beat up. >> remember how bad you felt when the mean karate kid, it ended horribly. trump's 2016, sweep the leg. so -- >> i'm norah o'donnell with josh charlie and gayle are off. tropical storm hermine is noening loer a hurricane but still a threat. it hit florida's panhandle overnight with 80-mile-an-hour winds and heavy rain. tens of thousands are without power. >> governor rick scott declared a state of emergency in 51 counties and put 6,000 national guard troops on standby. the storm is moving northeas

alghthou h itas weakened into a tropical storm, it is still drenching portions of central and north florida difficult than maybe even he expected. >>> this poll shows supporters of both candidates are more motivated by fear than excitement about theso pern they are supporting. >> that is why this election feels so depressing to people. >>> jetblue is promising a review of this incident. the airline refunded the family's flight. >> i feel like we are missing another headline, however. there is another child to be accounted for, no? >> right. we are waiting to hear from the other family. >> i didn't know you could let a 5-year-old travel alone. >> unbelievable. >> really nice color with your dress, by the way. >> isn't that nice? and i like yours too! >> the memo -- >> i called her this morning, and said, come on! ♪ >>> i'm norah o'donnell with josh elliott of our streaming network cbsn and charlie and gayle are off. >>> tropical storm hermine is no longer a hurricane but still a threat and it hit florida's panhandle overnight 80-mile-an-hour winds and heavy rain. tens of thousands are withou

dealing with lingering effects of what was hurricane hermine, of course, and all the water from north florida continues to drain through our river. we have river flood warnings, and you know that you may still be dealing with the high manatee water, and that's cyprus creek near the peace river garden area. you know the water is high. please continue to stay vigilant. we will see rain for today, not as much for saturday or sunday, but 3:00 p.m., we will see the showers popping up, and we have heavier downpours, and notice 's another inch or two possible along and west of i-75 later today. we break down the day for you. keeping it mostly dry through the morning, and a slim rain chance for the lunch break at 11:00. afternoon high should happen at 4:00 p.m. after 4:00, that's when the rain chance goes up to 40%, mostly clear the the coast, and it's pretty seasonal for labor day, hot, humid afternoon the dryer air coming in tomorrow and wednesday, lowering our rain chances for the short-term. 20% chance of rain on tuesday and wednesday. gayle and gene, back to you. >>> it's only september, but peo

elder ford son north florida avenue. it's happening 5:00 to 7:00 this evening. >>> it's 5:48, and leigh, the regular season is almost here. >> so excited. watching the game late last night, and i'm sure a lot of you are just now waking up. here's the tower camera, and clear, and at 8:00 a.m., 77 degrees, and not too bad, but i do think you will notice the extra humidity. warming up quickly. 87 at noon, and a high of 92. feeling steamy with the 30% rain chance. brooksville at 72. , and 78 in sarasota. and specifically my with watcher. wendy says it's 71 at her 2-5degrees depending on where you are. there's an indication there's higher humidity. we will translate that into afternoon rain, and basically keeping it dry from now to 11:30. the general east to west motion means we will see light, spotty showers in the early afternoon, and by the evening, notice how the storms push closer and closer to the coast, and that could be when you're headed outs for dinner or the high school football games. in feeling like summer, and 3

miles from here. >> weakened to a tropical storm however still drenching portions of central and north florida more difficult than maybe even he expected. >> this poll shows supporters of both candidates are more motivated by fear than excitement about the person they are supporting. >> we are like the big bully that keeps getting beat up. the big bully that keeps getting beat up. >> remember how bad you felt when that mean karate kid, that movie ended horribly. this time the bullies win. trump's 2016 sweep the leg. >>> i'm norah o'donnell with josh elliott of our streaming network cbsn and demarco morgan. charlie and gayle are off. >>> tropical storm hermine is no longer a hurricane but still a threat and it hit florida's panhandle overnight 80-mile-an-hour winds and heavy rain. tens of thousands are without power. >> governor rick scott declared a state of emergency in 51 counties and national guardsmen troops on standby. now the storm is moving north. mark strassmannis on tybee island north of savannah. it is recognize in hermine's path. >> we are between band of rain but the radar says a l

a teenager in north florida just had a scary encounter... because of "snapchat" he used the app to try and sell his watch. but instead... he was robbed and ?stabbed. ocala police say the 17-year-old agreed to meet the potential buyer at a parking lot saturday night to close the deal. but when the time came -- the buyer never got out of the car. -- pointing a gun at the seller's head and demanding his watch. they also had knives. but that didn't stop the seller from trying to fight back: police don't think the teen knew his attackers. no arrests have been made. the sun will rise again, on the "sunset music festival." the tampa sports authority confirmed the news monday after meeting with show debate over bringing it back, after this year's festival had two deaths and more than fifty hospitalizations... all linked to drug use. the festival says it was already a "drug free" zone... but they plan to add extra enforcement next year. that's one of several changes the sports authority requested... before allowing the festival to return to raymond j

. >>> all eyes on north florida. wane, wind and rain all increasing. the best looks pretty calm today. l.a. beautiful sunshine state. salt like city still warm at 93. >>> more than 200 musicians are rallying behind singers in an attempt to appeal a verdict that pretty much shocked the music industry. they have all signed a legal brief supporting an appeal of a $5.3 million appeal. >>> we are learning how important poaching is on tell fant population. they have found the elephant population in africa has decreased by 30% in 2007. in 2014 the rate at whichy the ivory trade is illegal poachers continue to kill about 100% per day. >>> after lapage vowed not to step down following profanity laced tirades he declared never to speak to journalists again after reports he was considering stepping down went from a hum to a roar. while speaking to the very journalist he promised no longer to communicate with. they got adrian. i'm serious. everything will be put in writing. i am tired of being caught at got you moments. >> that's like a seven-year-old. never talki

communities, residents had to be reue downed trees and tornado warnings have been posted throughout north florida. our orlando station wkmg is in shell point beach. what is happening there? >> reporter: we are, right now, in the eye of the storm. even though it's still raining and we are getting some strong wind gusts, it's fairly calm what we have seen throughout the night and particular before between midnight before the first eye wall where the rain was going horizontally and strong wind gusts knocking down palm trees and tornado warnings just to our north. but what surprised me was the storm surge, that flooding you were talking about was getting ready for an 11:00 live shot. i looked up and i saw a garbage can floating down the road and probably why the state official have the people in this county and on the gulf coast all along florida's panhandle mandatory evacuate because of the storm surge that are coming. again, right now, we are in this weird eye of the storm and we have a whole other side of hermine to see. >> in regards to that, what are officials expecting with this next wave? >> t

tantalizingly close to him having a path, but that path still involved in winning ohio, north carolina, and floridaeast in north carolina and florida, he is not even ahead. those are tossup states right now. he seems a little ahead in ohio, but he still has to run the table. needs akeep saying he national push, or he will not be able to do it. he could get a national push as early as monday. up next, we bring in reverend al sharpton to talk about what is going on in north carolina, oklahoma, and nationally after this. ♪ ♪ john: we're joined by the reverend al sharpton, the host of politics nation on msnbc, sundays at 8:00 a.m. the breaking news is that the police officer that he shall be is getting charged with manslaughter in the terence crutcher shooting. what is your reaction? thet is a swift step in right direction in the pursuit of justice, and i think that when you look at the videotape, there is clearly enough probable cause where we will see what happens at trial -- at trial. the family came to the headquarters of national action network and had a press conference. we said we would be rally

through north florida. and then as we work up the eastern seaboard through the carolinas, 4-6 inches of rain through the mid-atlantic states how much are we going to get? it depends on how close the storm gets. here's the track as it moves towards the carolinas tonight into tomorrow morning. we get into sunday and notice how it is moving back over the water. so it's a weakening tropical storm to our south that may lose some of its tropical characteristics. nonetheless this is going to the be producing rain and wind just to our south. and notice how it sits here for several wednesday of next week. so this is getting cut off from the steering current and it is just going to sit here and spin for several days really hammering the coast of new jersey and down here. we will see some of those winds and perhaps rain. but the farther south across new england the south coast, the cape, this is where you have the highest chance of getting in on the wind and rain. but rough surf up and down the 65 degrees. the humidit

fishing communities in there that will be hit hard and of course the heavy rains across all of north florida and right along the southeast coast. >> a lot to watch in hawaii as well. >>> new this morning the mexican president says donald trump's policies are a direct threat to mexico and he's not the only one fuming after trump's overnight immigration speech. several of trump's surrogates are resigning support after the billionaire nominee's highly anticipated speech. he outlined his ten point immigration reform plan with a border wall front and center. >> we will build a great wall along the southern border. and mexico will pay for the wall. they don't know it yet, but they're going to pay for the wall. president enrique pena netto. >> this was a very preliminary meeting. >> the mexican president tweeted quote, at the beginning of the conversation with donald trump i made it clear that mexico will not pay for the wall. still, that didn't stop trump from vowing on day one as president to deport millions living in the country illegally with a new deportation t any confusion over his recently

and caused widespread damage and power outages for hundreds of thousands of people from north florida to virginia. police are searching for the gunman who shot a woman near downtown. metro tells us the victim was found near 15th street and fremont last night around 10-30. she was taken to umc, and we're told she's expected to survive. police have not said what led to the crime. only on 13 action news tonight: overnight. the blaze lit up the night sky and made for some tense moments overnight for some residents in a valley neighborhood. 13 action news reporter parker collins was fast and first on the scene as fire crews arrived. nat firefighters the flames were huge. the fire shot up through the roof. you could see the black smoke from the highway. terry suddeth, witness 17:28:41-17:28:46 have you seen a fire this bad this close to home? no this is the worst that the fire spread to some nearby trees... making everyone nervous... watching the flames creep closer and closer to their own homes. sharon dickinson called 911 17:34:04-17:34:10 "scary extremely scary because it went up so fast

fishing communities in there that will be hit hard and of course the heavy rains across all of north florida and right along the southeast coast. >> a lot to watch in hawaii as well. >>> new this morning the mexican president says donald trump's policies are a direct threat to mexico and he's not the only one fuming after trump's overnight immigration speech. several of trump's surrogates are resigning altogether as support after the billionaire nominee's highly anticipated speech. he outlined his ten point immigration reform plan with a border wall front and center. >> we will build a great wall along the southern border. and mexico will pay for the wall. they don't know it yet, but they're going to pay for the wall. >> that was in stark contrast to president enrique pena netto. >> this was a very preliminary meeting. >> the mexican president tweeted quote, at the beginning of the conversation with donald trump i made it clear that mexico will not pay for the wall. still, that didn't stop trump from vowing on day one as president to deport millions living in the country illegally with a new

josh sitton is from north florida... he was fully expecting to have lots of family and friends on hand when the packers open the 2016 regular season at jacksonville on sunday afternoon..... that is, until the packers cut him over the weekend after 121 games played and his third pro bowl selection in 2015..... "to sit there and say are you a better team or not a beeter team because of one player, we about growth for our football program. every decision we make is in the best intrest of improving all aspects of our program so this is not about one player this is about our football team." the packers will look a bit different this season, with no sitton, or john kuhn or tim masthay, all ve since the playoff loss in arizona in january.... replica of the vietnam war memorial has been on display in germantown... up next... hear from veterans and military families what it means to them having the memorial in our area. and still ahead... how the packers are cashing in after the badgers' upset over l-s-u this : iwe don't need pol

emergency repsonders had to rescue more than 30 people trapped by flooding. 3 while north florida is focusing on clean-uping up from hermine ...in south florida...it's all about controlling the spread of zika. zika.planes are spraying areas near fort lauderdale and hallandale beach.the florida department of health is still reporting there is no active local transmission of virus in broward county ?and that there are no active investigations at this time. the u.s. navy blue angels performed this weekend at the cleveland national air show. show. sound of jets in the sky sky they flew six jets for the first time since june. that's when one pilot was killed during a practice session for a show in tennessee. it was the team's first deadly crash in nearly 10 years. the blue dayton. this is their 70th year of performing. scientists are naming a newly discovered species of fish after president barack obama... obama...the maroon and gold creature was discovered 300 feet deep in the waters of the pacific ocean.it's the only known fish to live exclusively within the newly protected area of (cur

tornadoes are also possible in both north florida and southern georgia. mos says: "..i'm anything and have to spend more money replacing it again." in the meantime in the pacific, "madeline" passed south of hawaii's big island... and the system is forecast to continue moving away from the state. peck says: "..it's just amazing, you know, mother nature at work. we're just sitting at our house, thinking yay, that wasn't too bad." hawaii residents not in the clear yet, however, with another powerful storm -- lester -- nearing the island chain. obama says: "..i just ask the people of hawaii to listen to your state and local your families are prepared." on cam tag "hermine" is forecast to track over land and then near the carolina coast over the weekend. in panama city beach, florida, jonathan serrie, fox news. it's time for your news and weather together. protests at today's milwaukee common council meeting... they're upset with the draft of a "public safety action plan" -- saying it focuses too much on law and order while failing to create opportunities for

north. hopefully east of the state of florida. that would be god as most computer models suggest at the moment. stay tuned in case that decides to change. morning showers, even overnight showers possible. and keep in mind you can see a morning shower. we have seen a few strong overnight showers the past couple of days. 40% rain chance that is for thursday. also sunday, the rain chances remainer in or slightly above normal. we don't see that cooler, drier air. some of it across the northern part of the state. the northern counties could potentially feel some slightly drier air getting into friday, saturday, but not a big change at this point. >> but we want to hear from them if they feel better than they do. >> the dew point down five degrees. they will. >> that is what facebook is for. >> and cat >> yes. >>> the rays continue their final road trip of the season. highlights from chicago straight ahead. >>> plus, the bucs try to move on from the sting of sunday's loss. they look ahead to a match-up with the super bowl champs, next i

it's in the north florida area and up the coast of georgia. >>> ktuv news is joining television stationscountry to fight heroin and prescription drug abuse. abuse has soared in the past few years, the national association of broadcasters is teepg up with the partnership for drug free kids. federal agents are finding it challenging to fight the epidemic. we are live at the border crossing in southern california. >> reporter: the western hem fierce -- hemisphire's biggest border crossing is a site for drug importing. customs agents are relying on intelligence more than ever before but they estimate that they can only stop 10% of the heroin. >> we have continued to see increasing interceptions of heroin. >> reporter: the drug is more deadly when fentanyl is added to the mix. >> it could cause an overdose. >> when you talk to addicts, they say, fentanyl, that's great, it gets me higher. >> reporter: there is never been a drug more lucrative. >> there is a 3,000% markup. if you take a kilogram from china worth $5,000, it's worth $3 million in profit. >> reporter: that has the drug enforcement

flooding is going to be a huge issue for parts of north florida into georgia and the carolinas. we could see severe thunderstorms as well. it will be not so good situation down there. if you fly check with your airline. rain into the northeastern area and cooler temperatures and that cold front swings to the plains. we could see scattered storms. at the midwest, mild and a nice day. 73 chicago and 75 minneapolis. hot in the desert southwest. 101 phoenix. we have rain and the pacific >>> it should be a great drive to the airport. not a lot of volume through the bridges. in the northbound direction we've had some slowing past the approach to hampton after gail. that is due to on growing construction. we have great speeds to go along with that. this is the drive from the east. northbound on 225 and parker to 25 will take you three minutes. a line runn now. >>> people along the gulf coast of florida are preparing for more damage from a tropical storm. we will see what it has done so far.>>> donald trump ended speculation that he was going soft on immigration. prompting no amnesty an

there is a going to be a cold front sinking into north florida this morning. as it does, a few showers along the coast and the storms pushing inland throughout the day. and better impact from this cold front tomorrow. still the coastal showers. and notice a better coverage of thunderstorms tomorrow as the front is closer to us at 40%. and we get slightly drier on friday. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, looking good in the sun coast area. checking out travel time, 75 to fruitville, nine minute commute. good drive through manatee county. and to the south out in sarasota, we're also up to speed on i-75. all right, let's move over now and look at the veterans expressway. we've got a good drive coming through around gunn highway. and and the veterans expressway. but on the veterans expressway itself, not seeing delays and even into hillsborough county and down to 275. the sunshine skyway bridge across the water itself, only six minutes to drive. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. now back to gene and gayle. >> thank you, leslee. >>> well, chicke

five to 10 inches widespread through north florida. that swath of rain going to lift northward as he hermine moves of the coast. some areas more through the carolinas. as it lets northward the storm will weaken and will further offshore. two to four inch swap for the mid-atlantic's dates. perhaps we get beneficial rain around here as well as it continues to lift northward. the tropical storm force wind extend out to 160 miles from the center. could be some gusts to 90 miles yellow color, 20 foot waves coming ashore with this thing and that is a surge that will be building up the water. hurricane warnings. there could likely be a four to seven foot storm surge. a lot going on in florida with the storm but that is where it hits tonight as a category one hurricane. there it takes the path toward the carolinas. it spends a lot of time over land. time, sunday, monday, tuesday morning, this is stalled out to our south. that could be stalled anywhere from here over boston to a couple hundred miles offshore to the south. wherever the stalls, o

category one hurricane coming onshore in the panhandle very early in the morning, before sunrise in north florida. and we think that should be it, right? well, it draws in more tropical moisture for us. so i expect to see a lot of heavy rain on friday as well before things start to improve forrd saturday of your labor day weekend. tropical storm hermine is expected to hit land fall as a category one hurricane. if that does, it's been 11 years since a hurricane hit land fall in florida. so this could be a historic storm. for us, unfortunately, the flooding will be the historic part of this storm for us today, tomorrow and then as you see, easing up on the rain chances by labor day. at least the roads are momentarily dry although big puddles. >> we will take it. >>> yes, big puddles. use caution point. lakeland between each entrance of the polk parkway, 13 minute commute. and on 75 in and out of pasco county, up to speed. state road 52 to 275, that's going to take roughly 11 minutes. this is 275 by the howard frankland bridge. it looks great coming into tampa. no delays. and let's move over to i-75

but something interesting happens tomorrow, a cold front moves into north florida. and it will bump the rain chance up to 30% on wednesday and thursday. and brings the drier air in for friday and saturday. leslee lacey, an update on the howard frankland bridge? >>> still watching this gentleman on the shoulder. he is still staggering around here. it's hard to see because he is just beyond -- you can see him moving around by the light. but he's walking on the shoulder of the howard lot, going to the tree line and coming back and sometimes putting hi arms out. keeping an eye on it. i want you to see just where this is located. traveling across the bridge southbound, be very, very careful there. and hopefully he's going to, you know, he will get to a safe area soon. florida highway patrol said they are sending someone out there. they'll check out the situation. again, i have called them. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to gene and gayle. >> hopefully he is safe. road. >>> roller coaster fan, a scary ride can make your day but coasters may help a painful cond

hermine was a hurricane when it first came ashore along north florida's gulf coast early this morning. it's actually the first hurricane to hit florida in 11 years. the storm weakened to a tropical storm as it made it's way northeast... but it still brought strong winds... heavy rain... and a lot of damage to parts of georgia and the carolinas. my house was kinda vibrating and some things hitting the roof. rumble like as they say a freight train and then it was done and it looks like a big mower just came through and mowed down the trees. forecasters say hermaine could impact coastal areas as far north as rhode island through labor day. anchors adlib to wx weather clear and quiet tonight with temperatures falling through the 60s this evening. we'll drop into the 50s inland overnight, around 60 lakeside. high pressure will continue to dominate our weather through the holiday weekend. this means more sun and mild temperatures. highs in the 70s saturday and sunday. humidity levels will will warm into the 80s on labor day. the heat really builds by tuesday and wednesday with highs near 90

and i also want to look through the atmosphere, we have dry air across north florida. humid air, this green color to the south. and look what's been happening in the last few hours. believe me, still humid here at the surface. because we don't have as chance lower today. only 10% through the morning and 30% in the afternoon. that's still hot and humid. an afternoon high of 90. in weather and traffic on the 8s, i am tracking the tropics. but leslee is going to help you get through the morning commute. >> and it is a good one. >>> downtown tampa looks great. a good drive on the bay area interstates. this is through plant city. looks great as well as mcintosh to park road. and in and out of hillsborough and bearss to i-4, that's where it gets busy during rush hour. right now, just a 10 minute commute. and that's a look at weather and traffic. and now back to gene and gayle. >> thank you. >>> we aring breaking news. these are -- we are following breaking news. these are live pictures of a burglary scene in north tampa. officers tell us that thieves made a hole in the back

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