st. petersburg beach, 83 degrees. i'm keeping my eye on showers that are developing offshore working towards the coast. a coastal rain chance around for the morning, shifting inland during the afternoon. similar story tomorrow. 30% today, 20% on sunday and looking at a typical supper time pattern -- summertime pattern by midweek next week, highs in the 90s and lows in the 70s. >> thank you so much. >>> thank you for join ing thus morning. -- us this morning. our next newscis z22pvz zy6z >>> good morning. going out on top. >> here is usain bolt! three times three the triple triple! >>> jamaica's usain bolt wins his ninth crossing the finish line first in the 4 x 4 relay. becoming the first man to win medals in the 100, 200, and 4 x 100. after u.s. men were heartbreakingly disqualified over a bad baton pass. the u.s. women cruise to victory. >> the u.s. and jamaica second.

st. petersburg, 77 in plant city. even our inland communities a little bit more -- a little bit warmer this morning. right now not too much showers offshore of sarasota county this morning. we have this on shore flow and that's the big change in the pattern that's going to cause some showers potentially near the coast during the morning hours between now and 11:00 and then into the afternoon the rain chances will favor our inland communities but over all not quite as many showers and storms as yesterday. the storm chance around 30% today. there's the break down, 79 this morning, sunshine and a coastal shower. temperatures to 91 degrees. norms. areas east of 75 will have the better chance of rain today. what the rain chances look like for the rest of the weekend coming up in just a few minutes from now, paul. >> good way to start off this saturday, ed. thank you so much. >>> a fiery crash on 275 in tampa after a st. petersburg police officer stops to help a driver broke down on the side of the road. mary mcguire is liv

bullets fly in st petersburg .. police are investigating two >>russell: bullets fly in st. pete pee. police investigating two shootings, one outside the library and the other the victim drove himself to the >>laura: florida couple is murdered outside their home in the most gruesome way imaginable. what they think may have fuelled the attack. >>russell: and new cases of zika in florida almost every day. the state is learning how to respond. we're hearing from an expert. one who has seen this sort of thing before. >>dave: we still have over an hour before the sub k -- sun comes up and it's another nice start to the day in tampa. you can see one or two clouds but no biggie. our temperatures this morning, really, we're sitting at about 77 degrees at tampa international. brandon also in the upper 70s. mid 70s as you go further inland. expect more storms today, especially later this afternoon as everything moves from east to west again and high temperatures in the lower 90s. vanessa? >>vanessa: thanks, dave. welcome back once again. good news for folks who were worried about that

st. petersburg. >> it's got a great vibe, you're on the water. >> reporter: red fin based st. petersburg rankings on its walk score, which analyzes factors that make a city walkable. complete streets and parks, and public spaces. these factors all combined to give new construction in st. petersburg, a walk score of 88, topping the city's existing walk score of 42 these big homes in the suburbs. they're empty nesters and moving down there, and they want to be able to walk to where they want to get to. the millennials definitely want to be able to walk, and they're more environmentally conscious i would say. >> reporter: you don't have to look at a website, or see a score to see that st. petersburg is pretty pedestrian friendly. you'll see a unique blend of shops, and businesses. >> the whole bay front. grand central district. >> reporter: combine that with a variety of new housing that's close to all of the action and you'll see why st. pete topped the list. >> reporter: if you would like to check out your own city's walk score, we have a link to that website on wfla.com. mary m

st. petersburg. >>> donald trump outlined his economic plan in michigan. in an address before the detroit economic club he presented his tax income. there are three bracts -- brackets instead of seven. it also offers deductions in income families. >> i am proposing an across the board income tax reduction. this will lead to millions of new and really good-paying jobs. the risch will pair their -- rich will pay their fair share but no one will pay so much that it destroys jobs or undermines our ability as a nation to compete. >> he was interrupted multiple times by what appeared to be a at least 14 people were removed. >>> conservative republican evan mcmullin is launching an independent bid for the white house. he's a former cia staffer and top house gop aid. he's a long shot at best. he will face many hurdles in the form of ballot access deadlines that have passed in many states. >>> a travel nightmare for delta passengers around the international today. after passengers learned their flights were canceled or delayed. things got back to normal at 8:30 thi

st. petersburg will be ready to cast off. city leaders in tampa and st. petersburg during their council meeting. hillsborough county commissioners also passed a vote. the 6-month pilot program will roll out in november. city leaders plan to make several trips between the two cities during rush hours. the final vote is tuesday. >>> st. petersburg council members approved some funding for the pier approach president obama jekt. -- project. there's several options around bay shore drive pedestrian water front and a possible amphitheater for events. public input will be allowed during three sessions in suspect. >>> happening today, former governor crist will hold a round stable at the gulfport public library at 11:00 this morning. >>> it's 4:38 on this friday morning. >> we are drier than this time yesterday but i expect the rain chance to go up. most of us are dry. there's some showers just offshore. what i think will happen, look at the rainfall potential is for the showers the push closer to the coastline. before lunchtime we can see these pockets of rain a

st. petersburg cooler inlet 75 four lakeland, 73. i said the area of moisture that was here last week and was about here and it is back toward the west and those folks in southern mississippi louisiana are going to get hammered with that same massive moisture that we had last week and basically tropical and not a lot of wind with it but tropical moisture will continue to rain down on those folks and flooding there. for us epic saturday, heat index reaches the low 100 top out in the low 90s 30-40% chance of storms -- storm show up later futurecast can you timing by 5:00, once again we start to see the storms pull up from the east spotty around by 7:00 or so and lingering until 9:00. could see a bull's-eye around clearwater and even rain lingering to 11:00. clearing out overnight starting to the west by 5:30, 6:00 could have heavy lightning may be heavy winds and then by 11:00 things will clear out. speaking of the dog days, it is going to be a dog day at the pool and st. petersburg welcome in your canine friends for dinner between 9:3

st. petersburg. abc action news is talking with investigators this morning now we're trying to find out if they are looking for any suspects. the two men shot are in the hospital right now. >>> take a look at the to help manatee county deputies find this missing 11-year-old boy. nathaniel garza is missing from bradenton. last seen at his school bus stop on 14th street west. we're told the 11-year-old has run away before. if you see him call the manatee county sheriff's office. >>> and watching a breaking traffic alert. a bad crash on the howard frankland. >> shay and janelle looking at tit together. >> we're seeing the crash on the cameras. and corey dierdorff is on the

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st. petersburg 84, winds west and northwest between 6-12 miles per hour. looking for the forecast for the rest of this evening. we will take the temperature of 90 down to 83 by midnight and by tomorrow morning, kicking muggy 78 degrees. i will let you know how high the temperature will go tomorrow and whether we got a better shot of showers on monday afternoon, that will be this 12 minutes or so. >>> a local restaurant is pitching in to help flood victims in louisiana. the salty room grill if st. petersburg beach has employees who have been impaed by the who damage and friends who lost their homes and businesses. the grill started donations a couple of days ago to help. look at what they have collected. clothing, shoes, diners and dishes, canned food. >> it's like a mountain. we were going to rent a cargo van, we are going to have to upgrade to a bigger one. petersburg beach. they plan to pack up a truck and drive it to louisiana a week from tomorrow. >>> still ahead at 6:00, new information on a suicide bombing in turkey. the troubling new information on

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st. petersburg. so the irony of irony, the people he center suggested as minister to her were the most depraved and incompetent people in st. petersburg. this was a catastrophe. this book is based on many correspondence between the czars and the private correspondence. there are several thousand letters between nicholas and alexander at that time. a part of the a fascinating because they're very sexually passionate about each other, they're very close, it also reveals how isolated they were. isolated by their own wishes, by the way. and how much they depended. when you read alexander's letters you rely she was close to being insane. she was unbalanced. when you read the book i think people be amazed just how unstable she was and she would be sending things like >> c-span: there were. >> guest: the time world war i started in 1914, no one like that's beach. but people cannot face the fact that their responsibility for the misrule and russia belong to the czar and the blamed it on rasputin. they though

st. petersburg. looks great from the skyway up to the howard frankland bridge. drive across the howard frankland bridge is 6 minutes. >> thank you, meredith. >>> today tampa firefighters will honor their brothers and sisters in blue. they will host an appreciation lunch for tampa police officers. they decided to put on the lunch to show their appreciation for them. vent planned to thank police officers for their service today. a group of citizens will also present huge thank you cards to ana marie police, bradenton beach and manatee county deputies as well. a nice way to appreciation. >> that's for sure. >>> tampa bay comicon. >> university professors do not want guns on their campus. what the attorney general thinks about that. >> first george zimmerman punch in the case. the 911 call he made just ahead. >> it's 5:450 and you're there is a grocery store, it is right down the street like 2 miles, and i will drive past it... ...every time i go grocery shopping, because right past it there is a publix. i wouldn't shop anywhere else. they always go out of their way

st. petersburg today to focus on jobs. first, she's touring a local business, three daughters brewery in st. petersburg. at the coliseum. clinton will talk about her economic plan. her team claims she wants to make the largest investment in jobs since world war ii during her first 100 days in office. >>> republican presidential nominee donald trump will also focus on the economy. today he's in detroit campaigning. he is expected to give what aides are calling a major economic speech. this comes as new polls show clinton gaining ground on economic issues. breaking news out of jacksonville this morning. the sheriff's office reports multiple people are shot. the shooter is still on the run this morning. this happened overnight at an apartment complex. deputies say the victims were sitting on a staircase when a gunman opened fire with a long gun. several people were taken to hospitals. right now, we are working to get more information for you. and we will bring that to you as soon as we learn more. >>> and now we continue to s

st. petersburg al al news channel 8. milwaukee still reeling from weekend violence where a small part of the city was left in ruin. the message they want all of america to hear. >>> and remember you can join us on news channel 8 at 8:00 on great 38 every night from 8:00 to 9:00 we hope to see you there. >>> let's take a look at the >>> ahead tonight two major disasters at home. the flood ravaged part of louisiana. and eight wildfires on the march in destroying homes in california. we go to the amazon and show why trying to save it has become a dangerous and deadly pursuit. >>> if you blinked you missed him. usain bolt's remarkable dash into history. that's when you see us live in florida, people are working hard, just to get by. but in washington - "republican senator marco rubio has the worst voting record in the u.s. senate." marco rubio stopped showing up for work. let us down. i'm patrick murphy and enough's enough. i'm proud to work with president obama. to protect social security and a woman's right to choose. i'm

st. petersburg where they have agreed to been meeting today in st. petersburg where they have agreed to restore ties and boost economic cooperation. utin for hisked p support during a failed coup attempt last month. alexander: a handshake that could change the fate of global politics. after months of it or hostility, russia and turkey have agreed to restore ties. priorities reaching precrisis level of bilateral cooperation, and it is a really pressing task. in just the first five months of this year, russian-turkish trade shrank by 43%. >> it's the first time presidents putin and erdogan russia's shot down a turkish jet last year. shut down akey russian jet. pugin accepted an apology from erdogan. the russian strongman has shown no issue with the massive made itn, but erdogan clear he feels let down by the united states and european union . russia also needs a new economic partner as it reels from western sanctions over ukraine. turkish-russian relations are not only important for bilateral ties, but our cooperation is very important also for regional

st. petersburg. >> plus a new twist in a kidnapping in mexico. one of the men who was taken from a busy restaurant has a famous -- or rather infamous father. >> we'll hear a 911 call from suspect is accused of biting off part of a man's face. a victed called authorities after being stabbed. y22rny yy6y z22rvz zy6z y22rvy yy6y >>> breaking overnight -- police investigating two shootings in less than an hour. abc action news takes you to st. petersburg to find out if any suspects are caught this morning. >> we're following up on a disturbing scene scene in martin county. we're going to play part of the 911 call. >> manatee county deputies want you to watch for a missing 11- year-old boy. this is nathaniel garza, last seen at his school bus stop on 14th street west in bradenton. wearing blue shorts and baby blue shirt and black shoes. we're told the 11-year-old run away before. if you see him call the manatee county sheriff's office. >>> thank you for joining us for abc action news this wednesday. shay is in for ivan looking at traffic and weather t

st. petersburg, news channel 8. >> st. pete works with police hand in hand as well. it is an effort to get the services, a bed, and a recovery program. >>> now to the very latest on the zika virus in miami, there is now a new area under a travel warning and it includes south beach. five new cases are now confirmed to have come from the 1.5-square mile area. now despite the new travel warning from the cdc, miami beach officials and business owners are not very worried about this. the mayor admitting today that the presence of the zika virus is not ideal for tourism, however says that they do not expe t impact. >> there is not a panic going on here by any means. there's people going by with a skate border. there's a lot happening. people love miami beach. but we cannot down play this. we must focus on this and eradicate this. if we work together and we get our governor to work with us, we can get this done. >> you've heard the mayor mentioning governor rick scott. he's accusing governor scott of, "playing politics by withholding information from city and county leaders

st. petersburg cell phone repair store. she's accused of leaving her kids in a rental van for 38 minutes while she was in the store. during that time, franky didn't like the cries of his baby sister, so -- >> he pummeled her and the skull was cracked. >> reporter: when the mother returned, she ignored pleas about the baby. >> the way he was describing armed like it was a rag doll. >> reporter: a nurse called 911, but baby kathleen was already dead. >> i kind of tend to be an overachiever and a perfectionist. >> reporter: that's not how the sheriff describes kathleen steel. he calls her ill equipped to handle being a mother. there are no plans to charge that little 6-year-old with any the ems responded to the house, his mother was putting groceries away in the kitchen. >> the whole story is unbelievable. >>> breaking news tonight, a popular watering hole in the bay area is closed because of a poor health inspection. workers at that restaurant tell us, they're working to address those issues right now. inspectors if the viola

st. petersburg. tonight as the storm approaches. this is video from back in june filled up the storm drains, overpowered the city's sewer system. tonight st. pete officials need your help to avoid this problem from happening again. they're asking you to do a few things for them. they're saying do less laundry and dishes. take a shorter shower to conserve water. and turn off your faucet when you're using it. they're trying to control the water there. >>> all right. people across the bay area are picking up sand bags tonight before the rains get worse. here you see crews in sarasota tonight for folks. some sites in pinellas county will be open until sunset. we have a list of the sites with sand bags on abcactionnews.com. >>> another important road closure to tell you about right now. in st. petersburg, this road is shut down. you see it in the video. it's at 75th avenue. our crew was there right after they put the road closed signs up. city workers still left a little bit of the road open. you can see people trying to get through the a

st. petersburg. and i'll tell you, it's really >> reporter: yeah, we have heard a lot of thunder rolling in and claps of lightning out here. and i want to show you something, when we got out here, none of this water was here but so far, in just the hour that we have been out here, the water levels have really risen. my boots almost completely covered by the water that is coming in. we have seen waves crashing up from the bay as the there you can see a lot of lightning out here. and this was an area that was very hard hit during tropical storm colin. we know there was a sewer system emergency. and residents could not use water for days because there was such -- you can hear the thunder and the claps of lightning. they could not use their water for days because of the sewer system emergency. but since then, the city has capacity by about 3 million- gallons. the goal is to make sure that none of the raw sewage water goes into people's homes out here. and another concern, when you're dealing with floodin

st. petersburg. clear early then the showers show up as we hilt a high in tampa -- hit a high in tampa of maybe 92. if the rain gets her earlier. averaging one to two feet in the chop. this morning beautiful sunrise. the sunset for dif -- more difficult to see with the clouds around. watch for the changes as that moisture makes its way towards us. 70% chance of showers for monday and tuesday. once it's out of here further into the back to the 50/50 shot of showers pretty much each and every afternoon. >>> it's been a long time since we used the word dominate in the same sentence as the buccaneers. after the first half the bucs we're dominating the cleveland browns. eight sacks and the offense racked up 27 points in the first half. preseason games against the eagles and jaguars the offense started clicking early. the bucs used a no-huddle offense in the first round exhausting cleveland's defense and resulting in 27 first-half points. >> oh yeah we got a lot of confidence in the huddle. jameis has more

st. petersburg 81, clearwater 80 degrees. looking at the futurecast we will once again see the winds coming in out of the east and that means by 1:00 we will start to see the storm's buildup , 2:00, 3:00, tracking closer to the coast and mid afternoon we could see heavy storms from venice to sarasota, manatee county and into central area of hi the beaches. this will continue to pull off to the west and by 9:00 or so we could see a line of storms still in central polk county up toward hernando's coastline before things paid out and move into the gulf by 11:00. same thing setting up for sunday and by 4:00 good coverage and then the storms will track off into the gulf by about 7:00 or 8:00. 87 degrees right now gulf water temperatures expect winds out of the east 5-10 seas 1-2 feet and uv index extreme, clouds building later in the afternoon. high tide comes after 10:00, low tide not until after 6:00 this evening. sunup 7:07 am setting and four minutes before 8:00. florida's most accurate 7-day forecast photo session also today,

st. petersburg. it was erdogan's first foreign visit since last month's failed to get when it comes to gender equality, few countries in the world have as much progress as senegal. gender equality is guaranteed in the constitution and more than 40% of lawmakers in parliament are women. dw went to senegal to find out more. >> the mayor is on maternity leave and gets her files from city hall delivered to her house . an opportunity not afforded to many women in senegal. "there were so many hostile comments from men, who said i was too young, and as a woman i could never be mayor of the city ." "for the women in my community mobilized for me, since they are very much aware that real problems in this country are ones that directly affect women and children." she comes from a wealthy family. nannies and domestic workers help her cope with the demands of everyday life. her youngest daughter is just a few months old. she admits she is privileged. she says she owes a lot to her mentor, the president of senega

st. petersburg. she will spend two days in florida campaigning and outlying her plan for the country if she is elected. lindsey mastis is now live from the tampa news center. lindsay, what's happening today. >> reporter: gayle, hillary rodham clinton will focus on jobs. first, she is touring a local brewery and then she will hold a rally. public. starting 2:30 today, she will tour three daughters brewery in st. petersburg and then immediately go to the coliseum and hold a rally around 3:30. and it is open to the public. doors open at 1:30 this afternoon. but attendees had to rsvp and according to the website, the event is full. clinton will be talking about her economic plan. her team claims she wants to make the largest investment in jobs since world war ii during her first 100 days in she wins. right now she is ahead by about eight points with three months before the election, both candidates are scrambling to win. and republican presidential nominee donald trump is expected toed outline his econom

st. petersburg. winds mostly calm and going to the day-to-day look for a high of 91 degrees starting off a little bit cooler but then seeing the clouds thickened. only about a 20% chance of rain and very slim but i will show you where the raindrops will most likely fall. we will also get you that tropical update on the three that is coming up in 15 minutes. >>> the family of a young father now pleading for information about his murder. >> 27-year-old adam hilarie was shot and killed in auburndale. his body was found in his apartment sunday night. it doesn't look like anyone broken but several valuable electronics were stolen. dozens of people gathered for a vigil in his memory last night. they are struggling to understand why anyone would >> it is pointless to have that in your heart and want to be violent and kill someone. i don't get it or understand how people can be like that.>> if you have information that could solve the murder call auburndale police. >>> a woman in jail accused of hitting a pr

st. petersburg cooler and 76. trend was out of the east and southeast shifting into the south later today i what is shaping up as a typical summertime day. 92 for the high today, we will see the will show you how much later and we drill down into futurecast in less than 15 minutes. >>> democracy 2016 hillary clinton releasing tax returns increasing pressure on donald trump. their adjusted gross income for hillary and bill clinton -- they gave over 1 million to charity some publications $70 million from the previous year for the a total adjusted income but net income dropped because she stopped giving speeches. pennsylvania must win state for donald trump and polls show trump trailing. clinton leads in battleground states and florida is one and right now she has a 44-39% lead according to the wall street journal clinton leads trump i 40 brought in colorado and north carolina up by nine and her vice president pick tim kaine who is a former governor and current senator in virginia it's paying off because clinton show

st. petersburg and clearwater. tampa now at 82. a look at the day planner for it is a great day for boating with the water temperatures about 88 and winds coming out of the west at 10 knots. a complete look at the forecast for the week ahead including where the 20% chance of showers may fall today. that's coming up in 12 minutes.>>> mosquito inspectors are hard at work in miami trying to halt the spread of bugs infected with the zika virus. they spent the day yesterday spring outdoors and dropped larvicide pellets in storm water drains. it is to prevent mosquitoes from breeding. miami-dade county sites confirmed. is confident in the city's efforts to combat it. pregnant women are warned to avoid miami. impact of the tourism industry will be minor. >>> now to a change of sorts for new york taxis. >>> there getting ready -- rid of the english test. >>> the city wants to make it easier for immigrants to get behind the wheel. it's one of new rules approved by city council. according to the new york times. the city decided to make the c

st. petersburg. while we are not going to see impacts from this disturbance this weekend. we need to keep an eye on it this week as it heads a lot of moisture with it. we will talk how it will impact the rai in florida, it used to be that if a child, a senior or one of to be sued. has government lost its mind? so i fixed the law to make sure we are all empowered to rescue those who can not rescue themselves. that is the least we can do. after all the love they give. dana young for the florida senate. >>> you are watching "good day tampa bay." >> alcides: 6:11. a large dust storm moves into the phoenix area. you can pairly see anything. the huge waffle dust moving into phoenix. no problems outside but visibility issues obviously. they issued an air quality alert. >>> storms moved through mess. in clearmore. heavy rains caused damage to several buildings including a hospital that was forced to close down because of all the damage. thousands lost power, but so thousands lost power, but so far no reports

st. petersburg police officer on her way home from work stopped to help a driver on a bridge, when another car plows into her amazingly, to one was hurt. and earlier, a 30-year-old

st. petersburg, temperatures hovering around 80 degrees. we will go from those meetings, upper 70s, lower 80s later on. we will see scattered storms and the storms, again, build inland first and then push toward the coast later into the afternoon and evening and with those storms the danger of some lightning will be out there and once again, we talk about this all the time, this can be very, very dangerous because these bolts can travel 7-10 miles from the clouds and it is one of those things that can really cause problems as we saw in sarasota yesterday. the strong storms last night kill the woman in sarasota. she was at a park 50-year-old woman at doctor mlk junior memorial park she took shelter under a busy the last night and the lightning hit the gazebo killing the woman. sarasota fire-rescue investigators have not released her name. >> it was a shock to hear someone hit by lightning let alone a girl i've known a long time. >> this marks the seventh ligh florida the most since 2007 when 11 people died from lightning strikes. >>> help ca

st. petersburg during the year of war and peace and she is dancing with saar alexander, there's a kind of language again. it was not even written at the same time, you can't take too much from it what you can get the feeling of how it's a sense of place. a book that was important, there was a travel journal, i don't remember quite how but it was written at the same time and this by a beautiful writer. i want everyone to read it. it's a new york review book, i'll figure it out and you email me . that also helped derive a sense of place. the middlemarch also, the middlemarch again written at the same time. it began, these were not research. these were just to get the feel for how it is to tell a story because what i was after was just because she was interested in facts and dates and what happened and that's also how when someone does something and you get from one place to another but she was interested in was this emotional landscape so i had to kind of contemporary mediums, the actual journey of her life. she collaborated with record of a life in her journey. and then the other one is si

st. petersburg where the rains have come through. sarasota at 77 degrees where the rains have cooled things off. 94 in bartow. it feels like 101 degrees. seeing a lot of rain to the brought us all of our showers and gray weather last weekend. it's dumping a load of rain on louisiana. we're going to see some storms lingering tonight and clearing into the overnight hours. by 8:00 we'll see things moving through. 11:00 we'll see a random shower around spring hill and then it will move into the gulf of mexico. storms by 2:00 tomorrow and pretty things will eject to the gulf by 6:30 or 7:00. we'll move that timing up and hold on to that earlier timing on monday as well. here's a look at your evening planner. temperatures to go from # 8 into the low -- 88 into the low 80s by midnight. 88 on the water. expect winds to turn southeasterly. the extreme category. the sun will be up on the button at 7:00. here's the most accurate seven- day forecast. 40% chance of showers tomorrow. we'll hold on to pretty much the same thing right into the workw

st. petersburg is 82 degrees. dew points very high. we are seeing some fog and lower visibility around plant city. tomorrow we will start off with a bit of fog winds coming out watch the showers build and continue to push back off to the west. they will linger for about two hours. more moisture coming in on monday from the south that will enhance our rain chances to the day. by 3 pm we will see widely scattered showers. finally i think we will be able to get some of the rain into the northern neighborhoods. the moisture soak the area until about 9 am. here's your hour by hour forecast on your screen. in st. petersburg clear early and then the rains come later. 87 degrees is the water pretty good early on. take a look at your screen. there you go. the beach planner pretty much the same as today but a bit warmer. here's your showing a little bit cooler temperatures on monday and tuesday. we are better rain chances due to the tropical storm to the in touch on my twitter account. >>> what made the offense a successful yesterday. >>> it was

st. petersburg. she is a class of 18 that were sworn in recently and yes, the new members admit they are excited but a bit scared. >> what sort of things did they share with you. >> they are nervous and a little intimidated about what is out there. if i make a mistake, what is going to happen, chief. the first thing i tell them is you're going to make a mistake. >> it's going to happen. >> get over it, relax, and deal with it. >> reporter: it's no secret come under attack in recent months. with a level of unprecedented violence seen in dallas and baton rouge. there has never been a more dangerous time it seems to be a police officer. the st. petersburg police chief already has the new officers on the streets, meeting the community. he explained that 99% of the public is good, but it's the 1% that cause all the problems. >> the officers go out and meet they were involved in handing out book bags. so they were seeing the population that is good. from day-to-day they won't be able to meet them because t

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st. petersburg. i'm ryan smith for the now tampa bay. >> thank you, >>> lots of developments on the zika virus. another new non-travel-related case. we're talking about palm beach county this time which is an hour north of the miami-dade neighborhoods. even though just yesterday they said there were four new cases. in the meantime here in the tampa bay area we're talking about pinellas county here as well. david jolly thinks we should know more about what is going on as well as where the person lives. breeding grounds for mosquitoes is on the rise. >> reporter: right now calls are coming in from all over pinellas county about dirty pools and ponds possibly breeding mosquitoes. >> the governor's announcement went through and our phone started ringing. >> reporter: rob helps steady mosquitoes for the are finding different places to breed. >> they prefer tiny containers. >> reporter: think less water is more concern. these mosquitoes need just half an inch of water. we're talking just about a capful of

st. petersburg park. police say the incident happened around 3. 156789 this morning at the bay vista park. that's on pinellas point drive. two men age 25 and 29, one drove to the hospital while the other was found in the park with a gunshot wound. both are still alive. >>laura: strange development in a story that cannot get much stranger. investigators say an fsu student may have guzzled killed. police say austin herrof spent the morning with his fraternity brothers. he had a family dinner and walked three miles to his neighbors' home. they say he ingested some chemicals and then killed a woman and a man who lived at that home. when police found him, he was still biting the dead man's face. no street drugs have showed up in his system. however, more extensive tests have not come back. he is currently sedated with a >>russell: donald trump is holding a rally for the florida state fairgrounds. doors open at 10:00. event starts at 1:00. you can rsvp on his website. this will be his fourth stop in tampa this

st. petersburg, oldest living museum. this place came to be in 1903. started in 1903 when the george turner and family bought the property. became one of florida's roadside attractions in 1935. that is the roadside attractions credited for bringing tourism and population to property, they knew there was a sinkhole? >> yes. typically we do our gardening in sand and shale. we have black muck excellent for gardening, it is 10 feet, possibly deeper. >> that is the part of sunken gardens. flamingos came in 50s? >> you have a new flam boy yans of new flamingos. very difficult to buy flamingos. >> depending on what time year you come, you are going to get a different experience. >> lots of or kids. north lawn has a large section native plants and butterfly garden. master plan calls for us to features. we are redoing that. always something going on, really. >> construction going on, coy ponds renovated. should be ready in a few weeks. great place to get married. book now. sarah said first opening mid june. alive and well and moving in the future just fine. >>

st. petersburg tampa and brandon at 79. a look at your futurecast. going through into tomorrow morning plenty of rain on monday, some of those storms are very heavy, we will see this working into monday ni this rain is relentless. it is going to be adding up to quite a bit through the week we will be looking for totals topping out anywhere between 5 to 7 inches between now and the end of the week. that is why we have flood advisories and watch is in effect for areas north of tampa bay. 78 by the time you get up in 100% chance of showers, tuesday and wednesday we see the rain trying to dry out a little bit. but we have got to get through the rain first. john. >>> love him or hate him, alex rodriguez will go down as one of the greatest baseball players ever, at 41 years old the bronx bombers have seen enough. a road and the yankees announced friday's game his last in pinstripes. he will then be unconditionally released. he will remain as a special advisor through december 31, 2017. the yankees are obligated to pay him the remainder of his $21 million s

st. petersburg. 85 in tampa. where we get a little more sunshine, we may see the temperatures get up to about 86 or 87 degrees. that's about it. definitely a cooler than normal day with those storms now and later. pay very close attention to this, lindsey. >> oh, sdpr get ready to roll your eyes. >> oh, boy. >> oh my. whoa! rolling her eyes all the way over here. it's good to be a wet one, folks, and going to remain wet through the weekend. it won't be a complete washout, but there are going to be showers around today, tomorrow, and into the beginning of the workweek. there's about a 20 to 30% chance that what's out there in the gulf right now could become developically active. folks at the national hurricane so, too, are we, and if anything changes, if that gets pumped up into something we need to let you worry about, we'll let you know at abcactionnews.com. frms this morning, wither getting a look at pasco county's worst offenders when it comes to the somehows of false alarm calls. those calls end up wasting pr

st. petersburg. here's how the showers will be working for us tomorrow. pretty much the same way they happened today. they will start in land through desoto county. they will pull back toward the west by about 4 pm, we could see pretty good storms moving in the tampa bay. this is very dependent on the winds. we are still seeing an easterly flow and fss down, the storms will not move as fast toward the west coast. -- and if they slow down, the storms will not move as fast we go up to about a 50% chance of showers and they will linger until about 5 pm. user hour by hour forecast on your screen. -- here is your hour by hour forecast on your screen. we will shoot for a high of 92 degrees tomorrow. the water temperature is 87 degrees. boating weather looks good monday. we will not have the seabreeze kick in because the easterly winds are pretty significant. even with the breeze, you will still be able to burn less than 15 minutes. high tide at 2:13 am. we saw some nice-looking sunset pictures this evening. we get to see another sunrise tomorrow that will be lo

st. petersburg cooler. winds out of the west and north west as the winds have shifted we will see clearing conditions over night. temperatures will stay around the same. down to 83 by midnight. tomorrow morning kicking back the covers at about 78 but even less than today. i'll show you where those drops are likely to fall and what they're expecting for football in jacksonville coming up in an hour and a half. that forecast is 12 minutes away. >>>. >> thank you so much. . >>> saving dogs in need. the spca not only helping dogs in new port richey but also dogs from louisiana. but if not they will find them new homes. they took in 50 dogs and cats from other overpopulated shelters at home. >>> a fundraiser is happening right now in palm harbor to help a congregation rebuild after a fire. jake peterson joins us live to tell us about this effort, jake? >> and good evening to you. this is the temporary building where church members have been gathering. this orthodox church. they've been here since 2014. that's wh

st. petersburg. clearwater a few lightning strikes to the northern areas. northern spots the same stories. east of bushnell at the moment. offshore of citrus and hernando county. a few lightning strikes close the shoreline itself. a few inland showers rolling along. we can't rule out developing shower this is evening. but it's about the easterly flow shoving everything off to 92 at 4:00 p.m. sunshine and clouds. chances showers developing any time even around noon the eastern part of polk county. 93 seminal very hot roo readings on the -- very hot readings on the beaches. satellite show as -- shows a few showers here thanks to the easterly flow. the area of pressure causing the west in texas. some devastating news there out of louisiana with the heavy rain. tropical wave 50% chance of developing here for the next five days. this one coming off of africa. this time of year we look towards this part of the atlantic. these storms that travel across africa get energized by the warm air and become something tropical. that one we're not too concerned about. the m

st. petersburg and tampa. all the roads are wet, slowing things down on the commute and some of the heaviest rain coming down right now is right over some of our bridges. i mean, you go over the mid span portion of the howard frankland down through gandy and that's a lot of rain, up into the town 'n' country area. as well. what i need you guys to understand is yes, you're talking about a tropical system but we've got tons of moisture in the atmosphere and it's not going to take much to get the showers to the ground. eastern hillsborough county, around plant city, it's raining southward on 39 and then you're heading to manatee and sarasota counties as the rain continues as well. this will be on and off throughout the day today. i do want you to anticipate the fact that coastal areas are going to get a lot of the next two days until this tropical depression, tropical storm, whatever it may turn into moves onshore, we're going to have to deal with this. so the forecast track didn't change much. they shifted it ju

st. petersburg. and we are calm with an 82% relative humidity dew point well into the mid-70s once again with 81 degrees, partly cloudy. it feels like 87 because of the extra humidity. temperatures for the most part feeling like they are into the 80s because of the humidity. a little color further inland and 77 for zephyrhills. 73, the same feels like reading for bartow. take a look at our futurecast for today and this is the high resolution rapid refresh model. is picking up a bit of an impulse right along the coast and could bring a few showers from newport richie downing into dallas county and that would be about 9 o'clock. we would start to see all of that push inland with the majority of showers from start 75 e. by later on today. only looking for about 30% coverage as we go through this mostly clear saturday. 90 degrees expected for st. petersburg. limited rain will hit tampa later this afternoon as we top out at about 91-92 degrees but it's going to feel just a litt look at your beach weather.

st. petersburg. i'm mary mcguire news channel 8. >> extra background checks to keep your kids safe at daycare sounds like a great decision, right? until so many sign up that it clogs the computer system for dcf and as melanie michael the middle. >> tina gill has one of the most important jobs in the world. she takes care of your kids. >> we knew this was coming. and we were warned as providers. >> as a mother of two who run as daycare in brandon. tina knows how important it is to have employees thoroughly screened. >> it's a great thing. >> they go through a series of local, state, and federal background checks now add to that list two more layers, a offender registry. sounds like a great idea until all those providers apply at once. we reached out asking why the backlog is so bad. they tell us they've added additional resources. >> in the end it ends up hurting the children because we can't get the quality teachers in the classroom. >> she says that's why she reached out in the first place. sthaegsz

. >> his drug abuse began at parties in st petersburg. >> it started with recreational drugs, then harder ones. i had problems at home. my first wife left me. >> roman tells him to get a on. he wants lunch served on time. but then arseni discovers a secret stash. a new arrival has hidden some eggs. >> 18 eggs? now i know where all the eggs have got to. were you planning to sell them? >> embarrassed, the boy brings them out. he wanted to use the money to buy something to smoke. roman goes easy on him, because we're filming. lunch is ready. the ex-addicts have to prepare this themselves. roman makes sure everything is done properly. no one is given preferential treatment. that can lead to upset. >> we all have different opinions, but what brings us together is our addiction. you talk about it a lot and really helps. >> he hopes to be able to sell some camera equipment in st petersburg in about six months. roman is optimistic about arseni's future. he's understood how essential is to make changes in his life. there are cameras in every roman leaves nothing to chance. right now he lives a bit

st. petersburg last night. they say 28-year-old gregory bringson hit a curb on 17th avenue south, the dirt bike style motorcycle kept going hitting a 19-year-old woman on the street before crashing into a utility pole. crews took her to the hospital with minor injuries. brinson has life threatening injuries. apparently didn't have on a helmet. >>> we're waiting to find out about a crash involving a ca and motorcycle in tampa. this happened at busch boulevard and brooks street last night. paramedics rushed both drivers to the hospital. so far no word on their conditions. >>> take a look at the man you see in the video. keep watching. you'll see him in a second. currently police are hoping that somebody will recognize the guy or know something about what happened here. they tell us on monday this guy stuck a gun in a worker's face at a subway sandwich shop on register and she went back to the office, locked herself inside and called police. the robber tried to open the register himself but couldn't and left witho