and the hillsborough county sheriff's office is on the scene there. this is southbound 75 on the the scene and they're telling me that all lanes are clear. >>> straight ahead, an arrest at disney world for a man impersonating an officer. >> how it was nothing but pure luck that they were able to catch this guy. >>> what did he say now? we'll tell you what is drawing firry criticism of the republican presidential candidate. >>> it was a great day. gogo our swimmers and gymnists. >>> when a night in rio. possibly not as much as these five young ladies here. the final five they call themselves because in the 2020 games, the teams will be limited to four members. after rio, long time coordinator martha growly is retiring. >>> the united states will be th four back to back olympic all around champions if they win. and they could be the first country to sweep all six medals in gym's gymnastics at a single olympics. >> and let's change focus to making he will phelps. sweet revenge for him as he collects two more gold medals. he defeated the man that beat cha

the hillsborough county jail consists of two sprawling facilities located four miles away from each other. combined they can house close to 5,000 inmates. most of the men and women here have recently been arrested and have not been convicted of a crime but are awaiting trial or settlement of their cases. some inmates have been convicted but are serving short sentences. usually less than two years. either way, time here is no vacation. >> jail is a pretty awful place. this is by no stretch of the mile some kind of spa. you're here for a reason and you have to make the best of a bad situation when you can. >> 31-year-old sheree dean is trying to do just that. dean is serving the last 30 days of a 6-month sentence for cocaine possession. she says she developed an addiction from a lifestyle that included working in strip clubs and prostitution. >> i started out being a topless stripper. i was like, oh, my god, i would never dance nude, i would never do that. then i started dancing nude and started meeting customers for money. it's like a whole lifestyle. i always worked at high-end clubs and

the hillsborough county is the 8th largest in the united states, the third in florida. statistics show more than 200,000 students attend schools here. and we went along with the bus drivers yesterday as they did the run throughs of the various students today. hundreds of buses are getting ready to hit the roads. most high schools kick off classes just after 7:00 this morning. and middle and elementary schools are back in session later this morning. and moments ago we spoke to the pinnelas county school school superintendent about this year and this is what he had to say. >> we have about 460 bus drivers and buses on the road today. they've been out practicing the routes. people probably have noticed them the last few days even with the rain. our drivers are out the routes. so they're familiar with them and the bus stops. we're excited. >> reporter: very important jobben deed, the superintendent -- job indeed, the superintendent of the hillsborough county. we'll catch up with students of as they make their way back to school. >>> dent forget the first day -- don't forget

and let's go to video that we had the hillsborough county is the fifth largest. we went along with bus drivers yesterday as they did run throughs of the various route so they were prepared to pick up students today. and hundreds of bus ares are ready to-buskersbus drivers are ready to hit the road. and we'll have an interview with the superintendent later in the morning. >>> the first day of school is a special day. and we're asking you to share the special moment with us. send us your first day of school photos. we know you love to take those. you can send them to news at wfla.com and share them on our social media and facebook and news app. >>> two men charged in a disturbing case of animal cruelty they are expected to face a judge this morning. >> animal control had to remove the pigs from a polk county video. and that came to light from a struggled to walk. they went undercover as volunteers and wore hidden body cameras and showed the pigs going without food and water for days at time. and one of the owners admitted that they were not eating every day. >> it

only select markets will carry the new cookies starting in 2017. >>> the hillsborough county sheriff's office may be looking for you but not for the reason you think. it may owe you money. crime doesn't pay, but it mit pay you back. >> reporter: on the hillsborough county sheriff's they may be owed money. the amounts range from $2,500 down to 2 cents. literally. 2 cents. >> whether somebody's going to run down here to get 2 cents, probably not. >> reporter: the refunds fall under three categories: cash bonds that have been released by the court but not claimed; inmate funds, and checks. >> we try to use every social media platform we have to give the widest range and broadcast to people. >> reporter: if you think you're owed money by the sheriff's office, you have to come claim that in person by september 1st. rod carter, news channel 8. >>> there are plenty of ways you can leave money behind. tomorrow, better call behnken hopes to reunity with your find out if there's money waiting for you. there are millions in unclaimed cash and not just jail money. >>> next year's calendar from the

on any given day, the two sprawling facilities that make up tampa's hillsborough county jail system houseoughly 3,000 men and women. >> your hands should be on the wall. >> most only stand accused of crime and are awaiting trial. others are serving short sentences of one year or less. they all begin their incarceration in the jail's intake department. but the crimes they're associated with range from horrific to petty and everything in between. >> i'm very photogenic. >> deandre barnes was just arrested on charges of cocaine and marijuana possession with intent to sell. he plans to plead not guilty. >> melissa, who was that? >> my baby mama. >> your baby mama. you got that drama? >> if he seems at ease here, it might be because this is barnes' third stay at hillsborough county. >> slide all the way back. >> barnes is already familiar with the full-body scan chairs and facial scanners used to detect weapons or other contraband that might be hidden inside body cavities. >> barnes. >> i know you're barnes. go ahead, sir. welcome back. >> i said i wasn't going to come back, and i'm back. i le

trump is still negotiating. >> thanks a lot, josh. >>> the hillsborough county sheriff's office could owe you money. >> we will try to track down the people on the list to give them the good news. we will show you what happened. >>> we go to rio where our own paul ryan gets up close look at the coveted olympic metal -- gold-medal. >>> we have showers on the radar. we will look ahead to the in florida, people are working hard, just to get by. 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. and grow this economy so it works for all of us. i'm patrick murphy and i approve this message >>> the hillsborough county sheriff's office may be looking for you. they may actually owe you money. rod carter is joining us live from the sheriff's office some details on efforts to return some unclaimed cash.>> reporter: crime doesn't pay. it might pay you back. on the hillsborough county sheriff's office website, a little tab at the top tel

. >> at the hillsborough county jail in tampa, florida, 24-year-old rookie deputy maurice pressey hased to deal with the intimidation factor of his job. >> first day by myself, i'd be lying if i didn't tell you i was nervous. it's 72 on one. >> pressey, who is unarmed during his shifts, is the only deputy locked in a housing unit with 72 inmates. most are not convicted, but are in jail awaiting trial for charges including assault, robbery and murder. >> when you tell people what you do, they say, man, i don't see how you do it. 72 people, you know, all walks of life, that done all types of crime. >> at many jails, officers monitor units like this from secured control centers. but at hillsborough county, they spend their shifts on the floor in the open. it's a system known as direct supervision and it has been proven to reduce violence in other problems by allowing deputies to build a rapport with the inmates. >> if you like dealing with people, this is a great place to work. i love dealing with people, that's why my degree is in sociology. >> but pressey and every other deputy in the

the free event is called safe cars save lives, at the hillsborough county tax collector's office. the one at 4100 mlk boulevard in tampa. set to run from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. >>> a demonstration marking two years since the shooting of michael brown ended with violence in ferguson, missouri last night. witnesses say a woman and a speeding car drove through a group of protesters hitting one man. that man was rushed to a hospital, we're still waiting to hear how he's doing this morning the driver kept going but witnesses chased the car down and fired shots at it but no one was hit. police say the woman behind the wheel didn't intentionally hit the protester, they also say she's cooperating with police. confessed to murder will not face murder charges. all because police didn't read the man his miranda rights until nearly two hours after confessing to the shooting. this happened in suburban atlanta. now the mother of the victim is upset and says justice was not served. >> he confessed. confessed he was the shooter. >> the police chief says the officer was interviewing the person as a wit

the rainfall totals have been this is just in the last 24 hours. 2 to 3 inches in hillsborough and pinellas. that's why flooding is an issue for that area. although the flood watches have been dropped for our northern counties. this evening, more showers. and then rains develop overnight and could develop be an issue for first thing tomorrow morning for the first day of school for a lot of kids locally. we will continue to track that. partly cloudy skies this evening. let you know how the wake-up forecast will be coming up in a couple minutes. pinellas county at three locations. they're listed on your screen. there's a 20-bag limit per person. and you can pick up the sand bags until the sun goes down tonight. sand bags are also available in tarpon springs. for more information, visit abcactionnews.com. >>> hillsborough county has made the list ground counties throughout the country that are considered crucial for the race for the white house. you may recall former republican george bush carried hillsborough county in 2000 and 2004 but president obama took control in the last two elections.

the ?country... hillsborough. and here's a look at all the counties going back to school today. along with hillsborough and pinellas... there's citrus, hardee, hernando, highlands, and manatee. ?not on this list: polk and pasco... which go back to school next monday. and sarasota county, which goes back to school later next week. fox 13's ken suarez is heading he'll join us live in a little bit... to see how they're preparing. the school district in manatee county had a creative way to get their ?youngest students ready for the new year. over the summer, several elementary schools held "play dates." it was a chance for kids to meet their new teachers and classmates... ?away from campus. instead, they went to area playgrounds. it helped make the transition a lot less stressful. and hernando county has an extra ?perk for students actually have their own ?coffee cafes. the county started up the program at several area high schools... offering students and staff specialty coffee and espresso drinks. and the cafes are actually run by special-needs students. it's a program that helps t

((vanessa fox-13's alcides segui is at the hillsborough county jail... where the gunman is being held. alcides: this is scary... we've had a ?lot of angry incidents on the roads, lately. thanks, alcides. (jen) george zimmerman just can't stay out of the spotlight. now, he's been punched in the face... after another man accused him of ?bragging about trayvon martin's death. (jen/ it happened sunday, at "gators riverside grill" in sanford. according to an incident report, zimmerman was telling a group of shot martin in self-defense. that's when a man approached zimmerman, and asked him if he was ?bragging. zimmerman replied, "no." but according to deputies, the man told zimmerman to get out of the restaurant... used several racial slurs in the process... then ?punched zimmerman in the ?face. zimmerman called 9-1-1. dispatch: "ok, what's going on there?"zimmerman: "this man just punched me in the face."operator: "ok, is he still there?"zimmerman: "yup, and he said he's gonna kill me."dispatch: "does he have any weapons?"zimmerman: "you according to the repor

the hillsborough county public school system is recruiting for more special ed teachers. so if you have a four-year degree not in teaching, this could be the start of a new career for you. ? the women's 400 meter race last night alison felix. u.s. and shaune miller of the bahamas, neck and neck. did you see that? miller going for the gold with an all-out dive over the fi she ends up beating felix by 7/100th of a second. >> is it allowed? >> i guess it is. you're going for it, you're going to put your all into it. >> i wonder if this will make them change the rules to the -- the foot has to go over. i mean -- i'm grad we didn't have to decide, i'll just say that. i'm glad we're not in the middle of that debate. with what. >> it's gold it's gold. >> that must have hurt. glnchts where are we going from here? >> coming up at 9:30 -- a terrifying close call at a school bus loading area. a boy nearly run over outside a middle school. what was caught under the tires instead. >> a beloved firefighter laid to rest after losing a battle to cancer. now another >>> 9:30 -- we're minut

that is today at the hillsborough county aviation authority boardroom from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. >>> coming up with weather and traffic on the 8s. >> tropical depression nine just north of cuba. and the hurricane hunters from tampa in it right now. they flew out this morning. i've been tracking them too. again, this is not just a cute picture. this is where they are flying. they found a flight level wind of about 37 miles per hour. and still in it. and once they send information if all the drops and information, we will get a new suite of forecast models and have a better update on this system and where it's planning to go. today though, it's not going to be an issue for us. we will keep it muggy, 80 degrees at 8:00 a.m. 8895 noon. 93 at 4:00 p.m. and a 30% rain chance at midday, up to 50% rain chance through the afternoon. today and tomorrow, steamy and yeah, maybe more storms around. by wednesday as the storm turns in the gulf of mexico and heads chances increase and thursday at this point looks like the day we would see the most impact from the system including str

a nice start down the hillsborough river. temperature of 77 degrees. a slight breeze to get started. temperatures rise quickly. we'll see numbers get back in the low 90s. there will be occasional pockets of heavy rain this afternoon. not as many thunderstorms as what we have been seeing over the last week here as slightly drier air starts to settle in for today. looking over the southeast we have high pressure over the atlantic keeping us in a typical pattern. back towards louisiana, this is rainfall across louisiana. measuring it in feet. it is still falling today. life-threatening flooding underway for them. by the way, that's the same system that brought us our rain earlier this week. now starting off very quiet where ever you are headed across west central florida this morning. here's our forecast model. through the day you'll notice around noon fairly quiet. we'll get building clouds. as we go into the afternoon we'll get that east coast sea br state. i'm thinking isolated thunderstorms. not as many showers and storms as what we saw yesterday. good

pete, and the hillsborough county commission... have already voted and ?approved project would start on november first and carry up to 150 passengers per trip. it would take them twenty miles from the tampa convention ceneter to st. pete's beach drive. the trip would take 55 minutes... about the ?same as driving ?without traffic. we're just one day away from the school year... and while kids are busy prepping for the big day-- so are other people. that includes bus drivers... they're going through a dry run this morning. fox 13's shayla reaves we also wanted to take a moment to thank all of the viewers who donated to our back to school drive yesterday. we received tons of binders, rulers, pencils, and backpacks. all of those donations will really go a long way for kids in pinellas and hillsborough county schools. but fox 13 wasn't the only crew gathering up supplies for local kids... hillsborough ocunty sheriff's office shared this video on facebook. they held their annual school supply drive... and yesterday was distrubution day. check out all this stuff!

it was the first day of school and hillsborough county and the roads were packed. it would be a test of patience. anger with a deadly views in one case.>> reporter: i know that being five minutes late for something is not worth losing your life.>> as the story unfolded, the details revealed a sinister troubled past. and x on with a history of anger issues behind the wheel. 40-year-old gary durum was no stranger to life behind bars. he did time in prison for grand theft home aggravated assault and road rage. survivor in 2001. he punched the man so hard it left him brain dead at a hospital where he died days later. it all started with a fight in traffic. the victim's friends spoke with news channel 8 what happened. >> it is hard to believe that something so senseless could happen. >> reporter: years later, another case of road rage >> drive on and mind your own business. >> reporter: the shooter in this case, robert padgett was on the scene administering cpr when paramedics arrived. he was trying to save the man's life. he was questioned and then >> anywhere from the

he was released from the hillsborough county jail after he posted a $15,000 bond. he has denied the allegations. in tampa, i'm chip osowski, newschannel8. >> the police chief is accepting full responsibility for the accidental shooting death of a 73-year-old woman during a citizen's academy. on tuesday, officer lee cole shot and killed mary nolton last year, he ordered his k-9 to bite a biker's arm for nearly two minutes during a traffic stop. fdle is now investigating tuesday's shooting. the case should be wrapped up some time in the next two to four weeks. >>> a six month old puppy found mangled and near death was rescued from a ditch. as melanie michael tells us, the pup was thrown from a car and left to die. >> reporter: starve little alana is desperate for loverring hands to heal her. she was left to deal with the roughest of circumstances. she has internal bleeding, liver damage, mange, and is severely malnourished. despite everything she has been through, this sweet girl doesn't have a mean bone in her body. >> she is a happy little girl. there is no doubt ab

hillsborough deputies need your help finding this smash and grab robber. investigators say the man you along hillsborough avenue on monday night. instead of nabbing precious gems and jewely -- officials -- say he made off with two cash registers. if you recognize him, call the hillsborough county sheriffs office. shooting in self-defense apparently doesn't apply... when it comes to alligators. a sumter county man faces charges for shooting a gator... that he says was threatening his livestock, and even attacked his son. back on june 21st, reginald blanton came outside his home because his horses were acting strangely. when h gator. so he shot it several times. the gator was wounded... and then bit his son, who tried to scare it off. the state attorneys office later charged blanton with possession of alligator parts, because he didn't have a license. blanton says legal fees will cost him more than 5-thousand dollars, and that he will argue to have the charges dropped. his next court date is next tuesday, but they are hoping for a resolution before then. (walter/ an update now, o

and it's a relatively gorgeous morning as we look over the hillsborough river from the wfla towercamera with the lights lit up out there. although, clear sky, 79 degrees, on the humid side though with the northeast wind at 7 miles per hour. when the kids head to the bus stop today, high humidity, right around 80 degrees when they get picked up. and a 40% chance of storms once the bus drops them off later chances more, about a 20% chance at noon, 30% in the early afternoon. and 40% toward the latest afternoon and evening and the rain will head toward the coast. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> all right, here's what's shaking on i-4, not much. a great drive through plant city. no delays as you come from lakeland through plant city and into ybor city. in fact, in lakeland and between each entrance of the polk parkways, roughly a 13 minute commute on i-4. and in ou up to speed as well. 12 minutes between state road 52 over to 275. a look here through ybor city, up to speed and on the veterans expressway, off the sun coast parkway, things look good. and we don't have delay, i know there's a

if you have any information, call the hillsborough county >>> the florida department of law enforcement is investigating the death of an inmate who was suing the state. neighbor went to court calling it cruel and unusual punishment to use a male name that no longer fit her gender. >>> sad news out of lake worth. palm beach county authorities have found a body in the officials are not identifying the man at this time. >>> now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> good evening, everybody. still looking at some scattered showers. mostly down in southeastern polk county. that nasty line of rain that rolled through about 3:30, 4:00 is gone. it has moved off shore. i think most of the rain will be winding down through the evening. the models are still hinting a few more storms mid-evening and lingering until the midnight hour. i'm not concerned about it in terms of severity but there is a chance that you may see the storms anterior. if you're going to the coast for the sunset, the weather will be beautiful. look for partly cloudy skies up to sunset. models are stil

. >> the hillsborough sheriff's complex is the tage ma hall of training -- taj mahal of training. >> mocked up homes and businesses oeven a jet liner sh -- even a jet liner. agencies sarasota train here. but they say the 26-mile drive takes officers off the street. police officers insist just like tampa they need their own. >> what do you stay to -- say to taxpayers who believe it's a waste of their money? >> it's not. it provides the officers a safe area to come here. would you want to train in these conditions? police force the question is whether they need to spend nearly $12 million for their own gun ranges when they have access to others. it could buy 16,000 police rifles or 14,000 bullet proof vests. >> they're saying criminal assets financed their gun range not taxpayer dollars. >> but argument could be made that if they're not spending money on that they it on another things. >> you said one way or the other $12 million on the combined ranges. and somebody paid for it. we want to know what you think about this. does every police department need its own gun range you can head

good news, we have the rainout of manatee county into hillsborough. not quite as heavy now toward the ruskin area. but look at the rainfall hernando, pasco, 80% chance of seeing the rounds of rain throughout the day. and the farther south and east you go, the lower your rain chances is going to be. but it's still 70% for pinellas, hillsborough, down to about 60% for sebring and highlands county. keeping afternoon highs below average at 85. at 6:08, i will let you go hour- by-hour through the day. and meredith has the commute. >>> a crummy commute for a lot of folks but right now, an here. and also, in the clearwater and pinellas park area. tampa, you have an accident at memorial and kelly. some road blockage in the area. detour from hillsborough over to the veterans expressway. interstates in the green. gayle, gene -- >>> all right, we are following breaking news right now. a system outage for delta airlines creating travel nightmares. reports indicate all flights are grounded and with tampa international airport and it does show that all delta flights

the zika virus. this time in hillsborough county. news channel 8 was there and we have brand new information from governor scott coming up. >>> and republican presidential nominee donald trump is in the tampa today. he is trailing in the polls right now. we will tell you about the rally today at the state fairgrounds and why the presidential candidate wants a prosecutor to now target hillary rodham clinton. >>> good wednesday. i'm gene ramirez. >> and i'm stacie schaible. thank you for joining us. let's go straight over to leigh >> and let me tell you, it is heating up quickly. we have the clouds over the hillsborough river. it's 86 and 74% humidity. just a steamy day. and eventually that's goosegog to translate into rainfall. -- that's going to translate into some rainfall. it's 86 in tampa. 87 in brooksville. i have to show you the heat index because it's already in the upper 90s. and we're starting to see thunderstorms. i mean look at this from kissimmee over to orlando, there's lightning strikes. everything will be moving from eas

a lot of buses already on the roads in hillsborough as well. you may want to leave a little early, maybe 10 to 15 minutes before you did over the summer. we have a crash to tell you about in hillsborough county u.s. 301, partially blocked at harney road. near not seeing a huge slowdown but you may want to give yourself extra time through there. also checking out the bridges, this is what it looks like on the howard frankland, wide open here. let's check your drive times across all three. looking great, courtney campbell just nine minutes, six minutes on the howard frankland and seven minutes across the action air 1, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. back to school day it is for sure. we thought we had an accident in the vicinity of northeast high school in st. pete. 62nd avenue north. nothing there, everything's moving smoothly. no cars in the parking lot yet. i-275 over the top of gandy boulevard, the headlights you see is southbound 275 coming from the howard frankland, perhaps towards downtown st. pete. no delays whatsoever. be safe. a

an accident southbound on the veterans expressway at hillsborough avenue. it's off to the side of the roadway. thank goodness. and not seeing delays. now the veterans expressway usually starts to get busier in about a half hour or 40 minutes from now. but still looks good. and i just got word from -- the authorities that there's an accident on the howard frankland bridge. i'm checking the cameras and i haven't seen it yetment but i will be you. back to gene and gayle. >> all right. thank you. >>> still ahead this morning, the once in a lifetime event you will want to add to your calendar. >>> plus, three movies opened this weekend end but did they -- this weekend but did they bump "suicide squad" from (vo) we went to hollywood to ask if america's favorites - burgers, tacos and chili could taste just as great made with turkey. thousands stepped into the jennie-o tasting booth to find out. with just one bite, they knew. now it's your turn to make the switch. my son has meningitis b. but how did we end up here? his mom thought he had the flu and that he was cov

i-275 at i-4, the buses are heading out in hillsborough county as well. i just saw a couple of them drive right by the interchange here so again, use caution if make sure you stop and obey all the traffic rules. this is a live look at i-275 and fowler, looking great on the interstates. no crashes or breakdowns to tell you about. here are the drive times on 275. 14 minutes from the apex to i- 4. five minutes >> busch to i-4 and just five minutes if you're starting in the downtown area trying to get >>> 5:3p students no doubt excited about the fresh start a new school year brings. >> and failing schools trying to turn around. let's talk to ryan smith outside booker t washington elementary school with their plans to try and improve. >> reporter: good morning. the new principal tells me what some call challenges here at booker t washington she sees as opportunities. i got the chance to sit down with the new principal yesterday for conversation. and she's an extremely passionate person, especially when it comes to her new role. and some of the new ways to retai

so they are taking action to the hillsborough county sheriff's office is offering free bike registrations today. they say it's the best way to improve your chance of getting your bike back if it's ever stolen. just stop by the walmart on north nebraska avenue in tampaa between 12:30 and 3:30. >>> today's your chance to get lightning tickets without purchasing an entire package. starting 10:00 you can get single-game tickets. they are only available on-line at tampabaylightning.com/tickets. not avai arena box office. >>> the clearwater marine aquairnl is hosting special activities for people that play pokemon go. pokemon go players will receive a free snow cone coupon with the purchase of a ticket. and there are more prizes. >>> many of you are catching the opening days of the olympics this weekend. a good day for competitors from sunday. u.s. swimmer michael phelps and katei ledecky led the way for the americans. >> reporter: michael phelps made his debut for the relay in his fifth olympic games. phelps showed why he's the most honored olympian in history leading the u.s. team to victory

now is the time to pick up the locations open. hillsborough county has locations open until 9:00 tonight and tomorrow. we posted a complete list for you at abcactionnews.com. and this is also the perfect time to remind you to download our storm shield app. it will send weather warnings to your phone and tablet. it is available for apple and android phones. >>> it is primary day here in florida. polls open until 7:00 tonight. today's primaries will determine the big match-ups in the general election in could reshape the balance of power in both the u.s. house of representatives and the u.s. senate after the polls close by the way, you can get instant results on our free mobile app and at abcactionnews.com. >>> right now, i want to bring in our political contributor here, dr. suzanne mcmanis. we will work through the big senate races in florida that could have nationwide impact on the country. >> right. >> first up, marco rubio, doctor, he said at first he wasn't going to run. he cleared the field. it looks like he will cruise to an easy victory

>>russell: i wore overalls every our back to school coverage continues with a visit from the hillsborough county sheriff's office. >>jennifer: major chad will explain why following the car line rules are so important for parents. and a refresher how to be safe around school buses. >>russell: and delta still dealing with the fallout from monday's outage. coming up, what the airlines' president is saying to all the inconvenienced passengers. >>dave: nothing more than a sprinkle or two so i say so far because we are anticipating another round of showers and storms today. i think rain chances start to fall back a little bit. 78 degrees. that's our current temperature outside. we'll get 50 to 60% which is pretty solid. 50% for tomorrow. leaving us in the upper 80s for i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. letterman:"has a line of clothing, now where were these made?" trump: "these were made, i don't know where they're made. but they were made someplace. but they're great. it's ties, shirts, cufflinks, everything sold at macy's and they're doing great.? letterman: ?where are the shirt

a handy man is doing work without references that is a big red flag. >> cordero is still in the hillsborough county had jail facing several charges, battery $20,000 bond. live in tampa. >> and we have an update on the horrific case where a college student randomly stabbed a couple in their home to death and he was found chewing on the man's face. thesu student is charged with two counts of murder and attempted murder for attacking a neighbor who tried to step i co. this attack. >> pposal that lit sky, the sid, you rosie? ". and she said yes -- how could she say no after, that and their friend, a local maker recorded the whole thing. a boat on the river, just beautiful, high school sweat hearts. >> congratulations to speer andosie and best of luck to you. ith arone and everything. >> that s sets the bar high for the next day doesn't it. >> well, comingp a soldier >> i new mission.mediately took behind the letter. >> a letter from a second grader that she carried around for 10 years and now she has a new don't let dust and allgens get between you and fe's beautiful moments. by choosing flonase

you may remember this case and the hillsborough mall where strangers but it dogs in a locked car and they busted the window to help. >> >>reporter: some peace of mind to take matters into your own hands. >>> we have some strong storms out there and as we talk about what's continues to build the northern part of the play up towards the safety harbor area

(anjuli now to an adorable kitten rescue, over the weekend. hillsborough fire-rescue crews pulled a two- month old kitty from a storm drain. it happened yesterday morning... they think the kitten was stuck there, for about two-days. first they tried to lure it out with food... but the kitty didn't budge... so they had to get creative... side of the drain, then fished it out. this morning, the kitten is safe, and back with its owner. ((jen)) there's much more to come on good day.((anjuli)) let's turn it over to russell and laura - to find out what's ahead in our 6 o'clock hour. ((russell/2-shot)) a one year old baby girl... ?shot while sleeping in her crib.. this happened overnight in pasco county..((laura)) fox 13's shayla reaves will update us on the baby's condition.. and the search for the drive-by shooters.. (laura/take vo) and: the jingles will live forever.. but the product may not.. thing of the past. (russell/take vo) and: beginning today - travelling around the convention center and amalie arena will become a little more difficult.. we'll talk abo

this is still the area that is going to be watched for flooding potential. let's get you into hillsborough county and pinellas with torrential rain continuing at this a few lightning strikes here and there but it's mostly a tropical rain event. very warm across the atmosphere here, we're going to get torrents of rain continuing to push north and east. the movement is in that direction and if you have to hit the roads, in fact in the next few minutes, if you give it about 20 minutes, if you're headed out of tampa or pinellas you'll be in much better shape because we're going to be on the back side of this first cluster here so the rain won't be as heavy in the next few today but a bit of a respite coming up here. across the north some areas probably north of 10 inches already since friday. additional 4 to 8 inches is why we have the flawmps in effect for citrus county -- flood watches in effect for citrus county, hernando and pasco. we have sandbag areas, it's on abcactionnews.com. showers and storms continue, it's still going to be heaviest to the north. we get a break by the afternoon hou

shoplifting their security would handle it if it's below a certain dollar amount. >> we obtained from the hillsborough county sheriff's office that the number of calls is down. in some cases as much as 934%. -- as 94%. walmart admits there's a lot of work to be done. >>> a sigh of relief for a family after their 2-year-old daughter was in the back of a car when it was stolen on the driver left her alone while he went into to liquor store. when they came back -- when he came back the car was gone with the girl and the dog. police found it two blocks away and they're both fire. >>> a coast guard chopper chopped two people from wreckage 23 miles west of fort louders dale. it and amazing neither had any injuries. >>> talk about a sweet surprise. on friday the lakeland association of realtors dropped off 100 goody bags to the lakeland police department. each came with a note that explained why certain candy was stuffed inside. like lifesavers to remind them of how many times they have been lifesavers themselves. >> we feel like it's so important that we show the during our events committee meeting we made

lindsey mastis is live from the hillsborough county health department this morning. so lindsey, how long will it be before the vaccine is available? >> everything goes according to plan. these vaccines are going to get human trials by october. there are other vaccines that are further along but the bottom line is we're not going to be seeing a vaccine ani health department is monitoring seek ka so -- zika so closely. >> just to be clear, zika is unprecedented. we never before had a mosquito-born decide to cause a birth defect. the key is to protect pregnant women. >> reporter: in miami planes are dumping insecticide. they will continue to do that. spreading is smaller than original thought, -- just 500 square feet. pregnant women are being urged to stay away from the area. they are such -- they are urge inging pregnant women to stay away from the area. get more information on possible vaccines and whether there's any cases we'll let you know. >> it's great to hear they are making some progress on this vaccine. thank you so much, lindsay. >>> a north florida town is cl

hillsborough county. your kids may be head there had this morning. today is the first day of school for kids in several counties. including hillsborough county. >> you can find calendars, resources, even school supply lists on abcactionnews.com/backtoschool. >>> if you're still buying school supplies maybe buy a few extra for children in need. >> drop off donated school supplies at any hudson's furniture store. you have to friday to donate and hudson's will plach what you drop off. match. >>> we're in the has been a rainy week. a lot of you are checking your insurance policies now and trying to see if you have flood coverage. >> we know what can happen when it adds up in pasco county. the director of emergency services say most of the people that filed claims last year didn't have flood coverage. >> across the country only 14% of people have flood insurance according to the insurance information institute. experts share why it might be so uncommon despite what a life saver it can be. >> the fact is, there's not a to get flood insurance. they think it's optional.

the actual election ?day is tuesday, august 30th. and... one hillsborough county deputy is being recognized for an act of kindness over the weekend. but it wasn't for a human.... it was for an animal. corporal jeremy davis spotted an injured ?fawn on the roadside in the area of morris bridge road. he rescued the baby deer - which turned out to be blind - and took it to the bearss avenue. deputies tell us the clinic will rehabilitate the animal, and then transfer it to a local zoo. weather... the ?best solar eclipse.. in over two ?hundred years? up next: why you have ?plenty of time, to plan for it. plus: the clinton email controversy... just can't go away. the big release today... that could finally reveal, what was on her private server. and later this hour: why it was a ?video game character... that really stole the show. ((walter but first, here's a look at last night's winning lottery numbers. no big winner in the powerball over the weekend, so the jackpot for wednesday is up to 127 million dollars. and tomorrow night's mega millions jackpot is worth 69

the hillsborough county supervisor of elections reminds everyone to ?know your polling place. also... make sure to bring your i-d with you: if you are unsure where to go vote... check your voter your county supervisor of elections. and when it comes to all of today's big political issues... there's now an ?app for that. and it was created in central florida. its called "hear my voice." you won't find candidates on it -- but you will find information about the issues they talk about. from immigration to some of the issues you'll see on the primary ballot. the creators of the non-partisan app say -it's all about putting democracy in your hands: if you feel strongly about how something's being handled in tallahassee or d-c the app will help you call or email lawmakers. you can also use it to start the voter registration process...or find a developing story in marion county this morning: detectives say a man broke into a home and attacked two people. and they believe he was under the influence...of a designer drug. deputies say 19-year-old "nico gallo" took the street drug "dibuty

the job fair is at the hillsborough county aviation authority boardroom, and it runs from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. >> lots happening there at the airport. >>> college campuses are increasing security. why many are preparing students in case a gunman opens fire on campus. and the group going to bay area campuses to help out. >> plus, almost the police force of amarillo, texas, showed up in theamarillo school district. it wasn't for security purposes, it was for one little >>> welcome back. if you're starting your day off with a case of the mondays, this might cheer you up. >> a baby is becoming an instagram sensation. check her out, you can call dress up. this is 4-year-old joey laurie. her mom makes these pokemon costumes for her. she can't tell, because she's asleep. while the baby dreams, mom's making her famous, and making all of us smile. how fun is that? >> those are going to come back to haunt her, eventually. joey's mom, laura, by the way if we could only all look that good while we sleep. >> i thought the moms were supposed to nap when the baby's nap. good for her to continue t

and look at the very heavy rainfall now moving into hillsborough county as well. we'll continue to track the rain and the flood potential coming up in the next couple of days. >>> we can see the rain coming down on our d.o.t. cameras, what is looks like at i-275 and 54th avenue north. right through the st. pete area. this is where we're seeing a lot of the rain starting to fall now. not really affecting your speeds too much. a little slower than normal but still in the green both northbound and southbound on 275 from bridge-to-bridge. a lot of crashes out there, we'll talk about those coming up in a few minutes. >>> 6:39. coming up -- a new place work out. the all new upgrades rolling out in the tampa area ymca. >> rescuers save several stranded dolphins. how people on the beach are >>> the ymca is rolling out renovations. the bob sierra ymca northdale is having a ribbon-cutting ceremony today for three new fitness studios. there's areas for group exercise, cycling and more. there will be community programs including diabetes prevention, parkinson's and group for c

the rays. showers, thunderstorms moving showers in polk county and hillsborough county. in the southern sections of pasco county. these thunderstorms collided with the northeast flow coming over from the east coast. and did develop west coast sea breeze and were promptly pushed offshore across crystal river. places like that. you can see in pasco county, a few thunderstorms continuing to develop. the showers will likely move to the west. in the overall northeasterly flow. a westerly pattern. a showers and a few embedded thunderstorms, passing over the bay, looks like just moving over tampa itself. pushing down to the west and to the southwest. a little popup shower, northwest of sarasota. pretty quiet in terms of precipitation. 93 degrees at 4:00 p.m. temperatures are warm tomorrow like they were today. 94 in pinellas park. 92 in 95 dade city. the flow is now from northeast to west. and, that easterly flow is our more typical pattern, a bit of dry air high above. moistening the atmosphere, the sea breeze will come alive as well. disorganized according to the hurricane hun

and one man linked fox 13's shayla reaves joins us now from the hillsborough county sheriffs office, with more on this tragic twist. a memorial service will take place today for radio host "dave mckay." w-q-y-k will host a "celebration of life" at the mahaffey theater in st. petersburg. friends, listeners, and the entire community are invited to come out and share stories about him. mckay has been in the radio business for decades, and recently cohosted the "dave and veronica" morning show on q-y-k. mckay passed away in his sleep last week. the cause of death has still not been released. doors open at 4- 30 p-m, the memorial starts at five. an update on the zika scare in south florida. health officials now say there are 22 ?local cases. they added ?another case on wednesday. and they're still waiting on results... from at leaset another ?forty cases. and right now, ?all these local cases are in south florida. zika is becoming a big ?economic issue in south florida. tourism officials are worried... and so are local businesses in miami. several had to shut down in the wynwood area for t

the hillsborough county sheriff's office is holding a bike registration event today, at the walmart on nebraska avenue just north of bearss avenue. the event runs from 12:30 until 3:30, all aimed at getting stolen bikes back to their rightful owners. >>> scathing reviews of the new movie "suicide squad" didn't theaters to see it, it made $135 million this weekend. previous recordholder was 2014's hit "guardians of the galaxy." jason bourne was second with $22 million. "bad moms" $14 million. >>> good weekend for heading to the movie theaters. >> it certainly was, or comicon or whatever you were doing inside. saturday mostly dry but the nature coast really hasn't seen it's continued to rain there steadily since we last saw you friday. it's going to continue to rain. that is where the flood watches are issued and will continue in effect with the spokes of rain that continue to move in. the heaviest of which really stayed off-shore. we could have been much deeper trouble here if that low had moved a little further east. upwards of 15 to 20 would have in allen by now. it's not -- would hav

over the hillsborough portion of the howard frankland, just very, very hefty rain. that's headed up in towards the airport. all of this activity movg south to north along the coast where it continues to rain in pinellas county. this is the third wave of heavy rain at st. petersburg. this is shifting toward the north. we've seen the fair share of rain over all of the bridges this morning. and yes, even inland locations, manatee county, inland manatee county, east of 75, east of 75 in hillsborough county, all the way to plant city has experienced some heavy rain this to slow it down. you're talking about a system that is hundreds of miles away. watch this. see how it has been looping around, not doing much and -- it's beginning to start to drift slowly to the north and become better organized this morning. you can look at the cloud structure and seeing some outflow here on both sides, looking more and more like a tropical system. once we get a plane down there to investigate well may find a tropical storm but whether it gets a name or not, the predominant issue in our

just probably going to the hillsborough river nearby. no one bothered it luckily and it went on about its way. >>> 5:55. fire breaks out overnight at a condo in clearwater. the rescue firefighters made there. >> also breaking news in central italy. dead from a 6.2 magnitude earthquake. this is brand new video now of >>> at 6:00 -- new plunges into a pond. why investigators are now considering this part of a crime. >> first breaking news in italy. a powerful 6.2 quake striking overnight. we just learned 37 people are now dead. more than 150 are missing. >>> the earthquake struck 3:30 this morning italy time. it's noon there now. people from as far as rome felt it. >> right now there's a desperate search for survivors of concrete. lindsay logue has been following the latest developments from italy all morning. they are doing this whole search and rescue now but it's not been easy. >> no, unfortunately not. as you said this quake struck at 3:30 in the morning so while people there were sleeping and this area is mountainous with rugged terrai

that meeting happening here at 9:30 this morning at the florida department of health of hillsborough county. the county leaders here want to stay ahead of the virus now that there's a confirmed case in our own backyard. so far, state officials have put more than 26 ll additional dollars into fighting mosquitoes to control the zika virus. the governor saying yesterday mosquito control now ramping up their efforts to spray more and do aggressive testing to see if we have local transmission. and now officials said it's not clear yet how or where the person contracted the virus in pinellas county. and florida democrats and republicans are urging u.s. congress to come back from vacation to address the crisis. >> there's bipartisan support >> floridians understand the urgency and the crisis. washington leadership does not. >> reporter: state officials say that person who contracted the virus was recently tested and investigators have ruled out sexual transmission. for. >> all right. thank you. >>> governor rick scott was in the studio this morning to talk more about zika virus, specifically

(jen don't go in the water the courtney campbell. hillsborough officials shut it down to swimmers, tuesday... because of high bacteria counts. it comes just ?days after another shutdown... for the same reason. officials also found high bacteria levels at "picnic island beach" in tampa. both beaches will likely be off-limits to swimmers until at ?least, next monday... when the next round of testing takes place. (wally remember that trumpet you tried to play in middle school... ?had to take away from the kids? here's a good way to give them a second chance... the glazer childrens museum in downtown tampa, is hosting the "recycled tunes drive." you can drop off musical instruments at the museum, now through august 31st... they'll be refurbished, and donated to local schools. talk about making "a joyful noise." ((jen)) there's much more to come on good day.((walter)) let's turn it over to russell and laura - to find sad sign of our times... no longer are people planning vacation to have fun with family and friends....((laura)) now.. that week is bein

the riverview area. maybe you're about to head north along i-75. here's a live picture near 301. also very quiet. bay area bridges between hillsborough and pinellas county looking good. no problems with the courtney campbell, howard bridge or gandy. you're looking at 10 minutes between drive times. another update in a few. gene and gayle back to you. >> thank you meredith. >>> zika spreads in florida . there's finally some good news about possible vaccines. now one ask headed to clinical trials. news channel 8 lindsey mastis is live from the hillsborough county health department this morning. latest vaccine if all goes according to plan they are going to start start testing it on humans by october. there's another vaccine further along. we will not see a vaccine in the immediate future and that's why health departments across the state are monitoring zika will closely. >> just to be very clear zika is unprecedented. we never before had decide that could cause a birth defect. that's why we take it so seriously. the key is to protect pregnant women. >> reporter: in miami planes are dumping insecticide and they will continue to do that

now 15 years later, the man responsible for gibbs's death has died too. according to a hillsborough county sheriff's office, the man who shot gary durham is coopating with investigators. so far he has not been charged in connection with this case. but it is still early on. follow this.ng t continue to - and keep you posted as any new details become available. >> all right shayla thank you. >>> a curious little boy got himself in quite the predicament a costco in clearwer six-year-old ernie was in the store with his dad and brother. and somehow he got his finger stuck in one of the ras. but thanks to th clearwater fire department everything eventual worked out. in letter written by ernie's dad he explained what happened. he said,ure was really wedged in the. dad andoso manager tried so they called 911. and an eventually firefighters had to dis-mantle the entire rack and use hack s to saw through the steel to get to his finger. one firefighter was doing that another was pouring water on ernie'hand to try to keep it cool. another was protecting finger from the blade. all that team work