it happened along east fowler avenue in thonotosassa. they are not releasing very many details now, only that it was drug related and the injuries are not life threatening and they are in contact with everybody involved. >>> deputies found a sebring man dead on his kitchen floor and now searching for the people he recently hired to help him do work around his house. he was 95 years old, name dominick demundo, found dead off his home monday in wellington drive in sebring. authorities doing a welfare check discovered his body. the sheriff has very little information about the investigation. >>> breaking information from charlotte. protesters and rioters took over the streets after a deadly shooting of a black man by police. abc action news reporter lindsay logue is in the studio and tracking the violence. long ago. >> wrapped up in some places, starting in others. violence spilled on to a major highway, i-85 where protesters and looters shut it down. traffic at a standstill for miles. protesters are setting fires in the streets and looting

i-4 around thonotosassa road through plant city, your drive on i-4 looking great. in or out of tampa. in fact the drive from lakeland to tampa is about 22 minutes so. we're still in the green there. 275, 13 minutes from the apex to i-4 and at the bottom just five minutes from downtown to the howard frankland bridge. >>> 6:20. still ahead -- puppies take over a wedding. we've got the real story behind these pictures that are going viral. >> first at 6:20 -- a story you'll hear more about on gma later this morning. a ceo of the company that makes epipens is set to testify today on the skyrocketing price of the life saving device. mary bruce has a preview. >> reporter: in this morning's "gma first look," embattled new questions about the role her mother played in promoting her company's blockbuster product. ? you should always carry two. >> mylan is already under fire for praise raising the price of the treatment used by allergy sufferers from $100 in 2009 to more than $600 today. usa today reporting her mother, former head of a powerful national education group led a

at this point, tracking lightning strikes here along the 275 heading east toward thonotosassa, some heavier downpours around egypt lake. and there's e just seeing, that's where the hula bay restaurant is located. and even lightning strikes over the gandy bridge. and eastern portions of pasco, pushing into the northern polk county area. and showers in the gulf of mexico set to come onshore in citrus and hernando county. not raining on you though. that's when when it's hot. 85 in wimauma. that is not the whole story. factor in the humidity and that's why you have a heat index of 99 in fish hawk. notice where it's rain, only throughout the day, the rain pushes farther east of 75 by the afternoon and evening, and near 90 degrees for several days and the humidity will remain high through the weekend. i'll let you know about what happens after fall starts coming up, guys. >>> this morning, mosaic updated polk county commissioners on the huge sinkhole that swallowed millions of contaminated water and sent it into in mulberry. at the meeting, the company offered to pay so have at least 40 nearby we

around midnight on thonotosassa road and woodrow wilson street. earlier this morning, we're not sure exactly the time but moments after that, after that deputy pulled over that car, the person pulled over actually backed up into the deputy's cruiser, knocking down that deputy. now, at some point that deputy returned fire, actually shot one shot towards that car. now, he does not believe he shot anyone, though. the deputy the person pulled over got away. we understand that the sheriff's office has recovered that car. where at this point is unknown but again, as of right now, the search continues for the person responsible. laura, russell, the good news is the deputy is okay but you can see they're still processing the scene here and we're actually across the street from the farm credit of central florida. this is a busy area but it's actually off to the side a little bit. story and we'll keep you up to date with the latest information. as of right now, one lane here on thonotosassa road is closed off while the investigation continues. but again, go

if you could see in the distance that traffic, that is thonotosassa road. one lane of thonotosassa heading to plant city has been shut down as investigators have been checking this all out. again at this point investigators haven't released any suspect information but we are expecting to get more information on that today. as for that deputy, again he's expected to be ok. reporting live in plant city, rodney dunigan, abc action news. >>> turning to deputies -- brandon, deputies are investigating a suspicious death, in camellia home just after midnight. one person is dead. they are trying to get back to investigate. we'll bring you updates as soon as they come in. >>> here's an update -- remember bart zombie cat? we found out he's getting adopted. after his owner buried what he thought was a dead cat that had been hit by a car. five days later bart clawed out of the grave and returned home. nickname "zombie" cat. bart's owner was fighting to regain custody but we learned a new family will be adopting him later today. >>> right now we turn to a crime alert in

amaya shaffy will be buried in thonotosassa. she was shot in her family's apartment near macdill air force base. tampa police say a family member owned the gun that killed h. out if the child maybe shot herself. >>> new video showing the new jersey and new york bombing suspect running from police. you see them there. we're learning now that man is being held on $5.2 million bail, he's also still in the hospital after a shootout with police. two officers were wounded during that gunfight with the suspect. ahmad rahami. injuries though not life threatening. president obama praising the officers, talked to them both and we're also hearing from the and spotted him sleeping in the doorway of his bar. >> i was shaking a little bit. he pulled out his gun and then i realized this is the guy. >> rahami faces at least five charges of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. officials are now investigating to see if he was radicalized in afghanistan. >>> we're learning more about the houston man who police say plotted so blow investi

thonotosassa likely getting clipped with that. as we widen out the shot, the storms continue moving inland here. one shower now developing and approaching pinellas here. so more where this came from, clearwater getting a clip. this will be the pattern today

this is what it looks like through plant city, thonotosassa road, i-4 looking great in both directions, no crashes or breakdowns from lakeland all the way in to downtown tampa. 23 minutes from county line road into downtown. 7 minutes down there at the bottom from 75 to 275. >>> 6:01. we're digging into last night's jam packed first ever presidential debate between hillary clinton and donald trump. reaction continues to pour in. >> n the debate. after the debate donald trump complained his microphone wasn't working properly. he said he wonders if it was done on purpose. he also said he didn't bring up president clinton's infidelity out of respect for their daughter chelsea. the two sparred over trump's refusal to release his tax mail controversy. >> he didn't pay federal income tax. >> that makes me smart -- >> that means zero for troops, zero for vets. >> i will release my tax returns against my lawyer's wishes when she releases her 33,000 e-mails that have been deleted. >> at the digital dashboard we've been watching the moments you're still talking about. one of the top twee success

thonotosassa likely getting clipped with that. as we widen out the shot, the storms continue moving inland here. one shower now developing and approaching pinellas here. so more where this came from, clearwater getting a clip. this will be the pattern today thunderstorms across our interior county. so we are in a wetter pattern than normal with this. now, we have a front to the north out ahead of it is why we have all of the moisture coming in that streams in from the gulf of mexico. temps holding into the mid to upper 80s today with the cloud cover and rainfall. >>> when we hear about a crash, the first thing we do is try to find it on our camera. so far, we don't have a camera right at so i've been checking cameras in the area. traffic seems to be flowing good on i-75 around fowler. i'll keep checking and let you know on twitter if i see anything. here is a live look at i-275 in pinellas county right at gandy. dan? >>> 5:31. happening today, st. petersburg city leaders are helping call city hall this morning. what's happening th

. >>> looking live now at i-4 near thonotosassa. no issues on that stretch of road. janelle martinez has live traffic reports starting at 5:00 a.m. >>> the rays tonight will try to even their three-game series against the blue jays and university of south florida will host florida state right here on your abc action news station later this month. tom >> reporter: good morning. the rays are trying to play a role into who wins the al east. hit toronto in their series at home. last night open up a three game run north of the border, blue jays get the jump this time. all it took, one swing of the bat which is not unusual for this blue jays team. ezekial will go to left field eighth. for a solo home run, that's all toronto needed. blue jays win 3-2, boston beat the orioles so the jays remain two back in the red sox for the division lead. one ahead of baltimore in the wildcard race. >>> willie tagart's usf bulls will be back on abc when hosting second ranked florida state on the 4th of this month. 24th of >>> clinton flowers was named american conference player of the week

a 17 month amaya shaffy will be buried at sunset memory gardens in thonotosassa. he was shot at her family's apartment near macdill air force base. the investigation is ongoing if she >>> kalen mancuso is a softball, volleyball and pe teacher at kathleen high school. she was arrested for reportedly forging $700 worth of checks. the report says she used whiteout to check the name on the checks to her name and made deposits into her personal account. mancuso told investigators she used the money to buy thins for the school's sports teams. >>> deputies need your help catching an armed robber. sunday morning. no one was hurt. if you recognize this guy call the polk county sheriff's office. >>> an orlando police detective is under investigation. officer john tripp apparently through a big house party, one guest ended up dying. foul play is not suspected but police are not saying how he died. >>> happening today -- pinellas county officials are holding a discussion about the zika virus and also prevention efforts. that meeting starts at 9:00 at the tarpon springs st. pe

this is i-4 at thonotosassa road. traffic up to speed, no crashes or breakdowns. your drive on i-75 southbound, it's 22 minutes to get from 52 to i-4. at the bottom just 10 minutes from the apex to i-4. national anthem protest is growing. several other players on the 49ers and two on the rams stood but raised their fist during the national anthem. while many support the protest of racial injustice there are just as many who don't. this door mat at a texas cigar lounge, the owner taped kaepernick's jersey to the mat there. a customer posted this to facebook over the weekend. it's been shared so far 26,000 times. >>> to a marriage made in and we think the honeymoon may have been almost too soon as the ceremony ended. check this out. this couple interesting because wendy henderson is a steelers fan, her new husband justin is a redskins fan. they tied the knot yesterday in the parking lot of a football stadium right before their teams faced off against each other on the field. >> we just argue the whole time. we love it. >> you have to take the good their union in hol

heavy rain continues for pinellas county, throughout hillsborough county, northdale, up toward thonotosassa, plant city, zephyrhills. waking up to the thunder and the heavy rain hitting your roof. thankfully citrus and hernando county getting a break as we and roads closed in the areas. look at the wind speed, sustained in tampa at 30 miles per hour. 23miles per hour in st. pete. 25miles per hour in sarasota. wind gusts reaching up close to 40 miles per hour. so here's the latest forecast, 70 miles per hour winds now. 50miles per hour winds into south carolina. still a tropical storm tomorrow morning along the coast of the carolinas and heading off into the atlantic ocean. but talked about meteorologist ed bloodsworth up on the roof. he's going to let what's happening up there. >> reporter: yeah, about half an hour ago, we had a tremendous downpour and we had to seek shelter and. we had tremendous lightning as well. but righnow, it's started to quiet down. we are closely monitoring the hillsborough river. and it has been looking very, very high. we've had spots along the river that have see

it happened late last night at thonotosassa road and wilson street near plant city. the sheriff's office tells us that a deputy stopped a man wanted for aggravated assault but when the deputy got out of the cruiser, the man deliberately backed th patrol car. the deputy fired at the suspect who he is still on the loose right now but the deputy is expected to be okay. >>> and detectives in brandon are investigating a death in a t how a person at a home died. investigators got onscene late last night, processing the home and looking sihome after a 911 right now, there are no suspects in the death but investigators did conduct some offering a reward tohelp find the arsonist response for burning the islamic center. they are offering a $10,000 reward. someone set fire to the mosque but investigators don't know why. surveillance video you see here shows a man running away from the building shortly before the fire. the mosque was once attended by orlando nightclub shooter omar mateen. >>> deputies are keeping an eye on a after walking to her school bus stop. news channel 8 c

this is what it looks like, i-4 around thonotosassa road out there in plant city. still looking at drive times in the green from u-4 to lakeland into downtown -- i-4 to causeway. the sunshine sky way is looking great this morning, just nine minutes to get from toll booth to toll boom. a check of your toll roads. 17 minutes still in the green on the veterans expressway and looking great right here on the leroy selmon as well. dan? >>> still ahead, a controversial lesson in class. a photo shows a teacher stepping on an american flag. he is now speaking out about what he says he was trying to teach water raising concerns in one community. the city says it's there for a reason. first, a new book is encouraging parents of young children to let them eat dirt. here's more on today's gma first look. >> reporter: in this morning's gma first look, new evidence that exposing kids to dirt can actually be good for them. >> getting them out in that exposure, the new system is now function properly later on. >> reporter: the science behind the new book says that means putting you

weekend will be laid to rest. 17-month-old amaya shaffy will be married at sunset memory guards in thonotosassa. she was shot in her family's apartment on south lois avenue not far from macdill air force base. police say a family member owned the gun. police officers are trying to figure out if amaya shot herself. >>> an orlando police detective under investigation for a house party that turned officer john tripp threw a big house party, and a man wound up dead. foul play is not suspected but police are not saying how the man died. >>> the pulse nightclub memorial continues to grow but it's a parking nightmare. the city is thinking of turning night a permanent memorial. a new fence would display victims but with so many people coming there it's creating parking problems. business owners say the city is not enforcing parking there so they are being forced to have cars towed if they are illegally parked. >>> turning to 9:35, to democracy 2016 -- the stage is set and now we know what the candidates will be discussing during the first presidential debate. ? hillary clinton and donald trump will try

and checking the drive on i-4 at thonotosassa road through plant city. more cars on the road but still nothing out there to slow you down. looking great all the way from the lakeland area into downtown tampa. >>> a crime alert -- detectives in pasco county are looking for a road rage suspect who fired shots from a shotgun at a couple's car wounding a man. look at this video. these are actually sprays man's car. jakeeverette said he and his girlfriend were driving along u.s. 41 saturday night on the way to walmart in land o' lakes and says the driver of a dark suv brake checked him and followed him into the parking lot. he fired a single shot, one pellet lodged into everett's arm. detectives say it's a rising trend in the area. detectives are expected to release surveillance pictures later today and crime is offering a $3,000 reward for tips leading to any information or arrest. we got new clues about the suspect vehicle overnight. we'll share those and victim's account coming up in a live report at 6:30. >>> investigators are looking into a fire at a pop

thonotosassa towards "forbes" and maybe towards i-75, it's getting busier but no accidents or delays. >>> it's going to be mostly cloudy today, temperatures back to the upper 80s, with on and off rain. some heavy at times. watch for that between noon and 4:00 as julia begins to march away from the state of florida. >>> "good morning, america" is coming up next. keep up to date on air, mobile app, facebook and on twitter. >>> good morning, america. breaking right now, tropical storm julia slams the southeast. the system growing overnight after sparking a tornado in florida. and torrential rain. now georgia and the carolinas on alert for flooding. >>> donald trump under investigation. new legal trouble over his charity as president obama takes aim. >> this is the guy you want to be championing working people? >> trump trying to win female voters overnight. teaming up with ivanka to unveil his child care plan. >> i think it's going to make a lot of people very, very happy. a lot of moms very happy. >> this morning ivanka joins us live. >>> terrifying attack. a driver caught on camera plo

this is thonotosassa road. all of the lanes are blocked except for the inside lane that's squeezing by. if you are trying to get into the tampa area this is what it looks like. these are your drive times right now. 52 minutes from county line road to downtown. you can see things start to clear up a little bit once you get to 75. not too bad of a drive down to 275. this is usually where we see the congestion. now due to the crash, it is a lot farther back. leave yourself extra time if still seeing a lot of delays in new port richey at trouble creek. you might want to avoid that area as well. ivan? >> janelle, thanks a lot. it's great out there. a lot of sunshine and blue skies. mostly sunny conditions through the day today and afternoon thunderstorms. like yesterday because of dry air upstairs, we're looking at low coverage, 20% as we check in on the rest of the temperatures across the tampa 81 in st. pete. these are getting up into the low 70s. titan doppler radar. by the afternoon, we have a couple of thunders

this happened late last night at the thonotosassa road near plant city. the sheriff's office tells us a deputy stopped a man want forked aggravated assault. when the deputies climbed out of the cruiser, the man deliberately backed into the patrol car. the deputy pulled his gun and fired at the suspect who ran from the scene. he is still on the loose this morning. the deputy is okay. we will update on you on the >>> and now a mysterious death if brandon. >> investigators are on the scene of a home in the 1200 block of camille avenue. news channel 8's ryan hughes is there right now with the look at what we know so far. >> reporter: good morning once again. a spokesman emailed within the last 10 minutes and said there's no update he can release at this point. more information on this case will likely be released publicly later this morning. let me step out of the way and show you home near the brandon area. you can see investigators here onscene. let's go to video right now. we're told by the spokesman that someone called 911 around 12:00 this morning and re

this is the camera west of thonotosassa road. westbound traffic looking slow heading in towards the tampa area. 12 minutes from branch forbes to 75. we do have in the red congestion avenue to i-4. 23 minutes that drive. 13 minutes southbound 75 to get from bruce b downs to i-4. >>russell: a phony pregnancy. a woman posts a facebook picture to make people think she's having a baby and then the bomb shell. >>jennifer: and mercy in the mountains. a 6-year-old girl says thank you to the female firefighter who came to her rescue during a hike. but first, walter allen is in for charley. good morning. >>walter: you forgot me already? >>walter: i didn't forget you. remember the tumble monkeys? i found one. >>jennifer: my spirit animal. >>walter: i found your tumble monkey. >>jennifer: you did. >>walter: she learned all her skills here. stay with us. [ fly buzzing ] did you know people can save over $500 when they switch to progressive? did you brush your hair today? yes, mom. why? it was doggie destiny was mr. bonejangles expecting the p

it's about a 16 minute trip but really, this pocket of slow traffic begins just after thonotosassa road. >>russell: hillary clinton says she's return to the campaign trail in the next day or so sunday. >>laura: and that is raising questions about the health disclosures of both clinton and donald trump. doug reports from washington. >> this has put a new focus on health issues, and we do expect to learn more this week about the medical histories of donald trump and hillary clinton who is it still recovering at home. despite almost collapsing as she was loaded into her van on sunday, hillary clinton now says some time off the campaign trail at her home in new york. >> once i could sit down, once i could cool off, once i had some water, i immediately started feeling better. >> clin on defied the advice of her doctor who told her to take five days off after being diagnosed with pneumonia. after blistering criticism from republicans and even some democrats, campaign officials admitted they should have been more forthcoming about what happened as clinton was whisked the "new york post" report

this is i-4 just west of vinon this -- thonotosassa west of plant ty >>> checking in on current conditions. looks great. a lot of sunshine. a few clouds but unlike this weekend not going to be as hot and we're going to get going with thunderstorms. we've been missing those, we didn't have much through the weekend. both weekend days 95, records and last week not much. low 80s now, feels like plenty weekend, wasn't enough moisture up above to get the thunderstorms going. we'll make up for that big time. titan doppler radar looks good but look at all the activity already across the bahamas as we pull the moisture -- in fact we have a stern area of weather there, a tropical wave. that is going to be our pattern the next few days. it will pull plenty of moisture, with the heating of the day should crank out good storms, 60% to 70% coverage through the middle part of the week. and looking at those developing not going to rain all day. but just back to kind of where we usually are, more like in july. so plenty of coverage between 4:00 and 7:00, we'll watch some of the storms, hefty downpours, and

when the deputy stepped out of his cruiser near thonotosassa road and woodrow wilson street in plant city the suspect's vehicle rammed the patrol car. the deputy pulled his weapon and fired at the vehicle. authorities now searching for a suspect. >>> let's update traffic with janelle. >> let's check out pinellas county. a crash causing a pretty big backup on bryan dairy road, at belcher, affecting the eastbound lanes. look at the backup approaching the intersection, you may head north and take ulmerton instead. howard frankland. it's taking 17 minutes now to get across the howard frankland. no crashes or breakdowns, just a lot of cars. your drive on 275 southbound from the apex to i-4 is taking 34 minutes. 13 minutes if you're starting off at busch. your drive on i-4 not too bad. pretty typical for this time of morning, 40 minutes to get from county line road to downtown. captain al? >>> we have an accident in on westbound hillsborough avenue. right at orient road. you can see the semi tractor- trailer, a car and fhp behind it. good news, there's a median there, bad news they were in

we have a crash that's westbound i-4 by thonotosassa road. and it's actually blocking one of the lanes. allow for an extra 10 minutes in plant city. and big issue here, a big back- up and this is out of the town and country area. westbound hillsborough avenue right at george but eastbound very heavy. possibly some lookie luis or activity out there. -- lookie loos. but again, hillsborough at george thick at this point. and a quick look at travel time, 22 minutes, 275 southbound down to the >>> 8:00 on today. coming up -- flooding the streets. >> no peace! >> for a third straight night, protesters in protests to release the video grow louder. >> release the video! release the video! >>> then changing the way we see things. peter alexander takes on the blindfold challenge to raise awareness for a cause near and dear to him as he sees life through his sister's eyes. >> this is like -- >> uncomfortable. >> yeah. part of me is sad because i know i get to take the blindfold off >>> and a treat to kick off your weekend. pop superstar shawn mendes sto