Volunteers in the fall. He played five years with the team. A push to increase Mosquito Control in light of the Zika Virus Health emergency. The Hillsborough County commission will consider increasing funding. This comes weeks after governor rick scott declared a Health Emergency in light of the mosquitoborne illness linked to birth defects. In south carolina, the republican president ial candidates are preparing for a town hall debate. Ben carson and senators marco rubio and ted cruz will appear on cnn. Lets get a check on the weather. Good morning. We have we have patchy thick fog. So like downtown tampa, its perfectly clear. County, very thick fog. Keep going east, things are clear again. Let me show you the fog forecast. I expect it to get a little bit more widespread in the next hour. So this is around 5 20. The fog forecast of zero means very low visibility. And im going to keep that at least patchy dense fog through about 7 00. By 8 00, notice how we start to clear things out and after 8 00, blue sky it is cooler, 43 in inverness. And we will see an afternoon high of 70. A Beautiful Day today. In weather and traffic on the 8s at 4 08, i take you hourby hour through the fog and the beautiful afternoon. And leslee is here to get you through the fog literally. Thats right. Thank you. Lets look at the maps. A great drive from hernando county. Down to brandon, thats cortez road to highway 60, that will and now leigh is talking about the fog. I want to show a picture, you can see some in the distance, 10 minutes ago, it was so much thicker in the area. So its moving around out there on the bay area interstates. And 275 at bearss avenue, looks much better than 10 minutes ago. Thats a look at weather and traffic. And now back to gene and gayle. Thank you. In breaking news this morning, a shooting investigation in manatee county. This is happening right now at 114th avenue east. This is a live picture. We know one person was shot outside of the duplex and we know investigators are looking for the shooter. Stay tuned for updates throughout the morning. This has everybody talking, the woman accused of hitting and killing a tow truck driver on the Howard Franklin bridge, Allison Huffman will stay there unless she can post a 750,000 bond. Her record shows several past dui arrests and when we posted her arrest on social media, many asked why is she still allowed to drive . Paul mueller takes a look at the laws and how they apply in this case . Reporter good morning. Could it have been prevented . A lot of people want to know how Allison Huffman was able to get behind the wheel with a background like this. You never imagine it happening to you. Reporter it did. Her Brother Roger killed in the hitandrun. Her alleged killer Allison Huffman, a woman whose history of drinking and driving dates back to 2002. Shes got dui arrest. How is she still on the road . Well, theres a difference between arrest and convictions. Reporter the difference, arrested four time, convicted so how many does it take for a drunk driver to be taken off the road . On a fourth time dui, its a permanent driver license revocation. Reporter so even with three conviction, she still had a drivers license. But how could she be on the road . The Attorney Says thats how the law is written. I think the law has room for improvement. The same goals one time, shame on you, twice, well, shame on me. And its just unfortunate that it took a life. Reporter and lets go ahead and add a new wrinkle to this. With the fourth dui conviction, your license gets revoked. Well new legislation says that, hey, wait 10 years and then you can go ahead and reapply. Paul mueller, news channel 8 today. Well this morning a south unnerving video. It shows three burglars going through a home room by room and its caught on surveillance video. The wife received an alert on her phone that something was up. She checked and she saw the burglars in her living room. She set off the alarm to scare them away. It worked. We were able to get them out within a minutes time. The alarm system is disguised as a decoration on the table and its helped investigators track down one suspect. Thats good video though. Chilling to see them taking their time. Looking around. Yeah. This morning, an update to a Major National news story. The fbi is one step closer to getting encrypted information stored on one of the san yeah, Lindsey Mastis is joining us now. Reporter gening, good morning. Fbi investigators want to know who suspected shooter Syed Rizwan Farook communicated with. Remember the breaking story, Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik die thed in a shootout with police after they killed 14 people. The victims were Syed Rizwan Farooks own coworkers. They worked for the county Health Department and that organization owns the phone. So despite the countys pleas, apple is refusing to help unlock the phone and now apple will reportedly fight the judges order to help. And believe it or not, the release could be too difficult because the company specifically designs the software so it cant be hacked, not even by apple. The main issue with the phone is the pass code that so many of us use. If investigators try guessing too many time, the phone could auto erase and wipe out all the information that the investigators need. This is a story a lot of people are interested in follow thing. We will continue giving you news channel 8 app. You can follow the morning and twitter. Search the 8alert. The florida winners of the 1. 5 billion Powerball Jackpot will claim their prize. They bought the Winning Ticket at a publix in melbourne beach. It was one of three to match all of the numbers. Today theyll appear in tallahassee. So stay tuned to find out who the big winners are. And we will carry the announcement live starting at 2 30. We are getting a look at the powerful punch Mother Nature delivered to south florida. Check out this video here. You can see potted plant, sign, this is the damage left behind in fort lauderdale. Look at that, storms ripped roofs off of buildings and through rvs around like toys. And even on the water, some tornado damage there, high winds overturning some boats. Wild. Its 4 08. Lets get a check on weather and traffic on the 8s with meteorologist leigh spann. And that was the same system that rolled through here about midnight to 4 00 a. M. Yesterday. Thankfully we didnt see the strong storms like that. It was just to our south where the storms really fired up. Today, nothing of the sort. You may run into patchy thick fog this morning depending on where you are. Its not widespread. Were in for a treat, 65 at noon. Low humidity. Quick cooling down to 61 degrees this evening. Trillion mostly sunny pleasant conditions continue for the just a slow warmup. In the mid to upper 70s this weekend and. Check out the comfortable temperatures. 70 today. 71 tomorrow. 73 friday. We couldnt buy Better Weather than this. We will check on traffic on the 8s because theres patchy fog, just really not everywhere. No, its moving around. And i have been fog hunting and i have found some more fog behind us. I4, a nice patch here so be careful moving through plant city area on i4. And elsewhere, the polk parkway, very thick as well. So keep in mind coming in and out of polk county and the plant city area. And lets take a look at the maps. We have overnight construction due to the diverging diamond intersection. You can get by but a lot of construction going on. And both north and south on i thats a look at weather and traffic. Back the to gene and gayle. Did you have a foggy ride into work . No, it wasnt too bad on the gandy. A south florida teenager game of pretend gets too real. Who an 18yearold is accused of pretending to be that landed him behind bars. And shark mania. Where thousands of sharks are spotted off the coast of florida and why there are so many. And cubas increasing role in world events. How lifting the embargo is opening up opportunities and more historic changes that ida chicken, t strawberry parfait. P fresh florida bell peppers sizzle in olive oil. Nadd snap beans, a dash of garlic and serve with roasted chicken. P for dessert, surprise them with juicy florida strawberries r in a scrumptious, easy to make parfait. R from dinner to dessert, its just that easy to serve r delicious fresh florida dishes anytime. And look for the fresh from florida label when you shop. Remember, delicious is always in an 8 on your side exclusive, news channel 8 today is once again reporting from the front lines of history in cuba. Our Jeff Patterson is in cuba right now. You might remember i covered the papal visit last year. And now jeff is there covering historic events. Reporter its been a remarkable trip for us. Pope met with the head of the Russian Orthodox church, the First Time Since 1054. Also while we have been here, the u. S. Secretary of transportation signed a historic agreement allowing u. S. Commercial airlines to travel to cuba for the first time on a daily basis in 50 years. And today we plan to talk with a business man taking tour groups down to Vanessa Borge for the past 20 year down to havana for the past 20 years. News channel 8 today. And we will see more from jeff. News channel 8 is the only television station bringing you reports from cuba on the visit from the u. S. Delegation. In an 8 on your side alert this morning, a warning about Online Rental scams. Its a trend thats targeting people here in the bay area. On craigslist, scammers are for hundreds of dollars less than the going rate. If you take the bait, the scammer asks for a deposit. Once they get the money, you are off and you are left without a place to stay. To avoid being ripped off, use a reputable Vacation Booking Company or a local real estate agent. Okay, this next one is going to blow aweway. The its a wild story. Yeah blow you away. Its a wild story. This morning, a teenager is accused of playing doctor with real patients. He even opened his own office in west palm beach. Take a look at this guy. He is just 18 years old. Now he is behind bars. Investigators claimed he opened the new birth, new Life Medical Center and urgent care claiming to be a 25yearold doctor. A young doctor. An undercover agent posed as a the teens grandfather knew about the clinic but didnt think about it. Once he opened up the office and practice, i felt like it was something legit he tried to do. Again, at 18. 18 . And did not going to medical school. And hes a repeat offender. The Health Department cited him scheme. Today crews will tow away a small plane that made an Emergency Landing on a south florida highway. The pilot reported engine before landing on the road. Several drivers reported seeing the plane coming straight at them. At the last minute, the pilot steered the plane into the grass. No one was hurt. A Colorado Church believes building also left a miracle. A fire damaged part of the church. But at the altar, smoke appears what appears to be a crown above the portrait. Church officials are asking the church to investigate to determine if the crown can be classified as a miracle. See all these sharks . Theres tens of thousands of them just off the east coast of florida. And now researchers claim its part of their annual migration pattern, this is normal. The massive swarm closed several beaches along south Floridas Atlantic coast. And im sure people had phones and cameras taking pictures. Thats right. Well, depending on where you are, its either a perfectly, clear gorgeous morning or extremely foggy. Now this is the visibility map. See before things get lost in the fog. Tampa, lakeland, 10 miles. In between those the two to plant city and brandon, only about a. 25mile. As you drive around, your visibility is going to change. Be aware of that. You may run into an area where its difficult to see. And the fog will begin to erode around 8 00 this morning and by lunchtime, boy its going to be a great day, 65 at noon. 70 and pleasant at 3 00 p. M. It is cooler this morning. Especially brooksville, youre 47. Auburndale and polk county, 52. And 52 in sarasota. And bob in venice checked in around 59 degrees. This is the fog. You can see it patchy. Its going to clear out after sunrise. Gorgeous day today. A little cooler tomorrow. We will be in the 40s when we start the day but this is a long stretch of gorgeous weather into the weekend. Leslee, how about traffic on the 8s . Well, hopefully traffic is we will take it for now. Later on during rush hour, probably not. Brooksville right now looks fantastic. Hernando county, up to speed here. And lets look here as we back up and go down further to the south and sarasota, a little bit of construction to be aware of. This is northbound and southbound at 75 at university. And eastbound university, a lane taken away at the interstate. And traffic is up to speed. And lets look at i4, the polk parkway, very foggy through polk county and lakeland and even plant city. I will be keeping an eye on the fog. Thats weather and traffic on the 8s. Back to gene gene and gene and gayle. We will show you how one Business Owner is making a fashion statement with ear buds and chargers. And helping parents stay in touch with their children and all those they use. What one Police Officer is doing to help. Its 4 20. Some parents in Central Indiana are doing their best to get up to speed on new social media apps. Seems like theres always a new app to learn about and download. And thats why he put together a forum for parents. He introduces parents to social media apps that could be dangerous. They come in to the conversation thinking whoever they are talking to wont know the captain wants parents to be aware of their childs app use. By monitoring them, watch for buzzwords like modeling and private. But most important of all, he suggests having an open and honest discussion with your child if youre concerned. Thats a great way to get information, just talk to them. Just ask. Exactly. Women say goodbye to the tangled mess of headphones in your purse. You wear jewelry to express your child, well, why not give it function. A Startup Company did it with a necklace. It has the full functioning of headphones. Just pop in the ear buds and then connect the jack to your smart phone, ipad or computer. No more time on traditional headphones. Its not cheap. Goes with everything. About 125,000. Not terrible. Yeah, its cute. Its pretty. You will be using it every day. Weather and traffic on the 8s is three minutes away. In the next half hour, what happens to a jackpot when no one claims it. And a baby monitor to the rescue. How one monitor is credited with saving a little boys life. 4 cal. App. 28. Time 4 28. Be aware there is very patchy fog and where the fog has developed, its extremely thick. Now its not everywhere so the kids need to be aware, stay away from the road. Comfortable and sunny this afternoon. Check it out. Emoji man says this is awesome. Sunny and mild. And you know what, these comfortable conditions continue right into the low 70s into the weekend. Leslee has fog on the maps. I do. Its looking better than 10, 15 minutes ago. Forbes road. And move over to polk county. It looks better here. It was much thicker about 10 minutes ago. Its patchy and moving around and changing. And lets look at the bay area bridges no. Delays across the bridges. No delays across the water but an accident involving a patrol car at state road 52 at driver good wednesday morning. Welcome to news channel 8 today. Im gene ramirez. And im gayle guyardo. Allison huffman, the woman accused of hitting and killing a tow truck driver on the Howard Franklin bridge is still behind bars this morning. She has a 750,000 bond. This is not huffmans first arrest. 8 on your side dug up her record and found four past dui arrests. And police are looking for burglars caught on camera going through a home in tampa. Take a look here. The homeowners were at work at the time