Make or break day, especially for florida senator marco rubio. He is fighting to win his home state. The polls open at 7 00 this morning. A Hillsborough County deputy is being remembered as a hero. A witness who saw the wrongway crash who killed Deputy John Kotfila beliefs he was acting as a human shield to save her life. The officer rushed around me and one or two seconds after he passed me, he ended up hitting the car instead of me. The funeral for Deputy Kotfila is scheduled for friday. Well today polk countys a workshop. Sales on sunday. Right now in the county, you cant buy beer, wine or alcohol until noon but in the city of lakeland, you can buy alcohol on sunday before noon. Todays meeting will look at making things more consistent throughout the county. Leigh, looking at fog coming into the area . Yeah, we havent seen a lot on land at this point. But over the next two to three hour, were going to the see the fog develop. This is how far you can see. And right now, not too bad. By 6 20, we start to see the numbers get lower meaning the the visibility goes down because the fog gets thicker and the thickest fog will happen around 8 00, 9 00 this morning. One mile visibility. But then things break up quickly after 9 00 a. M. Especially for areas of inland away from the immediate coast. But if you live right along the shoreline, there may be sea fog that lingers through the day. My goodness its warm right now, low to mid70s and an afternoon high of 81 degrees. In weather and traffic on the 8s at 4 80, i show you when the fog will form and dissipate. Get the Tuesday Morning commute started. Thats right. And checking the cameras. Lets take a look at the travel times through palm harbor, state road 54 to tampa road on u. S. 19, 15 minutes. You have some red lights to go through. And also u. S. 41 through land olakes, from stated road 52 to state road 54, an 11 minute commute. And we have overnight construction out in sarasota. Here. And looking at university underneath i75. So the alternate will be fruitville road or state road 70. And also, some construction on the interstate too. In your vote this morning, this is it. It is primary day in florida. And our state is a crucial one in this years election. Yeah, president ial hopefuls over state in the last few days hoping to drum up lastminute support. 8 on your sides ryan hughs is live on dale mabry highway in tampa. And ryan, good morning. I know the poll workers get out there early. Do you see any around you yet . Reporter gene, good morning to you. Not at this hour but the signs are up indicating that it is a polling site. Locations in florida dont open until 7 00 this morning. Its been a roundtheclock effort getting locations ready for this big day. One thing that happens before we even put the machines in the polling sites is we conduct a test to make sure that the machines are counting approximately. Reporter Hillsborough County supervisor of elections stresses checks and balances. He tells 8 on your side all the ballots will be hand counted tonight to make sure that the grand total squares with what the machines report. Each poll worker has been trained and equipment and ballots have been checked for tapering. He believes wait times will be minimal because more than 25 of registered democrats and republicans have voted by mail during the early voting election process so they wont have to visit a polling site. Again, another live look for previctim 135. And speaking of the number they are high for a primary. In the next half hour, we will tell you how many people have already early voted. Yeah, some people taking advantage of that. Busy day ahead. Thank you so much. The polls open at 7 00 this morning. Before you head out to vote, head to wfla. Com. Our web team has put together a great section for you. Its a list of everything you need to know, that includes where you vote and what you need to bring. Thats important because you have to have the right stuff to cast your balance. Team coverage of the florida primary. We will have the latest results in a special onehour edition of news channel 8 at 11 00 and reaction from voters and candidates tonight givenning at 11 00. Well this morning, more details about the death of a Hillsborough County deputy in the line of duty. Deputy john kotfila is being called a hero after putting himself in the path of a wrong way driver to save the lives of others. Unbelievable act of bravery. Reporter good morning to you from the Hillsborough County sheriffs office. You know, this young man was a hero until his very last breath. He saw the oncoming car and he put himself in harms way so that the woman driving next to him wouldnt get hurt and in the end, he was the one who took the impact. He was a hero in every sense of the word, serving and protecting until the very end. Deputy john kotfila spent his life for another. This man put himself in front of us as a human shield. Absolutely. He definitely saw what was going on. When i take a step back and look at how everything occurred, he was amy man shield. Reporter the work of a brave man. Sarah tells us, theres no doubt in her mind that the deputy drove intentionally into the path of the oncoming car to save her. He was willing to die so that she could live. I started to pull over to the side of the road. But that hadnt even occurred all the way when the officer rushed around me and one or two seconds after he passed me, he ended up hitting the car instead of me. John made us better. He made this program better. Better. And hes going to be missed. Reporter those who knew him surprised by this final act of courage, thats who john kotfila was. A young man who wouldnt think twice about helping others. A deputy live on an an inspiration after dying as a hero. A deputy who will certainly be missed here at the Hillsborough County sheriffs office, in the tampa area and across the nation. His funeral will be this friday in lutz at 1 00. In in tampa, news channel 8. Thank you. Well a suspected dui driver is now facing serious charges after investigators claim he rammed into two deputy cruisers. Look at the video, you can see the rear passenger side door of one of the cruisers and you can see the damage to the door. Investigators claim he rammed his truck into the patrol cars while trying to get away. Deputies claim they found drugs and paraphernalia in his truck. Its 4 08 on this Tuesday Morning. On the 8s. At this point, watching fog starting to develop but not there at the moment. You can see what im looking at. The fog for the most part is of mexico. Clearer skies east of i75. And i am going to keep the fog in the forecast between about 7 00 a. M. And 10 00 a. M. Temperatures this morning in the low 70s. Very warm. And then we are partly cloudy for the rest of the day, 76 at noon. 81 at 4 00 p. M. And still 80 at 5 00. Down to 76 degrees at 7 00 p. M. And in fact, expecting morning fog the next couple days as well. But also near 80 for the next couple days as well. Scattered showers and thunderstorms start to enter the forecast friday and saturday. We have warm days ahead, 81 today, tomorrow. 80 on thursday. The upper 70s saturday. And we will check on traffic on the 8s to see whats going on out there this morning. Well, right now, we have a pretty good drive. Traffic looks good. Howard franklin bridge, only six minutes to cross. Court Courtney Campbell causeway, roughly a 10 minute commute. And across the gandy, eight minutes. The only reason you see it yellow is because it carries you from Pinellas County to manhattan so you have a couple red lights but a great drive. Sarasota looks good. No slow downs on i75 but we have overnight construction. Keep that in mind right here at i75 and University Parkway. Some lanes taken away. The exits are blocked so take fruitville. And then University Parkway underneath i75 is blocked. Fruitville or state road 70 is the alternate. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you, leslee. New detail the deadly shooting rampage in kalamazoo, michigan. What a 13yearold did in the hospital that is giving her parents hope. The new devices you may soon phone ringing you cant deal with something, by ignoring it. But thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing with social security. Americans work hard, and pay into it. So our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. elephant noise donkey noise hey candidates, answer the call already. This is a letter from someone whos here. She has to take a brand name drug. Been taking it since the early 1980s. At that time it cost 10 shots. The latest refill was 14. 700 for the same 10 vials and the company is called valeant pharmaceuticals. Im going after them. This is predatory pricing and were going to make sure it is stopped. Im Hillary Clinton and i now to an 8 on your side alert. Safer gas pumps could finally be on the way. We constantly show you skimmers stealing our money at bay area gas stations. Well a new law aims to slows this down. Adrienne pedersen is looking into it. Adrienne, its a big credit card scam costing us billions of dollars of a year. By the way, welcome back. Reporter thank you, gayle. Thats right, its incredibly frustrating. 8 on your side wants to know if skimming. Gas stations now have more guidelines when it comes to security at the pumps. They have several options. One is to place the device inside the pump. That will shut it down tampers with it. It sounds like a great idea. Another option, the tape that goes across the front to show with it. Will an owner really pay more the pump instead of the tape . Thats the big question here. And the new law ups the charges for the crooks ripping us off. And i am reading through the entire bill this morning and i will let you know what else i found, but no question, something really needs to be done. Gayle i see those little strips of tape and i wonder how much they work. We will see. Thank you, adrienne. Happening today, its your chance to tell st. Petersburg city lead hears you think of the plan for the new pier. Leaders what you think of the plan for the new pier. 7 00 p. M. Is when it gets underway. Crews are demolishing the old inverted pier. Construction is expected to begin next year. Today is the ted line in the data show down between apple and the department of justice. Apple is expected to submit its response to the fbi trying to of one of the San Bernardino terrorists. The government believes the phone could provide more information about the attack. Apple claims it violates the privacy it promised users. The uber driver accused of going on a deadly shooting ram pain in kalamazoo, michigan claims the uber app made him do it. He is now undergoing a psychological evaluation. And police just released dash cam video of his arrest. It shows officers approaching the car with guns drawn and arresting him without trouble. He is accused of killing six people and wounding two others. And this morning, theres encouraging news about the youngest surviving victim from the ram pain. The 14yearold remains in the hospital. He is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. Listen to this, her parents report she whispered, i love you, to them over the weekend. Friendly fire is being blamed for the death of a in an ambush. The police chief revealed jacai colson was hit. They are now under arrest. Right now, authorities claim they have regained control of an alabama prison after a riot. This is cellphone video of the violence inside the correctional facility near mobile. Inmates took the video with smuggled phones. You can see inmates barricaded a dorm and set it afire. This is the second up rising in a weeks time. On friday, inmates stabbedded a corrections officer and warden. Wild scene there. More red cross volunteers from florida are headed to louisiana to help victims there. Today two volunteers will leave shreveport. People are dealing with flooding. And many rivers are still rising. They are expected to crest later this week. Residents in ohio are waking up. The radar showed fastmoving thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes. And you have got to see this. This looks like a funnel cloud spinning. Bringing cars on a nearby road to a screeching halt. They couldnt believe what they were seeing. This is from western ohio. Theres no word on injuries or Property Damage yet related to the possible tornado. The area is expecting more thunderstorms and damaging winds today. Its 4 18 on this Tuesday Morning. Right now, we have an eye on fog into our area. As i mentioned, i thought the fog was going to cob to roll in off the gulf of mexico going to continue to roll in off the gulf of mexico. About half a mile. Most of the area you can see for miles but here in sarasota, only a half mile visibility. So thats what i think were going to continue to see, the fog getting thicker between now and about 8 00 a. M. This morning. By noon, 76, partly cloudy. And actually feeling like spring at 4 00 p. M. , 81 degrees. 70 in zephyrhills right now. Its warm and humid. 75 in bradenton. Closer to where the fog has developed. Let me give you a long range forecast. We will see foggy morning, partly cloudy afternoon, warm conditions. Waiting on this cold front, notice theres thursday. Starting to get into the southeast. But still not affecting us. Friday, this front stalls around the georgia florida border. And we increase the rain chances friday. Area of low pressure crosses the northern portion of the state on saturday. At this point, thats when im putting in the best rain chance. So ramping up the rain chances friday and saturday. Leslee, how about traffic on the 8s . Well, we have fog on the fdot cameras here. Looks like its just at the top of the hump of the skyway bridge. I know i get scared. Just here at the hump, you can see the yellow pillars there. Meanwhile, look at this, Howard Franklin bridge, down to the lower levels looks great across the water. No delays Courtney Campbell causeway, up to speed as well. And lets look at sarasota. Leigh mentioned fog. And i want to mention overnight construction, this is University Parkway underneath i 75. All lanes are blocked so take state road 70 or fruitville until they wrap up the construction. Probably there for another hour. Thats a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. Back to gene and gayle. All right, leslee, thank you. 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And it should wrap up in about an hour or so. Is the economy rigged . Well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 Million People combined. Im bernie sanders, and i approve this message. My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. The middle class will continue to disappear unless we level the playing field. With your help, as president , 4 30. Good morning to you. Welcome to news channel 8 today. Im gene ramirez. And im gayle guyardo. Today voters in florida have the opportunity to choose their candidate for president. We will have much more on the primary including all you need to know before you head to the polls in a live report in minutes. First, our other top the stories. We are finding out much more about how selfless fallen Deputy John Kotfila really was. He is being hailed a hailed a