Starting to develop. This is 7 00, 8 00, 9 00 and then the rain will spread further and further inland. A 50 rain chance early before i taper the rain chance back down for friday evening. Right now sarasota at 78. Its below average. Only hitting 88 today. At 4 08 ill take you hour by hour through your friday. Get you through your commute. Thats right. Were off to an okay start. Lets get you a look at what were dealing with here near the downtown junction. This is 275 and i4. So heading northbound just past i4 as you approach mlk youre going to deal with over night construction there. That should be out of your way before tooening lo. Before too long. St. Petersburg an accident northbound 275 near exit 24. Anything ill let you 2340e. You know. Right now theres no delays in the area. Your bay area bridges look great about 6 minutes for the gandy, Courtney Campbell and Howard Frankland bridge. Thank you. A man is in jail accused of shooting a motorcyclist during a case of road rage. It happened at 109th avenue and north nebraska. A driver and an argument after he walked back to his motorcycle he was shot in the back. This morning a polk county man is in jail accused of killing a Sumter County firefighter. The shooting happened at caleb mckinneys home in lakeland and mckinneys exgirlfriend showed up with her new boyfriend to drop off medicine for her baby. His family is now mourning his death. He was a proud strong man and this man raised him to be the firefighter that he is and he was. Deputies say this all happened in front of a 5yearold also in the car. Cofer was lieutenant with the Sumter County firefighter department. Mckinney is facings multiple charges including first degree murder. This morning the bay area is remembering long time radio personalally dave mckay. Personality david mckay. Mckay entertained listeners on 99. 5. When mckay didnt show up for work a coworker went to check on him. It does not appear to be suspicious. He was just 55 years old. This morning the search is stealing from veterans. Surveillance cameras show the thieves getting away with bicycles belongs to project hero who worked the wounded veterans. A construction worker is recovering after a car sport collapsed on him. Peter bernard shows us how crews rescued this man. H made it here. Tampa fire rescue sent their unit to help lift what fell. On south drexel avenue in tampa a crew found themselves in a panic when the structure pancaked down on top of a 28yearold coworker. Bags designed to pick up heavy things and allow rescuers to get people out. Hes lucky the roof landed on him as it did because it could have crushed him. The collapse happened at a 1947 home, the owner told me its getting a new bedroom and dining room. The hourlong rescue accomplished using teed dious care tedious care. We were making sure we didnt do anything to aggravate or move the structure. A construction worker watched hoping all would work out. I was wondering if he was alive or not. They told me he was a live to that made me feel better. The crews priority is to stabilize what has already fallen and not do any damage or mission accomplished. Tonight is the big night, the night of the opening ceremony. Final preparations are underway , crews practiced setting off fireworks at the Olympic Stadium for tonight easter mohney. Tonight cease sers ser moe tonightser see a ceremony that talks about important values and important deals delivered with a lot of magic and dancing. Its estimated that 3 billion people will watch the opening ceremonies to be the. Tonight. Sometimes what happened behind the scenes is just as entertaining. If not more sometimes. Action through social media. Meredith has been keeping tabs on the athletes and so much more. Hey, meredith. Reporter hey. Olympic athletes have been training their whole lives for this moment. They like to unwind too. A look at the rugby team dressed for dinner channelling the back street boys. Thats according to their coach mike friday. He tweeted out that picture. Sam dorbin who shared his personal videos tagging his fellow diver abbey johnson. Also the u. S. Swim team seen here, this tweeted out by their coach, having a really nice moment to together at the olympic games. Also a graet view great view from the olympic village. How do you wind down your day . If youre Maggie Rogers you do stretches on your balcony. I put together a list labeled rio 2016. Its constantly updated with the best social media. I always thought balconies were for relaxing. Paul ryan is in rio for the duration of the olympics. Tune in the at 6 40 this morning. Well talk to paul live on the show. He will show us how athletes are focused on the events but having fun searching for mystical creaches. Creatures. Are you into pokemon go . Im heading out. At 4 08 not bad. Yesterday we were seeing a lot of rain pushing on shore. Shore yet. Im leaving in this chance. About a 30 chance. 78 degrees or so when the sunrises. We will keep the afternoon highs down a bit. Down to 88 degrees around 3 00 p. M. Because of the extra rain. A 40 chance at midday, 50 in the early afternoon. It comes from this on shore wind flow. It keeps us from being quite as hot. Highs in the upper 80s. The rain taperering off aroundering tapering off around sunshine day. Now a quick check on Tropical Storm earl. Its going to stay on the southern end near mexico but weakening over the next couple of hours. Now traffic on the 8s. The Highway Patrol said that accident i mentioned earlier is no big deal. Lets move over to the maps and show you where that is. Thats northbound 275 near exit 24. Theres an ambulance on scene but no roadblocks. Thats good news there. We have Road Construction. Hillsborough closed at the venn veteran veterans expressway. Finally some construction northbound along 275 just past i4 as you approach mlk. If youre heading that way take it extra slow to look out for the men and women on scene about to wrap up their workday. Gene and gayle, back to you. Meredith, thank you. Investigator shannon Veterans Administration is sending information about vets to stranger. They wonder why so many people can get somebody elses identity. If i was crook i would have it made. Thats Randy Blackford of fort richey. He claims he received someone elses information that included the name, address and Social Security number in the mail. This is the third time it happened to him. Shan on this called the shannon called the va and now theyre investigating. If you have a call if you have a problem call behnken. Twin girls after being left in a hot suv. What neighbors did to try to help the girls. What police found at a new jersey park that has them warping people to be on the look out. First tax free back to school shopping. Up next, get schooled on which items are tax you know, some people, they shop all over town to save money. I just go to publix, find the signs with the deals and save. When you add it all up. Its a lot. Thats how i save at publix. How bout you . Publix. Where shopping is a pleasure. Our bacteria familys been on this cushion for generations. Alright kiddos everybody off the backpack, i like to watch them clean, but theyll never get me on the mattress finally theres a disinfectant mist designed for sofas, mattresses and more. Introducing new lysol max cover. Its innovative cap has a 2x wider spray that kills 99. 9 of bacteria. Oh yea, everything is digital nowadays. This thing never leaves my side. That is why i signed up for publix digital coupons. And i got the paper ones too. So retro. How bout you . Publix. Where shopping is a pleasure. 8 on your side is getting schooled on everything back to school. This morning we are talking tax free school through sunday p through sunday. Ryan hughes reports. Blach soon bell reports. Soon bells will ring in classes to start the new school year. Parents can get them prepared and save a few bucks too. Its like a holiday. Its something that people mark on their calendars. The 2016 the sunday night. The state waves sales tax on clothes, footwear and accelerate second ris accessories for 15 or less. Its just a couple days. Sending kids back to school is an expensive time. Its going to help. We turned to the experts takes a big hit when tax isnt collected. The impact on the state is very small. I mean, we have an 82 billion budget. This will be about 28 million in tax savings this year. If you dont feel like leaving your home walmart suffers tax free savings on its website. Jc penney, best buy and office depot allow instore pick up options. Ryan hughes, news channel 8. Itpp shopping. We put a complete list of the supplies on our website, wfla. Com. Be sure to stay tuned to news channel 8 for your most comprehensive back to school information. All month long we are looking at what teaches, parents and kids need to know. Dont miss get schooled every weekday morning. The man who tried to getting out of a psychiatric high school. John hinkley was decleared illegally insane. 15monthold twin girls are dead this morning after they were left inside a hot suv. This happened in northwest virginia. Neighbors found the little girls in the pack seat of a parked suv. Investigators explained how t there was some individuals holding the infants in a pool and had some ice packs also attempting to cool the kids off. The girls were rushed to the hospital where they died. Investigators are now questioning the father. The mother was out of town at the time. A warning for hikers and bikers, trails around one park in new jersey could be booby trapped. The warning is for High Mountain park reserve police found roped and bashed wire. They discovered wooden mraings with screws and planks with screws and nailed buried on paths. They dont know who left them or why. The time is now 4 18. How is it looking out there, leigh . Yesterday at this point we were watching a lot of showers along the coast and they pushed on shore. Im still tracking showers off in the gulf they havent yet come on shore. Keep that umbrella with you especially near the shore. 78 degrees at 8 00 a. M. 8 00 a. M. 85 degrees at noon. The storms head inland as the day progresses. I just checked in with my weather watcher bob in venice and he said its 78 at his house. It has to do yesterday. This is about 9 45. As the day progresses the showers get further and further inland. Over all a 50 rain chance because we will see that rain push across the state. On saturday morning a few showers develop along the coast. Theres a 50 rain chance. Highs at 88 today and tomorrow. Meredith is or im checking out my camera at i h at ml at i4 mlk. This is 275 near i4, northbound 275 wrapping up some over night road work in that area. Its on the approach to mlk. Right now only the inside lane is getting by. I do expect that will be out of your way before we hit morning rush hour. As you know, southbound anyway on 275. We have an accident on northbound 275 in st. Petersburg. Thats near exit 24. An ambulance is still on scene but right now no roadblock. Gene and gayle back to you. Thank you, meredith. Breaking news, tampa police need your help finding a missing 12yearold boy. Take a good look at malee he ran away after an argument with his mom. He feels wearing a white shirt with black basketball shorts. Hes known to hang out in the Belmont Heights area. If you know where he is call police. If times are tough reaching into savings accounts are attempting. How many parents admit to dipping into their childs college savings. A ford recall that might save lives. Immediately. We are back. More than 800,000 ford cars and suvs need to head back to the dealer to fix doors that may not latch properly. This recall includes several models including the escape suv and cmax cars. The complete list on our website wfla. Com. The new iphones official unveiling is next month. Cant wait for that. Theres already some leaks. These are images. It looks similar to the 6s but with a larger camera and missing head phone jack. You need to plug in an adapter or go wireless with the bluetooth head sets. Really . No more jack. I want ed ed one until that i wanted one until you said that. When times are tough its easy to reach in the cookie jar. Many parents admit to pulling from their childs college fund. They use the things for bills, vacation and weddings. 3 just used the money for education. I never knew that you could legally pull money. I thought it had to be used. Oh, well. A florida man who made headlines for shooting and killed an unarmed black teen is making headlines again. The trouble that George Zimmerman got into at a restaurant and why he had to call 911. First weather and traffic on its 4 28 time for weather and traffic on the 8s. Emoji man has a smile on his way. A 50 chance of showers early afternoon as the showers continue to push on shore. Im going to keep the rain chance at 50 for saturday and sunday. Highs still in the upper 80s. Meredith. We have some Road Construction on the Howard Frankland bridge right where you exit to kennedy and the Tampa International airport. Its fine. On this exit youre going to be rerouted just a little bit. A u turn will help you out. Well be right back. On. It is exactly like a competition. Whoever finds the most bogos wins which is usually me. Thats how we save a lot at publix. How bout you . Publix. Where shopping is a pleasure. Well when i shop, my coupons are in a neat little stack, and my weekly ad is folded like this. How bout you . Publix. Where shopping is a pleasure. So a positive new development in the fight against the search for the driver this morning. Against the search the zika virus this morning, possible vaccine. More on how crews are stepping up their efforts to fight zika just ahead. Another case of road rage on bay area roads and it involves motorcyclists. Coming up, what led to a man being shot in this latest incident. And George Zimmerman back in the headlines again this morning. Reportedly he was punched in the face. What happened and well let you listen in on the 911 call when zimmerman called for help. Good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. Im gayle guyardo. Im gene ramirez. Thank you for join ing ing us
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