And theres major hurricane gaston. But all eyes for our purposes will be on tropical depression nine. This came in at 11 00 a. M. In the next 45 to 50 minute, i will be getting a brand new update. This is what were thinking so far f the next 24 hour, it should strengthen to a Tropical Storm by tomorrow morning into the gulf of mexico. After that, it takes a hard right turn so by wednesday even, its still a tropical stor more in sights and late thursday, somewhere near the big bend of florida but keep in mind, this could be anywhere from the panhandle down through fort myers before it heads back into the atlantic ocean. Its going to head into this warm water of the gulf of mexico. What we know between now tuesday certainly heading into the central gulf. Look at the water temperatures there, upper 80s. So again, a great place unfortunately for the this that. A little bit everywhere, anywhere from louisiana to florida. So at this point, everybody in the gulf coast needs to be aware of this. And now we have tropical depression eight. Not looking good on satellite this morning but it could skirt the outbanks as a Tropical Storm as well. And hurricane gaston, best news is it heads out to sea. And nobody has to worry about it. Coming up in weather and traffic on the 8s, more about what we should e your hourbyhour forecast. But leslee has the roadways. All right, well, we have a great drive on the bay area bridges. Lets look at travel time, folks. Howard frankland bridge, thats only going to take seven minutes to cross. No delays on the Courtney Campbell causeway. 10 minutes. And that will take you all the way from memorial highway over to pinellas county. Lets go ahead and look at traffic out here. Heres 275. Theres an underpass there. This is by hillsborough avenue. 275 at bird street. We are also up to speed. Thats a look at weather and traffic. And now back to melanie and gene. Thank you. Breaking news this morning. A baby is shot in a driveby. She was in a front bedroom when gunfire erupted. The bullet went through the wall and hit the baby. News channel 8s ryan hughes is live at this home in new port richey. Ryan, first, how is the baby doing . And also what are investigators reporter good morning to you. Thankfullythis 1yearold girl expected to be okay. She has thankfully, this 1 yearold girl is expected to be okay. We have video to show you right now. Deputies got a 911 call around 11 30 last night. And they rushed here and found a 1yearold girl with a gunshot wound to the wrist. They took her to the local injured even though multiple shots were fired into the home. And no word yet if this specific home was targeted or if this was simply a random act. At this point, sheriffs investigators are looking for the shooter. No word yet if there have been any arrests. And we do not have a description but once we get the information, we will let you know. That 1yearold girl is expected to be okay. All right. That is good to hear. Thank you. An airport scare in los angeles. Hundreds of travelers at lax were sent running outside following reports of shots fired. You can see them standing here. After an exhaustive search, police claim they did not find a gunman and no shots were investigators r explain two investigators explain two men busted down a homes back door. One of the men started shooting. They were rushed to the hospital. Deputies claim the shooter took off running. Tampa police are mourning an officer who died unexpectedly in a scuba diving accident. Fred around old the third was in nevada scuba diving when he passed away. He served the city of 27 years and mentored young teens. Back in 1992, she was credited with jumping through the window of a burning home to save a woman and her two children. A car jacking and a lakeland man arrested is no stranger to the law. They put the cuffs on the 41 yearold. Investigators believe he is the man who car jacked a woman outside of a bone fish grill this month. The car was found crashed and restaurant. And he has a long record and he was arrested. And across america this morning, remembering two nuns brutally murdered in mississippi. People packed a church for the wake to remember the two sisters. They believe found dead in their home. Police arrested rodney earl sanders. Investigators claim he confessed but arent releasing information about a motive just yet. A bus driver is facing charges in connection to a crash that killed the bus was carried construction workers when it slammed into a fire truck and three other vehicles on i10 in louisiana. Investigators report the bus driver didnt have a commercial drivers license and is in the United States illegally. Severe weather in ohio is blamed for major street flooding. A homeowner took this video from her porch in st. Bernard and you can see the water rushing down the street. Meteorologists report 3 to 5 inches fell in the area in a short period of time. Two bay area women are collecting donations and will drive them to louisiana this friday. The women originally put out a plea on social media to family and friends. Not only did the family and friends get involved, but several bay area businesses are now donating as well. Advance auto parts gave cleaning spries and case of water. Largo feed donated dog and cat food. Happening cleaning supplies and cases of water. Largo feed donated dog and cat food. Happening today, a meeting at 10 00 and goes until about 4 00 p. M. And we are not getting a break. We are monitoring the tropics into this new work week. Yeah, we are monitoring the tropics but so are the hurricane hunters. They left out of tampa early this morning. They have been flying back and forth through the center of circulation. At this point, highest wind speed around 37 miles per hour. Whatever information they get will go into the computer models. Keeping the forecast dry for the next few hours. I have put the rain chance at 30 by noon. And 50 , again tropicaltype moisture evening. Headline, today and tomorrow, steamy and there will be more storms around. Come wednesday, the storm takes a turn. Our rain chances start to increase. And thursday at this point looks to be the day we will see the most impact, thats rain, wind and of course a rough surf. And rain chances from 50 today to 60 tomorrow. 70 for wednesday and thursday. And i wanted to talk about how much rain we could see. Today, yeah, you will get and by adding tuesday and wednesdays rain, thats when you start to get into the couple inches. And thursday, look at this, theres a possibility we could see upwards between now and thursday evening of 6 inches of rain. At least the roads are dry right now. Thats nice. So far, we have a great drive. Lets take a look at travel times. Through new port richey, up to speed on state road 54 from u. S. 19 to the sun coast and on 19 itself through palm harbor, looking very good. State road 54 to tampa road, 14 minutes. Again, the reason its yellow instead of green, you have surface red lights and yellow lights to go through and that changes it to the yellow. Overall, a great drive. No delays. And big construction issues that kickoff in downtown tampa. Im going to have more on that in my next report. Now back to melanie and gene. Thank you. Increasing security. Why many parents are worried about sending their kids to school and where case of gunmen opening fire on campus. The group going to bay area campuses and others to help. And the 49ers quarterback in the hot seat as he refused to stand during the National Anthem. The outrage caused and his explanation this morning. Its 4 10. Youre watching news channel 8 f0 were back. Time now 4 13. An nfl Football Players decision not to stand for the playing of the National Anthem. A lot of people talking about this. San francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick press providing more details. In our morning alert, Meredyth Censullo has more on the controversy. Reporter yeah, that quarterback talked to the media after a Team Practice on sunday. He says he will sit down during the National Anthem until he feels injustices in the u. S. Have been corrected. Listen to this. To me, this is something that has to change. And when theres significant change and i feel like that country is representing people the way its supposed to, ill stand. Reporter as you can imagine, on social media posts about fans burning his jersey there as well as memorabilia. And also though, former congressman allen west tweeted a picture of the olympic runner making this point, he paused during the olympics when the National Anthem was playing and west says this is what a real lot today, its a meme circulating, raising the awareness of why the former florida gator and nfl quarterback tim tebow is praised by the media for expressing his beliefs on the field yet Colin Kaepernicks motives are questioned. Meanwhile, the nfl trying to find middle ground saying they encourage players to stand but they dont require them to do so. Melanie. Its sparked a conversation. The morning alerts on facebook and twitter. Search the 8alert. Time now to get schooled on college safety. College students in florida are heading back in waves. Today is the first day at the university of tampa as well as florida state. And 8 on your sides Gayle Guyardo found some students are returned with a heightened level of selfdefense knowledge on what to do in an active shooter situation. Reporter College Security is ramping up nationwide. The new norm after campus shootings prove you can never be too safe. And what happened this summer at orlandos pulse nightclub where 49 people died have students even more worried about the unpredictable. Does it scare you . Of course. Reporter this senior is a graduate of a tactical Education Firm that got its start here in tampa teaching students what to do in an active shooting situation. From running away to finding so you can either hide until Law Enforcement arrives. We like to tell folks, you only hide in preparation to run or to fight. Reporter if you have to fight, he tells me its safer in a group effort to bull rush and neutralize a shooter. For every day protection, every day items are essential. He shows me, you can strike. Watch what she does with keys in the flashlight. Have the flashlight, your key, you make sure that your thumb is up. You put the and first thing, it blinds the threat. And then you take the key and you can go for the face, throat, whatever. Reporter she hopes she never has to use it but is glad she has the knowledge to stay safe on campus. Gayle guyardo, news channel 8. And they warn to avoid using selfdefense moves unless its your last resort. The first line of defense is have a designated driver, have someone who will stay focused on threats when youre out on the scene. In sports this morning, the rays are headed to boston to begin a threegame series against the red sox. The team hoping to build on the big win against the astros. The pitcher helped lead the rays with 10 strike outs. The bucs slimming down the roster again in preparation for the regular season which begins in two weeks. After fridays 3013 win against the brown, the a dozen players. They hit the field this thursday against washington. And this is just making the headlines across the country. Look at amazing video from friday night on the high school circuit. Thats right, remember that awesome morning we had with friday night blitz . Well, this is probably what got them pumped up. He did a barrel roll, flipped over a player and hit the landing. The play setting the Internet Centers top 10. However, they won the game in a shutout. Hes got some moves. Yes, he does. Im sure scouts will be watching now too. What an incredible play. And i love that it made the national circuit, one of our people down here in tampa bay. And we pump them up for that. Lets get a check on the weather with leigh spann. We will talk all the credit for it. Great play. I saw it. And i couldnt believe it. 8 00 this morning, yeah, clouds around but mainly just steamy around by lunchtime though, a better rain chance than what we have seen earlier in the day for the past couple days. 88degrees at lunchtime. 93 with a 50 chance of storms. Either hot and breezy or you will see the thunderstorms during the afternoon. Bartow, youre 79. Brooksville, 77. North port is 77. And bob in venice says its 78 at his house. Tropical depression nine. It has formed. Its going to swim into the counterclockwise wind flow around the tropical system. Thats going to bring southeast winds for us. Pumping up extra moisture which is why i brought the rain chance up to 50 . This is around lunchtime, 12 30 or so. And any storms that develop will push east to west. And we could see rain through about 7 00 p. M. Off and on throughout the day. 50 chance today. Tomorrow, once again, just drawing up moisture. And our rain chances also do too. This area of low pressure, whether its a tropical depression or a Tropical Storm at that point, continues to wrap these storms around it. Which is why the rain chance will go up more for tomorrow. 93degrees today. And again, the high humidity in place, its really going to be uncomfortable. Theres going to be a warm breeze out of the southeast. And thats 50 chance of storms off and on. The evening rain does taper off when you look at the eightday forecast, 60 tomorrow. 70 for wednesday. And i think at this point, the most effects we will see, the 70 chance of thunderstorms on thursday, the higher wind, possibly even the rougher surf comes on thursday and we taper back down to average by the weekend. Lets check on traffic on the 8s. Well, a lot of construction kicks off today, folks. Its a project you will see over the next two year, sort of rolling in construction project for improvements, morgan is going to be affected severely as well as channel side at morgan. And i want you to realize that if youre coming into downtown. Youre going to have to turn left or right depending on which direction youre headed and a lot of activity, especially at those two intersections. Lets go ahead and look here at traffic on our Sunshine Skyway bridge. Only 10 minutes to cross it. And that will get you between the toll plazas. Thats a look at weather and and now back to melanie and gene. What would it be like to live on mars . Plus, how does a four day, 30hour work week sound . Yeah, that got your attention. Up next, who is offering this this might peak your interest. Amazon employees may soon enjoy longer weekends. The retailor will experiment with a 30hour work week. Instead of 9 00 to 5 00, a few lucky dozen people will work monday through thursday from 10 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. Thats it. Do they get a lunch break . Probably not. Can we call our bosses and and . Flex hours will make up the other hours. Many Companies Work week but they still require a 40hour schedule. A team of people are getting ready to life outside a dome. They spent a year living in a dome in hawaii to simulate what its like on mars. Five, four, three, two, one welcome back to earth cool stuff. The six people are part of thats fourth hawaii space analog and simulation, called the high seas. Mission to understand how a yearlong deep Space Mission would affect astronauts. Two Airline Pilots arrested. What police are accusing them of while they were in the air. Plus, parents furious over what they say is mold in classrooms. How they hope to get answers to clean it up later today. But up next, weather and traffic on the 8s is just three time for weather and traffic on the 8s. This morning, when the kids go off to the bus, muggy out there but it will be dry this morning when they get picked up for school, 80 degrees. When the bus drops them off later today, steamy, breezy, a high of 93 and a 50 rain chance. As the rain chances go up even more, notice our temperatures go down, 86 wednesday and thursday. All right, the roads right now through lakeland. Looking good on i4 between parkway. And a great drive in and out of pasco county, looks good through wesley chapel. 52 to 275, only 11 minutes. You love summer but its tough on your feet leaving them feeling rough. Discover amop . Pedi perfect. Its the beauty secret thats earning five star reviews for buffing away hard, dry skin leaving feet salon pedicure smooth. With amop . Pedi perfect. A neighborhood in shock. A 1yearold was it in a drive by shooting sleeping on her bed. We will have an update on her condition in a live report coming up. Tr tropical depression nine could become a Tropical Storm later today. Its projected path plus the impact it could have on our weather next. Outrage over a moldy school. Pinellas parents voice their concerns today as the school board makes a plan on how to fix it and deal with it. We are live with the schools latest efforts to make the classrooms safe for students. Good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today on this monday. Im Melanie Michael in for gayle. And im gene ramirez. Thank you for joining us