So far, so good. Actually rain chances come down into the upcoming weekend but today, a decent chance for showers and thunderstorms but good news for the commute, you are dry. Just a few high cloud from the north. Quiet over most of the sunshine state. Just a couple hit and miss sprinkles along the nature coast this morning. 78 in tampa. 73 for zephyrhills. Seasonable temperatures but later this afternoon, the numbers climb quickly. So we will juo for your high. Keeping it steamy. We will have a chance of those showers and thunderstorms to help to tame those temperatures just a bit. And coming up, we will look at the forecast hourbyhour, and a more detailed look at the day. This morning, hoping for a nice start. Its not too bad. Its a not a perfect drive but youre not being slowed down at all. This is hard to see. Because the no video stream keeps popping up. But its off to the left and right shoulder here. Meanwhile, a great drive here on state road 54 through new port richey, u. S. 19 to the sun coast parkway, 11 minutes. And on 19 itself through palm harbor, state road 54 to tampa road, a 15 minute commute. This is where the accident is located. This is a shot of the map, westbound i4 at park road. Everything off to the shoulders. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to gene and gayle. In breaking news, tampa police are on the scene of an overnight shooting. Its about a half mile from downtown tampa near the intersection of nassau and monroe streets. News channel 8s Meredyth Censullo is there live. What do we know so far . Reporter well, investigators are still onscene collecting evidence. Pretty large group of people also gathered around. All we know right now officially from tampa pd is that one person was shot and killed. No word on a suspect at this point. There are a couple of areas being looked at. Theres a car with the windows shot out and an Apartment Unit also with bullet holes. Just before 2 00 this morning so we are still in the very early stages of this investigation. Gayle, we will continue to talk to investigators as well as witnesses and we hope to have more information for you later this morning. Back to you. Okay. We look forward to up the dates. Thank you. Happening today, the fight against the zika virus comes to the bay area. The university of south florida is hosting a discussion on the virus that will include local and state leaders. This comes as more nontravel related cases of zi reported in the miami area. 8 on your sides ryan hughes is live at usf this morning. And ryan, two news were reported outside of the hot zone, the winwood area in miami. That means the virus could be spreading in south florida . Reporter exactly, gene. Really scary stuff. The mayor of miami beach had a message yesterday. Listen we understand that there are two cases of zika virus in possibility that the there could be a link with those two cases to the miami beach. But nothing, and i repeat, nothing has been confirmed from the Florida Department of health, by the centers for disease control, or by the county. Reporter theres concern now that the virus could affect the 24 billion a year Tourism Industry in south florida. Right now, active transmissions are only in the winwood area. Officials urge people to spray themselves meanwhile, miamidade School Students got a unique school uniform. Officials gave students long pants and long sleeve shirts intended to protect against zika virus. Hundreds of families picked up the new uniforms. And u. S. Representatives castor and jolly will tour a usf mosquito lab this morning as part of a Public Health meeting hosted by the university called zika virus on our doorstep. A panel of experts will talk about the virus and what can be at last check, there were 479 travel related infections in florida. 35 nontravel related infections and were told, 63 involving pregnant women. Gene, some scary stats this morning. Yeah, wild to see the video of the students picking up a special uniforms to protect them from zika virus. Its where were at right now. You got to do what you got to do. Thank you. An elderly tampa man badly beat and left to backyard and it gets worse. The man who beat him stole his suv and his wallet. Neighbors in this tight knit community on north 20th street in tampa want to know what would trigger someone to beat the 81yearold. Right now, police are looking for a person of interest. You see him here, a 47year old. They are also searching for his suv. Its a red kia, similar to this now a wild chase through a busy part of brandon and it ended with a dramatic moment. Take a look. Stopping traffic, trying to get in vehicles. He is carjacking this person. He is trying to get this person out of the vehicle. A birds eye view for you as 22yearold Corey Johnson struggles to get in the red pickup truck. You can see the truck swerve as the driver fights him off. Finally, johnson givesup but an employee of a nearby company tackles him to the ground. I figured what i would do is just get in the guys way and slow him down. That was all. Just slowing him down the. Maybe the cop would catch up to us. The deputies had been following him for a while before all this happened. The chase began when a witness saw him driving the wrong way on i4 wednesday afternoon. At one point, he even went into a gas station and changed his off. Tampa Police Believe they have stopped the burglars responsible for breaking into at least 25 south tampa homes since march. Police released Security Camera video that shows the burglars in action. They announced a major break in the case when someone swiped a stolen credit card at a local business. Once we had the store, we had video that helped us identify the subjects. Actually an employee of the store so it made it that much easier. The swipe led them to arrest three people from south jewelry when they made the arrest. They are working to return the items to victims. Another group of accused crooks busted in polk county. Right now, seven people are facing racketeering charges because of what happens in this surveillance video. Deputies tell us the thieves are hiding electronics in diaper boxes. Then, heading up to the counter and paying for only the diapers. Detectives tell us they hit Walmart Stores in 26 counties 176,000 in electronics. People are still looking for three they are still looking for three people in the bay area. The time right now is 5 08. Ed bloodsworth is in for leigh spann this morning. Shaping up to be a great day. Yeah, exactly what you would expect this time of year. Very similar to yesterday. Almost a carbon copy day. The inland locations have a better shot of rain later today. And then big changes for the weekend. Lets look right now. Temperatures in the middle and upper 70s. Closer to 80 right along the coast this morning. Hourbyhour today, the numbers climb quickly again. Getting into the low 90s by 1 00. We will top off around 29 with the rain chance around 30 to 40 through afternoon. Tropics heating up. We have Tropical Storm fiona, likely staying out in the atlantic. Theres the next system on his its heel on its heels. And another system about to emerge off the coast of africa becoming a system. Rays in town tonight playing host to the ranger, 83 degrees at the trop. Could see thunderstorms. But look at the rain chances come down through the weekend, only 20 by sunday. A big change in the pattern. And sunday, a big change in the pattern. All right, time to quickly check on whats happening with the roads. Well, i got to say too, go rays. And you know whats great, you dont have to worry about the weather because its covered. Absolutely. And its air conditioned. So go Tampa Bay Rays tonight. Here. Plant city area, westbound i4 at park road. We have the collision, everything is off to the left and right shoulder. Its dark outside so use caution. Lets go ahead and look at traffic on the Sunshine Skyway bridge. A wonderful drive. You can see the point in the distance. Only going to take about six minutes to span the water. Maybe about 10 minutes between each toll plaza. Wonderful drive. In fact, the bay area bridges look good. This is 275 at hillsborough avenue, no delays. Thank you. The irs is warning students and parents about a new scam and this one, the bad guys threaten to have the child arrested. And kids are heading back to class with backtoschool supplies. Why theyre so important to getting classroom up and running. And then incredible pictures from a local lightning storm. Youre wflaing news channel 8 today. Its youre watching news ugh, this pimples gonna last forever. Oh come on. Clearasil ultra works fast to begin visibly clearing up skin in as little as 12 hours. And acne wont last forever. Just like your mom wont walk in on you forever. Stephen Stephen Stephen stephen see what im sayin acne wont last. But for now, lets be clear. Clearasil works fast. This back to school, get clearer skin for free. Limited time offer right now, 8 is on your side with a warning for parents and students and schools about a backtoschool scam. Scammers are calling homes and demanding payments for taxes that dont exist, including the federal student tax. The scammers are threatening to have the student arrested. If someone calls you claiming to be the irs, hang up. The irs does not call taxpayers. Trust me, if theyre looking for, theyll find you. Now lets get schooled with 8 on your side. Kids are back in the classroom and everything is up and running. Well, not so fast. You would be surprised how quickly the supplies run out. Reporter er when you buy your childs classroom, it means everything to teachers. In south tampa, educators believe it makes children and families part of the schools community. It helps the teachers. We unfortunately dont have an excessive amount of supplies at all times. Reporter and you would be surprised how quickly they run out. By the middle of the year, you need to replenish the supplies. Reporter if youre out and about and spot sales in coming months, check to see if your childs teacher has a wish list. For myself, love using a class website. Its easy communication. Everyone has a phone, a smart phone and internet. So its easy for them to see what i might need. And my door is always open to my parents. If they ever a question, what do you need . They pop in and and. And i definitely have things that i need in here. And a lot of times teachers will post it on their door and to the store and pick it up. Reporter and a new trend in school supplies, bundle programs. Now this year a lot of parents decided not to go from store to store trying to get this list of supplies. Instead, many schools are contracting with Companies LikeSchool Tool Box where you can have your supplies drop shipped to your house. The online bundle packages are something to keep an eye out for next year as more schools are starting to offer them. They do not offer it yet but im told so many parents are asking about the program that the school is considering offering bundles next year. Its an idea you may want to bring up at the next pta meeting at your childs school. The bundle seems like a good idea but as a kid, i loved going backtoschool supply shopping. As a parent, its annoying. I loved the bundle. I did it this year. I guess you dont like im sure because you throw extra things in the cart. Teaming up to make a difference in our community. Youre looking at volunteers gather in tampa for a day of service. Now they have a newly painted picnic tables and a school garden. And there were some field activities throughout for the kids. Tampa bay lightning and storm employee, usf sports and the united way sun coast took part in the day. America this morning. Florida isnt is only state worried about zika virus. An area in san diego will be sprayed. A man who lives in the area may have contracted zika virus during a recent trip abroad. Well, the zika virus is noun to affect unborn babies and theres troubling new virus can damage brain cells that are critical to learning and memory. And its unclear if the cells can recover. The researchers are plan ago decisional studies. Planning additional studies. Happening today, donald trump will visit louisiana. Yeah, the Trump Campaign tells nbc news the candidate will attend a private event without media. More than a dozen people have died in the state since storms caused massive flooding over the past week. Trump will attend a rally in former president bill clinton turns 70 today. He is married to democratic president ial nominee Hillary Clinton hill. No word on plans for the couple celebrating. The recognition of mr. Clintons birthday, the house museum in arkansas is waving admission for visitors today and tomorrow. All right, so it might look like an olympic sport but in iowa, the disks is all natural. You know what that is. The iowa state fair, theres a competition that couldnt take place without contributions from cows. Yeah, cow chip, know what those are . Yeah, i grew up around those. Its a nice term for cow poo. Hardened cow poo. Does it smash . I think it shatters a bit. The most skilled cow chip hurdler managed to throw it 87 feet. Watch out that. In olympic related news, inmates in south dakota designed and planted this olympic ring display on prison grounds. It features six different flowers. They helped with the design. And this is the second time they have created the Olympic Rings and flowers. Thats pretty. Lightning puts on a show across the tampa bay sky. Yeah, and sometimes those kansas city who moved to florida. He caught lightning hitting several times near honeymoon island. Incredible images. Yeah, we could see more lightning like that later on today. But this morning. Dont think were going to see it. We start off dry. 78 at Tampa International airport. A warm start for us. Later today, the typical mid august pattern. A chance of Early Morning showers right along the for saturday and sunday. Weve got several systems. 78 at 8 00 this morning. Getting to 92 this afternoon with a 40 rain chance. Looking at a general mix of 70s. Checking with brooksville, 73 from our weather watcher wendy in brooksville. Just a thin band of high clouds sliding through. Thats all weve got this morning. A dry start, the sea breezes start to the take shape. And we will see showers and thunderstorms develop. I think we will see a better rain chances come down through the weekend. Highs around 90. 30 rain chance by the time we start off your next week. Leslee, how are the traffic on the 8s looking . Well, looking good. Not a perfect drive but i4, no delays and thats what were looking at right now in lakeland. This is by kathleen road. Both directions looking good. Lets go ahead and move over to another side. This is i4 not too far away at the polk parkway. And another good drive. And moving er westbound i4 at park road. And i showed you in earlier shot, everything is off to the left and right shoulder and traffic is getting by just fine. Thats a look at weather and traffic on the 80s. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you. Paying for your chicken sandwich got easier. Starting today, chickfila is accepting another form of payment, a cool new upgrade. Y22szy yy6y oh, hey jen hey. You are buying finish these days. I got a new dishwasher and they recommend finish. Really . You should try it. Narrator finish is recommended by more dishwasher brands worldwide than cascade. Unlike cascade gel, finish has active cleaning enzymes. Its unique powerball takes on anything, for an amazing clean. Narrator switch and see the difference. Z22rfz zy6z y22rfy yy6y were back. Volkswagon is hoping to rebound from dieselgate with a wide range of electric cars. We should get to see one of them next month. The website electric reports volkswagon is promising a car that could get 300 miles or more per charge. These are pictures of a prototype unveiled in january. Right now, best buy is promising deals similar to black friday. The sale is meant to celebrate best buys 50th birthday with 50 hours of deals on 50 items. It started at 11 00 last night. And ends saturday. Almost all the deals will be Available Online and in stores. Also starting today, you will be able to use apple pay to pick up a chicken sandwich and some waffle fries at chick fila. Right about now, i want a chicken breakfast sandwiches. Those things are good. Twitter theyll start accepting apple pay and android pay across the country today. Comes its convenient. Leave your wallet at home or whatever, its bailed me out. I like it. Heavy metal fans are getting an early christmas present. Yep, they are releasing their second album. And just so you know, it will be available on vinyl for the vinyl heads out there. Weather and traffic on weather and traffic on the now at 5 28. Quick check of the beach forecast. Not too bad. Watch fo thunderstorms during the afternoon. We will have the light chop and a quick check of the weekend. Rain chances coming down. Temperatures around 90 to 91. Best chances for rain going to push inland as we approach the upcoming weekend. Quick check of traffic on the 8s. Good morning. Heres whats going on in plant city. We have the lingering crash. Everything is off to the left and right shoulder. Just reminding you, its still out there. Were going to see blinking lights westbound around park road. The Sunshine Skyway bridge. Use caution. But at this point, still only going to take you about 10 minutes between each of the breaking news overnight, gunfire erupts in a tampa neighborhood. We are live as investigators work to determine what sparked the deadly shooting. And here in florida, today the zika vi bay area. How usf researchers leading the way. Caught researchers are leading the way. Caught in a lie . A new report on the u. S. Swimmers that reported being robbed in rio. Why the u. S. Olympic committee is apologizing this morning. Happy friday to you. Im gayle guyardo. And im gene ramirez. We made to it the end of the work week. Yes. Weekends just a few hours away for many of us. Hopefully we can get out and have fun on the weekend. I think we will