The wakeup forecast. Good morning. Yeah, getting busy in the tropics and thats not expected this time of year, lateaugust, trending towards the peak of tropical season which does occur on september 10th. We have fiona, decaying and likely losing the tropical characteristics the next 48 hours or so. Gaston became a tropical depression last night. That has strengthened. And we are keeping a close eye on invest 99l which has a abou tropical system in next two days. Gaston is expected to strengthen rapidly, likely to a category one hurricane by tomorrow. And here is 99l. Notice the forecast track. All the models in agreement that its heading towards the bahama, 60 chance of development over the next 48 hours or so. So by the time we get towards the early part of next week, we will be watching the potential southeastern united states. We will watch that one closely. Lets hope it doesnt happen. I can tell you what is going to happen, traffic is going to get busier and busier. Right now, a decent drive in new port richey. Sun coast highway, 12 minutes in either direction. And 19, state road 54 to tampa, weve got about a 13 minute commute. And lets take a live look at the beautiful Howard Frankland bridge. Its only going to take six minutes to cross it. And youre looking at just across the waterways on the Sunshine Skyway bridge. About 10 minutes between the toll plazas. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you. Happening today, governor rick scott will be in town discussing the zika virus and the most recent cases discovered in south florida. Doctors here are telling women avoid getting pregnant altogether. News channel 8s jamel lanee joins us live from clearwater this morning. Thats a serious warning from officials. Reporter good morning, you know, doctors say its only a matter of time before zika virus is in our own backyard. And i have been to several of the discussions and the governor continues to and officials here what resources do they need more of to help prevent the spread . Again, the meeting happening here today at 10 00. Governor scott has traveled around the state hosting the weekly round Table Discussions since zika virus cases were discovered in our state. So far, more than 35 cases have been confirme florida. The centers for Disease Control has advised women of child bearing age to avoid areas that have zika virus cases. Now doctors here are telling pregnant women to heed the warnings, avoid intercourse or use protection. Its definitely something that women in this area of florida should take into consideration when planning their future pregnancies, its not a question of if but when its going to be in this area. He continues to fight for funding from washington, d. C. So he can help fight the spread of zika virus. Again, that meeting, that round table discussion starts here at 10 00. And afterwards, he will travel to south florida for another round table discussion. Gene wow, when, not if. Thats eyeopening to hear jamel. We will stay on top of it and see what the governor says. Thank you. An auburndale man looking killed in what police are calling a setup. And three suspects are now expected in court today. The 27yearold adam hillary met an 18yearold on the plenty of fish Online Dating site. After their date, investigators claim the woman returned to his apartment with three men. I think the plan was that he get robbed and they take his stuff. Police believe at some killed hillary. This morning all four suspects are facing first degree murder. The plan who played houdini and escaped a deputy is back behind bars. Deputies arrested him saturday on outstanding warrants. A deputy put him in cuffs and then placed him in the back of a squad car. Somehow, he managed to squeeze through a rolled down window and disappear. But after more than a day on the run, he turned himself in last night. He now charges. Polk county investigators are searching for a carjacker who targeted a woman at a lakeland restaurant. This happened at the bone fish grill. Detectives tell us the employee from the restaurant was getting ready to leave when a man came up to the car window with a chain wrapped around his head. That man ordered the woman to get out and then he took in her car. The car was found crashed and burned. Talk about a close call. Would you take a look at this . Port richey woman, a shovel flew off a truck and smashed into her car. You can see it stuck in the grill. It hit the car ahead of me, bounced on to their roof, bounced on to the road between the two of us and embedded itself in my grill. Thats joyce durbin describing what happened. Shes grateful no one was hurt. My angels were watching over me that day, boy, boy were they ever. It happened about a week ago and she still has the shovel wedged in the car. She is hoping to show the insurance adjustor as she faces a 500 reductable for repairs on her car 500 deductible for repairs on her car. And president barack obama is headed to louisiana today. The president will also meet with local officials to talk about the Emergency Response and how the government can help southern louisiana over several day, causing floods. Congress wants to get to the bottom of the skyrocketing cost of epipens. The devices can prevent allergic reactions. The price has gone up more than 400 . Lawmakers sent letters to the company that makes the epipens. They want the company just blaming it on health plans. Police come to the rescue of a man trapped inside a burning car. You can see those are flames there coming right from the hood of that car. Hang on, buddy. All right. Hang on, buddy. Hang on there bud. And Police Officers and Good Samaritans are talking to the man trapped inside as they work to put out the fire. One man desperately emptied out whatever it takes. Officers then pulled the driver of the car out to safety. He was taken to the hospital and he is expected to recover. Good for him. Wow. Thats incredible. Yeah. Lets get a check on the weather for you. Heres ian. Good morning. Still has High Pressure in the gulf of mexico. That will limit our rain chances into the afternoon, expecting about a 30 chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms the second part of the day today. And a live look in downtown tampa, its warm, 82 degrees right now with calm 79 in clearwater. Its 80 in st. Pete. And also down in venice, cooler in northern spot, 37 degrees spots, 73 degrees in inverness. 93 for forecast High Temperature today. Thats only a couple degrees shy of this afternoons record High Temperature. Rapid refresh model shows the widely scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Theyll be pushing actually towards the coast this even, days. Rain chance of about 30 later today. And up to 40 for the second half of the work week. And you can expect a lot of heat. You expect it in late august but we will be above average right through the rest of the workweek with the High Temperatures hovering in the low 90s. Not a bad time to be in a car that features some air conditioning. Or in the pool later today. Yeah. That would be nice. All right, lets take a look at traffic. Heres whats going on, i4, this is westbound in the polk city area, right ar road 559. Camera stopping and going here. We had earlier activity on the side of the roadway. I think technology waits for that to happen with me. So no delays here as you come through the polk city area on i 4. Lets move over to now no stream again. All right, im going to go to the maps, okay . Sarasota area, looking good on i75 but underneath the Interstate West and eastbound, a lane taken away due to overnight construction. And that northbound onramp from university to i75, still wrapping up soon. I will let you know as soon as it clears. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to gene and gayle. All right. We will check back. One familys surprise visitors took over the backyard. Its cute. And social media and yourkies. How many hillsborough or thing parents how much monitoring parents should do to keep their children safe. And excuse the pun but its a goody goody day here in tampa bay. This famous burger joint re opens in less than what favorites you can expect to see. My son has meningitis b. But how did we end up here . His mom thought he had the flu vaccine he had received. Until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u. S. Now there are. While uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. Trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. Trumenba should not be given if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose. Most common side effects were injectionsite pain, fatigue. Headache, muscle pain, and chills. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about all the risks and benefits of trumenba and tell them if youve received any other meningitis b vaccines. Meningitis b can be spread by typical sharing like. A drink. A spoon. A kiss. It all started here. It might have been prevented with trumenba. Happening today, get ready. We are welcoming back a taste of tampa bay st goody goody is reopening at 7 00 this morning and it will feature some of the famous menu items from decades ago. Yummy yummy i say. Yes. Burger cans secret sauce. Hand cut fries and wait for it, butter scotch pie. Best part. News channel 8s ryan hughes is live outside the restaurant in hyde park village. Ryan, workers and management have geared up for this day for that you got this assignment. Reporter i know. They have been fine tuning the details for a while now but a lot of the menu items will look and taste the same. Something else thats the same, the iconic sign. We got a sneak peek inside the restaurant yesterday. The owner tells us he is exited to keeping the he is committed to keeping the restaurant a fabric part of the community. The furniture was assembled here in tamp fruits and vegetables are grown in the united states. Cool. The restaurant will feature the famous burgers and butter scotch pie. And they have more plans in the works. Listen here the space here is not big enough for the baking of the pies. We built a bakery just for the pies and we have plans to build a second one if were successful here. We will be opening a goody terminal hopefully in october. Reporter and back live this morning. You can see the hustle and bustle inside the restaurant as they prepare for the grand opening this morning. Rest Restaurant Owners will be joined by tampa mayor bob buckhorn. And were told park willing go fast. So use one of the two garages here in hyde park village. Of course, 8 on your side will be inside and we will have reports throughout the day. And once again, taking orders. Me going to have a burger at 7 00 a. M. And then i realized, well, ryan probably will. Me. Thanks, ryan. 8 is on your side to get you schooled. Like many communication tool, teens and adults use social media in very different ways. Yeah, got to keep up with the young ones. A bay area mom is asking schools to educate parents after her daughters online scare. News channel 8s Meredyth Censullo is now live with a look at what parents need to social media. Reporter yeah, so many of us, we use facebook but maybe were not real familiar with the newer apps. And i talked to a mom who said she discovered her teenager was communicating with people she didnt know. Nicole stone has the passwords to her 14yearolds social media account, snapchat, text fr vine. I put her stuff on private and i caught her taking it off of private because they want to be internet sensations because thats popular now. Reporter she started using an app to monitor her daughters activity online but that didnt stop strangers from communicating with her kid. I dont know if all children are doing this but her and her friends do group chats and multiple friends and friends of take the phone away. But she struggles with that decision. What do you do . You allow them to be like socially awkward because they dont know whats going on with everybody else and have, you know, no i mean this controls them, their social world. Reporter nicole wishes her Daughters School taught classes to parents on social media. For now, shes teaching herself, how to use every flat form just to keep tabs on her child. Be. If youre not, youre basically just letting the world be exposed to your child, not your child being exposed to the world. Reporter i did check with Hillsborough County school where her daughter is enrolled and the School System does have a onehour Cyber Security class that parents can take. The its up to the schools to organize that class communicate with the parents. And the app is called watchdog. Nicole says it does work, it real time. And you never really know what your kid is deleting. And at the end of the day, you have to have a real talk, sit down and tell them who is out there and how dangerous it is. And and them what apps youre on. The thing is, every couple week, theres a new app. Right. Its an ongoing education. Absolutely thank you. Talking about education, a fresh start for students in pasco county. Theyre headed bac they spent the last few days moving into the dorms. These are pictures from the universitys staff. We learned that volunteers there and the parents helped the kids move in. Isnt that nice . About 2400 students are enrolled for the small semester and we for the fall semester and we wish them a great semester. Lets get a check on the weather. Good morning. A mild start to our tuesday brooksville, 77 degrees. An above average start to the day temperaturewise. Upper 70s and low 80s. 82 in tampa. Its 80 in st. Pete. 74degrees in zephyrhills. 80degrees as you head towards bartow. Satellite and radar picture very quiet this morning. And it should stay that way through around lunchtime when we will start to see isolated showers get going. High pressure in the gulf of mexico. And limiting our rain chances just a bit this afternoon. About a 30 chance. Unlike what we have seen the st moving inland with time during the afternoon. Our wind direction has shifted to the northeast now. Through the afternoon and evening, widely scattered showers and thunderstorms across the tampa bay area and theyll wrap up this evening. Back to 40 tomorrow. And we keep it there through the second half of the work week. 39degrees the forecast High Temperature. And this afternoon, just a couple degrees shy of the record. And theres plenty more heat, work week. Leslee well, a great drive across the Howard Frankland bridge only about six minutes between pinellas and Hillsborough County at this point. And also, weve got activity here. You can see it on the shoulder, this is westbound i4, not too far away from state road 559 in the polk city area but no delays and traffic is getting by just fine. And travel time, ulmerton road to 275, about 14 minutes. And 11 minutes on toledo blade boulevard and river road in the venice area. And good drive on the interstate in sarasota. An update on construction in the next report. Now back to gene and gayle. Thank you. Heres your awe moment today. Its all courtesy of a momma bear and her baby bear cubs. They wandered into someones backyard to have fun. This is the backyard in hanover, new hampshire. This weekend she spotted the family of bears. They hung around sniffing out equipment and one tried to take a swing but it was too tall. The mother found a trash can and tipped it over and guess what . She carried it away. Thats not nice. She believes the bearss were looking for food. The bears were looking for food. Duh. I would rather them look outside than come through the kitchen pantry. We have seen that. Facebook is doing something new just for teenagers. How the social media site is launching a new app. And the harder to find parking spots at bargain shopping malls. Youre watching news channel 8 now a consumer watch. Americans love bargain hunting and outlet malls are feeling the love. Outlets report increased traffic for the month of july. One survey found 26 oars of shoppers visited a discount Shopping Center last month. Thats up from march when traffic saw a decrease. Facebook is looking to boost its appeal with teenagers. Its created a new app just for them. Its called life stage. Its a videoonly social network that encourages teens to take a video and slap a design on top. Teens dont share the videos with friends. Instead, they post them to their profile for friends to view. Users must be under 21 to access life stage. I cant keep up with the new apps. Me either. Helping children with their homework is never an easy task. In many cases, its beyond parents understanding. Including mine. Where parents are turning for help. And a final report on the alligator tragedy at disney. What investigators claim the little boy was doing just moments before he was snatched by a alligator. First, weather and traffic on the 8s is just three minutes foster farms presents appetites. Even a small one can throw you off your game. They can happen anywhere. And they only get bigger as time goes on. Serve foster farms corn dogs, a corn dog with 7 grams of protein makes a big appetite go away. Foster farms corn dogs. Warm at the bus stop this morning. Temperatures around 80 degrees, sunshine this morning. Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. About a 30 rain chance. Those High Temperatures up around 93 degrees. Just two degrees shy of the record High Temperature this afternoon. And out to the rays game after school today, taking on the sox, warm tailgate, temperatures in the upper 80s. All right, looking at 557. We have an accident. An overturned truck partially tying up lanes but no delays. But i will keep an eye on it for you. Y22tfy yy6y y22sby yy6y fighting the zika virus. Governor rick scott will be in the bay area for important meetings about the virus. Plus, this morning, a new warning for pregnant women. And a fatal crash in what we are learning this morning about the victim and what neighbors are saying about the dangerous intersection where this happened. And trafficking the trop and tracking the tropics this morning. Theres a lot of activity in the atlantic this morning. Overnight, Tropical Storm gaston gained strength and is not the only tropical system that we are tracking this morning. The latest advisory just ahead. Hes busy. Yeah. Welcome to news channel 8 today. Im gayle guyardo. And im gene ramirez