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74 in wimauma. And 77 in sarasota. Tropical moisture because theres actually a tropical wave. You can see the counterclockwise spin on the east coast. Well, its going to drift to the north and west and help to significantly increase our rain chances. And you might get a quick shower this morning in places like eastern polk county, you can see the rain from the east coast is trying to sneak in your area. I only left in a 10 chance this morning. But after the sunrise, the rain chances go up significantly. 30 at lunchtime. 50 in the middle of afternoon. But a 60 chance later in the day, and heavy rain possible as well. I will take you hourbyhour through the day in weather and traffic on the 8s. And leslee has the commute. Thats right. Veterans expressway, looks great new york city delays there. And lets looks great, no delays there. And odessa, eight minutes to ehrlich road. And on 275, roughly 10 minutes southbound. Northbound is the same because traffic is light. West tampa area, this got busy yesterday. Depression in the roadway, past himes. Theyre working on that. And one has opened up. Theres a hole in the road southbound macdill past azeele. Its about three foot by three foot and its tying up the left lane. Northbound not affected. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you, leslee. We have breaking news this morning. Sarasota deputies are on the scene of a deadly shooting. This is happening on rita street. Deputies say a man is dead and the shooter is in custody. We have a crew on the way now and we will bring you more information when we get it both onair and wfla. Com. Crime stoppers is offering a reward for any information that will lead to the arrest of a road rage shooter. Detectives say the person shot at a couple headed to a local walmart. News channel 8s jamel lanee is live from pasco county this morning where the shooting took place. If reporter good morning, gayle. Well, the road rage incident started out on land olakes this parking lot here at the walmart. This is where detectives say the suspect armed himself with a shotgun and pulled the trigger. Now detectives say the victim jake everett was driving east on state road 54 when everett says the driver in front of him suddenly brake checked him several times and the driver in an older model suv then followed him into the walmart parking lot. And now thats where investigators say this person fired a shot, at least one the bullet hit everett in the arm causing minor injuries. Everett says he is just happy his girlfriends daughter was not in the backseat. Were you scared . I mean, i didnt really know what was going on. But after the fact, yeah, it was scary. Very scary thing. Reporter now Crime Stoppers is offering 3,000 to help bring in the shooter. Detectives say that this person model suv. And had a dog in the passenger seat. And again, if you ever information, contact detectives. Really scary. Okay, thank you, jamel. Right now, in manatee county, state troopers are searching for a driver that hit a cyclist and just took off. This happened around 8 30 last night in bradenton at 26th street and 30th avenue west. Were told the cyclist was taken to the hospital as a trauma alert. How the victim is doing and to get a description of the vehicle and to get a description of the vehicle involved. And new information about a fire at a popular tampa restaurant. A brick oven caused a grease fire at bellas. They turned the power back on shortly after midnight. And they had a grease fire caused by the oven just last year. An 8 on your side alert this morning. This could be costing you even more. Take a look at this one. Hillsborough county just bumped up the funding for sinkhole investigation to a whopping 2 million a year. 8 on your sides ryan hughes is live along macdill avenue this morning where a hole formed overnight. So ryan, why is more money needed . Reporter gayle, good morning. The Public Works Department recently requested more money to investigate sinkholes because sinkhole activity has gone up here in avenue in tampa highlights that even though it isnt a confirmed sinkhole at this point. It required a blockade to be put up overnight. And now check out crazy video that shows huge sinkholes here in hillsborough over the years. Public works funds just went up to 2 million a year. That money pays for investigations and stablelyizations. County stabilizations. Land, workers investigate. If its indeed a sinkhole, a team of engineers must stabilize it and then fill it in. County leaders tell us that the funding is necessary. They occur randomly. On average in the last five year, about five to six occurrences a year. Reporter now this doesnt cover investigations on private property. If a sinkhole forms in your backyard, gayle, its up to pay for it. Back to you. Well, hopefully the investigation leads to fixing this problem. Okay, thank you, ryan. Happening today, governor rick scott will travel to washington, d. C. To make an in person plea for money to fight the zika virus. Governor scott will meet with leaders from congress both today and tomorrow. His visit comes as congress appears to be nearing an agreement on a zika virus funding package worth 1. 1 billion. Congressman david jolly is today calling on the zika virus bill to be passed. Meanwhile there, are 15 new cases of the zika virus in florida this morning. Eight of the new cases are non travel related. Nearly all of them are in the miami area. One is in palm beach. Officials are working to determine where exactly the exposures happened. And officials confirmed seven new travel related cases involving pregnant women. In your vote this morning, a highranking republican is putting new presre all over the Hillary Rodham clinton email controversy. Last night the House Oversight Committee Chairman served a top fbi official with a subpoena for the investigations full case file. Two months ago, the fbi recommended no criminal charges be filed against clinton for her email use as secretary of state. Well, Ride Sharing Company uber is hinting it may pull out of tampa if new rules are put into place. But uber and lyft just gained a we are talking about tampa mayor bob buckhorn. The Hillsborough Public Transportation Commission may vote on new rules that would require fingerprint checks for drivers. Uber already goes through a process. It may not be as strenuous as they would prefer but its worked everywhere else in america with rare exception and should be allowed to work here. The mayor calls the hillsbgh that should be i limb nated instead of the ride sharing services. Should be eliminated instead of the ride sharing services. This tropical wave is going to drift to the north and west. And that means increased rain chances. This morning, just a slim chance of a stray shower, 8 00, 9 00, 10 00. Temperatures climbing up to about 82 degrees by 10 00 a. M. And 86 at lunchtime. And look at the rain chances going up, 50 in the early and 60 this evening and thats because the tropical moisture is spreading across the area. Now the good news coming with the rain is that we will keep highs in the upper 80s to near 90. Thats cooler than recently. And the rainy 359 earn continues through the rainy pattern continues through the end of the week. Checking in on traffic on the 8s, we will see how the roads are doing this morning. All right, so we have a few problem spots, but nothing slowing you down too much. Just got word of a sarasota southbound 75 around state road 72. That one is taking up lanes. 275 looks great, i4 to the Howard Frankland bridge, five minutes in and out of downtown through pasco county. Hooking up with 275, not seeing any delays. And a great drive on i4 from lakeland all the way through plant city into ybor and the veterans expressway is up to speed as well. Overall, a good drive out there. Especially on the veterans expressway. When we come back, we will look traffic on the 8s. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you, leslee. Today is a special day for the youth of tampa bay. This afternoon, city leaders, buccaneers and local kids will celebrate the opening of the family field. Its happening at the Jackson Heights nfl Youth Education town center. The yet center is home to youth football, school and sports leagues and summer camp events. A 200,000 grant not only allowed the creation of a turf field but upgrades to the rest of the facilities. Very nice. A 2016 heart walk is right around the corner and news channel 8 is committed to raising 100,000. But we need your help for this. Fuccillo kia is generously matching the first 50,000 we raise. And that means for every dollar you donate, it counteds as two. Thats neat. The walk it counts as two. Thats neat. The walk is scheduled for for more details. What one former olympian says a team doctor did to her. Plus, find out which major u. S. Organization just pulled seven prominent events from north carolina. And the protest over the National Anthem in the nfl continue to grow. 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick again kneels as more likeminded players join him. The scenes from monday night sarasota deputies are on the scene of a deadly shooting. What youre looking at here is a live picture of the investigation. This is happening right now. Our meliek on the street just arrived on the scene giving us the live images. Crime scene tape still up around the home. This is on the 1800 block of rita street. Deputies tell us a man is dead. They do have a shooter in custody. All of this happened just before 2 30 this morning. So not that long ago. And right now, we are working to find out more information about the shooting. Once we have that information, we will bring that to you here but you can see investigators shining a light and looking for evidence in and around the home there. The nfl season is barely underway but already the focus is being taken away from the field and being directed at the sidelines. There were more silent protests of the National Anthem for monday night football. News channel 8s Meredyth Censullo is in the news center this morning. It was the first regular season game for Colin Kaepernick who started the protests for social justice. Reporter yeah, thats right. Er National Anthem throughout the preseason in protest of what he believes is Police Brutality within the Africanamerican Community and racial inequality in the United States in general. Last night the 49ers quarterback continued his protests of kneeling during the National Anthem. He was joined again by teammate eric reed who took a knee during a preseason game. Two other teammates put their firsts in the air. Show of support of kaepernicks protest. Two players from the rams robert quinn and Kennedy Britt also held their firsts in the air. Despite it being a home game, some fans heckled kaepernick, yelling at him to the stand up. Now 18 players have participated in the protests so far and last night, the nfl commissioner again expressed support for the growing movement by players to have demonstrations protests. He told the Washington Post that he does not believe the players intend to be disrespectful of the u. S. Flag or the military. Gene definitely a heated top thetic that we will continue to see over the next weeks throughout the season. Meredyth, thank you. This morning, two former gymnasts including an olympic medalists are accusing a former Team Physician for usa gymnastics of sexual abuse. Inappropriately touched them and other teammates between 1994 and 2000 and made sexual comments towards them. He has not been charged and denies those allegations. Ohio state is distancing itself from former fox news ceo roger ailes. His name is being removed from the campus newsroom and returning a financial gift from the former ceo. The actions follow harassment allegations against him. He has deed the allegations but foxs Parent Company settled a lawsuit for former anchor Gretchen Carlson last week for 20 million and apologizing. You can add the ncaa to the list of those moving events out of the state of north carolina. They just pulled seven events including opening weekends mens basketball. Its in protest of the state law requiring people to use bathrooms that correspond to the sex on their birth certificates. Many see this as discrimination against the transgender community. And in michigan, the city of plint is poised to get much needed financial of flint is poised to get much needed financial help. Monday the senate voted for a bill with 220 million going the flint. 100million will be for grants and loans to replace aging pipes. The water crisis began in april 2014. Residents may still be drinking filtered water through at least the end of this year. Arlington National Cemetery is tightening security. Starting in november, visitors will need a governmentissued photo id to enter the graveyard. Drivers entered arlington drivers entering arlington will have to show their id. People walking in will be center. These new procedures mirror similar security measures at museums in washington, d. C. Its 5 18 on this tuesday morning. A little bit of rain in forecast. Yeah, its a tropical wave and a lot of tropical moisture. You can see the general counterclockwise spin. And this moisture is going the to drift to the north and west. I dont expect it to strengthen into a real tropical system but its going to bring enhanced rain chances and may even sprinkle or two. But the majority of the rain is going to come later today. I just left in a slim rain chance, 77 degrees at 8 00 a. M. And isolated storms at noon at 86. And 60 chance of rain at 4 00 p. M. Right now, 74 in zephyrhills. Theres the tropical wave to the north and west. And notice pockets of heavy rain possible today off and on, 60 chance. And a small rain chance again tomorrow morning. And still lingering tropical will give us another 60 rain chance tomorrow before the tropical wave heads to the north and we return to a 40 chance by friday. How about traffic on the 8s . We have debris in the roadway in hernando county, cortez boulevard known as highway 50. Its actually closer to the weeki wachee area. Debris on the roadway. Look out for that. And look at this crash, southbound 75 past state road 72 in sarasota. T traffic is light overall. And looks good. And looks good on the tamiami trail. And weve got a big hole in the roadway. Heads up here, southbound macdill just past azeele. Left lane blocked. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you, leslee. Theres a new scam involving apples itunes gift cards. What you should look for to protect yourself. Plus, Olive Gardens postfas. Its back. How to get unlimited pasta. Its back. Olive gardens never ending pasta bowl promotion is back. The chain is putting up 21,000 passes for sale. The passes will cost you 100. Theyll give you unlimited pasta bowls, soft drinks, salad weeks. Starting in october. The onehour online sale for the passes starts thursday at 2 00 p. M. Hurry because theyll go fast. Apple is warning consumers of scams involving itunes gift cards. The company says scam artists are pressuring victims into transferring money by purchasing itune gift cards after they spend bogus stories about payments such as taxes, hospital bills, bail money, Debt Collection pay that with your itunes gift cards. If youre asked to use cards for payments outside of apples family of app, you could be the target of a scam. You have been warned. Another day of canceled Campaign Stops for Hillary Rodham clinton. Coming up, the democratic nominee for president speaks about her health. Plus, distractions that could spell disaster on our roads. The recent cases where crashes right here. First, weather and traffic on the 8s is just three minutes away. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Donald trump says he alone can fix the problems we face. It takes democrats and republicans working together. Thats how we got health care for 8 million kids. Rebuilt new york city after 9 11. And got the treaty cutting russias nuclear arms. Weve got to bring people together. Thats how you solve problems and thats what 5 28 on this tuesday morning. As you send the kids to the bus stop, theres the slimmest rain chance this morning, 77 degrees, feeling humid. When tge afternoon, downpours will be prevalent, 60 chance with a high of 89. Again, the clouds and rain helping to keep highs cooler than the past few days. 89 today, tomorrow and thursday. Up to 90 friday and saturday. A look at the roadways. Travel times, folk, a good drive on i4 starting from lakeland through ybor city. And into downtown tampa. No delays either direction. And in and out of pasco county on i75, looking good, 11 wachee area, cortez boulevard, we do have some debris out there in the roadways so look out for that. . During this extended visit from your extended family, peaceful moment to stream your show. And you need enough bandwidth to share with a full house of hungry users. Lightning internet from bright house networks. The speed you need. And now connect to. Standard tv, standard internet, dvr and phone. A road rage driver armed with a shotgun fires on another driver. Just ahead, we will show you where this happened and why pasco county deputies need your help fining this dangerous driver. And from experiencing road are dangerous driving habits many of us. Have morning, a deeper look at the problem and the consequences. And Hillary Rodham clinton speaks out about that stumble caught on camera. What she claims happened in her own words and what she is promising to do now. Good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. Im gayle guyardo. And im gene ramirez. Thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. Leigh spann has the forecast. Good morning. And before you head out the door this morning, grab the

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