Meteorologist leigh spann. Good morning. After yesterdays high of 95, we have slowly cooled down overnight. We are still at 80 in largo and pinellas park. Riverview, 78 degrees. 77 in wesley chapel. Bartow, 79. And sarasota 79. Rain chances, back out of the forecast for the first few hours of the day. Maybe a stray shower around lunchtime. But as the evening progresses, storms will head toward the coast, the rain chance goes up to 40 . And you will be wishing for later today. Cooler than yesterday but above average. I break it down hourbyhour for you. And leslee will break down the commute. We have a much nicer drive this morning. Not as many vehicles on the roadway yet. Good drive here, about 11 minutes. A lot of lights to go through. And venice, that is sarasota county, toledo blade boulevard, drive. And state road 64 to fruitville, about a nine minute commute. And in sarasota, clark road to state road 70, both on i75, just 10 minutes. Thats weather and traffic. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you. Right now, a Bay Area Elementary School is preparing for a difficult day ahead. A popular music teacher hospitalized following a car crash died. They are hit by a suspected drunk driver in Pinellas County. Last night, she pa live at sexton Elementary School where it will be a sad day for students and teachers, ryan. Reporter gene, good morning once again. They are in disbelief here at the Elementary School, that this beloved music teacher died at the beginning of the school year. Yesterday the secretary here explained what this woman meant to the school community. The children love her. Going. Shes just got a lot of love that pours out of her. Reporter she was driving with fellow music teacher sean hankins who works in Hillsborough County when the car was hit by a suspected drunk driver. Police arrested Bryce Mccloud and charged him with dui. An administer tells me the charges will likely be upgraded later today to dui manslaughter. Mccloud remains in jail hour. And hankins is in a st. Petersburg hospital with serious injuries. The suspect will likely appear in court again today. Back to you for now. Such a transgender i didnt. Just a few days into the school year. Thank you. Do you know who this guy is . This morning, deputies need help finding the man seen walking into a hillsborough the circle k on glenn road in plant city. The man then takes out a small black hand gun and points it at the clerk. If you recognize him, please call the sheriffs office. And look at this other person right here, polk county deputies are looking for this person. Hard to see their face but you can see some of the facial features and recognize them. This person is suspected of stealing debit cards from people in lakeland at atms. If you recognize the person, call the polk county sheriffs office. Now an 8 on your side alert. You will want to check your credit card statement, especially if you have been traveling. Yeah, hackers are targeting hotels and stealing personal credit card information. Lindsey mastis is live in tampa this morning. So lindsay, youre outside one of the hotels affected but there are many. The Intercontinental Hotel here in tampa is one of 20 hotel affected. When expert tells us hackers seem to be one step ahead. Just crazy how under their arm we are and basically against hackers and their abilities to get into the security systems. Reporter some of hotels affected include hyatt and marriott hotels. They revealed that hackers used malware to get credit card information from thousands of customers. Now in response, hgi is working to change some of their systems to make sure that its safe. And they say at this point that its safe to use credit cards at the hotels. Anyone who believes they are affected should keep a close eye on their credit card statements, if theres anything unusual, report that. Those cards that you use. Thats good advice no matter what is happening. And we have a list of the other hotels on our website, wfla. Com. Thank you so much. In news across america, the suspect in the Fatal Shooting of an imam in new york city was arrested monday. The 35yearold was charged with two counts of Second Degree murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. His home. In this day, more than a thousand people attended a Funeral Prayer Service for the imam in a parking lot just blocks away from where he was shot. Its calm in milwaukee after two nights of violent protests. Police report only a handful of arrests overnight and no reports of damage or violence. A Deadly Police shooting after a traffic stop led to a violent weekend. Protesters set fire to several are demanding to see Police Body Cam video from the shooting. And look at all the devastation here. This is video out of louisiana where officials continue surveying the damage caused by historic flooding. Governor John Bell Edwards toured the area by helicopter monday. This morning, many roads remain under water and thousands are still in shelters and the governor estimates the damage will exceed 6 million. Officials have confirmed at least seven deaths related to the flooding. Pr declared a major disaster for the state of louisiana. And multiple tornadoes touched down in Central Indiana monday evening. Take a look. This is video of one of those taken just a few miles west of indianapolis. And tornadoes damaged several homes in boone county. Thunderstorms are expected in the area this morning and a flood watch remains in effect for several counties. A texas couple is recovering after being struck by lightning. Look at this video. Hits the vehicle. Their small child was just a few feet away. Look at the little guy covering his ears as he runs towards his dad for help. The couple went to the hospital and were discharged later this evening. That had to be scary. And its not uncommon to see that kind of lightning. We have seen a lot recently. Lets get a check on the weather. I expect to see more thunderstorms later in the afternoon and evening. But this morning, skies are relatively clear. Stwa come up and now rises one minute after 7 00 a. M. Once it does, there go our temperatures right up. 38degrees at 9 00 a. M. By lunchtime, 89. And a mix of sun and clouds. About a 30 rain chance in the early afternoon. And thats why the temperature spikes to 93 before the temperatures start coming down because the rain chances go up to 40 . It depends on where you are. Places west of i75, west of tampa, heading into Pinellas County, coastal areas of manatee and sarasota. In the day. Eastern hillsborough, eastern pasco and manatee and sarasota, about a 40 chance. And the farther east, the drier its going to be. The rain will start after 1 00 p. M. And push toward the coast. Low 90s expected each afternoon. And i am tracking one tropical wave off africa. The good news, even if it does develop, most models keep it out to sea. We will check with traffic on the 8s as more and more people hit the door to work and school this rn still at good speeds. Lets take a look here at some travel times. Gibsonton and sarasota, looking good on 75, traveling either direction at this point. 301 to big bend road, about a seven minute commute. And state road 64 down to fruitville, thats Manatee County down into sarasota, thats going to take roughly nine minutes on 75. 275 looks good across the Sunshine Skyway bridge. 10 minutes between the toll plazas. And you are looking at a quick six minute commute on the traffic on the 8s. Back to gene and gayle. Okay. People sleeping in. A common pain reliever is linked to behavior problems in kids. The study that warns moms about the popular medicine. And making the grade in school. The study apps that can help kids learn and perform better. First, olympic spirit is burning bright in rio this morning. Up next, some of the moments now going viral. Its 6 10. Youre watching news channel 8 today. . Good is in every blue diamond almond. . Good is contagious. Its a wonderful feeling, a magical feeling, and once it gets going there is no stopping what you can do. Get your good going. Blue diamond almonds. On the road to rio, this morning, team usas felix became the most decorated track and d when she got silver in the 400 meter dash. But she was eked out by a woman from the bahamas who made quite the move to get the gold medal. The famous dive. Reporter thats right. Its a hashtag now. The gold medal winner is miller who dove over the finish line at the very last second. It also didnt take long for the memes to start flying on social media. Youre going to see a lot of nose dives into the pile of snow there. Or this one, how about the face planting toddler. A lot of those videos popping up. And photo shops here making fun of the dive. First though, this meme, history number one, greg. Number two, miller. And one of the photos. Its the new summer toy, the miller slip and slide. Now to their credit, stayed quiet about this on social media. Gene thats going to be a top seller. I like the slip and slide. Thank you. All right, in this mornings medical report, researchers have found women who take a common pain reliever during pregnancy are more likely to have children with behavioral problems. They found 5 of the children had problems by age seven. The odds of hyperactivity, problems were higher among those children. And the number of people carrying guns in their carryon luggage. From august 5 together the 11th, tsa alleges discovered 78 guns throughout the country in the airports. 68 of them loaded. The tsa claims that sets a new record. In most case, the agents believe travel everies just forget they had the guns with them. And sports, the rays will try to make it three straight when they take on tonight at the trop. In game one, last night the pitch area loued only one run and one hit over seven innings. The rays put together a big inning. The rays win. The bucs face the jags this saturday but first a joint practice thursday. The offensive line will be key to the success of the year. And to help that, the team signed the offensive tackle to a threeyear contract extension. Official bucs station. We will bring you the bucs and jags saturday night at 7 30 p. M. We will broadcast this game on our sister station great 38. Cable and satellite channels are on the screen. The nfl could suspend four players over performance enhancing drugs if they dont talk to the league in the next 10 days. They have until august 25th to comply with the request to be interviewed about steroid use claims. 8 is on your side getting you schooled. As kids begin the school year, grades of course are very important. And studying can make the difference. News channel 8s Lindsey Mastis shows us apps that can help our kids study. Reporter some focus on specific skills. This app helps you with learning new words that are really really big for each reporter as she enters fifth grade, this 10yearold wants to make sure her penmanship is perfect. Teaches you how to write in cursive. Reporter her sister uses an app to study up on math in a fun way. Sun dog, you can buy stuff for a house and stuff but it has math on it. And all these games but you have to finish the math. Reporter this app. The teachers post work and stuff that we have to do and its all on canvas and you do the work there. Reporter and this 11year old uses apps for subjects that are technical. One where i got all my math and sciences all in one place. Reporter kids know whether the apps are helping. Do you think your grades are better because of those . Yeah. You have this technology, of just playing pokimon go or whatever. My kids have a site word app. I love the cursive one because its a lost art. Boy it is ever. Lets get a check on the weather. Good morning. Look how pretty it is. Again, the sun doesnt rise until one minute after 7 00 a. M. Clear skies in land olakes. 76degrees. Warm and dry through 8 00 a. M. And already 80 at sun and clouds, slim rain chance at noon. Better rain chance at 4 00 p. M. With a 40 chance. And otherwise, hot at 93. Its 80 in tampa right now. One of the hotter spots, 76 in apollo beach. St. Pete and clearwater and bradenton at 79. And even my weather watcher dora in inverness is warmer than this time yesterday. Shes at 75 degrees. The cold front on the map from the great lakes back down here that area of low pressure. It affected us last week and still bringing rainfall to them as the front begins to head toward the west. For us, constant wind coming from the east means yes, a 40 rain chance in the afternoon starting after 1 00 p. M. But the rain pushes toward the coast and clears out after about 7 00 p. M. And tomorrow, very similar forecast. Dry start to the day. Afternoon storms that push toward the coast. And keep this forecast in place through frid. Showers by the weekend. How about traffic on the 8s . Well, were looking at an increases. Seeing more vehicles on the roadways as people head to work and school. Dropping the kids off. This is 275 southbound that were looking at. And its starting to get heavy here right through hillsborough and heading into downtown. And still at good speeds, but more volume of cars. And lets look at the Howard Frankland bridge. Still only going to take six state road 54, still hanging on to a good drive, 12 minutes, 19 to the sun coast parkway. And 14 minutes through palm harbor from state road 54 over to tampa road. Thats a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you, leslee. As the kids head back to school, pot if i is offering school, spotify is offering new opportunities to learn. Plus, planning for our future. How aman americans are improving their Retirement Planning by saving more. According to a study by bankrate. Com, 21 of working americans are saving more this year than last. Thats the highest level in five years. Only 5 did not contribute to Retirement Savings this year or spotify is upping its music game but in the kids category. They are revamping the play list to help with early learning. It is now themed around moments like daytime routine, play time, bedtime and traveling in the car. And in between the song, voice over prompts to help with vocabulary in english and spanish. Apple may be going under water. They received a patent that hints at gadgets. Experts speculate it would be used in iphones and ipads. That i could buy into. Yeah, a lot of water in our area. Yeah. Bubbles coming out of there. Hackers targeting hotel, stealing credit card information. What you should do if you stayed at a hotel recently. Plus, donald trump lays out his plan to fight isis. How he is revising his past muslim ban. Up next, weather and at 6 27, a beautiful sky from the hyundai of New Port Richey camera. 77degrees. Yeah, warm. In fact, we will be watching the temperature later today. Hotter than al august. Low to mid90s. Only a few late day thunderstorms, about a 40 rain chance. The average is 90, expecting 93 today and 91 tomorrow and thursday. And finally back to average for friday and the weekend. How about traffic on the 8s . An eye on 275. This is the busiest part of the bay area interstates and its slowing in the last eight minutes, 275 through hillsborough avenue. I will continue to watch. This but we have more vehicles on the roadway. And of course, southbound side. Lets flip over and now and look at the Howard Frankland bridge. Only six minutes to cross it. Youre looking at seven minutes across Courtney Campbell causeway. . . Ba da ba ba ba . f0 a beloved bay area teacher taken too soon. Now students and colleagues are remembering the music teacher as the man accused of driving drunk and crashing into her car sits in jail. And a hote crooks stole information from major Hotels Across the country including right here in the bay area. 8 is on your side with what you need to know. Plus, getting your family up and out the door on time for school and work. It can be a challenge. Were getting schooled this morning on simple ways to make the process easier and less painful for everyone. Yeah, it can be a struggle. Yes. Good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. Im gayle guyardo. And im gene ramirez. Lets help you get out the door weather with leigh spann. Its going to be a hot one. If you thought yesterday was hot, youre right because we set a record in sarasota, 96, tieing the old record of 96. In tampa, technically we didnt break the record, we were at 95 but thats still hot. The old record was 97. Today as you head back to school, 80 degrees for the first class. So already steamy. By lunchtime, 89 degrees. Most of us still dry, slim rain chance for inland areas. Better rain chance by bell though when its 9 2 degrees. A break down of the rain chances, 10, 20 in the early afternoon. And 40 rain chance by 5 00 p. M. As the storms head toward the coast. In weather and traffic on the 8s, tracking a tropical wave. Ill let you know where its headed and leslee is tracking the roadways. Yeah, were looking good but getting slower. As far as accidents, not seeing any that are going to slow you down. This is southbound tampa and you can see its slower but still decent speeds. Lets back it up and look at 275 away from hillsborough avenue. Still pockets of congestion but decent speeds at this time. And also, a quick look here, we will jump back to the camera, this is downtown tampa. And the travel time, looks like there we go. I4, paul buchman highway to mcintosh road, seven minutes. And i75, 301 to bruce b downs, 14 minutes on th thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to gene and gayle. A man accused of running a red light and slamming into a car driven by a popular Pinellas County teacher is facing more serious charges this morning. Because the teacher died. Caroline sign passed away hours after the crash. News channel 8s ryan hughes is live at sexton Elementary School in Pinellas County this morning. Ryan, this will certainly be a difficult day for students and staff there. Reporter gayle, good Elementary School certainly hoping this teacher pulled through. And now theres the terrible news that she did not. I love going in her classroom. She always did great things with her kids. Such positive energy. And you could just feel her passion for music. Reporter that was the principal burns. When we talked to her yesterday before sign passed away. Now the school has the terrible task of explaining this to students. Pill the other vehicle was driven by Bryce Mccloud and investigators believe he was drunk. His charges will likely be upgraded later today to dui manslaughter. Fellow music teacher sean hankins was with sign at the time of the crash. He was injured and remains in the hospital in st. Petersburg at this hour. Back here live this morning, the suspect will likely appear in court again later today. And im checking with School Officials to determine if grief for Staff Members and students here today. Gayle, certainly a very difficult day on tap. Oh, yeah, especially for the children. I cant imagine. Thank you, ryan. Happening today, Funeral Services are scheduled for the woman shot by a Police Officer during a policeled demonstration. Family and friends will say goodbye to the 73yearold. She was participating in a shoot, dont shoot demonstration when the officer pulled the trigger on what with blanks but he fired a live round instead. The officer leigh cole is on Administrative Officer lee cole is on administrative leave. Hackers are stealing thousands of Customer Credit card information from hotel and it just happened here in the bay area at the Intercontinental Hotel in tampa. One expert says its not surprise. Its not whether they can get in, its what they choose to get into and how much damage they want to do. Revealed hackers used malware to access information. It affects all kinds of transactions including customers that bought food or even went to the spa. In response, hgi told federal authorities they replaced the payment process system. Anyone that believes theyre affected should keep a close eye on their credit card statements and make sure your credit and debit cards have fraud protection. In your vote, donald trump layed out his plan for dethe feeting isis in the battleground state of ohio. Hillary Rodham Clintons policies launched isis on to the world stage. Trump is revising his past proposal to ban all muslims from entering the country. Under the new plan, he proposes extreme vetting which would screen out anyone with hostile values and respect our people. We cannot let this evil continue. Nor can we let the hateful ideology of radical islam, its oppression of women, gays, children and nonbelievers be allowed to reside or spread within our own countries. Trump promised he would come down hard on american muslims suspected of radicalism and Hillary Rodham clinton will cob her bus tour across pennsylvania today. Yesterday Vice President joe biden joined clinton for a rally in his hometown. Together theyre campaigning to win over trumps core base, include collar white men. From pennsylvania, clinton heads to ohio tomorrow. And in a new nbc news poll, clinton leads trump by nine points. 50 for clinton to trumps 41 . Poll. Concern is growing over a zip line adventure. A company has the contract to build the zip line at the Highlands Park recreation complex. They already have one in bradenton. However, neighbors near the highlands recreation complex are worried about noise, crowds and parking issues. Then there will be strangers everywhere. There will be litter. Whos picking up the garbage . The zip line adventure is not a done deal. City commissioners will vote september 6th. This morning drivers are slowing down on a busy auburndale street. A couple tired of people speeding down avenue q hit a dead end when polk county denied the requests for speed bumps so they decided better call behnken. Shannon got to work checking the speed of drivers on this 25 Miles Per Hour street. [squealing] yeah, hit your brakes you better he was going 40. Busted. Yep. Many speeders but the biggest, check this out, county workers speeding to and from a maintenance yard at the end of avenue q. She took the evidence to county officials who sent a sternly worded email to drivers asking them to slow down. Now if you have a problem that needs solving, you better call behnken. They were going yeah. Woohoo yeah, screeching to a halt. And our temperatures are doing anything but. They are speeding up the thermometer. Lets show you first of all how beautiful it is right now. Yesterday we had clouds. Nothing out there today. Its 77 degrees. From here, we go to 83 by 9 00 a. M. By noon, its 89. Afternoon high of 93. Now thats well above average but not as hot as yesterday. Yesterdays high was 95. The closer to the coast, the going to see the rain. New port richey, st. Pete, bradenton, sarasota, western Hillsborough County, your rain chance is 50 . Eastern hillsborough, eastern pasco, manatee, sarasota, 40 rain chance. And less rain farther inland. Talked about that wave off africa. Theres a 70 chance that its going to develop into something tropical, a depression or a tropical storm. But look at the computer models, all in agreement that its going to stay out to sea and thats good news. We will check on 8s because hopefully theres good news there. Its getting busier. And i just got word of an accident on the parkway, pasco county, northbound and we have lanes blocked at hail road. I need you to keep that in mind. More on that coming up in the next report. Quick look at downtown tampa, starting to get slower southbound but still at decent speeds. Out the door soon, over the next 20 to 30 minute, expected to get busier. Thats a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. Back to gene and gayle. For the First Time Since the Olympic Games began, team usa did not earn any gold medals. Instead, they claimed silver and bronze. But today is the new day and there are plenty of opportunities for team usa to go for the gold. News channel 8s paul ryan is live from rio this morning. Hey, ryan. Reporter hey, good morning. Yeah, took 10 days of competition but for the First Time Since the games began, team usa di yesterday. Must have been a case of the mondays or something. Or maybe the americans remembered something everyone else has forgotten, theyre like 98. 8 silver so when you compete against the worlds best, second place is still great. The individual silver was like a little present to myself, kind of. Reporter lori hernandez, treat yourself because simone biles beat herself. Hernandez was able to secure settled for bronze. A couple years ago, im too nervous, i cant stand on the beam. And now at the olympics and having my own medal, thats amazing. Reporter tonight biles goes for gold number four in the final womens competition, floor exercise. The american sprinter felix, a fourtime Gold Medalist herself was less than satisfied with her silver in the 400meters. And the finish line, it will be tight. Reporter a race snatched from her at the a desperate dive. Bittersweet because it didnt come the way i would have hoped but got to pick up the pieces. Reporter while the Mens Basketball Team has puttered through pool play, the usa women have tacan backseat to no one, outscoring by a combined 204 points in five games. Team usa faces japan this afternoon. I dont think we peaked yet. I think theres still players on the team that can give us seeing. What we do is not easy. Just continuing to fight, the pursuit of the excellent game. And we have another opportunity to do that. Reporter the american women are favored by38. 5 points in that game. The men favored in their game as well but after beating france and serbia by just three points a piece, team usa has to bring up another gear or they might e medal. That desperate dive from miller, thats all the buzz this morning here in the states. When you get back, i want to hear more about what you have to say about that. Paul ryan reporting live in rio. Thank you. Now a look at the medal count. The all important medal count. 75 total for the united states. Thats 26 gold, 23 silver, 26 bronze. And china has 45 and then Great Britain in third. Coming up, we share ways to improve your morning routine, gearing the kids up for a day of learning. Youre watching news channel 8 today. Maybe almond breeze tastes so good because its the only almondmilk made with california blue diamond almonds. But if you ask our almond growers. Theres no maybe about it. Almond breeze. The best almonds make the best almondmilk. Were back. 8 on your side contins our morning routines are important to getting the kids out the door and ready for a great day of learning. Leigh spann has ways to help. Reporter thats right. Its a critical time between when the alarm clock goes off and the first school bell. It can set the tone for the whole day. And since youre already watching us, use us to help guide you through the morning. I get up between 4 00 and 5 00 a. M. Reporter after that, brandy jackson and her family are on a i started a longtime ago making them set their own alarms. So that was part of our routine, they get up and allow themselves enough time to make beds, get dressed and come down stairs. Reporter her kids are older, 14 and 16 but parenting dot some says this is a good goal. For younger kids, make a chart that shows everything kids need to do. And have a th everything. Able the place so theres less running around at the last time. Time for weather and traffic on the 8s. Reporter jackson uses weather and traffic on the 8s to keep everyone on time. Tv is definitely key when the kids are up. Its our time keeper because they know, if you come on with the weather or the traffic comes on, its this time and we need to be out the door. Reporter a good morning routine starts with a good evening routine. Make lunches the night before and make sure the kids get to homework and proprojects too. Ho and projects too. Reporter and it can be a team effort. It helps to have them work on the routine and the schedule too. Okay, other suggestions for you. If there are several kids in the house, try letting them take turns being the morning leader or use a reward for get ago head of schedule. And parents, practice what you preach with your own morning youve got your lunch ready and youre not running around. You got to set the example. Yeah, and the night before thing, thats way to go. You dont want to make the sandwich without the coffee. I do that for my husband. He is all by himself so i try to get everything pack sod the kids can grab what they need. And i love having the chart so the kids can learn. Brush your teeth, make the bed, its time for weather and traffic on the 8s. And oh, my goodness, its a gorgeous morning. Hula bay restaurant in tampa showing got to go outside to see this sunrise, 79 degrees. About 80 by 8 00 a. M. Steamy of course. 89degrees at noon. And maybe a shower in inland areas and our better rain chances after school at 4 00 p. M. At 93 degrees. Outside right now, 76. Pinellas park, 79. Riverview, 78. 77 in venice. And my weather watcher in wendy in brooksville says its 75 at her house. And look at this rain across the texas coastline now. And even still getting rain in louisiana. They dont need it. Theyre going to wake up to clear skies. Watch the forecast though. What happens today, it happened to the same thing yesterday, winds from the east. Pushes those first few showers around lunchtime into polk county and highlands county. And as the day goes on, the coverage of rain gets better. And the storms will generally about a 40 chance today, tomorrow and thursday. Same forecast through friday. But we start to get morning showers off the coast for the weekend. How about traffic on the 8s . All right, a look at the roadways. We will start off in pasco county. A good drive on 75. Starts to get slow in new tampa southbound. And in hillsborough, pasco, northbound at the parkway, at hail road, we have lanes taken away here. And that is due to an accident. Keep that parkway. And meanwhile, hopping over here, a quick look at hudson avenue right at peachtree road, we have a collision. That popped up as well. And then also u. S. 41 right at state road 52, starting to get busier. Sun coast parkway remains a nice drive. And downtown tampa, still looking at the same as 20 minutes ago. A little bit slower but overall, still a decent drive through the junction. And then also 275 at start to get congested. Thats a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you. An iconic vegas landmark is nothing but a pile of rubble rock. Look at the good times down with that. Yeah. Thats the good times. Thats the implosion of the hotel and casino. A 61yearold landmark that hosted dean martin and others. This building was demolished to make room for a Convention Center in las vegas, an expansion. Yeah, what happens in vegas stays in vegas. What you need to know before you walk out the door is next including hackers and their latest target. And a sad day for an Elementary School as they deal a tough day ahead for some music students. Their teacher died last night after being hit by a drunk driver. News channel 8s ryan hughes joins us live with what the school is doing to help students. Reporter good morning. Grief counselors will likely be available here in s t. Petersburg. Many Staff Members shocked by the untimely death of this beloved teacher. Caroline sign was fellow music teacher sean hankins from Hillsborough County when their car was hit by a suspected drunk driver. An administer at the jail tells me the charges will likely be upgraded later today to dui manslaughter. Mccloud remains in jail. The passenger is in the hospital with serious injuries. Ryan hughes, news channel 8. Thank you. Victim to hackers. Hacker youd malware to Access Private information at the hotel and other hotels in the bayer. This affects hyatt, marriott and Starwood Hotels and affects all kinds of transactions including customers that just bought food or went to the spa. There are two new cases of local riveria transmitted zika virus in miamidade county. One case is from the area known as the hot spot. Contracted outside the area but still in miamidade. In the meantime, officials in texas report a resident there who recently visited miami tested positive for the virus. New York City Police have arrested a man suspected of shooting an imam and his friend as they left a mosque. The suspect is charged with two counts of Second Degree murder. Rescued from historic floods in louisiana. The governor warns they wont know the true death toll for several days. The rains eased up monday but more rain is expected. 12,000 people are living in shelters this morning due to the flooding. Things are dry here. A look from the Freedom Plaza from sun city center. 77degrees, gorgeous morning. Just a few clouds in the distance. A steamy start to degrees on clearwater beach. Warm and dry, up to about 89 degrees with an afternoon high of 93. 40 rain chance today, tomorrow, thursday and friday. We start to get morning showers to come on the coast by the weekend but actually the rain chances going down. Traffic right now, starting to see slow and go spots in the usual places, westbound i4, a slow down on both sides of the roadway right at palm river road. We have a collision in lanes. Northbound 75 right around brandon boulevard as people exit on to highway 60. Thats slow on the interstate. And northbound on the parkway, lanes taken away at hail road. And then of course the usual slowing in downtown tampa. Thank you. On this tuesday, hope you dive head first into your day. Have a great day. We will be updates on news, weather and traffic during the today . . Ba da ba ba ba . Good morning. Diving for gold. An incredible photo finish wins the womens 400 meters. It will be a dive by miller for the line. Allyson felix edged out of the gold first leap but a silver medal making her the most decorated female track star in u. S. History. Oh boy. In gymnastics, a bobble on the beam dashes simone biless chance of winning a record five gold medals in rio. Laurie hernandez haking silver. Biles settling for bronze. Shell have one more shot at gold today, tuesday, august