The skies and finding no rainfall almost all of october. Now today i expect to see a few more clouds. It traps the heat that you get during the day so we stay warmer. Right now 70 in tampa, 70 fish hawk, 66 in lakeland, 72 in sarasota and in st. Petersburg. That is warmer than yesterday. Only by a degree in tampa and st. Petersburg. Brandon, youre 4 degrees warmer than 6 00 a. M. Yesterday du thats even above the average of 82 despite the extra clouds. At 6 08 i take you hour by hour through your friday and then plan out your weekend for you. Leslee is going to help you plan out your commute. Looking forward to the weekend. Yeah. Things are business ness busier but good. When i show you surface roads and they are yellow its a good drive but thats a lot of surface traffic lights that you have to go area. St. Petersburg,a great dive on 275. In tampa, bearss avenue down to i4 just a 10 minute drive. We have a collision over in manatee county. Just a heads up. Its off to the side of the roadway, u. S. 19 at ken hubbard lane. A little accelerate activity but no lanes blocked. Now back to gene and gayle. Thank you, leslee. Right now questions re main after a fire tor destroying the building and killing dozens of animals inside. Investigators are trying to find out if it was illegal for the owner to keep animals in the building. News channel 8s ryan hughes is live at the scene of the fire this morning. Ryan, do we know if the owner is going to get in trouble for keeping all the animals inside that warehouse . Reporter grade good morning, gayle. We checked and no word if the owner will face charges warehouse with all those animals inside. Now thick black smoke poured from the building as you can see in eagle 8 hd. I took nearly 60 firefighters to get the fire under control. They found dozens of dead animals inside, birds, cats, dogs and a monkey named ringo. The owner told us he ran an Animal Rescue from the warehouse kauled ed called tipped cat. Theres no word if it is legal i had animals here to give them personal care. They had access to fresh air and outside. We saw them every day and everything was great. Reporter some good news, a neighbor told us two dogs and a few cats survived the fire. Now, back here live this morning, you can see the extensive damage done to the building. We will keep you posted on the status of the investigation from here. Gayle, back to you. Gosh, so sad about all those animals. Thank you, ryan. Well, this morning an pasco county deputies tell us a strange man approached an 11yearold boy at a bus stop on mangrove drive in when Wesley Chapel. That man told the little boy he could is candy if he followed him into a wooded area at the end of the road. Now the student took off in the other direction. He describes the man as a 20 to 30yearold with a olive skin and hazel eyes. If you notice anything suspicious in the area contact the pasco sheriffs office. On the close call for republican Vice President candidate mike pence when his Campaign Plane skidded off the runway. It happened last night as the plane was landing in heavy rain at new Yorks Laguardia airport. As soon as the plane came to a stop pence walked through the plane and made sure everyone was okay and thanked the first responders. The incident is not keeping pence from campaigning today in pennsylvania and North Carolina. Donald trump is holding rallies in new hampshire, maine more accusations of inappropriate comments about women. The newest accusation comes from businesswoman and shark tank star barbara corkrin. She claims trump talked about her breasting comparing them to his pregnant wifes breast. I was pregnant with my first child and so was his second wife. He compared them like putting his hands in the air. I was in a business meeting. I on her experiences working with trump over the years she believes the accusations of Sexual Misconduct brought against trump by several women. And Hillary Clinton is campaigning in battleground iowa today. Meanwhile her running mate, senator tim kaine is campaigning here in florida. Kaine will attend an early vote rally in tallahassee later this morning. President obama will campaign for clinton also in florida today. The president will be at the university of afternoon. Doors open at 3 00 p. M. Early voting continues today here in florida. As of this morning check out Hillsborough County. 120,000 votes by mail and 70,000 early votes. In Pinellas County more than 157,000 vote by mail ballots received and close to 17,000 early votes have been casted. In pasco, hardy and tomorrow. For the latest on the president ial election visit the 2016 election guide. Youll find the early voting locations and hours of operations at wfla. Com. Click on the news tab and then click on politics. Well, some scary new statistics this morning in the number of traffic deaths. They are spiking in florida. Sure are. Distracted driving to is blame. Its not meredith is in in news center. The concern is that drivers wont let go of their smartphones behind the wheel. Yeah, its those very popular apps, some that we use every day that are sited for distracted driving. The department of transportation said nationwide traffic deaths already up by 10 this year. Florida among the highest on the list with a 9 jump. Insurance Officials Say when traffic slows down due to congestion then drivers tend phones. The top five apps used by drives, number one google maps. Most of us use that. Also pokemon go, on drivewayed android messages, facebook and you tube. There are other factors. Driving longer distances because gas prices are lower and younger drivers and lower drivers see more crashes. Plus, drug use, including prescription drugs are getting the blame. Traffic fatalities were declining for last year. In 2015 there were more than 10,000 accidents distributed to distracted driving in the tampa bay area. Alarming numbers there. Thank you, meredith. Now at 6 08 a check on the weather with meteorologist leigh spann. Good morning. You know, its been very dry over the past few days and thats certainly not only comfortable for us but its what we expect as we head into november. November is the driest month of the year. So today im not rain here. Hour by hour, 70 degrees at 8 00, 75 at 10 00. At time passing clouds but i think plenty of sunshine still. 80 at noon, 85 at 3 00 a. M. Even 80 at 7 00. So these aboveaverage temperatures, mid to upper 80s continue through the weekend. Monday is halloween and it should be comfortable for the trick or treaters. As we head into november it continues our dry trend but also continuing our warm trend. Some from you. No tricks, all treat with this forecast, 85, a warm day. A beautiful evening for the trick or treaters. Thank you to other people for having fun with my halloween puns. I have to use mine again from mary at the high school. Why was the ghost the most popular person on the Football Team . Well, entity on the Football Team . He had the most school spirit. How about now im getting crickets again. Lots of boos. No boo with tra ing with traffic. A good drive on i4. Speeds at 55 Miles Per Hour. 275 at busch boulevard and i75 at fowler looking good. Ill work on my delivery. Gene and gayle. Resurrecting the ghost joke. Tw days in two day ins a row. The 2016 heart walk is right raising 100,000 but we need your help. Fucillo kia is giving 1 for every dollar you donate. Go to wfla. Com heartwalk for details. Sobering statistics for teenagers. 8 out of 10 have been cyber bullied. How local student film makers Getting National attention for their efforts. Reporter we do not have any ghosts out here but a lot of school spirit. Check out the clear leaders at wire grass ranch high school. They are getting pumped up. This is a red letter day out here because they are going to take on blant on the football field. More in wesley capsule coming up. Tampa chapel coming up. Top priorities. Generating over 15 billion for the regional economy, and 80 thousand local jobs. Dana young is working to continue that success, by attracting high waged jobs for families who need them and fighting a bureaucracy that too often gets in the way. Dana young for the florida senate. A return to common sense. To counter isil. When someone makes the comment that they know more about the Islamic State or isil than do the generals, it implies a complete ignorance of the reality. But i believe secretary clinton really understands the threat that the Islamic State poses to the United States and to the american people. And i believe she understands how to wield American Power to ultimately defeat this threat and to keep us safe. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. I moved on her like a [bleep]. No we dont. Marco rubio stands by trump and failed to show up for florida. Heres what i believe in. Bringing people together and reaching across the aisle to get things done. Protecting social security. And building an economy that works for all of us. Im Patrick Murphy and i approved this message because ill be a senator who always works for you. Florida fish and wildlife officials are tracking down a killer who brutally beat and killed three helpless white tailed deer. Heartbroken staff at natures classroom, a 365 acre facility, say students loved those deer. They even had names, buck, perry, rose perry and their baby katy perry. To 3,000 in rewards for any help on finding out who did this. An urn found at a waste center. Now the search is on for the family members. The name on the urn reads debbie sue. Employees in seffner found this last week. Call investigators if know anything. More infti its 6 14. Hernando County High School students are receiving national acclaim for their film about cyber bullies. They did a great job. Meredith haas how students at nature cost technical high are raising awareness. No one thought to help me. About a video shot without her permission and put online. Student say this is representative of what they see online. This is happening. Its a joke. Its going on all over. It could be going on right now as im speaking. The nature coast technical students had 10 weeks to prepare for competition but only 48 hours to produce their film and they did it all in new york city. They filmedn a building. While its told through the teenager stars voice the role of the mother is vital to the story. Thats your daughter, thats your son. You know, you have to Pay Attention to them. You have to youre the one guiding them. A lot of times you dont really think about the parent. It probably hurt them a lot to lose their kid. More than 30 teams from across the country participated in the competition. Story. Thats a huge validation for this crew. The message that i think we are getting across that we told i think is so important. News channel 8. So listen to this, the heart award earned Nature Coast Technical High School 2,500. The school can earn an additional 5,000 if the film wins the peoples choice award. We posted a line a link to the film on wfla. Com so you can vote for the scho of voting. With your help we can push them over the top. Log on and vote. Yeah, nice job by those students for sure. The High School Football season is winding down and that means every game is a must win. No more losing here. The bulls of wire grass high school are taking on the Plant High School senators today. Mary is live. They have a lot to play saying this is the biggest game that the high school will play. Wire grant has only last one game this season, blant is undefeated. This is certainly a crucial game. Sierra is a senior cheerleader here. You guys got up early today. How are you going to keep the spirit going . Sdmrsz we are we are so excited for the game. Our spirit club and band wi entire night. Reporter awesome. These students have gotten up early. We have several members of the Football Team here. Also a huge game. Kick off is at 7 30 tonight here in Wesley Chapel. We also have the band playing. They will be here at game as well. A lot of fun out here in Wesley Chapel and certainly a lot on the line in the game tonight. Back to you. They are certain ly pumped up early in the morning. Hopefully the night for that game. Yeah. Its going to be pfrt perfect weather. Time right now is 6 18. Over the leigh. Its has been nice. Not the cool night that we actually saw last friday night but max defender 8 certainly confirming for you no issues as far as any rainfall at this point. Now, it is watching a couple of high thin clouds streaming across the region. During the day today you will see the extra clouds and the sunshine. 70 degrees at a fast warm up with that breeze continuing. 85 degrees at 4 00 p. M. And then you are off to the gridiron, friday night blitz. Kick off 80 degrees still. You will have that light breeze and some extra clouds around. Halftime show, mild at 78, comfortable for the final play and staying above average at 75 degrees into the evening. 70 in bartow, 70 in tampa, 68 we have this thin layer of clouds that will continue off and on. Breezy from the east again just like we saw yesterday. Nothing really changes through the weekend. Tomorrow morning a cold front to our north so we see a continued east wind blow and continued comfortable conditions. Today though with that breeze leading to a moderate chop on the bay and inland waters and a Small Craft Advisory so watch out there. 86 degrees saturday and sunday. Halloween 85. The 8s . It continues to be a really nice friday drive, folks. Looking at the Howard Frankland bridge right now and its only going to take you 6 minutes to cross it. Its a wonderful drive. Lets take a look at 275 at busch boulevard. Seeing more vehicles but still up to speed. No slow downs as of yet. We are at 55 Miles Per Hour there. Great drive from downtown tampa out to the Howard Frankland bridge and into pinellas. Then 275 coming out of pasco we have one crash located off to the side of the roadway on u. S. 19 at ken hubbard lane in man key county. Manatee county. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you, leslee. Kids and parents are putting the finishing touches on their halloween costumes. The warning about some costume accessories and dangers they pose. Cranberry is to goto Natural Remedy for urinary tract infections. Up next,ha cranberries. It might surprise you. You are watching news you love allday breakfast. But you dont love that you cant get all your favorites. But now you can get more of what you love. 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New in our next half hour, the county saying no to dressing criticism of the election system. What hes joking should be done so he can be president. A live look outside on this friday morning. Traffic is picking up over the bridge in downtown tampa. Its going to be a beautiful day. Weather and traffic on the 8s is just 3 when powerful people need someone to do their dirty work, they hire bob buesing. How far will he go . Buesing fought to foreclose wells fargo against charges of helping a ponzischemer swindle millions. Buesings firm was even accused of overbilling local schools , running fees up to seventy thousand dollars. Now, buesings running for senate. How far will bob buesing go . Thats up to you. Hes gus hes gus hes gus hes gus Gus Bilirakis. Gus bilirakis gus is for us. For us. All of us. And he gets things done. Gus stood up to his own party. To stop Flood Insurance hikes. Hes protecting our veterans. And our seniors. And hes fighting to keep america safe. Gus is for us. Gus is always for us. Gus is for us. For us all of us vote Gus Bilirakis for congress. Im Gus Bilirakis, 68 degrees, still dark for another hour but then you send the kids off to the bus stop, passing clouds and 70 degrees. Still breezy and 85 this afternoon. Thats above the average of 82. For the weekend, even warmer at 86 saturday and sunday. Halloween 85. Leslee. All right. Looking at traffic, it has been very nice on this friday. Here. Its getting busier p busier. We are looking at southbound traffic at hillsborough avenue heading into downtown. This is any part that we are seeing any kind of a slow down right now. I served under president bush and obama. I fought the taliban. I was asked to form a Global Coalition when someone makes the comment that they know more about the Islamic State or isil than do the generals, it implies a complete ignorance of the reality. But i believe secretary clinton really understands the threat that the Islamic State poses to the United States and to the american people. And i believe she understands how to wield American Power to ultimately defeat this threat and to keep us safe. Im Hillary Clinton a warehouse filled with animals and cleaning supplies goes up in flames. Now there are questions about why the animals were kept there in the first place. Donald trumps running mate. What happened to governor mike pence as his plane skids off a runway. Distracted driving. Why our state is operate top on the list and the deadly impact on the roads. Good morning and welcome to news today. Im gayle guyardo. Umpqua gene ramirez im gene ramirez. Lets get a check on the weekend forecast and meteorologist leigh spann. We are off to a pretty good start. Its been scanning the skies and defending you from basically any rain all week long. Today though we are focusing in on just some high thin clouds spreading across the region. Those clouds are actually keeping us a little warmer. They trap the heat that we have during the day so it stays a few degrees warmer than it would other wise. 72 in st. Petersburg right now, 69 degrees in fish hawk, 66 wimauma and plant city. All the temperatures get warmer. Monday it was 61 degrees, then 64 tuesday and wednesday, yesterday we started the day at 69 and now most of us in the 70s. 85 by the afternoon, warm and breezy, a couple of clouds around. At 6 38 an 8day temperature trend to see what happens as we trend into november. Leslee is going to let you know what happening on the roads. Its been a great drive and still pretty good out there. Accidents theyre not slowing you down at all. This is 275 in hillsborough. This is 275 around fowler. Thats where it starts to slow down to hillsborough. But a good driver over all. Bearss avenue to i4, thats only 11 minutes. Thats just what i showed you on the camera. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you, leslee. Right now there are new questions this morning ability a Hillsborough County warehouse and left dozens of animals dead. Horrific scene out there. Flames shot high into the sky as crews frantically tried to save the animals inside. News channel 8s ryan hughes is live at the scene. The big question is why were the animals in the warehouse and is that legal . Reporter good morning, gene. Thats the big question this morning. That investigation still underway at country. You can see a plume of thick black smoke pillow into the area. It took 60 firefighters to get the fire under control. Inside cleaning supplies, Paper Products and machine rentals and dozens of birds, cats, dogs and a monkey named ringo. The owner told us he ran an Animal Rescue from the warehouse called tipped cat. No word from authorities if its okay to store so as part of the circle of life. Listen here. When youre an animal lover you get used to death and sickness. You accept bad things and deal with it and then get up and go help other animals. Reporter some good news, the neighbor tells us two dogs and a few cats survived the fire. Now back here live this morning where you can see the facade of the building, we are trying to figure out if the owner will face animal cruelty charges. A sad fate for some of those. Thank you. This morning we are learning more about the five people kill in a fiery crash on Martin Luther king boulevard near u. S. 301. Three of the victims were on their way home from church when the crash happened. Mary moreano, her daughter the teenage daughter in the middle of the picture that you see there survived but is at the hospital along with a cousin who was critically injured in the crash. Relatives are just heartbroken. I dont wish this upon anybody at all. I mean, hes in pieces. You know, it hurts because im sure theres families out there who have surfed so much pain and i can only imagine how it feels to eyewitnesses blame street racing. Troopers confirm that speed was a factor but told us theres no evidence that anyone was racing. Investigators say 22yearold pablo cortez was traveling at a high rate of speed when he and his passenger hit the minivan head on. They too were killed. Time now 6 35. Right now a warning for parents as they send their children to the bus stop this morning. Pasco county deputies say a man tried to lure an 11yearold boy as this happened on mangrove drive in Wesley Chapel on thursday morning. Now, that boy ran to his bus stop and the man went the opposite way. The man is described between 20 and 30 years of age with olive skin, dark hair and hazel eyes wearing a brown winter coat. The search is on for the gunman who shot and killed a clerk. This is from lake suspects running away. They believe these men ambushed the store clerk mommed alam. They formed him to take off his pants and then shot the man. On the campaign trail, some scary monuments for Donald Trumps running mate when the plane he was on skidded off the runway at new Yorks Laguardia airport this oh, my god. New investigators are trying to figure out what caused this mishap. Pence thanked the emergency crews who responded. It was raining at the time. Pence is still planning on campaign in pennsylvania and North Carolina today. Donald trump is planning to Campaign Today in new hampshire, maine and iowa after he spent the evening in ohio at a rally. Jump jokingly suggested canceling the election. Just thinking to myself trump, right . What do we even have here . Trumps comments come as he continues to call the election system rigged and stacked against him. Hillary clinton and her campaign are hitting several states today including our state. Today her running mate senator tim kaine is scheduled to attend an early vote rally happening in tallahassee and then president obama is campaigning for clinton in orlando. Yesterday hillary battleground state of North Carolina. Seriously is there anyone more inspiring than Michelle Obama . So hillary has done her job. Now we need to do our job and get her elected president of the United States. Well, today Hillary Clinton will campaign in iowa. Leigh. We just have a few more minutes before we see the sun creeping up over the horizon. Head out right now and check out jupiter next to the moon. Its a beautiful shot out there. We have some high thin clouds so hopefully youre able to see it. Through the rest of the day once the sun comes up it warms up to 73 at 9 00, 80 at noon, 84 at 2 00 p. M. The afternoon high is 85 above average. Even by 6 00 still comfortable at we keep the aboveaverage temperatures the mid to upper 80s through the weekend including a comfortable night for the trick or treaters on halloween. November continues our warm dry trend. 85 today, 86 on saturday and sunday. Emoji man said looking good on halloween at 85 degrees. The first few days of november also above average. Its 6 38. Traffic on the 8s because people want to get the friday commute out of the way to get home. Only a couple of issues. We are slowing down because of rush city. Veterans expressway still looks fantastic, no delays. We have this collision trying to wrap up here. We are getting a little delay here on 275 just above it. U. S. 19 at ken hubbard lane that is off to the side but southbound on 275 coming away from the toll is a little bit slow. Here the distance, westbound i4 coming through ybor city line for city linking up to 275. 275 around hillsborough a little bit of a slow down. Back to gene and gayle. Leslee, thank you. Its not un usual to see a deer, coyote or two but not a monkey. Not just a monkey, a macaque. Where wildlife experts want people to be on the look this little guy. Reporter its a huge night tonight in homeowners Wesley Chapel. We are out here at tonight in Wesley Chapel. We are out here at wire grass high school. It is for the district title. We will chat with the head football coach about what in my job, i see a lot of fires that couldve been stopped before they started. Thats why floridas firefighters support amendment 1. For the health, safety and welfare of floridas consumers and its first responders. Amendment 1 means more solar, safe solar, for the sunshine state. Vote yes on amendment 1, for the sun. Robert kearney i fought for my country in kosovo and iraq, and ive been a republican all my life. But im the father of three girls. I cant stand hearing donald trump call women pigs, dogs, and bimbos. And i sure dont want my daughters hearing it. I want my girls to grow up proud and strong, in a nation where theyre valued and respected. Donald trumps america is not the country i fought for. So, im voting for Hillary Clinton. Hillary clinton we are back at 6 43. Is ranked at the deadliest state. Meredith is in the news center this morning. Is texting to blame for these deaths . Reporter yes, texting as well as the use of apps. The department of transportation said traffic deaths in florida spiked by 9 in just the first 6 months of this year. Slowing down due to congestion, and of course we have plenty of that here, drivers tend to pick up their phones. The top five apps used by drivers are google maps, pokemon go, android messaging, facebook and you tube. Theres other facts like drivers going longer distances because of lower gas prices, weather and demographics including younger or older drivers prescription and other drugs. This morning i pulled some numbers from fdot and in 2015 there were more than 10,000 accidents attributed to distracted driving right here in the tampa bay area. Those accidents resulted in 51 people losing their lives. Yeah, its a sad reminder that we just need to focus on our roadways. Thank you, meredith now an 8 on your side alert. A ride on toy for kids is under recall because it could over the recall involves the peg perago 850 polaris sportsman battery operated toy vehicle. The problem is with the relay on the Circuit Board it can fail. So far theres three reports of it over heating and one report of it catching fire. If you have one top using it immediately and contact them for a board. This morning theres a search for a lost monkey in the bay area. Monkey sighting have been reported in hudson beach and pasco county catch ing a lot of people by surprise. Thats a freaking monkey, dude. Its not just any monkey its a macaque. They believe its a recease macaque kicked out of its troop. What does it macaque experts have advice. People should not try to feed him, should not try to corner him or capture him. They should contact fwc. Just let him be. Look at him enjoying the water there. Its so beautiful in hudson beach. Hes eyeing those boats. Hes on the loose there. If the monkey is caught he will most likely live out his life at a Wildlife Rescue we cant promise you those great views. He runs away and they send him to rehab. What is that about . Glsz i dont know. Some are call ing a fight over a huge christmas light display a christmas miracle. A judge ruled in flavor of the hyatt family. Check out their display. The city of plantation sued this family over the light display claiming that traffic was created, it was a the judge didnt agree and ruled against the city and now the hyatt family is moving forward with their 200,000 light display for the holidays. I put up a string of lights and sometimes in february they are still on. Imagine all this stuff. Hopefully you hire somebody. A crack down on costumes. The Polk County School district is bans costumes and masks at High School Football games tonight and monday. In the past costumes were allowed as long as they didnt cover the face. Not School Officials explain its time consuming to inspect the costumes to make sure theyre acceptable and dont pose a security or safety concern. Well, the bulls of wire grass high school are gearing up for a big home Conference Game tonight on the gridiron. They mr. Will face off against the undefeated panthers. Mary mcguire is live in wesley these students are already puffer pumped up. Can they keep that no go . Reporter certainly. Im joined by the head coach of wire grass ranch. What is on the line tonight . What does this game mean . Its a big Football Game for us. Its a class 7a district a title on the line. Home playoff game in two weeks. We are excited. D d we are glad that you are here. Reporter awesome. Take on the Plant High School panthers. They are undefeated so theres a lot on the line tonight. Kick off at 7 30. Back to you. Thank you so much, mary. I love the bull in the background. Hes going on this friday. Hes got a party going. All right. You know what, the weather should cooperate for these guys out there on the football field. Yeah, should feel really nice throughout the day. Not cool, just comfortable. Max defender 8 is confirming that we dont have any rain. We are not expecting any. Dark. The veterans camera in tampa nice and mild at 68 degrees. Next weekend, not tomorrow but next weekend is the time change when we fall back, we gain an extra hour of sleep on saturday night and it will stay it will get brighter earlier in the day. Our sky cast, 70 degrees at 8 00 a. M. , yeah some clouds out there. 80 at noon, 86 around 4 00 p. M. Breezy, yes but still warm and then you head off to the friday night games. Dry and a 80 degrees at kick off, 78 at halftime and 75 for that final play. Not cool but comfortable. 65 in zephyrhills right now, 68 in clearwater, sarasota youre warm at 72. My weather watcher rick in oldsmar checked in at 65 degrees. The long range forecast does not change much. Another breezy day with high thin clouds. Breezy for saturday. Lighter but still a breeze on sunday. For monday, halloween and first few days of november warm and consideratable. And comfort b. Comfortable. I like it. More slow and go action in ybor city. This is westbound i4 slowing up around the junk. 275 starting at fowler you hit the bra in the heart of downtown its not too bad. Lets take a look at the maps here. This is the problem in sarasota. We have a crash thats tieing up two of the left lanes, northbound i75 its right at bee ridge. It has you backed up well before clark. You know, 301 looks great, 41. It depends on where you are headed. Sarasota moves around a lot. Dont hop on the interstate. You have probably a 25 minute dry at this point there in bee ridge. Southbound not effected. Away from bruce b downs, typical slowing from plant city westbound i4 but not too bad. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you, leslee. What you need to know before you walk out the door is next. Including the plane scare for Donald Trumps running mate. What happened when mike pences plane came in for a landing. Birds, cats and dogs die i the latest on the international in the investigation and why the animals were kept there. Youre watching news channel 8 today. Port tampa bay has now become floridas largest and most diversified. Which helps explain why it is one of dana youngs top priorities. Generating over 15 billion for the regional economy, and 80 thousand local jobs. And fighting a bureaucracy that too often gets in the way. Dana young for the florida senate. A return to common sense. . . . . Can you say i love it . . . Oh love it . . . Can you say hey . . . Hey . . Thats the spirit oooooh. . . Ooh ooh . . Wooh ooh . . Wooh ooh . . Sing sing, baby baby i love you. Oh yes. . . Ooooh oooh. . An investigation into a warehouse fire is underway right now in Hillsborough County. Yeah, the fire destroyed the building and killed animals kept there. News channel 8s ryan hughes is live. Reporter good morning. We checked but no word at this charges for keeping all the animals in that building. You can see the extensive damage done by the fire. Lets go to video. It shows thick black smoke pouring from the building from eagle 8 hd. It took 60 firefighters hours to get the fire under control inside the metal structure. Once inside they found dozens of dead animals, birds, cats, dogs and a monkey named ringo. The owner said he ran a Animal Rescue no word from authorities if its okay to store them inside the warehouse. Ryan hughes, news channel 8. Pasco county deputies are warning parents about a suspicious man in pasco. A man tried to lure an 11yearold boy into the woods as he walked to the bus stop on mangrove drive. The man is described as between a campaign scare for Donald Trumps running mate. The plane was he was on skidded off the runway at laguardia airport. No one was hurt. Investigators are trying to figure out what happened but it was raining. Donald trump continues to call the election rigged. At a rally in ohio he said the election should be canceled and give the presidency to him. Today trump is campaigning in Hillary Clinton also campaigning in iowa, her running mate tim kaine will be here in florida in tallahassee. Meanwhile president obama will campaign for clinton in orlando. The world series moves to chicago for game three tonight. Its going to be a blast. Its the first World Series Game held at Wrigley Field since 1945. Now, right now the indians and cubs are tied at one game a our xrays manager on. The raiders are already in florida staying in sarasota and practicing in bradenton to take on the bucs. Kick off for that game sunday is at 1 00. It should be a good day for that as well. Famous tate in brandon this is a live picture there. Still dark at 68 degrees. The sun will be up at 8 00 at 70 above average but its been average for the past few days and the next few days going forward. 86 on saturday and sunday and still 80s through november. Traffic through ybor city is going to get heavier into rush hour. The veterans expressway still looks very, very good. Lets talk about the suncoast area. Say it aint so but it is. Guess what, folks, if youre coming away from the venice connecter heading up its building. Weve only got one lane open all due to a crash northbound i75 at bee ridge road. The tammy amy trail looks great from the venice area and 301 still looks very good in the area. Lets take a live look at traffic right now. This is i4 in the distance there. Very heavy. Moving over to the other camera this is a look at 275 right through hillsborough avenue southbound. Dont forget today a National Chocolate day. Have a mocha this morning. Whats your favorite . Mine, probably make it quick. Everything. Give me a kiss. How about that . We are out of time. Have a great friday, you love allday breakfast. But you dont love that you cant get all your favorites. Like hearing the sound of your own voice. softly like hearing the sound of your own voice. Get more choices you love, now with all day breakfast. Good morning, breaking overnight, a frightening moment at New York Laguardia airport, the Campaign Plane carrying m during heavy rain. Remain seated. No injuries reported, but an investigation is underway. This morning, governor pence, joins us live. Looking ahead, nbc confirming Hillary Clinton has vicepresident joe biden on her short list for secretary of state, if she wins. Donald trump hitting clinton for her time in that position. 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