Friday. We are checking your Traffic Cameras across the bay area, searching for any trouble spots right now. The interstates are clear. This is Pinellas County 275 right at rows vellet. Up to speed in both directions. I have checked some of the major roads throughout pinellas, st. Pete, clearwater, no issues or crashes or breakdowns there. Checking the cameras on i27 5 right at bush, one of the busiest travel spots, but right now traffic is very light. Now is the time to head out the door if you can, if you leave this early. Drive times on 2 75 we are still in the green, 14 minutes from the apex to i4. A tad slow, 5 minutes from bush to i 4. And 5 minutes from i4 down to the Howard Frankland. A man punched me in the face. Is he still there and. Yeah he said he is going to kill me. Does he have any weapons . You need to send like three the 7minute 911 call George Zimmerman made sunday. He told police he was at a bar when a man walked up and punched him in the face. Then the man threatened to shoot and kill him. Zimmerman stays calm on the call, explaining what led up to the sucker punch, but witnesses have another side of the story. They say zimmerman was overheard introducing himself to another person at the bar as the man who killed trayvon martin. Lindsey is live in the studio with more of the 911 call and media. Reporter good morning. Not only introducing himself as George Zimmerman, but bragging about it as well, according to witnesses. This morning i have been reading hundreds of tweets about George Zimmerman. The majority from people who think he got what he deserves. On the 911 call zimmerman claims the guy who punched him recognized him as the man who killed trayvon martin. But witnesses told police a slightly different version of the story, that zimmerman was explaining to people he shot martin in selfdefense. Telling people in the bar his name and what he is known for. Can you just get away from him . I have been trying. But his friends are all around us. Do you know his name . No. Has anybody been drinking . They have, obviously. What started the argument . He recognized me. Interesting to note zimmerman did not want to tell the 911 dissaturater his name, instead saying he would wait until police arrived. This Morning Police havent even named a person of interest but zimmerman was able to clearly describe most of the people involved and their vehicles. Encouraging news in the fight against zika. This morning researchers say their zika vaccine experiments were successful, at least on monkeys. One is a traditional vaccine, cutting edge. The traditional one could be tested on humans as soon as this year and two other experimental vaccines are in human stud nize in miami people in the danger zone for the zika virus are seeing planes trying to help wipe out infected mosquitoes. Authorities say they have been able to reduce the zika danger zone by 10 blocks. The aerial sprays will continue all over miami for the next several weeks and Authorities Say the chemicals designed to kill the mosqu for humans, but people with allergies should stay indoors during the Early Morning hours. The race for u. S. Senate seat in florida is intensifying over this issue of gun control skew a candidate running against marco rubio calling out the senator for his stance on the issue. Patrick murphy is challenging rubio to get behind gun control legislation. He is hoping to unseat him this november. Murphy says he supports gun loophole, and begin more thorough background checks. The democrat demanded rubio join the effort on the steps of city hall while flanked by a who the who lost her son in the a mother who lost her son in the pulse nightclub shooting in money will go to the families of the 49 people who died, wounded survivors and those in the club during the massacre but escaped werent hurt. The head of the will stop collecting money at the end of september. Right now there is 23 million in that fund, but it is expected to increase. After that pulse massacre, we have seen a big response in our community when it comes to training and preparing for Something Like that. That is certainly good news for a lot of us parents when we get ready to send our kids back to school. Another active Shooter Training is going on today, this one at they will run through their Crisis Response plan. In phoenix a gunman strikes again. Authorities say the man shot at two different i want sections last night, narrowly missing a man and his son. The same shooter now linked to 10 shootings and seven deaths. In democracy 2016 the polls keep putting Hillary Clinton farther and farther ahead in the president ial election. She is waking up now to her largest lead yet, 48 Donald Trumps 33 , according to a new poll. Many republicans are upset after a week of controversy within the party. We have been telling you about this all week, donald trump saying he is not quite ready to endorse House Speaker paul ryan for his reelection. To calm the frustration his running mate mike pence not only endorsing ryan, he made a blanket endorsement for all republicans in congress seeking reelection. Trump has claimed the election if mr. Trump is up 10 or 15 points on election day and ends up losing, then you know, maybe he can raise some questions. That doesnt seem to be the case at the moment. President obama also defended a huge transfer of money the u. S. Made to iran. He is reassuring everyone in the u. S. We do not pay ransom for hostages. Trying to se on a 1. 2 billion settlement he approved. 400million that have settlement was delivered by plane to iran in cash. It happened around the time iran released four american prisoners. He says the payment was cash because the u. S. Has no banking relationship with iran. Some have said the payment puts americans around the world at risk for kidnapping. If you play pokemon go and you are looking for a job, there is a job fair in lakeland the job all at the same place. Sykes is holdling a job fair in lakeland. It runs from 9 30 until 3 30 today. Event organizers say hiring will happen on site. Starting today a new attraction opens up to the public, it is called the beach. 15,000 square feet of space filled with 1. 2 antimicrobe beale antimicrobial plastic balls. It will run through august 25th. So many choices this weekend. Comic con underway. As we check in, not as widespread as we had yesterday. Well talk about your ep weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. Still to come, more than 800,000 ford calls involved in why this specific recall could put your kids in serious danger. This dangerous stretch of road in lakeland led to one students death last year and now it is set to get changes. What is being done to keep your kids safe as they led back to i275 at roosevelt looking janel and ivan standing by with more in a second. Breaking news out of georgia. Authorities just arrested a father after his twin 15month old daughters died in a hot car yesterday. About a half hour ago we reported investigators were questioning him. Police found the girls father and Neighbors Holding the girls shallow pool, even using ice packs to try to bring their body temperatures down. The twins mother was in the hospital at the time after being involved in a car county commissioners are stepping up to make changes to a dangerous road. It is a spot a 17yearold High School Student was hit and killed back in may. Corey deardorf is explaining what officials are doing to make sure your kids are safe getting to and from school. Reporter people who live along clubhouse road say this stretch of road is dangerous and they have been complaining about it for years. The student died simply walking county is looking at ways to improve safety. He was hit by a crossing guard supervisor. This stretch is known as a problem spot and polk county is conducting a safety study, collecting information on vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Also commissioners are reviewing areas that need additional lighting, especially Near School Bus stops and school zones. Taking a live look at the streetlight that was installed after the well stay on top it have and bring you updates as soon as we get them on air and online at abcactionnews. Com. Our back to School Coverage continues on monday mortgage. We are going to talk about preventing bullying and how you can report it. You can are youll find all of our coverage on abc. Com back your back to School Supplies. Last year it was 10 days long, this time only through sunday. A few other changes to know, computers are not included in the tax break and the price point for clothes went down from 100 to 60. And while you are out, consider buying a few extra items for families in need. Dropoff your donated School Supplies at any hudsons Furniture Store in the bay area and all the supplies you donate will be matched. One week on august 12th. All right as we check the forecast, showers with us as we fly in across portions of manatee and sarasota counties. The showers have made it in, although they are weakening. A cluster here, not looking at any lightning by the way at this point here. That is a few minutes away from longboat again. These will continue to materialize, develop her and head inland. At temperatures in the mid to upper 70s, even low to mid70s out there, across polk county. Feeling nice by the afternoon. We have gotten ride that have oppressive heat and the reason for that is the higher rain chances that have been with us. We kind of tradeoff. Some of us would rather have the heat. The rain chances will be lie through the weekend. I think by tomorrow morning high through the weekend. By tomorrow morning rain through the Morning Hours than we are this Morning Hours. High temperatures, mid and upper 80s. Futurecast showing the band of rainfall beginning to move in. And things will redevelop inland as we talk about thunderstorms this afternoon. About a 50 chance and well bump up a little higher through tomorrow. I have a couple of things going on, not just a southwest flow, but also a disturbance a little further to the north. So from tampa north, that is what we are going to have the here, so keep that in mind as we head through the weekend. Certainly not entirely dry and a little above average. High temperatures today in the upper 80s, around 90 degrees where we should be for this time of year. As we check out the extended forecast, 60 for saturday, sunday, temperatures in the upper 80s and unsettled weather continues through the early part of next week. Lower rain chances by the time we get into wednesday and thursday. She cannot stop humming the comic con i know. Do you have that stuck in your head . Oh my goodness yes. Actually ill have my brother in town so i have to attend. What is your costume . I dont know yet. That is the problem. I need some ideas. You are going to talk about traffic a little bit later on . Yeah well get to that in a few minutes. Right now we are going to talk about traffic at the moment and it is looking good. We are going to take a virtual drive along 275 all the way stop at mlk,s looking good there. All the traffic in the green now. No issues. To make that drive 13 minutes, your average speed 68 miles per hour. Just a heads up, looks like this emergency work on sly is continuing through the day, hoping to have it wrapped up by the end of business today. Sly avenue is closed right now between 53rd street and 56th street, so your alternate hannah or just use hillsboro. Before you climb into the car for the morning commute, Ford Motor Company issuing a safety recall on 830,000 of its vehicles. Several models have a defective side door which may open up while driving. Dealers will replace the latches for free. Models include the 201315 max and ford escape. Police in new jersey are trying to find the person who boobytrapped a popular hiking trail with dangerous items. The trail is covered with barbed wire, broken bottles and pranks with nails. Detectives are investigating this case. 4 49. Coming up, thieves stealing cars the hightech way. One piece of equipment using. Comic con comes to tampa. Tens of thousands of people are expected in the bay area. Where they are going to be and how you can get around traffic. Y22pny yy6y comic coki in tampa. Even if you arent going you are going to likely run into the 35,000 people who could come through the doors each day. Starts at noon today and runs until midnight. The event wraps up sunday. Actor norman redus of the walking dead is scheduled to be there and jack gleason from game of throne and his charlie cox who plays daredevil in the netflix series. Most dont arrive until coleman, the actress who plays clara oswald will be there today. Getting around could be difficult, especially if you are not going. Expect heavy foot traffic and a lot more cars on the road around the convention center. If you are trying to get into downtown, i would avoight platte street through channel side. Some other tips for you, the parking garages are going to be packed, especially the ones closest to the convention center. So you mit parking garage closer to 275. A better option for you, maybe use a taxi, uber or lyft to get around. Either way, pack some patience either way if you are not going to comic con, you might want to avoid downtown tampa. Quite a slow, walking through downtown. With the costumes, especially full sized adults. That is the best part. I cant wait to hear your costume. Back. This was our halloween get up here, that was awhile ago now, back in october. Maybe ill do super weigman. Sometimes i perspire a little bit, always wearing that suit underneath. In the next hour, we are going to get wet with everything you are doing this weekend. Police say two men stole dozens of cars. Their secret weapon . A laptop. Talk about hightech heist here. Police say michael cars and jessie slay aare in jail after stealing more than 30 jeans in the houston area over the next six months. The investigators say they turned the jeans on using their laptops and then drove off. The duo sends the car off to mexico and what is more unsettling, there is not much you can do to protect your car. Maybe try to keep it in the garage or maybe off the street. Apple hoping to use peoples hightech hacking skills for good. Offering cash rewards up to 200,000 for hackers who come forward with any security flaws they find in their soft area. The iphone make soldier joining other Big Tech Companies like google and facebook. They hope this will reveal problems so they can fix them and discourage hack freers using that against the company to exploit them or sell it. Today is your last chance to win 50,000. It is the final day for the scratch and win sweepstakes. Pick up your mobile app right now through 10 00 this in the morning. Scratch the logo and youllee see instantly if you are the grand prize youll see instantly if you are a grand prize win sneer next at 6 00, two toddlers escape from a daycare and they are found wandering in a gas station parking lot. Coming up after the break. Wrap. And what is going on there . A man punched me in the was the victim of an assault. Witnesses cast doubt on his 12yearold malik beard hasnt been seen since last night. He had an argument with his nothing before evanished. Before he vanished. If you see him, call police. A huge recall affecting more than 800,000 cars that involves vehicles whose doors can fly open while you are driving. Good morning. Just ahead, George Zimmerman says he was punched at a sanford restaurant. First checking if with janel and ivan. Reporter traffic looking great so far. Reporter much better tha to talk about, but nothing like we had yesterday with the torrential downpours. At this hour we were pretty much flooding a lot of areas here. At this point left over showers, or they continue to redevelop but they are not impacting our major roadways. Although longboat key has seen showers continuing to redevelop. As we look closer at the beginning to move through right there. But that is not going to bother us all that much. You want to slow down a little bit. Visibility great. Yesterday we had blinding rain out there. Upper 70s to low 80s right now. Warmer by the afternoon. Mid to upper 80s, morning coastal showers to afternoon thunderstorms. Coverage 50 . Lets check in on the roads. A little wet out there on the skyway good shape. People driving carefully so far this morning, because we dont have any major crashes or breakdowns slowing things down. We are going to start off with your drive across the bridges this morning. This is what if looks like as you come across the Howard Frankland into the tampa. Lets check your drive times to see exactly how long it is taking get across. 9 minutes across the courtney campbell, 6 minutes on the Howard Frankland and 6 minutes on the gandy bridge