Courtney campbell causeway heading over into clear water. More cars on the road right now, but still nothing to slow you down. I just checked your drive time across the courtney campbell, just about eight minutes to get across. Here is a live look at i275 at ashley right through downtown. Again, traffic is starting to pick up a bit, but still no crashes or breakdowns to cool you down. Still looking good on the veterans expressway. We are still in the green from 17 275. The selmon expressway also looking great. Down at the bottom just six minutes from dell mabry to channelside. Updating you now on breaking news we brought you last night. A s. W. A. T. Situation that started with shots fired in pinellas county. Deputies have now taken a 72 yearold man into protective custody. They say he barricaded himself into his mobile home on 66th street and fired three shots. Arguing with his wife and has Mental Health and alcohol issues. They say its fortunate no one got hurt. For his safety, his wifes safety, and everybodys in that mobile moment park because he started indiscriminately firing off rounds, so somebody could get hurt. They were able to send in a camera into the ho us to make sure the man no long her ahold of his gun. He is now getting a Mental Health evaluation. The zika virus continues to spread through mosquitoes in Miamidade County sounding more alarms and prompting discussions on whether to advice pregnant with imto avoid traveling to popular places like miami and miami beach. We hoped to show you a map. Health officials are revealing two new travelrelated cases outside the wynnewood area of miami where the zika virus had previously been contained. Lindsay logue is live in the Health Department this morning lindsay . Reporter good morning. In that area, outside of wynnewood where the two cases reportedly were transmitted by mosquitoes, hot spot, miami beach. Happening right now, city workers are going around and dropping antimosquito pellets into the storm water pipes. This is just another precaution by workers in Miamidade County to combat this virus. Whats so alarming about the two new cases is they said multiple Media Outlets are reported they were transmitted on miami beach. This is one of the tourist hot spots in miamidade and just 7 miles from the wynnewood district where all of the other nonrelate nontravelrelated cases have been spotted. Should they advise pregnant women not to travel to miami and miami beach where tourism is the biggest moneymaker . No standing water anywhere in the city that would be an area for breeding or anything like that. We are doing all kinds of outreach. Were making sure that residents, visitors, workers that are outside use bug repellent. Reporter bug spray, of course, is your best defense. Even though the zika virus hasnt been spread through mosquitoes anywhere in the bay area, wearing strongly advised. Its only a matter of time before more and more mosquitoes pick up the virus in the united states. Later today here in tampa, usf tampa experts will outline their research that theyve been doing with mosquitoes. They will talk to us about their role in developing a zika vaccine. As weve been talking about, there are vaccines in development, and they are being tested as we speak. Live in tampa, lindsay logue, abc action news. Coming up on 6 05. Olympic robbery controversy subpoena the u. S. Olympic committee now apologizing for what its calling a distracting ordeal. The fallout coming after this Surveillance Video emerged, backing up what Brazilian Police are saying that u. S. Swimmer ryan lochte and three teammates vandalized a swimming bathroom. Moments ago, agreed to pay money to charity so he could leave the country. Lochte said earlier that they had been robbed at gunpoint, but police say they actually got into a confrontation with a Security Guard after the alleged vandalism at that gas station and that Security Guard pulled a gun demanding money for the damage. The u. S. Swim Team Director is the teams code of conduct. A High School Student is in jail without bond after deputies say he stabbed his mother and younger brother while on vacation. We told you yesterday about the double stabbing. Police have charged the teen with two counts of Second Degree murder. He was visiting from massachusetts. His mother and 14yearold brother are in the hospital but should survive. Were learning more about the fate schools in polk county. The district is revealing what each is doing to improve its grade. The schools received d grades. Parents sounded hopeful the new plan could make a difference. Weve got to have faith in to doing the work. Thats why were sharing the information of what its going to look like and what were going to be doing within our schools. Were going to continue focusing on improving our entire district. The state already rejected an Improvement Plan for the five failing schools. So the district made changes and submitted a new plan this week. Ed superintendent hopes the state will approve the new plan. Overcrowding situation in a Brand New School at polk county. Officials say they in portable classrooms. The school is two dozen students over capacity. Well keep you up to date on any issues affecting the schools. Our back to School Coverage continues next week with Sarasota County going back to school on monday money well have full coverage on air, online, and to the mobile app. Now to a tear jerker two years in the making. Reunited with their parents at Tampa International airport after they were separated by the cuban government. [sobbing ] the family was torn apart after the government went after the father for speaking out against the castro regime. The girls parents fled to tampa as refugees but couldnt bring their children with them. It wasnt until abc action news traveled to cuba to interview the daughters that a u. S. Congressman stepped them reunited. Speaking in spanish, the older sister says she is grateful. Thank god a difficult time is over in our life. Thanks to you we are all together again. The girls say the first thing they want to do is learn english and spend time with their parents. Still to come, a woman rescued after a Serious Health crediting with saving her life. If that bullet had been another half inch, i wouldnt be here. A man speaks out about officers who showed up at the welcome back. 6 11 caught on camera. Rescuers rushing to a woman who had a struck while in crest trail. Eight days in the hike, she felt wobbly and couldnt swallow. Had it not been for a location device, she is not sure she would still be alive. If you guys could help me, well put her on a stretcher. In the rescue video, you can see what it looked like as the pooh ill lo the as the pilot lowered it down to save the woman. After the scare, she says shed do it all again. Being alive and doing what you love to do is important. The only reason we was wearing the locater was because her daughter wanted a way to locate her. Turns out, daughter knows best. Getting back into the 90s am coulding up, new developments after an officer is accused of filing false accusations from a Police Leader and a concern that it will now hurt the case. Naked donald trump statues popping up in the u. S. And all over social media. The rules big apple used to take one of them used to take 15 minutes after 6 00 on this friday morning. New developments right now after what is being called a bold move by chicagos new police superintendent. He wants seven Police Officers fired. They allegedly falsified information in the Laquan Mcdonald shooting. Now the police Union Questions whether they can get a fair trial. 17yearold mcdonald was shot and killed by police in october of 2014. He was armed with a knife. The video released in november shows officer Jason Van Dyke shooting him 16 times. Van dyke is charged with first degree murder. And a man says he doesnt hold any grudges against state troopers who mistakenly shot him. He was shot in his house after a 911 mixup. Hes speaking out about the mistake. Im doing pretty good. Im alive and beginning to feel better. A lot of the pain is subsiding now. Reporter do you hold a grudge . No, not really. I always believed in the this 76yearold has battled back from the brink of death after last months accidental shooting. State Police Showed up investigating a 911 hang up call. He thought they were intruders so he grabbed a shotgun. A gun fight broke out. If you looked up easterlily this morning, you might have seen a light going up into the sky. A rocket carrying two air force satellites lifted off at 12 52 this morning. Were waiting right now to into the military that it was put into orbit. The two satellites detect the location, size and status of objects near earths orbit like rockets or debris. They will be used to warn of an impending collision in space. Rate now on the International Space station, two nasa astronauts are preparing for a space walk. The astronauts will begin installing the first ever two station. They are important. Space ex and spacecraft will start sometime next year. Its looking good. The headlines here with a pattern change coming up this weekend. Not today. Still thinking east winds will carry the thunderstorms inland to the coast. Well reverse that heading into saturday and sunday. Tropics are more active as they get closer to the peak of hurricane season. There you are. Nice to see you on this friday. Showers and storms by later on today. Well chances around 30 . That will be the case saturday and sunday. Again, well have morning coastal showers and thunderstorms going in the other direction. Then our return will be from the gulf there. Thats the way things will go. You see the storms pushing east as we check many on fee own that. Fiona not doing much out there. You have so worry about this thing going out to the north and west. Right direction right over open water. This is looking more impressive, the latest tropical wave. This might be the beginnings of what will be gaston. Then we have another feature heading into the weekend as well. Well watch them all for you and keep you posted. 92 in tampa. Well be around 88 in st. Pete. Your weekend forecast is not looking bad at all. Rain chances around 20 to 30 . Right through the early part of next well. Lets head to janelle with a look at the pattern. Notice its getting later and later with the sunrise. Yeah, harder to wake up. For us definitely. Corey dierdorff is driving around looking for trouble and so far hasnt found any. Traffic is light out there. In 30 minutes or so, well see things pick up. Were checking your drive across the bridges. Tampa side of the Howard Frankland bridge. Headlights are heading into tampa. Lets check your drive times on all Three Bridges so you can see how long its taking to get across. Nine minutes across the courtney campbell. And eight minutes across the gandy bridge. Also checking your drive over in pinellas county, 275 looking great. Both in the green. 70 is the average speed from the sunshine sky way to the Howard Frankland and about the same in the opposite direction. Donald trump is the talk of the town in several cities right now and also on social media. It is not because of anything he said or something that he did. Its because of life sized not so flattering nude statues of trump popping up in five u. S. Cities complete with small hands. Take a look. Crews in new york removed the indecent statues leaving behind they say we stand firmly against any unpermitted erections in city parks. That was a quote exactly. Similar statues are up in los angeles, san francisco, cleveland, and also seattle. Did you see that insult to injury there with somebody swatting it . Coming up at 6 30, students at usf get an unwanted element. The warning to Campus Police to kick off the new school first, olympian ryan lochte is no stranger to headlines like this. Reporter in this mornings gma first look, as brazilian authorities intensify the investigation, we take a closer look at ryan lochtes bad boy past. Its not the first time hes had a rubin with the law. Court records show he was honorration in urination in public. Then he became a household name making a huge splash at the london games in 2012 where he took home five medals. The celebrity sassis earned him a starring role on e. Inthe show lasted one season but he told us just last month he would do it again. Coming up at 7 00 a. M. , well have the latest reporting live from rio. With welcome back. New this morning, a dad in omaha is blaming his kids for a bad trip that forced him to call 911. Yeah, he was hallucinating after eating brownies he found in the backseat of the car that his adult kids. S bad anxiety while watching tv with his wife. Not loth after, wees crawling up the stairs and shouting insults at the cat. Afterwards she called her Adult Children and asked whats in the brownies your dad ate . I said call the kids and tell them i had two brownies and ask them how high im goen that get. Well, the kids didnt cat, he says he stands by what he said about the cat. [ laughter ] thats it right there. Maybe your kids shouldnt have magic brownies, right . 85 at 10 00. 91 by 1 00 and 4 00. Well do that with the rain chances around 30 with afternoon storms. Well talk more about the extended forecast in the next Campus Police at the university of south florida sending out a major warning to students this morning after a flasher is spotted on campus. Ahead in a live report, why this is an issue theyve dealt with before. Plus, the fight for shooting. The reason the authorities are saying they should not have to release 911 calls. Good morning and thanks for waking up with us on this friday. Minor issues out there and nothing causing any major delays. Thats good news. Weatherwise, were great out there. A lot of sunshine setting up for a nice weekend. Ill tell you, the rain chances are going down here 78 in both tampa, apollo beach and st. Pete. Port richie with a the rain chances go down, but the way the storms form will be different here. Well have morning coastal showers with a westerly flow and afternoon inland thunderstorms. That will happen tomorrow. Today were still on the other side of the tropics. Weve been talking about getting more active as we expect this time of year. Titan Doppler Radar is quiet out there. Not looking for anything exciting until later on today. It will be warmer obviously with humidity and rain chances continuing right around 20 to 30 . Well talk more about the weekend forecast here heading into a few minutes. Well check in with the traffic. Reporter check twitter out before you head out the door at tampa bay traffic. Corey dierdorff is checking things out for us right around downtown. No crashes or breakdowns. Traffic is starting to pick up a little bit but still i want to point out an issue on the west shore boulevard. We had a car in a ditch. Look how great the gandy bridge looks in the green in both directions. 63 the average speed if you are heading into the tampa area. Lets open up our cameras and take a peek outside. This is what it looks like i 275 in fowler. Were starting to see people tapping their brakes as we head into tampa. This is in the Wesley Chapel area up to i4. It was still in the green on i275 but again starting to slow. Look at i75. 72 is the average speed there. Captain al, good morning. Reporter good morning, janelle. Yes, indeed, it is finally friday. Thats a pretty shot. Looking at the sun trying to come up through the eastern side. Right at the Bottom Center at the i4 continues toward mlk and want to merge with 275. No problems all the way into downtown. I did take a look at 275 as well into north tampa. There was a little point matching the 56th street south of hillsborough avenue. Nothing there. We scoured the area and everything is moving along just fine. Right now, Campus Police and usf are on the lookout for a flasher this morning. A naked person. Are students on edge about this . They are and with good reason. They have three reports of this guy flashing students. Students just got back to campus yesterday about 3,000. The last place this guy was spotted right at this parking garage. Apparently, a student spotted him running through with no clothes on. Campus police are taking all of these reports very seriously. Again, about 3,000 students just moving onto ca 6 00 last night of a man exposing himself near a dining hall. A few hours later, two more calls came in to Campus Police. Police have a slight description to go on this morning. The flasher is a white male believed to be in his 30s. He was wearing a blue tshirt, gray shorts and glasses. He has a thin build with short hair and his hair may possibly be grate or blond. Back live out here this morning this is not the first time the Campus Police have dealt with the issue. April of a man flashing students and also last october, they got three reports. At this point, Campus Police do not believe these cases are connected. Again, they are warning students to be on the lookout to call 911 if they had any issues. Also, they notice the emergency beacons around campus. If they see any problems, simply push that button and somebody will be there to help immediately. For now, rodney dunny began, abc action new look at a man accused of molesting a girl at a swimming pool. Jose pena is accused of grabbing a girl under the age of 12 monday. Hillsborough deputies began to rub up against her. She swam away, but he grabbed her again and molested her. Ins charged with capital sexual battery. Police are looking for the man you see behind me. He was the last person seen with an 81yearold man before backyard. The 2014 red kia sedona was stolen. If he know where cordero is, call tampa police. Two dozen media groups are demanding the use of 911 calls involving the pulse nightclub shooting in orlando. The calls detail the exchanges between the gunman and police during the massacre. Attorneys arguing they should be decided in state court. Right now, the recordings are tied up in federal court. The recordings are exempt under public records laws. Happening today, the funnel discussion on the final resting place the final discussion on the final resting place from a now closed doze your school for boys. This morning at 9 00, were expecting a task force to recommend where to build a memorial to the children. The issue you has stirred up controversy. Many are demanding that the well keep you up to date when a decision is made. A Campaign First for donald trump. The republican nominee saying he regrets some of the harsh language hes used over the past few months. Reading from a teleprompter from a rally in charlotte last night, the billionaire apologized if he caused anyone personal pain. Trump didnt back down from criticizing clinton at the rally saying, she sees African Americans only as votes. Today, trump will be in louisi areas there. On the democrat eight members side, former president bill clinton saying the foundation will no longer accept foreign donations if Hillary Clinton is voted as president. Republicans say its too little too late. This morning, Citrus County will be the third to allow every other bay area county begins tomorrow. You can find the nearest location for voting at abcactionnews. Com democracy 2016. Today, governor rick scott will be in tampa to talk about jobs. Hes set to announce last months unemployment numbers. The governor will make that announcement at 10 00 this morning. Well bring you any news you can use from this. Trends in job growth, for example, right here on abc action news. 30 rain chances will be much higher than that. That will result in more coastal showers and afternoon thunderstorms. High temps in the low 90s. Were taking a look at the toll road starting off on the veterans expressway. Still in the green on the veterans. Were seeing a bit of a slowdown on the leroy selmon expressway into downtown. Thats just about a minute slow mabry to channelside. 6 38. Coming up, bolting to the finish. The achievement the fastest man in the world accomplished last team usa is now in triple digits. 100 medals, 42 more than china, fifth place with 36. The u. S. Did medal in the 200 meter race. Usain bolt easily claiming another gold. For the bronze, though, three runners were separated by 6 thousandth of a second. A few minutes ago, they said this olympic race. Winning gold and tying the olympic record in the decathlon, the First American to repeat as olympic champion in this event since 1952. 19 minutes until 7 00. Still ahead, a cheesy trend for weddings. The way some couples are phasing out traditional cakes. The face of tragedy. The way Police Officers rallied good morning, everybody. Good morning, pinellas county. We are checking out 275 all through st. Pete looking great. Still up to speed, these taillights you see right there are heading south towards the sunshine sky way. The average speed there is the lakeland area, getting ready to head out the door heading over to tampa. Your drive is about 25 minutes right now. 15 minutes from county line road to 75. Step minutes from 75 to 275. Your drive through downtown tampa looking great as well. Just six minutes to get from i 4 down to the bridge. Captain al, how are things where you are this morning . Makes me want to get out. Good morning woods this morning. The Tampa Premium Outlets on the righthand side of the shots you can see its right in front of that where its clear. So i75 right underneath, right inside the brake lights, well, they are not brake lights, just running lights right now. They head toward the apex and right toward tampa and go west to the east side of the tampa bay area. Both directions of i75 are looking good out there with the friday. Looking out on the river gate tower cam. You can see the light out there and sunrise coming up after 7 00 a. M. As we check in on the headlines for this weekend. A few p. M. Storms today and heading in to the weekend. Inland afternoon thunderstorms with a reverse pattern of where weve been and the tropics are more effective now. You expect that in the peak of the season. Radar. The Third Movement east or west so it will develop inland and head over to the beaches by the time we get to 7 00 p. M. For tomorrow, a southwesterly one will take over. The coast will get in on the heftier afternoon thunderstorms. Its pretty active on the tropics with fiona. The Tropical Storm is still out there but that doesnt bother to watch here because this has more of a southern trajectory as it heads west. This could become the next Tropical Cyclone gaston for the next few days. It feels like its approaching 100 by later this afternoon. Rain chances are not super high, right . So 20 to 30 in good shape. A lot of us staying dry and heading into the early part of next week. Well keep it nice and toasty with highs progress on a wildfire in southern california. It is now 22 contained. Its burning northwest of los angeles. The wildfire has burned out of control for most of this week. Its already burned more than 50 square miles and many homes. It started tuesday near an million cash payment that was used as ravage until the u. S. Citizens were set free. For months, the white house maintained that the money was not a ransom payment for the americans. Environmental groups are suing to stop a natural gas pipeline from being built in three states including florida. The environmental groups include the sierra club. That suit comes less than a week after a project receiv threatens drinking walter sources. The plan is to have it carry natural gas into florida. Tonight, a National Campaign gets under way and will last through the upcoming labor day weekend. The drive sober or get pulled over campaign will end on september 5th. The Hillsborough CountySheriffs Office will take part in the crackdown to save lives. The Labor Day Holiday in particular is one of the driving fatalities. A Cleveland Police detective caught on video punching a woman in the face is on administrative leave. The cell phone video shows her spit at a detective and a second punches her and she falls to the ground. The accused detective says he tried to grab the womans face to stop her from spitting. People know that epi pens are a lifesaver but over the last several months, the pric the price has gone up hundreds in the last six months. A few years ago, they cost a little more than 100 but now cost more than 600. Doctors and patients say the Pharmaceutical Company that makes epi pens is taking advantage. Im having a hard time understanding how the drug company can allow this to happen. When asked about it, the company says it offers coupons for 100 off on its web site. Many couples are saving money by saying i do on thursdays. Its cutting down costs that averages, 33,000 across the country. Nearly 6 of couples got married on thursday last year, and some really cheesy weddings out there, but this one takes the cake opinion more and more couples are going for cakes made out of cheese. We dont mean cheesecake, but real cheese. Couples are using wheels of brie and gouda. Others use cheddar and bleu cheese. Cheese mongers warn this is not a good option if you are having an outdoor wedding. Store claim they made the find of a lifetime. Why didnt have ever happen to us, right . They bought an old cassette tape of Michael Jacksons album bad for just . 25. On the inside cover, look what they discovered. Its Michael Jacksons signature. Amber says when she saw it she lost her breath because she is a huge fan. The owners of the thrift store said they are happy for them. They will have the signature authenticated but even if it is confirmed to be real, they say they will not sell it. . [music] . Theres an alarm clock for you. Heavy metal band metallica releasing its first album in eight years. It will be available november 18 on vinyl, cd and digital a big concert happening in the bay area tonight. The dixie chicks are playing at the Florida State fairgrounds tonight at 7 00. Tickets are still available. . [music] . And multigrammy winner seal performs at ruth eckerd hall. Last november, he released his ninth al this is the best news ive heard today because i love doing that. A study finds cracking your knuckles is actually good for you. Researchers looked at the ultrasounds of 400 knuckles to find out what exactly is going on inside of a joint thats being cracked. Well, they say those who crack their knuckles have increased flexible. Scientists think you pull apart two surfaces of the joint allowing gas into it. The newest smartphone is hitting stores today featuring an iris scanner that allows users to unlock the phone with their eyes. It comes in black, gold, silver and it is samsungs answer to apples 6s plus. Tote and tomorrow your own cup day. Between 11 00 to 7 00, you can fill up for just 1. 50. The cup must fit through a 10 inch tall hole, have a seal and be food safe. A victim had a gunshot wound. Police dont have a lot of well let you know as soon as we get more information. A man accused of firing gunshots and barricading himself inside of a trailer is undergoing evaluations. Students returning to the usf campus last night got an unwanted welcome back. A flasher exposed himself at least three times in different areas on the campus. This started near a dining hall. Campus police are on the lookout for him. There are new reports were transmitted locally on miami beach. The cdc and Health Department have yet to confirm the reports. We expect to learn more today about the cases. The state leaders may issue a travel warning advising pregnant women to avoid miami and miami beach. Happening today, the final discussion on the final resting place for the remains of dozens of young boys found in unmarked graves at the now closed Dozier School for boys. Expecting a task force to recommend where to build a memorial for the children. Good morning, everybody. Watching our cameras onist i4, this is right around beth on i4, this is right around bethlehem road. A little bit of a visual delay there. Taking a look at the map. Slows down to 24 miles per hour. The other slow spot is out there lets check in with action air one. Apten al, good morning. Reporter we are still out along i75 where it goes over i4. It heads towards maybe the hard rock. No problems there. You can see the headlights coming out of brandon. Very heavy as you head towards i4. Have a great weekend. Heres ivan with the forecast. Tick off friday with the 70s and a lot of sunshine out there by noon. About a 30 chance of thunderstorms with our high temp right around 92. Quickly here, a heart warming story to leave you with. A 7yearold orphan was making his first trip to disney world. His father killed his mother and took his own life in front of tyrone. New York City Police worked together to send tyrone to disney and putting 5,000 into a college fund for that little boy. That is great. Stay tuned. Good morning america is up next. Keep up to date with us always on our mobile app on facebook and twitter. Ivan and janelle are back in good morning, america. Breaking news as we come on the air, two of the u. S. Swimmers at the heart of the rio robbery scandal arriving back home moments ago. Now ryan lochte and another teammate still in rio facing possible charges, accused of vandalizing a gas station and lying about the terrifying robbery all al footage reveals. Also new this morning, trumps regrets. What donald trump is now saying about some of his tough words on the trail. And believe it or not, i regret it. As the candidate now heads to louisiana this morning to meet with communities devastated by the storms. Are we witnessing a big change in tone . His Campaign Manager joins us live. Severe weather hits the midwest. A waterspout strikes off the