Away from the message. Reporter it depends who you ask. The sign was up for about three days. Now it is not the same sign. The pastor took it down saying it became too disruptive. This sets us back way too much. Reporter this is what Stewart Flores is talking about. The church sign stirring up a lot of controversy. Why are we still separating ourselves . Reporter thats why parishioners here, mostly white, have been studying race. Now the pastor says this is just one way to create racial equality. When you do see that youre being privileged in a way that others arent simply on the basis of skin color, you can speak up and reject that privilege. Reporter the pastor says the message, to start a muchneeded dialogue to bring everyone together. Of course our hope is not divisiveness or hatred. Reporter but for many that thats kind of racist. Why . Not everybody is white. I think it doesnt make any difference if youre white, black, yellow, green, you should fight injustice anyway. Reporter th
Channel 8 today. Rise and shine in tampa bay. It will be a beautiful sunday. It already is. Youre looking at downtown tampa. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. We start with breaking news. Right now the southbound lanes of i75 they are shut down in sarasota county. A fuel tanker crashed at mile marker 179 in north port. The driver of the truck is in the hospital but is okay. Crews are cleaning up the mess. Lets start by checking on our forecast with mark collins. It will be a beach day today. A lot of folks scattering out right now to get out and enjoy seeing. In fact, well only warm up through the day. You see those clouds, those are alto stratus clouds, highlevel moisture continues to flow in. Those clouds streaming in from the north. As we head through the afternoon we will probably see a little bit more cloud cover than yesterday but still mostly sunny to get you through the day. Still looking at 57 for you in crystal river. 55 in inverness. Light sweaters there. On our way up