Thursday morning weather with meteorologist leigh spann. Good morning. And temperatures close to what we expect for august. Were at 75 in lutz. 76 in palm harbor. Kids making up, heading back to school in pinellas and hillsborough. 74 in river riverview. 73 in brooksville. Polk county, kids still sleeping in, 77 in sarasota. All of us will stay nice and dry through the morning hours. In fact, even early hours, the rain chance is very p. M. When i bring the rain chance up to 40 and the storms generally push closer and closer to the coast by the time we see the sunsetting this evening. Above average, but just slightly as far as temperatures are concerned. Im expecting 91, the average is 90. At 6 08, i have an hourbyhour look through thursday. Weve been off to a really quiet start. So hopefully we will keep it that way. Heres a live view of 257 at fowler. We are seeing more folks hitting the road but no one hitting the brakes. And busy in the plant city area. Both directions of i4 at park
Odessa and palm 77 in odessa and palm harbor. Brandon, 74 degrees. 357 in wimauma. 7 75 in wimauma. No rain chances for the first part of the day. Could there be a shower right around lunchtime . Yes, a small rain chance. But once we get toward 4 00, 5 00, 6 00 this even, the storms head toward the coast and some could be stronger and more widespread. So feeding off that heat of the day. Hitting 93 today. Thats above the at 6 08, i have an hourbyhour look at your wednesday in the weather and traffic on the 8s. We have the accident on the Howard Frankland bridge clear up. And all lanes are open there. Look at this, beautiful drive now. Only six minutes to cross it. Earlier we had the two left lanes taken away. At one point, only the right lane was getting by but now its fantastic. And travel times here. And on state road 54 in New Port Richey, we look great. U. S. 19 to the sun coast parkway, 12 minute commute. Harbor, up to speed at 13 minutes from state road 54 to the tampa road. And
Accept responsibility for my role in this happening and have learned some valuable lessons. He apologized to u. S. Athletes, the International Olympic committee and the host city of rio for being a distraction to the games. He originally said he and three fellow olympians were robbed at gunpoint in rio early sunday morning. But, the usoc and Surveillance Video know confirm the version of events laid out by brazilian police. They got into an argument with police after bathroom. Meanwhile, jimny feigen cut a deal with brazil to donate 11 11,000 to a brazilian charity so he could leave. [ sound leave. Gunnar bentz and jack conger allowed to leave. The lawyer taking a shot at ryan lochte telling reporters they didnt speak to any journalists. They were quiet and didnt know what was happening. The usoc apologizing now saying the behavior of these athletes is not acceptable nor does it represent the values of team usa or the conduct of the vast majority of members. We expect feigen to head ho
At all. This is perhaps the only place people want to see mosquitoes. Under control, being studied. One more Remarkable Research asset at the university of south florida. Reporter today, u. S. Representatives david jali and kathy castor got to see firsthand the Research Going on at usf. The research that could help in the fight against zika. We have to understand the urgency involved. We have to stay ahead of the issue. In some ways, it is a race against the clock right now. First speaker. Reporter that is why usf held its conference to talk in depth about the virus. It comes amid a six month long congressional night over funding. Leaders have fete to approve a proposed billion dollars funding package. Now they are at recress. What is the holdup . It is unconscionable. It is a lot of politics. It shouldnt be an issue. It. Reporter though congressional leaders on the whole cannot agree, the florida delegation does and they both flowing, but, it is a rob peter to pay polishings. They hav
Run, the United States they won they get the job done and retain their olympics promise. And saying hes sorry. Ryan lochte apologizing online for the controversy surrounding his robbery tape. Is his career as a commercial pitch man over . Its the milliondollar question. Today saturday, august 20th, 2016. The u. S. Wins g here is usain bolt three times three the triple triple they had something to prove and prove it they did. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the olympics games. And welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im craig melvin alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. Good morning. Welcome back. I did. Its great to be back. Good to be back with you guys. A lot of great action on friday. Lots more action to come today. Well talk to one of the winning members of the u. S. Womens 4 x 100 relay team. English gardner. There she is. Lets saturday with Peter Alexander. He has the highlights from olympics park. Good to see you, my friend. Hey, craig.