in front of students. however, fresh young voices often visit i will include myself in the older, us older hands to think about some of these issues outside of the box. i m delighted to open our first panel today on the role of soft power and meeting and try letter relations. special social media, maybe [inaudible] h basically soft power or the ability to influence other countries through ideas, technology or cultural attraction is something japan, south korea and the united states possess and exercise fairly well. our panel, hope we can address the soft power in the media might be used to influence form public opinion of promote bilateral relations in all three countries. our panel can also address whether the media and the changing role including social media has made it easier or harder to foster bilateral and try letter relationships. so at this time i would like to introduce our panelists and i ll just go for immediate left down and the full biographies are in thech
brooksville, tampa right now at 81 degrees. i expect the afternoon high to be near the average. average is 89. we re going to make it up to 90 by the afternoon. then as far as rain chances they are also quite summer like. dry through the morning, adding a 40% rain chance later in the afternoon and evening. coming up at 4:08 i m going to track the tropics because we have a few things i m keeping an eye on. leslee has a few things on the roads. we have a little problem on i-75 and martin luther northbound. this is on state road 54 and u.s. 19, looking good through new port richey. a nice drive coming in and out of pasco county. a good drive from 54 to ehrlich and ehrlich down to 275 looks very good. let s take a live look mere. it s here. it s the howard frankland bridge . minutes to pass it. that s a look at weather and traffic. now back to paul and gayle. thank you, leslee. new developments on the weekend bombings in new york city and new jersey. police found a back
night, two hbo shows came out on top. the emmy awards are trending this morning in tampa. much more on last night s winners in just minutes. first a check on today s weather with leigh. good morning. good morning. as we start this work week we actually go through the last few days of summer. fall starts on thursday. we are feeling every bit of summer today. right now 75 in frostproof, 80 in sarasota. enough humidity to get the afternoon storms to form. a 30% rain chance at 4:00 p.m. the storms will be pushing inland. when it s not raining on you steamy with a high of 90. now at 4:38 i ll have a look at the tropics as well as where you can see that rainfall today. leslee is going to help you get through your morning commute. a few issues this morning. 275 at fowler looks fantastic. not so good over here on i-75 right around martin luther king. still have some flashing lights out there. this was a vehicle fire earlier. they have that out. none the less, a disabled vehicle
out there. 77 in lakeland and winter haven. in tampa 81 degrees, one of the warmer spots. 75 degrees in apollo beach. the afternoon is close to average. the average is 90 degrees. we ll be at 89. the relief is understood one is under one of the showers that develop. a 40% rain chance at 5:00 or 6:00 as the storms push east of i-75. now, coming up at 5:08 i have a track the tropics for you. we have a couple of things you will need to know about them. leslee has things you need to know about as welch l as welch as well. we have a couple of things. a crash somebody northbound on i-75. everything is off to the side of the roadways. earlier it was reported as a vehicle fire. the truck is still out there. hopefully it will be cleared up soon. absolutely no delays. heading over to memorial causeway right at island way. not seeing any delays there in the clearwater beach area. of course here over in largo indian rocks road at gulfview drive an injury accident that s tie
night. two hbo shows came out on top and two made emmy history. much more on last night s winners in just minutes. first a check on today s weather with leigh. good morning, leigh. good morning. and it is a steamy start to your monday. if you re just stepping out the door this morning maybe going to walk the dog in odessa it s 79 degrees. 76 in sun city center. widening this out a bit, dade city 76, frostproof 74, north part part 76. this humidity will translate into afternoon storms. this is your typical summer forecast. slim rain chance at noon, better rain chance during the afternoon and evening going up to a 40% chance. a high of 90. at 5:38 a look at the tropics as well as where that rain can fall. leslee is going to let you know what is happening right now. roadway at 75 at martin luther king. that has cleared from the roadway. let s talk about clearwater beach. memorial causeway at island way an accident wrapping up there. over here in largo this one should be