Good morning. It has been exceptionally humid for the middle of september. Feeling a little more like late august. You can look at the downtown tampa camera around the studios here. You can see the clouds letting us know there is a lot of moisture in the air. You look at the temperature, 85. It is warming up. When you add a dew point of 76 the higher the dew point, the more humid it is. It starts to feel quite summerlike and almost oppressive. Getting this this onshore wind ow onto the shore and pushing in a couple of stray showers in citrus and Hernando County at this point. More showers in the gulf. All wrapping around what is now a tropical depression julia. It will set off the South Carolina coastline and continued to draw in moisture off of the gulf of mexico. There is julia. This is the 5day forecast. Does not move very much. Unfortunately, it will sit here off the coast. It stalls there. Continues. Rain starts along the coast. Pushes inland during the day. Highs in the upper 80s to near 90. Thank you. New information this morning. Florida senator marco rubio wants all commercial flights to and from cuba stopped immediately. He believes they put our country at risk for terrorist attacks. Senator rubio found a major lapse in security that exposes us to this serious threat. The first commercial airline to begin daily flights to cuba in more than 50 years. And earlier this month, American Airlines becomes the second. Every day, multiple takeoffs and landings of flights that could have terrorists on board, says republican senator marco rubio. On most if not all of these flights, there are no air marshals. And this is endangering u. S. And the u. S. Will have an air marshal on board. But according to marco rubio, a tsa official revealed this week that cuba has not allowed air marshals aboard scheduled flights. Marco rubio says there are flights 90 miles from u. S. Shores that could easily be taken over by hijackers, putting the country and more specifically, florida, at risk. Theoretically, some terrorists could travel from any country in the World United States commandeering an aircraft and i dont need to tell you what could happen next. This is an incredibly dangerous situation. He also points out the history of danger when it comes to air travel between the u. S. And cuba. Did you know they started putting metal detectors at airports 30 years ago because of hijackings to cuba . Those hijackings in 1961 and 69. Rubio has filed a bill cuba until an Adequate Security plan is in place. If that doesnt happen, he says these are flights that are vulnerable. News channel 8. Southwest airlines has approved daily flights between tampa and havana. We checked with the airline today. And while the first flight still has not been scheduled, southwest anticipates booking flights be for the end of the year. And those flights to cuba will be directly influenced by a recent grant by the u. S. Department of transporta the airport is getting 5. 3 million. And those new infrastructure dollars will also bring new modern buses. This is in addition to announce 4 million at d. O. T. Grant for heart for modern buses to help neighbors in our region get to and from work. Also at Tampa International, 17 different agencies got some pretty intense training with a full scale mass casualty exercise. Members inside of the airport. So Emergency Response agent can get a taste of what a major events would look like at tia. Exercises like this are held every 23 years. The first and foremost priority is to take care of the passengers and crew onboard the aircraft aircraft and save lives. And then right behind that, is making sure that, as an airport, we are working with the airlineinvolved, to set family assistance center. Some of the agencies involved this morning include the faa, the american red cross, salvation army, tampa fire and rescue and the Florida Department of health. Right now, the battle between regulators and Ridesharing Companies could still drive uber and lyft out of Hillsborough County forget. Before the vote even took place, uber and lyft drivers protested outside of the county building. The ptc considered rules that would require a new minimum for rides and also a fingerprint background check for drivers. In the end, the ptc decided to only go ahead with a fingerprint background check for uber drivers. Uber drivers, as you can imagine, are not happy about this. Ultimately, it does not prove that anyone is any more safe because there are many people that have committed many crimes for the first time as firsttime offenders. Uber still says they will pull out of the county if the rules are not enforced. These are sensible rules. The city of port richey has decriminalized to the possession of marijuana as long as it is less than 20 grams. The decision passed by the most narrow of margins. 32 at the city council meeting. What this means for the people of port richie is that police have the discretion to issue a civil citation instead of making a criminal arrest. That citation would run 155. Older and in possession of less than 20 grams of mayor of marijuana. St. Petersburg firefighters are investigating a house fire as arson. The flames broke out just after 2 30 a. M. This morning at a home in the 1000th block of 18 avenue south. When firefighters got there, they saw smoke coming from the building. Were told multiple small fires were set inside the home, which by the way, appears to be in the process of being remodeled right now. The Fire Department says nobody was home at the time. A man setting a florida moss gunfire made his First Court Appearance this morning. Hed. He appeared in the st. Lucie county courthouse video via a video feed. He is charged with arson and floridas hate crime enhancement for allegedly setting fire to the Islamic Center of fort pierce. He is no stranger to law enforcement. Rests for numerous des previous now he faces up to 30 years in disease. Crews are wiping down all dorms with bleach. And some events are being canceled. Hand foot and mouth disease is common among babies and toddlers. But this time, it is College Students being diagnosed with it. It spreads through contact with unwashed hands or services. It causes sores, skin rash and fever and there is no treatment. Right now, Code Enforcement officers from all this includes officers for the county as well as the cities of tampa, plant city and temple terrace. They are being trained to identify and effectively remove potential mosquito breeding sites in the community. That includes old tires, empty plant pots and rain batters. Basically any place where standing water can accumulate. Pay attention to the stagnant water. It doesnt take much stagnant water for mosquitoes to breed. And u mosquitoes and you dont even realize it around your house with plant pots that you dont realize who are under which are under a tree somewhere somewhere. So do away with those things that would lead to stagnant water. The fight against the guy really picked up the last few months when locally transmitted cases started popping up in our state. Right now there are 71 such cases in florida. We can all do are best from today, officially. You know what im talking about . It doesnt mean too much in terms of the weather cooling down. We have the Weather Forecast ahead. Talking fall. And saving children left in hot cars. We are taking a look at technology that could help save young lives. What we have here is an outright lie. And while many of the commercial flights between the u. S. And cuba as a good thing, not senator marco rubio. In fact, to end. We will tell you why coming up im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Hes a racebaiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. Donald trump is a phony, a fraud. Hes not a serious adult. I cant vote for donald trump given the things that he said. Trump should not be supported. I believe hes disqualified himself to be president. We are back. Yoga enthusiasts believe the exercises can be good for your body but also your soul. At one oregon farm, that mantra is being followed not only by people but goats too. Most unusual yoga partners. They just wander in there. Those goats. Yoga enthusiasts say they actually find the goats relaxing. I think it speaks to us as oregonians that we are ready for the unusual and the real. It is a whimsical experience. There is no other way to describe it. As long as they do not get in the way. I cannot see the goats doing yoga. Not yet. After a month, a hit. Already a waiting list of 500 people. It looks like there is more room there. Bring them on and. There is also the possibility of a covered arena. So it could get it could go year around. Isnt the whole point to zone out how do you do that when the goats are eating grass. It is whimsical. She told you. A lot of times when youre balancing a little push it might be nice and comfortable outside in oregon to do stuff like that. But not here. A little steamy recently. We will take you outside. We will show you that it is 87 degrees. Clouds beginning to develop with a southwest humid flo coming off the gulf of mexico, giving us about a 60 chance of the humidity. It is pretty steamy out there. 1 00 today, spotty rain. Certainly muggy. The best rain chance will happen around 3 00, 4 00. A 40 chance of that. And 89 degrees. By 7 00, the rain wrapping up. 84 degrees. Maybe a stray shower. The basic the rain is basically coming to a end. There is what was Tropical Storm julia. Now it is a tropical depression. Were getting this pull off the gulf. What that means as we get the a few showers to come on shore. But it certainly leads to humid conditions. This is just wind that comes this is parts of ship Citrus County. Spotty rain out there. I think we will continue to see that for the next hour or two. Almost all the rain in the short term will be west of i 75. And you will be wishing for rain to cool you down. It is 85 right now in lakeland. And 84 in clearwater. You factor in the humidity. Were talking about the heat index. It is only 11 15 a. M. And it feels like 102. And feels like 94 in plant julia has stalled out the South Carolina coast. So the onshore wind flow is going to continue. What that means is between now and 2 00, look where the rain is expected to be. Somewhere along the west of i75. As the day progresses, we will get the storms to move through Hillsborough County. At 7 30, really the last of the rain. Not the last of the humidity. The onshore wind for tomorrow means that the humidity remains storms. Calling for about a 30 chance of afternoon storms tomorrow. And no relief from the heat. It is 89 and still humid. Ninety on saturday and sunday. It will rain out your weekend plans. A 30 chance that you need to be aware that you could get a quick downpour. Could bring about a 30 40 rain chance as we head into monday and tuesday. So this forecast is certainly full of summer. Looking a little better for us for the weekend looking at the deadly trend of kids left in hot vehicles. In the past week alone, there was a case in the bay area of a 20 3monthold little boy. That was in palm harbor. He was left for hours and his fathers pickup truck and died. Nominee companies are looking for solutions to this problem. And leslie lacy joins us now with a look at the latest technology to help prevent these tragedies. We have experienced record heat of the summer in the tampa ed wnts to chethe backseatmod b have both rolled out a 2017 vehicle that includes a rear seat reminder. You put something in, you close the door. You will be getting in the front seat. Start it up. You go somewhere. You reach her destination. You will stop. Shut it off. And it will say reminder. The safety features on these two vehicles are dependent on the back door opening and shutting. But there are other technologies out there that works differently. This is . . Mpa dads. It is a two part wireless the in the car seat. Weig this reads the presence of the child. It only requires two counts of pressure. It goes right underneath the child. If you dont remove the child . You get an alert on an app. Then an Emergency Contact is made to a parent or another caregiver that you designate. There are other products available like ride and remind. It sounds your car alarm when you forget to open your rear door. This is expected to be available starting next summer. The 2017 vehicles with the rear reminder feature are the Buick Lacrosse lacrosse and the gmc acadia. Great to have tools like this to help parents out. You talked to many parents that they this would ner happen to me and my child. Then you talk to the to the wants this has happened to and they say they just got caught up of situations wherppleforgetfulnes doing very well. It depicts the actions of lot he guided a plane into the hudson river in 2009. As you can imagine, several safety recommendations came out of that. But an Associated Press review of the National Transportation safety board records found, of the 35 recommendations made, only six have been successfully completed. Fourteen are marked by the ntsb as one has been withdrawn. And the others are unresolved. A Samsung Galaxy seven is suspected of starting this car fire. It happened in port st. Lucie. What your looking at here is some video. Look how intense the fire is. The flames shooting from what used to be a car. Now it is a ball of fire. I see the flames coming up. I pullover. That is Clifford Samuels he was charging his Samsung Phone in the front seats and then he saw the flames. Investigators are testing the remains to determine if, in fact, it was the phone that started the fire. The new iphone goes on store shelves tomorrow. But selection will be limited. Apple reports the first round of the bigger iphone seven plus is sold out, worldwide, thanks to preorders. The same goes for the iphone seven, the smaller one, in jet black, which is the new color that Everyone Wants this at the apple store. But you can place orders online. Everybody looking forward to that. One of bill murrays most iconic movies. And in early to thousands power couple could be getting back together. And the harry potter franchise could it take a page out of the star wars saga . One cast member says that would be okay with him. Find out who that is straight ahead. You are watching choose one of six favorites plus family bua large salad to make a carryout dinner for the whole family starting at 34. 99. Its carryout without the compromise. Do you remember the old bill murray movie groundhog day . Not only is it a musical but it is coming to broadway. Playbill. Com is reporting after rave reviews in london, the producers announced this week air heading to the great white way. Whingers the boys closes in january, grand holiday groundhog day will move in. It will be in tony awards. Can you believe it has been five years since the last harry potter you harry potter movie hit theaters . Since then, we have had some short stories and a new stage play. But nothing with the original film cast. The star of harry potter, actor daniel radcliffe, is leaving the possibility open. Inin an in her view with the hollywood reporter, he said im never going to close the door. That would be a stupid thing to do. We like to hear that there the force awakens did, a comeback. And could this gang be getting back together . The power couple of the early 2000. Justin timberlake and Britney Spears not romantically. Just musically. Discussing his she would like to work with one day, Britney Spears said timber justin timberlakee ly like wr . . She is back. Britney is back. They dated for three years. Do you remember that . I dont remember that. They broke up in 2002. They didnt have those celebrity power couple names. None of the market. A seattlebased photographer is getting attention for his latest photo he took his subjects and dress them up like snl characters. Do you recognize them . The church lady, gilly, matt foley. Chris farley of course it. Even will girls character from blue oyster cult who just once more cowbell. You can see his entire snl junior collection on his website. Hillary clinton is back on the campaign trail today. Her doctor says she is fit to be president. Were also getting some legs about todays reveal of Donald Trumps bill of health on the dr. Oz show. With some audience members are saying this morning. You are watching news channel 8 since the launch of the new dannon whole milk yogurt, an unprecedented natural outburst seems to have taken over the country. Everythings all right in there . All natural, non gmo ingredients with vitamin d and whole milk. New dannon, Hillary Clinton is back even though she took time off to recover from pneumonia. Or doctor says she is certainly fit to be president. What about donald trump . That is coming up. Also senator marco rubio calling for the immediate end of all flights between the United States and cuba. Why . A major security flaw he says. Find out what that is coming up. And help for a group of manatees stranded in a pond at a Citrus County golf course. News channel 8 was there to see them go home more of ts im stacy shy will. Thank you for being with us on this thursday. Lets get a check of the weather with leigh spann. A steamy morning. It is midseptember. We can at least see the end of the oppressive humidity as the head closer to october. This is the way it looked along the veterans expressway. 85 degrees. 70 humidity. Southwest wind and it is the southwest wind that is really keeping us a little more of year. The other thing it does is brings and showers off the gulf of mexico. So we have seen spotty rain through citrus and the northern portions of Hernando County. This is generally going to be the case for the next hour, two hours. Most of the rain wil