Basically the same as yesterday. Almost all of the rain north and east of the center of circulation, look west of it is dry, basically in the southern part is dry as well. The only thing thats its going to help do is draw up extra tropical moisture. As of 5 00, just a few minutes ago, still 40 Miles Per Hour winds now. And its going to quickly be downgraded to a tropical depression as it drifts northward. Mainly bringing rainfall to the south carolina. Lets talk about whats en the coast. Remember, we had the tropical moisture pulling in. So right on the citrus, hernando, pasco border, you might see a shower or two. And then we have heavier pockets into sarasota coastal communities. And i looked at a 20 rain chance this morning. Mostly for areas west of 75. As the day goes on, we heat things up. Again, it is a tropical air mass. 30 at noon. 50 rain chance later today. Inland. Not a lot of effects from Tropical Storm julia. At 5 08, i will take you hour byhour through your day and leslee lacey has the commute. Thats right. We have some issues. First of all, construction here, thats the name of the game, Westbound University parkway underneath 75, right at the Manatee County, Sarasota County line, we have overnight construction tying up the left lane on west university. And also, a big hole in the roadway southbound macdill. Its just past azeele. The left lane is blocked. A lot of cones on the no delays because traffic is light overall. Kennedy looks good. So does 275. And of course, out many pasco county continuing to keep an eye on the fatal crash. Its tying up the eastbound ridge road lanes at airway boulevard. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you, leslee lacey. Breaking news in brandon. At this hour, detectives are questioning residentses in a quiet neighborhood. They are try residents in a quiet neighborhood. They are trying to figure news channel 8s ryan hughes joins us live from the scene. Reporter good morning. Once again, deputies are still here. This investigation still very much active. And within the last 10 minute, investigators made enter entry made entry into the home. It appears somebody is Walking Around inside and with a flashlight. That means a search warrant was recently signed by a judge and now investigators are able to go inside and. And you see two walking into avenue. Someone called 911 and deputies found a dead person inside and. They are not saying what led to the death at this point. We are told that several people have been interviewed but there is no active search for a suspect at this point. Again, another live look at the home. You can see a number of investigators and deputies gathering right there at the front door. We are still waiting for more information as to exactly what will certainly let you know. Gene and gayle, back to you. Thank you, ryan. More breaking news, a body found on the side of the road in safety harbor. This happened just after midnight near 4th avenue and 5th street north. Dispatchers tell us they received a medical call to the area but so far, they are not releasing not releasing anything about the person or how they died. And a frightening pasco county. A suv smashed right into this port richey home. It happened in the Jasmine Estates neighborhood. You can see the suv crashed through the homes garage. Were told the driver went off the road. And the suv then jumped the curb and ended up in the house. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Right now, manatee deputies are on the hunt for the man who attacked a 16yearold girl as she walked to her school bus stop. News channel 8s mary mcguire is live at 50th avenue drive teenager was thrown to the ground and robbed. Mary, what is being done to keep kids safe this morning . Reporter well, the bad guy is still on the loose this morning and Manatee County deputies will be patrolling the area right by the bus stop where this all happened just as a precaution this morning. Now yesterday around 6 00 a. M. , Manatee County deputies tell us that a man approached the girl at 20th street east and 50th drive east. He pulled her to the ground, tried to assault here and threatened to choke her. But as a car approached, he took her phone and ran off, leaving her unharmed. The girl who did not want to be identified wants fellow teens to understand that these dangers real. That these dangers are real. Anything can happen at any time and i want them to be aware of their surroundings. Reporter now heres a description of the guy that deputies are looking for. The man is about 57, skinny, jeans and a dark shirt. If you have any information, you are asked to call crime stoppers. Amazingly gene, the girl says she will still ride the bus this morning for the rest of the week. She just says she will take her mom with her as she walks to the bus stop to feel safer. So one brave teenage girl that certainly escaped a terrifying situation out here in Manatee County. Definitely brave. So concerning for the kids and the parents. Mary, thank you. Right now, there are es found along the Courtney Campbell causeway. Headless chickens, ducks and goats were left to rot in the hot sun. The animal car cusses were discovered bodies were found. Also found at the scene, fruit, flowers and some coins. Investigators say these are possible signs of religious offerings. Road crews removed the animals bodies and buried them. Need your help finding crooks who are targeting marinas. Take a look at the surveillance video. If you look closely, that guys, theyre trying to get up on the boat. He is creeping around the boat. Well, this is at the j and j bait and tackle outfitters two. Investigators claim the man is one of four who stole from boats in dry dock storage there. And hudson, investigators believe a Different Group of criminals vandalized and stole from source one marina. The thieves there got away with several engines d up two boats. Governor rick scott will spend a second day in the nations capitol fighting for money to fight the zika virus. Governor rick scott is hoping to convince lawmakers to move forward and approve zika virus funding. It comes as the state reports 70 locally transmitted cases of the mosquitoborne virus. The total number of zika virus cases including travel related is up to 790. The city of winter haven is at the. City Commission Voted 3 manager. The city Commission Voted 32 to fire the current manager immediately. It is 5 08 on this wednesday morning and some activity in the tropics. Yeah, believe it or not, we have a new Tropical Storm. And it formed right along the jacksonville coast at 11 00 last night. And its drifting north and west. But its impact on our forecast is small. Almost all of the rain is pushing into south carolina. There are a few spotty shower and its a tropical air mass so it does feel humid. Generally, just light to moderate rain at the moment. So a 20 rain chance. Mostly for the shoreline between now and about 10 00 this morning. The Rain Coverage gets better, 30 at noon. 40 in the early afternoon. 50 this evening as the storms generally push inland. Highs today at 88 degrees. Tropical storm julia is going to slowly head to the north and linger the moisture locally. Morning showers along the highs in the up 80s to near 90 each day. And the rain chance from 50 today to 40 for the rest of the week. We will check with traffic on the 8s as more people start heading out the door this morning. Seeing more vehicles out there but still, traffic is very light. Its early in the morning. And look at the bay area bridge, folks, we only have a seven minute commute across the Howard Frankland bridge. Wonderful drive in general. Courtney campbell causeway, looking at about 11 minutes. And that takes you from all pinellas over to memorial highway where it connects with the veterans expressway. And construction on university westbound right underneath 75 in sarasota. And also, just heading over here, quick reminder in south tampa, southbound macdill just past azeele, weve got the left lane blocked. And that is due to a big hole in the roadway. And crews have to repair. And we have a fatal accident. More on that in pasco county in the next report. Thats a look at weather and traffic. From a tampa man who claims his mac book exploded into flames. This is home video he took of the melted laptop. You can see the computer is charred. Battery just started melting. Went through an explosion on the dining room table. Smoke started pouring out. Thats gill sanders describing what happened to his computer. He believes the battery is to blame. Its a replacement battery he bought at Batteries Plus on fletcher avenue. About those replacement batteries. You never want to buy after batteries for them. The battery can explode at any point in time. And youre causing the the phone or computer to be a ticking time bomb. Batteries plus isnt commenting on aftermarket batteries be assures us that theyre working with the owner of the laptop to come up with a solution for him. The 2016 heart walk is right around the corner and news channel 8 is committed to raise aring 100,000 but we few raise 100,000 but we need your help. Fuccillo kia is matching every dollar up to 50,000. Go to wfla. Com heartwalk for details. Team usa hacked. Yeah, still ahead, the sensitive documents released online about some of the best athletes in the world. And flames shooting from a school bus filled with children. You have got to see the images. Saved everyone onboard. Plus, tampas First Medical Cannabis clinic and who can get the alternative treatment. I will address the questions as we follow the debate over medical marijuana. Tampas first family medical cannabis clinic is open for business. When i first told you about this monday morning right here on news channel 8, i started getting a lot of feedback from viewers who wanted to know more about who is eligible for the treatment property cal. There are three official diagnosises or conditions that low thc medical cannabis, chronic seizure, chronic muscle spasms and cancer. Charlotte is why florida has what is called charlottes web now available, a noneuphoric medical marijuana. That means you cannot get high with this drug treatment. It was a last resort for her family and the only thing that brought the violent seizures under control after traditional treatments almost killed the child. I am hearing from viewers who asked me how to get in touch with the doctor who patients with medical marijuana. And others like tony quinn who commented on facebook, they are just glad that the treatment is now available. He write, long overdue, no child should suffer. And i heard from kelly who write, i have known families whose children have suffered terriblely from seizures. Ravaged by seizures. And one mom believes treatment should not be limited by your zip code. In november, voters will vote on amendment two. The legalization initiative. A yes vote supports legalizing medical marijuana for diseases. A no vote opposes limited medical marijuana programs in place. I would like to hear from you. You can find me on facebook and twitter. Simone biles and the grand slam champ venice williams. The records revealed biles was approved for an exemption allowing her to take medication to treat adhd the. And williams also received exemptions. The World Antidoping Agency believes the hackers are part of a Russian Group called the fancy bears. Former ns Edward Snowden wants president barack obama to pardon him so he can one day return to the u. S. He has made appearances via video chat. Supporters will host a video call today in new york city, the start of a new campaign for a president ial pardon on his behalf. Disturbing video out of phoenix this morning. Three Police Officers struck by a car. Hard to watch there. But you can see the officers, they are standing by the police its like bowling pins going down. The most disturbing part of this story though, the citys police chief believes the driver deliberately struck those officers. And all three are expected to recover. By the way, the cars driver was hospitalized no. Word yet hospitalized. No word yet on charges for the driver. And check out this dramatic dash cam video. This school bus engulfed in flames. Every student made it out safely and the bus driver is now being called a hero. The driver sa making noises and she smelled smoke and then noticed the flames coming from that bus. And she looked out the side mirror. She was able to get the kids out of the bus and to safety in an orderly fashion. No students were injured. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. This morn investigation this morning. Quick thinking by the bus driver. This morning, waking up, we have Tropical Storm julia. And here it is, it was formed over jacksonville. And its headed tothe north. Its not going to to the north. And its not going to have much impact for us. All its doing for us is bringing up extra tropical moisture but we already had that anyway. So this morning, there may be a couple showers along the coast this morning. Heres Manatee County getting very light rain. Parish, bradenton, pockets of in julia, still a Tropical Storm. But its going to quickly weaken moving into south carolina. And mainly just a rain maker for them. For us, showers near the coast, 78 degrees at 8 00 a. M. And isolated storms at noon. And 50 rain chance later today. And mostly for areas east of 75 with a high of 88. And its 76 in bartow. But brooksville, starting your day at 75. There goes julia. With the south to southwest wind, again, that pushes the moisture inland so we have the be muggy but it will be mostly dry, patchy cloud around and then typical 40 rain chances for the afternoon and the weekend. Traffic right now, heres the skinny folk. We have a great drive through downtown tampa. More vehicles on the roadway but looks very good. And the map, this is right at the Sarasota County, Manatee County line, Westbound University, left lane taken away on University Parkway at 75. So keep that one in mind too. And also southbound macdill just past azeele. Theres a big hole in the roadway. The left lane is blocked there. And moving over to pasco county, keeping an eye on the fatal crash. We have the eastbound lanes blocked at ridge road. And thats west of little road. And thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you. And now an 8 on your side consumer watch. Apples new operating software for iphone and other devices, its called the ios 10. But its off to a rough start. Boy is it ever. News channel 8s Meredyth Censullo is here with information on the big bug and what to do if you havent installed the ios 10 already. And a lot of people were left without their phones yesterday. I would get the shakes with this. I know, right. Reporter its scary concept. Widespread complaints across social media yesterday. Many iphone and ipad users ran into installation problems with ios 10. Anme asking them to plug in to a pc or a mac for a restore. Major headache for people in the middle of the work day. App al poll apologized ifer 2 bug and asked anyone affected to connect to itunes to complete the update. If the iphone update has not been pushed to your device yet, back up your data just in case. And i just posted step by step instructions for updating and meanwhile, competitor samsung has its own issues. Several galaxy 7 note phones have overheated causing fires. This is new. Samsung plans to push out an update to temporarily fix the problem but youre not going to like it. The update will only charge the note to 60 . No word on when the update will hit phones but youre encouraged to stop using the note 7 immediately and get it replaced. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is woin formal recall of phones sold in the u. S. So i think that its basically samsungs way of saying, no seriously, just do this now because were not going to make your phone function to its best ability. So just trade that phone in. And for the ios 10, the back up your information, i cant tell you the number of times ive lost contacts. Its a good idea anyway. Thank you. Paychecks are getting channel 8 today. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Hes a racebaiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. Donald trump is a phony, a fraud. 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. Im david jolly and i approve this message. Since were going to be friends huck. Let me show you how s spend too much time rasing money. Congressman david jolly on 60 minutes last night pushing back against the current system. And they dont do enough for our veterans. David jolly has opened his Seminole Office to veterans. And they dont get we can prevent terrorism and protect the constitution congressman david jolly you are making too much sense. Weve got Unfinished Business huck. Here at 5 28. Sending the kids to the bus stop this morning, a couple otherwise, humid at 78. When the kids come home, a 50 rain chance east of 75. With a high of 88. Deputies find a body inside and a brandon home. Investigators are now on the scene. We are live with the latest on this investigation. And more breaking news overnight. An suv smashes into a home. The dramatic pictures and inside and that home. And while you were sleeping, Tropical Storm julia formed off the east coast of florida. This morning, we are tracking julia. What it means for you coming up in just seconds. Good morning. Welcome to news channel 8 today. Im gayle guyardo. And im gene ramirez. Thank you for joining us. A lot going on this morning. We want to start with meteorologist leigh spann with the latest on the tropics. Yeah, you probably went to bed last night, no tropical system anywhere close to the florida and woke up this
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