Transcripts For WFLA News Ch8 Today At 6AM 20160914 : compar

WFLA News Ch8 Today At 6AM September 14, 2016

Us is pretty small. In fact, nothing really changed since it got its name. A better look shows you where the clouds and rain are. The center of circulation just moving into south georgia but nothing on the left side, nothing on the southern side. Almost all of the rain on the northern side headed into South Carolina. Its going to draw up extra tropical moisture for us. Right now, 40 Miles Per Hour winds. By this afternoon, its going to be a depression and drift north through georgia and si more humid today and thats why we have a couple showers off the gulf of mexico. But not very many. Western portions of manatee and Sarasota County, some showers. 20 rain chances this morning. And again, this is a tropical air mass so we will get thunderstorms to develop, 30 rain chance at lunchtime. 50 rain chance by the afternoon. And the storms will push inland. In weather and traffic on the 8s, i have an hourbyhour look at your wednesday and leslee lacey has the commute this morning because theres been some areas people really need to know about. Pasco county. Construction lingering in sarasota. Lets go ahead and take a look. Lets start with a nice live look at downtown tampa, still snowing at great speeds and construction tying up westbound lanes University Parkway underneath 75. Now we also have a collision seidel road at state road 72 in Sarasota County. And now moving over and looking here, remember eastbound ridge road still blocked just past airway boulevard due a fatal crash. Antr college to get around that. Back to gene and gayle. Breaking news now in brandon where detectives are investigating a death in a quiet neighborhood. Theyre trying to figure out how a person at a home died. News channel 8s ryan hughes is live from the scene. Ryan, whats the latest . Reporter gene and gayle, good morning to you once again. Investigators have been here onscene for roughly the past six hours. Were on east camille avenue here in the brandon area. The home. You see a number of investigators gathered there at the entry way of the home. They have been coming and going from the home all morning long, taking picture, using flashlights to poke around inside and and outside. Lets go to video right now of the scene. Someone called 911 from either this home or the neighborhood around 12 15 this morning. They reported that a dead person was inside and the home. And investigators are not saying how the person died. They say they have interviewed some people in connection to this case at this point. But they the stress crime scene technicians were also here a short time ago taking photos of the scene as well. Another live look at the scene here in the brandon area. Once we get more information as to what transpired here, we will pass it along to you gene. An active investigation ongoing now at 6 00 this morning and has been going for several hours. Ryan hughes, we will check bah with you. More breaking news, a body found on the check back with you. More breaking news, a body this happened just after midnight. Dispatchers say they received a medical call to the area but so far, they are not releasing anything about the person that was found or how they died. We are working to find out more this morning. And some new information right now in this frightening crash in pasco county. Take a look. State troopers are now blaming wet roads for this suv crashing into a port richey home. You can see the suv smashed right into the garage of the home. This happened on greenbrier lane. Thats in subdivision. State troopers explain the suv started hydroplaning, jumped the curb and smashed into the homes garage. The homeowners were asleep inside and the home at the time. 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 20th street east and 50th avenue drive east in bradenton where the teenager was thrown to the ground and reporter well, this guy is still on the loose and Manatee County sheriffs deputies, they do not want to the take any chances this morning. We have seen a few out here patrolling the area where this girl was attacked yesterday morning. Now this all happened around 6 00 a. M. When Manatee County sheriffs deputies tell us a man approached a girl at 20th street east and 50th avenue drive east. He pulled her to the ground, tried to assault her, even threatening to choke her. But as a ca 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 sorts of dangers are real. Anything can happen. At any time. And i just want them to be aware of their surroundings. Reporter now we do have a description of the guy that deputies are looking for. The man is about 57, skinny, about 25 years old. He was wearing jeans and a dark call crime stoppers. Now amazingly, this girl says that she is still going to be the taking the school bus to school this week. She is just going to have her mom accompany her on the way to the school bus. But gene and gayle, you can see how dark it is out here. And it was obviously scary for this girl. Someone just popped up and assaulted her. So frightening. All right, thank you, mary. Its 6 06. Right now, questions about dead animals found along the Courtney Campbell causeway. Headless chickens, ducks and goats throat rot in the hot sun. Goats left to rot in the hot sun. They were discovered on the north side of the causeway east of the boat lunch. Also at the scene, some fruit, flowers and some coins. Investigators explain these are all possible signs of religious offerings. A woman who fishes on the causeway claims its happened there for years and she wants to it stop. Ive seen dead chicken, dead i am very against it. Theres a lot of people that like to come out here and relax on the beach, fish and not see dead animals all over the beach. And crews removed the animals bodies and buried them. Pasco county detectives need your help finding crooks who are targeting marinas. You can see the guy creeping around a boat there. This is at j and js bait and tackle outfitters two. Investigators claim the man is one of a gang f from boats that were kept in dry storage there. In hudson, investigators believe a Different Group of criminals stole from source one marina. The thieves got away with several engines and even shot up two boats. Take a look at this video here. This morning a warning from a tampa man who claims this mac book exploded into flames. This is home video he took of his melted laptop. You can see the computer is charred. Battery just started on the dining room table an explosion on the dining room table. The smoke started pouring out. That is him there 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. Techs are now warning people about these type thes of replacement batteries. Types of replacement batteries. You never want to buy after market batteries for them. Youre causing your phone or bomb. Batteries plus isnt commenting on the batteries but assures us they are working with the owner to come up with a solution. Lets get a check on weather and traffic on the 8s. Well, good morning. Again, we continue to track Tropical Storm julia recently formed at 11 00 last night. Only about seven hours old. And it developed on the coast of jacksonville and its drifting north into georgia but not going to have much of an just drawing up some tropical moisture for us. Yes, its going to the feel muggy out there. You might get a stray shower, especially west of i75. You can see a couple light showers and thunderstorms through manatee and Sarasota County. This morning i left in a 20 rain chance around 80 at 9 00 a. M. As the day progresses, we heat the atmosphere up and we will get showers and thunderstorms to form. A 40 rain chance in the early afternoon. Around 88 degrees at 4 00. And a 50 rain chance later today. So again, julia is going to slowly its just going to linger tropical moisture around here. The rain chances near the coast this morning but more targeted toward the inland areas during the afternoon both today and tomorrow. And highs in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. Today a 50 rain chance in the forecast but down to typical 40 rain chances for thursday, fred and the weekend. And now we will check on traffic on the 8s because people have a few things to be aware of. Yeah, ridge road in pasco county. A fatal accident still working whats going on in case youre waking up with us. We have a fatal crash tying up the eastbound lanes ridge road past airway boulevard. What they are doing since the eastbound lanes are blocked right there, they are routeing you through the college. Thats the Pasco Hernando State College right there. And what happened here, one vehicle involved and it hit a pole and a fatal crash. That should be wrapped up soon. Thats a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. Back to gene thank you. Team usa hacked. Still ahead, the sensitive documents released about some of the best athletes in the world. Also, the Software Update that could put your phone out of commission this morning. How to stay connected. Plus, tampas First Medical Cannabis clinic and who can get the treatment. Ill 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 actually want to know more about who is eligible for the treatment protocol. There are three official low thv medical cannabis which are chronic seizures, chronic muscle spasms and cancer. Now available a noneuphoric strain of medical marijuana. That means you cannot get high with the drug treatment. It was a last resort for her family and the that brought the violent seizures under control after traditional treatments almost killed the who asked me how to the get in touch with the doctor who runs the family medical cannabis clinic and treats patients with medical marijuana. And i am hearing from people on Facebook Like tony quinn who commented on my facebook page, just glad to see the treatment now available in tampa bay. He write, this is long or due, no child should suffer. And a heard from kelly. She says, i have known families whose children have suffered poor bodies seizing uncontrollably. Im happy there are now more options available for these families. And heres an interesting one, it actually comes from a Fish Hawk Ranch mom. Believes medicine should not be limited to your zip code. And the reason that this is such a hot topic right now is because when voters head to the polls in november, theyll be voting on amendment two, the Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization initiative. A yes supports legalizing medical marijuana for individuals with specific debilitating diseases determined by a licensed state physician. A no vote opposes and would keep the states current more limited medical marijuana programs in place. And i would definitely like to hear from you. Find me on facebook and twitter. You can also watch my full im sure you will hear a lot from them. Thank you. Investigators believe that Russian Hackers are responsible for exposing the confidential medical data of some of team usas star olympic athletes. Some of the leaked records involve those of sigh moan biles and grand slam champ vie in this case william. It shows that biles afters proved for an exemption allowing her to take medication to treat adhd. The World Antidoping Agency believes the hackers are of a Russian Cyber Espionage Group known as the fancy bears. An 8 on your side consumer watch. Apples new operating software is called ios 10, its off to a rough start. Boy is it ever. Meredyth censullo is here with information about the big bug and what to do if you have not already installed ios 10. And this is the crazy part, i dont know how they did it, but people had to go without their phones yesterday. Reporter i know. Computer and if you cant, borrow one from somebody. What . Who is going to do that . According to widespread complaints on social media on tuesday, many iphone and ipad users ran into installation problems with ios 10. Some got an error message asking them to plug into a pc or mac or borrow a computer for a complete restore. It was a major headache for people who installed the update in the middle of the apple apologized and asked anyone affected to connect to itunes to complete the update. If you havent received the update on your device yet, its a good idea to back up your data just in case. And i have posted step by step instructionses for updating on wfla. Com. Right there on instructions for updating on wfla. Com on the home page. Samsung having their own issues. Samsung plans to push out an problem. Youre not going to like it. I wouldnt like it. The update will only charge the note to 60 power. No word on when that update will hit your phone but you are encouraged to stop using the note 7 immediately. Go ahead and get it replaced. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is working with samsung on a formal recall of phones sold in the u. S. So two major smart phone competitor, both having major fails this week. Hard enough to get your phone to right, i carry my charger everywhere. You have to. I have a samsung, love it but back up your information before you update. Whether its a samsung, iphone, whatever. Good to do. Yep. We are talking the tropics this morning, leigh spann. Thats right. Tropical storm julia formed at 1 00 last night. If youre like me, you were sleeping. It formed along the coast of jacksonville. And its going to push north slowly through southern georgia. You can see on us is pretty small. You can see almost all of the rain is on the northern side. Its going to keep us this a tropical air mass. We had the same art project mass in place yesterday so almost no change in the forecast from yesterday to today. We do have light showers in manatee and sarasota counties. And we did have about. 20 of rainfall at the hyundai of new port richey. Now 76 degrees. Julia, still 40 Miles Per Hour winds but it will be a tropical South Carolina and basically diminishing and become nothing by the end of the week. For us, showers near the coast at 8 00 a. M. 85 at noon. 88 at 4 00 p. M. And storms push inland during the day. Right now, low to mid70s across the area. Julia heads north. We see a south to southwest wind. Thats why i expect the showers along the coast northerning and more of the rain inland this afternoon. And then i bring the rain chance down to 40 for the week. And how about traffic on the 8s . All right, well, starting going on here as i zoom in. We have a little problem spot, a fatal crash involving a motorcyclist that hit a pole eastbound ridge road past airway boulevard. They are routeing you through the Pasco Hernando college to get around it eastbound. Westbound, not affected. Meanwhile, pasco road, north of state road 5, the an accident, injuries involved. 75 looks great in and out of pasco county. Thats weather and traffic on the 8s. Back to gene and e. Just annoying. It can be dangerous. The toxic elements Scientists Say could be floating around your home. And the seriousness of being out of shape. Why not working out is like picking up a cigarette and smoking. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. I know more about isis then the generals do. John mccain, a war hero. Hes not a war hero, hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werent captured ok. Donald trump compared his sacrifices to the sacrifices of two parents who lost their son in war. How would you answer that father . What sacrifice have you made for your country . I think ive made a lot of sacrifices, built great structures. 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Leigh spann has the latest on that and leslee lacey has the marco. Polo. Marco. Polo. Marco. Marco . Marco . But its not a game when our senator doesnt show up. Im Patrick Murphy. Solving problems means showing up. Showing independence. Ct Womens Health care and worked with both parties to stop cuts to medicare. Im Patrick Murphy and i approve this message because florida needs a fulltime senator. Marco . 6 28. If youre just about to head out the door this morning, there are a couple showers along the coast, especially in manatee and Sarasota County. In those areas near the coast, the kids might get a light shower. 78degrees, humid. And when they come home from school, there will be a 50 rain chance. Mostly east of 75. With a high of thats s

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