cleared. you are good to go on 275. let's check the drive times on the veterans expressway, still looking good, 17 minutes from 54 to 275. and taking just six minutes to get from waters to 275. let's check the drive from the north starting on i-75, this is back at state road 52, going to take 22 minutes to get to i- 4. 10 minutes from the apex, that's the intersection of 275 and i-75 up to i-4 drive. back to you. it's 5:31. happening now -- the search continues for the man that escaped from the back of a department's cruiser while handcuffed. >> james tully is live at the manatee county sheriff's office. james, how did this happen? >> reporter: if you're going to slip out of the back of a police cruiser it helps to be he and a friend were driving, hit a tree and found a block later. after they found him they also discovered he was violating his probation on a drug charge. they cuffedded him, put him in the back seat of a cruiser. while deputies questioned the man with him somehow he rolled down a window in the back of the cruiser and crawled out. again this was saturday night. he is still at large this morning. you can imagine the reaction from people who were ne scene where this happened. >> that's crazy. >> that's why the helicopter -- i heard a helicopter. it was out here about 30 minutes. there was a helicopter out here. i didn't know why. i thought they had both guys. >> small that stature, 5'2", investigation. if you see canchola you're asked to call the manatee county sheriff's department. 5:33. polk county deputies are looking for a man they say carjacked a woman at a bone fish grill parking lot early sunday. they say the carjacker came up to the driver's window with what appeared to be a chain wrapped around his hand and ordered her out. when she did he took off in her toyota avalon. deputies later found the car crashed and burned at the intersection of west pipkin and county line roads but no of the man. crime stoppers now offering a $3,000 reward for tips leading to his arrest. to the latest on the zika virus. we're going to find out today what is happening in tampa to protect you and your family. the tampa mayor and members of the city's code enforcement team are meeting 10:30 this morning. they will outline the efforts underway to guard against the zika virus. we're going to monitor this meeting and let you know what happens. meanwhile mosquito inspectors are working in miami trying to stop the spread of outdoor areas in the early morning hours because they say that is when the mosquitos are most active. they also dropped pellets into stormwater drains that kill larva and prevent mosquitos from breeding. despite that it's not enough for at least one pregnant woman in south florida, that is gigi mane mains, says she's driving to virginia and plans to stay with her family until the baby is born. she and her husband are worried about birth defects linked to zika. >> if we have to move away and separate for six -- it's pennies in the long run. >> her husband jared is going to stay at the couple's home in hollywood until his wife returns after she gives birth. so far no locally transmitted zika cases originated in broward county where the maines live but they've occurred in palm beach and miami-dade counties. we're learning that the suicide bomber that attacked a kurdish wedding party in years old. he was from the islamic state group. many of the injured were also children. many terrorist groups used children to carry out attacks like this one. leaders around the world now saying this shows how important it is that all countries cooperate to fight terrorism. back in florida -- look at why some people -- what some people saw as they drove by an overpass on state road 508 better known as the east west expressway in orlando. edge. inside a woman and her child trapped. this happened sunday morning, firefighters eventually did get them out. they say the 6-year-old boy was in his car seat, the family says both of them were banged up but ok. it's not clear why the woman ended up over the guardrail but officials say alcohol was not a factor. tens of thousands of students in sarasota county are returning to the classrooms today. year. >> also the university of florida in south tampa begins its fall semester today. fall exams are set for december 3rd through the 8th there. a tallahassee judge is considering blocking a state law that holds students back from being promoted to the fourth grade. a hearing is scheduled today on the controversial fsa testing. it comes after a group of parents from around the state filed a lawsuit. they say schools are unfairly holding their kids back for opting the lawsuit includes several districts including pasco, sarasota and hernando counties. we'll keep you up to date on what comes from today's hearing. a warning for college students and parents. the irs says scammers are demanding payments over the phone. here's what the call sounds like. >> this is an automated message from the internal revenue service. >> the irs says this is a new scam. some victims said the scammers knew personal information as their money. the irs says it will never demand immediate payment or ask for debit or credit card numbers over the phone. they will also not threaten to report you to local police. if you're one of the people in deep student debt you're not alone. >> u.s. representative castor wants to talk about how bad it's become for bay area families trying to send their kids off to school. she's going to speak to leaders about how loans are affecting housing. >> an important statistic, how 71% of peop student loan debt is delaying them from buying a house. that starts up at 10:00 this morning. in tampa. with kids back in school parents might want to breathe a big sigh of relief and head to the beach. by that i mean the interactive exhibits set up at amalie arena. >> four more days to enjoy the 1.2 million white antimicrobial balls. tickets available on a first come first serve basis, and it's over? there go my weekends. 79 for the pickup this morning. look at sunrise well after 7:04 now. 82 by 8:00. temperatures this afternoon will be between 90 and 95. it will make it feel, humidity about 105. very limited thunderstorms, about 10% to 20% coverage. that will change as we head through tomorrow with more moisture headed our way. the extended forecast coming up. two people now arrested in the murder of an associate how the two suspects are related and their connection to the man authorities say they killed. >> new developments coming in regarding prince's death. what investigators just uncovered when they took a z22pvz zy6z welcome back on in early i-275 and roosevelt traffic moving well there. 80 degrees in tampa and st. pete. 77 plant city. the roads are dry. details on traffic and weather in a second. don't worry if you see a lot of police at one particular post office in the bay area. authorities are running an emergency preparedness drill from 8:00 to 1:00 today at the main post office near tampa international airport. service should run as normal, it's just a drill. in democracy 2016 -- could donald trump be showing a new side or hiding more of the same in this weekend the republican to minority voters. abc's mary bruce explains trump's new pitch to blacks and hispanics. >> reporter: as far as the trump campaign says this has been the best week ever. >> i want a totally inclusive country and i want an inclusive party. >> reporter: trump working on his pitch to minority voters this weekend. >> the outreach to the african- american community is in an area where must do better and it will do better. >> but despite that admission and meeting with his new hispanic advisory board the week has not been entirely smooth for the campaign. from protests to outrage over this comment. >> what do you have to lose? you're living in poverty! you're schools are no good, you have no jobs. >> many in the african-american community is insulting because they say most of them don't live in poverty and mr. trump communities that are more than 90% white. >> the comments are for all americans. i have live in a white community, i'm white. i was very moved. in other words he's trying to tell americans we can do better. >> reporter: ankleay anne conway, trump's new campaign manager hitting the sunday talk shows after a staffing shake-up that included resignation of campaign chairman paul manafort over his ties to pro-russian ukrainian leaders. >> manafort has been pushed out but that russians have been pushed out of this campaign. the hand of the kremlin has been at work in this campaign for some time. it's clear that they are supporting donald trump. >> reporter: mary bruce, abc news, los angeles. today one of the men hoping to replace senator marco rubio in washington will be in st. petersburg. democratic senate candidate patrick murphy will join state rep ed nerain to tour looma streams headquarters, that intelligent lead lying systems. in the accidental overdose that killed prince, more information. pills were improperly labeled in his estate. officials say counterfeit drugs were conetaining fentanyl and opioid many times more powerful than morphine. an autopsy showed prince died of an accidental fentanyl overdose. prince didn't have a prescription for fentanyl. now it's believed he took the pills without realizing they contained fentanyl. good morning on a monday. looking at a lot of sunshine today. it will be dry and hot and humid. no question there. as temperatures will climb back into the mid-90s. rain chances back tomorrow about 40%. where we should be for this time of year. of course we're watching the tropics, we have a couple of waves out there we'll talk about. titan doppler radar here quiet as we zoom in. not much going on. in fact i think by later today it's going to be a smattering it's going to be warm and humid. it's just above us, slightly drier air will inhibit the thunderstorm development for today and that should be enough to keep us at 20%. we'll double that by tomorrow as return flow comes in. northeast wind takes over tomorrow. bringing in atlantic moisture and we'll begin to get the thunderstorms going where we should be for this time of year. limited today but back to 40 tomorrow. as far as the tropical development, fiona falling apart. still looking at this particular wave here, not tropical depression yet although i must say looks much better organized this morning. about 40% chance from the national hurricane center developing into a system, we're thinking it's going to head in this general election. what you don't see here, it's not a cone yet and as far as the intensity, that is what really is going to be key and it depends on a lot going on now. some of the models have it weaker, some stronger. we'll watch it closely. this is the one, the one behind it actually will likely become fact i'm thinking major hurricane but that will hook up to the north so we don't have to worry about this thankfully nor now unless something dramatic changes. models taking its to the north. 93 tampa today. feeling like 103 to 105 with the humidity. and limited rain chances thursday through the end of the week with rain chances for healthy for this time of year and highs back in the low 90s. with the cloud cover and rainfall we can take the heat a little better today. it will be hard to fin on the roads really no problems out there now. things looking pretty good. we have a crash reported southbound on the veterans expressway at hillsborough avenue. this is going to be the exit to hillsborough but we're not hearing reports of lane blocks there. just might want to leave yourself a few extra minutes if your morning drive takes you through that intersection. this is i-75 at the selmon expressway, this is the selmon overlooking i-75 and traffic up if you're hopping on the selmon it's going to take you just seven minutes to get into downtown tampa from that point. checking the drive times on i- 4, still looking good there. the drive all the way from the lakeland area into downtown tampa. that drive is going to take you just 22 minutes. 14 minutes from county line road to 75 and just 7 minutes at the bottom from 75 to 275. if you have to fill up this morning prices are pretty much staying where they've been in recent in tampa you're paying $2.03 for a gallon this morning. the state average is $2.10. across the country the average is $2.16. two people are now charged with the murder of an associate professor at penn state. >> state police there saying danielle grier and josh ishley jr. drove ronald berry to a quarry inconvincing him it was ishler allegedly pushed the victim over thening and he fell 50 feet to his death. >> ron was amazing. he took my sister in. he took care of her. he put a roof over her head. >> police three days before reporting betting missing. his body found two days later. a cocoa family counting their wees bellyingsings -- their blessings. >> a little girl stayed alive by amazingly finding a tiny airpocket under their capsized boat. rescuers searched for an hour, heard a faint cry that led them to look under the boat. >> just getting ready to leave when we heard a light cry. >> we kept praying to god and got lucky. it's a miracle. a complete miracle. >> amazingly she's ok. she was taken to the hospital but was released shortly after. 5:50. coming up, a last look at rio. final moments as the closing ceremonies played out. >> and seeing some olympians return we're back and it's monday. checking on titan doppler radar, nothing doing. in fact by later on this afternoon won't look that much different. very dry for today. certainly for this time of year. right now we're checking in, in the upper we'll still have the heat and the humidity. and plenty of sunshine, just not as many thunderstorms, dry air on top of us that will limit coverage for today. the bus stop looks good and for sarasota getting back into it here, a lot of sunshine, 7:04 the sunrise, upper 70s to low 80s but it's going to be a hot afternoon. no question with temperatures in the lower 90s. the humidity will make it feel like it's well over 100. we'll give it an "a" though first day of school. not an a-plus with the heat and humidity though. and on futurecast, just isolated smattering of showers and storms, 10% to 20% and tomorrow back to 40% coverage. we'll talk more about that, that extended forecast in the next hour. simone biles receives the honor to carry the american flag at the summer olympics closing cereni fireworks surrounded the stadium and the flame was extinguished until four years from now in tokyo, japan. team usa finishing on top of the medal count ending with 121 medals, 46 gold, 37 silver, 38 bronze. the u.s. topped all three medal categories for the first time since 1948. china distant second with 70 medals. great britain came in third, 67 with 56. and germany edged out japan for fifth place with 42 total medals. of course many of the u.s. medals came in track and field events. >> that's right and continued yesterday in a surprising way. american gailin was running his second marathon ever, normally runs 10,000 meters but the distance of the rain doesn't bother him and he won bronze. the first u.s. medal in the men's marathon since 2004. team lost the first two sets to russia yesterday but stormed back and won the final three sets to take the bronze. the team captain saying "this is as good as it gets if we're not getting a gold." 5:55. coming up -- hunting for a fugitive who managed to escape while in handcuffs. the one thing deputies were busy doing when he got away. >> time is running out to experience a unique beach >> good morning. watching the howard frankland where we have a crash reported in the southbound lanes. you can see it there. those are the headlights. heading south. it's off in the shoulder there. not causing any major delays but we're going to keep an eye these surveillance cameras could be key to tracking down a violent carjacking suspect in lakeland. ahead in a live report, reaction from a community shaken. >> then a pizza delivery driver abducted and forced into the how she escaped and the other crime police say the suspect tried to carry out in her car. >> summer is officially over for students in sarasota county. the two things police are warning you not to do to make sure kids get back to school safely. thank you for joining us on this early monday morning. we'll go live to the scene of the carjacking in a minute. a lot of people in the area are on edge with that suspect still on the loose. >> first let's check traffic and weather together. to kick this week off. >> watching the frankland, reports of a crash in the southbound lanes, not causing problems now but we'll look at it coming up. talking quiet weather as far as the beginning of monday. a lot of clear skies, we'll have a lot of sunshine but it willing one of the days if -- it will be one of those days if you take out the lunch you're a brave person. it will feel like 105, limb the cloud cover and not much thunderstorm you're one of the few. a quick jump to 87 degrees by 10:00 and low 90s by the afternoon. again the low 90s to mid-90s will feel like 100 to 105 because we still have the humidity right here at the surface. we'll get back to higher rain chances and we'll talk more about that in the next few minutes. fhp reporting trouble on the howard frankland. it first came in as a stalled car, now we're hearing reporting a crash with injuries. you can see these two cars with their flashers on just kind of sitting there in the shoulder. this is in the southbound lanes so heading over into st. pete. the northbound lanes looking pretty good. just about seven minutes to get into tampa. and still no delays heading southbound but we're going to keep an eye on it and let you know if we do see delays starting to build. we're watching a crash on the veterans expressway although again not causing major trouble there. southbound veterans expressway at hillsborough avenue, this is reported in the exit to