Veterans is still in the green. 17 minutes right at the top from 54 to 275. Dan . Turning now to a crime alert. Getting a better look this morning at a bold jewelry thief hitting local high end stores. One of the clients was caught on one of the crimes was caught on camera. Rodney, investigators are hoping this new picture they have will help them find this guy. Well, they do, deiah. In fact, they hope someone out there watchi knows who this guy is and will turn him in. He is bold going into the stores during business hours. If we can, lets look at the photo just released this morning of the guy. He has made off with items from crown diamond jewelers in this mall. In the case last week, he was caught on camera at a Jewelry Store in the Brandon Town Center mall. He took off with 23,000 worth stop him. That person, were told,still in the hospital. In both cases, the m. O. Is the same. The guy walks in, and hell ask to see the most extensive items in the store once he gets his hands on the items, hell simply run off. In the brandon case, the get away vehicle was a silver two door camaro. They are hoping someone out there will know exactly who the guy is and will contact either the pasco or county sheriffs office. Rodney dunningan, abc action news. Take a look at this Million Dollar jewelry heist caught on camera. Keep watching. Youll see four men dressed this all black. They run into an upscale Jewelry Store in houston. They stuffed a Million Dollars worth of jewels in their bag and took off. The whole thing took just 40 seconds. Tampa police are searching plows head on into a parked suv early yesterday morning. The driver then just backs up and drives off. The suv was badly damaged. Its got a broken headline, bent bumpers and side paneling. Even worse, the impact shifted the engine and the car wont run anymore. The cars license plate wasnt captured. Investigators want you to be on the lookout for a heavy front end damage. New information this morning. Weve learned a man wanted tore setting fire to a mosque will face hate crime charges. Police arrested Joseph Michael shriver who allegedly set fire to the mosque after midnight sunday night. No one was in the building at the time. The mosque had been attended by omar mateen, the man who killed 49 people at orlandos pulse nightclub. As an exfelon, shriver could convicted. Taking action to solve continuing sewer issues. The board is initiating a county wide sewer and Storm Water Task force. The county hopes to partner with cities to work on solutions to this huge problem. It came on the heels of recent severe weather. Scary situation in a south florida walmart. An employee shot and killed the wouldbe robber right there in the parking lot. Police say an armed man approached the employee while sitting in his and the walmart employee pulled out his gun and shot the man. Im sorry to hear what happened to the victim, but my brother works hard to take care of him and his child, at the end of the day. 6 04 right now. Fire is under investigation at a gibsonton rv and boat storage facility. Hillsborough county firefighters posting the wednesday afternoon. As you can see, a lost the rvs were charred. New developments this morning. An 83yearold clear water woman unfortunately has died more than a month after she was beaten. Police believe her own son is to blame. Daniel richards is now in jail on murder charges. We first told you in july when Police Arrested him on attempted murder charges. Detectives believe richards threw his mom to the floor, stomped on her, beat her, an the florida teenager accused of practicing medicine without a license will not be getting out of jail any time soon. A judge has revoked his bond. Police arrested malachi love robinson on fraud charges. Police say he tried to buy a car using fake employment information. He now has a public defender, his fourth attorney since he was first charged. A 4yearold south florida his years. Police say Johnnie Morris picked up that buy while running away from officers. The child bit him and got away. The teen then tried to fit inside of a dryer to hide but couldnt fit inside. Staying in south florida now. A subway employee gives a man a free cookie then gets robbed by him later that night. The cashier says the man claimed to have a gun last week and demanded money from the the employee says the same guy came into the store twice, once to buy cookies, which she gave him for tree, and then another time to complain about the cookies. Still to come, troopers investigating an accident involving an Atlanta Police officer. One thing the officer may have been doing that could land him behind bars. I didnt know in we could get him out. It was scary. What people did to keep the man inside of his burning car alive. Welcome back on this thursday. We have an update on the officers involved in this terrifying attack. All three officers seen here getting plowed into by a car Convenience Store in phoenix when a man drove right into them and then the store. One of the officers suffered a concussion, another a broke be leg. The man behind the wheel is being held without bond on attempted firstdegree murder charges. The police chief says the attack was intentional. Ten minutes after 6 00 right now. The Atlanta Police department is investigating one of their own after the offduty officer was involved in a deadly was street racing when he ran into a stone wall killing his 22yearold passenger. His father is the assistant police chief. New video now of an officer trying to rescue a North Carolina man trapped in a burning truck after he crashed head on into a school bus. Of course hes pinned inside. You see all of the heavy smoke and flames coming from under the road of the truck. Until firefighters or ems arrived. They were able to put out the flames using a handheld fire extinguisher and kept talking to the man to make sure he didnt lose consciousness. I was trying to ask if he had spinal injuries to push him out of the window, but he was too trapped in. The officer may have saved the mans life. The School Bus Driver is facing charges of failing to yield the right of way. Good were quiet, mostly cloudy and sunshine as well. 7 16 will be the sunrise and well get into the afternoon thunderstorms. Well time that out for you thats coming up in a couple of minutes. 11 minutes after 6 00 on this thursday morning. Coming up, a student in new jersey brought more than just a turkey sandwich for lunch to welcome back. 81 degrees in tampa. Ivan says grab your umbrella, you might need it today. Heroin in a kinder gardeners lunch box. Teachers thought he was playing with a Candy Wrapper in class. When he wouldnt stop playing with it, she went over to take it away from him and realized it was heroin. She found 29 others. Horrible. Im grateful the kid didnt ingest it or giving it to another student. A massive drug about university in connecticut sends 11 members of the s. W. A. T. Team to the hospital. Police say the officers found themselves in a cloud of drug particles. The officers were sickened by heroin and fentanyl. Even a small amount of fentanyl can be deadly if inhaled or absorbed through the skin when it becomes airborne. The drug powder could have gotten into the air when into the apartment. All of the officers should be okay. A mother and son in North Carolina are facing incest charges. The 25yearold son is facing charges for taking indecent liberties with a child. Police say the man and his 45 yearold mom were sexually involved for the last month. Both are being held in jail on 50,000 bond. Caught on camera, a thief in nebraska most likely not getting what he wanted. Take a look. We have a whole video no show front porch which looks like its probably a flat screen tv. He makes his way back to the car and drives off, but omaha police dont think he was in the market for a new walnut counter top. Thats exactly what he got. I like the walnut countertop but no stealing. Thats terrible. Whats ahead some its hot and humid for us with afternoon thunderstorms. Morning showers. Average rain chances, by the way, heading into the weekend. So i dont think you have to plan a lot around the big range friday into saturday and sunday. Still tracking julia. Were still tracking karl which is a tropical depression, tropical depression 12. The usual main of the moisture will kickback. For us, well remove moisture that feels so humid and up above, its moisture laden. By 9 00, 10 00, everything pushes towards the east. Across our inland hours, d12 will become karl. Look at this track. Its due west but five days out its a minimum Tropical Storm there. Well watch that and look like it may get to the lesser antilles. This afternoon will feel like 95 to 100 with winds out of the south west at 5. The low tide is 7 21 and 1 27. 40 rain chances friday into saturday. No cold fronts. No big rains on the way, so steady as she goes heading into the early part of next week. We can plan our days with morning sun and afternoon storms right through monday and tuesday. No one likes that humid weather, though. Checking out the cameras at 275 at 22nd avenue north at pinellas county. Ulmerton, u. S. 19, roosevelt, no crashes there. Lets talk about that construction happening on west shore bay to bay. They are shutting down the northbound lanes 9 00 a. M. To 3 00 p. M. So the morn are still a lot of cones just north of the bay to day. Your best option is to avoid that area altogether. You can take bay to bay up to lois. The project is supposed to end by tomorrow afternoon. Deiah . 19 minutes after 6 00. Galaxy phone after it torched a car here in florida. How the fire started, after the break. Polish up those resumes. tis the season to get a job. Well tell who yous hiring before the holiday rush. And a new cyberthreat is called virtual kidnapping. Reporter in this mornings gma first look. A terrifying new virtual kidnapping. List ton the voice of the professional kidnapper. Judy says a man called her cell phone claiming he had her daughter. She asked us to hide her identity. You thought you heard your daughters voice . Yeah. She kept saying mom, you have to help me. Reporter he gave judy 60 seconds to go to the bank. She ran to her neighbors house. She was shaking and out of and the socalled kidnapper never called back. Even now that i know it is a hoax, i dont think its funny. Reporter coming up at 7 00 a. M. , well tell you how to protect yourself from becoming z23yez zy6z welcome back. Its 6 24. Were taking action for you. Several companies are looking to hire thousands of new employees ahead of the busy Holiday Shopping season. U. P. S. Announced they need 95,000 seasonal workers. Toys r us are looking for holiday help taking online applications. Target will add about 70,000 employees. This morning, still no official recall for the Samsung Galaxy note all daily newspapers. They are promising a Design Update to fix the battery problem. No word on when that update might be straight in the u. S. If you own a note 7 and you want to replace it right away, take that carrier to a different one so this doesnt happen to you. A Samsung Galaxy phone is being blamed for another fire. Charging his galaxy note 7 when the car caught fire. He quickly pulled over and got out. Im happy to be alive. Money cannot buy life. No. He needs a new phone and also needs a new car. Good morning. Warm and humid out there already. Temps are right around 80 by the time we get you off to work. Showers are beginning to so everything pushes to the east. Around 89, the tropical air mass will feel like its well into the 90s. We had julia and of course td12. 6 26 and coming up at 6 30, bay flight medical helicopters could mean the difference between life and death to critically injured being called careless. For anybody with asthma, preventing coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath is good. What specific vitamin is now proven to dramatically cut down a driver slams into a parked vehicle. You wont believe what happens next. More of this video police want to you see is ahead at 6 30. Also, bay flight is facing a fearly Million Dollar fine right now. Investigators claim that the patients lives are at risk. Good morning. Im deiah riley. Im dan shaffer. Helicopters save lives concerning report from the faa in a moment. Guo know what it feels like outside and its not ev 8 00. 88. The influence there as well provides us with plenty of moisture. You work your way inland, and it city. Zephyr hills. Closer to the water, ill tell you what, it is going to be a steam bath and the rest of us get it this afternoon coming off of the gulf. That means morning coastal showers by midmorning. And developing and turning into thunderstorms by later in the afternoon and into the early evening. Our temps again, upper 80s. Scratch that. Its going to feel like its well into the 90s and well into 80 degrees. It wont get more tropical than that. At least in the mornings, weve been quiet as far as any rainfall. As far as the drive goes and roads, we are in great shape. The roads are dry out there so no crashes or breakdowns to tell you about. Were looking great across the bay. This is a live look at the howard frankland. The headlights are heading into to the tampa area. On the veterans expressway, ive noticed the expressway is staying good let me know on twitter if you are seeing the same. Six minutes from waters down to 275. All right, lets check in with action air 1. Good morning. Hey, good thursday morning, janelle. We found the busiest spot. It is the same one every morning. So fowler, fletcher, then beers avenue. Everything coming from the apex is coming this way. Its much better once you get to bush. Area wise, no delays through the bridges and downtown. Now back to the desk. Now 6 32. Police hope you know something about a hit and run in tampa. Take a look at this crime caught on camera. One crucial piece of evidence is surveillance video. Anchor Lindsay Logue is live at the tampa Police Department with a look at the video and how you can help. Good morning, lindsay. Reporter we even have an exact address and two vehicles. What we dont have is the drivers license plate. Yesterday morning, somebodys home surveillance cameras head on into another vehicle. It was parked along the side of the street. The man who owns the suv says he heard the crash and woke up in a panic to run outside to find broken headlights, bent bumpers, and side paneling. Even worse, the engine of his car had completely shifted in the crash. They just took off. Theres nothing we can do now. He doesnt have insurance to cover his damage. Reporter watch again. Seconds after hitting the parked suv, the driver backs up and leaves nothing behind but a trail of leaked fluids. Police are likely looking for a vehicle that has front end damage that the driver cannot explain. If you know anything about this hit and run, call police. Live in tampa, im Lindsay Logue, abc action news. Bay flight, the helicopter ambulances are coming under hit the company that operates them with an 892,000 safety fine. The faa says air methods corporation, which is contracted out by Bay Care Health were careless, reckless, and put passengers lives at risk. After a routine inspection in november 2014, investigators say air methods did not replace this piece of corroded equipment that measures the helicopters airspeed. The report allegations the company flew replacing that. Abc action news found air methods facinged fines for alleged violations. Air methods is further investigating the allegations and faa has our full cooperation in the matter. We take safety seriously and the safe return of our crews and the patients we serve is and always will be our highest priority at air methods. Hospital told us they will look into the allegations this morning. Were learning about five new cases of zika. They are upset about chemicals being used to kill virus carrying mosquitoes. They are worried the aerial spraying is more dangerous to people than zika itself. Meanwhile, governor rick scott is making his case on capitol hill. He is demanding the federal government come up with a plan and also cash to fight the virus. Several bills to fund the fight against zika have failed. Health Officials Say the monday could run out by the end of the month. The director of the dcc says the u. S. Is about to see a bunch of kids born with microcephaly. Thats the birth defect that has babies born with unusually small heads. This isnt just floridas problem. The federal government to show up and come up with a vaccine. We need more research dollars. We need more support. This isnt just a florida issue. Were the tip of the spear. We have over 60 people now with local and nontravelrelated issues. The trade deadline is september 30, when the deals have to be passed or all federal down. Rescuing four stranded manatees. Wildlife Officials Say luckily the animals have been surviving just fine since the storm but need to get back to their natural habitat. Once they moved out of the pond, they get a full health exam. If they are healthy enough, they will be released back into the wild. Today, the Tampa Bay Lightning will hold a job fair Upcoming Season at amalie arena. They are looking for people to fill positions for lightning hockey and storm football games. Kanye west did what kanye west is known for doing. Makes people talk about him. Fans say he showed up late and was angry at his concert last night at amalie arena. He fans waited nearly two hours for him to show up. When he did, the most bizarre moment came went on a rant against rapper kid cuddy. He was upset about the tweet for using songwriters. The rant went on for several moments. Isnt that what kanye does . Kanye always seems to be angry. It looks great. The drive time on i4 is just now starting to get into the yellow but not bad. 27 minutes from county line road into downtown. It is 6 38 right now. Still to come, a teenager is suing her own parents. What they posted about her on facebook that has her taking them to court. Then a viral infection more common to babies and toddlers has hit students state. Whats sickening them, coming 6 41. Aldi grocery chain investigated after a family discovered a spider baked into a vanilla wafer cookie. They found the cookie last week. Al did is store offered them a 5 coupon which the is laughable. Al did i says its laughable and they take this seriously. If you glance at it, it looks like a chocolate swirl. This is an awful thing. Have you ever posted photos of your children on facebook . An 18yearold is suing her parents because shes embarrassed about baby pictures they posted online. Another shows her potty training and shes had enough of it. Her parents are refusing to delete them. The father says he took them and he owns them. Take me to court. If the teen wins, her parents may have to pay her compensation. I assume she doesnt live with them anymore. I hope not. Staying one step ahead of the competition and how they are speeding process for buyers. Good morning, everybody. Good morning, everybody. We are taking a live look here right at the very top of the sunshine sky way bridge. Traffic cameras are up there looking good. Just nine minutes to get from toll booth to toll booth. Up to speed from bridge to bridge, about 68 is the average speed right now. Checking your drive times on 275. Were starting to slow down on 275 heading south towards downtown. 21 minutes from the apex to i 4. Eight minutes from bush down to i4. This is when we start to get crowded here. Things look great once you get air one. Captain al, good morning. Good morning, janelle. We were looking good toward bush toward beers. Now were looking south. Bruce b downs and i75 no problems. I do want to alert you to a pedestrian accident at 22nd street. Were headed there next. If you are heading that way, youll want to stay around. A spectacular sunrise is coming up. Then well turn mostly cloudy. By the way, the update if you are just joining us with julia, its now a depression and will be bringing us heavy rain through the carolinas. The tropical air mass is right on top of us. If you step outside, it feels like the upper 80s along the coast. 70s inland. Here comes the moisture showers. Coastal showers with a few sprinkles getting going. It wont be raining until 9 00, 10 00. Well be tracking the thunderstorms by early afternoon. Even into the evening, well end up in the interior county. Well do it again tomorrow with more afternoon storms. As far as highs, well be in the upper 80s to around 90. Again, the humidity is so high. It will make you feel to 100. Coverage is about 50 . Not all of us are getting wet. Boaters 1 to 2 foot seas there. 7 34 sunset. Your extended forecast takes us into friday and into the weekend. Were talking 40 rain chances for friday. Were back into a more typical pattern here. Through the weekend, average high is about 89. Pretty much where we should be, right . Then much more of the same next week. Overnight temps are nice and balmy in the mid and upper 70s. Of course on the tropical depression of the eastern atlantic, well talk about that coming up at 9 00. Breaking overnight, police shoot and kill a 13yearold in ohio after apparently mistaking a bb gun for a real gun. It started with reports of an Armed Robbery in columbus. When officers approached a gr as officers good the approached the suspects, he police thought it was a real gun killing him. Hillary clinton returns to the campaign trail today. Her campaign releasing additional medical information to the public following her bout with pneumonia. Donald trump is going to release his medical records on watch here at 3 00. The records reportedly show that trump is overweight. Meantime, he seems to be capitalizing on clintons recent illness. He took aim at her stamina in ohio. Do you think hillary would be able to stand up here for an hour and do this . Reporter clintons doctors say she is recovering withle from noncontagious bacterial pneumonia. If she would have listened to her daughter on friday and taken time to rest, im glad she listened belatedly. Nationally, clinton is leading. Here in florida and ohio. Were learning that batch of olympic records. This time, 25 athletes are targeted from ten countries including the u. S. The group called themselves the fancy bears and others known as the cozy bears. The hackers have hidden a digital trail but substantial evidence is tying them to the russian government. Both are linked to the hack of the Democratic Party emails earlier this year and attacks on russias volatile neighbors. The controversial laws are pulling out of the state. On monday, they are pulling its leave. The allstar game is being pulled from charlotte due to the law. Supporters of the law say it claim to be transgender. Vitamin d can significantly reduce severe asthma attacks. Taking supplements in addition to asthma medications can cut the risk of attacks dramatically. An independent review of the cochran research said it cut the rate of asthma attacks that need steroid treatments. Its unclear right now whether it only helps patients who are vitamin d deficient. An and mouth disease has struck Florida State university. The University Says more than a dozen cases have been reported so far. I know schools are wiping down infected dormitories and plenty of disinfectant and hand san it tiesers. There is no treatment for the virus that can cause mouth sores and rashes. The golden state is the holding killer whales in captivity. Under the new laws, killer whales already in captivity can stay but only for educational purposes. 6 52 right now. Take a look at this video right here. Keep watching. That is a 9 foot long burmese python found on campus at a south Florida High School in an area students say they walk surprised him with the snake on a lesson on invasive species. They called florida fish and wildlife to come get it. The new York Fashion Week collection for ralph lauren immediately invited guests just seen. A number of designers have been trying to ll t away knowing tha customers are less patient now than they used to be. It is 6 53 right now. 7 until 7 00 as the morning sprint counts you down on good mornin go it and run suspect in tampa. Take a look at Home Security video. The driver hits this parked suv head on then backs drives off. It happened around this time yesterday morning. The car is totaled. Police are looking for a vehicle with heavy front end damage. Investigators are trying to track down a brazen jewelry thief. Hes hit high end stores during business hours. They are saying hes robbed stores in both pasco and hillsborough counties. In the most recent case, a police make an arrest in the mosque Fire Investigation in fort pierce. Joseph Michael Shriver is accused in the crime. He allegedly set fire to the Islamic Center after midnight sunday night. The mosque had been attended by omar mateen. He killed 49 people at orlandos pulse nightclub. Investigating an overnight fire that broke out at a home at 1060 18th avenue south. E fire could have been arson. Scary scenes at t. I. A. Today. If you see ambulances on the runway at tampa international, dont worry, it is just a drill. The Airport Holding a mass casualty exercise starting at 9 15 this morning. They are testing local Emergency Response in case there is a major aircraft crash. 200 volunteers are helping with that. Good morning, everybody. We are crawling on i75 southbound. Fowler and 275. Lets check the average speeds on both 36 on 275, 46 on i75. Checking drive times right here. Lets take a look. The veterans expressway versus dell mabry. 21 minutes to get from van dyke to 275. Captain al, good morning. Reporter good morning, janelle. We checked on a report of an accident, pedestrian off of 19th vote just north of mlkp street just north of mlk. You can see i4 coming from the west about the middle of the picture. Downtown campus and a beautiful morning. Off to the east is getting out. Take a look if you can. Otherwise, you are invited with your thursday forecast. A steamy one out there. Temps are generally in the 70s because of the humidity. That will set the stage for midday morning coastal showers. Those will merge east. High temps in the upper 80s to around 90. Sunset is coming up at 7 34. Almost getting close to a full 12hour day. Fall is coming. Yeah. Take a look at this video. That is a dog having the time of its life on a keep watching. She just cant get enough. Check out what shes doing. Oh she keeps doing it. She loves the slide so much as soon as she comes down, she runs right back up to slide down. [ laughter ] shes like, why am i just discovering this . Good am gm is up next. Ivan and janelle are back in good morning, america. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton release new details about their health, but is it enough . Trump only shares his details with dr. Oz. As he takes a swipe at clintons stamina. You think hillary would be able to stand up here for an hour and do this . Plus hilla hillarys recent illness as she returns to the campaign trail today. Up in flames, the new video of a Samsung Phone exploding at a restaurant as the government says its now investigating more models of the popular phone. Samsung firing back overnight. Breaking right now, capturing a suspected serial killer. A womans terrifying 911 call as shes trapped with the suspect. Ive been abducted. Desperately pleading for help, the killer sleeping just feet away
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