Thunderstorms, that will pop up through the afternoon once again. Coverage is about 40 for today. There is dry air to work through the north. Well talk more about that and more updates on our intensifying hurricane in the caribbean. Very early this morning, tier gas and pepper spray over the Police Killing of a mentally ill black man. Police say the crowd was much smaller than the first two nights but also much more violent. The scene got very heated when people stuck in traffic caused by the protesters were trying to get through. The protesters got agitated and started throwing objects smashing car windows. The rays are out of the playoff hunt, but the city of team there. Rodney dunningan is live outside of the trop and a major deadline is set for today. Reporter you are right about that, deiah. The city is set to pitch their master plan for the tropicana field site as well as the area surrounding the stadium. This could be do or die for the city. The city and Mayors Office have been working since the start of the year on a plan that would entice the team to stay. A complete draft con expected to give them at the seasons end. The plan for the 86 acre site blends Retail Office housing and park space. What concerns me is the rays terminology of a perm p. Pitch. If you go to the ball game looking to have a perfect game, between. Reporter if things dont work out, they would move to option b. For now reporting outside tropicana field, rodney dunningan. Tea school can get new trouble. In one case, a judge found its not against the law here in florida. A Sarasota High School teenager arrested in 2014 for tweeting about shooting up his school was found not guilty by an Appeals Court judge. The judge ruled that the tweet did not make a direct threat towards anyone, which is what the law required. The teens attorney who won the appeal says no law even existed to arrest her client in the first place. A judge recommended the state teens accused of breaking that was written 100 years ago. The teen says the tweet was student and probably should never been sent but he was talking in a private Twitter Group and only joking among friends. A temporary agreement keeps Ridesharing Services in hillsborough county. The Public Transportation commission agrees to allow Ridesharing Services like uber and lyft for 15 more months. The first one those Companies Must do background checks on the drivers with onebi to submit to fingerprint background checks. Also, Ridesharing Services have to pay operating fees to drive in hillsborough county. Btc has to still officially approve the agreement in two weeks. A Bay Area High School is pleading for the safe return of a priceless jersey. Somebody swiped jose fernandezs High School Jersey during a candlelight vigil last night. It was hanging in a dugout in tampa. Hundreds of former teammates, nobody noticed it was missing until the staff started cleaning up afterwards. Fernandez was star pitcher for the marlins and student standout there, and he died in a boating accident early sunday morning. Donald trump is denying a newsweek report that he explored Business Opportunities in cuba in the 1990s, which would have violated the u. S. Embargo. Trump said he nerve der a deal and slammed the reporter sa reputation. He told supporters that Hillary Clinton supports deals that cost middle class americans their jobs. The large corporations who support terrible trade deals, offshore jobs, they take these jobs and offshore the jobs. They are donating to Hillary Clinton. Its called follow the money. Trumps running mate mike for tuesdays Vice President ial debate. Its by usa todays Editorial Board to call trump unfit to be president. Pence countered the billionaire is ready to lead america. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton will be back campaigning here in florida today. Shes holding rallies on the east coast. Yesterday she spoke to supporters in des moines, with a, telling them to get out and vote. Early inperson voting started yesterday. Supporters they need to vote hard before voting for a third party candidate. I think donald trump or i will be the president of the United States so you have to look carefully in making your decision about who to vote for because it will be either him or me. Take a look at this right here. You will likely see this ad playing on your tv a lot. You saw it a couple of minutes million to air this ad and several others in florida and other swing states that features a 17yearold boy diagnosed with a rare cancer. He says the president is not trump. Still to come on abc action news at 6 00, a deadly train disaster. A new look at the damage and a panic for passengers when a commuter train slams into the station. The tragic background of woman killed. A High School Student says he spends way too much time on homework, so now hes decided. Its ten minutes after 6 00. New video showing the chaos inside that new jersey train station minutes after a train slammed into it. Rattled passengers climbing their way out of the wreckage yesterday morning. A 34yearold woman was killed while waiting on the platform. She is a mother of a little girl. Theyd just moved to the u. S. From brazil. More than a hundred people were hurt, including this man, the engineer identified as thomas gallagher. Is he out of the hospital and said to be cooperating with investigators. They say the train was speeding, but they dont know why. A texas High School Student is taking a stand saying he has way too much sophomore luke says he spends four to six hours every night doing homework in addition to his entire school day, marching band, tennis, and other extra curricular activities. He decided that enough is enough. Monday night i was up really late past midnight, but i kind of snapped. I just decided that i wanted to make a petition. I just wanted to do something that would lower moo i homework. Change. Org petition. So far, hes got 8200 signatures supporting him. The school released a statement saying homework varies depending on the subject and grade level and will use his opportunity to show you how, why and when homework is assigned. Good morning, everybody. Were following a Traffic Alert southbound i75 just past fowler closed due to an overnight fatal crash involving a pedestrian. These are live pictures on the to open up one of those lanes. Well have a live report coming up in a few minutes. Hi, janelle. A few coastal showers in the upper 70s by lunchtime back in the mid08s with showers and thunderstorms with the 40 coverage. Well have futurecast and details on who gets what today and the heaviest rain which will fall and the weekend, of course, is straight ahead. Coming up, an update this morning on a boy shot at an Elementary School pl the family. Plus those creepy clown sightings and the scare it caused for a little girl trying 6 15 now and a sad new update in a shooting at a South CarolinaElementary School. The 6yearold boy who was wounded in that shooting is now on life support. Community members gathered yesterday to show support for thfa he is still in critical condition. He was one of three shot at the playground wednesday. Another student and a teacher. Police say the suspect, the 14 yearold boy shot his father to death before attacking the school. He is now in custody. From a bank in tennessee to the quiet streets in the virginia suburbs, the creepy clowns are every dids where, including pinellas county. Law enforcement is taking this thing seriously. They are warning that chasing harassment and a criminal act and also very dangerous. They are investigating a case in largo right now. We spoke to one mom who says her daughter was chased by a creepy clown here her school bus stop. Authorities say they think a man jumped out of a small ditch on trotter road around 6 00 in the morning wearing a clown mask. They started running. They ran away from where the bus stop is. They run and run and run. The clown is behind them. Then she said the clown she thought they lost the clown. All of a sudden, the clown popped back out and chased them again. Thats when she fell. The little girl is okay. Across the country, the creepy clown trend has led to the arrest of teenagers and also of people who filed false reports of creepy clown sightings. Caught on camera, police rescuing three dogs from a hot car. The owner was inside shopping for at least an hour while his dogs with are this the car when they got the dogs out, Police Say One dog was unconscious. Another could barely stand. One urinated on itself. The dogs are recovering at the humane society. Detectives have charged the owner with three counts of animal cruelty. Take a look at this video over my shoulder. You see the bumps in the water right there . Those are alligators. At least 50 of them. A bicyclist says he bikes in that area every week and says the same time before. The florida fish and Wildlife Commission says so far nobodys contacted them to express concern about that many gators. Its another day in florida. Right now, we look at janelle with traffic. I75 sob lanes completely blocked just past i75 southbound lanes completely blocked just past fowler. Reporter ye yes, indeed . Reporter yes, indeed. This backup extends all the way beyond bruce b. Downs. So if you are planning on coming down i75 and north tampa, find a different route early. Back to you, janelle. Reporter if you are coming from pasco, you can take 301. We are all in the green all the way south. You cod south depending on where you are coming from and where you are going. 275 still looking pretty good, although in the next half hour or so, that does start to get crowded. These are your drive times on 275 if you decide to take that as your alternate. Were still in the green from the apex. 16 minutes from the apex to i 4. Seven minutes from bush to i 4 starting to get a little slow there. You can expect because of the crash at i75 that 275 will be expect some delays there on 275. What a mess for a friday, not what we want to talk about this morning. Perhaps a couple of showers. We are seeing some wet roads out there. Most of us, though, enjoying a dry commute. Albeit a slow one if you are on that path. There is one shower thats been tracking us holding its cell there now. Tracking out to the north with just a few sprinkles here that would be about it. This is the heaviest from Hernando Beach heading up to sugar millwoods. Weve seen lightning that is now diminishing. The entire shower will as well. All of this pushing farther to the east. More storms will develop today. We get those morning coastal showers with the southeast wind. A break, sunshine, and well begin to see the showers and thunderstorms going. Matthew, our hurricane, were talking about a forecast that will feature more of the same of showers and storms throughout the day. There you see by 3 00 and 4 00, everythings pushing off to the north and east. 100 mileperhour winds as Hurricane Matthew now in the caribbean forecasted to make a turn to the north that would be affecting jamaica and cuba moving into the bahamas. After that, of course, too early to call as far as how close it gets to florida, but it looks to continue to the north. Temps this afternoon temps about 30 to 40 rain chances that continue into the early part of next week. Still ahead, disgraced olympian ryan lochtes dad defends his son. The new evidence he claims will clear ryans name. Plus, you know all about Pumpkin Spice lattes and ice cream but pumpkin is about to go where no pumpkin has gone in the deaths of two american sisters. Reporter in this mornings gma first look, two Sisters Dream vacation turned into one familys nightmare. The sisters from denver found dead in their room, mysteriously passing away during the trip of a lifetime. They were staying at a luxury alps, a chain of islands in the indian ocean known for beautiful beaches and high end resorts. The trip was part of a nearly month long vacation in africa. Just days after posting these pictures, a terrible end. The hotel saying the pair was discovered when an employee at the hotel tried to wake them in their villa. Coming up at 7 00 a. M. , well have the latest on the it is 6 25 right now. Disgraced olympic swimmer ryan lochte is still trying to repair his image right now. He was not invited to meet house. He tells reporters he wants to put his drunken bee hair overin rio behind him. Lochtes father says there is a threeminute video the public hasnt seen yet. The video he says will clear his son. Its been found to show that the security guards had guns pointed to my sons chest and money was exacted. I dont know what you call that, but i know what i would call it. The u. S. Olympic committee banned lochte from swimming for ten months. He says he will start training starting next year. Right now, hes competing on dancing with the stars right here on your abc action news station. Fail is the time to put Pumpkin Spices on everything. This may be taking it a little too far. Mcdonalds is announcing french fries with Pumpkin Spice and chocolate sauce. Call me crazy, call me too strange. I will call you crazy, but not because of this. [ laughter ] hush. It is not the first time japanese mcdonalds sold different french fries. In the morning, well eat anything around here. Upper 80s in the afternoon coverage about 40 . Well transition into the afternoon. Storms will talk about that an intensifying hurricane in the caribbean. Were following a fatal crash on i75 southbound just past fowler. Fhp hoping to get at least one lane opened up soon. Well have more coming up in just a few minutes. It is 6 27. Coming up in our 6 30 half hour, changes to protect you from credit card fraud. The new protections rolling out at gas stations starting tomorrow. Plus, an update on the sinkhole. Officials testing for possible now at 6 30, new laws aiming to protect students, you, and your money. The crackdown they are bringing and certain threats targeting schools. And were also following a Traffic Alert right now. This is a live look at a huge backup on southbound i75, and its impact is already affecting thousands of commuters. Thanks for waking up with abc. Im deiah riley. Im dan shaffer. All southbound lanes at fowler shut down after that deadly crash. Janelle has the alternate routes. Alternate routes in just a moment. Captain al is flying over this crash right now. Fhp is telling us that a wrecker is on its way. Have you seen one arrive yet . Reporter ill tell you what, janelle, they under the process of hosing off the roadway, which is normally the final step, probably three or four fhp troopers have already left the scene. I believe they have tin finished their investigates. I dont know that they need to dry it, so to speak, but they under the process of clearing it. Still stopped at fowler avenue. Most people are going to the east catching 301 taking 301 to 4 or farther down to 60 and farther back down there. I am optimistic that they will have at least one lane opened shortly. Back to you, janelle. Opening up that one lane still expect backups. Take 56th street south against rio and also looking good this morning. Were in the green heading south. Expect delays because a lot of drivers will be headed that way. If you normally take 275, leave yourself extra time to get down south heading that way. Also, we have a crash reported. I just want to mention this on the sunshine sky way. This came in moments ago. Were still waiting to get a direction. We do know injuries are involved in palmetto side on the sunshine sky way. Follow me on twitter on tampa bays traffic. Busy morning on the traffic department. The weather, you have stuff going on as well. Exactly where the crash is. You have a couple of showers where that is the cause or anything. It doesnt help when you are traffic there. The coastal showers will and pretty much its the way it will look by the time we get to 3 00 or 4 00 and headed towards our interior counties later on this evening. So the forecast will go in there. Happening tomorrow, more than two dozen new laws go into effect in florida. Many are aimed at better protecting you and your Lindsay Logue is here in the studio with it. Good morning, lindsay. Dan and deiah, its probably the most talked about new law. It stiffens punishments for threats like this. This is a tweet put out last month from a high schooler who showed a gun and referenced his high school. In shooting death will bring you threats that are fraud at gas stations and atms. Now gas station owners and managers are required to step up security measures and penalties increase for anyone caught with counterfeit credit card information. And carls law increases civil and criminal penalties for anyone who attacks or harms people with disabilities. Carl was the st. Augustine man with autism shot and killed by a group of teens in 2015. There were more than two dozen new laws that go on the books tomorrow. Here in florida, were putting the list together. You can find it on our at abcactionnews. Com. Dan, back to you. 6 34. Now to an update on the toxic sinkhole in polk county. A spokesperson in mosaic revealing the leak thats now contaminated the well on the plants property. The fertilizer drained from a holding pond through the sinkhole and into the aquifer. Officials have been testing hundreds of wells for possible contamination. They are now saying they so far found only one. D. E. P. To step up the investigation to make sure the Drinking Water is safe. Happening today, a highly criticized and frequently fined property is set to close in st. Pete. Weve told you about the years long battle to shut down the moseley motel n. On 34th street north. The owner says it helps poor families and affordable place to live. Neighbors say its on the site of drugs and sex crimes. People living there are given six weeks notice to move out ahead of todays close youre. Up the futures of aspiring hairstylists. The Regency Beauty Institute closing all 79 of its cosmetology schools nationwide. Administrators say its because of low enrollment leaving students with a lot of debt and no degree. She says administerrers should administrators should have i could have used that time to research other schools. Administrators plan to offer the option of selective schools at a lower cost. Wrong side, wrong procedure and even the wrong patient. The iteam found they are on the rise and often are kept secret from the public. Since 2012, 315 wrong site surgeries have been performed in the state. Shannon potts experienced this firsthand. She says six years agreed to let a naples surgeon repair her sons hernia only to learn he removed part of her 19monthold sons testiccal. Maybe i should have gone to someone else and it wouldnt have happened. The florida law keeps these secret. There are things you can do to protect yourself like taking time to verify the information on your i. D. Patient wristband is correct and making sure you are wearing take to protect yourself. We have them posted right now on abcactionnews. Com. Good morning, were following breaking news right now. I75 remains blocked just south of fowler due to an overnight pedestrian crash that happened south of fowler. All of those lanes are blocked. This is causing a mess on i75. Also delays on 275. Well have more coming up in a few minutes. Coming up, new technology designed to help take care of your child. The invention that has some concerns that people are raising eyebrows about right now. The force is with you. Today, the coolest toys and costumes from the next star wars movie hitting stores this its 20 minutes until 7 00 right now. Take a look at this. A robot designed to take care of young kids is going on sale in the already raising concerns about the psychological impact that it could have on children. This robot is called the ipal. It is a rolling, talking robot loaded with apps thats designed to improve childrens communication skills. The ipal is designed to look after your kids ages 3 to 8. A professor at the university of sheffield in the. K. To be concerned. Baby monkeys became attached to inanimate surrogates. Hawaii is hoping this will be the newest family vehicle. Not gonna happen. The fourseater is meant for drivers who want an everyday vehicle to drive. It is only 260,000, though. Is hybrid extreme super car. That will set you back 2. 2 million. Get this, that car already sold out. Got the last today is nicknamed rogue cause lltibles for the new star wars movie rogue one are going on sale. Let me show you the coolest costumes. Ive got to work on this thing. Here is the 80 lego fighter, a new rebel ship featured in the film. More bobble heads are available. You can get ten Action Figures place for 25 bucks. Girls may want to be Felicity Jones character. Its 40. How about this death trooper voicechanging mask. Perfect for scaring the neighborhood at 27. Still ahead, a protester wearing a gorilla mask arrested. What police say he was doing good morning, everybody. Fatal pedestrian accident along i75 south of fowler avenue has all southbound lanes closed just south of 301. You can see right there what remains. The investigation is complete. Fhp is still on scene. The Fire Department has cleared the roadway but they havent moved off of it yet. On the lefthand side, northbound 75 is crawling back to i4. We do believe this is going to reopen shortly. The bad news is, will persist for some time. Heres janelle with work arounds for if youp you. A crash happened at 3 30 this morning and involves a pedestrian. You caneth matchen. 75 is very backed up. You might want to take 301 or fletcher to 56 or even get off before at bruce b. Downs. Do expect some delays on 275 because a lot of drivers are southbound instead of i75 and very slow going on 275 that came up from bush to i4. Unfortunately that is not the only big crash were following. We also have a serious crash in Pinellas Park that has shut down u. S. 19 southbound. This is right at 82nd avenue north. They have set up a temporary detour taking you to 49th street north. Thats not looking too bad. It just gets a little slow farther down. Again, avoid this area if you can. I will let you know both of these crashes are cleared. Ivan . Still a good half hour now away. Well show you a nice weather camera here from river gate tower looking fine. Weve had a couple of showers and those have now diminished, so were this good shape i think for the rest of the morning commute weatherwise. Its full of sprinkles left over on the northern end of were looking pretty good this morning. Low to mid70s generally the temperatures. By midmorning, were breaking out the sunshine. By 1 00, were already seeing the thunderstorms continuing to develop. They will be pushing to the north and east with the southwest wind flow that we have been dealing with the last few days. Then into the evening, things begin to wind down once again with a similar setup heading into tomorrow. Hurricane matthew is intensifying with each satellite ag well be able to see a little yeow popping up. Thatshy the eye will be forming for today. Its goibe west to 14 and dropping to 979. The forecast winds are at 115 les per hour sardaynight and heading through the weend either going into jamaica or 120 mileperhour winds then h slicing through cuba and emerging out into the bahamas. A lot is going to be happening through the area. So how it emerges in the bahamas is how it forecasts here. The models are trending east of florida here, but they are too close for comfort here. So you have to keep checking back with us in case this current hits farther to the west. In the last advisory, it is expanded a little further. The National Hurricane center is beginning to get less comfortable here so we have a huge area where the center of the storm could be by early next week. So well talk more about that through of course. Upperle 0s this afternoon. Coverage is 40 and ill keep it that way through the weekend. Warm and humid continues as well heading into the early part of next week. 12 till 7 00 right now. Three students who wore kkk costumes in pasco county are facing a tenday suspension. The pictures are of students dressed as klansmen were taken social media yesterday. District Officials Say the three are minority students. Along with the white hoods, take a look at the other picture we have for you. Another student was spotted wearing a Confederate Flag as a cape. That student was told to remove it and wont be punished. The Tennessee College student is facing charges for provoking demonstrators at black lives matter protest. He wore a gorilla suit and tried handing out bananas. The university commended students for restraint despite the offensive behavior. Is he now charged with civil rights intimidation. A number of World Leaders including president obama are in jerusalem this morning paying respects to smith moan perez. Moments ago, president obama the president addressed the leaders and vips saying he showed justice and hope are at the heart of the ideals. They built an unbreakable bond to the u. S. And other countries. A consumer alert involving brand new volvos. The air conditioning can leak water causing the air bags to malfunction. It affects more than 130,000 cars and suvs with the 2016 and 2017 models, which are all listed o app. Imagine stopping for gas using your credit card and later getting a bill for 10,000. Thats what happened to a fort myers couple after a mistake at a valero gas station. The pump now charged them for thousands of gallons instead. The station manager refused to fix the mistake. She says it took two weeks but the Corporate Office finally 6 50 thousand. Theres a whole slew of Football Games to look forward to this weekend starting with college matchups. Tomorrow miami takes on georgia tech. Florida state hosts North Carolina at 3 30. Usf plays cincinnati at 7 00 p. M. Here are your abc action news station. Texas takes on Oklahoma State and at 3 30, wisconsin at 8 00, clemson will host louisville. During a practice round at the ryder cup, a heckler was challenged to come down and make an 8 foot putt that rory mcelroy missed. The fan says thats cool, ill give it a go. Justin laid 100 next to the ball and david of north dakota sent the crowd into convulsions. Watch what happens right here. Ill just stop and let you check itut. I drains the putt. Cool. Id have take than hundred bucks. See, i told you could it. Cade ago, tampa was in the wrestling spotlight. Wwe is bringing raw back to amalie arena on january 2nd, brother. [ laughter ] superstars such as chris jericho, the big show and kevin tickgoets on sale at 10 00 and prices begin at just 20 bucks. . [music] . That is cma multiple award nominee eric church whos bringing his holding my own tour to amalie next year. Tickets go on sale at 10 00 this morning. Tickets are also going on sale at 10 00 for the comedy the arena. Five of the funniest comedians around will headline the show. Today, the trial will resume for the south florida fami who is fighting to put up their huge christmas light display. This comes after years of disputes between the couple the my hyatts and their neighbors. It attracts thousands of people to the neighborhood every year, but neighbors say all of the people bring unnecessary traffic,h. The hyatts argue their dispy religious freedom. The city says the couple refused to hire security and has not paid more than 7,000 in code violation costs. Tomorrow, of course is the first day of october, which means its time to start getting into the halloween spirit. Two terrifying attractions are opening up. The theatrical haunt takes you feet of fear. Since it is a full blown production, tickets are pricey starting at 100 per person. And in channelside, chamber of terrors attraction called onslaught is set aboard an american victory ship. This haunt is behind the florida aquarium. General admission is 25 a person. 6 07 right now as your morning sprint counts you down to good morning america. Pedestrian crash at i75 making a mess of the morning commute. Captain al, were waiting for the road to reopen right now. Good morning, dan. Indeed they have got the roads clear south of the blockage right here. They under the process of moving flares and cones and directing at least one lane. We have seen no delays between here and i4 or no obstructions, if you will. The alternate route, 301 starting to get busy. As you roach 275 with a lot of cars to avoid 275. Look what its doing here. Were seeing backups. 41 minutes from the apex to i 4. 15 minutes in bush to i4. We have an update to you. We have all of the southbound lanes now open. The crash has moved out of the way. Still seeing heavy delays there. You might want to continue to back to you. A major deadline set for today in st. Petes fight to keep the rays. The city is putting together a master plan for tropicana field and the areas surrounding the stadium. Architects have to put together a model of what the field would look like. The plan for the 86acre site blends retail, office, housing, and park space. City leaders will pitch that bay area for the super boat national championship. You can get an up close look at the super boats starting at noon at coachman park. The parade and street party kicks off tonight at 5 00. The race is set for sunday off clearwater beach. This weekend, Water Taxi Service is set and is needed for crowded beach streets. The first taxi is set to leave tomorrow morning at 10 00 from madera beach city ha afternoon showers and thunderstorms as the sun will set on 7 17 today. Not having it. A little boy is apparently not a big fan of donald trump or not a fan of the mask, at least. His parents tried to get him and his twin sister to wear matching trump and clinton weekend, though, he had no problem wearing the mask. Takes a little getting used to thats all. Z246gz zy6z good morn good morning, america. Deadly train crash right at rush hour. Frightening new images from inside that new jersey station. Kaboom. The t whole place shook. Panicked passengers flee the mangled metal. One mother killed. More than 100 injured. Investigators trying to determine why the train didnt slow down. An exclusive interview this morning with the reallife superman. I was trying to help whoever i could. He raced into the building when so many were running out. Unfit for the presidency. The stunning headline from one of the biggest newspapers in the country. As the gop nominee sounds off, now saying the e debate was fixed