The most important piece of news you will get all day. All is quiet on the western front, bill. Yes it is. There we go. It is quiet and it will stay quiet for most of the day. Will take a look at Doppler Radar right now. There we go. You can see that we do have a couple of showers down here and thats about it. They are out in the gulf of south waste and we will watch our wins change direction today coming in at the west and that will push any showers inland by early afternoon. We are starting off at 80 right now and a. 74 clearwater. Wins mostly calm coming in and out of the southeast but it will change and become westerly later on. We are looking for a high today of 91. As we watch the temperatures like 102 by later this afternoon and even warmer inland. I will show you the best chances of rain and time them out for you. Breaking overnight, a car slams into a Police Cruiser and another vehicle causing both cars to go up in flames. Lets take a look at the scene. Just a few hours ago, you saw us. The officer stopped on the bridge to help the driver whose car had car slams into the Police Cruiser. The Police Cruiser did not earn and the accident is still being looked into. Lets take a last look at i270 five. Looking pretty good. 6 02. A bay area man is waking up a first time in two years after a judge throughout his murder confession. Michael believes he is games michael explains. Reporter two years ago, lidias body was found just off the pinellas trail. A tip led investigators to the person they arrested but now, their investigation is back to square one year back to square one. [ screaming ] reporter this was his reaction to our camera. I just want to go home. He doesnt want to talk about the case. But the wallet and other evidence found inside his home. He told police that he picked nephews innocence. A judge determined the confession was coerced. The chief of Clearwater Police releasing this statement here the detectives who worked this case did not make any egregious errors and made a goodfaith effort. There are elements which are subject to interpretation of the court. Clearwater police say they are actively investigating the case. He says they can scratch one more name off the list. Reporter we know she died from shock trauma to her neck but she doubts whether or not this case is even homicide saying some of the animals couldve caused those injuries. Family and friends gather for a Memorial Service for a husband and wife. A student killed john and Rochelle Stevenson in their garage last week. Just days before they were attend before they were to attend their daughters christening. He couldnt wait to meet her. At the Memorial Service, france to turn reading love letters other over the decades of their marriage. President obama will visit baton rouge on tuesday eager to get a firsthand look at the impact until the people of louisiana that america will be the will be with them as they rebuild. Trump called out the president for not visiting yet. He and his running mate met with people affected by the of food, water, blankets, supplies to families in the. Donald trump heading to michigan calling on African Americans to vote for him. Take a listen. Why do you have to lose. You are living in poverty. Or schools are no good. You have no jobs. 58 of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to trump also guarantees that at the end of four years, he would get more than 95 of the africanamerican vote. People online take offense to the soundbite you just heard saying trump assumes all black people are living in poverty and unemployment. Confiscating only 1 of the africanamerican vote in key battleground states of ohio and pennsylvania. Tweeting. This is so ignorant, it is staggering. Lochte is not the only swimmer apologizing for a scandal in brazil. One of the swimmers pulled off the plane is now also apologizing saying he never lied about the incident and that lochte did argue with security guards and said the swimmers were held for cash. James fagan was the last american swimmer in brazil and his night. The team captain and olympic champion, michael phelps, had very little to say about the situation. Reporter to you think it will work itself out . People will take care of it. He said we have good People Police said in a statement that they released the passport after they agreed to make an 11,000 donation to a brazilian charity. Call in zika everything from a wolf in sheeps clothing to the virus. Authorities are trying to prepare for any kind of spread. It was a focus Group Meeting yesterday. There is research being done on campus now. There is still a great deal we dont know. We really dont know what the populations we have here in the united states. How confident these particular species are going to be. David jolly and kathy castor attended fridays tour and also developed and tested. A troubled elephant refuge tied to dissing will no longer operate in florida. The National Elephant center shutting down after three of the five elephants that there died. Elephants have been sent to other facilities and a board member saying other sites on the east coast. It has been a rough summer everywhere with all the accident. The terror attack on orlando sea world has blamed everything. Now, several theme parks are offering bigger deals, better deals to lure people back. First responders can register for free admission for the rest of the month. Amid the annual pass, you can get park tickets through the month of september and the university of orlando has lifted its blackout days. There are also new perks for residents. Up on your Weekend Edition and we are just warming up here just because your home or business is not right on the water, that does not mean it is not a risk to flooding. Experts say it should shut it should serve as a warning to people. The buccaneers get ready to take on jacksonville in their second rehearsal day of the season. I will have a preview coming up here coming up and whether, i will take shaping up to be the heavier part of the Tropical Storm season. We are heading toward that peak which is actually september 10. And what we can expect for this should we owe you cannot always be by your tv. That is why we have covered. You cannot afford to miss the next weather situation, traffic album or job there. And you dont have to. Just download our free app. Welcome back. 6 13 have died as a result of the historic flooding. Is hard to take our us our eyes off the flooding. 20,000 homes ruined. This morning, adam winer find out if you need to get Flood Insurance even if you are not in a high risk flood zone. Reporter drowning in rain, smacked just a small town washed away overnight here reporter many did not have Flood Insurance. Here is safety harbor. Here is water right here this zone is in the flood zone. Which is pretty much next door and you have a water view work is a nonflood zone. Reporter many think if their houses at right on the water, they are safe. Theres a lot of people that will learn next week when their claim gets denied your reporter and there are people in the reverse situation. Not technically in a high risk flood zone. Fema is updating their maps right now and if you walk in right now in a preferred risk zone, you could to maintain that type of structure for the lifetime of that policy. Obvious risks, most of these businesses, because of this map, are actually required to have Flood Insurance but not all of them. Some spots like this restaurant technically fall outside the flood lines. The other big challenge is that if people wake up tomorrow and say i need Flood Insurance hurricane coming next week, it is a 30 day wait to get the policy. Several big storms are expected to develop before the end of this year. It is important to remember because you are right, you cannot just get up because there is something pending. And clearly, we know that once the storm gets past a certain threshold in the atlantic, you cannot get insurance. So Flood Insurance is good for what comes up and everything what comes down. And also, you should be up paying attention to bill logan. Heck, yeah, we are starting up your saturday with a clear look. A few clouds on the horizon as we take a look from the south and east. A nicelooking day and for the most part, were going to stay dry so we dont have to worry about those floodwaters coming up or the rains comi a nice look outside right now into downtown tampa as the rain chances are go down. Were going to have sunshine on the increase for this weekend and there will be some clouds around. But nothing that is going to bring us any Severe Weather and certainly, we are not looking for any flooding. We are still watching the tropics. Nothing in the gulf, nothing in the caribbean sea. Maybe a few showers off the edge of cuba but it is into the fiona and yet, another tropical wave that could be getting going. As far as fiona is concerned, this looks like its going to be a fish story continuing into the atlantic and curving around. And the one behind it shows about a 50 chance of getting its act together and that is going to take a more southerly path. At least, that is what these Spaghetti Models are applauding at this point. And if gets dicey, we will let you know about it. Our satellite radar composite shows mostly clear and temperatures are mostly mild to start off with 75 right now and lakeland. Sarasota, 79 and the same reading in winterhaven. And 79s in Dallas County. St. Petersburg at 79 and 80 at Tampa International airport. Will watch those winds out of the se shift and they will help to push the storms inland they will push inland later on so by 6 00, we will have a few showers around. Tomorrow, even less chance of rain. Maybe 20 , at most so it looks like a mostly dry weekend as we go through and take that nice start with temperatures in the 70s up to the low 90s with the inland range inland rain. A lot of folks heading up fishing and it is a full moon so we will give you the marine forecast. West winds later and seems and seas at 1 to 2 feet. The sun doesnt come up until three minutes after seven and will set at three minutes after eight here heres a look at floridas most accurate seven 30 tomorrow and relatively low rain chances tomorrow. We will hold on to those low temperatures and overnight lows will be very mild. Were twitting out all the information on the tropics. You can check out full forecast 24 7. Now for a look at your sports. Here is tom work here is tom. The rays should feel like they got piled night. Last night, he just happened to pound rays pitching. Going 445 last night format for 5 last night 4 for 5 last night giving texas a 3 0 might lead to his 20th homer of the year. That kind of night. The four abrupt end. The final, 62. The jaguars tonight, rehearsal game number two. If you were with me on thursday evening, about the buccaneers showed they had more talent than jacksonville. But now, we are going to find out at the buccaneers can take that to the game field tonight. Reporter here is my top three. Number one is boys. Stiffer penalties is clean that up. Number two, we saw a buccaneers defensive line hold the jaguars for two days in joint workouts. It would be nice to see the same at everbank field. It is a good pass rush and you can see that we have a little juice on that pass rush, a fourman rush. And that helps your pass coverage. So it was good and our defense continues to build three, not one but a couple of scoring drives and i think they will get more field time on this one. I think all of our receivers will be good. We just have to throw them the foot tall. Ecigarette guys that are 64 64 . I have to find a way to consistently get them the foot tall. The future game last night and all. Manatee playing host just before the half. Aj right here. Manatee led a 14, 13 at the half. Aaron collins from 10 yards out. It looked like the left guard moved there but they lead 1914 but the hawks turnover in the fourth costly. Right here, a safety, another td and manatee. And then a tv t. Still ahead, backseat riders becoming a lethal weapon. This is very interesting. Coming up next, why unbuckled passengers in the back seat can be dangerous to anyone buckled seatbelts save 300,000 lives since being standard equipment. That many admit they dont buckle up especially, in the back seat. Taking action for you to help better protect everyone in your vehicle. Tyler and his best friend were going for just a short ride. No seatbelt on when the driver lost control and crashed. All were killed. It is a scene that is difficult for his mother to relive. They basically became projectiles. Or had hit each other and he suffered multiple skull fractures. Not wearing a seatbelt can make you a lethal weapon. It is estimated that a third of the passengers in the back seat do not buckle up. The front. People may think it is okay to skip the belt altogether for a short trip. That is just wrong. Reporter most happen within 25 miles of home and being buckled in the backseat increases three times according to the governors Highway Safety association and unbuckled passengers in the back seat can also posed a danger to those in they can be flung forward with such tremendous force that they can injure or kill people in the front. Reporter a website called crews safety. Org. Warning you not to skip the seatbelts. These four kids just graduated from high school and in an instant, they were all gone. Reporter it is not only lives that see both that seatbelts can save. So far, the cost to the us, about 10 billion. Still ahead, gear news headlines. Including a major update at a fire. They originally thought the fire in the tampa area was an accident. Why they do not think so anymore. An incredible story from baltimore this morning. Fire. Live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. Welcome back. Just about 6 30 and heres what were watching. The state fire lab uncovered new evidence indicating someone set a tampa area mosque on fire off, an action news exclusive coming up. A con artist using the post office to rip people off. What you need to look for to keep yourself from falling victim to this scam. So far so good. The beach should be nice. Boating should be nice. Fishing should be outstanding. We have a full moon out there and we have already seen a toward the water. Were catching of you right now. Of the university of tampa. As kids get ready to head back to classes. You can see the beautiful minarets of plant tall and a growing campus as we take a look down from our rivergate tower Vantage Point here really a nice day on the way to get ready to move in. Or if you are already moved in, wonderful weather. A few showers moved offshore. Very light stuff last night and we did have a little bit of rain move through late in the afternoon and evening but the wind patterns are going to shift so while we did see those showers buildup in the interior and pull back to the coast, youre going to go in the other direction starting inland along the sea breeze front and pushing to the center of the state. 80 right now and tampa. Bradenton, sarasota. We have a slew of 77s run up to the center of the state. From arcadia to zephyrhills as we go from a to z. Here is how we are going through the day today. We will be looking for temperatures to start off average around 79. Up to 91 later on and maybe up to 92 inland. We will see the showers increase but they will the beaches. I have a beach forecast coming up for you in less than 15 minutes and a look at where those showers are most likely going to fall and that will be coming up in less than 15 minutes. We have some exclusive new details. I fire at a tampa mosque originally ruled an electrical fire. New evidence this morning pushes toward arson. Reporter as you can see, they are talking upwards of 50,000 worth here fire investigators tell me the way they were able to determine this was arson is that they were able to take samples off the carpeting that shows the accelerant was gasoline. The fire at this mosque has left more questions than answers. Originally suspected of being sample results pointed to something much more sinister. No one imagine somebody would come and burn with fire. Reporter someone poured gasoline inside the mosque before setting it ablaze. Thousands of dollars worth of rugs were destroyed and it will take more than 15,000 to rebuild. Many including himself are now living in fear. He says it is the first time in service. Others in the community have already reached out to offer support your they are not just places of worship but where people find moral support for each other. Reporter he says it is tragic that a person chose hate over love. Suspect used this back door, came into the area, pour the gasoline along this door and anyone who has any information leading to an arrest can earn up to 3000 through crime stoppers. We will post that on our website along with the story on abc action news. Com. Clearwater ranks at the top when it comes to fastgrowing companies. The magazine based in new york city says clearwater is number one in the nation number of growing private businesses. They want to continue to draw and Diverse Businesses like it, finance and manufacturing, a number of bay area businesses made the top 100 and top 5000 list. We are taking action for you this morning. A warning to keep your eye on the mail. A new way to steal your identity. Uncovering this elaborate scam. Using the post office to steal mail by filling out a change of address form using your name and address to send her mail somewhere else. You can figure out if this is happening to you because the post office always sends a confirmation to your old and new address. Now to a heartbreaking story of heroism and unconditional love involving a dog and that little baby girl right there. A baltimore mother says stepped outside of her home for a couple of minutes to get something from her car and turned around to see her house on fire. Her eightmonthold daughter was inside with a dog. Neighbors who rushed to help were not able to get to either of them. Firefighters finally got inside and found the baby in the bedroom and the dog laying on top of her, protecting her. He stayed with her the whole time and would not even come downstairs. My first baby, i lost him. I just dont know why this stuff happened. The dog died