have a dry commute, no matter where you re headed. a pick her-perfect start this morning. a few sprinkles on the east coast, trying to work their way into extreme high eastern county this morning. the humidity, you re feeling it this morning. we will lock the at humidity dropping the next few days, and right now a lot of dry air in place. 72 in pam to, and mid-60s headed inland, and the temperatures are warm, all the way the average. we will look at day hour-by- hour coming up, but a check of the roads right now. we have good weather ahead of us, and we are still hanging on to traffic, too, and look at this. check it out, folks, we have got all green here, wonderful drive, and we are not seeing any delays at all. let s go ahead and take a look as i zoom in. this is u.s. 92 at mobile drive. we have an accident here, and delays this is west of mango road, i want you to keep that in mind. live look at traffic here. 275 at 22nd avenue south. that s pinellas county, and now movi
direct hit. coalition forces including the u.s. take out an isis facility near mosul the size of a city block, as the fight for control of iraq s second largest city rages on. is this october? a record warm-up all across the eastern half of the country. temperatures set to soar into the 80s and 90s. what s behind it and how long will it last? and, what about bob? nobel officials announce they cannot find bob dylan after he won the nobel prize failing. the award ceremony set for december. the question will the winner be there? today, tuesday, october 18th, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. just three tuesdays, it is going to be election day. long time coming. and it has been. that s right. voters are going to be heading to the polls, they ll decide, of course, the next president. key senate races as well.
perfect lunch hour. we re barely seeing any cloudiness at this point. there s so much dry air in the atmosphere. that will allow temperatures to warm up. 88 degrees we jump this afternoon, some fair weather clouds. i can t rule out a stray shower. most of us stay dry this afternoon. cloud-free skies over brandon. 80 degrees. light northeast breezes around 5 to 10 miles per hour. a general mix of upper 70s low 80s with that northeasterly breeze averaging around 5 to 10. we re expecting a few clouds to pop up through the afternoon. can t rule out a stray shower especially as you head down toward highlands, hearty, desoto this afternoon. but don t bet on those showers for today. the big story is a cooling trend, a big drop in temperatures coming by the time we hit the weekend. we ll take a close look at the temperatures in your complete a st. petersburg police officer is facing dui charges for a second time. a pinellas county sheriff deputy found officer anthony green asleep beh
he was placed on desk duty but allowed back on the streets following a month s suspension following the investigation. green was given a second chance. he made a mistake the first time. hopefully, he found the right thing to do, but he didn t. he was out there drinking again. he represents all of us here at the police department. reporter: the chief says officers also have the right to do process when arrested. taxpayers believe green should have been let go the first time. i don t know. it sou need to get another one. you know. and get him some help. reporter: now, when green was arrested back in 2009, he could not drink for five years. and, he had to submit to random testing. now, those five years obviously long gone. so, he wasn t under any stipulations when he was arrested last night. josh? now, jamel, green is not the only saint pete police officer to have these dui troubles is that right? last five years, six officers with this department have been arrested fo
caught the driver who hit an killed a 74-year-old woman and left her to die in polk county. a successful bank executive hit and killed her on duff road in lake land they believe. as melissa marino shows us, it took weeks for them to track him down. reporter: this is one of the last videos that loved ones have of 74-year-old janice joy. her neighbor betty mata has been her caretaker for years but more like family. joy had alzheimers alone. the morning of the crash, she got out of her home and a driver hit and killed her. he left janice on the side of the road to die by herself. reporter: after weeks of searching, sheriff grady judd says they found the suspect, 37- year-old jarvis kendrick. jarvis is a senior vice president for mid florida credit union. reporter: investigators through great lengths to hide his involvement. even faking an accident on i-4 to cover up the damage. in lakeland, melissa marino, challenge challenge. well, a mother and daughter were left