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rise and shine, tampa bay. you are looking live right now at downtown tampa. good sunday morning. i m paul mueller. thank you so much for be joining us. if you haven t been outside yet, you might want to throw on an extra layer. let s check with ed on that. yeah, the temperatures, that s the big story. and max defender 8 showing a dry picture this morning. another morning with sunshine, barely a cloud in the sky. and look out there, the morning. venice, clear skies overhead and 59 degrees. and 52 right now in palm harbor. 56 in lutz. 54 for apollo beach and sun city center. and still 40s on the map including crystal river. you re at 48 right now. up to 61 now for frost proof. and 53 in dade city. these numbers are slowly but surely starting to warm up. and it s going to be pleasant this afternoon as we hit 79. ahead as temperatures get back to norms by midweek and looks like the outlook, fairly dry with only a slight chance of rain by midweek. we will take you through ....
little bit better. i m glad that they are actually getting involved now. reporter: but, she is still leery about the lack of information from mosaic officials and the dep. the sink hole opened in august leaking more than 200 million gallons of contaminated water into the florida aquifer. the public was not notified about this potential environmental disaster until weeks later. after 8 on your side broke the story. do you regret not telling the public sooner? absolutely. our staff was outdated law. so, the governor gavetous proposed rule, the new emergency rule. that is what we are following now. it concerned me they didn t notify us and they are suppose today be protecting us. reporter: well, if the company does not comply with all of the stipulations, they could be fined as much as $10,000 a day. stacie? so, have they paid anything up front to guarantee that they will follow this order? reporter: yeah, as of now, if the price to fix all of this goes up, t ....
but because there are close to 1,000 officers who worked here, that is going to cost a lot of money. get me the ticket. reporter: nationwide attention of police officers and body cameras sparked some curiosity among usf researchers. what were your assumptions were the study was completed? that the officers were going to have less use of force with the cameras. reporter: those assumptions were right. the cara officers escalating behavior and use of force. it also affects the citizen s behavior. they are probably less inclined to escalate on their end. reporter: steve hagarty with the police department was happy to participate in the study. body cam can be your best friend. reporter: but researchers say that is the beauty behind the lens. it protects you if police officers are not doing the right thing. it will identify as kind of an early warning system, the so we can quickly get those officers off the force. reporter: right now, only 60 officers wi ....
steady stream of citizens are casting their votes. some believe it is much easier then waiting until election day. it went well. i knew what i was coming in for. i looked at my sample ballot and knew what i was coming in for. and i was all decided by the time i got here. it is supereasy. it took five minute to do it. it was my very first ti ordeal. but it was super easy. reporter: the supervisor says many are taking advantage of early voting. people s lives are busy. we encourage you to come out and vote. if you are going to early vote. come out and vote. as this comes on, you will face larger crowds and possibly lines. reporter: do your homework before you show up to vote. there s three sides to it. so look at it. read the amendments so you are prepared when you come in to vote. it will make your process a lot smoother. reporter: gertrude momtero wishes she had. i didn t understand the last part about . there s a lot of questions there that i was not fami ....
this afternoon, 5:42. so still about a good about 45 minutes away from sunrise. and we are starting off mild this morning in tampa. it is 66 degrees. we have a light northeast breeze out there. 63 for crystal river. inverness and brooksville, 66 this morning. and 64 in venice. and we have a few light sprinkles coming down. we ve had this one batch of very, very light rain that s been able highway 41, and past lutz. dropping a few drops over new port richey and along highway 19. most of us dry at 8:00 a.m. we are at 67. by noon, getting to 78 with a mixed bag of clouds and sunshine. and another day with slightly above average temperatures at 83. and those numbers will likely stay at or above seasonable norm norm, seasonal norms, down into the week ahead. breaking news we are following right now. three people were killed in a fiery crash on interstate 75 earlier this morning. another person was transported to the hospital in critical condition. news channel 8 is live on ....