The moving wheels. This is happening now, pretty amazing. A casino imploding in las vegas. Can you see it . Yeah. It just what is it, 17 stories . There it goes. That is absolutely amazing. Were watching it now. Its coming down, this is the final phase of the monte carlo riviera, the first tower actually went down a couple of months ago. It was 24 stories. This we just lost our connection there. That was pretty cool. Making way for an expansion of the Las Vegas Convention center. Which is going to be huge. Ive never been a vegas. We have a trip planned as a family and look forward to checking it out. The weather will be perfect. I am sure not much will have been built by the time we get there. 80 degrees in tampa now. 79 in st. Pete. We have clear skies across much of the area so a nice dry start to the day. Planning on taking the dog for a walk or jogging, things are looking good for you. Wherever youre headed on the roads it will be nice and dry to start the day. By noon well start t
The limit. Parents like Jacqueline Sanchez are left scrambling. She finally got a special form to see if another nearby school will take her child. I was coming here for three weeks, twice a week to make sure that he came here. And it was always a situation where he wasnt able to he was not able to start here. Now, you know, i have to go somewhere else. Reporter tonight the district is apologizing for the experience. Saying the overwhelming demand for the new school in a growing part of town is what caused the issues. The students enrolled and present here today will have a spot at citrus ridge but the numbers are over what the capacity for the school can handle. Reporter the district will consider adding porible classrooms to accommodate. James and his family are still crossing their fingers. Fingers, toes, everything. Reporter the superintendent will meet with her staff this thursday to figure out the best way to move forward. It will likely mean portable with hiring more teachers an
To try 41 as an option depending where youre coming from and where youre going. Elsewhere taking a look outside, 275 through downtown tampa looks great. Just five minutes to get from here to the Howard Frankland bridge. 6 bridge 01. Can you hear that . More than 100,000 students in polk county will be waking up realizing summer is over. Todays the first school, for some the first day in a brand new building. Ryan raish is live in citrus academy. Did they get everything done in time . Reporter just in the nick of time. In fact if you were here a week ago there thwas an active construction scene. You would see trucks, cranes, painters hard at work, working 24 7 to try to get this school ready in time. And it is ready for students to arrive any moment for the first the theme is everything civics. So that is kind of the unique part about this school. Every class the students will attend will have some type of circumstances tiein. Were talking about civics tiein. Were talking about taking a
The fog. Of course by the afternoon you always want to pack rain gear this time of year. Were in the midst of the wet season so well get rhett later today with showers and storms. The coverage not horrendous but 50 , pretty typical. Rest of the upper bay area, upper 70s. Well get to low 90s, it will feel like 100 to 105. Storms then will develop east and continue to move west. Everybody now back for now hopefully quiet. Now is good. Not a lot of cars on the road now. Corey dierdorff is checking out the veterans expressway for us. Hes behind the wheel of our live drive cam. Hes around the airport, not a lot of cones where he is but you will run into some of those cones on the veterans expressway. Not slowing anyone down. Looking at clear drive times on the veterans expressway. Were watching one crash in largo, ulmerton road at 119th with the crash, although my traffic indicators around there are in the green still. You stay my want to give yourself extra time. U. S. 19 looking great thr
Sean hawkins are in Critical Condition at bayfront hospital. Police arrested bryce mcinclude. They say that mccloud ran a red light at park boulevard yesterday morning, charged with dui causing serious injuries. Mccloud is no stranger to local law enforcement. He has two prior dui convictions in Manatee County and was arrested in Hillsborough County for driving with an open container. Ivan cabrera with floridas most good morning. 79 degrees. Well be 88 by lunchtime with the afternoon thunderstorms developing. Our temperatures today by the way very hot. Well be back in the low to mid 90s. Well feel like 100 to 105 as we head through the afternoon. As far as the timing with the storms firing well talk more about that, when i see you in a few minutes. Quick check of the roads at 4 31. I275 south of roosevelt boulevard in Pinellas County no minutes, again. A man in Critical Condition after a car hit him while he was riding his bike in tampa. Happened at Martin Luther king jr. Boulevard and