Upper 80s once again. And dropping big time by friday night. Details coming up. Good morning. A couple of crashes but nothing to really slow you down so make sure you check twitter out before you head out the door tampabaytraffic. Checking cameras across the bay area, this is i4 around mlk. Those taillights you see there are heading towards downtown tampa. A smooth ride from lakeland all the way into downtown. A check of the toll roads. Still in the green on veterans expressway. In Iraq Special Forces join the offensive in mosul today. They came under heavy fire in are a small town held by isis. The troops are expected to lead the push to get isis out of iraqs second largest city. Boobytrapping the city in preparation for a climactic battle. Kurdish forces are fighting alongside the iraqi troops. The timing of the offensive has become an issue in the american president ial campaign. Donald trump claimed the major offensive on the isis stronghold is in an effort to get Hillary Clinton e
So well get back into the upper 80s by 4 00. Nowhere near that coming up for this weekend. In fact ill show you florida temperatures and then widen out. Theres the cold front across the midsection, so still a couple of warm days ahead. Then this cold blast comes in. Ill let you know how cool we get over the weekend, in a few minutes. Good morning. A crash at i275 and gandy had most of 275 in st. Pete blocked overnight. This is the scene earlier this morning. It possible fatal crash, were still working to get more details on exactly what happened and who was involved. But all of that crash scene has been cleared and if youre heading out the door right now traffic is flowing nice lease at 275 and gandy. This is up to speed in both directions, 70 from bridgeto bridge. We have one crash still in the reports of roadblock, this is just east of 275 but again, 275 in that area looking great. I275 in Hillsborough County right through downtown tampa up to speed in both directions. Back to you. A
Is accused of assaulting one of his own employees and shes only 16. Police are worried there could be other victims. Good evening. Police are concerned because they say this Restaurant Owner attacked this employee after only having known her for a couple of days. Police say last month palamino hired a 16year old girl to work at his restaurant. 2 days later he locked up the business and assaulted here. Her he quickly ran over to nearby called for help. Police are concerned because if he did this to her he could have done this to someone else. It was you know, a very brief time that she had actually worked there. And it was almost the start of her second shift. He faces 3 counts of Sexual Battery against a minor. If you know anything about this case contact the Sarasota Police department. An escaped Polk County Police found 45year old flanagin this morning in lakeland. Reporter good afternoon. He was here working at this maiy when he got in one of these trucks and took off. Deputies foun
Car hit right back there there feet away from her. Her name is lori smith inside her home around 1 this morning when an incredible drama unfolded right outside. Smith says she heard at least three gunshots, then a bang. Then voices. What they said sounds like right out of a movie smith says she heard a man possibly at shooter talking to Jimmy Lee Rogers the victim who was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later. Get up. Yeah i was anger, like yelling at somebody you know its like the pulp fiction movies. Smith also says she heard a womans voice possibly a neighbor begging rogers not to die. Now investigators say the rogers was driving slowly when he was shot. Still lot of questions. They do not have any suspects at the neighborhood. A little bit of background about the victim himself. We understand hes a father of two children, hes been arrested 7 times in polk county as you said before linda, anything new at this point, no. If police know something new they are not saying i
area this morning hoping to win the vote of his home state. violence on the street of chicago as protesters clash at a donald trump rally. look at this. down. what trump himself blames the anger on. announcer from tampa bays number one news station, this is fox 13 fox 13. this is good day tampa bay bay. anjuli good morning to bay. i am anjuli davis. walter and time in for alcides segui, i am walter allen. we want to get to that developing story out of Hillsborough County. sheriff deputy john catfilla has been killed by a wrongway driver. it happened on the selmon expressway around 3 00 this morning. the driver who hit the deputy is also dead. kelly cowan has been following this all morning long. kelly, you are standing in front of the entrance ramp on to the selmon. they are diverting traffic. where is traffic going . reporter they are diverting normally you will be able to get mere if it was a weekday morning. through the weekends they have this closed. it was closed last night when t