andrew warren for state attorney. it's time for new leadership. . an arrest in a deadly hit and run crash that killed a woman and injured a polk county deputy, how deputies say they tracked down the suspect surprising confession he made when they found him. >> also melania's pledge to fight cyber bully, how she says she would like to combat bullying as first lady. >> and across -- the cross bay ferry starts operating today, a new way to travel between st. petersburg and tampa. we, goal and welcome to news channel 8 today.

let's get your friday forecast. good morning. it is comfortable out there this morning. temperatures are even a couple degrees cooler than yesterday. still above average. palm harbor starting your day a. 67 in sarasota. so let's go through your fridaye sun will just be coming up about 8 a.m. because again, time change will mean next week it's going t today 6 degrees at 8 a.m. a mix of sun and clouds lots of sunshine at lunchtime, 78 degrees. you don't see rain, a 10% rain chance, 5 p.m. heading home from work at 82 degrees. i'll go more specific hour by hour and of course give you the weekend forecast. in the meantime let's help you get out the door.

delays there on 75. in pasco county though over to the surface roads we do have a collision it's in a residential area but tying up some lanes on antonio way. that's a look at weather and traffic. happening today a 71-year old man accused of hitting and killing a mother and injuring a sheriffs deputy in lake wales will be in court in several hours. charles lewis is in jail right now and will go before a judge this afternoon. news channel 8 ryan hughes is live at the polk county sheriffs office this morning. >> reporter: good morning. a tip simple as that. we're tod somebody called crime stoppers to report the location of the suspect and the pickup truck he was allegedly driving during the incident. now, charles lewis is accused of driving drunk after a party saturday morning and

was also hit but survived. investigators explained lewis confessed and claimed he knew he hit something but never stopped. >> someone called the crime stoppers tip line and toll them where to find lewis and his truck. he made a strange remark to the sheriff during his arrest. listen here. >> then he said i'd vote for you for president. that is if i ever get to vote again and i said don't worry you won't ever get to vote again. you're going to stateso . >> reporter: lewis faces 2 charges leaving the scene of a traffic crash causing serious bodily injury and leaving the scene of a traffic crash causing death. the suspect is due in court at 1:00 this afternoon. i checked and it doesn't appear he has a criminal history here in florida. back to you. >> all right. we'll look forward to those updates. and we expect to learn more this morning about the charges

in the death of her 3-year old daughter. the 34-year old was arrested thursday 5 years after her daughter disappeared in west virginia. her daughter was 3 years odd when she went missing. the little girl's great aunt tells us she helped organize searchs for her and she refused to participate. >> she made the statement just leave me alone so i can go on with my life. >> she is the mother of 8 kids but the away. she's on her way to west virginia to face a serious felony charge. a news conference is planned for later this morning. deputies say he would ask people for directions and then show them something they never wanted to see. investigators say that on 4 separate occasions hayes would pull up to people and ask for directions and then expose himself. the

h remarks yes is from hillsborough county and being held on a $4,000 bond. coming up on 6:05 on the campaign trail 4 days to election day. the fight for florida's votes continues to intensify now. overnight republican donald trump added a campaign rally right here in the tampa area, trump will be at the florida state fair grounds tomorrow morning. the rally is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. his running mate rally in miami tonight. now, on the democratic side presidential nominee tim kaine will rally in melbourne today. don't forget jon bon jovi is holding a get out to vote concert. more than 335,000 people have already voted in hillsborough county, almost 270,000 votes have been cast in

120,000 people have taken advantage of early votes in pasco county. remember early voting ends sunday, that is the deadline. if you don't vote by then you'll have to cast your ballot on election day. well polls shows donald trump fairs well with male voters he's trailing clinton badly among women who vote in greater numbers. >> and in an evident to earn women voters million loan i can't has returned to the campaign trail when she spoke? . >>i may know that this was her first solo speech since the convention this summer a speech that was criticized for plagiarizing michelle obama. last night her focus was on her love of her adopted country, she told supporters she went through a 10 years process to become a u.s. citizen. the former model promised to help women who she says have suffered economically.

levelled at her husband. perhaps most iron in this case some say is her assertion that as first lady she'd work to combat cyber bullying. at times she's implied she's upset by donald trump's use of twitter to attack opponents. . >> we have to find a better way to talk to each other, to disagree with each other, to respect each other. we must find better ways to our children especially in social media. it will be one of the main focuses of my work if i'm privileged enough to become your first lady. . >> the question that will be discussed today will her speech help garner support from women? a washington post abc news poll released thursday showed 52% of

. >> all right. thank you. hey, don't forget this sunday morning everything we need to know ahead of election day, we're going to have a one hour special and coverage on all the big races that impact us here in the bay area including of course the race for president, a special episode of your vote counts 2016 is airing this sunday at 9 a.m. don't miss >> this morning it's still comfortable and maybe 2 or 3 degrees cooler this morning than yesterday and in response we've had a little bit of fog develop. i want to show you. less than a mile visibility. so a heads up there. otherwise once the sun comes up it's going to burn off very quickly and we start warming up. 70 as 9 a.m. 80 by one and 83 happens at 4 p.m. still 78 degrees at 7 p.m.

a cold front arrives overnight tonight. and not quite as cool as we originally were thinking but for saturday the lower humidity the breezy conditions will certainly make it feel more comfortable and we keep that condition into next week. today's high is 83. tomorrow we drop to 80 which again is average, plus the breeze. # 2 sunday and 83 monday. looking forward to friday blitz. that's going to be fun. let's take a look at traffic riw in pasco county we do have a con an ntonio way lanes are blocked due to this crash. i-75 looks good. we're starting to see more trafo i-4 and that is southbound. it's going to take you 10 minutes at this point. let's take a live look at the howard frankland bridge wonderful drive across it only 6 minutes and here's another view, also the skyway bridge is

at weather and traffic on the 8s. the 2016 heart walk is right around the corner and we're committed to raising $100,000, but we need your help. kia is again matching the first $50,000 we raise. so every dollar you donate really counts as 2. the walk is november 12th. just go to wfla.com for details. well, we all know driving in rush hour can really you over some of the bridges. >> but there was new option, coming up a look at the new ferry that gets you out of that bumper to bumper traffic, but will it save you time? . >> get ready to roar with the dragons of jefferson high school, they're getting prepared for a big game against the long horns. we'll have all the fun from the friday blitz pep rally coming up.

i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them

ere was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever... you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember." he's going like "i don't remember!? carson and i have seen some terrible ads attacking our mom dana young. for things she never did. it hurts because mom is cool. she is caring, she works hard. mom put her career on hold for us. to raise our family. she is a role model for everyone in our community. i'm proud of you mom, we both are.

you love all-day breakfast. but you don't love that you can't get all your favorites. but now you can get more of what you love. so you can find something else to not love. like hearing the sound of your own voice. (softly) like hearing the sound of your own voice. the ferry is the new way to bridge visiting downtown st. petersburg and tampa. >> it's ideal for a visit but would you use it every day for your rush hour commute? lots to think about there.

>> yes, i did. i'll tell you what and it was quite an experience. 3 words that strike fear in the hearts of bay area commuters are howard frankland bridge. well the ferry is now an alternative to commuting but would it save you time and who does it benefit? so i compared the 2 commutes and here's what i discovered. i began by timing the commute from downtown tampa. i included parking at the silver lot walking and boarding. it took just over 4 minutes. i checked the during my journey i scoff a few things it's a relaxing ride. i here's a plus i don't have to deal with distracted drivers. my only distraction was this rainbow that appeared. i arrived in st. pete a little wind blown and hit the timer. 55 minutes. okay so now it's time to compare the ferry ride

starting at channel 8. so i've got into stopwatch. let's get going. 0 the drive across the howard frankland bridge was good which is typical in the morning and to the ferry parking. with the added time just over 33 minutes. >> so if driving is quicker what commuter would this benefit? >> if you work in tampa and live in st. pete it's a way of getting to work in 50 minutes without having to worry about accide >> so i checked my traffic data from yesterday and heading to tampa took 40 minutes just on the interstate and that's with zero crashes so comparing the commutes driving was actually a bit longer than the ferry. so i found the ferry could be an alternate commute. now, obviously you have to factk to the office and

it's also $10 each way but the parking on the st. pete side is free through the 6-month trial period. >> what do you do about the hair? i mean you looked like a mess when you got to the other side. >> you just like wind in your hair. >> you can sit inside, it's air conditioned it's really really nice. >> they have concessions right? >> they do. >> and friday night you can have a glass of wine on the way back, you know. >> well, you know what it others. well, today chicago rolling out the red carpet for the world champs the cubs victory festivities get started at noon our time. after 108 years we're going to see a huge celebration in the windy city. they'll leave wrigley field for a downtown parade at 1 followed by a rally at grant park happening at 2, and here's a live look at wrigley field right now.

could see there wrigley field home of the chicago cubs and in the brightest letters they could find world series champions getting ready for a big party. >>i hear there's no school but in tampa bay there is school. the high school football season is here. that's right. it is in full swing as teams fight for post season play. >> jefferson high will be taking the field for a the dragons i can hear them. they clinch add spot in the playoffs but this is still an important game. >> reporter: of course every game is an important game the dragons are getting ready to roar. they have a fun nickname it's called the dragon [audio difficulty] i'm here with one of the captains. tell me what's your favorite part of being a cheer leader? >> i love being at the friday night light games and cheering

and just being out there for our boys. . >> reporter: they are certainly excited this morning. kick off is at 7:40 tonight. back to you guys. >> good luck to the teams. they've got the cheering squad ready to go pumped up. all right. the time right now is 6:18. what's the weather going to be like? >> pretty nice despite the fact that i'm tracking a coldnt let me walk you through today. it should be dry and mild. 68 degrees, we warm up to 78 with a light breeze at noon and 83 at 4 p.m. so friday night football blitz forecast. 78 degrees kick off mostly dry, mild evening, half time comfortable 74, the breezes will start to kick up later in the game because that's when the cold front gets closer even though a cold front is coming

a rain chance of about 10%. 63 in clearwater. 56 in zephyrhills. i just checked in with my weather watcher at 62 degrees in plant city. here's the cold front you can barely pick it out on the map just a few extra clouds in georgia at this point. mostly clear above average this morning, 10% rain chance before the front comes through and really only a 10% chanc passes tonight. the breezes will be stronger, slightly cooler tomorrow and pleasant. only left in a 10% rain chance. saturday night it's time to fall back and feeling like fall all of next week. how's traffic. a great travel on the bay area bridges here. here is the howard frankland bridge, 6, 7 minutes to cross at tops. pasco county this accident working on antonio way and i just got word of a crash out on

coming up. let's go ahead and move over and take a look at travel times into downtown, any congestion we had earlier is cleared. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. so an emoji change is quite the bummer for some folks. >> ahead why the new peach emoji is upsetting many, many people. >> and a quarter thatak stand against one of the presidential candidates. amendment 1 is endorsed by florida's firefighters... because it does solar the right way. amendment 1 protects consumers from scams, and unsafe solar installations. safe solar for the sunshine state. vote yes on amendment 1.

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reads insanity and on the right trust me. this isn't the coin of its type. other similar ones have been found in san francisco and new york. >> i'm talking about the hair you know? >> yes, yes. jury is out. well, many use apple's interestingly shaped peach emoji to refer to their own or sometimes someone else's rear end. that could change with the like a big behind and more like a peach. >> the one on the left does not look like a big behind. >> that one. >> no. >> it looks pretty big to me, heart shaped if that's what you're into. the change is disappointing fans of the original design. many of them taking to social media demanding the return of the so-called peach butt. >> not only am i going to tweet

the hashtag, hashtag rip bootie peach. a new poll shows clinton ahead of trump here in florida. >> and donald trump add as rally right here in the bay area. the very latest from the campaign trail right ahead. let's take you live outside to beautiful downtown tampa. look at the cars crossing the bring this morning. it's friday, we'll have weather and

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. kids at the bus stop this morning comfortable 68 degrees, 83 when they come home from school on this friday, just 10 test rain chance, cold front comes through tonight. 80 for

checked the cameras not seeing any delays out there. let's take a live look this is 275 around hillsborough avenue as you can see we're seeing a lot more vehicles now in the southbound side of 275, typical

. 4 days to the presidential election and florida is more important than ever. breaking this the state may be leaning in a new direction as both campaigns plan new events right here in the bay area. >> deputies say he struck and killed a local mom, and badly hurt the deputy trying to help her. new information this morning about an accused hit and run driver charged with leaving his victims to die. >> plus a rough night at the stadium, our bucs slammed by the falcons. we'll tell you what

>> good morning. and welcome. happy friday today. >> made it d of the week for most of us. thanks for waking up with us. we've got your wake up weather. good morning. good morning. a few of us waking up a couple degrees cooler than yesterday but these temperatures are still warmer than average, clear water 63, fish hook starting the day at 64, zephyrhills in the 50s. currently 67 in sarasota. still expected to be an above average day. i'm expecting us to hit average high just dropped to 80, now, there is a cold front on the way. it should arrive here tonight. i have an 8-day temperature trend to see how much cooler it's going to be behind that front. we've still got a decent drive. starting to get busy. let's take a look here again lit now 275 coming away from hillsborough avenue heading into downtown more vehicles but still at a decent speed in this area.

over here this is i-4 getting busier but still a good drive throughout the plant city area. now, we do have traffic getting busier through ebor city, i-75 to 275 about 10 minutes but i-4 up to 11 minutes but still holding on. . on the campaign trail hillary clinton, donald trump and their supporters have raised back and for state this week fighting for your vote. >> and new a new poll shows that campaigning may be having an impact for hillary clinton. . >> well, as you know hillary clinton and donald trump have been running neck and neck in florida, but a new nbc survey monkey poll out last night shows florida might be moving back in clinton's column. now, that survey was taken between

the results show clinton has retaken the lead, but with only a 2 point edge over donald trump, florida is still a tough call. the i-4 corridor is the state's center of political gravity. in florida the focus is on registered voters younger than 50. police science professor mcmannis says with so many colleges and universities along the i-4 corridor targeting changer or either candidate. >> most competitive part of florida. it's the swing part of the swing state. highway to heaven or hell depending on whether you win or not. >> and they're both traveling that highway tomorrow. both returning to tampa bay and this came out overnight. the trump campaign announced that donald trump will hold a rally at the florida state fair grounds on i-4 saturday at 10 a.m.

for a get out to vote rally starting at 6 p.m. so the bottom line neither candidate is ready to give up on florida, or take it for granted. it is a must win. . >> it gets more interesting by the day. that's for sure. former texas governor rick perry will campaign in tampa today for donald trump. he will visit 2 offices in tampa. you'll remember governor p was a republican presidential candidate early in the 2016 election cycle but dropped out and endorsed trump. this is the last weekend to vote early and avoid the big crowds. in hillsborough county more than 330,000 people have already voted in pinellas more than 260,000, nearly 120,000 people in pasco county voted earl or mailed in their ballots. early voting runs through sunday. if you miss that

so this sunday morning we'll have you covered getting you prepared for election day with a special one hour television event, we'll have coverage on all the big races impacting the bay area including the race for president, of course. a special episode of your vote counts 2016 is this sundays at 9 a.m. happening today a 71-year old man accused of hitting and killing a mother and injuring a sheriffs deputy will be in court in several hours. charles lewis is in jail right now and he will go before we're live at the polk county sheriffs office this morning. so, ryan, a tipster is getting credit for notifying deputy tease about lewis. >> good morning a person called the sheriffs office and told investigators where to find the suspect and the vehicle he was allegedly driving during the incident. now, charles lewis is

hitting and killing otero. deputy pinell was also hit but he survived. investigators explained lewis confessed and claimed he knew he hit something but never stopped. the sheriff tells us someone calmed the crime stoppers tip line and told them where to find lewis and his pickup truck. listen. >> our homicide team from traffic investigations number. they were preparing to go door to door when lo and be hold, who's driving down the road in a blue pickup truck but our suspect charlie lewis. >> lewis faces 2 charges, leaving the scene of a traffic crash causing serious bodily injury and leaving the scene of a traffic crash causing death. charles lewis will appear in a courtroom at 1:00 in the

very latest on this development throughout the day. back to you. >> all right. we'll look for those updates. nearly 2-dozen animals taken from a pasco county home in a hoarding case will be up for adoption soon. animal services removed the 17 cats and 4 dogs from a home in spring hill. they were in good shape but officials say the woman who owned them was just overwhelmed. she turned the cats and dogs over and was find for not having their shots up to date. st. petersburg is moving forward on fixing its sewage system to prevent dutching any more sewage into the bay. the mayor presented his plan for improvements that includes lining pipes and fixing manhole covers. officials also discussed expandsing capacity at 2 water retention facilities. the plan comes after millions of gallons of sewage were dumped into the bay when the city's

just seconds away from 6:38 on this friday morning. a little bit of cooler air on the way. >> a little bit. we were expecting a lot of cooler air, but you will notice a change, i can promise you that. this morning you may even notice it's a couple of degrees cooler but still above average. 67 at 7 a.m., we go to 70 at 9, make it to 80 at 1:00 today with an afternoon high of 83. still 80 at 6 p.m. heading home from work putting on 78 degrees at kick off. a mild evening, mostly dry. during the games is when i expect a cold front to arrive. 74 at half time. 71 for the final play. and it will start to get breezy. know that temperatures adopt change much, 83 today and 80 tomorrow, but tomorrow with a

with traffic on the 8s. people need to start their friday. no thumbs up because we're moving into rush hour but it's no too bad. really just starting to see some congestion westbound i-4. as i've been showing you on our camera it's getting slower and slower, this is i-4 through plants city. this is 275 into downtown. doesn't look too bad right through but we've got pockets of congestion. it looks good, bad, looks good and it will eventually get very slow. eastbound i-4 have a collision off to the shoulder no delays in plant city. all right, bucs fans so sorry. i know you're disappointed after the falcons walked all over the bucs.

with a look at what went wrong. >> divisional games in the nfl are regarded as so important that many will tell you they count twice. if that's the case the bucs lost twice thursday night. they got beat and beat up. after trading blows with in the first half they let the game get away from them in the third. ryan torching the defense to the tune of 344 yards and 4 touchdowns. after player went down about injury, evans and winston. . >> i feel great. >> [audio difficulty]. >> because my coach took me out. >> was it represented to injury? >> uh-huh. >> now at 3-5 the bucs head back to the drawing board. >> we need to reload. we've got to -- something has to give. . >> the buccaneers will be off

for another home game next sunday. . >> better luck next time. talk about being at the right place at the right time. >> coming up the moment a deputy patrolling the roads was able to save a life and how it was all caught on camera. then. >> reporter: good morning to you from jefferson high school. we're out here with the dragons as they prepare for a big football game tonight andt little bit of music. we've been supplying the tunes all morning long and getting the kids all pumped up. amendment 1 is endorsed by florida's firefighters... because it does solar the right way. amendment 1 protects consumers from scams, and unsafe solar installations. safe solar for the sunshine state. vote yes on amendment 1. for the sun. hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this

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property in northwestern south carolina. they found her chained up inside a metal container after they heard her pounding on the side for help. deputies registered a registered sex offender and charged him with kidnaping. her boyfriend is still missing and she told authorities there could be as many as 4 bodies on that property. a protest over the oil pipeline in north dakota shut down the state capital. about 50 members of the group capital demanding a meeting while others held a sit-in. it set off a lock down of the building. 14 protesters were roadwaysed inside the building. those who remained outside were not arrested. and you've got to see this an officer rescuing a woman having a heart attack on the side of the road. you see him jumping out of his car running to the truck and helps the

the truck. shortly thereafter they start cpr. then they starts breathing and is quickly rushed to the hospital. >> that's the first time it's ever been like truly saved somebody's lives. >> doctors explain her heart attack was so severe only 10% of people typically survive a heart attack like that. they added that she would not have survived that 20 minutes drive to the hospital had the officer not performed cpr as quick and we are just days away from high school football playoffs right here in the bay area. the excitement is building. >> the jefferson high school dragons will take on the long horns on the field tonight. we got up early with the dragons and we're joined now live in tampa. how are those kids feeling this morning? >> reporter: i found myself in the manipulated of a dance battle almost. the dragons here

morning. they're getting ready for a big game against the long horns. kick off is at 7:30 tonight. and i'm joined by one of the football players. how has the season been? >> it's been going great. we had losses, wins and we keep coming back and coach tells us every day to work harder. it's not what we did last week that we need to rely on it's what we do this week to go harder. i feel that this year we're going to sta >> reporter: i have certainly no doubts that jefferson will win tonight. kick off is at 7:30 and the kids are so excited and they're going to keep this energy up all the way until the game tonight. back to you guys. >> i'm feeling it. i think i saw a little bit of dabbing back there. something like that, right? >> nice. >> they know what they're doing. what do i know? >> a lot quite frankly.

from 6:48. strike a pose. >> i would be right in there. no one wants to see it. the camera, it's still so dark outside. on monday when you're watching it's going to be very bright because of that time change. so a little heads up there because right now it's 64 degrees, a little bit of fog this morning, but most of us a degree or 2 cooler than yesterday. still mild, 68 degrees at 8 a.m., by noon we at 4 p.m. only a 10% rain chance like i said, most of us are going to stay dry today. 70 in st. pete. 63 in plant city. here's where this cold front is. it's not making a big impact. a couple of extra clouds in georgia, maybe a sprinkle or 2 in have a alabama. all day today we wait on this front. partly cloudy and a 10% rain chance. even when the front

10% rain chance but the winds will kick up. it's going to be cooler appeared not as cool as we were originally thinking but returning to average conditions as we head into saturday and then really for most of next week staying comfortable. i did leave in a 10% rain chance early saturday as we get that cold front to sneak south. saturday night it's time to fall back, that's the time change that allows it to be so sunny next week. . all right. taking a look busier but still a pretty good drive here in downtown tampa. this is 275 southbound that's where the traffic tends to get busy. as we back up this is 275 coming away from hillsborough. you're starting to hit the brakes just a little bit. that's going to grow and also ybor city up to 13 minutes from i-75 to 275. a little bit slow moving into the junction. waters avenue at country way boulevard we do have an accident

this is all green and that's our veterans expressway absolutely no delays. got a pretty good drive on the bay area bridges, ybor city starting to get busy and vets only 10 minutes. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. well, from the broadway hit show wicked, waterfront park is the place to be this weekend for live in 9 t best show performers and r and b powerhouse and nbc the voice super star fearing is performing live. . >> i've been here since i was 14 years old so it's kind of like family to me now and to be able too this is just amazing. >> the hudson florida native and season 10 stand out of nbc's the

in into a successful career. >> i was like mom, i want to dance, sing and acted. >> and she was like let's go. >> and it was right here. that's amazing. come in, wherever they are and just, you know, put their talent into work. >> and you know what i was talking to her, her career is launching. she just signed her first production deal >> cool. >> rising star. >> it's a free concert. go out and see her. for what tampa bay gave her. >> and she's giving back by allowing us to come and watch her perform. here she is at home performing for her neighbors really. well, what you need to know before you walk out the door is next. >> including the fight for votes right here in florida. >> coming up how the candidates are working to win votes and the new events that they're adding right here in the bay area. it's 6:51 on this friday

i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go f--- themselves! you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever... you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember."

. a break in the case of a hit and run crash that killed a woman and injured a deputy. >> good morning. a tip into the polk county sheriffs office is what led authorities to the suspect and his pickup truck in this case. let's go to a new mug shots of charles lewis that just came in. he's aed saturday morning and hitting and killing otero. the deputy who previously stopped to help her was also hit along state road 60 in lake wales but survived. he's still in the hospital today. investigators explain lewis confessed and claimed he knew he hit something but never stopped. he's due in court here in polk county at 1:00 this afternoon.

conference on a pinellas county case of child abuse. lunsford was arrested for child abuse that led to the death of her daughter. she was just 3 years old. she disappeared from her home in west virginia in 2011. donald trump will be at the florida state flare grounds tomorrow morning for a rally. it's scheduled to start at 10 in the morning. his running mate governor mike pence will attend a rally in miami tonight. well, hillary con will hold a concert rally with bon jovi tomorrow night in st. pete. the event will be at the state theater. tickets are still available for that. chicago is rolling out its red carpet for the world champions. the victory festivities will start at noon and the players will leave wrigley field for a downtown parade at 1. followed by a

all right. this morning a look out at the veterans camera in tampa, 64 degrees, still dark out there but you may notice it's a little cooler than yesterday morning. we go from 68 at 8 a.m. to 78 at noon and 83 at 4 p.m., just a 10% chance of a quick shower today. a cold front comes through tonight. no it's not going to drastically drop our temperatures but it will lower our humid, increase the wind speeds for 80 degrees, don't forget pull your best cher and turn back time. and next week temperatures running close to average. very light for your morning commutes although pretty dark as people head home from work. >> you can change your outfit 5 times too. let's look at traffic. 275, i-4 starting to hit those brakes even further with a 16-minute commute. country way boulevard this accident trying to wrap up.

colors here we're starting to get busy i-4 from 301 and then also southbound 56th street, a crash. let's take a live look at the some of the traffic. this is 275 at fowler avenue. this is where it's starting to get busy and continues in pockets to about hillsborough. >> to get around that you're going to get some free coffee today. >> yeah. >> you're 100th store and it happens to be in brandon. . >> i could use some right about now. >> we'll be here all morning long with news, weather and traffic updates. have a great friday. hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this

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