and this is in hillsborough county. we have a collision here, hillsborough avenue at hanley road. off to the side of the roadway. let's head over to pinellas county. we have a collision on mcmullen booth south of sunset point. and then over in sarasota county, an accident. lanes, causing a delay. southbound i-75 right near fruitville road. just a little bit of a slow down. havertys furniture helps your home look perfect even when life isn't. pretty! hey. umm... sign here? sure, you got a pen? i do! thanks sweetie. the labor day sale is on now at havertys. >>> a hospital evacuated in the middle of a storm. emergency crews responding from as far as orlando. an update on the patients and the hospital operations at this hour next in a live report. >>> residents fo homes in sarasota county. an entire neighborhood on the move after a bayou overflows. we are live there this morning with the latest on the evacuations and new concerns of even more flooding. >>> at this hour, a break from the rain but don't let your guard down. tropical storm hermine is gaining strength. the latest forecast

we have a crash, the westbound exit to hillsborough avenue so this is the ramp here to hillsborough and you can see a lot of flashing lights, we have a crash taking up one of the lanes on the exit ramp. you can see another camera, a little further back and the exit ramp here, you can see the flashing lights and all the cars stacked up here so we have just one lane getting by there. now you have a couple of options. you can get off at 301 and take sligh if you're heading westbound or you can pass hillsborough and get off a little closer in towards downtown tampa. either way give yourself extra time. right now i-4 still moving pretty good, that crash at hillsborough hasn't really clogged things up on i-4 yet. here are the drive times on 275, not bad, 14 minutes on 275, this is southbound from the apex to i-4. >>> 6:20 teacher theft. the items investigators say he helped himself to that belonged to a student. >> attacked by ants. the family of an elderly woman wants answers after she's rushed to the hospital with more than 1,000 ant bites. who are they blaming for it>>> coming up on "good

>>> a look in hillsborough county. of course, we continue to follow the breaking traffic where we have a pedestrian- involved fatal crash southbound on 75. just past fowler avenue. and you got a back-up here to fletcher almost. so traffic is diverted off on fowler but exit pleacher so you don't have to wait in the back- up. probably going to take about 15 minutes to travel from bruce b the slow-and-go traffic is. again, pedestrian-involved fatal crash. all of the southbound lanes are blocked just past fowler avenue. northbound is not affected at all. and there are no spectator delays. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> all right, thank you. >>> the 8th annual bright house superboat national championship race is and seafood festival will be held this weekend in clearwater. i like that name, nice and long. kicks off with the superboat parade. that's to followed by the cleveland street party at 7:00. and there will be free music there. the seafood festival is at 10:00 a.m. saturday

accident on u.s. 41 in hillsborough county. so keep that in mind. and i'm not seeing delays but a crash there also in pinellas county, and still keeping an eye on this one for you. and this is edgewater drive and presidents street in the dunedin area but no delays. and i am seeing a delay here. this is on 19, and it's southbound. and we have an accident right at holiday hills boulevard. and that's just past ridge road where i am seeing a slow down. so keep this in traffic here. 275 right around bearss avenue. traffic looks great on the interstates. now back to gayle and paul. >> thank you so much. >>> well, there's a new miss america this morning. >> wait until you hear her name. still ahead, we will tell you who got the crown. >>> and it may be the american dream but millennials will have to dream a little bit longer to own a home. coming up, why more millennials with me with story ideas, please do on facebook and twitter. by the way, i just up loaded something that's going viral this morning. a young guy who got the first job at target. he does ha

the hillsborough river swallowing up the walkway around 1:00 a.m. and then began inching closer and closer to our downtown tampa streets. still a big issue. this is just across the way from our station. i was looking window. rain on the riverwalk. >> and you can see it from ed's roof top here just how high that water is. >> yeah. >> popular location for people's morning jog, bike rides. not today. stay away. >>> flooding is not the only issue from hurricane hermine. high winds from jamel lanee' out in clearwater beach also causing problems. >> a look at how the high winds knocked down a large tree in one neighborhood. look at that disaster. hear what neighbors saw as the rain pounded their homes. >>> and look at this picture here. downtown tampa right now. pretty dreary out there on this friday morning. we're going to have a whole lot more as we continue to follow hurricane hermine this morning. stay with news channel 8 today. i pinky promised my little girl a fabulous garden party for her birthday. so i mowed the lawn, put up all the decorations. i

this evening, hillsborough deputies are investigating a crime. at a vigil for fernandez at a high school last night, someone stole one of his jerseys that belonged to his coach. chip osowski joins us now live. and chip, i mean, i know this coach has to be disappointed. but, who even does this? >> reporter: there are a range of emotions being experienced out here, anger, disappointment. disgust. this was more than a jersey school history. alonzo's head baseball coach noticed the jersey was gone. >> i walked in and saw it. >> reporter: right after the vigil for fernandez had wrapped up. it felt like being hit below the belt. >> disgust. disgust. i just couldn't believe it. i thought maybe somebody moved it. but why would they leave the hanger and take the shirt? so we asked around. nobody had seen anything. >> reporter: the school posted everyone know what happened. the comments came in quickly. awful. awful. and unbelievable. were just a few. >> i mean, we are angry. we are upset. there was frustration. there was disgust. i mean, it ranged the gam

a deadly crash on 75 in hillsborough county just north of the i-4 junction. right now the southbound lanes of 75 are completely shut down. just ahead, leslee lacey has the latest on this and also how to get around this for the

a live look at 275 at hillsborough, not too frankland bridge. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> looking good, leslee lacey, thank you. >>> it's no secret that paying for child care is expensive. in fact, it feels like an arm and a leg. >> new data that outlines how much families spend on child care. >>> plus, senior driver challenge. when is the time to talk to an aging parent about putting the brakes on driving? 8 is on your side helping you steer through this difficult 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. (softly) like hearing the sound of your own voice. get more choices you love, now with all day breakfast. >>> in an 8 on your side report, admitting when it's time to hang up the car keys. >> yeah, that's a tough one for aging drivers. news channel 8's leslee lacey is here with us helping us conversation. >> reporter: delicate is a good word. baby boomers are known for

people in eastern hillsborough wind and rain from hermine caused. you can see here a large tree fell on to several cars and mobile homes in valrico. this is at the town and country mobile home park where residents told us it was raining hard when out of nowhere, things got crazy. >> the ceiling and the walls started shaking. and it picked up part of one side of my living room. and then before you know it, it was over. >> and look out and watching and watched a tree hit our door neighbor's trailer and go through it. >> one family was trapped inside their home. fortunately neighbors came over, helped them get out of the home and no one was hurt. love the hear that when people come together and help each other out. take a look at the damage. a huge tree trunk into the home. and when we get more daylight out there, the residents will be able to see how bad the damage is. and how much clean-up they have to do. we are told though that about >>> and here's a picture taken by news channel 8's jeff patterson at his motel in cedar key this morning. and look h

and we do have light rainfalling in hillsborough county. and we also falling in the sarasota county as well. brandon, and some in sarasota. look at the rain in the gulf of mexico though. that's rotating around hermine and that's going to wrap around into our area. the saturated ground plus high tide equals more flooding problems. as far as the wind threats, isn't a big wind event for us but we could see isolated tornadoes, high rip currents and it won't take much with the ground is so wet and we get isolated stronger wind gusts. be careful of that. by the end of the day today, another 1.5, to 323467s is possible. and then -- to 3-inches is possible. we will check with traffic on the 8s because at least the roads aren't as bad as yesterday. >> weeding is easy right now. i have tons of weeds. you can just pull my mom taught me that. >>> good news traffic-wise. a good drive across the bay area bridges and on the bay area interstates. on i-4 between the paul buchman highway to 75, 11 minutes. and then mcintosh to park drive, seven minutes. i-4

>> with uber here in hillsborough county? >> as long as uber exists in hillsborough county, i will be driving for uber. until they say no longer drive, we're pulling out. that's when i will stop driving. >> reporter: all right. well, you heard it here. these rules, they are not officially in place just yet. we expect another final vote from the public transportation controversial issue. taxi drivers say that these are safety, common sense safety measures, the fingerprinting should be in place but uber against it and is threaten to pull out of hillsborough county if the rules are enforced. gene and gayle -- >> it will be interesting to see how this plays out. thank you, mary. > right now, the search continues for the man who tried to run down a hillsborough county deputy late tuesday night. th traffic stop near plant city. investigators say a deputy stopped a man wanted for assault but when he got out of the cruiser, the man deliberately backed into the deputy's patrol car. the police officer fired at the guy who took off runn

hillsborough over the past year. -- formed in hillsborough over the past year. funding just went up to$2 million a year. the jump is investigation and stabilization. if there's a report of a massive hole on public land, the county sends out workers to investigate. if it's indeed a sinkhole, a team of engineers must stabilize it and then fill it in. and of course, it comes at a cost to the taxpayer but county leaders tell us the funding is certainly needed. >> the natural geology of florida, there's a propensity florida. and it just occurs. >> reporter: on average, hillsborough county workers deal with roughly half a dozen sinkholes a year. and it does the not cover sinkhole problems on private land. if there's one in your backyard, it's your responsibility to get it filled in. >> and a big responsibility at that. thank you. >>> the u.s. is flexing its military muscles aat north korea. just hours ago, the u.s. military flew supersonic bombers over ally south korea. the fiferth military leaders, leaders wanted to settle rattled nerves in south korea. fly-overs lik

captain al, how's the crash on hillsborough looking? deenergized, and reopened both directions, hillsborough avenue just east of there's still a little backup. >>> looking good, mostly clear, upper 70s. 88 noontime, high of 90 and rain chance today 40%. >>> caught on the kiss cam is amy schumer. >>> stay tuned, "good morning, america" is next. they have a breakdown of tonight's first presidential debate and preparations and strategies that we're seeing going into it. >>> meantime, watch us on air, mobile app, facebook and y246oy yy6y >>> good morning, america. donald trump and hillary clinton getting set for tonight's crucial first debate. how the candidates are preparing in the final hours. >> getting ready. getting ready. >> 100 million people expected to tune in. the war over ho will be front row. what each candidate needs to do to close the deal tonight. it's your voice, your vote. >>> major washout. entire neighborhoods underwater in the midwest. rifs rising, forcing thousands to evacuate. residents racing to save their homes. as t

that continues through pinellas, hillsborough, polk county. there may be a shower but not the consistent rain this we saw earlier or that they're seeing in manat desoto county. lighter rain falling in highlands county. i did this with the radar. i looked back since wednesday, put the radar estimated rainfall totals. you can see the bullseye in pinellas county. i picked out a few spots, 10 inches to 12 inches. we've had rain gauges that have picked up more than 20 inches. we have some sports 10 inches or more into manatee and sarasota. lighter rainfall totals in that's where the tidal surge was higher during the morning. looking out at the freedom plaza, 1 inch of rain, still coming down, gusty winds out of the southwest, 10 to 15 miles per hour, sustain add winds, gusting 25 to 30. the wind speeds will continue to weaken and lighten up the further away that hermine moves. it's going to stay a tropical storm until it heads to the atlantic ocean. rain chances will be in the forecast tex hours. they will be taper thing off after about 4:00. the b

but life at hillsborough county is a world of extremes. another young man confined here faces the possibility of never seeing home again. >> all i have to do is use this time as best i can and hope i get out. >> 19-year-old kendrick morris was found guilty on two counts of sexual battery with a deadly weapon. he is awaiting sentencing. prosecutors are asking for 120 years. >> a young lady was simply going to the community library. and was -- she was assaulted, drug behind the library, beaten within an inch of her life, and brutally raped. >> after morris had been taken into custody for the library attack, authorities connected him to another assault that had occurred ten months earlier. >> he'd actually been the assailant in another rape of an elderly day care worker. >> morris was also convicted of that crime and is now in jail awaiting sentencing. he still claims he's innocent. >> they say anything else, armed robbery or something like that, maybe i probably will say i'm capable of it. but rape, no. attacking a girl, no. hitting a girl,

one of those is in hillsborough county. another is in manatee county. >>> so far this year, 29 children have died after they were left in hot cars. now, there is an effort to stop those deaths. >> a local psychologist explains this could actually candace mccowan joins us live. candace, there is actually a term for this. right? >> reporter: yeah josh, jen, good evening. it is called forgotten baby syndrome. you know how you are driving home from work and you automatically make a left turn. that is how these deadly mistakes can happen. dr. hammond calls it a tragedy. she says leaving a child in a hot car is any parent's wors just on auto pilot. we may get home and say i forgot to go to the store and those sorts of things. that is what is happening with parents that are leaving their children in cars. >> reporter: it is called forgotten baby syndrome. it is used as an argument in court for why parents shouldn't be convicted. it is the defense troy whittaker could use. lawson in the car for eight hours where he died. whittaker

the hillsborough county fire officials will speak about that later on today. they are expected to after whitaker was arrested friday on aggravated manslaughter charges. and now deputies say whitaker was taking his children to school on friday morning. whitaker dropped the 5-year-old daughter off first. and investigators say he was and detectives say he returned home around 8:30 friday morning with the child still strapped in the car seat. whitaker made a trip to the grocery store around 3:30 that afternoon and deputies say when he returned from the store that he noticed the infant and began cpr. >> it's not an intentional act. i'm not saying it but i'm saying you have to be responsible for your kid. you can't leave them in the car for eight hours >> reporter: again, now whitaker is charged with aggravated manslaughter and he is out on bond, $50,000 bond. paul-- >> jamel lanee' live this morning for us. thank you so much. >>> happening today, the next step in recovering from hurricane hermine destroyed 23 home. cleaning-- from hurricane hermine. >> starting tod

flooding reports hillsborough at sheldon near the hillsborough river. avenue north to riverside drive, portion of 49th street north just the southbound lanes closure here, 126 to creekside and then kenneth city, your main concern is 58th street north between 59th avenue and 53rd avenue and if you are just joining us, we do have a compiled list of closures and flooding and live wires down, traffic signals out on my facebook page. check that out if we'reot mentioning a specific area where you're living. we're going to take a quick apparently, people think i'm too perky. so now i'm not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of $548! whoo! (laura- welcome back. the time is 7:--. >>laura: welcome back. time is just about 7:30. a few other headlines, zika virus threat reaches a new level of concern. >>russell: up until now, they hadn't found any actually carrying the virus. they knew they would eventually since there are nearly 50 non get it here in florida and they get it while travelling. there's fear the standing w

the swat team with the hillsborough county sheriff's office found riggins in a bedroom. the deputy felt threatened when riggins appeared to reach for his waistband so there's protestors out here wanting answers and details about the protests are wanting to continue marching along this intersection, there was somebody that was arrested. i have to find out from the public information officer exactly what she was arrested for. they were standing in the middle of the street and telling the tampa police officers here that they wanted to continue marching along the sidewalk but they're still blocking the street. there's been a lot of discussion between the protests out here and the marchers as well as tampa police. you talking and thinking about what's going to happen next. the protests here have originally said they wanted answers from the hillsborough county sheriff's office and they wanted the sheriff to come out within the sheriff's office to tell them what is going on with the investigation. that deputy is still on paid administrative leave and it appears riggins was not

a couple of crashes on hillsborough avenue to tell you about. this is at hillsborough and handy. at crash reported hillsborough florida avenue. i am seeing backups here, so if you are heading to the interstate, 275, it might take you a few extra minutes to get there. once you get on the interstate, this is what it looks like, the lanes wide open, no issues there. checking drive times on 275 starting back at the apex, 13 minutes as you dead to i-4 -- as you get to i-4. five minutes down to the howard frankland. >>> a clear water community still with >> this isn't the first time that they faced florida floodwater as theimer ho. ashley yore is living to being to frustrated only owners out there. good morning, ashley. >> reporter: good morning, deiah. you said it. they are frustrated because yesterday there were about 4 feet of water at the height splashing up to hit the back of this sign. yesterday, people were wading through several feet of water to get out. these people and their dogs making that trek. people who lived here grabbed a few important belongings they could carry. this

that drew the line for me. >> reporter: hillsborough county sheriffs deputies said

what are officials doing in hillsborough county to make sure this doesn't spread? >> reporter: her -- they are hosting a tire collection today. we have video of a similar tire collection event in tampa last year that i want to show you. today. residents with a photo i.d. can drop up to 12 towers in gibsonton and hillsborough heights collection community in seffner. this is a proactive step in the fight against zica. >> we want to be proactive. we don't want to wait for the concerns to get out of control. this is our answer to help reduce the spread of the virus. >> reporter: commercial businesses are prohibited from participating in the event. tires from commercial vehicles will not be accepted. this is an important event because the virus is showing no signs of slowing down or stopping the spreading of it. just yesterday we found out there was a new case of the virus here in hillsborough county. >> absolutely. melissa moreno live in tampa. thank you >>> the victim in a pasco county home invasion robbery is now dead. paramedics rushed 81-year-old robert walker to t

will ride sharing remain legal in hillsborough county. we will show you the vote that has uber and ly >> storm damage. from zero to tropical storm and we are tracking tropical storm julia. >> sewage in the bay. 8 on your side finds out how pumping water into tampa bay is injuring ing wildlife. detectives detective with the hillsborough county have new information. the owner of this house rents out 3 bedrooms to different couples. one of the tenants overheard an argument and approached a man, wood, and he had a gun and he opened fire. the guy that fired the fatal shot was released and not charged. >>> learning new information about a case of zika. before news time there is another case of nontravel related zika in miami beach. that brings the total number of locally transmitted cases to florida to 71. our governor is asking the federal government to fund zika prevention programs. >>> and right now the future of ride sharing companies like uber and lyft is uncertain in hillsborough. >> the hillsborough public transportation commission voted

one for each precinct in hillsborough county just weeks before election day, the hillsborough county supervisor of elections office is like a fortress. the machines that will count the votes are safe and secure. craig lattimer says it must be run smoothly with flawless equipment. >> in or ballot s so we can always recreate the election to prove that the machines counted accurately and properly. >> reporter: 2000 was the year of the hanging chad. florida was thrust into the spotlight. the outcome was not known for more than a month after balloting eventually settling in george w. bush's favor by a few hundred votes. there were lost, misplaced and different type of voting machine since 2000. technology is a large part of what we do. >> reporter: there has been talk on the national level about voter fraud caused by governments like russia. that is not a concern here. >> our election software server is not connected to the internet or to the intranet. it is a stand alone server that is in a confined area that is under in my case, under 24/7 video surveillance. >> reporter: tens of thousa

. >> hillsborough county is handing over 100 grand to the humane society to strays. but just where are those strays coming from? tonight, 8 on your side investigates. good evening, i'm jennifer leigh. >> i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us tonight. >>> now, an 8 on your side investigation. shelter-skelter. >> thousands of animals shipped into tampa bay. the humane society contends it is saving thousands of animals bringing them to tampa bay and local rescues tell steve andrews that bad news for hillsborough county's cats and dogs. steve? >> reporter: josh, there's only so much room at the shelterment without a peep out of one of them. they agreed to pay the humane society of tampa bay about 100 grand to keep strays out of the pound. the problem, some say, is some animals they are importing are ending up there too. the humane society of tampa bay is dedicated to homelessness and providing care for others. that is one reason it rescues puppies from georgia and other states. local rescues contend these imports are causing problems for the local animals. after a th

here's a shot of 275 at hillsborough. in the distance, downtown tampa. and you see by the camera shot, this is northbound. this is southbound. we have more vehicles on the roadway. meanwhile, we still have a morningside drive, tying up lanes here. and coming up, another look at the crash in sarasota. i'm david jolly and i approve this message. since we're going to be friends huck. let me show you how washington really works. members of congress spend too much time rasing money. congressman david jolly on 60 minutes last night pushing back against the current system. and they don't do enough for our veterans. david jolly has opened his seminole office to veterans. and they don't get we can prevent terrorism and od talk buddy. >>> tracking tropical storm matthew. it's churning in the eastern caribbean right now. still ahead, a look at the track and how it will impact the weather here in the bay area. >>> this morning, a south understand why a teen would open fire on a playground. still ahead, what we're learning about the shooter and motive. >>> and this m

county appears -- running in hillsborough county appears to be over. news channel 8's mary mcguire is live at county center where she just heard from both parties involved. mary, what are you learning gene. i actually have a copy of the proposed agreement in my hands. this was agreed on late last night. and one of the big sticking points between the two groups was the proposal to have all drivers have a fingerprint background check. this new settlement agreement eliminates the background check but it does add several new layers of enhanced surge, a state and national sex offender database search and a search of the fbi's one city council member said he is in support of the new regulations. >> on the cusp of greatness and we will always remain on the cusp of greatness if we don't fix our transportation issues. >> reporter: right now, the settlement agreement only applies to uber drivers. lyft's lawyers are reviewing all of this, all of the language so we expect to have a decision from them in a little october 13th meeting so we certainly are not out of

this all happened around 12:30 wednesday afternoon off west hillsborough avenue. you can also reach out to tampa police with any details you might have or you can reach out information unanimously and be eligible for a reward up to $3,000. back to you. >>russell: thank you. >>laura: state officials will spend $1.3 million on land rights near macdill so homes will be kept further away from the runways but they were unable to stop a potential hotel being built in the same area and the land in question is owned by the florida rock and tank lines located outside of the dale mabry gate. macdill officials say that florida rock will have the right to build a hotel on 1 there near the northeast corner of the property. piece of land is still too close to its airfield. colonel miller told lawmakers the hotel would be in an accident potential zone and incompatible with the needs of the base. the deal does, however, block hotels being built on nearly 11 acres close to macdill that would have been in the base zone with the highest potential for a crash. >>russell: polk county

hillsborough county. not seeing delays no matter which direction you are headed. and also i-4 in ybor. actually leaving lakeland looks great through plant city and in through ybor. and the veterans expressway is up to speed as well. so it's a very good drive out there. and with regards to my coffee decaffeinated issue, gene ramirez, not all coffee is completely >> is she talking? >> you can drink the whole cup. >> you would think she had the caffeine. >> she was born with it. >>> if you're interested or if your not. >> the well known rules of tipped tinder which apply to this new app. >> how some new popular & work and they have nothing to do with dating but arguably, >>> all right, calling all foodies. some new free apps are out and we have a feeling you will love them. first, tender, it's the tinder of food. just swipe right to save a recipe or left to skip over it. and there's no wait. it waits in line for you. >> and that could be like a romance app. >> yes. once your table is ready, you will get a text and this is already being used in more than country. i ma

we have video of sinkholes in hillsborough over the past few years. public works funding to deal with sinkhole on public land just went up to $2 million a investigation and stabilization. county officials tell us if there's a report of a massive hole on public land, the county sends out workers to investigate. if it's indeed a sinkhole, a team of engineers must stabilize it and fill it in. county leaders tell us that the funding is certainly needed. >> the natural geology of florida, there's a lot of sinkholes in this area of florida. and it just occurs. >> reporter: on average, hillsborough county deals with roughly six sinkholes on public land each year. if there is one on private land, gene, like in the backyard, you must pay for it yourself. back to you. >> and that's got to be costly. especially the insurance companies. thank you. >>> around the world this morning, the u.s. is its military muscles at north korea. just hours ago, the u.s. military flew supersonic bombers over alley south korea. after the fifth nuclear test, military leaders wanted

the hillsborough public transportation commission was expected to ?vote... over new regulations for those drivers. but it looks there was a big change, last night. fox 13's ken suarez joins us live from downtown tampa , with more. roll to vo: "the ridesharing contrversary urges on" roll to cg3:"let's take a several teenagers are facing charges today... accused of carjacking a man in riverview. but thankfully a neighbor was there... watching it all go down. someone standing by the house next door, so she took out her phone and started recording. a short time later...a red car pulled up...and a group of teens jumped into the vehicle and sped off. hillsborough detectives say this started with an craigslist ad from a riverview carpenter. he was offering to do home repairs. someone asked him to come to this home for an estimate. investigators say that a teenage girl lured him there... and then a group of teens robbed him...and carjacked him. because of battle's quick thinking... deputies spotted the stolen car in a matter of minutes and chased it down i-75. inves

gunfire erupted at the goody's gentleman's club on east hillsborough avenue. a man there was shot in the leg. he is expected to survive right now with k 469s searching for evidence. so far, officers haven't made any arrests. >>> terror at an elementary school. a teenager armed with a gun opens fire in a school playground. it happened in a small south carolina town. and investigators say the 14- year-old accused of the shooting did it after killing his own father. news channel 8's meredyth censullo is in the tampa news center w this morning. >> reporter: gayle, today questions about why that teenager would do what he did, what was the motive? >> the shooter is a white male, all black clothing and blond hair. >> reporter: police say the teenager who has not been identified because of his age called his grandmother sobbing. one minute later, he got out of a car, began shooting at a playground with a hand gun. witnesses told police it several teachers locked doors to prevent him from getting in. one of those the teachers was shot along with two the children. a 6-y

the shooting has racial tensions on the rise in hillsborough county. tonight, that protest turned violent. paul mueller is live on the scene in hillsborough county and i twitter feed and facebook live videos. things look like they got out of hand at some point. >> they certainly did. >> reporter: it began peacefully here on south 78 street. then all of a sudden the tempered flared. the line is drawn in the sand here. hillsborough county sheriffs deputies here. and here on this end, you have the protesters. protesters stop cars in both directions. a two-car accident sends one driver off the road into a store parking lot. >> we will not let anyone tell us to be quiet while they cover up this great injustice. >> reporter: about 100 protesters gathered peacefully outside get and go where 22- year-old levonia riggins worked. as the night went on, things hillsborough county deputies executed a search wanter. three people came out of the house and levonia riggins never made it out alive. >> they were fearful he may be getting a weapon based on the history of

the hillsborough public transportation commission was expected take a ?vote... over new regulations for those drivers. but it looks like commissioners will now put the ?brakes on that vote. fox 13's ken suarez joins us live from downtown tampa , with the latest. in hillsborough county: a former middle school teacher is facing charges, after giving a student a smartphone. that's because detectives say he asked the girl to take ?naked photos with it. 31 year old "michael geist" was a science teacher at rodgers middle school in riverview at the time. detectives say the incident happened back in april. geist resigned in ?may, right after an the charges were formally filed this week. other parents at the school... were pretty disturbed about it: geist is charged with lewd and lascivious conduct with a minor. he's already bonded out of jail. police shooting in east tampa. the hillsborough county state attorney has ?removed himself from the investigation. in a letter to governor rick scott -- state attorney "mark ober" said that his personal relationship with the famil

. >>> hillsborough deputies are looking for this guy, the robber with his face covered. surveillance photos show him with a gun on monday. if you know who this guy is or have any information, you could over -- start going through the wreckage. this helicopter crashed tuesday in palm bay. one piece of equipment had recently been repaired and the chopper was on a test flight. nobody reported seeing any control issues in the minutes leading up to the crash. the chopper burst into flames after crashing. >>> it turns out hitting the bottle may not be so bad but that's if you also is it the gym, according to new research. researchers followed thousands of people in england and scotland. they looked at their drinking and exercise habits and how many of them died over the course of the study. heavy drinking, anything over eight drinks a week for women or 21 for men raised the risk of dying except for people who exercised. that seemed to cancel out the effect of too much booze entirely. exercise can also save you money. the journal of the american less money on medical bills ever

and we are expecting the hillsborough river along with remain high. just a few minutes from now, crystal river, your next high tide. and another one at 5:45 this afternoon. and hudson, your next high tide comes up at 2:15 this afternoon. right around just after lunchtime there in clearwater beach for your next rise. st.pete at 3:19. and bay shore will likely see roadway later today as that high tide comes in at 3:28. and then looking at port manatee, anna maria and sarasota and venice high tides into this afternoon. so a busy day tracking these rising waters. and again, that's going to impact the roads locally. let's throw it over to leslee. >>> instead of the riverwalk, you can say it's the river swim right now, ed. look what's going on. a big problem southbound 275, boulevard. a look at it, the jackknifed is semi-truck. and we have just one right lane that is squeezing by. and that's what is causing the back-up. moving to the other camera, you can see actually see how it's slow and go approaching this crash. that's where it's at at the map. take flo

hillsborough community college campuses and st. leo university closed. and also closed, western michigan university tampa bay and pasco hernando state college. >>> and we continue our coge hermine with a hospital evacuation happening in the middle of the storm. more than 200 patients including 12 on ventilators had to be moved after a fire knocked out the power. >> that had to be a scary situation. at this hour, regional medical center bayonet point is not fully operational. news channel 8's meredyth censullo is live at regional medical center bayonet point in hudson. how are hospital operations at much happening. primary power has been restored. but they can't do much with that right now. surgeries for today have been canceled. all of those patients though were notified about that last night. 43 patients in total were taken to the brooksville hospital. those out of about 200 patients that had to be moved overnight. the other patients were taken to other local hospitals. some of them have discharged. 12 critical patients were the first to be moved. those

the swat team with the hillsborough county sheriff's office found riggins in a bedroom. the deputy felt threatened when riggins appeared to reach for his waistband so there's protestors out here wanting answers and details about the

it happened at "goodies nightclub" on east hillsborough avenue a few hours ago. one man was shot in the leg. the injury is not considered life threatening. no arrests now in south carolina... where there's been ?another school shooting. this time... at an ?elementary school. two students and a teacher were wounded... before the ?teenage gunman was captured. and we're learning more this morning about what may have ?sparked the attack. the shooting happened just before two in the town of townville, not far from the georgia border. students were on the playground when a 14-year-old boy drove up in a car and got out, firing a handgun. that's when two kindergarten boys and a female teacher were hit. the gunman tried to get into the school... but a teacher locked the then called 9-1-1. a longtime volunteer firefighter named "jamie brock" is being called the ?biggest hero of the day. he heard the dispatch call... arrived by himself.. ?tackled the gunman, and held him until backup arrived. his boss says... brock isn't talking to the media... because he doesn't want any a

. >> anybody with information needs to call the hillsborough county sheriff's office. that was marisela burgos reporting. a man who broke into a home decoration store. this is on manhattan avenue north of euclid avenue. detectives say the man stole checks from the store and tried to break into another store right next door. crime stoppers is offering a $3,000 reward for any information leading to this guy's arrest. >>> in hillsborough county, deputies are looking for a robber. this guy with his face covered shown with a gun taking from a hampton inn on monday in tampa. if you know anything about the crime, you could get a $3,000 reward. >>> a florida woman wants to know why police never responded to her report of reckless driving. the woman followed an 18 wheeler for more than an hour on florida highway. she recorded the video on her cell phone. she called police several times to give them updates on where the driver was headed from 85 to i-10. >> when you see something unsafe, you are supposed to know and they are supposed to come investigate. i did that. nobody came.

hillsborough county sheriff's office! [knocking] hello, hillsborough county sheriff's office! hillsborough county sheriff's office! if you are in the house, please come out with your hands up. hillsborough county sheriff's office! are you in the house! hillsborough county sheriff's office, if you are in the ho house, come out with your hands up! hillsborough county sheriff's office, if you were in the house, come out with your hands up! hick sheriff's office, if you were in the house, come out with your hands up! office -- >> who are you. drop the gun why drop the gun! drop the gun. >> you are in my house! >> drop the gun! [gunshots] >> hey! >> drop your gun! you have a gun, drop it! >> hey, what are you doing in >> get down, get down, get d down, get down! get down now! get down now! get down! drop your gun! sir, get down! get down! get down! >> get out of my house now! >> drop the gun! drop the gun! drop the gun why get down! on your knees! head -- >> alcides: yeah. >> anjuli: did you lose your voice. >> i did lose my voice. the fourth scenario. they had a deputy going to th

you can see that cluster right there in eastern hillsborough county. a ton of lightning, torrential rainfall. and this is right along i-4. for for the for folks commuting, this is going to be rough. this goes until 4:15 this afternoon. for eastern hillsborough and western polk county. not lake land just yet. but i'd be prepared for strong storms headed your way. as the a lot of heavy rain. wind, potential for hail. you can see where it's centered over the brandon area. as we show you the vertically indicated liquid, this indicates where we could potentially be seeing hail. right along i-4 into eastern hillsborough and western polk county, that's where we could potentially see hail. scattered storms around bartow area over toward frost proof. lake wails tracking heavier rain and spottier showers south into sarasota county, east of venice. so what to expect for the rest of the evening, we'll continue to see scattered and strong storms continuing in our inland spots is. we can't rule out a few more showers closer to the coast. but i think the bulk of them

we are closely monitoring the hillsborough river. and it has been looking very, very high. we've had spots along the river that have seen high water. now looking at the the low tide starting to the take effect. thanks to the onshore flow, all tides will be running higher than normal including the high tides. crystal river, you have a high tide coming up within the hour at 5:37 this morning. expect a significant water rise with the winds coming off the gulf of mexico. and then we have the afternoon high-rises. hudson coming up at 2:15. sliding down the coast, clearwater beach at 12:48 this afternoon. and at 3:19 at st. pete. and then bay shore hillsborough bay, that's an area prone to flooding. 3:18 this afternoon, wouldn't be surprised to see portions of bay shore boulevard covered in water. and down towards anna maria at 2:43 this afternoon. and sarasota, that next high tide at 1:41 this afternoon. and not only will we have the coastal flooding but more rain. country side, nearly 2 inches in the last three days. and we are expecting additional of course, the roads will be

that includes one in hillsborough and polk county. this comes after protesters took to the steps of city hall. protesters claim a chemical being used air for mosquitoes is more dangerous than zika itself. a miami based doctor thinks that officials were too quick to turn to the toxins and many protesters agree with him, drowning out city commissioners at the meeting this morning. >> if poison falls from the sky, guess what, it's not just falling on you, it's falling on me too. and guess what. wait. wait. wait. is a product called bug juice. they claim it's safer. >>> a chemical ban in soap is still found in your tooth paste. colgate total has the chemical. the company convinced the fda that the benefits outweigh any risks. the fda banned the chemical in soap. a recent stud sees that it reduces plaque and gum inflammation. >>> true love coming up at 5:30. the great lengthhat's investigators say this woman took to get her boyfriend out of an important test. >>> taking a closer look at an industry in demand right now. how you can start a

some discussions include a stadium in hillsborough county. today hillsborough county commissioners will listen the a presentation about the possibility and the sites under consideration. have not indicated when they plan to make a decision on a future ball park. >>> time now 4:05. in your vote, florida attorney general pam bondi is defending the donation she received from republican presidential candidate donald trump. three years ago, he gave $25,000 for her re-election. it came at the same time her office decided not to pursue legal action against um against university. she insists it was not a payment for her to look the other way. >> i wish i had come out in front of you early on and say, i guess i just knew there was nothing improper. i'm a career prosecutor. i am proud. i will never let any money of anyone affect what i do. >> at the time of the donation, the new york attorney general's office filed a lawsuit against of fraud in the seminars. >>> hurricane hermine took a terrible toll on florida's sea turtle population. the numbers are

the hillsborough county public transportation committee.. will hold a joint news conference with ridesharing company uber... to discuss a new agreement. the tampa bay times is reporting that uber and lyft have "tentatively agreed to tougher background checks".. which will allow the ride-sharing service to continue operating in the county. those background search.. along with a search of federal court records, state and national sex offender databases... and f-b- i most-wanted lists. but it's not clear whether the p-t-c will approve the deal... lawmakers on capitol hill.. have finally passed a bill that will keep the goverment running through mid december... and will also provide more than one billion dollars to battle the zika virus. the measure was passed last night -- just 2 days before federal agencies would have run out of money... it will now head to president obama's desk for signature.. the zika funding comes as part of a broader government-spending initiative.. florida senator bill nelson.. is calling it a "small victory" in the on-g

fhp and hillsborough county sheriff's office are out here working. trying to get this cleared as quickly as they possibly can. and we are seeing things move pretty quickly here so we are optimistic we will have some lanes re-opened by the height of morning rush hour. but certainly we will let you know. and also, as we get more roadway, very early this morning, we will pass that along to you. guys, back to you. >> all right, we will look forward to updates. thank you, meredyth censullo. >>> right now, three bay area students are suspended after showing up at school dressed like members of the kk. now the teens claim they dressed as ghosts but others say that's not so. the attire closely resembles ku klux klan robes. ryan hughes wiregrass ranch high school in wesley chapel. ryan, parents feel the school district only got involved because they went to the media. >> reporter: gene, good morning to you. the parents say they are outraged by this and they say they contacted the principal here at wiregrass high school and she claimed the issue was resolved.

this over in plant city so eastern hillsborough county, you there. it looks like a metal roof there. obviously some wind damage and this one interesting. you can see the top panel. remember the barricades? you can only see the top of that panel there taking it from the front of his house. heavy, heavy rain. all across the area, we're seeing parking lots, roads, lawns, everything is just completely underwater and there, yet more damage over in plant city. see how the roof is right off? >>dave: and safely, if you have these pictures, safely send them to us so we can pass them to everybody. we want to show people, we can tell you all day long it's flooded here and stay out of the way and this is and that but we see pictures. maybe i should just stay back for awhile and let this situation right out. your enhanced satellite, where the storm itself is onshore, it's been moved to a tropical storm. it's a tropical storm with winds to thk, it's like having a wet towel and it's just wringing out the moisture on top of us. that's the best way to describe it. yo

hillsborough avenue at benjamin road, it looks like they have opened up hillsborough avenue now so that's good news. very congested. waters. that will be better. southbound 275 at foul wler we have a crash. now to our cam as. we have one on eras. we have one on 75 southbound. you see those flashing lights on the onramp. still heavy coming away from the northern apex. >> that's a mess out there. >> that's me -- messy. >> thank you . >>> thank you so much for joining ounce this monday morning. here's to a great work week. >> we will stay on top of the stories today. it's going to be a big so catch our updates throughout the today show. >> i'll be back with another hour of local news along with leigh spann and stacie at 11:00. bloop i'm david jolly and i approve this message. since we're going to be friends huck. let me show you how washington really works. members of congress spend too much time rasing money. congressman david jolly on 60 minutes last night and they don't do enough for our veterans. david jolly has opened his seminole office to veterans. and they don't get we can prevent te