Being with us on this wednesday morning. We have your weather for you. Max defender 8 showing clear skies. We are barely finding a cloud. It is really comfortable. 63 in zephyrhills. 70 sarasota. Im keeping the community at this point still in the not too bad category, just a little moisture at the surface. In the upper levels of the atmosphere there is extremely dry air. Highs today above average at 87. Coming up at 4 38, youre going to want to stay tuned to this a Day Temperature Trend because we stay cooler. Coming in at pasco county we have a problem on i 70. Look at the backup already. When there is any kind of a backup this morning it is significant. Southbound on i 75 before you get to the northern apex we you to be aware of this because all of the south all lanes are blocked at this point. Look at state road 52. You can come down and take us 41 or 51. I am going to keep an eye on this one for you. In the race for the white house where hours away from the 3rd and final president ial debate. It will take place in las vegas. It is down to the wire for donald trump and Hillary Clinton. While Hillary Clinton has focused on preparing donald trump continues to Campaign Leading up to the event. Last night he told his supporters to expect a huge change in american politics. By the way this is our final shot, and 4 years it is over because we will never be able to win. It is going to be a oneparty system. This is your final meanwhile, Hillary Clinton already in lot spaces las vegas facing new scrutiny. A video shows a group of pro clinton operatives talking about causing trouble at Donald Trumps raleighs. The Democratic National committee is distancing itself and the Clinton Campaign denies involvement. Donald trump criticized clinton for staying home to prep saying she is staying we will show you what donald trump needs to do tonight to rebound in the polls. This is the day everybody has been waiting for, the 3rd and final president ial debate. We are 3 weeks away from the election. It will all be over soon but so much is riding on this debate coming up later tonight. I spoke with adam goodman. He is a republican consultant. He winning campaigns under his belt. He is watching donald trump closely and he says donald trump needs to win this debate but candidates have come from further behind in this could be one of the surprises. There have been longshot candidate in the past, would this be the longer shot think . In vegas you get very good odds on donald trump that it may not a bad debt to make. I think there is a hidden vo at the end of the dead think we might be surprised what happens on election day. What a story that would be a donald trump can pull the upset. The polls show Hillary Clinton leaving this race ahead by 4 in florida and doing better in other places nationally. There are undecided voters out there anywhere up to 15 percent. Both candidates are working hard tonight to win over those. We will bring it all to you in future reports coming from las vegas. Dont forget you can watch his reports tonight right here in new channel 8. He will report live from Las Vegas Living up to and after the debate is over. Is donald trump continues to claim the election is rigged against him, mike pence is investigating voter fraud. The indiana secretary of state as she has found suspicious changes to dates on Voter Registration records. The one other supervisor says it is too early to call the changes from. The allegations of rigged elections have sparked a backlash from leaders on both sides of the aisle. Emeritus is in the tampa new center with this story. The president seems annoyed by Donald Trumps comments. General election even happens. He claims that largescale voter fraud is a real concern, but now president obama is firing back slamming donald trump for suggesting the election could be rigged and saying Donald Trumps claims is proof the business mogul does not have the temperament to be commanderinchief. I would invite mister trump to stop whining and go make his case to get votes. The president also says the rhetoric threatens to weaken voters fait not backing down. He is urging his supporters to watch out for Election Fraud this fall. So many cities are corrupt and voter fraud is very common. One way of weakening america and making it less great is if you start the training those basic betraying those basic american traditions that have hold together this democracy for well over 2 centuries. Corruption is Donald Trumps main theme in the final weeks of his campaign for the nations top job. While most of his comments of focused on voter fraud he took another swipe at Hillary Clinton before tonights debate calling her the most corrupt person to ever run for the president hashtag drain the swamp. Candace we can breaking front and center at tonights president ial debate. Happening today a former hillsboro county teacher convicted of having sex with 2 of her students is leaving prison. She is expected to be released later today after being behind bars for 6 years. Ryan hughes joins us live from a motel in pinellas county. Ryan, prison documents show that is her new address . The department of corrections list this motel as a place that she will live once she leaves prison later today. This the motel along us 19 here in clearwater. She was sentenced in 2010 for having sex with 2 of her students. Records show they were 14 and 16 years old. The assault happened in 2008 at the time the judge called her a sexual predator. He also said she should serve 5 years of probation her sentence at a state prison in ocala. We dug into her archives and found her plea to the court during sentencing in 2010. I am sincerely sorry for the pain and aggravation i have cause to the big them bit them victims and their families. I pray that this allows for a down pouring of healing in the lives of those who have been victim s parents said she prayed on her sons disabilities. She will live at this motel after she really is released. They will not tell us what time she is expected to leave prison later today. It really feels comfortable out there this morning. Warm up pretty quickly. 70 degrees at 7 am up to 80 by 11 and then 87 around 3 or 4 clock. Winds are relatively light 4 00. Winds are relatively light. We may see a quick light showers especially areas east of i 95 but the rain run into this invest but the forecast models will keep it away from us because of a cold front. That cold front is definitely going to coolest down. 87 today, 86 tomorrow, 80 for friday. That is when the cold front comes through. 79 degrees on both saturday and sunday. Lets check on traffic on the 8s pasco county. It is coming into hillsboro county. Hope they will be wrapped up soon but we are not sure about this. This backup is building because all of those south all lanes are blocked on i 75. This is a bit past state route 52. It is a little closer to state route youre coming from the west and from pasco you can always take 41. 301 is a good alternate, there is no easy alternate. There is no real close alternate in this portion or you can wait it out. I would suggest waiting and listening to me and i will let you know what is going on with that crash. Some breaking news now this morning, pasco county deputies are searching for a man named michael putnam. He is accused of shooting a woman in the arm after an altercation tuesday afternoo state route 52 and altoona avenue in the hudson area. He is considered armed and dangerous. If you know anything about where he might be, you are asked to call 911. The Highway Patrol is searching for a hit and run driver. Around 7 45 last night a woman was walking on gulf gate drive when a vehicle hit her and then drove off without stopping. The 61yearold woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Anyone knows something, you are asked to call the Highway Patrol. Police are investigating a deadly crash involving a pedestrian. It happened on us 19 and green tea wrote. The pedestrian appears to be at fault road. The pedestrian appears to be at fault. The driver is not facing charges. Coming up next how you can ease the fear your children so that clowns are not that scary. Do see there how a bay area driver reacted as a snake came slithering out. 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You supervise them at all times and explain to them that underneath the costume there is a real person in there. Kids will be taking to the streets and parents need to be sure that little ones can see and be seen. And set of choosing a mask to wear use face paint so kids dont have to worry about their parents about this creepy clown craze and most of them told me their really Young Children arent aware of what is going on but they have received russians from their older children. It is definitely something that they are aware of and prepare to talk about with their children had a following. A fight at a Pinellas High School caught on camera then posted online. It is drawing lots of attention this morning. This video shows a student pulling another student to the ground. Michaela that was pulled to the ground walked away. The female that attacked her purchase from behind in both swing at each other. Other students record the whole thing and then posted to facebook. Michaelas mother wants the other girl expelled or reassigned to another school. It is disruptive to the school and to the childrens lives. Not only are they being the mice for whatever hapten but they will be happened but they will be victimize because the Pinellas School district is also looking further into the student that posted the video to facebook. Theres a 6 foot snake slithering out of a mans car while he is sitting in traffic. The snake popped his head up from under the hood. He pulled out his phone and pushed record. He watched the snake slither down to the front of his car. I was like i did not want to snake coming in. It is a brand new car so i imagine it is sealed pretty well. He believes it is an indigo snake and believes the snake hitched a ride when he was kayaking over the weekend. It is slithery out there for sure. This morning max at this point. It is just really clear skies, come to fall conditions comfortable conditions. Max defender 8 getting a break with the slightly lower humidities. 72 degrees at 8 am. 82 by noon with an afternoon high of 87. Just a 10 percent rain chance. Max defender 8 will track that for us but again not very many showers. 62 zephyrhills. 65 is going to stay warm but only 10 percent rain chance is today and tomorrow. The cold front that is going to come through here on friday not only is it going to allow for some cooler air, but this tropical system whether it becomes Tropical Storm auto or not gets pushed out to see in the cooler, dryer, fall like air really moves in for the weekend. 87 today, 86 tomorrow, but only coming through pasco county look at this. We have an injury accident and we have big delays. 6 miles perhour. That is how you are getting through the backup. All lanes are blocked. The crashes before you get to state road 54. All of those southbound lanes are taken away and now were seeing a significant back appear all away to state road 52. My taking you off the state route 52. I want you to see here this is the backup. 41, us 301 are excellent alternates. If youre heading out the door soon we have a good drive. This is actually Wesley Chapel. 22 minutes. I dont want you to get on i 75 coming through Wesley Chapel i want you to go ahead and take 301 at this point. St. Petersburg leaders taking a stand for young athletes. We will show you what they want band from the plane fill to protect our field protect we invited women to a spa to test a new body wash. Dish soap. You may not feel it, but some body washes can contain cleansers found in dish soap. It just made me feel good. Doing tobacco has no chewing tobacco has no place on the baseball diamond. They hope this will set the right example for players. Some holiday cars has a problem hyundai cars have a problem with inflation. Airbags inflate when a child is in the seat or not inflate enough with enough force to protect an adult. Coming up deputy say he is armed and dangerous and on the loose and pasco county. We will tell you why they need your help to find that shooter. Plus the final president ial debate is underway. We will. Weather and traffic coming up for you in just a few minutes here. Closed captioning is brought to you by famous tate appliance bedding center. You wanna see something intense . Pantene expert gives you the most beautiful hair ever, with our strongest prov formula ever. You live a portable life. New dannon oikos nonfat yogurt drink fits right in it. With 10 grams of protein. And zero added sugar, zero artificial sweeteners, zero fat. Just what you need to help keep you going. New oikos yogurt drink. It is pleasant outside right now. It is going to be warm for midoctober this afternoon with a high of 87 and certainly not much rain. Were mostly clear tonight. We get to around 69 degrees. That all working toward the weekend where we have much cooler air, morning clouds around with a high of only 79. That chris fall like air sticks around for sunday at 79. If youre coming through Hernando County things look good but want to get into pasco county they change. Just past state route 52 you start to hit the brakes. It is about a half an hour delay with 6 milesperhour at this time. I have a live look at this coming up in my next report but again you have a 30 minute delay. You can take 301 or leave the the final faceoff, the 3rd and final president ial debate happening tonight in las vegas. The a former tampa bay areas do teacher convicted of having sex with students will be released today. Plus have you seen this man . Why pasco county deputies are searching for this man right now and where he was last seen. Good wednesday morning welcome. Leigh spann is here with the look at our weather on this