Check out the temperatures, more than 10 above average in spots. We are at 68 in tampa. 67 in bradenton. 63 degrees, moving up to brooksville. We can thank the southeasterly wind direction for what will be a warm and muggy tuesday afternoon with high temperatures well above average. It will be a little breezy, too. We will eventually turn some of the mugginess into shower chances later in the week more than a half dozen degrees above average. Max defending 8 is quiet. We could have a few more sprinkles with a front coming through thursday. We need rain around here. Knock on wood. I dont know that there is wood here. We will find that. For now lets take a look at the maps. Very quiet. Earlier crash in st. Pete has been cleared. You will see a lot of green 275 looks fantastic. 15 minutes the drive time from the apex in through i4. 75 is clear as well. A crash on 75 northbound past cortez boulevard in hernando county. Fhp is on scene but they say all lanes are clear. Gayle, gene, over to you. Thanks. A brazen smashandgrab burglary at a tampa gun store. Sheriffs deputies are working to find out how the thieves broke in and if they got way powered guns kept at the store. This is happening at the Tampa Arms Company off west waters near dale mabry at the Northwest Plaza there. Mary mig gear joins us mcgwire joins us live. Reporter they are reviewing video to figure out how thieves broke into the Tampa Arms Company. However they got in, they did the window is not there any more. Deputies responded after security alarms at the Tampa Arms Company went off early this morning. When they arrived, they found the entire front window gone and a wall completely empty. So far deputies have not been able to take the an exact inventory of the store. They dont know exactly what was happy just yet. There are about a dozen stores in the complex but this was the only store that was hit. Back live in tampa, we are told therwe windows of this place. Its terrifying to think that these firearms and the ammunition that the store sold could be in the hands of people that obviously would go to extreme lengths to get in this company. Again, they are working to figure out exactly how thieves smashed through the front window of the Tampa Arms Company and what they got way with this morning. I will have an update in the next half hour. Concerning but hopefully this sparks a conversation about what gun stores do to are in from this happening, the arms getting out there. We will check back with you in a bit. A former polk county english teacher will be in court. Jennifer fichter was sentenced to 22 years in prison for having sex with three teenage students. News channel 8s ryan hughes is live in polk county. Ryan, fichter will go before the same judge that sentenced her . Reporter exactly. Good morning, gayle. She will be at the courthouse for a sentence reduction by the same judge who sentenced her to 22 years in state prison. In court, Jennifer Fichter admitted to having sex with three teenage boys. The judge called the Central FloridaAerospace Academy english teacher a predator. She was remorseful but still given a harsh sentence. Today she plans to ask for a significant reduction. Listen to the judge admonishing her in court last year. You have a long time to let your faith work in your life so that when you come out you are a different person. Reporter detectives said the former teacher had sex with one student 20 to 30 times in the back of her pickup truck. News channel 8 will have a crew in the courtroom when the ar a lot of folks will be watching this one. Thanks, ryan. Federal investigators are trying to figure out why an Ohio State University student went on a rampage driving his car into a crowd and stabbing multiple people on campus. Investigators are looking at Abdul Razak Ali artans posts. He injured 11 people before being shot and killed by an ohio state officer. Eliminated the threat. The officer, an Ohio State University graduate, is being called a hero for stopping the attack. The event at ohio state is causing campuses across the country to review security procedures. Plant City Police Investigate a deadly stabbing. A woman was stabbed to at scene. Investigators have released the identity of the victim and no arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to call the plant city police. Fire investigators are still trying to determine what started this fastmoving fire that killed one person in odessa. 79yearold james malgan was found dead inside the home. His wife was seriously hurt but is expected to survive. Hillsborough county fire rescue had a hard time putting out the hydrants in the neighborhood. Convicted killer trevor duelly may be free on bond later this week. He was convicted of murdering his neighbor. Et cetera asking for bond he is asking for bond a waiting a new trial. We checked with the Hillsborough County court and there is no hearing or ruling rescheduled for today but the judge will make a decision in the ng mourn the death of fidel castro. Preparations are underway for his final grand send off. A fourday funeral procession across the island. For a second day in a row, hundreds of thousands of cubans are expected to pass through revolution square. These were the massive lines monday. Many standing in the hot sun. Crowds. Other activities and events were canceled. His ashes will make a Cross Country procession from havana to santiago. This morning president elect donald trump is threatening to terminate relations with cuba. He said if cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the cuban people, the cuban American People in the u. S. As a whole, i will terminate deal end quote. This could end years of work by the am normalize relations with cuba. Lets check in with ian. Good morning. Much of november has been warm and dry. Today is another one of those days. Temperatures this afternoon heading back way above average, by several degrees. In fact, we will be above the average for lunchtime, this afternoon heading up to 83. You will notice an increase in mugginess, too. Warm as we start off tuesday. Temperatures in the middle to upper 60s. 68 in tampa. Clearwater. These temperatures are 5 to 10 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. Temperatures climbing across the southeast as a cold front approaches and brings some rain, much needed rain to portions of the southeast. We showed you the images out of gatlinburg this morning. They are seeing rainfall this morning. Our rain chances in the tampa bay area increase slowly over the next couple of days. By tomorrow afternoon, a stray shower is possible but it looks like the best rain chance this week will be front in the southeast eventually moves through the tampa bay area in a much weakened state. It looks like it. Today may be a good day to play hooky and go to the beach. Not that im telling you to do that. If you are heading to the beach or wherever you are heading, not a lot to slow you down. These are the big bridges, 4. A drive time of about 10 minutes between i75 and downtown. Another update in a couple of minutes. Now back to the desk. Thanks, mer. Clearwater city council gets the first look at the imagine clearwater draft master plan. This is a plan designed to revitalize the downtown waterfront. During the summer they hosted Community Meetings encouraging residents and visitors the area. It will include renovations to Coachman Park and a new barred walk. A popular Christmas Parade is creating problems. Lawn chairs set up. Lakelands message to residents. Paying for child care. Many parents struggling to cover the cost. Up next 8 is on your side with the cost of child care in this country is staggering. For many working parents its hard to get ahead in life because so much money goes into finding quality care for our kids. This morning i explore what Hillsborough County is doing to reporter today children at the Learning Center in tampa are making stone soup. With hands on teaching and a five star rating this kind of quality child care facility, this is something that this single mom thought she would never be able to afford. This is amazing child care facility. So, i am lucky to be able to afford it. It has helped out tremendously. Reporter now find affordable quality care thanks to an Ongoing Partnership with the Early Learning collision. 1300 facilities fall under the agencys umbrella and receive support down to training teachers and staff. This is a quality care center. Reporter they are running on a 2001 state budget. Support from corporate sponsors. We are beating the street. Steve noble and his board are trying to educate people that investigating in Quality Care Centers it will help parents and help children from one day falling through the cracks of the Public School system. Where they lag behind in reading skills, math skills, socialization skills, a deal breaker for a lot of fa coalition is taking part in giving tuesday, a day set aside to encourage people to donate to any cause they see fit. They are operating on the 2001 budget and needs money to supplement the high cost of care for families in need. They do that in the form of scholarships for families that qualify. Its one step we need to get our lawmakers involved. We need the funding at the federal and state level but this is the first step of how we can help. You hear stories of people need to quit my job and take care of my child. It costs as much as what i make. For Single Parents that is not an option. They go further and further into debt. Across america, suspected serial killer todd ko lip wax charged with three more kolip was charged with three more killings. He was arrested when deputies ve discovered kayla brown inside a metal container on his property. A memorial in arizona will open. A private dedication will be held for families and friends. The memorial will open to the public tomorrow. Counting his blessings after being arrested from a 12foot sinkhole over the weekend. This is the sinkhole he was stuck in for hours. Someone heard him screaming for help. A Good Samaritan quickly called 911. Listen to the call. 911, where is your emergency. No one is around. Firefighters crime into the hole. The man was shaking uncontrollably and saying he was ok he is hospitalized with undisclosed injuries. Parts of the deep south are waking up to a lot of cleaning. Severe weather moved through the area. The storms caused lots of damage in jackson, mississippi. A large tree house tree fell on a house tearing a hole in the roof damaging cars parked nearby. No injuries were reported, though. This morning texas confirming the first locally transmitted zika case. Health Officials Say lab a nonpregnant woman in near brownsville. The only other case where the virus was transmitted is in florida. A United Airlines passenger is in custody after opening the merge landing and jumping out of the plane. It has just arrived. You can see her running across the tarmac its unclear why the woman jumped out of the plane. How is the weather shaping up, ian. Clouds and a few sprinkles yesterday afternoon. Not worried about that this afternoon. A warm muggy one ahead. The latest look at the satellite picture, clear. Max defending 8 after tracking a few sprinkles yesterday, quiet this morning. We need more than sprinkles to rain. November is typically the driest month of the year but not this dry. Its currently tied for the dry yet record. The ruers go back to the 1800s. The front that brought the Severe Weather to the southeast arrives on thursday and almost completely diminished state. That is the best rain chance through the next few days. Breezy and warm. High teat in the upper 60s. A stray shower possible wednesday afternoon but the best rain chance arrives on thursday. Taking a look at your trip on i75 it looks great southbound out of pasco, bruce b. Downs in through i4, nine minutes or so. Northbound along 75 out of southern Hillsborough County, good morning to you. The Sunshine Skyway bridge fantastic out of manatee into pinellas county. Gayle, gene, back to you. Thank you so much, mer. Lake lands Christmas Parade is two days away. People are reserving their seats. We spotted lawn chairs on the side of the road. It is a tradition for families to put out chairs in ad advance despite warnings from city officials trying to all that chair clutter. Dont cover sidewalks and whatever you do, as well, dont chain them to light poles and city fixtures because we will cut the lock and remove the chairs. You have been warned. The Christmas Parade is thursday at 7 00 p. M. They are asking people dont put your chairs out until tomorrow night. Glad to see that they are excited for the holidays. Still ahead, holiday gifts. Deliveries. Move over pizza delivery guy, reindeers wanted your job. Dominoes training reindeer for i really did save hundreds of dollars on my Car Insurance with geico. I should take a closer look at geico. Geico has a long history of great savings and great service. Over seventyfive years. Wait. Seventyfive years . That is great. Speaking of great, check out these hot riffs. Uh, yeah i have an early day tomorrow so. Wait. Almost there. Goodnight, bruce. Gotta tune the a. humming take a closer look at geico. This morning a consumer alert. Holiday shopping is in full swing. In the coming days, many of us take add rang vantage. You can redirect packages to a secure location. Using smart gadgets for your home or smart garage door opener to allow inside drop office and a censor device that sounds an alarm if someone takes something off a motion detection plate. Dominoes is getting in the holiday spirit. They have a unique idea. Are you yeah. These are domino employees. This is happening in northern japan. They are training reindeer for deliveries. The staff is exploring different delivery options, mounding it on a reindeers back or dragging it. Are they getting paid for this. Do you tip them when they show up. Reporter if a reindeer runs properly, it can go as fast as your pizza will be all shaken up. Cheese sticks to the box. This is not the first time they explored delivery methods. Last month they demonstrated pizza delivery by drone. If they drop that, it would be a good thing. Gently, gently. Pay off right there. In australia they testified a robot. Top speed of 12 miles an hour. 45 minute or free april pry. They sent food via canoe in the u. K. I want the reindeer with the shownnal optional at the bus stop. Breezy and warm this afternoon with a high of 83. Speaking of light, light conditions on the interstates right now. Great Early Morning commute. Breaking news. An Early Morning smash and grab. Brazen thieves drove a through the front window. Now investigators want to know if they gross profit away got way with any of the guns. Terror on a university campus. What we are learning about the teen refugee that police say went on a rampage with a car and butcher knife. Cuba in mourning. News channel 8 is in the island nation as thousands remember fidel castro. Good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. Im gayle guyardo. Im gene ramirez