Leigh. A forecast with leigh. A lot of you get to sleep in because you dont have to work. 92 humidity, and its 75 in odessa. Lar go, youre starting at 73 degrees, and 74 in wesley chapel, and the rain chances out of the forecast for the first few hours of the day. Typical for labor day. 30 in the early afternoon with around 4 00 p. M. Heres the labor day forecast for you. 79 at 8 00 this morning. Heating up to 86 by noon, and if you have rain chances, fair, but a couple of isolated showers and better coverage of rain later in the day and there is the High Temperature around , thank you, leigh. Clear water police on the scene of is a stapping at7 eleven this morning. One person was stabbed, and paramedics rushed that person to the hospital, and that person is expected to survive. Clearwater Police Arrested a suspect. Right now hurricane had is long gone, but parts of the bay area are in homes and businesses were under water when the Anclote River overflowed its banks. Ryan hughes is live this morning. County emergency leaders are expecting the river to drop within a few hours . Reporter green, good morning to you as well. The river is well above the normal stage, and as you can see, it has pushed water into peoples homes, and this is a mobile home water in elfers, water, but it should go down by 8 00 this morning, and rescue crews used boats to get some residents out who had no other way to escape. Some homes and businesses had several feet of water inside. Governor scott slopped through the water with the resident dishis side. He said the impact on their neighborhoods. That raises eyebrows to other people in the county and city to ache action. As we mentioned, the river is expected to drop to its normal stage in a few hours, briefing relief to many people who have felt with high water for days, and another live look at this Mobile Home Park this motels hotels, and theres 15 people at this hour in local shelters gene. I know they wasnt tout to see the water level go gown. Thank you. We will check with you throughout the morning. The panhandle took quite the beating from hermine. The storm uprooted trees and knocked out power to tens of thousands of people, and tens thousands are without power this morning, and most of in leone county. Meredith censuello has a look at the cleanup. Reporter i just checked the outage map, and theres 21,000 people in tallahassee without power. 77 power crews from around the country arriving in tallahassee yesterday, and comfort stations, water distribution and food service stations will continue today. Florida state caused concern. Most of the campus has had power restored, and classes will not resume until wednesday,. And mean tile a bit of confusion with rick scott and the local government, and in a news release yesterday even, scott said tallahassee and leone county declined further state of transportation assistant to clear trees and limbs, but city and county offici they never declined the assistance, they just moved on to debris removal, and it is expected that 90 of tallahassee will have power back today, and 98 should be restored by wednesday, but that 2 , wow, thats a lot of days without power. It really is. Thank you, meredith. Hermine is threatening new jersey, long island, and up dangerous waves, and look at currents along the beaches for the labor day holiday. Coming up on 6 06 on this labor day, and a foreman pasco county sheriffs deputy is facing charges of drunk driving, and detectives claim 23yearold Jack Armstrong crashed into a home, and the 71 yearold man whoo live in the home was hurt, but he will be okay. The crash caused 75,000 in damage. Armstrong has since resigned from his position. Hernando county is homeless after a fire gutted their homes. The flames broke out on wilson boulevard. No one was hurt, and investigators are trying to figure out how the fire started. New this morning, a u. S. Socker star and world cup winner is taking a stand to show her support for Colin Seattle player, megan rapano knelt before her team took the field. She explained it was the least she could do to keep the conversation going. Colin kaepernick sparked a National Discussion by refusing to stand during the anthem at the San Francisco preseason game. He told reporters it was his pay to protect Racial Injustice in the united states. The Catholic Church is celebrating the canonization of mother teresa. She was ev of the gutters. She was praised for her courage in take on World Leaders to help the poverty stricken. She die the 19 years ago, and shes threat she died 19 years ago, and she is credited with two miracles. In the front row, 1500 homeless men and wait a minute cared for by the charity that mother lets check on the weather. People are hoping to go out and enjoy laborday. Most of us will have a typical day. The water is coming down from the other parts of the state, and this is the red river Flood Warning, and also the little Manatee County, and this is lithia. Cyprus creek at worthington gardens two warnings, and thats as well as arcadia. If you live along the waters, be careful, and its swift and higher than normal. Im not going to expect much rain fall potential between 3 00 and 4 00, but between that time and 9 00, we could see pockets of heavier downpours. I expect the main to be near afternoon. Rain chances completely out of the foes cast. By noon, we are at 86. 30 rain chance then, and the rain chance going up to 30 , and its 90 at 4 00 p. M. , and a 40 rain chance. Thats pretty dippal. Tomorrow, dryer air will come in to wednesday. You say 40 today, and ur gayle and gene. Thank you so much. Its only september, but already people are planning for the holidays. We are not talking about halloween either, thats so yesterday. A look at what is being called the halloween creep, and why you may want to start your Christmas Shopping now. Zika concerns in your backyard. Fighting the mosquitoes that carry the virus, many are what doctor. Believe may work as an alternative. Its 6 09. Youre watching news channel 8 today. With zika making headlines daily in florida, a lot of people are asking 8 on your side about the exposure to the chemicals needed to kill of the virus. I found out its a very real concern, but whats the alternative . Reporter crews are double dosing chemicals to kill larva and adult mosquitoes, and people are being urged to use bug spray, but thats a lot of hem call exposures. Right now its the better of two evils. I have been watching about the spread of zika, and my sister is in her first trimr, worry about her and the chemicals, too, but in the shortterm, the concern is keeping her and her baby safe. Reporter david ugher points burger points out theres so much we dont know. He warns toxic accumulation is real, and children are most susceptible. I almost always have thens being pitten by a mosquito, but i i dont want to expose my child to deet. If a person feels deet is right for them, putting it on their clothing instead of right to the skin. And put it on their hat. Reporter theres products that get high marks for effectiveness. Applications happen more frequently than dote. Reporter the key ingredient . Picaridin said regnant women and children as young as 6 months old. We will talk more about picaridin and other natural alternatives tomorrow on news channel 8. They have been put through the cdc and respected medical journals. A driver in california lost control, and the driver described as eler willly hit a venue. Five people received lesser injuries, and investigators are trying to figure out what caused the crash. A fastmoving wild fire is prompting evacuations, and it grew to near 300acre asks, and its threatening several mountain homes and cabins, and extra crews are scheduled today to arrive to help out. The ordering the closure of 36 waste water disposal wells. Its believessed the wells for fracking are to blame. They are in what is called an area of interest created by home officials as they address the possible link tote earthquakes. Its 6 15. The university of New Hampshire is undergoing several improvements thanks to a generous graduate. The man gave his entire passed away. Robert mooran graduated and then worked in the school library, and the School Received 4 million from his estate. They will make improvements to the library, and a Financial Adviser who i would like to meet personally, if he herbed him 4 million on a librarians salary ed to help the future students. Somes like he was very committed to the university. An 8 on your side consumer watch. We are not through the labor day holiday, and retailers are already looking to the big one. And many are hitting us with christmas deals, and we have what is being called the holiday creep. Be to already see halloween merchandise on the store shelves 2 nights before trick or treating. Did you notice Christmas Creep got going before labor day . Walmart kicked off the christmas layaway Campaign Last friday to get consumers in a buying mood. Over the last few years, we have seen a trend where consumers send to buy gifts all ar say Christmas Creep gets earlier and earlier because thats what many consumers want. They are taking advantage of seasonal sales when things are may not be in stock or as redly available during the holiday. Reporter he said the current Summer Clearance sale is a an example of that, people buying difficults for 3 months into Christmas Creeping for september, and they will not like the black friday ads planned for the day after halloween. Soon way too soon i havent had a Pumpkin Spice latte. Why are we talking about win ther . We shouldnt b. I know someone who gets a jump start on her shopping, leigh. I have not started yet, and while i have spice latte, i had my pumpkin donut. Im creeping in heres our studios, basically on top of us, patchy clouds, but will not last all day. Plenty of sunshine through the morning, 79 at 8 00 a. M. Lunchtime, 86, and 90 at 4 00 p. M. , and of course the rain chance is going up. Rain chance in the afternoon and evening. Tampa is at 76, and warmer in st. Pease at 78. Bartow and lakeland at 75, and my weather watcher wendy in brooksville. Seasonably warm, and we not extra humid today, but seasonably so for Early September and labor day, and you dont expected it to be muggy during the day, right . Afternoon storms, and by 3 00, notice, theres spotty showers around, some heavier, and by 6 00 want to, the storms have pushed towards the coast, and actually they begin to drift farther down to the south, and if you do have plans in the coast, later in the day, the rain chance is going up. We have dryer air from the north, and tomorrow morning, chance is just 20 . North of i4, we finally get the good chance to dry out, and with the swollen rivers and the vast amount of rivers we saw, this is great tuesday. 20 rain chance on tuesday and wednesday. They go back up to 40 by the weekend. We will take those days. Saving money on groceries. Still ahead, four food items we are paying less for this year. And family dinners. Ne are eating together on a regular basis. Its 6 20, and youre watching we are back at 6 23, and family meal time has gone by the wayside for many activities. Many families are not together. Only 57 of parents eat dinnish with their children every night. 71 of parents reveal in an ideal world they would want to eat with their children nightly. Encouraging news on grocery spending, and we are used to hearing about prices going up, and Business Insider reports the price of dairy pucks like milk are down by 3 , and thats compared to last year. Egg prices are down 29 , and shoppers are on beef and 3 less on poultry. Updating the software on our phones. In the next half an hour, a look at the update for iphone users. Talk about getting seasick this is what it looked like from a cruise ship encountering rocky seas for hermine. This is downtown tampa. This is hazy out there this morning, and its nice to see it dry for a change, and happy its 6 28. Youre just waking up and realizing you dont have to go to work because its labor day. Maybe you go to the beach. Most of the day will be okay, early as you can. The rain chance will be higher later in the afternoon as the storms push through the coast, and temperatures not too bad. Around the upper 80s. In the water itself, its been a little bit cooled down because of the recent rains, and the water temperatures at 83 degrees, a light shop out there, thankfully not churned up anymore. And High Temperatures, 90 today, and thats afternoon, and 91 for tuesday, and back to and while temperatures remain right at average for the next 5 days, the rain chances are going down. I will tell you when we have cleaning up after hurricane hermine. The storm is miles away from the bay area, and we are still dealing with the effects. Flooding is a concern for pasco residents, and we are elfers with the latest on the Anclote River. A Man Threatening of an attack worse than the pulse nightclub attack. What we are learning about the suspect and where he was planning to carry out the attack. And big changes for iphone users. Apple is pushing the ios10 update this week. We will show you the big changes coming to your phone in a couple of minutes. Im gene ramirez. And im gayle guyardo. Enjoy it. Good morning, leigh. We just talked about the lingering effects for hermine. We will be showing you pictures from elfers, and in is not the only spot. Sigh cyprus creek at worthington gardens and the peace river in arcadia. If you live in the areas or youre nearby, the swift is current out there as well as the swollen rivers. Higher than normal. Unfortunately theres rain chances. 40 by 4 00 p. M. , and afternoon highs today, for labor day, close to average. Around 90, and tonight, though, notice its below average. Going down to 74. And thats because today around, but tomorrow, dryer air is sneaking in. The 8day temperature forecast at 6 38. We will see what it does to rain chances and temperatures, guys . A building collapsed in israel. The structure in tel aviv came crashing down when a crane came down on it crews are frantically searching for anyone who may have been inside at the time. Hermine is long gone, but pasco county dealing the effects of the hurricane. Hundreds are out of their homes as the nearby river was well above flood stage most of the weekend, spilling into the their homes. Ryan, county leaders hope the Anclote River will start to go down a bit throughout the day . Exactly, gene. The river backed up, and its been backed up for days, causing problem the in many Mobile Home Park on celtic drive and you can see the entire place is covered by water. Emergency management Officials Say it should be back to normal by tomorrow afternoon. Thats an update from what we are reporting. Governor rick scott toured the flooded neighborhoods over the weekend. He slopped through the water with the residents by his side. They ordered the evacuation of 740 residents on some had to be rescued when the water got way too high. The river is expected to drop to the normal stage tomorrow afternoon, bringing are leaf to many people who have dealt with the high water for days now regardless of what they do or decide here, its not something you can take care of overnight. You cant come in with a vacuum cleaner and suck the water away every time something happens. We will get through it. Reporter and back here live, another live look at the Mobile Home Park this morning, and we have been out here for the last couple of hours, and we have seen the water go down just a bit. Its not supposed to get back to the normal flood stage here until some time tomorrow, gene . Sad so many people affected there. Ryan, thank you. And this morning, Tropical Storm hermine is slowing down, but its still packing strong winds and the storm is churning in the atlantic, and its causing ob northeast, and in new jersey, Holiday Beach goers are doling where dangerous waves and currents, and new jerseys governor is warning people on the jersey shore to stay out of the water. Governor Chris Christie declared a state of emergency. In new york, all beaches are offlimits for swimming. Take a look at the waves created by hermine. These are the conditions the bahamas. Look how slick it is inside. The anthem of the seas got caught in the rough seas while headed to bermuda. This morning a polk county teen is being hailed a hero. 18yearold austin welch lost his life trying to save his sister. His body was recover from the base river not far from where he was last seen going under the wear. Saturday morning his mom, barbara angle, and his 11year old sister, crystal, and austin were fishing. His family says he died a hero. He was holding her up out of the water, and then he got carried down, and then i jumped in after them. Reporter austin was trapped in the water underknead a dead tree, and florida fish and wildlife used sonar equipment in the search to find him. Polk county deputies are it was used by burglars who broke into tie tan arms in lakeland. 20092014 gray sport f150. The crooks took off with 30 handguns and 10 semiautomatic rivals. Anyone with information should call the polk county sheriffs office. Deputies in Manatee County need your help in finding a missing veteran. They are looking for 31year old ian oz. Walt. His wife says he left the home on saturday night, threaten to hurt himself. He is a military veteran who retired due to posttraumatic stress disorder. Hes driving a mitsubishi with a florida tag. Residents near Fort Lauderdale and Broward County are feeling safer this morning arrested. He has been apprehended, and hes currently in custody. Reporter Wilton Manor Police say this man posted threatening messages on facebook, aimed at gay residents in the community, and one of the post even references the june 12th mass shooting at pulse nightclub in orlando. I feel relieved. We were concerned he would show up again. Reporter hetizes himself as an event and Party Planner is accused of writing my events are selling out because you gay slur are you are total patsies. He has been the subject of numerous arrests and harassment and stalking complaints. Two other posts, you can never since you gay slur are not dieing from aids anymore, i have a better solution to exterminate you the gay losers. Its time to clean up willton manors from you aidinfested losers. We started to communicates what we could, and we beefed up controls and operations. Federal investigators are looking other unrelated complaints against him. He denied writing the facebook messages, and hes expected to show up in an Orlando Court tomorrow. Now its 6 38. A check on weather. Ever this morning we are seeing the first rays of sunshine over the hoer roy soon. This is how it looks this morning at 6 38 from the hula 7 00a. M. , 77. And noon, its 86, and i expect the afternoon high to happen around 4 00 p. M. The rain fall potential for the first part of the day, not too good, but 3 00 or 4 00, we will see the pockets of heavy rain, and then all of that rain will make its way to the coast later in the afternoon and evening this is close to what we expect for labor day. Seasonably hot and humid with scatter the storms. Tomorrow, dryer air is wednesday before the moisture comes back, and so do the rain chances for the end of the week. The temperatures pretty close to the average of 90, 21, 9. And emojiman is et willing you know you need the sunglasses. Theres a new clothing line out for little girls. Still ahead, what the line wants to teach girls about growing up that has parents cheering. Was called in to save lives. And theres important changes for iphone users. Apple is pushing the ios10 update later this week. We will show you changes after the break. Its 6 30 on this labor day monday. Youre watching news channel 8 the new iphone will revealed on wednesday. When youre in the market for a new one or not, theres a new software coming. Meredith censullo with the changes we are going to be seeing. Reporter apple will push the update to nearly all iphones this week with a bunch of improvements and changes. Its ios10. The 10th major revision to the iphone and ibad operating system. Theres a lot of changes, but anymore. You will press the home button instead of swiping. Swipe right, and a revamped notification screen, and left for the camera. The messages app is way different. Emojis are bigger, you can draw on the screen, and you can send m disappearing messages, and thats probably going to be a concern for parents. Theres changes to the maps and some Lifestyle Changes as well. Your ie alarm you are ever set, and it will automatically remember where you parked your car. The full list of changes is on wfla. Com. Gene . Thank you, meredith. Let us know what you think about the changes with 8alert. Bernie sanders will be campaigning for Hillary Clinton today. This is his First CampaignNew Hampshire. He will speak at Lebanon High School where he is expected to speak about clintons economic plan. Today Hillary Clinton will campaign in ohio and illinois. Tomorrow she will return to tampa. Clinton will attend a rally at usf and discuss plans to keep our nation safe it will take place at the student recreation center. Doors opat will take the stage at 1 45. Donald trump is courting black voters, and on saturday he made his first visit to an African American church in detroit. You can see him singing and clap ago longs. He called far civil rights agenda for our time. Across america this morning, more than two dozen people are counting their blessings after being rescued this video sun believable, showing the 63foot fishing boat taking on water after it slammed into rocks near. Coronado islands. A commercial fishing boat was in the area and was thankfully able to save the 21 passengers and five crew members. One passenger has a back injury, but everyone else is okay. The both . Thats another story it broke apart. It was a beautiful celebration of life for the boy killed by Family Vacation at a Disney Resort this weekend he would have been 3 years old. Loved ones and strangers gathered to remember little lane graves in omaha, nebraska. The family wanted to keep things positive releasing 5,000 balloons. Later today a vigil will be held for orlando castillo. He was shot and killed on july nationwide protist, and a memorial was held last week at the spot where he was shot by a st. Anthony police officer. A new type of gatorade is going to hit the store shelves. A new organic version coming in flavors of strawberry, lemon, and mixed berry. Pepsi plans to start selling the organic version in markets come fall. What do dinosaurs, pirates, and trains all have in common . They are the chickens little girls are interested in, and they are things you will not find on clothing at the Girls Department in traditional stores, and and this is called princess awesome. It was created blue two dc area mom created by two dc area moms. They made their first batch in sold out again and again, they started a Kickstarter Campaign that is changing fashion conversations with kids. Instead of you look so cute or what an ascorable dress you are wearing, nay hear instead, are nose rockets . Is that a dinosaur . Whats your favorite one . The dresses are made at a factory in chicago, and because most of the workers are moms themselves, the shop opens earlier and closes at 3 00 p. M. Each day so moms can ck their kids from school. Thats cute. Maybe its awesome. If they i dont like the fairies and pink, they dont like the word cute. Exactly. An arizona woman did a double take when she looked outside in the woods. She saw an animal in trouble. Take a look. Debora butler saw the elk with the tire swing tangled in his antler. Luckily shes a veterinarian. She worked for 12 hours to get close enough to free the elk, good job. 6 48. We will go to the weather. The sun is beginning to come up and giving us a good idea of the cloud cover aspect around there. Theres not necessarily fog, but a layer of clouds off the surface. I think it will scour out once it starts to heat up this is from the Freedom Plaza in sun city scepter. Patchy clouds but not too bad this morning. 78 by noon, its up to 86. Day before the storms develop, a better coverage of rain through the afternoon, and any storms that form will push towards the coast, and otherwise, a high today of 98 degrees, and heres what im talking about, the next couple of hours, patchy clouds, and moisture increases through the morning hours, and by the time you head to lunchtime, theres not a lot of rain, but we will start to get heavier pockets by 2 00 p. M. , and by 3 00 or 4 00, any rain that forms will make rain is not only closer to the coast, but also farther down to the south, and thats very important because dryer air is coming in from the north, and today we have a good rain chance because theres lingering tropical moisture around. We are showing the greens and blues as the tropical type of moisture, and the red color is dryer air, and it will creep on down the peninsula of florida, and tomorrow we will see the dryer air in our that means its going to feel slightly less humid. That will help to lower our rain chances, and after the amount of rain we have seen from hurricane hermine and swollen rivers, two good days of dryer air certainly appreciated it the moisture will quickly begin to return from the south, and heres the 8day forecast, 40 rain chances for labor day, mainly in the afternoon. Dropping that to 20 for tuesday and wednesday, and back up to 30 on thursday, and friday. And 40 for the weekend. Leigh. This weak a high school will work on straightening things out when it comes to what happened on the sidelines of one football game. Thats because it was crooked. This is a jiggling sideline in pickens county. Who did that . Someone snapped the picture and tweeted this out it has gone viral and ended up on espn. Im sure they got a good laugh there coaches approved it for game, t the School Promises to have a straight line. As for how it was so crooked, they dont know what happens. The refs are like out, no, maybe not. Depends on the angle. What you need to know before you walk out the door is next. Including the president ial candidates message to the bay area. Days after the storm ships, residents are still dealing youre watching from bed and you have the day off. Nowhere to go . Days after hermine hit pasco county, many people are still dealing with high water. Ryan hughes is in elfers looking at when the water might recede. Reporter a lot of waters in the area overflowed their banks in look behind me. You can see the Mobile Home Park is flooded. The entire thing is flooded. We are told the river should recede to normal by tomorrow afternoon. Some homes and businesses had several people neat of water in them, and governor rick scott this river is expected to go through tomorrow night. Hermine is packing a powerful pump, and its stirring up dangerous waves and rip currents on beaches for new jersey to cape cod massachusetts. Clear water police are investigating a stab at 7 eleven. It started as a fight at mcdonald and spilled mcdonalds and spille have not released his identity yet. A polk county family is in shock after a teenager died trying to save his little sister. Austin welch jumped in after his sister fell into the water. She survived but welch disappeared in the current. Night when her seattle team took the field. She said it was in support of colin kaepernick, the quarterback for the 49ers who refused to stand during the National Anthem to raise awareness about president ial injustice. Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton will campaign tomorrow. She will discuss her plans to keep the nation safe. Its at center and begins at 1 45 this afternoon are afternoon. Tomorrow afternoon. Im sorry, tomorrow afternoon the river Flood Warning in effect. Little manatee river, and these are all river Flood Warnings, cyprus creek, and peace river, and arcadia this morning when you look out into tampa, you can see the low clouds, and the fog has not reached its way to the ground, but you will not spots. Theres the sunshine for you on this labor day. As the morning goes on, i think the clouds will partly break up. 90 at 4 00 p. M. , and rain chances going up to 40 today, but boy, do we need time to dry out it looks like we will get that at least for tuesday and wednesday. Much lower rain chances and slightly lower humidity, which all of us will appreciate. Thats a nice liting break. Thank you for joining this labor day monday. Enjoy your time off if youre lucky enough to have it off. Check our updates during the good morning. Holiday headache. Hermine stalls off the east coast but still poses a threat. Millions under storm warnings with flooding, gusty winds and strong rip currents expected. Breaking overnight. A building under construction collapses in tel aviv. More than a dozen people rescuers now searching for survivors trapped in the rubble. Honoring lane. I dont like to speak but my baby i owe it to him to honor him. The parents of the little boy killed by an alligator at disney world open up publicly for the first time. How they paid tribute to their son on what would have been his third birthday. And sprint to the finish. With the election just 64 days