Formerly invest 97. We just got confirmation that this is now Tropical Storm matthew. The m storm on the list. Hurricane hunters have been flying in the system this morning. At flight level, they found a closed area of circulation. Heres the latest track from the Hurricane Center. This is expected to continue through the southern caribbean and becoming a category one hurricane as early as fr the make a hard right turn, start heading to the north, Pope Benedict materially approaching jamaica by sunday and monday as potentially a strong hurricane, a category two storm. And from there, a lot of uncertainty as to where this goes. At this point, we need to watch the system closely. Right now, the winds are at 60 Miles Per Hour so its a potent Tropical Storm. More about matthew coming up in a bit. And also, showers and mainly just shower activity. Weve had this onshore flow. Its been giving us the morning showers here and cloudiness as well. Rain chances will continue as we go into the afternoon. Temperatures right where they should be this time 60 year, topping off this time of year, topping off around 88 degrees. Could get stormy through the afternoon. We will look at the forecast in detail in a bit, gene. Thank you. We will check back. Thank you. Breaking news now at 11 00, 8 on your side has confirmed test results are back on the first contamination near the mosaic sinkhole. According to the company that took the sample, every well met the epa Drinking Water standard. The Company Began three testing for neighbors just three days after 8 on your side broke the story of a sinkhole swallowing hundreds of millions of gallons of radioactive back in august. The first round of tests looked for abnormal readings. Radio chemistry or radiation levels. Every well in this part of florida contains trace amounts of radiation. And the jet shot down over ukraine in 2014. A dutch team of criminal investigators claim russia fired the missile. Investigators say they have, quote, solid evidence to support communications intercepts show promoscow rebels called for beemployment of the weapon and reported it for deployment of the weapon and reported it to areas of rebels in eastern ukraine. And the launcher was returned to russia afterwards. World leaders are remembering former israeli credited with brokering a peace deal with palestinians in the 1990s. President barack obama praised him for his commit. In pursuing peace. He was commitment in pursuing piece. Remembering a baseball star with ties to the bay area. Tonight the high school is holding a Memorial Service for jose fernandez. Fernandez and two friends died over the weekend when the boat they were on crashed into rocks. His story captured the hearts of the bay area when he made a harrowing escape from cuba and settled in tampa. He led the ravens to two state championships. Tonights amemorial is at 7 30. And fans will participate in a procession and viewing taking place tonights memorial is tonight at 7 30. Fans will participate in a procession and viewing taking place in miami. He is accused of sexually assaulting his clients. Police tell us that he inappropriately touched two of his patients during sessions claiming it was part of their treatment. Investigators believe there could be more victims out there. Anyone with information is now asked to call lakeland police. Well, florida is stepping up the war on a dangerous synthetic drug. Florida attorney general pam bondi issued an emergency order outlying the synthetic drug. It is cheap and easy to ge the internet. Another risk, it is 50 times more potent than heroin. The drug is blamed for three reported deaths in Pinellas County. A sign outside a bay area law firm is sparking the reaction. Some online are calling it a disgrace and antipolice. News channel 8s mary mcguire sat down with the defense attorney behind the sign who explains why he put it up in the first place. Reporter following officer involved shootings in charlotte and omaha, one tampa defense sign outside his law firm. And since then, many law firm. Since then, many people have spoken out about it online. They are greeted by a sign that changes frequently. A lot of people are not in the best of moods because they are backed up here. Reporter over the year, the attorney has displayed various messages on it. But recent officer involved shootings prompted him to make a big change. Killing unarmed black men now then we have a bigger problem. Reporter now the sign reads, stop killing unarmed black men now. The message brought support but also comments like these, must be an office full of cop haters wrote one user on the facebook page. And another user write, when you publicly post a message of shown yourself you no longer respect the process. He tells us that he served in the military for four years and does respect law enforcement. He doesnt mind in the backlash affects business. I dont want business from racists and i dont want business from people that dont think that we should have equal justice in this country. Reporter we want to hear your thoughts about the sign. You can join the conversation on our we have facebook page. In the studio, on our wfla in the studio, mary mcguire, news channel 8. Let us know what you think. The Ground Breaking is underway for the usa water Sports Complex and training center. When construction is complete, it will be three lakes, a disabled water sports acadmy. And much more. The 4 million prois a huge deal. It million project is a huge also happening right now, a career fair in st. Pete. If you are looking for a job, head out there. The fair runs until 2 00 this afternoon. It started a couple minutes ago at 11 00 a. M. Its happening at the hilton st. Pete bay front on 1st street south. Dress professionally and print out and take with you plenty copies of your resume. For more information call 877 5615627. New this morning, theres a new option shopping in the bay area in seminole and called earth fair. They sell organic Natural Foods that are fresh and local. News channel 8 was there for the Ribbon Cutting and grand opening this morning. The line as you see out the door. In fact, it wrapped around the building. And one woman we spoke withstood in line, get this, for nine hours. Have been looking forward to the store coming here since i heard that they were coming. Hormone, no add colors and preservatives. For so long, weve only had one option and now, right, here we have a whole other option. Maybe you can make a pit stop for lunch because they also feature an organic juice bar and ready to go foods including a salad bar, hot food and pizza station and sandwich counter as well. Kidney stones are known for causing pain but getting rid of them can whats that about . Why rolling a roller coast why riding a roller coast is what the doctor ordered. Plus, telling the story of brittney williams. What happened to her could happen to anyone. And its something we can all learn something from. Youre watching news channel back along side Ed Bloodsworth here. But i have to show you this real quick. A man in an tar owe, boy, hes brave. Yeah, no doubt about it. The man came up to the skunk with a can stuck on his head. And yeah, of course, breaks your heart to see the animal in distress but it doesnt refute the fact that its a skunk. Watch what he does. Approaches slowly. Tries to get it off the head. Successful. You see how quickly he backed away. Yeah. Can well, i wonder. The skunk took off to actually he did not spray the guy. Yeah. Would you be that brave . No, you shouldnt have gotten your head in there to begin with. Call someone else. Exactly. Thankfully the skunk is okay. Busy . Yeah, no doubt. Tropic, 13th named storm of the atlantic hurricane season. We showed you this at the top the caribbean. We noticed Tropical Storm forced winds over the last 12 hours but the Hurricane Center finally found a closed area of circulation and now we if i recallly have Tropical Storm matthew. First forecast track, the 11 00 a. M. Advisory moving through the caribbean. Becoming a category one hurricane by friday or the weekend. And then from there, the environment appears to be conducive for Additional Development here. So this could become a category tw week. Its expected to make what appears to be a hard right turn towards the north here. Once we get beyond this point, still a lot of uncertainty. Any time we get a Tropical Storm in the caribbean, it bears watching. Right now, winds are at 60 Miles Per Hour. We will watch it. 86 here at home in new port richey. Weve had this strong onshore flow throughout the morning here. And thats been causing showers. Were still looking at a few one over Old Tampa Bay as well. And then a few other showers here working their way through manatee county. So again, we will keep our eyes on this but the rain chances will likely continue through the afternoon. And theyll the start to push inland, shifting east of 75 here through the course of the afternoon. So our inland counties, polk county, highlands, hardee, desoto, your chances get better for the rest of the afternoon. Temperatures seasonal, right around 88 degrees. So we sit at 82 now for fi 86 in tampa. And 85 degrees for brooksville here. So a warm and steamy day. You can feel the higher humidity. Thanks to the persistent flow. And we are tracking the cold front to the north. It will slowly start to sag toward our area. But as long as as this flow persist, we will keep the chance of morning showers, mainly along the coast and then the chances will start to drive inland through the afternoon. So tomorrow morning, could see some showers. Even for that morning commute, especially along the coastal at the chance of rain to continue. Getting a little bit higher, 40 for your thursday. And then a big push of dry air, looking very good. Look at the morning lows, how about 72 when you wake up on saturday . Yeah,. That would be nice for the morning jogs. And 30 rain chances for weekend. And not much for us right now on the Tropical Storm but we will keep an eye on it. We will certainly do that. Ed, thank you. We carry the zika virus. Well, today we will find out exactly where the mosquitoes are. Miamidade county if i recalls are going to release the locations of mosquito traps that captured the zika virus positive insects in miami beach. Governor rick scott had to give the green light to release the information but not too long ago, both the state and county refused to disclose the locations arguing they were exempt from public records laws. The recent centers for Disease Control recommendation facility testing for the zika virus. Up until that ruling, many people were turned away because of recent travels. And now you will likely be allowed to donate. On the other side, Blood Testing Centers are paying employees more and longer for the additional testing. The only change for donors is signing a consent form to have the blood tested. The process for donors should be seemless. They shouldnt notice much of a change. No additional time to the doon of the donation to the patient. States have until mid november to comply with the directive from the fda. When sudden cardiac arrests strikes outside of a hospital setting, the chance of survival drops significantly. That means someone near you knowing cpr is critical which one local survivor found out first time. Reporter christmas time in new york city. It was a great day, shopping and eating and taking in the changed forever. Reporter she had just arrived to watch the Florida StateFootball Game with her parents. Within five minute, my parents looked over and they thought i was having a seizure. Reporter are her mom rushed to find a doctor in the restaurant and found two. Eye doctors. But the problem was brittneys heart. She had flat lined and was without a pulse. So the doctors started cpr. I remember sitting at the table. We ordered food. And then the next thing you know, i walk up in the everyone just staring at me. And i was just in shock i had no idea what happened. Reporter brittney suffered sudden cardiac arrest with no warning whatsoever. I thought, theres no way, im 24. Im young, im healthy. I workout. Eat healthy. And i just didnt come to the conclusion that i went into cardiac arrest. Reporter and now she works in st. Petersburg. She learned she was born with a heart problem, a heart rhythm condition that can cause fast case, sudden cardiac arrest. She spent eight days in the icu and had to get a defibrillator implanted before she could fly back home to florida. All has made her a huge advocate for learning cpr. People lose their lives every day due to somebody not knowing cpr. Reporter how are you these days in terms of health . Im doing good. Every day is a struggle because im paranoid about if its i just have to live life. I got a Second Chance and im ready to take it. That was Stacie Schaible. News kate is committed to raising 100,000. Fuccillo kia is matching the first 50,000 we raise. The walk is happening november 12th at Raymond James stadium. I will be there along with Stacie Schaible and many of us from here at news channel 8. There. An interesting story in our medical report this morning, fertility specialists from the u. S. Are reporting they delivered a baby conceived using the dna from three people. The procedure involves replacements. Its meant for parents at high risk of passing dangerous diseases to their offspring. Scientists replace the nucleus of the mothers egg cell and place it into the donor egg that is fertilized in a lab. Passing a kidney stone, yep, thats a painful experience but apparently getting on a roller coaster is easier. Listen to the study from a urologist. The doctor said he had patients telling him after riding big thunder mountain, thats at disney world, they were able to fas stone. One passed three different stones after riding multiple times. So he tested for himself, and he rode the coaster with the fake kidney in a backpack and had a 70 success rate. The most effective place to ride to help you out is in the back of the roller coaster. The day humans blast off to visit mars will be here before you know it. And one of many, many questions is, who is going to go there . Spacexs ceo would like to be the first guy to put human feet on the red planet. Hear how he plans to do that welcome back. This is neat. An idea of how he hopes to send humans to mars. Spacex released a new video that shows how the companys transport system is designed to work. Passengers will blast off aboard a reusable rocket. And then it parks them up in orbit and returns home to grab an extra tank of fuel. And gases up the spacecraft which has solar panels to help with power, by the way. Dont let the images of astronauts fool you. He says the trip is going to be fun. In order to make it appealing, and increase the portion of people wanting to go, its got to be really fun and exciting. And it cant feel cramped or boring. But the crew compartment is set up so you can float around. It will be like the movies. Cabins. A restaurant. It will be like really fun. So go. Youre going to have a great time. And now the fine details, he explains the trip would likely cost about the same as buying a house. Start saving now. He says the key to making it propelling on mars for the return trip. This may look like a photo of a cracked statue. But this is jupiters moon. Nasa believes the picture could help them with future missions. Astronomers say it shows a plume of water erupting from the icecovered surface. Its the light blue area on the bottom left of the moon. Scientists say this may be proof that the ocean can be sampled and studied without having to drill through miles and another pick from the hubble to share with you this morning. It captures the death of a star. The burned out star is that white dot you see in the center of the photo. Around it is the star cask off outer layers of gas. The its a beautiful sight for sure. Today is september 28th and if things stay as they are right now, in two day, the government will run out of money. Congress is trying to get a the road block that could cause a shut down coming up. Vo we asked women in Pinellas County to describe congressman david jolly in one word woman 1 dangerous. Woman 2 backwards. Woman 3 outoftouch. Woman 4 thats 3 words. Vo david jolly shares Donald Trumps backwards agenda for women. Jolly opposes a womans right to choose and voted to defund planned parenthood and deny women access to basic Health Care Like mammograms and cancer screenings. Woman 5 i have 3 words for david jolly. Not for women. Vo House Majority pac is responsible ive been thinking. This might be the one thing in the world you pull apart to come together. New papa johns cinnamon pullaparts covered with cinnamon crumble and sweet cream cheese icing. Try our new cinnamon pullaparts for just 6 bucks. Disagreements on capitol hill. The government will run out of money and shut down friday unless congress acts. But they just cant seem to agree. We will show you the sticking points coming up. Plus, the first nomination for an ambassador to cuba in 50 years. Thats strt cars, how about selfdriving chairs. This could revolutionize the way we stand in line. Thank you for joining me on this wednesday. Im gene ramirez. And we want to get straight to weather. A lot happening in the tropics. Heres Ed Bloodsworth. Yeah, a brand new Tropical Storm. The name is matthew. This is formerly invest 97l. We have been tracking this for the last couple days. Hurricane hunters have been flying in the system throughout the morning and found strong circulation. And they are now comfortable calling this a Tropical Storm. So theres a look at the flight from the Hurricane Center this morning. They found flight level wind