First weve got to check in live now in the city of chicago. Right now the chicago cubs are starting to make their way to the starting point of the parade from wrigley field. It looks like were following the team busses perhaps. Theyre headed to their big victory parade. The 2005 parade was for the white sox, this time the celebration is all cubs, how sweet it is after an 108year drought. You can start seeing the traffic moving, and if the chopper pulls out youll see some of the people lining the streets. Massive crowds around the area. At some point this is going to start its going to be great and well take another look when we get to that point. Im sure they dont care what the weather is. There are plenty of people lining the streets. The lake club in nothing but a few stray clouds. Temperatures are certainly warming up. It was comfortable this morning. Weve already hit 76 degrees at this location. Obviously we dont have any rain, only a 10 rain chance even when a cold front comes through. It its moving through southern georgia and pushing south. But at 11 a. M. Were already at 9 degrees in tampa, the average high today is 80. We sarasota. So when the front comes through front just the 10 rain chance, not super cool in behind it but well lower the humidity levels and it will be breezy on saturday and next week staying mostly dry and comfortable in the low 80s. 3 Elementary Schools are on lock down right now out of sarasota but all students are safe. Police tell us someone morning. Out of caution the school board placed sarasota high, and sun coast school for innovative studies on lock down while police check the area for 2 suspects. We want to stress the students are safe and once we know more well bring you that information. A 71year old man accused of hitting and killing a mother and injuring a sheriffs deputy will be in court. Right now Charlie Lewis is judge later this afternoon. A tip led deputy to say lewis. Someone called Crime Stoppers after spotting his pickup truck. He faces 2 charges leaving the scene of a traffic crash and leaving the scene of a crash causing death. We checked and it does not appear that he has any priors. Today well learn more about the charges a st. Pete woman faces for the death of her 3year old daughter. The daughter disappeared in West Virginia. The girl was 3 years old when she went missing. Her great aunt says she helped organize searchs but her mother refused to participate. Many days after she was reported missing she made the Statement Leave me alone so i can go on with my life. She has 8 children but the court has taken them away. The sheriff in West Virginia is expected to in 25 minutes or so. And taking a look at the mpaign trail 4 days to go in election day in the fight for floridas vote. A new mbc survey monkey poll Hillary Clinton with a lead over donald trump. Overnight donald trump added a rally here in tampa at the State Fair Grounds tomorrow morning at 10 a. M. His running tonight. Meanwhile on the democratic side tim kaine will rally today then heads to fort meyers and sarasota, and bon jovi will have a get out to vote concert tonight. As of this morning more than 335,000 people have voted in Hillsborough County n pinellas 220,000 and almost 120,000 early voting in pasco county. Early voting ends sunday. Happening today the new cross bay ferry opens to the public and sure, its ideal for a ride between st. Pete and tampa but would you use it to get to work during the rush hour commute . We go on your side to find out. What did you find . Its a great question. Youll have to wait and watch fear in bay commuters Howard Frankland bridge. Well the ferry is an alternative to commuting across the bridge but would it save you time and who does it benefit . So i compared the 2 commutes and heres what i discovered. I began by timing the commute from downtown tampa, i included parking at the silver lot, walking and boarding. It took just over 4 minutes. I checked the watch again and were leaving tampa. During my journey i discovered a few things, its a relaxing reduce your commute. Heres a plus i dont have to deal with distracted drivers. My only distraction was this rainbow that appeared. I arrived a little wind blown and hit the timer. 55 minutes. Okay so now its time to compare the ferry ride commute with driving. So im starting at channel 8 because its in downtown and thats where the Ferry Service is. Ive got my stopwatch. Bridge was good which is typical in the morning, and to the ferry parking. With the added time to park just over 33 minutes. So if driving to st. Pete is quicker what commuter would this benefit . Its a way of getting to work and if in 50 minutes without having to worry about accidents on the bridge. So i checked my data from yesterday at 7 15 a. M. And heading to tampa took just on the interstate and thats with zero crashes so comparing the basic commutes from downtown st. Pete to downtown tampa, driving was actually a bit longer than the ferry. So i found the ferry could be a viable alternate commute for those living in downtown st. Pete and working downtown tampa. Now, obviously you have to factor in walking into your office and that would increase the commute its also 10 each 6month trial period. What do you do about your hair . You looked like a mess. You can stay inside. Nice seats. You can get snacks, order coffee. I think by the end of the weekend theyll have alcoholic beverages on their way back from work. Could be a stressfree experience. Yes. Probably dont want to do it when you have of an Early Morning meeting. I think its good to try it out at first and see if it works. And also every third its a good time to check it out. But its not really going to remove vehicles off of the Howard Frankland bridge. Theres only 149 seats but might help you maybe a couple days a week. Well, heres a way to enjoy a longer boat ride, carnival is planning to offer new 7day cruises leaving from port tampa bay. When the carnival miracle sets sail it will accommodate more than 2,000 passengers. Fantastic news for our local economy even if youre not planning on taking one of these cruises. We estimate that its going to be over 200,000 passengers in addition to what we already handle so these are passengers that yes, they go on the vessel but come to tampa, they use our restaurants, our hotels. Van cals week long cruises will depart during the weekend. It all starts january 2018. Well, Citrus County was one of the hardest hit boot hurricane this cell her. It caused about 200 million this damages there. Today home depot wants to help out. Theyll have fema specialists onsite to give tips on reducing damage in the future. You can talk about appeared removing and replacing wetdry wall. Reps will be there from tuesday but times vary so you want to call ahead of time appeared check the schedule. Today wawa is celebrating the grand opening of its 100th store. All day today you get a free coffee of any size, the 100th store is on brandon boulevard if you want to check that out. And a tough loss insult. A bucs injury update coming up. Plus a target 8 investigation, why are dead tampa bay boaters still getting ballots. 8 on your side gets answers from the Hillsborough County elections office. And the chicago cubs taking it all in. The victory parade is soon getting underway barely 36 hours after the teams first world series championship win in years champs said congrats. And it has been really a gorgeous morning, comfortable and now temperatures are climbing up so on this friday afternoon if youre headed out to the beach 75 degrees. Ill let you know about the cold front and the impact it has on our temperatures coming up. Amendment 1 is endorsed by floridas firefighters. Because it does solar the right way. Amendment 1 protects consumers from scams, and unsafe solar installations. Safe solar why are outofstate billionaires attacking amendment 1 . Because amendment 1. Stops. Their. Subsidies. With amendment 1, you dont pay for someone elses solar. To stop unfair subsidies, vote yes on amendment 1. Have more options there will be 2 new versions, check it out. Aside from the classic there will be the grand mac and mac junior. They promise to have all the flavor of the original just in smaller and bigger quantities. Heres the best part florida is one of the 2 states getting the new burgers early we should start seeing them around here in needed bigger big mac. No one wants me to sing, yeah, i growing up i used to eat a lot of big macs before cheerleading practice. It doesnt look like you do. Occasionally right. Maybe im go for the smaller quantity one. Its a Beautiful Day outside nonetheless. Whatever youre today. Freedom plaza 9 degrees, beautiful at Crystal River too. Outside currently not a lot of cloud coverment were going to see just a few clouds by 1 p. M. 80 degrees by 4 p. M. 83, thats above average, the average high is 80, this is going to at least be cooler than the past few days then the front is going to get closer to us, just a 10 chance of a shower as you head out to kick off. 74 degrees and comfortable by half time and 71 by final play. So during the game the cold front is going to arrive. When it does i left in that 10 rain chance and the wind will start to get a little bit stronger. 79 in tampa. 75 in lakeland and temperaturese they were this time yesterday or 2 degrees warmer, so again, a little warmer but it is clear. So well track it were going to stay above average through the rain chance. Notice the cold front is not coming through until well after sunset. Behind it a stronger breeze, slightly cooler, were backing off the cool cool numbers we were looking at earlier in the week but when you factor in the lower humidity, the breeze, its really going to feel more comfortable and more fall like for the weekend. So a bit breezy on saturday feeling cooler at 80 degrees and dont fall back, and it will feel very comfortable appeared pleasant, sunny and 82 on sunday. Next week temperatures staying in the low 80s and were keeping it dry. She died in june so why is she still eligible to vote in this election . A man isnt getting the answers he expected to hear office. He discovered that his deceased neighbor is still eligible to vote. When he asked why, the response startled him so i contacted target 8 Steve Andrews to get some answers. Everyone is making jokes. Dead people voting is a hot topic on the web ray thomas got a little hot under the collar repeatedly when he checked the voter status of a neighbor of his who died in june. Election. This is something that should be looked at. According to to ray what really got to him is a conversation that he had with someone at the hillsborough supervisor of elections office. She said its not up to us its up to the relatives to inform us of a death so we could remove the names. Ray suggested removing her name from the registration rolls. She said its not up to us, its up to the families. I said, well, why ct that, she says its not our job. This flier states our Voter Registration database is scrubbed each night to remove deceased voters and felons. I went to the supervisor of elections database today. The neighbor is still there, still eligible to vote. State law requires the Florida Department of Health Update the division of elections monthly about people 17 years and older who died, that information is shared with election offices around the state. According to the dead voter they need more verification than a call from a neighbor. Ray spent a career defending this country so people have the right to vote. He worries about the potential for voter fraud and the attitude about it he encountered. It doesnt sit well and i say to those individuals, why downtown make it your job, we the people want you to make it your job. Is still listed as active because they have received no evidence of her death. No ballot has been sent to her for this election though. She also told Steve Andrews how disappointed she is that he is allegedly creating an elevated level of fear among our viewers. Well, if you have a problem you want steve to investigate call target 8. The number is on your screen. For post season play. They are pumped up and news channel 8 brought the friday morning blitz pep rally to jefferson high this morning. The dragons will be taking the field for a win. Coach tells us every day to work harder. Its not what we did last week that we need to rely on its what we need to do th in the playoffs kick off is tonight at 7 30. Well, it was a rough morning for bucs fans following an ugly loss to the falcons on thursday night football. And to make matters worse we have some injury to say tell you about. Our star wide receiver is now evans is in the concussion protocol. He leads the league right now in touchdowns. Meanwhile winston hurt his knee. I feel great. Because my coach took me out. [audio difficulty]. Final score 4328, bucs lose. The falcons now comfortably in first place in the division. The bucs are now in third. We have 10 days to rest up before hosting chicago. And speaking of the windy city we want to take you there live right now. Look at there. Your chicago cubs i dont know if you can spot anybody. Too far away, but thats them right there. About a half hour away or so from the start of their victory parade for the big world series win. This parade will make its way along michigan avenue, thats the famed magnificent mile as its known. In 2015 the city estimated 2 Million People showed up after the Chicago Blackhawks won the stanley cup. Surprise to anyone if a lot more people will turnout for this celebration that kicking off here in just a little bit. The cubs waiting 108 years for this world series win. The parade well deserved, and again, we leave you with this live picture here as theyre about to head out to that parade route. Last years world series champs the royals showing their love for the cubs in true chicago fashion. 25 pizzas, in fact delivered from a famed restaurant to the cubs front office. The royals tweeted congrats cubs enjoy some pizza on us today as you plan your hashtag world series celebration. Now, this is a relatively new tradition. It started in 2014. The red sox bought the giants pizza after their world series wins and the giants did the same for kansas city last year. Now, its the. Plus in case you missed it theres a new wonder woman trailer out. Well show you more next. Z25eiz z16fz under state attorney mark obers watch, he declined to prosecute a man who forced a girl into sexual slavery, even blamed the victim. Ober she was with him voluntarily. Our community deserves new leadership. Andrew warren, an experienced prosecutor, will reallocate resources to target violent crime, including gun violence, rape, and domestic abuse. Andrew warren for state attorney. Its time for new leadership. Y25ehy y16fy. How about a trip to the movies this weekend. One of the most powerful female characters created ever is getting her standaloneil weve got a glimpse of wonder woman. This will be the first widely released super hero film to have a female character as the lead. The creation story takes place during world war i, its in theaters june 9th. All right lets talk about this weekend the big releases could bring the box office out of somewhat of a slump. One of the movies that could help do that theyre looking to give ticket sales a boost. Now, theres trolls a movie about the little dolls with big hair. Analysts predict it will open around 35 to 40 million. And garfield stars in hacksaw ridge. Decade. It is expected to bring in 12 to 15 million in its debut. Well, st. Pete sewage has been an issue for months about a lot of finger pointing but now theres a plan to fix the citys massive sewer mess. How much money the project will cost. A possible solution to the after months of problems the city says it has a fix. But how much will it cost you, the taxpayer . And we are in the home stretch to election 2016, the candidates within 1 to 2 points of each other in battleground states. Were taking a look at the latest policy this morning and a new International Law regarding Carbon Emissions goes into effect today. It got support from the obama administration, but one of the 2016 president ial candidates is trying to undermine that agreement. Good morning. We haven 3 schools in sarasota. The Sarasota School board lifted the lock down an sarasota high school, alta vista and sun coast school. Earlier this morning someone stole a gun from an unlocked vehicle. The search for 2 suspects is underway though. Lets get a check on your friday forecast. For a friday its pretty nice out there. The camera clear skies, just a minute ago going on. Nothing like the stronger breeze weve been seeing the last week and a half or so. 77 degrees at that location. Notice not seeing any rain, any clouds. Yes the radar is working just not picking up on any rain. Even where the cold front is across south georgia, this is one of the reason why im only putting in that 10 rain chance when the front comes through later toni and our warm spot sarasota at 81, 75 in lakeland. I mention that breeze, were seeing anywhere from 5 up to 10 miles per hour. So its a light breeze certainly not uncomfortable. The cold front comes through tonight. Now, notice when you look at the 8day temperature trend that we only knock it down by about 3 degrees. Its going to be well, developing this morning st. Petersburg mayor presented his plan to fix the citys sewage system and prevent more dumping into the bay. It includes lining pipes and fixes manhole covers. Officials also discussed expanding capacity at 2 water re strengths facilities and reopening the albert treatment plant. Millions of gallons were dumped into the bay when the sewage system was overwhelm by the water. The estimated project will cost taxpayers more than 300 million. Happen on election day and whats happening before election day are mounting as we enter the last leg of the campaign season. Reporter intelligence sources tell nbc your vote is safe, but theyre preparing for possible hacks affecting electricity, the internet social media and transportation next tuesday. For now the concern is African American they couldnt find me in the rolls rolls. Reporter donald trump and extremists supporting him have called for monitors a