Thunderstorms. 76 in odessa, 74 in brandon. Ill widen this out. 75 degrees in dade city, 74 in frostproof and 74 in north portelli. At the moment everything is quite. That was not the case a half hour ago. We had strong storms in citrus and Hernando County and in the last 20 minutes its completely gone. Im keeping the rain chance out of the forecast for the first part of the day. A 20 chance and then a 40 chance this evening. They are not going to move a lot. At 4 38 an 8day temperatures trend. Stay tuned for that because were trending cooler. First a look on the roadways this morning. A pretty good drive over all. A drive on the sellman express. Moving to the maps, zooming in an accidents eastbound at hillsborough avenue at orient road. Now the travel times through ybor looks great parkway absolutely no delays at this Early Morning hour. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to melanie and gene. Thank you, leslee. We have break ing news now. At 4 32, tampa police bust four juveniles for a rash of car breakins. They arrested these did in the Sulphur Springs area this morning. Youre looking at video from that scene. Thats where we were when officers cracked this case. At this point were making calls to find out information about how many cars were the juveniles broke into the cars. We want to know if they stole anything. We are trying to gather that information and we will keep you posted as we learn more. Time now 4 32. The race for the white house is neck and neck between the president ial candidates Hillary Clinton and donald trump. The count down is on until the rivals face off in new york is what is being called a critical night. An epic night where hisly history could be made in 90 election in a debate but you can certainly lose one. At the end of the night will we see voters throw their support behind the first female president ial contender or a billionaire businessman. They have been baiting one another, promising to bring along gusts to rattle their rivals. Hillary clinton invited trump critic mark cuban to sit in the front row while donald trump tweeted that hell bring jennifer flowers affair with bill clinton. Mr. Trump was putting them on notice that we could invite guests to get into the head of Hillary Clinton. We have not invited her formally. I think mark cuban is a Business Leader who has endorsed hillary because he thinks shell do better for the economy. And continuing our coverage this morning, how do the numbers stack up right now . Well a new showing the race is tightening even more. Trump with 46 clinton with 46 of the vote and trump with 44 . Rod carter is there. Reporter good morning, guys. They have been preparing for this debate. They hosted one in 2008, they hosted another president ial debate in 2012. In fact, they have distinction of being the only university to host three consecutive president ial debates. I want to show you video that we took just a short time ago. These are all the media out lets here. They set up camp and set up show here. This place has been very issue very, very busy. What are the issue s . What are the things that voters want to hear about . A political expert we talked to told us that theres one issue that kind of rises to the top above everything else. What do you think is going hear about in this debate . I hate to use the comment but james carver said it, its the economy, stupid. One reason that he said in, in all seriousness, in the height of the vietnam war 7 out of 10 americans were concerned about pocketbook issues. Reporter the debate starts at 9 00 on news channel 8. All th its 90 minutes uninterrupted. It comes on an interesting day. Its 56 years to the day that the first televised president ial debate took place that involved John F Kennedy and then Vice President richard nixon. A very transformative moment in politics when it comes to president ial elections. This one proves to be near the top. In new york, im rod carter. Now back to you. That debate starts at 9 00 p. M. News channel 8 will is a front row. Rod will report live before and after that debate. You can look for his reports starting today at 4 00 p. M. Time now 4 36 on this monday morning. Clinton and trump spending the weekend preparing for the debate but both took time to meet with the israeli prime minister. They discussed the memorandum. The Trump Campaign said they talked about israels successful experience with the fence that helped to protect its borders. Well, happening today, florida fans are mourning the death of Miami Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez, who by the way played for tampas Alonzo High School before he went to the majors. He was just in a boating accident over the weekend. Ryan hughes is live at Alonzo High School this morning. So sad for members of the school that still remember this young man. He was born in cuba and moved to the bay area as a teenager. Reporter good morning to you. Jose fernandez was just 15 years old when he came to the united states. He reached this country in a speedboat filled with other cubans. He settled here in Hillsborough County and went to Alonzo High School where he was part of thete championships his sophomore and senior years. Fernandez and two friends were on board this speedboat that crashed early in miami on sunday. They all died. The boat ran into some rocks and they believe speed was a factor. Over the weekend people left flowers, wards and messages at marlins park to remember fernandez. The Major League Baseball commissioner called him one of the great young stars who made an impact on baseball since crowell who would not help but mile when talks about fernandez. He was a good kid. Full of arrive. Life. An amazing pitcher, probably the best that ive seen. It was a joy to him have him. He came back after he made the marlins just to come and see us. Reporter nice to hear. Funeral arrangements are still other two people involved in that accident have not been released. Fernandez Just Announced on social media he was going to be a father. Everybody we talked to only had wonderful things to say about him. A big, big loss for baseball fans and really for a local community as well with his local ties here. Ryan, thank you. Lets get a check on the weather now with leigh spann standing by for us. We had the strong thunderstorms late into the when i look at the radar picture at the point things are dry. Through the day today, 76 degrees at 7 00 a. M. , a fast warm up, 84 at 11 00, 89 around 3 00 or 4 00. I do expect some thunderstorms. Look at the rainfall potential between now and 1 00. Basically dry. May be a dry stray shower. Pop up norms could thunderstorms could develop and they will sit on top of you if they do form. Next five days makes its way into the caribbean. This is saturday morning and its aways away from us. 89 today, 88 tomorrow. Look at friday, 86. Makes emoji man happy. Lets check in with traffic on the 8s. You know its florida when 86 seems cool. It is going to be great. No delay interstate. Look at interstate 75. I4 to the Howard Frankland bridge looks great coming into downtown tampa. Southbound on 275 no delays there. Over all its very, very good actually quick look another the bay area bridges. A wonderful drive here on the Howard Frankland bridge. Just 7 michael minutes to daughters 7 minutes to cross it. Gandy bridge maybe 6 minutes. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to melanie and gene. Leslee, thank you. Happening today, the tico line, we will tell you about that in just a few first, gas prices continue to go up. What you can expect to pay at the pump this morning if youre gassing up and filling up the old tank for the commute. A victory celebration gone too far. College fans setting a tree on fire. More of the video just ahead. Plus, who Police Arrested for setting this fire. Another night of protesting in charlotte after Police Release video of the shooting of keith lamont scott. Why the mayor lifted the city curfew and the latest on the situation channel 8 on this monday right now more protests in by police. Meredith, the protests last night were different than what weve seen before. Reporter thats true. In fact, the mid night curfew was lifted over night. This as the debate continues over videos of the deadly shooting released this weekend. Dont shoot. Hands up, dont shoot. Reporter that march last night a continuation of demonstrations that started much earlier this the day at bank of america stadium. Prot combined with football fans. The charlotte panthers game had heightened security. One man was arrested for carrying a pistol and fully loaded magazine at the stadium. Some demonstrators took a knee during the national anthem. Outside they demonstrated across the street. On saturday Charlotte Police camera footage of the moments before he was shot by neither video settled the debate as to whether scott was holding a gun. Those videos may be the last pieces of Police Footage to be willingly released by authorities. Starting october 1st a new state law is expected to go into effect that would block the release of police video recordings to the public. Gene. Meredith, thank you. You croser morning, the suspect accused in a deadly shooting spree inside a seattle mall on friday is set to appear in court later on this morning. 20yearold arcan cetin was arrested in an island town north of seattle. Cetin is accused of opening fire inside the cascade mall on friday killing four women and one man. He once dated a woman that worked at the store but the motive is unclear. Vegas. Two people got in an argument when one pulled a gun out and opened fire. The suspect was arrested at the scene. 14 customers and employees were inside the starbucks when it took place. A College Football celebration that went too far. Students at Auburn University set a tree covered in toilet paper on fire. Take a look. Mo entire tree was engulfed. They did it after the win over Louisiana State university thats a long time campus tradition. Police claim a 29yearold who is not a student set it on fire. That man was arrested. New home sales figures for august will be released later on today and a summer surge is expected. The news comes on the heels of existing home sales figures down for the second consecutive month despite recordlow mortgage rates. Not enough inventory for sales kept buyers at bay. Gas is now up another 0. 04 per gallon making the average price 2. 25. The average price in florida is lower at 2. 13. In tampa its about 2. 06. T physical activity. Researchers from colorado State University followed a group of High School Sophomores for 4 years. Only 9 got the recommended one hour or more of physical activity each day. Teens who went to a 4year college and lived on the campus for more active than those who did not attend school and lived at home. Africanamerican cancer survivors are more likely than after their treatment. This is from a study from wayne State University in detroit. It looked at Financial Data from nearly 700 cancer patients. 31 of americans had cancerrelated debt compared with 18 of white survivors. Time now 4 38 on your monday morning. Leigh has a look at your forecast. We have some patchy clouds we had big thunderstorms i the evening. A few clouds and mild. At 8 00 around 77 degrees. It will be a fast warm up by your lunch break. At lunch time and 4 00 p. M. The storms will form and a high of 89 degrees. Its 77 in bartow. Cooler in inverness at 72. You had the storms into the over night hours. 74 in north port. Through the rest of the day, notice you could see a stray shower during the Morning Hours but its not a very good chance. Here it is stopped at lunchtime. Now, notice not moving in any one direction. They dont they develop and have to rain out. They produce a lot of rain because new theres a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. Green and blue is a ton of moisture. They going that is going to be with us through midweek. Were at 40 or 30 through thursday but only 20 for friday and saturday. Leslee, how about traffic on 8 thes . On the 8s . The accident at hillsborough at orient has cleared. A good dive on i4. No delays. From lakeland through er ybor looking very good on interstate 4. The veterans expressway and suncoast parkway free and clear of slow downs. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to melanie and gene. Leslee, thank you. A delivery surprise. A woman ordered lunch and in stead meals for a year. Sounds good. Well explain. This weekends box office is coming up next. First, it is 4 50 on your monday morning. This is news if you went to the movies this weekend you know there were plenty of choices, bio picks, family members, romantic comedies. It was a western that took the weekend title. See me. This is one i definitely want to see. The magnificent 7 road away with 35 million in sales. Storks came in second. Sully sitting in third place followed by Bridget Jones baby. Mcdonalds is adding a smile to their all Day Breakfast menu. This the happy meal breakfast option camps on then they could offer mcdonalds breakfast meals nationwide. I want one. They are fun with a toy and everything. Imagine ordering chicken wings and bred sticks for lunch and open up the become and see this, cash. Close to 5,000. What do you do . Well, this california woman decided to return the money to the dominos store where she placed her order. Her honesty is getting her a bigger surprise. Be getting free pizza for a whole year and her employer is giving her a week off with pay. It pays to do the right thing. It pays to do the right thin and to be honest. Karma is one of those things that can come back at you and she did the right thing. It would be hard to do that if you saw all that cash. Temptation is there. This morning a look book at look back at the and arnold palmer. New technology for Breast Cancer patients that that could ease pain. A look at the weather and traffic on the 8s just 3 minutes traffic on the 8s here at 4 58 early on this monday morning. Its a pretty morning though when you look over downtown tampa from our wfla camera. Its 77 degrees with a dew point of 74. Its steamy. We will take that humidity and translate it into thunderstorms. They will be slow moving during the afternoon. About a 40 chance with a high of 89. Check this out, slowly dropping temperatures. Tomorrow 88, 87 wednesday and thursday. Actually by friday a little bit below a just 86. Leslee, how about traffic on the 8s . We are looking fantastic through out the Hernando County area. This is brooksville. No delays. Core tez road up to speed. U. S. 41, u. S. 98all looking very good at this time. Checking out travel times for your on 275 coming through st. Petersburg and pinellas county, 275 looks wonderful. No delays in Hillsborough County coming out of pasco county and up to 275 and into the junction. Heres a live look at the Howard Frankland bridge, folks. This is i4 out in polk county. Looking very good throughout lakeland. I4 at kathleen road a deadly boat crash kills a rising Major League Baseball star with tampa ties. A look at the impact pitcher Jose Fernandez had on the bay area. And all eyes will turn to new york tonight where donald trump and Hillary Clinton face off for the debate. A historic night ahead. A look at how the candidates are me paired what happened is at stake. Good morning and happy monday to you. Welcome to news channel 8. Im Melanie Michael if for gayle guyardo. Im gene ramirez. Least has your leigh spann has your wake up weather. The showers are cleared out so were left with lingering clouds. Temperatures not bad, what we expect for this time of