Weather. At this point, max defender 8 is not finding any rainfall. Everybody is dry and i expect it to stay that way all day, but we do have a few streaming clouds. Max defender 8 is checking that out for you as well. When you have those overnight clouds, it keeps you warmer. 68 lakeland and bartow. 63 inverness. 70 sarasota. We are to to 5 degrees warmer than yesterday passing clouds tran 9 tran 92 to 5 degrees warmer than yesterday. We will see the passing clouds tran 9 2 to 5 degrees warmer than yesterday. We will see passing clouds. Expect the veterans expressway the veterans expressway is quick live look at traffic, tucson hundred and 75 and Pinellas County tran 9 275 and Pinellas County looks great. We have some breaking news in hillsboro county. At least 4 people are dead and children may be among the victims. This crash happened on Martin Luther king boulevard on us 301. Vehicle parts scattered on try to figure out what happened. Ryan hughes joins us with the latest. Reporter good morning to you both. We are a long Martin Luther king boulevard here in tampa. This is the site of the crash. You can see the powdery substance that was put down to absorb fluid and liquid on the roadway after this crash. Screws crews spent hours cleaning up. They hauled the vehicles away from the scene could. 4 people are confirmed dead in the fiery crash. It happened around 9 45 last night not far from us 301. The wreckage as you can see his mangled and charred in some cases. You can actually see an engine and some of the video. We are told by troopers that 4 vehicles were involved, 3 of them badly damaged including a white minivan. One fire crews, troopers, in hillsborco scene they actually tried to rescue some people from those vehicles that were on fire the moment they arrived. At least one person taken to a local hospital, no word on his or her condition. 4 people dead in this horrible crash, possibly a 5th person but we are waiting to hear the latest on that person. This morning. Some more breaking news this morning, this out of hillsboro county a car smashes into a house killing the driver. You are looking at a live picture from the scene. This is on sandy shores and Heritage Lake court. Where toward told the driver we are told the driver ran off the road and hit an electric meter. No one was injured. You can see investigators looking through the scene of calls to find out exactly what happened and we will keep you posted as we learn more. Time now 4 34 on the campaign trail with less than 2 weeks ago we have known for a while but florida is critical to both campaigns. The entire president ial election could all come down to hillsboro county. Were joined now live. Meredith, why are so Many Political experts paying such close attention to hillsboro . Voters in hillsboro county past 20 president ial elections. Their population is divided into nearly equal parts, democrat, republican, and independent, and that is why were seeing the candidates drill down here. Hillary clinton was at curtis takes in part downtown hixon park trying to rally her base to get out the vote. We cant make this happen and we donald trump says he can still win, and he is right and that is why do so important everyone gets out in votes. Donald trump here rallying in tampa on monday. He implored the crowd to vote. Wednesday he took a brief break from the campaign trail to open a new hotel, but he stressed his business acumen during that ribbon cutting. Might team today my we dont hear those words too often in government, but you will. The latest polls show how tight the race is. Of Florida AtlanticUniversity Poll has clinton up by 3 points over donald trump, in a bloomberg poll has trump in the lead by 2 points 45 . 43. We are expecting an updated schedule for the candidates which includes more appearances in florida. Tim kaine will be in sarasota on friday, and president obama will be campaigning for clinton in orlando. The campaign for donald trump has not announced any stops in florida, but his schedule is only posted through friday. We are expecting a lot of changes. This morning a new batch of hacked emails from the clinton camp wikileaks released emails. They show how clintons top aides were worried about foreign donations to the clinton foundation. They question bill clinton moneymaking ventures and how they may impact his wifes lyrical future. These will also political future. These were also new emails about the email scandal. Thousands are taking to early voting in the bay area. More than 53,000 people have cast early ballots an 14,000 through the vote by mail option. Early voting is taking place until november 6. 8 on your side is getting answers when it comes to voter fraud in hillsboro county. A local man received a voter id card and registration in the mail, but a womans name was listed next to his addressed address. When we asked we were told it was a clerical error and the problem was fixed. Present officials also point out, in order to vote must present an id card. For more information go to wfla. Com and there we have more information. If you are headed out to early vote it will be beautiful. A very comfortable day today. Very similar to yesterday in going to be a warm day. Were at 67 degrees at 7 am. That is already warmer. It is going to be a little gusty at times and a few more clouds today versus yesterday, but the weekend is right around the corner, and then of course it is halloween, comfortable and dry. At 85 today and actually up to 86 friday and saturday. It is early but it is a good drive out there. We have had some incidents this morning but most of them are completely cleared up and basically traffic looks great. On the veterans expressway no delays. Heres a look at i4 right around the poll parkway polk parkway. Scared 10yearold boy frantically calls 911 then searches a parking lot for an adult to help them out. Now that boys father is in trouble with the law. The dad has a history with police. Whatdoes his record look like . Reporter his rap sheet as long. He has multiple arrest and convictions on dozens of traffic charges. And now his latest one was from tuesday night appeared deputies found him in this parking lot passed out in his car and high on something. They also found various prescription pills and his scaredyearold son and his scared son. What is going to happen to the kid . What type of environment is he reporter that 10yearold boy is now with the relative. He had no idea where he was when he called 911. Now that father is still behind bars here at the Pinellas County jail on child neglect and drug charges. Coming up, i will have more on why were seeing more cases like this across the country, but in couple that that boy is safe this morning. So sad that that boy was trying to fly a plane full of passengers drunk. Still ahead how investigators found out he was struck drunk. First, deadly fire in sarasota. Why neighbors believe what the residents captain their homes made it more difficult for fire crews capped in their homes made it more difficult for fire crews made it more difficult for fire crews. Mmm. I cant believe than butter. I cant believe its made with real, simple ingredients. I cant believe were on a whale. I cant believe my role isnt bigger. Oh, its real. Real ingredients. Unbelievable taste. A deadly fire in sarasota kills 2 people and sends another to the hospital many are wondering if the cluttered home played a role in how fast the fire burned p or the fire chief says the house went up they didnt know anyone was inside. Crews had to break down the walls to save the couples son. Many neighbors say the family never stood a chance because of all of the clutter. Overly cluttered. They may have had a hard time maneuvering about an their home. Investigators are now trying to figure out what started the fire. Have not released the names of the victims or anything about the son who was injured. Fan during a concert is headed to jail. We the jury find this follows as to count one the defendant is guilty as charged so we say this 2016 october. The jury of 6 women handed down the verdict finding rapper Kevin Yates Tran 9 gates guilty of battery. This video shows him kicking a fan in a test tran on in the chest. He claimed selfdefense. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail pay fines and court fees. Scary moments on a train in boston. Smoke fills the train forcing people to break windows to escape. You can see passengers crawling out the window in this video rushing to safety. Somewhere heard coughing and choking on the smoke. 5 people suffer smoke inhalation, but everyone is expected to be okay. And overheated motor is blamed for causing smoke to fill the an Airline Pilot for skywest is accused of trying to do. Officer say they smelled officers tran 9 alcohol on the first officer. The plane was headed from rapid city south dakota to Salt Lake City utah. The pilot was arrested. Police say his blood alcohol level was above the legal limit. The pilot is on administrative leave. The airline is reassuring passengers, safety priority. The university of it wisconsin student tran 9 of wisconsin student accused of rape is facing more sexual charges. He was accused of raping a 20yearold student earlier this month. Since then 2 more women have come forward saying he sexually assaulted them and police say they are hearing from many more potential victims. The search is on for some pumpkin thieves. Check this out. They are caught on camera it shows they are taking about 200 pumpkins in the dark of night. The stolen pumpkins are worth more than 2000. The owner of the farm is not laughing and is offering a 1000 reward to find these thieves. This morning we should find out more about the job situation here in the us. The Us Labor Department will release the weekly job claims. It will show how Many Americans are filing fo National Rate stands at 5 percent. A new study finds women work more than men. According to the Global Gender Gap report, women work an average of 39 days per year more than men. That breaks down to a full 50 minutes more per day. This comes as women fight to earn it okay. On average, women earn . 77 for every dollar a man earns. When it comes to one school girls are outperforming boys in math. While most children enter kindergarten with similar math skills, girls tend to fall behind by 3rd grade. They say data shows teachers underrated the math skills of girls as early as first grade. My girls attend a math and Science Academy for that very on school. Yes, my favorite subject is math and science and i think all of my teachers who swear that along. Now i have a job and science so it worked out for me. Max defender 8 giving you the all clear as far as rainfall is concerned. We do have some high thin clouds across the region. In our sky cast i will keep those there. I dont think they will produce rainfall but it is keeping us warmth. 968 degrees at 80 him. The extra clouds are keeping us a few degrees warmer. Here is this longrange forecast. We still have this breezy winds coming out of the east. Notice all of the rainfall stays in south florida. Tomorrow partly cloudy once again. We have cold front that will stall to the north. Dry, we stay warm right on through halloween. Check it out 85 today, 86 friday and saturday, back to 85 sunday and for hollowing halloween. We have great drive on i 75 through sarasota. Right at the Manatee County in sarasota we do have a little bit of construction especially westbound on university. One lane is taken away and even a lane taken but it is not slowing you down. Usually your construction is wrapped up within an hour for now. 275 looks great throughout pinellas. Also coming in from pasco county looking up from 275 to 75. This chicago cubs even things out in the world series. The final score was 5 one. Y off. The hit Wrigley Field tomorrow night for game 3. A lot of people in tampa bay are rooting for joe maddon because he is the former manager for tampa bay rays. Go joe. By default you need to root for them now. How trickortreating is affecting your netflix habits . That story still ahead, plus reports on how to keep you and your kids safe on halloween start the interview with a fi try head shoulders instant relief. It cools on contact, and also keeps you 100 flake free. Try head shoulders instant relief. 8 is on your side with some halloween safety. While the holiday is about costumes and candy you cant forget safety. Children are twice as likely to be hit a car on halloween night. Experts a teacher kids if you see a car the driver does not see them. While traveling in groups a flashlights are the safest bets. They are Walking Around with these glow sticks and they are not very bright. I would much rather have someone walk around with a flashlight. Kids can decorate i am their costumes with reflective tape that way they glow in the beam of a cars headlight. Net flirt netflix data shows the times that people press pause on halloween increases. According to the data, peak pause time is 7 29. That sounds about right before it gets too dark. The race for the white house talk about a poor flick could cause problems for your family get together horror flick could cause problems for your family get what you can do if a political fight breaks out between your family. Also driving on i4, why the interstate may make you think twice about getting on. Lets take you outside live this morning to beautiful downtown tampa. It will be another great day tampa bay. Weather and traffic on the 8s is just 3 minutes away. Closed captioning is brought to you by brought to you by famous tate appliance bedding center. . Hey . . Thats the spirit oooooh. . . Ooh ooh . . Wooh ooh . . Wooh ooh . . Sing sing, baby baby i love you. Oh yes. . . Ooooh oooh. . Weather and traffic on the 8s. Looking pretty nice out there this morning. A few clouds out there so already a little warmer than yesterday. We will keep it a little breezy. We will continue to see the clouds. High today is 85. We are down to 68 and partly cloudy overnight. We have vehicle that crashed into a house. This is what is going on. Is actually locked at heritage completely blocked. I want you to keep that in mind. Vandyke will take you over to the some crops suncoast parkway meanwhile, we have no delays on the veterans. As a federal prosecutor, ive spent my career prosecuting criminals and fighting for the rights of victims. I want to make the state Attorneys Office a model for criminal justice. Ill prioritize Violent Crime and be tough on murderers, gangs, and anyone who commits Domestic Abuse or sexual assault. And ill make the system fair not innocent people. Im andrew warren. As state attorney, ill make our county safer for our families. At least 4 people are dead in a horrible hillsboro county crash. We are working to find out who was hurt and how it dangerous interstate in america . Just ahead the jawdropping new statistics and what the new Study Reveals about florida drivers. Political breakups the president ial race creating friction among family members and friends. What you can do to keep the peace. Good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. Thank you for waking up with us on this thursday morning. Lets get you out the door with