Heres meteorologist leigh spann. Good morning. We felt the drier air, the less humid air yesterday. And its holding on today for the most part. You see the red shaded area. This is the moisture in the atmosphere. The red is dry. The blue is more humid. Its starting to creep back in. Its not quite as comfortable today. An afternoon high of 91 which is just above the average of 90. But with the drier area, notice the rain chance today, mostly south of i4. In weather and traffic on the 8s, i have an hourbyhour look at your wednesday. And leslee is going to help you plan the commute. Pretty good right now. Great in downtown tampa and downtown st. Pete. We have a road closure, reminder for you, seminole boulevard north of ulmerton. Some of the northbound lanes are blocked. During rush hour, take starkey through the area or move over northbound side. Lets take a live lookout here. Looking good across the Howard Frankland bridge. Only going to take you six minutes to cross it. And thats a look at weather and traffic. And now back to gene and gayle. Thank you, leslee. Right now a man who police say attacked a disabled veteran in front of a bay area walmart is on the loose. It happened last friday in broad daylight. News channel 8s jamel lanee is live in suspect . Reporter good morning, gayle. They do. You know, they were able to pull Surveillance Video from walmarts parking lot camera and they were able to get a look at the attackers vehicle. Take a good look at it. Detectives need your help possibly locating this vehicle and this person. And now police tell us that the attacker took off in the blue dodge. A witness said the plate began with the letters gka. Walking into the store located on 34th street north around 1 00 friday afternoon. He says this man approached him and asked him for the time and shortly afterwards, thats when he says he was beaten and choked. He says the suspect took his walker and hit him with it. He tells us he is lucky to be alive. And investigators say this person needs to be off the streets. Lucky he didnt stab me or shoot me or something. My first thought, you attacking an elderly man with a walk senator get a job. Reporter he only has bruises and bumps and he is doing okay. Police say that the suspect is between the age of 29 to 35 years old, about 6 feet tall and around 200 pounds. And investigators say that this was a random act but again they are asking anyone with information to call them. Gayle with that Surveillance Video out, hopefully somebody comes forward. Thank you. Guns are on the streets this morning and they could end up in the wrong hands. Yeah, they sure can. And polk county investigators are scrambling to find them and the thieves who took them. News channel 8s Meredyth Censullo is in the Tampa News Center this morning. And you have information on a big reward and why investigators think these thieves are no amateurs. Reporter yeah, and deputies need your help because they dont have a lot to work with. This Surveillance Video in this case, its pretty crummy. We want to show you it to anyway. This is exterior video at titan arms in lakeland. A brown extended pickup truck with chrome grill, chrome wheels and bumpers pulls up to the store around 2 30 a. M. Sunday. Four people wait 20 minutes and three men get out, smash the front window and rip out the burglar bars and take 26 hand guns and 10 long guns. Polk county sheriff gracey judd says this was well planned. The men knew the store well. Were not secured in the store. They knew that the burglar bars werent approximately installed. Werent appropriately installed. Reporter the entire crime took two minutes. Theres an 8,000 reward and you can send your tips anonymously online to hartlandcrimestoppers. Com. And anyone with information can choose to hopefully somebody comes forward. Thank you. And we have posted that video on wfla. Com. F you want to the take a second look wfla. Com if you want to take a closer look or want to take a second look. Emergency managers are in the process of completing damage assessments in the areas affected by Hurricane Joaquin hermine. Those reports affected by those reports will be used to help residents. Why . Where are the tax dollars going . I mean, whats going on here . You know, you can ride through here and say, we need to fix this and we need to fix that. We know what the problems are. Pasco county reports nearly 300 homes suffered major damage as a result of the hurricane. Nine homes are destroyed. In an 8 on your side consumer alert, scammers are trying to profit off hermine. The Pasco Sheriffs Office wants to warn all residents about a phone scam. Callers claim to be from the federal Emergency Management agency or fema. They demand a dodge deposit from storm damage, something fema doesnt do. A possible set back to tell you about in the fight against zika virus. Senators in washington, d. C. Failed to pass a funding bill to help fight the virus. 52 voted in favor of the 1. 1 votes so they were eight shy of that. Both sides are pointing fingers of each over the long stalled bill. A sign of healing after the nightclub massacre many orlando. The last victim at one orlando hospital is back home this morning. Orlando Regional Medical cent area announced on twitter it released the last patient from the mass shooting. Thats when gunman omar mateen walked into the club and opened dozens more were injured. Happening today, another Airline Begins direct flights from the u. S. To cuba. American airlines will fly its first scheduled cuba flights out of miami. Right now, american will fly in but service to havana is expected to start in november. Last week, jetblue became the first u. S. Airline to offer regular commercial flights to cuba in more than half a some of the flights will depart from tampa. Service from Tampa International airport could begin by the end of the year. An the tis payings is building for the firstever commander in chief forum happening tonight to i live on nbc. Hillary Rodham Clinton and donald trump will take the stage separately back to back to discuss National Security, military affairs and veterans issues. The questions will come from the audience made up of Service Members and veterans. You can watch chief forum live from new york right here on news channel 8. Matt lauer will moderate. It begins at 8 00 p. M. That should be interesting. All right, the time right now is 6 08 on this wednesday morning. And looks like were in store for another great day. And thank goodness. We need the dry days to help the rivers continue to recede. Because we still have rivers that are at or above flood stage and that includes elfers where the roads have been little manatee river, cyprus creek, and the peace river and arcadia. Yes, hourbyhour, thankfully dry through most of the day. Sunny, 78 at 9 00. 86 at noon. 90 at 3 00 p. M. Afternoon high around 91. And only that 20 rain chance, mostly for areas along and south of i4. And thankfully pasco county north, just a 10 rain chance. Hillsborough, pinellas, polk county, 20 chance. And 30 rain chances to one more day with the lower humidity before the humidity and the mugginess return tomorrow. Rain chances with the increasing humidity and seasonal temperatures, low 90s each day. We will check with traffic on the 8s now because more and more people after 6 00 start hitting the roadways. Weve still got a good drive in downtown tampa. Were not seeing delays on the bay area bridges. And seminole, a quick reminder because you have the northbound lanes that are blocked on seminole boulevard north of is ridge road or starkey between ulmerton and east bay drive. For those who live out in the Citrus County area, we do have a big pothole in lanes here. Southbound u. S. 19 at snug harbor in the Crystal River area. Thats a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. Back to gene and gayle. Leslee, thank you. The 2016 heart walk is right around the corner and news channel 8 is committed to raising 100,000. Kia is agai every dollar you donate, its like youre donating two. The walk is happening november 12th at Raymond James stadium. I will be here so is gayle and stacie schaible. Head to wfla. Com heartwalk for more details. Wednesday last year, the morning team went and we had brunch afterwards. Melanie michael came. Have a good time and its for a good time. Out of hand when one man gets into a bulldozer. What happened when the man put bulldozer into drive. And coming up, how the chase of a Bank Robbery Suspect played out and how it came to an end. And an activist who helped lead protests in ferguson, missouri is found dead. The circumstances surrounding the death and why investigators think it was no accident. Marco. Polo. Marco. Polo. Marco. Marco . 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So far they have stolen more than 1200 containers of ice cream. They are targeting three brands. Theyve got good tastes. Surveillance video show the three suspects that police are looking for. They believe the thieves are reselling the ice cream at discount prices. More support for quarterback Colin Kaepernick protest. His jersey is a top seltzer. Nfl shops website reports the red version of his San Francisco 49ers jersey is the number one seller. The boom in sales follows the quarterbacks decision to sit during the national anthem. He explains he is doing this to highlight Racial Injustice in the united states. Across the nation, nfl players getting ready to kick off the football season. Some players took time out to have fun. They created their of James Cordens car pool karaoke. . Well have a house party we dont need nobody . . Got a gypsy soul to blame and you were born for leaving . . By my side girl . All right,. I like that. Not too wad. These are play not too bad. These are players from the minnesota vikings. You can see the players belting out their favorite tunes and lots of fun stuff. I feel like thats me every day with the kids in the car. We want to see the video, gayle. All right. Lets head over to leigh spann. Still not too bad. Yesterday, you could roll the windows down and head to work. A touch more humid so maybe you will have to keep the ac blasting for you. But still comfortable, just not as comfortable. We will still keeping low humidity. Again, for this time of the year. 86degrees at noon. 91 at 4 00 p. M. Which will keep our rain chance down to 40 . Right now, 76 in tampa. Fish hawk, 75. Plant city 73. So another pleasant morning because theres dry air in the atmosphere but it will start to sneak back to the north. So just a 20 rain chance today. And thats mostly for areas south of i4 where theres more moisture to be had. Tomorrow morning, yeah, notice increase. And interestingly, im still keeping the rain chance small form at 20 . But after that, a 30 friday. And 40 chance on sunday. Getting record of a couple collisions. Theres a crash on 301 at sims road. Meanwhile, here we are at westbound i4 just past 75. Fhp tells me theres now a crash here. All right, lets take a live look at some traffic or lack there there is 275 right around kennedy. And also a quick look again at the Howard Frankland bridge. A very good drive across it. Only going to take about six minutes. In the seminole area, quick reminder, road work going on, some of the northbound lanes taken away north of ulmerton and the alternate is starkey and ridge road between ulmerton and east bay. The its going to be clogged up during rush hour. Thats a look at weather and thank you. Also this morning, what were spending our money on. Up next, the new survey that reveals what americans are now saving for. Its 6 20. Youre watching news channel 8 today on this hump day. 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And dont miss the Season Opener tomorrow night. A super bowl rematch between the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers at 8 30 on news channel 8. I really like that song. Yeah, going to be fun to watch for a lot of the football fans too. Usually when the show start is when you coat get the chips and stuff, theyll be watching carrie. In the next half hour, what telling his players. And apple is creating the buzz about todays announcement about the next iphone. A sneak peek at what experts believe its going to look like. First, live look outside our window here. Downtown tampa all lit up. Yep, the work day starts in about an hour or so. Weather and traffic on the 8s 6 28 at the bus stop for the kids. Nice, mostly sunny around 75 degrees. And when they come home, 91. Only a 20 rain chance. Its 91 today and tomorrow. And up to 92 on friday. Leslee, how about traffic on the 8s . Well, we have an accident thats westbound i4 exiting to 301. The hillsborough exit, lets take a look. This is where its located on were starting to build westbound i4 heading into ybor city. We also have an accident tying a military veteran brutally beaten in the middle of the day in a busy parking lot. And now police need your help. Plus, futures put on hold. A Hillsborough County college is stepping up to he after itt tech campuses shut down suddenly. And fingers crossed that apple will reveal a new iphone today. All the features the iphone 7 will have and when you can get your hands on one. Good morning. And welcome to news channel 8 today. Im gayle guyardo. And im gene ramirez. Thank you for joining us on this wednesday morning. Lets get a check on the weather with leigh. Its not as comfortable as it was yesterday. But not lasting all that long. Still nice just not as nice as yesterday. 73 apollo beach. 73 plant city. 76 in tampa. 75 in bradenton. The reason it felt so nice yesterday, dry air. Look at the water vapor imagery. This looks at the the amount of moisture in the air. Red color is dry. And its still with us for the most part. You see the humid air starting to nudge its way farther to the north. For our rain chances today, still very slight. 20 chance after 2 00 p. M. And thats mostly south of i4. And what great timing too. We need to dry out after hermine and the river flood warnings continue. Right at flood stage but slowly receding. Little manatee river, state park, cyprus creek and the peace river in arcadia. In weather and traffic on the 8s, i have the eightday temperature trend for the rest of the week. And leslee has the commute. Starting to get busier. More traffic on the Howard Frankland bridge. And also through ybor city as i it was starting to turn colors there on my map. Ybor city, 301 to 275, up to eight minutes. And still looking good on the veterans expressway, ehrlich to 275, thats roughly a nine minute commute. And on the left of the screen, thats where i saw ybor city slow down. Westbound i4 by 301, we have an accident. 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