Not getting any closer to shore at this point. Dry and comfortable. 77 in plant city and tampa, st. Petersburg at 79, 73 degrees in zephyrhills. I left the forecast dry for the next several hours and then 20 at 1 00, 40 by 5 00. Again, these storms will be slow moving if you get under one of them it may take a while for it to end. Other wise, 89 degrees, above the average of 88. At 8 08 6 08 im tracking the tropics. Leslee is going to let you know what she is keeping our eyes on. Traffic up to speed. No accidents to show you down. New port richey look s great on state road 64. U. S. 19 through palm harbor a wonderful commute there. A look at manatee and sarasota county. State road 64 to fruitville road up to speed. I75 looks great throughout the suncoast area. Heading over into tampa, great drive through thats a look at weather and traffic. Now back to melanie and gene. Happening today, a local High School Baseball star turned Major League Pitcher is being remembered. Jose fernandez was killed over the weekend in a boating accident in miami. He was just 24 years old and a rising star for the Miami Marlins and got his start right here in tampa bay. News channel 8 ryan hughe he led the school to two championships. Reporter good morning. Jose fernandez help ed ed lead the alonzo Baseball Team to championships during his sophomore and senior years. Those who knew fernandez during his time here cant believe hes gone so soon. We had this thing on the field. He glowed. Everyone looked at him because he was so aggressive and so he put all his heart into the game. You know, i think that really says a others were killed in a boating accident in miami early sunday morning. Their boat hit a jetty. Authorities believe they were speeding. Fernandez fled cuba at 15 years old on a speedboat filled with others. He made his home in the bay area where he attended alonzo high. Thats where he made his mark as an ace pitcher before being drafted by the marlins in the first round of 2011. He was scheduled to start in todays game against the this morning people all over florida are remembering fernandez from his high school here to south florida. He recently posted on social media that he was expecting to become a dad, melanie. You know, ryan, i think thats the most heartbreaking part of all of this. He was so young and about to be a father. Ryan live this morning. Thank you. More sad news out of the sports world to share with you. Legendary golfer and American IconArnold Palmer passed away. 87 years old. He died in related to heart problems. Palmer was nicknamed the king and known for taking chances with quotes like you must play boldly to win and win he did. Palmer won more than 90 tournaments including 7 majors, 4 of them masters. He will be missed. In your vote , Hillary Clinton and donald trump face off tonight for the first president ial debate. The stakes could not be higher. A National Poll out this morning shows the race is in a dead heat. More meredith is in the tampa news have with a look ahead. Reporter as many as 100 million potential voters are expected to watch tonights debate. The debate matching the 7week home stretch to election day. Clinton and trump must convince voters of their visions for americas future. Tonights head to head will give the candidates more time to speak than theyve had in any other debate so far. Clintons challenges include getting under provoked. She also needs to deliver an ernest performance. For trump his first one on one debate is a test of his ability to stay on script and keep his cool. Hillary clinton is the voice for global special interests. Hes unfit. Reporter clin tons no Clintons Campaign made it secret of her long prep. The debate will be live online as well as news channel 8. Facebook and twitter will live stream the debate and it will also be carried by multiple digital news out lets. You tube will have coverage from six News Services and snap chat is going will combine live stories with brief debate highlights. Gene. So many options. No excuse not to watch. Meredith, thank you. We would like for you to watch here. News channel 8 has your covered for this debate. You can watch it on news channel 8 beginning at 9 00. Rod carter is in new york reporting live on all the action reporting tonight and tomorrow morning. Dont tim kaine is campaigning today for Hillary Clinton in lakeland. He will campaign at the Lakeland Center. The rally begins at 12 15. Its day two for his florida swing. He campaigned in miami yesterday and will head to orlando tomorrow. He is pumping up supporters for clintons debate performance. Ill tell you this, i know this about Hillary Clinton, when the lights are bright like they plus game to the table. The Vice President candidates will face off next tuesday, october 4th. Right now the mayor in charlotte, North Carolina lifted the curfew after days of protests over the killing of an africanamerican man by police. Now the protests continued but remained peaceful on sunday. 100 demonstrators stood outside the bank of America Stadium as the fans walked into the Carolina Panthers game o sunday. Cam newton won a Martin Luther king shirt in pregame yesterday. Outside demonstrators took a knee. Many bucs fans waking up very disappointed today. The team blew a 10point lead. In the 2nd quarter the bucs were ahead by 10 but the rams wiggled away and took the lead. With less than 2 minutes left in the thunderstorm. The rams ended winning 3732. Our culture is not where it needs to be and that i mean, that starts with me. Im the head of that. Im putting that squarely on my shoulders. We have to get over that hump, man. We have to find a way to get over that hump. Did you see his face . So many folks were hoping they would win their home opener. They fall next sunday they take on the super bowl champions the Denver Broncos at ray j. A rocky start to the games but you hope for them. Were rooting for you. With weather play ed a role in that game so i wanted to take you back over the last 12 hours. About 6 00 yesterday evening was right when the storm started to form. This is 6 05. Watch what happened between thunderstorms that lasted until about 9 00 last night. Now, im going to start the day out dry but i do expect those thunderstorms to return about a 30 to 40 chance. 86 degrees at noon, 89 degrees at 3 00, 4 00. 86 degrees at 7 00. These scattered downpours will continue through midweek. Looking forward, fewer storms and a bit less humid on friday and saturday. The cold front is not going to really cool us down but less humid. Tropical wave invest 97l. Its going the head into the central caribbean. Just what abouted d just wanted to let you know its out there. Now checking in with traffic on the 8s. A couple problem spots but they wont slow you down and thats always nice, especially closer to rush hour. Lets take a look at what is going on here. A good drive in bradenton on i75. Right by the sarasota bradenton airport we have a collision on 15th street at lehmberg court. Its tieing up some lanes. Utility work starting at 9 00 a. M. , not right now but macdill avenue right at grenada street by the sellman expressway, portions of macdill are going to be closed starting this morning at 9 00 a. M. But right now its still open. Thats going to last for almost a couple of weeks. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Baaing to melanie and gene. Thank you. A new de vice that bay area doctors are using could be a game changer for Breast Cancer patients. Its amazing. A look at what means for women. Two shootings at the university of illinois. This morning a gunman is still on the loose. Youre watching news channel 8 on this monday morning. Its 6 10. 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During the search for admad Khan Rahami Schumer said the alert only gave people a belief description. He believes it should allows for pictures. A picture is not o 1,000 words it could save 1,000 thrives. Lives. It mainly warns people about dangerous weather or missing children. In iowa residents are bracing for the potential of devastating floods. Hundreds of people in cedar rapids filled sandbags to protect their homes from the rising cedar river. Its expected to crest 8 feet above flood stage tomorrow. They are telling people who live in low lying areas to leave tonight. Morning. A new device thats helping Breast Cancer patients right here in the bay area. Its designed to make removing tumors easier, less painful and less expensive. Gayle guyardo tells us how ultrasound is saving lives. Surgeons in tampa bay are now the first to use a nonradioactive device that pinpoints breast tumors and allows surgeons to remove the tissue effected. Pain free, simple. Joyce just moments before she had her tumor removed. Leading up to the surgery, she was injected with a small ricesized Ultrasound Technology that allows doctors to pinpoint where lesions are located. You can actually see on the probe numbers so you know how close you are to it based on the distance wherever the little device is and you see it. Thats where you wrote make your the breakthrough device developed by dr. Charles cox and used in hospitals across tampa bay is thanks to grant money donated by an Organization Called hooked on hope. You can actually help us to get the resources we need to be able to provide the newest and best technology for our patients that cant afford it or wouldnt normally be able to afford it. Gayle guyardo, news channel 8. Speaking of cancer the women of hooked on hope raise money for Breast Cancer research through Fishing Tournaments held right here in tampa bay. The greatest location ever. They also organize yoga classes and they pamper Breast Cancer patients. The big annual hooked on hope Fishing Tournament is next week. To find out how to participate log onto wfla. Com. The annual fan fest for the bolts this end woo. They this weekend. They got to chance to watch the Team Scrimmage and got autographs if their favorite players. Its so much fun to be with other people who like hockey and to watch our amazing team. Preseason hockey kicks off tomorrow. They take on the hurricanes at amalie arena. The puck drops at 7 30. The Tampa Bay Rays are hitting the road. Today the team kicks off a four game series againsthe sox yesterday at the trop. Yesterdays home game was the financial home game of the season for the rays. How are we starting off the week, leigh . Not too bad at this point. Its still dark. Our days are getting shorter and shorter. Partly cloudy skies but generally clear. 76 degrees. 92 humidity. Yeah , its a little steamy. 77 degrees at 8 00 a. M. Warm and partly cloudy slimmest rain chance around midday. When its not raining on you, temperatures in the upper 80s thats not too far away from the average of 89 degrees. 75 in clearwater. Apollo beach youre start ing your day at 75, lakeland 75. I just checked in with rich in oldsmar, its 72 degrees at his house. Feeling muggy actually muggy. A few clouds this morning. As the day goes on around 2 00 wll developing and not really moving a lot. They are going to be slow moving. If you get under one it has to rain itself out. By 8 00 maybe drifting a little bit inland before things clear out over night. Tomorrow though small rain chance in the morning. Its still small. Summerlike because we will see more of an on shore wind flow. They will push towards the east so well have some direction. Chance today. 30 tomorrow. 40 wednesday as a cold front comes into the area. Notice that brings our rain chances down to 20 on friday and saturday. Leslee, how about traffic on the 8 . S 8s . Sdmrsz we are up to speed for the most party. An accident in lanes. Heads up on 15th street at lehmberg court. Part of 15th is blocked here. This is right by the airport. So just remember that. 301 still looks pretty good throughout the sarasota area. Lets take a look at travel times for you. Great. Also coming through Hillsborough County coming away from pasco and then linking up with 275 great commute into downtown tampa. Heres 275 at 22nd avenue south. This is the southern portion of pinellas county. We are up to speed. We are definitely get ting busier through downtown tampa but Traffic Accident is still flowing at good speeds. Thats a look at weather and traffic only 8s. Now back to gene and dimension in the form of unique glasses. A look at the glasses and what that i can do for you. A deal alert. Why right now is the time to cash in on travel deals and how much you can save by traveling this time of year. Youre watching news channel 8 today on this monday. A consumer watch for you. Right now is the time to think about taking a trip. Thats because fall is considered one of the cheapest times to travel. Travel experts explain the time of year airlines, cruise ships and hotels have a hard time filling vacancy. School is back in session so families arent travel as much. Right now the busy winter and spring seasons. Snap chat is branching out. The social media app is introducing their first hard wear product. They are video recording glasses. They are called spectacles. You can record 10 second at a time with the tap of a button. Its uploaded to the memory section of the app. The glasses are expected to hit store shell ve shefls protests gift gear s in charlotte as a deadly encounter between police and an africanamerican man raises questions. Just ahead a look at how president ial candidates are preparing for tonights debate. First a live look at downtown tampa all lit up just gorgeous out there. Its a monday morning. Lets make it a great day. 6 24 is the time. Weather and traffic only on the 8s im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Id look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. Shes a slob. She ate like a pig. Does she have a good body . No. Does she have a fat [expletive] . Absolutely. Do you treat women with respect . Well, its 8 its 6 28. It will be dry and warm as the kids wait on the bus this morning. Its 77 degrees. When they come home from schoolst the going to be hot, 89 degrees with a scattering of thunderstorms. About a 40 chance. That goes to wednesday as a weak cold front starts to bring in drier air. Fridays rain chance at 20 . Leslee, how about traffic on the 8s . Slower southbound 275. An accident near the fowler area. Slow traffic through here. Again, southbound on 275. Taking a look at i4 through ybor city. Starting to get a little bit slow too. 13 minutes ehrlich to 275. The veterans past linebaugh. Ill keep you posted on this throughout the all eyes on the university in new york where the stage is set for the first president ial debate. Up next, how the candidates preparing for tonights face off. Also this morning, remembering Jose Fernandez. The marlins pitcher and Alonzo High School star diedve accident. A look back at his career next. The protests continue but what really happened in charlotte when Police Fatally shot an africanamerican man after he climbed out of his car. Video of that deadly encounter could hold the key. Good morning, everybody. Happy monday to you. Welcome to news channel 8 today. Im Melanie Michael in for gayle guyardo. Im gene ramirez. Thank you for joib joining joining us. Now a check on the weather with leigh. Good morning. The skies are clear. We will see the sun come horizon. 74 in lutz, 74 in sun city center. 74 in venice and 74 in wimauma. Dry for the most part. We had a strong evening thunderstorm. I know youre glad to wake up dry. I wanted to show you theres a couple of lightning strikes just off the sarasota and manatee coastline. Its actually come your way. Im keeping the forecast introduce i for the next several days. 20 chance by 20 at 3 00 and 40 at 4 00, 5 00 and 6 00. The storms will be relatively slow moving. At 6 28 stay tuned to weather and traffic on the 8s because i have a temperature trend. Lets check a look at traffic. We have some slow downs because of accidents there. A slow down through ybor city. Thats typical. Heavy year on normal. Down to 13 minute just past linebaugh. Downtown tampa not too bad but where i move over near this accident at fowler very, very heavy southbound. It extends back to bearss. Thats a blook at look at weather and traffic. The race for the white house is neck and neck between president ial candidates Hillary Clinton and donald trump. The rivals face off tonight in new york is what is being called a critical moment. And moment. An especially epic night where history could be made in 90 minutes. Experts say while you cant win an election in a debate you can lose one. Will with see voters throw their support behind the first female president ial contender or a billionaire bus