Upper 70s to about 80 degrees. Its nice and dry as well so you dont have to worry about any wet roads for the commute this morning. Well check with janelle in a moment and see if there are any other tieups. As we work through the day well be up to the upper 80s by noon. That is where well see an isolated shower or two beginning to bubble up inland but we wont really see the majority of our area with showers and storms across it until about 2 00 to 3 00. So youve got a good amount of dry hours today and certainly hot temperatures. 92 as the high with coverage of afternoon showers and storms. I do think the evening commute could be a little messier than the morning commute but you tell me, how are things looking . Looking great. The roads dry. Corey dierdorff is driving over the Courtney Campbell causeway heading into clearwater. No crashes this morning, your drive across the bridge just nine minutes and looking good on the Howard Frankland and the gandy bridge as well. The only crash were watching is this one in Wesley Chapel, southbound i75 at state road causing any delays. 54 through Wesley Chapel looking great as well. Checking your drive times on the toll roads, starting with the veterans expressway, 18 minutes from 54 to 275. A lot of the construction from overnight has cleared. The selmon expressway also in the green, six minutes from 75 to downtown. Heartbreaking update, a Pinellas County music teacher has died after investigators her car. Now that driver is facing much more serious charges. Sadly doctors took caroline sine off life support last night. Her boyfriend sean hankins still in Critical Condition at the hospital this morning. Officers say Brice Macleod was driving drunk when he ran a red light and hit that couple early sunday morning. Officers now plan to upgrade his charges to dui manslaughter. Macleod was convicted of dui in the public. Schools are trying to help with the grieving process and another update coming up at 6 30. A beloved firefighter will be laid to rest today in Pinellas County. Pete huffman was a 35year veteran of the service and the family hopes his death will pave the way for other firefighters to be better taken care of in the future. Anchor james james in clearwater. This is a tragic sto reporter it is, hundreds will gather to honor pete huffman later today. A funeral procession will conclude where im standing at the Calvary Catholic cemetery. As i mentioned its a tragic story and has taken a tremendous toll on the huffman family. Cancer forced him into early retirement after he spent the last 17 months in treatment. Doctors convinced his long career fighting fires, exposure to toxic chemicals contributed to his diagnosis but as to cover his chemo treatments, that cost 18,000 every time he went in. Before he died huffman pressed for florida to pass a cancer presumption law making sure that firefighters are guaranteed benefits if they get cancer. His family knows even if the law is passed tomorrow it wont help them but still want to see it passed. I would be very proud. Our son is a firefighter and yes, its too protect him, protect the firefighters that are working now, protect the ones that are coming in. I think just to have a Little Something in order to protect them and their names as well is truly beneficial. Reporter no matter what happens with the law pete huffmans family knows there will be a Lasting Legacy because they are establishing a scholarship in his name at st. Fighting fires for a career. Live in clearwater, james tully, abc action news. Thank you. Happening tomorrow a city is deciding whether to keep the controversial red light cameras or take them down. Bradenton City Council Putting the issue on its agenda for wednesday morning. The citys contract with xerox, a Company Based in colorado expires this week. The Bradenton PoliceDepartment Says accidents at these intersections have act why but they say accidents caused by people running red lights have gone down in the past two years. There are seven red light cameras in bradenton. Were learning about the first case of travel related zika contracted within the united states. Someone in el paso, texas testing positive for the disease after visiting miami. Here in florida nontravel related cases are up to 30 this morning. The number of infections from travel outside the country now nightclub during that massacre a little more than two months ago. Survivors talking about how they are trying to move forward. In an mtv special called true life, we are orlando. Something like this happens you get connected to people. Those are two of the men who survived the shooting. Meeting for the first time. 49 people died, more than 50 more were hurt in the pulse nightclub massacre. While they may be Getting Better physically they have a long way to go in the healing process. Talking to other survivors helps. We just went through the same thing. We feel each others pain. I know what you feel. And other people dont know. Were here, were alive. Thank god. Since meeting for this show angel and tony have been he actually took his first steps since the attack. St. Pete police need your help to find this woman. Caught on camera cashing counterfeit checks at three different Sun Trust Banks back in march. In total they say shes made off with more than 12,000. If you know who she is you are urged to call st. Petersburg police. Its officially alligator season in florida. The states annual hunt started yesterday. Florida fish and Wildlife Commission giving out 5,0 take two gators. Gator hunting season runs until november 1st. Today theres a Ribbon Cutting for the new largo high school. It underwent a 65 million renovation. The school has a spacious court yard with arches and stairwells leading to each building. Students at largo high started classes last week. That ribboncutting set for 4 30 this afternoon. Reminder where you can find everything you need to get head to abcactionnews. Com backtoschool. We have county county resources and our coverage continues monday as Sarasota County heads back to class. She banged it into the ground a few times. Disturbing attack on a 72 yearold woman. Still to come the one thing police say caught the attention of that attacker. Later investigators arrested a man for the murders of two Muslim Leaders in new york. 6 11. A man attacks a 72yearold woman in south florida, to steal her jewelry. Now police have just released the Surveillance Video from last month. And hoping that someone can visiting from new york, went to wendys in pompano beach. She leaves and the suspect attacks her, throws her to the ground and steals her gold new england last. The suspect ran off. Authorities are now offering a 3,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. Look at this video. Cameras also capturing this moment when a fort myers mail carrier actually tosses mail into the trash. An angry Restaurant Owner sharing this security video a fort myers realtor said he paid thousands of dollars to mail them only to see them tossed in the dumpster. Postal inspectors say agents are now investigating. Check out this forecast if youre headed out the door this morning. Temperatures are near 80 degrees. Were nice and dry so you dont have to worry about getting wet as youre taking the dog for the walk this morning or heading out for a jog or bike ride. Whatever you might be doing things are nice and dry through noon. Then well begin to see a few showers bubb to our coast, will become more widespread, 50 coverage today, we top out at 92 degrees. Ill have the 7day forecast coming up in a bit and show you when that pattern and timing of the rain is going to change. 6 12. Also coming up officials now believe a wildfire that has so far destroyed nearly 200 homes is arson. The crime spree this may be part of. Plus, farm tools to defend a home. The nearby weapon a man had to welcome back at 6 15. New developments this morning, police have now charged a man for the deaths of a new york city mosque leader and his associate. They started to question 35 yearold oscar moreiel of brooklyn sunday after he hit a bicyclist with his car 10 it was not until last night that they charged him with murder after investigators say they found a revolver at his home. They also found clothes similar to those worn by the gunman captured on Surveillance Video. This morning investigators believe a devastating wildfire in california was set on purpose. The flames as you can see destroying nearly 200 homes forcing more than 4,000 people to evacuate and causing over 10 million in damage. Police arrested yearold damon pashlik. Police didnt say exactly how they tracked him down but are linking him to numerous other w50eu8dfires in the same county over the last year. We now know it was an olympic celebration, no the gunshots that caused chaos in jfk airport sunday night. We have a call of shots terminals in new york city but they didnt find any evidence. That is because no one ever fired shots. Instead it was a loud celebration at one of the sports bars, people cheering for usain bolts third gold medal in the 100 meter. Still frightened passengers ran for cover evacuating the terminal. It took about three hours to get the airport back to normal. Good news from milwaukee this morning. Violent fiery protests did not break out for a Third Straight night. Police curfew overnight for anyone under age 17 in an evident to calm tensions effort to calm tensions. The Milwaukee Police chief says officers made six arrests last night, there were some heated confrontations but no property damage. The violence began saturday after a black Police Officer shot and killed a armed black man who was fleeing from a traffic stop and then threatened that officer. A nebraska man using a home. He grabbed a pitchfork. The omaha man says he came home to find his home ransacked, then heard the sounds of a man moving around his house. So he grabbed what was closest to him. When i went out the front door looking for something to protect myself with. I had a pitch fork outside the front door so i took that with me. The homeowner says he caught one the man in a nearby alley but let him go after the guy grabbed a pipe. He says the man dropped a with stolen food, silverware and beer and that intruder didnt make it much farther, cops caught him as he ran across the street. Police arrested and booked him for stealing. The death toll from flooding in louisiana now up to seven. Crews pulled the latest victim from floodwaters in baton rouge. It looks like more devastating flooding may be coming to that area. Right now more than 10,000 People Living in shelters forced out of their homes by rising water. Crews had to save more than and shay is tracking another front heading in that area, this could bring more rain. Its so unfortunate. Right now its nice and dry in baton rouge but as we look out wider theres a front that is stalled out. It will eventually pick up some speed and help to bring in some more widespread heavier downpours throughout the day today. So not very good news for the heavier rain that will be heading in that direction. Well continue to keep you posted as we move through that as far as our weather is concerned, nice and dry, all of our area roads and bridges are rainfree from toptobottom, lefttoright. We have that easttowest flow today, that means we start on the dry side, well see showers building around or shortly after noon. By 3 00 we start to see the rain working its way across our coastline. And then eventually by sunset the rain moves offshore and tapers off. So with about 50 coverage a lot of us will encountary shower or thunderstorm at some likely the rain will occur between 2 00 and 6 00 this afternoon. Hopefully that will help you with your plans today. As you can see our chance of rain is going to remain on the higher side today and tomorrow. Then it comes down through the remainder of the week. Janelle, how are things looking for the morning commute . So far so good, roads, dry. That is always a good way to start the morning. Corey dierdorff is driving around for us. Hes on ulmerton road heading eastbound. Says traffic is starting to pick up a little bit crashes or breakdowns. If youre heading to 275 on ulmerton youre in good shape there. Also checking 275 around gandy, look how wide open the lanes are. Up to speed from the Sunshine Skyway all the way to the Howard Frankland bridge. Checking the drive times on some of the major roads in our area, were starting to slow down just a little on u. S. 19, this is southbound from tampa road to eastbay. 13 minutes. 17 minutes, still in the green on the veterans expressway from and just a minute slow on dale mabry, four minutes from fletcher to waters. Back to you. Still to come a husband sacrifice. Brave final actions of a florida man when a beach trip turns tragic. First one of the victims in a ferris wheel accident is talking about the incident. Three young girls fell from their goandla last week and plummeted 30 feet to the ground. Steve osunsami exclusive interview. Reporter in this mornings gma first look, the 10year old says shes lucky to be alive after falling nearly 40 feet from the cabin of this ferris wheel at the green county fair in tennessee. I was really scared. But mostly for my sister. Reporter she tells us about the moment when she, another girl and her 6yearold sister were thrown to the ground after their orange ferris wheel basket got caught on another scariest thing ive ever seen in my life. I couldnt do anything. Reporter in a statement this morning the company that runs the ferris wheel is responding to the accident in tennessee by no means do we take this lightly as our main concern is the safety of the families who visit our midway each week. It can happen to anyone. 6 26. A fort myers woman is mourning the loss of her husband after he sacrificed his life to save hers. He saved her from drowning pulling her from a strong current. Kendra and Sherrod Smith were vacationing in miami this past weekend, both got swept in a rip current. When lifeguards came to rescue them he told them to save his wife first. Lifeguards sadly he didnt survive. Kendra says she will never ever forget what he did for her. I would have never guessed in a million years we were going to have fun, and the next thing you know, hes gone but hell always be my hero. The couple had been married for only two years. Such a sad reminder to be aware currents. If youre headed out the door this morning or getting rids ready for school were dry out there so no concerns weatherwise as we start the day. Definitely on the warm side, upper 70s to low 80s now. Well be in the mid80s by lunchtime and thats when we may start to see a few inland showers or thunderstorms bubbling up. It wont be really working its way along our coastline until just in time for the kids to head home and that is when we start to see the rain more widespread. 92 degrees as the high. 6 27. Coming up in a couple of minutes at terrifying close call at a School Bus Loading area. A boy nearly run over outside his middle school. What was caught under those grief counselors on hand today at sexton elementary deal with a sudden loss of a very popular teacher. Ahead in a live report ill have the very latest details on the man charged in the case. Plus, mourning a fallen firefighter. The plans set to remember his sacrifice today and the lack of protection for First Responders he fought to change. Highlighting transportation in tampa bay, the way officials are trying to raise support for things like street cars to make your commute easier. Thoak for waking up with abc. Good lets look at traffic and weather. Janelle, any issues . No, i think everyone is getting used to the backto school thing. Nothing major now. The weather seems to be cooperating. The weather has been looking great this morning. In fact were dry, warm, 80 degrees in tampa now. 77 in lakeland. Spring hill 78 degrees. Siesta key at 80. So its warm, its dry, its pretty much as you would expect it to be so as you try to get the kids to school this morning weatherwise. Definitely want the lightweight clothing on because were topping out in the low to mid 90s. Going to be hot and steamy, showers and thunderstorms will be bubbling up inland around noon and be more widespread after that. So just as kids are getting ready to come home from school well see more widespread showers and storms. So might want to pick them up from the bus stop or at least leave them with an umbrella if they are going to be walking home today. As far as the traffic goes you said so far so good but i know things can change quickly. Things change quickly. Nos to see that traffic and all the congestion pick up. So far so good on the Howard Frankland, Corey Dierdorff checking that out now. A lot of cars but still no crashes or breakdowns. And still just seven minutes from pinellas to hillsborough. Less than 10 minutes across the other two bridges. We are watching a crash in pasco eastbound state road 54 at the collier parkway, this is in the lutz area. Reports of some roadblocking anything here slowing us down. A little bit of slowdown around u. S. 41 so give yourself extra time there. A quick check of drive times through the downtown area. Captain al in action air 1, good morning. Reporter good tuesday morning. This is what i consider the busiest stretch. 275, that traffic coming from the apex or getting on at beers and fletcher, that is usually where they come, fromp land o lakes, and the merge with no problems to speak of. A lot of volume but everything is pretty much or pretty close to speed limit. Back to you. 6 32. Updating breaking news on floridas east coast. Deputies investigating a gruesome and shocking deadly martin county. A man is seen biting another mans face. Deputies tried to use a stun gun and police dog to pry him away, neither worked. Took multiple deputies to pull that attac