With that storm inching closer to the gulf coast. People are running out of time to get prepared. Wind. Rain. And flooding are still . Big concerns for much of our viewing area. And that means preparing. Getting supplies and sandbags. Fox 13s shayal reaves is at . One of those sandbag locations right now. The Jackson Heights 13 news dot com. Our website fox the tropics. Go to well as updates on the bay area. As well as updates on the tropics. Go to our website 13 news dot com. And that storm in the gulf is already having an impact on the bay area. The bucs announced late last night that they moved thursdays preseason home game against the redskins. To . Tomorrow night at eight pm. The bucs say they worked with the National Weather service, the nfl. , and the plan. To avoid weather concerns later this week. Happening today all across florida the polls are opening. For the . Primary election day. They will be open from seven a m. To seven pm. And there are several big races to keep an eye on. Including the us senate race. On the republican side. Its marco rubio running for reelection. He wasnt . Originally planning on doing it. Since he was running for . President. But after donald trump won. Rubio decided to . Stay in washington. And today, hes battling someone whose a lot like trump. Carlos beruff. Thats because is also a businessman. Who spent eight Million Dollars of his own money to fund his campaign. And on the democratic side. The battle will be between represenatives Patrick Murphy and alan grayson. Murphy has a . Lot of support from the democratic party. Getting endorsements from president obama, Vice President biden, and senator harry reid. Another interesting race today. In south florida. Representative Debbie Wasserman schultz is running for reelection on the democratic side. A few months ago, this would have been considered a shooin. Democratic national committee. She had to resign from that post last month. After emails leaked, indicating shultz and members of her beie professor tim canova is challenging her. And fittingly. Canova got a big endorsement. From bernie sanders. Voters across the state will see one proposed amendment to the state constitution today. If approved, ammendment four would give tax breaks to home and Business Owners who install and maintain solar panels. Say it would make solar energy for homes and businesses more . Affordable. The ameve tax some flodivoters need to and theres . Another solar amendment coming up in the . November election. Amendment one would grant homeowners the . Right to install solar panels on their home. It would also allow local and state governments to continue regulating the use. Critics say it would further limit people with solar energy from . Selling that power to only four states where its currently . Illegal for anyone other than a utility to sell electricity to consumers. And the . President ial election is also in the spotlight this week in the bay area. Donald trumps running mate. Mike pence. Is scheduled to make a campaign stop. Pence is planning a town hall tomorrow in sarasota. Its at the Hyatt Regency hotel. Doors open at one pm, and the event is set to begin at four pm. You can reserve two free tickets on the donald trump website. Polk city teen who was hit by a car. On the way to his bus stop. He has passed away. jen 13year old jacob scott was walking along the edge of barfield road a week ago monday when he was hit by a car. The driver told deputies the sun was in his eyes and he could not see, and he has been cooperating with investigators. Were told jacob died from his injuries on sunday. He attended lake alfredaddair middle school. Memorial Services Continue today for influential religious leader monsignor lawrance higgins. He died Lawrence Catholic church in tampa. And was the churchs rector for nearly 50 years. A public viewing took place at the church monday. There will also be a visitation today from noon until nine pm. A funeral mass is planned for wednesday morning at eleven30. A tampa man is flying high this morning. In more ways than one. Thats because hes a . Skydiver. Who just won a pretty cool honor. Travis mickle was up in illinois last week, for the National Championships of . Wingsuit flying. He got flying. And his team got a silver medal in acrobatic event. Then, mickle earned a slot in the prestigious us parachute team. . That group will perform in the firstever wingsuit flying . World championships in november, over at skydive city in zephyrhills. Mickle also set a new National Record by reaching a horizontal speed hour. . Another sexting scandal. For a . Former dc politican. Up next why his . Wife. Wont be around for the next one. Plus a . Bear of a problem, for a homeowner up north. Why they had one big intruder. Feasting on their bird feeder. 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The wife of former congressman Anthony Weiner says she has finally had enough. Huma abedin announced monday that she is separating from her husband and the father of her child. According to the New York Post weiner was caught . Sexting with a woman. And sending her photos. Including one of him lying in bed in boxer shorts with his is not the . First sexting scandal weiner has been invovled with. In 2011. Another incident forced him to quit his job. Abedin is also a longtime aide for hillary clinton. And in new hampshire. A black bear. Caught redhanded but its not a jar of honey he after. This bear tried to snatch a bird feeder out of a backyard. After a scolding from the homeowner the bear eventually dropped the feeder. And ran off. Wildlife Officials Say the lack of rain in the area has led to a poor berry crop. Meaning many . Hungry bears break the mold. Go sensationally bold new color sensational loaded bolds from maybelline new york. Loaded with hypercolor pigments. 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His agent says he doesnt want to be a distraction. To the rays now. And another series with the red sox. This time, back in boston. Rays pitcher Matt Andriese having some troubles early. The red sox jumped out in front early. Getting two runs in the second. The rays eventually . Tied the game in the third. But thats as close as they would . Seven runs off andriese. And two off the bullpen. Boston wins the game. Nine to four. Both teams at it again at fenway park , tonight at 710. And. Its tebow time on the baseball diamond. Former nfl star tim tebow is holding a tryout today in los angeles. For . Major league baseball. At least 20 teams are expected to have representatives at the showcase. The Tampa Bay Rays were . Rumored to be among them. But no confirmation from the team. Tebow was a star quarterback and played several seasons in the nfl. But he hasnt played baseball, since high school. When we come back, dave has another check on the forecast. 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Increase our concerns, over the zika virus. But thankfully. A . Cure to the virus is now a lot . Closer than we first thought. A Research Team from Florida State and Johns Hopkins unversities, as well as the National Institutes of health. Just found an inexpensive drug that could . Stop the zika virus from replicating in the body. Its actually a drug made to treat tapeworms. Called nicolsamide the drug also showed no danger to identified a drug still being tested to treat liver disease. That could also prevent zika from killing fetal brain cells. That tapeworm drug is . Already f da approved so, it essentially could be prescribed today. But, much more testing needs to be done to determine how it would actually be used to treat patients with zika. Still ahead dave is back. With another check on that system in gulf. And he has the . Newest track. In less than thirty minutes. Plus. Fox 13s is . Live in tampa. Where people are getting . 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