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WTVT Good Day Tampa Bay 6AM September 13, 2016

Day weatherwise. Muggy but rain is on the way in a big way for the second part of the day. Most of us are in the 70s. Its much muggier than this time last week when we had a few cooler mornings. Its 79 in st. Petersburg. Lakeland at 73 and clouds will be on the increase today from a tropical wave, believe it or not. It will move northwest through the area and so we bring in some heat. By midday a couple of showers. By late day, numerous showers and the radar is not 100 dry but we only have a few tiny sprinkles this morning. Here are a few of those in southern hernando county. A wet morning for the east coast and a wet afternoon and evening for us. Theres that rain chance at 60 but what you notice is the heat a little more in check. Upper 80s for highs today. Well talk about who may see the greatest risk for heavier downpours this afternoon and most of the week coming up. Here is courtney. Thank you. If youre just waking up with us, i want to keep you up to closures due to pot holes. Eastbound dr. King boulevard in between himes avenue and macdill, a right lane is closed there. Right now its not a big issue for drivers. Still light and quiet this morning. Once traffic builds, you can find some congestion heading eastbound. Southbound macdill is the second problem spot. A left lane there is closed due to a pretty big hole in the roadway. City crews on scene have that blocked off. Be sure to use some extra caution and you can as an theeeor alternate. Laura a man was found dead this morning. Deputies tell us they are not looking for anyone at this point. So far, have not said whether anyone is under arrest. Russell and today Governor Scott is headed to washington to discuss the need for emergency funding to combat the zika virus. Laura he was supposed to make plans changed because of hurricane hermine. State Health Officials confirmed eight new non travel related cases of zika in miami dade and palm beach counties. That brings the total number to 64 now. There are also 621 travel related cases and 86 infections involving pregnant women. Russell and there are already some signs of progress in washington. Yesterday president obama met with congressional leaders to work out a spending bill and it includes funds to fight the spread o Congress Needs to pass a spending bill before the end of the month to avoid another government shutdown. Laura and hermine was the first hurricane to make landfall since 2005. Russell some parts of tampa bay are still dealing with it. In pasco county, theres an effort now to help a struggling family. Good morning. Reporter good morning. You know, this is really a story helping their neighbors in need. You know, tampa bay is very big. We happen to be in holiday but theres Manatee County and sarasota and you get a sense sometimes of being disconnected. This is all about connecting people with other people. Let me introduce to you the howell family. They own the house behind me which is devastated by hermine. This is tia. Let me ask you first of all, whats it like to see your life in the front lawn and know that te house is uninhabitable at its heartbreaking and devastating. We pretty much lost everything and its just its just world shattering for us. We basically are just left with nothing right now. No home insurance. No home insurance, no. Reporter let me ask you, daryl, with living conditions. You cant go there the place is ripe with mold. Youre living in a hotel or motel for awhile but theyre going to say on thursday, got to go. What do you do . To go. Or what were going to do. My baby, she has asthma and i dont really want to take her in there because i dont want to end up in the hospital. So thats where were left. Reporter what do you think about the fact so many people are coming out here today and youve made some really good friends over the weekend that started the push to get this cleanup going. I just think its absolutely amazing. I cant tell you how thankful that i am for the people thats taken time out of their life and their day to come out here and help people like us. Its just eyes to a lot of things. Reporter sometimes when you have a big storm clouds, good things happen. I know youre not mr. Talker but something cool happened to you unrelated to this that you should be happy about this morning. U. C. F. And cincinnati and stuff like that, im trying to up my game and go to the next level and get some college in me. Reporter it may help attitudes. You have a kid getting out here and were talking to people at home that may want to come out and help. So i think there are good things going on as well as the background of pretty much devastation. Yes. I just at the same time, its bittersweet. Its a time that we should be celebrating. My son is getting recruitment letters, possibly going to college but its kind of sad at the same time that its under these circumstances. But im just so thankful and so blessed for everyone thats done what theyre able to do for us. It just means so reporter were going to tell you about Something Else thats going to happen that is very, very cool along with recruitment, we have a really cool gift coming up. Im not going to tell you what that is until about an hour from now. Its a very big help to the family. Russell thank you, ken. To little girls remain hospitalized after a four vehicle crash on the courtney campbell. Police say the driver, 23yearold julie go, was distracted. A gatorade bottle and she slammed into a van that was stopped at an intersection. Police have not said what charges she has faced but they are cooperating in the investigation. Laura polk county man says doctors may never be able to remove a shotgun pellet lodged in his arms. Detectives are searching for the person who shot him. Jake everett is recovering after deputies are calling a case of road rage. It happened sunday need along state route 54. His girlfriend was behind the wheel at the time. The other slammed on the brakes in front of them. When they pulled into a walmart parking lot, the shooter let them pass and then when everett opened his wind ow, the other person fired a shotgun. I felt something. He shot. He was not expecting that, though. Laura detectives are looking for a dark colored older model s. U. V. With a roof rack, possibly a florida tag. There was a dog in the front 3,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. Russell teco working to fix a glitch that overcharged thousands of customers who paid their bills on sunday. Instead of paying for just a month, customers were charged for all of the months in 2016 leading town that bill. That means more than 1,000 for a lot of people. The Company Plans to reimburse any customers hit with Overdraft Fees as a result of the glitch. This also impacts people who didnt pay on sunday. Teco cannot accept more payments. As a result the company is waiving late fees for anyone whose bill is due right now. Laura yesterday marked the three month anniversary of the pulse nightclub shooting. Prayer vigil was held outside the nightclub and theres also a fundraiser to support the survivors and families killed in the attack. Russell and yesterday was the deadline to submit applications families of those killed will get the largest share. 66 applications were filed by people who say they were injured during the shooting. One orlando administrators will start distributing that money at the end of the month. Laura and sadly, we are learning that one of the pulse survivors has died. Chris broadmans boyfriend posted this picture last night along with the caption, still cant believe my baby is gone. He is the man on the right side of the screen. Still not clear how he he was in Hillsborough County at the time. The Sheriffs Office is investigating. Authorities are investigating arson at the mosque that the orlando nightclub gunman attended. Russell the Sheriffs Office released new Surveillance Video they hope will help them crack the case. A man arrives on a motorcycle and approaches the building after a bright flash you see him running away. He appears to be carrying paper and a bottle of liquid. May have burned his hand because of how hes waving his arm around immediately after the flash. Crews managed to put out the fire but it caused extensive damage to the mosque, the f. B. I. And the federal bureau of tobacco, and firearms. Theyre treating it as a hate crime. Laura Hillary Clinton is defending her campaigns lateness in announcing her pneumonia diagnosis. Russell she said she didnt think it was going to be that big of a deal. It became a big deal sunda lost her balance while attending a 9 11 ceremony in new york. Clinton appears unsteady and needing assistance from her aides. In a phone interview, clinton said her doctors told her to rest for five days. That was on friday and yeah, she didnt follow their advice. Laura this morning shes resting at her home in new york. She plans to return to the campaign trail later this week but this delay has cost the Clinton Campaign a high profile Donald Trumps reaction to the health scare has been fairly low key. The coughing fit was a week ago so i assume that was pneumonia also. I think it would have been. So something is going on but i just hope she gets well and gets back on the trail and well be seeing her at the debate. Laura the situation has made the candidates health a major issue less than two months before election day. Clinton will turn 69 next month and tru this the oldest matchup between Major Party Nominees in history. Both candidates will release more medical details in the coming days. Russell bigger may be better. Laura a Company Unveils a new rocket booster dwarfing others in its shadow and two supermoms. These pictures are going viral as they show us what it really means to multi task. Lindsay 6 11. Head to school. While were not seeing much this morning, that changes on the ride home. Its a muggy start. We do have brakes in the clouds. 77 in tampa. Look at the clouds. Look at the spin. Thats a tropical wave that will move across the area today and obviously give us a bunch of rain. Well talk about how much and for how long this stays lindsay wx live lindsay we made it to tuesday and at 6 15, actually a nice start to the morning. Muggy morning. Well see a nice tampa but clouds on the increase and rain on the increase today. Winds are light. Theyre out of the east, pulling in atlantic tropical moisture. Were at 77 which is above our average low of 75 degrees. But instead of above average afternoon highs, those will be a little more in check this afternoon. So weather headlines, tropical moisture and a tropical wave moving into our area today. So youll notice by midday, clouding it. About 60 to 70 chance of not only showers and storms but some and the latest models that im looking at show the heaviest of the rain will likely be especially in the inland counties and on the east coast. The tradeoff areawide with more clouds, not quite as hot, we are at 93 yesterday. Today well shoot for 88 which is one below average, believe it or not. Were above average out the door. 74 wauchula, 77 in sarasota, 78 in clearwater and i still think you could squeeze in dry time at the beach early today. 75 in brooksville but with the dew points in the mid that tropical feel to the air, we felt it yesterday morning, its back this morning. What moves in quick they are morning will be some light showers. We have a spiralling low moving through the eastern part of the state and with it, ive seen a couple of small sprinkles this morning, nothing that warrants an umbrella. That sprinkle has faded away. Next stop is northeastern polk county where we have light showers knocking on your doorstep as well. Moves northwest and literally just yanks tropical moisture our direction. So as we head through the day, hear come the clouds at noon. Well hit 88 and then by 3 00 to 6 00 p. M. , definitely scattered downpours. Further inland you live, the heavier potential the rain may be. Watch the low. Watch the clouds, even by lunchtime with heating, showers and storms developing so its not one of those days where its going to rain in one spot all day long but late day, well see more numerous downpours fading as the winds shift, still a day with 60 rain chance on wednesday as downpours will shift throughout the day. Tropics, this is Tropical Storm ian but its moving north. Its not going to impact the northwest, not going to impact bermuda. 88, showers and storms developing, locally heavy so be alert. We have a lot of issues on the roads because of some saturated grounds. 76 overnight. Second half of the day tomorrow. 88 today and tomorrow. On the water today, general east wind. It becomes southwest this afternoon with a light chop. Were on low tide. High tide at 11 53. Watch the sevenday forecast. It looks busy afternoon and evenings all the way through the weekend. Ill keep the rain chance at 60 through thursday. And were approaching the busy time of morning. Here is courtney with an update. It is getting a little busy, especially on the southbound portion of as you make your way southbound towards the eastbound i4 ramp, were starting to see a little backed up traffic here, although no word on any accidents along the interstate so far this morning. We do have a problem spot in the lutz area and thats causing delays for drivers along county line road. Also willow bend parkway as u. S. 41. Reports of some road block in the westbound direction of willow bend parkway just before it turns into county line road. Be sure to use some extra caution headed that way. Southbound i75, still in great shape there. Bruce b downs to i4, standard eight minutes for you. 275 in bearss avenue to i4, pocket of heavy traffic but still a standard nine minute trip. Laura it is 6 19 and sad news this morning. Nine people, including six children, died when a horrific fire trapped them inside a one story home in memphis. Only survivor, another child clinging to life at the hospital. Fire broke out early yesterday morning. Whenre bars covering some doors and windows and investigators believe they could not escape. No word yet on a cause or if smoke detectors were working in the home. Russell gazebo where wright was killed by a Police Officer will be dismantled this week. Rices death started a black lives matter protest. Its moving to a museum in chicago where it will be put on display. Indicted. City agreed to pay 6 million to settle a lawsuit filed by rices family. Laura the ncaa pulled seven championship events from North Carolina due to the states controversial transgender bathroom law. The list includes the mens basketball first and second round games and this is just the latest backlash since the law was enacted. Entertainers like bruce springsteen, pearl jam and ringo starr have cancelled plans to play in North Carolina due to the law. Russell blue origin is the private Space Company has unveiled the newest rocket and they say its bigger and better than any of the competitions. The new glen booster is named after john glenn, the First American to orbit the earth. It will be bigger than anything made by space x or the alliance. The tallest is the saturn five which nasa used during the apollo program. Blue origin is currently building a Production Facility in brevard county. Flight for a couple of years. Laura modern mom has a lot to deal with, especially working mothers. Russell well show you two women who seem to have it all figured out and an emotional video. High School Students serenade the teacher as he battles cancer. That and more for you in hot clicks. Apparently, people think im too perky. So now im not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of 548 whoo i mean, whoo. Marco. Polo. Marco. Polo. Marco. Marco . Marco . But its not a game when our senator doesnt show up. Im Patrick Murphy. Solving problems means showing up. Its why i worked to protect Womens Health care and worked with both parties to stop cuts to medicare. Im Patrick Murphy and i approve this message because florida needs a fulltime senator. Marco . Marco . Z2301z z5yz im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Hes a racebaiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. Donald trump is a phony, a fraud. Hes not a serious adult. I cant vote for donald trump given the things that he said. I believe hes disqualified himself to be president. Laura all right. Welcome back. 6 24. Time to see whats clicking on the web. Russell how are you doing . Jennifer im good. How are you guys . Were starting off this morning with some tear jerkers so get the School Teacher battling cancer gets a beautiful surprise from his students. Listen. . . Jennifer gives you goosebumps. Take a look outside his window. The entire student body, over 400 students as well as the entire faculty from Christ Presbyterian Academy gathered outside his house. Their latin teacher watched outside the window. The kids say they just wanted to give back some love their teacher has beautiful. And the kindness continues with this next story. So check out this man. This is a picture of a man holding a womans hand while riding down a mall escalator. No big deal. The man, a complete strange he were. He saw the elderly woman was too scared to go on the escalator. She kept trying and moving back and while some people walked around her, asked her to step outside of the way, he stopped entire way down. Russell nice. Laura very sweet. Jennifer and finally, a pair of supermoms. Take a look at these. They have perfected the art of multi tasking. Do you see that . Laura i do. Jennifer shes a sports physician in oklahoma city. Picture shows her not only tending to a football player, she also has her 3yearold daughter on her back and on top of that, take a look at that little belly. Yeah. Shes 35 weeks pregnant. She said this is what happens when your for the weekend. Thats not all. Laura good for her. Jennifer check out this one. Melissa, shes a photographer in the dallas area. Friday night she was shooting a football game. The whole time she has a baby strapped to her chest, a preschooler on her back. A camera in one hand and a bottle in the other. We salute you supermoms. Jennifer i do not know how you do

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