South winds around 5 miles per hour. So weve got a great start to the day. Also going to show you riverview camera looking back west. Look at that tall cloud. Way out to the west. Yeah we do have thunderstorms out over the gulf. But therefore far inform out with exception of one over anclote and falling apart. Thing weve got a great morning coming at us during afternoon like yesterday were going to spark showers and storms. Probably not as much though. 30 percent rain chances overall High Temperatures today get back to the upper 80s. Va 8 oclock, 8 0 one i should say. Well check roadways right now. I4 westbound where were looking live. This going to be about two miles outside of the interchange. Looks like big congestion typical for this time of morning fhp reporting a crash in general area which unfortunately cant get good look at with camera apparently blocking a center lane. Traffic moving remarkably well i would say if thats the case just to be safe keep an eye out. Meantime updates here brooksville that school bus trapped under that bus serious injuries reported to second vehicle involved. That looks like lanes are clear. Weatherly road, you should be good to go in that area. Its not about us so much as it is about you and your families and the kind of country and future you want. So i sure hope you will get out and vote as though your future depended on it because i think it does. With six weeks until the president ial election the first debate is nominees handled themselves and answered questions were excretely different. As many suspected it would be. After only a few minutes it started to look like a boxing match quick jabs, back and forth comments. Donald trump started by a blaming the nations chronic problems on Hillary Clinton. But he soon found himself on the defense. Fighting claims that he was racially insensitive and hiding potential conflicts of interest. Made points that could reenergize their hard corp supporter clinton by tearing apart trumps character. Trump trying his hardest untrustworthy clinton is. We will bring bah into this our political expert craig patrick. Hes on phone to talk about last nights debate. Hey, good morning again, craig. Good morning, russell. Hilary clinton had had a decent size lead i think in the polls post convention. Places shes even lost it. Do you think she may have gained some points somewhere last night . She could. Because i think you nailed it in laura nailed it if shes able to rev up her base and able to attract young voters in her performers absolutely she will gien ground you will see it in polls by end of this week look, one big is reasons why Hillary Clinton has lost ground in the polls over last three weeks is that the polsters have changed their formula their methodology. To all registered voters they are going specifically for who they deem to be likely voters. And when when young voters favor Hillary Clinton are not enthused they may less likely to vote voted. Likewise democrats who are not as enthusiastic about Hilary Clinton as republicans are about donald trump. So her big challenge last night was to excite her base. To show that she does in fact have the stamina donald trump for 90 minutes. And do it effectively and with that i think that she made a strong case. Not just to the undecideds but to her own base of supporters to drive more of the them perhaps to get out and vote therefore that can lose her way . Polls. What do you think donald trump did for his base last night . Well i think he also turned into very Strong Performance that will excite his base. Up until now his base again has more excited than hers. Trump scored of Hillary Clinton was near the beginning of the debate on the issue of trade. And he called off Hillary Clinton for calling ppps the gold standard. Hillary clinton pushed back saying you dont have all of the facts or saying playing loose with the back. The ap fact checker very quick quickly called her out those were words she used and she has waivered an it relates to Transpacific Partnership and a donald trump also nailed her for support of nafta o husbands support of nafta. She did not differentiate herself from her husband who was president at the time when that deal was sko mated with that donald trump scored points and specifically very specifically connects with his base. Some important states like wrer manufacture rg has hit like ohio, and the state of pennsylvania. So here we are, much so which was made about this first debate. How many people would be watching. And this would be the one that might sway viewers. These to go. A ways to go until election day. But do you think this one lived up to its hype . It did live up to its hype. I think it will probably be the most watched. Well see most watch in history up until now was 1980. One debate between reagan and carter that drew around 80 million people. I suspect the viewer ship will be higher. Because it was so unpredictable. Why so many people tuned in how are they going to match up weve never seen with that i think both candidates not only played to their bases but delivered some surprises as well. Good to talk to you. I know well talk again before this is all over with. See you when aget here. Thank you. And department of transportation is looking to make more money area drivers. And a Howard Franklin bridge. One senator says it time to put what they are getting into. Shayla reeves is live on the story. Andshayla it looks looks like everybody has a little confused even though that are developing it. This senator says he voted for now saying ahad known nor he would not. Good morning. Yeah, good morning to you. Youre absolutely right. And were learning more information about what idea is prompting this senator to ask a few more questions about it. I want to take you right to this letter. Tis or part of a letter sent by senator jack written to the Florida Department of transportation district secretary paul stein man. This letter was written and dated for yesterday. And expressed concern about taking current lanes on Howard Frankland and turning them into toll lanes. Now the district 20 senator wrote in part, this will be an immediate impedestrian incident environment uniting entire tampa region now not time take take current lanes who use bridge to get to work and do not want to the have their commute times increased. Now Howard Frankland bridge is getting old state transportation officials want to make changes proposed improvements include remacing noes bouvent bridge with wider one also have four lanes lieb current bridge only one of the lanes would becoming a tolled express lane. That means drivers who dont want to spend the money have three lanes instead one the new, once the new bridges built the current northbound bridge would removed. Acording to recent reports it could cost up to 6 to use the express lanes. And state Officials Say its been known for years that drivers would have three lanes available for use with a fee and not four. So this is something that will likely gather a lot of conversation. Especially next week when two public hearings are scheduled. The first of those hearings petersburg. Another will follow on thursday in tampa. Of course they are going to keep following this issue and well keep you posted as we learn any new details. Back to you. All right shayla, thank you. Continue to use heroin and other drugs at an alarming rate. New this morning were learning about the role that it has played on their unborn babies. And number of babies born suffer suffering withdrawal from heroin and painkillers has more than doubled in these babies tend to be born Central Nervous issues seizure, feeding difficulties and possibly breathing challenges. But thanks to tougher legislation the number of babies born with drawing has decreased. Doctors say they were not anticipating new cases. Physicians say while treatment after birth can help the baby during with drawl the permanent damage is already done. Well we had a stormy few days. Will it continue . Daves back in just a few forecast. Plus understanding people a little better. The new project veterans are being used for and how it could help future generation. Could prescription for your pain be a roller coaster. The medical condition it could help. Coming up at 8 30. Hey charley, whats going on my friend . Hey, good day. Im off in woods and in plant city. Because its sir henrys haunted trail. And whole thing creeps me out bit. Scariest sound youre ever going to hear at haunted highways, that, that sound. I dont like the chainsaws. Stick around everybody. Well tell you how when gp d is message. Id look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. Shes a slob. She ate like a pig. A person whos flat chested is very hard to be a 10. Does she have a good body . No. Does she have a fat [expletive] . Absolutely. Do you treat women with respect . I cant say that either. . . Cozy up this fall with dunkins coffee and espresso flavors. Sip salty and sweet with our new salted caramel macchiato or drink in the season with the classic taste of pumpkin. Appetites. Even a small one can throw you off your game. And they only get bigger as time goes on. Serve foster farms, a corn dog with 7 grams of protein makes a big appetite go away. Youre watching good day tampa bay. And welcome back its 8 13. More than 2. 17 million American Military veterans suffer from post Traumatic Stress disorder. And many others have other medical conditions. Now the department of Veterans Affairs has created a program to its called the million veteran program. Its relatively new. Fox 13 jen epstein now with a look at why the department of Veterans Affairs believes this project is so important. Hey jen. Hey russell some experts call it one most ambitious projects ever undertaken to understand our dna. Program launched in 2010 with the hope of better understanding the role genes play in the diseases they develop. In order to do so, the department of Veterans Affairs is gathering blood from their dna. Now at the same time Computer Scientist around create a data pace to store information along with veterans medical records. So far they collected 420,000 samples. Ultimate goal to learn more about the disorders ranging from diabetes to post Traumatic Stress disorder. Researcher have been trying to link diseases to gdna for decades never had enough samples to at clear picture but the va them have a medical records that stretch back decades. Million veteran program is growing fast. It brings in about 100,000 new participants a year. At that pace it should have 1 million veterans enrolled by 2018. Russell. All right jen, thank you. More than 1 third of calls to the a va suicide hotline not being answered by front line staffers. In fact the former director va crisis line says about 40 percent of crisis calls were actually rolled over centers. The problem with that is they have less training on how to work specifically with Veterans Issues on monday house approved a bill that could help with this problem. It would require the va to ensure all phone calls Text Messages and other Communications Received by the crisis line to be answered by someone who is qualified. And in a time will manner. It now moves on to the senate. You promise rain at the front end of the week. Does it stick around today or move on . Well get a few. Few thunderstorms today. Not everybody though. And then, well ramp it up by thursday. I got a couple of days later this week, friday going into saturday where where i think the weather will be spectacular. 77 degrees now in tampa. Lock at, look at bartow. Where its still 68 at this hour. Crystal river 70. Brooksville 70 degrees. Dew points are sti low to mid 70s along the coastline. So yes, its still juicy. And were going to hold on to that until we can push a cold front through. That cold front will be moving through late in the day on thursday. And watch what happens as the dew points drop behind it oh boy they will drop back into mid 60s. I think its going to be nice too. As you expect that dryer air to last. Anyway the point is once this front moves through, friday and saturday look very nice. Dryer air. Still warm. But dry air. Then the humidity comes back in by the time we get into monday. Developing tropical system out here east of the islands, we will give you 10 oclock this morning a plane takes off to investigate this area likely become a tropical depression. Look at the percentages there 90 to almost 100 percent becomes something. The computer models in the shortterm bring it into eastern caribbean. But its longterm solution that honestly is still unknown at this point. Because it continues to move west northwest . When does it make that northerly turn. Obviously huge. Further east if it makes that northerly turn the better chance it has of missing the u. S. Altogether. So weve got to watch the longterm solution for this. Entire east coast has to watch High Temperature today. Yes, there will be a few storms around. But rain chances are going to go up a little bit. Then drop off the board. 40 to 50 percent. The thursday, and then dryer air for friday and for saturday. Vanessa. All right, thank you, dryer air. And right now were watch something jams here on southbound 275. Camera here were checking out near fowler looks to be a bit slow. Unfortunately we do have camera that far north thats working we do have reports up near the fl possibly involving a motorcyclist. Maybe some lane blockage. Eat watch it nor a bit might worth a few extra empties outdoor right now as far as bearss to i4 what were looking a as far as congestion. 25 minutes. So that kind of around normal mark for this time of morning. Westbound drivers on i415 minutes buck man to 75. You can see we just updated into red southbound 75 drivers plan bruce b. Downs. Heres lutz area crash appearance to minor lane blockage a safety concern watch out here u. S. 41 sunset lane simply one lane block situation. But as i mentioned before, move over law, and slow down as you pass on by. Well, get ready to quit your job immediately. Coming up at 9 well tell you about the companys that are paying their employees to take a vacation and why its beneficial for everybody the . Ever. Wedding crasher the coolest and he might be laura everyone involved. Its beneficial for vacation. And why employees to take a did they not hear you . Okay let me tell you what she just said. He may be coolest wedding crasher ever. Guess the celebrity who dropped by a central park wedding. Heres a hint. He didnt bring wilson with, wilson, wilson along with him. Haunting season charley getting haunting season charley getting a sneak peek sir henrys z246gz zy6z this weekend which means its time for plenty of spooky creepy fun. If youre loyal viewer to good day you know i dont particularly like to be scared i wont going to Haunted Houses my job to tell you things i might not like to enjoy myself. Telling you about sir henrys haunted trail. Its good time for you that light tock freaked out. Were talking about make up that goes into putting together a Haunted House or haunted trail. Sabrina is make up artist around official make up artist . Have you in charge of a make up no we have three other make up artists i am head make up artist this year. Nice. I bet that pays well no. By way it startle this weekend and runs every weekend through month of october. Lizzy here is guinea pig who going to show us before and after. Weve got couple of characters made up back there. Sabrina where do you begin here what are you turning lizzy weve chiend of charred off that textured skinlike material thats actually just liquid latex. Show us how you did that. So you just. That is, liquid latex. Weve got it in a cup here. You basically just take it and start stippling it on. And then from there it dries and then. That is dry right there yeah thats dry. You painted this black over here. Yeah thats been air brushed and then air brush painted. You took a little scalpel lo where did my stab thing go. Sabrina wildz scalpel who waugh adid to poor lizzys face you just kind a good spot. Oh be careful at home. Dont cut yourself. And then you pull it out now what are you going to do with that . Then you would typically take any type of orange paint which i red will work. Take a braush this alcohol based paint i have a little bit of 90 percent alcohol. And then you take it and you take. Knew trul color or blood reds in here and then youre just going to pick a wounds you paint them. So gross. Ones it dry you can peel it off it f. Gets stuck in your hair you have to kind of either pull it out inch by inch or try to wash it out. Its going to hurt. Yeah its going to hurt. Where do you get all of your supplies best place for people at home if they want to try do this themselves most my stuff is it from friends beauty. Even if you go to like spirit of halloween you can find cream paints like latex, you can find pretty much everything. Good for you. All right. There you go. Once everybody made up now we have to go through Haunted House. Well do that next, russell and laura. You cannot put this off. You can no longer put this off. I can and i will. See you later, man. All dead fish are great if they are on your plate with a little tartar sauce not so great if on your favorite beach. Got it fox 13 ken suarez is oh mission to find worst red tide areas in the bay. Vo we asked women in Pinellas County to describe congressman david jolly in one word woman 1 dangerous. Woman 2 backwards. Woman 3 outoftouch. Woman 4 thats 3 words. Vo david jolly shares Donald Trumps backwards agenda for women. Jolly opposes a womans right to choose and voted to defund planned parenthood and deny women access to basic health care not for women. Vo House Majority pac is responsible laura 2shot bw number 16jose fernandezs he was number 16. And jose fernandezs jersey number decorated marlins park on monday night from school board to the field, and most importantly, etched into at moupd where he would have stood as he pitched another game. He was not standing there. Players