Still hot and humid today with temps pushing 90.  We have a chance of rain and thunderstorms popping up this afternoon.  We'll gradually turn cooler and less humid this weekend.

Some new developments in the tropics this morning.  Ophelia has re-organized as a tropical depression, just east of the Leeward Islands.  The track has Ophelia taking a sharp curve north, staying well away from us. Farther east in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Phillipe is barely holding on.  It's expected to weaken over the next few days.

Today's interview lineup:

At 7:23 hear Kevin Rincon explain what the budget deal means to you.

At 7:41 hear Fox's Rich Johnson explain why Chris Christie is starting to sound annoyed about questions over his 2012 aspirations.

At 8:23 hear Mayor Alvin Brown explain how he's planning to manage the spending plan that was just approved. 

Our Top Local Story:  Heated debate over your tax dollars at Jacksonville city council.  The sheriff's office is going away with some of what they wanted but the sheriff says layoffs are on the way. Sheriff Rutherford says city council took too much.  Rutherford says he'll have to let some cops go. 

Passionate pleas from parents in St. Johns County--over a plan to rezone several schools.  Because of rapid growth in the north end of the county, the school board is considering changes to school zones.  The first public hearing was held last night, another one is set for next Tuesday.  A final decision on school rezoning is set for November. 

You are paying more to power your home than surrounding states because of Florida's heavy reliance on natural gas.  A study by the University of Florida finds our rates are at least 10 percent higher than other states. The biggest reason is because our neighbors rely more on coal and nuclear power.

Dozens of sailors are back from the war zone.  Up to 50 Individual Augmentees have been away from home nearly a year.  Bill Austin with Naval Station Mayport says the returning sailors are being honored with a lunch today.

Updating You Decide 2012:  He's said it once; he's said it a thousand times -- and it sounds like he's starting to get a little annoyed.  Chris Chrisie is not running for President.  He delivered his latest denial in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.  The latest polls show Rick Perry and Mitt Romney as the frontrunners.

The ideal candidate for the Republican Party -- doesn't exist.  That's what the state leader of the Democratic Party is saying after a week of GOP campaigning in Florida. Chairman Rod Smith says Democrats are now aimed at spreading the president's job message and working on a more aggressive voter turnout than in 2008.

Your kids will hear from the President today, as he delivers his back-to-school speech.  Obama is expected to tell students the country is counting on them for the future.  

An autopsy report details the very graphic nature in which Michelle McCoy was killed early this year.  The report says all of McCoy's fingers and thumbs were cut off, her vertebrae was shattered and her left leg was nearly amputated at the hip.  The man suspected of killing McCoy killed himself in a standoff with police shortly thereafter.

"I'm going to blow John away with my .357."  Those are the words of 96-year-old Amanda Stevenson, according to the widow of the man she allegedly killed.  Deborah Rice says Stevenson had threatened her son, John Rice, several times in the weeks prior to Sunday's fatal shooting. 

Day two of the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor is expected to focus more sharply on what happened leading up to the singer's death and the events immediately following it.  The defense says Jackson took a lethal dose of a sedative when Dr. Conrad Murray had left the room.

If the weather cooperates, experts will get a bird's eye view of the Washington Monument today -- literally -- as they rappel down its sides to check the extent of damage caused by last month's earthquake. The engineers will be looking for cracks, chips and other damage.