a deadly helicopter crash in palm bay is now under investigation. you're taking a look at a video recorded moments ago. officials say at least three people were killed when the chopper went down just hours ago. while the helicopter is an older military-style aircraft it was not believed to have been operating in any kind of military capacity. investigating. good afternoon and thank you for joining us. i'm carla wade. and i'm steve wolford. more on the race for the white house in a moment. first.. let's get to 13 first alert chief meteorologist bryan scofield. bryan are triple digits are back in the forecast? it looks like a fairly quiet weather pattern is on tap with a dry northwesterly flow aloft. this will bring temps closer to average for this time of year with highs topping out around 100 starting tomorrow through

mountain shower possible thursday. the winds will pick up to then windy on tuesday as it passes mainly to our north. the system will also drag in it's your voice your vote in the race for president. labor day marks the beginning of the home stretch of the general election and today there's a poll that shows that this vote could well be a squeaker. the brand new cnn orc national poll shows a significant change in the numbers from just a few weeks ago. here's kim hutcherson with a

home stretch... new cnn-o-r-c poll shows a dead heat between democrat hillary clinton and republican donald trump. the survey - which was conducted by phone between september first and fourth - finds trump leading clinton by two percentage points ... 45- to 43-percent among likely voters. it's a significant tightening from the seven-point lead clinton held after the democratic national convention. cnn's poll follows several other surveys released in august ... which also show a shrinking candidates. clinton -- in must-win florida tuesday. on the way, she joked with the press corps on her campaign plane ... that she can't take her doctor's advice after monday's coughing fit: (hillary clinton/(d) presidential nominee) "better. now the advice of course is just don't talk for a day or two (laughter) yeah, that's not gonna work for me. (reporter) how are you going to manage that?) yeah, not gonna happen. i'm just gonna keep talking." trump -- in virginia tuesday, was optimistic about his

(donald trump/(d) presidential nominee) "i think we're going to get a lot of the bernie people because of trade, if you want to know the truth. ripped off like never before on these trade deals" with just over two months left to go before election day, both candidates still have plenty of work to do. that cnn-orc poll also shows that majorities have unfavorable views of both clinton and trump. i'm kim hutcherson reporting. funding - v breaking now the u.s. senate just voted against a 1.1 billion dollar bill to pay for virus. billion dollar bill to pay for the fight against the zika virus. cdc director thomas frieden warned his agency is almost out of the money needed to kill mosquitoes and find a vaccine. democrats have already blocked the bill once because it contains restrictions on funding for planned parenthood.. and say they're prepared to do it again. guns are selling at

background checks conducted by the f-b-i every month this year has hit an all-time high. mass shootings in the last several years have helped drive gun sales. gun buyers worry that every mass shooting will prompt more restrictive gun control laws. new information this afternoon on that space-x rocket explosion. the company that owned the satellite destroyed in the blast now wants space-x to pay-up. spacecom says it wants 50-million dollars or a free flight to make up for what happened. facebook planned to use that service to other parts of the world. space x is still trying to figure out what caused its falcon-9 rocket to explode. new details on that fair accident in tennesee that sent a dozen kids to the hospital. fair leaders have said the operator made a mistake.. but now.. they're also now revealing the ride had a programming glitch that allowed the harness bars to lift while the ride was still high in the air. as a result.. a number of riders fell from their seats. 4 suffered broken bones. the ride will be remain closed

state. a family turns to 13 action news for help-- because thousands of bees are taking over their front porch... and management is making them wait to take care of the problem. :34:51 i see outside there is bees everywhere and i was like what is going on :34:54 this is what ana gonzalez sees when she looks outside her apartment near boulder highway and russell. the mother tells us they cancelled their labor day plans and spent the holiday inside... because she was so worried about the swarm attacking her she called the emergency contact number and the manager said someone would take care of it today. gonzalez asked if she could call an outside exterminator to come and take care of it sooner, but the manager told her she would have to pay for it. a third and final vote is set to happen friday.. that could lead to a complete reorganization of the clark county school district. if approved.. the proposal would split the single large district into smaller ones.. essentially moving more control

the plan would take effect at the beginning of next school year. a historic riverboat capsizes on the sacramento river. you can see the 87-foot boat upside down in the water. divers are assessing the situation to come up with a plan to flip the boat upright. but there's another problem. the boat is leaking more than 600 gallons of diesel fuel. (lt. nicole emmons, u.s. coast guard) " immediately they put booms around the area to keep the sheen inside the area around the vessel." this boa "blood alley" staring john wayne. it later caught fire in 1996 and sat abandoned before being restored. operators are still hopeful they can get it back in working order. right now-- the search is on for these vandals in oregon... who decided to destroy a world famous rock formation.. and as you can see-- the whole thing was caught on camera. dude, holy [beep]-got it!

standing on top of the rubble of the rock, just laughing, smiling, giggling. park officials found "duckbill" rock in pieces, and thought it must have collaped naturally-- but the video here shows otherwise.... the group of people worked together to knock over the famous formation which was protected behind a fence. they basically told me themselves that it was a safety hazard and that they did the world or oregon like a favor, that they knocked it down oregon state police to track down the vandals. they could face serious fines or even criminal charges. still to come -- a pump-up the jam session turns back to school cool! and.. a single mom dressing like dad for her children is going viral. we'll explain why she did it. plus -- is predicting presidential elections possible? we say yes and coming up -- we'll introduce you to a

predicted every election since 19-84...and what he's saying about this year! ((bryan)) and.. don't forget to download the all new 13 action news app.. featuring live streaming.. video on demand and incredible weather radar. it's free in the app store and in google play. some teachers and parents are going to gr i'm catherine cortez masto and i come from a big family. a whole lot of people. a whole lot of love. and a whole lot of food. my dad's family was from mexico. my mom's was from italy. 60 years ago they met here in nevada and we grew as a family really grew as a family. dad got his start parking cars at the dunes hotel.

inciples, work hard, be honest and respect everyone, that's what i tried to do as attorney general. catherine took on the big banks when they preyed on homeowners. and forced them to pay one point nine billion dollars to nevadans. she became a national leader in protecting children from sex traffickers. and passed laws to keep seniors safe from crooked scams. i'm catherine cortez masto, i approve this message because i've spent my career solving problems, isn't that something

headlines we are following today. (nats- dancing) :04 the staff at one texas school welcomed students back to classes with a pump up the jam session on the school's front steps. it's equal parts inspiring and equal part cringe-worthy. the video has gone viral on the school's facebook page with over 1.2 million views. and..

she did it so her son could enjoy a donuts with dad day with his class in ft. worth, texas. yevette vasquez is now something of an online celebrity.. and getting praise from single parents from around the world who shared their stories. her two younger sons say they want her to do the same thing when it's their turn to have donuts with dad. you can check out all of the stories that are trending today.. jus action news mobile app. you can get the latest weather updates, breaking news alerts and more. anchors adlib and toss to bryan it looks like a fairly quiet weather pattern is on tap with a dry northwesterly flow aloft. this will bring temps closer to average for this time of year with highs topping out around 100 starting tomorrow through

skies each afternoon with a mountain shower possible thursday. the winds will pick up to breezy on sunday, ahead of a system approaching from the pacific northwest that will keep us breezy on monday and then windy on tuesday as it passes mainly to our north. the system will also drag in cooler air which will drop high temps to the mid 90s on monday and tuesday. time of year with highs topping out around 100 starting tomorrow through the weekend. expect sunny to mainly sunny skies each afternoon with a mountain shower possible thursday. breezy on sunday, ahead of a system approaching from the pacific northwest that will keep us breezy on monday and then windy on tuesday as it passes mainly to our north. the system will also drag in cooler air which will drop high temps to the mid 90s on monday and tuesday. every few days a new poll seems time of year with highs topping out around 100 starting tomorrow through the weekend. expect sunny to mainly sunny

mountain shower possible thursday. the winds will pick up to breezy on sunday, ahead of a system approaching from the pacific northwest that will keep us breezy on monday and then windy on tuesday as it passes mainly to our north. the system will also drag in cooler air which will drop high temps to the mid 90s on monday and tuesday every few days a new poll seems to flip the presidential race.. and keep everyone on the edge of their seats over who's going to win.

us skip the polls -- and the heartburn -- altogether? our national political correspondent mike sacks shows us what could do it. mike: if i told you that there was some method that for the last 30 years accurately predicted every presidential race for the last thirty years, but without using polls, would you trust that? gretchen peck: no. [laughs] no. mike: would you think that's science fictiony? lana hochheiser: no, i don't think that's science fictiony. anthony kim: i think the questions would be very important, but i don't think necessarily that there's a set of questions that would from american university. he created a model that has accurately predicted every presidential election since 1984. lichtman: this doesn't depend upon the polls or any conventional way of looking at elections. mike vo gfx: instead, lichtman developed thirteen so-called keys based on how favorable the political environment is for the party that holds the white house going into the election -- today, that's the democrats.

election in 2005, and 2012's in 2010. under ordinary circumstances the model would probably favor the republicans, but these are not ordinary circumstances. we have a precedent-shattering candidate in donald trump who actually affects some of the keys. mike vo gfx: like key number 4 - which asks whether there is a serious third party challenger. lichtman: the question is once you start the debates, or even before that, will gary johnson trump effect so large that people are going to seek safe haven in voting libertarian? you know libertarians never get more than 1% of the vote normally. mike vo: fine, he's still tweaking his keys, but he could give the now an exclusive prediction, right? lichtman: you're not paying me nearly enough to make a prediction now. you, like everyone else will have to wait a couple of weeks. mike on cam: just to be clear, we didn't pay him anything. lichtman has promised to make his call before the first

september 26. for the now, i'm mike sacks. back to you. up next in today's health report.. some special parenting tips in honor of baby safety month. also -- a study done a decade ago on a link between obesity and cancer has a new reassessment out this afternoon. the results may shock you,

knock down a 4-acre brush fire in mission viejo in orange county near arroyo trabuco golf course in today's healthy living.... september is baby safety

and we've got some tips from the experts... on how to keep your baby the most protected. safety experts from babies-r-us say to always make sure your child's "crash tested." and newer seats are even "rollover tested." they also encourage parents to register the products. that way.. if there's ever a recall.. the manufacturer will contact you directly to let you know. it's been more than a decade since one international research group conducted their study on the link between obesity and cancer.. but a reassessment of that study may not come as a surprise. kim hutcherson takes a closer look. there have been countless studies done over the years that have tried to link what we

cancer. but the latest study from the "international agency for research on cancer" reaffirms 2002... and the research found that people with excess body fat were at a higher risk for certain cancers like colon, kidney and postmenopausal breast cancer. fast forward to 20-16.. and results from their reassessment only add to the list..liver, gallbladder, pancreas, ovarian and thyroid cancers... just to name a few. believes the link lies in excess body fat triggering chronic inflammation which can lead to cancer. the head of the nutrition program for the american institute for cancer research says two simple things can help reduce cancer risks... eating healthier and exercising. for today's health minute, i'm kim hutcherson. we are continuing to stay on top of breaking news in sothern

firefighters are working to knock down a 4-acre brush fire in mission viejo in orange county near arroyo trabuco golf course but before we head to break.. a look at tonight's abc primetime lineup. (ad-lib) on 13 action news..

i pledge allegiance, to the flag [continues in background] they're bringing drugs, they're brigning crime, they're rapists... you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes... blood coming out of her...wherever [pledge continues in background] you gotta see this guy; "oh, i don't know what i said. ah, i don't remember." i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters... get out!

danny tarkanian's carrying a lot of baggage. as a real-estate developer, tarkanian was penalized for failing to pay thousands in property taxes. tarkanian was ordered by a judge to repay $17 million in a failed development scheme. tarkanian refused to pay the money back, forcing taxpayers to bail him out, leaving us holding the bag. y tarkanian's out for himself, not us.

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the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. the people are real. the cases are real. the people are real. the cases are real. the rulings are final. captions paid for by cbs television distribution >> terri sherrell is suing motorist 24-year-old derek muller for rear-ending her car while her boyfriend was borrowing it. >> byrd: order! all rise. this is case number 593 on the calendar in the matter of sherrell vs. muller. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're welcome, judge. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. folks, have a seat. >> judge judy: ms. sherrell, the defendant's car hit your car in the rear. >> yes. >> judge judy: you were not driving the car. >> no, i wasn't in the car. >> judge judy: who was driving the car? >> peter yates. >> judge judy: could you step over there? peter, you have a last name. >> yates -- y-a-t-e-s. >> judge judy: you were driving. you allowed mr. yates to borrow the car. you were driving your car? >> yes, i was. >> judge judy: did you have insurance on your car?