a sinkhole sits beneath a bay area apartment complex. our 8 on your side investigation uncovers the hidden dangers. >> and keith cate is live in iowa ahead of the eye caucuses. >> and what you need to know before heading out to tomorrow's gasparilla parade. thank you for joining us tonight. a routine traffic stop 'goes horribly wrong. a deputy shoots a man twice and now after a month-long investigation, that deputy is out of a job and on the wrong side of the law. the deputy claims he was forced to fire while in fear for his life. but the sheriff says there was never any struggle over that gun and the deputy flat out lied. paul mueller joins us now live from the pinellas county sheriff's office. paul, bring us up to speed here. >> reporter: well, jen, the sheriff well known here for keeping his deputies on the right side of the law. but as for this deputy who

attempted manslaughter. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: dash cam video capturing the unmistakable sound of gunshots. deputy dylan verde-- >> get inside the car. >> i'm trying to. >> reporter: that's when the deputy shot him. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: dylan is hit in the wrist and stomach. then the call for backup. >> we need fire and rescue. shots fired. copy, we have a mail down with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. >> reporter: how could dylan sitting in the cruiser go for the gun in his drunken state? >> while handcuffed, do this, do this, do this, then get the gun out. didn't happen. assuming the deputy's version, which is impossible, it didn't there's no way. home today? >> nope, we have no comment. >> reporter: nine years at the

before that at st. pete police department, where his medal of valor and purple heart stood out, after being grazed by a bullet years ago. >> just did what i was trying to do, and keep going. >> reporter: the sheriff says trained to protect and serve, not lie and cover it up. now, the other deputy there at the time said dylan never even went for the gun, that he quote, ran his mouth. as for the deputy tonight, he is out on bond. josh? >> paul mueller, live in pinellas county, thank you, paul. breaking news right now in tampa. police are searching for a stolen car after an armed car jacking. a woman was sitting in her car at north central avenue and east kirby street when a man pointed a gun at her and ordered her out. they are searching for the stolen 2014 black ford focus right now, with florida tags.

you're urged to call tampa police. the presidential candidates spent the day crisscrossing the state of iowa, campaigning for votes, just three days ahead of the iowa caucuses. >> our keith cate traveled to iowa for the caucuses. he joins us now, where florida senator marco rubio's volunteers are working tonight. keith? >> reporter: we moved to des moines because the capital looked beautiful this evening. and really, these guys are working so hard up to the last minute because time is running out. think about it. on monday night at 7:00, the good people of iowa are going to go to their places, going to caucus, then vote. before the night is over, we're going to know who the winners are, which republican, which democrat will move on victorious from the state of iowa. and all of these people running for office have dedicated volunteers, who are really coming from all across the

candidate's behalf. tonight, we went to ankeny to spend time at one of senator marco rubio's campaign headquarters. >> reporter: looking through a storefront in ankeny, iowa, we found a room not much bigger than a two-car garage, flowing with volunteers in support of florida senator marco rubio, most working late into the night. as many as 50 are being deployed from florida. >> this is worth it. it's a reason for freezing. >> reporter: adam hasner is from florida. >> is there a chance that marco rubio could finish second in iowa on monday? >> i'm not going to play the expectations game. we definitely nomar company's going to have a strong showing. we've made strong commitment to iowa. he's been traveling the state event after event after event all week, through the weekend. we're going to keep working through monday night. >> reporter: these volunteers pay their own way, use their own phones, tell their own stories about why people should

lynn collins is from tallahassee. >> people want to know the candidate. and if you're not meeting the candidate in person, certainly speaking to people who know him isn't a bad thing. >> i just wanted to remind you that the caucus is this monday. >> reporter: it's hard not to notice the youth movement in this campaign. shelby truett is 24. she has been working the phone for 12 hours. >> i'm actually here because my friend emily, we drove up together. >> so just for this? >> just for this, yeah. >> this is a round trip? >> i convinced my boyfriend, a rubio. he's been campaigning the last two weekends with me. >> really? >> apparently! >> reporter: the rubio campaign is not alone when it comes to rallying younger troops. every campaign has pulled pages from the highly successful campaign playbook of candidate barack obama. >> they got to have young voters. any republican candidate has got to have college students on their side also. they are the energy behind the campaign. they work night and day.

the party and they are also, again, the biggest generation that american history has seen, even bigger than the baby boomers. >> reporter: young or old, this is a lot of work and the nights are only getting longer. and the polls continue to show marco rubio in third place among republicans, but there will be a brand-new poll coming out tomorrow by the des moines register. lot of people seem to be talking that marco rubio may even slide up, challenging second place over ted cruz. and of course that would be something. that's a chief rival for donald trump. speaking of trump, he's going to be here tomorrow. we plan to cover him. get this, he'll be in clinton, iowa. clinton, iowa. trump will be there. we're going to be there to cover it. earlier, if you were watching our 6:00 newscast, jen and josh, you actually saw the rally for hillary clinton. lot of people there saying we would like to see hillary take on donald trump. that is the political cage

but i think bernie sanders would have something to say about that on the democratic side, and a lot of eager republicans would say not so fast, we're still competing, among those florida senator marco rubio and former florida governor jeb bush. >> guess we'll see you in clinton, iowa tomorrow with donald trump. sounds like an interesting day. keith cate, live from des moines tonight. >> reporter: it's going to be a great day all around. >> we can't wait. thank you. keith will continue to bring us live reports from iowa over the next few days, through the caucuses, showing us how the tight races are playing out, and what it all means for forward. to other news, scientists in the uk are working on a new weapon to fight the zika virus. they are purposely introducing more mosquitoes into the air. these mosquitoes are not the same as what you would find in the wild. they are all genetically modified. so far, the tests look promising. they are already being introduced in brazil. the fda is in the process of

and the occupation at the wildlife refuge is still not over, with four activists holding out in oregon. they want assurances they won't be arrested if they leave. meanwhile, the fbi has released unedited video of tuesday's deadly confrontation with occupant leaders. eight protesters were arrested. one was shot and killed. . are you ready for gasparilla? better be, because the invasion happens tomorrow! i could do better than that. >> was that your pirate? >> i was caught snoozing. >> loved it. hundreds of thousands of people will be in the bay area for all the festivities. jamel lennay joins us live from bayshore in tampa, where party goers are getting set up out there. >> look at her! aargh! >> reporter: hats off to you guys. thousands are already in town. if you're making last-minute gasparilla plans, it will be hard to book a hotel or get around, but there are options. thousands are in town for

>> luckily we got in early enough. >> reporter: early enough to snag a room on harbor island and be close to the festivities. mike stone will join the thousands of pirates partying this weekend. he made a reservation three months ago. >> i'm not sure what's going to happen to some of the people that are showing up today or maybe even tomorrow. it might be pretty rough. >> reporter: laura raton drove in today from daytona. >> i booked about six months ago. i knew it was coming up. i know it sells out. >> reporter: if you're joining the party late, you should know hotels are pretty much at capacity, but there are options. >> we do have other hotels. we had 22,000 hotel rooms in this county. they are not all immediately accessible downtown. >> reporter: meaning, you'll have to commute, so be ready for traffic. several streets in downtown and surrounding bayshore boulevard will be closed off. >> i recommend that you come in here, if you're coming in from out of town, you park over here in one of the city garages. >> reporter: use one of the

then plan on walking most of the day. another 8 on your side tip for spotty, so make a designated time and spot to meet up with friends and family. jen? >> thank you, janelle. tampa police will be out in full force this weekend. there is a new security concern this year, in the form of drones. the parade route and the invasion flotilla are off limits for drones because they airport. police will also be enforcing neighborhoods. they will start towing tonight, so consider yourself warned. now, the best seat in the house for the parade of pirates is right inside your home. you can watch the festivities live on newschannel 8. jen and i will be cohosting. jennifer holloway will be the pirate reporter on the street. coverage will kick off at 2:30 good.

8 on your side investigation uncovering dangerous sinkhole activity in tampa. >> coming up next, the property owner knew about it and didn't do anything, so we took what we learned to the city and within hours, they stepped in. . >> cooler temperatures, more sunshine today. 65 degrees for a high. chilly overnight, but a very nice weekend ahead. we'll have your gasparilla

. tonight, an 8 on your side investigation. danger lurks beneath. major sinkhole activity under a

one of the busiest roadways in the city. we found a disturbing report from seven years ago, so alarming the city took immediate action. shannon behnken has the story. >> we're trying to get information about what's going >> no questions. >> we have an engineering report here that says this interesting should be demolished and no one should ever live here again. can you tell us more about it? are you putting people in danger by having people live next to this massive hole? >> reporter: a void at least 100 feet deep lurks beneath this building at the french quarter apartments on armenia avenue. our 8 on your side investigation found the property owner found out seven years ago, yet did nothing to fix the sinkhole activity. the property owner did move a few residents out of one building in 2008, right after an engineer hired by citizens property insurance, wrote any attempt to grout or underpin

collapse of the material above the voids with catastrophic results. the engineer went on to say the dangers reduce sinkhole activity should not be remediated and one building abandoned and not built upon again. >> we don't want the building collapsing with people inside. >> reporter: strong words. yet 8 on your side found tampa code enforcement was never notified. >> all i can tell you is i wish we knew eight years ago, but we know about it now, so we'll take care of it. >> reporter: another big concern, busy armenia avenue. i wanted to know just how close the worst sinkhole activity is from the busy road, so i measured it myself. >> about 55 feet. >> reporter: you heard me right. just 55 feet. after meeting with 8 on your side, code enforcement sent an inspector out within the hour to document cracks, particularly troubling the engineer called these two

but seven years later, we found residents clueless. >> i'll be definitely scared. >> somebody should be able to, um, help us move before anything bad happens. >> reporter: late this afternoon, i reached an attorney for the property owner. she says there have been no repairs because this case is in litigation with the insurance company. she also said that safety is a top priority and the on-site on the buildings. code enforcement tells me that is not good enough and they have asked the state to step in. >> i have a lot of questions you've got a report that's seven years old, which makes me wonder, do they need another report, a new report? and could this have gotten worse? >> well, that is one of the first questions i asked code they tell me they definitely want a new report because they want to see if it's gotten worse. everyone we've talked to says sinkholes don't get better. >> all right.

well, nearly a million nissan altima cars are recalled tonight over a hood latch problem. that latch could allow the hood to just fly open while the car is moving. imagine that. the recall involves altimas from the 2013 through 2015 model years. in previous recalls, technicians applied lubricant to the latch, but if it isn't done evenly, you could still experience a problem. well, the weekend is here. lot of festivities going on. 69 degrees for a high on saturday. should be a lot of sunshine early in the day. we'll pick up high clouds as the day progresses. then sunday, near 73 degrees with a few added clouds overall. check this out. five planets before sunrise going on, into the early part of february. mercury, venus, saturn, mars and jupiter, again, looking south before sunrise. sunrise these days, about 6:08. again, five planets looking to the south before sunrise. that's going to depend, obviously, on the skies.

a few clouds tomorrow morning. 6.18 inches at tampa international airport for the month of january. the wettest was 8 inches of rain. probably won't get there, but the average, 2.23, so well above normal. as for the pirate fest itself, fantastic. 63 degrees, a bit chilly out early in the day. maybe a few high clouds. 69 degrees at 2:00. for those that are going to be on boats, there will be a lot of them, if you've seen the invasion, variable winds at 5 knots. smooth conditions, obviously not great sailing weather, but most people will be motoring it. 61-degree bay temperature. andrea walker gets a great shot tonight and despite the clouds sunset. 53 degrees at 1:00 a.m. 52 degrees at 3:00 a.m. overnight low temperatures, dropping in the low 50s. again, the clearer skies, of course the northerly flow, cold front well down to our south now. 56 degrees, temperature at 9:00 a.m. again in the afternoon, temps in the upper 60s. likely a beautiful day. we'll see high clouds, as i

rain. 48 degrees, chilly. temple terrace, 48 degrees. 49 in seminole. 46 lakeland. 50 venice. a good trail of moisture goes back to the pacific. the atmosphere. not rain makers. quite a bit of dry air aloft. this trail of clouds will be in the sky. you can see that on the satellite imagery moving across the state, again, kind of obscuring the clear skies with some of the sunshine. still, temperature-wise, mostly concerned with avoiding rain and being comfortable for the gasparilla fest. for tomorrow morning, jacket to start, a good idea. spots in the 40s. high pressure right over us. that's why we have the lighter winds overall. as that high shifts to the east by sunday, more of a southeasterly flow, getting milder, low 70s once again. air feeling a bit milder, more moist. heading into monday, too, moisture coming back, slight 10% rain chance. not a great chance, but that's

48 degrees palm harbor. low temps, 41 land of lakes. 40 in brooksville. 41 in sebring. highs for tomorrow, as mentioned, very nice day. low 60s, upper 70s inland, especially if you get a little more sunshine. 73 degrees for a high on sunday. chilly mornings, though. 48 and 53 to start. 62 degrees for monday morning. upper 70s on tuesday. near 80 degrees, a quick turnaround into next week. another round or possibility thereof of showers and thunderstorms. some could be strong as with this el nino phase we're in. most people know the routine we're in. we cool down. thursday and friday, back in the 60s again. great parade weather. >> like this, like we've been having. >> yeah, been that way a while. >> you guys will have fun at the parade. >> looking forward to it. >> practice the pirate talk. >> not much good pirate talk from this news set. >> talk like a pirate day is september 19. i'll get better by then. >> practice time.

coming up, the buccaneers say hello to hawaii. >> and stephen stamkos discusses his contract status

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we're going to have some fun again. it's going to be a feel-out process the first couple of shifts. then once the competitive juices come out, should be fun. stephen stamkos is in nashville for his fourth nhl all-star game, but will it be his last as a member of the tampa bay lightning? columbus, stamkos reassured his hometown fans, saying he was happy in tampa. seemed clear his intention was to sign a contract extension as soon as possible. yet a full year later, stammer's future in a bolts sweater is still up in the air. his immediate future is pretty much set in stone, playing in sunday's three-on-three

in tomorrow's hardest shot competition and skills challenge relay. as for the contract status, that was the question of the day. stammer admits he's only human and, yes, he does think about it. >> it's in your head, for sure. you try not to not let it affect your play on the ice. you come on the rink, that's kind of like the safe zone a little bit. and the guys understand. there's guys that have been through this before. kind of becomes the norm after a while, where you get into that routine and answering the same questions over and over. just going out there and trying to have some fun still. perhaps stammer could have fun with his pal ben bishop. the bolts starting goaltender is making his first all-star appearance this weekend, taking part in the goalie goals portion of tomorrow's skills competition. >> should be a fun experience. you grew up watching it as a kid. now to be a part of it, to

at one point in your career is really cool. looking forward to the whole experience, getting to meet some of the guys and sit and watch. meanwhile, the largest buccaneer pro bowl contingent since 2002 is sieging the aloha state. they are working out with their respective pro bowl squads in hawaii, getting set for sunday's 7:00 kickoff. our friends over at joe bucks fan.com had a chance to check in with the pro bowl-bound bucs and seems like each player is spending their time a little differently. >> every conversation i can have with, especially a veteran guy, guys that have been here way more times than me, i'm going to talk to them and try to get wisdom from them. >> i've been vacationing. after a long season, take time off, spend time with family and friends, let steam off and relax. >> it's a privilege to come here with my peers, the best of the best in the league. it's a great moment. i'm embracing it.

>> yeah! >> i like his attitude. i'm on vacation! >> don't bother me! >> good for you.

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soaring around the rink. this video has gone viral tonight. who knew? >> this is a thing now. i don't know if you guys -- you're not like the internet generation like i am. not to say-- >> are you calling me old? >> calling you old. >> guys in dinosaur suits doing stuff is a thing. there was one with a snow shovel and one with like a