board and teammates and room mates have catching up to do. >> the gauntlet has been thrown down. bob costas, michael phelps and company winning the 800 free relay. >> yet again. quick look at tonight's medal count. the united states continues to hold a commanding lead with 26 overall medals and they have pulled ahead in golds, as well, one more than china. the medal count brought to you by m athletes on their journey towards olympic gold. phelps' own personal medal count is 25, 21 gold, two silver, two bronze, historic tally highlighted by his remarkable run of eight golds in beijing in 2008. if you consider the full arc of phelps' olympic career his performance tonight in the 200 butterfly has to be way up there among the long list of victories because while there were a lot

phelps out of retirement, competitively coming back in 200 fly and reclaiming the title he owned in '04 and '08 was a big deal to him. tonight he became the oldest swimmer male or female to win individual gold medal in olympic history. we take one more look at michael phelps latest remarkable showing. so long from rio. >> take your mark. >> kenderesi in lane four. cseh in lane three.

been talking about phelps and leclos. the other two swimmers have a great chance to win. kenderesi probably because he is so young might not be able to do it. phelps had a great turn in the middle of the pool. >> cseh had the lead at the turn. looks like he is going to have the lead here at the half way point. >> phelps in lane five looking really good early on. that is a little long on that turn. not too bad. but out very quickly. he was 53 flat when he went 164. >> had half second lead on leclos.

bit. cseh two lanes above him. leclos looks like he is running a clear second. michael phelps has the lead with 50 meters left. he tracks that turn. leclos had a big turn. >> gaining on michael phelps a little bit. he is running second right now. michael phelps hanging on. 15 meters left for michael phelps is going to do it again.

phelps left here, look who is back on top in the 200 fly.

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>> plus it's a cab did camera moment. south tampa burglars caught in the act, so why aren't they behind bars? and a very good day for the usa, live in rio with the top events. >> i'm jennifer leigh. >> i'm keith kate, a woman killed inside the pont gorde police department. >> killed during a live academy training. >> reporter: the police department as you can see now turned in to a crime scene early this morning. the woman shot by an unidentified officer, we're told she's mary nolton, but the big news, how were police officer's gun loaded during what was supposed to be a simulated exercise on teaching people

force? all this happening just a few hours ago inside the police department, police say there were 35 citizens here for the two hour citizen police academy. two people were randomly chosen to take part in the shoot, don't shoot drill, mary nolton, she was pronounced dead. the chief calling it a horrible accident. take a listen to what else he had to say. >> the officer has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. [ indiscernible ] realizes that our community will have a lot of questions but we're taking care not to jeopardize the investigation. >> reporter: all right, back live here tonight, you can see the police department again is a crime scene. there's crime scene tape up, you can see the police department cars are here. as far as that officer who shot mary nolton, as you heard the chief, he's on paid administrative leave. the fdle is now here.

investigation. here in puntakworda gorda, i'm live. streets remain flooded after a heavy rainfall, the worst may be over but the clouds continue to form. live team coverage on the rainy weather, starting credit chief meteorologist steve jerve. >> most of it is inland, it's improving in the rain situation, an air of low pressureau the gulf of mexico, so its influence will lessen. still seeing showers, lots of moisture in the atmosphere. but not the quantity we've seen the last cupful days. that's -- couple of days. showers out in polk county, northern sections of highlands, dundee, wales, dissipating. but look at this, the last three days, observations from weeki wachee, spring hill, five and a

half plus in englewood, also in sarasota county. tampa international airport, 4.68 inches, two and a half inches above our normal last week we were below normal. so that gives you the idea, even at that location, how much rain we've seen, even more than that up in the nature coast. back to you. >> all right, thank you, steve. nearly nonstop rain over parts of western pasco county added to the rain that fell on monday, and you have a recipe for extreme flood worries. peter bernardth oaks neighborhood in trinity, and this is an area that is no stranger to flooding, peter. >> reporter: they get flooding a lot, every time the summer rains kick in, they get flooding. trinity is especially vulnerable. county crews, pasco county crews have put this pump out, it's pumping water out of the neighborhood but boy, does it have a big job to do. rainfalls from the sky, county crews work feverishly to move it

are stranded. renters are resorting to sandbags and don't believe they heard the straight story when they moved in. >> when we had talked to the guy, he said the street floods, bts -- it's not terrible. >> reporter: now she has a car full of fire ants and worries water can get in her house. in the thousand oaks neighborhood, a pump is trying to reduce water levels. drone 8 shows overflowing wetlands near homes. we spotted schools of minute owes neighbors snapped this small gator. >> we usually see it in the pond, but not in the front. that was neat to see that. >> reporter: except if you don't know it's there. >> scary to walk out and he's there. >> but i'll be more concerned now. >> reporter: more concerning, the ongoing flood issues. >> they cannot to say they're fixed they do a few different things and every time we rain,

going to happen again? >> reporter: apparently they need fixing, we did see flooding. as for the iron bark dry flooding, there are solutions in the works. it's in line to get fixes, as a matter of fact it's on a top 10 for storm water fixes in pasco county. >> peter bernard, thank you. it is the sequel cops are tired of reviewing. surveillance videos produce td in south -- produced in south tampa featuring overconfident burglars, featured episodes over the last few months. paul mueller got the latest cut and proving why this case is proving so tough to crack. >> this is a frustrating case. >> reporter: frustrating to say the very least, especially with video like this, it's certainly not grainy, but crystal clear! >> usually when we have good video, that results in good phone calls and identification. >> reporter: so does that surprise you it's not happening? >> it is surprising, absolutely. >> reporter: cops say this organized crime ring is using our vacation destination to do

they're most likely from the fort myers or fort lauderdale area. the crooks stole some credit cards and used them there and since they're most likely from out of town, that's why people don't recognize them. >> that kind of clear video, we usually get a call from someone who knows them, a coworker, a neighbor, whatever the case may be. >> reporter: just like in many of the other cases, you can clearly make out had guy's face on this house call. he's on the phone the entir derrick canard. >> i feel like reaching through and grabbing his face and telling him get out. >> reporter: he bought the system to keep track of his dogs, not crooks. >> you don't feel safe in your house, you feel violated, i know how they feel now. my biggest fear now is number one, he'll come back. >> that was paul mueller

troubling but worth noting there have been 300 fewer than last year. now to a horrible case of animal cruelty at a polk county animal rescue. tomorrow, the two charged are set to face a judge. and we have to warn you, what you're about to see is extremely graphic and disturbing for a lot of people. we don't want to show you this undercover video from peta at darlin's darlings, it's of pigs starving. we're told animals went without food or water for days time. the owners, darlin zurner and clinton moderner are facing more than 100 animal charges. accused of bringing a gun to disney's magic kingdom before trying to impersonate a police officer, kevin webb was stopped when he was randomly picked to go through a metal detector. once questioned e pulled out a police i.d. card. the problem is, he was an officer but had been fired three years ago. he's now facing felony charnls.

comes down right dangerous. >> after two amusement tragedy s tragedies, 8 on your side finds out who's responsible. >> the moments capturing the world's attention. and don't forget, the bucs first preseason game is just two days away! they face the eagles this thursday at 7:00 p.m. bringing you ha game on great 38, news chan8 station.

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phelps and ledecky, making a gold statement for the united states. it is a big night for michael phelps. all he did was win his 20th career goal medal in the 200 meter butterfly followed by his 21st gold medal with his relay team. >> really sticking it to the competition. live in rio, usa made a bold gold statement tonight, don't you think? >> reporter: they certainly did. and thed that. 26 medals, nine clear of second place china right now. they're doing good. the swimmers are leading the charge, michael phelps making more history but it started with the united states gymnastics team. >> amazing, amazing to just come back and have a good time on the floor and just the outcome, just came by itself. >> reporter: nearly flawless for the final five, the american women built a hefty lead over

with phenomenal routines, claiming a second consecutive team goal by nine points. >> i know it was the olympics but it didn't feel like it because we've been training like this, we just saw it as one more routine, that's what we all did, it's very unreal. >> reporter: the reality in swimming, phelps still owns the pool. powering down his lane in the 200 meter butterfly, bringing his face and his classic phelps finish, outtouching japan's for win. that's career medal for 20. clearly he wants more. how about gold an hour later in the meter relay. phelps called to duty. he maintains a final lead on the leg and it's career medal 25 for michael phelps. and katie ledecky, giving her a second gold in these games. >> reporter: there was a moment of concern here tonight, away from the athletic competition because a bus carrying reporters back from the rugby venue, about

that vehicle was struck by we believe bullets. other reports saying it was rocks. they cracked a couple windows. thankfully no one was injured in that but it was the first moment of some security concern over the past couple days. seems to have been alleviated, we haven't heard of issues relateded to that specific -- related to that specific incident. but it got a lot of us on edge. >> we have more on that coming up, jerod smalley,e thank you. the biggest swim of the night tonight. >> clearwater's margalis in the medley, she gave it all she had but was edged out by the bronze by her teammate, durado. hungary's k kotzu won the race. >> you can catch paul ryan's

channel 8, he's playing in rio too, not competing for any medals. he will be in rio for the olympic games. a 6-year-old girl is in critical condition tonight due to a traumatic brain injury. she and two others, ages 10 and 16 fell from a ferris wheel in tennessee. all three remain in the hospital. inspectors blame a mechanical failure for that accident. this tragedy happened just a day after a 10-year-old boy died on a water slide in kansas. >> pop parents are wondering if they can trust mez mega structure -- these mega structures made of metal. new questions being raised about the safety of these amusement rides throughout the country. >> whether you're an adrenaline junkie or protective parent, the question of safety for yourself and your family, of course is now top of mind for a lot of people right here in the bay area. >> reporter: we have some of the best theme parks in the world, right here in our own backyard. and these latest series of

tampa asking, are our kids safe? we've been getting a lot of comments on our facebook page, all day from nancy of dun eaton, she says stop trying to biltd bild higher -- build higher, build safer rights. so 8 on your side did digging and we found that most all rides are inspected by theme park staff on a daily basis, something known as running the track. but the semiannually for permanent rides. questions over whether they should be checked federally. >> we need consistent standards across the board, protocols now. >> reporter: here's what you need to know. first, obey the listed age, height, weight, and most importantly, health restrictions. secondly, watch the ride first. and never get on a ride that looks poorly maintained. and if you see something that looks wrong, say something. >> here's something else you should think about. do a little bit of research

eye tonight found good information on rideaccidents.com has a history of ride accidents and safety.org, i'll put those up on the story on our website. >> thank you. we're talking about the rain, the good side of this, of course, is the cooler temperatures. look at that, so far in august temperatures dropped to below the average of 90 degrees, we 89 friday, 86 saturday, then progressively cooler as a result of the clouds and the showers that helped to cool the air temperature. that's what's been happening so far in august. we're going to jump back here, that's the normal this time of year. out in the clearwater area, able to capture that. a familiar look in the sky, they rolled off the shore of mexico. we've been seeing thunderstorms develop inland, i think we'll see that in the forecast area

raise in the upper 80s near 90 degrees. we still see shower activities, saw a couple minutes ago, maybe a tu light shower -- few light showers from the northern counties, mostly polk county, seeing rain this hour in the eastern sections of hillsborough, a few showers remain, that's very light stuff and essentially dissipating. we could see a few onshore showers come in thanks to the light southwesterly flow, we'll keep that the chance we've seen, t or really for the morning commute as we've seen the last couple days. putting a shower chance, storms will increase as the day goes along. especially if it gets heating going on, a bit more sunshine we could see in those spots that can help to enhance some of the shower activity. 76 right now, tampa international. 75, temple terrace, upper 70s in clearwater beach. that's the good story of the day. the cooler temperatures overall and holding on to these numbers,

backing otonorthwest -- backing to the northwest, having less of an influence on the area. the west coast of florida over the next 24 hours. it will still help to provide a southwesterly flow, lots of moisture. some instability around, but the of that happening, moving inland as the day progresses. a lot of moisture backed to the west but not as much and a bit of dry air here across the northern portion of the state. the water vapor forecast which tells us a lot about the amount of rain we can expecd course, the shower chances we get over the next several days, carried through friday, lots of moisture you saw the bright green color. by the weekend, drier air sneaking in, that's part of the reason why to return more to a typical east to southeastern flow, more sunshine as we head to the weekend. the model for the short-term basically says the same thing, pairly quiet. lots of leftover clouds, to the west of us. can't rule out that possibility of a morning shower, overnight

couple of days. there goes the low pressure area, carrying a lot of rain chances with it. but we can still see enough low pressure around to help stir up some of these showers, coming in waves at times. but in the afternoon hours, perhaps more activity in some of the inland spots. by thursday morning, mostly dry morning with sunshine then by the afternoon, we'll see perhaps just seasonal activity with more of a southeasterly flow, sea breeze activity. so the rain chances are coming down a little bit each day. for wednesday, 60% chance and keep in mind, we could see that develop i should of the inland spots. for thursday, a 50% chance of showers. getting in to the end of the week, including the weekend, progressively lower rain chances, meaning more sunshine. chance to dry out for some. one of our facebook messages said hey, complaining in largo, now i'd like it to stop, just a week ago. >> that sounds like someone i would be friends with, i have very specific requirements.

the bucs spend the day outside in the practice field, things get testy during practice. plus, this high school baseball player is dreaming of playing in the major leagues, coming up in sports, jeff patterson explains why this story has a twist. >> plus, we're on your side to help get the kids back to school. here's what you'll see tomorrow on news channel 8 today. >> passing a school bus could cost you big bucks and land you in court. coming up, i'll school you on the rules of the road. >> get schooled, tomorrow morning on news channel 8 today. when i said i wanted to fly solo across the atlantic, people said i was crazy. just like when i said i wanted chicken for breakfast, people said i was crazy again. so then i flew solo across the atlantic and then i went to chick-fil-a and got the new egg white grill. and now i'm flying a victory lap. you know how many likes i'm going to get on this one? sooo many likes!

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yesterday they didn't practice in pads because coach cutter wanted the guys not, didn't want the guys hitting hard on the playing surface of the trough. well, it looks like they're a little anxious for game conditions to start this week in philly. head coach told us thursday in philly will be time for some of the lesser-known players to shine. >> the most important thing about your preseason games, especially the first one is to play. some of these guys get buried in the bottom of the depth chart and we quick whistle everything, but when thursday night comes, it's live football. we're going to see guys make plays we may not necessarily know about. >> the time to go against other teams and we're tired of hitting each other. you know, so it's good to get out there and start hitting other people. and, try our offense deep, against another team. >> when the team did get down to

taking selfies, but not playing. he's a little banged up. sims twisted an ankle, hopefully that's not too bad, he didn't play. winston did lay, to sharper. but the focus today was supposed to be in the red zone, there wasn't a lot of good things going on for the bucs offense. they went o for nine in the red zone. that's not good. >> we're not there yet, but we're going to keep working a practice, two good practice in a row, we have one and then we come back out. so we got to bring our own image, that's something we're not doing right now. >> the bucs preseason opener is just two days away. news channel 8 your official bucs station will broadcast the bucs eagles game on the great 38. starts at 7:00 p.m. on thursday. smiley was on the mouth of

somehow managing to get out as toronto stranded a bunch of runners. then they let it go with kevin, an rbi double to field, the rays are up 7-2. next up, longoria adds a two run single to center, that scores forsyth and kevin, they go up 9-2 and win by the same score. here's the story that may make you go what? you're looking at video of a young tim tebow playing baseball in high school when he played in but, you know, when i played in little league, i was awesome! now tim tebow reportedly wants to it play major league baseball and who am i to deny him a dream? he may go on to greatness. but at least i have finally come to grips with the fact that i won't be playing in the nba or major league baseball. so maybe tim needs to come to grem grips -- grips with his fate too. >> i was hoping you'd have video of you in little league.

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