the all around. >> boy, that was really something, wasn't it? so we conclude here with a look at the medal count brought to you by mcdonald's supporting athletes on their journey toward olympic gold. the americans still have a sizable lead. meanwhile, kohei uchimura was part of a big day for the japanese. they won three gold medals, their most in a single day since 2004 in you know, the very best athletes like uchimura often win overwhelmingly but sometimes what's needed is the knack for winning even when you don't have your a-game. last night we saw michael phelps swim an imperfect race in the 200-meter butterfly and yet still win by 0.004 of a second. today kohei uchimura was at less than his best today so he needed

although this was the biggest one here for him, uchimura still has another event remaining in rio, that's the floor exercise, but it won't end for him here as his final olympic bow will likely come four years from now in his home nation when tokyo hosts the 2020 olympics. as we say good night, the medal ceremony for uchimura, ukraine's oleg verniaiev who had gold in his sights until the final silver and britain's max whitlock wears bronze.

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crooks. were a woman became the victim of a serious crime. the shocking new video that puts safety features at the largest waterslide in the world under scrutiny. a dangerous take, caught on camera. the disagreement that led to all of this. >> thank you for joining us. >> the united states continues to dominate in the olympic games. >> one of the most exciting matches was on volleyball court. april ross and kerri walsh jennings beating switzerland in a tight matchup. jack goals is in rio for us tonight. it has been a spectacular night for team usa. >> reporter: more success in the pool. we have gold, silver, and

outside of the pool. after days of domination in the pool, the u.s. picked up some unexpected metals on day five of the real games. tristan armstrong defied age emblematic her third consecutive gold in the time trial. she was a controversial pick to make the team but rewarded cycling for sending her to rio. american boxers showed strong from wichita, kansas. he advances to the semi finals and is guaranteed at least a bronze. interested in is gold. green water didn't bother michael hixon and sam door. the synchronized diving contest led to a silver medal. >> this is a dream come true. it's beautiful. it's really heavy. >> reporter: a big scare for team usa. they trailed australia at the half but carmelo anthony hit for 31 points and they held off

>> we just want to come out and play. we thought it would be tough and it was but i don't think we escaped anything. i think we won. >> reporter: they won that game will and tomorrow night we can look forward to the women's all- around and michael phelps with a showdown against ryan lochte. i'm zach dials reporting back to you in tampa. >> our own paul ryan is watches reports every morning on news channel 8. he will be there throughout the games. a violent carjacking at a bay area convenience store. the woman comes face-to-face with a rubber intent on taking her minivan. and she had a friend with her who watched the crime go down. peter, i know you've seen this security camera video. what does it show and do you think it will help

bound to recognize these people. security cameras both inside and out. you can see the one next to that sign. that is likely the one that caught these guys in action. watch closely to see if you can put these carjackers in jail. >> i want to move. >>reporter: reaction from a neighbor who lives near where the carjackers were last seen along primrose and holiday lake eastgate. >> to ve >> reporter: security cameras captured part of the crime. just after 730 tuesday morning, a young man and woman approached the store. the young man breaks off to the silver honda odyssey. off-camera, using a gun, a woman is carjacked, her minivan taken. soon after, deputies found the van and have been springs --

holiday lake area. the 7-eleven sits right next to a smoke shop. the owner tells me this kind of crime gives the area a bad representative. >> being a business owner makes me really uncomfortable. when you have a safe area for small businesses -- we need a safe area for businesses. >> reporter: owner's cameras were out of range. >> i wish i could have helped them more. >> reporter: he has multiple tattoos and she may be wearing a wig. both carjackers are likely in their early 20s. she may have braided hair. >> what do you know about the carjacking victim? >> i also understand she is in her 20s and not injured but likely quite shaken. >> peter bernard in holiday tonight.

killed a woman during a training exercise is no stranger to controversy. officer lee coel was accused of using excessive force during a take down where his canine bit and tugged at a suspect for nearly 2 minutes. the city of punta gorda is mourning the death of mary knowlton. she was shot and killed during the training exercise of the police department on tuesday. during the demonstration, officer coel was supposed to shoot turned out to be real bullets. the police chief says no one knew the gun had to live ammo. the woman's son has a message for the officer. >> we forgive you. my mom forgives you. we know what it means for this to happen -- nobody means for this to happen. >> reporter: fdle is investigating. officer coel is on administrative leave with officers with him to make sure he is psychologically stable.

an ex-con with a history of anger issues was killed after picking a fight with another driver. gary durham was shot just before sunrise today. deputies tell us the confrontation started when he got out of his car and argued with robert padgett, who was behind him in traffic. durham served time in prison after killing a man in 2001 in a road rage case. deputies want to remind us all to stop and think before reacting in situatio >> i certainly know being five minutes late isn't worth losing your life. we encourage the public if they are in a traffic incident to take a deep breath or don't engage with anybody. just drive on and find your own business. >> the surviving driver in this case, robert padgett, is not facing charges at this time. deputies tell us he was actually trying to save

arrived. another sunday night means more street flooding. this time, drivers in tampa had to deal with messy roadways. police were directing traffic at 50th street. people trying to drive through the water were forced to tap their breaks to make it through. and pasco county, officials are warning people to floodwater. some streets are still flooded from recent rain and the county wants people to know there is a risk of contamination and infection from floodwater. pasco county mosquito control is stepping up efforts to kill mosquito larvae before they hatch. amy on using giant suction cups and wrote to scale the trump tower did so in an effort to show support for the nominee. he made it to the 21st floor before police pulled him inside. after he was taken into custody, police confirmed he was the same guy who posted a

tower was to get your attention. if i have solved this of the a conventional means i would be much likely to have success because you are a busy man with many responsibilities. >> the daredevil says he has important issues to discuss with trump. it's unclear what he will face in terms of charges. trump lives in the tower and it's the headquarters of his presidential campaign. the themepark with one of the most gruesome accidents in history is once business. the particular ride that killed a 10-year-old boy remains closed. chilling new video has emerged the healing the dangers of the world's tallest waterslide. jenn holloway has the video. >> reporter: this video was taken two weeks before the tragedy detailing the possibilities of what could possibly happen on the ride back the video begins with a couple

take a test run. as a video stops at the end, the duo goes airborne. there were no safety nets, those were added later. those were not enough to save caleb schwab who was decapitated. >> i looked over immediately and i saw his broken neck and him sliding down the slide leaving a blood trail. >> reporter: designers had so many problems they grand opening twice. jeff henry said "a lot of our math was based on roller coasters and that didn't translate to a waterslide like this." >> i think they need to fix the jostling around because your neck gets pretty shaken around like really good and you hit your head a lot. >> reporter: the video is raising more questions about the way the ride is construct

there is another part of the ride raising a lot of questions. riders are held in by nothing more than bilco straps. the witnesses in the piece also brought up that idea as well. we are hearing from folks like you on our facebook page with similar concerns. it's interesting why they didn't have seatbelts to hold them in. a high-speed pursuit ends with a big takedown on camera. we explain the dispute to take extreme measures. delta problems still not fixed. what to know if you are flying out soon. don't miss the bucks versus the eagles

i got shot down over vietnam and spent eleven months in a pow camp. what donald trump said about our members of the military being captured is a disgrace. he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. when you fly over enemy territory, the odds might be against you being able to come home. donald trump doesn't understand the weight of sending americans into harm's way.

a wild pursuit in sarasota county. the sheriff's office helicopter tracking the suspect's every move. the reason for the chase deputies say, a $26 bar tab. paul mueller is live in sarasota county. this guy driving way over the speed limit all because he didn't pay the bill. >> reporter: $26.50 is the exact amount of the tab. it all started right here at this bar. this guy for out of this parking lot and it sure was a wild ride. >> northbound on cattleman. >> reporter: from high above the sheriff's chopper, this car

jacob davis passes a deputies cruiser. >> no vehicles in pursuit. >>reporter: davis is 30 miles over the speed limit and not for long. deputies deploy stop sticks but davis keeps going, slamming into an iron gate and he's done for. >> we are going to take him into custody now.>> reporter: he and his friends were at miller's a conveniently forgot about the tab. >> i hope they beat the living daylights out of him. >> this guy has been coming here for years, retired from the army. everybody calls him the kernel. >> there's nobody for anybody to do something like that. >> reporter: he has been arrested dozens of times before, a laundry list of crimes dating back to 2009. >> he's done this 26 times?

>> reporter: at the scene of the latest crime -- >> i'm not surprised at all. >> reporter: a board member of the local homeowners association, trying to clean things up. >> the guy is obviously messed up. he's obviously got a lot of problems in his life. >> reporter: davis being held at the sarasota county jail without bond today. >> i don't know if you know this but did davis have the money to pay the bill or did he just want to skip out? >> reporter: that information came from the affidavit today. he told deputies while he was here he didn't have the money. that he actually planned to go home to his mother's house to get it and that he would come back. >> oh, his mom had the money. thank you, paul. for a third straight day, delta has struggled to get its planes in the air. the airline canceled more than

hundreds more worldwide. the airline is still recovering from a computer meltdown on monday. delta expected normal operations to resume today. you can always check your flight status on www.wfla.com -- on the department of energy's forecast predicts prices below two dollars a gallon through the fall and winter months. aaa reports a on many stations in the bay area are already under two dollars a gallon. netflix is already one of the biggest houses on the tv block. next season, you can expect even better shows they say. the on-demand network is putting about $6 billion into programming. at least one executive admitted cable providers need to raise the bar to keep up. we never know exactly what apple is up to.

puzzling. apple just received a patent for a steering device for large vehicles with pivot joints. in other words, something like an accordion bus. the device could be used in more situations according to the patent. apple is not saying how or if it plans to use the device. the girl scouts celebrated national s announcement that will probably make you happy. it's introducing two new s'mores cookies. one is a graham and sandwich cookie with chocolate marshmallow filling. the other is eight cream cookie coated in chocolate and icing. only select markets will carry the new cookie in 2016. the weather in real looking

temperatures are relatively comfortable, starting cooler than we are. 22.11 inches of precipitation up to this point so far. a surplus of 6.42 inches last year was actually very wet as well. 28.4 inches. it's been wet the last couple summers. the perseid meator shower is back thursday night-friday morning, up to 200 meteors pour our -- the earth is passing through the tale of comet swift tuttle. 850 up in philly, 40% storm chance for the game at pm tomorrow. a few showers remaining but falling apart in the gulf of mexico. otherwise, things will be relatively quiet as we transition to our typical weather pattern with a few pop-

very heavy thunderstorms at times. these are just estimates, very heavy in citrus county. 3 inches to 4 inches possible. 770, mostly sunny. that's a change from the early part of the week where we had a lot of rain and clouds to start the day. 760 right now and rain cooling and a lot of spots. lakeland 750, brooksville 760, 790 venice. a few clouds west of us but this trouble is pushing farther west. that helped stir up a few showers in the gulf of mexico. now as that holes farther away, less of an influence on our weather with a more easterly flow and showers and thunderstorms developing near the sea breeze. tonight, mostly dry, lingering clouds, mostly clear skies.

for the seabreeze and shower activity to develop. low pressure farther away from us. that can carry through most of the evening hours and eventually end up as a rain around midnight. friday morning, typical to start the day. same story in the afternoon, developing showers and storms. rain chances decrease into the weekend because we are seeing dryer air build into the area. 740 forecast low. 910 for a high. both close to average. the average high about 900. rain chance 50% for thursday, 40% friday and this weekend, lots of sunshine with slightly lower rain chances for saturday and sunday. most of this activity in the afternoon and evening hours. a very classic florida weather for us. by next week, we will be at

weather monday through thursday of next week. starting to feel more like normal. >> august heat. we are less than 24 hours from the box season opener against the eagles. >> dan lucas is in philadelphia to show us which member might get more time on the field than

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preseason game on great 38 wtt a. one of the players you want to watch is no west spence -- noah spence. from the minute he arrived, defensive end mac noah spence began to set himself apart from the other rookies. so far in training camp, spence has shown abilities on pass rush. you would never know that inside, he is just as nervous as any other first-year player. >> my first couple days, i didn't know what was going on. it was all moving so fast. >> he can move and make some plays and his restaurant enough hands that he can hold the point. we're going to have to be very careful about what we're going to ask him to do. >> spence is following the leadership of gerald mccoy and

office he faces every day that has had the biggest impact. >> he is learning. having a plan coming off the ball. >> he hasn't hit any slump days where he has had an off day. he's got a nice motor. he pushes himself hard. >> if all the guess is all right, spence could be the breakout rookie like kwon alexander was last year. bernhard rate -- vernon hargrave has the same thoughts. >> you don't want to miss a game. michineau eight is your official bucks station.

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