simone biles. >> and we have a feeling that the anthem simone biles is about to hear, may not be the last time she stands atop the podium in rio. she has three more events. the vault on sunday. the beam on monday. and the prance out of here, as the case may be, with five gold medals. aly raisman is back in competition in the floor on tuesday. and she is the defending olympic gold medalist in that event. she won it in london in 2012. >> ladies and gentlemen, the anthem of the united states of

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>> teammates, close friends, medalists tonight in rio, biles and raisman. that brings us to a look at the medal count of day six. presented by m supporting athletes on their journeys toward olympic gold. another big day and night for the americans, with five golds overall. while the united states owns more gold medals than any other country in olympic history, fiji won a gold in rugby for its first medal of any kind. a nation with a population less than delaware, fiji loves rugby like no other sport. children grow up with a ball in their hands. entire villages huddle around

play. and today, fans packed the 15,000-seat national stadium. there you see it, in the capital city. and they watched the gold medal match won by their countrymen there tonight. meanwhile, turning back to the headliners here in rio, a group that included aly raisman, winning a silver medal and the performance of her life in the all around. raisman has five medals in her distinguished olympic career, three of them gold. tonight's silver f came on a night that belonged to a pair of athletes that clearly rank among the best ever in their respective sports. over five olympics, michael phelps has set records that likely will never be broken. maybe not even approached. while over merely five days, simone biles has left an impression that will never be forgotten. two champions who once again tonight, not only won, but truly outdistanced their competition.

simone manuel became the first african-american woman to win an individual olympic swimming medal. manuel, a 20-year-old from sugarland, texas, tied for the gold with canadian penny oleksiak, with sarah sjostrom of sweden winning the bronze. a rarity as the canadian and american national anthems are played. ? ? >> ladies and gentlemen, the anthem of the united states of america.

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a dazzling display from the u.s.a. at the olympics. we're live in rio with a look at one of the most talked about rivalries in the pool. >> and forced to close. the reason firms in st. petersburg had to shut the doors tonight, and what has to happen for it to reopen. >> plus breaking news of a

collision that left a mangled mess. >> let's get right to that breaking news in manatee county. investigators are on the scene of a deadly collision on 10th street east. >> at least one person is dead, two others are hospitalized. palm, we understand that road is shut down now, right? >> reporter: part of it is, we're coming to you live. major presence here, first responders. you can see this, this is 301 about 12 vehicles, emergency responders on hand. i want you to go ahead right now and take a look right in there. you can see that blue trailer right there. right in front of it, it was being towed by that suv. the vehicles have done some maneuvering here. that blue trailer was headed down the road, when all of a sudden the car, which was actually to the left of it, jumped the divider. the two hit head on. up with person in that suv. another person in the car back there.

just down the road with serious injuries. another person in that car dead here at the scene. you can see both, from both sides of me right now. both sides. emergency vehicles have shut 301 westbound down right now. it will be closed for hours. the investigation just beginning right now. what on collision. could it be the slippery roads? police say this road gets really slippery. could alcohol and drugs be to blame? lots of the latest on newschannel 8:00 at 4:30 a.m. even seasoned pinellas county investigators had never seen a case like this. they believe a 6-year-old boy killed his 13-day-old sister. but tonight, he's not the one in trouble. his 62-year-old mother is facing a serious felony charge. you've learned this mom actually bragged about getting

before, jen, and she's now at the pinellas county jail charged with a horrific set of circumstances that happened on monday afternoon. as we mentioned, back in 2009, kathleen steel appeared on a reality show called i'm pregnant and. the child she was carrying is the one deputies say brutally killed his little sister. >> i'm pregnant, and i'm 55. >> reporter: surrounded by luxury in a north reddington talked about her life, living with dogs. her 64-year-old husband and how people might react to her new baby. >> when i'm walking a baby, people thinking i'm his grandma, doesn't bother me. >> reporter: she's in jail, accused of aggravated manslaughter. >> those of us that have been doing this in this business for a very long time have never seen anything like this. >> reporter: it started monday afternoon. the sheriff told me when steel

including 13-day-old baby kathleen to the st. petersburg cell phone repair store. she's accused of leaving her kids in a rental van for 38 minutes while she was in the store. during that time, franky didn't like the cries of his baby sister, so -- >> he pummeled her and the skull was cracked. >> reporter: when the mother returned, she ignored pleas about the baby. >> the way he was describing armed like it was a rag doll. >> reporter: a nurse called 911, but baby kathleen was already dead. >> i kind of tend to be an overachiever and a perfectionist. >> reporter: that's not how the sheriff describes kathleen steel. he calls her ill equipped to handle being a mother. there are no plans to charge that little 6-year-old with any

the ems responded to the house, his mother was putting groceries away in the kitchen. >> the whole story is unbelievable. breaking news tonight, a popular watering hole in the bay area is closed because of a poor health inspection. workers at that restaurant tell us, they're working to address those issues right now. inspectors if the violations are fixed, ferg's could reopen. was it accidental or intentional? a father and mother facing charges of negligent parenting tonight. the father and grandmother claim it was all a mistake. each of them, or the other thought they had the other

her shoulder at the vehicle. and like, there was something wrong, or something she should be doing. >> i understand that people are forgetful. but this appears to be a case not of forgetfulness, but of very poor judgment. >> police tell us the temperature in the car was over 90 degrees at the time they found that girl. new tonight, an internal review just released confirms a former officer should not have fired at a car at a failed car stop in june. he feared for his life at the time, but an internal review determined his use of deadly force of unnecessary. wall resigned during this investigation. a tampa police officer is offer the job tonight. he -- off the job tonight. he is charged with sexual battery. accused of attacking a woman during a traffic stop.

former officer, during that traffic stop committed sexual battery. york denies the accusations. tampa bay lost one of its most beloved radio superstars recently. today hundreds gathered to celebrate his life. jen holloway is live in st. petersburg, at wkyq with a look at how the city is remembering dave mckay. you got an interview with dave's >> he was a very demanding child for attention. from the very moment he was born. >> reporter: a perfect start for a man who would eventually live his life in the spotlight. his mother says even at the age of 9, mckay was always the center of attention, even in middle school. >> he's dancing on the radiators, throwing himself on the floor, pretending he's a baby and crying.

personality that made mornings extra special on wqyk for so many years. that's why so many people showed up tonight to remember him, dave mckay, a man who gave his all to the radio industry, but gave even more to those in need. no one would know that better than long time cohost, randy price. >> if someone needed something, whether it was a charity, he was in. all you had to do was asked. >> memories of dave's devotion to the military. >> he would stand outside our studio door and put his hand over his heart. >> around christmas, he was just overwhelmed with all the needs, and the toy drives and so, he thought he has to do something because he could.

friend, and program director, randy micalatta emceed the event, and certainly made a big impact on the event. jen holloway, newschannel 8. she volunteered, but not the way you may think. >> coming up, how police believe this woman helped herself to nearly $20,000 meant for some bay area volleyball players. >> plus, one of the greatest rivalries of all-time took to the pool in rio. we'rli lochte matched up. >> a high of 91 degrees today. pretty close to our average. the showers arrived late, and are still around. a look at your weekend forecast

all eyes were on the pool

tonight as michael phelps and ryan lochte put an end to their 12 year rivalry. it wasn't even close, phelps took the gold, and lochte did not medal. phelps won the gold in athens, london, beijing, and now rio. an unrivaled accomplishment. jen is live in rio de janeiro with reaction to what a night. >> it's rare in sports when we build something up, we usually just overhype. this is the greatest thing ever. this is one of those rare nights where it actually delivered on what was promised. american superstars delivered gold. >> for the fourth straight olympics an american woman won the all around gymnastics title. simone biles won by 2 points.

earning a silver. >> i'm feeling a world wind of emotions, excited, proud, of both me and aly. >> i'm very, very happy and i'm just so excited that we won 1, 2. >> the dual in the pool, perhaps the last time after, ryan lochte and michael phelps face off. it's his 22nd year gold medal. the first black woman to win an individual medal in swimming. she tied for the gold. for the second straight games, the u.s. can celebrate a gold medal in judo. kayla harris finishes first after dominating the 78- kilogram class. >> to try to defend a title to do something like that, especially for the united

impossible. they pushed me harder than i did, it's because of them that i won today, so i'm extremely grateful. >> a pretty good night to be named simone. my favorite story of the night is from fiji. fiji has about 900,000 people in the entire country. today, they won their first ever olympic medal in rugby. first ever olympic medal won by the country. for comparison, rhode island, people. so fiji, well done. >> good night for them too. thank you, jared. our own paul ryan is also in rio, turning stories for us. you can catch his live reports every morning. he'll be there throughout the olympic games. a volunteer for a manatee volleyball club found herself on the wrong side of the law. deputies say she stole $20,000 from the ranch volleyball academy of excellence.

from manatee county. >> man, that's a serious blow. >> reporter: parents like mike jones shaking his head, wondering why. >> when someone does something foul like that to a club, it really puts a dent in the operation. >> reporter: that person, jennifer vin diddy of lake wood ranch. stole nearly $20,000 over a 9 month period april. at van diddy's lakewood home, no one came to the door. on her facebook page, plenty of videos of young girls playing volleyball. her daughter was even part of the club. not only did van diddy work with the girls at the volleyball club, she was also a teacher here, that is until she resigned right before the school year. >> that's bad. i could never think of someone doing that. >> reporter: aja jones plays volleyball at lakewood high.

that club. >> kids come there, because they love volleyball. they have passion for it. i just, i would never think of anyone wanting to do that to a club. >> it's just a bad deal all around, you know, because the kids, they put in the time and the effort along with their families to raise those funds, then for somebody to pull off some crap like that is just a bad deal. >> that was paul mueller reporting. the head she wasn't about to turn away a volunteer. two people are dead, dozens injured, after a blast rocked a maryland apartment complex. tonight, search robots continue to search through the rubble, searching for survivers. new information tonight. a man who climbed trump tower

charges from nypd of reckless endangerment, and trespass. steven regatta was taken to the hospital for evaluation. macy's hasn't announced which specific stores will close, the decision comes after a decline in profits and sales. executives say they will focus on their best performing stores. there e pay without cash. now cvs is adding another one. launching its own mobile payment system. you will be able to pay using the cvs app. that app will keep your credit card information and keep track of your loyalty points. $655,000 in unclaimed cash is now back in the hands of a lot of you, our viewers, thanks

bank. >> this afternoon, so many viewers called into 8 on your side. behnken reunited you with the unclaimed cash that's out there. more than 3,000 accounts were claimed in just a couple of hours. it was really awesome. >> i found a josh benson, but it was up in jacksonville. another josh benson. >> i looked up all my families. i looked up your guys names. i was looking up everybody. >> if i use another that help? >> i think they might frown on that. >> somebody had $15,000, a good night for them. pretty nice weather night too. >> it was a hot day. we ended up with 91 for a high at tia. east coast sea breeze taking its time, but it was worth it to get that picture from don in hudson tonight. thanks for sending it.

coast of florida. the perseid meteor shower, this is tonight and tomorrow morning, probably your best option, obviously. but there's a lot of clouds around here, hopefully, they'll dissipate more to the sunrise hours. but going to be difficult with the clouds in place. but a very active one, largely because jupiter's gravitational pull is helping it pull towards earth. passing here, the tail of comet swift tutl on sunday. a very hot weekend ahead. we hope for the cooler showers and thunderstorms to drop the temperatures. rain still occurring at this hour. as i mentioned, it started kind of late today. throughout the evening hour, it's been raining in spots. heavy at times. a few breakout showers still developing at this hour. and light stuff moving through the eastern sections of citrus county and hernando county. pretty good coverage across the

even a few lightning strikes. yeah, the rain could trickle here for a couple more hours in spots. inland, you can see showers. the southern sections of polk county, looks like around north of frostproof and east of bartow. north of lake placid in highlands county. 91degrees at 4:00 p.m. 77degrees to start the day. pretty close to 80degrees currently in the station downtown. 77-degree dew point. max radar picking up the showers, still occurring around the west coast of florida. with the easterly flow, and the sea breeze. this is where the sea breeze collision occurs. that's why these showers are still hanging out. they started later. just hanging around a little more. it could be a couple more hours and quieting, and moving

so hopefully before the sunrise comes up, you could see a few of those meteors. partly cloudy skies toward sunrise there. 50% storm chance returning. mainly from 4 to 9:00 p.m., and lifting toward the evening hours. we're mostly talking about later afternoon, early evening hours, as we're seeing right now. we're in the early morning hours, and still raining. 50% rain chance for friday. falling off, drier air aloft, sneaking in for saturday. 93 for a high. 92 for a high on the rain chance about 40%. this will be classic florida staff. afternoon showers and thunder showers. high temps near 90 degrees. a great way to cool off, and get some rain, and get into our summer routine. josh, a note.

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all right, welcome to philadelphia where the bucs opened up 17-9 loss. a game that started off as bad as you can get. there was some good play though, especially from the defensive line, so let's take a look at what took place tonight. dirk cutter, making of course his appearance as the buc's new head coach. coaching his first game tonight, said he wasn't really nervous. then something happened on the opening kick off. kenny bell, he fumbles the