right now on news channel 8 at 7:00. >> good evening. right now crews are working to repair a sinkhole in pasco county. the hole is 30 feet wide and

it from growing. canned is, tell us what's happening there. it looks like there's a lot of activity behind you. >> reporter: they are still working to fill this hole right now. they're making a lot of progress. at its height, this hole was 6 feet deep and 30 feet in diameter. they have crews out here packing this hole. i can tell you this area where you see the gray dirt, it was slushy. there was water thrashing they've done a lot of work since then. take a look at footage we have from earlier. you can see bubbles from underneath the home. neighbors called emergency crews early this morning. the home owners were quick to get crews out working. >> company that is heir doing the work actually did work on this house in 2009 when it was

they did temporary work. >> reporter: right now crews are doing temporary work to fill the hole. they're putting a fine sand in the ground to fill the hole and pack it in. as for people who live nearby, they were advised of what was going on. many of them were not at home when firefighters were knocking on door this is morning. we also understand it was fast action by these home owners that they're not worried to threats to a mother charged with manslaughter in the death of her 13 day old daughter will spend the night out of jail. investigators believe kathleen steele's 6 year old son billed the newborn while locked inside a car. >> reporter: the question is for how long will she be in custody. the judge left her bond at $100,000. as you mentioned a few hours

out of these doors any time now. >> ms. steele, you're charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child. do you understand the charge? >> reporter: at kathleen steele's first appearance, we learned this is a woman who is not a career criminal. her attorney describes her as a mother who's lost a child. >> i found her to be devastated by this. you can only imagine the shock and what a is. >> reporter: steele was featured in the tlc program i'm pregnant and 55 years old and spoke about life before her three children. >> our dogs are our babies. >> reporter: investigators believe she left her 6 year old son alone with the baby when he beat the baby to death. neighbors are in disbelief wondering how this could happen. >> unbelievable.

this can happen, how a 6 year old can turn that bad that quick. i don't know what was going through his mind. >> reporter: steele faces a single charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child. her son will not be charged. she's going to have to be monitored by the sheriff's office by a gps ankle bracelet. she also cannot have any contact with any children under the age of chip, news channel 8 . there are a lot of unanswered questions about this story. today, judge nay spoke to a psychologist about this case. >> reporter: the story of a 6 year old boy who pummeled his 16 day old sister to death because she was crying is hard to digest. >> we don't know why this little boy did this. we don't know if he'd seen

aggressive by temperament. >> reporter: psychologist wendy rice doesn't know the family or mother, kathleen steele who is charged with aggravated manslaughter. this is scary behavior and franky will need a lot of counseling. >> how scary is the next year of his life going to be and where is he going to live? is he going to get therapy, how is he going to process this. >> reporter: the sheriff says steele was aloof groceries away. mental illness could have been an issue. steele could have been suffering from post-partum depression. >> one in 10 women experience post-partum depression. tonight, pinellas county deputies say a garbage truck driver missed a house and as he backed up, it ran over a man killing him.

not see justin mastery crossing the street behind him. zika has arrived in another bay area county. health officials have identified a person infected with the disease. they tell us that person recently traveled to jamaica and recently developed symptoms. they don't believe zika has made it into the local population though. health officials believe the only locally transmitted cases have occurred in the miami dade area. all of these women have tested negative for zika. he says this fight is personal. >> i think about the impact of zika on pregnant women, it has a very personal context for me as well. we want to make sure we want to do everything possible to make sure women all across the country have the information they need to protect themselves.

28 non-travel-related cases of zika in miami dade county. just in case there was any question in your mind, this is not the correct way to act in front of a judge. calvin griffith actually twerk ed in front of the judge . the judge was not a to recap, twerking in front of the judge after being arrested -- let's just say any time, not a good idea. >> you can write that down for me? that's going to be hard to remember. >> i'll give you the cliff note version. few showers are still occurring. we're right around the weekend. 93 degrees on saturday. 92 on sunday. rain chance, 30% in the afternoon. that's slightly below our

sunshine for the weekend. hot temps. we had 92 today. there have been cooling showers and storms. you might have lucky to see the temperature drop as a result. eastern sections of citrus county and eastern parts of pasco, central parts of pasco as well. good thunderstorms that will drop maybe an inch of rain or so. we've seen a couple of inches . most of polk county, but southern sections active. a little one developing south of lakeland as well. sea bring to lake placid. i mentioned frostproof too. sarasota light to moderate rain. sarasota moving toward bradenton. there's activity out there.

cooled numbers. we have your weekend forecast coming up. still ahead -- >> tampa bay parents are suing the florida department of education. they're fighting for the right of having their kids opt out of standardized tests. >> i'll take you inside an unclaimed property auction and show you how you can get your

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today a group of parents from tallahassee are suing the department of education. they're fighting to opt out their children from standardized tests. they think it's unfair to stop children from advancing a grade if they refuse to take a test. >> reporter: some school districts have reportedly

florida department of education has not provided clear guidelines. so parents are suing the d.o.e. >> there's not uniformity from district to district, from child to child. >> reporter: the law has been left up to the interpretation of local school districts. in a statement, manatee county superintendent dianney green has shown frustration. -- responsibility. some parents feel the child's body of work over the entire year is what should matter most. a judge will not issue a ruling until sometime next week. we'll be sure to keep you updated as the story develops. reporting in sarasota, john rogers, news channel 8. one software maker says it can block facebook's attempt to

follow that? >> plus could it be the highway to energy independence? the ambitions of one state to pave roads with solar panels. >> and here's a look at the medal count for the rio summer games. go usa. in florida, it used to be that if a child, a senior or one of our four legged friends was trapped in a hot car you and i were not allowed to save them unless we were willing

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on wall street today, the dow retreated a bit and ended the day down 11 points. the s&p was down a point and the nasdaq continued its climb up 4 points. it looks like the ad blockers have won the first battle. facebook announced it's found a way to defeat ad blocking top, you will still see ads. but now, software developers in germany who make ad blocker plus say they've blocked facebook's attempt to block the blockers. facebook will likely try again. a day after we told you about swedish fish oreos, another junk food staple jumped up its game.

winkies. they will be available at walmart starting monday. older toyotas just landed on a roller list for the third time. the car maker wants to look at rav4s made from 2006 to 2011. in 2012, these cars had a wobbly rear suspension. in 2013, they noticed hadn't tightened the nuts properly and now it has caused a rust problem that could cause the driver to lose control. could be generating electricity underneath your wheels. an idaho company is working with missouri transportation officials to build solar panels covered with an inch-thick sheet of tempered glass. the glass will light up as you drive over it. it could even use its own

the winter. >> wouldn't it be great if i had heating elements on interstate 270 and we no longer worry about snow accumulating on our interstates in the metropolitan area. >> or you could move to florida. before this technology happens, it first has to be used on a smaller scale. a solar sidewalk should be in place in missouri before then of the year. if you've been cheated, when you your side. better call behnken. >> someone else's unclaimed valuables could be your treasure. jeffat water's office is holding an auction tomorrow. valuable baseball carps, rare coins and unusual items all left behind in safe deposit boxes. shannon behnken has a preview.

serious bargain hunter and he has plenty of items to look through at the state of florida's unclaimed property auction at the tampa marriott west shore. >> you have to do your homework. there's a lot of things in there that are not real and there's things that are real. >> reporter: there are more than 72,000 items. milkel mantel baseball cards, jewelry. i even found sleeves of cash. >> there's something here for everybody. >> reporter: everything here used to be worth a lot someone. enough to secure it in a safe deposit box, but something happened and all of these items weren't claimed. the property is turned over to the state and auctioned off after about 5 years. walter graham is with jeff's office and helps organize the auction. >> we have folks that see your coverage on television. it interests them, they want to come and take a look or maybe

buy, which they can. we have other folks who are professional buyers who travel around the country. >> reporter: davis has attended auctions for three years and is looking for valuable coins. he plans to spend thousands tomorrow and then sell it off for a profit. >> i come for the experience of it. it's a lot of fun. you can always meet cool people here and also make good deals, find interesting stuff you won't see anywhere else. >> reporter: if you want to get your hands on some of the treasure, auction open at 8:00 and the auction starts at 10:00 tomorrow at the tampa west shore marriott. shannon behnken, 8 on your side. >> this comes on the first better call behnken phone bank. this is money from insurance claims, life insurance or something as simple as an overpayment from a cable company. we were able to help viewers find more than a million

shannon behnken wants to hear about it. 1855-behnken. it's not always sunny and beautiful in rio de janeiro. check out this time lapse of the rainy weather rolling through the area. that would be copacabana beach there. overcast conditions. temperatures there have been in the 70s. a little cooler overall. overall hasn't been too much the way of interruption of events with the weather. 82 one hundred hundredths here. got the green going on here. a recent shower. you know it's plenty humid in that location. 80 degrees, 12 one-hundredths. it's been basically that way. we see the temperatures fall nothing some spots this

overall. 92 degrees. 96 degrees the record in 1972. that came before the showers and thunderstorms have developed and temps have fallen across the good portion of the area as a result. 93 for tomorrow, 92 on sunday. that black line is the average line we expect 90 degrees for a high this time of year. 85 degrees at tampa international. we have that southwesterly wind, the dewpoint 74 degrees. the area of low pressure is what was over us a cole coast helping to provide the showers here and the flooding. as a result dumped the moisture right along the gulf. 24 inches of rain in 24 hours. that's incredible. a couple of feet of rain. needless to say, louisiana tonight is dealing with serious flooding. as for the state of florida, we continue to see partly cloudy skies in some locations. a few showers continue to drift to the northwest.

in the forecast throughout the evening hours and eventually into the late evening too. 30% rain chance for saturday and sunday. focusing on the afternoon, evening. that's below our average. by next week, monday, tuesday, wednesday, seasonal chances. 40%. classic florida weather for summer time as we get through next week. we'll see more sunshine and fewer showers this ones getting the rain. copacabana beach looking like -- >> they had a pretty good round of it. >> yeah, they did. >> do you want to do stuff when we come back from the break? >> are we doing ozone? >> probably not.

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during the summer olympics, we're taking time every night to recap what is happen nothing the games and share stories from olympic athletes. we call it the olympic zone. dan lucas is here now with a preview of what is coming at 7:30. they kicked me and jerve off the show. local athlete -- we're going to relive last night's gymnastics and women's soccer. let's check in one more time with steve. it's going to rain at the beach jerve. >> when did i say that? >> you said it was raining at copacabana beach. i didn't say here?

>> we're running out of time.

now special coverage of the summer games in rio on news channel 8. this is the olympic zone. >> and good evening once again. thank you for joining us on the olympic zone. we're going to lead you up to nbc's prime time coverage in rio. first, heart break today for team usa. >> sweden to send them into the semifinals, and and the u.s. are out of the olympic games! >> you couldn't have said it better myself. women's soccer team out. the defending gold medalists going home without a medal. u.s. teams have played in the final each year since women's soccer became an olympic sport. we're going to have reaction from the team in just a few minutes. >> despite this major loss,