siesta key. the heartbreaking question during the investigation. lightning shatters the sky and close calls caught on camera coming up. and i am jennifer leigh >> i'm keith cate and thanks for joining us. according to rio police they live. olympic swimmer ryan lochte and three of his teammates claimed they were robbed in rio sunday but surveillance video sheds light on what really happened. let's get to joining us live in rio. police held a news conference a few hours ago. what new did we learn from that?>> reporter: here is exactly what we learned. we can't figure out why ryan lochte and his teammates made up the story. according to brazilian police that's exactly what they did. they just made it up. security video from a gas station near olympic parts shows ryan lochte and the teammates attempting to use the

door to the bathroom and when the owner demanded they pay for it they handed over money. soon after they arrived back at the athletes village. four days ago ryan lochte told a dramatically different story to nbc. >> cockpit and put into my forehead and said get down. i put my hands up and said whatever. >> reporter: even last night ryan lochte maintained his story that he was robbed but police say after interviews with his teammates the robbery story was fabricated. police and likely everyone else are not sure why. how the usoc will handle the athletes remains a question but teammates are not happy. >> olympians coming to a foreign country have a responsibility to represent our country the right way and from what i hear that was not the case in that situation. it is disappointing because we are all one team, one team usa and it reflects on all of us and i hope it's not true but if

reporter: it remains unclear whether brazilian police will pursue charges against the swimmers and nothing pending now. ioc has made no formal statement and they have had their hands full because yesterday a senior board member was arrested in rio as a ticket scalping scheme. we tried to find down the rio games. >> you feel how the other usa team members feel. it has tarnished them does the investigation overshadow the other athletes who work hard to get to the olympics, we are talking about this so much now. >> reporter: perfectly said. a young american female wrestler won the first-ever gold medal for the united states and rezulin. we're not talking much about that because of ryan lochte's story. all the other american athletes are furious about that.'s>> jerrod smalley thank you for

shocking crime in paradise. a 16-year-old boy stabbed his mother and younger brother while they were vacationing on siesta key. john rogers found out deputies are still trying to piece together what happened. >> reporter: good evening. a shocking case with a lot of questions. the arrest documents the teen admitted he had a great time with his family but stabbed them anyway. this ramgren joined his mother melissa and his brother charles on a vacation to siesta key. they were visiting from massachusetts but in a twist deputies say wednesday night gust ramgren stabbed in his family multi- possible -- multiple times on turtle beach. >> when you come to paradise it doesn't always mean everything is rosy. >> reporter: after he stepped his family he took off and went to a home a few blocks from

didn't want to be on camera but the team that his family was attacked and then sat down and buried his head in his hands. when deputies caught up to him he admitted to the crime. first responders treated his injured family members and the arrest report described the heartbreaking moment with the younger brother. charles stated he thought he was going to die and asked why his brother would do this. locals are stunned it. turtle beach is known for being a quiet haven on siesta key. >> one of the last places i would expect something like this to >> reporter: melissa and charles ramgren were transported to local hospitals and gust ramgren has been issued two counts of attempted second-degree murder. melissa and charles were badly injured but expected to survive . gust ramgren is in the custody of the department of juvenile justice and the cases under investigation. john rogers news channel 8. a bolt of lightning blame for starting a house fire in largo last night the kept dozens of firefighters for

the roof of the home with water to get the fire out. the lightning storm caught on camera by a man who just recently moved to florida. we go live where the storm chasers shot to the video we will see. >> reporter: good evening, keith. he said he'd only been here a couple of weeks but the lightning here lives up to its reputation. caleb elliot footage of mother nature in motion last night. he was caught up on the storm while driving on the maiden causeway. >> the shelf cloud was moving across the bay and a lot of lightning coming out of it. probably some of the most intense lightning i have seen in a good number of years. >> reporter: a storm chaser who hails from the midwest he says he's not in kansas anymore. >> i will say florida has not disappointed me with the weather so far.

lightning show your honeymoon island, scary moments for kayakers close by. >> i didn't realize anybody was in the shot i was doing but in between the island there is one shot of lightning that comes down that looks like it's half a mile away from where they were at.>> reporter: fortunately these two women who toss old and turned in the waves made it safely to shore. fire officials say lightning was the cause of a house fire in largo on shoreline drive. >> it was hit by lightning in the back. >> reporter: elliott plans to appreciate florida's beauty but safely from afar. >> down here every day the storms interact and move through the area. 20 minutes later you get gorgeous florida sunsets. there's nothing bad about it. >> he said he would never get out of his car when he was chasing tornadoes in kansas and doesn't plan to get out of his vehicle chasing storms year.>> it's that time again and looks like clouds behind you right

reporter: they are taking their chances. we saw some lightning a couple of seconds ago so hopefully they will get out of here and leave soon. >> that are safe than sorry. don't stand out in the lightning. live in pinellas county. tropical storm fiona getting stronger in the atlantic. steve jerve joins us now with the latest forecast. >> a slight bit and 45 miles yesterday and 39 miles per hour is the threshold for a tropical storm. we will continue to watch it and an area to the southeast of us has about a 20% chance over five days of developing. for now fiona mac looks healthier than it did 24 hours ago. cooler cloud tops colored in red moved to the northwest at 10 miles per hour. the forecast gas hasn't change must. northwesterly past and a northerly turn in the last position.

miles per hour. we talk about the difficult environment for the drier air wind shear. tropics coming alive and fiona mac -- fiona a good example of that. several systems coming up africa that could gain strength. right now a massive wildfire in southern california continues to grow. hot dry windy conditions make the bluecut fire fight. it's nearly 50 acres at this point and burning 60 miles east of la. more than 82,000 people forced to flee from the flames. donald trump's campaign getting general election airtime. it's been about $5 million on ads that will start airing tomorrow in florida and some other swing states. compare that to clinton's campaign that is already spent

$5 million since june. the pew research center's is clinton has a narrow nationwide lead over donald trump if the election were held tomorrow 41% said they would vote for clinton and 37% support trump. still ahead and abandoned house becomes an eyesore and a rat magnet in a bay area neighborhood. >> why don't they tear it down? better call behnken coming up. we go through excuses and demand results. the rebate came calls foul after a fall on the track. the bay area talks about the

now 8 on your side special coverage of the rio olympics. the women's four by 100 relay team will get another chance tonight after fumbling

make the handoff when a brazilian runner bumped her. the team filed an appeal based on interference and were granted a solo run. tonight they will see if they can qualify for the final. they have to run it under 42.70 seconds to make the next round but they are ready. >> i didn't see what happened. i saw the baton and they played it back for us. and then by another runner in the outside lane. >> our runner was coming through and there was no contact between the lanes and the baton dropped. at the end of the day things happen but we protested and get back out there.>> some good news for local athlete tianna bartoletta. last night she scored a gold medal in the long jump. she jumped a personal best of 7.17 meters. she had stopped fellow american brittney reese who took the

morning right here on news channel 8 throughout the end of the olympic games. you can also get the latest updates in our special olympic section of wfla.com. >> the baton handoff is always tricky. did you run track? you practice that over and over. >> it becomes congested and things can go wrong. >> at least they get another chance tonight. you run faster when you run with others. >> you think so? how is the weather looking steve? >> a few showers around and sea breeze active and transitioning to a different pattern this weekend with a northwesterly flow and fewer showers. you see in venice 84 degrees and overcast at the moment. a little bit of rainfall falling nearby but not at that location yet. on her chin in land o'lakes 75 degrees and rain cold on a hot

with the afternoon going along and familiar sight, classic florida afternoon and temperatures near 90 degrees. in rio tomorrow forecast calls 72 degrees to start the day and not a bad temperature range 27 celsius at noon and 82 fahrenheit at 4 pm and not much in the way of shower activity. a very nice range of rio tomorrow. texas rangers tomorrow night, a friday night game so if you are heading out for tailgating, hopefully will be okay and rain chance dropping. just a slight chance of showers as the rangers come to the tropicana. these are the forecast highs the next few days. the black line is the average this time of year.

are. thunderstorms continue along the sea breeze and the east coast sea breeze colliding with it. west coast sea breeze made more progress to the east today and that's why you see more thunderstorms colliding with that coming from the east coast. these white dots are lightning strikes across the northwest part of hillsborough. moving into the northern part of pinellas county moving to the west and good downpours locked in as well. mostly inland things are quiet but thunderstorm activity in sections of manatee county and sarasota county. this line here is the radar ck provides cooler temperatures in some of those areas. 77 to start the day and high 92 tomorrow. a typical summer day and temperatures mostly in the 80s and rain cold numbers. 85 sebring. 76 like lasted. 92 crystal river. overall clearly you see the easterly flow moving across the state and that's the case on

not a lot of widespread coverage but action along the sea breeze where we live. pattern change and high pressure build south and west for us. that's a southeasterly flow and the easterly breeze we have been seeing in as the high gets pushed south we see in onshore flow taking shape this weekend. that generates slight possibility of morning shower on coastal areas and showers move inland as the day goes on. that's the pattern shift this weekend. 40% rain chance tomorrow and the rain chances ball to 30% saturday through tuesday. we might see showers each day but perhaps fewer of them. if you have been cheated when you need help she is on your side. better call behnken. >> investigator shannon behnken not giving up on palm harbor residents dealing with an abandoned home. it is falling apart and has rats. everyone involved with the house, the property owner, the county and banks have different

these residents called shannon behnken to get to the bottom of this.>> county officials tell me this is the biggest nuisance house in the entire county and want to bulldoze it but for years they have not been able to get permission. i'm trying to help them out. all roads to bulldozing this abandoned dilapidated house lead to ad it's only land value. i would think they would want to go ahead and tear it down and get out of it what they could.>> pinellas county code enforcement put up the safety fence to prevent children from getting hurt by falling stucco. neighbors are fuming and they and code enforcement direct her todd myers want the house gone. >> at this point given the situation it's the best course of action seeing the owner does not have the financial resources to make repairs.>> the house on west winds drive has been empty and decaying for

stopped paying her mortgage. i tracked her down to get answers for the residents and she blamed the county. >> i just assumed they would take responsibility for tearing the property down. >> myers said he got permission a year ago from host and the bank of america but then he contends the bank change their mind. >> it's difficult it makes our job more what has brought you here to talk to me today. >> it appears the bank and you guys don't want to take the house back. i called the bank for answers in the spokesman is confused. apparently another lender is servicing alone and unclear which lender makes the big decision. how can you help me help these residents? as i talked email went back and forth between the spokesman and bank decision-makers. no decision yet but i have their promise to get to the bottom of what is keeping this

just moments ago the spokesman from bank of america call me back to said he doesn't yet have a final answer but he's getting closer. another lender is involved too and the question is if either bank even needs to sign off on this. >> sometimes you have multiple banks a multiple credit involved. do we know if bank of america actually stopped at the demolition last summer t >> this has been a puzzle and when i asked bank of america they said they did not do that but today a few minutes ago they said yes we actually did. it's all in limbo as far as who needs to sign off on it at all. they are working on it which is more than has happened in the past year. >> it takes a lot of time. thanks for staying on it and if you have a problem that needs solving better call behnken..

soon as we thought. a lone you may have to wait. happy meal toward turn unhappy for many kids and why mcdonald's is pulling the just released fitness trackers. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. how do we make the economy work for everyone?

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after reports of skin rashes mcdonald's will stop giving out activity tractors in happy meals. and alternative toy will be offered while the fast food

the limited tractors were supposed to be available the next four weeks. they were part of a campaign to get kids moving. apple fans get ready for bad news. the new iphone may be released later than expected. a source says iphone seven and seven plus won't go on sale until september 23. this follows last week's report that it would be unveiled september 7 and it's the rumors and speculations apple remains quiet. say goodbye to data limits sent because t-mobile is making changes. unlimited plans got cheaper but if you haven't been using much you could pay more for the unneeded unlimited data. existed customers can keep current plans but unclear if they can make changes in the future without going unlimited. love in the air and that's because it's thursday according to a wedding planner website. a small but growing number of couples are saying i do on

wedding costs $33,000 the decision brings considerable savings to go on thursday versus tying the knot untraditional weekend wedding dates. >> it's tough for everybody. now it's a four-day weekend. >> now you turn it into an extravaganza. >> spoken like a man who's been invited to a few weddings. >> i have a friday one coming up. >> you are looking forward to it because everyone is watching. the future looking dim and dark like a for 7 sneaky guys. how detectives brought down a massive crime operation in our backyard. while water floods in louisiana, lost dogs are flooding out and headed here to

right now a news channel 8 at 5:30. running a high-end electronics theft ring out of the bay area. and organized crime ring busted. 8 on your side look at what it took to bring the crooks down. i'm jennifer leigh. for being with us. a massive organized crime operation brought down by pope county detectives after a two year investigation and seven facing racketeering charges accused of running a theft ring. melissa ott marino explains a targeted walmarts all over polk county and beyond.>> reporter: the criminals hit walmarts and