shop. >> ahead why it's hard to land a job as a 911 91 dispatcher. >> -- a 911 dispatcher. good evening. i'm jennifer leigh. >> i'm keith cate. a pedestrian in a wheelchair is dead tonight after being hit by a car. paul mueller is live off massachusetts avenue and little road in new port richey. what have you learned, paul? >> reporter: i just spoke" driver of the suv who hit the man -- spoke with the driver of the suv who hit the man who is absolutely beside himself. he said there was nothing he could do. it was too dark outside. the man in the wheelchair pulled out in front of him. fhp has been on scene for hours investigating. if you look down by that yellow pope, that is where the collision took -- pole, that is where the collision took place

wheelchair. this is video taken from when we first arrived on scene. fhp is doing their best to reconstruct what happened, but the driver told me that man pulled out in front of him and that was basically the end of the story. we'll bring you the very latest on news channel 8 today at 4 a.m. live in pasco county i'm paul mueller, news channel 8. we are tracking the tropics tonight. hurricane hunters flew into a system that may impact florida this weekend. storm team 8 meteorologist steve jerve joins us now. what did they find? >> they found some decent wind gusts but very disorganized especially at the lower level. some stronger winds were disorganized at flight level. let's look at first the big picture, gaston is well off to our east and likely will stay at sea and you did mention the hurricane hunter aircraft

way of low level circulation. it will continue to move to the northwest and likely in a couple days, potentially by friday, we could see this get out over the warmer waters and potentially strengthen into a tropical cyclone or tropical storm. the spaghetti models we put on one map to try to get some timing. that's saturday inun some of the major models have offered very differing opinions over periods of time in as little as 12 hours, so a lot of uncertainty with this track. you have to stay tuned to see how this developments because even the experts are scratching their heads. we have to be patient with the tropics and see how this develops. >> thanks you. sarasota police are investigating the death of a man found in a ditch.

body. right now it is unknown how long the man had been there. an autopsy is scheduled to determine his cause of death. whenever there's a crime like that oar some other crisis, many times people reach for the nearest phone to call 911. those three digits are now seared into our branles, but the service which -- brains, but the service which has been in service since 1968 is constantly in need dispatchers. those roles are hard to fill. >> reporter: kathy herzog has dealt with possibly any emergency you can think of. >> when we answer a call, we don't know what's on the other end of the line. >> reporter: herzog has been a dispatcher nearly 30 years. it's a job with a high turnover rate. >> if i get three to five years

ecstatic. >> reporter: most of the people who showed up won't get the job if the past is any indicator. the last session had 200 people and only two people got the job. >> it ace 100 appear can't -- it takes 100 appear can'ts to get one person. >> reporter: but -- applicants to get one person. >> reporter: but why? he wants them to tell the truth, trips, if they've smoked pot, they'd have to be clean for several years. we spoke with many people who came here lookinto next dispatcher. some needed a lot more information from the orientation. >> it's a really tough job or no? >> it sounds like it. >> reporter: the odds are against you. >> well, it kind of seems like they always are. >> i'm a nurse. i know what to do in emergencies. >> reporter: and so does kathy. >> it's more than just a paycheck. this is a career. >> applicants must wait about four weeks for applications to

training, then two more months of training on the floor. university of south florida police need your help tracking down a campus flasher. look at this guy. do you recognize him? usf police identified him as a person of interest in several recent flashing cases where a man exposed himself out of a dining hall. 23 you know him, call police. a suspected burglar in manatee support of hitched a ride on a the bus driver thought eric hall was a student at man tee high and told him to sit down and put -- manatee high and told him to sit down and put on a shirt. he later told the drive he just wanted -- driver he just wanted to go home. he's charged with trespassing on school property. news channel 8 got an exclusive chance to talk one on one with republican nominee donald trump today, the

building a wall and still tough on immigration, but we could hear more about his stance in the coming weeks. afterwards trump addressed a crowd of hundreds at the florida state fairgrounds, trump touting a new poll from florida atlantic university showing him two points ahead of hillary clinton in florida. he continued his appeal to black and hispanic voters saying they have been treated terribly and asking what do they have to lose? trump also told news channel 8 in our one on one interview why he thinks a special prosecutor should look into clinton's ti >> when those people go in, they're not going in to say good morning, madam secretary. these people are looking for action, big things, tremendous things and they're getting them. >> we've put our whole interview with donald trump on www.wfla.com. hillary clinton meantime, no public events today. she was fundraising at several

however, tonight she took a shot at the associated presence report about big clinton family foundation donors have access to hillary clinton while she was secretary of state. she called the a.p. report absurd, a lot of smoke, no fire. a tornado outbreak is responsible for demolishing homes and businesses and flattening a starbucks in indiana. this cell phone video was taken by customers who took cover from inside a diner. a large starbucks in seconds. you can see as the walls and roof of the store come crashing down with customers inside. fortunately help arrived quickly. >> me and two or three other guys managed to get the door off the hinges and pop the door off and get everybody out. >> roof tops were blown off and

in it's a magnitude 6 earthquake reduced many cities to rubble. 159 people are confirmed dead. sniffer dogs and search crews are pouring into heavily affected areas. many survivors were pulled from rubble alive. in the city of amatrice an 8- year-old girl was rescued after being trapped overnight. they are secret hidden messages and pictures printed in the high school year book, but one phrase rt standout student and athlete at genesis prep in new port richey had the words inserted kill me over her head. >> it's among the hidden images and phrases that appeared in the year book. you discovered a fix is in the works. >> reporter: hi. the art teacher came up with this and the fix includes a sticker that year book owners

the doctored photo came to light last may the night before the last day of school. >> she's in a lot of pictures. she's almost on every page. >> reporter: consider it a rite of passag the school year book with its penned wishes of good luck and pictures of schoolmates that last a lifetime. >> here's the picture. >> reporter: but this shot of anna boglino on the basketball court has the words kill me photoshopped in. what was saw that? >> i was shocked. >> reporter: other things were added like this cartoon and this dog and this phrase. >> i wasn't expecting it. i don't know why he did it. >> reporter: the he is a former year book staffer. the student picked up litter around the school over the summer as punishment. >> there's nothing more mortifying than to see

administrator of the school. >> reporter: there was a fix to the page and a homework requirement. >> it's a sticker and it just goes over, so it sounds like one of those things where you'll pass over it without even seeing it. >> reporter: ann in's father likes the idea including getting out the word. in friday they have a weekly e- mail and it will be included in that. is that okay? >> that's helpful. >> i think that's a od anna will have a year book to be proud of. >> when she comes across that passenger, she will not be ashamed because i did everything i could to fix it. >> reporter: that's a proud dad. you have to look very closely to see that doctored photo. the original publisher of the year book will come up with that sticker so they can distribute it to everyone. still to come tonight we

cell phones. what do you have, two? >> i have two on stand-by. >> we b just how careful we have to be with these things -- we know just how careful we have to be with these thing. >> the design defect that could be breaking our screens. >> plus with the price of the life saving epipen up more than 400%, 8 on your side shows you

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more breaking news tonight, at least one person is confirmed dead and 18 more injured after an attack at the american youth of afghanistan in kabul. witnesses heard a loud explosion and at least two grenades were thrown into a classroom. u.s. troops are responding to the scene now. a glitch having thousands of you double checking your

disease. experts tell 8 on your side there's more to it than just a broken screen. jenn holloway is live to show us why techies believe there's actually a design flaw in some of the 6 series iphones. >> reporter: tonight we are focusing on the iphone 6 and 6 plus. touch disease, two words i never thought i'd say is on tv, but repair techs we spoke with today say touch disease is actually very common and it's something you need to be on the lookout for. here is see that gray bar at the top of the screen? that is the start and then your screen stops working. i phone forums are filled with complaints about it. one user writes it freezes on every on things. i can't even answer phone calls because the screen just keeps freezing. no matter how many times you swipe you touch or you tap. so 8 on your side stopped by a local i-hospital store in tampa

what's going on. tim goldcheck is a doctor of i- devices and says it all stems from the latest engineering layout. >> at some point they did some sort of adjustment with the housing on the 6 and 6 plus. >> reporter: unfortunately there nothing we can do to download to fix the problem. >> the only option is to find a company that will do a board repair and replace the clips or do an out of warranty -- chips or do >> reporter: engineers are working to find a solution to this latest cellular connection. we did getone piece of preventive advice today from the i-hospital. investigators say invest in a quality case. that keeps your phone from bending in any way that could prevent problems on the inside. while the case may cost 50 to $80, in the long run it can

replacement costs. >> i've learned the hard way trying to protect my phone. what's apple saying about all this? >> based on complaint forms online and on the web, they are not particularly addressing it or acknowledging a specific issue. some of the people we reached out to tonight say we need to talk to corporate. i'm guessing they will change their stance because a lot of people are having a lot of problems. >> parents nationwide are concerned about the rising cost of epipens, but there are some options. a doctor tells news channel 8 there are generic versions available such as the usp auto injector. patients should ask their pharmacists about co--pay assistance and other options to save money on high prescription costs. >> don't get discouraged by the

at it, hopefully we can see some change in the future. >> many lawmakers are calling publicly for an investigation. scientists in europe believe they discovered an earthlike planet orbiting the sun's closest neighbor. the planet has about the same mass as earth and is only 4.3 million light years . also found on the planet mcdonald's and burger king. i made that part up. star bucks, yes, that's there, too. tony got a great shot tonight, towering cumulus, spectacular pictures. next five days here 92, 92, average 90 degrees, 91, 90

hottest time of -- 91. so we're in the rains for the hottest time of the year. 7 a.m. it's 77 degrees, similar day tomorrow. 83 degrees right now, tampa international airport, dew point 72. temps generally upper 70s, low 80s in most of these spots, 81 st. pete, inverness and venice. there wasn't much in the way of a west coast sea breeze today. there are still a few showers generated farther south primarily ft. pierce, west palm crossing the state. a few of these may hold together tomorrow night, but mostly after the noon hour for

it do? will it develop? it's possible it could go a couple days just moving northwest as a general area of low pressure as the invest 99l. some of this water over the bahamas in the mid-and upper 80s is near record warm for this year. if it can get in a better environment, it may strengthen. thosar media and on the internet, so be careful what you're looking at here. some of the computer models, some to the west and some to the east and even the major models are changing their opinions greatly. it's hard to nail when the storm is not closed off to

computer forecast model, a passing shower with some darkened skies, friday morning 77 degrees and scattered showers mostly after 1 p.m., 40% rain chance friday and saturday as we get into the weekend, a 40% chance. we'll watch any potential effect, in any, from a potential tropical system. we'll watch that the next couple days and monitor the changes. for now it's a big broad area of low pressure for islands working with the tropics.

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sports on news channel 8 is brought to you by your gulf post honda dealers. >> the bucs starting guard wore a boot today at practice. this was out of nowhere. he calls it precautionary. the head coach offered up nothing on a potential injury. more important he needs to be ready for week one of the regular season. in fact, the real mission of preseason game no. 3 according to koetter, get out

everyone healthy. yes, i agree. today the unofficial last day of training camp. it was day two of bucs workouts with the cleveland browns. once again the defense put on a show. noah spence gets a practice sack. the bucs also shut down cleveland's two minute offense. the bucs' offense had mixed results against the browns three-fo but it was better than tuesday's practice. winston to jackson during the buc's two minute drill and on 4th drown a risky throw -- 4th down a risky throw intercepted. >> it was really the most difficult part because we've never seen it before. we see a lots of good dbs in

really good. first we had david ortiz going deep tonight, his 30th home run of the season. red sox built a lead until evan longoria ties it up. 11th inning kevin kiermaier, but the pitcher can't collect want to call him out. rays win 4-3. tonight u.s. soccer suspended women's goal keeper hope solo for six months for conduct counter to the organizational principles. solo called the swedish team cowards after they were eliminated in the quarterfinal. she will fight ban. she was referring to the way the swedes played in that game,

>> got to watch what you say, though. >> it wasn't good on that day. >> thank you, but lay, rays win. >> we'll be right back -- hey, rays win.

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in the morning, steve? >> we're 83 right now. so that 77 degrees seems cool. we might not get there, but that's our goal, su to start the day, warm morning. hopefully see a few extra clouds to hold down the sun and keep the temp down a little bit. >> steve, i know you like the seals. look at this savvy seal, he narrowly escapes becoming a mid- afternoon snack by hitching a ride on the tour boat. that's a pod of hungry killer

the whales swarmed the boat for several minutes but eventually gave up and left. only then did this timid seal go back in the water.

? >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- aaron paul,