right now on news channel 8 fist at 4:00. four headlines at 4:00, number one, a missing child alert. tonight, a three-year-old is missing. investigators think they know who might have him. number two, friends are coming to the defense of a n who left his child in a hot truck for number three, florida's attorney general is taking more heat over her decision not to dig deeper into trump university. the bucks kickoff the season with a big win. what did yesterday's game show us about the team and jameis winston. good afternoon. thanks for being here. i'm josh benson. this is first at 4:00. >> we begin with the search for a missing child. right now the search son for a three-year-old named harry

home. florida department of law enforcement believes the toddler may be traveling with a man named handy charles. 5 feet tall. 120-pounds. they may be in a 2003 blue honda civic. if you know the whereabouts of handy or harry charles, give 911 a call. the hillsborough county firefighter whose child died after being placed in a hot car is on administrative leave. >> he's facing chargesin old son. candice mccown talked to those who know the father and are defending him as a father. >> reporter: he bonded out of jail here in pinellas county on saturday. he's now with family in an undisclosed location so they can have privacy. 126 degrees. that's the body temperature of lawson whitaker after his dad pulled him from this truck. >> he's crying. he's crying out.

>> the neighbor was there in the moments that the child's father troy was trying to revive him. troy whitaker charged with the aggravated manslaughter of a child investigators saying he left the boy in the truck for more than eight hours. >> i'm saddened by seeing him portrayed that way from the mug shot. this is a man that i know spent every moment he could with his children. >> it'll be a couple days before we know when whitaker is due back in co in pinellas county, candace mccown, news channel 8. uber and lyft have a new ally in their fight against cab companies. this week the ptc is scheduled to consider fingerprint background checks for uber and lyft drivers but the mayor says proposed regulations are unfair to competition. he called the ptc a dinosaur that needs to go. torres this afternoon the white house says president obama is

her run at president. clinton's campaign says her doctor is preparing medical records for release to the public. this follows a moment yesterday where clinton appeared to nearly collapse as she exited the 9/11 memorial in new york city early. late yesterday, her campaign said clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia on friday. and donald trump plans to release the results owe of a new physical exam in the coming days. toy he released a campaign ad that takesm recent comment that trump is deplorable and so are half of his supporters. he says that's an attack on the military and those in law enforcement. clinton says she now regrets using the half word. the national media and some late night talk show hosts are skewering the florida attorney general's relationship with donald trump and democrats are piling on as well. here's matt with more. >> reporter: a 25,000-dollar

to attorney general pam's campaign came right around the time that bondy decided not to pursue legal action against fraud allegations for trump university. it raised eyebrows then. it's not going away now. pam is the only person in the world ever to make money from trump university. >> late night host steven colbert ripped the attorney general last week. the progress florida is using the donation to try to >> if you were the victim of a crime and someone made a contribution to the person who should be prosecuting that and then they didn't prosecute it, how would you feel? >> the attorney general's office denied this was a pay for play situation. a spokesman told us that bondy received one complaint against trump university when she decided not to pursue a case. bondy was noticeably absent from a florida missing

attends. her office didn't make her available to talk about the trump donation. all right, now first at ?? 4:00 weather. here's meteorologist julie phillips. after what was a fairly dry weekend for a lot of us, rain chances going up starting today, you can all ready start to see a little bit of rain fall down on the camera. no measurable precipitation yet. but temperatures in the upper 80s now. expect those to fall. you can see scattered storms moving from east we've seen deeper moisture in place. with that easterly flow, pockets of heavy down pours rolling through. you can see some of those near the brooksville area. a lot of lightning, heavy rain near ininvestor mess in pushing toward the west. also tracking showers and

and rain toward bradenton down through venice tracking spotty showers and storms. inland, you can see heavy showers and storms in highlands county, around sea bring, drifting toward the west. so what to expect for the rest of this afternoon and this evening, expect scattered showers and storms to continue all the way until the time you're having dinner. but after sunset tonight, we're expecting showers and storms to wrap up. rain tomorrow and wednesday as well. due to this tropical wave we're watching over the bahamas. we'll have a look at those rain chances for you coming up in a few minutes. the clear water marine aquarium is expanding. >> new buildings will be dedicated for guest education and wild laugh habitat. jamel was there when officials broke ground. >> the expansion at clear water marine aquarium will include new parking spaces.

guest space. a large 1.5 million-gallon rescue dolphin habitat which includes five poles. the expansion includes substantially more space for the rescued animals, under water viewing, and approximately 100,000 square feet of new guest space. officials want to include a pelican habitat here and make part of the adjacent water way a natural habitat for cmas rescued marine life. the good news, this place will all phases of the expansion, with no close dates, and all guest activities open at all times. now clear water marine aquarium ceo david yates says he's excited about the benefits of this expansion. >> we're a unique aquarium. we're primarily about rescue and release. our job is to rescue, rehabilitate and release the animals. we want them to get immersed into that world when they come.

project, $50 million. officials will build these areas in phases. and they hope to have everything completed within the next 30 months. reporting in clear water, news channel 8. if you'd like to take a closer look at the plans for the new aquarium, we posted pictures and details on wfla.com. still ahead, samsung steps up its warning about the new note 7 phone. turn it off and trade it in now. details coming up. and it's a great night watch a good movie or maybe ten of them. we'll show you how to get a good deal on some flicks you've been waiting to see. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message.

he's not a war hero, he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured ok. donald trump compared his sacrifices to the sacrifices of two parents who lost their son in war. how would you answer that father? what sacrifice have you made for your country? i think i've made a lot of sacrifices, built great structures. i've had tremendous success, i think...

now your consumer watch first at 4:00, tesla officials say updates to the car's auto pilot software could have prevented a deadly crash in florida earlier this year. plans to push the software

allow the car to depend more on radar than cameras since cameras may not see everything in certain light conditions. meanwhile, what happens when you need a shopping cart at wal-mart? normally you have to go back to the front of the store or wander around to take an unused one. but that may be willing to change thanks to a new patent application. wal-mart wants to develop motorized self driven carts that you can summon with the press of a button. just received approval on a patent application. but there's no telling technology will ever become a reality. if you're still using one of these samsung note 7 phones, turn it off immediately. the phone maker is urging customers to return the phones in exchange for another device. because dozens of reports of phones exploding or catching on fire. the latest case of a note 7 exploding appears to have happened this weekend in brooklyn. a six-year-old suffered burns when the phone exploded as he watched movies according to the new york post. it's been a decade since

movies, for the tenth anniversary, there's a one day only sale. more difference shows us that's one of three big developments from apple this week. today only apple is offering bundles of ten movies for ten dollars. they come from the top production companies. they include movies like the wolf of of wall street from paramount. the hang over from warner brothers. forgetting sara marshal from vinci code from sony. lions gate has two bundles with titles like no country for roll men and the hunger games. each of the lists on wfla.com. ios 10 rolls out two new apple devices. big changes to the messaging app and expanded siri

minis and ipods. it could take a day for the update to show up on your device. the iphone 7 will be in stores friday. at&t, verizon, t mobile, and sprint are running promotions offering new and existing customers a free iphone 7 when you trade in your iphone 6. keep in mind, you're not actually getting anything for free. you're getting a 650-dollar credit divided up over two years. you can't cancel servic balance on your phone. >> while the idea of an iphone 7 may sound tempting, you have to decide if you want to be tied to a contract and will you have to jump through more hoops when the iphone 8 comes out next year. it's expected to be a complete redesign of the iphone. meredith, news channel 8. and joining us now for another look at your first at

>> it was. record breaking temperatures, 95 friday, saturday, and sunday. >> i thought it was supposed to start cooling down a little bit. >> i know. sometimes september brings surprises. it's still summer, right. and if you were on reunion island, off the coast of madagascar in the indian ocean, you'd be enjoying quite a show. check out thspectacular for us, last week was fairly dry, that's going to change this week though. rain chances are going up. tomorrow look for a good 60% chance of storms through the day. then it still looks like rain chances will stay fairly high through the weekend. a real summertime forecast for us. in the next couple day, wetter than normal. at 9:00 p.m., the showers and storms we're seeing today will come to an end. temperatures close to 80 degrees. tomorrow morning, expect extra clouds to start the day. then there's a 60% chance of

develop. there's a good chance of seeing rain at your house tomorrow. possibly multiple rounds. an easterly flow will continue. the rain starts in our inland spots and pushes toward the coast. a ton of lightning in this storm situated near new port richey. some heavy rain around indian rocks beach as well. you can see along the sarasota county coastline towards anna maria island, we're tracking heavy down pours, and heavy rain around sea bring, archibold biological station. also dealing with that around pine ridge, over towards brooksville, these showers and storms will continue for a few more hours. it won't be until after sunset when the rain will come to an end. when you wake up tomorrow morning, i think it'll be mostly dry. but it's going to be a warm start. upper 70s, and then we'll see

that's due to a tropical wave increasing moisture around here. by noon, storms will have developed inland. and then we'll see scattered showers and storms continuing into the afternoon and evening hours. heavy rainfall expected. that tropical wave lifts north tuesday night into wednesday. but we're still looking at deep moisture around. we'll keep a slight rain chance wednesday morning. and a good 50% chance of rain through the day as we head into wednesday afternoon. out in the tropics, we have tropical storm ian which over the bahamas. this has a 10% chance of development. it will bring heavy rain as we head into tomorrow. here's tropical storm ian. good news with this track, it stays out at sea. just the kind of track that we like to see. not effecting landor our forecast. but that tropical wave will definitely bring us extra moisture the next couple days. look for a good 60% chance of storms tomorrow. and a 40% rain chance through the weekend. all right.

sometimes kids get in trouble. maybe they even go on a joyride but a couple teens in maine were thinking much bigger. the teens hopped in a bucket loader and that big piece of heavy machinery you see on the side of the road. they took that for a ride up the maine turnpike. along the way, they hit a car and a police cruiser. the officer finally stopped the slow speed chase by shooting out the machine's tires. police in australia helped a nine-year-old y lifelong dream. the boy has cerebral palsy and always wanted to visit the northern most tip of the continent. his parents asked for help in june. local police stepped up. and this past friday they drove the boy up to the beach and carried him all the way out to the famous sign. some actors will go a long way to get their character just right.

>> too much independent spirit for you? >> no, i just don't really like bashing my country. >> for the movie snowden opening friday, joseph gordon left flew to moscow and spent four hours with edward snowden. observing small details. >> i had to observe him as a human and get a sense of how does he sit? how does he stand? how does he talk? how does he eat lunch? how does he shake your justin timberlake's 2020 experience world tour maybe over. but it's coming to a screen near you. net flix picked up justin timberlake and the tennessee kids filmed in las vegas, the final stop of the two-year tour. it'll hit the streaming service in 2012. nicole kidman plays an

reporter, kidman told the press conference, when you have good love like that, you flourish, however it comes your way it comes. in hollywood, david daniel. bucks fans had a very good sunday afternoon. >> the first game of the season, and it provided a lot of hope for what's to come. in just a moment, dan lucas takes a look at jameis winston's performance and what it says about where jameis may be able to take this team. holloway and me, every night on great 38. we hope to see you there.

welcome doctor. let's talk about the problems caused by unattended veins. >> unattended veins can lead to

swelling, leg cramps and restless legs. we treat veins with special medical lasers that have allowed patients to return to work or activities immediately. >> a lot of people will want to know if insurance covers the treatment. >> yes, because varicose veins lead to health problems and discomfort, it's covered by medicare and most health insurance. >> how do we know if we have vein disease? >> see a vein doctor, and they will conduct what's called a vein screening. that will physician to know if you have vein disease. >> good stuff, thank you doctor. for more information, all you have to do is go to the website on your screen, which is unitedveincenters.com. or call and get a free vein screening. another survey found a dramatic turn around among american workers and their attitudes about retirement and whether they want to or actually need to work during

clackham. >> reporter: a pew research center report in june found half the country's 65 to 75 year olds still working. maybe only part time. but putting off full time retirement. and now a bankrate.com survey suggests the numbers may go higher. >> we found a big spike from the last survey in the number of people who would like to work as long as possible for both reason, because they'd like to work and the money is in 10 plan to keep working during retirement. many because they have to. >> we have longer life expectancies. we have a harder time saving for retirement. many of us don't have pensions. >> the bank rate retirement specialist says the surprising find was how many planned to keep working only because they want to. >> and it brings more than just

it keeps your mind sharp. it gives you a social network. >> which she says becomes all important for those who live 20 to 30 years after retirement. chris clackham, nbc news. well, how about the bucks, they kicked off the season in a big way. they came from behind to win the first game of the season against the falcons 31-24. and jameis winston played a big role. winston is not only physically leader, he can mentally adapt and alter the course of a game. >> his day began with three completions on seven pass attempts. but a change in strategy did wonders for quarterback jameis winston, 17 completions by halftime and a 17-13 lead. >> i think i'd say the no huddle. it was loud. we had terrible field position. we were back up. we didn't want to go to it when

game. >> we did it all tonight. that was the great thing that we were able to make different adjustments and play fast and slow it down. and i just think we play very good and effective football. >> the no huddle offense made the difference in a buck's win. winston led the buck's to touchdowns on three consecutive drives. all no huddle. the second one, a 75-yard drive in four plays. the third, an impressive 92- yard style. but it gets the defense off balance. i think it's effective. it's been effective dating back to last year. and i think we'll continue to do it. >> does this team maybe do better when it plays faster. >> honestly, dirk has a great game plan, once we start clicking and get the ball rolling, it's hard for teams to stop us. it wasn't just the pace of play that helped quarterback jameis winston. it was resisting the temptation to do too much.

worked wonders. >> it just shows you that when you get guys that actually do that running stuff for a living, they can make anything happen. >> they take deep drops. they force you to check the ball down. we preach to jameis, check it down check it down. >> another step and a win to start the season. in atlanta, dan lucas, news channel 8 sports. well tonight authorities in central florida, they're searching for an arsonist. mi motivated someone to set a

now, four headlines at 4:30, a cease tire is now in effect in syria. the deal brokered by the u.s. and russia. it began at sunset. leading up to the cease pyre, the syrian government pounded rebel held areas killing nearly 100 people. >> several pieces of debris

missing malaysia airlines flight have been found in madagascar. the flight went missing in march of 2014. it had 239 people on board. the pieces found appear to show burn marks. they'll be analyzed by forensic experts. number three, the man who jumped the white house fence thanksgiving day last year entered a guilty plea today. 23-year-old joseph could face a year in prison. prosecutors say he loved his country and knew he'd be locked up for what he did. remember the powerball jackpot that totaled half a billion dollars back in july. the winners wish to remain anonymous. but today their attorneys came forward to collect the money. the grocery store that sold the ticket is donating $100,000 to local charities and the winners are matching that. which is a drop in the bucket. the lump sum ended up being a

search for an arsonist who tried to torch a central florida mosque. video showing a man running away from an islamic center. chris clackham has details now in this investigation. >> reporter: investigators now say that huge fire at a mosque in fort pierce florida was deliberately set and probably by the person seen in this security video running from the mosque moments after the breaks out. >> an immediate very large flash was observed in the video footage. the male was then seen leaving the mosque in a hurry. >> the fire that caused heavy damage to the inside of the mosque occurred after midnight sunday and after the suspected arsonist approached the building on a motorcycle then entered with something suspicious in his hands. >> he was holding a bottle of

>> what law men are also looking at is the notoriety of the mosque itself. >> it's the same one omar matin once attended. killing 49 and leaving dozens injured before being killed in a shoot out with police. right now we're not sure exactly whether this is a hate crime or just an arson. but we're asking authorities to investigate this as a hate crime. what we do know is that set fire on this mosque here in florida. >> another possible motive, sunday was also the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. the pain is still very real for more than a dozen florida families. their children vanished and were never seen again. but today their loss is recog nighed. here's our correspondent, mike.

annual year florida honored those children who have gone missing and not come home. the one constant for the parents involved, it doesn't get easier with the passage of time. tears were obvious on the faces of parents and loved ones as they honored their child that went missing. mark and brian were last seen leaving a jacksonville middle school more than a decade ago. >> the feeling when you put the rose up there. >> rough. >> tell me, how been? >> 11 years. >> it hasn't gotten better? >> no. it never does. >> how does it help to commune with the other parents ? >> they know how you feel. they've been there. >> it's not just people being honored here. but k9s aswell. they've made a significant contribution to keeping children safe and finding those who have gone missing. reporting from the state capitol, mike. since the beginning of the year, florida issued two dozen

sen amber alerts. and more than 170 silver alerts for missing seniors. tampa's first family medical cannabis clinic is open for patients across tampa bay. >> i also want to take a look back at the little girl who helped bring medical marijuana to a level playing field as a treatment protocol. i have to warn you, the images you're about to see are disturbing but an important a breakthrough treatment option more readily available in tampa bay. the video is hard to watch but credited for revolutionizing the way the world views the cannabis plant. remember little charlotte. traditional treatments for her uncontrollable seizures almost killed the child. until her mother turned the medical marijuana as a last resort. >> her seizures were instantly

>> the family came to florida to help push for the legalization of charlotte's web, a noneuphoric strain of marijuana. now years later it's available at the very first medical cannabis clinic in tampa. >> in particular, it's approved for people with seizures and chronic muscle spasms and people with cancer, it's helping people across the country, in the opportunity to help people out. >> david burger heads up the clinic and says many parents are seeking alternatives to traditional drugs and turning to medical marijuana. >> it's a safe profile. you can not get high from taking a product with the cbd in it. that's an important thing. a lot of the patients i've talked to. especially those with chronic muscle spasms or on muscle reactants or pain medications, there are people concerned

medications. >> he also treats adults at the clinic and other forms are available. in florida, you can not smoke marijuana even for medical purposes. >> and the 2016 heart walk is right around the corner and news channel 8 is committed to raising $100,000 again is this year, but we need your help, kia is matching the first $50,000 we dollar you donate really counts as two. the walk is november 12th at raymond james stadium. go to wfla.comheartwalk for details. will your child develop allergies or asthma. researchers say they've found something in one-month-olds that could predict future problems. that story coming up. then stick around for these 8 on your side story.

could be contributing to the spread of zika virus. i'll tell you what you need to know. a distraught sarasota woman reached out to me after she hired an exterminator to rid her home of rats. he damaged a water line and flooded her house. and now she can't get answers from the company, so she turned to me. pasco county is cleaning up thousands of yards of storm debris. and you paid for it. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. he's a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. donald trump is a phony, a fraud. he's not a serious adult. i can't vote for donald trump given the things that he said. trump should not be supported.

scene phobic -- xenophobic for only $94 peh for 12 months! our standard tv service includes your favorite broadcast networks,

disney channel and nickelodeon. what's more, your standard tv service includes a wide variety of free tv everywhere apps that let you watch tv in more places! with lightning 50 internet, you get speeds up to 50 mpg's - perfect for streaming movies and more! and, best of all, you'll enjoy access to over 450,000 free wifi hotspots nationwide - it's a great way to save your mobile data! call 855-833-9390 today standard tv and lightning 50 internet for only $94 per month for 12 months! tampa bay is amazing. i work here, i raise my kids here, i even take care of my mom here. but you know what? i could use a hand. hey! we hear you! it's why a-a-r-p is supporting family caregivers like you with free tools and resources. and we're making our community an even better place to

when you think a-a-r-p, then you don't know "aarp." get to know us at aarp.org/tampabay welcome back now it's time for today's send it to stacy. >> that's where we feature your pictures on tv. today we start with somber photos. this stop by kelly alison. she tweeted it to me saying remembering those who were lost and praying for our country, 9/11. >> pam mccoy says she too spent yesterday remembering heroes and those lost on 9/11.

fighting for our country at the moment. #neverforget. jackie sent me this picture wanting to share big news in sarasota. today was the official opening of a multimillion dollar state of the art gem and art center. congrats to the kiddos who get to enjoy this fabulous addition. and finally a great nature pick from she called this nature's diamonds sprinkled from up above. tweet your pictures with the #sendittostacy. i saw some rain in that last picture. what do we think the next couple days ? we have some deeper tropical moisture that's on its way back in. so get the umbrellas ready.

it's still summer here in florida. and we're expecting some of that deep summertime moisture around. that tropical wave will pass over florida tomorrow. so expect some heavier tropical down pours throughout the day. starting up by the early afternoon hours. that trend continues through the end of the week. by next week, that's when we'll track some slightly dryer air back into the forecast. and rain chances will start to drop off a bit. when you wake up tomorrow morning, it's going to be muggy, temperatures in the mid 70s, by the afternoon hours, looking at a 60% chance of storms. good chance throughout the day you'll see at least one round of rain at your house. the rain moving east to west across the tampa bay area today. much like we'll see all week long. you can see pockets of down pours. i saw a lot of lightning within these storms. especially north of new port richey. heavy rain, a lot of lightning, a few showers north of clear water. probably heading toward honey

southeastern hillsborough county. south through manatee county tracking spotty rain along the sarasota county coastline. tracking rain from venice to north port and wauchula, arcadia, everyone dealing with a little rain today. showers and storms pushing off the coast of crystal river. also tracking rain around -- now. the st location. only picked up .18 inches of rain. temperatures in the mid 70s. you can see temperatures really vary depending on if you've seen the rain or not. in tampa, it's 90 at the airport. 86 in brooksville. 81 in inverness. so there's the tropical wave we're looking at. currently situated over the bahamas. bringing heavier rain there. as we head into tomorrow, we'll see deeper moisture into the

around 9:00 p.m. after sunset or so, when you wake up tomorrow morning, not expecting much in the way of rain, it'll be muggier, and you'll see extra clouds around. as we head into your lunch hour, we'll see showers and storms developing. especially inland. then we'll see scattered showers and storms throughout the day. so a good chance of rain throughout the day. you can almost see that tropical feature as it moves to the wednesday morning, can't rule out a couple showers still around. we'll have pretty deep moisture still lingering. rain chances are still high for us. especially for this time of the year. 50% chance of showers and storms throughout the day. in the tropics, we're watching tropical storm ian in the open atlantic right now. and also that invest only a 10% chance of development though as we head into tomorrow. so that's likely not to develop. ian expected to remain at tropical storm strength.

for us, expect heavy rain the next two days. then we get back into more of a typical rain chance as we head throughout the coming weekend. guys. now to an 8 on your side medical report. the microbes living in intestines of newborns may help predict the risk of developing asthma. >> they discovered babies with low levels of one specific immune cell were three me likely to develop allergies by age 2 and asthma by age 4. you may want to keep a close eye on your kids if they're playing soccer. a new study revealing soccer injuries have increases 111% on average each year over the past 25 years most are sprains ask strains. but there are plenty of fractures as well. and even head injuries including concussions. accounting for about 7% of all injuries. important to note that.

tonight we find out if anyone can make it up -- it's the final night of american ninja water. competitor who survive stage one will attempt stage two, and maybe stages three and four for a shot at a million dollars. and another big finale is >> tomorrow ten finalists on america's got talent will battle for your vote. i got to talk with four of the finalists, ryan, sofie, and two members of lincoln bridge. >> ladies first, sofie, i have to start with you, i was a gymnast as a child. but nothing in your realm. i see the things you're able to do the twists and turns with your body, have you always been able to do that?

way? >> well, ever since i was really little, i would always do backbends around the house. and run around in backbends and i thought it was so fun to just do that. and i guess over time my back just stayed flexible. and so it's been natural for me to be able to do contortion. and i always have that gymnastics background which definitely helped me with that hand balancing for the strength >> that's pretty interesting stuff. we're going to go to brian justin crumb. you've been a singer since you were five years old. you've been on broadway. but you made that switch. moved out to l.a., is this what you hoped for? expected? how has your life changed since becoming a finalist on the show? pique this is everything that i've ever wanted. i've always said dream and then dream bigger and dream again. it was my dream to be on

off to get there at a really young age. and then my dream changed. and i wanted to do a solo artist and do music and so i moved out to l.a. and i've been hustling for over two years trying to make this happen. so it's very exciting for me that this moment is happening. it's crazy to walk down the street and people recognize you. i'm hearing me sharing my story about being bullied as a effected someone. it means everything to me. >> your energy when i watch you sing, it's amazing. the judges really responded to it. america responded to it. really good stuff. moving to the two guys with lincoln bridge. we have china and montray. tell us about your journey. and whose idea it was to give america's got talent a try.

are sisters. so you know we started out at an early age singing together. we wanted to start a group because our older cousin had a quartet group. it's the first time we ever heard harmony right there in our face. they came to our grandmother's house, we were 10 and 11 and i was like sean let's start a group. and he was like i can't sing. and i was like yes, you can. so i made him practice. and we we've been in different groups growing up. but this one right here, we love this group a little more. >> it was his idea. >> long story short, it was his idea. >> it was his idea. he said cuz, let's go on america's got talent. let's go on america's got talent. we'll be big stars i'm telling you. and i was like man that's impossible. come on man. give it up man. >> no i'm telling you, i had a dream we're going to be on the

it just fell through. i'm still -- you couldn't pay me to believe this would happen. you couldn't pay me. >> so many great stories. i'm so happy for all of you. i want to wish the four of you the best of luck. it's so fun to watch. i feel like you've made it this far, you're all winners in my book. but of course i'll be watching the grand finale and best of luck everybody. >> exciting times for them. coming up, a de might leave you with a desire to adopt a cat. we'll take a look at what's trending, including all these cats. that's coming up when first at

you're watching news channel 8. your official bucks station. look at what's trending online today beginning with a robot with a kean sense of balance. the days of laughing at robots as they take a tumble are coming to an end. check out atlas, a humanoid robot that has an algorithm that allows the robot to balance itself. in this case, it's standing on a piece of wood less than an scientists admit this example was a lucky run with the robot staying up right for about 20 seconds. then there's this. a word of advice, you'll never make it to the top of the ladder if your ladder is determined to run away from you. this ladder decided to run away as best as a ladder can. we don't know a lot about this video or the horrors that caused the ladder to scurry away. but we know it's been viewed nearly a million and a

yesterday. and which would you rather see? ads or cats ? of course the answer is obvious, it's cats. and today when commuters hit the london under ground, they discovered a lot of them. a crowd funding campaign raised more than $30,000 on kick starter to replace all the ads in the station with pictures of cats instead. great for selfies. organizers say their goal is to create public space that makes people feel good. and get updates between news casts, you can always go to wfla.com. now it's time for news channel 8 at 5:00 with keith and jim. ride sharing companies uber and lyft have a new ally. and a florida mosque goes up in flames. the new evidence investigators have that proves this was intentionally set. and questions over hillary

she's expected to be back on the campaign trail. good evening. i'm jennifer lee. thank you for joining us tonight. the battle between uber, lyft, and taxicab companies is coming to a head in hillsborough county. the ride sharing services claim proposed regulations by the public transportation commission could drive them out of the county. today mayor bob buckhorn stood up for the ride sharing services. he believes the ptc should be eliminat uber and lyf. jeff paterson is live with the latest on this. this is where the battle is going on. and pretty strong words the from if mayor today. the strongest yet. taxi drivers like this depend on hotels and airports for their customers but increasingly they're finding customers are looking elsewhere for rides. outside of tampa international airport a line of taxis wait