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

he's been a cab driver here for five years and told me he's not making as much money as he used to. >> we used to make $100 a day. now we make 25 to 30. >> they want new regulations like fingerprint background checks for drivers. a 7-dollar fare for each ride. and a seven minute wait for each call. a regulation that favors the fair. >> if i'm doing it, they should do it too. >> but the tampa mayor sees it differently. >> this is about competition. competition is a good thing. if you can't compete. you don't deserve to be protected. >> today buckhorn called for a statewide regulation for ride sharing services. >> i continue to belief it's a dinosaur in a society that doesn't lend itself to dinosaurs any more. >> today uber hinted they may

proposed resumes are passed. >> this is an extreme proposal pushed by the public transportation commission in hillsborough county specifically designed to push uber and other ride sharing companies out of the market. >> the ptc meeting on the subject is this wednesday. uber pulled out of markets like austin texas and other places over this fingerprint requirement, keith. >> what's the rub there? why won't uber drivers to get fingerprinted. >> i asked that today, uber told me in some cases it takes up to four months for the background check that the ptc wants and uber contends that would push out part time drivers from being able to get a job with them. >> jeff paterson live in tampa tonight. thank you jeff. tonight investigators are getting a closer look at the man who set a central florida mosque on fire. a security camera caught the

the islamic center of force pierce. if you look to the top of the screen, you can see a flash and a man running. and he's trying to get out of there. the over night fire did extensive damage. investigators know the fire was deliberately set but they're still working to figure out why. >> right now we're not sure exactly whether this is a hate crime or just an arson. of course with what is going on, of course because this is a place of worship and of course be on the anniversary of 9/11 we're going to explore that but we're not confident to say that's the case at this time. >> no one was hurt in the fire. the mosque made national headlines recently. it was where the orlando nightclub shooter omar matin attended services. today is the day to file a claim to receive a share in the one orlando fund. we're talking about a 23 million-dollar fund here.

filed. the forms are available in english and spanish. the documents need to be know tarrized and mailed out today. the nightclub attack killed 49 and injured more than 50 others. hillsborough county firefighter troy whitaker is on leave tonight. he left his child in a hot pickup truck for more than eight hours friday. his 23-month-old son lawson did not survive. the firefighter faces a charge of aggravated manslaughter of child. and today whitaker's neighbors are defending him. explaining they know him to be a great father. >> i thought it was too soon, for my personal opinion in this. it was a tragedy. much the same way if a child accidentally drowned in a pool. >> investigators tell us the child's body temperature was 107.6 degrees after he was pulled from the car.

today in syria. but a few hours into this agreement, there were reports of gunfire and explosions. tonight people report bombings by syrian forces and shootings by rebel groups. such squirmishes could threaten an agreement ten months in the making and syria's best hope for sustained peace. right now a rescue group is working to find a group of illegal minors missing inside a gold mine in south africa. they went into the mine yoenisburg last wednesday. it's not clear if anyone's been found. police quartenned off the area to keep others from going inside. david cameron announcing he plans to step down as a member of britain's parliament. at that time, he failed to -- british voters to remain in the

leadership role in the conservative party. hillary clinton is resting today off the campaign trail as critics bash her decision to keep her pneumonia diagnosis a secret. but donald trump whose charged for weeks that clinton lacks stamina is holding his fire. josh benson is live with more on this story that everybody's talking about today. >> a lot of people are, with clinton so sick she can't campaign, trump is choosing not to today donald trump did not say told you so as hillary clinton recovered at home in new york. same on cnbc. >> i hope she gets well soon. no satisfaction believe me whatsoever. >> the viral video shows clinton unsteady and reveals a cover up. her campaign said clinton's coughing last week came from seasonal allergies but friday

disclosed. >> this topic is serious enough so that refusing to disclose the truth about it is a lie to the voting public. >> thanks to a smart phone the world found out. today staffers say once in the car secretary clinton was on the phone and will be back on the trail within a few days. this is the hillary clinton that america got to know. someone that keeps a brake neck pace. traveled the globe. friday after she learned she had pneumonia, clinton stumbled calling half of trump's supporters deplorable. she backed off. but trump rushed out to a new ad slamming people's comments. >> people who want their immigration laws enforced. we have no choice, we have to do that. and their borders secured are not racist. >> two weeks now until the

performance will be effected by the pneumonia that doctors say makes most people who have had it tired for weeks. josh benson live tonight. a parkway west control job goes wrong causing a bay area woman's home to fill up with water. >> see how 8 on your sidestepped in and got her the help she needed. a stunning new look at the red planet. what photos are scientists determine about mars landscape. different feel to the atmosphere today. moisture made a return. we're seeing a few more showers and thunderstorms. we'll look at radar and look at the higher rain chance trend coming up. several cars have hit this learning center building in polk county with kids inside. this fence can only do so much. so parents reached out to 8 on your side for help. they want the county to do something to protect their kids. we'll have that and more

d at war. i love war in a certain way. including with nukes, yes including with nukes. i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. i want to be unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable.

new developments tonight in the disappearance of missing malaysia airlines flight several new pieces of debris that could belong to the aircraft were found in madagascar, the pieces found appear to show burn marks, australian transport safety bureau experts will examine the pieces to determine where they came from and what happened to them, the flight disappeared in march and what happened to them, the flight disappeared in march 2014 with 239 people on board. we have new pictures to show you from mars, these images taken by the nasa curiosity rover shows

scientist said these formations are even voted remains of ancient sandstone that has risen above the sandy surface, studying the formations up close is giving scientists a better understanding of how the landscape was formed. check out this fiery spectacle taking place on the french island of reunion. lava shooting into the air, no one is in danger, this is taking place area, the volcano is the most active in the world with over 150 eruptions. >> i'm always impressed with the mars video. you are a rock climber so. >> sign me up denver -- nasa. >> you thought denver was fun. >> some wet weather here and

showers but now we have the atmosphere producing shower activity again as we got a nice break last week. right now darker skies will be found around portions of the bay area in tampa, 81 degrees at veterans forward, 77% relative humidity in palm harbor, 76 degrees with wrinkled air. some showers have passed this area. in polk county 85 degrees mostly cloudy skies a light precipitation but enough to lower the temperature. more tropical moisture headed our way for the east but for now we are reducing showers and storms even stronger thunderstorms around the northeast springs area south of holiday. these are moving offshore, you can see citrus, hernando pasco north of zephyrhills, this action brandon down to sun city

right along 75 there are lightning strikes going along with the storms, northport curves east of i-75 headed toward downtown sarasota and scattered showers west of sebring and avon park moving west. in hernando beach a beautiful shot from last night. storm team 8 wfla on facebook that is where you share photos. the low -- high 88 degrees. some showers possible up until 9:00 p.m. but generally quieter toward midnight and overnight, 77 degrees the current temperature so clearly some showers have been occurring to help lower the temperature a little bit. some low 80s with upper 70s in some spots down here in venice. the hottest spot 90 degrees at the moment, high clouds from the west developing showers and thunderstorms producing clouds and we keep talking about this

toward the florida peninsula as we mentioned a 10% chance of possible development, at the very least the moisture coming with it will move across the street combining with the heating of the day increasing rain chances. high-pressure is the main feature and will be this week's way typical florida pattern, we have tropical storm out to see it is the ninth storm of the season, 40 mile-per-hour winds no effect on our area. there it is imagery, we had this area 10% chance possible. but it is slighting our way enhancing the local rain chances and really bad for the rest of the florida peninsula. up until 6:00 the shower chances throughout this period and into the later evening hours things start to quiet but we will leave the chance up to midnight. a 60% chance of showers things to the

wednesday and thursday, better chance overall this week compared to last week, into the weekend or typical weather with a 40% chance of afternoon storms. a sarasota family is fed up after living with a gigantic hole in their ceiling it started with a pest-control visit that ended with a flooded house. after more than a week with no company, the company that caused the accident new they better call. that is a big hole. >> it is really big talking about a woman caring for her elderly mother so this was a big deal, they have no hot water and when they called me they were getting angrier by the day. >> the rest of the ceiling fell in. >> this home video shows moments after a pest-control

she watched in horror as her ceiling caved in. my mom was right your sleeping. >> this disaster happened after a worker accidentally leaned on a pipe in the attic. >> he finally said we have water coming out of the attic and that is when i swung open the door and said water? this is a waterfall. >> there was so much water that it seeped down into the attic. >> i want answers i want to make sure that the house is put back together.>> this happened nine days ago, terminix sent out a contractor but nobody return her calls. she wants assurances that her home will be fixed. >>to know that

visit. have you contacted her? >> we can provide you with media relations information. >> can you provide me with answers? she has been living with no hot water she is miserable. >> no answers so i called the tennessee corporate office. >> this is shannon behnken. >> a spokes permit -- person promised to his credit he went to work immediately and she received a phone call and apology from an executive within hours. >> the company promises to fix every single thing destroyed by the flood even some appliances and they plan to put the family in a hotel tonight so they can finally get hot showers and tomorrow they will get a new hot water heater. >> kudos and credit to terminix for doing that.

>> it is a big repair job, i asked how long do they have to wait and they said all of it should be done within a couple of weeks, they already had a work order in they just had miscommunication they didn't let the homeowner know and of course we would all want to know. >> at least now they know. thank you, if you have a problem that needs solving call us. about the new samsung phone, why they want you to turn it off and traded in right now, the change walmart is planning that could make your trip to the store much easier. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump says he alone can fix the problems we face. well i don't believe that's how you get things done in our country.

at's how we got health care for 8 million kids. rebuilt new york city after 9/11. and got the treaty cutting russia's nuclear arms. we've got to bring people together. that's how you solve problems and that's what

anyone still using one of the new samsung notice 7 phones needs to turn it off immediately, the phone maker is urging customers to turn off the phone and exchange for another device after phones exploded and caught fire, the latest case appears to have happened over the weekend in brooklyn. a six-year-old suffered burns watched movies. target hitting ready to hire for the holiday shopping season planning to add more than 70,000 seasonal store workers. they will also higher 7500 more people for distribution facilities. they will hold hiring events on all stores on october 14 and 15, candidates can apply online. walmart planning to eventually have self driving shopping carts roaming the stores and hurting themselves

they were granted a patent last week that allows shopping carts to drive shopping carts. that would be great. customers will be able to request a cart using smartphones. no word on when or where the plans start to use the system. driving around town in style, women are buying more luxury vehicles and ever before. as the earning gap shrinks more working women are 41% of vehicles were bought by women compared to 35%. apparently the ladies love lexus. they are the number one seller to women. gas prices going up to have increased $0.04 in the last three weeks, the national average price is $2.21 per gallon, but that price is $.23 below what it was one year ago

>> a generation of home buyers being left behind as the housing market surges, millennial's continue to be the biggest age group not buying homes with mortgages harder to get since the housing collapse in 2009, the rate among 25 to 34-year-olds is 39%. a rate that will continue to fall for the next decade which means millennial's will be renting for longer. >> see, times change. everybody could get a house. just apply. not anymore. >> coming up at 5:30, the attorney general is in the spotlight. coming up in the next half- hour, the way democrats are targeting her after she missed and attend she attends every

throughout the state a popular florida plant could be part of

right now on news channel 8 at 5:30. >> good evening, thanks for being with on paying close attention to the spread of the zika virus, officials are warning a popular plant in your yard could be partly to blame, a feeding ground for the species of mosquitoes that spread the zika virus and it is a big concern. officials are removing all of those flowers to help with the efforts and residents need to be proactive, john rogers has more. >> good evening, with a little