clinton hits the campaign trail after a sickness scare. >> donald plays defense. we'll show you what is happening in the world of politics. >> i'm keith cate. >> i'm jen leigh. we have breaking news. detectives just released new information in a deadly shooting that happened in a quiet neighborhood. overnight donald wood was shot to death after getting into an argument with his girlfriend. the owner of the house rents out one approached wood. he walked toward him with a knife and that is when the shooter opened fire. tonight the guy who fired the fatal shot was released and has not been charged. calling it a bomb threat. that is what a woman admitted doing, but why? well, a parentally so she could get her boyfriend out of for giving his probation officer a

correction and probation parole. >> reporter: right now both are behind bars. as you can see, things here are back to normal, but certainly some tense moments when that 911 call came in. >> she needed to do something to get him out of there. >> reporter: that is what she did. her boyfriend inside the building for six hours refusing to give his probation officer a urine sample so that is when >> 911. what is the address of the emergency. >> [ no audio. ] >> one moment. are you there right now? >> before that call, she claims the two were texting each other trying to figure out how to get him out of that test. she claims he told her to do it. >> how serious is this? >> it is very serious.

shutdown, early one evacuated. cops called in. 30 minutes later, the all- clear. people here can't believe it. >> that is like the crazeziest thing i ever heard. why would you do that? >> it is a case of somebody that loves somebody so much that will throw everything away. >> and speaking of throwing things away, cops didn't have to go far to find martinez. she used her very own cell phone to call 911 so cops knew exactly for. >> before this martinez never had a run-in with the law but now -- some people. i don't know what else to say. >> and more charges could be on the way. by the way, in case you're wondering, he never did give that urine sample here. >> it doesn't sound like she was the brightest bulb based on what you said there. drake had to give a urine sample, what were the charges

>> a couple grand theft charges and possession of methamphetamine and other drug parra fur nail ya, so no stranger to the law. today the sheriff's office is still looking for the man they say tried to run down one of their own last night. this is the second time in the past few days a suspect has tried to run down a local law enforcement officer. rod carter is live at sheriff's office with more on this disturbing trend. rod. >> reporter: it is a very disturbing trend indeed. it is not just the hillsboro county sheriff's office. the tampa police department had the same thing occur on saturday night. it is a sad reality happening all across this country. >> take a look at this traumatic video of a transients who drove a car into two police officers outside of a phoenix gas station.

and then there is this. here at home, a suspect tries to run over a deputy near plant city. that deputy fired at the suspect who then took off running. >> the veteran, he tells me cars as weapons at the hands of criminals is something he has to think about. >> and especially me being on the traffic unit forties trick 2, we a day, so it is a very real danger to us. >> according to the fbi last year three officers killed in the line of duty died after being intentionally hit by a car. the year before that, five died that way. >> folks are turning vehicles into weapons. he said it is difficult to train their deputies for things like this. >> we provide some training but it is sometimes impossible to

unexpected and obviously not knowing when something like that is going to happen is difficult. >> reporter: he tells me he thinks about it every time he gets behind the whole of his cruiser and every time he steps out of it. >> it is very real. and tonight that man that deputies ran over their own, he is still on the run himself tonight. how is the deputy doing? >> he is okay. he was knocks to the ground and he is home which is the good news. he was not seriously injured. >> rod carter, thank you. the highly controversial hearing of uber and lyft today. the public transportation commission voting this morning to require fingerprint background check for drivers. uber says they to have a high level of background checks for them already and this was only

in their opinion. uber threatened to stop operating in the county. >> we'll wait and see what the rules look like. uber will not operate under rules if enforced if they look like what they are saying today. there will be a final vote in october. a number of state legislators are wanting them to hold off on the tropical storm julia is now the tenth named storm of the atlantic hurricane season. this is where the storm >> reporter: through overnight. it formed late last night five miles west of jacksonville so it formed over land, not over water. steve jerve joins us now and isn't it unusual for a storm to form overland? >> yes, but the bulk was over

er system had plenty of energy to draw from. that is where the bulk of the precipitation was on the eastern side. >> it continues on the eastern side with most of it continuing to produce the rain into charleston south carolina. you saw the pictures in jacksonville. we have ian out there and tropical depression number 12 that formed today and another area we'll watch over the couple of days. with julia, 40-mile-an-hour winds. it could move offshore and wander back to the west. folks in south carolina will be dealing with this in some form over the next several days. you have that counterclockwise circulation. you can see the last forecast position, monday at 2:00 p.m. tropical depression number 12 will move west and northwest at 15 miles per hour near the

movement is fairly typical for this time of year to move in this fashion. right now the computer models don't do a lot, but it is moving to the west and we're interested. we will monitor it for potential strength. dry air tends to limit the tropical systems but anything there we will watch. >> try air, we like to hear that. thank you steve. >> you can track the weather any time, it is free to town load in ur we have some new information right now. we learned there has been an arrest in that fort pierce mosque fire. they have not identified the person for us yet. the arsonist was caught on camera lighting the name and riding off on a motorcycle sunday night. an update on the zika outbreak in our state.

case of non-travel related zika in miami beach. that brings the number in florida to 71 today our governor is in the nation's capital asking them to fund zika programs. hillary clinton is still recovering from pneumonia at home. she will return to the campaign trail tomorrow. josh benson joins us now. trump seems to be back on defense, at least a li >> that is right. he has a new paid family leave plan, but yes, he is back on defense. members of the house judiciary committee calling for an investigation into criminal misconduct. donald trump courting women voters in critical pennsylvania. >> the polls have gone up amazingly well. >> he is also under fresh fire.

supports clinton said he has opened an inquiry into trump's foundation. >> there may have been some improprieties. >> there was a $25,000 donation trump made to florida attorney general in 2013. she decided not to participate. members of the house judiciary committee calling for a justice department investigation. >> that is corruption of the system. that is rigging the sy against the interest of the american people. people who are rigging the system should go to jail, not the white house. both have denied any connection between the money and her decision. president barack obama campaigning for hillary clinton in philadelphia touting her strength after this weekend's healthcare reminding voters of the 2008 primary battle. >> because hillary is tough, every time.

and about to celebrate and i look and she is right there. clinton promising to release more medical information in the coming days and trump expected to release those public records or his records, medical records as well on dr. oz slated for tomorrow. a family's puppy attacked by two pit bulls. the first place. after a teen-age girl was attacked on her way to the bus, they are ram punk up patrols. we'll have that and more coming up. you're watching news channel 8,

we ane r god. that black and white, we are one nation indivisible. that republican and democrat, we are all americans. i'd like to punch him in the face. you know what they used to do to guys like that? they'd be carried out in a stretcher, folks. i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters. priorities usa action is responsible

tonight a heart broken dog owner is reaching out to 8 on your side. her golden receiver puppy is recovering after being attacked by two pit bulls. >> but management said the pit bulls don't live there. here is more. >> reporter: have been doing pit bull patrol and doggie detective work to find the owners responsible. >> this golden receiver puppy had her head in its mouth while another bit down on her mind quarters. this is from her owner. >> it was horrifying because there is nothing -- there is nothing that i could do. nothing i could do to stop it.

the punk cheer left behind on dorothy's head. >> all she could do was cry with the weight she had on her. >> reporter: who owns the pit bulls that did this? >> i asked them to identify themselves and they said we don't have to tell you who we are. >> reporter: the family snapped these photos. they tell us these are the dogs responsible. even management is asking us to share the pictures hoping someone recognizes the pit bulls and their owners. y' the complex. his father was moved to tears. >> she doesn't go in that part of the complex anymore. she is just -- i'm trying not to get emotional about it, as well. just seeing her cry. >> reporter: the managers here tell us they are actively looking for the mystery pit bulls since that breed is not

rarely get out anymore and it is quick and 911 is predied on the phone. >> i was so upset. that is how scared i am. >> reporter: so guys, a tough situation all the way around. tonight the animal control is investigating as well as management here at the complex saying they are on the lookout for them and if they found them, they will call the cops and remove the dogs immediately because it isn't to begin with. >> how is dorothy? >> she is pretty shaken up. you saw that puncture wound in her head and cathy. they are very nervous but they hope the pit bulls are caught soon. i am not sure where to lodge my pore malcolm plant but my commute into work was in a torrential downpour. if we could work on the timing a little bit, that would be great. >> my drive was perfect. >> when i to the here it was

i was like what did i ever do. >> we had the rain. >> take a look outside. we have seen showers here in the dark skies. we have seen occasional passing showers. they have been briefed though. they do tend to drop the temperatures a little bit. there is hyundai, new port richey, you can see the overcast there, too. 86degrees. we have a southwest wind at 6 miles per hour. a little bit of rainfall. that is how it has been. some picked up some rain and others did not at all. thundershowers off to the east of us and some closer to the cape and back to the west. more showers developing. a loft of this is associated with tropical storm julia and an area of low pressure spinning and draw as lieutenant

we're seeing the movement of these showers. stronger showers there moving off to the northeast the a few showers across the central portion of the area, too. some areas around sun city center. then they are lifting to the northeast. we have a south easterly flow. mugginess forecast, very high, in the oppressive category. yesterday we saw dewpoints in the 80 degrees range which is very high but ease off a little bit, but we're not there yet. if you're waiting for the cold front, it comes through about the second or third wick of october and we're not there yet. 77 degrees at 7:00 a.m. 89. 88 in temple terrace. 82 in brandon. 81 lakeland. 82 sarasota.

mostly upper 90s across the area. >> showers offshore the most of the activity moving from west to east across the area. there is our tropical storm julia. i mentioned south carolina being an area. we'll see most of the shower activity there. if you're north of the central area in this location, north side will be the strongest so you because see rainfall amounts 4 to 6 inches of rain over the next couple of is the moisture goes back to our west. also, ian 50-mile-an-hour winds offshore. not an issue for us. certainly it is not much of an issue. violent typhoon. that is the official term of this, the second strongest on record. extremely strong wind gusts in this part of the world. >> el 9 for thursday. note the rain chances will fall

to the at gore, 30% and 40%. overnight low temperatures in the low 70s and temperatures are not going to koom down. a lot of folks are looking at the eight day forecast. when? >> wait a couple weeks. >> nothing in the next eight days. >> definitely not. >> the heart walk is right around the corner. they are raising $100,000 but we need they are generously matching the first 50,000. every dollar counts as two. you can go to wfla.com/heart walk for details. >> >> still ahead tonight, amazon will roll out another prime time. the exploding phone problem. what they are telling users to do to keep their bakeries from

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.

%fo samsung is hoping that a software update will be able to fix its exploding phones. next week they plan to roll that out in right now, it is unclear when that update will reach users it u.s. or if it is a permanent fix. they are under recall after dozens of reports of fires and explosions. >> some iphone and ipad users are having problems. they get an error message asking them to plug it into a p.c.

system. according to apple it has been fixed but back up your device just in case. it is netflix versus internet service providers. they want the fcc to crack down on annoying internet data caps. many home internet providers offer data limits. the more data you want to use, the more it costs you, said it discourages them from using broadband and watching television whenever they want to. amazon is adds audio books to its prime. they will have family favorites and narrated classics. according to amazon, members will have a rotating selection of more than 50 audio books. >> that is cool. >> it is. >> that is good for along trip or in the car when you're commuting. >> across the country. keep them playing. >> hey josh. how are you?

here is what is coming up at 5:30 people are on high alert after a girl was attacked and robbed. what deputies are doing to make sure children are safer. plus, dozens of dead birds.

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right now on news channel 8. i'm jen leigh. >> i'm josh benson. deputies and neighbors are on high alert after a teen-age girl was attacked and robbed near a bus stop. deputies are patrolling the neighborhood while the kids are out to make sure they are safe. here is more at that spot of that attack. john, what have neighbors done in response to all this? >> reporter: well, a lot of adults here tell me they are keeping an eye out in the