effort to stop contamination of our water. good evening, i'm keith cate. >> i'm jenn holloway. thank you for joining us. >> we are going to begin tonight with an admission years in the making. today, donald trump held a news conference to say what he has refused to say for years. that president barack obama was born in the united states. alex shoeman joins us live. so donald trump now believes the president is a legal citizen. >> reporter: that's right keith. this is a major and sudden switch for trump. just yesterday, he was still refusing to admit that the president was born in the u.s. and as you said, this morning, that changed. >> nice hotel. >> reporter: donald trump showed up at his new hotel in dc to shed an old part of his political identity. >> president barack obama was born in the united states,

president obama was in fact born in the united states. sometimes, pushing conspiracy theories like this tweet in 2013. how amazing the state director who verified obama's birth certificate died in plane crash. all others lived. >> hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. i finished it. i finished it. you know what i mean. >> reporter: evidence clinton or her 2008 campaign pushed the issue of president obama's birth certificate. trump said if it wasn't for him, the president never would have provided evidence he was born in the u.s. >> donald's advisers had the gumption to say he is doing the country a service by pushing these lies. no. he isn't.

impulses. the bigotry and bias that lurks in our country. >> reporter: now, one other thing that trump had said in his short statement on the birth certificate issue is that by getting the white house to finally release it, he put an end to the issue. that is just not true. the truth of the matter is he continued to suggest that it might be a forged document that was somehow untrue for years until this tonight, meantime, hillary clinton had a few thoughts about donald trump's admission today. you saw it. she wants him to apologize to the american people. >> for five years, he had led the birther movement to delegitimize our first black president. his campaign was founded on this outrageous lie. donald trump owes him and the

>> secretary clinton was speaking at a black women's agenda symposium in washington. she slammed trump for feeding into bigotry and offering a divisive vision of america. she touched on her recent bout of pneumonia saying it finally got republicans interested in women's health. well, students plan to use a process to allow the american flags. the flags were taken off their cars. newschannel8's jamel lanee spent the day at duneden high. >> reporter: students want to be patriotic and fly their flags but principal says any loose items are a safety hazard. they say they are flying the flag out of protest. >> today, we set up this to try and stand up for ourselves as we can fly our flags. >> reporter: students say they

flag down during school hours. >> people in my family have fought for this country and for me to have a right taken away from me ... um, it is kind of just like upsetting. >> reporter: school principal kyle johnson said he never said they could fly the flag. he says school's policy says any loose items on cars or truck beds are safety hazards. anything on a vehicle must be secured. >> i understand how it is a safety matt because it was going to cause a conflict. >> we never confiscated any flags. what we did do, the flags were stuck in the back of pickup trucks and they were loose. we wanted to make sure no loose items that could be picked up. >> reporter: he will let democracy decide and give the students a chance to write a new policy. >> we just talked about how the national recognized flags are allowed in school truck beds as

hazard. >> it is what we call a teachable moment. you know. it was wonderful. they are learning about government and processes. they are learning about how to express themselves working through the system. it is a great opportunity for them to grow and for us to come together. >> reporter: the principal says he is actually proud of his students for taking a stand. especially since this is an election year and all we have been talking about is voting. now, the student government, they will write this proposal. it will go before a student council to be voted on nec week. an then after that, it wi to school officials. for the final vote. jamel lanee, newschannel8. 215 million gallons of radioactive water that escaped into the aquifer they say does not pose a risk to the public. a sink hole opened beneath a gypsum stack in mulberry. the company claims the water is moving slowly and showing up in

it. jen risk has lived behide mosaic for 16 years. >> right now, i'm not too concerned because i have been here long enough to know mosaic does take care of their problems. if i start to see a difference in my water, then i will become concerned. >> the florida department of environmental protection confirms mosaic took immediate steps to contain the contaminated water. and, mosaic sees no sign soft the sink hole growing. that said, to make sure there effects, ground water monitoring will be continued. a very busy situation in the tropics now. we have three. yes. count them. three named storms at the very moment. chief meteorologist steve jerve is now live at 5:06 and our forecast center with a closer look at what is going on out there. hey steve. >> fortunately, it is not a huge issue for us at the moment. most of these storms are fairly weak and certainly the one out

the united states. possibly not florida. we have to watch it over the long haul. you can see on the satellite imagery, the cooler cloud tops in red, that is julia. we have been watching that for several days now as have the folks in the carolinas. a lot of dry air on the western side of it helping to limit the amount of rain on the east coast. that is very good news. eastern is post tropical. it is out there, a long way away. no effect on the u.s. and of course, karl we will have to watch because it is moving to the west. julia is not moving very much. you can see it is moving northwest, then off to the northeast perhaps early into next week. again, some small effects on the state of florida's climate, but overall, weather wise, i think we are just fine relative to julia. as for karl, because it is moving in a westerly fashion over the long haul, the last position strengthening into a category 1 hurricane. but the one computer model, the euro model has it weaker today. that is the thing watching day- to-day models.

over the long term and enjoy the weekend without worrying about the tropics. >> we know was can depend on you. thanks steve. and you can track the weather any time using our storm team 8 weather max app. it is free to download in the app store. now, zika in your backyard. >> just into our news room, two new non-travel related zika cases are being reported in the miami beach area. elsewhere in south florida, collier county has a new weapon it is described as a leaf blower on steroids. it can cover large areas with pesticides. the mosquito control district spent $50,000 on this turbine and a new truck to outfit it. they call it a necessary expense. great invention. >> it is something. >> still ahead, when bay area residents have problems they know they better call behnken. >> coming up, is this lake

the progress of her biggest stories when we come back. >> and coming up, the friday night blitz has landed in land o' lakes for the butter bowl. i'll have a preview of our game of the week ahead. >> we'll have that and more coming up. you're watching newschannel8, the station always on your

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investigator shannon behnken joins us now with a follow-up to a few stories that have gotten a lot of attention the past few weeks. >> reporter: many of these stories strike a nerve with viewers. i get e-mails from people wondering what is happening. i have three updates and i continue to work on many more. first up, this sarasota lake was so green, you could hardly tell where the grass stopped and the water began. residents who live along lake crane and even the turtles who call the te this mess for months before turning to me for help. within 24 hours of my call from this not so scenic lake, officials did what they should have done already. these photos show crews spraying for the very aggressive duck weed. and here is what the lake looks like today. it is clearing. next, pinellas county officials called this abandoned home and foreclosure one of the worst looking in the county. they say it is in such bad

even so, they can't seem to get bank of america toe say yes to bringing out the bulldozer. the house looked like this during my first visit. then, recent storms ripped off part of the top exposing rafters. code enforcement inspected the damage ands it is still not bad enough to tear down without the bank's blessing. so, i have sent more e-mails asking the bank what is taking so long? life. >> reporter: this largo woman is tired of living in this house after it was flooded with three inches of raw sewage. the stink was caused by city officials testing the water main. but, 36 days later, the city stopped paying the homeowner's hotel bill forcing them to move back. and just light fragrant candles so they can breathe easier. i learned they have made a

clean up the sewage and is now ready to agree on a price to put this home back together. well, those are just a few of the stories but we are working on many, many updates. i'm taking requests from viewers wanting to know what happened to such and such story. >> taking requests on the updates and on the news. it's a lot to keep up with. for better call behnken. it's a challenge. these stories can go on for months. >> reporter: yes. some of them can go on for mo. quickly. i have post it notes all over my desk to remind me and certain things circled on calendars so i can remember to check up on the stories. it's a lot, but we are keeping up on it. >> and you are always working the phone. thank you shannon. if you need a problem solved better call behnken. 1-855-behnken is the number. beach goers got to see one of nature's most amazing sights here. this is off the palm beach shores area.

fish. photographer cho shot this video estimates about a million mullet were being chased by tarpon and possibly sharks. but the view is just absolutely incredible. and the perspective that we have of seeing this stuff going on, we wouldn't really know about it. now we have the perspective. that's a lot of mullet right there. toss the old line in there and get a few of those pretty quickly. all right, here's the view. 92 degrees in lakeland. you can see in polk county, it is hot, no rainfall there. that is why it is hot. temperatures tend to me this is our relatively knew camera. right along 60 in brandon. a pretty good land marc there. nothing in the way of precipitation here at the moment. other spots around the bay area showing warm temperatures an very little rainfall. you can see in land o' lakes, temperatures have been warm here throughout the afternoon. 90 degrees with a north wind at 7 miles an hour. 48% relative humidity. nothing there in terms of rainfall. it is the weekend. while almost anyway. and the beach forecast,

40%. inland, later in the day. staying humid with temperatures near 89 degrees. water, light chop. sea surface 86 degrees. we are seeing quite a few showers. citrus, hernando. near the sea breeze. we are seeing an easterly flow push our way. we could still see some showers and thunderstorms develop if you are headed out to the football games. there is still that chance. this little isolated shower here, you can see north of clear water pushing out toward the beaching south of palm harbor. much less intense at moment. polk county quiet at the moment. southeast polk has a few showers inland east of bradenton and sarasota. a few showers in hardy and de soto as well. we will leave that in the forecast for the evening hours. meanwhile, temperatures stay close to the average of 90 degrees. 89 is the average. temperatures near 90. 77 degrees at 7:00 a.m. 90 at a high at 4:00 p.m. mostly afternoon early evening thunderstorm chances. hot in river view. otherwise, clouds helping to hold temperature ins the 80s .

look at wesley chapel and lakeland. an overall easterly pattern here. though the wind flow pattern like this weekend is fairly light. you can see our storm still spinning away here. julia, very interesting to look at on the visible satellite imagery. the wind shear is exposing the center and you can see the surface circulation. the wind is blowing everything off to the east. that combined with dry air into the west as well is that we are seeing here on the water vapor imagery. colored in red. this is in the higher levels of it takes away the energy from the systems. you get a bigger picture view of the rain bands coming off the western side of the system. football forecast time, kick off a few storms possible here at halftime. 81 degrees. mostly cloudy skies. muggy. a slight chance of a shower or a thunderstorm in the forecast for the final play. partly cloudy, mostly dry. usf and syracuse, 78 degrees in syracuse, new york. a little cooler up there traveling to the north.

and storms. can't rule out the possibility for that game. the u, miami playing not sure who they are playing. oh, the mountaineers. that's right. 20% rain chance herement boone, north carolina. nice weather this time of year. fsu and louisville cardinals. louisville, kentucky. there is a possibility of scattered storms for each one of these game us. and ucf in orlando laying maryland. 84 degrees saturday at 7:00 p.m. there is a possibility of showers there. florida, a&m, they will be in cloudy with a 30% chance of showers. not that surprising this time of year to have rain chances at football games across the southeast. mostly, of course, we still have a lot of heat and humidity. 40% chance of showers standard. 30% chance in the forecast for sunday. also, for monday, a chance of seeing some thunderstorms as well. though for the weekend, the chance is a little lower including sunday. slightly drier air will work its way in. if you see the rain percentages

big water thing, tampa bay, your rain chances are probably a little bit better. >> it is good weather for tarpons chasing mullets apparently. >> can you believe the video? i counted 999. i rounded up. [ laughter ] >> i'm craving smoked mullet now. look at that. that is just amazing. >> incell video. >> i love this stuff. >> nature at work. >> oh my stars. >> happy tarpon. >> it is like a cloud. are stirring up the bottom as they chase the fish. that is why it looks a little cloudy there. just saying. >> they are eating plenty. they are doing just fine. >> somebody is going to get that fat tarpon later. >> that's right. >> thank you steve. it is friday. and now, time for the friday night blitz tonight! newschannel8 is your home for all high school football highlights and analysis. tonight's game of the week at sun lake at land o' lakes.

with more on what seem to be the rivalry game. hey paul. >> reporter: this is one of the games that always divides a community. if you think back a few years, sun lake split off from land o' lakes back in 2007. these two have hated each other on the football field ever since. initially, land o' lakes dominated this rivally, but sun lake has won the last five. if you go back a couple of years including last year. a 34-0 shut-out at sun lake. they are hoping it is different trying to take back the land o' lakes trophy here. the butter bowl. that is what this one is called. we will take a look at this trophy. if you come back on camera here. it is not exactly the best made trophy. in the football ... it squeaks. hopefully, land o' lakes has a little more air in its tires than this football does. aa anthony allred will be back at 5:30 with a closer look at the trophy and what it means to

coming up on the friday night blitz tonight. >> paul ryan, i love it. thanks paul. be sure to watch dan lucas and paul ryan and anthony allred tonight for your friday night blitz. we will have a breakdown of the big plays starting at 11:15. we'll see you then. millions of vehicles under recall for a potentially deadly defect. >> still ahead, an 8 on your side situation. we look at the problem that could be putting you and your family in harm's way. >> plus, can this patch drunk driving? we will show you how it works

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chrysler to crawl 2 million vehicles worldwide. models, the sebring 200, the dodge avenger and the jeep patriot. something can cause the air bags to fail to activate. so, how do you know when you have had too much to drink? tonight, there is a new start- up business pitching a new product. it is a patch that they believe could help prevent drunk driving. >> so let's say you go out with your friends, have drinks. it changes color after about 40 minutes. that indicates you are no longer qualified to be a designated driver. >> it senses alcohol intake through sweat on the skin. the creators hope to work with some bars and restaurants and companies to make customized patches. for example, a bar could get a branded patch. you know, like joe's bar. for the designated drivers. that way, before those drivers

check the patches to see if the people are sober. >> great invention. >> but i'm thinking joe's bar says i don't want the liability so i will pass on the patch. >> just put a number on it. >> there you go. what is coming up? >> we have a lot going on at 5:30. in 50 years, the question is what is florida going to look like? well, it is probably going to be very different from the state we see today. we know today. if you think it is crowded now, just hang on. it is going to get worse. what one ni year 2070. >> plus, a sarasota restaurant owner wanted to make his

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>> right now, on newschannel8 at 5:30. >> i'm jenn holloway.