search is on to find his killer. >> good evening. >> and thank you for joining us tonight. significant new developments tonight on the massive sink hole that swallowed millions of gallons of radioactive water. it was already about 45 feet across on thursday. but then on the right side of the screen, you can see video today showing that hole appears to be getting bigger. the walls are cracking. the mosaic assuring us, in their opinion, the sink hole shows no sign of growing. the company issued an apology this morning for that crater cover-up and we're finally getting attention from the florida department of correction. our tampa news center has the latest on this. we have been trying to get information from the d. e. p. since thursday, in fact, having to chase them down a little

days ago and ever since we have been trying to set up an interview with the d. e. p. we want to know why the public was not informed. finally today we tried to get something from the deputy director in tallahassee but couldn't get one word before clark got whisked away. >> we can set something up. >> we have tried to reach you for three or four days and you don't return our calls and you're avoiding us again. i just don't understand why you can't sa >> reporter: did we hear anything? no. this is what it looked like when eagle 8 hd flew over their new fertilizer plant yesterday. we learned 215 million gallons of slightly radioactive water was donald trumped in the -- dumped in the aqua fer. now, mosaic tells us they informed d. e. p. the very next day, but neither mosaic nor d.

commission chose to inform the public. here is what we learned. the organization claims it is going above and beyond the requirements of florida law. it is offering water testing for nearby homeowners who are on well water and they're offering bottled water for families while the tests are pending. the testing is being done by an independent third party. d. e. p. says it promises to remain on site to perform daily monitoring throughout entire process. d. e. p. says all affected water was contained to that impacted site, but that, of course, is little comfort to the neighbors we have spoken with. jo and everybody wants to know what happens next is. anyone being held accountable. >> a lot of people are asking that question. >> reporter: we are, too. according to d. e. p., it will not start look ing into prevention and accountability until after the initial

course, you count on 8 on your side to follow up and keep on this story until the end. >> no question about it. paul mueller live with the latest update on that. if you live near mosaic and you want to request a water test, here is the number to call. again 813-500-6575. we have also posted this number on our web site, wfla.com. right now the air conditioning at florida hospital and wesley chap is back on. explosion caused by a chilled water pump failure took out the a.c. for about two hours. there are no reports of injuries and no patienting had to be moved. the mayor and public works face tough questions tabata release of sewer water into tampa bay. at a meeting it revoled more than 248 -- revealed more than

water. and warning of trouble, the city shut down a water treatment plant that could have helped avoid the problem. >> and what is critical here is when the decision was made to close the plant and the plant was actually closed, who knew about this report because this report came out before that date. >> but the important was closed? >> right. >> the mayor claims he was never shown the report and he is now calling for outside legal investigators to find out who knew and why they did pass it along. tonight investigators are working to solve a murder mystery after an elderly man is found dead inside his highlands county home. news channel 8 is in sebring tonight as she explains who police want to question. >> we're told he was violently murdered here inside of his home. >> reporter: now investigators want to speak with people who were recently here doing work. >> he had a hell of a spirit. he was good.

>> reporter: a community in shock for the brutal murder of dominic demondayo. >> around here at night, you drop a pin, you can hear it a mile away. there's nothing. >> reporter: a neighbor called police to check on him after not hearing from him. on monday afternoon, investigators found the 95-year- old's body in his home on wellington drive. >> they found the gentleman deceased and the kitchen -- on the kitchen floor. it was a violent death. >> reporter: the investigators won't say how it happened. >> we don't want to put anything out there until we possibly find suspects to interview. >> reporter: the neighbors tell news channel 8 he had people in and out of his home recently thing work. >> the driveway and they inside painting and all of that stuff, you know. >> we believe recently possibly online he has contacted some people and they have started showing up to his house. we had heard through some people they may have been doing

want to speak to the workers or anyone who may have seen them. >> we don't know exactly what happened, but we do find a lot of our elderly people, they're a little naive and the time they grew up is a little different from today and they have to be very careful who they allow into their house. >> reporter: if you have any information, call the sheriff's office or crime stoppers. in highlands county, melissa marino, news channel 8. we're told the detectives are following up on several leads. they do not believe th any dang tore the public. some -- danger to the public. new questions about the fbi may have missed warning signs about the bomber who terrorized new york and new jersey over the weekend. he was identified two years ago. a man believed to be his father is speaking out. he said he called the fbi back in 2014 when his son was acting

>> and he was doing bad. my stuff, my son, he hurt my wife and i put him in jail four years ago. >> reporter: the fbi interviewed his father back then. two u.s. officials say they got a tip that his father was calling his son a terrorist, but they claim that he ended up down playing that concern calling it a misunderstanding. and we do have some good news tonight. one of the police officers injured in the shoot-out with the bombing suspect is back home. the officer peter hammer was forehead. he arrived at his home to a stream of red, white and blue balloons and american flags in his front yard greeting him. he also spoke about what the support means to he and his family. >> and i got shot in the head. i'm glad to be alive and glad to be home. i spoke to the president, the director of the fbi, and everybody's concern is overwhelming to me. >> the officer who was first on the scene took a direct hit to

charging him in the bombings that injured 29 people. dozens of people in charlotte, north carolina are still protesting tonight the fatal police shooting of an african-american man. many chanting and holding signs, some even throwing objects at police. there is a disagreement about whether the victim had a gun on him or not. it is all in response to a shooting that happened at an apartment complex earlier today when the police were searching for a person with an outstanding warrant when officers spotted the man get out of the car with the weapon. the officials say that he posed imminent deadly threat to the officers which resulted in the officers opening fire. the man who has not been identified yet was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. it is a similar situation in oklahoma protesting the death of a 40-year-old man at the hands of the tulsa police. it shows him walking with his hands in the air, and then

ground. the federal, state and local authorities are investigating that shooting. lakeland police are looking for a couple of barefoot, shirtless crooks caught on camera stealing money meant for charity. they broke into the real estate services offices in lakeland saturday. they stole about $5,000 worth of computers and electronics plus $1,000 meant for a local charity. look closely. if you recognize either of these two men, contact lakeland p.d. the man deputies considered armed and dangerous for blowing up his own home has turned himself over to authorities. he was trying to make butane hash oil and it is also known as marijuana wax two dogs were killed inside the home in the blast and a 1-year-old also inside the home was able to escape. it was a scary ordeal for passengers on board an american airlines plane from phoenix to tampa last night when their plane had a problem with some

they made several loops as it circled over t. i. a. when it came time to land, the crew warned all 146 passengers to get into crash positions and then brace for impact. and the host of wfla tv's daytime was one of those passengers. >> they were in full crash mode. okay, people. cross your arms and put your head down and when we say brace, you brace. >> we just did our training. we ll like anyone would. >> we did an amazing job and we're so grateful. to you, too, the crew was amazing. >> thank you. [ and very thankful with his cell phone taking those images inside the plane. the only problem ended up being a blown right tire. but still, a pretty big problem to have. >> a scary situation. big changes are coming to downtown tampa. >> we're going to give you a

if you use a fitness tracker, listen up. some think they may do more harm than good. 91 degrees. lots of sunshine. not as many showers and thunderstorms around the bay area today. the rain chances actually are coming down a bit. we'll talk about this and a look ahead to the weekend, coming up. what is tampa bay saying about news channel 8 today. >> it makes me feel at home. >> it is live. it is real. >> wake up with news channel 8 today. a guilty verdict in a trial sparked by an 8 on your side investigation. >> they found them a way to make them accountable. >> and spring hill.

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only one of those in florida is in panama city. the liquidation sale also start this week and the stores should be shut down by mid december. earlier this year k-mart announced it will close dozens of its stores this december. and macy's is looking to hire 8 3,000 seasonal employees for the upcoming holiday season. most of those positions will be across the country. about 15,000 of the positions will be fulfillment facilities and the first national hiring day is set for september 30th. the plans are in the works to demolish channel side and start over. the business planners, including bill gates, described their project as reimagining the water front. it is an aggressive project to spruce up downtown tampa. the new channel side will include impressive features, including a large park with an

school for usf. >> what city in america would not want a gentleman like jeff leading the charge of redeveloping and creating a downtown environment with bill gates. >> this renaissance does not come cheap. the price tag, about $3 billion. tampa bay is scheduled to vote on a final proposal at the end of this year. cuddling with your cat. it might pastime, but not if you get scratched. cat scratch disease, also known as cat scratch fever, has more serious complications than originally thought. the study shows that more people are suffering from this disease since it is left untreated. the bacterial infection is spread through humans through scratches and bites from cats. cow can read more on wfla.com. a lot of people use the fitness trackers, and they really like them.

lose weight, but according to a new study, it may be doing just the opposite. this one is being published and it says dieter whose wear fitness tracker lost less weight, not more weight, than those who didn't use any technology at all while dieting, and that is the opposite of what the researchers were expecting to find. >> it is possible that people started to rely on these technologies, these wearable technologies a little bit more than they should expense of paying better attention to their diet and physical activity. the researchers followed hundreds of dieters considered to be overweight or obese over two years, and by the end the group wearing the trackers lost 7.7 pounds on average. those without the trackers lost 13 pounds! it is a big difference. so what do you think? do you use these device ? do the devices hurt or help you? you can share your thoughts on our facebook page.

a nice shot from clearwater. this is actually looking to the east an not towards sunset a nice shot here tonight. lots of blue sky there and obviously lots of color, even looking in the opposite direction. at 7:00 a.m., 77 degrees. at noon, the temperatures heating up. 89 degrees at 4:00 p.m. you can't rule out the slight possibility of seeing a morning shower. probably not as many as we saw today. we have had a light westerly flow in place, so we did see morning showers, darker clouds earlier before the no today. 82 degrees in tampa. the dew point is 75 degrees. yes, the humidity is not letting us down. it is quite high. if you're saying it is hot, yes, and we still expect it to be that way this time of year. it is really october we start to see changes, especially the second half of october. the temperatures are mostly upper 70s. st. pete, 82. dade city, 78. and lots of dry air aloft to our north.

southern georgia, alabama, all the way up into the carolinas. this dry air will slowly sink to the south. this is not surface drier air. but it does provide some slightly drier atmospheric conditions which limits the amount of precipitation high above in the atmosphere. so we just don't see as much rain. you can see the effect it has had in the southeast a few break-out showers, but not as much as yesterday. kind of a drier trend. so the ryan chances -- ra normal. we developed lisa today. the "l." name on the list popped up. turning northwest and eventually off to the northeast. it still has the potential of becoming a category two hurricane. you can see where we are in the beer and florida. tropical storm lisa probably won't be in the best environment long term for strengthening. that's why the hurricane center said it may not make it. again, a very long way away.

tropics. that play as part in lessening the strength and the guilty of tropical system -- development of a tropical storm. 12 named storms so far. four of those, alex, early, gaston and hermine and karl likely becomes the fifth hurricane later this week. and typically this time of year we expect development as we get closer to home as the waters remain in the caribbean and the gulf. it gets a little os where we live as opposed to off the coast of africa later in the season. a slight chance of a morning shower. in the afternoon, isolated showers. you see a surface front. that will fizzle out as it gets closer to us. the drier air will have a small effect on our rain chances here, especially north and central areas. generally south of the bay, probably the chances are a little bit higher.

at 30%, 20% for thursday, friday. as we head into the weekend, about a 30% chance of showers there. keep in mind as we head into the second half of september, we are trending downward with everything. temperatures and rain chances. so the 30% you see is not completely unusual for this time of year. the temperatures are still hanging in there. >> we need those to trend down. >> yes. >> when is that? >> that is the question you get this time of year. >> that is normal. >> thank you, steve. next in sports, th running game could change dramatically if doug martin is unable to play against the rams. >> and the florida state seminoles are coming off an embarrassing loss. can the bulls make it two in a row for the 'noles? >> and the heart walk is just around the corner. we need your help raisings $100,000. and kia is matching the first $50,000. you can go to wfla.com/heart

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hey, this florida and tennessee stuff is getting better and better. the gators quarterback predicted a florida win today. quote, have you ever seen a duck bull a truck? ducks don't pull trucks. nobody has ever seen a duck pull a truck. the florida gators are going to win. simple as that. it is only tuesday! and while the gators an the vols clash, the biggest game in this state happens at raymond james stadium. 3-0 usf gets another shot to knock off florida state. the seminoles team that was embarrassed last weepgd at louisville. -- last week at louisville. they are not buying into this wounded fsu thinking. there is a reason they were ranked number two before that louisville game. but with the way the cardinals

trying to scheme in the same fashion. >> and no, i think that is exactly how you get yourself beat trying to be like someone else. we're not going to be like louisville. we're going to try to be the bulls and do what we do. we still feel like we haven't played our best ballgame yet. >> they're a really good football team. that program, you know, they always have players and they have always done a great job. it will be a battle. they're going to be up feeling good. we're going to have to come back and play well. >> tomorrow, we'll get better information on the hamstring injury to the running back doug martin for the bucs. if he cannot play, charles simms brings more of a pass catching availability and rodgers get as bigger role as well. >> really the guy that resembles doug style -- doug's style, and i think i mentioned this to you folks last week is

atlanta. if doug is out, we still have two good guys there behind him. we'll be fine. >> the rays and the yankees tonight, brad miller with two men on there. that goes to the deepest part of the trop. two runs come in. the rays had the lead. drew smiley pitching well. out of the game after six innings and this happens. gary sanchez who is red hot a three-run shot and the rays lose 5-3. and we talked this tonight. u.s. and canada. this was all canada. usa actually had a load and canada scores two goals. canada wins 4-2. they're partying tonight, and i can tell you this in canada what they're saying is have you ever seen a duck pull a truck? the answer is no. >> i still am not sure what he is saying. >> you can't argue with anything he said. if you're a tennessee fan, you

not sure what it means. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >> we'll be right back with

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