a return to common sense. %c1 %fo right now on news channel 8 at 7:00. good evening. i'm rod carter. the firestorm around the st. petersburg sewage still

the governor is stepping in and two city leaders are off the job at least for now. paul this is not going away anytime soon. >> reporter: it certainly isn't. you have that right. yesterday the mayor ordered an independent investigation. rick scott took that one step further today and ordered the dep to conduct an investigation of its own. >> st. petersburg released estimated 150 million-gallons of waste water into the bay. steve levitt and tom gibson on unpaid administrative leave. a whistleblower warned this could happen. when asked about that and a consultant's report that said the same, he claimed he had been in the dark. >> you can say you had no knowledge of the consultant's report, e-mails. this is not a coverup. >> that is exactly what i'm

for this. >> we need to fix this problem so it doesn't happen again. >> governor rick scott ordered the dep to conduct their own investigation while david jolly is encouraging city employees with information to come forward. the mayor refused to talk to the media today, but he called out the governor saying "the dep is already involved in this issue and given the governor is ignoring the action of governments across our region, we have politics." >> the mayor will brief the city council tomorrow afternoon what are city counselors saying in advance? hear from them tonight at 11:00. i'm paul mueller, news channel 8. the branch of county government learned about a train wreck by watching an 8 on

steven andrews tells us, they kept the mosaic sinkhole contamination a dirty secret. >> this hole swallowed 15 million-gallons of radioactive water in august and dumped that into the aqua fur. that is moving west. in addition to keeping neighbors in the dark, now we learn mosaic waited until the 11th hour to bring this to commissioner stacie white. >> i was briefed by a mosaic that the news broke. >> even they were kept in the dark. >> we did not hear from mosaic. we heard it from the news like everybody else i think on thursday evening. >> what is more shocking, florida's department of environmental protection sat on this, as well. >> we were not notified by dep. we reached out to them when we heard of the news. gary clark laughed it off

dep's blackout. >> [ laughter ] >> are you in communication? >> why should have the department done more? >> [ laughter ] >> what is not so funny is the contaminated water that has radium, sodium and acidic. >> if you detect a taste, color in your water, don't taste it. get it tested. and speaking of the first round of well water test results live near mosaic. they hired an independent testing company for private wells in that area. testing found no signs of contamination so far, but some people are still very concerned. >> what is it doing if it is here? what is going to happen if it is here? what will they do to help us? more than 30 wells were tested today. those results will be later this week. the testing company told us it

>> >> tonight a person of interest in the murder of a man is behind bars. they tracked down lace hef lynn and discovered she had cocaine and a wallet that did not belong to her. so far she is not charged it connection with this murder of domonique de mundo. they are still working this case trying to show her connection to him or other people that may be involved in this. the trial of a mother stabbing a daughter is under way right now and today the daughter ashley parker was arrested in june of 2015 in her from the yard. her taught was just six at the time and suffered stab wounds that left her in critical condition. today the daughter testified and the jury watched a video of her inside the police car. they said she snapped following the death of her grandmother. tonight school officials say a pasco county teen tried to poison her teacher.

expulsion. deputies walked through the achieve center pasco wednesday, a day after a student was arrested for trying to poison her teacher. thinking a student would contemplate putting something in a teacher's drink that may or may not have serious physical affects, it is stunning. >> district leaders say the 13- year-old ground a piece of chalk into powder last friday and slipped it to the student distracted her before making her move. then she left the classroom to get on her bus. another student stopped the teacher from taking a sip. >> it is troubling when any student takes action that could physically harm a teacher. a younger student is even more shocking. clearly this little girl has troubles that hopefully she can get help for. chief meteorologist steve

the forecast. we had a good round of showers nis afternoon, but let me guess. it made everything steamy. >> you're right. the temperature dropped but, yes the humidity came up, too. we're going to be dryer the next couple of days. probably fewer showers, but still hot. hey, fall starts tomorrow. >> sounds cool. a little rainfall here at this location. looks like it is raining right now. love these cameras for that on and temperatures have fallen but as rod mentioned, yes the humidity is quite high. right now it is 88% as the rain is falling. that little spotty shower right there west of i-75. it looks like it is weakening at this point. zephyr hills has seen strong thunderstorms here and persistent rain so maybe up to an inch of rain in these areas

that was welcomed. a few showers developed southern part of the pinellas county east along the skyway and manatee county. inland, a few showers here and there. south of sea bring lake placid they are developing and highway 27 and east. a few scattered showers tart moment. love this picture. she took this earlier on her flight out to colorado from tampa today. nicely mp sherry. thanks for sharing that. forecast 9:00 p.m., 88 degrees. >> another warm one for tomorrow. we'll talk more about that forecast and look ahead to your weekend, too, coming up. still ahead, national safety officials say 2016 is shaping up to be a deadly year on florida roadways and the problem is going to get worse. a man is out. his entire lifesavings after

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d studies show florida roadways are becoming deadlier than in year's past. the number of fatal car crashes are rising here and around the country. john rogers shows us >> reporter: in october, 2003, mill less sa's husband mark was killed by a speeding driver just one mile from their home. >> my husband lost his life right there on impact and our little girl was born two weeks later. >> sadly more and more families are getting the same grim news across florida. the national safety counsel said in the first six months of

nearly doubled from 2014. >> we're seeing more fatalities but we're a booming area down here. >> snowbirds and tourists and year-round beautiful weather gives packed roadways and a spike in crashes here. the florida highway patrol is aware of the trend and they are watching for speeders to put a stop to this. >> pretend there is a trooper behind you all the time. everyone will start driving better and these fatalities will plu. please don't make the same mistake. in sarasota, john rogers, news channel 8. google hopes you'll give its messaging map a try. what is different in el low. it sold just one chip at a time. do you think you could actually handle it? we'll tell you about it in a minute. remember, this year's heart

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the day following . the s&p 500 was up 23. nasdaq climbed 53 points. google is hoping you'll consider switching to the new messaging app aloe became available today. it is similar to the other apps out there like facebook messenger or what's app but you can get access to google's virtual assistant and ask it questions and get answers inside the ap predict your answer to messages so you don't have to type those. there is a fully encrypted incognito mode. drive into a tunnel and your gps signal can vanish but they have a solution. it is a tiny device that blasts navigation symbols into tunnels and they hope to have them in the tunnel, 7500 miles of tunnels. it takes 42 beacons to cover one mile and at a cost of

going to cost them. if you drive a tesla, software update as soon as tonight. if the changes the way autopilot mode works and it will rely more on radar and less on cameras. it can help avoid crashes like the one in may. >> it will switch on the air- conditioning if a child or pet are left in the car. apple revealed its massive that facility covers 300 acres of desert outside of phoenix. the panels will generate megawatts for the data center in mesa, arizona with some juice to spare which will supplement the power grid. if your child uses even flow booster seats, you need this fix. the company received dozens of complaints that they can loosen

in a crash. they will provide a kit to fix that problem. >> you will not have to. it is going to stroll the debates over twitter so you can have that option. the streaming coverage will include bloomberg's pre- and post- debate analysis and the networks will use the facebook live feature on that network. the first debate is next monday. with most chips, it is st tough to eat just one. however, limiting yourself should not bow a big problem when that chip is made with carolina reper peppers. yes. that sounds hot. carolina reaper is the hottest pepper on earth. they are making the spicy chips available later this month for just $5 you get just one chip. individually wrapped and packaged in a coffin-shaped box. would you want to eat a chip

that is up to you. >> you can enter a contest and get a year's supply of chips perhaps in a milder flavor though. now a 71-year-old fell victim to a scam that fell on his trust and more than $60,000 is gone. a man is behind bars but melissa learned there could be more out there. >> just a few dollars shy of $60,000. >> reporter: he is embarrassed. >> reporter: high didn't want his identity shown but wanted his story out. the 71-year-old respond today a pop up ad for a $499 antivirus software program. a person contacted him from the company.

control of your computer so i can fix what is wrong. >> reporter: we're told this man was getting access to his bank accounts. the victim was told the software still wasn't working and he refunded him, too much money. >> i said i have no problem sending it back to you. it is not my money. >> reporter: then complicated transfers and money orders. when the victim caught on, it was too late. >> they are after your money every moment of the day online. they are there. if you give it to them, they are going to take it. >> reporter: he hopes it will save at least one person to falling prey to these scammers. >> if you don't know them, don't send them any money. >> reporter: if you think your

well here 86 degrees. overcast at the moment. a warm day. haven't seen rainfall there. beaches look great. saint pete 84 degrees right now. there is the view. the red roofs 84 degrees. no rainfall but not a bad looking sky here at the moment. forecast for tomorrow, 77 to start the day. that is average. 90 at 4 p.m. 20% rain chance for tomorrow so we're trending downward in the way of precipitation in the next 24 hours and beyond. temperatures are still warm. 70s here on the map. 81 inverness at the moment. that red color. if you're used to looking at the water vapor imagery, there is not much going onto the north. pretty quiet there.

combined with the heating of the day which has been plenty. 90degrees again. a surface front here, but largely the drier air high above. drier air to the north won't make its way through here. but that drier air above will give us lower rain chances. thursday afternoon limited rainfall. maybe inland in the afternoon. not feeling like fall yet, but tomorrow is officially the first day of fall. average temperatures 77 degrees. then into friday afternoon, drier air a loft still around. rain chances slightly below our averages. 20% chance as a matter of factor thursday. 20% chance for friday. temperatures remain near 90 degrees. the higher humidity that i mentioned helps to give us overnight low temperatures. next week and through the weekend seasonal rain chances. humidity might help to get higher rain chances but that doesn't look like a fall

>> not even close. >> not even in the ballpark. >> but we know it is coming. eventually. >> we'll be right back in a

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nd the next trend in weddings may be to replace your flowers with something a little bit different. how about with puppies. she had a puppy pit bull and they joined in with boxer mix puppies as well, all sisters from the same litter. the photo went vire val and now

sometimes jimmy fallon's jokes are a little corny and sometimes so is his face. i didn't write it. the likeness of the star graces the cornfield in idaho. you'll see his face serves as a corn maze so you could get lost in jimmy fallon's eyes. the whole process from design to cutting the pathways took a couple months to complete. >> that is pretty well written. >> that was very well written. our producer is writer. >> what do you have? >> we have 90 seconds here. >> now, it is your turn. amazing weather. >> [ laughter ] 84degrees this evening. a few lingering showers. maybe a norm but you saw the radar, not a lot going on. mainly east of i-75. the forecast for tomorrow morning is warm. first day of fall tomorrow near 90 degrees. temperatures don't cool off until the second or third week

time at wfla.com. >> good night. moving trucks at brad's today. was this instagram of pitt with selena gomez the final straw? >> brad pitt was pretty good. >> and george clooney getting the news from a tv reporter. >> -- divorced. >> plus how they will split up their half billion dwlar fortune and split the kids apart too.

mendes get married? who o really broke the news to kelly. >> only thing that surprised me was. >> and you are a a list interview with kate hudson. and katherine heigl just loving pre pregz. >> end up looking like two pigs kind of fighting under a hay everyone. welcome to "extra." i'm mario lopez. lady gaga in short shorts. >> and eddie cibrian is here. and. >> first does this divorce really take brad by surprise? we have every gnaw detail today about how it all went down and how angelina wanted out and

the latest new report in brangelina's $500 million divorce today saying pitt was blindsided. saying he found outlet the very day she filed the divorce papers. daily mail.com today saying angelina and her attorneys are holed up in inside a rented l.a. home mapping out hur strategy. and the new york post cover that game an instant classic. >> jennifer aniston is married. she ain't tripping. this is ridiculous. >> so why did angelina file? the very latest reports today claiming she was increasingly jealous of women around pitt. including allied co-star ux marion cotillard. saying angelina was so