how you solve problems and that's what i'll do as president. >> right now, on newschannel8 at 7:00. >> well, the saint petersburg sewage scandal intensifies tonight. the mayor and the public works

regarding this mess. paul mueller joins us with the latest. paul, is there a solution in sight? >> reporter: there could be, you know, that meeting happening right now here at city hall has been happening the last couple of hours. both men admit there is a whole lot of work that need to be done and they need to do it quickly. and two of the biggest options on the table, the quickest options on the table right now is to ramp up the expansion work at the southwest plant as well as reopen shut down just last year. exclusive video you will only see on newschannel8, water pouring out of the top of the holding tank out of a city waste water treatment plant. this comes after hurricane hermine slammed saint pete dumping 15 inches of rain on the city in four days. mayor kriseman got grilled by the council and we showed the video to other counselors. >> we have said multiple times on the record, the second we started discharging i thought

should have informed the public. we should have informed the media. >> reporter: the water from the waste water treatment plant flooded the area. kriseman said it was 99.93% clean. former city counselor wingate knewton, one of two counselors who voted not to close the albert plant. >> this is nothing new. if you take something offline before you have something to culpable. but they say they didn't know. >> reporter: right after mayor kriseman's remarks, two counselors weighed in saying they talked extensively with the whistle blowers and he has passed that along for an investigation by the fdle. i'm paul mueller, newschannel8. >> thank you paul for the update. meanwhile, the governor is defending the actions of florida's department of

contamination at mosaic. the dep kept information about the sink hole quiet for three weeks. that is unless 8 on your side ebbing posed a problem. tonight, senior investigative reporter steve andrews said he did not want to address the issue on camera. >> reporter: fact, this seasonnic hole opened august 27. it dumped 215 million dollars of radioactive water into fact, dep denied mo mosaic did not announce it until three weeks later. the government is defending dep. >> they started the investigation right after they were notified. they are continuing to do that investigation. if somebody has done anything wrong, we will hold them accountable. >> but they didn't notify the public. >> they started their investigation immediately. >> reporter: it is dep's contention it is not legally

young. >> well, if dep doesn't today have a legal obligation to inform the public we need to change the law and make sure that they have a requirement to inform the public. >> reporter: fact, mosaic apologized for trying to keep the secret. fact, when confronted, dep couldn't whisk away a chuckling deputy secretary gary clark fast enough. >> who is going to lose their job over this? >> they did their jo starting the investigation immediately. they will continue to do it and hold anybody accountable if anybody did anything wrong. >> reporter: is anybody going to investigate dep? >> we protester going to focus on water quality. >> reporter: steve andrews, newschannel8. this afternoon, the new york law firm of watts and lucks up bowering says they

a man who testified in trial as an expert is now being called an expert liar. chester kwitowski lied about his education, his certification, and his level of expertise. we are told he appeared as an expert defense witness in five trials involving the abuse of children in polk county. >> his expert testimony was designed for and requested by the defense rn attempt to get their clients off of criminal charges. >> kwitowski is now facing several felony charges. there is no word yet on if anyone else will be charged. tonight, hillsborough deputy sheriffs are trying to get their hands on a dangerous criminal who fought with a deputy and fled a scene. it happened during a traffic stop and the whole thing was caught on camera. the deputy who pulled over a couple for a seat belt

camera, but the suspect put up a fight and took off running. the deputy fired his tazer but it did not work. it all happened very fast. >> he jumped out of the vehicle, he pushed me away. that is when a little struggle happened. >> rayford faces battery on a law enforcement officer. he also faces a parole violation as well. fdle agents have arrested three people for pulling off a scam involving tampa electric customers. they say allison and edwin enya and tiffany kennedy tried to convince customers their bill was unpaid and their power would be cut off if they did not make a payment using a virtual prepaid card. investigators call this type of scam a national problem. the sarasota police department is now pleading with the public to help stop the ever growing heroin crisis. the city is seeing a sharp spike in the number of overdoses since last july, 44 people have overdosed.

and now, they are finding more cases of drugs laced with elephant tranquilizers. it can be deadly if consumed and many users don't realize they are even taking it. >> this is a community effort. so, divided we will fail at this. united we have a chance. if you are not involved in this conversation, get involved in this conversation. because, the police department can't do it alone. >> now, this crisis is overwhelming a local company needs new ems workers and it is finding them by looking to veterans. sun star ems needs to fill nearly 50emt and paramedic openings. a bill passed earlier this year will allow veterans with medical training to fill the positions. in the next six years, more than 55,000 paramedic positions will need to be filled nationally. and, miami's winwood neighborhood has been through a bit the last few weeks.

somebody has stolen a statue depicting donald trump naked. authorities think they know who took it. they are looking for a guy named pedro rodriguez. investigators say his truck was involved in the heist and the statue had been on display in winwood for about a week. imagine having a naked statue of donald trump and now it is missing. >> maybe that is good it is missing and never comes back. [ laughter ] >> good riddance right? >> to we have seen a few scattered showers. not really enough to drop temperatures. this is 85 degrees at palm harbor. you can see the sunshine t. course looks great. the greens look good. there is not much from the way of precipitation today. a warm start to the fall. 88 degrees is our average high. 91 degrees was our observed high today. and it is warm overnight as well. 77 degrees tonight. average low, 74 degrees. so we are a bit warm.

10:21 a.m., the average highs fall off today, october 1, november 1, december 1. by december 1, the average high is 75 degrees. that will be nice to look forward to. a few scattered showers. a few isolated showers. that will be about it for this evening. primarily inland. the sea breeze has been active so the temperatures have been a little bit cooler on beaches. look at clearwater there. 84 degrees. 87 degrees in saint pete. not too bad though. the seasonal weather believe it or not. and we naturally cool down overnight. but we will get there slowly. we will talk about the weekend forecast coming up. still ahead. >> i'm melanie michael. heartbroken moms and dads have a message for governor scott tonight about the possibility of a group home closing leaving their disabled children displaced. that story is coming up. >> today on better call behnken, i'm trying to help a woman who is receiving red light tickets and toll violations for a car registered

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>> tonight, bay area parents of seriously disabled children are facing a very big problem. and they need a solution. a group home for children may soon close. and as melanie michael shows us, it has left one mom very desperate situation. >> reporter: katherine greco sits with her son marcello worried about his future. he can't walk or talk. he is 32 years old and suffers from a severe chromosome disorder. for 17 years, he has called the angeles home. >> we have peace of mind because we know he is safe and happy here. i know that he would be devastated if he were separated

healthcare administration says the angeles is too isolated and has the feel of an institution rather than a group home. marcello's mom dis agrees and has a message for governor rick scott. >> i would tell him come to the angeles. just think about if in your family, you had a very fragile handicapped individual, what would you like him to have? >> reporter: so governor scott, if you are listening tonight, heartbroken parents are hoping you will come here to pasco county and visit the angeles soon. i'm melanie michael in hudson tonight. newschannel8. >> and if you can help the angeles, please reach out to them as well. in the meantime, are you going to go all out for this year's halloween? why the experts think the holiday will be pretty pricey. plus, a do it yourself drone. it can snap back together when you crash it if you do. find out how to build your own flying machine out of legos. >> also, remember this year's heart walk is coming up in

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>> on wall street, the dow gained 98 points. the s&p climbed 14. the nasdaq up 44 points. well, halloween will not be cheap this year. the national retail federation is predicting this year's halloween spending is going to reach $8.4 billion. that is an all-time high. the average person will spend almost $83 on everything from candy to pumpkins and other decorations. and that's up nearly $9 as compared to last year. weapon, it could be the largest cyber security ever. and we are just now fining out about it. even though it happened in 2014. yahoo says that hackers stole personal information on 500 million accounts. and that data may have included names, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, birth dates, passwords, and answers to the security questions. change your passwords and invalidate the security questions and ants you used for your account.

information was not stole. twitter is benefiting you will have a few things to say about the upcoming presidential debates and it hopes you use a special hash tag. they want everyone to use the hash tag debates or debates 2016 on any debate related tweets and when you do, your tweets will display a very special new red white and blue podium emoji. you can build just about anything out of legos and i do mean anything, but, now, you ca make your own drone. they have all the necessary lego parts, tiny little propeller blades, electronics all needed to make a small drone. and yes, it can really fly. as an added bonus, if you crash the drone, you snap the pieces right back together. you can control the drone through a smartphone or a dedicated controller. the kits start at $149. that will be a great christmas

world decision. to you want a hamburger or do you want a hot dog? right? sometimes, there is no way to choose until now. and that is now, there is now a thing called a ham dog. the inventer has received patents for it in both australia where it originated, and, here in the u.s. he is hoping to start selling ham dogs in america next year. if you have been cheated, when you need help, she's on your side, better call behnken. >>a allowed somebody to renew the registration of a murder victim's car. and now, one year later, the victim's girlfriend is afraid that this mistake is putting her and her children in danger. that is when she knew she better call behnken. >> that doesn't sit well with me. >> reporter: the red light ticket came in the name of kurt chane. he was chelsea mosley's boyfriend and he was murdered

driving it around. >> how can somebody who has passed away get their plates reregistered? >> reporter: apparently, being dead is not enough to make florida's department of motor vehicles turn away business. >> they walked in with the plate. no id. nothing. and said i want this plate reregistered. they didn't ask for any identification. >> reporter: i called state authorities for answers. >> so, is there anything that we can do to help her? >> reporter: i was told whoever in broward county last month. then came back to hillsborough and ran the red light. and then, used a toll road. the bills for both violations are coming to mosley because kirk's last address was with her. >> that should be illegal. that is sets people up to commit crimes. to do stuff in that person's name. >> reporter: that is a real concern considering kirk's murder is still notsoeverred.

gallant was released to a family member after his death. and now, whoever renewed the registration is not linked to the car. so, how did this happen? my investigation reveals two problems. the dmv computer does not list chang as deceased and renewing registration requires no id at all. it was explained as a loophole meant to allow family members to renew registration as a convenience. but, that is not the way mosley sees it. >> to get an answer like that. >> reporter: tampa police are continuing to investigate this murder and are now looking into this incident. meanwhile, the dmv officials say they are looking into what happened and what can be done to help chelsea now. shannon behnken, 8 on your side. well, here is the view from lakeland on polk county 81 degrees. kind of a nice looking sky here toward sunset. 70% relative humidity. no rain at that location.

right along 60, 83 degrees at the moment. not much in the way of precipitation to drop the temperatures so it will be a warm humid night. it will stay warm the next couple of days. the average high now 88 degrees slowly falling. 91 degrees, 90, 89 degrees. we are right in the ballpark. 9:00 p.m., 81 degrees. 77 degrees at 7:00 a.m. forecast low is a couple of degrees above average as wedged. dry air is what it is all about helping to limit the amount it is on the radar here in the s satelliteimagery. deeper atmospheric moisture across the southern part of the state. much more activity down there. you can see it on the infrared satellite imagery. yes, we have had a few popup showers but not as widespread as further to the south. karl is a tropical storm again. not that it makes much difference to us.

away. and lisa is way out to sea, way off to the left. and the right. that is good news. that is how we like the tropics. the computer mold we can see friday morning, a sunny start, average temperatures 77 degrees for friday. in the afternoon, not many showers. the rain chances below the average of 30% our average. we are forecasting 20%. perhaps inland in southern areas the best chance of seeing a shower. saturday morning, warm to start the day. simila temperatures up near 90 degrees with the lower than normal rain chance. seasonal average at 30%. but it is fairly close. a lot of early sunshine. most of these rain chances coming in the afternoon and evening hours. even into next week. the temperatures are still in the upper 80s through this period. 88 the normal high. rest of the country gets to talk about falling leaves and pumpkins. and we could talk about that too. but we get to enjoy our nice tropical beaches. >> lovely. interesting when you can get into the gulf of mexico and it

outside. >> yeah. it is pretty warm. yeah. >> typically, you would want to cool off when you get in the water. >> it is like a bath this time of year. >> oh w. thank you steve. >> you bet. coming up monday, it is the first presidential debate in new york city. and our own rod carter will be there. his reports start sunday night right here on newschannel8. we'll be right back. >> plus, here is what you will see tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. >> shared spaces a hot trend across the country. i'm gayle guyardo. i will show you a new concep tampa that caters to millennials. >> plus, weather and traffickers on the 8s on

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. child abuse. brad pitt investigated for child abuse? >> and angelina filing for divorce, now on "extra." child services probing brad pitt. the explosive new report. an intoxicat and physically abusive with one of the kids on a private jet. today brad fires back. plus jennifer aniston's best friend chelsea handler unleashes on angelina. >> married a [ bleep ] lunatic that's why. >> and where we've seen the man who ambushed hadid. >> the front page story here in new york.

with a 15-year-old. >> and -- breaking news about her husband joe's life behind bars. >> i think he looks just like you now. >> what? >> plus -- >> we're behind the scenes with ashley graham and kate hudson and ryan gosling dare to take on mean tweets. >> always look like your the squeeze a farth out. >> from universal studios hollywood, the entertainment capital l.a. hey everyone. i'm mario lopez. what he says really happened on the set. >> also coming up my ex baby face is here. what we've never talked about publicly before. but first brad and angelina's divorce reportedly taking a

>> under investigation for child abuse. tmz first with this stunning report. brad a angelina and the children were on a private jet to the u.s. last wednesday when pitt became intoxicated, began screaming and got physical with his kids. the incident with the charissa. >> the kids. yeah mean everything. >> and reportedly the final straw for jolie. angelina listed the date of is asking for sole physical custody. brad's sources insisting he did not commit any abuse. the lapd tells "extra" it is not investigating but the site sates the fbi is because it was an international flight. if $555 million split, people's new cover story. inside the magazine reporting angelina told brad she wanted to end the marriage over the