involved shooting, where new protests are sparking tonight. >> and government scott gets grilled by news channel 8, his response to our tough questions regarding this massive mosaic sink hole. good evening. i'm jennifer leigh. >> i'm keith cate. thank you for joining us tonight. they're playing baseball in st. petersburg st. petersburg but for how much longer. the northeast little league is thousands of dollars in debt tonight and the clock is ticking. they say there's no crying in baseball, but try telling that leaguers who are feeling cheated out of $35,000 by a sports management company. news channel 8's peter bernard attended one of those little league games in st. petersburg tonight and joins us live with a story on this real life cash crunch on the families. what happened to all this money? >> reporter: the sports management company is called jevin and they're having an economic crisis of their own. their banking company has frozen its accounts and it's affecting the little league

two weeks into the fall baseball season and northeast little league is finding itself in a financial slump. a company called jevin is holding back payments collected from fees to the tune of almost $35,000. parents are outraged. >> i've spent many hours sweating in that concession stand, so it's upsetting to say the least. >> reporter: the lack of funds is league activity. >> we have almost 300 kids playing baseball in the fall and we owe thousands of dollars to local printers and t-shirt people and landscape people. we owe a lot of money. >> reporter: 8 on your side contacted the owner of jevin. dan patack tells me his credit card processor froze his account. >> we're trying to do somer to short time things and we discuss -- to do some short

board. >> reporter: do you buy his explanation? >> it doesn't really matter what his explanation is. the funds are not here and we have a league to run. >> reporter: parents are pitching in through a gofundme account. as for the missing cash, cops say they don't believe there is criminal wrongdoing. the owner of jevin insists there is no fraud going on and he said this all stems run on refunds at a youth football organization back in utah. however, he says he has no idea when he'll be able to come up with that cash. >> really is kind of a squeeze play on these family members. at $35,000 lost, how much has this gofundme account raised? >> reporter: the goal is $40,000. so far they've raised almost 6,000 and the good news there is that was just in one day. these parents are coming up to the plate. >> thanks, peter.

counselor is under arrest accused of sexually assaulting his clients. police tell us anthony conti inappropriately touched two patients during sessions and claimed it was part of their treatment. we're told there could also be more victims. anyone with information is asked to call lakeland police department. the shooting death of a tampa toddler may have been at the hands of her father. a search warrant obtained by news channel 8 shows detectives are searching for evidence to file aggrate witnesses at the scene told police 17-month-old amaya shoffy shot herself. a dcs investigation shows her father accidentally shot her while he was handling his gun. we'll let you know if and when charges are filed. breaking news, angry protests are spilling out into the streets of el cajon tonight after a california police officer shot and critically wounded a black man who may

tampa newsroom following the breaking details. >> the man's condition has not yet been released, but eyewitnesses heard as many as five gunshots. >> officers responded to a person acting erratically. >> reporter: the 911 call came in around 2 p.m. pacific time of a disturbance at the broadway village shopping center. witnesses describe what they thought was a mentally challenged black man creating some sort of chaos. when police arrived, that man would not do what asked. >> when they contacted him here, he failed to comply with the directives he was given. that resulted in an officer- involved shooting. >> reporter: many concerned citizens gathered to show their concern with a peaceful protest. >> we all matter. we all matter. >> reporter: but for one young man with autism the situation hit especially close to home. >> i said hey, that could be me or that could be one of my friends. >> police have not yet

armed. they have said the shooting was caught on cell phone video and that video will be released at some point. we'll have the latest on our morning show at 4 a.m. >> jenn holloway, thank you for that. we have some more breaking news. the former israeli prime minister and president shimon peres as died at age 83. he had a major stroke about two weeks ago. he wasug before he suffered a severe setback today. peres was considered one of the last of israel's founding fathers. for the first time since a sinkhole opened in mulberry contaminating the aquifer governor rick scott took a look. you can still see contaminants flowing into it. the contamination threat was kept from neighbors for 19

this little secret mosaic started offering free well tests for neighbors. the governor issued an emergency rule requiring neighbors to disclose incidents to the public and state within 24 hours. the governor, though, still offers no explanation about why dep kept the sinkhole so hush hush. >> reporter: governor, did dep keep you in the dark and, if, so are you going to fire secretary steveerson? >> we're in the middle of an ongoing investigation. i'm not going to fire the sear know today. he followed the law. >> that law the governor referred to does not prohibit dep from making public information about potential environmental disasters like the mulberry sinkhole. d ep secretary jon steveerson was with the governor today at the fertilizer plant but chose not to make himself available for questions. an 8 on your side consumer alert tonight, stopping skimmers, a new law going into

penalties for installing the theft devices which means more time behind bars. it increases penalties on those found with stolen credit card information, also. >> before it just wasn't taken very seriously. it was sort of unknown as a crime, so there was a low penalty. so it was a high reward low risk crime to commit. so we enhanced the penalties and made it easier to build the case. >> the new law will also require gas station owners to take measures to protect their customers from skimmers. heavy rain is causing thousands of iowans to flee from what could be the worst flood in the state's left. more than 10,000 residents of cedar rapids were forced from their homes. the cedar river continues to steadily rise towards its projected crest of 23 feet. the national weather service extended flood warnings until this upcoming sunday. a new look tonight at the attempts to stop a raging wildfire in california in the santa cruz mountains. this is the race to save homes.

the so-called lo -- lo mr. a wildfire quickly doubled in -- loma wildfire quickly doubled in size. it is fueled by strong winds and feeding on a five year drought. in the fight for your vote tonight more than 84 million people tuned in last night for that first long awaited showdown between clinton and trump. less than 24 hours later with clinton trump cl via twitter. however, he's not 100% thrilled with his performance blaming microphone issues. >> clinton had a sharp response to that. >> it was much lower than hers and it was crackling and she didn't have that problem. that was to me a bad problem. you have a bum mic. >> anybody who complains about the microphone is not having a good night. >> a cnn/ocr poll after the clash showed clinton had a

in that poll. who do you think won the debate last night. there's a lot of discussion going on right now on our news channel 8 facebook passenger. like to us share your thoughts -- page. like to us share your thoughts. last night hillary clinton talked about one of trump's remarks about a former fashion model's weight. >> donald trump called her miss piggy afte from miss universe 20 years ago. machado said that treatment was normal for him in that moment but also revealed it was hard. >> it hurt you deeply? >> yes. it's hard for me and i don't want to remember that moment because i work really hard to forget that moment. that experience when 18 years

really deep inside me. >> the former beauty queen who is now a u.s. citizen said she is voting for hillary clinton. still to come the controversy surrounding colin kaepernick has reached a whole new level. >> coming up next what's going on at this lakeland bar that's got social media spiraling out of control. >> plus a youtube prank has iphone 7 users fuming, how the so-called help video destroys your phone. >> a warm high of 90 degrees, mostly inland showers and thunderstorms, slight possibility of a morning shower. we'll talk about that, also look at 97l in the tropics

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it's over the controversy started by 49ers colin kaepernick. the decals are all the talk at the bar. >> it's the owner's choice. this really has taken the colin kaepernick controversy to a whole new level, melissa. >> reporter: oh, yeah, it is. take a look. right here is one of the decals. it's his jersey. i can't exactly te it says. these are in here in the urinals in this bar creating a big controversy. before you even walk in winners circle you'll see that the owner bill alcock isn't worried about being politically correct. >> we salute the flag and things like that. >> reporter: seeing an nfl star choose not to hit a nerve. >> when the whole colin kaepernick came around about

anthem, i was offended by it. my dad was a marine. >> reporter: he decided to protest in his own way. >> it's definitely a target, no doubt. >> reporter: yes. these are mini kaepernick jersey decals in the urinals. >> i thought it would be kind of funny, a tribute, nontribute to him. >> i laughed just like most people laughed. i thought it was funny for the most part. if you don't like it, there's several other stalls you could choose from. don't all over facebook with people voicing their opinions for and against it. 1 person saying kaepernick shouldn't be called a name for expressing his beliefs. >> some people kind of agree with kaepernick's right to understand stand for the national anthem because it's a first amendment right. >> reporter: alcock says this is his. >> i do believe in freedom of speech and everything like that but just a little message not disrespect the flag and our military. that's what i think it is.

to disrespect his jersey, so to speak. >> reporter: the owner tells us he had extra decals made, about 200, because he's had so many requests for them. >> all right, melissa moreno live in lakeland tonight. thank you. now to an 8 on your side consumer alert, check your freezer. tyson is voluntarily recalling some chicken nuggets. this comes after several consumers found plastic in some of the impacted product includes the fully cooked panko chicken nuggets, both the 5 and 10- pound packages. more details are on our website www.wfla.com. the fallout for wells fargo is ongoing. the bank's ceo will forfeit much of his 2016 salary which includes his bonus and $41 million in stock awards. the news comes as the bank launches a probe into its phoney account scandal.

announced today they are launching an independent investigation into the company's sales practices. if you have the new iphone 7 and are fed up with not having a headphone jack, please do not fall for a viral prank. >> hard to believe people are falling for this video. it has more than 11 million views at this point and claims people can add a headphone socket to the iphone 7 by simply doing this. you drill right into the bottom of the phone and allows music to play right through it. it doesn't do it. it just destroys the phone. the comment section on the video is filled with user complaints about this. so we thought we'd pass this along, just an 8 on your side tip. don't try this with your phone. well, a couple dolphins decide to show up this

camera, probably just make youtube, no doubt. johnny on the spot was lauren clark. thanks for sending this photo in today. these guys love to play, don't they? what a life. nice shot, too of the bay here charlie nash, mostly clear skies at this location, some leftover cloud. most of the shower and thunderstorm activity was located in inland areas in the afternoon. we reached 90 degrees. it was a hot day, temperatures above normal, normal being 88 degree temperatures up near 88, possibly warmer, some of the inland areas crawling up through the day, slight possibility of a morning shower tomorrow. we saw heavy rain at 2 or 3 a.m. at palm harbor at our camera location, got 1 1/2 inches of rain at 2:30 in the morning. showers like that can occur off the gulf with a westerly flow. so note that morning and even overnight showers can pump up

lutz 83, clearwater beach, palm harbor 76, 75 river view, 73 brandon, 74 dade city, low 70s, a lot of rain. one of our facebook folks said they had 4 inches in avon park. so the downpours really did occur. red tide still in place for the coastal areas, beaches from manatee and sarasota, medium high concentration we mentioned yesterday and john down there yesterday. siesta key, venice beach all having problems with the red tide. quite a bit of dry air aloft. that tends to stabilize the atmosphere a little bit, but we're still developing showers and thunderstorms in the gulf of mexico. you see those at this hour drifting off from west to east. that's where our morning rain chance comes from in this flow. usually when our flow is from

surface cold front to the north. that front will slowly push south and up our rain chance here in a couple days and bring a slight possibility of drier air to northern spots. there's the front there on the map. even some severe thunderstorm warnings are there. hurricane hunter aircraft went into 97l, an area of investigation in the tropics east of the islands, wind speed 41 miles per hour, just not the low level circulation you need to upgrade in to a tropical depressiont happening over five days, could happen tomorrow or the next day as well getting into the warm waters of the caribbean sea. a lot can happen including turning into a hurricane. we'll continue to watch the computer models. some turn it directly to the north, some a little farther west, something we'll continue to monitor, very much still hurricane season. in the morning a slight possibility of showers, maybe extra clouds, coastal areas.

we saw today the thunderstorms were very active in highlands county, polk county, hear, de soto county. thursday morning isolated showers, same story. here comes that front enhancing rain chances for thursday afternoon. behind that front that will slowly fizzle out across the central portion of the state, maybe slightly drier air folks north could potentially feel. in citrus or hernando county, maybe your chances are better of having our sensitivity is up to slightly drier air. if the dew points would drop to the upper 60s, we'd think it would be wintertime around here. >> can't wait. >> the life of the fish, try telling that to mr. limpet. he wanted back out. >> he wore glasses. he was a talking fish. >> i thought about that. >> starring don knotts.

remember that? coming up next in sports the lightning steven stamkos finally scores a goal for team canada. >> it was hockey team at amalie arena or maybe it was fight night. the lightning kick off preseason against carolina. >> this year's heart walk is kicking off in november. fuccillo if i -- kia is matching the first $50,000 we

sports on news channel 8 is sponsored by your gulf coast honda dealers. >> the lightning head coach jon cooper was without the majority of his nhl roster tonight, but the coach was still excited for his team's preseason debut. this morning cooper talked about the thrill of putting on the nhl jersey for the first time. that's what he was looking forward to seeing tonight in the case for a number of

carolina hurricanes. a little nervy threw two periods. cooper said he expected to see this, canes cashed in there, a turnover. there were 16 saves tonight in the 1st period alone, but sloppy play there by everyone there, easy goal. the ks built a 3-0 lead. then 3-2 s it a respectable finish. >> the competition level and the compete, down 3-0. they could have thrown the towel between their legs and walked away and they made it 3-2. they all had the competitive level, so that was great. >> i think in the 3rd period we started to skate better and started to have more offenses on time. so i think the way we finished it something we can take away. >> while the baby bolts were on the ice steven stamkos cashed

game one of the championship series between canada and team europe. the pocket of picked and of stamkos was found -- and stamkos was found for his first goal of the tournament. canada wins 3-1 and can sweep the series thursday night. the usf bulls need a bounce back game saturday when they begin conference play at cincinnati. last year the bulls hung 65 points on the bearcats. last week the bulls of florida state. the head coach says both games need to be wiped from memory. >> you definitely can't dwell on last year. that's in the past, nothing you can do about that and the same thing about the game before. if you're living on that, you won't move too far. the thing is find it out what you did wrong and why and correct the why. rays and white sox tonight,

2nd inning against the yankees. tonight cobb gives up eight runs on eight hits in three innings against the white sox. rays lose big 13-6. as long as he feels okay, i think we can live with this, if it's location and all this stuff, that will get sorted out. as long as the elbow is feeling good, i'm good with that. >> the rays just want it over. >> 92 losses now. >> get to the finish, regroup for next year. >> we'll be right back with

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