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certifications dive. >> depending what depth they are hitting, that takes a great deal of time with that unit and a very retail of training to do it properly. >> reporter: the sheriff's office tells us three divers entered the eagle's nest gave saturday but only one survived. >> a have predetermined a place under the water to meet after an hour. at that time the 3:00 time came an experienced diver went to the predetermined location and the two experienced divers did not show up. >> reporter: the diver who survived call for help but by then it was too late. and experience recovery team was called in to retrieve the bodies of the divers that didn't make it. >> we were able to locate them in 260 feet of water.
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at this location since 1981. >> it's absolutely gorgeous but it's deep and a complex cave system so what suited for those that have the training and experience. >> reporter: the sheriff's office says it's up to the state to decide if the sink will be closed again. >> a father and son died at that same location on christmas night in 2013 and signs above the ground an underwater warned divers it's a dangerous and possibly deadly location. breaking news and pasco county. the tampa bay regional bomb squad on its way to check out a pair of suspicious devices found in the fence of hudson cemetery. they will determine what they are and if they are dangerous but traffic is being rerouted. deputies shut down a section of hudson avenue between u.s. 19 and five a road and we will bring you more information when it's available. new tonight we now have an idea how big this sinkhole is
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this whole at mosaic opened up in august but the public didn't know about it until 8 on your side broke the story. the sinkhole swallowed more than 200 million gallons of radioactive water into the aquifer. >> today the company released mapping results. >> we're live and eagle 8 hd tonight and quite a process melissa to get in the sinkhole. >> that's right and good evening. here is a look right now at the sinkhole from eagle 8 hd and you see the area around it is not stable and as you can imagine getting these measurements has been a tough task. this is eagle 8 hd video as mosaic crews drop specialized equipment into the massive sinkhole. >> we know there is some potentially unstable ground next to the stack so we took a cable and strong it out across the hole and attached it to
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>> drone footage shows the customized device being lowered into the hole and they mapped it in 3-d to figure out how big it is. were told the sinkhole is 228 feet deep from the top of the stack and the widest body is 152 feet across. as for the overall depth the company is trying to figure that out and only then can they start nixing it. >> once we define what's underneath it in the combining zone we will know where to pump the concrete. >> the sinkhole opened up at the end of august ending 200 million gallons of radioactive waste in the aquifer. as of october 763 wells have been tested and 10 in back with elevated levels of radioactivity. according to mosaic those results are not related to the sinkhole. >> we have radioactive materials underneath the ground that are unrelated to our business. the reason we know it is not ours is there are other signature elements and
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>> when will this get fixed? were told the company will start pouring concrete in the sinkhole in december. they hope to finish by next may or june.>> i can imagine it will be a very expensive process. any idea how much this will cost quek >> as of now it's just an estimate but they believe in the millions. the ceo said it could reach $50 million.>> sinkhole in polk county. crews have filled in a depression that formed in a pasco county mobile home park. a 15 foot wide depression opened up on towards street last week. two years ago a large sinkhole swallowed a car feet from that location. today crews filled in the hole and officials say there's no cause for alarm but locals are still concerned. >> any sinkhole would be worrisome. >> why does it worry you?
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of life or death i suppose. >> the repairs were handled by the property owner's insurance company. deputies searching for a suspicious man driving a blue van who approached a 15-year- old girl. this is surveillance video of this van and investigators say the driver pulled up beside the girl on bartlett road in holiday. she wisely refused to get in and now authorities want to speak with the driver. they are looking for an older model van, blue with front end damage and missing a hubcap on the left side. in citrus county detectives need your help tracking down michael marcum. on sunday he robbed and stabbed a man in the throat before taking off on a mountain bike. he had just been released from prison on october 8. if you
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it happened on the [ null ] key bridge just west of the ringling bridge. this is a view from eagle 8 hd and the area has been under a lot of construction over the last year. the driver of the truck is okay. a wanted felon attempts to play a game of hide and seek with deputies. >> coming up next more body camera video that shows he didn't pick the best spot. it's burning a hole in wallets in the why this problem could continue for weeks to come. we saw near record heat today without much rain to cool us down but the next cold front not far off. will let you know the timing in
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l wanted pasco county hiding spot wasn't very good. not good enough to avoid arrest. the sheriff's office release body camera video of jason taylor's capture. he had an active felony warrents for violating probation. that was for robbery with a deadly weapon. when deputies got to the house they looked all over the place for him and eventually found him. he was hiding in a hollowed-out dresser. bicycle bandit set their sights on the st.
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camera stealing a bike from the residence hall. if you recognize them call st. petersburg police. amy schumer has offended people in the bay area. during a show last night in tampa people walked out of the show when she started trump bashing. in the you tube video uploaded by a viewer called mommapayne you see her pull a man on stage named dave and she grilled him about his support of donald trump.>> tell me why trump has your vote? >> because i can't trust hillary. >> after dave left the stage, amy schumer called him an orange sexually assaulting fake college monster. she included a link of her performance and said all love, tampa. an endless supply of reclaim water sounds like a good deal. >> until it runs out but you still pay for it. 8 on your side marks douglas takes residents money concerns
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ing for you. thousands pay for reclaim water and pinellas county so why are they paying when the system goes dry? a drilling mishap created this problem. it's a real problem for hundreds or thousands of reclaimed water customers and pinellas county. they are not getting what they paid for and that's why mark is on it tonight. wire customer still getting
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irrigation customers pay a flat rate whether they use zero gallons or a million gallons to water their yards. some customers tell us that's plain wrong. john place -- john pays $20 a month but lately when he turns on the system this is what he gets. >> that's it. that's the extent of it. >> reporter: he complained to the county. >> whether we get zero water or a million gallons it doesn't matter. it's my money. >> reporter: we thought it was wrong too especially when we found that the same problem may impact 886 customers paying more than $17,000 a month for water they can't get. >> it's small and i apologize. >> reporter: randy runs the reclaimed water system.
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our contractors that was doing drilling activities. >> they were taking soil samples from the drilled into the 36 inch reclaimed water main and they were told where it was but hit it anyway. who should be fired for that?>> what we are doing is working with our contractor and our risk management staff to evaluate who takes responsibility. >> reporter: utility workers trying to manipulate the reclaimed system to generate more r meanwhile after 13 complaints and questions we started raising friday, water system managers are changing their tune and making customers pay for something they can't get. >> they might get a break from the county after all. >> were looking at that because we realize that's absolutely not a fair situation that they are paying monthly fees and we are not able to deliver the water. it's been four weeks.
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complaints utility managers believe the reclaimed water shortages limited to the seminole area. no promises but at least considering a credit for customers who paid for it but can't get it to to the drilling mishap. >> you were saying you can get a little bit and sometimes of the day are better than others. >> they suggest people irrigate between 8 pm and 2 am to maximize the pressure. the problem is people don't like to do that because of mold, mildew and fungus.>> that's a problem. defender 8 the world's most powerful radar and your storm team 8 forecast with meteorologist julie phillips.>> it was another gorgeous day to be outside and even this dolphin thought it was a great day to play outside. thank you lauren for sending this into us and she spotted the dalton having a great time today. a beautiful video there. for us a pretty nice day. just a few isolated showers and
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defender 8, our new 1 million watt radar and you see not a lot right now. a few showers moved into the gulf but all were tracking on the radar is a few small areas of rain moving past indian rocks beach right now. you see a zoomed in picture for you. also a spotty shower north of the crystal river area started to fall apart from the last scan. it will make its way into the gulf quickly. looking at a quiet night after a hot afternoon and made it up to code 90 in tampa and record 93 so not so far off. looking at near record heat tomorrow with places in the upper 80s or of feudal 90s on the map. changes coming in the form of a cold front heading into the upcoming weekend. we will start to see temperatures dropping at -- dropping back. 9:00 p.m. upper 70s. when you wake up near 70. by the afternoon hours into the
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chances near 10%. here is the view from plantation on crystal river. good place to be and 83 degrees with no rain although we have seen spotty showers on max defender 8 and citrus county today. current temperatures low to mid 80s. 83 apollo beach. 84 why mama. 86 bradenton. 81 in clearwater. dryer air around the bright red color on the water vapor imagery. that prevents much in the way of too many showers forming the rest of the evening. after sunset starts to come to an end. tomorrow morning when you wake up a nice morning and mostly clear again. northeasterly flow throughout the day and this means by the afternoon we see clouds worked their way in from the east coast.
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passing through similar to what we saw today. rain chances 10%. wednesday morning similar story. 70 degrees to start the day and lots of sunshine and afternoon brings the 10% rate chance. the cold front were waiting on wednesday as a ways away but it will arrive on friday and start to feel the effects late friday into the weekend. temperatures will start to drop. not just temperatures dropping in the weekend but the dew points, the humidity will as well. it will feel excellent by the weekend and into the start of next week great right now and red tide still an issue in parts of manatee and sarasota county. medium to high concentrations felt there. low concentrations found in pinellas county especially cocaine you beach, also siesta key another area with fairly high concentration. hurricane nicole still going and still a hurricane. continuing to make its way into
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the bahamas has a 60% chance of development but not expected to impact florida and staying north and east. we will watch it closely but at this point not concerned. rain chances stay small your 10% next couple of days and don't think we will see too much in the way of rain but the cold front ups the chances on friday. heading into this weekend it will feel like fall. we are waiting for a fall weekend. >> 61 for us is really chilly.>> and the tampa bay hard walk is coming up and it's 26 days from today. we hope to raise another $15,000. today marks a bittersweet anniversary for my family. it was 15 years ago today my sister carrie suffered a massive heart attack at the age of 40 and had emergency bypass surgery. the good news is she is a survivor but that they changed
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awareness about the dangers of heart disease and that's why am so active with the heart association. were trying to reach a $100,000 goal and kia has agreed to match the first $50,000 we riseau every dollar you donate counts as two. the hard walk is november 12 at raymond james stadium. go to wfla.com/hard walk to join the team and donate. and thanks to the viewers who stepped up during the phone bank last week and we raised a lot of money but two thirds of the way there and the gap to close. >> once the election is over you still have some time. coming up next in sports time for coach koetter scorner. dan lucas sits down with the bucks -- the bucs head coach. they get ready to
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after an obscene amount was spent building this controversial courthouse, the state learned the contractor had overspent on framed photos that were never used. when the state refused to pay, bob buesing sued... demanding taxpayers foot the bill, including his own legal fees. now running for senate, buesing wants us to trust him with state spending.
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news channel 8 is your official buccaneers station. now our exclusive sitdown with the coach and here is coach koetter scorner. >> the bucs players enjoy five days off in the bye week and the head coach plenty of work to do including an early repeat at the san francisco 49ers and i asked the coach if his defense is ready to che kaepernick. >> coach, the bye week, some staffs do a self-evaluation and some staffs sneak peek ahead. how did you spend your bye week ? >> we did both things. we have three good workdays on the bye week and on those days we look at ourselves and tried to say what do we need to improve on and what do we need to build on and at the same time there are some things we were
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it gives you some free time when you can take a peek at other teams you have wanted to watch or get a jump on the next team which for us is the 49ers. >> yesterday coach kelly wasn't sure which quarterback he wanted to go with but now it sounds like colin kaepernick this week. it sounded like you were preparing for two different quarterbacks again almost like the carolina game with two different styles but two things change that much? >> i don't think so because number 1 people don't realize blaine gabbert is the lead quarterback pressure in the nfl last week and he's a better runner than given credit for. people know more about kaepernick as a runner because a couple of years ago he was a dynamic runner. i think he had eight carries an average eight yards a carry yesterday. i think they will run the same offense. one thing that will help us a
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week before the bye week going into carolina when we didn't know if cam was going to play we worked a lot on the quarterback run type plays going into carolina but didn't come to fruition because we didn't find out until the day before the game he wasn't going to play and it would be derek anderson. >> i mentioned the guys in the locker room, the mood was upbeat and it's hard to look beyond one day or game but do you get that sense from everyone that something has kicked in here and if we can get healthy we have everyone on the field we need and we can get in a position to make a move? >> the key to that is health. healthy or not we weren't very healthy last week and the guys went out and executed a game plan that we needed for that game. from here on out it might be similar to that every single week. i think the main reason our guys are in a good mood today and i don't get to watch much tv during the week or the regular-season but i got to see
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russell shepard and charles sims i had not seen that bad acting in quite a long time. >> the referee side or the players side? >> let the fans be the judge on that. >> fair enough. >> i thought they were tremendous. >> i like you running off the field. >> absolutely. >> the coach has to watch himself because the next commercial you are the finally tonight several firefighters across the bay area were in the right place at the right time. the firefighters in clearwater rescued a kitten from a storm drain on pennsylvania avenue. you have to zoom in it's so small and the firefighters rescued a kitten in pinellas park on saturday. it was timing and it was perfect. pun intended.
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tonight, trump's rigged charge. down in the polls, donald trump goes all in on unsupported claims about large-scale voter fraud. inflammatory accusationth back hard. plus, new hacked e-mails from hillary clinton's campaign manager. new campaign trouble from wikileaks. isis showdown. a pivotal battle begins. richard engel inside the command center as americans and iraqis open a massive offensive on the islamic state's center of power in iraq. olympic star's tragedy. american medalist teenage daughter killed in the crossfire. tonight charges after a fatal encounter in a
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