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remaining days of the presidential election. hillary clinton and donald trump will take the stage later on tonight for their final debate. keith cate joins us now live. he is at unlv in las vegas. keith, a very exciting night there tonight i'm sure. >> reporter: oh man, it is a big night. it is a third and final presidential debate. rick perry is standing here. i appreciate you taking a moment to >> he calls me and says perry, florida had more jobs than texas this month. and i just have to go welshing i'm not the governor anymore. [ laughter ] >> good point. you are here representing in a surrogate role for donald trump. >> yes, sir. >> what are the odds he can have the performance of a lifetime tonight and turn around this deficit he has in the polls? >> i'm not sure he has a deficit in the polls.

polls being as accurate as a lot of people would like you to believe. i go back to brexit. donald trump may be the brexit of this election. we will see. his ability to talk about the economy, the military. with all of the military is powerful for people to look at. these two people on the stage, which one is going to be the best for the economy and the military and which one is going to secure our country whether it is secure in that southern border or the other areas of the country from the standpoint of people want to know they are safe in their communities and overwhelmingly on those issues, donald trump will carry the day. >> all the other issues that dogged him. the sexual allegations. claiming the election is

are those a distraction? you have been on the debate stage. how important is it to overcome the urge to blurt out what may be on the tip of your tongue? >> i think the fox commentators will do a good job tonight staying focused on the issues important to americans which brings me to i don't think that the journalism environment out there is very pure right now. these e-mails that show there is clear collusion between some major journalists and the clinton campaign? i think it is devastating. i mean, if i'm a young person looking to go into journalism or thinking about the ethics and the professionalism of journalism and seeing that? i just think that there is going to be a period of time that american journalism is going to have to spend earning the respect of the american

what they clearly seem to me to be ... >> i'm sure it will be coming up tonight. it is only two hours. i will let you go. before the debate starts. what is going through your mind? what is donald trump thinking? >> donald trump is a cool cucumber. he is not particularly going over, you know, this or that or what have you. he knows what he believes in. he knows what his message is going to be. you know, whether or not he gets baited to go down some rabbit path, you know, we will see. if he will stick on the economy and the military and reminding people there is going to be a supreme court appointment in the first 60 days of this next administration, then, the american people will be very sober an make the right becigses. >> thank you very much governor. we will see. governor rick perry talking to us live here at 7:00. the bedate starts at 5:00. we will have reaction soon after.

newschannel8. back to you guys. >> all right, thank you keith. great interview. in the meantime, this afternoon, an inmate took a polk county corrections officer hostage and drove him on a wild ride across the bay area. the officer is okay. the inmate is back in custody. as jeff patterson shows us, that inmate is now facing a long list of new charges. >> reporter: bartow police and polk county sheriff's deputies pinellas counties were on scene quickly when ey rexroad had been taken hostage by a prison inmate on a work debail. sam lives just across the street and knew something was wrong. >> undercover and police cars coming from everywhere. >> reporter: bartow police tell us inmate david ross used a utility knife to overpower rexroad and took him to hang.

room they were locked in and flag down a motorist. >> reporter: police tracked ross to saint petersburg where he was driving a stolen bartow city truck. somehow, the guard managed to escape at a gas station, and police took ross into custody. after a brief foot chase. >> thank god they got the %-?de and, he is fine. >> reporter: ross is now facing a new long list of charges on a much longer prison sentence. jeff patterson, newschannel8. a former bay area teacher who admitted having sex woman. stephanie ragusa walked out of prison today. jamel lanee shows us where she is now staying as she tries to get her life back on track. >> reporter: after spending about six years in prison, stephanie ragusa is out. she will stay here at the continental inn in clearwater. a place for offenders getting back in society. >> we are here to help her

>> reporter: jim broderick runs several transitional homes. he spoke with ragusa and her family prior to her release. >> she is overwhelmed now for sure. she is worried about many things. >> reporter: ragusa's story made national headlines. the former davison middle schoolteacher had two students in 20 reporting in pinellas county, jamel lanee, newschannel8. >> well, she stirred up anger from trump supporters earlier this week at amalie arena. now, amy schumer has a few more words for tampa bay. >> dearest tampa ... , i'm sorry you didn't want me, a comedian who talks about what she believes in to mention the biggest thing going on.

squaren, amy schumer sarcastically apologized for what she said in tampa. a man she called up on stage told newschannel8's rod carter that he was not bothered by the comedy routine but last night a apology was not funny at all. >> i think she could have let it go. but she had to get the last word in. i thought that was not funny. >> reporter: now we asked david why he did not walk out like a lot of he said he paid almost $600 for two tickets and hep was not about to throw away that money. chief meteorologist steve jerve joins us now. >> that's the real story. $600 for tickets. >> it better be funny for that much. >> i guess so. it is a very nice warm day as we mentioned but there are changes headed for the weekend. cooler drier air. the lake club, 80 degrees with an east wind at 2 miles an hour. what a gorgeous night. and the temperatures and humidity, a little higher than

weekend. it makes for a very pleasant evening. 88 degrees the high. one degree shy of the record of 89 degrees set in 2007. so, if you are thinking it was warm and yeah, a little bit higher humidity, you were correct. 82 largo. pinellas park, 81 in odessa. brandon, lakeland, down to arcadia and lake placid. dew points important, because we measure the amount the temperatures in the dew point, low 60s . this is largely because we have dry air high above and some of that coming down to the surface. it is feeling cooler because the air is a little drier. it will be drier this weekend and we will talk about those cooler temperatures coming up. still ahead ... >> a bay area man who lost both of his legs and his arm in a boating accident will run for the first time in seven years

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>> seven years ago, a family was enjoying a day on the water when their boat exploded. everybody survived but six of the people were left with very serious injuries. one of them lost both legs and an arm. but as jana jones shows us, >> reporter: running legs are a big deal when there was a point mike atherton thought he would never walk again after the boat explosion. >> at first, definitely went through a period of depression. felt like why did this happen to me. >> reporter: that mind set didn't last long. >> can't just stop. you have to keep going on. push through the challenges and the struggles. >> reporter: mike has been pushing through for seven years. he has had to learn to walk

explosion, mike was back on the water. and now, it is mind over matter again as he plans for his triathlon. >> i don't know what i can go from having not ran for seven years to trying to run ten miles. it is a pretty big challenge. but i will see what i can do. >> reporter: that race is this sunday in san diego. and mike says he is definitely going to attempt the running portion of the event. but says he doesn't know if he is up for the swimming and the biking parts just yet. reporting in tampa, newschannel8. >> mike also told jana the others injured in the accident have good days and bad days but everybody is recovering just fine overall. when luggage shows up late, should you still have to pay a baggage fee? the feds don't think so. that story coming up. also, if you hit your limit on one company's unlimited data plan, could you soon receive a better deal? we have the story. and this year's heart walk is

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gained 40 points. the nasdaq gained two points. t-mobile will have to pay a steep fine for telling customers their data was unlimited when it was not. they reduced speeds for customers who used a lot of data, but didn't tell them how much usage would trigger the slower speeds. t-mobile has agreed to pay a $48 million fine. much of that will go future discounts for those affected customers. if your flight arrives on time, but your luggage is seriously delayed, the airlines need to pay up according to the transportation department. they want the airlines to refund the baggage fees if the luggage is seriously delayed. if you have been holding out to buy a new computer, the wait could almost be over.

one week from tomorrow. and it is widely rumored they will be introducing new mac computers. the official invitations went out, but apple is not saying much. microsoft has an event scheduled on the 26th. they are unveiling a new surface computer. humans are not the only ones who enjoy music. your cat deserves tunes as well. now, there is an albu crank it up and see if your cat responds. ? [ music ] ? ? [ music ] ? >> well, that is composer david tii. he performed were the felines at the london cat cafe. they liked what they heard. he says his album includes

response. this is the first ever major label deal for music aimed at animals instead of humans. a bay area man claims that members of his own puerto rican family plan to illegally vote in florida in november. puerto ricans are not permitted to vote in the presidential election. but, senior investigative reporter steve andrews discovered a plan to vote is alad the final presidential debate, a tampa man claims he knows of election cheating. jorge rivera of river view recently visited in i'm with relatives from puerto rico. they announced plans to vote in the presidential election. >> i said well that is fraud. you can't do that. >> reporter: his relatives told jorge a lot of people are doing it so he claims he contacted the supervisor of elections. >> well, they told me that as

security number and an address, that's it. >> reporter: a voter registration application asks for a florida drivers license or florida identification card number. if you have neither, it requests the last four digits of your social security number. puerto ricans are u.s. citizens. they can apply for social security numbers. a voter registration application also asks for an address where you live or receive mail. jorge claims he also contacted florida's division of elections about this. can do about it. >> reporter: jorge posted this clip art to his facebook page. he claims it was taken down. >> no, i did not sign. >> reporter: 8 open your side began looking into voter registration shenanigans when 89-year-old maria says someone reregistered her without her permission. the application listed her as a democrat. had a different birth year and the signature appeared much different than the several she

and, we haven't heard anything else. we have not heard of other problems. >> reporter: steve andrews, newschannel8. >> mi familia vote told steve they planned to investigate as many as 200 other applications. meanwhile, the state division of elections said they have not heard any complaints about residents of puerto rico coming in to vote here in florida. now, max defender 8. the world east most with chief meteorologist steve jerve. >> i mentioned the drier air helping to limit the amount of shower activity locally. most of the rain was south of us. we picked up a few showers with max defender 8. now, things are quiet and it should stay that way with the slightly drier air helping to make it a little more comfortable. nice view at freedom plaza.

you can see the drop off in high temperatures, but, as you can imagine, if we rending up with high temperatures in the 780s and 80s . saturday and sunday, in the 40s and the 50s . that will allow temperatures in some of the northern spots to fall near 50 degrees for a low. especially sunday, monday morningment very cool mornings ahead. a clear peninsula mostly. we east coast. i'm showing you the spaghetti models. you can see how they move it to the north. it should not affect us. it could develop into otto. easterly flow. shower activity. probably the better chance is the 10% chance in some of the inland areas as indicated here on our computer model. places like haylands county.

then the cool air up the road changeing the profile of the weather. clear the skies out. give us a lot of sunshine. lower the humidity. it is a lot to take in. let's just say it is going to be cooler. saturday, sunday, high temperatures upper 70s . note the overnight lows. 64. 59 degrees. that will feel cooler. knowing the northern spots will be even chillier than that. that will be a big change coming off the hot summer. >> you said that's a lot i'll take it. >> just keep it coming. >> thank you. stick aroundings we'll be right back. plus, here is what you will see tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. >> some shady traffic on shady hills road, but no designated school zone. i'm leslee lacey going on your side to find out why. >> plus, weather and traffic on

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>> well, a florida man has an impressive claim to fame. he knows how to shuck. allen returned home from the national oyster shucking championships in maryland. allen out-shucked other shuckers from around the country to win the u.s. title. to be the champ, you have to out-shuck two dozen oysters and you have to be st next, he will show off his shucking skills at the championships in ireland taking on shuckers from all around the globe. >> you have just filling in on the newscast, but our producer danielle may or may not have been trying to trip you up by putting shuckers in there about 12 times. >> i nailed it. thank you for the forecast. it looks beautiful. >> fantastic. and lit be cooler this weekend. so be prepared. >> sunday will be good. i might shuck oysters.

>> i do. thank you for joining us. see you at 11:00. blake's date at the white house.blake's date >> what went down inside the president's final packed state dinner? now on "extra." ? blake planting a kiss on gwen and sharing a duet. mrs. obama spark nlg a gown, the stars in d.c. for the italian prime minister. >> we identify as italian. >> every detail on the big gala. >> and we near vegas for the final clinton/trump showdown. >> and ivanka breaks her silence on the bus tape fee yags coe. >> what did he say to you father to daughter? >> cher sounds off on the battle for the white house. >> i'm horrified. >> the legend talking trump, her

surprise? sarah jessica parker versus kim cattrall? spv sets the rue nors straight about their sex in the city feud. >> it upset me. >> sharon stone, the ageless beauty on the beach. >> you are looking quite fine, i say. >> media is back and shows you how to stop the crime studios hollywood, the entertainment capital of l.a. welcome to "extra." i'm mario lopez. traci is off. let's check in with a.j. >> richard gere's $250 million divorce was just settled in the new york courts. details coming up. first, gwen stefani and blake shelton putting on quite a show at president obama's very last state dinner. they were just two of the stars

were there. here's jerry. >> the superstar singers, seinfelds and the most powerful couple in the world. this is how you throw your final bash at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. the first lady wearing custom versace for her last state dinner, displaying her right to bare arms in a shimmering gown, choosing the italian designer as the italian prime minister and his wife were honored at the white house. but the surprise of the night -- gwen and blake singing the duet. bringing the president up on stage after belting out "sweet escape." mr. obama giving gwen a hug and kiss. before the performance, we spied blake kissing her on the head and lovingly patting her stomach chatting up andrew kcuomo. earlier in the day, gwen bringing her sons to the oval