good evening. i'm jennifer lee. >> and i legislators drilled rick kriseman during a sewage summit about spells and backups during hurricane hermine. he updated short and long-term plans. jamel lanee' joins us live from st. pete where lawmakers weren't too enthused with his

outspoken and said he is not convinced that the immediate sewer problems will be fixed by next summer and once other options on the table. state legislators heard an your full. dep talked about their ongoing investigation into the sewer discharges during hurricane hermine. >> we have been discussing the overall system. >> reporter: and mayor rick kriseman laid out his vision, which included short and long problems. >> we presented our plan. >> reporter: but city council wasn't too confident that immediate issues will be addressed by next summer. >> i like to be optimistic but you know, i would probably bet against that. >> it's a big project to undertake and to complete in seven or eight months. >> reporter: state senator and the delegation want chris went

reopening or renting an extra barge. >> i think the people in the community will be very disappointed if they don't meet their objectives.>> reporter: j hardman, who attended the meeting is giving the plan a chance. >> i think the infrastructure plans are good and i do think it is movement in the right direction. i think we need to think beyond this immediate fix and the longer-term solution. >> reporter: during the meeting, mayor rick kriseman expressed even when the system is fixed, he cannot promise there will no longer be any spells. senator jack la plata was not pleased to hear that back in the 1990s, there was another overflow of spells and that system was addressed around

relatable and feels the system can be 100% fixed. >> jamel lanee' live for us tonight. two freight trains collided in central florida. one train was carrying fertilizer and the other carrying coal. officials say one was headed southbound and the other northbound when the accident happened. 20 cars jumped the track. two people suffered minor injuries in the crash. crews on scene had to contain a diesel spill associated no one was hurt but a family moving to florida lost everything when a train hit a tractor-trailer loaded with their belongings. the driver got the truck stuck northeast of atlanta. he said he had been following his gps directions and did not see the no trucks sign. it took crews hours to try to clean up that mess. drivers in sarasota better start checking their bank statements. a skimming device was found

unclear how many people could become victims. john rogers joins us from sarasota with more on the skimmers. >> reporter: this is the latest one. good evening. this skimmer was found tuesday afternoon at this bp station on lock ridge road and i got an up close look to find out how they work. on tuesday afternoon, an employee found this inside pump 7 at a bp gas station. it's never a could have compromised a whole lot of bank accounts. detective carlos says this is exactly like the one found on tuesday. >> how quickly can people install these? >> within seconds. 25 to 30 seconds tops. >> reporter: some crooks have master keys are they will by specialized screwdrivers at a hardware store to pry open the panel. then, they will connect this directly to a credit card reader. >> they will connected from one

connection never gets lost. >> reporter: skimmer parts can be purchased online and it is powered by a small battery to store the stolen data. >> are you worried these crooks could become more advanced? >> absolutely. the way cyber crimes are going, absolutely. >> reporter: jim was a victim of a credit card skimmer two weeks ago. >> it was a scary situation knowing that i got rent due and everything and all my money is being drained out of my account. >> reporter: he is stunned th he doesn't care to go through this ordeal again. >> i assume i'm better off going inside and having them that the pump. >> reporter: the gas station manager told me he will improve security protocols to make sure this doesn't happen again. one interesting thing is this is part of an organized crime ring putting these skimmers across the local area. authorities say members of the group install the skimmers and others retrieve the

these counterfeit credit cards and steal the money. >> most of us have those new chip cards now. our gas stations going to start using those?>> reporter: i asked deputies and they said it could be four or five years before you will see those chip cards at your local gas pump. it could be a while before we start seeing that. in the meantime, take proper measures and watch over your ink statements when you go to the gas station. >> and they say go inside but that's always so inconvenient. the whole point is to be able to swipe your card. john rogers with good advice. thank you. what you -- what were you doing at 21? a ucf student is now a member of the florida house. guns to insurance legislation and everything in between she will vote on. >> reporter: she is barely able to legally drink alcohol but amber will be voting on state

day i can walk in there and see my name on the plaque and when i sit in that chair, that's when it is going to sink in. that's a dream come true -- come true. >> reporter: she knocked on doors in between writing papers for ucf. >> there's a lot of older people in the legislature. what is wrong with having one younger person? >> reporter: the republican narrowly defeated amanda murphy by 699 votes. she now hopes to make a splash fo can to bring money back to my district to fix flooding issues. after a single rainstorm, we flood out. >> reporter: and a youthful member has support. >> diversity is always good. i know amber because she is from my county and she grew up in a political family. her father has been a county

there who is prepared, she fits the bill. >> reporter: while she represents the youngest of the incoming house members, the oldest freshman member will only be 46 years older than her. reporting in tallahassee, matt milka. other florida officials it inducted at a young age include current agriculture commissioner adam put men, elected to congress at 26. she stunned the world with gymnastic moves no one had seen before. >> but phenom simone biles had hardshn how she is opening up about her past. potholes that are becoming real driving hazards and some have been around for months. 8 on your side looks into this depressing problem. we started out cool and dry but that sunshine warmed up in the low to mid 70s today. just a beautiful day. temps cooling-off fast. your weekend forecast coming up. >> we have that and more coming up. were watching news channel 8, the station that's always on

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>> your parents homeschooled but they also put you in gymnastics at age 6. what are you begging to go in or were they pushing you?>> i think it was a combination but once i asked, there were like okay, let's go tomorrow. we will sign you up right away. >> simone biles also revealed she was completely -- wasn't completely heartbroken not to participate in the london olympics because she felt e the depressions can be depressing if you damage your car and some people are becoming increasingly frustrated because they report pothole problems and can't get anything done. jeff patterson joins us live from tampa and one of the potholes that we happen to be talking about. >> reporter: good evening. take a look at this monster. it has been around so long, there are weeds growing in the pothole. we took a picture of this pothole to mayor bob

weeds. >> reporter: we showed the mail the problem and asked how can this happen? >> it's the reality. after the rains we had a year ago, we literally got 5000 new potholes that popped up as a result of that flooding. the same is true the summer. >> reporter: lisa knows about the problem too well. there are two potholes in front of her home. a city crew painted a white circle around one. has now faded. >> have you called the city? >> the city, the manager, the mayor. nothing happens. >> reporter: and pinellis county, if you have a possible problem, they have an apps for that. upload a photo and pop a pain where the whole lives. >> it's a very convenient way for residents to report issues. >> reporter: tampa mayor bob buckhorn told me city crews are working to patch up the city's

budgeted for so we're trying to get ahead of it but i would agree with you and i'm never happy because i hit the same potholes that we need to do better and we need to get it done faster. tim: somebody drove by and pointed out potholes where the mayor lives that haven't been fixed. take a look at this. we just noticed this street sweeper. it goes around the pothole and then goes up the street so had to drive by this thing, go out of their way, and it still hasn't been fixed. we will see what happens. >> reminds me of the dirty dishes at my house that people will move around to get to the clean ones. pinellis county has an apps, what does tampa have? >> you can report these online or call. i called to report other potholes and got transferred and transferred and transferred.

depressing in fact as you put it earlier. jeff patterson live, for us tonight. the flight charles lindbergh lost while flying a loop in a flight above paris in 1927 went up for action -- auction today. that hat was discovered by the great grand aunt of the actual owner in her garden. that was only days after lindbergh worth up to $85,000. we topped out at 79 degrees today. the normal high is 78 degrees. very close to our averages. last year on this day, it was much warmer. 87's like the recorded high. much more pleasant today and certainly much cooler starting up the day. cold air mass set to had our way. this is in the forecast the

pick up a foot of snow. the cold air mass behind this area of low pressure and cold front will move all the way across the southeast -- the southeast into florida. we will feel those effects as we head into son -- saturday. sunday will be fairly cool. temperatures 10 degrees below normal, high temperatures in the upper 60s. those of the changes headed our way for us this weekend. 70 degrees, look at the sunset colors. very light winds, humidity 53% and in lakeland, mr. cloudy skies, 71 degrees with a light north wind. i should say most a clear skies. files were really yesterday and the day before. 72 degrees, st. pete beach, clear conditions. 48% relative humidity, gorgeous day at who the bay. 71 degrees. nice looking at these shots. at sunset we get that color from the sky and we have had

a beautiful shot this morning and you can see clear conditions in that photo as well. as for the evening, 65 degrees. temperatures will fall quickly as you head out into the evening and later this evening, temperatures could feel quite cool. make sure to bring a sweater, sweatshirt, jacket, something. 59 degrees to start, 80 degrees in the afternoon. should be a nice day similar to today. 74 degrees, current temperature dew point and 47 degrees. that's a dry air mass. 73 degrees downtown and st. pete. high pressure dominates the southeast in florida is part of the southeast. that i will shift over the next several days for more of a southeasterly flow and pick up a few more clouds in the afternoon. once we start to at humidity back in the atmosphere, that tells the story. still tracking this area in the tropics well to our self where the sea surface temperatures

temperature needed to help systems start and thrive. 80% chance over the next five days but once we look at the computer models, they look more ridiculous every day. you can see the forecast track in the different computer models. we are not really concerned at this point but something we will continue to watch. high pressure will continue to shift north and northeast and the flow from the north and northeast and that builds up low-level moisture. we start to develop afternoon puffy clouds. that's more what it looks like on friday. you can see the computer model picking up on that the next few days. the next three days a pretty good. on a day forecast, not much chance of rain. temperatures near 80 degrees. the weekend looks good. saturday and sunday, a bit breezy and cooler on sunday as we talked about. once that front's impacts are

the turkey pops up and says another cold front may approach. that looks like the timing with a slight chance of rain. upper 70s for that day but we don't expect a huge temperature impact for thanksgiving day itself. >> we are just looking forward to turkey day soon. thank you steve. don't think twice it's all right, famous lyrics from bob dylan. struck but things me -- >> but things may not be great with the folks who and out nobel prizes. >> join us on c 10:00. ahead for us on nightly news, his dying moments streamed live on social media. by the policeman -- police man in the philando castile shooting is now facing charges. why er visits are leaving patients and sticker shock. we will see you back here

now to headlines across america. caving into an outcry from residents, workers from use the trump -- removed the trump signs on an apartment building on the upper west side. more than 100 people signed a petition asking for the name to be removed. some residents called the name

gold letters were taken down. the buildings will now be known by their street addresses. bob dylan is blaming a busy schedule for bowing out of the nobel peace prize ceremony in stockholm. originally, dylan said he would accept the monetary prize for winning the nobel prize in literature but left the academy blowing in the wind when he sent a letter saying he had prior commitments and couldn't attend. to receive the money, he must also give ct news channel 8 at 6:00 is coming up next. >> we are working on some breaking news right now. a toddler has been shot in tampa. >> the bullet went through a door. coming up, how the little girl is doing tonight and who police believe was the intended target. i'm a chilling attack on the campus of usf in tampa. what is being done to protect students. a trio of thieves targeting local stores.

a florida congresswoman questions whether she is getting the truth from the state about the mosaic sinkhole. >> those stories and your storm team 8 forecast and sports with paul ryan coming up on news channel 8, the station that's

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right now on news channel 8 at 6:00: >> breaking news. a toddler hit by a bullet in her own home. who police believe was the target. >> target 8 sister what is and isn't in records released by the state. they have something to hide about the mosaic sinkhole? and more from the lightning's steven stamkos to. if you will be back on the ice anytime soon.

tampa police are on the hunt for the group of men who shot and wounded a 21-month-old little girl. she is recovering from non-life- threatening injuries and chip osowski joins us from the rolling park housing complex were officers spent the afternoon at the try to piece it all together. >> reporter: police are telling us that this was not a random act of that a group of gunmen would open fire in this housing complex in broad daylight, well as you might imagine, that is a major cause for concern. police believe eduardo avila was the intended target. he watched as police gathered evidence outside the apartment, where his 21-month-old daughter aliyah was hit by a stray bullet. >> the father -- the father of the toddler was approached by some other men while he was