this is abc action news. >> a home invasion in an upscale spring hill neighborhood. >> doctors treating two people for serious injuries. thanks for joining us. we will get to that developing story. but first a weather alert. >> rain coming in and it will slow down your morning commute. dennis has the details. >> we are looking at heavy rain at manatee and sarasota counties. you see bradenton and down towards siesta key and look at the gulf. this is all moving in. here is the good news. so far out of this it does not look like it is severe.

tomorrow, especially later in the morning in the afternoon, we are going to be looking at the threat of severe weather. in fact the storm prediction center says there is -- a small, less than slight, marginal by definition but some embedded areas that will indeed spawn a couple of severe thunderstorms and maybe a brief tornado. this is a something that we will have to watch closely and waking up to the storms and off and on all day long and we will pinpoint the area with the highest risk coming up. >> we want to get to breaking news in st. petersburg. police telling us a woman in a motorized wheelchair hit by a car. maricela what can you tell us? >> reporter: we are waiting for updates but if you can see mine me, this is a very active scene and we're trying to be careful because as i mentioned this is an active scene and the victim's body is still in the middle of the intersection.

side you can see that lexus involved in this incident. this is along 26th avenue south and 31st street. this intersection is closed and we are told it is going to be closed for several hours. we do not know the victim's name. we know that she is a 43-year- old woman and she was in a motorized wheelchair. an accident involving a 43-year- old woman in a motorized wheelchair in a lexus sedan. as we get more information we will bring it up to you. now to breaking news out of oregon. right now one person is dead after a confrontation between a militia group and the fbi. shots were fired after a traffic stop and not clear who fired first. officials say it all began while bundy and his group on the way to a community meeting

the man that died was the subject after federal probable cause arrest. the shooting put a nearby hospital on lock down. it has been 25 days since they took over a wildlife refuge after two ranchers sent to prison. that violent home invasion in spring hill. a mother and daughter seriously injured and recovering in a bay area trauma unit. abc action news reporter michael politza live in pasco county. this was not a random attack and the family was targeted. the good news is that the suspect that did the attack was captured within 20 minutes of the first 911 call. >> it was just before five this afternoon that hernando county deputies respond to a 911 call that someone was getting attacked next door. they found two women in serious condition. and the suspect had fled the

>> reporter: deputies said the two adult women knew their attacker, beaten so severely they were air lift to the hospital for life-threatening injuries. people returning home to this gated community were shocked to learn about the home invasion attack. the silverthorne golf club community is not a place where this happens let alone an attack on two women. >> i am going to talk to my mom real quick. >> after running from deputies the suspect was arrested down from the home. >> there was a chase and one of the deputies had to scale a fence to go get him. >> reporter: and the suspect faces charges of aggravated battery. the victims conditions could escalated charges to attempted murder and the suspect is being booked into jail as soon as we speak. we will give you information as soon as it is released.

a developing story in milwaukee, f.b.i. agents saying they have foiled a mass shooting plot. just learning that 23-year-old same mohammed hanza bought two all weapons and a silencer. investigators saying he was planning a mass shooting on a ma sannic temple in milwaukee. they were going to kill everyone in sight. telling the undercover agents attacking in the name of the moslem religion. a major below to pinellas deputies. jerry gaston has been identified as a person of interest in the disappearance of his roommate rene cable, there is concern that they will never know what happened to rene after his passing. >> roberta left her home on december 14th, 2013. supposed to start a new job.

>> i can't even begin to tell you the pain that i deal with on a daily basis. >> they have never stopped suspects cable's roommate for the person responsible for her disappearance. said he changed his story several times until he stopped talking. we spoke to him in 2014 and this is what he told us. >> you think she left on her own? >> of course she left on her own. i didn't force her out here. >> and evidence was found inside the home cable shared with jerry gaston. they have not told us what they found but they did say the suspect's ford f150 may be connected to the busiest travel appearance. >> there are times i am scared if we find her because there is no hope she is alive. >> the hardest part for foster's family is that gaston may be the only person that knows the truth and authorities

>> i just felt like i failed my sister. i promised her justice and this is not justice. >> detectives hope to find someone else that may have answers. >> maybe somebody will be able to feel more comfortable bringing information forward. >> that was maricela gurgos reporting. >> crimestoppers increasing the report for 25-year-old jamal smith. smith and two others gunned down three people in a home on east magnolia drive in lakeland. the two suspects have been arrested and officials hope increasing the reward to $10,000 will help them find smith. right now southern california on edge in hundreds of officers on alert searching for three dangerous escape crease. one man accused of sexually

calling him hannibal lector. police are calling an indianapolis elementary school principal a hero. susan jordan died pushing young children out of the path after school bus. two children hurt when a bus jumped a curb and plowed into the kids. both injured children are in serious but stable condition. no charges have been filed but investigators have taken a blood sample from the driver. taking action from your health. chicken pox spreading through a pinellas county school and officials are telling children who are not vaccinated to stay at home three weeks. the school district confirmed the outbreak at plum elementary school in clear water. there are 8 confirmed cases but there could be more. all of them had religious or medical exemptions from getting vaccination. less than 20 students are being told to stay home until february 15th.

home until february 15th, the 21 day period of infection. in the meantime if parents get their child vaccinated they will be able to go back to are over. a new warning about the zika virus officials saying the mosquito virus. expectorant moms are urged to stay away from countries where there are infections. look for people knocking on your day. caden adam and jacob frealing

magazine subscriptions and then little did they know there were several retired police officers there. threatening a lawsuit and defending their religious liberty. cambridge school angry that they were stopped praying at the citrus bowl. they thought it would be okay because they were playing another christian school. they are threatening a lawsuit if they don't get an apology. >> when we were told we can't pray, we were like why? >> in the email before the school before the game the state's athletic association says the facility was paid for with public dollars they could not grant permission. we reached out to them and have not heard back. coming up a sheriff's volunteer accused of molesting a child but a new development in the case and why the state attorney is dropping the charges.

a city councilman but now it is the officer in trouble. ahead, why that officer could be headed to prison. a warning to parent about a new dangerous drink fab, what teens are missing with mountain

them. we are learning about a big development in a pasco county abuse case. dropping charges against a sheriff's volunteer. we have more on why the state attorney is letting him walk. >> how am i supposed to protect her? i feel like i fail already and he walks free. >> reporter: deputies arrested 6 6-year-old neil pondee

>> hell is the only place to find justice. >> that was the sheriff after his arrest but now the state attorney is dropping all of the charges citing a lack of evidence. telling us a statement from the young victim did not match with her original story. and the state attorney says that the child also told the investigator nothing happened. >> but her mom says the child was just scared. >> she is feeling like she did something wrong. she just wanted to come home. >> we reached out to the sheriff's office. they said we arrested neil pondee due to the admissions he made to us. we fully support the decision to pursue filing charges, those are the decisions made by the state attorney's office. we also tried to reach out to pondee for comments but he did not return our call. in hudson, cameron poller. abc action news new video from texas showing a moment a city

check out the video. officer michael kelley indicted by a grand jury for racial oppression stemming from the october 8th incident. officer kelley tazed and arrested jonathan miller in his front yard. force to the ground and with his arms at his side he is told to put the arms at his back before he is tazed. miller explains the story. >> i put my hands up and i backed up and you know was wondering what did i do? how am i interfering and that's when i was slam to the ground. i wasn't wrestling with the police officer. >> well, kelley could face up to a year in prison. miller hopes the district attorney will drop his charges. terrifying moments for an ohio sheriff's captain and caught on camera. take a look. captain brad moore was directing traffic for a minor accident when a truck stops on a train coming at it.

the road and hitting the captain. his left arm was caught in the truck's right front tire and shoots him out. miraculously he survives with just 25 stitches and a broken left hand. jamison. a second team pronounced dead after a group of tennessee friends drank a mixture of mountain dew and racing fuel. authorities have not named the second teen but logan jamison died after drinking the gas cocktail last week. the tennessee teen fell dead thursday morning. within minutes police respond to the home of his best friend and they found him having seizures in critical condition. the team drank racing fuel to get drunk or high. that's what we want to put out to do it to get the high or the drunkedness part of it, it's not worth it. two other students also confessed to drinking the

logan's parents are raising money to educate high school students. a georgia nurse facing charges. officials say she was living a lie. faking she had cancer. mary bennett claims she was dying from ovarian cancer. now investigators charging her with theft and forgery. they say she spend years accepting $25,000 in donations. using the money for extravagant trips. those that donated to her shocked by these allegations. bennett now out of jail on bond. incredible video from california. a drone capture erosion leaving an apartment building on the edge. look at that. forcing officials to issue a state of emergency. you can see part of that wall tumble in the ocean. making residents pack their things and leave. the rain causing tons of damage and sending engineers into

el nino blamed for most of the destruction. rain for tomorrow more, right? >> yes, video from california, getting most of the effects from el nino and rain. as you said we will see plenty. the threat of severe weather just a good idea to download the app shield for android and iphone and it can issue warnings in this kind of situation because isolated strong storms and tornadoes are always a poke and in an el nino year, january, february and march. we talk about the heavy rains moving along the coast at 45 minutes ago and they are into eastern parts of manatee county and plenty more on the way. look at it moving on the gulf. the one thing we are noticing. we are not seeing at this point any lightning with this.

embedded strong showers and storms and, yes, this will be an issue for the morning commute. the severe threat is low. we're not going to say zero but low. a.m. it is probably the best opportunity for some heavier storms to try to develop. they are going to start out in the gulf and probably as a waterspout or some straight line winds and then roll on shore quickly late morning or early afternoon. mid 60s to low 70s right now from tampa to st. pete. amazing how the atmosphere has gone from just incredibly dry, winter weather over the weekend to within six hours dew points coming up 15 or 20 degrees and rains rolling in. this is a tropical connection. overnight, watch what happens. you look at occasional rain. you don't expect anything severe but first thing in the morning it will be an issue for the morning commute.

maybe a storm or two, just kind of an ugly start to your wednesday and then heavier weather from the gulf. by late morning in the early afternoon i expect that to happen. the other thing to look for, if you get any sunshine at all, most folks won't but if you see any that will de stabilize everything. i call itself destructive sunshine. by late tomorrow we will see the storms start to roll in. whether or not they are in citrus or hernando or areas to the south, there is no way to pinpoint that. the way to plan tomorrow, there is a chance for some rain at any point and there will be a few isolated storms, maybe a tornado. it will not be like we had two weeks ago where we would really see all of that energy coming in. but as i said, you can't write it off. by thursday, you can. thursday, things begin to quiet down and maybe not anything

look good. projection through thursday afternoon, you can see the southern counties could easily pick up two, maybe three inches of rain before this is out of here by thursday. for the boaters, southeast winds at five to ten knots and a light chop in the bay and that gulf temperature, 57 degrees. here is the sunrise and sunset. a look at the seven-day forecast. going to rain tomorrow. rain chances between 80 and 90% and possibly a couple of strong storms. thursday, maybe first thing in the morning, there could be a shower and otherwise we slowly clear out friday and changeable and saturday and sunday the

tj has the latest on the rays

in sports. hello folks. i can just about guarantee you that the toronto media in town for the bolts maple leaf games care about one thing. this guy behind me. steven stamos will try to pry anything about him with negotiation about the lightning.

the all-star break. up and down the playoff playoff standings. andre vannalastsky and bishop gets the night off. >> we had a meeting this morning because there are a lot of distractions. >> there's the important game tomorrow night and we are not happy with the 2nd period in florida and how we blew the game and it was more us than them and when you beat yourself in games like that regardless of the score, it gets very frustrating so our guys are well aware after the meeting today of the importance of game tomorrow and rebounding from a bad game regardless what happens after that and deal with thursday on thursday and tomorrow night we need the two points.

tonight as both boston and new jersey lost. sidney cosby's goal went on to beat new jersey. the bolts in the top wild card spot in the east. one point behind boston for the third spot in the atlantic division. still only speculation, nothing solid on the rays front. pitcher jake mcgee's name is the most prevalent at this point. the team that might be prepared to dance with the rays is colorado. and as much as i would hate to see mcgee leave this move could help a lineup with a hard time scoring runs last season. it is mcgee for rocky's outfielder and left hander hitter corey dickerson. jacob larizza's name is tossed out there. dickerson batted 304 and on the disabled list more often than i would like but mcgee was injured in 2015.

outlined by nate silverman in october. now, it is a rarity for the men's basketball team but they are riding a one game win streak with their victory over houston. the head coach wants to see his team grow off that have win. that could come tomorrow night at tulane. >> huge confidence for us. we enjoyed the game and winning that game on the road and we got to move on and continue to work because we have as we said a bunch of road games. >> cliffer will be out four to six weeks with a bused hand. he punched an equipment staff member at a toronto restaurant. the staff member is to his left and griffin in the middle. they are apparently good friends so this fight seems more intriguing. we are back in a minute and

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