marry me 28 years ago. >> an emotional merrick garland accepts president obama's nomination to the supreme court. the republican party plans to use a task force to block that nomination. they will attack garland's record and use the issue to go after democrats facing re- election. tonight we're hearing from some voters who didn't get to cast a ballot for the candidate they wanted. good eveningment i'm ashley glass. >> and i'm laura harris. wrong, plus the steps that you you. >> i kindly went up to them and i said i think you gave me the wrong ballot, i'm a democrat. >> reporter: she got a surprise when she showed up to this polling place. she intended to vote as a democrat for bernie sanders but she was listed as a republican. the 23-year-old says that has never been her party. she went to the election office to get it figured out but staff said that she had switched. >> i said i've never been asked

i've never filled out papers or signed anything. >> reporter: records show in 2010 she did make a party switch while getting a license at the dmv. they got calls from voters who wanted to vote in a particular affiliation. >> check your status. don't wait until election day. part of the problem, we had a record number of individuals switching parties before the election. but there were some that didn't. >> reporter: the switch must have been some kind of mistake. she never would have gone republican. >> every vote counts. this was my first time voting in the primary. this is a big election for me. i was very frustrated. >> reporter: she had to vote for a republican yesterday so she picked rubio and she switched back to democratic. to make sure what party you're

website. eric waxler, abc action news. now the most accurate action weather. >> good afternoon, everybody. another taste of summer across the area. a few showers tried to pop up. we have a controlled burn going on down south. morning. it burned off with temperatures back to the mid to upper 80s. 10 degrees above normal. look at the beach. it cleared out today after the early morning fog and ended up in the mid to upper 70s. allergy surfers, you have been dealing with a lot of tree pollen lately. it's high for the time being but changes are coming that will help that by this weekend. this evening, partly cloudy skies and more fog developing. we will pinpoint the timing and location coming up. >> thanks, denis. a stolen vehicle chase ends after the driver crashes through a fence. i want you to take a closer

police say the chase started monday night after a deputy noticed a stolen vehicle in front of him. when the driver saw the helicopter, he sped up, crashing into this fence at southern mining and lumber property. the car caught fire. 19-year-old o'neil was arrested. heated testimony in washington, d.c. this week as congressional leaders grill former city leaders and the epa about the failures that led to a public health crisis in flint. as matt franklin reports, things got so intense at times uncomfortable. >> reporter: who knew what and when in the flint water crisis and who is responsible for the lead-tainted drinking water. >> people are not crazy.

they saw the color of the flint water change. >> reporter: susan headman took the brunt of the questioning about why her department didn't do more for flint. >> to be clear, you actually think the epa had nothing to do with the crisis in flint? >> no. >> reporter: former flint em testified that he only carried out the duties that he was assigned. >> the fact that i was em at the time that the switch was made does not mean it was my decision. >> reporter: the mayor told lawmakers that he was acting under the experts he consulted with. >> i did rely on the information provided from the mdeq and the appointed public works leadership. >> reporter: virginia tech researchers says while it was a failure on government at every level, he places the blame on one department. >> no apology from epa. totally unable to learn from their mistakes. >> reporter: flint resident leanne walters listened in on

she helped to uncover the lead issues. while she got some answers to the unknown in this crisis, she saw as many questions about the future of flint. >> we're going to make sure this never happens again. and what we're going to do to protect -- or help the people already hurt in this. >> and some of the lawmakers said that's enough finger pointing. it's time to start looking at solutions. the epa and governor rick snyder testify tomorrow. >> left bleeding after being beaten. tonight a sebring man is facing battery charges for the sixth time after attacking his girlfriend. 44-year-old robert edward bass junior punched his girlfriend in the head and choked her. he was arrested on monday. according to reports, he has been arrested six times for the same charge with the same woman. he is being charged now with a felony domestic battery. abc action news is committed to taking action against domestic violence. if you or someone you know is

situation, call the statewide hotline at 800-50-1119. we have information on our facebook page and our twitter feed. a lakeland man sentenced for his involvement in a shooting at a farmers market in 2012. cokeland was sentenced to three years in prison, five years of probation. he was involved in the shooting of harper while working at a gun and coin booth. wainwright faces life in prison after a jury found him guilty for the shooting as well. two other teens are also accused of being involved. they will be in court march 31st. now an important update for prepaid debit card users. six months after a botched system upgrade left hundreds of thousands locked out of accounts, the company is settling lawsuits.

agreed to put the brakes on a pair of class action lawsuits while they work out a group settlement with rush card. >> you're writing me for the stop sign based on my video. coming up, a man gets a post. next at 5:30, the one thing that he did seconds before the video was over getting him in trouble. a new warning about identity fraud. the important role that bank tellers are playing in this crime. everything has to be changed now. changing a flat tire changed his life. coming up, the questions that this 24-year-old has for the

>> new tonight a colorado man is slapped with a traffic ticket after posting this video of himself to facebook. michael dalton says he was just trying to show his facebook friends a shortcut but police say he captured a crime. in the last seconds of the video you see him run a stop sign. experts say the post is protected by the constitution but his actions broke the law. >> you have a first amendment right to post whatever you want. and you can. but if you're breaking the law and it's in our jurisdiction, then we can do something about it. >> dalton was cited for harassment and trespassing as well. a bride-to-be was punched in the face days before her wedding multiple times while working at a dollar tree when an angry shopper caused a scene.

ended up getting punched multiple times, leaving a bruise on her left eye. police arrested this woman, naomi for battery on a police officers. the police officers pulled together for rivera on her wedding day. >> for something like this to happen, through no fault of her own, is just not fair. >> i felt like oh my gosh the week of everything that can go wrong is about to go wrong. >> reporter: the officers pulled money together and hired a makeup artist to conceal the collarbone. no to an update on a story we told you about a couple days ago. the teacher in that recording, corey hunter, is steps down, announcing his resignation monday and apologizing for calling the 16-year-old the dumbest girl he ever met.

election on her ipad when hunter began taunting her. judge judy. the courtroom side at the dollar lawsuit. cbs is being sued claiming that the media giant failed to pay millions in profits. the show is now losing money because of the judge's $47 million annual salary. we're taking action for you tonight with a new warning about identity theft. thieves can rob your bank account with a simple phone call. as rebecca jahvaris shows us, the one person who you think is there to help you could be hurting you. >> sure we can definitely update your phone number. >> reporter: you're listening to a modern day bank robbery. that caller authorities say is really a thief, using stolen bank account information. ordering checks so he can get money from a stranger's

you may not believe his accomplice. prosecutors say he got that stolen into he from a bank teller. >> what transactions did you want to go over, sir. >> reporter: it's not just one account. he calls to access several. >> you have $14,327.13. >> bank tellers have access to confidential data. >> reporter: the attorney says bad tellers are often problems of larger identity theft rings. >> they're selling that to individuals on the outside who will then take that information, turn it into credit cards or checks. >> reporter: and he has seen an alarming increase in these crimes, even estimating that he prosecutes a case once a month. should people around the country be worried. >> i think we should all be worried. that doesn't mean to panic. >> reporter: this woman did not want us to show her face because she says she continues to have her identity stolen after she became a victim.

>> reporter: she says thousands of dollars from her account stolen just weeks before the biggest day of her life. >> we had been working for about a year to save up a lot of cash to pay for our entire wedding. and it was gone. >> reporter: she says she had no idea a bank teller had stolen her identity, along with 28 other customers until she bank. chase told her a former employee may have accessed your account information without authorization and gave it to someone outside of chase. chase tells gma as soon as we discovered this, we immediately called the authorities. fired the employee. and reimbursed the customers. we're sorry and angry this happened. but vance says not all banks aggressively fight and report these crimes. >> do you think the banks need to be doing more. >> i think some banks need to be doing more. if it's not report today law

to keep the money and go to the next bank. >> that was rebecca jahvaris reporting. head over to abcactionnews.com and click on the financial fitness link under the news tab. you will find a lot of advice there to resolve identity fraud. well, amazon wants to change the way that you check out by allowing you to pay with a selfie. the online retailer has filed an online patent for the technology. they argue it's more secure and less awkward than traditional passwords. customers would be able to take a picture or video of themselves to authenticate payments. they would ensure it's the actual person or not a hacker or thieves or just your kids using your devices. now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> and deportationis says the weather will be tricky is the word that he used for the next couple of days. >> it is.

on during the weekend. we will have rain and sun and then cool and then hot. ashley was even asking last hour, hey, am i going to need my boots? i don't know. in the mornings it will be in the low 50s. that is cool for us, especially late. when you look outside right now at river gate, it looks beautiful. doesn't it? not along the beach. but everywhere else it's well into the 80s. the dew points are rising and we're getting showers pop up with that heat. in fact, although what is going on around titusville, i was looking at this a few minutes ago, this has the look of a fire. there is your sea breeze coming in from the east coast. that looks like a smoke plume in that general direction. it wouldn't shock me if we saw a few more showers over the next few days. the best rain chance looks to be saturday. i don't think sunday will be a great day but the heavier rains

with temperatures right now in the mid to upper 80s. mid to upper 80s in mid-march. mid-70s closer to the beach. that's where we should be this time of year. in the summertime when we have a dew point of 70 or higher, that's a sign that it's the summer season. clearly at least looking at the calendar, we're nowhere near the summer season. 80 and cloudy skies at the airport. clearwater, 81. st. pete 77. outside, humidity at 71%. as i mentioned, that dew point downtown, it's at 70. so these are really just unusually warm and muggy conditions. we're not breaking records. but you have to remember we should be about 10 degrees cooler than we have been across the anterior countys. typically we top out at 76. this time last year we were at 83. the record, 91.

so you can see we can get that kind of warmth at any time. but over this winter, it will end up being the warmest winter on record for the second straight year. so we certainly seem like we're headed in that direction, at least for the short term. 77 and a good deal of sunshine right now in st. pete. the dew point 68. west wind at 12 miles per hour. sarasota, clouds. there's going to be more fog developing right on over the gulf. and that's going to rollin land overnight as it did last night. but this morning, it wasn't quite as widespread as yesterday morning. the models are all over that possibility of it redeveloping overnight. forecast highs, this is on thursday. notice just what a huge difference there is from the beach where the water temperature is 71 and the afternoon highs in the 70s along the coast to east of i-75 where you're going to be well into the 80s. dade city, 85. lakeland tops out at 86, 87. 87 avon park.

rainfall, a chance of a couple of showers through friday. but the best chances will be coming in saturday afternoon and into sunday morning. and then while clouds linger on sunday, the additional rainfall shouldn't be that much. by monday morning, we cool off as the upper level cold air pattern moves into the northeast. there's a chance we could be talking snow across sections of the northeast this weekend. for us, the blue colors get closer by monday morning. so we will be talking about 50s across the area. counties. a cool start. then we start to warm up again later on in the period, back into the 80s until maybe another storm the following weekend. so i think we're going to start to see a few more areas of nasty weather roll in over the next few weeks. starting this weekend and continuing again next weekend. there's a look at florida's most accurate 7-day. afternoon highs well above normal. that is until monday, when we go below normal for a change.

right back up to 80 by the mid many -- middle of the week. three officers are facing charges for their behavior during a drug raid.

>> tonight a group of california officers are facing charges for snacking on marijuana treats during a drug raid. >> here you can see the video here. the santa ana officers bust into a pot shop and grab a few snacks right off the table there. one year since the accusations and the officers are only being charged with misdemeanors. district attorney's office says there's not enough evidence for more serious charges. if convicted, the officers will face a fine and up to six months in jail. here is wendy ryan with a look at what is happening at 6:00. >> the mistake in an apartment pool that made five children violently ill. how soon you could find yourself sitting in a willie wonka inspired restaurant here in florida. plus these top stories. a wrong-way driver on i-75 and 911 calls unanswered.

nothing they could do. people are being stopped every day. tampa community leaders pushing for what they call a real citizen's review board. why the push could change the november ballot. my right leg. up next, a trip out of state to take a new job leaves a tampa man without legs. the warning that he has for other drivers much drivers--

>> live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. >> this was a life or death call, i would have just died. >> now at 6:00, a call for help goes unanswered. the multiple attempts to report a wrong-way driver before 911 finally picked up the phone. and the explanation we're now getting tonight. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm wendy ryan. >> and i'm laura harris in for jamison. a wesley chapel woman called emergency operators three times

they finally picked up the phone. >> tonight, abc action news reporter sarah rosario is taking action to find out why it too so long. sarah. >> reporter: so 911 is the three numbers we all know to call to get immediate help. right? that didn't work for one woman who saw someone else driving towards her on this on-ramp to 75, forcing her to call for help three times. >> if this was a life or death call, i would have died. >> reporter: nicole elliot can't believe her eyes after a semi-truck barely missing another driver going the wrong way on this on-ramp in wesley chapel. >> i didn't know if he had come off of 75. how long he had been driving the wrong way. it floored me. i don't understand how this happens so often here. >> reporter: she immediately calls 911. >> it rang about 50 times and cut me off. she tries two more times and finally gets through.