took effect, making it harder for people with criminal backgrounds to work with children. a driving force behind the new law. >> if it wasn't for your investigative reporting, we would not have had this lead or known about it at all. >> reporter: last year the i- team uncovered criminals were getting second chances to work in day care and foster care. the state department families calls them exemptions for criminal disqualification. in tampa bay we found caretake wh license who's have been fogud ilty of prostitution, aggravated assault and battery with a ngerous weapon, federal bank robbery and several with domestic abuse. we dug deeper and found that 114 people who originally failed a background check are license today care for

convicted of endangering the welfare of a child had a license. someone exposing himself in public got the green light to work with children. >> with this investigative report, we all of a sudden found out there was bad people say, working in foster care, working even for the state of florida. >> reporter: a new law pu stronger restrictionon child care criminal background screening. the senator says around 200 people who got a criminal exemption rescreened. dcf has rescreened 114 so far. of those rescreenings, four people who originally had an exemption by the state lost their license to care for children. those charges and convictions include, get this, sexual assault, homicide, aggravated assault with a weapon, aggravated assault with a violence. pon and domestic

people. for every criminal he can thing that dcfras, we have no way of knowing who they are. i'm investigator, jarrod holbrook, taking action for now thmost accurate wer team in or abc action weather >> how are you doing, everybody? if you're just tuning in, the flood watch that was in effect for three days has been dropped. no longer is pasco, hernando counties under a flood watch. er heaviest across the southern counties. there's more out there at this point in time. i don't think this will add to the flooding situations. there is still plenty of moisture out there. while the models are bullish about rain chances this afternoon or rather into the evening and into the first thing in the morning, that's when things begin to change by later on tomorrow. so waking up to temperatures primarily in the upper 70s. a few storms out er we will have the school-day

minutes. >> thank you, denis. a reminder that you can have weather warnings sent to your cell phone or tablet. download our storm shield app available for android and iphones. florida health officials confirming four new locally acquired cases of the zika virus. mosquitoes infecting 21 people in the state so far. and the department of health still believes that local transmission is contained to miami arts all netonight, miami's mayor saying that spraying the area has reduced the chance by 95%. another spraying will happen tomorrow and on sunday. but health officials confirming tonight that they will not lift a av advisory for that aa for at least another 35 days. and texas health officials now confirming thetair s's first death directed -- directly connected to the zika

died shortly after birth. the mosquito infected the mom while she was pregnant in el saador. to families on edge. a terrifying home invasion in polk county. a woman locked herself inside of bedroom asthe mekicked in her fro dr. tonight the men are still out there. clifton french is live in the central point neighborhood in winter haven. cliff, those have to be pretty anxious neighbors tonight. their plan is to make their homes more severe. many people are getting security cameras li this one. th're justloing their ing front doors. >> whether we're home or not, whether our door is lock or not, if they want to get into your home, we feel that they will get into your home. >> reporter: that's the reality for families living in this neighborhood. >> i'm going to the window at night, checking to see if

>> reporter: nearly everyone is scared about what could happen next. from this retired couple to kendrick stewart and his his son is only three days old. >> i'm going to do whatev takes to protect my family. >> reporter: it was 8:00 in the morning yesterday. two men knocked on and kicked in his neighbor's front door. a woman home alone locked herself in a back room while she called police. the two men stole a tv, a purse, and then took careful as far as locking our doors, keeping things closed up. >> reporter: barry and his wife live a few houses down from the home invasion. they're already making chang to their home and routin they even this eath to the side to see out the peephole. >> we have been thinking about putting cameras up now. >> rr: it was security cameraat another neibor' home that caught these pictures of the lice believe the

a black chrysler 200. tonight, there's only one thing on the minds of alall the folks in this quiet neighborhood. >> we hope they're caught. >> reer: anthat secit footage isxa what poli arhong gets these guys ht. they want you to take a good look at it. if you want to take another look, we have it on our website, on our facebook page, and also on our twitter page. reporting live in polk clifton french, abc action news. we have a look at the end of a wild chase in tampa. a driver was spotted going 100 miles per hour on the interstate and refusing to stop. the dash camera captured the chase just before 4:00 this morning. simmons led authorities from the i-4 into downtown tampa. he tried to run away but authorities eventually caught him. he lied about being a cop and tried to bring a gun into

now an arkansas man is facing multiple charges. park security picked kevin webb to go through metal detectors. he has not been a police officer in three years. the arkansas police department actually fired him in 2013 for dishonesty. they claim to be a rescue organization. but investigators say the owners of a polk county farm are actually hoarders. the sheriff says they had more than feeding them to survive. ryan iche isli outside of the home. and they just walked right past you, right. >> reporter: we're standing under this sally port when the owners of this ranchwere brought in in handcuffs to this booking facility. the husband actually stopped for a minute and gave his side of the story, telling us that they were taking care of the issues. investigators say the undercover video that you're about to see shows otherwise.

peta actually gave undercover cameras to volunteers and took this horrific video on the so- called animal sanctuary. you can see malnourished pigs, me so sick they can't even walk. days without fooorteand ld g be left to rot in the hot sun. >> there is no shortagof animals looking for good homes unfort anther to that itod 200 and to regular volunteers and just toss animals out in the backyard and let them pend for them -- fend for themselves. >> reporter: in one of the more disturbing videos, you see the owners performing surgery on the pig without any anesthesia. within days of receiving the ndgsrom ta, sheriff's office te rescuing the rescues. three of the pigs had to be put

there's a hearing to figure that out. peta is trying to find a new home for the animals. ryan raiche, abc action news. >> thank you, ryan. a suspected hillsborough county killer finally in custody after hiding out in mexico for more than five years. mario has been using two false mexican birth certificates since 2010. he is currently in jail in texas. he is wanted for the 2010 attempted murder of felix santana. the parents of two americans killed in benghazi are suing hillary clinton. they claim that clinton is directly responsible for the deaths. patricia smith and charles woods filing a wrongful death lawsuit. they say clinton's carelessness in handing the information while secretary of state contributed to the conditions that led to their sons' deaths.

st. pete starting in november. commissioners just giving the project itnaapoval. the ferrwill run from the convention center in downtown tampa to the basin in st. pete. a one-way ticket would cost just about 10 bucks. tampa, st. pete and hillsborough counties are kicking in $350 each for this pilot program. >> got the guns out a w three young florida boys target a man with bb guns. the reason that police say they did it and the shocking person that put them up to it. plus. >> oh, my goodne. is she holding the steering wheel at all? >> shocking behavior behind the wheel. after denis' forecast, the three things that the camera caught this woman doing on the interstate while driving all at the same time. homeowners left on the hook. the expensive protection that

denis. >> we're looki outside and there's still a lot of clouds out there. for the time being, only scattered showers. tomorrows the first day of sc fhoolor a t of folks. we will have the wake-up forecast and what is expected

>> new tonight, hillsborough ctures oftwo men wanted g informer breaking into two businesses. take a look at the pictures. these guys smashed their way into jc sc beverage and the pizzia last stores. if you recognize either of the guys, call crime stoppers. your tip could be worth a cash reward. pasco deputies showing us a man wanted to for attempted murder. he shot aat a car multiple times in holiday. no word e victim is doing tonight. all new tonight, a mom facing charges after she encouraged her sons to shoot a

this wan wanted to scare homeless people away from her car wash so she took her boys out in the middle of the night where they found one man. police say they taunted this guy and shot him multiple times. the victim is fine. but because her sons are juveniles, it's not clear if they will face any charges. takes a lot of hard earned money to buy a house. we want to pr investment. but some home warranty policies fail them when they need them the most. >> reporter: it's hot in kim walker's house. >> it's ridiculous. >> reporter: kim set the thermostat at 65 but the degrees. re inside sits at 83 the problem, the duct work. >> all of it needs to be replac. it's old. >> reporter: the really bad news, walker's home warranty refuses to cover it. >> i think it's unfair. i pay you guys every month religiously for over five years.

claim they will repair or replace appliances and household repairs when something goes wrong. they can run from several hundred to more than $1,000 each year. customers have filed complaints with the better business bureau against some of the biggest companies around. >> the product is very restricted and most consumers, if they have a major failure, are not going to >> i had no idea that something like this would happen. and they wouldn't cover it. >> reporter: walker's policy covers duct work. but the fine print excludes damage by people, pests, or pets. and according to the home warranty technician, animals caused the problems here. >> the temperature in our house was between 93 and 97 degrees. >> reporter: jim fell into push

compressor crashed. >> it took eight days. >> here we were about to die and we kept telling them how hot it was. >> you're just stuck following their procedures and they don't care. >> reporter: the couple say if they had known it would be like this, they never would have purchased their home warranty. >> okay. so here are things to consider before buying a home warranty. you want to do your homework first. all that means is taking five minutes to check some reviews. you can do this with yelp or the see how they're treating other customers. read the fine print. it may exclude any damage done by humans, pests or pets. and that's how a lot of damage is done. and consider this, take the money that you would pay on a home warranty, it's about $500 to $1,000 a year and put it in repair fund. d use that asour so when things go wrong, you have already set aside money to take care of it. weather team in florida, abc

shore. but along areas of citrus, hernando, pasco and pinellas, th hit the jackpot with most areas six inches and some as high as 10 or 11 over the last five days. there's still some rain out there. heaviest now our soutrnhe counties. go figure. the showers continue to move inland. heaviest storms are over on the east coast. thiswh is at we had last nht and intohimorning. and i think tomorrow, we start

augustorecast. which, remember, august is usually the rainiest month of the year for us. it doesn't mean it will bery bu won't be cloudy and dreary all day. we will see temperaturesac near 90 where today we were only in the upper 70s to lower 80s, which is where we are right now. satellite picture, the heavy rains rolled in overnight. they continued into the morning. and then this afternoon, slowly they push on out of here and moved over to the east coast. so what are tonight? as wendy mentioned for the first day of school tomorrow for a lot of kids. i think this evening will be mostly dry. between 8:00 and 10:00, we might still see a few more showers as we showed you on titan doppler radar. tomorrow morni, ere will be some rain rolling in. it w'te as widespre as last w days. but i can't tell you there won't be a few isolated owers will be updati on social

morning how things will play out. but it will be like st typical days in august. which means by wednesday later on, things are getting back to rmbyhursday,e will be dry. we wl ve more sunshine. pulater on in the afternoo and primary anterior unties. fillby thurd right ugh the ekd,things will be cko al anth means with clouds tomorrow. 'rweing to go mid to upper 80s. by thursday and into the weekend, we're wer s. we might see that tomorrow east i-7 at lbok for ndat 5 t seas twoto three feet. there are your tidessunrise and sunset. water temperature 84 degrees. ur by hour forecast. partly cloudy skies. mostreas in the morning will be dry. buthere will be a few isolated swe and storms. here is a look athe 7-day forest. rain chanc, % chan tomorrow.

that extends into the weekend, more sunshine and highs in the low 90s. >> thank you, denis. a driver capturing a ocking case of distracted interstate with her leg up in the air and texting at the same time. >> that takes skill ere. another driver recorded this 47- second clip and post touchdow on facebook. statisticsy e way show texting while iving, six times more likely to cause a crash than still ahead, twoayrea olympians will swim for the tk previews the big evt

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