captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 e- mail: parents are filing suit against the state and why they say students are suffering. >> chief and i realized that this was not a game anymore. >> witnesses describe the frightening moment a demonstration tragically turned deadly. plus, a look into the past incident involving the officer who pulled the trigger. first at can, a group of parents filing a lawsuit against a state and several

the parents are demanding the children be moved to the next grade level after opting out of the fsa test. >> live at veterans elementary school, rodney, pasco is one of the districts named in the lawsuit. >> reporter: that's right, deiah. in fact, seven local school districts are beinsued across the state. school doesn't start until monday but administrators already have to deal with the major issue, parents believing unfairly punished. the 14 parents involved in this fsa lawsuit are hoping to get an emergency order from a judge allowing theirkidso move on to the forth gradpip districts incle pasco, hernando, orge, osceola, sarasota, broward and seminole. some of the kids who opted out of the florida standards assessment tests were honor roll students. here is the heart of the issue you. the families argue the rules are confusing and school

them all the same. they also believe a student should advance to the next grade based on their entire school year's body of work, not just standardized test scores. just this year, we spoke with a local hillsborough county parent who explained why his kids would opt out. >> we don't feel that a test should be used as a high stakes test that is tied to whether or not a child is going to go on to the next grade, whether they are going to be put in >> reporter: the parents involved also say it's not fair because other students who take the test and do poorly are allowed to move on to the fourth grade. >> a number of parents we spoke with are also concerned that if their kids are held back this will affect their education going forward. this is a story we will continue to follow. reporting live in pasco county this morning, rodney dunningan, abc action newsp. >> thanks, rodney.

bay area high school. more than 65 families stuck waiting to register students at brandon high school. frustrated moms and dads waiting more than eight hours and many had to return this morning. school officials say the long lines and delays are normal on the first day of school e to the amount of students registering. ivan cabrera joins us with the forecast for day two of school. what are we looking at? >> day t o nice and warm by the afternoon, and we'll have the showers and thunderstorms that will stay with the low 90s and rain chances holding at about 40 to 50% the next few days. 80 in tampa already. 77 in st. pete. winds were calm and so we have patchy fog. that is at this point by the board. on the visible satellite, it's very difficult to see here. that is because the cloud deck is very low, and it will continue to vaporize that away

we'll have blue skies, lots of sunshine and the sea breeze on the east coast will arrive. by 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00, there will be showers and storms. nothing unusual. of course when we talk about 91 this time of year, it feels like about 102. >> sure does. >> this is august and what we do. >> pretty normal. >> hopefully wrapping up. >> pretty much every dids where, except in sarah i'll show you where we're talking abt. northbound u.s. 41, it seems to be clearing out a bit. i was seeing a lot of red right on buena vista here. u.s. 41 is still backed up. you might want to try shade or tuttle in that area. elsewhere, we're looking good, i-275 and fowler has clead up nicely right now. looking a little dark and hazy out there, but your drive is clear. just ten minutes to get from

hear from the punta gorda police department holding a news conference this morning at 10:30. they're going to update us on the tragic shooting that ended with a 70-yeaold woman killed during a demonstration. an officer shot mary knowlton as she was taking part in the citizens pole academy. the trainswas for a scenario wherofrssht and don't shoot. he pulled the trigger and shot on three times the chest. other people who were there described what they saw when the gun went off. >> when she went down, i looked her straight in the eyend i felt the anguish in her eye. when she hit the floor, i hoped she hasn't feeling any pain. >> right now, they are looking

>> we know officer coel joined the punta gorda police department in 2014 and within his first year, he was promoted to k-9 officer, something he called a dream come true. the only thing that sticks out is october 30, 2015, the k-9 officer subdued a man who ignod the officers' commands taking part in these sessions for mrcoel. frequently, he gave presentationand ecicly leyi in thshdot shoot scenarios. talking about donald trump. if you are going to get a one- on-one with dona trump this is not the way to do it. meet him. ok quite the climb to

cups. >> it went on for a couple of hours, too. police officers were able to stop it as they pulled him inside of a window. he made it as high as the 21st floor here. >> the man from virginia posted a youtube video citing he wanted a private audience with trump to talk about "an important matter." >> he wanted to b to ofmost of his conversations. >> reporter: they say they didn't think that the man was dangerous but his stunt was both dangerous and ridiculous. donald trump complimented the police for protecting the pele below and saving the dare devil. >> trump will speak at the national association of home builders in miami beach later

latest controversial comment. trump called president obama the founder of the islamic state. take a listen. >> isis is hobberring president obama. he is the founder of isis. he's the founder of isis, okay he's the founder! >> tonight at 7:00, trump will hold a rally at the silver spurs arena in kissimmee. hillary clinton will create jobs. she talked about trump's where history of controversial comments. >> every, single one of these incidents shows us that donald trump simply does not have the temperament to be the president and commandehir in c of the united states. >> tonight, clinton will be in detroit where her campaign says she'll lay out her plan to help working families. if you are looking for a

running from 10:00 to 4:00. managers will be doing on-site interviews. i admit i'm personally responsible for this happening and i will personally make sure this doesn happen again. >> still ahead, taking the blame. finally, we hear from the ceo of delta airline for the outage that affected flights all over the world and how he says the company will wi in their home dressing, sleeping, playing. >> that mom was horrified to find out her ildren's every move was being streamed live on the internet. the unlikely portal hackers were able to break through to get ceac to her children's

good morning. we're arg from the ce0. of delta airlines for the first time since the affected flights were grounded worldwide.

operations center knocking critical computer systems it left thousands of passengers stranded and delayed hundreds more flights. now the ceo is addressing criticism complaining of poor communications during the most recent crisis. bastion says ey will rebuild the trust of customers. they are spending billionson technology upgrades. a grieving community together to mourn e death of a while joinover the weekend. 27eaold vanessa marcot's body was found sunday afternoon. investigators say shs strangled, traumatedand burned. now they are worried about her

only child. >> he beamed with her athletics and even landing the job of google. meanwhile, the outrage over the death of a jogger in queens, new york, continues to grow. she is the new york city woman seal assaulted and murdered while she jogged through a park in broad daylight on august 2nd. a go fund me account set up to raids reward money has raised more than $165,0 so far, above thoriginal goal that her father t. he says somebody knows what happened to his daughter and hopes this large amount of money willconvince someone to come forward. >> it is a reward for $100,000 foe r tharrest and conviction. all we need is information. no questions asked.

money. >> the moments are indescribl >> investigatorssathey successfully recovered dna from another person on her body but so far havnot been able to match it to anyone. >> this mog, here is a stor canada's police stopped the suicidbog from killing a man accused of planning it. authorities killed aaron driver in a police operation in southern ontario. officials say driver, who in his 20s, was well known because of his support of isis but they don't believe the organize ordered him to carry out his plot. a colorado man who went on a shooting spree at a planned parenthoodlic late last year will appear in court this morning. robert deere was can you to e stand trial. dee admitted what he did expressed no remorse.

may. since then, he'seein a coloradotate mental institution. an arkans mas is facing visitors at disney world at risk. vestigors say kevin webb tried brin a gun into the magic kingdo monday. when park staff confronted him abthe gun, he told them was an offduty officer and showed police identification. called, they said webb had been terminated in 2013. webb is w charged with impersonating an officer carrying a concealed firearm. this morning, a houston mom is warning other parents that the video game your child is play cog allow cks to invade their -- playing could allow hackers to invade their

youtube to play mine craft and she had to give a name. so she put it in as sevenner name and has been playing. >> a woman noticed it and went on facebook to track the family down. her discovery eventually made its way back tothe hotomom who is now making sure that her kids stay off of the internet. another day and another problem wi "pokemon go." a canadian woman is suing claiming she is suffering from an invasion of privacy. she has been inundated by "pokemon go" players at her home ever since it became the player a pokemon gym, whe the lawsuit has been filedin calgary and not by the court 0 court. tonight is your chance to see a cosmic fireworks display.

annual meteor shower, produces between 50 and 100 meteors every hour usually. this year, nasa is expecting an even biggershow with possibly 200 erother. we cannly see it if the skies are clear. what's the word, ivan, will we be able to see it. >> the last time it passed near the nter was 1862. tching. he screen we're the reason is' going to jupiter's pulling the string to earth. no excuse for us. we get up very early, so all we have to do is look up to the skies. you won't want to miss this one. this is the one to watch. as we take a look outside, take a look at this. checking in with a nice rain. we see that over dunn eden as

they'll march in again today om our patteris set up that way with the southeasterly flow. temperatures in tampa are at 80 right now. titan doppler radar is quiet this morning. no issues typically this time. the winds have to be coming from the other direction, and 'll see morning showers that will develop into thunderstorms throughout the day. throughout yesterday, you can have a good with 3 foot lightning and the potential for strong winds as well. so will futurecast hit? there you go. as we head into the live shot, it's a break. otherwise, by 2:00, 3:00, we'll see showers and storms popping. then everything heads over to the beach by later on this evening. keep in mind with this pattern here, it takes a while to get this off shore, right? even 8:009:00, we're seeing

thunderstorms. feels-likeemps will be in the low 90s. 91 and the trend will be for the time tomorrow and into the weekend with high temps 91, 92. our rain chances, by the way, about 40 to 50%. we start ierring with the weekend plans. that's not going to happen here. days and to the earlpart of next week. compitionse suer sof olympics and team usa looking good. the same margin of a medal lead as yesterday, nineand e ina. more ithe gold than rounding out the topive, japan, russia, and australia. the big reason with the u.s. lead is the dominance in the pool. another one last night. u.s. women got it done. in the 4 by 200 meter butterfly, excuse me, the freestyle relay.

come on, look at me. do i look like an athlete to you? ledecky's third gold of the game. >> the u.s. didn't have as much success with the men's gymnastics. japan won gold by less than a tenth of a point. the u.s. is the favorite to win the all-around women's competition. maybe couple of chlorine tablets. the water in the pools turned green because airborne algae blooms are getting into the >> the spokesperson says the is a problem with the pool's ph level, too. the aquatics center has already run out of the chemical to fix it. >> but they say it does not pose a health problem. and how to fight a potentially deadly allergy.

fight off peanut allergies. >> good morning, everybody. i'm lisa campos. this week, a community is the me away from home for thousands with the annual

there's new hope for

allergies. the weapon being used in this case? peanuts. researchers from around the country studied older children. they were exposed to small amounts of peanut proteins in a controlled setting and found giving kids peanuts in a controlled environment seemed to work. they were easily treated with over-the-counter medications. chipotle is struggling to win back its customers after a really rough year. that e. coli remember, at the restaurant. they are hoping to add a free beer option to get people in the door. some locations will start a happy hour buy one get one free deal. it's only offered in some states. florida is not one of those states. still ahead, tired of waiting in the car line to pick up or drop off the students? we'll tell you about a new app that's getting a lot of

ferris wheel where three young

. there's an explosion in the middle of the night of a maryland apartment complex sent dozens to the hospital. what we know at this hour is straight ahead. >> then a florida teen and beaten by her own father. why the dad told police he had no other choice but to take such extreme measures. good morning, and thank you for joining us. i'm deiah riley. >> i'm james tully. first, let's check in with ivan. we have a lot to look at tonight about the meteor shower. >> we've got sailboats out there, sunshine, we've got it all here to and eventually we'll have thunderstorms, too.

day. some areas are pushing 90. the rest of us here, not bad at all. a lot of us getting over 08 and it feels -- over 80 and it feels warmer. the low clouds will continue to lift and give way to plenty of sunshine here. as we get into the afternoon, the feels-leek temperatures are 1 -- the temperatures are 100 to 105. we'll check on the tropics in a few minutes. >> thanks, ivan. we want to update you on this massive fire in maryland at an apartment complex. we've been watching it all morning long. officials say they are looking for five to seven people right now that are missing, unaccounted for. >> the fire destroyed who buildings and injured at least 30 people. this is occurring in the washington d.c. suburb of

serious. a few were forced to jump to get away from the smoke and flames. children also jumped by the friends and windows. witnesses reported a loud explosion. >> all i heard was a big boom that sounded like an earthquake. >> the explosion was so powerful, firefighters felt it at a the natural gas flowing to the apartments helped fuel this. it's unknown if the gas line caused it. surveillance video just released from a car jacking that happened tuesday morning. we'll show you a closer look at it. detectives say a man and woman stole another woman's honda

holliday. if you know more, call the pasco sheriff's office. a daytona beach father is facing charges after he hog tied his daughter and punched her repeatedly. anthony hubbell told police i did it to keep his daughter from. she had ties still on her wrists and duct tape. breaking news as marijuana will remain illegal for any purpose under federal law. the dea will continue to classify marijuana as a schedule 1 drug. however, the dea will relax its rules on which institutions can grow marijuana for scientific research. have. >> we're up to 21 legally transmitted cases as lawmakers

solutions. senator bill nelson and patrick murphy were pushing for prevention. they met to find out what's being done to stop the spread of this virus. the senators are urging congress to send more money to deal with the outbreak. >> they've run out of mosquito control funds. >> they need assistance from the state and the feds. >> governor rick scott has allowed more than $2600 to fight the he says he's meeting with local leaders to make sure they have enough resources. they want the federal government to give the resources to the pregnant women. a study reveals that obama care may actually be making people healthier. researchers say it was published in the journal american medical association. arkansas and kentucky, which

everybody under the act, arele says they have an increase in the use of preventive care and reductions in emergency room visits. many of you are now on the second day of the school year but some haven't started yet. the first day of school in polk county is coming up on monday. >> so we'll talk about the preparations they are talking about there. >> that announcement and all of the information you can use from it on air and on line. the whole pick up and dropoff is getting easier thanks to a new cell phone app. it's called pik my kid. it's simple to use. if we let the school know when

each child -- if we let the school know when to arrive and then monitors each child, it's less about the parent trying to find out where their kid is and the kids just walking out, gets in the car and leaves. >> if all goes well, there is a chance it could be used district wide. a few other counties head back to class. you can look up all school-related stories on abcactionnews.com/back to school. you can also find that on our mobile app. >> if you have extra school supplies, join us to make the school year brighter for kids in need. you have this friday to donate in hudson to match what you drop off. friends of wqit radio

celebrate his life. they interviewed country music stars with us every year before the cma awards. mckay passed away suddenly last thursday. if you would like to pay your respects, the celebration begins at 5:00 in downtown st. pete. the tampa bay bucs will play the first pre-season game. jameis winster is hoping to build off of a dangerous season. it is also a cutter. the just of the time she was looking at her cell phone and not the water. >> still ahead, dozens of swimmers' lives were put in danger by a negligent lifeguard. what residents had to say after a photo was taken at a public swimming pool. >> there was quite a few people who didn't want to come because of the event.

re-entered the water park where a young boy lost his life in

it is 9:39 right now. new video captures a road rage incident that captured in missouri. he gets out of his minivan and yelling and kicking and punching the car next to him. two men were headed to lunch when they saul the whole scene -- when they saw the whole scene unfold. apparently the driver of the red car cut off the minivan and he followed him until it came to a stop. that's when things got ugly and also very >> he yelled a whole bunch of cuss words and yelling you should never cut someone off like that. he was trying to get them to let him in. >> it turns out the driver of the red car was a man in his 08s. 8 -- a man in his 80s.

someone drowning because the lifeguard is not paying attention. >> take a look as it shows a lifeguard looking down at her cell phone instead of doing her job, watching people swim at a beach in new york. another trained off duty lifeguard took the picture and says the person in the picture barely looked up to check on swimmers. no surprise, the director was not pleased >> surveillance is the most important part of a lifeguard's job. using a cell phone for any personal reasons is totally prohibited. >> right now it's unclear if the lifeguard will face consequences. the woman who took the picture hopes lifeguards will realize this when he are on the on the

job to be alert. the deadly ride will be now closed for the rest of the season. many people at the park yesterday said it wasn't an easy decision for them to go there. >> yeah, definitely. i was kind of just nervous about coming at all or, like, which rides we'd go on and not knowing, i don't know, being a little hesitant, i guess. >> visitation for caleb will held tonight. his memorial will be tomorrow at the same church. authorities have yet to explain why caleb was killed on the ride. take a look. crime tape is still on the rise as that car tipped sideways. the girls are still recovering. a 6-year-old are.

injuries. organizers were aware of the history but launched the contract with the company anyway. preliminary reports blames mechanical fail year for the ferris wheel accident. standing water from the rain we've seen recently could create hazards for you and your family. >> the longer it sits and becomes contaminated, obviously the bigger the problem. anything from fecal bacteria and viruses, it's extra important to get rid of any standing water. you don't want it to be a breeding ground for mosquitoes near your home. >> now that we're back to the regular rainy pattern, sandbag areas are closing. one place is staying open in newport ritchey.

right? >> he can't? app play -- we can't play in the puddles because there's bad stuff in there. >> taking your dog out to a walk and getting your socks wet with the icky water is another story. >> i like seeing different things here in the 9:00 a.m. checking it with action air one. we have low ceilings out there, maneuvering around with cloud cover. these clouds come later as we get into the showers and thunderstorms as things begin to pop by 2:00, 3:00 across the interior counties and everything pushes to the west. this is not the actual air temperature and how it feels outside already.

that's what it feels like. not much happening here except there's cloud cover with a nice little shadow being cast by the angle of the shadow. it's nice to see that. quiet, though, across our area for now as things begin to park late. we have everything coming together with a southeasterly flow money we were on the other side of things last night, right? everything was pushing from southwest to northeast doppler is with this, sometimes you get stronger storms because everything moves toward the west. we have the sea breeze and the collision and thunderstorms themselves have isolated severe wind gusts and frequent lightning and heavy rain. the storms by 3:00 are already impacted with lakewood. eventually making it toward the post. these events continue. the showers diminish as they

atlantic. there is nothing to be concerned about with the next five days at least. we're looking good. 100 degrees is the way we'll feel this afternoon with temperatures around 91, 92. as far as the rain chances, good actually, 40 to 50%. that would be for the afternoon. today is august 11th. so that's 8/11. that's a good reminder that that is the number you are starting a project that requires any digging in your yard. it is the law in as simple as planting a tree. before you dig, though, you need to dial. >> it's surprising how many people forget to have utilities marked if they are digging in their yard. >> reporter: angie's list

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. >> good morning, everybody. our state ranks second in the nation when it comes to the costs of trti we spend over $18 billion every year, second only to the state of california. those statistics coming from the american diabetes association identifying african- americans at a much higher risk. the prince hall schreiners has partnered with the ada to raise a million dollars to help find a cure working with scientists at st. jude's. this week those from all over the world are traveling here to talk about this and much more

joining us in the studio we want to welcome mr. rachelle julian of indiana and also prince hall schreiner member but most of us know him as commissioner less miller. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> tell us about the impact of having all of the schreiners in town, how many, the economic impact. >> we're talking about 20,000 million. we're fortunate in the tampa hillsborough county area because this is the third time we've been here in six years. so that speaks volumes of what we do in this area to bring our organization back to this area. so we are just very glad to have us back here for our imperial session 2016. >> so it's not just a big deal for within the schreiner's organization, it's also a big deal for residents. >> exactly. and it's going into our tax coffers.

the people of mil hillsborough -- of hillsborough county in tampa. >> explain to us more about the effort and the initiative. >> the american diabetes association, we're doing research and testing. that's why we obligated $10 million over 10 years. it will bring us a total of $659,000 >> i know the partnership has been a great advancement in the initiative. this was your idea? >> yes. with st. jude's children's research hospital, we still feel at $100,000 to st. jude's. >> why is this such an important issue for the members of the prince hall schreiners. >> st. jude's children's research found that a lot of children have diabetes and st.

sickle cell sunday wanted a better place to donate our money. >> thank you so much for coming in. we know it is a busy few days. thank you and best wishes to all of you during your meetings this week. and if you would like to learn more about the prince hall schreiners effort, visit their web site for all of the information.

followed by afternoon thunderstorms and about 50% coverage for today. >> thanks, ivan. we have continuing coverage right now on abcactionnews.com.

captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 e- mail: comments@captioncolorado.com good thursday morning. we appreciate you spending some time with us this morning right blend." >> yeah! we have a great show today. something we haven't talked about, though, is the olympics. everyone's been talking about it, watching it. who's got olympic fever out there? >> it has been so much fun to watch. i think oh, i don't think i will have the time this year, but when the olympics come on, i find myself getting so caught up in the story of the athletes.