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right now i'm a now tampa bay, new concerns from a judge as he said spell for the 62 -year-old mother of the little boy that killed his baby sister while they >> a horrible tragedy. happening right now rescue happening in flooded out parts of the count. the other extreme weather happening right now and what this all could mean for our weekend forecast. >>reporter: when to snag the best deals on fancy stuff like jewelry and rare coins. if that is not your speed how you can score cash. first that horrendo pstorellas county
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the mother of the boy cused of killing his little sister in court this afternoon. >> an update happening right now, in the courtroom just a short time ago as the judge ing a high bond for the bout mother. the judge saying it may not be enough, why is that? >>reporter: kathleen steele was a financial advisor for raymond james. she may be wealthy enough to post bail on this really high $100,000 judge set these additional conditions including being banned from interacting with any children including her own. she is accused of locking all three children and a hot van earlier this week while she spent over half an hour in a cell phone repair shop in pinellas county. during that time her six-year- old boy allegedly beat his
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. yesterday the sheriff described kathleen steele as emotionless when told of her little baby's death. today after the hearing her attorney disputed that account. >> i found her to be certainly devastated by this. you can only imagine the shock and difficult time it is. it doesn't take much to figure that out. >>reporter: i also talk to her neighbors about all this. coming up at 5:00 we will hear fr some pretty grave situations he heard about her parenting that had him concerned. we will bring you that in the next hour. after hearing that story the teible semem this on a hot day like today it only takes 10 minutes for a car to heat up to 20 degrees more.
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year and the hillsborough county school district has its first accident involving a school bus. this was a head-on collision too. thankfully no kids on the bus at the time. this happen this morning near mcdonald elementary school. the driver of the car had to be cut out of the vehicle and was sent to tampa general hospital in stable condition. the school bus driver is okay. this man from temple terrace, 26 -year-old arrested and accused of planting a fake bomb at the masonic lodge back in june. tampa's bomb squad had to come out and figured out it was a fake. he was picked up yesterday at his home, now facing felony charges. updating you on one of our top stories from yesterday about former tampa police officer at in york. has bonded out of jail accused of assaulting a woman during a traffic stop in february near the west shore. there is rainy -- grainy
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ordered the woman to pull down her pants and woman -- pants and underwear and sexually batt her. there is dna . ferg's back open in time for the weekend after briefly shut down for health code violations. this is a first for the popular hangout which is a staple of st. petersburg for 24 years. the restaurant reopened this morning after closing last night to fix those problems. we caught mark ferguson and wendy ryan will have his response tonight on abc action news at 6:00. right now heat the big story. many parts of the country looking at the national mall cam right now in dc, this is a live view. two hours ago the heat index jumped to 109. parts of texas, excessive heat warnings with temps up to 110
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at 6:00. can you imagine? live right now near baton rouge this is highway 10 where the floodwaters washed away a semi truck. the driver is okay, waiting to get rescued on top of the truck. it is often the distance, i think on the right hand side of your screen, pretty dire situation. here in the bay area let's talk about local weather how does it feel outside? >> we are starting to get a couple storms moving across tampa tower camera it is shaking looking southeast where storms are starting to roll in. we are getting gustier winds ahead of those storms. as we look at the radar you can see where storms are at. this is all headed west. you can see the flash of lightning live. we also have rain off to the north and thunderstorms around odessa into the keystone area.
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all headed to the northwest. newport, ritchie, holiday, bayonet point may see a little more rain over the next half hour of storms continue to track your direction. we have rain across coachman into clearwater. this will be headed across clearwater beach and possibly just to the south of hmo island over the next half hour. as we take a wider look you can see showers and storms started bubbling up a couple hours ago mainly inland, the coastline. the typical east to west pattern we have seen so much of the last couple days, helps keep us dry for the 1st half of the day. now showers and storms will linger the next couple hours. even as we get past sunset we may see a few isolated showers and storms continuing through the night. the temperatures falling closer to 80 degrees. showers and storms helping coolest down. >>reporter: if you are thinking of cooling down this weekend i taking a dip in the pool i will
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if you like eating at hruby tuesday do so soon because 95 restaurants will be closed next month. the company not saying which ones are closing. competition and low sales blamed for the closures. breaking developments in the race for the white house, mike pence is out doing serious damagen donald trump. reportedly talking to ted cruz, john kasich and jeb bush to try to get support for the campaign. this comes after last week trump threatened to throw money behind trying to in and their political careers. how about a deal on gold, diamonds and rare coins? scouting out items up for auction tomorrow in tampa and the mistake that could make it a sweeter deal for you. this is a bobcat who now has a new home in upper tampa bay regional park.
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last summer in a field. he is now back in tampa and hopefully after finishing a long
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. breaking news, a chase in houston texas coming to a dramatic and. the police chasing a black truck for an hour. the truck traveling on rims for the front two tires much of the pursuit. the impact right there at the intersection the truck t- boned by another vehicle. armed officers pulled a man from the blanket and made the arrest. a collectors dream this weekend as you have a chance to bid on jewelry, coins and unique baseball cards in tampa bay. >> the items up for auction are nothing compared to the unclaimed cash out there. >>reporter: he is going through
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ones that may be a hidden treasure. >> i am looking for the sun. >>reporter: he is at the preview for saturday's unclaimed property auction in tampa through the department of financial services. all of this is someone else's jewelry, coins and valuables that ended up in the state's has been a lot of times family numbers don't know when a person passes away sometimes it's just junk. you really have to be careful and do your homework. >>reporter: that is because there can be counterfeit items. >> they pack it really tight so when you are bidding you are assuming there might be something their sometimes you are overpriced and sometimes you find a treasure. >>reporter: the real treasure for those not into this type of thing could be at your fingertips. the state has a website you can log onto just to see if you have unclaimed funds. >> a free website run by the state of florida 100% legitimate.
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name, a security code and it will pull up your possible name and addressed you have been out. if it matches you could fill out the unclaimed papers and send it off to get your money. we have this on our website abcactionnews.com. a lot of buzz on social media. people do not like that they have to pay to park at the hard rock casino in tampa. this tweet says you really can't believe it hashtags that said all. boycott and save your money. now it will cost you $10 before it was free. a hard work -- hard rock spokesperson says money is used to beef up security like other parking garages now staffed with bike security. there are a few ways to get free parking for guests to spend at least $50 for spot restaurants or shops and hotel guest too. >> down $10 before i get to the
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one is a frightening reminder about why we need to stay buckled up went on an airplane. 24 people including two crewmembers hurt after this jetblue flight hit heavy turbulence last night. these are pictures revealing what it was like. the plane was on its way from boston to sacramento when it ran into thunderstorms and had to divert to rapid city south dakota. >> i went air in my laptop way up in the air. there was stuff line. >> terror. we dropped like that and a few people were injured. >> the passenger you heard from news actually an emergency room nurse and she came in handy. able to help out people who were hurt. all of the people taken to the hospital have been treated and
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controversy at a high school in fort myers. by a student got in trouble and how she ultimately managed to change the principal's mind. heritage not hate, that is sky hunter's messages she flies the confederate flag on the back of her pick up. >> i keep it to remember my ancestors. i can fly it in the getting every day like we look at the american flag we look at it and remember what our country has been through. >> hunter a senior fort myers high. are decorated pick up was not welcomed by administrators on the first day of class. >> my principal told me too take down my flag. i tried to i tried to take it off but i explained to him my flags aren't meant to come off and i couldn't get it off. >>reporter: irish after school officials and was told that it ministers to talk talk to hunter about the flag but not dish -- did not ask you to leave. this is the first time she has had to fight for her black last fall they press the school district for answers after she
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the district later apologized to her and her father for the misunderstanding. >> honestly i was surprised i did not think i was going to have to be asked again. >>reporter: she was told she would be allowed to park the truck with the flag on school campus. >> i am excited and knowing my everything, how the perception is knowing she understands is great. >> that student says the principal even apologized to her. >> she now hopes to work together with administrators on a school code that allows confederate flags to be displayed. an update on the disabled couple in largo being evicted from the oakcrest mobile home park because of late rent. >> even more problems too they could not get the money or manpower together to move.
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story erred in this happened. a moving company called americans most reliable movers in st. petersburg reached out and offered to move the couple for free as soon as next week. do us a favor, if you know of any organization to help people in emergency situations like this couple, let the area on aging centers know. they are a local agency to help folks like this. they can put those resources and their state the hunt for those wild looking lionfish, which aren't supposed to be in florida is going pretty wild. >> pretty voracious they eat up ecosystems. they have no competition so they can be damaging. peoples taking part in a statewide challenge to catch as many as possible. they have almost hit the 10,000 mark. they started in may and runs through september. people sending pictures, so
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if they catch at least 50. there are also lionfish checkpoint stations mainly at dive shops including newport, st. pete, sarasota and branton. the fish are threatening other native fish in the environment. >> the good part we are told they actually taste great. here is fried lionfish for you. you have to take the tail off because they have been on in the tail but we are too fish you like grouper or mahi and balances well with lime juice. bon appetit. is it a good weekend to be fishing at the beach? >> we are going to have a gorgeous forecast this weekend. take a look at what is so typical this time of year. the rain on i-4 starting to bubble up. that is right on the radar in between plant city and lakeland.
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off nice and dry the now we have spotty showers and storms, heavy downpours. some of that across i-4 so we could be slowing you down as you are driving around town. is planning on heading out for dinner i will show you futurecast. take a look around fort meade, heavy downpours across 17 and i- 75 where it is moving from the southeast to the northwest. across i-75 near venice just outside of the northport area. this is moving through sarasota, bradington and possibly brushing the sky way. not great timing to have these heavy downpours across major roads and bridges. we will have to deal with it today. it started inland early this afternoon now bubbling up continued to press off the coastline and will continue to do this next couple hours. futurecast you can see at 8:00
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exactly in the spot by showing you we have a good chance for heavy downpour through sunset. by midnight starting to dry out and skies clear overnight or partly clear overnight allowing us a beautiful start to saturday morning. it things are looking gorgeous. if you want to head out and take the morning jog these are looking good. don't worry about rain not until about 3:00-4:00 we start to see showers and storms tomorrow. some of that could be closer to the tonight looking good evening storms tapering off around midnight. 78 degrees as the overnight low. pretty consistent with we have seen lately. if you are planning on taking a dip in the pool inland you have until at least 1:00 before those showers and storms bubble up. closer to the coastline until 3:00-4:00. a lot of hours to get out in enjoy. did you see the high of 92? if you think i would rather
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have a forecast of the couple of events that might be fun inside and out. something to show you. revenge may sound like a good idea when you are caught up in a moment of anger but let's say this story should serve as a lesson. always a camera nearby. the act that has one man throwing thousands of dollars. >> a recent tweet from alex rodriguez a days he says thanks, everyone it has been a long journey. he plays his final game tonight and yankee stadium against the tampa bay rays. >> do you think they will walk him? >> they should let him hit.
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. breaking news right now on tampa bay. learning about private property off mediterranean court at this minute we are told a whole is about 25-30 feet wide, 9 feet deep. >>reporter: the good news the owners are out of town. since it allows private property is mainly an issue with the homeowners and their insurance company. action air scene to bring you live pictures. look at this giant white key mark down the side of this black heart allegedly the work of an emgo fired. >> i had a feeling i even said something he was standing by may i said you are doing anything to my car are you. >> not just any car it was the boss of an auto bodyshop's dream car, a new corvette.
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surveillance video and was arrested by police in tempe, arizona. a beautiful black car with big gouges and it isreaking. >> now the man doesn't have a job he will have to 4 but the $4000 to cover the paint damage repair. >> you can't key the bosses car. >> not a good idea. want to live longer? >> the most fascinating story today. >> take a cue from sharks. >> scientists greenlank d shhe oldest ving animal on the planet with a backbone. i will explain this they are finding just published in the journal scnce they tested 20 fema greenland sharks which recently died in estimate eight were 200 years old. one was twice that age which means it was born around the same time the pilgrims first arrived in the united states. the next question why do they
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a new flavor of america's favorite cookie you probably never thought you would see before swedish fish oreo limited-edition flavor only at kroger grocery stores. there aren't any the bay area but some are buying the cookies and selling them on amazon and ebay get this more than quadruple the price. >> i still don't know what it chase likes -- what it taste like any idea? >> not into >> the act this guy did that puts any one of us in danger on
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. a brand-new case of road rage thi accused of punching and breaking a persons side mayor. he is still out there. in this video we showed you a woman in gainesville caught on tape following a truck to a gas station and pulling out a gun. earlier this week a man who has served more than a decade in prison for killing a man during a road rage incident in 2001 ended up getting shot and killed on a plant city road by
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jake peterson with what you need to know. >>reporter: you can bet officers and s pete are giving a second look to motorcyclists until they find this guy who caused $1500 in damage to another vehicle. police say his victim snapped this picture. >> with self on technology in cameras everywhere it assists in our investigation. >> police spokesperson rick shaw says the combo of more cars on the road on cameras makes road rage cases more high profile than ever. >> it israzy. >> damien williams moved to the bay area a few years ago from new york city mcwilliams is the fast one. he thinks drivers here are two slow. >> they drive like it is sunday every day. pretty annoying. driving like they are looking at flowers on the side of the
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from confronting driver. >> people driving with guns and a lot of incidents that turn ugly and deadly. >>reporter: his advice the same as the police department. >> i have had a couple incidents myself. i had to avoid them pull over and let them keep going. not worth it at all. >> shot hopes drivers remember we are all after the same goal. >> people trying to get to their destination. don't take it personally. don't confront the person, where there is other people. confrontation never leads to anything good. text tip for 11 if you know this guy on the motorcycle or if you see other suspicious things on the road. eye-opening information on marijuana today. a new gallop poll says the number of adult pot smokers has nearly doubled in the last three years. recreational marijuana legal in
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oregon. florida voters decidinon medical marijuana in november. it need 60% to pass it filled by 3% on the ballot the last time in 2014. the pot debate in another bay area city reaching critical mass. lakeland leaders thinking about decriminalizing small amounts. a public hearing today. the talked about the idea of moving forward but not passed yet in another public meeting which we are expecting judd to be there and he is strongly against the idea. investigators at an apartment building that exploded in silver spring, maryland. look carefully at these images, trying to find as many people who might be missing at this hour. this anyone trapped is probably not alive. they don't know what caused the blast wednesday night. so far two confirmed dead, more than 30 people hurt. the explosions powerful it could be felt a mile away. the family of a three
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roller coaster at this amusement park in pennsylvania has asked for privacy as he continues to recover. at last word he was in critical condition after surgery but also talking and alert. a bit of good news there. the investigation into how this happened is still ongoing today. the roller coaster has a lap bar instead of seatbelts. there are height restrictions as well. the past is most recent safety inspection saturday. this is the third accident involving an amusement the united states in the past week. the convicted child last year who brought down an entire powerhouse football program. today for the first time former assistant football coach jerry sandusky testified about his crimes. try to get his 2012 conviction overturned. he took the stand today. sandusky said quote absolutely not when he was asked whether he committed the crimes for which he was convicted of four
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he was found guilty of sexually abusing 10 boys. sentenced to 30 years in prison. investigators trying to figure out who is responsible for 11 different bombings across thailand in the past day at least four people have died. han 30 injured. some bombs inside potted plants outside bars and restaurants, triggered by remote control. police say it doesn't look like the bombings are connected to international terrorm. there is speculation that could be tied to insurgent groups in thailand. you might recall a year ago someone set up an explosion outside a shrine popular with tourists, killing 20. asou know the temperatures have been soaring. if you are looking for outdoor fun where temperatures might be comfortable, try bringing the kids over to training camp or go wit thekids, fun for kids -- adults too. out there, because the gates open about an
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begins, temperatures will be in the upper 70s. warm and dry out there. i 11:00 starting to get steamy but 86 degrees a nice mix of sun and clouds. rain likely before noon the next couple of days so good timing for that. if you are too much eat, too strong of a chance for showers and storms in the afternoon and he went ahead indoors go to the beach. a pebble beach out at emily arena. indoors so you are in air- conditioning. free to all and opens at 10:00 a.m. with highs around 92 degrees each day. a decent chance for showers and storms each afternoon. not a bad place to hang out for sure. you can get your tickets online, you have to reserve a time even though it is free to the public. again check that out online, first come first serve for tickets. if you are thinking i would rather hang out in clearwater beach, i have that forecast is
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. seems like a reasonable move by the government manning banning pokemon go on government issued >> award in the washington times report, the pentagon sent a memo reminding workers and contractors to keep pokemon go off work phones because spies could use it to pinpoint the exact locations of sensitive facilities where secrets are stored. probably want to follow that advice. if you feel like it is hard to make ends meet you are certainly not alone. three fourths of americans say they are living paycheck to paycheck these days according to a brand-new survey from
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minimum wage, either. 19% of people at all salary levels say they were not able to pay for all of their expenses every month during the past year. >> the result nearly seven in 10 are currently in debt. breaking that down further, a source of the debt about half say it is manageable. a survey found 60% of people have cut back on their 401(k) contributions and personal savings in the past year. 36% don't take part in a retirement plan at all. >> where is the debt coming from? career builder found 64% is on credit cards. 47% on car loans, 45% home mortgages and 31stent loans. the biggest news and politics this week i'm a trump and clinton unveil economic plans and the crazy stuff trump said too. a long week of severe weather across much of the country including in the bay area. we will show you where people
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. still no answers about what led up to the sinking of el faro cargo ship up the coast of the bahamas.
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there is useful information on the data recorded they recovered. all 33 people on board died when it sank during a hurricane last fall. taking a look at extreme weather across the country. here are live pictures out of louisiana right now. a terrible situation in new orleans under state of emergency as rain continues to follow flood visors. this is floodwater in baton rouge. for a man swept away and drowned. check out live pictures here, this is north of baton rouge highway 10. a short time ago floodwater washed away part of the road and pushed a semi off e ad. the driver is okay, managed to climb out on top of the truck. not just rain, severe weather touching on most every corner of the u.s. the last few days. todd walker tracking the impact. >>reporter: wicked weather
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these men trapped trying to get their grandmothers car. >> it is scary i know they are big boys and they can handle themselves but that is my family. i am worried about them. they did eventually make it to safety. today across louisiana waters rising around the state. look how hard it is to see down this waterlogged road in baton rouge. several feet of water inside this home northeast of baton rouge. in the northeast u.s. clean up and await after an ef0 tornado touched down in connecticut. east of buffalo, new york the sun back out the two people found dead in a cemetery after officials believe they were struck by lightning. >> it's one in a million and happen to two people on the same day in a cemetery? >>reporter: an amish boy killed in ohio after struck by lightning trying to get his family's courses inside a barn. days of severe weather across
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continue into the weekend. check out this video a louisiana man inspired by the olympics makes light of some flooding. he dives in, takes a swim, freestyle, right there on the side of the road flooded out probably not the safest idea. >> or cleanest idea. >> makes me cringe. >> the things that could be stay out of the water when you seet happen. don't try to have fun in it, it isn't worth it. radar right now, things have cleared up considerably since the last time we looked at the radar. though showers are pretty brief out there but we have heavy downpours in polk county. some of this south of i-4 but once you get around haines city
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south into arcadia close to sebring heavy uracross saracounty and i-75. also heavy downpours there. showers and storms across northern counties, seems like everybody in the mix today a bit unlike what we have seen lately this time a day. showers and storms becoming more widespread. still in the east to west flow throughout the weekend. of sunshine and around 1:00 we start to see showers and storms bubbling up inland, all going to head to our coastline around 3:00-10:00 in the afternoon when we will have our prime time showers and storms. with early morning hours with lots of sunshine that tends to make is hot and steamy.
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to see rain so the most dry hours a great place to hang out will be the beach. water temperature do t85 degrees. we might cool off heading to the golf this weekend. plenty of sunshine and storms mainly after 3:00 saturday and sunday at clearwater beach. looking fantastic. as far as the 40 forecast 40% coverage afternoon showers a storms sda a little lower than what we experiencing today. dry, hot and steamy hours over the weekend. 92 the high by monday and tuesday we start to see rain chances going up primarily in the afternoon. nice dry start to the day and the seven day forecast with dennis coming up on action news at 5:00. breaking news. remember tt popular netflix series making a murder? tmz and other media outlets
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has been order to be released from prison by a federal judge because the teenager did not have a parent with them at the time he was interviewed by detectives so wisconsin judge overturning the conviction. breaking news in pasco county. action air 1 live on the way to a depression, not calling it a sinkhole yetoping in hudson on private property off meridian court. -- or mediterranean court i should say. feet wide, 950. the owners are out of town and since it is on private property mainly an issue for homeowners and their insuranccoany. we have seen a lot of showers and lightning on the way. we will keep you updated. this is a hard reality to report but it confirms what has long been believed. survey. t of its kind national the centers for disease control
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bisexual high school students are far more likely to be sexually assaulted and bullied and classmates. they are more likely to take part in risky behavior like attempting suicide. first gover study to look at these issues across the u.s.. students were allowed to remain anonymous in this survey. something else the survey found an estimated 16 million high school students in the united states about 1.3 million are either bisexual. one in five say they have been raped at some point in their lives according to the survey, one in three have been bullied. one in 10 say they have missed school because of safety concerns and one in four have attempted suicide in the past year. advocates a this is the first time you can say nationwide thereonent challenges faced by y lesbian bisexual children. cdc says understanding this is critical to protecting the
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kids. hillary clinton turning up the heat against donald trump taking to twitter to hound the trump about releasing his tax returns. suggesting trump may not be paying anything. hillary released her tax returns today, the big headline. it shows the clintons took in more than $10.5 million in income last year, a chunk coming from speeches bill clinton was paid for million came from royalties. >> transit back his tax returns public wants a routine audit is complete. he still has not replaced them. the irs says there is nothing keeping him from putting them out now. he is backpedaling on comments that president obama is the founder of isis after doubling down on that statement over and over again today. he is changing his tune saying it was sarcasm. this is trump you are looking
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pennsylvania later tonight. tourists flocking to florida and -- in record numbers. governor rick scott announced more than 57 million tourists visited the state during the first have a beer. state officials say that is the highest six month total ev. new numbers don't reflect what is happening in the state the last few weeks. parts of the south have been dealing with toxic algae blooms and 25 people contracted the zika virus from a north miami neighborhood. >> a tough time in south florida the summer. ever wonder what to do with old records you may have in your attic and basement? how about grabbing a hammer and smashing them up? i know it sounds crazy but you look at this, an artist this is what he is doingitbroken albums creating a whole new form of music appreciation. walter hamilton says broken pieces of vinyhim as he places them on the campus
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it took just a few days to create this. others like this one took three months. one of his most popular is the image of malcolm x.. his art is a tribute to music, dj thank you life and memories we have from the hate -- most o us hate getting flooded with ads online. >> a company firing back at facebook after announce it will override some software that lets as through. the company that makes ad block plus has found a way to stop facebook from doing it not last that long. it may be a matter of time before facebook comes up with another code to block its filter. facebook says ad blocker pahrough. osts from friends and >> they have tpay it u.s. women's gymnastic team taking home goal this year. the women nickname the final five not only have a place in u.s. gymnastics history but the team will also appear on a
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will feature a photo of simone bile with all around gold on e dend a photo of her with the rest of the team on the other. she took the top spot in the women's all-around yesterday while teammate, aly raisman, won silva. she now has the chance become the first woman to win five gold medals in a single game. love to see how u.s. olympians are being so celebrated right now. gymnasts, swimmers. >> a great ol so fantastic. >> so exciting real nailbiter is too. i don't know if you will like this better than swedish fish oreos, deep-fried twinkies for sale soon. edo only see these at the fair. walmart sent us these pictures. they come in two flavors. original golden and chocolate for $4.76 you can get seven
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in your oven at home. >> i would definitely give that a try. switching gears the fight against the zika virus is turning to our nations blood supply and the best way to keep it safe. >> a real concern. the concern is someone who doesn't show symptoms could end up donating blood without knowing if they are infected. >> the u.s. department of health and human services grant that may have the answer. >> unique look. >>reporter: in the back, baby in the front. >> easy to keep my hands free. >> in the diaper bag she keeps mosquito repellent made fur baby. >> i do it all. >>reporter: she is worried about 70 mental jordan been exposed to zika virus, which is spread by mo the virus linked to birth defect. >> i'm thinking about having
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it is crazy right now. >>reporter: a few miles down the road, the fight against zika taking place in a company. behind the stores past lab coats you will find 40 black box looking thing. >> this is my baby. >>reporter: tom west, division presiden dgnosc solutions. his company created a zika test in san diego that runs on panther. totally zika tests done by hand. the test can be used by blood banks. >> we want to clean the blood supply. >>reporter: and by women who may be thinking about getting pregnant. >> trying for another one. >>reporter: they are in the process of shipping out almost 1 million test. >> we are cranking them out now. >>reporter: said to be so sensitive it can detect the tiniest drop of zika in your blood. >> that all takes place inside
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hospitals and labs already have. that could speed up testing. >> whenever they are trying to push that this braiding. >>reporter: she would like to see a vaccine someday. until then, she will keep away from mosquitoes especially if she gets pregnant. >> i will probably wear long sleeves, long pants spraying everyone. >> screening test over the course of the next year. >> the government planning to shift another $81 million in the department of health and human services to continue playing -- paying for research into the zika vaccine. that is it for the now. >> action is at 5:00 starts right now a community in disbelief over a violent operating clock. >> the reason a fictional boy accud killing his sister
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we begin with breaking news . a depression opening up. it is at least 25 feet wide. new information about the people that live there.ortute f that live there they are out of town. we are in side. significant water outside so cannot be outside due to the weather. that is the hope we are talking about. we have emergency workers trying to drive some concrete that has fallen in there. try to lay additional semantics. unfortunately this is not stopped growing. we see it go underneath the home and you can see the workers working underneath the garage. we will
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of the van. you can literally see water piping from underneath this home where the depression is exposing some of the piping. we are told residents within 100 feet have been recommended to evacuate. they do not know when it will stop moving. it is a big concern for this home. emergency services is calling this the biggest sinkhole they have ever seen in this area we will keep alo talk to some neighbors about their concerns. that is the latest from here at hudson we will bring you more on here and on life and the facebook page and abcactionnews.com. now to the horrifying crime. neighbors are in disbelief over the violent actions of a little boy who lived it on the street. >> he accused by his accused of

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