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s.u.v.'s, carrying gunmen arrived at the restaurant. located in the heart of the hotel zone. prosecutors office saying in a statement, five vehicles were abandoned at thrist van, but it's unclear whether they belong to any of the victims or attackers. >> mexican media reports said as many as 16 people were abducted. authorities did not confirm that number. we'll update that situation and bring you details later in the newscast >> a beloved music teacher in critical condition after an alleged drunk driver hit her and her boyfriend. >> tonhtrs, friends and family praying for them to recover. live at sexton elementary school where care line signs teaches. carson? >> reporter: car line gn teaches music here at sexton elementary school. her friends, family and the
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prayers she's in bad shape. we are finding out drunk driving is not anything new to the man that hit her. some things are out of our hands. >> get through this. we will help the children if they have questions, get through this. >> these teache learned this this weekend. >> she's an amazing teacher. she always jumps in to do things omi nights does amazing thinith the kids in the classrooms. >> she's a young lady and she was an excellent music teacher, full of life for the kids, just a beautiful spirit. >> reporter: tonight, care line sigh is on support, her boyfriend, in critical condition. his back broken in three places hit by a drunk driver that ran a red light early sunday morning at park boulevard.
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bruce mccloud has a dui conviction from 2006 a judge raised his bond to $50,000, calling him a public threat. his attorney spoke to us after court. >> very unfortunate this had to happen. i ow mr. mccloud personally. i know he is very remorseful, very sorry to hear about what happened. >> reporter: some things are out of our hands, which is why they came together. >> it's very important to gather together as a family, a staff, a community when a tragedy like this occurs. >> reporter: we found out in court mccloud has other criminal charges in his history. including criminal mischief back in 1999. carson chambers, abc action
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g -- there is a greater demand for transit in pascual county. this is an important economic
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service will enable people of pascual county to get to more educational, shopping, employment opportunities. >> reporter: buses running from u.s. 19 to the shops at tampa premium outlets with connections to the city coming onboard. >> that's going to be huge. major pascual employers like trinity medical center through. >> transporttation has become more and more challenging. increase in routes and buses and frequency is incredible. >> >> pascual county expected to keep growing at a record pace. people like katherine smith look forward to seeing the bus service grow, too. abc action news. >> >> turning to louisiana where historic rains have wiped out entire communities and forced
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from their homes, right now, a state of emergency is in effect. >> >> the river passing the old river by six feet. at last check, 64 people dead. 24,000 rescued. water rescues caught on camera. this woman in baton rouge pulled from her sinking car just in the nick of time. >> meteorologists say 20 inches of rain fell in southern louisiana in 24 hours, starting late last week, the expected to get even more rain, to day. >> even though it was an unnamed storm, it was historic levels of rivers and creeks rising. i will tell you, we have not seen anything liin thest. >> right now, more than 200 roads are closed and local shelters are quickly running out of room for people in need of help. american red cross of central florida deployed 15 volunteers
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reto those families. >> >> reporter: we are looking at an area that is looking at not a one in 100 year flood. but some areas in baton rouge, they are calling it a 1 in 1,000 year flood. the scale, pink color, well over 15 inches in the last five days, most of the rivers have crested and they are beginning to come back down. but as we mentioned, there is still a little more rain on the way, obviously making it but definitely in terms of heaviest rain, the worst has ended. for us, we have some strong storms, looking through the evening, more showers and a few storms continue to pop up. certainly nothing widespread as we see conditions clear at 10:00. throughout the overnight, partly cloudy skies for the evening, we stay dry and mild as our record breaking heat in some areas continue. we'll talk about that, coming
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deputies offering $3,000 for tips that read to an arrest in a gas station robbery. they are hoping the public will recognize this man right here. they are saying the man you see on the screen robbed the citgo quick mart last tuesday. before robbing that citgo, the same suspect was at a quick mart, wearing a purple hat. anyone with should call crimestoppers >> all know, in polk county, bartow police looking for this plan, ron wayne hall. is he a wanted sex offender. he failed to register three times and police say he is once again off the grid. if you recognize him, call crimestoppers. the number is on your screen. >> >> hillsboro county deputies want you to you take a good look at this man behind me.
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the gun at the cashier, demanding cash. deputies say the suspect took off. if you have you any idea who that man is, call crimestoppers. >> >> summer is officially over for kids in the bay area. some in folk county vent their day settling into a brand-new school. citrus ridge opened their doors today. joining us with some of the unique learning advantages kids will have. >> reporter: davenport where parents dropped off kids for the first day of school at their brand-new school. this is citrus ridge, barely got finished for the first day. i got a cannes to meet with the super. she assured us it's done and ready to go, with the accepting of the gym that's not going to be done until this fall. you can tell the kids and their parents are excited to try out
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everything here has a civics theme, leadership -- et cetera. >> making sure we give the students the foundation, right now, it's not about me, it's about us, including all of us. it's teaching them citizenship and things of that nature. we want to give them the foundation early on. >> part of the theme is very inclusive. an interesting tip that every morning, they will learn american sign language as part of the school's daily morning show. a cool interesting, very new. no one has done this before. the mascot, very fitting. they will be called the pioneers. it's not out of the question, could be making $120,000, $140,000 >> up next, the demand il
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intimidation, thinking you need to be great at math. >> the fact of the matter, i don't do a lot of math day to day. >> with job analysts reporting
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paying $57,000 requires some knowledge of coding. there are some schools teaching the skills. is there five, six, seven years old, you can start to learn the bases of coding. in milwaukee, the is moving up the curfew. city erupted riots after people say a police shot and killed a man. >> this is a look at the protest last fight into this morning. demonstrators fired shots, set far cars on fire and used rocks to smash thpolice car
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>> the mayor of milwaukee -- >> without question. he had a gun in his hand. i want our community to know that. >> the said there is police body cam are of him holding the gun. as to when the public will see that, it's unclear. governor scott walkers that activated the national guard to help police. some storms out there, a lot of lightning. >> most of the area, the rain is just about over. allod of inland areas, not a drop are but the heat has been stifling.
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if it is both? what we have right now, a lot of hot weather. still can't rule out the chance of a few more storms throughout the late afternoon, early evening. it's that time of the year, sea breeze getting going. and then they wind down. there they are. this is something we always stress. there are still a few lightning strikes close to the coast. if you are close enough to hear thunder, you are you close enough to be struck by lightning. even if you have overhead, that's something to really remember because lightning can go 10, 12-miles away. notice how the storm popped up 2:00 or 3:00, quickly moved across and now they are moving off shore, at least a majority of them are, lo90s in areas that have not had rain, mid-to upper 80s. . factor in the humidity, all
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about temperatures and above. . right now, checking in, 92 degrees. saint pete, the cool breeze coming in pleasant. now to 85 degrees. so, no real changes to our pattern over the next several days. we will still have the east to south can plan your morning rain free. but once we hit 2:00 or 3:00 when kids start to head home, we'll be dodging a few storms. radar showing most of the rain has ended, i would not be surprised if a motorms, outflow boundary create additional storms to 9:30, 10:00 and then they are gone and the rest of tonight will be mostly clear. we will be waking top warm,
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i think we stay dry until probably 2:00 or 3:00 when they start to come in again. here is what is changing, compared to what we had over the week, a little less moisture. because of that, the coverage will bthe timing will change, whatever we get, it will be afternoon and evening, but i don't think we'll see widespread activity. here a a lookty forecast for wednesday morning. 8:00, looks good, clear skies, dry conditions and again, you hit 3:30 or 4:00, storms pop up, heavier along the coast later in the day. forecast highs for tuesday, right back a little above normal. typically, we should be normal. today, in the mid-90s, flirting with record breaking heat. i don't see if he relief any time soon over the next several days. >> >> let's talk tropics, things will be getting more active.
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earl in this area, what we are checking out now, this region. cape verde, off africa where hurricanes typically form. rain chances 40-50%. 40% by the weekend. >> >> thanks. >> still ahead, nearly one week after a massive explosion. police still don't know how many victims remain missing. the reason the search for the bodies are taking longer than expected
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middle of a widespread computer hack. how hackers targeted credit card infortion carried by
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take a look at this, individual you an idea of houdan the the area is. a 10-year-old boy found a bomb, played with it, and it exploded, killing him. . it nepal where 33 people are dead after officials say a packed bus slid and rolled off
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after math of the crash. several others were injured. it's unclear what caused the accident. >> >> still to come, solutions to parking problems in downtown tampa. the new ride share service on the way that is not uber or lift, completely free. >> >> a great opportunity for anyone looking for work that's free, right now and could help
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here we go, breaking news as we come on the air at 5:30. gunmen in mexico ab ducking as many as 16 people at a resort. the latest reports said two
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number of men rolled up near the resort. >> >> two new cases of the zika virus, one in hillsboro county and the other if in polk. bringing the total number of florida transmitted cases up to 30. >>. breaking economy news, stocks closing at record highs, again, tonight, the dow, s&p and nasdaq hitting all time highs, oil prices rally. plus developments of a campaign involving done trump. >> big news about parking in downtown tampa. >> >> it can be a nightmare, we all know it, but ashley discovered creative solutions. >> i'm trying to park for at least an hour. >>
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around the location until i find somewhere to park. it's pretty much a hassle. >> reporter: a hassle the city of tampa, and downtown partnership are hoping to ease. in about a month, you will see electric cars like this one shuttling people to events >> the whole concept of having people provide this for others is training. >> reporter: you will use an app to order a space. it there are weekend hours for the internal events, also, free of charge. >> instead of figuring out where they will park. it will be figuring out what alternatives and different options they have. >> hart is talking about running the trolley every 10 minutes during event time and making map service from as well. a change people living downtown say could cut the gridlock.

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