>> the olympic swimmers story unravelling further. and the one thing they want the swimmers to do. get 24 meals for under four dollars.

live from the station taking action for you. this is abc action news. all new at 11:00 on abc action news take action for a local family torn apart for two years because of the cuban government. how our exclusive reportin to tampa. thanks for joining us i'm wendy ryan. >> and we'll have more on that story. but first breaking news out of rio. right now u.s. swimmers gunnar gunnarbentz is on an airplane back to the u.s. there are still conflicting reports on what exactly we are seeing in this surveillance video. both sides insisting it backs

recommending ryan lochte and jimmy fie again be indicted. they say there was no robbery and instead say the four swimmers made up the story to hide the fact they vandalized a restroom. a person approaches the cab telling them they cannot leave. then security guards say to get out of the car. it's after that the stories differ. the swimmers claim they were robbed at gunpoint. but authorities say they forced the mn from the taxi but allowed them to pay for damages and then leave. the swimmers say they were not allowed to leave until they paid hundreds of dollars. lochte likely will not be extradited but james feigen could be used as bait. but he believes this will end di promatically.

promatically. >> the other -- diplomatically. >> more than likely be viewed as a robbery here in the states which could be a reason a u.s. court would deny lochte's extradition. hearing from the neighbor of a 16-year-old accused of stabbing his mom and younger brother while on vacation. charging gust ramron with two counts of he was visiting from massachusetts and neighbors there are shocked by the charges. >> the brief encounters i've had with him i would never think he would do such a thing. but, you know. >> the teen's mom called 911 right after the attack. she and her 14-year-old son are in the hospital with serious injuries tonight. the high school junior held without bond in the sarasota county jail. police looking for this man. carlos cordero.

him as they investigate the beating of an 81-year-old man. alfred watton was found unconscious in his yard. his car was stolen. he is still in the hospital tonight. cordero was the last person seen with the man. this is the moment one cuban family thought would never happen. for two years separated from their daughters. the reunion not possible without of michael paluska and the persistence of a u.s. congressman. live from the airport with the reunion, michael? >> what do you know? even as the parents were standing right here waiting for their daughters they couldn't believe it. everybody that came off the train they were looking they didn't believe their daughters were here in the united states of america until they actually

>> there are no words to describe what it must feel like to see your daughters after two years apart. it is simply pure joy. 12-year-old amanda hugging her father herminio otero for the first tile since she was 10. lost in embraces. it was exactly tw month ago that herminio fled cuba for the u.s. becoming an enemy of the state. a decision that's haunted him ever since never knowing that the risk to leave would cost him his family. as we witnessed firsthand in may the government doesn't take lightly to people speaking out against the castro regime and they could have kept the daughters on the island forever. during our trip to cover the

recorded message to their daughters, a hand drawn map and a little luck led us right to their front door. after our reports aired david jolly vowed to bring the girls home. two months later he made good on it. >> they don't know. >> this is the first time the 12 and 20-year-olds have been outside of cuba. a new beginning they'r parents by their side. . [ speaking foreign language ] you know the girls we asked them what was the first thing they wanted to do in the u.s. they didn't want to eat somewhere or go disney world they wanted to learn to speak

live at the airport michael paluska abc action news. all right our regular round of showers and tomorrows -- storms and dry across the area with the exception of one little batch of rain. but most of the area perfectly dry tonight. by time you're waking up tomorrow morning conditions nice and dry so you don't have to worry about a wet commute. afternoon round of showersnd tomorrow. the seven-day forecast and show you where we're going see a change in this weather pattern coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. democracy 2016 a first. donald trump doing an about face and showing a more humble side in what saw as a trump apology. the new campaign yesterday denying he was behind in the polls. but his campaign manager saying

many surprised as trump admitted he has said the wrong thing. >> and believe it or not i regret it. particularly where it may have caused personal pain. >> trump's new campaign manager admitting they will hold his first debate prep session this month. tomorrow look for the first trump tv adds set to battleground states included florida. a babysitter arrested for leaving a baby in a car for at least 30 minutes. some good samaritans saw the baby and saved that girl. tower telling our sister station in orlando it was an accident. police saying the 31-year- old exposed himself to a young girl walking to school and then

first time their kwidz were targeted. just -- kids were targeted. just last year two other kids say a man tried to grab them too. the future of five polk county schools on the line tonight if they cannot bring up the grades the state could shut them down. the district unveiling a rescue plan. marisela burgos withhe action plan of how they are going from a d to an a. >> this is one of e with a bad grade. parents showed up tonight to listen to their new plan to improve this school's grade and they hope it'll work. no one in this cafeteria likes the letter d. >> i'm used to my kids going to a and b schools so it's a shocker. >> denison middle is one of five schools in county with a d grade. >> as a parent you want your

>> p principal laid -- the principal laid out the game plan. the superintendent says the specific schools were almost cs. >> it's not good enough for any of us. that's why we're committed to doing the work. that's why year we're sharing -- why we're sharing the information. >> the state rejected an improvement plan for the five failing schools so t new one. teachers getting more work and more incentives. the superintendent says they can't do it alone and wants parents to know sxaktly what they're doing -- exactly what they're doing. >> we're moving forward and we need everybody to understand that we want what's best for our students here at this school. and for the schools in our district. >> parents want the best education possible and no more fears their schools are closing. >> but we have faith.

to have faith on the teachers and the system. >> the superintendent hopes the state will approve the new plan which they submitted earlier this week with details about how they're going improve the grades of the five schools. and they won't find out when this plan will be approved for another couple of weeks. marisela burgos abc action news. a police officer hitting a woman in handcuffs how police e saiing medication -- life saving medication sky rocketing tonight. one of the possible reasons has people outraged. saying i do isn't cheap. the one small thing you can do to save thousands on your

got a breaking news out of st. pete. marisela burgos is live for us on 66th street north where police are evacuating the

>> they did evacuate some of the homes where they're focussing where there's a man that's barricaded inside of his home. i'm going to show you a little bit about what we're seeing out here off of 66th street. they have blocked it off between 58th avenue north and 56th avenue north. we're limited in what we can show you. there's a man inside a home with a firearm. they know that because he fired the weapon a number of times and has al so deputies at this point they've been here for two and a half hours. we don't know whether they've communicated with him yet. they're trying to do that now. we're supposed to learn more information soon. if you can please avoid this area as swat and deputies are out here trying to speak with this man. reporting live marisela burgos abc action news. >> thank you. new tonight chicago's superintendent wants to fire

information in a shooting. local activists called the move courageous and bold but fear those who retired won't be held accountable. he was shot in 2014. he was armed with a knife. video released in november shows jason van dooik shooting him -- van dyke shooting him 16 times. and now is charged with firs woman in the face now on administrative leave. they are trying to arrest the woman. she spits as one and a second punches her. she falls then to the ground. the accused detective claims he tried to grab the woman's face to stop her from spitting. our first look inside a louisiana school devastated by the flooding. workers trying to clear away the mud and debris coating

resume. 20 louisiana parishes now declared federal disaster areas. a tampa man hitting the road on his way to louisiana taking two trailers of donations o the hardest hit places. why that man is making this his mission. >> shoes? >> when you see it on tv how bad it is you just cry. that's all you do. >> but tonight. >> here and here. >> some people in the bay area are putt >> thank you. >> and giving all they can to relieve the pain felt by the devastating flooding in louisiana. >> it's bad. it's -- a lot of them don't have a house inmore. >> it has damaged 40,000 homes and nearly 7,000 people are in emergency shelterings. more mike and kneel these images -- neil these images hit close to home. >> i went to high school there.

>> it breaks my heart to see these people going through this. losing everything. >> i know florida got hit i gafrn tee louisiana would -- guarantee louisiana would give back to us. >> finally delivering some much needed hope. >> you be safe okay? >> to those drifting in uncertainty. in tampa abc action news. well people with allergies know this is a lifesaver right here b months the price of an epipen has sky rocketed because a similar product has been recalled. the price has gone up $200. and in the last few years it's gone up $500. it now costs more than $600. the pharmaceutical company that makes it is taking advantage of

understanding how the drug company can allow this to happen. because it's not a drug that can help them feel better it will truly save their life. >> when asked about the increase the drug company blames the changing healthcare insurance landscape and says it offers coupons for $100 off on their website. many couples saving money saying i do by having their weddings on thursdays now. $33,000. nearly 6% got married on thursday last year. up from 4.3% in 2014. a texas man learning how rewarding a good deed can be. he saw a woman visibly upset so he walked over to comfort her and paid for her groceries. the next day some people came to his job, ordered the cheapest thing on the menu and

>> the woman was their mother. turns out it was the three-year anniversary of her husband's death that had her so upset. >> that's the best story. >> what a sweet story. >> you never know what someone's going through. >> you have no idea how your good deed will be rewarded. >> all right well. >> i guess now i have to give the weather report. now i got to -- alri all right. so looking good out there across tampa bay. we don't have any rain to be found. there's nothing that's going to cause problems for you. let's take a look right now at the radar and you can see that we are all clear and dry all across tampa bay. this is great news because when you wake up tomorrow morning it's looking just the same as we take a wider look out.

nothing that's going to cause you problems by the time you're getting up tomorrow morning. temperatures across the area in the low 80s. 81 in tampa. 82 in clearwater. st. pete 80 degrees. mixed skies out there. trying to clear out overnight. and winds from the northeast at about five to ten. all of this similar to what you'll be waking up to tomorrow morning. no big changes just is the -- just the temperatures five degrees lower. let's look at th future cast is now picking up that bit of rain that we were seeing in our southern counties. out of here overnight and tomorrow morning around 8:00 getting ready to hit the road for your morning commute. all of our roads and bridges dry. when we get to around 2:00 to 4:00 we'll see the showers and storms bubbling up. by 11:00 tomorrow night we'll have a few lingering showers

out there. let's talk about the tropics. one of our rings is off. not sure how that happened. but it should be right over this batch of storms that's coming off the coast of africa. up to a 40% chance of development. and we expected that that was going to happen. that the chances were going to go up as it continues to work its way to the west in the days ahead. there's a chance it could be bringing some heavier rainfall to some of the and we want to keep an eye on that. if you're planning a trip in that area keep an eye on that for the middle of next week. that's when it is likely to have the impact. that's where the ring moved to. fiona in the atlantic and the spaghetti models bringing it to bermuda. may have an effect if it stays together otherwise only bothering the fish. speaking of beaches and fish in

clearwater beach tomorrow. lots of dry hours because we're continuing this easterly flow. dry starts 30% coverage of showers and storms for tomorrow and saturday. a lot of great hours to be out there and enjoying our weather. by sunday this reverse pattern kicks into gear. chance for coastal patterns in the morning. that may not turn out to be as good of a only 40% coverage and look at the rest of next week looking fabulous out there. >> thank you. coming up the latest take on ryan lochte's big mistake. plus an apology to who?

hello folks the buccaneers and jaguars got through their two days of joint practices relatively unscathed. they will meet game night saturday at everbank field. from what we're hearing it turned out bin official for both. -- beneficial for both.

i hope we can don't do this in the future. >> it was a really really good two days for us. >> now we might see something entirely different on saturday night but the buccaneers to me look more athletic than the jaguars. i thought their speed and talent showed up. >> we have a little juice on that pass rush heat with a four man rush. and that helps your pass coverage. so it was good. our defense confidence and happy to see our first offense go down and get a score. >> we're searching for the truth as they say and i think we'll find out more. >> the buc's offense had a better day. wednesday was just awful. the turn around started last night. >> the coach challenged us about having edge, being willing to compete hard and i feel like we went out there and did that today. >> one concern from today and it appears to be a nigh nor

jarred mccoy got his ankle caught up and slightly sprained it. it definitely is not a long- term thing. >> of course man i'm one of the leaders, especially competing against another team i'm a competitor so as long as we are i'm going there. missing opportunities it bugs me. i hate missing any opportunity to get better. especially with my boys out there competing. >> luke hopes his tenure term thing. he was named on september 3rd against u mass. applebee will be the backup. i wonder what ryan lochte is thinking. an olympian who spent his entire career chasing michael phelps. he caught the fame train along the way and now he sits at home without comment. at the same time people across

buddies that drunk that they didn't know a robbery from a request to pay for damages they caused? it's hard buying the angle. i thought lochte was telling the truth well shame on me. it was a vandalism case at least that's what we have as of tonight. officials are hoping they look at this as young adults getting into mischief. the problem is lochte he told the truth i could see let it go. but he fabricated a story that got the u.s. oc and the fbi involved n. the end the u.s. looking a little red faced apologizing for his actions. lochte apology should be coming soon. for lochte his endorsements are in jeopardy. not the consequences he envisioned for a night out in

all right a high of 93 going to feel like 100. 30% coverage of showers and storms tomorrow. and yeah not a lot of changes as we head to the weekend. a rain chances just a little earlier. top stories head over to abcactionnews.com. >> have a good night we'll see

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