captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 comments@captioncolorado.com now at 9:00, a suspect is in custody after a s.w.a.t. situation in pinellas county. what happened before the man reportedly started firing shots in >> governor scott is lynndie logue at the health department. >> first at 9:00, we begin with a developing story captivating much of the four u.s. olympic

>> swimmer feigen had to pay $10,000 to leave brazil. we are now trying to sort all of the details out. >> reporter: the olympic sized event getting a lot of attention is whether or not u.s. olympic ryan lochte and his teammates were ever robbed at gunpoint in rio de janeiro. the athletes station bathroom and were questioned by armed guards before paying for the damage and left. teammates were escorted off the u.s.-bound flight wednesday night and taken to the police station where they faced hours of questioning. both swimmers heckled as they left the rio police station returning to the hotel rooms before boarding a flight out of brazil last night. on the night in question, lochte and his teammates maintained they got an ataxi

headed to the olympic village. >> the guy whipped out his gun, comed it, put it to my forehead and i was like whatever. >> reporter: police released new surveillance video from integration where the swimmers say the -- video from the gas station where the swimmers say the incident took place. sources who spoke to all four swimmers say their story still holds up of video is missing, which they claim would show the men being held up at gunpoint and bullied to sit down on the curb until they handed over cash. overnight, the u.s. olympic committee offering this statement saying "we apologize to our hosts in rio and the people of brazil for this distracting ordeal in the midst of what should rightly be a celebration of excellence."

any jail time is highly unlikely. stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. the zika virus continues to spread through mosquitoes in miami-dade count why you and sounding more alarms promising discussions on whether to advise pregnant women to avoid traveling to places like miami and miami beach. >> two new cases of the zika virus are outside of the wynnewood area where all of the been so far. lindsay, what's so unique about the two new cases? >> reporter: good morning to you. a few things. first, let me tell you, we get zika number updates daily from the health department. that is nothing new. moments ago, i just found out that governor rick scott added a last-minute stop to his schedule today. he will be in miami at noon to

zika virus there. that we do not see very often. we do know already that state leaders have been in talks about whether to warn pregnant women to stay away. if that happens, it could be a huge blow for miami and miami beach where tourism is by far the most profitable industry. there are reports that they were treated for mosquitoes on miami beach. the number one florida tourist hot spot which is 7 the wynnewood district. several media outlets sited a health official as the source. as of right now, the city's mayor is urging people to stay calm. >> nothing, i repeat, nothing has been confirmed from the florida department of health, the cdc, or by the county. we have not had any confirmation. these are two cases. i know there has been talk about some kind of clusters.

>> so this afternoon, it's highly likely governor rick scott will provide information about the two cases and whether or not they were spread on miami beach. it could be a game changer for zika in south florida. the residents here in the bay area, keep in mind that zika has not been spread through mosquitoes yet anywhere in the bay area and wearing sunscreen daily is still your best defense. live at the health department in tampa, i'm lindsay logue, abc action news. it is friday night kickoff. here we are with changes detailing those. it's tampa and clear water in st. pete. we're doing that with plenty of sunshine. the winds are coming in around 5 to 10 miles per hour. i'll tell you what, by the time we get into this afternoon, we'll have a few showers and storms. then everything will continue to push off towards the west, not 20 or 30% coverage. it will be dry by 1:00 or 2:00.

popping up. everything is moving in a westerly direction by this weekend. we'll talk about that. no worries there, built this feature we have to watch because that will take a more southerly track that could be gaston in the next few days. >> fiona, gaston, sounds like disney characters. >> hermine is coming up so absolutely. unfortunately, we have a serious crash out there on the avenue in tampa. it's blocked right now at 50th street. again, a serious crash here. no word on how long the lanes will be blocked. just keep an eye out for that to leave yourself another time to make that detour. we're looking great at i-275 at

towards tampa. we're looking a little slow, i- 4 but looking great on 275 over in pinellas county. dan? we turn now to a developing story. a deadly shooting overnight many west tampa. police found the body of a man in nassau street with a gunshot wound. we will bring you any information as soon as we get it. updating you now on breaking news we last night. a s.w.a.t. situation that started with shots fired in pinellas county. police have a 72-year-old man in protective custody. they say he barricaded himself on 66th street then firing three shots. detectives now say he was arguing with his wife, and he has a history of mental health and alcohol issues. they say it's fortunate no one got hurt. >> for his safety and everybody

indiscriminately start firing off rounds, someone could get hurt. >> they were able to send a camera inside the house first to make sure the man no longer had ahold of his gun. we have a long, difficult process of cleaning up. you can see water is still really lie in some places. 13 people are dead, 40,000 homes have been damaged. right now, though, a tampa man is headed to louisiana with a trailer full of donations. micah neil went to high school in baton rouge, an area now covered in flood waters. he decided this week he couldn't just sit back and do nothing, so he started collecting donations and before he knew it, two trailers were full of clothes and a lot more. he expects to arrive in baton rouge this afternoon. in democracy 2016, donald

first time since his campaign began is apologizing admitting he makes mistakes while speaking off the cuff. >> sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. i have done that, and believe it or not, i regret it. >> trump using a said he especially regretted saying anything that caused personal pain to anyone. it is a rare admission to trump who said he prefers "not to regret anything." being on the democratic side, hillary clinton is taking some time away from the campaign trail today. >> she met with a group of law enforcement officers. she says the country cannot

not inflame existing problems. >> everyone is safer which there is respect for the law and everyone is respected by the law. >> a new poll released yesterday shows that clinton now just has a four-point lead over donald trump. citrus county will be the third bay area county to begin early voting for the upcoming florida primary. voting is already under way in hillsborough and desoto counties. if you don't want to vote the primary is tuesday, august 30th. new this morning, a rocket lit up florida's space coast before 1:00 this morning. the delta 4 rocket carrying two air force satellites into orb it. the military says the satellites include imaging equipment to detect the location, size, and status of objects and near earth's orbit like other satellites and rockets. they will be used to detect and

in space. two astronauts are conducting experiments. they will begin installing the first of two docking ports in the space stations. they are important as space ex and boeing's new manned spacecraft will use them to dock with the station. a growing, potentially dangerous trend as wildfire continues to plague californians. the important warning that homeowners blatantly ignored putting their lives at risk. w where we need to go, but would you get into an uber with no driver behind the wheel? we'll show you where the

turning now to the latest in the battle of the massive wildfires burning in california, although, some progress has been made in containing this particular fire. evacuations are still in effect

the evacuation orders, staying put in their homes and calling 911 for help. emergency services might not be able to respond. the trend is dangerous as infernos speed through drought- starved vegetation. many people who refuse to evacuate have animals, and there are limited places they can go with them. >> my car's packed. my animals are in my car, and we're real close to the main with their animals can't check into hotels with them. there are now animal shelters that are open. volunteers at the san bernardino fairgrounds are caring for horses, sheep, goats, and several llamas. a 17-year-old from georgia faces charges after deputies hired a hitman to kill two classmates. deputies received a tip that morgan miles morris was attempting to hire the hitman so they arranged an undercover

officer $12,000 and provide information on how to carry out the murders. classmates were surprised to learn of the plans. >> i was kind of surprised. i haven't talked to him in a while, but it's kind of sad because, you know, i've, you know, known him, so it's sad to know that he's gone off that way. >> the pickens county sheriff's office contacted the potential victims. morris was arrested and solicitation to commit murder. >> if you've gotten suspicious mail lately, you are not alone. a lot of people have gotten letters seemingly from the u.s. government. do you need to be concerned about identity theft if you get one of these letters? >> reporter: thousands of people are receiving a strange letter that appears to be from the government in the mail, and some of them are freaking out about it. here's what to do and what not

suspicious mailing. >> reporter: butch payne found this in his mailbox the other day. >> it was addressed to the resident of my address. >> reporter: he says he almost pitched it. >> i thought it was junk mail. then i saw u.s. department of commerce. >> reporter: it explained it was the american community survey, an expanded census form sent to 3 million families every year and not just census years. just about everyone who has everec questions if this is from the government or i.d. theft scam. >> i thought maybe some kind of scam artist because they ask you to go online to fill out the survey. >> reporter: butch says he was horrified by some of the questions such as, are you married, widowed or divorced? how do you get to work? what time do you leave for work and what's your annual income? with so much hacking in the news, he didn't want to answer that.

course hillary and her e-mails. >> reporter: the u.s. commerce department says you are required by law to answer the questions as best you can, but it says no one has ever been prosecuted for leaving questions blank. butch says it's just a little too intrusive. >> i just think the government is getting too big for their britches. >> reporter: if you fail to fill it out, you will get a visit from a census worker at the door so answer some of the questions so you don't waste your right now. if you use uber to get around town, you could soon find yourself riding in a driving car. >> uber is preparing to test the self-driving cars in downtown pittsburgh. in the next few weeks, each vehicle has a tablet computer in the backseat to keep passengers informed of how the car's doing and getting them to where they need to go. a train driver will sit in the driver's seat monitoring the application. many may be apprehensive by

the program in advance will be able to summon one. >> that makes sense. >> yeah, i was like, wait a minute. >> totally driver cars is worse, right? we have pictures from yesterday and we'll get more today. look at the colors there with the rain chance coming in. this just tells the story, does some areas are just getting deluged. then you go farther to the west or east and then nothing. that'll be the case again today. 83 for tampa and clear water at this hour. we'll do that with plenty of sunshine. you factor in the humidity and take a gander at what's going on. it feels, oh my goodness, 91 and 96 at planet city. 92 at clear water. of course we'll have triple digit feels-like temps.

us out with that and that will result in a few afternoon thunderstorms from east to west. a reversal from west to east tomorrow. that means coastal morning showers. not all of us getting the afternoon and inland thunderstorms. by the way, the tropics are active as well. the showers and storms rolled through with the 12-hour loop. the current titan doppler radar is quiet. so for saturday and sunday, this pattern now greens and hues push east. keep that in mind. if you have outdoor plans, things were covered 20 to 30%. here's to fiona out in the middle of nowhere. it will be the open waters and nothing doing there. i think this thing will disappear before it gets to the latter part of the forecast there. this will not.

continue to go up. the tropical wave will likely go a lot farther south and impact perhaps the lesser antilles by the time we get into next week. so if we have interests in the area, keep up to date with us. we don't know what will happen there after. so weep that in mind. we're now getting into the meat of the season. we're talking the second week of september is the peak. we'll let you know if anyone threatens us. 89 in st. pete. we'll do that with a few thundeto 30% coverage, and relatively low, right? 20 and 30 on saturday and sunday with plenty of sunshine heading into early next week as well. it is friday. that means it's time for the pet of the week. we'll introduce to you daisy, a lovable big dog with a small dog mentality. you don't want to miss the chance to give this girl a forever home. the positively tampa bay and a visit with career source. if you are under-employed or

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. >> at this hour, campus police at the university of south florida are searching for a flasher. ahead in a students are doing to stay safe. >> plus, the reason authorities are saying they shouldn't have to release the pulse nightclub 911 calls. >> good morning, i'm deiah riley. >> we'll get to the day's top stories in a minute. first, it's friday. >> the weather's going to hold out. >> hopefully folks are launching the full weekend off.

shows there's not much doing here. the rain chances will be lower than the averages. we're in good shape, i think, about 84. by the way, that's the temperature in the shade, right? it already feels like 90-plus out there. so that will set us up for 91 and a high of 92 to feel more like 102 with the rain chances about 20 to 30% as we head through the weekend here. those are the numbers that continue to climb. we'll talk about more about the weekend chances and now at 9:30, students at usf being put on notice this morning. >> campus police wanting them to be on the lookout for a flasher. rodney dunningan, students just got back to campus and now they have to deal with this? >> reporter: that's right, deiah. they just moved back onto campus yesterday and police got three reports of a guy going around flashing students.

couple of buddies and that helps out to make sure you feel comfortable and safe on the campus. >> reporter: students on guard this morning with good reason. >> reporter: of course there's concern. >> reporter: students back on campus for fall semester. a flasher exposing himself at several spots around the university. campus police sending out a warning this morning. >> this is my first week on campus. i had no idea what was happening. it came in around 6:00 last night of a man exposing himself near a dining hall. a few hours later a few more calls in to campus police. police have a slight description, a white male who may be in his 30s wearing a blue t-shirt, gray shorts, and glasses. he has a thin build with short hair. his hair may be gray or possibly blond. campus police urging students to be aware of the

she's walking with me from morning to night. we don't go by ourselves because we're female. >> reporter: unfortunately this is not the first time campus police have had to deal with the problem like this. they actually got a report of a flasher back in april. then in october of last year, they got three reports of a flasher. at this point, we do not believe any of these are connected. >> for now, reporting live at the university florida, rodney dunningan, abc action news. getting our first look of a man accused of molesting a young girl in a pool. jose fernando pena is accused of grabbing a girl under the age of 12 on monday. he rubbed himself against her. she swam away but he grabbed her and then molested her. tampa police want to talk to the last person seen with an 82-year-old man before he was

backyard. police want to know if you have seen this man, carlos cordero. watten was found unconscious in his backyard wednesday evening. the family says watten is still in the hospital right now. if you know where he is, call tampa police. a high school student in jail without bound after stabbing his mom and young brother while on vacation in the we told you yesterday about the double stabbing in see esa keys. -- in siesta keys. he was visiting from massachusetts. the teen's mom called 911 after the attack. she and her 14-year-old son are in the hospital with serious injuries but authorities say they should survive. attorneys for two dozen media groups are demanding the release of 911 calls involving the pulse nightclub shootings in orlando.

should be decided in state court. right now, the recordings are tied up in federal court. the city of orlando says they are exempt under public records law. the fate of five polk county schools may be on the line right now. last night, families learned what they are doing to improve the grades. they are considered failing schools because they'd been given "d" the superintendent says the schools they are hopeful the new plan can make a difference. >> we have to have faith. >> that's all we're committed to doing. that's why we're sharing the information of what it's going to look like and we're going to continue focusing on improving our entire district. >> the state rejected an improvement plan for the five failing schools.

plan this week. the superintendent hopes the state will approve this new plan. right now, hundreds of students at usf have started petitions to get back there. student discount admissions to busch gardens. the theme park canceled the discounts citing a lack of interest. the petition already has nearly 2,000 signatures. i was coming here. i knew it was a great benefit of the school and i was looking forward to it. >> i think the has a big interest. i think if they put it back on, they would see a lot more activity this year because i think just the petition alone raised a lot of awareness of it. >> we reached out to the university and responded saying poor sales are not enough to validate continuing the offer. they are open to discussing a new offer if student leadership can guarantee demand is there. no real direction in

investors are caution by a key speech by the fed later this week. let's look live at the dow, down 80 points to 18, 517. ? [music] ? the band metallica is releasing its first album in eight years titled "hard wired to destruct." it will be available on vinyl as a double cd and digital download. ? [music] ? ? [music] ? >> concerts are in the bay area tonight. the dixie chicks with ill play the mid-florida credit union amphitheater. the show starts at 7:00 and

? [music] ? that is seal. tonight that grammy winner will perform at ruth eckerd hall. last november, he released his ninth album. 9:37. coming up after a heartbreaking year for this young orphaned boy, he finally has a reason to smile. what new york city police are giving him that his parents never will be able to. >> don't blink or you'll miss him. bolt to the what he accomplished last night

a developing story in newark, new jersey. police are trying what caused a transit bus to crash into a second bus. authorities say the buses ran into each other likely at high speeds. one bus driver died. another driver and 18 passengers suffered a variety of injuries. seven people are now listed in serious condition. [unintelligible]

>> he named all of the characters he wants to see. police are giving this young boy a reason to smile. they are sending 7-year-old tyrone lowe to walt disney world. last december tyrone's father killed his mother before taking his own life. the nypd banded together to raise money. over the years, they put $5,000 into a college fund for tyrone. they will continue to raise money and support this young boy. a dad in his kids for a bad trip that forced him to call 911. he was hallucinating after eating brownies laced with marijuana. when police arrived, he was crawling up the stairs yelling insults to the family cat. he said he started feeling sick after eating brownies he found in the back of the car that his adult children had used early in the day. the wife called the kids to see what was in the browniesp.

and i was like, oh, great, magic ale brownies. call the kids and tell them i had two brownies and ask them how high i am going to get. >> the kids didn't respond. he called 911. police did come to the house but didn't arrest him or take him to the hospital. he was able to sleep it off. now that he's sober, he says he stands by what he said about the cat. people with allergies now epi pens are lifesavers but the price has skyrocketed because a similar product has been recalled. in the last six months, the price has gone up $200. in the last few years, it's gone up $500. it was a little over $100 and now costs more than $600. the pharmaceutical company that makes epi pens is taking advantage of the monopoly on the market. >> i'm having a hard time understanding how the drug company can allow this to help because it's not just like a drug that can help them feel

>> when asked about the drug increase, the company blames the shellth care insurance landscape and says it offers coupons for $100 off on its web site. the day has finally arrived to have your largest cup at the ready because in a little more than an hour, you can fill it up to the top with a slurpee from 7 see levin. >> -- 7-eleven. >> we told you about the end of summer with the 50th birthday with the surprise own cup celebration today and tomorrow from 11:00 to 7:00. you can bring any cup you want as long as it fits in the designated cutout. the best part, it will only cost you $1.50 a cup. >> what a deal. >> no beach buckets. [ laughter ] >> as long as it fits, right? you can mix the flavors. >> that's, like, the best part.

didn't like. >> it's absolutely delicious stuff. we talk about good food for the weekend as we academic. first, let's get to weather here and sunshine is looking nice. do it early or later on. a little hot through the midday. we see folks out there all of the time with temperatures right now in the lower0s. you factor in -- in 08s. you fact -- in the lower 80s. you factor in the humidity and it goes to the 90s. you don't see the clouds building easterly there. look at this coming in the 0p is it direction here. the areas of high pressure will begin to sink down. what will be the case this

showers inland afternoon showers and thunderstorms will begin dealing with the next couple of days. fiona, don't worry about that, but you have to pay close attention not just to this but another one coming on the heels of that. this now has a good chance of developing. notice the track, unlike fiona, this will impact the trend this way the caribbean at some point here. look at the green and computer models headed over lesser antilles. we'll keep you posted on that already checked off. we may have gaston in the making and of course hermine coming up with showers and storms for us but nothing threatening here. again, it will feel fairly hot. it is august. for both weekend days, rain

of the morning coastal showers and inland afternoon storms. you promised it. here it is. team usa continuing to expand its lead in the medal count. 100 medals. that's 42 more than china with 58. great britain is in third place. 56 total medals followed by russia at 44. japan at 36. the u.s. did not medal last night in the biggest track and field race. american ashton eaten the world's -- ashton eaton retained the world's record in the decathlon. he is the first american to repeat in that event since 1952. >> and in the men's 200 meter race, american lashawn merritt finished a disappointing sixth. usain bolt easily cruised to another gold. three runners were separated by

as for bolt, he'll run for his third gold. he says this race will be his final olympic race. take a look at this. the u.s. women's 4 by 100 meter relay team were disqualified when the baton was dropped. a brazilian who stepped out of her lane judged allyson felix right there. >> the u.s. appealed the decision and the officials gave them a second chance to qualify for eight hours later, the team ran by themselves needing to only finish with the eighth best time without dropping the baton, i should say, to get into the qualifier, which they did. >> it was weird to see them by themselves. by the way, bartoleta is right here in tampa and will go for her second gold. so that will happen later on. >> good luck. >> they are gold medal winners

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. >> we have a 20 to 30% weekend chance of rain and temps in the low 90s. >> that's good. we have continuing coverage of the day's top stories. >> tampa bay's morning blend is next. have a great

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