right, denis. >> i think so. it will take a couple of days to get its act together. as far as i can telecom paired to this time last night, we're in a much better place. let's even say it gets organized down the road and impacts the west coast of florid it would still be close enough that it really wouldn't have an opportunity ramp up. the other thing is percentage of development has dropped 10% from the last time that the hurricane center put out an advisory. another one set to come out at this is the reason why. there's your low center. there is really th it. if it continues to move west, then all of a suddenou're looking at it interacting with cuba, which would cause it to dismiss any possibility of getting its act together any time soon. as far as i'm concerned, we could get rain out of this early next week. at this point, i don't think it will be a major deal. the issue would be if it went into the gulf. not for us, but the northern

i'm getting new numbers on that and i will share those with you in a couple of minutes. >> thank you, denis. the heon a singleter mile strip of a highway in lutz. over the last five years. so taking action reporter jackie callaway asks why more wasn't being done to protect your family. the chnow making you safer. >> rdefensive driving failed to project brakes on right here and i clipped her right there in the right rear bumper. >> reporter: in amber's case, she never saw it coming. >> i was driving and all of a tap, tap, like that. >> reporter: other drivers y hi they hit the merge at us-41 and north dale may re. >> especially at this crossing right here. >> how often would you see an accident. >> once evertwo weeks or so.

discovered 200 cidents and 20 injuries over a 5-year period. all within a quarter stretch of the merge. >> quite a few accidents in the past. >> reporter: the department of transportation responded to our inquiry by senngngrs out he to the to study lane change patterns. their findings led dot to make one simple change. they tweaked this light at 41, just south of the merge by send in driver safety. >> that's great. i have seen a decrease in the accidents that are here. >> reporter: dot blames an average of three and a half crashes a year on vehicles americaning towards a turn lane. that number has now dropped down to 1.3. much to the relief of those who work at this hospice thrift store. the manager has witnessed dozens of crashes. >> when you heard that sound,

has been devastated. >> people have commented, gee, we haven't seen as many accidents in the past several months. it has been nicer. >> reporter: plans call for an elevated interchange. by that is years and millions of dollars away. jackie callaway, taking action for you. new questions being raised tonight about where the zika virus is being actively spread in florida. a lake worth woman tonight who does not want to b she has not been to miami or out of the country. the state health department trying to figure out the of her infection. she says the emphasis on locally acquired zika cases happening only in miami-dade county causedoors to doubt she had the virus until tests confirmed the infection. >> i was sitting on the patio and had two bites on my arm. who is to think that e worst case scenario was going to

now testing her 5-year-old daughter and neighbor for the zika virus. florida governor rick scott preparing to take the fight over zika funding to washington, announciwi meet wh members of on september 6th to lk the immediate need for money to combat the virus. for the first time ever, america's top doctor is reaching oerutphysician in the united states. the u.s. surgeon general sending letters abe epidemic of dr horribly wrong. between 199 and 2014, pain medication related overdoses killed more than 165,000 people in the u.s. new details emerging tonight about the death of this 10-month-old baby right here and the abuse of 3-year-old brother. we td you lastour that authorities have charged eric nary with the death. all new at 6:00, lauren rozyla has more on his fate and the next step for her grieving

>> reporter: tuesday bdentpolic memorial hostawith reports of a dead 10 month old baby girl and eric was the last person to care for her. >> are you mr. nary? >> ye >> reporter: eric nary is charged with the murder of the 10 month old. hurt while he was babysitting both of the kids.

he turned himself in late wednesday. >> he knew he couldn't run or hide. >> reporter:na couldn't get his story straight and blamed the injuries on everyone from the kid's mother to an accidefall in the kitchen. but investigators say this is no why and the image stays with them. >> youetrrested for second degree murder and you smirk at the camera. >> reporter: nary is being held withoubond as the family prfoth bury the baby. lauren rozyla, abc action news. dangerous drugs and guns off the streets. north port police releasing these pictures of a bust. 9 dutch helping deteives find two pounds of marijuana, an ounce of crack, a fully loaded assault rifle and $20,000 in cash. someone stole that rifle from venice just two days ago.

donald trump calling a foreign payment to iran ransom and a hillary clinton ally saying the hopeful didn't blur her times during secretary of state. two facts that we are putting through the truth-o-meter. >> $400 million in cash. he denied it was for the hostages, but it was. >> reporter: donald trump on the campaign trail claimg $400 million paid to iran back in january on the same day five am s inthe tion deni aave looked i >> it raises a lot of eyebrows. >> reporter: iran had a legitimate claim to the money due to a financial dispute with the u.s. some experts saying because of that the release of the $400 million once the

leverage than ransom. this rates the statement as mostly false. >> but i do know that she has abided by the ethics agreement she signed at the beginning which was not to take any action on the part of the state department that mixed foundation business. >> reporter: former michigan governor and hillary clinton supporter jennifer grandholm taking to the air waves after e- mails were released between aides and a clinton foundation official whether clinton blurred the lines of the political connection she had asime as secretary of state. >> she is really missing the point here, the broader point. there was supposed to be a fire wall between the two interests. and the e-mails are showing ere are blurred lines. >> reporter: 44 questionable e- mails uncovered by a watch dog group that makes the claim mostly false.

its memorandum of understanding with the state department by not disclosing certain it received over the years. still to come, assaulted on the table. the state letting massage therapists stay on the job despite criminal arrests. the i-team reveals the shocking steps it takes to protect you in your most vulnerable moments. and looking outside from the main sail, there's actually thunderstorms out there. we will tell you where they're headed and what you can expect for the

>> the nightmares, the waking up sweating and shaking and asking my husband to hold me while i shake and cry myself to sleep. >> a woman goes in for a massage and tells us she was sexually assaulted. she is not alone. the i-team uncovering massage therapists with several arrests in the state are allowed to work still.

family. here is investigator jarrod holbrook. >> i actually have nightmares. >> i thought his license would at last be suspended into both women say th were sexually assaulted while getting a massage from eric marshall, this man. >> i will not discuss my massage with abc action news. >>ha yve been arretwice for sexual battery. >> no, i have not arrested. these are allegations. >> reporter: these are the mug shots from both of his sexual battery arrests. and these are the police reports. marshall's first arrest tied to a 2014 incident at ideal massage in pasco county. the victim claims marshall inappropriately touched her private area. >> i have had a lot of anxiety and some depression from it. >> reporter: ideal massage fired him immediately.

hillsborough county, about six months after he was first arrested, this woman says he assaulted her. essentials fired him immediately. a department of health report states marshall caused abrasions to her privates. >> i have been through counseling, psychiatrists, medications, nightmares. >> you cannot believe everything thayou hear. >> i'm here to get the other side, your side. that's why i'm here. >> i'm not going to put this on d.j. what is your side -- on tv. >> what is your side, sir. >> i'm innocent. >> reporter: it con at this taughts a danger to the health, welfare of the public. after looking into marshall's disciplinary history, get this, nearly two years after the first reported sexual battery arrests, marshall can still practice massage therapy in florida. >> i'm allowed to work on males. okay. that's cool. i'm still able to work. >> reporter: the department of

on massaging women. men are okay. >> this is completely disturbing on so many level snooze both women say the state licensing board under the department of health needs to change how they discipline therapists. >> it isps felt le nothing happened. and her case could have totally been prevented. >> why is he okay to massage men? >> i can't -- i can't answer that question for you. i really >> reporter: victoria drago sits on the state's massage board. the board is made of volunteer massage therapists who are appointed by the governor. we asked her about eric marshall's case. >> speaking for the board, it is ca everything is intodi everything el it needs tion with this to be re-evaluated at all? >> no. not according to the board. we have made our decision. >> reporter: to understand why

discipline massage therapists, health department reps sent us this flow chart. these are the steps each complaint thats to go through to get to a final decion. >> so do you feel competent sit -- confident sitting here today that you have the appropriate resources and measure. >> absolutely. >> to discipline. >> absolutely. >> even in these cases. >> absolutely. >> i don't know that the victiminhis case would ree with that. >> again, i caspeak for them. >> do you think the board acted apopriately he? >> i feel like they could have acted way sooner. it would have saved more way more lives and way more trauma on people. >> reporter: eric marshall says he is currently massaging men >> a lot of people will see this. >> uh-huh. >> what would you like to say to them. >> people in pasco and hillsborough, hey, once this is all over with, come get a massage. >> reporter: both criminal

pending. he pleaded not guilty. you can look up the disciplinary history of massage therapists online. we will have a link on our website and i will have a video thousand do it on facebook. i'm jarrod holbrook, taking action for you. now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> good evening, everybody. still looking at rain off shore. there's the main sail looking down to the south and southwest. that's where the storms continue to pop. we actually sarasota at the airport the last hour. now looking at a few widely scattered showers around north port and moving off to the west. otherwise we're good to go for this evening. if you have any plans to go outdoors tonight, you're good. tomorrow, bucs home opener for the preseason, hopefully the weather will cooperate. it is florida. you never know if e of the storms could pop up over ray jay tomorrow. temperatures right back in the

feels like temperatures up around 100. we topped outtoday about 94 in tampa. 93 lakeland. 95 in winter haven. look at sarasota. again, even close to the coast, 97 degrees. they hit 99 earlier this week. right now across mover to tampa low 90s. upper 80s in st. pete. almost all of the viewing area reporting partly cloudy and dry conditions. the only rain is off shore. the east to west flow that we have been tracking for, three or four days, it's not going anywhere. at least through saturday annda that means if you have any plans, you have togethings done outdoors, the mornings will be beautiful. it will be warm and muggy but it will be dry. in the evening, between 8:00 and 10:00, anything left will get out of here. friday morning, saturday morning, it will be clear.littl outside of that, some tailgaters tomorrow before the

an isolated shower, a couple of thunderstorms. it seems like every year in the preseason we have a couple of mes stadium. to ray manned but coverage won't be that impressive tomorrow. saturday, a good day for the beach, believe it or not. we have been talking about the tropics and we will continue to keep our eyes on that. but i wouldn't change anything for saturday or even sunday. later in the afternoon, there will be more moisture. i think we will see a few orst on saturday. it doesn't have anything to do with what is going on down south. just a better chance for rain. sunday into monday, thenthings can begin to change as whatever is out there could be moving across the west side of florida. if you've been watching for the last couple of days, we have been saying this, the models are having a bear of a time trying to get a fix on what is going on. even though the european is bringing this up, what is left of it up the west side of florida, this is by no means

i would not be the least bit surprised if it continues more of a west track. if that happens, it could be an issue somewhere out in the lf of mexico. again, i think both models have done poorly on one side and a little tton e hers. the gfs di't think it would amount to much. so far it hasn't. the european model was the fie lf of mexico. which where most models are hinting. the last run takes this to texas. big changes constantly going through over the last couple of hours. bottom line, this is what you need to know. this is still a ragged system. the threat to our area is extremely slim. even if it goes up the state, it's extremely slim. i mean, we could get rain out it sometime later monday and into tuesday. maybe even a decent amount. i don't think it will be the kind of rain that will cause significant flooding at this point. if it goes into the gulf and you have water temperatures in the upper 80s away from us,

issue the middle to latter half of next week. that's in my opinion the biggest concern from the storm. here is a look at ida's most accurate 7-day forecast. rain chances increase by the weekend. up to 60% by sunday. early next week, whatever this isinoing, that could have an it on our weather by then. >> thank you, denis. still ahead, good news from the trop today. you will never guess who drove in the winning run for the raise. tk has it next for you in

>> hello, folks. let's give the rays credit here. they came back to flit the four-game series with boston this afternoon and they came from behind. scoreless in the 6th.

sac fly. holiday will score. that will make it 1-0 red sox. in the bottom of the 6th inning a single to left field. that scores longoria from 2nd. we are tied at 1-1. it stayed that way until the 8th. 0-24 at the plate before this appearance. strokes the double that will get steven home. how about that. it proved to be the run. homero striking out ortiz. the final 2-1. the big opener saturday of college football. usf ll grolling at home against baltimore. the bulls will be a big favorite. it should be a good game for them to get things right for syracuse later in september.

cocky. this team won't. >> if we're going to be the team that we say we're going to be. we have to play. it doesn't matter what opponent we're going against. we're going against the university of south florida. trying to be as good as we can be. so it don't matter who the opponent is. we have to try to go in and win the ball game and play the best that we can. >> lost in all of the preseason usf talk is the defense. we're going to bring the defense to the forefront tonight at 11:00. >> thank you, we have continuing coverage of the top stories on abcactionnews.com. >> and we will see you back

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