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now at 6:00, surveying the damage, governor rick scott tours the area hardest hit by hermine. >> mandatory evacuations forced some residents out of homes, thank you for joining us, i'm sarina fazan. >> i'm john. people wait for flood waters to reseed. rick scott is touring the flooded areas. >> jake peterson joins us live. >> reporter: he spoke to impacted residents along state road 54 and scenes like this one, the worthington court
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river, pouring about 4-5 feet of water in to this property. threatening ac units and getting in to cars right there, and people here just say they are hoping mother nature will give them a break. >> reporter: desiree and her husband are having to relocate to a family member's home. >> i look out my window, we have an ocean on our front porch. i had to get my kids out right away. i couldn't stay. >> reporter: residents in flood prone areas may have to stay away until midweek. the four ordered evacuations impact worthington court apartments, sun coast gateway mobile home park, efers and blue heron mobile home park. >> i'm more upset than i am mad. i can't be at home. >> this side is really bad.
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park and came back to get some medication, there is no water in her home for now. governor rick scott touring areas where that wasn't the case, plans to ask the army corps of engineers asking for draining solutions. >> this is life threatening. >> reporter: county and state officials say hermine's aftermath isn't over with yet. >> there is a lot of water that has to move through our county. we are not out of the woods yet. >> reporter: back here live, county officials telling us that you shouldn't do what that guy was doing, try to stay out of the flood waters if possible, could be live wires inside of there. we saw snakes going through neighborhoods. something to keep in mind, be
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as he showed us, evacuations are taking place in a lot of areas. some in pasco decided to stay put and not heed the warnings. >> michael joins us live with more on what he saw and what people are dealing with. >> reporter: we are on elfers parkway. there have been a coup people crossing the drive. it's above my knee. the swamp buggy, we took it all the way down it was up to the 4- foot tires. pretty incredible. they have this vehicle, there is a lot of people that are still back there. they are in their homeses homes are islands surrounded by water, they have phone and food and going to wait it out for a long time. they didn't want to evacuate.
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this is florida. one woman lives in a poght where her home is safe, she has to get in and out. that's the reason she isn't the only place to go is a shelter. our house is the only house that's not flooded. now we are deciding to wait it out as long as we can. >> reporter: pizza delivery guy showed up. someone picked up pizza, they walked across the street. this guy here crossing as well. it is extremely dangerous. the current is fast hear when you get closer in, it's up to mailboxes, 4 feet high on the swatgy we were in, there was a woman with two kids in the boat and her husband, she lost stuff here when she was coming from he home, it went down the river, she went to find it. f dc took the kids back. extremely dangerous.
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situation. more on the ride with fwc as they are patrolling for 16 hours. the next shift got here, they will patrol until the waters drop. happening now, manatee county officials need you help fi this man. 36 year old oswald left home last night, threatening to ham himself. oswald is a military veteran, suffering from p any information. update, the body of a missing poke county teen has been found. the dive team recovering ay. not far from where he was last seen. welch jumped in to the river to save his sister. the current swept him away. he likely drowned. an autopsy will be done to determine the exact cause of death. hernando family home is destroyed. crews got there and flames
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the family got out. crews couldn't safe the house because of a challenge they face, not enough fire hydrants in the area. the red cross is helping the family now. a little boy killed by an alligator would have turned 3 today. in nebraska family and friends releasing balloons for his birthday. his mom and dad speaking publicly sayihe is spending hi in june, the little boy was making sand castles when an alligator dragged him in to the water at disney grand floridian resort. the family does not plan to file a lawsuit. disney made changes since the indent. mother teresa is officially a saint. she dedicated her life to the poor and the sick and a noble peace winner and died in 1997
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during a routine traffic stop, his girlfriend broadcasted the tragic scene on social media. mourners gathererring to pay respect to castile. his body was carried away by horse drawn carriage. his mother is taking a positive outlook. >> he is paving the way for change. we need to change the way we live in this society. >> castile was buried in his hometown of st. louis, missouri. tomorrow, the black lives matter group here in tampa bay will prepare for protests. the group will hold a meeting monday night according to facebook posts. many are outraged after hillsborough sheriff's deputy shot unarmed man on tuesday. a young mother murdered. the witnesses to the crime that
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hilary clinton returns totampa to campaign, s clinton will discuss plans on keeping the nation safe. a heart wrenching story out of tennessee, family members planning the funeral of a young mom killed in front of her two young children. lacy kelly died from beating and ab wounds and the children's father is the one accused of killing her. police believe he also stabbed himself. he is at a local hospital. kelly's family wants to share her story in hopes of saving
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of the kids, they are only 2 and 4 years old. abc aconnews is taking acnst domestic violence every year, head to our website to learn more including the number for the statewide domestic violence hoine, 1-800-500-1119. that phone line is untraceable. remain anonymous. make the call. no judgments, just help. the gators survived upset from u m hear how nerves was a problem for kicker early on. archer dominated for the rays bullpen, not so much, see what
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and downgraded to a tropical depression. several states of emergencies and watches and warnings. ginger z has more. >> reporter: along the east coast, the calm before the coming storm. board walks and beaches quiet. hermine barreled through the le downed trees, power outages and flooded streets. atlantic. >> i was really surprised the sun was shining. i thought it was going to be raining when we woke up. >> reporter: experts warn people further knot not to let their guards down. the storm is coming. tropical storm storm warnings, maryland, delaware, new jersey and long island. >> i can't emphasize enough, this is a coastline storm. beach communities will be
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people ventured out. fewer braved the water. a far cry from most labor day weekends. after seeing what hermine can do, this man is not taking any chances. >> i will be leaving this afternoon because i don't want to tempt fate. >> reporter: the storm will stay over the water, coastal flooding and potential deadly rip continues will only get worse. all these areas are at risk for significant storm surge and in the south, the clean up has already started. some places, stalled. more rain is falling on florida add that to the hurricane run off and residents are evacuating again. >> if you are in the area where you have seen flooding in the past, leave. >> reporter: people in new york, also heeding that advice. >> i bought supplies and put the furniture in and waiting for it.
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everywhere. before you shop, know some deals are better than others. this weekend you will save big on mattresss, wound telephone only weekends of the year that testimony pur peddic -- temp peddic goes on sale. stores are getting ready for the holidays. camping gear, patio sets and summer clothes will have mark downs. hold off on buying, though. >> this is not the that's because the new iphone doesn't go on sale for a couple of weeks, buy after then when the old ones get marked down. >> big screen tvs, the better deals will be around black friday, the same goes for toys and for winter clothes. new way to take a vacation on a budget, make monthly payments on airline tickets on cheap air.com. you have to go through a credit check before you buy.
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allegiant is offering two new routes to and omhe st. petersburg airport, in november, from port smith new hampshire for $75, the other if february, to and from austin texas as low as 44 bucks. the prices sound great, many people are not happy with allegiant because of at all problems they face like numerous emergency landings. >> football. florida gators surviving a huge game in the swamp. a win is a winks the gators will take it. night that many predicted florida will destroy u mass, the gators struggled getting in to rhythm offense. rowing for 256 yards, two scores. accuracy will need to improve, though. more importantly he didn't turn the ball over.
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game, eddie, the highly touted transfer, buried three field goals from 40 yards and beyond. not bad for a converted soccer player, he got so nervous before the game he left his mouth guard in the locker room. >> he told me going in to the game, he said, coach, kicking doesn't matter who all there, it's all about timing and rhythm. the environment don't matter, set, that makes up a go competitkiive cker h>>h wefence lived up to tbilling, dropping 56 points and almost 450 yards of total offense. flowers hurt the tigers in air flowers shined with the offense's main wea
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and didn't return. mack is fine, they only took him out for precautionary reasons. >> he is good. he said i'm good, coach. he told me he was good. i was all right. >> looks hick he will play against northern illinois next weekend. the week one of college otll season will officially end tomorrow night in orlando. number 4, florida state take out of conference showdown. seminoles starting a new quarterback. the second wrencher freshman starter in the last four seasons for fsu. rays looking for the third sweep since the all star break taking on the blue jays. chris archer on the hill.
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9 strikeouts. gave up 2 runs and 5 hits, archer didn't give up a single walk and left the game in 27th with a 3-1 lead. the bullpen fell apart. bags packed for travis, rips it by a longoria. 2-run score. blue rays tie it at 3. archer isn't happy and has to watch it get worse for tampa bay. russel martin, on 3 and 0, tatoos to left, 2- thanks to the struggling rays bullpen. rays remain at home for 3-game series with orioles beginning
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hillsborough county public schools recruiting folks with four year college degrees to train as special education teachers, tampa theater will honor gene wilder with the showing of willla wonka -- willy wonka and the chocolate factory. option for people that depend on epipens, the company will offer a cheaper generic version. the company mylan says in a few weeks it will sell the new product for $300. that's half of the current price.
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product will be the same. people in states where medical marijuana is legal call out sick from work less according to research from the journal of health economics. the research looks at before and after sick day data in 24 states where there are medical marijuana laws. on average people are 8% less likely to report being absent from work due to health issues after the laws were passed. a numb of factors like better access to health care and workplace and programs could account for the decline. look at this, adorable drenched kittenment hillsborough fire rescue tweeted this photo, squad one rescued the kitten from storm run off. see you here tonight at
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welcome to "world news tonight." hermine's new target -- the deadly storm bringing dangerous surge and rip currents. the path of destruction leaving many in the dark. ginger zee in the storm zone. major break. the 11-year-old boy, abducted on his bike. the case stumping investigators fo tonight, what police say they finally found. vegas manhunt. the murder suspect and his houdini-like escape. the intensive search tonight. risky rides. broken bones and scary moments this labor day weekend. >> i really thought i was gonna die. >>ids rushed to the hospital. the panic that may have led to one of the accidents. and, comeback kid. cancer blindsiding a college football star, but this running
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