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live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. they will be caught. >> a veteran be in with his own walker in broad daylight. police good evening, thank you for joining us, i am wendy ryan speaking with this man. >> reporter: the kind of story that infuriates you, that veteran was attacked while walking along here along the sidewalk to the walmart. the card that was used to shut the car that was used -- the

behind the bomber. >> he punched me in the side in the head. he was grabbing for my stuff. >> reporter: he has bruises and a knot on his head. >> they put me through to the ground and started beating me with a walker. he got all my stufa took off. he was attacked after he got off the bus while shopping the attack. >> you do not care. people so what happened. >> reporter: this robber ran to the blue durango. he never thought on a friday afternoon with people coming and going from walmart that he would be a target. a few weeks ago he was in a wheelchair because of an injury and he was

the water -- the robbers attention. -- sadly, that is what drew the robbers attention. he hopes that someone will recognize this car and turn the coward in. >> i know they will be caught. >> reporter: he says he will not be shopping at this walmart anytime soon unless he has a friend with him. he says he is scared to happened. he will have to use his cane or walker for several weeks. michael paluska . the county says it wants to keep you safe with the ridesharing company, but they say the new standards could force them out. live for us tonight. >> reporter: they said that there are a ton of people in

they could make a decision about the stricter regulations as early as next week. >> today so is the latest example of them trying to push ridesharing out of hillsboro county. >> reporter: he is upset about a possible change in regulations. calling for stricter background checks, a seven dollar minimum and a seven dollar wait time to use the services for >> they say it is the worst rules for ridesharing in the country. but i think it's the best rules for the transportation industry as a whole. >> reporter: hit will be launching a ride -- you will be launching a right service on the 18th.

driver four -- for loitering and prowling. >> reporter: consumers will notice differences with his service. >> i read the rules. the reason i wrote the rules, that they are fair. >> reporter: they argue that the commission is not being fair. >> they are focused on protecting the industry. this is an attack against ridesharing.>> reporter: according to them in regards to that st. petersburg driver that was arrested, they have zero tolerance policy and his record is being reviewed.

news tonight, three months after the horrific shooting, 44 victims were taken to the hospital and nine died shortly after arriving. 49 people total lost their lives at night. 53 others were injured. new tonight, the us senate welcomes in funding, democrats demanding republicans dropped their fight to keep planned parenthood the money. lawmakers are hoping to add the funding of zika to a must pass spending bill. we got a nice break today from heat and humidity. we saw of the heat but the humidity is much more lower and comfortable. there are some showers to our southern counties. the current temperatures right

70s, tomorrow morning, while the metro will see mid-70s, we will see some midshipman to upper 60s tomorrow across our northern counties. northern counties, from polk county on down the dew points will be low. clear skies, we will be warming back up to 90 degrees. how long will the cold temperature stick around? i will extend the forecast into the weekend in a few minutes. new tonight, where learning that there were 200 animal severely abused polk shelter. they were found starving. volunteers are moving 400 animals from the sanctuary.

forcing the owners and animals to be rehomed today are facing charges. 11 pets who lost their homes and families in the louisiana flooding of finding a new home right here in florida. this after thousands of pet owners force to a band there pets during the storm. some of those stocks, part of a program in jacksonville dopers years. >> but we have heard from inmates -- in jacksonville jails. >> we found them changed after they interacted with him. they will go for adoption in jacksonville. it is being shut down for construction. the roads leading to the blue departure and arrival curbs will be closed every night

passengers will have to use the short-term parking garage. they are installing beams for a passenger train. for the second time in less than two years, they are finding rodents and one kitchen. the restaurant that could make you sick and my dirty dining report. neighbors are saying, they will have a new zip line course and this is moving forward with it. dispersing group agreeing with kids on homework. -- the surprising group

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signs and then hit a light pole and caused the fire. police and then arrested the driver. this is in arizona, the black suv was speeding from police. the three people in the car were involved in the bank robbery prefer the chase. when officers tried to stop the car they were shot at and they shot one person. and they arrested two others. rodents in the kitchen. and serious violations that could make you sick this tonight's dirty dining report. >> the honey chicken was awesome.>> reporter: he eased a lot of chinese food. >> five times a week. >> reporter: that is a lot. despite all that chinese food

at ho-ho chinese restaurant. >> it was shut down. >> reporter: they had to close down for 21 hours on august 11. inspectors found evidence of rodents. and there were live roaches near the dishes. may i speak to a manager? i am wendy ryan. did you know that you had any kind of rodent problem? >> we called the pest control. >> reporter: it was not the first time that inspectors could -- shut down the restaurant.

ago for rodent activity. they found 200 rodent droppings in various parts of the kitchen. there was too many to count near the flower storage area. cooked pork and shelled eggs sitting out at room temperature. and there was more dangerous temperatures with the bean sprouts. and employees were not washing their hands. but they feel confident about their the promise may be too late for him.>> which you try this place out? >> of course not. >> reporter: go to my facebook page under wendy ryan under wfts and let me know if you know of a dirty dining area. finding 10 years worth of data, finding people carrying more weight at a higher risk

ovarian, and thyroid cancers. two simple things, eat healthier and start exercising. this letter from a texas teacher is banning homework. to know homework debate is heating up and people are great with that t-shirt. a massachusetts teacher is banning school work for a year and replacing it with a longer school day. they want kids to school tired and focus on family time and getting to bed early. more questions on that. new tonight, largo city commissioners say yes to a new zip line attraction. this despite major opposition from the community. cameron polom was there and why so many do not agree with this

his wife find peace and tranquility right here at highland blake parker. >> there will be a tower. we're not sure how high the tower will be. it will be in the general proximity.>> reporter: largo commissioners are moving forward with the zip line course it will bring in 45 new visitors every year. 3000 -- showed up tonight to vote against the plan. >> i am against a coming into the city park. >> reporter: they operate a similar attraction in bradenton. this map shows how the lines will run from the northeast corner from the complex and over highland lake.. >> it is a family neighborhood it does not belong here.>> reporter: more visitors in the park they will be dealing with

and cars parked on neighborhood streets. >> is better for the business is moving in. it makes largo a better place to live.>> reporter: it left people that are over there defeats. >> we did not have real say-so about its. it is all about money. >> reporter: i am cameron polom , abc action news. trying to find the newlywed couple. the man taking that picture at sunset creating one of the most epic wedding photos ever. another photo was being taken. the newlyweds said that they would like to remain anonymous. landing back on earth

an american on board. faster not is nasa's -- the astronaut, having logged 500 days. that is a year and a half. the most accurate weather team in florida. abc action weather. >> do we have the sunset pictures?>> the story before that was that incredible wedding picture. that was a spectacular shot. check this out. this was early on today. they are sending is just another beautiful thing. compared what we had last week the weather does not get much better. we had lower humidity levels returning. the next few days will be pleasant. we may have a couple showers across the county's. it will be dry and it will stay that way tomorrow and thursday,

better chance of showers in the afternoon hours. the upper 70s to lower 80s, and is about the dewpoint this time of year. we will be up to 90 degrees. we will not be cloudy for the next couple of days. the dew points overnight, tomorrow night 65 degrees. it will be pretty comfortable. and the low struck down into the 60s especially in tampa. maybe some of the fall weather is around the corner. in september mother nature teaches us -- teases us. and the november we will be in the fall weather. partly cloudy skies, a pleasant evening, tomorrow, then we will top out in the low 90s there's no changing that. this time of year until late september you will be closed to 90 degrees. the rain that fell today and that will fall again tomorrow

will be south of interstate 4. over the last several hours, it has been eaten away by a little bit of moisture. some folks 25 inches of rain from what was the hurricane. things have quieted down, overnight tonight, we are clear, we will open up the door tomorrow morning and you'll notice the difference. will we see upper 60s and the dew points are lower, it is a refreshing change and humidity. that he is not going anywhere. on thursday morning, we will squeeze out one more day of dry conditions early on and comfortable humidity. by the afternoon we see some changes. we have a better chance for showers. but i think that will be more like friday and the weekend when things get back to normal. if you have weekend plans are

looks good. the overall rainfall, upper 80s to low 90s. we hit 92 today, we will be a bit above normal. with a lower humidity it will not be as sticky as it often is this time of year we will be in the upper 80s, and we will have a little bit of a chance of the late evening storms. here are the tropics. we have big red circle which will become a tropical system down the road. right now, we are confident that this will be a more central atlantic storm. it will have no threat to the us. we are a long way from writing it off. at least we get a break. the water temperature is 84 degrees. we have a light chop out on the

the sunrise and your sunset right here. the hour by hour forecast, looking great. we top out to 91 degrees, and then looking at the most accurate seven-day forecast, 20% chance until thursday, 30% friday transferring, and the weekends back to normal. we will have heat and humidity and storms late in the day and highs in the upper 90s. coming up in sports, the orioles show why their relative -- relevant in the race. when you watch the sky you will be up to the minute.>> we have all the locations on abcactionnews.com. look at this flooding.

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>> the buccaneers, an area of weakness, signing on the wide receiver. evan spencer was released. this helps an area that had little behind them. >> he may not be the only wide receiver that drops in for a cup of coffee with the buccaneers. the coach them is that it is no >> there is strength on the backend of that wide receiver group.>> looking at the big picture this week, with their opener, it's about one thing. it's about one thing only. >> starting fast has refused -- has a huge emphasis for the coach. >> getting a two game rhythm

>> it is the mantra of every team in the nfl during week one. but for the buccaneers they are on the road for the first two weeks of the season. >> we have our schedule set up. we will attack opponents early on. they have two games on the road. >> if you're thinking that the defensive coordinator, mike smith, maybe looking at this game differently, you are not far off. >> you have to have my, his city -- you have to ask mike, he was a he drafted some of those guys. it might be different for him. for me, i am just worried about what our team does. >> he does have a little bit of fire.>> oklahoma's loss to houston, against ole miss. they

biggest comeback in florida state history. >> the gators, they were a little disappointed today. that only did florida dropout of the top 25. the hurricanes have not been ranked since november 2013. the cougars go from 15 to 6. >> they did get a couple of posts on the voters they had an impressive win. >> the question is, will they have the running back on saturday? >> we will be back in a minute. closed captioning is brought to you by lakeland

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