a bed bug problem so bad, one student forced to sleep in her car. a problem sure to make your skin crawl. >> a usf student coming to us to complain about bed bug inif he is station. >> live outside the apartment complex where this is happening. these tenants have the marks to prove it. >> reporter: that's right. andrea wright moved into the homes here two and a ago and it didn't take long before she was waking up every day with large well ps all over her body. it was due to bed bugs and lotds of them. she doesn't go anywhere with rubbing alcohol to protect herself and says the conditions are so bad inside the apartment she's been forced to live on the street.

something bugging her. >> they started turning into welts. >> we noticed black dots and the presence of a bed bug infestation. >> they have sent an exterminator to her place two times but it's not solving the pest problems. >> there's nesting under the base boards. see this one sitting there on this loop? the bed bugs are hiding under the smoke detectors. you can see two on the wall. >> it's so bad wright refuses to stay in her own h usf science lab using these chairs as a bed and she's turned her car into a closet. >> i tie the bags differently so the cars haven't been treated. i wrap around. >> the u.s. navy reserve is in her second year working towards a phd in electrical engineering at usf . >> i'm crying in my car.

for research. >> management refused her request to move in another building. another tenant told abc action news he's dealt with the same issue and now she wants out but has to pay a hefty fee to break her lease. >> there's a failure to maintain these properties with procedure pest control because there's a bed bug problem in the building. >> reporter: i learned today the place is own b base company. an on site property manager refused to answer my questions today and i put in multiple calls to the florida regional manager and she hunt returned the calls. generally in florida it's on the apartment complex to take care of extermination and fees but if problems persist as they have done in this case, it will cost according to the contract here at least two months rent to be

ryan, really feeling for those residents. neighbors in st. petersburg saying their homes are being taken over with rats. one man told us he says he knows why the rats keep coming back. he has a nursery which is the perfect habitat. >> i'll even see some in my garage and backyard running around. >> the easiest t the food source by cleaning up trash around the neighborhood. continuing our coverage on the clean up after hurricane hermine, there's a new way you can make sure victims get the help they so badly need. united way of pasco county put together a special fund. you can donate by texting the word pasco to this number,

where you can donate online. find me on twitter. we talked about bed bugs and rats and a hurricane. we need a break. we need a nice weekend. i think mother nature is going to cooperate even though there are widely scattered showers out there. most of the area this evening and weekend rain fre to mid 90s and dew points are up so the cool refreshing dry air earlier in the week is gone for a while. 95 today in tampa and 95 in sarasota. here's a look at future cast on through this evening going out to enjoy this friday night whether it's high school football or amphitheater for miranda lambert. temperatures on the warm side still in the upper 80s at 8:00

we'll pinpoint the timing of showers and talk about florida's newest circle in the tropics. coming up in a couple minutes. thank you and breaking news happening now we have live pictures here of a new round of protests over an unarmed black man's death. we just learned they arrested someone at this scene. this is new images coming in. this is a protests over a man by the name of shot. this group of people marching throughout the city -- this ahappening right now -- they're demanding answers from the hillsborough county sheriff's office and the deputy who shot him last month. they want the person to be fired. the sheriff's office says they were trying to serve a warrant at the time this happened after a month long investigation into rigg ins when a swat team member

moving on new tonight two pasco county men could spend a decade in prison for burning a cross. it was r charges tonight. documents show in 2012 they threatened an interracial couple who moved to their neighborhood in new port richey. the men built a wooden cross and burned it near the couple's mailbox. in the dylann roof case he

this was in martin county. his son went from being happy to having insomnia and pacing the floors. austin is still hospitalized and his father says he's not doing well. new numbers out tonight showing marco rubio has a good chance of keeping his senate seat come november. this poll shows marco rubio leads patrick murphy by seven points. he's the more popular among men and white voters. murphy has a 20 point lead among women and nonwhite voters. a busy day on the campaign trail leading into the september 11th weekend. >> the reason donald trump is giving for an appearance on russian tv. russia is becoming a central figure in this presidential election. hillary clinton off the campaign trail but sitting down with foreign policy experts in new

washington. >> a lot of people said i wonder if donald will get the evangelicals. i got them. i'm going to make it up to you too. >> the clinton campaign is using trump's frequent praise of russia to attack his judgment. first his comments on nbc about vladimir putin. >> he's been a leader far more than our president has been a liter. >> and the stunning appearance on rt, the kremlin backed television nwo mouthpiece of the russian government. trump brushed off the suggestion that russia is influencing the u.s. election. >> i think it's probably unlikely. i think maybe the democrats are putting that out. who knows. >> donald trump's campaign says he did that interview thinking it was for his friend larry king's pod cast and he didn't know it would be on russian television. it's another bizarre twist in an

>> this is a naive candidate. given the business ties and questions we have about trump's own finances and given vladimir putin's ability and want to play in international politics it could be worse. >> this weekend a brief break from campaigns. both hillary clinton and donald trump pausing on sunday. the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. new developnt passengers. the coast guard is suspending their search for the 32 combreer old of new york who went overboard on the carnival ecstasy on wednesday. the coast guard searched 43 hours by air and boat with no traces of the woman. take a look at this. this gator is one of many that a woman in fort myers swims just feet away from her grandson's bus stop every single day. sharon allen says she's been on

she wants her grandson's bus stop moved. she says she and other parents reached it to the school district in lee county for weeks wanting something done but it didn't get anywhere. >> i kept calling and over again. this shouldn't take six phone calls about something so serious. >> the lee county school district admits to seeing one gator but doesn't think it poses a safety threa want the gator removed it would have to come from the homeowners association since the pond is on private property. the reason a florida woman support for a national anthem protests could mean serious punishment. plus this. looking for a cheaper epipen? >> we can get the same medication in canada, england or aus trail ja. >> some in the tom bay area paying a fraction of the sticker

it's happening now and it's getting heated and confrontational. one person already arrested. >> we have seen it escalating. we want to get to marisela burgos live at the scene. >> reporter: we have the protestors standing on north 10th street at the intersection and there's a line of police road. they're standing along the street and sidewalk and they're saying look, we just want to get past this intersection and continue marching here for justice and we want to stay on the sidewalk. they're actually kind of negotiating with people in charge with tampa police so i'm not sure at this point whether they're going to let them through or not.

if you're walking on to the street it could cause traffic issues and concerns for safety of not only the protestors but of people driving through the ebor and it got heat when had the protests dumped over to the side trying to get through. they had to move that line down and there was one person that i i'm not sure at this point what she's charged with but they're not moving. originally about 20 or 30 minutes ago they were standing in front of the hillsborough county sheriff iefs. he wanted answers in regard to the investigation. again the deputy caleb johnson and deputy involved shooting. as you know back in august 30th

him in a month long investigation and they say riggins was selling illegal narcotics to him. they are wanting answers and they said they don't know what's going on with that investigation and that deputy is still on administrative leave but they feel they're at a loss and they want someone from the hillsborough county sheriff's office to talk to them them know about the investigation. out here they're having trouble with police trying to get through. as oon as we get more information we'll bring those back to you guys. the protestors are stopped here at 8th avenue and north 19th street. we'll keep watching that. thank you. a check now with dennis and

it was up to 94 in tampa. what are you seeing? >> more than that. we're now at a record high. we tied a record today in tampa believe it or not. pretty impressive heat around the area and feels like temperatures over 100 degrees. a couple days ago we had lower dew points and drier air and now all the sudden it's changed. there's showers out there and one lightning tick northern polk zoom in on the areas north west of polk city where the only lightning strike is now. manatee county picking up some decent rains. these are quick movers though so if you get caught in a shower it will only last 15 or 20 minutes in the immediate area. everything is moving east to west so whether it's the concert at the amphitheater and high school football, a lot of games

quick shower but lightning is not much of an issue. mostly just an isolated shower or two and things improve by 7:00 or 7:30 tonight. temperatures still in the low 90s. the heat is on. tampa hit 95 in 95 in sarasota as well. so longing at the rest of the this evening partly cloudy skies waking up to clear conditions but not nearly as cool or pleasant tomorrow morning or again for the next seven days. the definitely not going anywhere. look for mild conditions and waking up the temperatures in the upper 70s under clear skies. tampa at 90 degrees down from the high of 95. the dew .74 and winds out of the southwest off the gulf at eight miles per hour. there it is, tied a record that's been standing for a long time since 1948. normal is 90 so five degrees above normal which is always interesting.

only five degrees apart. that's how steady temperatures are in the bay area this time of year. sunny in st. pete. 91 degrees. the winds are light. sarasota 95 degrees. winds out of the east and staying that way all weekend and into early next week. the only change is each day maybe a little more moisture out there meaning a slightly better chance of showers but i'm telling you, at this point, odds are in your favor. you won't see tomorrow or sunday. anything that does pop is late afternoon between 4:00 and 8:00 and then you're home free. sunday same thing. maybe a few more showers because we start to see more moisture. i think that trend continues into next week. overall, this is the long range gfs for the next couple of weeks. stays quiet across the area even though the tropics are heating up. very high probability this

this only a 10% chance and it's going to fizzle. this we have been tracking off of africa for the lastdels are s continuing west away from us even if it were to become a depression. that's unlikely and doesn't appear to have much of an impact on the areas flooded so that's good news for pasco and citrus county. east winds at five to ten knots and water 84 degrees. rain chances 30% over the next couple of days. monday up to 40% and middle of next week a slug of moisture bumps up rain chances to solid 50%. abc action news at 5:30

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price soon. >> each of the seven stores are getting 10-15 calls a day for epipen. next at 6:00, the infestation of rats that has students and staff worried about their health and what the school is doing about it. when the floods come, we have to get people out. >> firefighters cut off in an emergency. the surprising asset missing from pasco county's arsenal and what a local man is doing to fix it. recognizing the need. a surprising group backing expanded use of medical

i'm not really comfortable with animals being in the school. >> a rat infesting a bay area school forcing students from the classroom. the big price tag and time line for getting rid of these dangerous pests. the critical equipment equipment pasco county firefighters did not have during recent flooding and the new movement to solve the problem. breaking news tampa police physically confronting a group

shooting death of an unarmed man. marisela burgos is live for us tonight following the stand off. what's going on out there right now? >>reporter: it's hard to hear you but we're standing on north 19th street. behind me you see a line of tampa police officers blocking east palm avenue and some protests here that want their voices heard and are demanding justice and answers actually from the hillsborough county sheriff's office recording riggins deputy involved shooting that happened back august 30th. the swat team with the hillsborough county sheriff's office found riggins in a bedroom. the deputy felt threatened when riggins appeared to reach for his waistband so there's protestors out here wanting answers and details about the