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

protests are wanting to continue marching along this intersection, there was somebody that was arrested. i have to find out from the public information officer exactly what she was arrested for. they were standing in the middle of the street and telling the tampa police officers here that they wanted to continue marching along the sidewalk but they're still blocking the street. there's been a lot of discussion between the protests out here and the marchers as well as tampa police. you talking and thinking about what's going to happen next. the protests here have originally said they wanted answers from the hillsborough county sheriff's office and they wanted the sheriff to come out within the sheriff's office to tell them what is going on with the investigation. that deputy is still on paid administrative leave and it appears riggins was not armed and will continue following this. it appears there's movement and they are actually allowing them

appears that they're allowed to still march as long as they stay on the sidewalk so that's actually what's is happening now. they're allowing them to go through and walk on to east palm avenue. to the left you see the police officers and they want them to stay on the public sidewalk. it appears they're letting them continue to march as they stay on the sidewalk. we'll follow this as we get more details you. reporting live marisela burgos, abc action news. thank you, we will check back with you more if more information comes available. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm wendy ryan. >> and i'm jamison uhler. these bats are forcing the

us how long it will take to get them out. >> the school mascot is the hornet but lately the bats are taking over the classrooms by the hundreds. the music building is now infested with them and the dus gusting mess they believe mind. >> this mush owl over the carpets smells horrible. >> just how close are they getting to students? here's a picture provided to us that shows a dead bat lying next to a piece of sheet music. >> this year we found a bat pinned until the music stands. we brought in people to look around for more and we found a bunch of them. >> this is one of the chiropractor students forced out of the classroom. four rooms are temporarily shut down during the tedious task of sealing off the building and installing a one way door. >> when one comes out they can't go back in, they find another place to be. >> jason says it takes up to two weeks for the bats to find new

cleaning up the fecal matter and replacing the floor and ceiteri. >> it's more about the respiratory problems from the gauno that's worse for the kids. >> people are warned to take precaution because of the diseases and we what you can breathe in. $13,000 will be spent and students say it can't come soon enough. >> there shouldn't be furry creatures inside a the zika fight now essentially out of money. the director of the cdc issuing a dire warning and also saying the crown try is about to see kids born with microcephaly. funding delays have slowed long term studies of the disease and production of new tests. zika is spreading more widely in the u.s. and the virus causes micro feoffly and other problems

decades. this pesticide is epa approved but many concerned about the affects on people's health and environment. the next round of spraying is scheduled for sunday morning. another travel related case in hils bore county. that makes 616 cases across the state with another 56 nontravel related cases. st. petersburg now confirming they have pumpinsepinellas county waters. if they didn't pump it into the bay it would have pushed it into the streets. kathleen peters is calling for a future solution and urging a meeting of county lawmakers. the mayor wants to raise the storm water rates more than $3 a

unacceptable and say it's only getting worse. he said the city has doesn't a flood master plan in 20 years. if the city council approves the rate hike it will go into effect on october 1st. we are seeing how pasco county firefighters don't have any of the needed equipment and boats needed right now. we look at how one business owner is taking it upon to fix the problem. we came through here the water was right about here. >> walking on streets that were bmerged under more than four feet of water which sul kins says he's worried about the next time. >> one homeowner said to me i've been here 25 years and survived the hunter floods. so i'm not leaving. that same lady i couldn't get her back quick enough. >> other volunteers used their

neighbors last weekend. crews from pasco county fire and rescue were stuck on dry land because none of the county's 28 fire stations have a boat. >> there's no reason why the six sco don't have john boats.t >> when the flood comes we have to get people out and it's hard for us not having access to boats. >> the chief says there's no simple solution. budgets are tight and boats tend to sink on the list of priorities. >> no $3 million storm water issue to deal with. we have improvements so we don't have flooding or fire boats to use when we do have flooding. >> firefighters shouldn't have to make the decision. he set up a gofundme account and set up fundraisers to buy rescue boats for the county. >> they're not using them just for a flood. it's coming up because of a flood. >> that is going to save

a price on a human life. meantime a return to normalcy tonight, clearwater preparing to reopen san key park first time since the storm. good evening everybody, still a couple showers out there and one or two lightning strikes in north polk if y tseou see showers min into pasco county and northern hillsborough county they're only lasting for five or ten 15 minutes. today's big weather story was the heat. 95 in tampa. 92 in tampa and 91 in atlantic city. record highs across the area. i have the weekend forecast. we're keeping our eyes on not one or two but three tropical

florida. how that could impact weekend plans coming up. manatee investigators now revealing the mother who had a hit man killer ex-husband plotting to have another person killed as well. layshe wanted to kill him to get th kids back. she paid an undercover detective tive more the hit. >> i don know how she would kill her husband and get custody of the kids. guess she thought they would never find out. >> the arrest report reveals leahy had another target that she wanted killed. the person owed her money. deputies say carrie smith consequenced a man to let her do clerical work for him and she

access to his money and she used his debit card to pay for a new roof on her home. deputies say no one had any idea what was going on until family members lock looked over the accounts following his death last year. the car backed up and charged towards the woman, bumped her again and pushed her along with the car. 0. >> in between an aggressive driver and group of children, the bizarre excuse a florida woman gave si guard. helping our nation's veterans battle ptsd. rescued from a horrible situation, two people stepping in when a neighbor spots this dog. the incredible trans formation you have to see. we're monitoring breaking news in tampa. police confronting a group of protestors and arresting two of

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towards the woman, bumped her again and pushed her along with the car. i'm like get your phone! call the police. >> so i got my phone out and started recording it. >> miller was not hurt. deputies tracked the woman down and arrested her and she claims to have a brain injury and can only turn left because of her

a man stole 600 dollars from an elderly woman in a wheelchair. she called out for help but the guy got away. police are hoping someone will recognize him from this video and turn him in. this was in new york. veterans dealing with ptsd and thoughts of suicide are disturbing but is marijuana the answer? abc action news erik waxler talked with vets who see the benefits. >> reporter: after two tours in afghanistan, marine christopher roberts has trouble adjusting to life after war. >> a big part of the problem is coming home and losing your sense of purpose. it's nice to meet with someone

similar experiences. >> they have turned to yoga and other therapies but brian thinks also medical marijuana should be looked at . >> not that it's something that i'm for but if there's something helping a warrior going through difficulties and coming home and dealing with traumatic brain injuries and post traumatic stress i'm all for it. >> ander son the american legion come out asking congress to recognize cannabis with potential medical value. a recent survey found 68% of combat veterans support marijuana legalization and even more want the va to allow it to be used as a treatment option.es more milder approach to treating

>> colorado researchers are planning a new study to see if marijuana can help ptsd but that testing is taking two years. we're heading into the weekend with good weather. >> high school football tonight and concert at the amphitheater. miranda lambert there. few showers but still has the look and feel of late summer with those storms even from south tampa looking over the clouds building highern . showers of any subs stance are northern polk and eastern pasco and a couple lightning strikes north west of polk city.

pinellas and the further area. looking at the bigger picture, coverage might be 20% so if you're going out this evening ot along i-4 for that matter a de shower, otherwises ould be clear and pleasant. we're not looking at right beginning to develop late tomorrow and more so on sunday. upper 90st tod previous high. also hit 95 in sarasota. still 92 in tampa. 90 in st. pete and 91 in clearwater. the east to west flow has not changed. the only thing that's happening is afteret this for a few days slowly but surely it starts to moisten up the atmosphere. each day a slightly better chance of showers.

orange color, look what's happening now. it's beginning to ret and give up the moisture of what's down south and increase rain chances. we're talking about 30-40% on sunday. the middle of the next week a slug of moisture bumping up the chances. at least you're getting a break without much if any rain for the next several days. tonight partly cloudy with a few isolated showers waking up to a beautiful day sunday. whatever you have planned in the morning until 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon, weather won't be an issue. even at 3:00 or 4:00 not much of an issue. widely scattered showers and on w ancewe cere might be a bette 30% to 40%. rainfall totals this is through sunday, most areas rain free. you're going to the beach it will be a great weekend at the

activity we're coming up in the peak of the season. historically september 10th we had one that's curving out to sea. this fizzles out and all the sudden out of nowhere rain chances as we said will be limited from this because of that moisture staying well to the south. here's a look at the accurate seven-day forecast. 30% rain chance saturday and sunday. 50% by the middle of the week. we're getting a look tonight at a dog's incredible trans formation. >> the dog's owner felt terminally ill. two groomers stepped in to help. the nonprofit group has taken him in and he's at a foster home in virginia. still ahead, the prediction

hello folks, how does 9 and 7 sound? that's my buccaneers loss prediction this season. one of those games would be sunday afternoon in falcons three points favorites because they're at home. the bucs beat themas year and they took away the crowd noise and can drive a team nuts i you do when the league puts you on the rop rope the first two weeks after the season? you get on a plane and go play. >> obviously the nfl like these marquee match ups like last night even though it wasn't a divisional game. the nfl has their own version

divisional games to start especially oths tho you were the ad team but we got nothing to say about that. >> in our pree view the cs have my pick for week one. coming up tonight picks for thim banking on marlyn max sitting this one out. the bulls will win but the huskies to cover the 15 point spread. i'll take kentucky to rattle florida's chain for the year in a row and eventual lose not by more than 16 points. finally panthers quarterback cam newton took a beating last night. he got hit in the head four times in the last to denver. the helmet to helmet hit was it. have the referees call the penalty earlier in the guam. this nonsense would have stoppe.

a child sa deadft vehicleies too the htaospi where he later died much more on this tragic story tonight at 11:00. continuing coverage on our website we'll see you right back

tonight, breaking news. the suv up in flames. and tonight, the new and urgent warning just issued about a particular kind of smartphone. after several fires now reported. and the faa, now saying do not pack them in your luggage. we're also watching severe storms seto night. the system now moving east. rob marciano says there could be treacherous driving ahead. and another driving nightmare. the car dangling from a parking garage. the driver climbing out. tceonh the new discovery. as auttiesoofor the missing student making national he trump, and his praise for president putin. trump defending the russians