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>> tonight police in new port richey is revealing details about stolen identity. they arrested a person's identity and has been working at a kia dealership at us-19 the whole time. this is justin mccann. coworkers knew him as steven bohan. it appears that he stole sociale marshals have been looking for mccann because similar in s ennsylvania. now to a counterfeit crook on th ting good shot of ance video. the us suspect. deputies say he used fake money at a speedway in spring hill last week. if you know about this guy is, call the hernando county

real gunfire on i-4. it started in volusia county on ended in s miles down the highway. eric salazar was mad after getting cut off by another driver so he shot several times at the truck with his paintball gun. the two men started shooting back but with a real gun. l of e 9-year-old son s in the tonight, of assistance for pulse nightclub share the information with the city. people around the world donated $26 million to the one orlando fund. the money will ibuted to victims by the end of this month. governor rick scott asking fomajor disaster declaration because of

request right to the white house in hopes of getting federal resources for the state's recovery. so far it's not clear if the obama administration will approve governor rick scott's request. now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> good afternoon, everybody. we are tracking a few showers out there. although the heavier rains were earlier on today. at this point over the pascshowers across the you throw in the heat and humidity and the feels like temperature are up around 100 degrees around i-4 south. brooksville last check a feels like of 96. that's how quickly things can heat up once the sun breaks through. it will do that through the afternoon and evening. partly cloudy overnight. waking up to drier conditions tomorrow morning. i'll let you know if that will continue into the rest of the workweek and look ahead to the weekend in a couple of minutes. >> thank you, denis.

tonight. trappers are looking for the alligator that attacked a homeless man in melbourne. we first told you about this last night 1: trappers have removed two alligators from a nearby river. fwc officers say if they can't find that alligator which bit the 56-year-old man on the shoulder, it will euthanize it. wells fargo ceo in the hot seat as congress is pushing for his resignation. the company is under fire for opening customers' backs to meet sales quotas. employees took money from the real accounts and deposited the money into secret accounts. some customers that didn't know it hg on for five t sfor years. the ceo stump. ay watch this. >> you should resign. you should give back the money

was going on. and you iminally investigated. >> congress also slamming him tonight for t firing any senior executives who were li to this scandal. wells fargo will pay $185 million fine. right now, automakers now know the proper way to test their self-driving cars before they make it o the streets. the department of transportation releasing guidelines this morning. they will go through assessment, getting tested in areas like cyber security, crash werth eness and how e car seesthe road. they will release revisions sometime next year. and if you're splurging on premium fuel at the pump, you might want to think twice. aaa says there's no benefit to using premium gas whenyour car does not require it. experts saw no differences in gas mileage and emissions when using regular or premium gas.

made to run on regular. aaa says drivers waste more than $2 billion a year on expensive gas when it's not needed. time is running out for people living in st. pete who want to weigh in on the plans for the pier district. you have 30 minutes to get to the meeting over at the recreation center on lake vista. this is the last open house discussing the approach. city staff and the design team will reveal more about the project and take your ideas. the recreation center is on 62nd avenue south. i right now. new video showing an injured police officer heading back home after the shootout with that terrorist in new jersey. officer peter hammer got hurt during the gun fight with the suspected new york-new jersey bomber. other officers cheering him on as he was wheeled out of the hospital. he suffered significant bleeding from a wound when ahmad khan rahami shot at him through a windshield. meanwhile tonight, both presidential candidates are

best in the fight of terrorism in the wake of the new jersey and new york bombings. neither candidate has an advantage with voters. >> reporter: in their own style, donald trump and hillary clinton are trying to prove that they're the best person to fight terrorism in the u trump hosting a massive ray fort myers, florida overnight, telling the crowd why he believes that the new york and new jersey bombing suspect ahmad khan rahami was nobeing watc closely by authorities, telling fox >> the guy over the chicken stanbrought litigation, a lot of litigation against different people. i bet you that's yes was on no list. >> reporter: the republican nominee also blaming terror in the u.s. on lib rat policies. this morning calling for racial profiling on the savage nation pod cast. >> we have to start profiling. we're looking at people and evy is supposed to be treated equally. it doesn't work that way. it's radical islamic terrorism.

trump junior stirring things up, jumping in on the refugee debate with the skittles tweet that reads if i had a bowl of skittles and told you three would kill you, would you take a handful? that's the syrian refugee problem. clinton calling the tweet disgusting. even the mars corporation chiming in, releasing say statement saying it's an inappropriate analogy. >> hillary clinton is locked in on trump, accusing him of motivating isis with his words and actions. >> we have former cia director michael hayden who made it a very clear point when he said donald trump is being used as a recruiting sergeant for the terrorists. >> reporter: today, trump campaigns in north carolina, while clinton is off the trail. but she appears to have the vote of a former president. republican george hw bush appears to have told a prominent kennedy that he plans to vote for clinton in

washington. >> thank you, stephanie. in his last speech to the u.n., presidenob calling on word leaders to come together. he spoke about how divided the world is right now. he also seemed to be speaking to american voters, making references to trump's plans to build a wall along the mexican border. >> together with the global economy that depends on global supply chains makes it defeating for those who seek reverse the progress. today a nation ringed by walls would on the imprison itself. >> the president recapped his career as president, meng the progre that he has made on issues such as establishing relations with the cuba and the global financial crisis. still ahead tonight, a potential business boom in florida. we're talking about legal marijuana. tonight, the reason that pasco county may be poised to cash in come november. and she lost her freedom over a text message.

wishes she never sent. remember this flooding in city of st. pete? well, it may not be a problem today. but county leaders are meeting here in st. pete to problem- solve. tithe meline for change coming

>> florida voters are set to decide in november in medical marijuana will be expanded in florida. but right now local leaders are figuring out how they will deal with the issue. abc action news reporter eric waxler talked with one man who says that pasco county can be at the forefront of the legal pot business. % >> reporter: this is how you make an entrance. pasco county native darren angels owns one of the top companies connected to marijuana. his magical butter mixes marijuana with butter to use for cooking. he is a full supporter of legalizing medical marijuana. >> it's real medicine. and for the county to keep it away from patients who are in need is unfair. >> reporter: pasco already has a moratorium on growing, processing and distributing marijuana. but now with the latest poll

will overwhelming pass, county leaders will decide if they want the pot business to take route here. >> allow the people with the knowledge base to come in, have the discussion. make an equal amount. >> i love our county commissioners but i think they failed their constituents on this topic. >> reporter: while voters will de divide, they should consider consequences california around dispensaries and marijuana duis. angel says pasco is prime to cash in. >> i would love for pasco couno a hub for ant- d a cis.ew industry that is set up to disrupt the pharmaceutical industry. just like uber did to the taxi industry. >> reporter: a lot of unanswered questions make it difficult to pass local laws now, as do discrepancies between federal and state ws o against legalize showed

new port richey, eric waxler, abc action news. >> new tonight at5:30, a texting mistake cost a woman her freedom. police in indiana say 20-year- old shelby hicks accidentally texted an officer trying to sell him meth. police say they returned the text and they actually set up two separate drug deals after the second buy they arrested her. >> accident. all right. a keyhole camera catches a thief in the act. this flyers door to door when she decided to take something her own. a 9-year-old boy's of ather ctd identified the woman. >> she looks up and o arou see if there's any cameras. but she didn't look at the door bell. a man came in, got the shoes and ran out. briggs had to wear another pair of creates that was too big for the

shoes about being and scored a 5-yard touchdown. >> good for him. the sea turtle population, there were a record number of nests. but because of hurricane hermine, a little more than 700 of them were destroyed. luckily most of the nests had hatched for the season by the time that hermine came ashore. >> it's a big santa bell island area. it's a big deal. people are making sure that they're okay. and the weather can sometimes make it an issue. >> yeah. for sure. >> you were just saying it felt like we were going back in time. >> i wasn't going to complain today. but i'll complain again. it is still hot, denis. >> it is. >> like blazing hot. >> it's florida. >> see, he always gets me. >> it's florida. the normal high is 8 #. we hit 91. laura has such super sensitive

degree difference. >> help me. >> it's warm and humid. no doubt about it. a lot of us are ready for a front. i don't see much of showers at this in rwise moof the rain today was earlier on in the morning. westerly flow brought us morning showers and thunderstorms and pushing inland. most of it north of at this. temperatures still in the middle 80s. 70s last hour. that shows you just how quickly things can warm up when the sun breaks through from the cloudiness. it was 77. now it's 86. still low 90s from tampa to plant city and apollo beach. we hit 91 in tampa. 88 in lakeland. 88 in bartow. this is one of those times where it's not the heat, it's the humidity. the humidity is styling out there. and this is usually the time we start saying, okay, well, maybe

about down the road. nothing in the near future. 09 in tampa right now. we hit 91. we should be at 89. the record is 94. so you see we're pretty steady upper 80s to low 90s this time of year. st. pete, rain right now and 80 degrees. the dew point 75. the humidity up there. but it's sunny in sarasota a90 degrees. west flow means morning showers, morning thunderstorms. and then to help plan your day with this kind of a pattern, the evening the rain to the east side of the state. that's what will happen this evening. by 7:00, 8:00, the rains move east. while it is still steamy out there, it will be mostly dry right on through sunset. now, tomorrow morning we will have more of a west flow at times. but i think it's drier tomorrow. so limited rain. coverage might be 20%, maybe 30%. you should be able to get through the day without worrying about dodging the showers and thunderstorms. there will be a couple around.

between. we see the same thing on thursday. winds begin to change by thursday and the weekend. instead of everything coming in in the morning, we will see the late day storms coming back to the beach. they're widespread and stronger. that can always be anish other this weekend for the big game with the bulls and the knolls at 12:00 over at raymond james stadium. we will update that on facebook and through the week and on abc action news. at least through thursday afternoon, most showers up north. the tropics, we're in the peak of hurricane season right now. we're on the way down, but still clearly this is the time of year that you would expect the tropics to be active. and they are. we have karl, we have lisa. karl could cause a threat to bermuda. lisa poses no threat to land at all. there are your tides and at ast

day of summer. first day of fall, the same. highs in the upper 80s. by the weekend, rain chances are bumped up a touch. the timing will be late afternoon early evening variety, with highs back in the upper 80s, where they should be. >> thanks, denis. bikers performing dangerous stunts on the strereet. the reason for the radio i see in the daredevil stunts -- for

>> take a look at this. a dangerous trend now sweeping the country. authorities are blaming social media for feeding the problem. >> this is what we're talking about. stunt motorcycle riders, some of them dozens of them taking over the streets. youtube videos show the tricks

stop it. one group call themselves the block stars. the videos have been seen thousands of times. the group even sells t-shirts and hoodies reading i don't stop for cops. one member told our kansas city station that stunt driving is not any more dangerous than texting while driving. >> it's been a problem for several years. i think with social media it has increased. you don't have the capabilities to pursue them, you know, when ey >> authorities say anyone caught stunt riding could lose their motorcycle and face jail time. tension filled moments overseas. the crew mistakenly pressed a hijack warning butt as it was approachg the airport today. it caused officials to scramble forces and isolate the jet after it landed. the passengers are okay. the airport says that pilots confirmed the distress call but

a mistake. now is here wendy an with a look at what is coming up at 6:00,. >> we're learning new details about a fatal deputy involved shooting in hernando county. the one thing that deputies did to try to get the suspect to surrender peacefully. >> reporter: we go behind the scenes of a lab tracking potential outbreaks in record time. arrested for stealing nearly a quarter million dollars from this pediatrician o away with that crime for nearly

s. ion for you, is w at6:00, hurricane hermusobleople concerned about dumped into e bays anwhat is being d me toake sure it never happens again. >> and three w cas of the zika virus right heren e baarea. tonight there's a new tool help fit it. good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm wendy ryan. >> and i'm jamison uhler. we go behind the scenes a new state of the art lab fighting zika right here in tampa bay. >> ryan smith shows us why mosquito control experts believe this facility could help preve nta local outbreak. >> take a look at just how high tech this brand-new lab iounty what you're loing at is mosquito control virus testing

the bay area and is dramatically changing how mosquito control notnly tests zika threa sponds to a local >> how many mosquitoes are out there? is there any virus present. >> reporter: targeting hot spots of zika virus is a lengthy process. a week passes before crews return to treat the area, leaving residents at risk. >> people in theco ared ve be sitting on, drinking their margaritas getting bit by mo has a fix. >> this will allow us to not only go track and see how many mosquitoes are available to transmit the disease but now we can test the mosquitoes within 24 hours. >> reporter: that rapid turn around time is reality thanks to this state of the art facility. >> the county pouring $65,000 in a top to bottom lab overhaul. built for today's zika threat.