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>> hi, everyone. i'm paul lagrone. >> and i'm laura harris. breaking news about the leaking radioactive water at the mosaic plant. new information that you will only see here on abc action news. >> that's right. the lawsuit just filed to protect people who are worried about their water. plus, we have a team of charlotte, north carolina right now preparing for a possible third night of violent protests. >> beautiful views. and now the water is a sewer pit. and how the other water crisis in tampa bay is affecting small business in st. pete. plus, the new places being tested for raw sewage. you have probably been there
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45 minutes ago the first class action lawsuit was filed against mosaic because of the toxic wastewater spill. >> we have team coverage on all of this, at this time. we don't have the results pack on the radioactive tests yet just yet. >> jackie callaway is kicking off the story today. you could ahold of the lawsuit. it could impact all of people living near the facility. jackie. >> reporter: here, it is. all 23 pages. a lot of harsh lane language in suit. it accuses mosaic of how it handled the toxic wastewater at the facility. it is accused of not doing nearly enough to keep the residents who live nearby at
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named in the suit. it makes mention of the $2 billion settlement with the e pa last year-- the epa last year. this class action suit could affect anyone within five miles of the mosaic facility. anyone who uses water from a well as their drinking water. that number is estimated 5,000 people. it requires an injunction for mosaic to pay for regularly and more heduled testing of the wells. also they want mosaic to pay for a water treatment system for everyone in the class action lawsuit, along with any other economic losses. now, just about 30 minutes ago, after getting the suit, i reached out to the spokesperson for mosaic. they were not aware of the suit. they would get back to us with a comment. we're still waiting on that. jackie callaway, taking action
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meanwhile we are getting back more mosaic testing results today. >> we have the preliminary results from 20 different wells. here is what we're learning right now and what they're testing for in the water. sodium, sulfate anradioactive activity the first three ow normal levels at this time. but the one that everyone is worried about is the radioactive that we have been talking about all week long. ryan raiche has been following this testing story from about all of this. ryan. >> reporter: you guys, i think there is some confusion with the results and definitely some frustration. by the end of the day today, some 15 homeowners, as you said, 20 wells, those people will receive a letterdropped off at their home telling them the results of the tests that were taken monday and tuesday. generally speaking, we know what the results are. they're going to say normal readings for everything with
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radioactive. that's the test that everyone was worried about. the company doing the test says that radioactive results aren't in yet. that company hired by mosaic is ect out of tampa. they say that test takes a little longer and they should get the results by tomorrow or monday. the company is assuming there won't be any surprises there because everything else came back normal. but it still doesn't sit well with people like joyce hunter, who we first met on monday and could not believe what she was reading. >> i read the whole thing first thinking it was going to give me a complete report. and then when i got to this page where they haven't even tested for radio activity, i went off the chain. >> reporter: she is an 86-year- old woman. a sharp woman. you're not going to be able to pull a fast one by her. for now she will remain on bottled water and not drink the
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should come in sometime tomorrow or monday. the testing company, by the way, is going to be very busy. we understand now mosaic has received requests for at least 200 wells to be tested around the sink hole. we have also been told that the testing company has agreed to work through the weekend to try to get as many people tested as they can. guys, back to you. >> ryan, those are hearty folks out there. i grew up out there and they don't take look at this tie-up on interstate 75 around wesley chapel today when border patrol tried to follow a couple. they were trying to arrest a couple of people. one of the suspects actually got out of the car and ran and ended up getting hit by another car. well, right now taking a live look outside on the roads. it looks dry. but there are some showers out there. shay, the first day of fall and it feels like summer. >> oh, does it ever? does it ever.
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that's even with the thunderstorms rolling through. so take a look right now. the river gate tampa camera showing a lot of blue skies and sunshine. we have a lot of dry areas. more dry areas than wet ones. as we look across tampa bay, you can see right there, on top of tampa and heading to the no wrth,e do have one nice big batch of storms, pretty widespread rain covering the major roads like i-75 and i-4 and also 275. all of this rain is headed to the southeast. so area, around brandon, valrico or mango, you will see the rain in your area in the next 20 minutes or so. as we look wider here, not a lot of rain. as i was saying, we have some over highlands county and south of sebring. yeah, fall begins today. but the temperatures are still steamy out there and very summer like. 87 degrees by 6:00 tonight.
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and storms. storms are unlikely by the time we get to 8:00. not a lot of rain for tonight. did you know it's national ice cream cone day? maybe an ice cream, pumpkin ice cream cone would be good on a florida day like today as we ring in fall. i'll let you know how things are looking. if you're planning on a bike ride for tomorrow, we'll time out the showers and the heat in my next forecast. paul. >> thank you, shay. police chief says they are n scott's shooting to the public but they will be showing it to the family. the chief warns that the video doesn't show everything. >> the video does not give me absolute definitive visual evidence that that would confirm that a person is pointing a gun. i did not see that in the videos that i reviewed.
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now, the police chief there in the city of charlotte says other specified witness ndin that police officers al opened fire after scott refused to drop his weapon. the prosecutor in charlotte is asking the state buru in north carolina to investigate this shooting. part of the now team is in charlotte today. >> reporter: clean-up. that's the word of the day in engulfed the streets just hours before. >> i think it's wrong. >> reporter: i caught up with charlie as he waited to board the train feet from the hotels and shops boarding up their doors and windows. >> people need to unite and crawl themselves americans -- call themselves americans.
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of our community to come together in peace. we are a peaceful people. >> these are chocolate chip cookies. >> reporter: for these three friends, they're handing out cookies. >> it's been a rough 48 hours here. >> reporter: they watched protests turn violent from their homes, using one word to describe it. >> heart breaking. >> it is. >> heart breaking. >> we want people to know what charlotte really is. this is not a >> reporter: now they and so many others here wait to see what is to come, hoping that it's better than what has passed. >> if you don't pull together inin this city, the world is watching. you know what i mean? you have to be the frontrunner and show people how to act. >> reporter: so here live in downtown charlotte, we're seeing a lot of this, businesses having to board up their windows because of the protests that turned violent last night. in the midst of that, there is
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>> right now an update on news we had breaking earlier this week. a only woman has been arrested and charged with the county. she did housekeeping and other work for dominique. they found her at a bank with his wallet. the body was found monday afternoon, stabbed several times on the kitchen floor. we're expecting to hear about the sewage problems during and after hurricane hermine. >> this is a big story. we know that yesterday the mayor put water resources
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administrative leave. the mayor is expected today to talk about why he did that. now, he claims that he and the council never saw 2014 report that showed closing down one sanitation facility would lead to sewage overflow in the city of st. petersburg. during hurricane hermine, millions of gallons of raw sewage overflowed and they were forced to dump it into tampa bay. we will have an governor rick scott is stepping in on this. he is ordering the state to take additional tests in st. petersburg. >> businesses along the water will tell you that the public is already staying away. >> i wish we had passes. >> reporter: step on to captain's dolphin charter. >> there's no dolphins around. zero. >> reporter: that means no
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money. he usually does five tours a day. >> yesterday i did one. >> reporter: that means that he barely breaks even. he says all of this is because raw sewage flowed into the water near the marina. >> and i have seen dead fish floating and the water is brown color. >> reporter: that's why the florida department of health is now testing the water right across from captain fred's and lasing park. >> if the mayor, if this is such clean water and it has tested great, why don't he and his family come out and go for a swim out here. >> reporter: here at the park, signs are posted, no swimming. but you can see one man still out in the water. >> beautiful views. and now the water is a sewer pit. >> reporter: and as i was leaving today, the first two people halfway through the day came up asking for a tour.
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pick up next year, i'll be gone. >> reporter: fred can't even take him unless he has two more people. for the now, i'm nicole grigg. all right. and taking a live look right now. you see all of this happening on the presidential campaign. we have just 47 days left until the country goes to the polls in november. mike pence in colorado springs today. colorado, a very critical state because it's one that could flip 9 electoral votes are up for grabs. the last two elections colorado went to president obama and the democrats. usually it goes to the republicans. you would be surprised to learn that half of the guns in the united states are owned by just 3% of the country. a new study out today out of harvard estimates that 7.7 million people on average own 17 guns apiece.
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collectors, hunters, competitor shooters and people who are stockpiling weapons. most of the 70 million guns sold in the past two decades were handguns. two-thirds of the gun owners say self-defense is the main reason to have a firearm. let's get a check of the forecast with shay. >> shay, i have to know, has it moved out or is it still here. >> it is circling in the same spot. it was moving to the southeast. now it has slowed down if you have been seeing that heavy rain in your neighborhood, yeah, it will stick around for a little longer. then it will start to fizzle out here after not too long. the main sail beach inn is what you're looking at at the moment. it is gorgeous. anna maria island, rain free for sure. look at the blue skies there. just a beautiful day out at the beaches. none of the beaches in pinellas county right now are wet. we're looking good there as well. it's just this one batch of rain between i-75, i-4 and 275.
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the southeast. now it has started to spin in place. if you are south of i-4, around i-75, so that's the mango and brandon, that's where the rain is headed. it may take a little longer before it gets into your area. as we look wider, you see how the batch of rain developed and then start today spin in the same spot. we're also watchi storms in highlands county. again, not a real big deal. typical weather that we would see very isolated rain in fact and storms in comparison to what we might see this time of year. futurecast is depicting what we're seeing on radar. a batch of storms in the center of hillsborough county and working its way farther inland through the next couple of hours. we will continue to have chances for the isolates showers and storms through about sunset. then they will taper off. by midnight, we're nice to dry from top to bottom across the
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commute and even if you would like to have lunch outside tomorrow, you don't mind the heat so much, noon, perfectly dry. it's not until after noon that we see the isolated showers and storms bubbling up. around 4:00, 20% coverage. tomorrow if you would like to go for a bike ride, really any time will be a good time as lock as you don't mind the heat later in the afternoon there. is a chance, mainly after 2:00, that you could encounter an isolated shower or storm. i wouldn't try to plan your bike ride around we have a lot of dry spots tomorrow. i know the big question, since today is the first day of fall, when will it actually feel like fall? i have more on this coming up in the four-day forecast at 4:00. laura. >> i fa that you're going to say never. >> it's a possibility. who authorities think is responsible for yahoo hack and how to know if your information is at risk. you're watching the now tampa
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>> breaking news right now. a warning if you have a yahoo account today. yahoo says that a state pop sored actor stole information associated with at least 500 million accounts. this happened in 2014. but it is just now coming out. that includes phone numbers, birth dates, and account security questions. the company is now notifying people who may be affected by this. yahoo also wants you to consider changing your password. there are some things that you see in life that just stick with you. and i can bet if you saw something like this in person, it would be one of those things. this is an 18-wheeler on top of what used to be a chevy truck. this is all happening on the internet. it happened on a radio in georgia. these pictures are circulating
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true. the picture is real. it happened this month in georgia. it was a chain reaction crash involving several semis. sadly a couple from louisiana died in the crash. they didn't cause it, but it is a good reminder to give the large trucks as much following distance as possible. all right. by the way, all of that sitting in traffic is costing you at least 20 hours every year. that comes from new research out today from the reason foundation which also looked at highway conditions across the country. south carolina, south dakota and kansas with their roads and keeping them up. alaska, new jersey and hawaii are doing the worst job. and laura, you have a better look how florida is doing. >> here is what we're learning, paul. here is the bottom line. at least this is what i-275 looks like right now. it's not great. but we probably don't have to tell you that. just look at the traffic that we see every day. that's how long every year each person is wasting sitting in traffic. 41 hours.
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nation in highway performance and 35th for deadly crashes. overall half of the poor paving on the interstates is concentrated in five states. you see them here. and the number of deficient bridges across the country is also going down in nearly every state. but to be fair, it's still considered pretty bad in connecticut, hawaii, massachusetts, new york, pennsylvania and rhode island. the city of charlotte still reeling from the violence last night bracing for what could be another chaotic night. i'm todd walker with how everyone is preparing coming
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the now tampa bay. the tulsa district attorney just calling a news conference about the controversial shooting death of terrence crut police shooting and killing the unarmed 40-year-old despite having his arms in the area. the d.a. will talk coming up at 4:30. in a couple of minutes now. we're following the details and will bring them to you when they come in. >> we need your voice. we need your passion. we need your commitment. but i for bringing violence to these demonstrations to stop. >> big story developing today. in ft, just a few hours ago. there she was, u.s. attorney general loretta lynch addressing the second night of violent protesting that continues in north carolina and the city of charlotte. despite calls for calm, the city is bracing for a third night of unrest. it comes after 44 arrests and 7 hours of problems last night.
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through the night in charlotte and witnessed the violence firsthand. he is there now with what is planned to try to keep the peace in the hours ahead. >> reporter: more resources coming into charlotte tonight in anticipation of another turbulent night. three days after keith scott was shot and killed by police. and police officers told me last night they expect more protesters and more intent on doing damage like this. broken windows boarded up, including glass still on the ground here. check out the video that we shot from riots. police fired tear gas into the middle of the crowd. it was getting out of hand and continued through much of the nice. the police seem to be playing catch-up all night which puts them at a distinct disadvantage. the national guard is deploying to help control the crowds. this is video of them this morning getting ready and heading out. officers on foot and bike patrol and dirt bikes and helicopters, there will be more than 1,000 cameras around the city to keep monitor on
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will protect buildings and infrasucpolice to focus on those committing crimes, damaging property and assaulting people and let the true protesters who want to let their voices be heard to let them do that. the state has activated national guard for crowd ntrol. rson last night was critically heard. many on social media said it was the victim. the chief spoke about it. >> an allegation was made that one of our officers mooity have been involved. as a said before, guy, we're here to seek the truth. so we're investigating that to find the truth. the absolute truth as best the evidence can show us. >> reporter: it's not clear what tonight is going to bring. police are gearing up for another long night, calling for calm. in charlotte, north carolina. i'm todd walker, back to you.
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it all there. nine people were hurt last night. five police officers. the person who was shot remains on life support at this hour in critical condition. and at last word, we told you 44 people were arrested. police say those were for things like failing to disperse, assault, and breaking and entering. there could be more arrests as they review that video. laura. >> also today the nfl tweeting saying they plan to let the carolina panthers play the in charlay. they are currently working with law enforcement in the area to make sure that security is i the nba legend michael jordan weighing in on this saying in part it is more important than ever that we restore calm and come together. back to that breaking news we brought you a couple minutes ago. the district attorney speaking now on the tulsa, oklahoma shooting. let's listen in. >> lastly, i promise you -- i promise you on day one of the
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an end. >> the only way i know how to walk my path is to try every day to pray. and to serve my fellow citizens so that he or she may be lifted up. when i started this press conference at 3:30, i directed my sta charge of manslaughter in the first -- criminal charge of manslaughter in the first degree. you can go down to the clerk's office and obtain a copy of the charge, along with the affidavit. in addition to that, i have a press release. you can pick up a press release that summarizes the statements that i just made. attached to that press release will be the relevant, applicable law in the state of
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manslaughter is and what the oklahoma uniform jury instructions say the standard is. i encourage you as members of the media to review that and apply that in your news stories. but as i stated, officer crutcher is presumed innocent under the law until a judge or jury determines otherwise. and the question is going to be asked, where is she? i have had a judge review a a warrant has been issued for her arrest. i have been in communication with an attorney who has been retained to represent her. and arrangements are being made for her surrender to the tulsa sheriff's department. those matts will be addressed by the sheriff's department in the due course. i'm not going to answer any questions. thank you for your attendance. >> what we were listening to there was a press conference
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the shooting, the female, there has been a war around issued for her arrest. iminal charges have been filed. she is being charged with manslaughter in the first degree. paul. >> thank you, laura. sarasota county paramedics say the number of calls for drug overdoses is now up more than 100% since last year. and as jake peterson reports for us today, those working the front lines of the heroin epidemic are making a public plea for users to stop. >> a serious threat to the security of the city of sarasota. >> reporter: help and fete -- heroin and fentanyl use is most prominenin the red areas. the sarasota pd is assigning detectives to the epidemic. in the county, 113 people overdosed during the summer of 2015. that number is up to 232 during
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and the faces of users can be husbands. >> i overdosed three times in one week. >> reporter: mothers. >> my family, they could not believe that i was using. >> reporter: jessica got clean three months ago. it took the loss of her daughter to make her stop. she was a military wife but a diher to drugs. >> it made me completely numb. it gave me a false sense of motivatifalse sense of energy, a temporary fix. >> reporter: she is clean now and she will be getting her daughter ba but her ride with drugs almost cost her everything. >> i actually overdosed twice. >> reporter: john wayne thompson is also clean. his vicious never touch it. once you start, the cost is too high. >> it's not even a high anymore. it's just maintaining. you have to have it to go to dinner and work. >> reporter: but now these former users are hoping to console those still hitting rock bottom. >> it's not hopeless.
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help, to let people know there are other routes besides drug snooze reporting in sarasota, i'm jake peterson for the now tampa bay. >> thank you, jake. the newest disney movie isn't even out yet and already it has people worked up. what you won't be seeing outside of theaters that has to do with the new animated movie.
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planes can't reach. and it kills mosquitoes before they even hatch. miami is using trucks just like this as they continue to battle locally transmitted cases of zika. disney always has a character that is pop lear -- popular for halloween except for this year. maui is polynesian. one woman said that kids shouldn't be allowed to pretend to be another race. disney has apologized for offending anyone and pulled the costumes from shelves. the movie comes out in november. the hottest ticket in town is the florida state game. 50,000 tickets have been sold.
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>> we're just updating you now on what happened live 15 minutes ago. has been charged with first degree manslaughter in the death of terrence crutcher. a warrant has been issued for her arrest. he was shot and killed on friday, despite having his arms in the area. a call for action after the shooting in charlotte. >> mike sax is here with what they say needs to be done. >> reporter: the wake of the
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american man in charlotte this week, they marched to deliver a letter to loretta lip much demanding that she and the doj put an end to such shootings. they found that police departments in ferguson, missouri and baltimore, maryland was under investigation after shootings there. trump today in pittsburgh talking about the unrest in charlotte says there's no reason to engage in violent disruption. >> the department of justice must aggressively pursue investigations, indictments and, yes, prosecutions, against any and all law enforcement
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kill innocent unarmed african- american citizens. >> reporter: this is an issue that is not going anywhere any time soon. for the now, i'm mike sax. this is the it guy who helped sets uphill hill's e- mail server. he was supposing to be testifying but he was a no-show today despite getting a subpoena. >> subpoenas are he is a crucial fact witness in the committee's investigation. >> today the committee voted to hold him in contempt of congress. it is the second time that he failed to show up. the vote is meaningless. just because somebody is subpoenaed, they can take the fifth.
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certain candidate for president. the main factor for both clinton and trump are not the issues, it's that they can't stand the other candidate. millennials don't like either candidate. a poll shows one-third of voters under the age of 34 plan to vote for one of the third party candidates instead. hillary clinton is trying really hard to win them over. >> yeah. it's prime real estate, that voting block. that it is investing $30 million in digital advertising, targeting young and minority voters. how important is the millennial vote and will they turn out? that's the question. the number of millennials eligible to vote in this election cycle is equal to the number of baby boomers that can vote. but if the last presidential election is any indication, only 46% of eligible millennials turned out to vote.
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boomers. laura. >> heavy rain still hitting the midwest today. check out the flooding in minnesota. you see this car completely underwater in minneapolis. see all of that water? the flooded streets? it's just a mess out that way. shay, thankfully we're not dealing with anything like that here. definitely thunderstorms i'm hearing above the tv station right now. >> yeah. >> right across the street from ra >> yeah. we heard thunder out there. and we have our share of showers and storms. you were pointing out that we had a chance for additional flooding. it looks like the rain is letting up now in the midwest. good news for them. >> awesome news. >> they should start to see improvement soon. boy, did they have heavier rain earlier this morning. let's take a look at the circles apollo beach camera. you can see how gorgeous it's out or back door.
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and lots of heat for this first day of fall. we have thunderstorm that's are just here in north central hillsborough county. so right near the apex at the present time. most areas are on the dry side. so let's look at the temperatures as a result of all of that sunshine today. 93 degrees right now in brooksville. 91 in zephyrhills. tampa, 88. that's after the showers and storms rolling through. brandon, the temperature has come down to 84 with the showers nearby. 91 in ke bartow at 91. arcadia, these are summertime temperatures. 94 degrees. on average this time of year, so if we were to have fall-like weather today, we should be hitting a high of 88 degrees. now, that is the current temperature in tampa right now, after the showers and storms have rolled through. record ties for this time of year, 94 degrees. and our low should be right
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average. not by much. but certainly feeling a bit more like summer than like fall over the next couple of days. 20% coverage of showers and storms for frida making it beautiful to be outside. if you can tolerate the heat. and the overnight temperatures will be in the upper 70s. again, above average for this time of year. not quite even like fall for our area. and so you head into early next week. we're still looking at only 30% coverage of showers and storms with highs in the upper 80s to so, yeah, it doesn't seem like fall is going to kick into gear any time soon. denis will be in with the 7-day forecast and let you know if there are any changes beyond this. laura, i wouldn't get too hopeful. >> thank you, shay. time magazine has been known for their controversial covers. we have seen russian president putin and, yeah, the reign of
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of you talking on facebook. it features colin kaepernick. the san francisco 49ers quarterback says the protest is to bring awareness to the treatment of minorities in the brity. seates and police veral players around the nfl following suit. we showed you a youtfootball team doing the same thing. you see the dolphins. and u.s. soccer star megan taking a knee a. paul. >> and the time article will hit news st it features interviews from several nfl players. their comments are similar. the silent protest is not for media attention but bring attention to the lives lost. whether you agree or disagree with the protest, it is becoming mainstream. kaepernick's jersey sales have shot to number one on nfl.com. according to a new poll by "usa today," kaepernick is considered the most disliked player in the nfl. all right. remember this debris that we showed you last week on the
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might finally answer what happened to malaysian flight 370, suggest a fire caused it to crash in the india ocean two years ago. today investigators say that initial tests show it was not burning and the black marks was not caused by heat or fire. they're not sure if the debris is actually from the plane. president obama is recognizing some pretty big names today in the world of entertainment for their works in the arts and humanities. brooks. [applause] [cheering and applause] >> those laughs from the crowd after you saw brooks pretend that the medal was too heavy to hold. he received the national medal of arts along with phillip glass and ten others. >> when marcelis who could not make it here and morgan freeman who undoubtedly is off playing a black president again.
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moment. >> pretty good comedian himself, the president. among the dozen people who also received national humanities medals today. the president can pick up to 12 people ar. wild video out of colorado right now. two rival gangs start shooting at each other next to two children. it all happened at a car wash in denver. you see the two men. they're in the white shirts there. they start shooting and another the men run back to their car and continue to shoot. thankfully detectives were able to catch the shooter. >> it is weird that atf charges just ammunition. we were able to ensure that he was taken off the street. we will get you by any means necessary. >> thanks to the video and the shell casings found at the scene, investigators were able to arrest the man in the white there even though they never got the gun. you won't believe where
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in florida. >> megan mcroberts takes us to the place that tossed guns have become a huge safety risk. >> reporter: of everything that comes into the recycling center daily. >> we have approximately 135 ton that's come in. >> reporter: there has been more concern lately surrounding what workers are finding on the conveyer belts. >> we've had several guns that we have found loaded. >> reporter: allison mcdonald says they are guns, live ammunition, also guns that are not loaded but functional. fears that the guns could be set off or get in the wrong hands of somebody walking by. in the last two years, six or seven weapons have showed up here. that's why they stay in close contact with law enforcement. >> maybe if there is someone out there looking to get rid of a piece of evidence or something they don't want to
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>> reporter: they are holding on to three guns and ammunition that were found in the recycling center within just the last two weeks. they are not tied to any crimes yet but police are keeping them in case they were used in a crime this though don't know about yet. the other gu are properly disposed of withaw enforcement. st. lucie county has only been processing recycling materials for two years. hoping to teach the public this is not where up. mark zuckerberg and his wi are giving $3 billion to prevent disease. >> they admit it won't be easy. to give you perspective, here is how much other agencies have been spending to try to reach the same goal. the national institutes of health invests around $32 billion a year on research into diseases. the fda's annual budget is more than $4 billion that goes to
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treatments. the cdc annual budget is $7 billion for researching diseases and fighting outbreaks. before you pack up your next donation to the local food pantry, take a closer look at what you're actually giving. >> how one food pantry teamed up with nutritionists to see if people can be persuaded to give healthier options. >> reporter: they count themselves luckily at the foot pantry where the shelves are stocked high with variety of fresh foods. so the executive director was a little skittish when a team of nutritionists asked to look around. >> overall, a number of the food that's they're offering were low in fiber. so not a lot of whole grain snooze lisa stark is one of the nutritionists who spent 7 months studying what comes into the food bank and looking for ways to convince food donors to
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stark found room for improvement. >> if we're wanting to prevent diseases in people who rely on pantries, we want to do a little bet sphere together the food panty and nutritionists have launched healthy shelves. getting the word out that pantries need to came out of the basket are things like cream based canned soups. in are low sodium soups. out sugary breakfast cereals. in, grains like oatmeal. also out packages of mac and cheese. in, whole grain and gluten free pastas. >> of course not every food needs to be a healthy food option. but we need more foods. >> to put them together. >> to put them together. >> reporter: another component is teaching the clients of food pantries to make healthier choices at home. sending them out the door with
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more heathful ingredient -- healthful ingredients. another way of feeling nourished, by home cooked healthy food, thanks to the generosity of complete strangers. >> i'm paul lagrone. and that's it for the now tampa bay. abc action news at 5:00 starts right now. >> this is abc action news. >> right now at for more protests. the reason that charlotte says it is ready to face whatever happens tonight. plus the one question that the police video cannot answer about keith scott's shooting death. >> sometimes an apology is not enough. tensions surrounding the toxic sink hole still high as more test results come in today. we will show you the big questions forcing many residents not to drink the water.
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i'm wendy ryan. >> the results are in. 20 wells have come back with normal readings. >> but they leave out a key test. is the water radioactive? ryan raiche live outside mosaic's plant in mulberry. ryan, what is the hold-up here? >> reporter: that's the simple answer, that the test takes a little longer to process. unfortunately that's the very test so many people were most anxious to get the results to. this after more than 215 million gallons of radioactive toxic water drained that sink hole. >> i went off the chain. >> rorter: she may be 86 years old. >> this is the part that is making people mad. >> reporter: joyce hunter is as sharp as a knife. and today she is an angry mosaic neighbor, staring at an incomplete report of her water test. >> what i told this dude is why would you get it out to the media that we're clear. you haven't finished the testing. >> reporter: hunter is now one of 15 homeowners to get the
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