on board. breaking developments in the st. pete sewage crisis. jolly has reached out to a law enforcement agency and asked to start a formal investigation. the office is transferring information to law enforcement for a review. st. petersburg dumping millions of gals of sewage into tampa bay because flooding. rick chrisman put two top executives on leave because of this. >> new at 6:00, jackie callaway who was the first to break this story is live to walk us through exactly what the suit is asking for. jackie. >> reporter: well, i've read through this. the 23-page document does not pull any pickup muchs. using words like reckless and

actions. the bottom line, the case could benefit 5,000 of the company's closest neighbors. >> it's important that we get a feel for what the actual communities around the plant look like. >> reporter: environmental attorney roche heads up a team that put together the federal case. >> just last year, the epa told them you need to come up with a better plan to guard against sink hole snooze morgan and morgan filed the action on behalf of the homeowners dependent on wells for their only source of water. >> we're talking about chemicals going into the aquifer that is larger than all of the oil that was spilled in the deep water incident. >> reporter: the company hired a private company to test the wells. >> we had good water. we had a 80-foot well.

by a third party, outside company, not affiliated with mosaic every month for the next year. >> reporter: some won't seek legal action unless testing detects contaminates in their water. >> it hasn't harmed us yet. so i don't know. >> reporter: the case focuses on independent testing, clean- up and forces mosaic to take action to make sure that this does not repeat itself. >> we're demanding that follow court order protocols to test the private wells, to detect contaminant snooze whether private wells were contaminated could take weeks or months to determine. >> there's a picture of one of the stacks. >> reporter: he points to the company's troubled past that led to a $2 billion settlement with the government last year. he says it's proof that it cannot trust today police itself. and some of the neighbors could not agree more. >> why didn't they contact us and just send out a press

was happening? even the county commissioners admitted they knew about it and did nothing. >> reporter: specifically here is what the case is asking. the ongoing and regular testing of the private wells, the installation of a water treatment system for all of these people and monetary damages. i reached out to mosaic a couple hours ago, they said they won't comment other than through the judicial process. jackie callaway,ak >> thank you, jackie. a bold thief. police need your help getting him off of the street. this is on hillsborough avenue. tpd says he snatched a money from a security worker and ran off. the worker had just finished emptying an atm. if you know anything about the

into 7 vehicles at stride fitness and cross fit in lutz and the rec center. cameras spot this had car at two of the locations. ything ab case, call the pasco county sheriff's office. governor rick scott authorizing $25 million in state funding to develop a zika virus vaccine. that money will be used to expedite a vaccine and develop co the governor said he was forced to act because washington still has not approved any new federal money. as of late this afternoon, there are 92 confirmed cases of nontravel related zika virus in florida and another 682 travel related cases. now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> good evening, everybody. if you notice in jackie's live

down up to -- downtown. that's between wesley chapel and zephyr hills. and an isolated shower in northern polk as well. there will be a few more showers and storms developing anywhere from lakeland off to the east. so if you're going out there evening, something to keep your eyes on. this heat is not going anywhere with highs near record-breaking highs. i will let you know if that coming up. >> thank you, denis. the head of the state's arson lab talks for the first time only to abc action news about the lab's loss of accreditation. the i-team first uncovered the lab's trouble last now. now the ceo tells jarrod holbrook how he plans to turn things around. >> losing accreditation has been a huge blow to the lab's credibility. now they are questioning gasoline sample that's came from the lab.

his lab's methods. >> is this a problem for and you your lab. >> it's a real issue for florida. >> reporter: the ceo is talking about the state's arson lab near tallahassee that tests fire debris across the state. >> the public should expect in an accreditation process is the right thing to do. >> reporter: the i team revealed the lab lost its accreditation after serious concerns were found wi for gasoline. after randomly selecting 26 cases of gasoline testing, they found accuracy concerns with 14 of them. atwater stands by the testing methods but believes there was a problem with properly documenting their methods. >> it will be important in a review process. we have things to improve upon. >> they don't follow any written procedure. >> reporter: john has been in

industry since the '70s and filed the initial complaint. he says there is a problem with the what i that they're testing gasoline. >> as a result, they find gasoline where no one else can find it because it doesn't exist. that ruins people's lives. >> reporter: he has worked on five cases where arson charges were dropped because of improper gasoline testing. >> can you stand here today and tell our viewer that's no cases have ever been impacted by improper testing of gasoline out of your now is i still have confidence that the conclusion that's have been drawn by our lab have been quality conclusions. i don't think -- i think it would be a stretch for anybody to say, i don't think any error has been made by any lab in florida. >> reporter: the independent study sides with atwater. but an appeals board with the accreditation agency is still

should someone resign over this. >> i take responsibility for where we're at. and when it's done, when they come back and look at us again, we will have to look at those questions. >> atwater believes they can make the appropriate changes in the next 30 days. the accreditation agency will come back for an on-site visit. we're putting the whole interview with atwater on abcactionnews.com. i'm investigator jarrod holbrook, taking action for you. >> thank you, j wales. code enforcement just citing gardens apartments after finding bed bugs in four different apartments there. code enforcement giving the complex 30 days to fix this problem. code officers also blaming residents for the problem, saying they must be prepared and willing to cooperate with pest control works. on the campaign trail, hillary clinton says immigration reform will boost

billion. and donald trump says the immigration population will set a new record. two facts that we are putting through the truth-o-meter. >> within a few years, immigration as a share of national population is said to break all historical record snooze donald trump making that claim as he outlined the specifics of his rear form plan. saying that immigrants but we owe it to them and their children to control immigration at this point. claiming that the american born foreign policy will set new highs. we looked into the data that dates back to 1850. >> we will have more non-native- americans in this country than ever before. >> reporter: projections suggest that the population is using and a new record could be

true. >> comprehensive immigration reform will not only be the right thing to do, but it will add $700 billion to our economy. >> hillary clinton also talking immigration reform, saying an overhaul of the immigration system would add $700 billion to the u.s.'s 18 trillion dollar economy. we went digging through a congressional report from 2013 to look in the numbers. >> experts say most of money that we generated will be by new immigrants moving into the country. and so the benefit to the native population,, quote/unquote, the people who live here now, would actually be much less. >> reporter: the statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details. rating the claim half true. >> and look for immigration reform to come up in monday night's first presidential

agenda. unexpected fallout. the reason that mosaic's sink hole has people 50 miles away putting their homes on the market. the surprising danger hiding in some florida trash bins that has police worried for people's lives. the first day of fall is just another tropical day. rain in other areas. we will take a look at the weekend forecast. weekend. that's coming up in a few

>> want to go to breaking news in charlotte. we are getting the aerial photos of national guard deploying in the area. the governor ordered in the national guard and declared a state of emergency. they are hoping to get control of the violent protests that lasted two nights. we will keep following the story and update you on air and on our free app.

raising concerns about an expansion in eastern manatee county. how many are uprooting their homes out of fear of a potential disaster. >> reporter: darby jones has owned this property since 2014. but after seeing the images of the mosaic plant in mulberry over the last two weeks, she now realizes just how much risk she faces just one, two, three, four, five, six, se >> i dreamt of retiring here with a beautiful cracker house. maybe a couple miniature dogs. >> reporter: all of that will have to stay a dream at least for now. >> the recent events have caused me extreme fear that the water supply is now going to be polluted. >> reporter: jones lives in the

mine. she found out that they asked to mine the hundreds of acres of land that they own across the what i. >> my property starts right here and mosaic's hand starts right there. if approved, digging could happen too close for comfort for many living in the community. jones is now looking to sell the land she thought would carry her into the twilight. >> they're concerned about resale value and not being able to sell >> reporter: a local real estate agent says he has five clients looking to sell. selling the properties won't be easy. >> i have a house down the street. two people very interested. people walked away specifically because mosaic digging. >> reporter: mosaic has taken every measure to lower the

at this point, jones isn't convinced and hopes commissioners hear her pleas and vote no to the expansion. >> i regret purchasing. that's the parts that the commissioners need to realize. >> reporter: she is trying to get rid of this property as soon as possible. commissioners will vote on the approval of the expansion at the beginning of next year. in manatee county, i'm cameron poland, abc action news. >> now the most accurate weather team in florida, action agency weather. summer. >> yeah. >> and it's going to. it's mid to late october before the mornings get more comfortable. november before we start feeling the refreshing afternoons. we're getting closer. one day closer. it's hard to complain when you see a beach shot like this. the main sail looks beautiful. all weekend long the beach will be a great place to hang out. if you're going over to ray jay, there will be over a

days. there will be isolated showers and a lot of heat out there. right now the rains are winding down. tampa checking in at 88 degrees, as is clearwater and st. pete. rain coverage today only 15 to 20% of the area. most of that was around tampa and off to the east. i think this evening anything that does develop will be across polk county, hardee, desoto and highlands. bottom line, tomorrow, saturday, sunday, we will be dry until at least 2:30 or 3:00. now, the games. we will touch on that in a second. isolated showers in polk county around 9:30, 10:00. then they're gone. waking up to a sunny and warm day and dry with temperatures in the upper 70s. through the afternoon hours, nothing more than one or two scattered showers. about the same coverage as today. maybe even a little less as dry air filters in. along with the dry air comes

low 90s again tomorrow. normally we should be at 88. the normal high is going down. the afternoon highs keep going up for some reason. by 3:00 on saturday afternoon, that would be going into maybe the 4th quarter of the game, i think there's an isolated chance of a few showers around ray jay. outside of that, if you're going to the beach this weekend, you're good to go. and coverage won't be all that impressive either way. the tropics, we have karl and lisa. i have been talking about this area for three whatever is out there will track west. if it goes into the caribbean, that's somewhat of an issue for us in late september and october. because very often chronologically or historically the storms go in and curve up. not going to say it will happen. it is way down the road, like two weeks. but we need to watch it. the euro brings it into this area and the gfs also. it's nothing to worry about

sometime next week. look at that water temperature in clearwater, 88 degrees. there are your tides, sunrise and sunset. a look at florida's most accurate 7-day forecast. rain chances only 20%. sunday, a little better chance after about 4:00 or 5:00. and then into the weekend and early next week, about the same thing. high temperatures, that's going to be the weather story. upper 80s to around 90 degrees. maybe low 90s by saturday afternoon and again on sunday afternoon. like i said, the great place to go. the uv index between a 9 and 10. lots of sunshine to lunchtime. for the bucs game on sunday, partly sunny skies much there's a chance of showers in the second half with highs up near 90 degrees. >> thank you, denis. workers in south florida raising an unexpected safety concern tonight. >> a real concern. they're finding live ammunition and loaded guns in recycling bins. the solid waste department is

community at risk. they found three guns and more than 100 rounds of ammunition in the last two weeks. the weapons have not been tied to any specific crimes but fort pierce police keep them cat o log i'd just in case. still ahead, the lightning opened up camp shorthanded today at amalie arena. tk explains why it should work out in the bolts favor.

>> hello, folks. here is good news on the injury front. dominique smith is off of the list. he is back on the field on limited basis. that is good news. ayres did not practice for a second day in a row along with martin. it hurts the pass rush which in

secondary that got rocked by carson palmer last week. the rams quarterback isn't palmer but i don't like the trend that is developing early in the season. >> when we make the call, we have to go out and execute it. and we haven't executed in the first two games. we've had 12 -- you know, we've had 12 plays that have gone for over 400 yards. sometimes they're missed tackles and missed assignments and bad >> that has to change. i'll have my pick tonight at 11:00. the lightning reporting to training camp today. none of the 12 will be in camp until next week at the earliest. does that work against the players or not? well, ryan callahan says the ones that didn't go to toronto will be at a disadvantage. >> it will help us having so many guys play over there in

away. they got thrown into hard hockey right off the start. so i think those guys will have an advantage coming into camp. we have to make sure that the guys in the room are ready to go and make sure that we're at the same pace and same level. the gm says nothing new to report on the negotiations. that's ongoing. as for the general theme of this camp and the expectations for the season, why don't you join us tonight at 11:00. john sabol will bring us up to speed >> sounds good. we have covering coverage of the top stories on abcactionnews.com. >> and we will see you back

tonight, breaking news. the female officer just charged with first degree manslaughter, after a father walking toward his suv, his hands up, is later shot and killed by police. the state of emergency at this hour in charlotte. >> shots fired. shots fired. >> after protests turn vi the national guard just arriving, and word one protester has now died. we're on the scene. also breaking tonight, the shooting, as we come on the air. authorities on the scene right now. a workplace in tennessee, the images coming in. donald trump's outreach to black voters, and his controversial words about stop and frisk. and tonight, robin roberts with president obama. the exclusive right here, on policing. and what he would tell hillary