this, however. reports of road blocks in the northbound lanes. traffic indicators are all in the green. i'll keep my eye on it and let you know if i see any changes. i-275 at fowler, the taillights are heading toward us. the check of the toll roads are looking greet on the veterans expressway. protesters took to the streets of charlotte, north carolina for a third night. unlike the first two, demonstrations were peaceful even though a curfew was largely ignored. we have seen pictures of what happened next. the police chief says dash cam video tells more of the story. while not providing definitive

the scott family has seen the video and say it is impossible to discern if scott had anything in his hand. the family and protesters want that released but the police chief says it would put crime victims at risk. many attend poorly graded schools. today florida's board of education is in town working to change that april adam winer explains what this could mean for adam, good morning. >> reporter: good morning there. the biggest change could come to this school, booker t. washington elementary, according to the state. it is the worst school in the entire hillsborough county. in fact, it is the only school that got an "f" grade in 2016 in the entire tampa bay area. what is going to happen here? booker and all of the schools

worse for several years will adopt changes. in the past, they included adding more resources and support for teachers. previous added getting parents more involved. jeff aikens is also scheduled to be talking with the board today. he's anticipated to ask the state for more money to try to turn schools like washington elementary around. for no adam winer, abc action news. this morning, a class action lawsuit calls the company reckless and negligent. >> attorneys filed that lawsuit on thursday after a massive sinkhole opened up. billions of gallons of radioactive waste water spilled down the aquifer. billions who live within a few miles could benefit from it.

well water and remove any contamination. property values are also being affected. >> i'm not going to pay for it. they'll pay for it, i'm pretty sure. >> whatever it takes to make it right. >> mosaic has not responded to the class action lawsuit filed in federal court. congressman david jolly is kohling for a criminal investigation after the dumping of sewage into tampa bay. the city of st. pete was forced to partially treated waste water. pongman jolly sent us a statement saying he's asking to take over the case. we did check with fdle, and they tell us they are not investigating at this time. top democrats on congressional intelligence committee say the russian government is making a big push to influence the election.

servers and say it could only come from the top levels of the russian government. donald trump, jr. compared refugees to a bowl of exitles and is standing by it. we first told about you this earlier this week. >> i saw it and thought it was a good metaphor. that's all it is. i guess i am surprised by the reaction simply because it is a metaphor for risk and probability. we have to be careful about those things. i understand that, you know, i conservative, it is a different standard. >> the tweet read if i had a bowl of exitles and told you three -- exit -- bowl of skittles and told you three would kill you, would you take a handful? the british citizen arrived in the u.k.

was 6 did not approve the use of himself on twitter. nasa astronaut kate rubens may not make it back in october as scheduled because of a launch delay by the crew. she said she requested an absentee ballot. the address listed on the ballot? low earth orbit. a diver is recovering after a coast guard rescue in the gulf. the coast guard why you should always have a working radio on board your boat. the 67-year-old man injured himself during a dive about 14 miles west of st. petersburg around noon yesterday. a crew member radioed for help. a chopper managed to get there in time and flew that man to a fort myers hospital. tampa police want to you look at this video from a wawa. police say this guy right here

loomis security worker who just finished emptying an atm. if you know anything about the stolen cash, call tampa police. police say this guy pretended to be an undercover police officer and approached women in the parking lot of a restaurant and asked to see their driver's licenses and tried to get them in his car. the truly scary part is what police found in the back of his suv when they arrested him. four large rolls of painters drop cloth, shoe guards, and a clear plastic poncho in the backseat. out with the old and in with the new for gte financials as it breaks ground for the next generation satellite center. it will be equipped with the latest. the 3800-plus square foot credit union will eventually replace the current building, which was established in 1976. this time next year,

a rowing world. it hosts the world rowing championships. today, they're holding a kickoff event and unveiling a statue. more than 42,000 rowers and support staff are expected to attend next year. a woman entering the workforce today will probably work four more years than men entering the workforce at the same time. women do more unpaid care work than men across the world, and it adds up ov like cleaning the house, doing the leaundre, caring for the kids. the charity wants more family work laws to address the issue. check out these pictures. this gray fox is caught on camera. they are usually nocturnal. if they are out during the day,

meal, pet food or open garbage can. >> hopefully not pets. >> my goodness. >> beautiful creature lower rain chances for today. we're in good shape. changes for the weekend and heading into next week. we'll take a full look at the tropics coming up in a couple of minutes. a debate over elie fact hunting in africa. >> and shocking allegations against brad pitt involving one

on this early friday morning -- >> friday. >> thank you, ivan. i was getting to that. >> just for that, i will give the forecast. 79 degrees and another hot one mi details from ivan coming up. a creature stung a toddler and i didn't know this existed. a pus caterpillar stung her little boy who then got a rash on his shoulder. they are white, fuzzy, and apparently poisonous. last year, there were 66 pus

to south africa where an american who paid to join in a professional game hunter is making headlines. >> for some, it's what the professional said after the kill that's more disturbing for animal rights activists. >> went to hunt zebra, leopards and his priority was an elephant. they spent four days to find an old male near the end of his life. he says he's saving by shooting them. >> we kill them because we love them and want them to survive. [unintelligible] we have to. we have to. >> they call it sustainable population and allows them to grow. 0 others, populations declined by 30%.

for that decline. feeling like fall yet? >> it is. it is up in new england, out west. we've got snow going on. >> i'm itching for a trip somewhere, where it's in the 60s. >> it's going to be a while before woo get into our fall weather. folks that live here don't complain about that. that's where we have central florida. the temperatures this afternoon are going above be. even if you like the warm weather, i think it's getting much. 79 right now in tampa. generally in the mid and lower 70s. titan doppler radar is not finding much. we talked about a 20% coverage with storms across the highlands. pockets around eastern polk. then we had this storm here that did not move and rain for,

and departed a wick 1 to 2 inches around town. folks were scurrying around. you see to the west, and to the east getting up to plant city and lutes, nothing doing. it will be quiet with scattered storms, very few. the reason for that is we have that dry air up above what would be great as we talk about lower humidity. it's staying up several thousand feet up. it will be moist in south florida so you can divide the state in high rain chances to the south. a bit more across our area and then nothing to the north. in fact, that includes the rest of the southeastern u.s. where it has not rained for a while. for us, the sea breeze thunderstorm is taking a break with more moisture coming back into the forecast on sunday and into early next week. we'll be seeing more rain chances through the afternoon. let's talk about the tropics here, karl and lisa. lisa is a tropical storm. look at the latest cone here. it's really expected to

bermuda is still under a tropical storm warning with karl as it continues heading up to the north. 60 mile-per-hour winds is the strongest that it's been and the forecast is for 70 mile-per- hour winds as it goes over the island and heads-up to the north and east. remember this could have been much worse for them. we had been thinking cat pooh over the islands -- we were thinking cat-2 over the islands. 2016, look at th second column, lisa. we haven't dumped this as far as getting this far down the list of names in several years here. now we're breaking it down as far as average. 12 named storms. if we stopped the season today, and we won't, we would be average. four hurricanes out of the 12 storms and one, of course, a cat-4 hurricane that was quite major. that's where we are as far as

that the storms favor is florida because the fronts come in and everything gets pushed in our direction. we have a ways to go before we call it a season. 91 will feel like 100-plus. we'll have a couple of thunderstorms and rain coverage only about 20% increasing with more moisture coming back. we'll get the rain chances back to 40 to 50%. so the wet season continues. the heat and humidity continues. so hit the beaches or the pool, later. >> why does it always rain when i get in my car to pick up my kids, like, every day? then it stops when we get home? >> because it's all about janelle martinez. >> i think that's what it is. i can't wait until this pattern ends. we're checking pick nellis county right at state route 580. looks like matt is stopped at a light. turns green.

through downtown. looking great out there. five minutes to get to downtown. let's talk about construction that's starting tonight. a portion is going to be closed from north to rays track road to mobley. this road work starts at 9:00 tonight and won't wrap up until 5:00 a.m. monday morning. so make sure you leave yourself enough time if you are traveling over the weekend to make back to you. 5:48 now. the fbi is now looking at a child abuse allegation against actor brad pitt. this concerns an incident involving pitt and his children on board a private flight last week. they have not opened a formal investigation. there have been several media reports that pitt was abusive toward one of his six kids on the flight with wife angelina jolie. she filed for divorce on monday. pitt's people so far have declined to comment.

against domestic violence campaign and one woman who left an abusive relationship and helps others get cars that they need to take care of their sexes and families. susan jacobs is the founder and ceo of wheels of success. they help people who can't afford cars. >> you make payments towards a car. it's not a free car and not an entitlement progra car. >> the most recent recipient is gale a grandmother taking care of four grandchildren. her son was sent to prison for trafficking drugs, and she couldn't bear the idea of the children ending up in foster care. within a year, she adopted her grandchildren, their stepsister and another child that's not even a relative. so her boss nominated her knowing she was living paycheck

hedge, tune in wednesday october 12th at 7:00. this year, we're devoting the entire hour to celebrating everyday heroes who go above and beyond in the fight against domestic violence. you can take action as well. if you or someone you know is in a doe leftic violence situation, please -- domestic violence situation, please call the state hot line. we also have a full list of resources on our web abcactionnews.com/dv. still ahead, just one chess game can be complicated. >> imagine taking on 11 other players all at once. >> and it is a great weekend for football fans. we have a preview of the florida state versus usf game here in tampa. the bucs play the first home

we are going to be in the 90s again this afternoon. that's something, right, for the first day of fall? it will feel like 100-plus. rain chances are about 20%. we'll talk more about that coming up. we're always looking for ways to save you money. here is a do it yourself way to have your very own drone made of legos. the california company is launching this giving you the option to fly the friendly skies for less than 200 bucks. go to our facebook page to

just when you thought chess wasn't challenging enough, one person takes on 11 challengers. each is varying in age and still level. on top of that he only had 30 minutes to defeat all of his opponents. we did the math for you less than three minutes per game. no surprise here, he won every, single match. a big football weekend in tampa, in heard. >> both are playing important games in raymond james stadium. the bulls entered that game 3- 0. usf looking to prove they are among the best teams in the country. ray j should be rocking 40,000 tickets. if you can attend in person, watch the game tomorrow at noon. stick around, rocky the bull will join us next hour as we discuss the game with usf

sunday the bucs play their home opener against the los angeles rams. the team has yet to score a touchdown. the rams, rather, is the team that has yet to score a touchdown. fans who didn't see the team in pre-season get to see the brand new scoreboards. next wednesday marks the tenth anniversary of one of polk county's saddest days, the deaths of deputy mark williams and his k-9 who were man during a traffic stop. they will be honored tonight at the lakeland center. the event raises money to buy k- 9s for polk county deputies. tonight's special speaker is chris peronto who helped save americans trapped during the benghazi terror attacks. coming up next at 6:00, a third night of protests in charlotte injuring two more officers. the major difference this time in the demonstrationsp. >> plus, charges handed down

killed an unarmed black man. this morning, the victim's

now at 6:00, protesters defy a curfew in charlotte. one demonstrator dies, two more officers are hurt. the reason authorities say the situation is improving. plus, a big step in the cleanup process for pasco county after many people there were affected by devastating flooding. thanks for waking up with abc. >> there are some new demands this morning from protesters in charlotte. donald trump is weighing in on

together on this friday. >> yeah, really good. it's been a great morning so far. hopefully it stays that way. >> it's the usual friday, right? >> absolutely. >> weather-wise, we're looking great here. clear skies by the afternoon and a couple of thunderstorms. coverage will be on the lower side as we take a look at temps right now. 77 in tampa. 75 in clearwater. that's something, right? it's under 80 degrees. we like that 74 up river. my goodness are we flirting with the upper 60s? 72 is limited because there is dry air up above. we're still going to be talking about the heat index, right? it will be a while before the actual temperature feels like the actual temperature. 91 by 1:00. a rain coverage is 20% for today. higher rain chances, the tail end of the weekend early next

checking out the tropics as well. let's head in to janelle and check in on a hopefully quiet commute so far. >> i love when i see the vest because that means it's friday. over in the oldsboro area. the lanes are wide open there. we have no reports of crashes or breakdowns. if you just left pinellas county, nothing checking out your drive across the bridges this morning. the courtney campbell causeway is just about nine minutes to get across. looking great as well right here. i-75 to right around state route 60. this is through the brandon area. you are looking great here. just about ten minutes to get from apollo beach into downtown tampa. we're following breaking news out of charlotte, north carolina.