captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 comments@captioncolorado.com. chester who defends the molesters. >> shocking evidence against a man who testifies in dozens of child porn trials. first at 9:00, it's not just students who get grades, of course. schools do, too. >> and now they are trying to fix the poor performing schools in our area. adam winer is here with more on what could change today. adam, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.

helping schools in our area that could use a turn around. schools like booker t. washington that got a bad grade. all of the schools in the area that did get a poor grade could be forced to make changes to how they do things. i just talked to the principal who tells me she will be embracing the changes promises it won't be an "f" school next year because they are making student character as important as academics. >> students do not learn unless they feel loved and connected. if we as adults aren't modeling that, i can't teach them to read and write and do math, right? that has to come first. >> reporter: superintendent

money to get teachers more resources. i published a list that will be reviewed on our web site at abcactionnews.com. now live here in tampa, adam winer, back to you. lying to protect child molesters for money. that's what one man did in dozens of cases across the bay area. this man was charging defense attorneys thousands to be an expert witness on cell phone data and his resume had listed him as having a top secret clearance and a masters from usf. he faces serious prison time for felony perjury charges. >> it doesn't take a lot of digging to figure out at least a portion of this is false. >> reporter: attorneys who hired him said they had no clue he padded his resume and would

investigators filed 1 hundred charges against a tampa man. tampa police say he had thousands of pictures of naked children. at least one of them appeared to be younger than 5 years old. another fever out there for us today as we talk temperatures at this early hour. look at this clearwater to the water. feels-like temperatures are in the upper 80s and lower 90s. we're headed once again for triple digits this afternoon. the feels-like tellp feels like 100, 103 degrees. so titan doppler radar is not showing much. we'll just have 20% coverage as we have dry air inhibiting that. what do we have here? finally the winds up above

act together. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. we'll have the rain chance right at 20%. thunderstorm changes in the extended forecast and we'll have more moisture to work with next week. we'll be back into more coverage as far as storms. here's janelle winding things down for the friday commute, we hope. >> just a few minutes ago, the crash is you can see a few cars left in the shoulder so cars in the westbound lanes are getting back to normal. just sick minutes to get to downtown tampa. checking your drive on the veterans, back in the green. just a minute slow right here from waters down to 275. back to you.

two police officers are recovering after officers were sprayed. the curfew was set by the mayor and hit the streets for the third night in a row. it's also an attack on the officers, the demonstrators stay mostly peaceful. now protesters are demanding to see the body cam and dash cam video from today. police shot and killed keith scott. the scott family and the mayor have seen the video. it won't be released to the public until the investigation is over. charlotte is sure to be discussed during monday's presidential debate. in a rally yesterday in pennsylvania, donald trump talked about the violence calling for the rioting to end saying it is a threat to law- abiding blacks who live in charlotte who want to raise their children for safety and peace. he also blamed hillary clinton for wanting to incite the rage against police. >> those are saying this is a narrative that is supported

shared directly in the responsibility for the unrest that is afflicting our country and hurting those who have really the very least. >> a new poll finds hillary clinton's lead over donald trump is shrinking in two key states. trump is trailing by two points in colorado, six points in virginia. clinton previously led by wide margins in both states. upcoming debate. campaigning in her place is her daughter. yesterday, chelsea clinton told the crowd how her mom will do more for families than trump. >> what mr. trump has proposed is to give only new mothers six weeks' time off at a really kind of barely paid rate. i mean, in some states it would only be about $200 a week. that's very different than what

campaign trail today and tomorrow in key battleground states michigan, ohio, and pennsylvania. we're following a developing story right now. police in tennessee are trying to figure out why an armed man killed two of his co-workers before going into a bathroom and killing himself in eastern tennessee. witnesses told police there was an attempted shooting in the factory's front office but then the gunman moved to the north side of the plant. police have identified the shooter as rickey swafford and say the people he shot and killed were two of his supervisors. a central florida man is facing charges for pretending to be a police officer, trying to lure women into his suv. police in st. cloud saying rami hanna told two women he was an undercover cop and told them to get in his car.

covers and a plastic poncho in the backseat. attorneys at morgan and morgan filed lawsuits after a massive sinkhole opened up in august and millions of gallons of radioactive waste water spilled into the aquifer. lawyers are asking in part for mosaic to regularly test the waters in people's private wells and contamination that may be found. they believe this will damage people's property values. >> i'm not going to pay for it. they'll pay for it, i'm pretty sure. >> moi sayic has not responded to the class action lawsuit filed in federal court. the cleanup process is coming to a close three weeks after hurricane hermine struck. today is the final day for people to get rid of storm debris using the curbside

neighborhoods in communities every day to pick up the trash for free. residents should separate debris in certain categories. you can drop off debris at the west pasco landfill during normal business hours. officials are waiving landfill fees for storm-related items through october 15th. still ahead this morning on action news at 9:00, yahoo confirms a massive security breach that threatens the personality information for more what you should do even if you haven't logged in, in years. >> and are you planning to sell your house? the market's hot right now. coming up in my angie's list report, i'll explain a few things you can do to get your home ready to show at a

welcome back. austin jenkins has been arrested for driving under the

and remains in the jail under $750,000 bond. highway patrol troopers pulled him over for speeding and improper lane changes when he cut off a trooper in traffic. the first home game on sunday at the l.a. rams is still waiting to get a comment officially from the team on whether or not he's expected to play. yahoo confirming a massive computer hack putting 500 million people at risk. user names, passwords, birth dates, e-mail addresses and recode is reporting hackers tried to sell that info. right now, yahoo says it's notifying users and it's working to secure their accounts. they say if you haven't changed your password lately do, it now. right now, the white house is investigating to find out if someone stole the first lady's

posted online what appears to be michelle obama's official passport. the white house has not confirmed that the image is authentic. the secret service of course is taking this issue very seriously. the contractor's e-mail contained joe biden's travel schedule as well. last week, dc leaks published e- mails from former secretary of state colin powell. the ban on cash payments passed to the country. last month, the obama administration announced that it paid more than $1 billion to iran this year. some republicans said part of the money was a ransom payment nap's because the first installment was -- that's because the first installment was made on the same day four u.s. hostages with are released in january. the obama administration insists the payments are a legal settlement after a failed arms deal dating back to

about the school lunch lady. now the school superintendent is speaking out saying the claims that the lunch laid write made about lunch shaming were false. lunch shaping is when a -- shaming is when a school denies a hot lunch to a student whose parents fall behind in the payments and are given a cold cheese sandwich. the lunch lady said a child was shamed. the superintendent says that's not what happened. there was no food thrown away. that's the big deal, you know? certainly, i would never stand by knowing that we humiliated or embarrassed a child. that is not okay, and that did not happen. >> stacy is the former worker whose story went viral. the school board does plan to hold a public meeting to discuss the foreign policy and any possible changes. the housing market is

a for sale sign out for a while. with this good news comes the need to be ready to show your house at a moment's notice. in today's angie's list report, how to stage your home on short notice. for a lot of us, it is a daley struggle to keep your house clean for unexpected guests but if you are selling, it's a 24/7 on the moment's notice and be out of the house. >> if the buyer wants it, there's nothing to do. no bills to pay, no dishes to wash, no floors to clean, nothing. >> reporter: there are a few secrets like gathering up the clutter and taking it with you. >> grab the empty hamper and throw everything in there. all of that stuff. put it in there and work our way through the house. that is going to go into your

more than a quick pick up. your kitchen, bathrooms need to shine. >> no water left over from the morning shower. we don't want to think about that. make sure the lid on the toilet is shut. all lids on everything in the house should be shut. in the sink, same deal, wipe it out real quick and put out fresh towels. >> reporter: take your pet and all evidence including toys and litter box away before the showing. >> don't forget the little things w like fresh throughers or live plants can really warm up your home and make it very inviting. >> reporter: the goal is to make buyers comfortable, making them feel at home. >> when you walk around, you feel invited into this home. if you can match that as close as possible in your own home, you'll be nailing it. >> angie recommends storing family photos and personal knickknacks and removing about half of the items in your closet to make them look

too much stuff. many people save things so they don't have to buy things in the future like furniture, kids' clothing, and if that's something you do, think about this. it could be costing you more money to keep it. take a look at the numbers. many people like to rent storage units to keep some of their stuff. the average, 10 by 15 feet, $1400 a year, not including taxes or extra insurance. here's the kicker. consumer reports says if you invested that money year, you could be having 10 grand in six years. so instead of holding on to the stuff, sell it, invest the money and save smaller stuff in the space that you are already paying for. we're always looking for ways to save you money. here is a way to have your own

together. if you are interested, we posted it on our facebook page. you can share it with your friends. >> legos are not very easy to assemble, either. there are pages and pays. >> right. >> try making a drone. >> how much work? take me to one that's already set up. [ laughter ] >> with siri commands it up. >> all right. low 80s right now. what looks good out there right now is sunny skies. like yesterday, we'll have about a 20% chance of afternoon thunderstorms. although, as i was talking with denis on the fax machine, 20% of downtown thinks it should have been 100. not everyone lives in downtown. we have a huge area to cover here. most of us will not be getting wet this afternoon, although some of us will.

feeling like it's in the 90s. so we have plenty of moisture at the surface. we go up a few thousand feet. it's too dry. oh, look at this. seminoles tomorrow with a fantastic game here. the upper 80s to around 90. should you take a poncho. not showing you much right now and eventually it will get into thunderstorm activity. we are into the dry air. drier it is. really that's where the heaviest of the rain has fallen. for the entire week, we haven't done all that much. there has been another scattering of thunderstorms. the dry air is limiting the rain chances for the next couple of days. then we'll be getting into a more typical pattern as something more active with afternoon storms.

that will fall apart. the forecast with a 70 mile-per- hour wind and races off to the north and east. category 1 is close to that intensity. for us, it's the heat as we have fallen here. temps below 90s with average highs about 88. so we're cheating that a little bit and with the humidity. 91 for the weekend. rain chances going slightly then really into next week is when we have a surge of tropical moisture with the rain chances up 40 to 50% with high temps near 90. >> 9:21. still ahead, this little princess is looking for her fairy tail. we'll introduce you to our pet of the week. good morning, everybody. i'm lisa campos with your positively tampa bay. we're wrapping up the launch week with the domestic violence

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my favorite part of friday, everybody. vicky anders is here with diana. what a gorgeous puppy. my dogs are older right now, but she is beautiful.

>> look at her ears too. >> just adorable. >> she's only 10 months old. she's still mouthy. a little mouthy and needs training. >> long and lean. a hound mix? >> yeah. >> you know, she's there am to full height. she just wants to play. that's all she wants to do. >> actually despite what you might see on your tv, she is brown. >> she is wh blended sable in the dog world. sounds very exotic. people just look at her and will see black. when you get her out in the sun, you can see the brown in her. she's like yeah, i'm gorgeous. >> now back to the hand.

so good dog? >> yeah, great dogs. >> family? >> yeah with her exuberance, i would not recommend very small children, especially with her being as mouthy as she is. >> there she goes. >> luckily she's done with the puppy teeth. >> they are not as sharp so it doesn't hurt that much. give that animal shelter a call. the number is on the screen so thanks a lot. have a great weekend. >> you, too. well when i shop, my coupons are in a neat little stack, and my weekly ad is folded like this. ready to go...

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player in the nfl is officially that guy. >> plus, a new service is coming to downtown tampa. we'll run down the early morning service. good morning. thanks for joining abc action news. i'm dayne dan shaffer. >> i'm in for deiah. i have a check of the friday and weekend forecast. >> yes. it's the first weekend of fall here. of course we're talking the summer editions that tin continue. a little hotter than we should be, i must say. what do we have from jill thomas? gorgeous skies across some areas here. really most of us are going to stay dry again today. titan doppler radar is always scanning and by later on, we'll

thunderstorm activity, i'm thinking coverage as it was yesterday about 20%. most of us are staying dry. highs in the lower 90s. we'll be back with the weekend forecast to high lie the big games going on at ray j and of course the seven-day forecast is coming up. charlotte, north carolina, was a much calmer city thursday night. protesters were still in the streets and angry over the shooting man. widespread unrest was not seen. >> the curfew put in place was meant to keep things calm. >> reporter: a third night of protests on the street of charlotte, north carolina, but thursday's demonstrations did not repeat the chaos being tuesday and wednesday. people shook the hands of national guard members. >> that's how you show peace!

death of keith lamont scott. >> the clergy is here. adults are here. black and white, there's been not one incident of violence so far. look at how peaceful it is. this is what happens when we come together as a nation. >> reporter: images showing the after-math of scott's shooting emerged and was able to see the footage of the incident and said we want those images to be that these videos that we watch today, body camera footage as well as the dash cam should be made available to the public, allow people to see it and allow people to draw their own conclusions. >> reporter: the police chief is insisting that's not going to happen any time soon. >> i'm not going to release it because ultimately, i have to do what i can to protect the integrity the investigation.

reporting. the law blocks the dash cam footage with limited exceptions. that goes into effect october 1st. new developments on the police shooting death in tulsa, oklahoma. the officer charged with manslaughter for killing terrence crutcher is out on bond. officer shelby, prosecutors say, acted unreasonably. the video shows crutcher with him. she told investigators she feared for her life and crutcher reached into his car. she now faces between four years and life in prison. the family is grateful charges are filed and hope to prevent more innocent people from dying at the hands of police. a suspect in new york bombings this morning we know ahmed rahami bought a handgun

the owner of the shop says he used a valid i.d. card and did pass state and federal background checks. he's now in the hospital at this hour facing federal charges. he is currently incapacitated and not in good health for even a bedside arraignment. frantic moments overnight. an unattended vehicle prom there was heavy traffic in the area because of all of that police activity. nypd bomb squad even responded. that vehicle was eventually towed away without any incident. everything is back up and running on schedule this morning. if you want to donate to the victims of the pulse nightclub, today is your last day. the organization set up the funds for the families of those killed and survivors of the attack. the go fund me page has brought in more than $7.8 million. it's part of the $23 million collected in all.

tonight. then the group will start giving money to the victims on tuesday. new information just in to the newsroom this friday morning. colin kaepernick is now the most disliked player in the nfl, according to a new national poll by e poll marketing research. the san francisco 49ers quarterback was disliked a lot by 29% of those polled. that's more than any other nfl player asked about in the survey. however, kaepernick is enjoying a record i had african-americans. the poll shows 42% of african- americans like him a lot. kaepernick has been kneeling during the national anthem before nfl games to draw attention, he says, to police treatment of african-americans. his protests landed him on the cover of the upcoming issue of "time" magazine. it is a big football weekend here in tampa. >> both the bucs and bulls are playing important games at raymond james stadium.

state seminoles. they are looking to prove they belong among the best teams in the country. ray j should be rocking. 57,000 tickets have been sold for the game. if you can't make it, you can watch it here. hart will begin watching the streetcars running every 30 minutestown 7:00 and noon. commuters who live in tampa and ybor city with the special 20-ride passes for $25. right now there is a $3,000 reward for information that leads to the man who stole a whole bag of money from a loomis armored security worker. happened wednesday. they were servicing an atm near rome. he took the cash out of the atm, put it in a bag and put it down next to him while finishing work on the atm. that's when a man seen here grabbed the bag and took off

call crimestoppers. you could get that $3,000 reward. another crime alert shows you this morning deputies are on the hunt for a string of car burglaries. someone smashed their way into seven different cars. it happened at wesley chapel, cross fit in lutes and cameras spotted the same car at two of those locations. thieves stole purses and other items from all of the vehicles. if you know anything about crimes, pasco county deputies want to hear from you. new this morning, a number of americans filing for unemployment benefits are at its lowest level since july. jobless claims slid by 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 252,000. there are currently just more than 2 million people collecting unemployment benefits down nearly 6% from a

right now. rescuers found this wayward manatee near cape cod far from its usual home in florida. officials ask the public to help them find the 8 foot sea cow and a tip led them to the coast of massachusetts. they don't do well in water temperatures below 68 degrees. with the seasons changing it made it even more urgent for crews to save the manatee. it is now warming up in aquarium in connecticut. being honored for the k- 9s for cops. the event raises money to buy k- 9 dogs for polk county. tonight's special speaker helped save 30 miles per hour trapped during the ben gauze -- 30 persons trapped during the benghazi terror attack. the internet called this outfit racist. we'll show it to you coming up.

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>> somebody's got to have a big mouth for jesus, you know what i'm saying? >> take a look at her van. it is a mobile tribute to her christian faith with images of jesus on the side. then this phrase on the windshield "what would jesus do? that's got her in trouble with the law. florida highway patrol officers issued a ticket for lettering that he said obscures her view. >> how could that be blocking my view? it's really not as you can well see. so the purpose was right there. capital jus j-e-s-u-s. >> reporter: florida law says no one can drive a car that has anything on the windshield that is not see through. watch this caught on surveillance camera. a thief snatches a woman's purse right out of her suv, and she's desperate to get it back.

trying to stop him. then eventually she falls off. that thief runs over her leg. he did get away. she should make a full recovery. tesla releasing its newest round of updates for the self- driving car. the software update 8.0 is the biggest revamp since the launch of the model s. it will disable automatic steering if drivers take their hands off the we'll. it also adds improved radar, better voice commands and temperature control system. this is brilliant. the temperature feature keeps the car at a safe temperature for hours even when the car is off. it's meant to help prevent kids and pets from overheating. the movie that's not even open for two months is selling halloween costumes right here promoting the upcoming animated

the outfits are based on dwayne johnson's character. critics, once they saw it, issued sharp objections calling it brown facing. now disney pulled it from the stores saying they respect the cultures. pacific islands that the movie inspired and apologized if they offended anybody. speaking of halloween, a new fantastic dream hits starbucks nationwide. >> if you want on available for a limited time. this blended drink with white chocolate sauce, milk and ice is topped with mocha sauce and whipped cream. >> and to help make that eerie blood, starbuck's adds raspberry syrup. this drink is only available through august 31st. >> they did not give us, tho the calorie count -- though, the calorie count on that.

>> it picks back up in november. >> the frappula? >> yes. >> so hot out there. my goodness. on fridays, the sacrifices we make. >> yeah, i know. >> the boss would probably like that. looking ton taftic with clear skies. we'll have thunderstorms this afternoon with, guess what, only about 20% coverage. i think we'll be in good shape as we kick off the first weekend of fall. when we see the seven-day forecast here. here are the current temperatures across the tampa bay area. look at that. still a few upper 70s. we'll take that in brooksville and crystal river. don't worry. we're going to warm up in the lower 90s. this is what happened yesterday. this is the kind of coverage we're talking about. 20% and activity across polk, highlands. then we have this one

tampa. we accumulated pretty good, but nothing around that. 1 to 2 inches. this is the kind of pattern we're in. i don't think we'll have much in the way of coverage. the dry air up above has been the coverage here or our savior if you preaver the cloudy skies. 92 for the high today. zephyr hills will feel like 92. big weekend as we've been talking about. 4:00 p.m. with a slight chance of showers and storms. both games heading into sunday are looking fine with rain coverage 20 to 30. if you want to be safe, take a poncho with temps approaching 90 through the afternoon. and you extend the seven-day forecast taking us into early next week. the change will be tropical moisture trying to work its way in. it will have a good chance of getting here from our south and east. that will increase as you see the rain coverage 40 to 50% as

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. we are wrapping up the first week of our taking action against domestic violence campaign as we honor everyday heroes. we're uncovering surprise after surprise. take one hero that you may recognize, susan jacobs from wheels of success. as abc action news anchor deiah riley sh 1300 people get back on their feet including many families touched by domestic violence. >> ready? >> oh, my goodness. yay! gorgeous. >> reporter: this is the fun part of susan jacobs' job. >> am i missing something? >> yeah. [ laughter ]

>> reporter: susan subscribes to the thinking that sometimes the key to success is literally a key. >> we had certain conditions. >> susan is the driving force behind wheels of success, a nonprofit that provides cars for the working poor. >> you can make payments towards the car. it is not a free car. you are working and paying it forward. that money goes to fix the next car. >> reporter: gale conner is the car recipient next nominated by a former employer who wanted to help gale after her life took an unexpected turn. >> to see her doing everything right with no financial solutions just broke my heart. >> reporter: i started helping gale when she got custody of her grandson after her son was sent to prison for prescription drugs. >> reporter: this letter sent into wheels of success tugs at the heartstrings of its ceo.

year, she adopted her grandson brandon, stepson alana and christian who's not even a relative. >> gale couldn't bear having them in foster care. she's always lived paycheck to paycheck, but it's more difficult now having all of these kids under her care. >> that was deiah riley reporting. many are surprised to find out woman was at one point a victim of domestic violence herself. it is an incredible story. you seal see how her own -- you'll see how her own experience drove sues ton help. you can see the full report on wednesday october 12th during the one-hour special at 7:00 p.m. taking action against domestic violence, celebrating everyday heroes. these are local men and women who go above and beyond in the fight against domestic

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?[ music ] ? good morning. i'm carley boyette. >> and it's going to be a coming up. i'm natalie taylor. we appreciate you joining us today on "tampa bay's morning blend." >> we have a busy weekend coming up, especially if you are looking at sports, my goodness, something for everybody. i think at every hour of the weekend, too, something to see here going on in the bay area, whether you are talking about the bucs or more and cheerleaders. a good weekend for baseball