citrus county. some say the animal services department is broken. >> erik waxler looking into this showing us how the push to change turned nasty today.>> reporter: this is the dog she brought to the animal shelter didn't deserve to die. >> he would love you to death and lick you to death. >> reporter: lena and 15 other dogs were euthanized here the first two weeks of september alone. >> but when i see something that is a right and a casting for themselves. >> reporter: the dogs were put down that order of the director and she has taken a lot of heat and shutting down her facebook account after online attacks and threats. some volunteers are upset they were consulted. >> we want to see a new director brought in that has compassion for the animals and s experienced your>> reporter: some of the nastiness

line. >> i am very disappointed by at the city commissioners not standing behind your employees. >> reporter: they listen to criticisms of the shelter and say they areinakg action now interviewing for a new director and drawing up new orders. these animals supporters will continue their fight. >> we are not acting to save every do to save dogs that deserve to be saved. pulse nightclub victims shootings and their families are starting to receive relief. one of the shooting survivors try to stop the $29 million from being distributed to tell an audit was completed. a judge tried to stop that.

in the meantime fbi director getting grilled today on whether anything more suggestions on to prevent the extremist violence. he told a panel of republican senators the fbi is transparent about its mistakes, but did not admit they've missed any flags. the fbi interviewed omar mateen several times years before that shooting. at some heavy rain across our southern countythinking of an isolated storm across most of the area from dan ellis and hillsborough county all is quiet and will stay that way. maybe tomorrow morning a couple of coastal showers like we had today. upper 80s to grimm 90 and hig

rains across the southern counties. they will be moving east and by 830 they will be gone. a few showers will try to pop up likthe did last night along the coast. overnight partly cloudy to clear. the closer you are to the coast the better the weather will be an evening closer to the 80s. talk about the cold front in an update on the tropics. we are talking local races tonight spotlighting district 16 which includes sarasota. the democrat taking on the current republican representative. let's show you these candidates by the breakdown. he wants to pass what is called the mainstream fairness act.

we move on to schneider she wants to invest in schools and infrastructure and rai the minimum wage. two different candidates, two different approaches. an alert that is cropping up. they say there is a new high- tech twist on the irs scams. this time deputies say people are getting emails that contain eight this time deputies say people are getting emails that contain 88 tax bill related to the affordable contact taxpayers over email. the documents are usually issued from a texas address and asked the victims to mail a check to the austin processing center in a po box. yesterday we had a case of someone molesting a six-year- old at a t.j. maxx.

interest. take a look, there's new information, a houston medical examiner has formal identified y ened firerandom he men police people outside his condo complex. two of the nine people were injured and are still in hospital. please also e say was wearing military gear displaying a swastika. he had two guns and 2600 and -- rounds of ammunition. reporters -- his father told reporters closing his law for -- law firm. the body of a man found two children were found their it is there merthyr -- mother that was being charged with the murder. tonight to south florida men are learning the hard way not to brag about their illegal gator hunts.

now facing charges after fish and wildlife warden alligator to shore with the fishing line and told the world about it by posting a video online. he told investigators they knew it was illegal to mess with gators. they did eventually let that gator go. this week we are visiting with domestic violence centers. the advocates want to make it easy for you to get involved to make a difference hillsborough county last year alone 6700 cases of domestic violence were reported. black people think about those centers in think we are shelters. they don't realize we have a 24/7 365 day week hotline that someone can call in the middle of the night or a teenager can call and ask the question.

with any domestic violence center across the bay area go to our website. we have a county by county breakdown of the links to each center and always the hotline is running right there on our page. one 800-500, 1119. once again our taking action against domestic violence special airs on wednesday, october 12 at 7 pm. we invite you to join us for a look at helping survivors. after almost dynamic track field a student is working to teaches pierce how to respond to a medical emergency. is about a solace shows us how the students hard work will add thousands of cpr training to the community. >> reporter: two years ago he

felt something was wrong. >> lightheaded and all of a sudden this really loud ringing. >> reporter: he started to slow down and then- >> i passed out.>> reporter: he didn't know it at the time but he suffered a cardiac arrest. 90% of the people in that say outside of the hospital died. he was the exceio compression screaming at them. >> reporter: she was one of four credited with saving his life and the rhythm going for 15 minutes. inspired, he started a hands-on cpr club teaching his fellow students how to be first responders. >> i want people to know that they kw what to do and they will be able to say at and they will be cfident enough to perform cpr.>> rerter: hands only cpr many

effective as conventional cpr and can aaa victims chance of survival. he is responsible for getting more students to learn how to do this life-saving procedure and doing it far beyond the high school. he shared his story with the hillsborough county school board. this summer they voted to require high school students to learn high school -- cpr before they graduate. 13,000 students will be trained in tampa bay every year. to join this new club and learn how to save a life. take a look at this, the zoo addi a the family and its world. the first ever of a tiger cub like this. born september 11 they are critically endangered.

the wild. the exhibit might not be open for several more weeks. still ahead, they helped dozens of girls every year feel like a princess for a day. tonight this charity is dealing with a damaging blow. how they were targeted +1 teams sacrifice helping them get back on their feet. the two new ways the leg bones picture is being remembered in florida. >> it is unbelievable. th company and where you can turn

right now a story that many people are asking, why? someone runs a charity that provides dresses. while he is on the run a reporter is going to show you how a young girl is paying it forward. >> reporter: thousands of dresses still the store ane for

stole hundreds and jewelry last week charity workers started scrambling hoping for donations for the busy homecoming season. today and unexpected gift. >> thank you for the dress. >> she wanted to get it back you guys. >> thank you so much.>> reporter: 10 a met me at the store and her daughter was given one of the dresses years ago. something she treasured and when we told her what happened she knew what she had to do. she is now in college and said her mother to deliver her dress. >> i'm not surprised. she has a big heart and always has and she's always willing to give and she felt it was given to her and a blessing and she wants to pass that on.>> reporter: ecru can fix the window and organizers are confidence the bay area will come through.

and maybe learns a lesson. funeral plans were announced for arlen specter and fans have a chance to pay their respect. it comes after an emotional night the team surrounding the pictures mount to honor him. fernandez will make his final departure tomorrow and fans can watch from the procession route. the funeral is on thursday. tributes to him across florida and now the senate floor. >> earlier today senator. marco rubio said the pitcher had a profound effect on the cuban community. sparky was the pride of miami and he longed to every fan who love to watch him pitch. when miami's top is a on the mound they saw more than a great athlete they saw their hopes and dreams and aspirations. >> it has hit that humanity --

right now there are 42 days until the presidential election, only have two weeks left to register to vote. there is an all-out effort to get you to sign up. a part of national voter registration day. we found officials inside a chick-fil-a hoping new voters get their paperwork filed. it is hard when you work from a to five when you have them in places like chick-fil-a. >> you have until october 11 to register. i'm just going to say it, i without throwing the football with my older son and i noticed it was a little chris burke --

>> we're getting there. >> i think by friday night you will notice especially if you live north of site for. south, ybe not so much. is still a beautiful day across most of the area and still some heavy rain across highlands county, de soto, it is all moving away. i think most of our viewing area will be nice. temperatures in the low to mid- 80s. right now we it is still 87 and apollo beach. 86 largo, so pretty nice day across most of the area. we had a few showers pop-up and some heavy thunderstorms along the dan ellis county coastline. they been pushing through into the morning and afternoon. 80s in tampa dew points 71. the record 95 and i do think that cold front that we're

mornings more comfortable. the low of 74 not bad and don't be surprised if they see 60s by saturday morning. we start talking about cold front and and things to start to get a little more real. maybe some cooler air on the way. the afternoons are still very warm. satellite picture overnight, we had coast were small them to an inch or two of rain across the analysis the actions these of site 75. were given the westerly flow, we see it all season long. late september into early october you normally need something else and that is an upper-level low today and by friday it is going to be a front. that front is going to be

so by tomorrow morning just like today a couple of scattered showers along the beach not many. to your 3:00 theta to move inland in the heaviest rains will be east of site 75. literally tomorrow almost exactly like today. thursday we will see some changes and a little more activity across our northern. a little more rain because there is the continued into the area it slows down and stalled out. north of that front is drier and cooler. south is not going to make it. if you live in those areas i doubt you'll see much of a change. if you live north of site for you will see some cooler and drier air especially on saturday morning. overall rain will be that much either way. relatively dry anyone picks up a shower you could get a half an inch of rain. this is something we will be talking about for the next 10 days whether it moves west and

curves up to the north it is too early to tell. the thing to remember is if it develops and i think it will it will be going into the warmest water on earth. warm water large tropical system could mean some issues whether it is the dominican, haiti or cuba or the us or maybe even due west into central america. ih closely. we will be updating on facebook. could bother anyone in the states would be next thursday. we will keep our eyes on that. e uv index will be a 10 on wednesday. rain chances up to about 40% when that front comes in and once it does a little drier, cooler on saturday and sunday. afternoon highs in the mid to the upper 80s morning lows in

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instagram was these top stories. >> reporter: and assault in a big parking lot. a man pulled a gun and pointed at someone's head and pulled the trigger. the argument that led to this assault.>> reporter: faulty wiring, payment problem in the runaround to get help. the lesson one printer learned the hard way and the one thing you should consider doing

reaches into his pocket and pulled out a pistol and aims it at my face and pulled the trigger. >> threatened in a parking lot in everyday encounter that nearly turned deadly and the reason the alleged attacker was back on the >> reporter: nomad -- no later oversight that could have a schoolusfor a w job. good evening and thank you for joining us. >> a county man furious that someone tried to shoot him twice in a parking lot and them only spent a few hours in jail. >> a reporter walks us through what happened in response.>> reporter: all of this happened in the middle of the day.

saturday and it was an argument in this parking lot and it put this bank in danger. tonight at jail. >> i said you need to watch for your driving you almost hit us.>> reporter: it started with a confrontation in this parking lot. he confronted a woman that nearly hit him. he said she was angry that is when the man in the car with her stepped out. >> he stepped in as -- reached in his pocket pulled out a gun and pulled the trigger.>> reporter: he said he pulled the trigger again. police say he wrapped his gun and in their report don't mention a second attempted shot. they said justin nelson got in the car and drove off. police caught up with him and found that gun it was reported stolen out of orlando. he was only charged with aggravated assault and bonded out of jail hours after his arrest. >> i'm wondering where that can