>> reporter: hi, everybody. i'm paul in for ashley glass. >> today on the now tampa bay, we're following new leads as to what went wrong in new jersey before the transit train crashed. >> and actually sounded like a bomb went off. >> we were on the tracks and so we kind of jumped out from where we were. >> and what we're learning as the engineer is the hospital and the technology that is about to be released that may have prevented all of this. >> and plus, the mom of the kid who saw a creepy clown at her bus stop explains why she thinks it's real. >> is any oh, my god, mom, i was chased by a clown. >> the consequences local authorities say people can face if they dress up and try to scare people. >> and character day for homecoming week at a local school goes really wrong really quickly. who is behind the hoods and what the school district plans to do about it.

hurricane. i will show you its current path and when we will know if it impacted the u.s. it's 4:00 and this is the now tampa bay. >> and here we go, let's get to it. we come on the air and we're learning that some train service in and out of hoboken station has been restored. >> 108 people hurt, one woman killed when that commuter train never slowed down and crashed into the station. all of the survivors out of the wreckage and in hospitals. so the process begins to figure out it's rush hour before 9:00 this morning and this. >> and all units, the area of hoboken, the train that drove through the station, the track and platform. >> reporter: 250 people went barreling down the track and some saying they don't think the train slowed down before impact. >> i heard like a caboom, you know, the whole place shook!

indiscernible ] and i ran out and -- sinking. i ran and slid and i looked to the right and i saw people all over the ground and debris. >> to hit a support beam hoboken. >> a indiscernible ] the time. >> reporter: a full evacuation of the train started after the crash and the station as well. >> the second hand of the first an we were trying to -- [ indiscerbl many people. >> reporter: and including the train's operator at area hospitals right now and being treated for various injuries. some critical, according to the hospital. >> whatever. >> and we have breaking news right now and you're looking at a press conference happening in new jersey. let's listen in. >> and they had to make a decision how did it use them -- and whether we force $600

transit, it seems to me that if safety is job one, you make a decision. it iacs significant part of the resources to ultimately have something that caused the train to go [ indiscernible ] >> where they were? >> i don't think that they have come to the conclusions yet. they haven't done -- and they're beginning the investigation and that is part of what we will >> if not, thank you very much. >> reporter: so, yet again, that is another update we're getting from authority negligence hoboken, new jersey right now. -- authorities in hoboken right now and that happened before nine this morning. the train's engineer is in the hospital. we're being told "evening magazine" awake now and -- told he's awake now and speaking

we'll continue -- on this part of today. someone stole the original high school jersey of jose fernandez at a candlelight vigil that was meant to honor the miami marlins pitcher who was killed over the weekend in a boat crash. this happened at alonzo high school in tampa where he attended. the jersey was hanging in the dugout after the vigil. they noticed it was gone when they were cleaning it up. there were no surveillance cameras there and don't know who might hernandez died saturday in a boating accident along with two friends. the 24-year-old is being laid to rest in miami. you're looking at video from this afternoon's private funeral service. the church is packed with family and friends and, of course, teammates. >> and we students showed up at wire grass ranch high school in

spread, of highly upsetare faci the district said the three teens are minority students. [ indiscernible ] >> it's unacceptable to wear these kinds of outfits for anyone. the parents we talked to don't like it either. >> i am upset. this is not the firs incident that happened at this school, and the other times as well it was swept under the rug. if you know you have racial issues in your school, you need to address it. >> along with the white hoods, another stud t was told to take it off. anlive look outside right now. we have had a descent

shea has more. >> we're drying a lot of moisture and we have some sunshine coming through at the main sail beach on anna mariah eland. right now, though, we're rain free across pinellas county and most of hillsborough county. right now, and you're getting a heavier downpour and that is polk county that has a lot of heavy rain from lakeland to winterhaven and fort meade bowling green. they're thunderstorms, too and some heavy downpours and lots of thunder and lightning around there and we have some heavy downpours and storms. it's a west-east flow. as we look into the gulf, you can see that is much drier than what we were experiencing earlier and we'll continue to have a chance for some showers tonight and we'll see them tapering off after sunset and some showers developing

the lows will be around 76 degrees and with this pattern, this pattern, a little trickier to try and time out those outdoor things like taking a dip in the pool and getting yard work done. i will try to help with that in the next forecast. >> thank you. >> and to the creepy clown sighting in largo. the now's nicole gig tracked down the mother of a teenage girl who climbs she was followed from clown cast i'm. and there is nothing to laughable, said local law enforcement. >> reporter: wednesday morning, shaquita got a call from her daughter. >> oh, my god, mom, i was chased by a clown. >> reporter: the mother met us near the bus stop where it happened. >> and they saw something in the bushes. >> reporter: those bushes were of by this small ditch and that is where they say that creepy clown came from.

offgua. rd >> and they started running. >> reporter: it's what happened next that took it too far. >> and that is when she fell. >> reporter: authorities tell us this was not just a person with the mask but the clown was decked out in a yellow suit and polka dots, red clown shoes and a white mask with yellow eyes and red hair. something similar to a costume like this and in this sighting, it was a week after this clown was caught on video along a dirt road >> and they're coming. >> reporter: the pinelas county sheriff's office said that sightings in other states are fake. for them, if it is, it's a big waste of resources. >> and we ask parents to encourage if they themselves are thinking about putting on a clown suit and going -- going around harassing others, that is an illegal act. >> secd-degree misdemeanor. >> and i don't think that is a situation that should be taken lightly.

it was someone else's kid, they would take it serious. >> reporter: right now, authorities whyer trying to find a man they think was in the clown suit. fothnow, i'm ni and the story of the hero emerging from yesterday's school shooting in south carolina.

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>> police suited up in riot gearga overnight outside of san diego. protests grew to the larges eath of alfred olongo earlier this week. the protestors took to the reporter: similar protests in charlotte, north carolina, spiraled out of control is any into riots last week. [ indiscernible ] protestors will tell you chants of blk lives matter is to bring reform to policing and end police brutality. are they making a a new polls the protests like in el n,liforn, ovgo and rs across the country are viewed more about race than police brutality. in a new survey, 44% of american adults believe the ones like in charlotte, are about law and order and 45% say it's now just a black-and-white issue. more than 60% say violence is only going to worsen the current criminal justice

but more than 60% are at least olate first amendment right enis they like in charlotte an when police showed up in force in el cajon despite peaceful protests. for the now, i'm dd walker. todd, thank you. right now, a live look at one of the webcameras ata resort in aruba. this is one of the places in the path of what is now hurricane matthew. some of the clouds in now and still looks good there, shae, considering what it might look like soon. >> exactly. >> and the center bit north s c to it right now. you n edge of the storm and so this storm is going to continue on more of a westerly path here just to the haiti, th

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the answer you want. the plant city homeowner lives eight miles from the plt. she and -- she and some of her neighbors want answers. the contamination is contained to property. >> i would like to give them the benefit of the doubt and trust everything that they're saying. it's difficult to do so. >> reporter: urez feels uneasy since the news broke. >> is any since then, she hasn't drank the water and doesn't plan to until this is resolved. just today, she said a rep finally got back to her and she's >> i am on the list. they would be calling by next week. he was surprised that they had not contacmeted . >> reporr:is the breakdown of the testing process. nearly 700 homeowners testing. about 200 samples already taken. testers are avagin 30 and 40home visits each day. so the process cober. concerning. >> reporter: even if theat to h

road. >> a lot of times with these types of environmental mishaps, sometimes we do not see the long-term affects for quite awhile down the road. >> >> reporter: so far, mosa hasn't said if they will make >> and there is not a lot we can dobout it. >> reporr:tingn plant city, i'm jake peterson for the now tampa bay. >> thank you, jake. and uber eats is expanding in tampa bay. uber's food delivery service will be petersburg starting next month. the service runs on a separate uber app operated similar to the ride-sharing service. for a fee, you can order food from dozens of restaurants in a certn area and delivered to the door. uber eats launched earlier this month in tampa. and we're getting an update on the flooding situation in north carolina. cumberland county in fayetteville, central north carolina, now deciding to close down schools toow. central north carolina dealing with heavy rain and flash flooding. water surrounding the homes as

the roads shut down, power knocked out and a complete disaster. they're not going to dry out. the storm will stick around for another day. and here's meteorologist shay ryan and many concerned about matthew right now. >> and at this point in me, you don't need to ncer d. unless you're heading into the carribean, that is the only concern. at this point, we're watching the storm to see after making thnortherly turn anat this point, nobody is getting too excited. we have ha increased risk of -- chance of rain the last 24 hours. we have had a frontal boundary stalled out and fizzling to the north and combined with that, we have had a strong westerly flow. you know what is to e , the gulf of mexico and so a good moisture source, right? that is why we're seeing the showers and thunderstorms bubbling up early in the day.

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dennis will have that starting off on action news at 5. paul. and thank you. men'ery of the weather, here's day. look closely here pa you see the rainbow? next to that is a waterspout. check out the beautiful sky last night. those are the northern lights. yes, it's real and no, we didn't do anything to the video. people were asked to keep the between 10 and 11 and sit will be sier to see the sky show. earthsrticles into space. if earth is in the path, our atmosphere reacts to it with the spectacular colors. >> anlojust once. we'rnot going gett in tha florida. >> would be nice.

from largo talking about a clown scaring her daughter. >> and if you kept think this is out of to this between the tv stations, there are four, four more cities reportcloud stories today and add that to yesterday's count and that is 15 of them. >> the new cases are in buffalo, indianapolis and las vegas. and less tone a woman here. >> and i and i ran as fast as i could into the balcony and shut my door. >> reporter: an indianapolis mom saw kids in her neighborhood sitting in a car with a clown mask on and is worried about her own children's safety. >> and some are more violent and some are just harmless pranks, but, you never know who is going to be the harmless prank and who is going to be the one wicommunities across america and some clowns are

aw >> hi, facebook. >> i did a bad thing. >> i didn't confess online. they went to the police station and are apologizing to the community. dressing up like a clown is not illegal but cincinnati police say they will charge people if it goes too far. >> someone happens tange the person and they fall and hit their head. th is a serious charge, you heart attack. you can -- and that is more serious.not happening in person in las vegas. it's happening online. the person behind this garbo- the-clown facebook profile is threat knowing a school and some -- threatening a ceok post. >> luckily police say there are no credible threats at this point. they think it will stop by the end of the week. i have a story paul is going to love.

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to pay to similar states have laws and includinheflat. we'll be watching what kind of impact the supreme court country. has acrosshe and the ceo of wells fargo is running cr enterprise and should be fired or put in jail. >> strong words there and that is what lawmakers actually said. the quote today during a ongoing scandal involving wells fargo. john stump testified before the house financial services committee today and he's trying up millions of fake customer accounts over the years. lawmakers were quick to react. >> i fully accountable for all unethical sales practices in our retail banking business and i am fully committed to ng permission is not a sales practice violation. it's stealing. using customer's social

not wrongful sales behavior. it's identity theft. >> i don't buy it. what i think is wells fargo was making a lot of money off of what you were doing. >> the ceo stump has agreed to give back millions in stock awards and options but so has view t-- refused to step down. and who was matteen praying at a florida mosque. >> four days fore tooking into people who worshthere are worried. >> 10:30 at night. we would be open. 10:23 p.m. on june 8th. we see a man the american

nightclub shooter omar mattee in. the american muslim leadership council director said he doesn't remember seeing matteen before but happily turned the video over. he said the full surveillance shows him arriving with the wife and child three nights before the pulse praying for 10 minutes and leaving. al-khalid said the months following the shooting, she experienced a greater amount of harassment for being an american muslim. >> and simple things they used to do at no problem are compounded with this issue of having to watch out for me. >> they stand for peace and he doesn't represent all american muslims, saying they, too, are a part of the fight against

questions for the kids telling them hey, you know, um, not everyone in orlando knows a muslim. >> and they have been trying to get that message out the last few days. and that is it for the now tampa bay. >> abc action news at 5 starts now. tonight hoery,ke j. >> it sounded like a bomb went off. >> splintered wood in the terminal. >> tonight the questions needing an answer. how could this happen and who is to blame. >> plus, how low can you go. >> one of the last ties they had to our community is stolen. >> plus, children dressed in hood ood white sheets resembling the kkk.

once we got involved. >> i don't want anyone to ever walk in my shoes. >> it is made even more brainful. the reason the burial of this man's husband was denied and the n. good evening. to. isstrengt into a hurricane>> looks simila now, hurricane winds little bit and this area is the northeast and drier air from south america is actually weakening a little bit and then eventually as it exit it is away from there. they have an opportunity to really get going. >> we believe it will be a category 2 hurricane as it goes east of jamaica and over cuba.