the mother today.>> holding her daughter's shattered phone. she still hopes for the phone call she never got. this cell phone video shows the 17-year-old ashley perdomo with her mom and brother just before heading to work. she was a senior at hillsboro high school, a model planning to go to college. >> >> as usual ashley was on her way to catch a bus home from work but this time she took longer than most picks but her brother charger phone here, less than one block from her work along hillsboro avenue. >> it turns out she was hit as she crossed intersection, killing her and then taking off. >> whether the person stopped

being. >> troopers have no leads or witnesses. >> this is putting us in a bind. >> she wants answers but mostly justice. she has this message. >> consider a mother desperate to know what happened, turn yourself in. >> a memorial sits near the crash site. her family hopes and offer closure not just for them, but for ashley. troopers are checking to see if there is any surveillance footage that may have caught the driver they do tell us the driver was not really at fault

felony like they are now. breaking news update from legoland theme park given the all clear after a bomb threat, ryan smith is live in winterhaven right now. what is the latest? >> some good news at this 6:00 hour, the entire legoland theme park is safe to go inside. they did not find any sort of serious explosive threat was found on a piece of paper inside park property. winterhaven police would not give details. we did speak to multiple visitors today they say that most remain calm during the all- out evacuation that started around noon.

the park had a lot of people helping to get people out. >> i would have to say, they tried to keep everybody calm and kept you from running. kept the little ones from getting in the way. >> reporter: legoland will reopen first thing tomorrow morning and we want to mention the visitors here today who had to evacuate, they will get a full refund. frank smith abc action news. m four-year-old girl is back in polk county. this is the first look at him since being extradited to florida. he took rebecca lewis from her home saturday, they were found in memphis on monday, lewis was not harmed she is back with her family. and update on the mosaic sinkhole independent tests on private wells showed elevated levels of radioactivity.

pointed to a natural source of contamination and not the mosaic sinkhole, all of the other chemicals found in the water meet safety standards. >> naturally occurring levels of radioactivity in the water in central florida can be found in many wells, far away from mosaic and, those are e florida. and the depth to which the well was drilled. >> the water is being sent for a second phase of testing to help determine where the contamination is coming from. we expect the results sometime next week. a truck slams into a wall -- home killing a woman. janice folds was resting in a guest bedroom when the truck crashed through the wall.

he is in jail facing dui manslaughter charges. in 2009 he pled no contest to a dui. sheriff's releasing surveillance video of larry hoad on a shooting rampage after deputies served him eviction papers. we get a clear look at what happened out there, he can be seen walking up to this triplex pointing a gun at the door and firing multiple shots. the house. nobody was injured in the video but deputies say he managed to shoot one person, deputies later shot him after he fired rounds at them. at last check they were still in the hospital. we have had a beautiful

their way across polk county. most of this not holding together. i don't anticipate it will cause problems, as we work through the night maybe we will run into a spiegel or two through 7:00, after sunset we will see comfortable conditions with temperatures moving through the 70s by 11:00 down to 74 degrees. we have a pretty nice night ahead, i will have the seven- day forecast coming up. a live look from action air one digit lightning is set to begin in one hour. they will be hosting the detroit red wings, traffic will be heavier this year because of downtown construction, parts of morgan street are closed for a multibillion-dollar project being designed by the lightning owner. newly designated drop-off and pickup lanes for uber near the arena open before and after games to make it easy for fans to meet up with ridesharing drivers and keep them safe

running until midnight during weekday and summer games. struck a house fire leaves a family homeless, heavy smoke and flames were pouring out of the roof when they arrived, fortunately nobody was home when the fire started and no one was injured. investigators are trying to learn how the fire started. in pasco county a homeowner getting quite the scare after finding a man, this man sleeping in their bed, that man bologna sandwich and took a nap. he is also the suspect in another burglary. hillsboro county sheriff's deputies are looking for men accused of stealing from a construction site, these men stole $4000 worth of copper wire from high velocity on hampton oaks parkway, both men were wearing cowboy hats. if you know who they are please call crime stoppers tonight.

fact checkers on their toes, clinton claiming the us is energy independent and trump implying the obama's are behind some of the most vicious attack ads he has ever seen. two claims getting put to the truth meter. >> we are for the first time energy independent. >> clinton claiming the us was energy independent that may have been lost sunday night in what was known as the we went to the energy experts to get to the bottom of this. >> wrong that it is the first time ever. >> some experts say the us is close enough to energy independence but not quite there yet. even though it is trending that way. rating the claim as false.>> i have gotten to see the commercials they did on you.

seen of michelle obama talking about you. >> that claim during the second debate can't fact checkers off guard since michelle obama has campaigned for clinton this cycle a deeper dig found this at was the one trump was referred to. >> if you can't run your own house. you certainly can't run the white house. >> president obama said the comment by the first lady during his first run was not a swipe at the from a pro-trump super pack. >> he is talking about a vicious attack at it is republicans using her words making them seem like they are against clinton. >> with the advertisement not coming from the obama camp. politifact rating the claim as false. >> one more debate to go look

19 from las vegas. hurricane the cold makes a direct hit on bermuda. next how visitors at resorts stayed safe as the dangerous storm passed over the island. many for-profit college graduates feel cheated. >> i work day in and day out to pay back. >> at 6:00, the big change to save these victims from bankruptcy. looking pretty great across tampa bay, islands looking great, rivergate tower shaking a bit just because we are zoomed in, no strong winds across the area yet. the seven-day forecast coming

a warning from the department of education, companies are throwing quickfix schemes at students from the itt tech college they are promising to help students get

experts warn this is a free process, you can find easy directions on the doj website and we have a link on abcactionnews.com. there is also potentially new hope for graduates for- profit schools. >> thousands of people owe a ton of money even though school shutdown. taking action for you tonight adam winer looks at the way some people can make their student loan debt disappear.>> when nick brown learned he could get a degree from a local for-profit college he saw his chance at the american dream. now, eight years since graduating, the school he went to his closed but he owes $120,000 for a degree that is worthless. >> i think fraud is the first

>> people who were students at the time the school closed or were students as recently as four months before they are able to get federal loans discharged, there is also a way to get your money back if you can prove there was fraud or violation of law. the doj wants to make that process easier for former students. students like maria gloria. >> i have this paper and it already had a stigma now itt has been closed. so, that piece of paper is truly nothing. >> maria gloria and nick brown went to this attorney who believes the revamped program called the borrow defense to repayment will make it easier to help students get their federal loans discharged. the new program would have clear guidelines of who is eligible. >> the job placement rates, accreditation cost of education, if we can link it to a state law violation and be specific

getting the discharge. >> been easier to understand guidelines are being developed by the doj but for the first time in a long time, brown and gloria feel they have a chance to escape a decision they regret. >> it is heartbreaking. i was a single parent for a long time, the one commodity we cannot get back is time. >> gloria is going back to school this time paying as she goes. in tampa adam winer abc action news. the program should be approved as soon as november and it will go into effect next summer. hurricane nicole moving away from bermuda but the powerful storm bringing a ton of rain and wind to the island, thousands of people without power those at hotels are being rushed to ballrooms for safety. several flights and cruise ships canceled trips to the

>> starting out so nice and now we feel the humidity. >> we don't really have anything big coming our way to give us great relief, at least in the next seven days, but eight days out we might be satisfied, take a look at the clearwater beach camera you can see how beautiful it is right now, really gorgeous as we are getting closer to sunset and our temperatures in lake -- combining making muggy afternoon's but the mornings have been beautiful. take a look at titan doppler radar scanning the skies no rain insight. we have a few showers working their way across the state, nothing more than a brief sprinkle is all you will see. most areas will remain on the dry side for the most part not only through tonight, but into the next several days ahead, as we look at the tampa temperature down to 83 and

partly to mostly cloudy skies winds out of the east and northeast at 10 miles per hour, some winds in saint pete closer to 15. looking at the futurecast showing the slight chance for a little bit of light green to move across the area, that is the chance for a sprinkle through midnight you can still see more on the east coast because that is the direction of the wind flow, that is where the moisture is coming from the atlantic. really hard to keep the light showers together as a move across the state. for tomorrow night, 6:00 a slight chance for a brief shower inland especially around polk county, anything that does develop would be short-lived. are wind speeds will stay out of the north to northeast at 5 to 10 miles per hour for the most part possibly up to 15 if you're closer to the coastline. if you're planning to play some golf tomorrow the weather is looking fantastic, a nice mix

especially as we reach the highs in the mid to upper 80s, today we made it to the high of 89 degrees, factor in the humidity that is why it felt more steamy today than the last couple of days, on average we should make it to the height around 85 degrees, starting the day around 69 this morning we were at 71. the temperatures have been a little above average and will remain that way over the next several days because we have a lot of sunshine mixed with to coolest and. only a 10% chance of getting the brief shower or sprinkle tomorrow or saturday, on sunday a 20% chance but this is a brief shower, a little more moisture building so on sunday, the slight chance for a brief shower with 20% coverage won't amount to much and into next week looking fantastic. i did mention 80 days out we have a chance for a call them,

way approaching friday giving us a higher chance for rain by then and if the timing works out the cool air should settle in for next weekend. that is your most accurate seven-day forecast. even a sneak peek. there you go. back to you. breaking news in tampa the florida highway patrol telling us they have made an arrest in a hit and run death of ashley perdomo. investigators told us they just charged nicholas we will keep you updated on the

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the arena, it is finally here, the tampa bay lightning opening night against the detroit red wings, let's put it this way, there is so much optimism about this team and you might save many people consider them to be the favorites for another stanley cup run. >> it is wanting to think you are ready another to show it. first of all it starts with belief. >> we know what we have in this room we have the same group. we have gotten more mature together as a team. we have gotten older. >> we will do what we need to do. do what we have done. >> you have to be lucky with injuries. two playoff seasons in a row the goalie has broken down, both times the backup stepped in and he is much more polished this season and should be a huge plus. >> let's be honest, he is a big part of our team today and in

trying to get him as many games as we can. >> how about the captain? he has no distractions, in fact this team has no distractions. no contracts unfinished, that will hopefully equate to a focused quick start to the year. >> let's put it this way, the boys in vegas think the team will make it to the stanley cup, eastern conference champions and they the chicago blackhawks at the end in june. we will see how that goes. right now it is opening night i will have more coming up tonight at 11:00. let's send it back to the studio. >> i will take it from your. look at this forecast it doesn't get much better than this unless the humidity were lower. temperatures near 70 degrees and being around 87 or 86. very low chances for rain all

no disruption from the tropics from what we will see in our area. continuing coverage of the top stories on abcactionnews.com. >> we will see you back here at 11:00.

tonight, breaking news. one by one, the women coming forward to accuse donald trump. after that audio of trump on the do to women because he's a star. tonight here, trump's fiery defense. and what he's now saying about one of those women. >> look at her, look at her words, you tell me what you think. i don't think so. >> also tonight, michelle obama on trump. worlds we have not heard from her before. also this evening, the new and monster hurricane in the east. as we come on the air, already, a direct hit on bermuda. the deadly police firefight.