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enlisted eight local doctors to provide checkups and urgent care. >> they can help with more than the common cold their specialists that can check you out. >> we had a patient coming she was really asthmatic she was treated for the asthma. >> people are getting the tlc they deserve after going without. >> one of thre doctor is because it is expensive. anytime you see healthcare being delivered to the public for free that is a good thing. >> eight doctors are helping but more plan to join. >> where hopeful it will be an incredible service. >> jake peterson, abc action news. the clinic is open tomorrow afternoon, we had a schedule on our website at abcactionnews.com getting a
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a home that an accused drunk driver smashed through, this is a deadly accident, you see the truck almost all the way to the kitchen, we found out the accused driver's name is ryan tallent still on jail . he was drunk when he drove through the lakeland home killing a woman on impact. deputies want you to keep an eye out for people caught on camera stealing a school bus, the suspects at one point they smile at the camera on board the bus. deputies say jayson kalinowski and david keen found the bus behind the lake wells barbecue restaurant and drove it to avon park deputies tracked the bus down but are looking for the men and a woman, kim loeb. the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action
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degrees in polk county, 82 lake wells, 80 in bartow and fort meade, as we look at the hillsboro county temperatures, ranging from 83, i have to sneeze. 86 in tampa, what are you going to do? 86 degrees in westchase. temperatures consist the low 70s through tonight, slight chance to encounter sprinkles this evening but most of the area is dry and comfortable, still a little humid but overall conditions are looking nice with a light breeze through 11:00 tonight. i will have the seven-day forecast coming up in a little bit. exclusive video from our abc action news team getting their hands on it today raising
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we broke the story on my today now to the video. the palm beach kennel club shows 10 collisions over three months it is unknown how many of the incidents resulted in the dogs getting hurt. this year a law was changed requiring florida tracks to report injuries. our investigator, katie lagrone found out the state has yet to implement those regulations. summer and is currently working to implement these policies. according to the state since 268 greyhounds have died as a result of racing this year alone there have been 62 deaths. for a breakdown of deaths by tracks in our area go to abcactionnews.com. the fbi scrambling to find a serial kidnapper in ohio. the man in this surveillance video is the man that is
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police say he is a total stranger to his victims which is rare they say he kidnapped a girl from her cleveland home in may. they believe he is responsible for a kidnapping attempt from last february.>> someone try to come in my daughter's window pick >> there are no kids safe while he is out. >> authorities believe he is driving a very distinctive car. a chevy malibu viral video of a michigan judge throwing off his robe and helping restrain a man inside his courtroom. tonight we are hearing from the judge. here is abc's marcy gonzales. a courtroom scuffle and officer trying to subdue an unruly defendant getting
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accused of violating a personal protection order putting up the fight after arguing with the judge. >> i told you to leave her alone. apparently that didn't get through loud and clear. today you're going to jail. 45 days county jail. 93 days in the county jail. you want to go for a year. try it right n in county. you're going for 365 days pick >> that is when the defendant gets up and the judge takes off his robe running to help the court officer get the men under control. the judge known for his tough words including during sentencing in this 2014 murder case. >> you stabbed, you stabbed i hope you die in prison as well.
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no regrets. >> i would hope any judge would say if i court officer is in trouble i will go do what i can. >> the county chief circuit judge says he acted within reason saying that a judge has the power to do whatever he is necessary to maintain order in the courtroom. marci gonzalez abc news new york. tonight we know what caused delays for thousands of travelers ye in its reporting system caused a ripple affects causing systemwide delays. only 10 flights were canceled but many more travelers were impacted. the problem created long lines at airports across the country. if you're getting out of town for the weekend, you are in luck. things have resolved tonight as you can see on the big board, united flights into and out of tampa international are running as normal. all this month we are
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>> our campaign in year eight showcasing everyday heroes who have given their time and talents to help. >> you can become a hero here are some ideas where police investigated 1400 reported cases of -- alone. >> we need volunteers to help us answer the volunteer line and volunteers in the thrift shop, we will provide training so e little as 35 dollars can hel us purchase socks and underwear for the families in our shelter. >> to connect with the center, visit abcactionnews.com . you will find links to all of the centers in the tampa bay area and the statewide domestic violence hotline, the number on
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the statewide domestic violence hotline, the number on your screen, 1-800-500-1199. with halloween around the corner the university of florida has a warning for students, be sensitive of the costumes you choose. don't choose anything to offend anyone. they are offering counseling to those who might be offended. some customers may reinforce stereotypes for particular races genders cultures religions. the university says students can report offensive costumes and talk to a counselor if need. deputies failed for a wanted fugitive. deputies went to the home of jason taylor to arrest him but at first glance he wasn't home. a deputy went with his instincts, searched the house the deputy found him hiding inside of a hollowed out dresser. take a look behind us, right now thousands of tourists are in florida enjoying the beaches and are such a.
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your paid vacation time. a new report out tonight found that last year employees left a total of 658 million vacation days on the table, worth nearly $300 billion of paid time off. that is going unused. >> the report found some people forgo vacations because of work culture and staff encourages. ultimately you should use all the time that burned out and it can perform -- improve your performance. check you could soon see cuban cigars. the groundbreaking trade changes announced today for
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for you. and unexpected frustration from hurricane matthew, the way people in communities who barely saw damage are trying to get their money back. spilling into your living room, tonight i will sort through the fact and fiction over amendment
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y2301y y5yy tribal relations between the us and cuba are changing, president obama got rid of the $100 limit on cuban goods. >> now travelers can bring back as much as they want.
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industry and found some are excited and others are concerned.>> cuban rum carries its own prestige, cuban cigars have america obsessed. >> the holy grail of cigars. >> the elimination of the $100 limit means there is no limit to how much you can bring back. gilbert martinez manages this cigar store. >> we are the only ones without so, it is time we do it picks luck he cannot sell them the embargo it prevents exchanging cuban goods for money. this man comes from a family of cigar rollers, he handles non- cubans in tampa he says that change will not help. >> relations will only help the
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same, oppressed, nothing to eat. >> despite his hesitation, he says this is a good thing for american travelers, someone i spoke with said this will open pandora's box. local historical researcher wallace reyes expects to see the rise of the cigar black market in the us. >> the first cuba's come back. cigars in the market. it could be $12 or $15 up to $295. >> despite what side they take they are anxiously awaiting the future. in tampa, isabel rosales abc action news. new tonight, the cleanup
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stretches into its second week, the better business bureau says it has started getting complaints from people throughout the state trying to return hurricane supplies but can't. people in the bay area thought to generators colors and other gear preparing for the worst, many are trained to return the things they did not use but some stores won't let them, under state law, stores must make their return policies clear including no refund rules, if you think you have been wrongly denied contact the bbv. a local girl those impacted by hurricane matthew. madalyn fox is a third grader, she made this flyer last week asking people to donate. the message, picked up by cnn, now we went to the school with this young girl today where she says it was a lesson in class that helped her come up with the idea. >> the golden rule is treating others the way you would like
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goes directly to an organization called direct relief they help people in emergency situations, we have the links on our website, abcactionnews.com now to hurricane could -- nicole. this new drone video shows the calm inside the eye of the storm as it moved over the island yesterday. the worst of the weather is over but there are 16,000 power outages in bermuda. live on the island. >> a hurricane there any flood impact in north carolina. the good news, we don't have any immediate threats from the tropics in the us. things are looking really good especially across tampa bay we are enjoying a gorgeous stretch of whether continuing for the most part even though the weekend rain chances have changed since what we were
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showing how beautiful it is in downtown tampa, as we look at the doppler radar we can see it is nice and dry we have that north easterly flow trying to pick up showers off the atlantic. just like what we have seen lately they are not holding together maybe you will get a stray sprinkle that is where you have the better chance for rain over the next four hours around polk county into sumter county possibly eastern highlands. for now, not work its way into tampa, clearwater or sent -- saint pete. mixed skies winds at 5 to 10 miles per hour temperature in tampa holding at 86, clearwater 84, saint pete 82. all of the sometime keeping temperatures above average. as we look at futurecast you can see the gray tones that is cloud cover and it is the green tones we are watching for that could indicate a chance for a
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will pick up enough moisture for a stray shower but not likely much of that sticking around the region. we are looking at a few of those overnight possibly across tampa into pinellas county, most of this would not amount to anything more than a single. tomorrow morning you can see we are nice and dry starting by 11:30. the easterly flow starts to kick in and have a chance for a shower. the morning looking dry, here on this model by 5:30 we are seeing more coverage of the hit or miss isolated showers or sprinkles than what we have seen the last few days, this is where the rain chances have increased some and into friday night it will start to taper off overnight only to return earlier in the day on sunday. here we go for tomorrow, a brief shower in the afternoon, 87 degrees the high, a lot of
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of the afternoon showers for saturday. on sunday bringing it to 40% even putting in a chance for an isolated thunderstorm, this is more like a summertime pattern but the rain chances may begin even before noon inland and then work their way across the rest of the coastline after that. rain chances go down as we continue through the week and then they come up thursday and friday, this is the next front i have been telling you about that could bring us a higher coverage of showers and storms also cooler drier air, in the meantime it will be on the human side a mix of sun and clouds for saturday and sunday with showers in the afternoon on saturday with a slight chance for an isolated storm as early as late morning, 10:00 or 11:00. all right back to you. new developments tonight in the story the country is
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the video of donald trump commenting on women, all new at 6:00 one of his biggest supporters in florida goes on the record about the trump tape. the shark encounters seen around the world, all new, the reason that great white started thrashing around and why it had
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a woman attacked on camera now demanding the park where it happened pay her $300,000, reminder the video may be found disturbing. a woman claims she was carsick in july which is why she got out of her car in the middle of the wildlife parks, she survived after the tiger lunged at her but her mother died
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help her. an investigation found the park was not at fault but may pay some conversation out of our humanity. some scary video going crazy on facebook. hundreds commenting that no one was hurt when this great white shark smashed into the cage with a diver inside. >> it is in the cage. oh, my god. >> it almost doesn't look real this happened off the coast of mexico's guadalupe island, new tonight we heard from the man who shot the video, the shark was not as aggressive as it seemed, it was biking get chunks of tuna tied to a rope. when a shark lunges it is temporarily blinded so what was likely confused when it ended up in the cage. you can see the diver in the cage, out shaken but not hurt.
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coming up at 6:00. the warning some people have received around the toxic water. is it related cracks experts say no and the reason may surprise you. is it really for the sun or is it millions for big power? i will tell you how the fight for solar energy is spilling into your living room and who is telling the truth. coming up, not the only way a family plans
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this is abc action news. radioactive water pouring out of taps in polk county. i'm jamison uhler. >> and i'm the scenario that well owners were dreading, contaminated wells. >> it might not be tied to the cynical but the radioactivity is a danger. >> ryan raiche has been following the story since the beginning he is back in mulberry with what he has learned. >> reporter: it is what people around mosaic feared being told their drinking water is not safe. experts say it is probably not related to the toxic sinkhole
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>> a couple of miles from the toxic sinkhole, jim pierce and his family live on pins and needles. >> health is wanting death is another. >> the test results showing normal readings. for now. this week the company tested hundreds of wells reporting seven came back with high levels of radioactivity. they feel confident it is not related to the 215 million gallons of that spilled into the aquifer but still unsettling news. >> whenever going to have to my well i'm hauling water out on the trailer. >> it is perfectly normal for groundwater to contain low levels of radioactivity due to natural geology, in other words water underground flows through rocks and radioactive material, depending on the depth some may get more than others. drinking it over time can be

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