david ross facing new charges after overpowering a corrections officer and kidnapping him, thanks for joining us i'm wendy ryan. >> and i'm jamison uhler, a wild scene coming to an end after deputies recaptured the inmate. >> let's go to ashley yore who is in bartow , how was the prisoner able to overpower the officer? >> utility knife, the five prisoner crew was on a lunch break when this prisoner was able to overtake the corrections officer and actually locked the other prisoners into this building right here. take a look at this picture, this is 42-year-old david ross, ross handcuffed the unarmed officer, took him hostage jumped in a truck and headed

the polk correctional institute identified ross and detectives led agencies know ross was on the way there. 1 1/2 hours after the kidnapping deputies found the stolen car and took ross into custody and then they found a corrections officer at a store, he was able to escape from ross, he tells our crew he's doing just fine. ross is behind bars on multiple charges including battery on law enforcement officer and fraud. ross was going to be released in february 2019 but now he is facing a whole list of new charges including kidnapping. reporting live from bartow, ashley yore abc action news. take a look at the university of nevada, las vegas where clinton and trump will square off tonight in the third and final debate. less than three weeks to go until election day, tonight the

connect with millions of americans especially the undecided voters. here is where things stand this poll was just released finding if the election were held today, 47% of voters would opt for clinton while 40% would vote for trump, clinton widening her lead since the last poll two weeks ago. this debate will be like the first divided into 615 minute segment covering a wide range of topics including immigration debt foreign-policy the supreme court and their fitness to serve as president. >> trump expected to bring up his claims of election rigging and clinton may have to explain her email controversy. she has not talked about the wikileaks hack that uncovered a message to her campaign manager. marco rubio telling us today trump should avoid bringing this up. >> what i would say to my

do we want to be a country where four liters or intelligence agencies can blackmail elected officials, there is plenty of material to line up and take on secretary clinton, this one is an invitation for chaos. >> the candidates may try to rattle one another with choices of guests. trump has invited the mother of an american killed in benghazi, patricia smith give a speech at the national convention where she blame clinton for her son's death. meanwhile clinton invited mark cuban the billionaire owner of the dallas mavericks. you can bet thousands of people will be tuning in, paul lagrone joins us live with another watch party we are hosting and whether people attending are so important.

debate alongside a dozen undecided voters, as you mentioned content and trump will be campaigning nationwide in the days after the debate, but tonight really represents their last chance to address many americans directly. take a look a recent abc news washington post survey finds nine in 10 trump supporters say they are definitely backing their candidate. the same goes for those clinton supporters. nine in 10 for her, tonight is the last opportunity in vegas for trump and clinton to change minds. the key to doing this could be convincing voters they are actually likable. the washington post survey found 71% of people are strongly unfavorable to trump versus 46% toward clinton. i will be here in this room for

on facebook for a live roundtable discussion with these undecided voters it should be interesting, we will be tracking their reaction in real-time tonight on facebook live and we will have the results at 11:00. we will maybe have this group decided before the night is over. we will be airing the debate live at 9:00. you can watch a live stream on facebook and are app. we will be fact checking the candidates after the debate. an accident leaving a polk county family badly injured while walking to the school bus stop, the school board saying the bus stop actually meets state requirements and is not considered hazardous. this mother and her daughter suffered serious injuries in the accident. investigators say they were

road where the driver of a red suv did not see them until it was too late. the godmother of the mother's children said she hopes the county does something to make it safer for others. >> it was an accident, it could have happened to anybody. we are not blaming nobody. you see lights everywhere why not put them there?>> neighbors complained the road is narrow and there is no room the side, the county will do a traffic study. coming up the effort underway that could make the road to recovery a little smoother. new information about this therapist after he was arrested for inappropriately touching his patients, four more of his patients have come forward saying they were victims. police say all of the new cases have something in common, he

of them to help cleanse them of toxins. in one case he touched a female patient's private areas twice. the victims told officers he led them to believe touching was part of the treatment. >> it is a very bizarre case, they're going there for help, they are clients some have been counseled by him in the past so they trusted him and then all of a sudden there was a betrayal of trust. >> this brings a number of accusers up to eight. they want anyone who feels they could be a victim to reach out. the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather max. beautiful weather over the last couple of days it has been warm in the afternoon near 90 degrees but completely dry mostly cloud free, the dew points pretty comfortable the feels like temperatures are higher than the actual air temperature which is on the

most folks closer to the coast near 90. same thing around downtown, the satellite picture looks beautiful, east wind in the summertime bringing late today storms but into october and november there is less moisture so the forecast look for partly cloudy to clear skies into overnight. waking up in the upper 60s but we promised a cold front one that you will notice, when it arrives and how it impacts your weekend coming up. we are getting a new look inside of a hillsboro county mobile home that was torched overnight, you can see how badly damaged the flames did. we are making calls to learn how a firefighter is doing after getting hurt. they rushed to the home after someone called 911 to report seeing an unstable person in the area. when deputies arrived they saw a man set the fire and arrested him.'s name has not been

arrest will help keep a dangerous drug off the streets. dorian gilmer is a gang member targeted in a special investigation. the search warrant uncovered the opioid fentanyl and two stowing guns. the city planned to sell the drugs. it is a pain medication 50 times more powerful than morphine and sometimes is passed off as heroine. last year there were more deaths related to fentanyl than any other in florida. video away a russian citizen suspected of cyber attacks in the us. you can see authorities cuffing him as they make the arrest today a website came forward saying they think the suspected hacker targeted its users. a wireless provider accused of misleading customers. t-mobile has to cough up $48 million for not clearly telling customers how it's unlimited

the fcc received complaints, t- mobile is accused of not letting their customers know their data speeds would slow down when they exceeded a threshold in their monthly usage. the reason a local man slammed into his girlfriend's car on purpose. bold burglars targeting a family of four. one lessened the family learned. and the mistake the burglars made. thousands of students each year, the change that will make it easier for them to get help and the wanting your son or

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its final stronghold in iraq a general saying the terrorists are not going down without a fight. we are hearing the effort to force them out of the city could take up to two months at least 900 people have fled mosul, those families in refugee camps. yesterday someone shot four students in the parking lot of a high school in san francisco. this was not a random shooting and the gunmen targeted the victims. they are looking for the shooter or shooters involved. new numbers shedding light on the risks that police officers and deputies and troopers encourage every single day. 45 officers died accidentally while performing duties last year. you remember the hillsboro county deputies right here, he was killed when an wrong way

in automobile accident 21 worship -- were killed in shootings and other attacks. the application period to apply for federal student aid is opening up sooner, we look at why it is so important to get your application in as soon as possible. this high school senior has big dreams. but she will need for college. >> wanted to pursue a career in medicine and they tend to be more than expensive. >> being able to apply for financial aid will help her and her family make more informed decisions about affordability. submit the fafsa form get a student aid report that will tell you what aid to qualify for like pell grants or a work- study then enter the information into the net price calculator on any college website. to get a good idea of what the

apply. it is important to apply for fafsa as soon after the launch as possible. >> many state college and scholarship programs need your fafsa to determine how much aid you will get and often it is a first come first serve basis. >> be aware if you're going to college in 2017 your package will be based on your family 2016 taxes. use the irs data retrieval form to import your tax information. >> know all the schools you want to apply to, list the colleges you're considering to hold your place in line. >> she plans to apply for fafsa as soon as possible. >> the sooner i get my paperwork the faster i get results for money.>> you must reapply for fafsa every year so the new application data means getting earlier notice if your

mindful when filling out all of the forms, missed signatures or incorrect information can slow down the process and cost you thousands of dollars. i'm shay three. the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> did i hear coulter on the way? >> boots and sweaters. we are it is october. mid december you can start talking about it. may be a light jacket. we're still near 90 degrees, so you have got to remember baby steps. you look outside there is rivergate, beautiful but it is very warm with temperatures in the mid-to upper 80s, as we have been saying this from you

temperatures may be in the upper 40s in northern counties, outside titan doppler radar ring free it stays that way for the foreseeable future. we could go the next 7 to 10 days without a drop of rain so we are out of the raining season getting into the time of year where folks love living here in the area. upper 80s across parts of the area. but the dew points are in the mid-60s lower than that come saturday morning and sunday morning with morning lows dropping to the 50s across most of the area. again, i would not be shocked if the northern counties see a couple of upper 40s, brooksville could drop to 49 degrees sunday morning. hard to say that when you see these temperatures in the mid- to upper 80s but that is what the cold front will do, it will dry us out giving us pleasant mornings and even comfortable

you look outside now the satellite picture beautiful hardly a cloud in the sky but we do have a front coming friday i think it will be dry. there is one of the reasons why, the air is already dry and behind it to try her than that, through the weekend rain chances practically nonexistent. i think that continues next week, with that in mind we look at futurecast and easier forecast, easterly flow a couple of sprinkles over fizzle out before making it to the area, less than 10% chance of a shower tomorrow. and friday morning, we begin to see the changes. you won't feel them until friday afternoon or friday evening but the front starts to come through, dry in our area a few hours offshore we will keep our eyes on the chance of a sprinkle as the front comes through but the big change

is going to impact this, very high probability this becomes tropical or subtropical storm otto, it will not pose a threat to florida, but i think this poses a threat to new england sometime this weekend, there is a chance this single curve right in and impact somewhere from cape cod to connecticut, rhode island, but the front you are seen will keep it well to the east the reason cooler temperatures are on the way, how cool? check out sunday morning, forecast of those in the 50s across much of the area. low to mid 60s along the beaches and i would not be shocked if areas of north if these numbers go down closer to the event, brooksville low 50s, an outside chance of upper 40s, not only are the morning school, the afternoons will warm up into the 70s only so

time for your weekend. northerly winds at 10 to 15, winds will pick up ahead of the front and behind it. temperature at 80 degrees, hour by hour forecast beautiful, clear skies tonight waking up to the upper 60s here is the seven-day forecast. mid-80s friday and thursday, look at the weekend, upper 70s for highs, mid to upper 70s for highs, morning ws in the low 80s next week. a rescue that is all in the family, the personal call

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one of his accusers and her parents as he filed a lawsuit against them, he is serving more than 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to child porn. in a counter suit he is claiming one girl's parents did not properly supervise their daughter which caused her to engage in harmful behavior. pasco county man in jail accused of ramming his girlfriend's car. the ma it happened in wesley chapel. he admitted to doing it because he wanted to talk to her. he is still in jail. a home invasion while a family is inside sleeping, the one thing you can do to prevent it from happening to you. we finally have a plan to deal with our traffic but is it

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this is abc action news. here are your top stories, david ross is behind bars after he allegedly kidpp work detail this video just into the newsroom the man you seen the yellow vest is a corrections officer. he was not hurt, the sheriff's department tracked ross to a home in st. petersburg. less than four hours away from the final debate showdown in las vegas within the last hour we have learned trumps campaign manager is saying she does not believe there is

maintaining her lead, a brand- new pull -- limburg poll is showing a nine point advantage. more people coming forward about this therapist abusing patients, four new victims have come forward. authorities want anyone who thinks they may be a victim to give them a call. we will stay on top of these stories all night long. right now your traffic not looking it is moving pretty well, but we know those backups and traffic around this hour can happen but it may soon get smoother. >> today hillsboro county commissioners voted to spend a lot of money to alleviate the issues. >> adam winer live along west shore, 600 million in taxpayer dollars is being thrown at this . >> reporter: that is right some of it going here to westshore