hitting her mom and a daughter going to the school bus, the extent of their injuries coming to light and the community effort to rally around the family. thank you for doing this i'm wendy ryan. >> and i am jamison uhler. the mom and daughter still at the hospital. >> ryan raiche just spoke to the family and shows us how the community is rallying around the family. >> the pain-and-suffering all too real for family and friends of a woman and her daughter. on their first visit to the hospital they thought they had the wrong room. >> her face is very swollen. you don't recognize her. right now we don't recognize. >> tuesday morning they were working -- walking to the bus

and other injuries, her little girl broke many bones including her leg job and collarbone, she is awake but in pain. >> they are life and we will make it through this. >> it is hard to imagine what the family is going through, two of them are at the hospital, other family members are here at the house packing belongings. >> the kid's father did not bother removing his hospital security stickers. stopping home for a moment help friends pack up boxes. word of the financial hardships spreading through town, donation jars popping up. >> everyone knows each other. went something like this happens it is a testament to the residence. >> the town manager dropping off donations to the family this morning. >> you all don't know how much it means to be able to tell them you can take some time off

what your children will eat. >> the road to recovery looking long and painful, tonight the family getting the support it needs. in polk county, ryan raiche abc action news. >> polk county announced it will do a traffic study on the road to determine if safety changes need to be made. the sheriff office has no reports of crashes in recent history, late today the placement of the bus stop meets safety regulations we were told. life and the driver who hit her on the run. last night jennifer hoffman got a call sending a cold chill down her spine, a driver hit her mother lynn taylor and did not stop to help. at the intersection of mobile and gulf gate drive now taylor is on life support. her family is not sure if she will make it. authorities have no witnesses or leads.>> wrong, unethical. if you have any conscious

>> if you have information on the case please call the florida highway patrol. an escaped prisoner behind bars after he kidnapped a corrections officer, police say 42-year-old david ross had a small utility knife, he handcuffed the officer put him in the back of a truck and went to her saint pete, deputies found the stolen car 90 minutes later taking ross into custody. the corrections officer managed to escape. cameras capturing the terrifying crime in tampa, three masked thieves robbing a pawn shop at gunpoint, you can see the men rush into the store and move everyone to the ground and then that uses some kind of hammer to shatter the glass. they then take $10-$20,000 worth of jewelry they got away in an old honda accord. if you know anything about the

crimestoppers. abc action weather. >> a lot of folks think this might be some of the best weather of the year. typically october and november, clear skies even though today we were in the upper 80s in fact sarasota hit 90 degrees. the dew points were pretty comfortable and it felt pleasant especially in the mornings when we dropped to the upper 60s, that is where we folks upper 60s to low 70s, low to mid 60s across the northern counties. that is certainly a sign of things to come as skies are clear but we have a cold front on the way it was a big impact on the weather, the coolest weather in six months arrives this week in. democracy 2016, less than three hours away from the final showdown, donald trump and hillary

election day. hacked wikileaks emails most recently appeared to reveal her campaign chairman organizing possible running mates in food groups like latinos and women. meanwhile trump has been hammering the message to voters that the election is rigged.>> it was rigged from the beginning. they want to try to rig the election. >> he has to win or have a big victory, she knows running out the clock do. >> clinton goes into the debate with a 6 to 12 point lead in most of the latest polls. despite trumps repeated claims politicians are adamant there is nothing to worry about when it comes to the integrity of our elections. marco rubio seeing this today. >> i have confidence in the electoral process especially florida. our elections are conducted

our governor is a republican, he appoints the people that run the department. >> supervisors emphasized the state is thorough in checking for state that an prison records to make sure only eligible voters cast ballots. >> he has been one of trump's biggest supporters in florida tonight governor rick scott going on the record for the first time following sexual assault allegations against the nominee. jarrod holbrook caught up with the governor today. >> reporter: governor scott calls it a disappointing but he is supporting trump in the election. the governor has been a big defender as we know and has been chairman of the super pack backing him, here is what he had to say when asked about the recent allegations. >> what is your reaction to all of that collects >> i continue to support donald. here is how i look at it, the revelations are disappointing

about emails getting rich off phony foundations i think we are tired of the election. we are ready for it to be over with. from my standpoint, everybody knows that i ran on jobs i want a president focusing on jobs and stopping terrorism. we saw what happened with the pulse attack i don't want that to happen ever again. >> reporter: regarding the rigged election comments governor scott defends florida saying he has worked hard to prevent voter fraud and is confident there will be no rigged election i'm jarrod holbrook taking action for you. the debate could be the last chance to grab crucial votes, tonight we are going inside the minds of undecided voters. paul lagrone live with a unique

inside our debate room that by tonight we will gather 12 undecided voters watching the debate as it happened on the big screen in the debate room and we will gauge reaction in real-time, they will be sitting here watching the debate and as they are we will ask them to raise these paddles, pro-trump and pro-hillary as there are key moments in the they react i will be engaging them throughout the debate asking them what do you think of this collects and then we will be streaming it live on facebook live so you can watch it at home a lot of folks are undecided, these folks are leaning one way or the other may be tonight is the deciding factor. this is where to get real fast. watch the third debate tonight at 9:00 here on your

facebook page and our mobile app. tune in tonight at 11:00 where will -- we will be fact checking both candidates. court documents show a trial has been delayed until august of next year, thomas is accused of abusing and killing her 11-year-old daughter. the child's body was found in a locked freezer in october. rest of her life in prison, prosecutors are not asking for the death penalty. a former teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with two teenage students is going back to the bay area, the state releasing stephanie ragusa from prison today. she spoke exclusively to abc action news reporter after her sentencing, she will be staying at the continental in, she is

as a sex offender. fiat chrysler recalling 124,000 jeep wranglers because the airbags may not inflate during a crash, recall covering 2016 and 2017 wranglers, some center wiring can come loose. no injuries related to the problem. still to come, potential danger next door, you may not even notice it, the miss signs spotting a criminal enterprise in your neighborhood. the lucky break that saved the lives of two women. another beautiful day today , mid to upper 80s the sunshine not going anywhere, warmer temperatures are, i will tell you about the cool down this

dramatic rescue in south florida, two port st. lucie women getting stuck in a lake in the vehicle, the driver accidentally hit the gas instead of a break at the stop sign, the area usually does not have traffic but thankfully two men happened to be nearby and quickly jumped into action. >> when we got the window down we were checked to get them out the window. they were so scared. >> they managed to get both women out of the car, by this time more people jumped into the lake to help and it is a good thing by the time police got there the car was completely underwater. both women are okay. cracking down on marijuana grow houses we are revealing some of the key signs investigators use to track marijuana growing operations. ryan smith is live in tampa to

or lack thereof is a major red flag to discovering one couple stealing thousands of dollars worth of electricity than the utility company alerted law enforcement. >> if it isn't obvious which of these temporal properties is housing a marijuana grow operation, well, that is the point, dedicated to dismantling grow houses, 38 busted in 2016. >> we will come after you. >> some of the not so obvious signs and illegal pot operation may be under block, dark windows no one living in the house full-time also shoddy or amateur electrical work. >> there will be wires coming off the roof into the events.

>> energy usage is a common clue for investigators. >> they have tapped into our system and our lines essentially stealing electricity from all customers. >> 15 to 20 grow houses are identified each year including this one in town and country with any legal electricity connection. criminals often siphoned up to $10,000 in per month. >> the fact that what they are doing is illegal and so hazardous is such a concern. >> once an arrest is made the cost of electricity is recovered half the time customers have to pick up the tab outside of that. live from tampa, ryan smith abc

incredible site and officer helping astride a driver. you can see him walking back to his cruiser then he freezes and starts back in the other direction than a pickup truck rear ends the cruiser flipping the car. >> the officer did not get hurt. the truck driver suffered nonlife threatening injuries. samsung facing a class- action lawsuit over its galaxy note 7 phones. them for the monthly device and the phone plan charges even after samsung told them not to use the phones. samsung permanently ended all sales of the note 7 less than two months after its launch. abc action weather. >> we always do a lot of music trivia, i'm thinking of the song working for the weekend because that is what everybody

beautiful, cool and dry a lot of sunshine, it is sunny outside right now, the difference today compared to the weekend noticeably warmer today in the mid to upper 80s 90 degrees in sarasota, on the doppler radar mostly dry a couple of showers around fort pierce, our viewing area completely dry, this evening it will be clear and present -- pleasant with temperatures in the low to mid 80s but we ha upper 60s. this is certainly a sign of things to come and it will get a lot drier by friday night and into the weekend. there is a look outside, temperatures in the mid-80s under sunny skies, titan doppler radar clear as is the satellite picture, a few fairweather clouds even though we have a cold front friday i think it is mostly dry. there might be an outside

have one last day of temperatures in the mid-to upper 80s, with the easterly flow may be an isolated shower across the southern counties, less than 10% chance. friday morning the front comes through, you don't see like in the wintertime a cold front coming through blasting through with strong thunderstorms this go around a few clouds and isolated shower offshore. you will notice the difference the northern plains feeling the effects of the front, temperatures are cool when you see the blue you know the temperature will be dropping and by sunday morning, temperatures in the 50s across most of the area. if you live along the coast you will be in the low to mid 60s but it will still be comfortable and i think there could be upper 40s, brooksville to springhill by sunday morning at the very least 51 or 52, the coldest weather since april and

middle of next week. we are talking tropics, a very good chance this becomes tropical storm or a subtropical storm. it poses no threat to us, the reason, the same front coming in will force what is more than likely auto to the east of florida. it will get close enough to new england that they will have some issues on saturday and sunday, if you have friends or relatives up north tell them to get their eyes on facebook. i think it may be nasty this weekend, closer to home about as far as you can get northerly wind but gusty. let's look at the forecast, sunny and 85 thursday, the front comes through friday, morning lows upper 60s, saturday and sunday highs in

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the buccaneers have more problems vincent jackson and their number one running back doug martin had a setback in his hamstring rehab he is out indefinitely. that is the word we got today. >> no one feels worse than the player. the player feels bad and injuries make it tough on our team but we can't feel sorry for ourselves. >> as far as a replacement for

he will likely move into the number two position opposite of mike evans don't be surprised at the buccaneers don't have a package in place for their tight ends against san francisco. whatever the case somebody has got to tell him the question is can anybody fit the bill? >> it is unfortunate, hopefully it won't be as bad as we think it is. losing him is a big deal. we will rally around him. we should go out there and make special and unique player, he brings a lot to the table. my heart goes out to him. i dealt with that last year. >> yesterday we said if one of these guys came back that would help, it looks like gerald mccoy will be the guy who practiced on a limited basis. clint mcdonald still sidelined and obviously martin.

friday night some fans looking ahead to navy. i'm quite sure the bulls are not they have to win this one. we will see you right back here at 11:00. have a good night.

tonight, breaking news. what we've just learned about donald trump's strategy for tonight's debate. he also plans to bring president and the clinton camp tonight. what they made sure would not happen right before the debate starts. also tonight here, the massive gas explosion. we have the pictures. witnesses smelled gas right before. tonight, many injured. the school shooting. suspects opening fire on students leaving class. and now, the urgent manhunt at this hour. on the front lines tonight. our team right there, the oil burning in the fields of iraq. the assault on isis.