the good news the waves are getting higher making the water murky. the water in this area is normally crystal clear today unfortunately it is not. we do know there was a woman with him, she saw him hit his head for fall under and she threw him a life jacket but he couldn't make it in time, possibly because he was unconscious. crews have been out here and they are still frantically searching went in the water around 3:30 this afternoon. it is low tide but it is murky and first responders tell us they will search out here as long as the sun is in the sky. we will bring you updates when we get them. hopefully there's a good ending to the story. live from tampa, michael paluska abc action news. to our other top stories, eat up in

terrifying home invasion. >> clifton french live outside the town & country community where this happened a look at how common these crimes are in that part of town. >> reporter: there have been dozens of burglaries and robberies in and around this park behind this school bus but the latest crime rises to a new level. these men accused of robbing and 83- year-old woman according to deputies it was this 18-year- old man who took the robbery to a violent extreme, the report says ricardo marquez torres broke into the home and punched the elderly woman several times and drug her around by her hair for stealing a safe with thousands of dollars worth of jewelry inside. 30-year-old thomas mendez was the driver waiting in his car for him to return with the

alexander morella's lives across the street from the mobile home park. >> this place isn't the greatest. there are crimes here other instances. robberies. >> it turns out he is right, in the past year there have been 26 burglaries and six robberies within a half-mile of the home invasion, in july there was another home invasion inside of bay west, in january a home invasion robbery a few away. the victim of the latest crime and her family did not want to speak with us on camera. but they say they are grateful their loved one wasn't killed. >> i don't know how the old woman is doing. if she will recover. >> reporter: they are also thankful for the maintenance man who chased down the robber tackled him to the ground and held him until deputies got here. unfortunately the property management company for the

him to speak with us. from town & country, clifton french abc action news. the race for the white house donald trump focusing efforts to win florida. >> trump announced a rally at the mid-florida credit union amphitheater monday night, this is video from his last rally in the area. many talking about trumps explosive comments on if he would accept the results of election if hillary clinton wins. and nbc survey poll found one in five republicans definitely would not accept the outcome as legitimate if trump loses. about 7% of likely democratic voters would not accept the outcome if clinton lost. hillary clinton taking her campaign on the road, former president bill clinton kicking off a bus tour throughout the state, he never mentioned trump

policies with hillary clinton's. >> you can't build a wall around the wall -- world or yourselves or your community in the age of social media. we have got to do this together. >> clinton spoke about over testing children, a hot button issue in florida saying his wife is not opposed to all testing but it must be balanced. more of clinton's biggest supporters coming to the sunshine state in the next few days, karen travers tells us the strategies are in trouble are using to sway undecided voters. >> donald trump clearly noticing president obama and the first lady stepping up their attacks. >> we have a bunch of babies running our country. we have a bunch of losers. they are losers. their babies. >> earlier this moment of rare introspection from the republican nominee. >> i don't want to think back if only i did one more rally i

by 500 votes instead of losing it by 200 votes. >> with national polls trending farther toward hillary clinton, trumps path grows more challenging. his campaign's best option may be to reverend up the republican base hoping for a low turnout on election day.>> he is now pursuing independence or soft democrats. >> the clinton campaign strategy is very different, they traditionally republican states to expand their map. today this emotional advertisement running in several key states featuring the goldstar family that

rearview mirror, trump and clinton can now focus on getting their supporters out to vote, with 18 days until election day, people across the nation are already going to the polls for early voting. karen travers abc news. washington. most of you don't have to wait until election day to cast your ballots, early voting begins in eight out of the 11 bay area counties monday morning the only exceptions are hardy, highlands and sc counties, they begin next saturday. to find a polling place and figure out a good time to vote go to this article on our website, abcactionnews.com. there is also a county by county breakdown of voting locations. now, abc action weather. >> it almost seems like today is like any other day this

look at the radar, you can see we have got clear conditions across the area and you would hardly know a front has passed through the northern counties but you can tell by the wind direction coming from the northwest wind speeds picking up around 10 or 50 miles gusting up to 20 miles per hour, air is working its way in right now, expect those temperatures to start falling as usual as we get past a subset but they will be dropping faster overnight tonight, you can see by midnight we are at 70 degrees, after that we start to fall quickly in the mid-60s and we will be in the 50s by the time you wake up tomorrow morning, more on that and what is in store for the rest of the weekend coming up.

flooded home streets and businesses now there is a new way to get help a disaster recovery center opened up at the epicenter of st. petersburg college. representatives are stationed to answer your questions helping you make repairs. the center open monday through saturday from 9:00 until 6:00. isis striking back in mosul as iraqi troops fight to take control of the city isis sending out suicide bombers and car bombs scattering ied's everywhere, soldiers are supporting from the air and on the ground many wondering how isis will respond if it loses control of the city, the group will likely seek revenge not only in iraq but around the world. a merrill at the site of the deadliest mass shooting in us history. the pulse nightclub opening gates around the building for the first time. as i told you yesterday a lot

heartfelt messages on this huge merrill, and artist created the merrill. representing orlando's love and resilience.>> we will always have the heart open to love. to love each other. >> there is a statement that we are here, we are not forgetting we are here, we give love.>> you can buy pictures of the one pulse foundation. plenty of excitement for folks living in channelside, breaking ground on a long- awaited store, one of several city leaders was there this morning the project expected to be completed by 2019. a look at the cross bay ferry dock it in st. petersburg, intermec weeks it will be taking people to the tampa convention center

one-way tickets costing $10 per person. cell phone stalking the unconventional way a man tracked his ex-every move and the one thing you can do to protect your privacy from a predator. buying a phone charger online may not seem like a big deal but we will tell you the safety risks you could be signing up for. and the big-name getting involved. finally a reason to smile, the story behind those tears

we want to update you on breaking news about the unconscious man in the water a press conference right now underway. let's take a listen. >> what appears to have happened based on what the witness says,

they were stuck on a sandbar, and at some point they called back to the boat rental company and they said we will push it off the sandbar, the man did and as he was pushing it off he took an extra step and went under the water, he appeared once more and then wasn't seen again, right now we have multiple agencies looking for the gentleman. with safety harbors, clearwater fire rescue department, the coast guard the florida fish and wildlife commission, they are all here in a diligent effort to find this gentleman to make sure he has recovered safely. >> there were two witnesses? >> there were two gentleman on the shoreline who saw the women's cry for help, both of the gentleman entered the water to try to recover the gentleman but they were unsuccessful.

we have aerial units and our divers from tampa fire rescue and tampa police department for the water. >> you have been missing to a news conference regarding a man who was underwater for two hours apparently his boat was stuck on a sandbar near the courtney campbell causeway and he tried to get himself off the sandbar but never resurfaced. we will keep you updated on the breaking story breaking news out of hillsborough county but we are learning the public transportation commission is calling an emergency meeting for tuesday. claims that there were taxi drivers posing as customers lowering back uber and lyft drivers to an area where officers were waiting to take it them. they believe the commission should be dissolved. this kansas city man accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend even

documents show his ex-became suspicious when he started showing up everywhere she went even though she had a protective order that is when she looked in her car and found his smart phone taped underneath . most smartphones, some sort of tracking device and while it appears he used his own phone to track his ex, stalkers can just as easily tap into any phone. >> your smart phone is locked at all times so you don't have strangers looking at information on your phone. >> if you're concerned about being track you can set your phone back to its factory defaults, that will wipe out anything that has been added on. high school homecomings are where memories are made if you go. but this girl had every reason

let that happen. >> last-minute shopping, this 15-year-old is taking it down to the wire. trying on homecoming dresses for her family just hours before the dance. you see she was not planning to go, she didn't dare ask mom or dad for money the ticket the hair the makeup an beautiful gown. they have more pressing issues like a recent electrical fire that gutted the family home destroying everything they own. >> the family left devonport to get away from hurricane matthew. they returned to this. >> it is stressful. very stressful. trying to keep them closed and food, she realized she was not going to homecoming because of

angelique bridal boutique donated the dress. so you may start to understand the ear to ear grin and the tears make perfect sense. all day long the family made one stop after another. businesses caught wind donating hair, makeup and the males. a turn her into a star. >> she needs some normalcy, she needs to be involved with her school and her friends.>> it already has. >> i will never forget this. >> moments ago the pictures of nicolette dressed for the fun she wasn't planning to have. ryan raiche abc action news. the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. take a look at this, the clearwater hyatt beach camera

beach day with highs in the mid- 80s not bad at all, still warm but the beaches will be a bit different after this cold front comes through with temperatures on the warm side in tampa, 83 degrees in brandon, 84, westchase at 82, to the north in citrus county the temperatures have been coming down over the last couple of hours, 80 degrees in crystal river. still warm but the cooler air to south across the area really settling in overnight, take a look at our winds they are out of the northwest remember we have had a northeast flow for days on the end but now the winds are coming from the northwest tapping into the cooler drier air from behind this front and wind speeds have been between 10 to 15 miles per hour gusting into the 20 mile per hour range, a lot of sunshine for now until the

will see the cooler air settle in, look at the futurecast, that it of rain you are seeing has not amounted to anything developing inland, that was the front, by midnight it is to the south just a few more hours until the front has pushed to the south and we remain under clear skies after that, barely telling that the clock moved, nice and clear with a few clouds over the northern there, if you are thinking about going to do something fun with the family tomorrow go out to lakeland this is one of the many corn mazes out around town but this one looked fun, the corn fusion crop maze and fall festival out there on saturday from medical until 6:00 and sunday from noon until 6:00, look at these temperatures we

coming up to the mid-70s in the afternoon. a lot of sunshine, no worries of rain overnight tonight or through the day tomorrow, take a look at the temperatures, these overnight lows for tomorrow morning, 59 degrees in tampa, in lakeland the low 56, to the north low 50s near 50 degrees in spots but closer to the low 60s if you are along the coast or at the around 67 so you can see below average temperatures today and we should be ending around 83 but we will certainly be below that saturday and sunday, and temperatures start to come back up, another weak front moving through tuesday and wednesday leveling off temperatures a bit and any more gradual warm-up into thursday and friday. again, this is looking beautiful for this weekend. we will be right back after the

do you think you could spot a real phone charger from an counterfeit? nine in 10 phone chargers on amazon are marketed as genuine apple products when they are not. the tech giant filing a lawsuit against the company that makes the bogus charges claiming the counterfeit cables don't go through consumer safety testing and could overheat catch fire for shock its users, amazon is working to get the fake chargers off of its website. one mississippi county has had enough of the clown craze they are enforcing a ban located near the alabama line started banning cloud costumes this week if anyone is caught in public wearing a clown costume, a mask or makeup, they may have to pay a $150 fine, the ben is meant to protect

replaced with this new pvc piping, where the city of saint pete is targeting next coming up. a baby girl with two birthdays to celebrate, we will show you the rare procedure that saved her life

live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. an update to the breaking news, you're looking at a live search happening in the water off the courtney campbell causeway looking for a missing

slipped under the shallow water, and then resurfaced twice and then disappear, divers and searchers are out on the water trying to find the man, we will follow this developing story on- air and online at abcactionnews.com and our abc action news app. i'm laura harris. >> i'm sarina fazan, the city of saint pete identifying which neighborhoods have the oldest pipes and most frequent sewage overflows, y c the dark green. >> ashley yore is in the allendale terrace neighborhood to tell us when neighbors will see the improvements. >> reporter: crews are working to replace old pipes the work was already scheduled but the city will now do similar work to replace pipes like these. on a day like today the old southeast neighborhood this woman has called home for years