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method tampa bay, tip of is under siege and its infrastructure projects right in the heart of south tampa along busy quarter horse like mcdill and heinz. and tonight we have our live camera right in the middle of it all. there it is, rush-hour traffic, and you can see the barricades. this is what drivers are running into day and night. >> the heart of south tampa is undergoi and, minute work. they are in the trenches carving up a sure beautiful. >> just look at this road construction. it is shut down because frontier is doing work on the polls. but walk with me, you can see the tampa public works is laying down waterlines in the construction continues street after street.
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>> it could be a real pain. >> she tells her friends -- >> pick your poison, there's trouble all around. >> rolling through the streets is a little bit like going for a maze. he will never know when you will hit a dead end. >> what he working on clock >> we're just replacing the sewer lines. >> it's a lot to dump on commuters at once. >> it will all be done in >> what has been the biggest challenge? >> deciding to go on bayshore or mcdill together out. >> it's the first world problem, in paradise. >> reporter: and back out here -- >> and back out here, this camera, you can see there is a reward at the end of the tunnel.
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good evening everybody. a little warmer in a little more humid and a few more showers especially is streaming east -- extremely eastern counties. so, if you live in haines city you will see a few three or four minutes showers and that's about it. i think this puzzles out before making it into the viewing area. temperatures upper 70s to low 80s. and, in terms of how was yesterday, three or 4 degrees warmer today than it was this time yesterday. when we talked out close to 90 in sarasota. i will let you know how long things are sticking around. and, police are releasing new video of potential serial robbers. they believe that this guy is responsible for three separate
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the video taken last friday police think that he also robbed a cvs pharmacy the day before that. and he may also have been responsible for a robbery last saturday. authorities want him off of the streets before he strikes again. if you know who yes, call crimestoppers right away. pascoe county deputies just revealing details of a major dollars with the boat motors disappearing across the bay area. they just announced they caught one of the men responsible. they arrested him this morning. they say that he dropped a boat motor on his foot and could not run away. >> turning to democracy 2016. hillary clinton extending her lead. the numbers showing 47% of likely voters are backing
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and 51% are concerned about the possibility of violence on election day. more than 40% saying, they would not recognize clinton as a legitimate president if she wins. new checks are coming in every day, during the last debate, donald trump refused to say if you are the sex -- except the outcome -- if he would accept the outcome. running for president, public and or democrat who refused to say that he would respect the results of this election. >> they wondered if he really was the first so they checked with historians an expert and there have been campaigns that challenge the results postelection, remember the 2000 contest before bush and gore. that went all the way to the supreme court but it wasn't until after that they asked for
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examples of than challenging the results of a recent corruption concerns after election day politicized can find one that said he wouldn't accept them. so they rent them as -- they rate them as mostly true. >> wikileaks also shows how john podesta rig the polls by oversampling democrats clinton campaign. trump is referring to one of his emails licked by wikileaks but the only problem is, he sent that email in 2008 not 2016. and it appears to be about internal polling. the oversampling meant polling more people in a specific demographic not ignoring republican voters to suppress them. and, they would not be a
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claim as pants on fire. senator. marco rubio and patrick murphy are preparing to swear off for the last and final time. rubio trying to keep his seat in this highly watched senate race. you can watch it right here tonight at 7 pm. and it will also be streamed live on our free abc mobile app. an e be able to get in davenport. city leaders are working on a proposal to ban marijuana businesses. the city hoping to have a proposal ready for discussion at its meeting next month. hillsboro and county -- hillsboro county has it on the ballot. residents other -- around treasure island are fed up with what they say are dangerous habits. brenda is live on gulf boulevard where the community has a new tactic that they
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last few hours, we've noticed drivers and pedestrians breaking the most simple road rules and one group thinks that something as obvious as these crosswalks may not be obvious enough. >> here along gulf boulevard >> it's a little bit scary. >> and they have to dea the crosswalk -- we caught this woman ignoring the crosswalk blocks away. >> they report, that the bicycle accident along the boulevard so far this year, is enough to have them to try a new tactic. >> people are simply not careful. >> they are teaming up with police and nearby businesses.
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>> there's no one that will stay here that will cross that street at some point. >> they will also post these with this message. >> would you look at this and say, going to cross it now. >> i think that it would. >> it's something that they think could make all the difference. >> if they see it often enough and pay attention to the message, yes. we think that it can. >> this campaign to stop with the signs. matthews and the rotary club will come back to crosswalks like this one to congratulate them follow the rules. thank you. and we know that you want answers about the issues facing all of us here. as part of our commitment to take action for you, giveaway to let you know what we are wondering about. they called -- check on the
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deputies launching an investigation into possible abuse at a bay area zoo. peta operatives posing as employees secretly shot this video it has now been viewed within 24,000 times. in it, they say you can see several examples of tiger cubs being mistreated including forcing them to pose for pictures and swim the patrons. deputy saw the video and >> it doesn't look right. we need to investigate it to make sure if there is abuse going on we need to take appropriate actions. >> owner says that peter has targeted her facility for years and she says that the employees purposely did not do their work to make her facility look bad in the video. new tonight, if i will be for national guard members, ash carter saying that they will
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and, they asked for the money back because bonuses were improperly awarded 10 years ago. carter did not line -- outlined specifics. -- outline specifics. a bizarre site on the walk of fame. what he was doing that stops people in his tracks and his unexpected reason for doing it. >> plus, earn a six figure paycheck. the unexpected recruits that tech companies a there are a few showers. the closer to downtown, skies are clear. look at the camera. we will let you know how long
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they ended up crashing into his own home right next door. >> i would never let just anyone watch her house and if it's a person our trust -- that you trust, you would think they're supposed to be doing what they're supposed to be doing. >> no one else was hurt. a high-speed chase coming to a messy ending colorado. deputies forced large car parts along the way. two suspects lasted for 45 minutes. they are facing attempted murder charges. and we're just getting our hands on brand-new video showing them vandalizing donald trump's star on the hollywood walk of fame. you can see the sky hitting with a pickax. he told deadline hollywood that he wanted to remove it and auction it off as a way to raise money for the women who
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lot of damage. -- he just caused a lot of damage. might not think of women are put -- of computer programmers, but the information you need to progress into the best jobs of the future. these careers can have major earning potentials. >> videogames like pokimon are what this college student grew up on and why she is learning computer programming. and, she is usually the only woman in class. >> there are a lot of states out there. and, they are wondering how they are going to be in the workforce, if there are so few women there. >> the number of women is low 26% of all it employees. but there is an effort to change that right here.
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come up where they are actually working on computer programming website design >> here in less than a year you can complete a certificate course, learn coding languages for $2000. entry-level jobs averaged 35 to -- $35,000, to $40,000 ear. but topic an average of two $125,000. >> many of these grants are focusing on women. women are becoming targeted all of these areas >> they are hosting an event tomorrow. it's free, and you are invited. >> it's really enjoyable to work on something to create things and figure it out. and to see it work. >> tomorrow's event starts at 5:30 pm. and, a major change
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mall getting a major facelift. owners are bringing in new stores. and, this is creating more foot traffic. the cancer center even popping up. a pop-up community outreach center just last week the center has all ready welcomed hundreds of new visitors. it's not a bad day certainly not what we had this weekend. >> yes. somewhere in between >> even some rain showing up. not at the beach, the mainsail looks good. but if you look at titan doppler radar, there are some showers in polk county, showers and highlands county, the areas that we were talking about the past couple of days. anything that does pop is usually across the interior counties and they begin to fill out pretty much anywhere west of 75. but still, over to lake alfred, winterhaven, areas to the
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few showers. now, what's going on in cleveland well, they're dodging some rain. if it were to stay like this, i would think that they would play. the back behind it, hundred 30 miles to the west. and that is no in the lower peninsula. so you get the idea. i think they will still try to play. at this point, they are dodging raindrops right on through the evening hours. temperatures closer to home. and, highs are in the upper 80s across part of that area. and the dew points have come up. and, the heat and humidity throwing together making it feel pretty unusual for late october. tomorrow morning, waking up to temperatures in the middle to upper 60s. we had a little bit of fog, i wouldn't be shocked to see a little bit more tomorrow. upper 70s to low 80s under partly to mostly sunny skies covering the entire area.
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we have had the last couple of days and it's what we are going to see the next 10 days. we are in a pattern even though there will be subtle changes, you are probably not going to notice them. each afternoon, mostly sunny, temperatures in the 60s. there will be clouds at times and sunny. at times with highs averaging above normal. we should be about 82 or 83. we will be middle to upper 80s not just through friday that into the weekend. northern counties citrus, sumter, from crystal river to spring hill, middle 80s. so it's just as warm because of that easterly wind keeping that warm air. and, apollo beach is 87. and heck, you are closer to 90. and, you are at about 88.
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that means cooler air. the sister next week. and maybe next friday. there may be a little bit cooler air through that day. but by election day, we could see some cooler air. same eyes will accept this in the next 10 to -- so, you might as well accept this for the next 10 days. and, water temperatures and your sunrise and sunset. so hour by hour, a few showers, otherwise partly cloudy to clear and it stays clear come wake up time. and, 83 on thursday, 85, this is downtown. he will be a little bit warmer in some spots. and that continued right on through the weekend and speaking of the weekend, 85 sunny, a little if any chance
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hello folks. sweating -- not sweating yet. the cubs deal advantage. no mistake, and, they put them down hard. and, nothing but zeros. and, they are jake's. with kyle hendricks to follow in game three. and, i can just about guarantee it. and, they had that pitching advantage going forward. and, tonight games to fish game
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tonight. and by the way, they will pitch in game four. and, then bishop is guarding -- doing fine. and bishop said, you won't get them fixed until the team returns to tampa. needless to say, the moment was a shock to everyone. >> and he came to the bench and he opened his hand and i couldn't believe how big his teeth are. so and, i talked to him and it wasn't -- i guess it was just those vibration knocked his teeth lose. apparently they were fake anyways. >> all right. and the buccaneers are getting healthy again. and, the defensive end his back on a limited basis. and, clinton mcdonald continues his back. and martin the only player that did not take part in today's
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tonight, breaking news. the scare on the subway. smoke filling the train during rush hour. passengers in boston prying open the doors to get out. cl already a nation on heightened alert. tonight, the possible culprit. also breaking, powerful earthquakes striking italy tonight. the images coming in right now. and reports on the rescues. the flight here in the u.s. the pilot under arrest, accused of being drunk in the cockpit. donald trump tonight, visiting his new hotel. the second hotel in two days. tonight, he's one-on-one with george. plus, trump's surrogate newt gingrich taking aim at megyn
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