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good evening, from tampa bay it's number one news station. this is the fox 13 6:00 news. good evening i'm hayley heinz. >> and i'm lloyd sowers. thanks for being with us tonight. after years of controversy the pool is back in business. it was shuttered in 2009 after leaks and cracks forced the city to close it down. a fierce debate raged for years over its future but $3.1 million later the port officially opened this morning. >> reporter: fox 13's kelly cowan was there as generations young and old came to celebrate. are. >> reporter: it's been seven years since the last time

schedule rick mitchell just did. for generations of people who grew up in the ebore area the cascadeian pool was the heart beast of the neighborhood. >> we came every summer, every week. >> reporter: families began here. >> we met 61iers ago. he was coming up those stairs over there. >> reporter: in this blue collar neighborhood, cascadeian was something very special. >> this saved lives because we learned to swim here. where were we going to learn river. >> reporter: but when the pool closed in 2009, after poor repair work caused leaks and cracks in the 1930s era structure, many thought the art deco gem would be lost forever. >> i didn't think they would ever open the doors to the pool ever again. >> came with a controversial

at one point councilmember frank ratic voted to to vote it down it. >> was expensive we knew what this cost was. >> reporter: but the cost of not restoring the pool is something city leaders said would have been far greater for this communities. >> these kids in some of our tougher neighborhoods will be seduced by the streets. >> they'll be seduced by the gangs if they're not given the opportunities to make the right this is one of those places. >> a place where future generation also learn to swim and where kids can just be kids. in tampa, kelly cowan, fox 13 news. >> apart of the renovation includes a new heat sorry the pool will be open all year-round. and pool will offer affordable swim lessonser for the children ages six months up.

new swimming herole simone manuel and katie ladekyi both winning olympic gold medals in rio this week. congratulations to them. new at 6:00 troopers say pool is to blame for a wrong way crash on hillsborough avenue last night. rodriguez was arrested and charged with d.u.i. after investigators say she crossed over the median hit the pole then hit a stopped car. about you the this sry there troopers say rodriguez then hit a good samaritan wlofs trying to help her out of the car. a teenager is dead after an early morning crash along i-4 in polk county. investigators say 18-year-old francisco was wearing his seat belt, wasn't wearing his seat belt when the truck he was riding in overturned it happened at mile marker 35. the two other people of in the f-150 were seriously injured. troopers believe alcohol is a factor in the crash.

>> 700,000 worth of unclaimed property went to the highest bidder today in tampa. all the items get turned state's decision of unclaimed property. >> that money had be cla any time so long you come total we'll pay 100%. a rolex and rare coins and trading cards. >> on monday it is free ride.

service along the new route will include buses running every hour. new saturday service and more. we posted a link to more information on our website at fox13news.com. a special delivery today for a 15-year-old cancer patient from the bay area it. >> same via flight today at t.i.a. lacey detainees received a 20 pounds american esk the children's dream fund. >> lacey was diagnosed with lymphoma in may of 2015. the dream funds found casper through a breeder from missouri. lacey was responds excited to finally meet him. >> i used to look at him and i've been waiting for a file and the children's dream fund has worked so hard for me to have him. i'm just really excited to

casper will be a service dog for lacey. >> she has a brand new. the zika virus is a major concern for all pregnant women but especially those living in the american area. hey, victim. >> it has been a pretty nice day today. a lot of sun and a lot of one made its way up through sarasota across manatee and into southern pinellas county. really not a whole lot to show you. but the rain is going to make a return as we head

the u-s surgeon general is taking part in a "healthy the u.s. surgeon jin is taking part in a healthy childbirth class in new york. fox's brian hinton has the story. >> reporter: a room full of pregnant women in the zika hot zone. >> unborn child. >> reporter: they are meeting to get tested for zika and to tack about how to protect their babies. >> i'll do what it takes no bhat to protect our first baby. >> reporter: who better to ask questions about zika than the u.s. surgeon general. dr. murphy is in miami talking to expecting moms. >> make sure you're wearing repellents and making sure you are getting rid of

home. >> reporter: the aerial assault continues spraying to kill adult mosquitoes. this as another part of the zika hot zone is cleared by the health department. >> we can come back to life. >> rainbow village apartments deemed zika free but the news is not all good. the total now is at 25 cases. all of the transmissions believed to be happening near winwood. at food truck space two employees have now tested positive. they're back open and fighting back with something a bit stronger than bug spray. so it turns our solution into a mist. we don't want to spray we want to mist we want to air it a as much as we can. the zika crisis continuing to grow also in puerto rico where the government there declared a public health emergency there on friday. there were more than 1900

>> well, here's an odd moment. a defendant caused a commotion this week when he started twerking in a south florida courtroom. 30-year-old calvin griffith breaking out some moves. the judge doesn't a much to be impressed she set his bond at $18,500. griffith is accused of breaking into miami senior high school taking a set of keys then stealing a car. this fall you may just catch a glimpse of a big refueling tan at tampa international airport. >> that's because the only runway at mcdill air force base is being shut down for repairs. repairs. coming up we'll take you t

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we're getting an we're getting an exclusive up close look at the runway at mcdill air force base in tampa. as you see, it needs some work. fox 13 news has learned the only runway will be shut down this fall for repairs. so how can you run an air force >> i headed out to mcdill to find out. >> reporter: in the sky mcdill's refueling tankers have smooth sailing but when the kc-135s land things can get rough on the runway. we got an exclusive up close look at the chunks and the united states are. they decided to shut down the 13-year-old crumbling runway this fall for an $8 million overhaul. >> we're going to mill and overlay the entire link to

mcdill continue to fly tankers with its only runway closed for two months? they found the answer at tampa international. the tankers will move in with the airliners in october. >> they'll be fitted right along with our commercial carriers. they use the same runways, they use the same f.a.a. ground and tower frequencies. >> reporter: the tankers will be parked in the same area as the private jets at t.i.a. with nearly 500 takeoffs and landings every day by the tankers with maybe a dozen every day won't make a big difference and the air force crews say they'll be ready. >> with tampa being just adjacent producing this transition for the two months that will be having the operational closure will be very very minimal. the run ray project is slated to last 60 days. with any luck they will be home for christmas. in between you might see a tanker taxi near your

of our gates or air side facilities. >> reporter: while they smooth out the runway at mcdill the tankers will get a temporary home at t.i.a.. >> now this isn't the first time since they moved the plane. this october they will be out there at t.i.a. for two months. >> that will be a sight to see. >> it will. i thought i heard a rum -- rubbleble of thunder just few minutes ago. i was wondering, do you remember where you were 12 years ago today? >> no. >> what if i said today would be the 12th hurricane of hurricane charley. you know where you were now. you were in the middle of it. pretty much. yeah, so you know lots changed since then. that was obviously a storm that taught us a lot. >> yeah. >> you know, that was a storm that was expected to come here and just that little small deviation really made a big difference.

grorda. >> a lot of people thought if they moved there the storm came there not. >> only that one but more. >> that was definitely a bad year. so definitely a year. everybody that was here certainly remembers that so obviously we're talking about that in the weather headlines today being the 12th anniversary of the landfall of hurricane charlie causing over $15 billion, billion with a b dollars worth of damage. that federal that whole year that was a bad year. if you were in florida or if you weren't in florida, talk to somebody that was living in florida. they'll let you know exactly how bad it can get. you don't even have to have a direct hit and it just caused all kinds of chaos. now at the same time, this area of low pressure that has been slowly basically camped out over louisiana it's continuing to cause a

over 20, 25 inches of rain has fallen across portions of louisiana. we're getting back home. so we have that summertime pattern with the afternoon showers and thunderstorms which will continue into next week. look at the rainfall totals over louisiana. there's new orleans there, near new eye beret you can see some locations over 25 inches of rain. and come down. that low still spinning and slowly working its way onto the west. now back closer to home you can see the overall coverage for august, middle of august working their way to the north and northwest. you can see the outflow boundaries that's causing additional storms to pop up.

county also over towards odessa stretching up towards port richey, new port richey you see some of these storms reaching out into the gulf of mexico. those will continue to work their way on towards the north and the west. now if you look over the state you can see more of these winds coming out of the southeast. we also have this upper level low which is spinning so some dry air has worked its way over the state. but by tomorrow there's the moisture. that's going to work its way we'll still see morning sun but we'll have a better chance of seeing those showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. outside right now here in tampa we're at 90?. but with the rain around st. petersburg is currently at 78?. brandon currently sits at 95 degrees. so our forecast goes like this. for this evening they will be windsing downing overnight low of 77 degrees. then for tomorrow morning sun then some storms during the afternoon. day i'm high about 92

temperature of 91. seas two feet, light chop on the bay. high tide comes up at 1:33 in the morning. here's your seven-day forecast we will keep that rain chance for about 50% for tomorrow down to a more standard 40% as we head through the first part of next week. >> after a day off the bucs back on the field this morning at 1 buc place no rain which is a good thing. just 30 hours after returning from jameis winston again takes the lead for this team in the face of that loss for

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bucs going back to work this morning thursday night's loss to the philadelphia eagles still very fresh on their minds. it's just a pre-season game. our jeff texbury is -- weeks. bury is take. >> reporter: jameis winston has a passion for winning and with every snap and every step in training camp he is spreading this emotional message. >> you got to hat and just love to win. >> jameis winston is accustom to winning he won the national championship at florida state university. he wants to instill the same culture here. he insists though whether he says that this team needs the burning desire to win, he is not single out any individuals. >> no, no, no, i'm not talking about individual players i'm talking about our ment. i would never call on my teammates and say guys need

hating to lose. it's mentality you got have and it's an easy choice. it's a choice you got to win. >> the want to starts here on the practice field. where defensive leader gerald mccoy sets the tone. the best players on sunday have to be at their best every day. when you've got people competing that's why i'm the one that says we got to have that winning mentalitiment my remain consistent i have to be that image. jameis wanted winch i want to win, too. building trust the heart of team chemistry. if you got team chemistry you can overcome. that you can overcome the adversity at the end of the day there's no reason we should lose here. we've still got that winning men zpat we're never down. you got to have that

we want to break the nfl record and come back. you got to hate to lose and just love to win. >> passing along the passion every snap, every step. from training camp at one buc place, jeff texbury, fox sports. after officially saying good-bye to page last night. rays get a first shot at some of new yorkers youn first they turned back the clock 20 years to celebrate the is 1996 werz team. look at it there it goes he won't forget that one. next up aaron judge making his debut. how about thi that's gone that's some more history

back-to-back jacks the js up 2-0. brad miller. his 21st homer of the season as the rays take the lead but it's all long balls early in the afternoon. the three run shot. also gives up those six runs in his game. it's miller time again and but balls keep flying out of yankee stadium for new york. 8-4 is the final. >> it was very explosive last season and they're expecting to light up the scoreboard even more this year. but this morning the defense showed they've got some toughness to them as they

>> number one unit. the offense really struggled though finding the ends zone. coach did you learn anything you in about your football team today? >> i did learn anything you in about our team today. we were just playing football scoring... miguel angel jimenez one of just 4 golfers to handle the gusty winds.. despite three bogeys on the back nine, the 52- despite three bogeys on the back nine a 52-year-old spaniard finished under par for the day and shot a one under 69 and holds a one hot lead at three under. you can catch the final round right here on fox 13 tomorrow at 2:00. pretty good golf. it's going to be tight.

much. when we come back a state of emergency as floodwaters continue to rise in louisiana. >> the torrential rain that

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this afternoon. so far no word on any suspects or any one wounded. we'll update you as soon as we learn more. developing tonight widespread flooding spawned by pounding rainfall is battering louisiana this weekend. the slow moving storm is being blamed for at least two deaths so >> reporter: evacuations and rescues are underway in louisiana after days of torrential rainfall that has now swamped the state causing widespread flooding. >> the first responders had to come rescue us at the house so the water was that high. >> the slow moving storm is expected to dump more heavy rain throughout the weekend. governor john bell edwards declaring a state of emergency saying residents advised to evacuate should do so quickly. >> we have record levels of

because these are record floods we don't know how wide the water is going to get in those areas it. >> has been flooding progressively more and more as the day goes on. >> reporter: the louisiana national guard now going home to save residents in stranded waist high water. and rescue crews continue to search for cars swept away in the report of a missing person. >> our helicopters are primarily an active search and rescue right now. they're trying co-ordinate make sure -- >> reporter: floodwaters even impacting the governor's mansion, the basement flooding overnight. rivers and creeks in some areas expected to crest four feet higher than the previous record. >> this is certainly not observe. >> storm system hovering over louisiana is expected to dump more rain for the next 36 hours making it uncertain exactly when the water will start to recede. in texas, will carr, fox news. heavy rains continue to

weekend forcing thousands of people to evacuate. the area received more than eight inches of rain in just eight hours friday. the widespread flooding has damaged thousands of homes and roads in the floodwaters are not expected to recede any time soon. more rain are is expected there. another police officer shot and killed in the line of duty. this time during a traffic stop in new mexico, officials say officer jose chavez was shot whether he approached a car he pulled over near a convenience store. the three scene and drove to a nearby rest stop where deputies say they then shot another person in an apparent car-jacking. officer chavez died as a result of his injuries. all three suspects are now in police custody. a florida woman is in critical condition after an alligator attacked her. doctors are now trying to save her hand. the 49-year-old woman was airlifted to the hospital after her hand was bidden here at a fish camp in broward county. officials say she reached into the water for a can

two witnesses grabbed the woman by her legs which kept her from falling into the water. >> you've got to agitate them to get them to do something there. >> i enwouldn't go too close to them. i like to stay at a nice distance to get some pictures and something like that. >> the gator that bit the woman was 6.50 feet long and was euthanized after that incident. hours after backing off his comments calling president obama the founder presidential nominee donald trump discussed the possibility of losing pennsylvania on friday. trump says the only way his democratic rival hillary clinton could win the state if she cheats. he called on his supporters to keep the election honest even setting up a page on his website for people to sign up and physically monitor polling places. >> i hope you people can sort of not just vote on the 8th go around and look and

and make sure 100% fine. >> the most recent real clear politics polling average shows trump trailing hillary clinton by just over nine points in pennsylvania. >> according to a new national fox news latino poll n.c. holds a commanding 46-point lead over her republican rival donald trump among historic voters. latinos are among the fastest growing voter blocks and lack of support could have some big for the republican nominee. president george w. bush won about 40% of the hispanic vote in 2004. experts agree that's a key percentage needed to win the white house. while donald trump is trying to get enough votes to lead theflation is another republican campaign going on behind the scenes. >> it concerns two will be the next chair of the g.o.p. and something carly fiorina may have her sights set on the position. fox's james rosen reports. >> reporter: carly fiorina isn't commenting but

suggest the former g.o.p. presidential candidate has set her sights on the chairmanship she intends to campaign for downballot candidates all as the domain for carly for chair.com and carly for rnc were both registered last no. >> she has been really working at it. she has an extensive travel schedule planned campaigning for some vulnerable congressional candidates. >> reporter: that fiorina briefly served as mate to advertise cruz after her own candidacy fizzled out would hardly be lost on the members of the r.n.c. that will vote in january for a successor expected to step down after an unprecedented and tumultuous three terms. other loyalists such as former virginia attorney general and utah senator mike lee struggled in vain at the party convention in cleveland last month to change r.n.c. rules

to choose r.n.c. committee chairs. if elected she would be no more likely than to creed power but her chairmanship would almost certainly be seen as strengthening the hand of those party activists who caught changes and is highly advantageous for her running mate. should fiorina, former c.e.o. at hewlett-packard, decide to seek the party chairmanship she would be able, experts on campaign finance told fox draw on the funds accumulated by at least two of the three political action committees associated with her. >> i think those leadership paths can be used without striction. she'll have to report it to the f.e.c. but there's no limitation on the use of those funds to promote her candidacy to the r.n.c. >> reporter: regardless of whether carly fiorina seeks or even wins the r.n.c. chairmanship party insiders tell fox news that there is a real hunger for changes in

itself. that battle will have to wait until after november. in washington, james rosen, fox news. >> we've learned that the british actor who played the lovable droid r22 has died. denny baker was the actor. he and the metallic droid c3po. baker was found dead in his home by his nephew today. a potentially lifesaving option is gaining popularity with 9-1-1 call centers all over the country. >> coming up next where you can text 9-1-1 in an emergency and when several bay area counties say they will be adding that feature. a massive nationwide fraud using tubes of cream. why federal prosecutors say tampa bay was groungz. >> this is truly a case of

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texting 911 could be extremely valuable in texting 9-1-1 can be extremely valuable in surgeries where it's unsafe to make a noise. so far any states and cities have this including some in the bay area. they have adopted the new service but it's expected to grow even more over the next several years. here's fox's laura engle. >> we have the ambulance on the way. in an emergency is not always possible if you're in a dangerous situation where being overheard could bring you serious harm. but texting 9-1-1 could save your life. >> if somebody is inside their house or in the trunk of a car they don't want somebody to hear them they can send a text message we can still provide assistance to them. >> but text to 9-1-1 is not available everywhere. the service is only operating in parts of 36 states and puerto rico based on a call center's capability to accept texts.

9-1-1 became available in all of new jersey where some lawmakers say the service is an important part of the public safety tool kit, especially when you consider situations like the orlando florida nightclub meeting when people were hiding and trying to sends messages for help. about how many people are in a room, how many shooters there are if anybody's hurt. >> many major cities like new york still don't have the technology because requires major infrastructure work. including swapping out the current wire system to a digital one which city leaders say could take millions of dollars and two years to complete. >> the f.c.c. requires mobile providers to allow customers to text to 9-1-1 but because not all call centers can accept the messages groups like the national emergency number association have some concerns. >> my number one -- the

is that there needs to be leadership in communities across the country, state level, even in congress to ensure that texting is available for all consumers. >> reporter: and unless spelled out texting in an emergency doesn't provide the detailed location information that a landline does which is why dispatchers say call when you can, text when you can't. laura engle, fox news. sarasota and hernando counties both have texts to 9-1-1 capabilies the tampa bay times reports that hillsborough county is working to have the service available by next summer. pinellas by the end of 20 seen and pasco adds they're looking to have the technology but don't have the rollout date. kevin is looking at the bucs defense we're talking defense again. this d wants to be what it was in the 90s and early 2,000s. there wasn't a whole lot to really be excited about in the very first pre-season

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ke >> dirk cutter is still steamed with how his bucs played in their very first pre-season game on thursday. turnovers and penalties buried the bucs chances in philadelphia. but mike smith's d particularly the front four showed they can bring it and upgrades on the d during the off season. one of the key pieces is robert eyres jr. whose tenacity is rubbing off on this team. >> robert aros the side of kay oches he brings to the bucs what they've been missing an edge rusher with an attitude. he brings great. >> sometimes, you know, things hatch and you know fights break out. i have never been apart of a team where there aren't fights and there aren't guys

that's the nature of the beast i wants to win. >> his saltiness is spreading even when he's on the sideline. it's great. we need it. we need that. and i think if you have really been paying attention out here you see he's got other guys falling in line behind him on that and it's a great thing to see. >> the bucs love the grit that eyres fwroings this defense in training camp that grit gets under their skin. he get under my skin a lot, you get upset with a him a little bit she never day we go out there and watch film. every day we watch film he's there doing something. it's just guys compete. >> reporter: he plays with controlled aggression. he plays within the rules. what drives this high octane it's a trait he is seeing spread throughout the

out there and do set the tempo it's contagious. competition is contagious. you want to get it you want to win. >> he will turn 31 at the start of the season and he knows his time is closing on getting it done. >> i love how he speaks his mind. doesn't hold back at all. bucs are off tomorrow they'll practice at home on monday then head up north to jacksonville to practice against the jags on wednesday and thursday. but that game coming up on sa guys. >> kevin, thanks. >> football gives some idea that there's light at the end of the tunnel. meant to be cooler weather. >> we hope. and those rain storms just get them out of here. >> that's what i was thinking when i heard you know pre-season football. that's the first thing that comes to mind it's going to cool down soon, maybe. maybe. at least there's hope. with relooking at some storms around today. the overall coverage much less because we have some

low. if you pay attention closely, that means when we see these upper level lows you have that dry air that moves over and then the next day the moisture comes back you know what that means the rain comes back as well. so it will get back to a better chance of rain for tomorrow. still seeing morning sun but then a better chance up to about a 50% chance of storms around for tomorrow afternoon. pinellas county. you can see just right around the rains coming to an end palm harbor you've got some rain moving through there. this cell here has been dissipating over the past say 10 minutes. then the heavy rain moved 32 temple terrace now working its way up into the citrus park area as well. north and northeastern hillsborough county now making its way into pasco county south and west of

a a little bit of lightning in these as well. one strong storm over towards odessa then dissipated as it moved out into the gulf of mexico. down towards there's still some heating out there and still some time in the afternoon. sea breeze still in play with the outflow boundaries from some of the earlier storms so they're quite likely be some more scattered showers as we go through the next few hours. widerie the overall pattedder than is still that east and southeasterly flow over the state which will favor those afternoon showers and thunderstorms as we go into tomorrow and into the first part of next week. that red shade that's the drier air that's worked its way over. you can see that spin right here. so there's that moisture that's going t work its way right back over the state as we head into tomorrow and the first part of the week. outside right now we're at 90?.

county. downtown st. pete at 77 braden tog at 76 had some big storms earlier and you're still sitting at 77 degrees. heat index outside of the rain area still either upper 90s or triple digits. feels like 100 degrees right now here in tampa. so the rain still continues over louisiana this is that low. remember last week it was over the northern gulf of mexico gave us the rainy weekend and rainy first start of the w its way to the west and they are seeing just a huge, huge downpour in the past several days. flooding continues they have seen in some locations over 20 to 25 inche of rain. the problem is the rain continues in those areas. a few storms around for this evening. anyone for tomorrow, daytime of 92 degrees with some scattered showers and thunderstorms. here's your seven-day

90s. rain chances 40% to 50%. some excited cheers there as scientists and locals in italy watch these baby loggerhead turtles make their crawl towards the mediterranean. loggerhead turtles are considered an endangered species so researchers were on-site to protect the nests from humans. on friday, 26 eggs hatched under the careful watch of the team volunteers held torches to help guide the newborns to the water. >> we're having record hatches of loggerhead turtles all up and down our coastline as well. >> such good news. classes got underway this week for some kids across the bay area. >> just in time for that kids at one school got a big surprise. they brought smiles to a lot

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so we have about 20 basic school supplies. everything from folders to notebooks to pencils and glue sticks. all the the basics that kids knead to succeed in the classroom. the kids and me foundation mission is to ensure that every student has the tools they need to learn and succeed in the classroom. so what we do is we team up with partners across the country in order to get the backpacks into the hands of these it's fun. this is essentially christmas in august. we get to hand out backpacks. we see those smiling faces and it is more than exciting. we just feel that it's important just for students to have the essentials so that they can perform in the classroom every day. we don't want them to be stressing about if they have a pencil to do their test, or if they have a piece of paper at home to complete their homework.

>> whether or not kids are excited about the new school year it's always great to have a brand new backpack. they gave over 800 of them. that's a lot. >> for more news follow us on twitter and the news is always on fox13news.com. >> see you back here tonight at 10:00 and 11:00.

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