don't point your guns and shoot at law enforcement officers if you don't want to be shot. >> anchor: what short authorities are saying about the man that shot them with a gun. >> anchor: that's right, a grand new phone explodes inside a family's car, setting it on fire. what you need to know if you or a loved one has this same phone. >> if gives me faith in people. >> and how a fox 13 viewer helps give the victim of that crime faith in humanity back. >> you're watching fox 13 news. anchor: we give tonight with a news alert out of pope's

scene with an officer-involved shooting. deputies and officers fired back after a man opened fire on him and right now that suspect is in the hospital. haley is going to explain how all of this happened. >> reporter: this started as a traffic stop including from three police officers that pulled over this man, 32-year-old francis pey. this man is a known-convicted violent felony. investigators believed had a large amount of drugs in the car. officers returned fire hittin terry several times and they

rushed the man. the officers spoke to us about what happened here tonight and they're thankful their officers are going home alive. >> the message is clear. don't point your guns and shoot at law enforcement officers if you don't want to be shot. we shot back because he shot at him a lot. >> i t example of training and teamwork. these men go after the worst of the worst and tonight they came a across him and tonight they're going home. >> reporter: he has an extensive history after being released from jail in march and

supremacy movement. the investigators will be con ducting their own investigation and they're expected to be out here piecing together what happened out here and we're expected to learn more details about the case including details of what was found on the car. fox 13 news, haley steins. a brand new samsung fire started an explosion in his be loved jeep. josh cassy is live with this story. josh, that's scary stuff. >> reporter: yeah, we use our phones every day. no one thought this could cause

samsung note owners and there is a recall but unfortunately he did not know about it until it was too late. >> it was surprising out quickly the dash was fire. i had a 6.4 liter. it was not a regular vehicle. i did a lot of work on it and it hurts. >> reporter: it's >> that's the first thought that something as simple as a phone is going to burn down my car or hurt my family. >> reporter: that phone was the samsung 7 that just came out. >> i have had every new note

from an i-phone. >> reporter: he says he has gotten the runaround from the company. samsung has stopped selling the phones and is offering replacements saying quote the safety and satisfaction of our customers are our top priority. >> i was enjoying it and did not have any point. >> reporter: he's thankful that no one was hurt including his 8-year-old daughter that played with the phone. >> the insurance company will pay for the phone and it was the family vehicle putting them in a bond and putting him out thousands of dollars. we got a representative

incident and making sure we work with him to help him. we're updating this story to see what is going to happen from here. anchor: we're glad they're okay. a head's up where a polk county man is two boys and showed them to children. officers are concerned that there will be more out there. >> we're looking for other victims. do we know there are other victims, you bet we do. will we find them? only if the community helps us. >> anchor: crime stoppers at

reward for any information leading up to the arrest of this man. hill hillsboro deputies said the robber took money from the clerk and concealed his identity with his red mask. well, the nasty court it started with a nasty breakup between millionaire scott nickles and mary hunt. it got nastier after she was accused of stealing millions of gold and jewels.

bullying and namecalling. we're not talking about whether or not the theft occurred, whether or not the jewelry was faith or real, we're talking about whether or not she beat herself up. and the attorneys are not supposed to be the main attraction here. >> anchor: hunt described the allegations as nonsense. we will army veteran was robbed at a wal-mart parking lot in saint petersberg. the suspect beat him up and took even his wall let and walker. well, a viewer bought a walker and brought it up here to the station.

to help his heart heal. >> for her to go out of her way to take the walker down to the station i guess and everything and want to talk to me, it just gives me faith in people. >> anchor: that donor did wish to remain ano see that car here? they think he may have left in a blue dodge durango. >> anchor: thank you for all those who responsed that's going to give him hope. >> anchor: in mankind as well. >> anchor: congress cannot agree on how to help us from

floor. you have to see what he did. hey, paul. meteorologist: well, it doesn't look like fog but it feels like fog. look at the sky today. clouds trying to bubble up but not so much. kind of flat clouds today and there are some changes on the way as we head to the weekend and we'll discuss those details coming up in a minute. how sailing will - marco. - polo.

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this man accuses governor rick scott of quote "poisoning us." anchor: well, this man accuses governor rick scott of poisoning us. he's a part of a crowd protestors who poured into city hall today. he says that the chemicals are poison. protestors want to shut down the spray starting tomorrow. officials say they have little choice because miami beach is one of the more intensified areas of zika. >> anchor: for the third time

for the cure of the mosquito virus that is accused of causing birth defects. congressmen point the finger at one another while zika spreads. >> reporter: one of them put a jar of mosquito larva point. babies are facing a real health risk and congress is failing to make a decision. they failed to make a bill which would block plann parenthood from getting a contrace have to

through sexual intercourse. >> it's what lead to congressman's larva-spreading speech. >> it's not good enough work on. the time for cis for zika is over. the politics for zika is over. >> reporter: and relief needs to come soon and there are 300 cases of zika right now. and 17 babies have been born with severe birth defects. now the center for disease and prevention has warned congress several times that they need more money. congress is saying redirecting funds from obama care to support

favor of the proposal. they are in favor that will fund the spending of the government before funds run out this year. anchor: thank you, chris. well, the flooding could make hermine the most expensive flooding damage in years. now they say they want to buy homeowners out the damage amount may get them to federal disaster home. they would like to buy homes and turn that area into the park. in other areas in the country, emergency manager wants to storm drain those areas and they don't have the $300 million those p projects would cost.

trying to assess the fixes from some of these older neighborhoods that were not built with storm water. we have a rough estimate of what that's going to cost-$300 million. we have no idea where that money coming from right now. >> anchor: it's really been bad. the enclove river and we heard it time and time again. >> a that but it's like a broken record that needs to be fix. >> yes, every time we get a big rain event it's a problem. you throw in a storm surge and it's a double whammy. meteorologist: yeah, it was really hot out there at 92. check out this. the sunset was nice.

scene. billy hudson over at the scene and check this out. one of the high rises looking over the river and the bay to the left. just a fantastic sunset across the board. and you head south of tampa bay, there's a few areas that move rapidly and temperatures held in check today. but the air mass was dry and stable. the sky. we held rain-free and showers moving rapidly from east to west on a deep easterly wind. it heats us up because it blows over the bpeninsula.

tampa. there was a little low humidity and the dew point in tampa is 66. any time you get below 70 is a bonus. 68 orlando, 64 in gainsville. it won't last long and with the east wind, the moisture comes back in a few days. it's amazing how time goes by. and a day live daylight savings time. thanksgiving 78. christmas 109, easter, 116. >> and not on the board, the first cold front is two weeks away. and one thing you'll notice in the next month or so is a dramatic drop in temperatures but primarily at night.

you'll see night-ttime lows in e 60s. and that drops november into 61 and by december 10th, 55 degrees. and i know what you're saying at home, what about last year. last year was ridiculous. and we're running into the mid and upper 80s every day and you it's going to be the ay. and good news for the tropics, you think it may be way out at the atlantic but it may never threat land. the peak of the hurricane season is days away and as of right now there's not one main storm on the globe which is hard to believe in early september. the pacific is quiet and the

high pressure dominates in the high east and it looks like another heat wave up and down the east coast. even now we have temperatures in rawling. it will be 85-90 for a few days along the i-90 corridor for the next few days. sunshine tomorrow, and if it rains at all, it will be south of tampa bay 91-92. and thunder showers are developing south of tampa bay. and afternoon storms in the weekend, it's not a wash out. we're stuck in the 90s for highs and 70s for lows. anchor: well, a park has gone high-tech.

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10:00. move over monkey bars as the future of the playground is here. a new park has gone up in downtown tampa and this playground gets you up and moving. anchor: well, crystal went to check it out and crystal, how does it work. >> reporter: well, remember when you had those cool blocks and you had to follow well this takes it to a whole new level including your body in that game. ngmovigaa head-spinning, body and it's name. >> when i was a kid,e had a the merry-go-round and now it's a little different. >> he was there and it brought the new playground to life.

orange street, it's a play of music and technology with music. like a video game, kids choose 8 activities and they press buttons before their time runs out. and before they know it, kids are burning calories and having fun. >> it has entertainment for the mind and it gets kids moving on the playground itself. >> anchor: the funds to bring the park in april but something is missing. >> unfortunately there was no fun funds for the playgrounds. >> reporter: the playground is wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair. >> i love it and they're running and playing and they enjoy the

free and you don't need wifi. >> i think we're in the age of technology and kids are going to really enjoy it. anchor: and near the river walk, they're working to bring a park in julian lane park. >> anchor: i'm going to go out and play. well, how about the candidates, they're not playing. and they have turned their attention to >> anchor: i'm a coupon guy... i signed up for the publix digital ones... i clip the paper ones... in fact if there was a third kind, i'd probably love those too. that's how i save at publix. how 'bout you? publix. where shopping is a pleasure. in florida, it used to be that if a child, a senior or one of our four legged friends was trapped in a hot car

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trail and put out another list of military leaders on her side. >> anchor: and trump vowed to go after isis and karl camdon has the story from new york. if she can't remember such crucial events and information, honestly, she's totally unfit to be our commander and chief. totally unfit. >> anchor: contradicting his secret plan to defeat isis, he vows that the military will lead up a plan. he vows to take spending cut designed to shrink the debt. >> i'll ask for a reformhat

>> sometimes it seemed like there was not a country in the military east that hillary clinton did not want to invade, intervene in, and topple. she's trigger happy and very unstable. >> anchor: discovered that she planned to undergo such policies. >> but trump appealed to a university where she was about to file a suit.

end its so-called blacklist at its a social media events from trump. anchor: some republicans are pushing for a new policy of the clinton e-mail scandal. a letter was company, the company that was supposed to oversee her e-mails. it happened after there was an order by congress to preserve the record. congress wants to know if they ordered a deletion of thousands of e-mails. anchor: well, in detroit, someone shot at the principal's

ground and thankfully the principal was hurt. they believe it was by a recent graduate. >> i'm not sure if he's the perpetrator but police want to anchor: well, four employees from the department of environmental quality were among those who were charged and there were two people from the department much of health and human services. all of them are charged with health charges for failing to protect many in the water. and two were charged for their

been deployed to survey the damage in italy after an earthquake shook the country. the church contains many historic works of art. the use of drones will speed up the process without putting workers at risk. hundreds were injured. more than 5,000 were ordered to leave their homes in amatrise. anchor: ryan lochte was suspended because of the incident at the gas station. lochte says that a gunman

says it was an hoax. lochte will miss out in the 2016 games. anchor: and you have seen this before. the flag went missing and it was unclear how it was displaced. but t years o, a man showed up in washington scientists started testing particles and results show it was a match. >> if you look at that original photograph, you see a lack of electric tape lacking in the profile and i said it could be it.

sunday. anchor: well, we're going to see what's in store for monster jams. anchor: we'll look at some donald trump facing new criticism - he appeared to mock a reporter with a disability. "you gotta see this guy. 'uhhhh i don't know what i said, i don't remember.' he's going like 'i don't remember'." "putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. i don't want to sound too much like a chauvinist." "you have to be wealthy in order to be great.

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in his own hands after a robber stole about $5,000. and a 2-year-old is death at the hands of her own cousin. this child is facing very adult charges. anchor: and find out what monster jam is facing up for tour this season. >> and what is expected to be one of the biggest and we see what's in store. it's awesome and awesome energy. there's some great monster trucks. >> i live in bay city, 2017. and i live in polo beach and have been driving for two years. >> three, two, one. >> it's like a season preview

a few drivers and new trucks. >> this is a monster jam competition and this newcome man expects to be a big fish in a big pond. what's cool is we get to be with the it's a special event. >> driving a monster jam truck is a the best feeling. >> it's a mixture of being in charge of your own rollercoaster and your own stress relief. >> just let it rip. >> it's an unbelievable feeling

1,300 horsepower. and they come to tampa march 8th. can't wait. anchor: well, the bucks are just four days a away from kicking it off to at no time the /* to the season and we'll find out what is being said about the former head coach turned buck.

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>> anchor: but the sons are those sailers are bringing it back. >> the race started in 1930 and it's still legendary. richard winning was 1959 won and now his son richard will lead the return. >> we have grandsons who raced in that race and they're going to be sailing in that race back to >> reporter: it's another historic tie to cuba. he warmed the common love for baseball and this may warm it even further. >> our goal is to create a good fellowship between tampa bay, cuba, and the boating world.

crowd. >> there's many watching them start. >> and they were meeting cuba with cameras. >> reporter: winning says that 70 boats may race to cuba. a few younger mates visiting cuba in a race. >> it's a great to bring them back around again after all those years. >> reporter: it will be 87 sons of saint pete's will race to havana. anchor: mean kriwhile, com up, it takes 90 nautical miles. anchor: it's amazing to know they're bringing it back

anchor: well, the bucks have not one a season opener since 2012 and themy'll try to change that and they're going to go against the falcons. and the bucks are still adjusting that roster. and today they waiving running back johnson. that leaves just two backs and they'll have to m mak a move or pull someone else offer the start. it did not look like mike was going to be able to go this week and we're going to have to be able to make a move. it's horrible for mike but we have to-we have to have 53 healthy guys ready for this

incite, let's bring it cody from atlanta. and how is he doing? i assume he's going to be playing on sunday. julio jones will be ready to be suited up on sunday. you better believes be ready this sunday. >> and the former head coach mike smith, what has the talk in the locker room been like? >> some of the players are trying to downplay playing against him but there's going to be a lot of love there.

love between the two teams. >> last week he swept the divisional finals and is that something that exists notice minds of the falcons or is that downplayed as well. well, i think the falcons stormed back and orion with the turnovers and the falcons through that game away and they should have won and only won one nfc double and should have counted. >> thanks for spending time with us. >> no problem. anchor: well, it's a big game and cowboys and giants is at 4:25.

streak alive. it's the first bat of the day. that's cory dickerson that brings in the winning run. and that makes three hits as well. and now 18 of the next 24 games are away from the tropics. so far they've gone for 11 straight games so they're back for a handful so far. >> anchor: they're winding down. i feel a win. warning for homeowners... how this man was scammed out of nearly 15-hundred dollars... because he was trying to protect his ailing mother. tonight on the fox 13 11 o'clock news.

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tampa bay and i don't think it will continue. if it does we won't see as much moisture and showers moving from east to west. readings as high as 93 in sarasota. and gulf waters have dropped in the low 80s because of all that churning because o 90 in tampa, 90 in brooksville. >> sunshine with a small chance of afternoon highs in the low 90s. come in, google or just up for cash. you be the judge. a new report says working americans will plan to work in retirement. some say they like to work or just need the money.

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police. when they shoot at us, we'll shoot back. that's a guarantee. >> and he's now in the hospital and investigators believe he may have been linked to white supremacy. anchor: how a jewel thief ended upin anchor: you have to see this. a man almost had his car burned down all because of his cell phone. anchor: we begin at 11:00 tonight after that news alert in polk county. shooting erupted after a man fired atolicrs.