>> craft breweries could get a tax break from congress.

>> i'm sad for them. i'm sad for my son, i'm sad for all black kids who have to go to wiregrass ranch high school. >> students dressed in kkk costumes. why they did it and the punishment they are facing for this shocking stunt. >> and danger in the tropics tonight. paul is breaking down the latest track for you on where the storm may be heading. >> they are going to choose the options on the machine and we are offering healthier or better-for-you snacks. >> the new options you will find stuffed inside these new vending machines and when they will pop up in st. pete. >> good evening, i'm mark

well, first of all, administrators are not laughing after character dress-up day. three students are suspended after wearing what appear to be kkk hoods and robes. evan lambert is live at the school tonight where the costumes caused a wave of controversial. >> the students shared photos on snapchat leading to discipline from the district. >> we had three minute students dressed as klansmen, and those students will be up for displane. >> kurt browning superintendent for pasco schools made it clear. this is unacceptable.

ranch high school upper classmen in what appear to be kkk robes and hoods. they were supposed to dress up as characters for homecoming week. >> i think it's sad that anybody would think that is okay. >> this mother first brought the costumes to the school's attention after they showed up. they first said they were dressed doesn't buy it. >> bo ghosts don't have pointy s or hoods. it was clear in the photo what was being depicted. >> it saddened and angered students and parents. >> you don't think you should experience in this 2016 but it seems like everything as far as racial relations is concerned is

forwards. >> she also hopes that the entire school community can use this exercise in poor judgment as a lesson. >> i think it should be a learning experience. the school should do something, diversity or sensitivity training. >> the school says the homecoming dress-up days will continue in the future but they will take a look at whether they need to what is and is not appropriate. >> and paul is joining us now with the latest track. >> the 8:00 advisory is in and the storm continuing to get better organized. i think in a couple of days this will be a cat 3 hurricane although the forecast is keeping it a cat 2. the environment down here is

lots of deep, warm water, no sheer and no dry air to inhibit the intensification. here is the model today it. and it's pretty much in agreement. one spinning it a little bit to the west. what is happening earlier today, a noaa gulfstream 4 mission sampled the atmosphere around the storm and that information goes into the supercomputers and the foras that information is usually a lot more accurate. i'm expecting better forecasting in the next day or two. it should give us a better idea of where this storm is going. and the hurricane center has it has a category 2 approaching cuba, monday into tuesday, but i think before it reaches cuba, it will become a category 3. i agree with this track but notice the spread on the

still watching and any shift to the west would be troublesome for us but for now we are thinking a past east of our state. we'll fine-tune that in the next couple of days. check back with us in a couple of days and our wet weather continues into the first half of next week. i will see you again at about 10:20. >> we'll be waiting, paul, thank you. and just bring it back, that is the message from former coach after someone stole his high school jersey where where it was hanging for a candle lit vigil for the player who died in a boating accident over the weekend. coach landy faedo says some time

somebody grabs the jersey. >> it's really a symbol of a dream fulfilled and a life cut short but it's really a symbol of th all that is good about athletics and sports. >> and fernandez led alonso high school to two state championships. the sheriff's office is investigating the theft. >> and if you are craving can harder to find in st. pete. >> mark, through the next year, a new policy is going to affect all vending machines in all city-owned facilitied including parks, public pools and city hall just for name a few. >> the idea is simple, fewer kitkats fewer calories, the fewer pounds you gain.

got a lot easier in st. pete. >> we were offering come to our parks and get outdoors and the foods we were offering were higher in fat and sodium. >> and that means adios oreos and ciao to the cheezits. >> the gatorade. >> he says working with children ever day he sees firsthand what a poor diet can do to them. >> the kids in this country are unfit and i think it will be better to put healthier stuff in the vending machines for the

the area has more adults with high blood pressure and high cholesterol than the state and national average. >> we are middle of the road. we can do a lot >> better.>> and that starts with a better choice. >> me that i not get that candy bar but they will get something more nutritious that will hold them over with a whole-grain option. >> one of the new items you will see are granola bars and seltzer water instead of soda. this will impact 250,000 residents. mark, back to you. >> crystal, thanks. to the fight of against zika. is far from over. >> an alarming number of cases now in the state of florida and what is happening to the bill containing long-awaited money to fight this virus. we'll tell you about it.

go someplace i just get in the car and go, and i can't do that anymore. >> difficult decisions about driving. the two things that experts say you need keep in mind when you need keep in mind when talking to y i think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament. i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell you. i would bomb the [bleep] out of 'em. i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves. get him out of here! get him out of here! get the hell out of here! priorities usa action is responsible

zika cases continue to climb across the state! the health department now says more than 900 zika patients

travel-related cases. president obama has signed the bill that contained 1.1 billion to fight the virus, and congressman david jolly came back from d.c. and said he doesn't see eye to eye with the governor on how the locations of the cases are being reported to the public. >> i would advocate for more information to the public. allow the public to make decisions themselves and their families and that includes the traveling public. >> when it comes to the new funds jolly says it's a good first step but he will fight to get more money if need be. >> now it looks like the city of st. pete is facing its first lawsuit over the release of wastewater during hurricane hermine.

filed a lawsuit and they say there is no guarantee the city won't have to release wastewater again during a heavy rain event but steps are being taken to try to reduce the severity. >> what we can do is be as prepared as we can, and if we have large volumes of water that we do every we can to treat that water for if there are any overflows or discharges that at least it's t water that overflows and discharge and that it is not raw sewage. >> the lawsuit calls for upgrades to the system and money for damage caused by the discharge. next week the city council will talk about the possibility of reopening the closed albert whitted water treatment facility. >> and either way, paul, we are likely to get something from

>> we may get something good, if it passes to the east, like lower humidity next weekend, but in the meantime, no low humid, humidity, this is pure tropical air. check this out, it's a tropical thursday. sunset on hudson beach with tall clouds, and check that out, sunset at dover. and the clouds brought with them bands of rain that have moved across the peninsula. we are still adding days to our 90-plus records. look at this. tampa has been 90 or above 102 days. the average is 73. st. pete, 55 days. the bay he helping here, and

the gulf not helping much. 112 days 90 or above and the long-term arrange is 58, almost double that, it's hard to do, it really is. and so today, west wind, lots of tropical moisture, and every once in a while some energy goes by. we'll see a lull tonight, and i think we'll see more west winds tomorrow, with rounds of showers and thunderstorms inland, most of the time it will be rain free, with y will be coming down good. that has diminished quite a bit but very heavy rain for our viewers in manatee and costal areas. rain by punta gorda, and we zoom in and it's not really much at all. north port and englewood, and storms off the coastline. one more stop is off the coast

small showers that will move on shore late tonight. judging by the satellite presentations and we'll get into advisories at 11:00, the storm is intensifying. we call this a central dense overcast and it's a sign of an intensifying stormers and as we said at 10:00, the forecast as it passes near cuba is to be a cat 2. thank is willing to may it should be at least a cat 3 before it gets buy the island, and so matthew is 14.2, 68.1, p top winds at 75 ad 98 pressure, probably lower than that. and it's going to spin around the this, that is why it's making a ar right hand turn.

are at risk and then we'll have to watch for the new data to come into the supercomputer models and we'll see if there is a shift to the west. right now there is pretty good agreement of a storm parallelling us and on the east side it's lo a lot worse than on the west side, and so let's hope this storm wide berth. this is thi thursday of next we, and the gfs model has the storm up in canada on saturday at 10:00, and the european model was monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday has the storm over the bahamas.

is bahamas. you see why the forecast can be tough? you are dealing with models that are both very good but are all over the boards. and at this point next weekend, that is when the dry air comes in on the backside, and it may introduce a dryer and cooler air mass next week. we'll talk about that of course, when the storm goes by. first things first. costalho tonight and down to 78. tomorrow, one more day of a west wind. now, the wind p flip-flops over the weekend, as matthew impact the wind flow, and as flows go from east to west on saturday, there will be often storms sunday, monday and tuesday with rain chances fairly high for early october and then hopefully some dry weather arrives late

on. we'll have the 11:00 advisory coming up at like 11:00. >> funny how that works! all right, paul, thanks. and a possible break for breweries. >> if you love craft beers, you will love this. the plan that could ?? halloween excitement is back at dunkin' with 2 dozen donuts for $12.99. drizzled, decorated, and all dressed up for the season,

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new at ten.. can congress >> new at 10:00, can congress agree on beer? craft brews in the tampa bay area are certainly hoping so. a proposal is gaining steam to cut taxes in half specifically for small breweries. >> evan, how jobs? it apparently would, right? >> well, yeah, mark. it's interesting. in the last two years this place has been open they have gone from having two employees to 28 and their ability to grow more may well depend on whether they are hire more people to pump out the beer. >> a craft brewery is a place where dreams -- become real, especially when you have started

>> for the last three years i have had more fun than ever in my life. >> they sell 10,000 barrels aa year, and he pays $7 a barrel to the federal government on the excise tax but who does it hit harder? him or budweiser. >> it hits them. >> and congress -- yes, congress could help. >> i would hire more people, some more brewers and try to make and sell more beer. >> three daughters brews in st. pete has 53 employees and sells 14,000 barrels of beer a year, and they could save nearly

one more sales person out on the streets. >> and in tampa bay, the number of breweries has grown to 63, and yet three daughters says less than 3% of all of the beer sold in tampa bay is craft, but any little opening helps them to live their dream. >> if we can get that bar outside of orlando to carry just one craft and see that there is value in what we are able to produce, the rest of us wil fall in behind. >> and you talk about the potential for by partisanship, industry lobbyists say that more than half of the senate is already on the record supporting this legislation. >> it doesn't surprise me at all. evan, thank you very much. all right, horror for a woman in los angeles. >> a kidnapping case is rocking the area.

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(mark/ developing >> developing tonight one of the most heavily traveled transit stations in the east is a disaster scene as a train crashed into the station early this morning during rush hour, one woman was killed and 100 other people were hurt. witnesses say the train never slowed down. do we have an idea what happened >> they don't, and federal invoicinvestigators say this cod take weeks or months to figure out. it could be mechanical or an incapacincaincapaciated enginee. the speed limit approaching the station is 10 miles per hour,

say it was going much faster than that and they never heard or felt the brakes being applied. the train crashed through a concrete barrier and slammed into the waiting area of the station itself. witnesses say the impact sounded like a bomb. >> the lights went out and the train didn't stop and people were falling over who were standing and then the roof of the train popped down, caved in. >> it first shimmied think thought was this is going to be a life changer and then the impact came and it is a life-changer for everybody. >> and a life ender, too, sadly a woman standing on the platform was killed by flying debris, 108 people injured including the engineer but he is now out of the hospital and is cooperating

the black box will be pulled to see how fast the train was going and if the brakes were applied. this has re renewed interest in positive train control, the technology that slows down speeding trains and could have prevented the crash. but railroad companies pushed back and regulators extended the deadline to the end of 2018, we'll see if that deadline moves back up now. >> and you caught on c camera, a woman dragge from a los angeles convenience store while on-lookers stood by and did nothing to stop. police say jose caro was armed with a hammer and dragged the woman and forced her inside his car and took off. he took her to a cemetery in

he was arrested after a chase ended in a crash and they were only alerted to this whole thing thanks to the store's silent alarm. people who knew the victim say she tried to get a restraining order against this guy in the past. unbelievable. and students at a local beauty school are finding themselves in an ugly situation tonight. they all received an abrup institute was calling all of its locations nation-wide. including one in carrollwood. the students tell us they are crushed because this throws a major wrench in their career plans. >> i felt nauseous and dizzy and i couldn't talk for a second because i thought it was a prank. >> we take pride knowing that we are giving them an education to

have that. >> regency is encouraging students to complete their education through a teach-out, that is basically finishing up at another accredited school. several students say they are working on that already but expect it to be a major adjustment. >> and some of the safest drivers on the road are older drivers but all good things must come to an end. attempting to tell a should stop driving can be a painful discussion but some humor and some respect can go a long way. >> the depression was over, and the cigar business was booming and this man was a lively% 15-year-old. >> it was wonderful. we lived on prospect road and we had a long driveway and i drove back and forth. >> i had one day a week that i drove the car pools.

their family. ask her mom posed in front of the family's model t but as she approached 90, things changed. >> in the past couple of years my brothers and sisters and i could sit down with her and talk about the driving situation. >> and in interesting twist it her driving. >> i used to just get in the car and anymore. >> so instead of taking a driver's test she turned in her keys for good. for some families, however, it can be a bumpy ride. >> we went through difficult times with mom and dad trying to get the keys away.

>> deciding to give up your keys is a difficult discussion. >> look, you are not in trouble and we are not angry. we just need to talk with you about your driving. >> light-hearted videos like these are designed to break the ice and start the conversation. >> let's talk about it being a game plan and maybe even a step-by-step instead of a knee-jerk you can't drive at all forever amen. >> roberts wisdom. >> the main thing is up-front communication, being able to have a dedicated sit-down meeting with the parent and review all of the options. >> and give them an opportunity to speak up for how they feel. >> and nell is no longer behind the wheel because she had the good sense to know when to stop.

>> you know if you find yourself needing an approach to an older parent about turning over the car keys we have a number of resources to help, including the alternative transportation idea. go to fox13news.com and you will find the link there to get the conversation started. it's one of those conversations that you have to have and you never know how to start it. hopefully before something happened. >> that is the key, you worry about their safety. >> department is among the first in the nation to make this change, and up next big change for some officers. what they will be firing from their g deputies are on the lookout tonight for a "creepy clown" that's disturbing some students.... where he was last seen, tonight at eleven.

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phone app, on the fox 1 11:00 10 news. >> and some officers will be the first in the country to start using nonlethal shotguns. it's a potentially life-safing change in the weapons that officers use. they fire bean bags instead of bullets. >> our job it to do everything we c force. over the next six weeks we'll train the entire department on the weapons and the tactics on the use of the weapons. >> new police officers graduated from the academy yesterday and we are told there will be about 40 officers using the shotgun. >> and not long of a recall tied to overheating and exploding phones samsung has another

with washing machines. their top-loader washing machines, the company revealed in its talks with the consumer products safety commission with problems with shakes so extreme that the machine was left in pieces. march 2011 and april of this year are the manufacture dates for the machines in question, but they have not get >> the bolts back on the ice and the bucs are trying to learn what it takes to br beat the broncos this sunday, and archer is joined by a small group of players on the diamond tonight >> and thousands of thank-you

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dana young has our back and she has yours. dana young for the florida senate. a return to common sense. its time for the good >> it is time for the good stuff and we're going to begin talking about thousands of kids in polk county. this is a beautiful story. they wrote thank-you notes to first responders. >> 3600 students wrote letters to police officers and firefighters and emergency personnel, from all over polk county, and did it just to say thanks for putting their lives

got back from training with the% national guard, and he was surprised as his daughter's letter to him was read. >> is there a deputy dustin panthalone present? >> when you heard your name called did you have any idea of what was going on? >> no. >> it's hard to thank you but you risk your life ever day for our state and country. >> read and polk county schools. >> never get enough opportunities to do that. and then of course reminding them about 9/11. >> it certainly always goes back to that. so i'm glad we were able to share that. and it's community policing at its best. we have great pictures. the sarasota police department

taking time out of his day to play a quick game of football with some neighborhood kids. this was 15th and orange avenue, and that is community policing. >> there it is right there. and i'm sure that will stick with those kids for a long time. and what better way to say thanks than with lunch. an attorney dropped off 15 pizzas just to show his support from the men in blue. good stuff iee about good stuff happening in your life, just send us a message, pictures and videos are great, and either mark or my facebook page, and i'm sure we are going to use it on the air if you send it to us. let us no he about good stuff happening in your life. >> we all need good stuff in our life. and do we have good stuff for the rays tonight? >> well, if good stuff is happening in my life, can i just

to your facebook. >> no, we have to put it on tv. >> well then, yeah, good stuff on the way for the rays. they are still playing and exactly two weeks from today, many of the lightning players have already knocked off the roster in the world cup of hockey, and that is why many of the world's biggest stars were not on the ice tonight. in game two w early missed opportunity for the bolts. just a picture-perfect chance to put this one in but they couldn't bury it. christian had a stand-outperformens. 21 saves in all. second period now, lightning score two unanswered goals, jeremy with the first of the night and that would be all the lightning would need.

2-0. and when the bucs line up against the broncos on sunday they will pose a much bigger challenge than the rams did. they are 3-0 and the bucs particularly defensively are struggling. this su summed up their day last week. and this draw play almost never seems to work but they 22. back on the practice field, mike smith addressing three things, team, technique and the belief that this team can win games. >> an old coach told me you got to learn to stop losing before you learn to win. and you know, there's lots of teams that have a problem with that. you know, and as a defense, and

making him the mistakes so we can start playing the type of football that we know we are capable of playing. >> coming up on sunday, right here on fox 13, 10:30 a.m. tailgate sunday gets going and we hand it off to fox network coverage with the panthers and falcons coming up at 1:00. and hoping to avoid the signature if a of being the season. here is the base hit. so this gets a run across, later mike with his third home run of the season, so in his final and instead becomes just the

inninings pitched for the season and so it could have been a bad night but looks like it's going be a good night and hopefully they can hang on and get the victory. >> i'm glad archer did not get a loss. i was worried about him because he is so nice. >> and a good pitcher, too. >> a good pitcher but he has worked so hard, and he is a nice guy. >> all right, taking drivers out of your hands. the latest company that developing a vo: we asked women in pinellas county

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>> this definitely has been the rainbow season, with a double rain and you can use this umbrella the next couple of days as rainfall will be above average. nice to see no 90's in the viewing area, and for them our west wind becomes a land wind and tends to heat them up on the west coast, and there is a lull in the rain coverage but i think

there will be showers near the coast that gradually head inland. right now showers west and southwest of us and showers over by the turnpike and rain in sections of citrus county, and then our temps will ta stay in e low to mid 80's with a decent chance of rain coming in from the gulf. >> call them moonlighting millennials. three of ten full-time workers currently have a side gig to make extra money, and many of those are millennials but the latest company wants to take the driving out of your hands, a swedish automaker is looking to start them on the road in three

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presented her with a scholarship for $10,000. and of course she still has to work hard. >> this is the first time we have ever admitted a student at this early age and it was just because jordan was so special. she touched us with her video and her spirit and her positive attitude. >> several members of jordan's family attended the special assembly where the 8-year-old got her wish earlier expected and she still has a couple of years of school but nobody is doubting her drive to get there. >> you know it's a good day when cheerleaders show up to give you a check for $10,000. >> you work hard in school and this is what you can earn. >> cynthia and chris, take it away. >> pinellas county is on the look-out for a creepy clown. >> can you believe it, reports

stop has parents on edge. >> if this is a practical joke, it's not funny. >> and tonight tampa bay has its own clown caper. >> i think it's very, very sad that anybody could think that is okay. >> spirit week taking an offensive turn at a local high school after some students dress up as klan members. what they say the costumes were supposed to be. >> we embrace the look,s >> warming up to ride sharing. the deal that could keep uber and lyft in hillsborough county. >> and starting with this, you know we've seen these stories all across the country, stories of creepy clowns in at least one case trying to lure children. now a teen in largo says she was chased by one as she walked to