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

find out exactly who is behind that mask. that is pretty creepy. definitely qualified as creepy, all right, haley, live in largo, what gives. >> the girl said it happens in this area of trotter road and 134th avenue, and this is just one in a sp string of recent cry clown reports cropping up across the country, and the sheriff's office warns there i line between mischief and a misdemeanor charge. >> this woman would not believe why her phone rang early wednesday morning. >> i received a call from my daughter saying that clown was chasing her. >> you heard that right, a clown. some friends were walking to their bus stop. >> she passed a bush and noticed something strange and when she

away. >> they thought they got away, but the clown chased them one more time before they could get on the bus. >> you never know who is behind the clown mask. could be a pedophile, well t wee tons of them in this area. >> it was a white mask with yellow eyes and red hair. >> you just one of a series of recent reports of creepy clown sightings across the country. have on a clown mask, but when you start harassing others then it does become illegal. >> while we were shooting video a group of kids claim they had just been chased. >> the people that are doing that are not clowns. they are dressing up like clowns. >> joyce teaches caring clown college at largo medical center,

with sinister intentions could tarnish the reputations of those clowns who want to spread cheer, and not fear. >> we want to engage one-on-one and touch people's lives in a positive manner. >> so far the pinellas county sheriff's office says this is the only local case they are aware of. some of the cases across the country have ultimately been deem you see anything suspicious, do not hesitate to give them a call. >> let's limit our clowns to the red-nosed goofy kind. >> that is the best kind. >> i agree with you there, and paul just got an update on hurricane matthew. >> there is no doubt that the storm continues to intensify.

you see like a big circle of white. we call this a central dense overcast. the pressure is dropping and the environment is favorable to development and intensification. in the next several days this should be a major hurricane as it gets up by jamaica, hearing d cuba. for now it's still classified a measures the temperature of the clouds and the red and purple represent cold cloud tops and they are going and expanding around the center of matthew. the thinks is that the storm is probably going to parallel our state, stay enough to the east

except for a gusty northeast wind, however, but there is stale ways to go and any shift to the west of this track could play a role or impact our state but for now the thinks is the storm will bypass our state and drag dry air our way in about a week or so, around that would be a nice byproduct of matthew but until then there could be all sorts of and the bahamas. the pressure went from 987 to 983. a big right hand turn around an approaching trough in the gulf and high pressure up over the atlantic and then the storm will start accelerating through the bahamas. the margin or error is huge here, and so we'll pay attention to the sunday to tuesday time frame. i think it will be a major

forecast at 11:20, i will see you then. >> thank you, paul. well, they claim to be dressed as ghosts but school officials say they are clearly klansmen and now these three wiregrass ranch high school students are facing discipline. >> the students posted video and pictures of themselves in costume on campus on snapchat, and soon after told them they would be suspended. the three upper classmen showed up looking like members of the kkk. they said they were ghosts but the superintendent didn't buy that. and now they are facing up to a 10-day suspension. and a fourth boy came wrapped in a confederate flag but he was asking to take his flag off and

several students and parents shea they were saddens and shocked by the inappropriate costumes. >> you don't think you should experience this in 2016 but it seems like everything as far as racial relations is concerned is going backwards instead of forwards. >> and they are going to take a look at whether or not they need to clarify what is and what is not appropriate. evan lambert, fox 1 news. >> and districts are not taking changes. >> a bill will soon go into effect that strengthening the ppemenpenalties for anyone who s to carry out violation at a vioa school.

threat on the school it was not a joke. it was very serious because what if someone did shoot up the school. i ended up staying home for two days because of it. >> with highly publicized school shootings as recently as yesterday in south carolina the times is appropriate but when someone makes a joke to shoot up a school, people panic. >> the law would make a threat a applies to stadiums and public office buildings and public servants and elected officials as well as others. >> and police say this man lied during an intern investigation with lying about an officer assaulting a 15-year member of

broom was fired after the state sent him a letter saying he could no longer testify in court. court. >> and st. pete is phasing out junk food from its vending vendg machines. soon there will be low calorie in in in that cases at city hal, pools and rec centers. a study finding that adults and children have average incident of diabetes, and obesity and bl blood pressue issues. >> so instead of candy bars you will see things like whole grain crackers, and granola bars and selseltser water. >> and a young florida businessman is paying for forward all while promoting his latest creation.

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prevented the crash. >> and as rereported last night, companies like uber and lyft have reportedly agreed to tougher background check including a criminal background and interpol and fbi and a search of sex offender and other databases. what it does not include is fingerprinting and that is why uber pulled out of austin, texas. today we hear from board members who say they are really to embrace the popular service. >> government regulation is good but sometimes too much government regulation stifles progress and holds us back. this is a good thing moving forward. as a millennial, i will say my generation embraces this. this is the way of the future. >> now, this is a different story from two weeks ago when

fingerprinting. but a vote on the new deal that does not will be held on october 13. >> i'll tell you talk about a wild kay, you ought to check out the time lapse, on the johns hopkins hospital cam. watch in the distance, a rainbow goes by, and rain and clouds moving all different directions and then rain pouring down, a wild, wild scene and i will tell you where it was really bad today, our friends in manatee and sarasota counties. from 4:00 to 7:00, it gave july a run for its money, with that much rain around. now there is a lull but we still have a west wind and a couple of showers and thundershowers i

and beside that things are pretty quiet across the peninsula. we'll have one more day of a west wind, meaning one more day of showers near the coast in the day and early in the afternoon and by later in the day the storms start shifts to the east coast. over the weekend, a part of matthew approaching from the south, and we'll start to see showers and thunderstorms moving the afternoon. right now 80's and 70's and look how close, this is really close the dry air is. 65, and 57, panama city, and 50's in pensacola. we are like a four or five-hour drive away from a nice touch of autumn. the problem is i don't think much of it gets into the viewing

unanhernando counties will be dr and cooler, and of course this is the ultimate in tropical weather. this is hurricane matthew churning in the c caribbean. i don't think there is a doubt that it will turn westward, and then this turn to the north is really going to be the key. how soon does it happen? stronger and push the track a little bit more to the west? or for that w matter wo could ie weaker and move the track to the east? i still feel pretty good that the hurricane will bypass us but you see the cone extending over

will stay primarily east of our state putting us on the better side of the storm. the gps model had been also showing the right hand turn, a major hurricane approaching jamaica, and problems in the bahamas and then it could impact the carolyn in as and then moving northeast. the european model is move between cuba and haiti, and then maybe over the turks and caicos and then accelerate north and northeast. so we'll be fine-tuning it. one side note, if the european verifies and we have a big storm off of the carolyn in a coast next weekend, that will drag down the first touch of autumn. sometimes hurricanes that bypass

dryer air and so next weekend could -- could be a bit dryer especially from tampa bay north. tomorrow, showers and thunderstorms will be moving inland during the day and we are back up to 87. and the forecast for saturday, storms moving from east to west. in the upper 80's and no cool air to spoke of on this seven-day, and rain through tuesday and we could b and less humid next weekend. more on matthew tomorrow morning on good day, tampa bay. >> dryer and less humid. >> sign us up. >> i know, and this is that the student behind the idea of download the app and win a college education. >> but how can he afford this? a look at his creation and his

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phone and see what is going on in realtime. >> say you're at the university of central florida on football game today. >> and you are looking for a party or a group of people, you pull out your phone and go on promo and go on the sponsored events and it has all of these events located all over the map. >> but here is the really cool part, george is running contest and you win if you create the biggest event this semester using the app. >> if you do, you will receive a full ride and prior student loan department for your tuition just wiped out, gone. >> and we are talking about anywhere. >> anywhere, you are good. >> harvard, yale. >> anyway, you are go. >> so how does a college kid do that? we pressed him and turned out

well known family. >> i was fortunate enough to be born into a family where money is not really an object. >> john d. rockefeller was his great, great, great grand fore, grandfather,and so george agreep privileges in florida but his life was not all sunshine and happiness. >> i was a bad boy, a really bad boy. >> he ended up in reform school in the utah desert. >> it changes my outlook. >> really? >> completely. >> and now he wants to give back, continuing the family tradition of philanthropy,ine if the app fails. >> there is a kid out there getting a ride to college and i would will have learned a lot, t fails. paying it forwards.

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