. >> and this man, 34-year-old lawrence franklin deliberate by hit a carol the volunteer would not let him cut in line, but this man has come up with an app that could help. >> cynthia, the app is called pick my kid and it allows kids to track each parents's vehicle so students are ready and waiting when they pull up. the app was created out of frustration and a concern for safety, too. >> i was not paying attention, i was on the phone and they put back and saw a white kid sitting in the back of my car and it was like that is not my kid. where is my daughter? >> it was at that moment he realized that the school pick-up process has problems. >> i was sitting in the carlines car lilines 30, 40 minutes a d. >> it spe the process. >> there are about 20 to 50 teachers braving the sun and rain with walkie-talkies dodging traffic and they do this ever single day thanklessly. >> and it proves to be danger for this volunteer, ed din man. hit me, drove right into me. >> this app helps to avoid the vushal tussle with teachers. >> they can delegate littlejohn any to be picked up by the neighbor or

lawrence franklin was arrested for aggravated battery with w a vehicle at colusa elementary school in pasco county. officers say he crammed the school volunteer tuesday morning with the car. the victim said he asked franklin not to cut the line and block traffic. then he says the dad got angry. >> he gunned it again and then hit me. >> you went on the hood? >> yes. >> he now has a gash on his knee. he's volunteered at that school two years and says a lot of impatient parents need to be more cautious around kids. >>> hillsborough county working hard to get homeless veterans off the streets. u.s. secretary of veterans affairs is visiting tampa today to highlight the efforts. he'll meet with county commissioners and tampa hillsborough homeless initiative. we told you in may when authorities revealed the total homeless population in the tampa bay area is rising, leaders ve especially for homeless vets. >>> a 2-year-old boy continues to defy the odds when he was born doctors gave him a slim chance of survival. jackson beautiful was born with half a brain and skull missing. when he was born

deputies tell us lawrence franklin refused to go in the correct drop off lane this morning. we are told franklin took his foot off the brake and allowed his car to roll into the volunteer who was trying to direct him. the victim had a minor injury. >>> parents tell us it is daily danger for their children. side for help worried that a terrible accident is just around the corner. a small sidewalk runs along the stretch of road in front of clearwater central catholic school. now, one mother says she sees students walking and riding their bikes in the street. 8 on your side east jamel lanee joins us now. she is live along the road. and jamel, what is the county saying about this potential danger? >> reporter: good evening stacie. well, the county says that there are road, but parents say it will be too late. anna constantine won't let her son ride his bike to school. >> they have absolutely no sidewalks to ride on out of the traffic. we can't share the road. there's no bike lane. >> reporter: the road stretches about a mile. there is a sidewalk in front of the school. but, we f

deputies tell us this guy lawrence franklin refused to go in the correct drop-off lane at the school. franklin reportedly took his foot off the brake, allowing the car to roll into a volunteer trying to direct traffic there. the victim had a minor injury. >>> 4:38. leigh has a check on the weather. >> not a bad morning for you. there's a couple showers offshore. let me take you through the temperatures hour by 79 degrees at 8:00 a.m. 84 at 11:00. 88degrees at 2:00 p.m. with the afternoon high of 90. the yellow shaded area near the coast, that's the smallest rain chance, 20% between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and then most of us basically from tampa east through lakeland and sebring, about a 30% chance between 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. and tropical depression karl. but is expected to strengthen even moving away from the u.s. coastline. and tropical storm lisa which will also fizzle out in the atlantic. good news there. and hopefully i don't have chocolate in my teeth. i've been eating a goo goo cluster. >> thank you for bringing them for my birthday. >> happy birthday. >> from one southern

deputies tell us this guy lawrence franklin refused to go in the correct drop-off lane at the school. franklin reportedly took his foot off the brake, allowing the car to roll into a volunteer trying to direct traffic there. >>> an air conditioning scare prompted evacuation preparations at a hospital. luckily the ac came back on so no patients had to be moved. an explosion caused by a chilled water pump failure knocked out ac for about two hours last night. there are no reports of injuries. it's 5:38 on this wednesday morning and another muggy morning. >> it is. the last full day of summer. and it will feel every bit of summer as you're out and about throughout the day. now keeping the forecast at about 78 degrees at 7:00 a.m. just a fast warm-up to 83 at 10:00. by 1:00 p.m., it's 87. and the high temperature should happen around 4:00 p.m. and 90 degrees. and what about the rain chances? that yellow shaded area basically along the coast, west of 75, you really only have a 20% rain chance between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. that's the lowest rain chance. and then from tampa, i-75 from wesl

. >> reporter: deputies already lawrence franklin and charged him with felony aggravated battery with a vehicle. all of it started over something foolish. >> when he tried to cut the line, i jumped over and then i said you can't jump the line. that's not right for these people who have been here for an hour and a half. he blew the horn three to five times laying on it. and i laughed. you know, you can blow all the horn you want. >> reporter: the horn apparently wasn't enough. that's when franklin inched his he says that he was bumped once and then again. >> and then he hit me again. when he hit me again is when he cut me open. >> reporter: franklin is in the pasco county jail. no one is at his home for comment. >> i think that he needs to go somewhere. i don't even know if a jail would help him. >> reporter: in pasco county michael paluska abc action news. >>> a miami construction worker in critical condition tonight. police saying that he was hit by lightning as he worked on the roof of a building. the flash also knockedou ropes to lower him safely to the ground. >>> yeah wendy, thes

by parent lawrence franklin, when he called him out for cutting in the car line.."i went to walk away and he hit me. drove right into me."bhava's app helps avoid the verbal tussles with teachers.. "they can actually manage the afterschool process. they can delegate little johnny to be picked up swipe..teachers can notify parents the second their child steps on a bus or walks off school grounds..helping to ease their worries..and possibly..avoid the pick up process all together.."we are in a time in space where we can make a difference. we can change it using technology, (wally) schools would pay 20-dollars a day to use the 'pik my kid' app... and it would be ?free for ?parents. (vanessa) the app has launched in 15 states..and locally, it's already being used at berkeley prep in tampa.. for schools that can't afford the full app, the company has also developed a free "call in" program that's available now for ?any school. ((vanessa)) for a bike ride, thinking it would be smooth and easy. not so much... ((walter)) just ahead: the creepy i'm hillary clinton and i appro

. >> he said the man behind the wheel, lawrence franklin, copped an attitude whipping around and cutting to the front of the line. what don't you get you cannot park here either. >> he notified the driver that that would not do and directed him to loop out and around to the back of the line like everyone else. >> he blew the horn at me. i laughed. hit me. drove into me. >> he hopped to regain his balance before co, franklin hit him again. >> i was on the hood i caught myself. parents and a bus driver called on aer nearby deputy to help. >> it was a shock. we have people who grumble and but they go pack. hauled off in front of a parade of parents. the volunteer is okay beside some cuts to the leg. he said he will school parents as a volunteer. >> kids are learning to go by the rules why can't the parents. >> in pasco county, anjuli davis, fox 13 news. >> he is facing charges of battery with a vehicle on a person over the age of 65. >>> a burglar didn't bother trying the door he or them tried to go through the wall. yes, they investigated a attempted break in at the at&t store. they pulled

deputies tell us this guy lawrence franklin refused to go in the correct drop-off lane at the school. franklin reportedly took his foot off the brake, allowing the car to roll into a volunteer trying to direct traffic there. >>> yeah, just seeing the first glimpses of daylight. this is way it looks above the veterans expressway from the veterans ford camera and seeing the brighter sky in the distance. 76degrees at this location. from there, we will go to 81 by 9:00 a.m. and 86 at noon. hot day today, 4:00 p.m., high temperature of 90. if you live along the coast between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., just a 20% rain chance. but even inland areas east of 75, eastern hillsborough, eastern pasco and manatee and polk county and highlands county, your rain chance is 30% between 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. tropical depression karl, downgraded this morning and it's going to hang out in the open waters of the atlantic. same thing for tropical storm lisa. it should fizzle out in the next five days as well. at 6:38, we will check on traffic on the 8s where big in pasco county. i'll get to the that in a m

that parent, lawrence franklin was arrested for aggravated battery with a vehicle at colusa elementary school in pasco county. investigators say franklin rammed that school volunteer tuesday morning with his car. william deniman, the victim said he asked franklin not to cut the line and block traffic. then became belligerent. >> then he gunned it again and that's when he hit me and i -- i braced myself that way so i wouldn't fall. >> you went >> yeah. >> debiman suffered a gash to the left knee. volunteered at that school two years and says a lot of imfacial parents need to be more cautious around kids. impatient. >>> a warning for parents now, pay extra attention to who your kids are in contact with on the phone and social media. they are especially worried now that a convicted sex offender is back on the streets. here's the picture of derek rivera, recently released from with minors but broke both rules after his release. he's been in contact with an 8- year-old using facebook and instagram. >>> deputies found an elderly sebring man dead on the kitchen floor and searching for the peo

investigators believe that lawrence franklin refused to drive in the proper lane as instructed by the 79-year-old volunteer and then took his foot off the brake and allowed the car to roll into the volunteer causing a minor injury. >>> and more investigation into millions if of gallons of contaminated -- millions of gallons of contaminated water leaking into the aquifer. >> eagle 8 hd flew over the scene moments ago. they are under fire for failing to timely notify neighbors about a sinkhole opening in august. and now steve andrews tells us polk county also knew about the incident and failed to go of the sinkhole at mosaic september 9th, a week before we broke the story yet they contend dep didn't live up to its responsibility to notify neighbors. the commission chair contends the ball was in dep's court when they learned of the leak into the aquifer. >> polk county has -- we're pre- empted by fdep. they are monitoring. >> reporter: this mosaic big-wigs expressed regret for sitting on the information for 19 days. >> i deeply regret and apologize for not providing that information soon

deputies say lawrence franklin deliberately hit a volunteer for not letting him the app was created as much out of frustration as a concern for safety. >> i was not paying attention. i was on the phone, just driving out. i turn back and see this white car in the back of my car. that's not my kid. >>jennifer: use the pick my kid app. app has launched in 15 states and locally it's already being used at berkeley preparatory school in tampa. >>russell: those of you looking for a different way to cross the bay can do so this fall. pilot prime minister, if it's a success, operators say they will expand it. ferry will lock at the yacht basin in st. pete and near the convention center in tampa. ride will take 50 minutes. round trip ticket will cost $10. >>jennifer: la c.v.s. in tampa. pharmacy plans to let go of 94 facilities on benjamin road october 18. most of those let go are in the billing department. spokesperson for the company says all employees will be able to apply for open positions in the tampa market if they want. >>walter: it's 7:33. lucrative as the yankees. nine home runs at the

some parents called police and that father 34-year-old lawrence franklin was arrested and is now facingrs. >>> new jersey woman arrested over dispute with her mailroom mate. what cops say she did once he said, hmm, no to sex. >>> and coming up at 11:00 he's carrying a black bag and wearing white hat. surveillance video shows this guy walking around local business and police say he's up to no good. why officers want to find him. >>> our kathy orr is track your forecast. >> absolutely. fall begins tomorrow, lucy, but it certainly won't feel like it. it will be feeling more like summer for now before the big cool down. we'll take look at that in the seven day coming up much i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. i know more about isis then the generals do. john mccain, a war hero. he's not a war hero, he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured ok. donald trump compared his sacrifices to the sacrifices of two parents who lost their son in war. how would you answer that father? what sacrifice have you made for your country? i think i've made a lot o

right now you're looking a mug shot of 34-year-old, lawrence dean franklin. he's accused of a not only breaking the rules, but breaking the law. and right now, we learn the trouble started if parent drop off loop. deputies say franklin refused to switch lanes ask could have put people walking in danger. volunteer stood in front of car to intervene. just listen to what happened next. intentionally took his foot off the brakes. the car struck the 79-year-old man injuring him deputies arrest franklin on felony charge for using a vehicle to harm someone over the age of 65. he's in jail this morning in land o'lakes with $50,000 bond. and the volunteer is expected to be okay. we reached out to pasco county schools this morning and spokesperson provided a statement for us over the phone as she told me, car lines dangerous. and the people who are out there directly traffic are there to protect the staff and students. parents are expected to be the direction to obey the direction of those people while in the car lines. we are flabbergasted that anyone would actually t

this is 34-year-old lawrence dean franklin. he's accused of not only breaking rules but breaking the law. you're looking at his mug shot. in the parent dropoff loop. deputies say franklin refused to switch lanes and could have put people walking in danger. a volunteer stood in front of the car to intervene but listen to what happened next. authorities tell us franklin intentionally took his foot off the brakes. the car struck the 79-year-old man, injuring him. deputies arrested franklin for using his car to hurt someone over the age of 65. he's behind bars in the land o lakes jail and he has a bond at $50,000. as for the volunteer, the volunteer is expected to be okay. of course, we'll continue to follow this story and we'll keep you posted if we learn anything further. back to you. >>laura: we know you will. thank you. top officials at mosaic are apologizing for how they handled a massive radioactive spill at their plant in mulberry. >> we realize that we could have done a better job and providing more timely notification to o

you're looking right now at the mug shot of 34-year-old lawrence dean franklin. he's accused of not only breaking rules but law. we learned trouble started tuesday morning in the parent dropoff loop here in new port richey. franklin refused to switch lanes and could have put people walking in danger. a volunteer stood in front of the car to intervene and just listen to what happened next. franklin intentionally took his foot off the brakes. the car struck the 79-year-old man, injuring him. deputies arrested franklin on a felony charge for using his age of 65. now, he reportedly told deputies he felt threatened when the volunteer asked him to move to another lane. we can tell you this morning, franklin is waking up behind bars in the jail in land o lakes and he's being held on bond of $50,000. as for the volunteer, he is expected to be okay. of course, we're going to continue to follow the story and keep you posted as we gather any further details. back to >>laura: thank you. it is 7:07 now and the number of zika cases in florida continues to grow. there are three

take look at your screen, this is 34-year-old lawrence dean franklin. he's accused of a not only breaking the rules, but breaking the law. you're looking his mug shot we learned trouble started tuesday morning and parent drop off loop at the school in new port richey. deputies say franklin refused to switch lanes and could have put people walking in danger. a volunteer stood in front of the car to intervene. next, authorities tell us franklin intentionally took his foot off the brakes the the car stuck 79-year-old man injuring him i went to walk away and he hit me. drove right into me. and then, i naturally backed up enough that i got caught in my balance. then i went to go, and he, hit me again. that's when he really hit me. now deputies arrested franklin on a felony charge for using his car to hurt someone over the age of he was arrested taken to jail in land o'lakes with bond set at $50,000. >> the volunteer is expected to be okay. we did reach out though to pasco county school district and as spokesperson was able to provide a statement to us over t

this is mug shot for 34-year-old lawrence dean franklin. breaking the rulgs but breaking the law. now, we learned trouble started tuesday morning and parent drop off loop at school. deputies say franklin refused to switch lanes and could have put people walking in danger. a volunteer stood in front of car to intervene listen to what happened next. authorities tell us franklin intentionally took his foot off the brakes, the car struck the 79-year-old volunteer, injuring him. deputies arrested franklin on that felony charge for vehicle to hurt someone over the age of 65. today franklin is waking up behind bars in jail and land o'lakes facing a bond of $50,000. as for that volunteer, he is expected to be okay. we anticipate school starting shortly here at can will you is an elementary school. so we will stay on top of and keep you posted. if we learn anything further, guys. back to you. all right shayla, thank you. new this morning a family of 4 is safe. after their home went up in flames in oldsmar overnight. the fire broke out earlier this morning home on monte go court. two adults

deputies tell us that lawrence franklin refuseed to go in the correct lane at the that's when he reportedly took his foot off the brake, allowing the car to roll into >>> we are back with america ferrara and her hit show of course is "superstore." it returns for a new season tomorrow night. how fun is it to work on -- we have an ensemble show here. how does that feel? >> it's the best, it's amazing. everyone on the show is so different, so unique. comes from such a different background. a lot of comedy people on the show. mark, colton dunn, who comes from the comedy world, lauren ash, mico santos, he's a stand-up comedian. so on top of fabulous writers, and i'm a little outside of my comfort zone because i'm an actor but getting to play with them feels like just playing in the big leagues. they're amazing. >> we actually have a clip. this is the fake ad with cloud nine store. check it out. >> it's back to school, mom brand kicks. >> when school starts, your friends will say cool, your sneakers aren't any brand. >> which means no one will steal them. >> same goes with our backpacks with a no

lawrence at 56 degrees. framingham at 52. franklin at 53 degrees. swinging inland, worcester at 63. travelling into pepperell or southern new hampshire, amherst, new hampshire. you will find those 50s. 50s south shore as well as the south coast and the cape. sunny back by.evening and the pats game by gillette. 6 degrees at 8:30 this evening. julie grauert is back now with live drive time traffic and an accident update. >> reporter: shiri this accident on 24 backing things up earlier is in the clear stage. it is now considered recovery work on the shoulder near 139. still seeing stop and go volume into avon into brockton around route 123. as we shift north, this accident on steady volume on the expressway along morrissey boulevard. the live drive times. 36 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass avenue. 31 minutes on the expressway. 52 minutes though on 93 south. much longer than usual because of that earlier accident that was wacking things up over near route 2. over to you. >>> we are following two breaking stories this morning. the governor of north carolina has declared a

lawrence general hospital on assault and other charges. >>> 4:35. a warning this morning a fighter jet exercise will be conducted over lebanon and franklen new hampshire. police -- franklin new hampshire. police can can expect to see and hear low flying planes it trains pilots on intercept procedures and defend northeast airspace against airborne threats. >>> man accused of killing his 19-year-old daughter is scheduled to be in court. 45-year-old walter disit silva is charged with shooting and killing sabrina outside her home. police say he tried to kill her mother a decade ago. he was arrested in early august in bridge port connecticut and transported back to massachusetts for the arraignment. >>> police are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death. on monday danville new hampshire police found the body of an adult woman inside a house on carmel drive. he showed up at the house. >> i doesn't see why anyone could or had any reason to do this it was just i don't know who shic aered -- who she angered that much. >> for now police will only say it's an active investigation and an a to u sigh is being conducted. >>> police are asking for -- an -- and an autopsy

lawrence frink lynn was arrested for aggravated battery with a vehicle in the school in new port richey. investigators say he rammed he asked deni man in the to cut in line and block traffic. then franklin became belligerent he said. >> he gunned it again an then hit me. i braced myself that way so i wouldn't fall. >> you went on the hood? >> yeah. >> he suffered a gash to the the left knee. he volunteered at that school for two years and says a lot of impatient parents need to be more cautious around kids. >>> a miami construction worker is in critical condition after being hit by lightning on the job. he was working building under construction yesterday when clouds rolled in. the project manager ordered everyone down but too late for at least one person. rescuers say it took an hour to bring the victim to ground level. >> we didn't have conventional operating elevators or stable stairways so we had technical rescue units respond and lowered the patient down an elevator shaft to lower levels. >> the victim was rushed to a hospital. other construction workers say paramedics at the time. >>> that can happen with thunderstorms this time of year. today lower chance of rain in the form of t