is dangerous leaving sate and glaze to question how long they have been drinking radioactive shannon behnken, 8 on your side. >>> state environmental protection officials tell us mosaic is likely correct. they say they are monitoring water comeing from the sink hole and tests show all of the contaminated water has been captured the way it is supposed to. as for where else the material could come from, it could be associated with simply natural geological processes. >>> if you have is a problem, shannon behnken wants to hear about it. call that is 1-855-234-6536. >>> now, max defender 8. the world east most powerful radar and your storm team 8 forecast with chief meteorologist steve jerve. >>> well, it is already time to play in the snow in oregon. snowball fights have begun at the timberline ski resort on mount hood. a fresh blanket of snow on the ground and the recent remnants of a typhoon passing over the other spots. good for them the season is underway a little earlier. now, max defender 8, it is quiet. fairly clear in the bay area. of course, if there are any showers we would shot them.

shannon behnken, 8 on your side. >> if you have a problem, shannon behnken want to here about it. here's the number to call. 1-855-behnken. that is 1-855-234-6536. >>> well, a look at max defender 8 tonight. there are no showers at the moment. we saw shower activity across south florida to dry air high above in the atmosphere. not detecting much in the way of precipitation. locally. though we have a cold front coming in tomorrow. the rain chances are relatively low. how about high school football? that is occurring tomorrow night. a lot of folks headed out to that event. we have nice weather as the cold front comes through. the front, the one bringing cooler drier air, that is our with the front moves through throughout the day, temperatures will get progressively cooler. 83 degrees now at tampa international airport. the dew point, 61 degrees. that is a lovely number. it just means drier air for us. in saint petersburg, the dew points 67 degrees which is still okay. 81 degrees, the current temperature, should be a beautiful evening in the downtown area. both downtownsful clearwate

shannon behnken, 8 on your side. distant memory in california. sierra nevada. it has been snowing there today, at a local ski resort along interstate 80 and you can see, wow, really impressive, this is near donner's past. already seen the snow in parts of the country. for us, we have some very warm temperatures, just a few showers around this evening. you can see on mac's defender 8 radar, things quieting down, not expecting much more in the way of rain. take a look at one of the lingering showers we are seeing move through the honeymoon island, beyond that, nothing on mac's defender 8 and it should stay quiet for the rest of tonight. probably cloudy skies in the upper 70s by 9 p.m., waking up tomorrow, sunshine to start the day, warm into the afternoon hours. out at new port richey, 79 degrees right now. clouds around. we will clear up when you wake up in the morning, close to 70 degrees. mostly clear skies through the day with afternoon house and a 10% rain chance developing. there is a small rain chance similar to what we have been dealing with, the same is

i'm here with shannon behnken chicago? right. >> sorry to hear that you are stuck in ghana. >> yeah. >> what happened? >> yeah, i have been here for a while. >> reporter: this went on and on. calls shut off until don sent more money. >> listen to me, whatever i'm doing with don, it's real. okay? r and i know i'm going to prove it to him. >> reporter: in between calls i broke the news. the woman in the pictures is really aria giovanni. >> you see the title here? pornographic actress? >> reporter: here she is on the cover of hustler magazine. i found dating profiles all over the internet. vivian, beatrice. sheila. >> i imagine like all the other little scams, people are making stuff. >> reporter: don saw the life. then marilyn upped her game with a video chat. yep, this caught us off guard too. but, it is fake. an old aria video. notice, there's no sound. so finally convinced don? this youtube video of the real aria. >> i was like all gigglely. >> unbelievable. wow. i fell for this hook line and sinker. >> reporter: i how mu

shannon behnken, 8 on your side. >>> now, max defender 8. the world's most powerful radar and your storm team 8 forecast with chief meteorologist steve jerve. >> quite a few clouds around the second half of the day. and thick enough at times, it looks like it might see a few showers. things are fairly quiet at the moment. it is not impossible. we could see a few sprinkles. our rain chances are less than plaza. 76 degrees in sun city center with the southeasterly wind at the moment. pleasant conditions. conditions are comfortable. 62 degrees. 80-degree current temperature. downtown saint petersburg, 77 degrees. dew point a little bit higher. thank a strong easterly wind. it has been breezy in the downtown area thanks to the breeze. this area in the tropics, that's cuba right there. florida up here. hurricane center is keeping an eye on it. put a zero percent chance of relatively warm down south. pretty good trail of clouds across the state for today. also, you can see the surface trough that has drawn a lot of showers across the southern port

shannon behnken shows us how to protect ourselves and a loved one with a common scam. i'm jennifer leigh. >> i'm keith cate. thank you for joiningtous night. hurricane matthew roaring storm. swelling rivers, pelting rain, and driving winds. it is headed to cuba and possibly florida. we have team coverage of matthew. we start with chief meteorologist steve jerve. i know that latest update to the forecast crack is out, steve. what does it show? >> it looks similar. we still have a category 4 hurricane with 140 miles an hour winds. clearly category 4. it surprised us. it has not weakened as a result of the te kind of passing now between the eastern part of cuba and the western part of hispanola. then haiti, the center of the storm, the eye of the storm. overcast, a very small eye indicating high intensity. it has interacted with land close to 24 hours. and according to the national category 4 status. the strongest winds will be east of the eye. these are hurricane warnings colored in red. in the bahamas and cuba. it is just east of of guantanimo we are located, does inclu

investigator shannon behnken has worked for weeks to get their files back and today tracked down the former medical director for his star of the store. >> reporter: it has been nearly a year since brandon's women diagnostic center abruptly closed and a growing number of women are turning to me for help getting their records back. sender owner john parker the third tells me he locks the records in a storage facility in pinellas county. he admits he is overwhelmed. he meets some women with records, others hear nothing. state officials tell me someone else is responsible for the files. lynwood henry. i spent the day trying to track him down and finally found him at a new job. >> you don't feel you are responsible? >> correct. >> reporter: he actually has a pretty good explanation. state health officials least -- list dr. henry as last medical director of women's diagnostic but he left the company in march 2015, seven months before the sender shut its doors. a new medical director was never listed with the state. >> the state may have had my name as medical director but i was not working

investigator shannon behnken worked for weeks to help women get those important files back. she tracked down the former medical director for his side of the story. diagnostics center abruptly closed and a growing number of women are turning to me for help getting their records back. >> i'm shannon with channel 8. >> center owner john parker iii tells me he locked the records in a storage facility in pinellas county. he admits he's overwhelmed. he meets some women with records. others hear nothing. state officials tell me someone else is responsible for the files. the former medical director. track him down. and finally found him at a new job. >> so yo don't feel you're responsible? >> correct. >> he actually has a pretty good explanation. state health officials list dr. henry as the last medical director of women's diagnostic. but he left the company in march 2015, that's seven months before the center shut its doors. a new medical director was never listed with the state. time. >> does that responsibility leave with your employment? >> good question, i don't know the answer

. >> she got fed up and she better call behnken. shannon confronts the man who admits he is thousands of mammogram records sitting in a >> thousands of people in pascoe county dealing with the damage from hurricane hermine and i will show you the damage and tell you what fema representatives are telling homeowners. >>> that and more coming up. you are watching news channel 8 the station that's always on your side. vo: we asked women in pinellas county to describe congressman david jolly in one word: woman 1: dangerous. words. vo: david jolly shares donald trump's backwards agenda for women. jolly opposes a woman's right to choose and voted to defund planned parenthood and deny women access to basic health care like mammograms and cancer screenings. woman 5: i have 3 words for david jolly... not for women. vo: house majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. now at havertys furniture, it's our fall savings event. where you can create the perfect outdoor living space. get 25% off select outdoor collections. plus, enjoy t

shannon behnken, 8 on your side. >>> if you have a problem that needings solving, call 1-855- behnken. >>> fantasy sports giants draft kings and fan dual are reportedly close to a espn and recode say the daily fantasy sites are hammering out the final details and an announcement is expected soon. both companies are entangled in legal battles right now as some states argue they operate gambling businesses and not games of skill. they reached a 12 million- dollar settlement with new york last week over false advertising claims. >>> a growing number of retailers opted to close their doors on thanksgiving day. a shift from the trend in recent years to open on thanksgiving day for early retail chains have announced they will be closed and that includes lowe's, home depot, nordstrom, ikea, marshals, tj max, sames club. in most cases, shoppers will find deals on thanksgiving day. but find them online. >>> you don't have to wait for turkey day for good deals. there's some spook ta including chipotle, go into any chipotle dressed if costume to get a burrito, salad, bowl, taco, for $3.01 goes t

. >> hey, i'm here with shannon behnken from channel 8. >> that voice, chicago, right. >> sorry to hear that, you're stuck in ghana. what happened? >> yeah i've been here for a while. >> your balance is running low. this went on and on. money. >> whatever i have with don it's real. it's real. believe it or not. >> in between calls, i broke the news, the woman in the pictures is really aria geovany. >> you see the title here, pornographic actress. >> okay. >> here she is on the cover of hustler magazine. i found dating profiles all over >> i imagine people are making all kinds of money doing this stuff. >> don saw the light and marilyn upped her game with a video chat. yep. this caught us off guard too. but it's fake. an old aria video. notice there's no sound. what finally convinced don? this you tube video of the real >> i found for this hook, line, and sinker. >> i asked marilyn how much money it would take to get her out of ghana and she asked me for $1,800. so i guess she's still there. shannon behnken, 8 on your side. >> if you have a problem that needs solving, the number is on yo

shannon behnken joins me now and even in this age of technology people still rely on mail. >> they do and everybody wants their mail in a mailbox in the residents want an explanation as to what went wrong. >> it's not fair and we are a small community but we deserve attention and service. >> reporter: nancy checks her mailbox several times a day. >> we have gotten days where we got no mail at all. we have several weeks of getting mail at 9:30 your 10:00 at night. >> reporter: four weeks packages went missing or were delivered to the wrong house. one resident got a shock when a box of adult toys mistakenly showed up at his house. do you feel like your concerns are being taken seriously by the postal service? >> not at all. >> reporter: she called it on came in the daylight and the package delivery is still inconsistent. i found this letter at the post office informing residents of modifications and delivery operations. the letter reads it will in no way impact delivery or retail service. so i called the regional spokeswoman for the post office. the mail has been coming extremely late.

investigative reporter shannon behnken joins us with more. >> reporter: this is scary guys. mosaic has tested 763 wells so far and ten of them show water that is not safe to drink, but they say their sink hole has nothing to do with it. >> all faucets and taps. worried about the water her children have been drinking. now, with pretty scary test results in her hands, she is worried to even touch the water. >> i'm not a chemistry student. but i think that is pretty bad. >> reporter: they have 52 radium levels. that is five times the standard. she is worried about the lack of information from the mosaic officials. there is no red dots. this is where we have tested, this is what we have done. no red dots. >> reporter: state received this letter yesterday from state health officials. it says they left a message last week with her 11-year-old son. and sent this letter as a follow-up. today, they have called several times to make sure she is not drinking this nasty water. >> is it acceptable to you that something that important they would just leave a message with an 11-year-old? g

shannon behnken joins us now. progress sauce good. >> reporter: this has been going on for months. but now, the city of largo has agreed to pay up. the city finalized an agreement to settle with the family so they can begin putting their home back together. >> i tucked the wires in the wall. >> reporter: laura ball desperately wants her house back after city workers flooded it with th sewage. >> none of the woodworks done. >> reporter: now, she is one step closer since the city of largo approved a cash settlement. >> i'm glad to be done with the city. with the bureaucracy of that. that is destroyed. i had to glue that back together. >> reporter: the city agree today pay more than $130,000 to the balls and their neighbors to fix their homes. >> do you think you are going to have enough money for a settlement to fix the house the satisfied. >> you know, they destroyed our home. >> reporter: but the home looks a lot better than ball first turned to 8 on your side in early september. back then, she felt the city had forgotten her. suzanne, the director of the human resources department

shannon behnken joins me now on a story you have been following quite some time. >> i been on the story for weeks and some women have been trying to deal with this on their own for more than six months contact me begging for help so i won't let this go. >> you can't even leave a message on his phone. >> nancy is upset and weirded out that this man has her mammogram records and will give them back. >> i need my records immediately. >> she has been trying since may. >> he didn't return my doctor's office calls. >> does that make you angry? >> women's diagnostic center and brandon shut down last fall. the owner john parker admits he has thousands of women's files locked away in a storage facility somewhere in pinellas county. we left a facebook damage -- message to email him and sometimes he agrees to hand over records and unprofessional places like parking lots at hard rock casino at starbucks. i tag along with one woman. shell company records do you have left? how he wouldn't answer but insisted he couldn't afford to hire a third-party company to do this the right way. >> it's unprofessi

shannon behnken, 8 on your side. >>> 0.1 inches of rain but might pick up more in tampa, 77 degrees with a nice view on the water. despite the cloudy skies, not a bad view either from paul harbor -- palm harbor. over a quarter inch of rain. it continues to trickle in wi north. you can see the bright red and orange colors indicating heavier amounts of rain. lightning strikes in this area as well, these little white dots that you see offshore continued to lift to the north as well. these are thunderstorms, a convergence with a shower on the lower level northeast flow with the stuff coming in from the west. we saw thunderstorms and continue to see some in hernando county. in ellis county, strong showers on the skyway moving toward covering the inland areas of manatee, sarasota, hardy, de soto, into polk county. we talked about how they would eventually see rain lifting into fort meade and points north of that. this is a nice shot from eagle 8 hd in st. petersburg, low clouds, 74 degrees at 7 a.m., 84 degrees at noon. lots of class tomorrow, some sunshine and decent rain chances. you missed

shannon behnken confronts the store owner over his empty promises. >> also, mosaic ordered to clean its up messes. what they have to do to avoid a daily fine of $10,000. >> another gorgeous day for us. temperatures are warm, and we are slowly adding back a little more humidity. you will probably notice that in the afternoon. but the evenings and mornings are fantastic. we will see if the dry trend hillary clinton: this is not an ordinary time, and this is not an ordinary election. i want to send a message to every boy and girl and indeed to the entire world. that america already is great, but we are great because we are good. we are going to lift each other up. to work for everyone... not just those at the top. making the best education system from preschool through college. making it affordable, because that's, i think, the best way for us to get the future that our children and our grandchildren deserve. my vision of america is an america where everyone has a place. this is the america that i know and love. if we set those goals and we go together, can't do. i'm hillary clinton >> the

investigator shannon behnken joins me now. this is the second time you have reported on this company. >> reporter: it is, when we reported on it earlier, a couple from seminole it hit very close to home. >> we really have enjoyed it. >> reporter: for ten years, michael and pam traveled the country in their rv. >> it has everything a house has got. >> reporter: largo's consignment rv found a buyer for it and collected $135,000. but then ... michael tells me owner jeremy raney convinced him to pay off the $190,000 loan himself. complete the deal quicker. >> reporter: when michael went to the shop and couldn't get his money. >> different people had come in wanting to know when they were going to get the title for the runs they bought. so, we got to thinking what is going on here? >> reporter: so, he took off in the rv. now, he doesn't have the money, doesn't have the title and whoever paid the consignment dealer doesn't have anything. >> and that person is a victim as well. they paid a lot of money and they have absolutely nothin

shannon behnken, 8 on your side. >>> 87 for a high temperature. nice day eagle 8hd. don't see the sky, but there wasn't a lot to look at in the sky. we had mostly sunny skies. good news is we were talking about humidity is going to fall off here along with our temperatures at the end of the week. only a slight rain chance around the boundary. october was below normal in the way of precip. so don't expect a lot of rain airport. the dewpoint 60 degrees with a due north northeasterly wind. the dewpoint is a little higher because of the winds coming off the bay, but pleasant weather conditions in st. pete or anywhere else. give us the clear sky. clear out any clouds. a few showers in the florida straits. maybe a few upper keys. that's where the clouds will be here the next 24 hours, farther to the south. tuesday, in the morning, comfortable temps, maybe patchy fog northern areas. citrus, hernando, pasco particular, dense fog warning this morning. few showers moving across the state. in the overall easterly flow, may pick up a few drops of precip here and there. northwest

reporter shannon behnken joins us no. how scary is that for families? >> reporter: mosaic agreed to test wells for anyone concerned but what is not clear now is whether this radioactive material was caused by mosaic's sink hole. one of two wells on bob glaze's property has so much radium in >> well, it is muddy water and it shows radioactivity. >> reporter: his tenant shares the wells and she is worried about her three children who until recently drank and bathed in the water. >> i'm not a chemistry student, but i think that is pretty bad. >> reporter: these tests show radium levels of 52.01. more than five times the acceptable standard. she is officials. and, she is leery of what they do tell her. since, the company wasn't forthcoming at first about the accident. >> the thing i really don't respect is that they knew that happened when they had coordinated with the legislateture and didn't report it to the public. >> reporter: the mosaic sink hole dropped more than 215 million gallons of radioactive water into the florida aquifer. nearby wells and say t

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shannon behnken, 8 on your side. >>> now, max defender 8. the world east most powerful radar and your storm team 8 forecast with chief meteorologist steve jerve. >> still working with a dry atmospherement not defecting much in the way of shower activity around the bay area. it should be a quiet night in definitely getting shorter here. naturally. we have the time change coming up in november. northeast winds at 3 miles an hour at veteran's ford. great view there in tampa. sunny and warmer. 7:00 a.m., 66 degrees. 72 this evening. temperatures as we talked about already in the 70s . 77 degrees tampa international. a east to northeasterly wind. little higher dew point because the breeze has more moisture coming off the bay into saw a lot of high clouds. mid level clouds as well moving in from the east. generally, the high clouds gave the sky an opaque appearance. we had forecast 83. but had anticipated a little more sunshine to give us slightly warmer temperatures. but not the case. as for the evening maybe a few clouds breezing along the lower

she knew she better call behnken. shannon confronts the man who admits he has thousands of mammogram records sitting in a warehouse. >> dinner made easy. we'll tell you what's inside martha stewart's thanksgiving welcome back. some of you may celebrate taco tuesday every week. now today we can do it with the rest of the country. now you know what most people are eating today. >> there are some special deals out there for you as well. tijuana flats is offering 2- dollar tacos. qdoba is offering a free drink. try something local. according to yelp, the most popular taco spot is here tampa called lolee's. i've been wanting to check that out. we're known to go to lunch every once in a while. i asked her this morning. she still hasn't said yes. she must have better plans. >> i'm a little busy with the hurricane. let me tell you again, hurricane matthew has been keeping me busy all morning long. i just read where it was the strongest hurricane to hit >> we're waiting to see images coming out of there. >> they're still dealing with

shannon behnken, 8 on your side. >>> if you have a problem that needs solving, better call behnken, the number behnken. >>> a couple job fairs. one at the holiday inn next to tia on west shore the tampa bay job and career fair from now until 2:00 this afternoon. good news here, no preregistration is needed and the admission is free. seminole hard rock hotel and casino also holding a job fair today. it's happening until 2:00 p.m. as well. held at the hard rock cafe. they're looking to fill 200 positions. everything from slot technicians to marketing you may want to consider buying some nestle crunch bars. the crunch bars are the top pick for trick or treaters in the state of florida. candy corn is the most popular halloween candy in most states. and the candy pulling the highest total number of votes was, wait for it, drum roll, reese's peanut butter cups. >> i put in two votes for that. one for the peanut butter and one for the chocolate. >> my all time and i'm an almond joy girl. >> i'll give you all my almond joys. >> and i'll give you all my peanut butter cups. >> we are get trick or

shannon behnken, 8 on your side. >>> if you have a problem that needs solving, call behnken. call 855-behnken. >>> in your consumer watch, target is the latest store to stop selling clown masks. goodwill did the same. target is pulling the masks because of the creepy clown threats across the country. home depot also took a similar step last month pulling a halloween decoration called scary peeper creeper from stores in canada following complaints there. >>> net flix shares are soaring up 20% in after hours trading the gains come after the streaminger is vision announced 3.6 million new sub vibers in the third quarter. the company credits the jump in viewer ship to its popular original content. net flix recently increased its monthly subscription fee to $10 a month. >>> amazon wants you to share and share alike. it's rolling out a feature for prime members called family vault. allowing users to share storage on prime photos. invite family members or friends to share your account to combine photos as well as taking advantage of five gigs of storage for video and other files. >>

investigative reporter shannon behnken joins us with more. >> reporter: this is scary guys. mosaic has tested 763 wells so far and ten of them show water that is not safe to drink, but they say their sink hole has nothing to do with it. >> all faucets and taps.

shannon behnken shows us how to protect ourselves and a loved one with a common scam. i'm jennifer leigh. >> i'm keith cate. thank you for joiningtous night. hurricane matthew roaring

. >> and tonight, we have another round of questions for behnken. shannon joins me now of one you see a lot. i saw this one working >> absolutely. it is probably in the top three of all the complaints we get. we are talking about complaints from people who purchase used cars or used car from a dealer, usually a small operation only to drive off the lot and have it break down. sammy in tampa says i purchased a vehicle and it seems like the man took me for a ride and i need your help. john has a similar problem with the 2006 model. my transmission and i got it back a few weeks ago. i was in tampa ubers and at a light, it sounded like it was going to stall, then it jumped and then it was stuck in first gear. i keep getting the run around. these are not just junk car dealers. we have complaints of people buying preowned cars from luxury dealers. some believe newly purchased car troubles should be that only applies to defective new cars purchases and leases. so, what do you do? first of all, know that in florida when you buy a used car without a warranty, you ar