it was like pop, pop, pop. >> stay with abc action news, we'll update you on the officers' conditions as soon as ne case spanning seven years could finally be solved soon. pasco county investigators are set to release new information today. abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is lifer near the usa flea market in port richey where the victim was found. they finally identified the man. >> reporter: yes. investigators are hopeful this new information will lead to an arrest in this case. as you mentioned this has been seven long years that into this case. but they say they will not give up. this is a composite sketch of the man pasco county investigators say was found here along a wooded area behind the usa flea market in port richey. that discovery was made in november of 2009. the case growing cold over the years but detectives remaining sted fast. >> the key to solving this case is first identifying the individual. once we can identify him the case takes on a whole new life. thanks in part to a team of forensics investigators with the university of south florida. the pasco county s

john matarese, abc action news. >>> beautiful wednesday morning. it's been a string of beautiful morning. >> beautiful mornings. not as cool this morning. you will need the jacket. looking for super cold weather, before you have to reuse the sweaters and the jackets here. we will stay with this warm spell over the next few days and it will be in the mid- to upper-80s with more humidity starting to feel less like fall. certainly this morning it was different with temperatures in the 60s for the most part and comfortable. not what we were over the weekend with 40s and 50s. on the water you have the east wind. we had a front come through, not changing the temperature here but gusty winds. base choppy. small craft advisory. we will show you that in a second. of temperatures upper 60s to 70s. uniform across the panhandle. widen more and there you see the southeast relatively mild. the cold air is bottled to the north and west. we have a trough with cool air to the northeast. none of that is coming in our direction. we stay with high pressure to the nort

marisela burgos, abc action news. >>> two students in central florida facing charges for wearing masks and scaring classmates. lake county high was already on high alert because of social media threats saying clowns would harm students. abc action news reporter cameron polom speaking with parents who didn't let the fear of them from friday night lights. >> reporter: whether you're afraid or not -- >> i ink in the's -- i think it's kind of scary and crazy at the same time. >> reporter: the creepy clown hoax hitting too close to comfort for some. >> i thought it was funny because it's kind of dumb for people to dress up like a clown and threaten a school. >> reporter: officials sent out a creepy clown phenomenon that is sweeping the country. this morning a tweet posted the threat about high schools. >> reporter: officials didn't believe the threats were credible but employees and students were told to be on the lookout. the sheriff's office says clown sightings have been reported across the bay area over the past few days. one largo teen claiming she was chased by two clowns at a bus sto

this is abc action news. >>> right now on abc action news weekend addition polk deputies need your help to find a driver that hit and killed a woman and left a deputy with broken bones. >>> a lot of lives were lost and could have been avoided. >>> a call to end reckless driving five children were killed in a horrific crash. should learn from this tragedy. >>> donald trump throws outs compliments. >>> a groom's bachelor party high jekd in the best way the unexpected guest that not only stole his heart but his entire wedding parties' heart. >>> i think that is the best story of the week. i'm lindsay logue. >>> shaw ryan is in the weather center with the most accurate whether forecast and we're looking at a very nice saturday. >> reporter: if you like the weather the last few days you will love what's ahead. we've got really nice weather starting off this morning, beautiful out there. take a look at the radar over the last 3 hours, not a drop of rain across central tlor flor. come up, 73 in tampa, appear positively low beach 71. polk county temperatures are near 70 degrees as well. 72 in l

michael paluska, abc action news. >>> now to our other breaking news. a plane carrying vice tonight. the plane began fishtailing as it touched down at new york's laguardia airport in bad weather. first responders reached the aircraft and fortunately nobody was hurt. >>> authorities are looking for a man who tried to lure a child to go with him. marisela burgos live in pasco county with the way he tried to win over that child. marisela. >> reporter: deputies say somewhere around here that suspicious man approached that child and said you can have candy if an 11-year-old boy walking to his bus stop had something strange happen at 7:45 this morning. deputies sea he was near the 6400 block of mangrove drive in wesley clap pell when a man tried to bribe him with candy. >> that's a little extreme. >> reporter: deputies say the suspicious man was trying to get the student to follow him into the woods. listen and ran toward the bus stop while the suspicious man took off a different direction. >> everybody keeps a close eye on one another. so i'm kind of surpris

live from tampa, michael paluska abc action news.>>> to our other top stories, eat up in terrifying home invasion. >> clifton french live outside the town & country community where this happened a look at how common these crimes are in that part of town. >> reporter: there have been dozens of burglaries and robberies in and around this park behind this school bus but the latest crime rises to a new level. >>> these men accused of robbing and 83- year-old woman according to deputies it was this 18-year- old man who took the robbery to a violent extreme, the report says ricardo marquez torres broke into the home and punched the elderly woman several times and drug her around by her hair for stealing a safe with thousands of dollars worth of jewelry inside. 30-year-old thomas mendez was the driver waiting in his car for him to return with the alexander morella's lives across the street from the mobile home park. >> this place isn't the greatest. there are crimes here other instances. robberies. >> it turns out he is right, in the past year there have been 26 burglaries and six robberies wit

>>> abc action news starts right now with breaking news. >>> the breaking news right now at 5:00 from holiday, the pasco sheriff is calling the overnight shooting of a man by his deputies "suicide by cop." deputies responded to a domestic disturbance obligee driver 7:30 pm last night. on a pregnant woman and said "call the cops. i have a gun." deputies arrived and evacuated neighbors. they tried talking to the man he was not been identified. after two hours, cops broke down. deputies entered the home and found that man in the bathroom with a knife. he refused to put it down, and deputies said they truck -- they shot him when he charged at them. we will will have a report from holiday 'live at 5' 30 a.m. >>> we will have a check at this morning's forecast. it is nice and coldest morning. >>> we will check with janel on traffic as well in traffic as well. low to midshipman 70s right now. we will continue to see continuous weather pattern. we had a couple disturbances rolled to the we can. we have some showers and thunderstorms even. but for now, just an east wind is what we have to cont

. >> abc action news at 11:00 is >>> she's always going to be with me. >> new at 11:00 an killed in a hit-and-run crash. thank you for joining us. i'm jamison uhler. >> i'm laura hair rinse for wendy ryan. >>> we begin with breaking news, a deadly road rage shooting. >> marisela burgos is live at the scene with what she has learned. marisela. >> reporter: deputies have been out here since 6:30, and they are still out here investigating. you can see they still have one of the cars involved in this shooting out here. of the people involved in the road rage incident because the second person died at the hospital. here is what we know so far. these two people had two road rage incidents. one that happened earlier, and the second one that ended here along bloomingdale avenue near kings. their cars were stopped on bloomingdale because of traffic. for some reason one man got out of his car, walked to the other car where they argued, then shots were fired. the man who had gotten out of his car was shot at least once. he was taken the person who fired at him waited for deputies to arrive. depu

we'll talk more about the extended forecast, which looks fantastic, on abc action news. >> she should not be allowed to run. if this is how donald things. it's funny but also really troubling. >> hillary clinton and donald trump face off in their final presidential debate. we've got the highlights, election day now less than three weeks away. >> presidential visit. today barack obama will visit florida. where he's expected to talk about progress on getting all americans access to affordable care act. >>> good morning, thank you for joining us for abc action news at 4:30 on this wednesday, i'm dan shaffer. i'm deiah riley the campaign trail heads to the battleground today just outside columbus, hillary clinton is set to get back on the campaign trail tomorrow in cleveland. >> both took part in the final presidential debate last night in las vegas. as maggie ruly shows from us washington that 90-minute debate quickly moved to personal attacks. >> reporter: yet another debate filled with more memorable moments a basic foundation of democracy steals the show. >> do you make the same commi

jake peterson abc action news. >>> now, abc action weather. >> we had the heat today with the humidity but it did not feel that bad, because of the wind, the wind has been gusting the entire afternoon, east to northeast at hour. it really makes it feel a lot nicer. the winds will be sticking around for a couple of days. satellite picture, high clouds not the kind bringing any ring, we will be dodging clouds overnight, breezy weather continues but what about it to the weekend? any changes for halloween? coming up. >>> in the race for the white house hillary clinton wrapping in north carolina clinton says the outcome will determine if the country continues to build on president barack obama's legacy. a new email release could not come at a worse time for the candidate. a 12 page memo from a former aide to president bill clinton chose how he and other advisers encouraged clinton foundation donors to hire bill clinton for lucrative speaking engagements, the work described as bill clinton incorporated. >>> trump refu he lose in the election. with election day 12 days when we are fact checki

i hope. >> in tampa, i'm cameron, abc action news. >>> it is 4:48 right now. a bus driver died and 43 other people were injured when a tour bus they were in crashed into a semitruck outside atlanta. most of the injured were elderly. investigators confirmed the truck was stopped to turn left. it was a trailer blocking lanes that's according to safety records. the owners of both the semi and the bus have been krietd in the past for multiple safety violations. >>> tampa bay lightning quickly fell behind in last night's season opener, but tom shows us how the bolts bolted back to win. >> good morning, everybody. the final 33 minutes of hockey last night will tell you just how strong this tampa bay lightning team could be this season. man, they scored six times, three on an early two-goal deficit against detroit. after a scoreless first, the lightning put their first on the board right here for the season. jonathan beating peter to make it 2-1. 55 seconds later, detroit would regain that two-goal lead. bronze nielson off a turnover would beat bishop. 3-1 detroit. a

reporting live brendaliss gonzalez abc action news. >>> new video into the newsroom of damage a tornado has left behind in oregon. within the last few minutes we learned a state of emergency has been declared in the small town of manzanita two hours northwest of portland. officials are saying the powerful winds knocked down at least 80 trees. here is incredible video you are about to see, the storm making his way toward the town of 600 people. we are checking on reports of injuries and also the red cross is opening up shelters to help anyone who needs a place to stay. and two businesses have been destroyed. >>> there is a lot of wild weather out west.>> there is, these are the remnants of a super typhoon that has moved across the pacific now combined with an area of low pressure, we have seen these areas moving into the pacific northwest a lot this time of year but rarely do they bring with them hurricane force winds and potentially flooding rains along with that tornado that was reported. and potential for heavy snow in the higher elevations. this weekend, that is nasty weather if you

live here in highlands county, abc action news. >> thank you. >> and take look at this. traffic back up as people continue advocating the -- evacuating the florida coast. abc action news reporter, caught up with one family from mel burn bea the storm. >> food. take whatever we can. pack a cooler and then we have this any nifty little thing, and merge kid. >> preparation outweighed hesitation. >> leaving their home behind for these temporary digs in auburn dale. >> a little stressful. because you don't know what you're leaving behind. you don't know what you'll come back to. hard to pack everybody up. >> the best, a near miss. the worst, they're not trying to think about just yet. their eyes will be glued to the every changing hurricane model. >> we plan on staying here two nights at least. possibly three. friday it's supposed to hill meblurn beach. >> eis this says her husband, two kids, and grandma get out early to avoid scenes like this. many others have rooms here are sold out. so are many others. with most hotels offering discounts to those fleeing the storm. the stor

pasco county, michael paluska, abc action news. >>> a pinellas county woman charged with human a woman took in a runaway, gave the child a motel room, then sold her for sex on backpage.com. >>> new information about a murder-suicide in tarpon springs. within the last couple of hours 86-year-old edith camp died. her husband shot her. illnesses. >>> new video from the fed ex plane explosion in ft. lauderdale. we're learning there was u.s. mail on that plane that exploded and burned. according to the faa the landing gear collapsed causing a fire as the plane was rolling. both pilots escaped from that plane. the national transportation safety board now investigating the incident. video inside a burning american airlines jet as chicago's o'hare airport, that plane heading to miami, frantic passengers pushing to get out, investigators saying an engine failed forcing the pilot to abort the takeoff. 20 passengers suffered minor injuries during the evacuation. >>> right now hillsborough deputies are certaining for a driver who may be the only person who knows how a deadly crash. marisela. >> re

the reason he had no other >>> live from abc action news. >>> raking news the 911 calls from the pulse nightclub gunmen now online for the public to hear. for the first time. in the last half hour the city of orlando posting it on the city website, earlier today a judge ordered the city of orlando to release the audio recordings of omar mateen talking to police dispatchers right now erik waxler is going through all of the calls, we will bring them to you at 6:00. >>> a reward for information leading to the arrest of a driver who hit and killed a tampa woman answers the injured a deputy. the hit and run happened on state road 60 near lake wales, call crime stoppers if you can help. >>> in 30 minutes mike pence will be rallying supporters at the clearwater airport. donald campaigning in other battleground states tonight. >>> did a publix employee go too far to stop a crime? good evening i'm paul lagrone. >> and i'm laura harris. a woman who got her purse snatched is calling a grocery store manager her hero. but we found out the manager who came to the rescue is being

. >> reporter: in tampa, i'm cameron polom, abc action news. >>> new tonight, a man is banned from sea world after authorities say he molest girls. rick mccormick seen here accused of touching those girls on the lazy river. he was arrested shortly after it happened. he had a season pass and had been to the park several tames this year without any problems. >>> tonight winter haven police are looking for a man would made threats to blow up a bank. police say this man went into suntrust bank to complain about reverse transactions. unhappy with the explanation, he yelled at the teller saying he would come back and blow up this guy please call crimestoppers. >>> a little league in jeopardy. $35,000 of the nonprofit's money now held hostage. abc action news reporter michael paluska live in st. pete with the excuse the company has for holding that money. michael. >> reporter: st. pete police did a thorough investigation and this is now in the hands of another jurisdiction in texas. meanwhile northeast little league is spending money to catch up and get back money that they don't have. >> we

this is abc action news. >>> this snapchat video captures the final minutes before a driver lost control of his car, causing a crash that killed five people in tampa. what it reveals and we are now hearing from the loved ones of the victims. >>> us very close call. republican vice presidential candidate, mike pence, talking about how his plane skidded off the runway in new york. people in tampa. >> outrage over a snapchat video exclusive to abc news that was posted to social media minutes before the driver, pablo cortes iii, lost control of his car and crashed into a family's minivan. >> team coverage. we are live at tampa general where the victims are recovering. we go to lindsay logue, with more. she joins >>reporter: good morning. truly shocking to see this video. watch it again. it is taken of pablo cortes as he drives over the howard frankland bridge. the posted speed limit is 65 miles an hour but according to the snapchat app, he was clocked at 115 and the video coconut palm drive. i will show more of the video. it was taken by his girlfriend, sitting in the passenger seat and you

brendaliss gonzalez abc action news. >>> we are committed to taking action against domestic violence, if you or someone you know is in a domestic violence state hotline, we have also posted information on our website, facebook page and on twitter. >>> now, abc action weather. >> it has been a beautiful and warm day, but the cool front moving across tampa bay as we speak, the winds have shifted directions and are now coming from the northwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour but it is the first sign the cooler drier air is starting to temperatures will gradually fall after sunset, it will be really after midnight we start to see them coming down much more quickly allowing us to reach lows in the 50s across much of tampa bay. i will have more on what you can expect for the weekend coming up in the seven-day forecast.>>> big questions about the zika virus and transparency, 111 pregnant women contracting the virus in florida. >> tonight jarrod holbrook is digging to find out why the >> i am spring myself down with bug spray. that was a big thing. >> for expecting mothers zika is a concern on th

you can watch the debate at 9:00 on your abc action news station. we are streaming it live on our web site and free mobile app. at 11:00 we will fact check and we will have undecided voters to see who won their vote. >>> asian markets are higher. european investors are 18,193. the dow gained 75 points tuesday. >>> a tampa man is behind bars for allegedly setting a mobile home on fire. hillsborough deputies responded to the fire on gunn highway. they say someone called 911 to report seeing an unstable person in the area. when deputies arrived they saw the man set the fire and arrested him. no one was hurt. it appears the home is a total loss. >>> 25 minutes until 10:00. this shows an explosion at gas station in the the s.u.v. crashed into the pump. a woman and man were trapped inside. the owner got out on his own. the passenger was still stuck. >> a woman. oh, my god. hurry up. >> 9 witnesses were worried that the entire -- the witnesses were worried the entire station would blow up. a brave group ran into the danger sunday. >> like let's get her out

we have a link to the center and >>> this morning, abc action news is shining light -- how to squeeze extra doses out of an epipen. >> doctors sounding the alarm on this. abc action news paul la grown shows us a safer way to save money on the medication. >>reporter: what you're about to see how local doctors very >> the man of this you tube video which has over 10,000 views is using a haunting knife to cut open an epipen. he takes out the syringe and claims there's multiple doses worth of the life saving allergy medicine inside. >> as you can see about five more doses left. >> yes, it's dangerous. it's not the right thing to do. >> we showed the video to dr. richard, a distinguished usf >> he says cutting open an epipen is not only dangerous, but i am practical during an emergency. >> it's not practical for 99.999% of people because they're not doctoring and physicians. that's why you have something set up for people regardless of their educational level or their ability of medicine can use this. >> the doctor showed us a $30 okay. hold this. >> it's a cheaper ae to the epipen few peo

in tampa, isabel rosales abc action news. >>> new tonight, the cleanup stretches into its second week, the better business bureau says it has started getting complaints from people throughout the state trying to return hurricane supplies but can't. people in the bay area thought to generators colors and other gear preparing for the worst, many are trained to return the things they did not use but some stores won't let them, under state law, stores must make their return policies clear including no refund rules, if you think you have been wrongly denied contact the bbv. >>> a local girl those impacted by hurricane matthew. madalyn fox is a third grader, she made this flyer last week asking people to donate. the message, picked up by cnn, now we went to the school with this young girl today where she says it was a lesson in class that helped her come up with the idea. >> the golden rule is treating others the way you would like goes directly to an organization called direct relief they help people in emergency situations, we have the links on our website, abcactionnews.com now to hurric

thanks for joining us for abc action news at 9:00. i'm dan shaffer. >> i'm lindsay logue in for deiah riley. >>> a massive fire guts a supermarket and employees were inside. >> abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is live at the supermarket. >> you spoke to the owner this morning? the damage most of the morning. we are getting a better look with daylight. you can see the entire store gutted, destroyed from the inside. investigators will try to determine exactly where in the store this fire started. now, as you mentioned, i did speak to the owner. he was too upset to speak on camera. he told me he was thankful his employees made it out. a quick moving fire tore through the big and deal super time. one of them explaining to investigators what they saw. >> they were finishing up for the night. he said he saw some smoke so he grabbed a fire extinguisher to fight the fire. >> nothing could be done. when tampa firefighters arrived they say smoke and flames were pouring from the building. due to safety concerns, firefighters were forced to

in pasco county, ashley yore abc action news. >>> this ty o safety commission a child is admitted to the emergency room with a tip over injury every 24 minutes nationwide. >>> a developing story, officials in california working to figure out what sparked this massive fire, flames engulfing this apartment building in oakland early this morning. officials say no one was inside the building at the time of the fire. the building was maintaining >>> a deadly end to a weeklong manhunt for murder suspect in oklahoma. this man was killed late last night in a shootout with police. wanted for allegedly killing two people shooting two police officers and carjacking a couple. a tip from a former led them to a spot in western oklahoma where they believe he had been camping out. one officer was shot in the arm during the shoot he is expected to be okay. this afternoon they announced they will be releasing the video of the shooting. >>> new video showing the terrifying first moments of a vicious attack at a new orleans airport last year. you can see the guy walk up to a tsa checkpoint without a can

the gross mother talking exclusively to abc action news. the new twist that could have made this taste -- case even worse. troubling according to the report the bus driver convinced the girl to stay on the bus and then brought her to this really busy intersection in the morning. they apparently had sex and then he made her walk back to school which is one block away.>> i am still so emotional and angry. i don't know how to feel. >> the mother wanted to share the story but not their mind after deputies broke the news they are rested schoolbus driver dondre davis. >> i want to know why he picked my child. >> her daughter turned 16 a few weeks ago.>> she was gullible enough to stand the bus. >> davis was a feeling driver he message to the girl on facebook, they made plans to kiss on the bus but ended up having consensual sex mother says that is outrageous. >> i am angry. >> deputies agree charging davis with a felony. >> as a man that has a whole family and career, you missed that all up. just to break my child's frigidity. >> 24-year-old davis

abc action news. >>> new tonight, they are investigating a drive-by were standing outside a house on tammy lane. that is when a car pulled up and began shooting. fortunately no one was hurt and the shooter has yet to be identified. officials say the shooting was not random. >>> a bizarre case. a woman faces murder charges after a man she tried to rob is killed by someone else. it happened on saturday. the woman agreed to meet him on an advertising she pulled out the knife and a strange twist. a second man wrestled the knife a wit and killed the victim. the woman was caught in florida. >>> they need your help to find a man they believe tried to lure a girl into his van. >>> here is more where the girl says she spotted this man. what have you found out? ordeal for this family. right here along u.s. 19 and bartel road. deputies say it was right here down this road that that teenage girl was walking when she spotted that blue suspicious van. these are newly released surveillance images of that vehicle. it was friday night that the 15- year-old girl said they striked up a conversation and

information just head to the website at abcactionnews.com. >>> still ahead on news nudes at 6:00 -- abc action news at 6:00. dramatic shift a new poll giving hillary clinton her biggest lead in the election. the upper hand all over two moves by donald trump. >> and shocking video, a 7-year- old punched at school >>> welcome back. a developing story. crash in california. at least 22 people there were hurt. a bus dried with tractor- trailer -- collided with that tractor-trailer this morning. continue to stay with us as the story develops. >>> shocking video out of da that may have you looking twice to make sure it's what you're seeing. it's an adult punching a 7-year- old boy in a school hallway. the boy slumping over as you see while the parent just walks away. the mom asked for the surveillance video she is shocked saying they have had positive interaction from the past. police are investigating. >>> still ahead on action news at 6:00 we'll update you on the niners game in san francisco and the bolts are way ahead of the winning ways compared to last year at this time. >>> in democracy 016 a shift

for now, james tilly, abc action news. >>> james, thank you. pasco deputies investigating a drive-by shooting that happened early sunday and holiday. several people were outside of the house on taming lane where someone pulled up and someone and that's -- inside that car began shooting. no one was hurt in the shooter has not been identified. >>> a man is accused of attacking an emt with a corkscrew and threatened to "end him. a swing at a deputy. he is charged with aggravated assault. >>> pasco deputies found a man who tried to wore a girl into his van. we have surveillance images taken near the scene of that van. deputies say that friday night, a 15-year-old girl reported this man approached her near us 19 and bartlett road and holiday. the driver tried to strike a conversation with her and asked if she would like to go for a ride. the girl sai the derived -- the driver is described as a white, bald man with 40 years old. the van appears to have some damage to the front of friend is missing a -- missing ahab. if you know who might be driving t

you can check out abc action news for the latest update on the emergency meeting. that's the latest live in downtown tampa, ryan smith, abc action news. >>> now a developing story out of australia. a water raft ride at an malfunctioned killing four adults today. two men and two women were pronounced dead following the incident on the thunder river rapids drive at the dream world theme park. two people were thrown from the ride. two others were caught under one of the rafts. staff trying to help them performing cpr. all four of them died from their injuries. tourists who rode the ride earlier in the day were in shock. [ indiscernible ] >> the parkways closed following the accident. investigators are trying to determine what caused the ride to malfunction. the ride had problems in the past including one almost fatal incident in april, according to a report by cnn affiliate 7 news. we did digging and found out the same ride manufacturer had a hand in similar river rapids rides in busch gardens and animal kingdom at walt disney digging into theme park safety records. we

john materese abc action news. >>> so much more all new ahead unbelievable thing wells fargo did to troops fighting for our freedom that has the paying out. >> controversial homework assignment doing what it was supposed to do provoke thought. the reason parents are getting in on the conversation >>> oncompany is offering employees reimbursements on trips, there is only one tiny string attached. >>an't always be on your have you our app. is abc action news weekend edition. just about 6:30 a. officials, investigating a a strange arworried ab opened up which lead active wat nation. white home buyers, ccused of hp they are accused of trying todays crim nate. >>> monster hurricane roaring across the caribbean sea packing winds 155 miles per remain powerful through sunday >> oh, yeah, talking tropics one is a at righte people on florida's are saying >> ecoast of florida is in just the edge of the cone of uncertainty. you just don't want to see that five to seven days out. it has weakened some overnight it was a cat five storm. if you missed this it was a cat five storm overnight it weakened bec

abc action news reporter adam is live at bay front health in st. pete with more on how the shooting victim is doing this morning. adam. >> that's right. of st. pete, remains in critical condition here. he is alive, says the deputy, because a deputy helped keep him alive. the sheriff is also saying that the shooter seen in this dramatic surveillance video is a man named larry. the 65-year-old was apparently angry about being served an eviction notice earlier that day, and he shot at three of his neighbors that tuesday along 46th avenue north, according to the sheriff. the one victim that he hit, smith, was kept alive deputy who used his clothing to slow the bleeding. the shooter also shot at that deputy, who fired back and hit larry. he is also here at bay front medical this morning. right now, he is is also listed in critical condition. for now, live here in downtown st. pete, adam winer, abc action news. >>> well, neighbors are rallying around a polk county family after a five-year-old was hit own home. austin crwaford and his sister were on their

. >>> debate right here on your abc action news station. we will be fact checking both candidates after the debate. marco rubio and patrick murphy scoring off tonight in a debate. the race between them has been heated but coming up we are exploring two issues both candidates may agree on.>>> the most accurate weather team in westchase area into the keystone line between hillsboro and pasco county, looking at a few isolated showers and very light rain you can barely see it as we make a wider view so we can see how isolated the ring is, if you're planning on heading outside, or you are walking the dog going for a job -- jog a chance for rain coming down over the next couple of hours, mixed rain fairbrother clouds until the sunsets then clearing skies with temperatures near 70 degrees. i will have more on how the rain chances are coming down and how our temperatures will eventually come down in the seven-day forecast. >>> right now traffic snarled after a box truck goes off a sarasota bridge. you can see the worker in the water, as we speak cr

abc action news getting action answers for you. >> timing is just as location in real estate. right now the timing is getting better. >> price reductions are becoming more common around tampa bay. this home reduced by $127,000. so what is going on? and does it have anything to do with concern over the outcome of the presidential election election cycle. >> it is true, price reductions in tampa are starting to pick up. >> the house that we are in we just reduced $20,000. >> he says the reason has less to do with the election anxiety and more to do with supply and demand. the summer is over, the rush of buyers has subsided and inventory is up. >> as a seller you have to get more aggressive on price. >> this is a smart time to buy a home. >> if you're selling, if your home hasn't sold it probably is a wise move to reduce your price mainly because of the time of year. >> whether donald or hillary makes it to the white house just remember the summer is typically hot for sellers and the winter warmer for buyers. >>> timing is everything, speaking the politics, marco debating tonight

>>> live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. >>i don't have any final words. she's always going to be with me. >>> right now on action news weekend edition an emotional goodbye for a tampa teen killed in a hit-and-run crash. we talked to the driver who says it wasn't all >>> road rage escalates to a deadly shooting on the streets of hillsborough county. we'll break down what happened. >>> if you're catching a flight this weekend leave your phone behind or get fined, well this type of phone. we'll run down the new ban that starts today. >>i feel bad for people who have that phone. that is like -- >>it's just a sunshine we're going to be talking about that samsung issue this morning. so much more ahead. it is 7:00 on i'm lindsey logue. >>and i'm james tully. lots of things to get to including a mew messing over in the action news weather center, debra schrils with us. and debra making your return to action news. >>that's right i was here several years ago. it's so nice to be back. >>good to have you. >>things looking great out ther

>>reporter: reporting in sarasota county jake peterson abc action news. >>> the weekend is here. was thinking about holloway percent it was hot and windy out there. >> it makes a little better have the wind we would be heating up but now i think over the next few days more of the same we will stay warm and going to say she met but you get the breezy weather out there feels noticeably nicer and the beast never a bad alternative although there are some the things going on this weekend across the entire area and the weather will see more some across the temperatures in the low to mid 80s to the two points are at their back in the mid-60s semisweet humid and muggy one of those big event going on over at ray j as the winds could have an impact on the football game. the usf bulls are taking on the navy mid- shipment of red ray j temperatures will be low 80s the kickoff and the whistle subside and heading over to the game it will be a beautiful night to watch football. not the way that you think of approaching november but it kind of is for the bay area i think it looks just as good for

abc action news erik waxler protect these kids of genesis preschool are ready for halloween. entertaining from the rehab center per performance is just a warm-up before monday's trick-or- treating protect everyone in my house is very excited prospective mother of three says her teenage daughter asked about trick-or-treating with friends and so the parents but venture out there are smart phone apps to keep track. family locator is one that transfer the phone is. most of them have maps on for print you can set up a predetermined route and if your child these the route you will be notified and family signal cost five dollars a month along with maps and has a panic button. any parents like the call over the use find my phone to find out where the children are protect just sporadically i will pop somebody is where they say they are is that the state parents are reluctant to ever let their kids trick-or-treat without them . >> i just really don't trust anybody with my son. he is my baby. let me while the children are a big hit and rewarded with some early treats before the big boun

thanks for joining us for abc action news, i'm dan shaffer. >> i'm deiah riley. >>> breaking news from overnight. four people were killed on a ride at a theme park on australia's east coast. two men and two women died at the theme park called dream world. all four were on a raft ride that moves on a fast moving artificial river. two victims were thrown. two were trapped inside. the park is closed until the investigation is complete. >>> out to the latest in democracy 2016, hillary clinton and donald trump campaign in florida. trump will hold rallies in sanford and tallahassee. last night he was here in tampa. abc action news reporter michael paluska made a promise to floridians if he is president. in the first 100 days in office and what it would do for floridians. an ampitheatre was the fitting place for donald trump to hold a rally. in front of thousands of people he was their rock star. his plan clear and concise. >> we will remove all criminal illegal immigrants from our country. >> the crowd was fired up. >> . >> we are going immigration from regions comprised by islamic terrorism

chuck stepherson abc news. >>> you can watch the debate live right here on abc on sunday october night, abcs on martha will be the co- moderator. >>> coming up on action news at 8 our political analyst will be live in the studio, down the polls and talking about how each candidate ask our targeting a specific voting group coming up at 8. >> tax records obtained by the new york times shows donald trump's business losses and 2005 were so large they could keep him from paying income taxes the next 15 years. a net loss of nearly $916 million in federal taxable income for trump and 95. release the tax records, and they are accusing the new york times of using them to benefit clinton. >> in an attempt to give minorities to the polls, representatives hosting registration drives a barbershops to make it easier for people to register by the deadline date. october 11. >> we make this comment statement that every vote matters, we 75 votes in the selection, go back to 16 years ago in 2000 the presidential election was decided by 535 votes. >> every vote counts, we posted dates and locations on a website, www.abcactionnews.com heartbreaking update a six-year- old

go to our abc action news facebook page and share this video. >>> to developing scene in new york city, firefighters finally extinguished a 5-story apartment fire in manhattan, person died. 12 others, including firefighters are injured. the flames went through all 5 levels of that apartment building. it started 3:30 this morning, one injured suffered serious injuries, the others, including 7 firefighters have injuries. >>> a father arrested after his 10-year-old son called 911 for the boy called 911 tuesday saying his dad was asleep in the car and he couldn't wake him up. the boy was scared and looking for someone to help him. the dad was still asleep when detectives showed up but appeared to be under the influence with mislabeled prescription pills in his pocket. >>> coming up, it is a gorgeous day out there right now, 70s, tampa clearwater, st. pete, lot of us lookg chilly air through the early part of the week, we are going to warm mid 80s this afternoon, little above average this time of year, doppler radar is doing okay, showers down to the south, northeast, some action up there.

abc action news political analyst susan mcmanus watched the debate. despite all the rhetoric she says nothing changed. >> the frustration for many people will be after these three debates they're still divided. and no real details on how they're going to fix big problems in this country. >> dr. mcmanus does not believe this debate swied voters much and won't have much of an impact on the election. >>> new tonight, elections officials in florida testing voting machines as concerns grow about the threat of hackers, these tests happening in miami-dade county. each voting unit tested for logic and accuracy several times before it can be used in pregnant women who recently spent time in miami-dade county to get tested for zika. this includes women who live or visited the area since august 1st. zika is mainly spread by mosquitoes and can cause severe brain related birth defects. >>> good evening everybody. in weather tonight titan doppler quiet. it is going to stay that way even though we have a pretty strong cold front coming this way. now usually once you

from pinellas county, brendaliss gonzalez abc action news. >>> >> i know what you are doing tonight. >> i have a homework assignment from denis phillips. >> that is the unofficial beginning of fall when you start seeing charlie brown talking about halloween and you get the first cold front. >> you have got to see this. every day i am amazed by that woman. here is a look at side at the beach. a beautiful day across the area, centering with temperatures in the mid-to upper 80s but by the weekend we have got big changes, they even arrive earlier than that, one more day with temperatures above normal in the mid to upper 80s, today we hit 90 degrees in sarasota, big changes friday in the form of the cold front and by the weekend normal much cooler weather, i would not be shocked if you live in brooksville and brooksville is usually the cold spot if you wake up to 49 degrees. we have got a chill in the air that will stick around two or three days before a slow warm- up returns. here's a look at titan doppler radar, all is quiet with temperatures in the mid-to upper 80s normally we should b

in pasco county, isabel rosales abc action news. >>> a truck driver finds $100,000 sports car just too tempting instead of delivering the car to a texas dealership like he was supposed to, he was caught on camera the owner watched his dash cam video and he wasn't pleased. >> [ indiscernible ] >> the nissan gtr was told for a routine check but he did not get there until monday afternoon. the tow truck driver drove the at one point the man called friends to get pictures with the car. >> this is somebody that has been paid to do a job. they did not do their job. >> police are looking for the man who drove off with the car, the company has apologized but says the driver was a contractor ever and does not work for the company. >>> we are getting an inside look at a large jail fight, the brault that broke out injured this is video from the cook county jail. you see the fight breakout by the stairs and it moves toward the door. it does not take long for officers to enter the maximum- security area to break up the fight. one of the deputies was struck with a food tray that was thrown by an inm

ryan smith, abc action news. >>> hillary clinton is in new hampshire with senator first campaign appearance alongside michelle obama later this week. >> rock star jon bon jovi is coming to tampa in support of clinton. he will play a concert november 5th, three days before election day. >>> we are making phone calls trying to get more information on a time, location and also how you can get tickets. former president bill clinton is heading to south florida to campaign yesterday. >> the character of america and the inclusive character of our country. i thought it was a good thing when we had the first african- american president and i think it will be a good thing when we have the first woman president. >> the former president campaigns speaking at a jewish center and two churches urging people to go out and vote for his wife. >> clinton's running mate is yesterday he told a crowd in orlando that clinton would work on building strong ties with puerto rico. thousands have moved to central florida and the clinton campaign has concentrated on getting their support. kaine says they are serious ab

for now, reporting live in tampa, rodney, abc action news. >>> all right. we 're getting our first look at the man accused of killing a hillsboro county high school student and driving away. this is nicholas constantino. we are also getting word he just posted bonds and being released from jail. the clearwater man hit and killed 17-year-old ashley. on hillsboro avenue when she was hit. grief counselors have been at her school. >>> two major cases headed to court today, including the man accused of kidnapping a lakeland girl. west wild hogs is waking up in a jail cell. investigators extradited him yesterday from tennessee. they say that's where he brought a four-year-old girl, rebecca lewis, after abducting her from her home nearly a week ago. lewis is now home safe with her man accused of crashing his truck into a lakeland home killing a woman inside is set to face charges. investigators say this man here, 24-year-old ryan, plowed into that home right into the guest bedroom, hitting janice. the woman who was beloved in her community died instantly yesterday

reporting from palm harbor, rodney dunigan, abc action news. >>> a car crash leads to multiple attempted carjackings, home invasion and a suspect's death. witnesses tell action news the suspect threw a br deputy's head after he responded to the crash. the homeowner saw someone trying to break in then saw a deputy shoot and kill the man in his front yard. >> he went to the cop car. the cop was trying to get out. he barely had the door open. that's when he threw the brick and made a hole right where the could be would be, behind his window. >> the shooting stemmed from a traffic crash involving the three other people. the deputy that opened fire is a 24 year veteran. no one was seriously hurt in the car crash. the deputies haven't released the suspect's name or a motive to why he ran. >>> one of those that killed a florida state professor has pled guilty in the death of dan markel. investigators call it a murder for hire plot. police arrested markel's ex- wife and a woman linked to rivera is serving 12 years in prison for an unrelated crime. before the deal, he was facing the death sentenc

you can watch it live on your abc action news station at 9:00. then join us tomorrow we are teaming up with politifact fact checking what the candidates say. regal cinemas is showing the debate on the big screen. >>> a former tampa teacher convicted of having sex with two students is getting out of prison. in 2010 she pled guilty to having sex with the teens. she was sentenced to 10 years in prison. she taught at davidson. >>> the woman that cared for the vick of a hit-and-run accident has a message for the cover his tracks. jarvis kendricks is accused of hitting janice joy as she walked on did you have road in lakeland. deputies found a piece of kendrick's truck near the scene. they say he deliberately crashed his truck into a sign then contacted his insurance company to cover up the crime. >> i feel he was selfish. the choices he made, now his family is fixing to lose him as well as >> kendrick is charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death and tampering with evidence. >>> still to come at 6:00, praises this morning for a young br

marisela burgos abc action news. >> watch them square off right here on abc action news starting at 7:00 tonight. we will stream the debate live on our facebook page and mobile app. >>> in hillsboro county more people expected to vote before the election. 192,000 vote by mail ballots have been mailed out, on pace to beat the there has been at least one incident of an absentee ballot going missing from a homeowner's mailbox. the elections office says that is rare and there are plenty of safeguards in place to protect your vote, one feature using paper ballots. each has a unique identifying number. >> if summary says i don't know what happened give me another one, we will cancel the ballot and send another one so even if it does hit our office it won't be accepted. comfortable mailing in your ballot you can drop it off anytime between now and 7:00 on election night at any of the 16 early voting sites or four election offices in hillsboro county, you can track your ballot online to make sure it gets to you and then back to the election office. >>> still to come, off the job a bay area co

if you want some head over to our abc action news app. we have a game link there. >>> alex trebek is trending today for speaking his thoughts about nerd hip-hop. this is what happens when a guest tries to explain the gender. >> it's people that are nerdy, rapping about things they love, having a hard time meeting >> it's really catchy and fun. to losers, in other words. >> alex trebek went on to laugh and say he was just teasing. that contestant proved him wrong when he more than $22,000 and destroying the competition. >>> leeson florence, south carolina are helping residents celebrate their power being -- police in florence, south carolina are helping residents celebrate their power being returned. >> ? >> that women cracked me up. she said they thought it was pretty cool for the police to bring some joy to them. she said this is what a real police and civilian relationship looks like. >> it's nice that you can laugh at it. after being without electricity and finally getting it back, i'm sure there -- they are sleeping comfortably tonigh

in polk county, abc action news. >>> tonight a county sheriff is suing his board of commissioners. the board failed to notify him in writing of changes to his budget this year which is required by state law. the board denied the sheriff's request for a nearly $2 million budget increase, but they kept his office at the same funding million county wide shortfall. >>> turning to democracy 2016. joe biden wrapping up an event in sarasota, trying to evener jiez voters and get them -- enengize voters. >> vice president joe biden in on voter registration. you can see in this picture he is still in the gym. there is a big, large crowd of supporters surrounding him as he's taking pictures and many selfies with the supporters up here. nearly 1,000 people packed inside the robert l taylor community center. 700 people inside the gym. i'm told 250 in the standing room. biden spoke for about 35 minutes today saying right off the bat if hill wins florida, she she touched on topics like raising minimum wage, college affordability and the need to bring outsourced jobs back to the u.s. much of the v

erik waxler abc action news. >>> also right now hurricane the cold bearing down on bermuda. look at this category two storm, a round of dangerous storm surge now that the eye has passed over bruno. >> isolated tornadoes are possible let's move over to meteorologist shay ryan. >>> the biggest concern will be the tropical storm to the near hurricane force winds the island will continue to see on the backside of the system, also a significant storm surge about 6 to 8 feet we are still looking at 5 to 8 inches of rain tonight to fall on the island. again it is weakening as it moves northeast away from the island. moving at 21 miles per hour, moving quickly and it will be a category one storm by tomorrow afternoon. and it will continue to dissipate in the atlantic. improve throughout tonight but it is dealing with strong winds , hefty storm surge and rainfall totals. as far as our weather is concerned, fabulous, a glorious day out there, tonight is looking the same, mostly clear skies and mostly dry conditions temperatures falling from the 80s into the mid-70s by 11:00 tonight. t

thank you for coming by. >>> abc action weather the most accurate weather in >>> live from the station taking action for you. this is abc action news. . >>> welcome back to weekend edition i'm tul tul it's just about 9:30 no. here's what we're watching the breaking in india 19 people were killed and 25 others to a hin do you ceremony in northern india we are working to get more information and fwri that to you as soon as we can. >>> within the last hour donald trump tweeting this: calling accusations of sexual misconduct 100% fabricated and made up charges. trump adding the allegations are being pushed strongly by the hillary clinton campaign and the news media. >>> family and friends grieving the death of ashley hit and run driving killing this 17-year old in hillsborough avenue this week. the man accused of hitting her was arrested on thursday. he says it was ashley who jumped in front of the car and he didn't realize he hit someone until the next day. >>> 9:31 we are helping you kick off the weekend. we are talking about florida's most accurate forecast. >> reporter: just a few showers and definitely the moisture has tomorrow. >