ashley yore is living to being to frustrated only owners out there. good morning, ashley. >> reporter: good morning, deiah. you said it. they are frustrated because yesterday there were about 4 feet of water at the height splashing up to hit the back of this sign. yesterday, people were wading through several feet of water to get out. these people and their dogs making that trek. people who lived here grabbed a few important belongings they could carry. this community has been flooded out before thunderstorm colin hit them hard back in it caused severe flooding. the power is still off and more storms are expected. the power could stay off for some time. reporting live, i'm ashley yore, abc action news. >>> a colorado dad is under arrest after admitting to an unthinkable crime, intentionally crashing his car to kill his 2-year-old son. >> police say with his sun unbuckled fromis car seat, the man slammed into a parked authorities say nathan was high on cocaine at the time of the crash sunday. inside the mangled wreckage of the acura, his 2-year-old son.

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ashley yore is live at the polk county sheriff's office. thankfully, deputies were hurt in this. that's really lucky because the sheriff says this man tried to kill officers from four different secureis dictions. take a look at this damage. you can see multiple bullet holes. francis perry fired multiple times at the drug task force when they pulled him over for trafficking meth. deputies never knew what was about to happen until bullets >> the windows were blacked out. we could not see into the vehicle at all. as the officers and deputy walked up to the car, he started shooting. when he started shooting, we started shooting. >> reporter: francis perry served a year and a half in prison for meth and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. he just got out six months ago. the sheriff says they recovered a large amount of meth and a gun from the car. we expect to get an update from the sheriff later on this morning both about perry's condition and the investigation that led to that shoot-out that happened last night. for now, reporting live, i'm ashley yore, abc action news. >>> tak

. >> ashley yore is in front of macfarlane park elementary school where parents say the kids are losing their first students hearsay secretary knight is key to keeping their kids safe. the county says there will still be two secretaries here to do the job. >> i have to keep my kids safe. >> reporter: just like in the farewell drawing she holds, knight says she is considered a key piece of the macfarlane park puzzle. >> you want to keep your own kids safe. i want to keep our kids safe. i never want to see nothing happen to them. >> reporter: knight has worked here for 12 years. now she will be moved plant the hillsborough county school district says they are shuffling more gib sob to do an efficie secretaries based on school enrollment. >> the assessment can only be done if you sit in her shoes every day. >> reporter: some parents say they need knight. the buzzer and locked door are not enough. >> she is the first face to reach you. she knows all of the kids. in and nobody is getting out that shouldn't be leaving. >> reporter: knight says on busy days you have to look out for people who

ashley yore is live on clearwater beach. what are conditions out there right now? >> reporter: good morning, deiah. we're trying to seek a little bit of shelter here. we are actually on the beach, though. i want to show you what we're dealing with. i think the trees say it all. you look at them. they are just flapping like crazy. i want to take you over this way. we're going to move to the edge of our shelter hereo i can show you. we have intense rain but even more intense than that is the w i have to tell you, we were taking the bridover here to clear water beach and felt our wind. even just walking 30 conds to get here, i am completely soaked my umbrella is broken. if you can avoid being out here in this, that's what you want to do. at this hour it's still early so not a lot of people out haven't seen anyone walking around or out on the beach. that's what law enforcement s to avoid. no one should be out if you can avoid this because, are dealing with treacherous conditions even though the eye of the storm is a significant distance away. i'm ashley yore, abc actio

for now, reporting live, i'm ashley yore, abc action news. >>> winter haven police need your help this morning to catch three men who they say busted a glass window to get that a radioshack. police say they stole phones less than two minutes. anyone with information is asked to call crimestoppers. >>> we told about you the boater who ran his yaht aground after too many long island iced teas. it's not the first time he's taken to the water after a few drinks. thomas bake her been arrested weeks before by police in port canaveral. they charged him with bui on august 14th. >>> look at that boater desperately trying to scoop water out of a using a plastic cup. the boat started taking on water 12 miles from the pass. the coast guard lowered the pump to the water because it stopped working. he did the right thing by keeping his boat running because if he had turned it >>> patel was reported missing from the carnival ecstasy. she may have gone overboard near grand bahama. >>> the father of a teen accused of a gruesome double murder in martin county says his son's condition is deteriorating. w

. >> tonight ashley yore found out how you caland new job in just six weeks. >> reporter: in a machines and gadgets, ben moore says he was able to change his life. >> i didn't want to work in retail my whole life. i wanted to learn something that i could apply that i could do. >> reporter: he learned advanced manufacturing. a six-week certification program through st. petersburg college landed him a job here at dynamet. >> i feel like contributing something that i do something that i enjoy. demand. jill says there are about 30,000 manufacturing jobs in pinellas county alone. >> there's lots of opening entry level right now. manufacturers are willing to take you in and train you. if you can show the best work ethic possible. and you can kind of work your way up the ladder. >> reporter: the basic certification will teach you vocabulary you need to know to work in the field and tour you through manufacturing companies. and they work around your schedule so you can keep your current job. >> we have offered them in the morning for students who work in the ev for students who work during the

. >> abc action news reporter ashley yore explains how weeks later they are still trying to recover. >> reporter: normally you would be able to rent a kayak or paddle board here. as you can see, the owner's chair is empty. all the boats are in dock. he says sewage in the water is driving business away. and he's not the only one. >> less hours i have to so i just work probably half >> reporter: jet skis and pontoon boats sit empty. it is the slow season for rentals like these, but something else is keeping people away. >> people do call and want to go on jet skis on the weekends. but when the water is contaminated, we can't send them out. >> reporter: fun can't always live up to their name because hurricane hermine forced them to dump sewage into the bay. the storm in august of 2015 $50,000. >> i'm very frustrated. and i'm very disheartened that i'm that close to closing. >> reporter: not all of the tourists are keeping out of the water in fort desoto park. >> i didn't think about it going in. i knew there was brown spots. because we're staying on st. pete beach itself. and my husband

we head out to ashley yore good morning, ashley. >> good morning. i want to show you what we're dealing with. take a look at how high the water is already. about 3 you can see people driving through. they are going slowly. that is the major issue with what is happening. as people are driving through, and now you see a truck driving through, that is creating waves and pushing some of that water into people's homes. right now, i'm with the assistant police chief. what are people dealing with? >> the water right now is some of the homes, the water is right up to the front doors. what we're doing is cutting off access to cut down on the vehicle traffic. the only vehicles you see are going to nursing homes in need of staffing or refly. people are dealing with it up to their housespch. >> reporter: just before us, a fire hydrant back there is completely covered. that's how high the water is this morning. of course we'll continue to keep you updated throughout the morning. i'm ashley yore, abc action news. >> unfortunately, they will continue with the heav

pete, i'm ashley yore, abc action news. >>> now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action >> good afternoon, everybody well, fall has arrived. n you feelit? no. it's still in the low 80s. there's still scattered storms out there. it won't be changing. you know, normally it's october to november before we start to notice a looking at heavy rains from west tampa to the downtown area. handful of lightning strikes near the temple terrace as ll if you look at the entire picture, that's about it. it remains rain free. the heat is around. 84 with rain in plant city but low to mid-90s across much of the area. and even ang teach, pe90 degre for a couple days. there's a wave coming off of africa. we have two tropical storms but this is the one that we will be seven to ten days. over the closer to me, partly cloudy skies overnight. i will l etyou know if the rain will be an issue for the bucs- rams game. that is coming up in a few minutes. >>> a man accused of about his credentials. clifton french shows us how much damage his alleged lies may have done. >> reporter: silent as deputie

abc action news reporter ashley yore is live on the courtney campbell near where the crash happened. one of those children still in really bad shape right now. >> reporter: a 2-year-old little girl still in critical condition this morning. law enforcement says this was a distracted driver failed to stop at this stoplight here. take a look at this white vehicle involved in the crash. you can see it's so mangled you can hardly tell what type it was. rescuers took a total of eight people to the hospital. the 23-year-old woman who caused the crash says she took her eyes off the road and didn't see cars stop at the red light here at damascus road. she slammed into a mini van and set off the chain reaction. re several people from the mini van she hit. eight people now at three different hospitals this morning. that 2-year-old girl critically injured is now at tampa general hospital. we expect to find out more about the victims, who they are and how they are doing later on today. of course we're going to keep you updated both here on air and on social media. reporting live, i'm ashley yore,

abc action news reporter ashley yore is live at the walmart on land o' lakes boulevard where this happened. ashley, how exactly can the public help detectives now? >> reporter: pasco county shooting. they are willing to pay for it. they are offering up to $3,000 as a crime stoppers reward for any information that actually leads to an arrest. here's why it's so important they catch this suspect -- look at this video. that is jake everett's taillight after he says he was driving down u.s. 41 with his girlfriend when a driver in an suv brake checked him and followed him off the road into this walmart parking lot. that is wh driver fired a shot from a shotgun spraying the couple's car with pellets. everett was hit in the arm, the driver took off. >> these incidents unfortunately in our county are happening more often. so people are becoming more violent, they are firing weapons at people and this gentleman is lucky he's still alive. >> reporter: detectives are going through surveillance video looking for a clean picture of the suspect's picture. right now they know it's a dark florida tag. a d

ashley yore is live at the scene. ashley this is a major road, so it is a good thing that it's closed down right now. [no audio ] >> reporter: that's right, deiah. come this road is completely submerged. i'm at a bus stop right now. there is no way that a bus could be able to drive down this stretch of road today. a while ago, we caught neighbors taking in the flood for the first time. people who live on this street say they never have seen the flooding so bad before. about ten blocks on mlk are flooded right now. knees. one man says it got bad about 4:00 in the afternoon yesterday with cars stalling out. now he's thinking of what comes next. >> just got worried about how close it starts working its way up to the house. they say we'll have re rain coming in this afternoon. we'll see what happens. >> reporter: one neighbor told me he saw a gator swimming right here early this morning. it's a good reminder to stay out of that floodwater if you can. now, as bad as things look here, they could be getting worse in the panha

ashley yore is live out there right now. you just got an update from officials there. >> reporter: we are here getting an update from city officials this morning. they are saying that despite all of the prep in st. petersburg, this storm has been one of the worst that the city they are talking downed power lines, trees that are down. they have flooded streets. that's what they are dealing with right now. about an hour ago, they were helping nurses get to nursing home where's they work. police say it was a few feet deep at some point. 280 people are still without power in the neighborhood. powe around 6:00 last night. there have been two rescues in the whole city since the storm started. we sawe police helping stranded people get home. >> getting off work, we tomorrow this pip thought i would walk through, but that's too deep. it's knee deep. stop sign in the floodwater. definitely too deep to walk through. police are keeping the neighborhood closed and say if you don't have to drive in the flood waters, please don't. the upd

ashley yore, abc action news. >>> a crime alert this morning. hillsborough county deputies are looking for the man in this picture right here. surveil lentz photos show him -- surveillance photos show him with a gun on monday. if you know who this guy is or have any information, you could possibly get a $3,000 reward. >>> investigators are stuck going over the wreckage in pierce this morning. three crew members died when it crashed tuesday in palm bay. the chopper was on a test flight after a repair. no one reported any problems in the minutes that led up to the crash. >>> tensions of running high as politicians debate funding for zika. outside city hall protesting the plan to spray pesticides from airplanes. many are worried how toxic it could be for the people living in those communities. the spray treatments will continue for about a month. >>> florida representative david jolly is causing a buzz for this bold move on capitol hill. he brought a jar filled with 100 mosquitoes from congress. the insects from the university of south florida don'

eight people are still in the ashley yore is live on the courtney campbell this morning where that crash happened. ashley, i understand you have an update on that little girl. >> reporter: i just got an update in the last 10 minutes. we now know that 18-month-old girl still in critical condition this morning. law enforcement says it was a distracted driver that caused that crash. right here, she failed to stop at this light and she says she was reaching bottle. look at this white vehicle involved in the crash in this video. it's so mangled you can hardly even tell what type it was. right now we know rescuers took a total of eight people to the hospital. that 23-year-old woman who caused the crash, again, she says she took her eyes off the road for a minute, she didn't see those cars that were stopped here at damascus road and it were too late for her to that set off the chain reaction. firefighters extricated several people from the mini van and eight people are at three different hospitals this morning. that 18-month-old, again, is still critically injured. at tampa general hospital. we

reporting live in tampa, ashley yore, abc action news. >>> a new poll just out shows hillary clinton losing her post convention bounce, according to the cnn/orc poll trump now leads clinton 45% to 43% among likely voters in a four-way race. within the margin of error. libertarian gary johnson gets 7% while green party candidate >>> yesterday trump kicked off the traditional fall campaign season by attending a county fair in ohio. he also sat down with reporters on his -- talked about his immigration policy and said he would not offer illegal immigrants a road to citizenship until the border is secure. >> we're going to stop the drugs, get rid of the bad ones. we're going to build a wall. you need the wall to stop the drugs. so become a citizen you're going to have to go out and come back in. >> trump will be campaigning today in virgini then greenville, north carolina. he's coming to florida friday for a rally in pensacola. >>> right now president obama is on his final asian trip as u.s. president but one scheduled meeting is not going to happen after the president of the philippines

abc action news reporter ashley yore is live at the walmart on land o' lakes boulev public's help to find this guy. >> reporter: that's right. any information that will lead to an arrest could be a 3 $3,000 reward for you. a man and his girlfriend, in this parking lot, were heading here, when they got here they tried to escape an angry were facing. that is jakeeverette's taillight. after he said he was driving down u.s. 41 with hisend, the driver in an suv brake checked him, then followed him off the road into the walmart parking lot. that is wheneverrette says the door everett fired a shot spraying the couple's car with pellets. everett was hit in the arm. one pellet is too deep to be ever be removed from his shoulder. the couple says they don't know why this happe he brake checked us, no reason. we looked at each other like what was that about? she was petrified. i was scared too. >> reporter: the driver took off. detectives right now are going through surveillance video looking for a clean picture of the suspect's vehicle. right now they know it's a dark colored older model suv wi

reporting live in pasco county, i'm ashley yore, abc action news. >>> 9:32. we turn to the latest in democracy 2016 -- donald trump is on the campaign trail today while hillary clinton is recovering from pneumonia at from the trail she's still right in the middle of all the media attention, both for her health and for referring to half of trump supporters as a "basket of deploreables." >> i'm feeling so much better. >> reporter: calling in to cnn last night hillary clinton tried to reassure voters her health is not an issue they should take to the ballot box. while her husband, bill clinton told charlie rose her campaign is not hiding any health secrets. >> nothing more to know. all of her health indicators are good. she's very strong. >> reporter: the democratic nominee acknowledged it was a combination of the heat and pneumonia that caused her to lose her balance as she left the 9/11 event in new york sunday but aides officially neglected to mention the pneumonia diagnosis friday, saying only heat and dehydration. greater problem. david axelrod tweeting --

abc action news reporter ashley yore is live on the courtney campbell where that crash happened. ashley, one of the toddlers still in serious condition this morning. >> a 2-year-old little girl still in critical condition this morning. law enforcement says this was a stop at that light you're looking at now. look at this white vehicle involved in the crash. so mangled you can hardly tell with a type it was. rescuers took a total of eight people to the hospital. the 23-year-old woman who caused the crash says she took her eyes off the road and then didn't see cars stopped at the redlight here at damascus road. she slammed into a mini van and set off that chain reaction. firefighters had to extricate several people from that van. eight people are now at three different hospitals this morning. that 2-year-old little girl critically injured is now at tampa general hospital. later on this morning we expect to find out more about the victims. who they are and how they are doing. of course we're going to keep you posted right here on air and on social media. for now reporting live, i'm a

abc action news porter ashley yore sat in on the meeting and will have the latest on the plans to keep this from happening . >>> now thmost aur action weather. >> hey are you everybody? we've been dodging showers since first thing this morning. we saw rain along the coast as we expected. now through the afternoon, most of the rains push inland. temperatures still right back in the upper 80s to low 90s. the humidity is high. it feels like a sauna out there with good reason, because we have the moisture sticking around. by 10:00 most of the rain will be off to the east. i think there's a chance of a few morning showers tomorrow. not as maase d today. in the tropics, we hae, maybe what is behi potentially down the meon. workweek? night,skies waking up we will have that in a couple minutes. >>> more information about ahmad khan rahami, the suspected new york and new jersey bomber. he caught federal authorities attention years ago. his own father telling the fbi back in 2014 his terrorist. he was interacting with bad people overseas he said. but the fbi's assessment produced no clear eviden

and, as ashley yore explains, a slow holiday weekend is not helping. >> businesses like this souvenir shop hit hard were forced to closed for several days. now they are back open, but they are not packing the beach like normal. hotels with rooms to spare, and open seats at lunchtime. it's our you expect to see any >> it is relatively bare. the beach is not busy. and for this holiday there aren't too many people out. >> they are working to get the beach back in order. but open spots mean that they are not spending time here. and, they were forced to shut down four days last week. many people coming in couldn't make it at all. >> a lot of people have canceled plans. and today, a lot of these people were here for two weeks and there's nothing we can do. >> it flooded rose -- roads and co--- forced them to close. and, tourists are still not back. >> they knew it would hit, and all the way from england and they are happy to fill the empty chairs. >> it's the best place to have been in florida. >> that's just what business owners want to hear as i hope that sunny days ahead will help them r

ashley yore is near the usf student center where clinton will be in just a few hours. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it may be quiet here now but it when hillary clinton is here. she's expected to talk about national security here in the united states but her campaign has already said surprise, surprise, she's going to be talking about donald trump. clinton is saying trump doesn't have the temperament to be president and we know she's already taking jabs at trump most recently in ohio yesterday during a coughing spell. >> every time i think about trump i ge response saying she's allergic to the media after finally spending time with them yesterday. clinton is really blaming the coughing on seasonal allergies shutting down conspiracy theories about her health. we'll see how she does later today when she's here this afternoon. it will be streamed live on abcactionnews.com. reporting live in tampa, ashley beach and greenville, north carolina. he's coming to florida this friday for a rally in pensacola. yesterday touch kicked off the traditional fall campaign sea

for now reporting live, i'm ashley yore, abc action news. >>> a tree came down on a roof on a tampa home while a mother and young child were inside. weather may be a factor in this one, too. the family was able to go back in and collect valuables. the mother used her body to shield her 5-year-old when the tree came down. fortunately, no one was seriously hurt. >>> remember, most bay area schools are closed because of the storm. sarasota and polk county for the majority of the district, the concern is getting kids to and from school safely. at least one school, though, is dealing with flooding. traffic pushed waves of water inside of inona elementary school in largo. with schools closed, it creates a child care nightmare for many working parents. the city of tampa is stepping up to help. the city is keeping open two dozen rec centers today. childr between 8:00 this morning and 6:00 this evening free of charge. the mayor says he realizes who can't afford >> we want to do what we can to be helpful. if it means watching a bunch of kids on a rainy day, we're happy to do that. >> reporter: we'

ashley yore explains how you can start earning a salary almost right away. where's >> sheriff's office. make yourself known. corner. >> reporter: is getting used to making after nearly eight months training to be a deportation i and it's time that he is being -- to be a deputy. and it's time that he is being paid for. >> not having to have the second job to pay the bills is beneficial. >> single file rows. >> reporter: right now they have 120 deputy detention positions open. paid t first steps to landing one of those spots. >> if not, i would have to work full-time so i can at least pay all of my bills. this way i can concentrate on the academy. >> reporter: cadets say when they get here fear a two-week orientation program, instructors set strict rules. that's also the day that pay and benefits start. >> we feel we are part of the team already. >> reporter: the sheriff's office has had a lot of still put a record seven classes through the academy this year and plan on another seven next year. >> they don't need any experience. just a desire to serve the comm

ashley yore is talking to businesses who say this situation is costing them money. >>> now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> good afternoon, everybody. well, it is the last day of summer. and go figure, we are dodging some showers and some pretty decent thunderstorms now. northern hillsborough county, southern pasco county, from zephyrhills down to temple terrace, over to seffner and areas of rain too. these are drifting from the northwest to the southeast slowly. not a lot of movement with any of these. if you live along the coast, you will stay dry. with temperatures right back in the upper 80s to low 90s. again, right into the evening, partly cloudy skies. some heavier storms anterior. then the first day of fall looks a lot like the last day of summer. with warm and muggy conditions. i'll let you know if that will continue into the weekend. big weekend locally. we will talk about the weather coming up in a couple minutes. >> the new york and new jersey bombings. the fbi just releasing our first look at two men who found one of those pressure cooker bombs. i

. >> abc action news reporter ashley yore explains how weeks later they are still trying to recover. >> reporter: normally you would be able to rent a kayak or paddle board here. as you can see, the owner's chair is empty. all the boats are in dock. he says sewage in the water is driving business away. and he's not the only one. >> less hours i have to so i just work probably half >> reporter: jet skis and pontoon boats sit empty. it is the slow season for rentals like these, but something else is keeping people away. >> people do call and want to go on jet skis on the weekends. but when the water is contaminated, we can't send them out. >> reporter: fun can't always live up to their name because hurricane hermine forced them to dump sewage into the bay. the storm in august of 2015

pete, i'm ashley yore, abc action news. >>> a new poll shows that hillary clinton is leading the way here in florida. meanwhile much speculation tonight that former republican president george hw bush is calling the vote a private one. the focus on both candidates on the campaign trail tonight. immigration and national security. >> we have heard that from former cia director michael hayden who made ita very clear point when he said, donald trump is being used as a recruiting sergeant for the terrorists. >> donald trump in north carolina today. just moments ago a rally ending in a small town tside of raleigh. candidates are tied in the tar heel state. trump says that the bombings in weekre the fault of open borders. >> these attacks were made possible because of our extremely open immigration system which fails to properly vet and screen the individuals and families coming into the country. >> trump's son also the center of controversy after comparing refugees and a bowl of skittles. he has issue. >>> dan posting this sign at his restaurant that reads, quote, muslims, get out. you see

. >> ashley yore is live where all of this happened. ashley, that street is now back open to the public? >> reporter: that's right, rodney. now that it's light outside, you can see the scene here is clear. this is where no deputies were injured. you can tell that's really lucky when you take a look at this damage. you can see multiple bullet holes in the side of this dodge charger. last night, 32-year-old francis perry fired multiple times at the drug task force when they pulled him over for trafficking meth. there were officers from four different jurisdictions involved. deputies never knew what was were coming at them. >> the windows were blacked out. we could not see into the vehicle at all. as the officers and deputies walked up to the car, he started shooting. when he started shooting, we started shooting. >> reporter: francis perry served a year and a half in prison for meth and assault with a deadly weapon. judd says they recovered a large amount of meth and gun from the car. we still don't know how perry we expect to get that upd

i'm ashley yore, abc action news. >>> a man accused of a did edly shooting in a lakeland dollar store on monday. victor manns, jr. killed jeffrey morrow. morrow was with a friend trying to sell something online. they both met mann at the dollar store. mann snatched the item for and ran off. when the two men shaped mann, deputies say he shot and killed morrow. >>> a tourist from turkey spending his honeymoon in orlando died while trying to defend his wife. they got out of the car and the armed robbers tried to steal her purse. the husband stepped in front of his wife. the two men struggled. the gunman shot him several times around 1:30 thursday the robber ran off. the sheriff's office says this is the first killing of a tourist in the city's tourism district in recent memory. >>> the father of a teen accused of a deadly face-biting attack says his son's condition is getting worse. he is accused of randomly killing a couple in martin county and biting the deadman's face. he is still in the hospital this morning nearly a month after that attack. his father a. roof can't talk -- haroof ca

live in tampa, ashley yore, abc action news. >>> donald trump spent labor day in ohio attempting to win over voters in that very important swing state. candidate has ever lost ohio and been elected president. trump also spoke to reporters on board his plane explaining why it's important to build a wall on the mexican border. >> we're going to stop the drugs. we're going to get rid of the bad ones. we're going to build a wall. you need the wall to stop the drugs. to become a citizen you're going to have to go out and come back in. >> trump will campaign today in virginia and north carolina. he'll be back in florida friday for a rally in back open this morning even as the area recovers from all this flooding. >> school officials are telling parents if your child cannot get out safely because of the floodwater call your school, let officials there know. meanwhile we're hearing about three men who selflessly rescued people from flooding in new port richey. eric, joe and rich weren't affected by the flooding but couldn't stand by and watch others who were. so they grabbed a boat and them to