. >> reporter: carrie simmon's stepfather was at the gus stop waiting and waiting. >> they patched into the driver and the driver said that my daughter had got gotten on the bus. >> reporter: but the eight-year- old had been on the bus with and left here in tarpon springs. fortunately, another woman saw the little girl and noticed something was wrong. the woman let the little girl call her mother. >> she was crying. i couldn't understand what she was saying. and a woman had found her. she didn't know where she was. so, the woman got on the phone and told me she was in tarpon springs. >> reporter: officials investigated the ien follow a number of policies including announcing each bus stop before arrival. >> we also expect each of our drivers to follow a route in its entirety. every single bus stop whether they think the student will utilize or not. >> reporter: following an investigation, the pinellas county school system now tells me that the bus driver has been removed from that job and is no >> now, the eight-year-old told her mother that she got off the bus because she believed the

simmone the black swimmer. i tried to take the weight of the black community off my shoulders which is something i carry with me being in the position. i do hope that goes away. >> another simmone is making her mark, simone biles earned gold in the individual all around gymnastics competition. her teammate aly won silver. biles is the fourth consecutive american woman to win the all around title. let's take a latest look at the medal standings the u.s. by far in the lead with 39 including 16 gold followed by china japan russia and great britain. >> still ahead scientific buzz over sharks. and how the new research could lead to new insight into human aging. >>> and the show in the sky caught on camera. new images of the perseid meteor shower. >> that was a beautiful sight to be hold. now hazy conditions in the bay area. it is a spare the air day and tell you how that will effect your weekend forecast as the news continues. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,, ♪ doing a little cleaning i see. sparkle paper towels are great for wiping up fingerprints without wiping out your savings. just right for cleaning up...jelly...