. >> reporter: fdle commissioner requested an additional $6.2 million from the general revenue fund in next year's budget. he also cited the recent bombings in the new york city area over the weekend to stress the need. >> we are seeking funding for 46 new counterterrorism positions which will establish a counterterrorism squad in each of our seven regions. >> reporter: and both the commissioner and the governor stress the need for the community's help. >> we all need to start watching out. we have anything that looks unusual, whether we like it or not, we need to call law enforcement. >> reporter: but fdle will have to battle what the other state agencies are battling. a projected tight budget year. >> we have to understand that we live in a time where people want to do harm to our country. spend more money to fight terrorism. >> reporter: they will also push for new legislation that criminalizes more terroristic activities. in tallahassee, matt galka, newschannel8. >> fdle is seeking 6.2 million additional dollars from florida's general revenue fund including a base pay increase for

he also faces a parole violation as well. >>> fdle agents have arrested three people for pulling off a scam involving tampa electric customers. they say allison and edwin enya and tiffany kennedy tried to convince customers their bill was unpaid and their power would be cut off if they did not make a payment using a virtual prepaid card. investigators call this type of scam a national problem. >>> the sarasota police department is now pleading with the public to help stop the ever growing heroin crisis. the city is seeing a sharp spike in the number of overdoses since last july, 44 people have overdosed. and now, they are finding more cases of drugs laced with elephant tranquilizers. it can be deadly if consumed and many users don't realize they are even taking it. >> this is a community effort. so, divided we will fail at this. united we have a chance. if you are not involved in this conversation, get involved in this conversation. because, the police department can't do it alone. >> now, this crisis is overwhelming >>> a local company needs new ems workers and it is finding them by

around the same time trump's foundation gave her that money, no word if the fdle will actually investigate. when we asked today they have not yet received the letter. controversial speaker is set to speak there, self-proclaimed gay conservative, that's not why protesters are showing up. abc action news reporter michael paluska is there to explain tonight. michael? >> reporter: the line to get into see milo yiannopoulos is growing here. continue to trickle in, a lot of people are been critical of him is because his critics say he is an antifeminist, racist and islamophobic. he is the senior editor at breitbart news, traveling to colleges across the country to challenge what he is calling extreme political correctness so he's making statements to counteract that correctness. he has infuriated many -- many members of the transgender community for saying that being transgender is quote his words, a horrible sickness. at the oval theater and usf police department is here as well. they have increased security because one of these speaking engagements in miami was canceled because the school did

the fdle's commissioner says additional details about changes to state laws and the legislative session starts in march. to the campaign trail now... where the candidates are gearing up for that first debate on monday. later today, donald trump is holding a rally in pennslyvania. he spent wednesday in ohio.. during one event-- he addressed yesterday's shooting and the ongoing protests in charlotte... he also mentioned the police shooting in tulsa... calling the death of an unarmed black man there... a tragic mistake and questioned the female officers hillary clinton was in orlando wednesday... also addressing the recent police shootings. she called these re-curring events "unbearable"... adding quote, "we are safer when communities respect police and police respect communities." clinton also addressed the economy and her disabled. and one local clinton supporter is showing his dedication to her... ?permanently. ron morrison-- from winter haven-- just got clinton's face tattooed on his arm at "sacred art tattoo." he says he's a longtime democrat - and believes in clinton so much that he'

. -- fdle are investigating. >>> good morning. it is a humid morning. 82 by 9:00 a.m. just a slim rain chance. still only a 20% rain chance at noon. by the time we get to the hottest part of the day, there's the 40% rain chance into the evening. if you're headed to the high off in some areas will still be rainy. 84degrees. but the last remaining showers by the time the band hits the field at half-time, mostly dry and 80 degrees. summer weather pattern today and tomorrow. we do get drier on sunday. a 20% chance. but no relief from the heat. upper 80s to low 90s. throughout the next eight days. there you see 20% sunday. and 30% monday. and we will check with traffic on the 8s as people want to get id >> that's right. >>> looking forward to the friday night blitz. right now, we have a great drive. over the howard frankland bridge, no delays here. and let's move over now. we do have a little bit of construction, webb road. hillsborough through jackson springs is blocked and. got overnight construction that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to paul and gayle.

we did check with fdle, and they tell us they are not investigating at this time. >>> top democrats on congressional intelligence committee say the russian government is making a big push to influence the election. servers and say it could only come from the top levels of the russian government. >>> donald trump, jr. compared refugees to a bowl of exitles and is standing by it. we first told about you this earlier this week. >> i saw it and thought it was a good metaphor. that's all it is. i guess i am surprised by the reaction simply because it is a metaphor for risk and probability. we have to be careful about those things. i understand that, you know, i conservative, it is a different standard. >> the tweet read if i had a bowl of exitles and told you three -- exit -- bowl of skittles and told you three would kill you, would you take a handful? the british citizen arrived in the u.k. was 6 did not approve the use of himself on twitter. >>> nasa astronaut kate rubens may not make it back in october as scheduled because of a launch delay by the crew. she said she requested an absentee

fdle has traveled to hernando investigating tonight and the hernando county sheriff's office. investigators are still on scene as well. jen? >> melanie michael live for us in hernando county. thank you very much mel. for developments on this story and breaking news alerts on your phone, you can download the free newschannel8 app. >>> frontier frustrations continue for customers in the bay area. tonight, this man is complaining about bills he keeps getting even though he canceled his service months ago. he is just one of more of the countless people on your side for help since frontier took over for verizon in april, paul mueller joins us live in downtown tampa. if the man is no longer a customer, why do the bills keep coming? >> reporter: well, it is all right here. 78-year-old tom montgomery calls it my experience with frontier communications. and in it, he actually transcribed some of the many conversations he had with frontier representatives. >> how would you describe this whole experience? >> it's a nightmare. this has to the true. nobody could make this up. >> reporter:

yeah, as we write in week," bar fdle saw an opportunity.bar rafa this, maybe other people will need it. companyo they created a called apollo shield. how does it work? max: it basically broadcast radio signals that allow you to affect consumer drones, basically between $500 and 200 devices-- and $2000 that you can purchase on amazon turn without using what the army called the kinetic solution, that is to say, without blowing it up. david: what is the market for things like this? yes, if you are a famous person getting married -- is there a bigger market? are lots of stadiums, particularly stadiums in the u.s., this is seen as an opportunity, also local law enforcement. if you have a printer or essentially a suspected terrorist or a drum that looks their theory is that every police department and that he will need one of these. if everything plays out the way they think it will play out, something in the billions of dollars, but again, it is a speculative because the rules around us are not totally figured out. you aret clear what lots do as

fdle travelled to hernando county and they're on scene investigating the case with a lot offy gos and details. we'll get those for you as the newscast continues throughout the evening. >> and melanie michael, live for updates on news and between newscasts g to www.wfla.com. >>> and right now, a state representative is concerned about health and safety issues because of sewer water being dumped into the bay and st. petersburg mayor has put up a video on youtube to explain the wastewater problem and as jeff patternson explains, he spoke with the former mayor who said this is a problem that never had have happened. >> reporter: the city of saint petersburg dumped more than 120 treated sewer water into the bay. and a former mayor is saying it shouldn't have ever happened. in a new youtube video, saint petersburg mayor explains that ageing and leaking pipes are putting too much water into saint pete's wastewater treatment system. forcing the city is to -- city to release sewage into the bay. >> and we're in the middle of a perfect storm. >> and he explains that in know .993% of the dischar

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the detectives from fdle are investigating. the deputies involved are on >>> a chain reaction crash on in hernando county killed a 9- year-old boy and seriously injured his parents and little sister. state troopers explain the family slowed for traffic near mile marker 302 when another car slammed into them. a total of five vehicles were involved. logan died in the crash. this is a picture of him with his parents and his 5-year-old sister. this morning we are making calls to get an update on the condition of the surviving family members. f0 >>> well, good news for channelside republican national convention dens. a publix is coming your way. check out this version of the final product. there's the roof top parking and it's attached to a 21-story residential tower. a spokesperson reports construction will likely start on october 7th. >> that certainly is need there had. >> big things happening in downtown tampa. >>> here's leigh. >> well, good morning. i'll tell what you guys, it is a steamy start today morning. high humidity, le