if it does turn out for a flakka, it will be some time.ut austin haroof, he is underguard now at a florida officer as they work to get the news. >>> the fairfax city council named a new interim mayor, steven some brace will take over implied. after scott silver thorndale after he was arrested for trading sex drugs. the special announced a special election will be held february 7th to determine who will be the new mayor >>> prince george center trying to find the to source of deadly bacteria, investigators found the pseudomonas in a water pipe supplies the knew rho in any tall intense care unit. they're cleaning and treating the hospital plumbing infrastructure. several infants were transferred out of the after three tested positive for the bacteria. hospital says all services except the nicu are open to patients. ♪ >>> in tonight's health watch, the country's heroin epidemic is getting worse. studies show new hampshire is one of the hardest hit states, one person dies from heroin every day. just yesterday police in huntingdon west virginia

his mother said he was acting oddly recently and tests are being done to see if he ingested flakka or bath salts. >>> doctors at the regional medical center have a promising update on the last pulse nightclub shooting survivor. that patient made a slight improvement. they had been in critical june 12. no other information was given and we don't know the patient's identity. >>> this may sound like an odd request but researchers looking for volunteers willing to be infected with the zika virus for science. it's for a study they want to conduct this winter when mosquitoes are not fighting to help speed up the development of much needed zika vaccines. >>> more than 650,000 floridians receiving meid they can only use big chain pharmacies to have prescriptions filled. mike vasilinda explains that has locally owned drugstores crying foul. >> reporter: this pharmacy is a locally owned business in quincy 25 miles west of the state capital and a favorite for locals.>> i have been going here just about since i was born and i know the people that own it. >> reporter: locally owned stores across f

we will do sampling of his flakka or bath salt. >> the neighbor who called 911 was also stabbed while trying to help. he is expected to be okay. harouf is a student at florida state university. his parents live in the neighborhood where the attack happened. >>> a woman's rampage inside of a jacksonville gas station caught on camera. you can see the woman taking things off the shelf and just thousanding them aisles. the cashier locked the doors and calmed the police and she started throwing things off the shelves. after a few minutes of her destruction, he let her leave. >>> the search is on for a female postal employee who dumped hundreds of pieces of undelivered mail right there in the dumpster behind a lee county restaurant. among the dumped may, post guards, bills, personal checks. local real estate firm as well. >> you have one job. that's to deliver the mail. and you threw it in the trash. it is not free. it is not cheap. it is is a big part of my business. so it is pretty frustrating to know that they are not getting to people. >> agents with the inspector general's office are i

the fbi is running tests to determine if harrouff was under the influence of either bath salts or flakka. >>> the economy has gotten better. a lot of people are having a tough time finding a starting their own businesses. it's a struggle for anyone. but it can be especially tough for minority entrepreneurs. as kera mashek tells us, two new programs are aimed at helping their success. >> doug: renee edwards is learn -- >> reporter: renee edwards is learning a lot about what it takes to run a business. she is getting her skin caroline off the ground. the formula and packaging right. >> i took my savings and i invested in a website. and i started doing different trader shows and arts and crafts shows to spread the awareness that you can improve your skin naturally. >> reporter: making a profit and getting into stores isn't easy. she applied for catch through the tampa bay black business corporation in st. pete. it helps entrepreneurs like renee succeed while helping struggling areas like south st. >> what we hope to do ando is b that capital, that need someone they can talk to about their p

>> this is flakka, similar to bath salts. it causes accuse aggressive behavior, superhuman strength to the point where people can really start very violently harming others and desire to eat someone's face. sounds like out of a horror moving movie. >> the walking dead. >> they thought they cracked down on it in south florida but a college student may have been on it when he viciously attacked and murdered a couple. it can be ingested, eaten, it was legal in china until october of 2015. so a lot of people imported it from there. it is now illegal worldwide. still disturbing reports of this, can cause paranoia, psychosis, superhuman strength. can last within your system, five days. two weeks if you're chronic user, effects after taking one time. very dangerous new drug out there. rosanna: it is a balt salt, right? >> similar to type of bath salts. salt. >> if there is will or way to find a way to use dangerous drugs. rosanna: the man had posted something to youtube a few days ago. looking at it this morning talking about not us

sister drug to flakka. 5 people take it andne rampage. it's, it's so dangerous playing russian roulette with six chamber gun and 5 bullets in the chamber. nikko is accused of a breaking through at front window of a home attacking a woman and her son. woman was treated tore minor minor injuries son wasn't injured gallo will face burglary and assault charges once he's released from hospital. sheriff notes the similarities between this case and the one involving that fsu student he's accused violent random murder martin county couple. investigators still wait for test results both men demonstrated incredible strength high pain tolerance winter haven detectives are searching for this oil thief. this man walked into the walmart on cypress gardens boulevard nearly two weeks ago. then he loaded up a cart with about 20 jugs of oil. worth more than $550. then he strolled on past the registers who so if you recognize him, call police. >>> well whether or not this tropical depression will turn into a tropical storm is up in air. but we do know tampa

they are still looking intoto whether drugs like flakka or bat salts may have played a role at this point. no charges have been filed. > questions are being raised tonight about donald trump's campaign manager and his dealings with the you drain and government president associatede press reports a consulted firm helped a russia political party in the ukraine secretly route more than $20 million to prominent washington lobby firms. it was to swear american public opinion. man forth denies any wrongdoing. the news comes as donald trump faces his criticism towards his friendly attitude towards vladimir putin.utin > when we come back african-american museum opens up in less than a month. if you want to be one of the first to visit, you might want to sign up now. details are ahead. and as we head to the break, are you a workaholic, more workers skipping their vacation days. a new survey shows more thanws m four in ten employees who skip vacation are my len yells. that's more than any other age group. more reason why more people want to show they're dedicated toicat their jobs.s. we'll be right

the fbi is running test to fi was under the effects of bath salts or flakka at the time of the attack. >>> three quarters of us living in florida is worried about the zika virus. that's what st. louis university found when they polled people days ago. and today word that tampa bay has its first case of nontravel related zika virus. jacqueline ingles with what we know about the infected person who is living in pinellas county. >> reporter: we can't take you pinellas county where they're mosquito spraying and going to door to -- from door to door because this is a single case. if they don't find another case, there isn't an increased risk for you and i much that's why they won't reveal the area tonight. the governor tried to reassure bay area residents, reminding them just because there's a local case doesn't mean we have local transmission of the virus. the four other cases in cases. they were found from the aggressive testing they did back in july. results take about two months to get. that may be the frustrating part of our local case. we won't have results back until likely october.

is also investigating if harrouff was either on bath salts or a drug called flakka. is it un-american or apparenting right? a pledge of allegiance waiver sent home to florida parents is creating hot debate. it's a permission slip allowing parents to opt their children out of the daily pledge. as fox 13's ken suarez shows us happy with this waiver. >> you know when i was in school pretty simple situation. you put your hand over your heart you say the pledge of lee jens. now under florida state law, kids have the option of either saying the pledge or not saying the pledge. so when leon county school officials sent that information out to the parents recently, one guy melted down. guy's name is mica when his niece showed him a waiver that was sent home he began posting on facebook. one posts says what's happening apparently lot of people are asking the same question. he's gotten, listen to this 13400 shares in just the last six days. >> this is what has him and so many other people upset. the waiver says i understand my rights as a parent. and i request that my child be

they are looking into if he was under the influence of flakka.it and what does it do is dr. larry rochette. what is it? >> it's the next generation best salt, the old ones became illegal and they chemically modified it trying to get this in. it works in a similar way in its potentiates dopamine so people feel really good there is euphoria but then it makes you a bit crazy, hallucinations, delusions. dopamine is the same mechanism that schizophrenia and bipolar is thought to have. >> when officials got to the scene they said he was acting like an animal, growling and grunting. >> who knows what he thought he was or maybe he was paranoid and thought he was being followed. it is hard to predict how an individual will reactivate it is also associated with aggression and violence. it sounds like he attacked someone. i do not know that he had the intent to consume their flash -- flashback he was certainly delirious. >> they said he was extremely strong. is this a popular drug? >> the thing with the drug like this is it is really cheap so $.80 is what t

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"we will be doing sampling of his blood to see if there is flakka or bath salts, both of which are known to cause excited delerium we did have some indications that we might be working with that" >> grant:the wife -- michelle stevens -- was found dead inside the garage. she was the daughter of former north miami beach mayor jeffrey mishcon. the neighbor was rushed to a hospital with stab wounds, but is expected to survive. the suspect is in critical condition. hugh hefner's party pad is officially off the market. how much the playboy mansion sold for. find out after the break. a big honor for a san francisco gay rights activist. >> pam:pam moore is in the newsroom with what we are working for kron 4 news at six. hello vicki. harvey milk was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in california. he was loved and revered in san francisco. for his work on civil rights. but before he came to the bay area. he served in the navy for four years. today. the navy honored milk. naming a new ship in his honor. we will take you to that ceremony hosted by the secretary of the navy