isabel rosales is taking steps for you helping you protect your home from damage.>> reporter: in 2004 when charlie passed through lake wells was a t hardest hit areas with o strong winds uprooting trees, peeling off rooftops and br people i talked to remember charlie quite well and are preparing for the same thing with matthew. employees at this building supply have been running around nonstop. keeping up with the demands of getting ready for matthew. the most popular request, plywood this store has plenty to sell. >> we bought a truckload of i checked in with a state farm agent and asked him what steps a homeowner should take to protect against the wind. >> the wood will make all the difference in the world. he tells me this is a great start but you need to make sure high winds do not pick up your belongings. >> these things can become deadly missiles. >> this bounce, the grill inside the house. >> he took me around his home. >> things like shutters that one would be problematic. >> he will secure that down. his biggest insurance claims from charlie, windows and roofs anything loose

. >> 2 men isabel rosales spoke with a witness who describes the scene moments after the shooting. >> reporter: dozens of police cars marking the scene of a crime and the tampa hotel. joseph thompson lives in a different hotel down the street, and he heard the sirens. >> a guy running around here with a gun, a madman with a gun on the loose. >> he suffering people gathered the fence. >> reporter: joseph didn't expect this to happen at the former red roof inn, one of the only hotels with an actual security bar. >> the guy was laying down, not moving at all. >> reporter: at that moment others crowded behind the police take, confusion and concern. >> i didn't know what to think. i started asking questions. >> reporter: in hillsboro road -- isabel rosales action news. >>> tampa police haven't released the names of survivor could face charges. >>> we want to check in with meteorologist ivan cabrera for the most accurate forecasts. >> kids are expecting good weather. >> dry and warm conditions the next few days, above average this time of the year, upper 80s. that will be the case through t

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

i'm isabel rosales and i will show you the desperate plea the victim's daughter wants you to hear. >>> one cell phone company might owe you money. "the now tampa bay" starts right now. >>> let's get to it, kidnapping of a corrections officer first. >> the officer and prisoner were on work duty around lunchtime when the prisoner managed to gain control of the situation. lesko live to the mouse ashley yore, she just got to the park where this went down. >> reporter:, this is well -- word the prisoner overpowered a inmates inside this building and then took off with the officer in a city of bartow truck, this is the 42-year-old david ross, the work crew of five prisoners was taking a lunch break when ross overpowered the officer watching them. he handcuffed the officer and headed toward saint pete, that is where he was taken into custody, the corrections officer is doing okay and ross has been booked into the pinellas county jail. ross is facing including armed kidnapping of a correctional officer, armed robbery and burglary of a motor vehicle, aggravated assault of a correctional office

in manatee county isabel rosales abc action news nothing you want to see when you go to the beach. >> when you go there you will notice the tickling feeling in your throat when you breeze. >> especially if you have asthma or allergies. >>> preparing your kids for the future local school has on traditional teaching methods. more on the school that has kids doing exercises, sitting on exercise balls and writing at their desks -- on their desks. the reason it could be a starting point for a high- graffiti on health. wall made national news after yet another week of police involved shootings across the us. messages on the wall along garden lake road and brandon said things like kill white people, blacklivesmatter, the graffiti has been painted over. a short drive from the wall a couple found similar graffiti on the trailer home, someone painted blm on their campaign signs. >> mess, it is vandalism. they have nerve to come into that.>> as of today deputies have been arrested anyone in connection with the vandalism.>>> what everyone is talking about this morning as hurricane matthew and we

right now florida is leading the nation in terms of early turnout for >> abcactionnews reporter isabel rosales is at an early voting site? >> reporter: frankly it is not just you regular people who are concerned with the policies the next president will put into place. educators concerned about wheys what the nation's pick might mean for their classrooms in the future. 45,000 education and labor leaders are volunteering this morning dozens filled mcfarland park to spread the message. already more than 18 million americans have voted and republicans have a slight lead over democrats in the sunshine state. despite your political leading your vote is your voice and it impacts every local community. >> our work is to make sure these skids their families have what they need. that is everything from the president of the united states to >> republicans have a near 14,000-vote lead over their opponents in votes. that is actually a small margin and it has gotten closer in the last week, but these numbers are also before the bombshell announcement of the fbi finding new e-mails related to hillary clinto

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

abc action news isabel rosales went to tampa international airport and ke to enforce the ban. >> reporter: as of a couple of hours ago the samsung galaxy note 7 is forbidden meaning not allowed in airports and especially not on flights but i found out today they won't check for them at security checkpoints. it's more of an honor system. early this morning an overheated note 7 filled this baltimore-bound southwest flight full of smoke prompting evacuation.

. >> as isabel road -- rosales shows us people want to trouble to hide it from students. >> handing out the latest issue yesterday the editor in chief heard a conversation peeking her interest. people talking about the lead story. >> i heard them say something and we threw these away. >> one of the men offered to refused, that her staff started noticing stand after stand left empty, the school check surveillance cameras and confirmed two guys taking newspapers and trashing them. >> we don't tolerate that. we don't tolerate silencing of the media. >> neither does the national chapter of the fraternity, any students found to be involved will be held responsible. assistant journalist david wheeler an important topic. >> you have to bring attention to the problem make it part of the conversation. >> you can find a few racks with a couple of copies left, the newspaper staff tell me this action of tossing them out had the opposite impact than what the thieves wanted. >> when you try to silence a story more people will be interested, people are coming message. >> choosing to endorse somebody w

but tonight isabel rosales shows us the flooding in st. augustine florida. >> reporter: this is what st. agustine florida is looking like. the beach is in that direction. and in just a couple of hours this is how much water has taken on the downtown. the big concern for the people listened to the evacuation order is this wind. this intense wind that you can just feel pushing up against your back. take a look in that direction. and you can see exactly the power of this wind knocking down tree branches and just hitting these stores. owners have made some precautions around the area filling up sandbags but let me tell you it just doesn't seem to be doing the job. as some owners tell me, they do expect for it to get inside and destroy their businesses. now we will continue to move forward here in the downtown area and give a closer look at the amount of damage occurring here. it's expected to get much worse. >>> new tonight a scary discovery for a family after finding this man sleeping in their bed. >> why the family wants the >> joshua forest

isabel rosales tracked down one of the victims. knows a thing or two about she crime but when she was contacted to verify her bank account she knew that she was the victim. >> my name, my date of birth social security number. >> police say these women are behind a year-long fraud and turns. >> potentially there are more victims. >> isabel dallas is wanted she worked for magazines are limited, over the phone, customers gave her therefore critical information, her daughter jessica opened new credit cards with the information and use them to pay bills and give money to her child's father in jail. all of the victims were out-of- state but the tricky part, chantel jones, melanie was one of the victims. >> no one i work really hard and i'm still building my credit. >> they used a different technique to online banking accounts. here she is using a fraudulent card, police don't know how she did it. >> sometimes it gives us a chance to explain business. >> weeks after disputing the fake bank account police said in her name. she is trying to

.>> the nose isabel rosales talking to his mother. >> debbie was excited her son actually wanted to go to homecoming. >> i thought he looked handsome. >> until his smile turned to tears.>> it hurts. >> school staff told him he couldn't go in because his white sneakers and a lack of tide did not meet the semi formal dress code. >> most disappointing is they didn't listen to him. >> at them try to explain. >> i have had over seven spinal and spina bifida that is why he has a service dog to help him walk. on this night it was important for him to walk on his own. >> sometimes you just want to be a kid. >> debbie check the dress code and called the school she got permission from the government association for the special orthopedic shoes but the tide came as a surprise. >> it wasn't clear that was mandatory. for adam to where the tie. it would have meant spending the rest of the dance in this wheelchair. it would have limited his already labored breathing. adam gave up. >> i was physically tired and frustrated. >> he called his mom. now her facebook post has more than 1000 shares and 400 c